PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber a nd Timber Industries published in Canada { SUBSCRIPTION 1 $2.00 PER ANNUM BVOL.6.... ° PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JANUARY 1, 1886. A BOOM IN BARE. Something over two years ago the bottom dropped -out of hemlock bark and some heavy __* dealers were driven to the wall, Heavy fail- sures occurred» at about the’ same time in the leather trade, which was kept in an unsettled and unsatisfactory state for months afterwards. The New. England tanneries which-are the chief consumers of the Canadian bark that is exported were run on a reduced scale, and that with the large stock of bark on hand made the outlook a poor one, and as it has proved kept the price of bark depressed for over two years. - p But the causes which inevitably, bring about an ; improvement have been quietly at work for some time, The leather trade has picked up and the tanneries beginning to use more bark stock in New England: yards have been percep- tibly reduced. A few weeks ago there began to be a sharp inquiry for bark and prices began to harden. The fact is there is not a great supply 6f Ganadian bark accessible. The low prices prevented peeling on anything like the old tanners for their own use, the bark in sight in the Province of Quebec does not exceed 100,000 -“cords and is probably considerably under that , figure. The chief holders are Church & Fee, _ who have about 37,000 cords, and Goodhue, of Danville, who owns from 25,000 to 30,000 cords. The price has gone up with a bound from $4 to $6 per cord and there isa combination to cor- ner the market and kite values up to $8 or $9, ‘and perhaps $10, on the cars here. New Eng- land tanners have become frightened and have agents picking up small lots in the hope of be- ing able to tide over the scarcity till they can draw supplies from the new Pennsylvania bark next season, say in July or August. The holders * - purchased at a low figure, are in a position to net a handsome profit on their deal and recoup themselves for former lcsses.— Waterloo Adver- J tiser. : ° , > " TT i LUMBER EXPORT DUTY. fi The recowimendation for the abilition of the . import duty on Canadian lumber into the Un- ited States contained in President Cleveland’s message to Congress is attracting great atten- "tion in thé city. It is not the first time by _ several, that a similar @uggestion has been " thrown ont, but hitherto the opposition of the Michigan and Wisconsin lumbermen, and the ) ® imterest they can bring to bear on the urembers ; 2 | of the Legislative Assembly have hitherto ) proved fatal to the abolition of the tax. In view! ‘the possibility of the recommendation | acted upon, a Free Press scribe waited en opinion of the effects of the remission of the duty. ; ~ Mr, Bronson, jr., eaidit will be of great im- 7 - seale, Outside of what is held by Canadian | of the Canadian article, which was in the main |, , number gf Otf2 wa lumbermen, and asked their | | portance in increasing the exportation of the coarser cuts of lumber. The greater parts of the finer cuts are imported from Montreal or Quebee, or to South America, passing through the United States in bond, these would not be ly consumed either at home or in the United States. Upon these the producer here has to pay all charges, freight and duty, and no doubt the remission of the duty would increase the sale of these cuts considerably. Still Ido not think the Canadian producers would get the benefit of the whole duty on their price. The duty is $2 per thousand feet, and they perhaps would get the half, and the New York or Am- erican importer the other, You must under- stand that the general run of timber now made is'coarser than it'used to be. Lumber is made now which would not have been considered marketable years ago, but the pine trees are very scarce, having been first used and there- fore the tendency of the lumber trade is to- wards coarser cuts. Would the abolition of the duty make vital difference in Ottawa? Tcan hardly say, but it is possible it might. Of course, the Michigan lumbermen would op- pose it, lest we should cut them in price. Mr. Pattee, of Messrs. Perley & Pattee, said : “Oh yes, I think it would make a considerable difference. Iam not prepared say what differ- ence it would make to Ottawa, but it would produce a boom in all lumber producing towns in Canada.” “The duty is a fixed duty of $2 per 1,000 feet is-it not?” “Yes, it used to be an ad valorem duty, but that was found so confusing the fixed duty was substituted. The duty is the same all along the I think it wonld be a boon throughout the Dominion, and certainly Ottawa would come in for its share.”’, f Mr. Booth was away ffom the works, but his representative said: ‘“'There is no doubt it | would make a great increase in the export of | the coarser kinds of lumber, and would bring more trade into the city. I would rather not say much about it just now, as I think any sign of hailing the change would stir up the Michigan men to # more strenuous opposition. The duty does not effect the higher class of fine cuts.” “Tt runs sometimes to 50 per cent. on the coarser, does it net 2” “Nearly 334 and 40 per cent. ;-yes nearly 50, but I think it would be unwise to say much | about it.” > Mr. Cushman, manager for Mr. E. B. Eddy, said: ‘‘ILdonot think it will make any great difference ; the consumer as a rule pays all charges, and so it does not come out of the Canadian lumbgrman’s pocket ; still there 4 line. . might be a division of the amount, Tf they: affected ; the coarser cuts, however, are entire - would take the duty of the manufactured article it would enable Canadians. to make up their lumber at home instead of in the States. | lin states east of the Rocky Mountains. I do not- see that it would greatly effect us here.” Mayor McDougal said: great boon to Ottawa, it would increase her trade immensely. There is a class of lumber gold for somewhere about $4 per 1,000, upon which the $2 duty acts as a prohibitive one. It would not effect the trade in superior lumber, but would make an immense difference to the lower kinds.” —Ottawa Free Press. = DURABILITY OF CROSS-TIE TIMBER. In an investigation of this subject made by Mr. F, B. Hough for the Department of Agri- culture, some interesting facts are brought out. The relative importance of the various kinds of timber for railway purposes are reported in the following order :—Oaks, pines, chesnuts, hem- lock, cedars, tamarack, cypress, elms, ash, cherry, black walnut, firs, spruce, beech, locust, redwood, maple, butternut, coffeenut, mulberry, and musquit. The average durability of oak, as reported in 32 cases, is 7.4 years, while the average prices of each cross-tie is 41,2 cents. The kind of oak is not specified. For white oak the average durability in 152 reported cases is 7.3 years, and the average price in the 173 cases is 40.6 cents. the average duration of a post oak tie is 7 years, and the average price 33. cents. For burr oak, durability, 7.4 years ; price, 37.3 cents. Rock oak showed an average durability in 18 cases of 7 years; price 42 cents. oak 5 years is the average durability, with an ayerage cost of 27 cents, Chestnut oak is more durable, showing an average lifetime is a tie of 7.1 years, cost, 28 cents per tie. Black oak shows an average durability of 44 years; aver- | age price, 43 cents. Long leaf or southern plne will last on an average 64 years ; average cost per tie, 37 cents. White pine has about the same durability with less cost, the latter showing an average of 314 cents per tie. Cedar shows the greatest average durability, being 1,18 years, with average cost of 34 cents, but is too soft to bear heavy freightage, and for that reason is not much employed in railway construction. Red cedar is more durable than white cedar, being in proportion of 11 to 7. Cypress shows greater durability than white oak, the former showing an average of 8.7 years. quickly, the former in 4.3 years, and the latter in 3.8 years. Cherry is a durable timber when used as cross ties, running from 6 to 10 years. All woods are much more lasting when hewn than when sawn. The redwood of California makes very dur- able ties, lasting over eleven years, but allow- ““Tt would be a) In the case of red | White ash and black ash rot very | ance must be made for the fact that they are used on the Pacifie road in a dry climate, where the causes producing decay are not so great as The growth of the redwood is very slow. Trees 15 years old have a diameter of only 10 or 12 inches, and will make about three ties. When | younger than this the wood is not durable. The redwood of the Santa Cruz Mountains furnishes the best ties it being much heavier and denser than when grown further north. The average cost of redwood ties is 40 cents. The total length of railway track in the United States approximated at 150,000 miles. Assuming that the average durability of ties is seven years, and the distance apart is three feet, there will be 2,640 to the mile, which is rather under than over the actual number employed, making the total number in yse 396,000,000. Estimating one-seventh to be replaced every year, the annual demand to keep up the present railways will reach 56,571,428. Supposing that an acre will supply 100 ties, a liberal estimate, it will require 565,715 acres annually to furnish the ties required by the existing lines oi railways. For each line of railway there will be an annual demand for 377 ties, requiring the cutting off of 3.77 miles. It will require 30 years on an average for trees to grow large enough [for making cross-ties, ‘The acres that must be kept in ‘timber and growing will be 16,971,420 for supplying ties to the railway lines now in exis- tence. The increase in railway mileage, estimated by two decades, is about 4,150 miles annually. To construct the railways that will probably be built in the next ten years, 109,560,000 ties will be demanded, the product of 1,095 600 acres of woodland. Allow 30 years as the period of growth for ties, this would add 3,286,801 acres to the timber reserve for railways alone, making a total of 18,995,579 acres as ¢he needful reserve. Evidently this question is one demanding reach of statesmanship and a careful preservation of our present timber suppty. The time is not far distant when one of the largest items in the construction of expenses will be the one for cross-ties. eee Ir is reported that Canadians are again scour- ing the woods of northern Michigan for rock elm ship timber for export. They pay from $1.25 to $1.50 for each ttee standing. The sticks are hewed in the woods. Last season, it is estimated, there was 5,000,000 feet of rock elm timbeg shipped out of Michigan. ———————_—_——————— THE schooner Ottawa started from Chicago for Georgian Bay, loaded with outfit, 16 horses and 40 men, for the establishment of logging camp. Encountering the great gale of Decem- ber, 4th. and 5th, the vessel had to put into Grand Haven, where she ley up, and the expedition was abaridoned. — HOW SAP MOVES. All plants obtain their nourishment in a liquid or gaseous form by imbibition through the cells of the younger roots or fibrils. The fluids and gases thus absorbed, probably ming- ling with other previously assimilated matter, are carried upwards from cell to cell, through the alburnum or sap-wood until they reach the buds, leaves and smaller twigs, where they are exposed to the air and light and converted into | organizable matter, In this condition a part goes to aid in the prologation of the branches, enlasgement of the leaves and the formation of buds, flowers and fruit, and other portions are | : E | with the New Brunswick spruce deals, the gradually spread over the entire surface of the wood, extending downwards to the extremities of the roots. We often speak of the downward flow of sap and even of its circulation; but its movement in trees in no way corresponds with the circulation of blood in auimals, neither does it follow any well defined channels ; for it will, when obstructed, move laterally as well as lengthwise, or with the grain of the wood. The old idea that the sap of wood descends into the roots in the fall, remaining there through the winter, is an error with no foundation whatever. As the wood and leaves ripen in the autumn, the roots almost cease to imbibe sap, and for a while the entire structure seems to part with moisture, and doubtless does so through the exhalation from the ripening leaves, buds and smaller twigs ; but as warm weather again ap- proaches, the temperature of the soil increases, | the roots again commence to aborb crude sap and force it upward where it meets soluble, organized matter, changing color, taste and chemical properties. If this not the case, we could not account for the saccharine properties of the sap of the maple or for the presence of various mucilaginous or resinous constituents of the sap of trees in early spring, because we find no trace of such substance in the liquids” or crude sap as absorbed by them from the soil, The life of the tree, Mr. Fuller teaches, is all in the bark and sapwood, the heart being dead | and serving the tree only to strengthen it mechanically, as shown in the fact that it may be removed entirely by decay, and still the tree grows on vigorously for centuries,—Fuller, Se EXOESSIVE STUMPAGE. The following is a sample of a number of letters that have been appearing in the press of New Brunswick :— HIGH STUMPAGR, “ To the Editor of the Sun: “Sir, | Thave noticed that there have been some discussion in the newspapers on the question of stumpage, and I don’t think this question is brought up a day too soon. “Tt is all very well for the Government to say that this tax is necessary for the purpose of revenue, but let them reduce expenses'and do with less revenue. If they continue to insist on collecting this stumpage they will drive us, lumbermen, out of the country. The reason is because we cannot go into the woods and produce logs for sale to millmen without losing money. “Every season some of us have to go greater distances, others have to incur additional expense in getting out their logs, and then, when we come to sell, we find that prices in- atead of being higher are lower, and we come out at the little end of the horn. “T don’t believe thore is a practical lumber- man in the country who does not agree with me. “Tt is all very well for some of the papers to call attention to small purchases of licenses, but we know of hundred of miles of Crown lands that have been given up by the owners, “‘T suppose it wont make much difference if I go elsewhere to carn my living, but if many others do the same thing people will begin to feel the effect on trade in the towns and the farmers in the settlements, for there is do doubt we support the various trades with our require- ments for lumbering to a considerable extent. “* Yours, ‘* LUMBERMEN.” The steady advance in the rates of stumpage by the Provincial Government has led to much discontent among the lumbermen of New Brunswick, The log haulers are obliged to go ‘ - THE CANADA far away from the streams for the timber ; the damming of streams is 2 more expensive item than formerly ; wages have increased consider- | ably of late years ; the camp supplies are of a higher class and more costly ; and, everything considered, the cost of producing the logs and | delivering them in the booms near the sawmills, has been so seriously increased that only the prices of an extra good market would remuner- ate the lumbermen. But while the market in England—to which they are principally shut up —has been growing worse and worse through the competition of Norway woods and the pine and spruce deals of other parts of Canada, Government of New Brunswick has been steadily increasing the lumbermen’s burthens | by increasing the stumpage charged on logs cut on Government lands, These rates are excessive when compared with the value of the material, —in most cases equal to 25 per cent. of the value. It is not surprising, under the circum- stances, that there was a large falling off in the | cut last season, and ‘consequently a serious re- duction in provincial exports. Most lumber men have again reduced their operations for the current season, greatly to the loss of the far- mers who depend largely upon the lumbering operations for a market for their surplus pro duce, and to the loss of the merchants whose transactions with the farming population are | thus considerably curtailed. The towns are also sufferers, since there is less labor employed and less money disbursed in connection with sawing operations. It seems, too, that some lumber- men are leaving the province and looking else- where for a more congenial field, and we know of one large operator from that quarter who | has recently made an extensive purchase of saw mills and timber limits on the Ottawa. If a reduction of the stumpage rates will prevent the ruin of lumbermen, and by reviving a pros- trate industry tend to promote prosperity | among the agriculturists and merchants, the Provincial Government should not hesitate as to the course it should pursue. It is manifestly its duty to relieve the industry of a least a por- tion of the special taxes imposed when the lumber business was in a prosperous condition. The charges were excessive even when spruce logs commanded their highest figures, and they should certainly be reduced now when they are out of all proportion to the logs’ value. The lumbermen have a very strong case, and | they will, no doubt, know how to press it vig. orously,—Montveal Herald. ey AN IMPORTANT MATTER. On the question of lumber duties and the purchases of Canadian timber limits recently made by American lumbermen, the Montreal Journal of Commence says:— “The conservation of the timber supply of Canada is a matter of great moment to the future industries of the country, The part which wood of various kinds plays in these 1s so important that a diminution in its supply, or ® large increase in its cost, would injure or des- troy many branches of manufacture which now help to support a considerable proportion of the population. “The lumber trade at present suffers some- what from the duty exacted by the United States on the portion of the product exported there. We must always look to that quarter for a market for more or less of the cut, which, LUMBERMAN. Wrought Iron Shanty Cook Stoves. used. 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Waursrs, Sec-Treas, - Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes a Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. Q ing centres in Michigan, and all the benefit which this country will derive therefrom will feet. “* Here is, we think, a case in which the in- tervention of the Government is called for. If the United States will not take our lumber without imposing a duty of $2 let us exact the same duty on the unsawn timber with which they would supply their mills. We should have value of our standing timber would be an enor- Mus increase to the national wealth. ““Whatever may be said for or against a pro- tective policy generally, it will be generally admitted that, as far as possible, the working up of the timber supply should be carried on at our own mills, and furnish employment for our own capital and labor. Heretofore this has been almost the invariable rule, as far as logs are concerned, the exports of this class of goods having been comparatively trifling an amount. But of late indications of a change have been apparent. “‘The mill-owners on the eastern side of the state of Michigan have in part exhausted their own supplies of standing timber, and the bal- ance has been rapidly accumulating in a few strong hands, where it is held for the future supply of the owner’s mills, or for future sale at greatly enhanced prices. This has caused those in need to go further afield, and purchasers from Michigan have been exploring the Geor- gian Bay and Lake Superior country, and have been buying up any suitable limits which they could obtain. The timber for these could be rafted to the Saginaw river and other lumber- burdened with a duty of $2 per M feet, has to compete with the lumber manufactured in Michigan and Wisconsin. The effect of this has practically been that the Americans supply their wants from our forests at little more than the cost of manufacturing and delivery, The value of the standing pine in Michigan to-day ranges from $3 to $5, or more, per 1,000 feet ; our timber brings no more than $1.50 to $2 per 1,000 feet for the standing tree. If the duty of $1 were removed by the United States it is not likely that the whole benefit would be reaped by manufacturers here. The object of the remission of the duty, and no doubt its effect to some extent, would be to reduce the price of lumber, and the benefit would proba- bly be shared between the producer and the consumer. If such action increased the average price $1 per 1,000 it would be added almost en- tirely to the value of the standing timber, since be the export duty, at present $1 per 1,000 free trade or fair trade in this article, if in any.” > , THE WEEPING BIROH. W have lately noticed, says a contemporary, how some trees have suffered in the very hot weather, especially in the London parks, and it ia a pleasure to see the way in which the birch adds to its tiny shoots in the fiercest heat, and always looks as fresh as in May. The white (Betula alba) is, either in leaf or leafless, a handsome and graceful tree, and it is no less remarkable for its lightness and elegance than for its hardiness. It stands in no need of pro- tection from other trees in no stage of its growth, and lives on the bleak mountain side and other exposed situations, which even the sturdy vak would shrink. It is a fast-growing, and rather short-lived tree, in favorable situa- tions sometimes attaining a height of 80 feet, but generally not exceeding 30 feet or 40 feat, | a) s.. : 2 -" > ~~ j | dianapolis, Ind. . crooked shafting, hangers too far apart, hanger ton, Ala. Detroit, Mich. _ion of shafting, states that its experience THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Tt may not be out of place to mention a number of purposes to which the wood and bark of the tree are applied. Bread of birch bark from Lapland, made as long ago a8 1867 shows one of the very many uses to which birch bark is or may be put. Shoes made of strips of bark, used by the peasants of Northern Sweden when at work in their distant meadow swamp ; neat baskets in which they eell wild wild raspberries 5 and a specimen of the well known Alphorn from Switzerland, by no means exhaust the enumeration of articles illustrating birch bark at Kew. It is a valuable tanning agent, and ‘an oil obtained from it is largely used in the preparation of Russian leather ; indeed, it is to this oil that the peculiar fragrance of that ar- ticle is due, Formerly the highlander used the outerlayers for lighting purposes, and, before the invention of paper, the inner ones for writing upon. ‘The sap is convertible into wine, vinegar and spirit; when fresh it form an agreeable beverage, and an intoxicating liquor when fermented. The wood is esteemed for light turnery work, and is at the present time largely employed in the manufacture of spools or cotton-reels.— Gardening Illustrated. SE ee ba ‘THE FiRE-PROOF CHAMPION” + SAW MILL + WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the United States Patent Office, December 15th, 1885, is specially reported by Franklyn H. Hough, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F. Street, N. W., Washingston, D.C. 332,241—Lumber drier—O. A. Duke, Clan- 332,273— Saw guide—P. Miller, Norwich, Conn. 332,365—Saw mill, band—S. Stephens, In- 332,691—Saw mill,!cireular—H. Wright, New Lisbon, Ohio. 332,611—Saw mill, portable—H. Wright, New Lisbon, Ohio. 332,611— Saw sharpening machine—D. W. Johns, New Albany, Ind. 332,291.— Sawing machine, scroll—A. D. Goodell, Millers Falls, Mass. PATENTS ISSUED DEC. 22. 332,817—Lathe attachment— W. Middleditch, 332,806—Lathe tool holder—C. H,. Kelley, PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ILLS AND SAW-MILL MACHINERY ale il 1 ATi if BORD i len = EW Somerville, Mass. 333,016—Lathe, turning—O. Kromer, Sar- SSS = —= dusky, Ohio. 332,991—Lumber drying Platen—N. S. Bou- ‘on, Hyde Park, Ill. 332,864— Measure, lumber—E. N. Barber, “Kent, Ohio. 332,714— Saw mill, circular—R. B. Holt, Guthrie, Ky. 333,092,—Saws, device for filing and jointing eircular—A. Winkler, Oneonta, N. Y. Shafting. : : The Olyde Shipbuilding Trade. 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Air and atmospheric pressure must have quite an influence on the driving capacity of a belt if a pulley must be turned perfectly true and left smooth for no other purpose than to allow the pressure of the atmosphere to hold the belt on the face of the wheel with all the crushing force of vacuum, but this idea doesn’t seem to agree with the practice of cutting holes, or stripping up the belt to make air spacing to ventilate the | belt and let out the cushion of air that is drawn This cushion of air is observed when a surface plate is placed on another; the air between them holds them apart and they move on each other with ease, The cling of a belt is observed when a piece of under the belt while in motion. leather is moistened and pressed on a flat sur face, and if a string is attached in the centre the pressure of the atmosphere is made appar- ent, but it is doubtful if any such manifesta- tions of aerial lubrication, or vacuummental adherence are to be seen with a driving belt. The surface plates that have such a treacherous movement while there is a thin layer of air be- tween them, assume a different attitude when one of the plates is slid on to the other while | The air is driven off from each The belt when at work meets the pulley, not by coming in contact with the whole arc of the wheel at once, but by rolling over its surface from one end to the The disk of leather that will rise so many pounds with | ease when attachment is made in its centre, is | drawn off with the slightest force when the On these two principles a belt can be made to cling with all | the weight of the atmosphere, or held apart with an air cushion that the greatest tension | will not expel, but these two elements cannot | Tf an inclogure is about to ex- in contact. plate by the other. other, driving ovfthe air before it. pull is taken from its edges. work together. plode there is not much danger of a collapse. The air that is drawn under a belt is no doubt seeking for a means of escape so long as the layer is compressed, but when extended the | reverse takes place and the influence of the at- | To follow these elements through one turn of the belt it will be easily seen that along the driving stretch both sides of the belt are affected alike by the air and meets with the same resistence from the atmosphere, but when it comes in contact with the driving wheel, tht layer of air on the mosphereic pressure becomes known. nside of the belt, which is moving nearly as fast as the wheel, is no doubt making every attempt to pass between the belt and pulley, but has only its inertia and surface friction for assistance with the tension of the belt to work against. The belt in passing from the tight to the slack side is relieved of a portion of its | tension and is not inclined to lie as closely to the face of the wheel as it did at the beginning of the arc of contact, which must now feel the effects of the atmosphere, as there is a tendency for the air to find its way beneath the belt to fill the space that had become partially rarefied. A smooth-faced wheel has all advantages of coming in contact with the belt without entrap- ping a layer of air in every imperfection on the | surface, and if there are any benefits to be de- rived from the atmosphere by resting with its whole weight on the outer surface of the belt it has the liberty to do so, but from experiments with belting under pressure, and in a vacuum, it is evident that not the difference that is shown by the surface plates or seen with the disk of leather, is manifested in the adhension of a belt.—Boston Journal of Commerce. THE MANUFACTURING SITUATION The general manufacturing situation is what might naturally be expected toward the close of the year, although in many respects it is an improvement on the condition of things a year | ago. Most manufacturers, in view of the fact that prices of their goods were close down to the cost of production, have pursued a very cautious and conservative policy during the last twelve months, not only in studying the econ- omies of their business, but also in avoiding any large and unwieldy accumulations. their stocks are now in better shape than for Many years past, and they are not under the necessity of forcing immediate sales, or of re- | over to the new year. little tendency to an accumulation in some lines of fabrics, as is always the case at this season ; but it is so slight, and the demand from the trade for the spring business is so near at hand that it has no weakening effect upon the views | mandrel and the feed is to be. Hence | - tt THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. of holders. profit. average supply of manufactured goods. branches of trade and industry. remunerative point, waiting for orders for goods from early buyers, some of whom, from remote points of distribu- tion, have already made their appearance, and | bring favorable reports of the trade prospects On the whole the | business outlook for our skilled industries, if not | entirely satisfactory, points in the right direct- ion, and shows that matters on the mending in their respective localities. hand.—Manufacturers’ Gazette. INSERTED TEETH. “F.McG ” contributes the following remarks to an American contemporary :— I have had experience with saws for the past ten years, saws thick and. thin, with both solid |and inserted teeth, and have learned that the first and most important point to attend to is to have the saw adapted to the mill. In fact |the mill has as much to do with making the saw work successfully as the saw has with | making the mill a good one. With a large, solid mill, with ample and steady power, a thin saw can be run with excellent results. The teeth should be regulated |by the amount of feed to be used to the | revolution, with more teeth than would be | necessary for a thicker one; but for a light mill, |in which the power is apt to be unsteady, with slow feed, the saw should be thicker, with less teeth and hammered stiffer, and in every case |the maker should know just what kind of a | mill he is making the saw for, whether heavy or light power is required, and what the speed of Then if the mill is in proper shape, and the maker under- |} stande his business, the saw will give satis- faction The mill is often to blame. A poor mill will spoil a good saw very quickly, and then the blame is too frequently laid to the saw. My experience is that each tooth should cut |away one-sixteenth of an inch of timber to |} work easily. | one-sixteenth just as easily as, if not easier than, it would cut half of it. I believe that a tooth will cut With regard to solid and inserted tooth saws, the latter surely have the advantage. Still I } am a friend to a solid tooth when it is in good order, bnt it is hard to keep the teeth regular sorting to the loan market, in order to bridge | and in proper shape and, as it is worn away? Of course there is a Many millowners are taking advantage of this dull, between-seasons period, in the way of putting in new machinery and making needed repairs, 30 a8 to be fully prepared for the next season’s work. Not a few of them are intro- | ducing long-delayed improvements which were | sadly needed in their business, and the effect of | which must be to cheapen and facilitate pro- cesses a8 well as to widen their margin of They have strong confidence in the future of values, from the fact that supply and demand have at length been brought to an equilibrium and that consumers are generally in better condition than for many years past. The large cotton, corn and hog crops give them | assurance that our agricultural population will |be able to take and pay for more than an They are also encouraged by the fact that but few goods will be carried over be the distribu- tors, and that buyers will be early in the mar- | ket to supply their immediate wants. over, they see signs of returning confidence and | increased business activity in the steady im- provement of the stock market and the in- creased earnings of our railroad corporations, which are usually regarded as unfailing indica- tions of a corresponding improvement in all More- Hence manufacturers are naturally looking |for a good spring trade, as well as a gradual | advance in prices of their products to a fairly Yet they do not propose |to abandon their cautious policy, or to pile up | goods in anticipation of the demand for them. | Just now they are in the attitude of watching | and waiting, watching the signs of the times as a basis for future business calculations, and the strain of the saw is being changed, which makes it necessary to have it hammered quite often. If an accident happens toa saw, if it has solid teeth, the operator has to go to work and modify the whole saw as well as the teeth that have been damaged, but if it has inserted teeth he probably puts in new teeth, increasing the size of his saw rather than making it leas, T have had experience in sawing iron. I ran a lumberman’s clipper into a road spike full speed with 3 in. feed. It took every tooth out or off and the plate came in contact next; it bent. nearly all the shoulders behind the teeth, and I don’t know what would have happened if T had not reversed the carriage. I thought my saw was ruined, but I hammered it up as well a8 I knew how and on starting it it worked as well as, if not better, than ever, I have got in several other scrapes almost as bad with the same saw, and yet it is just as good and big now as ever. If it had bean a solid-toothed saw it would have been worn and torn all to pieces. The inserted tooth, without doubt, runs easiest, as the tooth can be made sharper or more pointed, so as to cut into the wood like a chisel instead of scraping or scratching their way. ROTATION SPEED OF MACHINERY. The method of arranging this so that it will not produce vibrations has been explained to some extent in an article recently published in an American paper. As a vibration has a tendency to communicate itself to the objects to which the machines are attached or to the buildings in which they are placed, the impor- tance of understanding this subject will be apparent. Whenever such vibrations are com- municated there is a loss of power, and the quality of the work done is liable to be reduced, A few common cases of the methods of preventing injurv from vibration to other structures besides the mill in which the mach- ines are placed will make this the better understood. Railway trains are required to stop before going under the bridges built across large streams, By this means the vibrating motion that is often apparent in a train moving at full speed, is allowed to cease, otherwise it would be communicated to the bridge, and, increasing as the train proceeds onward, com- mence @ process that must eventually terminate in its destruction. It is for the same purpose that teams are not allowed to travel faster than a walk, and that soldiers maching in a body must break their ranks when crossing long bridges. Whenever two or more steam-engines, or any number of machines that have their power applied, in part at least, by means of a reciprocating motion, are located in the same building, their tendency to communicate vibrating motions to it may be counteracted by giving them rotation speeds that vary so that they cannot keep step. The principle by which this could be accomplished was fairly presented in the article referred to, but the mechanical calculation or the purpose of applying it practically in arranging their speed under different conditions was hardly made plain. Take, for illustration, the first example: ‘‘ Thus 96 and 100 would not do, for each is equally divisible 4, and two would come together on a stroke every 96x100 divided by 4 =2,400 turns.” This is one of the processes for obtaining the least common multiple of the two numbers that represent their rotation speeds. But one travela faster than the other, and it cannot give the correct answer. Where two or more engines or machines are in use, and running at different speeds, the number of turns each will make from the time they start together on a stroke till they come together again may be ascertained by dividing the rota- tion speed of each by their greatest common divisor. In this way the 96 divided by 4 and the 100 by 4 gives 24 and 25 turns respectively. Where the engines or machines have rotation speeds which are “‘ prime ” to each other, that is neither of which are evenly divisible by any part of the other, they will when started on a stroke come together as often as each com. pletes the number of strokes that represents its rotation speed, or with that at 99 and 100 they will come together when each has completed 99 and 100 turns respectively, LP 9a bs 4 - ig? fa a " We, Al “eet toe 6 le oe > ; < In arranging for the number of cogs in t cast gearing so commonly used for transmitting power, a factor should be taken into the account that bears some relation tothe pr ciple of running machines at different ro speeds for the purpose of preventing the vibra- tion that might result from allowing them to keep step. ; irs That is the desirability of making thei” numbers “ prime” to each other, whenever that is practicable, for the purpose of securing greater uniformity in the wearing away of the faces of the cogs, and of transmitting a steadier motion to the machinery driven. The relative speed of wheels geared together are im proporti the diameters to their pitch circles, and calculations in regard to them are made from the number of their cogs. The comm multiple of these, or the least common m ple, if they are not “ prime,” gives the num! time that two certain cogs starting will come together again, and not the of turns. That is ascertained for each by dividing this result by the number of . In the case given where one wheel has 288 and the other 256 cogs ; the 288x256 divided by 32= 2,304, the least common multiple. Di this by the number of cogs in each gives and nine turns respectively. Where numbers are used, each cog in the large engages with eight in the small one, in the small one with nine in the large and these eight and nine cogs come together is some way at every turn, and never engage with any of the other cogs in either wheel._ their numbers are ‘‘ prime,” like 99 and 100, 38 and 75, or 287 and 288, each cog in one wheel will engage with every cog in the other before it will come around to the one from which it started, and the number of turns made by each wheel in doing it will be equal to the number of cogs in the other. By applying the same principle the number of turns each of three wheels geared together will make from the time they start together till they come to- gether again may be ascertainéd. Take, for example, three wheels having 99, 100 and 101 cogs. Multiplying these numbets together, and dividing their product by the number in each” wheel, gives 10,100, 9,999, and 9,900 for the number of turns each will make. ‘ Unless we can make our technical edu | capable of practical application, we might as as well continue to do our work by the old rule of “thumb.”—Timber Trades Journal. —™ a Lloyd's. : Application is intended to be made by the corporation of Lloyd’s in the ensuing session < Parliament for an Act to extend and enlarge their powers as regards the “‘ collection, publi- cation, and diffusion of intelligence,” and to provide that the publication and diffusion of any such intelligence shall be deemed to be a privileged communication from them. By other clauses power will be sought for to author- ize them to establish signal stations and to erect signal houses, with all requiste and telephone wires, appurtenances, &c., ‘* such places onthe coast of Great Britain and _ land and the islands appertaining or belongi thereto as they shall think fit, and to maintain and work the same,” such powers, however, - together with the taking of lands or houses for the purpose, to exercised only with the appro — val of the Board of Trade. é x How to Test Leather Belting. We believe a considerable quantity of so-call ed ‘‘cheap” German belting is sent into country and sold under various mames. As regards testing leather belting the best test, : course, is that of wear, but to find out if it has been properly tanned the following method is recommended by M. Eitner:—Cut a small piece _ of leather out of the belt and put it in vinegar. If the leather has been perfectly tanned, and is therefore of good quality, it will remain im- mersed in the vinegar, even for several months, 5 without any other change than i a little darker colour. If, on the contrary, not well impregnated with tannin, the fibre will promptly swell, and after a short time become conyerted into a gelatinous mass. — Timber Trades Journal. . tis 1 REVIEW OF THE LUMBER TRADE - DURING THE PAST SEASON. Quebec Chronicle says :—Another ship- season is over and another winter has din upon us, and we may now offer a few ementary remarks as we have gleaned from manufacturers of square timber, rehants, mill-owners and others. To but few ese, as far as we can gather, has the season | a satisfactory one. Trade in England of y description has been very much depress- nd sales of timber during the past year have nm yery difficult to make and the prices ned very meagre. Morever, timber man- nrers on this side held their rafts for full s, so that sales of square and waney white e were not frequent, and only for immediate nts. Square pine—with the exception of a early rafts of new timber, which brought prices, selling at much the same figure as year, and large first-class waney a little her. Most of the stock of pine is still in hands. Hardwoods have been very dull of In oak there has been but very few sales, at lower prices than last season; the ship- mts of oak plank from United States ports terms with which Quebec cannot compete has greatly damaged the prospects of this wood n our market. The production of square tim- last winter was very much larger than ipated at this time last year and was quite ranted by the reports from the various ets. Deals have been in good demand in eat Britain, and most of the mill-owners on this side managed to dispose of their produce ‘a full prices to the shipping merchants. A larger quantity than usual came from Michigan nd were shipped at this port and in Montreal. yery large quantity of deals are now shipped from Montreal, most of which should be ship- F from this port, and we learn that even ome birch timber and walnut were this year ent to Montreal by barge to be there loaded in a steamer, instead of being placed on -board e as she passed outwards, owing to the fact 'that the Ship Laborers will not allow the steamers to use their steam winches to take such imber over theside, It is to be hoped that the outcome of the recent conference at the Board of Trade rooms will be the doing away of some of there regulations which tend towards the avoidance of this port and the aggrandizement of others at our expense. On the whole the season has been a very dull and unsatisfactory one, and we learn that since the of navigation the accounts from Great Britain have been worse than before and a very dull time is looked for in the trade. This should have due weight with manufacturers both of timber and deals and prevent the block- ing of the markets by over-production, which can only result in anxiety and loss to them- selves, 5 _ FREIGHTS, As compared with last year there has been a ight increase of tonnage at this port. gi SAILING VESSELS. -1884.......:....499 vessels f 380,147 tons Piiiige - 502 382,826 ** M this year.... 3 2679") ese a ; OCEAN STEAMERS, Ae 238 steamers 427,834 tons Bee. see 242 a 446,522 ‘* More this year 4 17,688 * es of freight have been about on a par last year, ruling rather lower towards the L part of the season, and have been any- | thing but satisfactory to ship-owners, and even 8 these rates masters had some difficulty to find cargoes when they came out seeking. A large juantity of deals were shipped in Montreal not ly by the regular liners but by outside ners which the scarcity of produce at that forced into the deal-carrying trade, The following is a statement of prices current ng the 8€a80D :— May. Timber Deals. Ee 208. 229, 6d, 226 River Platte 218 p m ft. B. M, 1 to Glasgaw.... 450. Liverpool, . 478. 6d, TO0 Dos, _ 60a, a June. London .......5+4++5++-208,, 228, 6d. 508, 528, 6d TAVOrPOOls eis;0.00 v2/4 r's.0is 208., 208, 64. TOABEOL BOM. fe atiik piesa er > 6 529. 6d. Greenock.,............ 174. 6d., 19s., 18s., 188. 6d. DOVES s dinule Halve desta ele 20u. 6d., 219. 526, 6d,, 626. Montreal to east coast range of ports....... 556A. Steam :—Pierreville to LOndOn vise ssee sn 508. Montreal to Liverpool. 508, July. MOWNAG avis ates aed sviaes 188. 6d Fleetwood............ 208. Liverpool...........+- 218, Cardiftrescciects yor cova c0 Se 52a. Bd. Belfast .,.... veeeee 5 DOR Bristol ..... Malye ei ys tt L8s MOHEON ston arcs: 248, 6d., 228. 478.6d., 528. 6d., 50s. Montreal to East Coast 528, 6d. ss Liverpool, . 50s, Steam -— Montreal to f Liverpool ....... . 50s. Montreal to London... 50s., 51s. Quebec to Bristol..... 50g, August. Liverpool .,..........218. 6d., 28s. Greenock ............238, 208, Newport ..-.: veeees e208, 50s. DDIiniwis opisls sisteibs os be 22s, 528. 6d. TONGOMN! held eicsis. see 216. 458. Montreal to River Plattents as scsweic $13 pm tt. B. M. Steam:— Quebec or Montreal to Liver- pool. .2.2.. oes 508. Quebec or Montreal to Bristol........... 50s. Quebec or Montreal to London......... 458., 478. 6d. Quebec to Sharpness HOU Dictate miata sini oin «4 508. September. COKE cis eiintiesles aleve 22s. 6d 628. 6d. Belfast,......ccsers.0- 238. 52s. 6d. Leith...... cedogke tod 21s 52s. 6d. PipHGOW seine ch idiat ane 21s., 21s. 6d, 458. 478. Liverpool.........-...218, 458. Greenock..........8: 17s. 6d., 16s. . 9d. 178, DOblin. oss cece es 208. 50s. Carniffes. ive eens 3 17s. 50s. (longitu- | dinals.) | Montreal to River Platte....... $12.50 p m ft. ° : B. M. «Buenos Ayres 312 p. m. ft. B. M. Steam :—Montreal to Glasgow.....0+5. 45s. October. London..........-.- 20s. 453., 468., 478. Swansea........+008 20s. 50g. Liverpool..... a oaiatels 188. Greenock ........... 16s. 6d., 17s. Newport .s.es...00. 19s. 505. Bristol. .cocsessves 193, 60s. (longitu- dinals.) RGLIBAL aciexielsm os Peles Cardiff ..cccesssuece 60s. (longitu- } dinals.) Montreal to River Platte ... 311 p m ft. B. M. * Buenos Ayres $12 pm ft. B. M, Steam :— Montreal to London...... 50s. November. Steam :— Montreal to Liverpool be 60s. Montreal to London 55s., 57s. 6d. A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bottle of Shiloh’s Oatarrh Remedy. Price 50. cents For sale by Ormond & Walsh druggists Peter- borough. —— ee WEsT’s WoRLD’S WONDER or family liniment has proved to be one of the greatest blessings of | the uge. Jt ig a never failing remedy for rhneum- atism, cuts, sprains aud bruises. Cail on J D, | ss PHE CANADA LUMBERMAN. MIRIMACHI SHIPMENTS. Mirimachi shipments of lumber abroad for the year ended 4ft December, 1885, verify the predictions of last year in showing a decided falling off. The shipments for the five years before averaged 131,4f10,000 s. f. per year. They were as follows :—1880, 155,000,000 super. feet ; 1581, 128,000,000 ditto and for the three following years 117, 149, 108 million respective- ly, while there were this year only 87 million | feet. The timber shipments of this season have been rather larger than those of last year, the totals being, 1884, 3 974 tons, and in 1885, 4,944 tons. Palings to the number of 3,207,444; 71,900 broom handles, 720 shovel shafts and 12 bundles of shingles were shipped. According | to the Advance, the deals ends, scantling and boards went to the following countries :— Sup. Feet. Great Britain............,....... 47,239,692 Ireland’. nS Ave. ka dco He ate, 24,984,538 Mranceibe sia sive ait clos dataeaps 10. 223,213 Auptralign 2.30. gtssusdibenhile eats 1,534 672 Afrivays +. tect derias > a> Soe Bere nee 2,262,198 tal ett Merc iis Maries gh ter eas oe 1,005,715 Totals. tse MAE ee cttne 87,250,028 Geo. McLeod and J. B. Snowball are the | largest shippers this year, Stewart & Ritchie’s | firms coming next.—Monetary Times, THE estimated cut for the year of the Eau | Claire, Wis., mills is 228,550,000 feet of lumber | and about 130,000,000 shingles, the smallest | utput since 1881, | FOR SALE, TIMBER LIMITS & SAW MILL HE MASKINONGE LUMBER COMPANY offer for | sale their property consisting of Saw Mill at | Maskinonge Bridge, P. Q., within quarter mile of N. S. | Ry. Station, also good facilities for shipping by water. | Capacity of Mill 50,000 feet per day, water and steam | power ; sawsand belting all complete. Two hundred | and forty square miles of limits situated about thirty ! miles from Mill, which are interseeted by a number | of good driving streams, and are rich in Pine, Spruce, | Cedar, etc. Satisfactory reasons for selling out, For further particulars appiy to MASEKINONGE LUMBER CoO. Maskinonge Bridge P. Q | 6415 Notice to Contractors, Geehep TENDERS addressed to the undersigned, ! and endorsed ‘‘Tender for Public Buildings at Peterborough, Ont,” will be received until TUESDAY, | the 20th day of January next, inclusive for the erece- | tion of Public Buildings, for i THE POST OFFICE, THE CUSTOMS & INLAND | REVENUE OFFICES AT PETHRBOROUGH, ONT. Plans and specificationscan be seen at the Depart- | ment of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the office of J. | E. Belcher, Architect, Peterborough, on and after | FRIDAY, the 18th day of December next. | Persons tendering are notified that tenders will not be considered unless made on the printed forms | supplied and signed with their actual signatures. | Tender for each building to be separate, and forms | will be supplied for each. Each tender must be accompanied by accepted bank cheque, made pa: able to the order of the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, equal to jive per cent of the amount of the tender, which will be forfeited if | the party decline to enter in a contract when called Tullyf or a trial bott e and you will use no other | Upon to do moor if he fail to complete the work con- } Se aEEEanaininEns aeeeeeieeeeeeeel ’ Advice to Mothers. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your | rest bya sick child suffering and crying with | pain and cutting teeth? Ifso, send at once ano | eta bottle of DMirs. Winslow’s Soothing Syruj; r children teething. Its value is incalculable It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediate: | ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mis- take about it. lt curesdysentery and diarrhoea, | r es the stomach and bowels, cures wind, colic, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives tone an haere to the whole system Mrs. Winslow s Sootiing Syrup for children teething is pease to the taste, and is the per- scription of one of the oldest and best female ventan poreag Lap peri a the United States, and e bye throughon Price % cents s bot it the worla | | tracted for. the tenaer be not accepted the cheque | | will be returned. | The Department does not bind iteelf to accept the lowest or any tender. i | | By order, A, GOBIEL, Secretary. Department of Public nh ot Ottawa, 7th December, 1885. 8w50 Sena 10 cents postage, and we will mail you freea royal, valu able, sample box of goods that “B will put you in the way of making more money at once, than anything elee in America, Both sexes of all ages can live at home and work in sere time, or all the time. Capital not required, e willstart you. Immense pay for sure for those who start at once. Simson & Co,, Portland, Maine, ~ 5 J. K. POST & CO. LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agents. OSWEGO, N.Y... The American Hotel, BARRIE, ONT Collier St., Adjoining Market. RATES REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. &f Every accommodation tor Commercis) LUMBERMEN, 3 Tl litt W. D, McDONALD, Proprietor. J. T. LAMBERT, Lumber and Commission Agent. ORDERS FOR DIMENSIONS AND ALL OTHER KINDS AND GRADES OF American Lumber PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, Timber Limits and the Square Timber Trade a Specialty. Office, Wellington Street, OTTAWA. 1.¥ Valuable Timber Limits SAW MILL PROPERTY. HE SUBSCRIBER WILL SELL HIS TIMB ay LIMITS and Saw Mill property, at Contenane British Columbia, and if purchased by a Company, will invest a large amount of price in shares. The Limits are supposed to contain about two bun- dred millions superficial feet. (An estimate is now being made.) The Timber is mostly Oregon Pine of an excellent quality. The average haul, only about half s mile to floatable water. The run thence to mill, 30 miles. Full particulars furnished on application. Ww. SUTTON Walkerton, Ont. Johnston’s Fluid Beef L20 ~ Ya \h JOHNSTON The nourishing, palatable and warmth giving qualities of Johnston’s Fluid Beef has caused this invaluable preparation to before a favorite and fashionable beverage for the winter season. 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SS - = Tux Rainy Lake Lumber Company, of Rat Portage, Ont., and Winnipeg, Man., have made an assignment, ——— Tux schooner A. J. Ryan, laden with lumber from Toronto to Brockville, went ashore at Oak Point, during the snow storm recently. The lumber was shipped by the Rathbun Company, SSS A Firm in New Brunswick has secured a large order for logs from a Boston concern, and will transport them next spring in rafts by sea, as was done two years ago in floating logs to New York. Tar Timber Trades Journal says that Messrs. Bryant, Powis & Bryant have as usual arranged the prices for Gilmour’s cut of next year. We are given to understand that the quantities and specification of this celebrated pine stock will be about the same as last year. a aan drew Allan, Hugh A. Allan, Andrew A, Allan, C. D. Brydges, J ackson Rae, John Molson and Mr. Morris. about Muskegon Lake places the total amount on the docks at from 92,000,000 to 100,000,000 feet. This estimate is from reliable sources and can be relied upon, as the situation on Decem- ber Ist, 1885. from Satilla, reports that on December 6th she passed a wreck with two topmasts out of water, heels up, and hanging by rigging. Soon after they passed considerable wreckage, deals, planks, etce., which leads to the belief that a lumber-laden vessel has been totally wrecked. Ottawa, Ont., this season, was 227,000,000 feet. 9 | Good lumber has sold well, but coarse has been slow to move. whole, been considered good. Small and coarse logs, once left in the woods, to feed forest, fires, are now taking to the mills for sawing. tricts to the westward frequently mention what they term the building boom that is prevailing in numerous towns. -_ ‘A oLos# estimate of the lumber on the docks eel Tux schooner Joseph Souther, at New York eae Tur output of the Chaudiere mills, near The season’s trade has, on the ere SS SE Tun newspapers of Winnipeg and the dis- The wheat crop of the Canadian Northwest begins to tell on the im- provement of the country. It is likely that next spring it will be found that a large amount of lumber will be wanted along the Canadian Pacific and its branches. SN Here is something of interest to parties who are operating, or propose to operate, in the Spanish River district of Ontario. The Sable & Spanish Boom & Slide Company has applied to parliament for an act to confer on the com- pany named the right to attach booms to the shores at the mouth of Spanish River, at points south and east of Rock Island, and to construct, and maintain piers from a point or points on thé north shore of the river, to the island, and frofn the island south and east to the main shore, and to use booms in connection therewith, Of course the company asks the right to collect tolls on logs and timber run through the works,— ae Lumberman. ConorrNINnG the failure of the Rainy Lake Lumber Company, of Rat Portage, Ont., Canadian financial journal says :—‘* The Rainy Lake Lumber Company, limited, of Rat Por- tage and Winnipeg, is one of the many enter- prises of great promise which began with the golden area of the Northwest, and drooped with the waning fortunes of the boom. The capital was $350,000, in 3,500 shares of 100 each, of which $312,000 was understood to have been paid up. Messrs. J. Ross, C. P. R., contractor; L. J. Dawson, M. P.; W. J. Alloway, and Hugh Sutherland. During the boom the assets of the Among the chief promoters were AE CANADA LUMBERMAN. _ matter be left to the development of the Cana- dian lumbermen.” of the energy of the men engaged in the lumber business in Canada, or of the capital invested, or capable of being employed in that trade. If it were a fact that the timber limits purchased by the Americans would remain unproductive if not sold to them, it would still be worth con- sidering whether it would not be better to allow them to remain unproductive, or unre- munerative, far the present, than to allow American lumbermen to drain our resources, to the disadvantage of our own manufacturers, while the timber resources of their own country were preserved and held until their value would be enhanced by the stripping of our limits. the question in another light. export duty on logs is half of the American import duty on lumber, which gives the Ameri- can manufacturer who purchases Canadian limits and conveys thelogs across the lines to be manufactured an advantage over the manufac- turer who turns the logs into lumber in Canada and exports the manufactured article, The question is not, therefore, whether the limits are to remain unremunerative for a time, and increase in value, or be sold to Americans, but whether the Canadian authorities will so arrange the export duty on logs as to place the home company were estimated rounnly at $1,000,000, and the local bank that knew them felt proud that they could boast of such a customer. Mr. As a sample of the method of making money that has attended some of the pine lands traffic in Wisconsin and Michigan, a sale at Hau Claire is given. Thomas Carmichael paid $8,000 for a tract of 880 acres, four years ago, and has just sold it for $40,000. RE SS ES Younc Canadians complain that this season, says the Northwestern Lumberman, they came over the line to work in the logging camps, expecting to get from $26 to $30 a month, as formerly, and are surprised to have but $16 to $20 offered, and must show a certificate of vac- cination to boot. cy ES SS Burnuam & Srivws mill, East Saginaw, Mich., together with 200,000 feet of lumber, was burned December 10th. The origin of the fire was supposed to be incendiary. The mill was valued at $22,000. The lumber was owned by different parties, and valued at $3,500, The mill was insured for $15,000. Mr. ANDREW ALLEN has been elected presi- dent of the Montreal Lumber Co., the annual meeting of which was held recently. Directors chosen for the ensuing year are :—Messrs, An- Sutherland, who was the president, retired some time ago. The company had been en- deavoring for some time past to issue bonds, but without much success, so that the recent assignment took no one by surprise. To add to their troubles their hands struck last June, as their wages were somewhat in arrear, The liabilities are in the vicinity of $200,000.” a OUR TIMBER RESOURCES. Discussine the proposal to increase the duty on logs exported from Canada, the Lumberman’s Gazette says :-— “There would not be much gained by the adoption of such a prohibitory tax, except that the timber resources of the Dominion weuld be preserved. If there is any danger of such a tax being imposed Michigan men will cease purchasing Canadian timber limits and they will remain on the hands of the Government totally unproductive. The limits which Mich- igan men are purchasing are in a portion of the Dominion which will not very soon be brought under settlement unless the lumbermen prepare the way, which they will not soon do if the 5) ier vi raed 2 ee The Gazette has not an adequate conception But the position of the custom rates present The Canadian manufacturers in as good a position as the Americans so that in the competition for busi- ness they will not, by custom duties, be placed at a disadvantage. The opinion that the tim- ber limits will not be utilized at all, unless by Americans. is absurd in the face of the amount of capital employed in the lumber business in Canada, but even if the limits would not be stripped as quickly if left to Canadians alone the country would receive additional immediate benefit by having the lumber manufactured here and the prospective advantage of the increased value of the standing timber. The Northwestern Lumberman states that the tumpage is higher in Michigan than in Canada. This, if correct, would appear to neutralize the disadvantage of paying duty on lumber were he Michigan lumbermen to manufacture only the timber in their own statc, but when they cut timber in Canada the stumpage is the same and when they carry the logs to Michigan and cut them there the duty is less. This a question which should receive ample consideration and immediate attention, as it is not only the lumbermen themselves that are interested, but the whole country. As the lumbermen are primarily interested, however, they should take the initiative in endeavoring to have the disadvantage under which they are placed at present removed, either by increase of the export duty on logs or by some other means, In this connection the result of the negotia- tions for reciprocity will be awaited with inter- est. ——— LUMBER AND TIMBER. The outlook for sawn lumber is by no means unpromising. American advices show some good features, Building has been very active in American cities. Brooklyn, for example, has built 3,665 houses in eleven months of the pre- sent year against 3,050 in twelve months of last year. The tone of the Chicago market is firm and inquiry still frequent ; but the abrupt clos- ing of the season of navigation makes it nearly certain that the year’s receipts will fall below those of last year. The Northwestern Lumber- man predicts that values will remain steady till the February trade begins. Respecting the Saginaw Valley the same authority says : “ This fall find the logs in the Au Sable which will be hung up in ‘pickets’ and ‘jams > less than 15,- 000,000 feet. Last year there was hung up, when the season ended, over 80,000,000 feet. This, of course calls for a large cut of logs the coming ‘winter. Besides a small amount of logs to commence on next season, the docks contain not over 45,000,000 or 50,000,000 feet of lumber, being over 20,000,000 less than last year.” Demand for white pine in New York con- tinues good, both for local use and export. House-builders and furnishers there are very busy, and buy in large quantities. Prices for yellow pine are very low and the trade being done in that article is small compared to the total capacity of the market. Lumber stock in Albany are fairly assorted, but are estima- ted at a fourth below that of last year. A prominent dealer of that city places the Novem ber distribution from that city at 20 per cent, over the same month of 1884. Dealers are feel- ing confident, prices are not only sustained but advancing. vices second week of the present month, the t increase in price is felt more perceptibly every day. ef have made definite arrangements for the dis- posal of the coming season’s cut of their deals — at satisfacjory prices and we are told of one or two other mills which have arranged a basis with buyers for their whole “mill run.” A topic of current conversation in lumber circle at the capital is the sale, now said to be consummated, of the Levi Young estate toG. A‘ Grier, of Montreal, and R. A. & J. Stewart, of Newry, Ireland, and St. John and Mira — michi, New Brunswick. The price mentioned is $600,000. Application for incorporation as & joint stock concern has been made in the proper quarter by Messrs, Bronson & Weston, well- 7 known Ottawa mill men. It is stated, besides, ; that another long-established concern in the ~ manufacture of wood goods will follow suit be- ly stagnant; the season having closed, but — little indication is given of present activity or enhanced prices. There is, however, in the cash that he is supposed to make on the pur- chase. Generally, however, the laborer that obliged to lower his prices in order to compete — already as lowas it possibly can be to allow any degree of profit, he find that the easiet way to come out whole is to reduce the wages of his — In Boston, too, according to ad- We hear from Ottawa that Gilmour & Co, fore long. ; The timber market is at present comparative- minds of well-informed persons, a feeling that — the spring will witness an improvement, This view is strengthened by the recent advance in the value of iron. The supply at Quebec is, — besides, said to be distinctly less than in for- mer seasons. Hardwood timber and lumber re- — main unchanged in price. The feeling is up- ward in maple, basswood and black ash, which are used for furniture making, but no change in price will be made till after the first of January proximo.—Monetary Times. CUTTING PRICES. Cutting of prices is a suicidal policy for all concerned ; it never does any one any good, not ~ even the purchaser, for he more than loses in the quality of the goods the small amount of produces the goods is the first one to lose in this process. The manufacturer feels that he is with his rivals, and, as the cost of the goods is — workmen, and this is the process usually emi — ployed. The only safe plan is for our manufac turers to combine and arrange a basis of rates for goods, according to the cost of production, allowing a reasonable profit, and then to stick toit. This is the safe plan, but we are afraid it will be a long time before they can be made to realize the destructiveness of the present plan to all concerned sufficiently to abolish it.— The Furniture Worker. Improved Machinery. Never before were the wood workers and — lumber manufacturers of New England more anxious to secure the latest improvements in — wood-working machinery. Future profit in the manufacture of lumber must consist in the most intelligent working up of the odds and ends, in — reducing the bulk of the sawdust heap and the — slab pile, and in the employment of such mach- inery as shall show the minimum labor bill and the maximum quality manufactured. The saw mills of the East are far behind those of the — West in economical appointments and in actual capacity for business. The successful wood- worker of the future must keep abreast of the practical improvements of the day. J —— 7 It is Simply Marreleus ~ Mrs. Theron Burr, of Adrian, Michigan,writes | that West’s World’s Wonder or Family Linui- ment cured her daughterof Rheumatism. te she had been affilcted with from childhood. It is infallible. Price 25 and SQ cents per botue. And sold by J. D. Tully. . * vice in time and laces saved. commend it -~ >_ BS SePsge2ee 0 oS8o es 6. RO © s2ForF 5 aie aoe Sino 2 He 2 s32este. & eS 2ipsZses.s 3 ee See aS Hoe 5S ERososVrosh < OS RAssssse a . Boose 6 2m oe BSoese s 2m Seote Cer z FRB TE n Qa per egsseas Bead m~ 2 Ss oS oss 42 eSmndag Se 2 Oe SHS a S20 S54 ad x On mo20 sao =] SBosgnse ase: HS Sal 8759957 oF Bo Stegask® sere Mm < 32380 ea=26e 2 OPPs Sa AS BR sees Stet ses” 5 \Ps “2 Fens} s 22> 2 Aes B ear Sp 3 q Fea tie So =| he| 3 Harris, Heenan & Co. belt, American or experience of over and gives so little riveted belting, Pp TIMBER RESOURCES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, The extension of railways into wild and re- . mote regions is the most practical way to devel- op their resources, whatever they may be. One country has a surplus of what another often very much requires, and the easy- and rapid transit by railway enables commercial men and capitalists to visit places where the material they require, or the markets in which to sell, may be abundant. Lines of railways crossing over plains and mountains frequently save to the traveller thousands of miles, and reduce to the consumer the prices of commodities, that under other conditions would be very dear. In this moralizing the writer has before his mind the three or four great lines crossing the continent of America, the largest and most direct of them being the Canadian Pacific Railway, which traverses entirely British terri- ‘tory, and extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, a distance of 3,500 miles. In its course this great road cuts through many mighty forests, especially in the comparatively unknown timber country northwest of the noble Ottawa, and along the banks of the picturesque Rainy river, where our ‘‘ only General” made his first reputation, The lumbering resources of this vast area are very great, and to some extent will doubtless before long be utilized ; but compared with those further on in British Columbia they are almost insignificant. Un- fortunately where there is an abundance of anything there is also a tendency to waste, and certainly that is the case with timber in all parts of Canada, more of it being burned and otherwise destroyed than reaches the market. England receives yearly from Germany,Sweden, Norway, and other European -ountries, large quantities of manufactured timber goods, which, with the cheap and easy transit there is now to _ the Atlantic coast, and then by rapid steamers | t different points in the United Kingdom, _ tight be readily supplied from the so-called waste of Canadian forests. _ We are next summer to have in London a great Intercolonisl Exhibition, and doubtless The Best, therefore the Cheapest, Belt in the market. Replaces, when used, all others. More Pliable and Durable, especially at the splices. any idea calculated to increase the volume of trade between England and her dependencies will at this great gathering, from all who are interested, receive due consideration. Canada is keenly alive to every thought and circumstance likely to be to her interest, and this question of manufacturing the goods rather than sending the raw material, is one to which she will proba- bly give some attention. It is, however, with the almost limitless forests of British Columbia and their giant timber, that in this article we chiefly intend to deal. The entire length of that salubrious, but comparatively unknown Province, is now traversed by the Canadian Pacific railway, which, from the fertile prairies of Manitoba and the Northwest, crosses the Rocky Mountains, and enters British Columbia on its eastern border, descending the western slope to Port Hardy, on the Pacific Ocean. The iron horse now screeches through British Col- umbia forests, the timber of which is the largest on the surface of the globe, logs frequently squaring 40 inches at the Port Moody Mills. The following extract is from a popular workon this lumber :—‘‘It is a tough, strong wood, well adapted for heavy beams, but it is also good for planks and deals. It makes excellent masts and yards, and is used for shipbuilding and housebuilding, It grows to the height of from 150 to 250 feet, and attains to a thickness of six to nine feet, and carries its size well up. Dressed masts of from 36 to 45 inches in diam- eter, at one third from butt, and with propor- tions for therequired length, have been supplied from the Douglas fir forests of British Colum- bia. In Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain, this timber is known as Oregon pine, though Oregon does not export it to those mar- kets, At present the chief seat of its export is British Columbia and Puget Sound, on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Georgia and on the bays and indentation along the Straits of San Juan, which a few years ago were in dispute between England and the United States, but on the award of the present Emporer of Germany, then King oi Prussia, was given to the latter country, This magnificent timber is chiefly ‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. HARRIS, HEEN ——rs SS r \\ \ X \ \ SS . yy } i li / S&S =— = : = = Zz = A SS . Ss Biffy YY YS) SS . = = <= SS O————— = 5 AN & Co. MONTREAL. Patent Stitched-Steam Power Pressure Stretched—Oak Tanned that has come to all they claim vat d fully equ Supt. H, 8S, & H, N. Dept ly without an equal for cross or CHAS, R. ELLACOTT. After thoroughly testing it, I find it ltin, TESTIMONIAL. Pack, Banmy & Co., CANAL Horse SHOE AND d by Messrs, Harris, Heenan & Co., Nam Works, Montreab, 15th Noy. 1884, Messrs. Harris, Heenan & Co,, Montreal. I have pleasure in recommending the belting manufacture reatly superior to any be under my notice an for it, and certain double belting. of this city. g Stretches but little, always retains it original wid h. Superior for Cross or Double Belts. Runs sraight and true, does not start at the laps. Single equals mediwm double. found on the outside or Pacific coast front of the western range of the Cascade Mountains, as it would seem to require for its growth the warm, moist and salubrious climate peculiar to the sea line of those mighty hills. The Douglas pine forests are now difficult to explore, but being tapped by the railway, together with the general advance of progress, will doubtless soon overcome that difficulty. The railway will carry the manufactured lumber to the east of the Rockies, where it is very much wanted by settlers, who} are now rapidly filling up Mani- toba and the vast plains of the Northwest. Hitherto the product of British Columbia could only be brought to the eastern markets of America or to Europe by ship, coming around Cape Horn, or through the straits in the ex- treme south cf Magelan, but now the Canadian Pacific railway is a direct communication be- tween the forests of the Pacific coast province and the Atlantic ports, as well as to all the markets of Canada and of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. In the valley of the Fraser, the largest river in British Colum- bia, there are many kinds of timber, but up to the present, commercially, they were of little value, simply because there was no outlet except by ships to countries on the other side of the Pacific ocean or to Europe. Now, however, a deal of this timber, which consists of oak, ash, spruce, cedar and fir, will be taken by the rail- way to the Manitoba plains, where it is much wanted, and some of it may even reach Quebec for shipment to England. To anyone anxious to preserve the world’s timber supply, how sad to see its rapid destruction, often wantonly, by squatters and others in those countries where itis now so abundant. The great thing is to clear the soil, and a settler who may take up land on which there may be heavy timber, will often get rid of it the following cruel but some what ingenious fashion: He will take a large auger, and bore two holes into the heart of the giant tree, one hole slanting up, the other down, and meeting inside in the great trunk. Then he will fill into the upper one small pieces of an inflammable substance and set fire to them, The 25 per cent Stronger, 33: More Lasting, and 125 Heavier, than any other Leather Belt, ree will soon catch, and the lower auger hole, acting as a blast pipe, will cause the fire to hiss and roar in the body of the doomed tree until it is destroyed. Let us, however, hope that the rapid settlement of population on the fertile prairies of Manitoba and the Northwest, and the growing requirements of civilization, will find other uses for this article so necessary for homes and comfort rather than in such a merci- less way reduce it to ashes, With the depres sion existing in almost every branch of English trade, many a young fellow with a little capi- tal, and a knowledge of the timber busimess, would do a worse than take a trip to British Columbia to see if its mighty forests do not offer a field for profitable investment in the near future.—Timber. QUEBEO CULLERS’ OFFIOE,. The following is a comparative statement of Timber, Masts, Bowsprits, Spars, Staves, &¢ measured and culled to date :— 1883. 1884. 1885 Waney White Pine.. 3,781,742 2,198,547 2,876,753 White Pine......... 7,405,523 3,707,159 2,820,045 Red Pine.... .-..-.. 498,111 327,785 73,766 OPS Snoasapsosoecs 1,916,322 772,260 1,566,968 MMe aeeiecentete see = + 309,531 657,919 1,018,932 Ashivaecsias entktaes ss 262,448 451,984 287,595 Basswood ........002 2,244 4,544 95 Butternut ........... 1,118 2,134 3,265 TAMIATACdss us cease. 37,736 19,289 3,622 Birch & Maple....... 138,803 202,446 $81,085 SPAESs secs cewecn wees — pes 41 pes 17 pes- JAMES PATTON, Quebec, Nov. 20, Supervisor of Cullers. Advice to Mothers. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest bya sick child suffering and crying with pain and cutting teeth? Ifso, send at once and et a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soo! Syrup for children teething. Its value is incalculable It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediate- ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mis- take aboutit. It cures dysentery and diarrhoea, r tes the stomach and bowels, cures wind, colic, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the wholesystem Mrs. Winslow s Sootuing Syrup for children teething is pleasant to the taste, and is the per- scription of one of the oldest and best female nurses and physicians in the United States, and is for sale by all ts throughout the world Price 25 cents a e. ». THE APRS “WMDERMAN. et a y LIVERPOOL STOCKS. We take from the Zimber Trades Journal the following Comparative Table showing Stock of Timber and Deals in Liverpool on Dec. 1st 1884 and 1885, and also the Consumption fo the month of Noy. 1884 and 1885 :— Consumption | Consumption Stock, Dec. 1st.| Stock, Dec. 1st.\for the month of\for the month of 188k. 1885. Nov. 1884. Nov. 1885, MODEC SGUATE PING. 0.0 vcacncewees convenes 815,000 ft. 236,000 ft. ft. bat Waney Board fog senses sus Beton 425,000 455,000 ‘ VA ODO She Se ALD - > Di WII VIETT gates ran Se log Rein rica 25,000 ‘* | 28,000 “ 8,000 | 4,000 “ BMA DHOT PONGS ELI lcieials)e o'cis oe aviv olelais oleisie vials 76,000 ‘ | 84,000 ‘* | 12,000 “| 8,000 ff BPCG ING. ves) aieaercoe OcfommenoT Soon jive Dv, G00 31,000 ** | 3,000 *¢ 1,000 a ' Pitch, Pine, hewn idler drelaete's atela '=\6)s)6 aah faite aeoOe, G00Ner 419,000 ‘* | 46,000 ** 91,000 4 EELWWTM Moses alee! evclsteyi' in) eke eloyatelesa®, o\ayeie 305,000 ‘* 662,000 *‘ 127,000 “| 110,000 55 Planks Biota tetatareteretatite lalate /siareieie's a)iwieyatelbye ale eloielo.ele 51,000 * 96,000 ‘* 4,000 ** | 8,000 y tara iON Nee MUR AK Icivisla nels sjoic2 sisisinis isietevasia'ei0.er 59 Ovu “ 89,000 “| 40,000 1,000 ‘* Sweden and Norway Fir...... ath 63,000 ‘ 65,000 “| 7,000 * 13,000 ie Oak, Canadian and Ameriean, iene es GOO0) <= 833,000 ‘* | 32,000 ‘ 73,000 be MEP IAG ie Na cach ane pny 0001: 204,000 “| 71,000 ‘ 71,000 ‘ BOSESALUIC yale itateis:sieie iar 9,000 ** 5,000 ‘* | @,000 ** 0,000 ‘* PUNTER ce aici al wtain cisveio\a'e He ola ees lavas Pers a BER a ole 22,000 ‘* 45,000 «| 15,000 ** 14,000 ‘* AE ae: Ree eae Sle ae She Sis eiby cia 41,000 ‘ 26,000 ‘| 3,000 ‘ 7,000 ‘* BERT WCTN ite talns aya0s)alshe tides: ete vas: oi ke, ate) caine @ a siisiets'els 64,000 ‘ 162,000 ‘‘ 26,000 ‘* 64,000 ‘* Mast India Teak... civics cesevoveescvetares 35,000 ‘* 172,000 ** | 36,000 ‘* 9,000 ‘* IGNGONNGATE raicictsraetelsislevoyeieiel olplvieleldls as’s ieinle) s daj- 28,000 ‘* oy ,000 std | Ayer ms 0000 oe N. B.& sinteyoidtes dale ale Bete abt 27,574 stds 21,411 stds. 0,000 stds stds. ee as aha 1,026 « "440 ¢ 6,727 * 93056 “4 uebec Pine Deals SPaards Ale I ) F if “e eevee Rares on 1s Pal ea tO 3,756 3,259 Baltic Red Deals, &c.. 3,895 4,558 “¢ | mipaet 878 ‘ ~ Baltic Boards..,..... BL aks S25 89 “ aes «prepared Flooring ........0e+ seeoee 2,959 ‘ 1,624 | 766 524 46 TIMBER FOR SINGLETREES. The Wheelwright says:—It is exceedingly ‘important that buggy singletrees should be sawed properly, especially if they have been turned green. If the sawing is not done preperly the ends will be all kinds of sizes and shapes. In fact not the ends only but the whole singletree will shrink in sersoning so as to make a variety of shapes and sizes. Many of them will be ill-shaped, scarcely resembling the original design, The grain should be uni- form, that is, it should cross each singletree the same way. If this point is not attended to the shrinkage tending so much more to decrease the circle of the grain than to contract the grain will have results known to the trade. It is better to have the grain cross each singletree in the same direction even if they are to be sea- soned before turning. We do not attempt to say they will be stronger through the arrange- ment referred to, but it will certainly prevent much warping and twisting if the grain is either square across, what is better known as bastard, or if the grain crosses the singletree thin way up and down. Singletrees for buggies and carriages, espec- jially second-growth timber, should not be kiln- dried to season it. Yet it is necessary to use a kiln for a day or two unless these pieces can be loosely cross-piled in the open air protected from the sun and rain. If the temperature is not summer heat, or the timber has been cut some little time, it will stain, giving the all- white wood a reddish cast so strongly resemb- ling the red or heart wood as to be so classified by the inexperienced. One or two days heat will not injure the fibre, but to thoroughly season the singletree in a kiln, with dry heat, will surely deteriorate the strength. The older and brasher the fibre the greater the injury, especially if overheated a little. The injury is sustained even if from a young and thrifty second-growth tree, but possessing superior vitality, it is less noticeable. In the rapid pro- cesses for seasoning lumber, steam or other means of artificial darapening is always adapt- ed. This is practically impossible with a class of goods where the moisture would stain and injure the wood. Kiln drying will not injure the fibre if the heat is kept at a mild summer heat, but with this temperature it would require several weeks, whereas the modern way seems to be to take the timber from the log and ship it out bone dry in one weed’s time, This quick seasoning simply means to crust over the out- side and bake the exterior until its life is seriously injured, often almost totally destroy- ed. Singletrees are graded into three qualities— second growth, mixed second growth, and forest. The mixed secondgrowth is a half-red and white or all red, but second growth many ef them more serviceable than the all white, The forest is a common grade of timber not thrifty enough to be classified with the two _ better grades. Some manufacturers grade their singletrees second-growth, select forest, and forest ; tha second growth grade will take the half-red and white and the choicest of all-red that are strictly second growth, The selec forest differs frorfithe mixed second growth only in taking in what the name implies, a ‘‘select forest,” but not second growth, In classifying as second growth, select forest and forest, the distinction is not made as clearly and justly as in substituting mixed second growth for the select forest. Selecting the best of the forest can but weaken the forest grade. The mixed second growth are sold at a price dividing the difference between the second growth and forest, When turned from green timber the warpidg, twisting and springing form no small per cent. of the whole. The percentage is greater with small, young, tough, thrifty growth than with the larger trees and an ordinary growth. This percentage is farther increased by careless sawing. The grain cross- ing the singletree diagonally makes a very undesirable singletree, especially if turned green, These singletrees that have sprung out of shape in seasoning nee not be thrown away, but can be straightened by using the singletree as a lever with the fulcrum at the centre of the point needed to be straightened. With a quick pressure exert sufficient strength to force the singletree to or a little beyond a straight line, and the wood will retain this shape. If badly sprung and a very tough fibre it will be neces- sary to first steam the singletrees. This dis- colours the wood somewhat and takes the additional time. Singletrees and spokes that are practically dry will spring to some extent if stored or exposed to an unnatural or excessive heat. Waggon-makers or repairers can save their stock from worms by oiling with linseed oil. Singletrees, doubletrees, neck-yokes,spokes and cross-bars that are of white hickory and are kept in stock for a year or more will be eaten by worms or kept in a dark place or protected as above. Coal and kerosene oil are good also, and the expense of applying is but little. Linseed oil is preferable, as it acts to some ex- tent as a wood filler, filling the pores, thus aiding the painting which follows in its proper plaze. A boy can take a rag dipped in the oil and go over a large number of pieces in a day’s time or a vat can be used long enough to admit of several dozen at a time being put in and picked out one at a time, and put where they can drip for one or two minutes. The expense of this is much less than those who have not had the experience might imagine, and far less than the loss of stock by worms. Some man- ufacturers oil all their white hickory stock be- fore shipping, it being applied with a belt similar to other belting processes. The flat part of the buggy singletree is left unbelted by some factories to give the carriage-maker more timber to work on, This is a good plan aside from the unfinished look of the goods. But it will never do to ignore look even if they do cost something. JONATHAN Botox, of Grand Rapids, Mich., lately purchased of O. P. Pillsbury & Co., a tract of pine in Roscommon county, same state, sstimated to cut 50,000,000 feet, at $210,000, The logs will ‘go into Muskegon river, and be floated to Muskegon for manufacture, Ea be MAINE TIMBER. Lumbering operations have been prosecuted vigorously for years in Maine and the impression is quite general that the forests of the state are quite denuded of merchantable timber. But year after year large amounts of logs are run down the stream, and we believe the Penobscot has contributed about 300,000,000 feet to the general stock this year, The hardy lumbermen of that state are again in the woods lifting up their axes against the trees, and a paragraph in the Bangor Commerciat states that “there will be more lumber cut on the south branch of the Dead river the coming winter than ever before in one winter.” ‘The names of a number of lumbermen and the amounts they will cut are given, and the Commercial adds:—‘‘ One can judge of the density of our Maine forests, by considering that this whole amount of lum- ber, viz.: From 15,000,000 to 19,000,000 feet, will be cut from a strip about 12 miles long and seven miles wide.” Michigan contains forests which are capable of turning out a good deal more lumber from an equal extent of territory, but it cannot be denied that the Dead river country is a pretty good lumbering district, considering that Maine has been extensively lumbered for 50 or 60 years. If Michigan shall be capable of doing as well after she has been undergoing the process so long, it will be very fortunate for those who inhabit the state a quarter of century hence. It will be able to do so if care is taken not to destroy the young pines, and the advance of agriculture does not result in bringing under cultivation too great an extent of forest land. Maine has been favored by having a large amount of forest land that could not be profitably cultivated and the forests, left to nature, have been rehabilita- ted. Michigan has some, but not so great an extent of such land; it might be fortunate if she had more.—Lumberman’s Gazette. QUEBEC SHIPPING INTERESTS. A comparative statement of the number and tonnage of sailing vessels and steamers which entered at Quebec, inwards and outwards for the years ending December 31st, 1884 and 1885, which was prepared by Mr. L. G. Belleau, is published by the Chronicle. The exhibit for 1885 shows a slight increase in the volume of business done when compared with the figures of the previous year. In 1885, sixteen more vessels visited Quebec than in the preceding shipping season. The total amount of tonnage in 1884, was 646,365 against 667,112 in 1885, making a difference in the way of increase of 747 tons. In 1834, on the contrary, the decrease over the returns of 1882 was 139,407. In British ships arriving in Quebec, we may note a total of 306 in the year lately closed, as against 317 in the year 1884,—a loss of 11 ships From the United States, Italy, Belgium and Austria we had no ships last year, but there were sent us one from France, 28 from the Ger- inan Empire, 239 from Norway and Sweden, one from Denmark, three from Russia, one from Holland, and one from the Argentine Republic. The increase in the number of Norwegian and Swedish ships arriving here in 1885, as com- pared with the number returned in 1884, was 35; there is also an increase in the tonnage from the German Empire, of one vessel over that of the previous year, Russia, which sent us four ships’ in 1884, sent us only three in the season just closed. A decrease may also be mentioned in the tonnage from France, which sent three vessels last year, and only one this year,—and Denmark which sent us three in 1884 and but one in 1885. The number of men employed in 1884 was 17,080, as against 15,990 in 1885,—a decrease of 1,090 men. Mr. Belleau’s statistics also show the date of the opening of navigation at the port of Quebec in each year since 1830 to the present time, as | well as the date when navigation closed. In 1885, the first Montreal steamer of the season arrived here on the 7th of May, while vessels from sea reached this port on the 5th May. The last ships sailed for sea on the 21st of No- vember. The return shewing the number of vessels entered inwards and outwards at this port from 1849 to 1885, inclusive, is instructive and worthy of attention, In 1885, inwards | been sufficient to raise the total to about that of 580; outwards, 479. last pear. § ‘ ey tas vanis on” ¥ od ») r 7 2.4 “ f . a ee, -% , ) ake ee ek Ae ee ; ta) Fk. fit Ants .* *» =f f », <7 ; ry a —_ ~ WHEN TO BLOW OUT. — Our Rothsay correspondent propounds this — question: ‘‘Is it adviseable to blow out a boiler under 35 or 40 pounds pressure?” and — doubtless engineers throughout the State will give sufficient answers. Itis to be remembered first of all that the steam boiler is subject to expansion and contraction, and under an estab- lished and known margin of safety both these operations, incidental to the working of a boiler, will regulate themselves without giving anxiety to those in charge. Every engineer should have definite information regarding, not only the average capabilities in ordinary service of the appliances he uses, but also of whatever extra strain they will bear or energy they may be required to exert, under unusual circumstances. Thus it may be frequently found necessary to blow out mud from the drum of a boiler, and this must sometimes be done without reference to steam pressure. It is done with from 30 to 45 pounds pressure. An accumulation of mud in the drums is to be avoided; unless removed it will dry up and form a crust or cake which will prove injurious. Experienced engineers advise blowing out under these circumstances. On the other hand, when it is intended to shut down for the purpose of cleaning out the boiler, the practice of blowing out under such pressure should be avoided. It should never be forgotten that a steam-boiler requires careful handling, and a careful engineer would not blow out under excessive pressure, because he ought to know that when a boiler is subjected to sudden con- traction it will be injured to a more or less extent. No absolute rule can be made; the thing to do is to know all that can be known and follow one’s best judgment,—Wood and Iron. A TIMBER LADEN SHIP ON FIRE QueEBeEc, Dec. 11.—Captain Simpson, of the ship Coringa, from London, at New York, re- ports on November 17th at noon in lat. 43.57, long. 33 20, sighted a bark in the northward, showing signals of distress ; lay to until he ran down to us, proving to be the bark Nora Han- sen, from Quebec for London with deals, 28 days out. She was dismasted, had seven feet of water in the hold; the pumps were broken, and the captain wished to be taken off as the ship was becoming water-logged. The crew, consisting of 18 men all told, came off in their own boats. I sent men back in the boat and boarded the bark to get all the provisions we could from her, and then as night was coming on and the wind and sea increasing, set fire to the wreck and proceeded on our course. The bark Nora, Capt. Hansen, cleared at the Que. bec Custom House on the 19th October for London with the following cargo by Messrs. Bryant, Powis & Bryant: 7,206 bright pine deals, 1,320 spruce deal ends, 22,023 spruce deals. The Nora was 958 tons burden, built in 857 at Alton, Germany, and hailed from Dram- men, Norway, where she was owned by G- Samuelson and others, and partly insured. The Greatest Inventor. In reply to ‘‘A Pupil,” we should certainly say by far the most prolific inventor in connec tion with wood-working machinery was the late Sir S. Bentham, whose patent specifications of 1791 and 1793 are marvels of their kind, and either describe or foreshadow nearly all the wood-working operations in vogue at the present day ; in fact several of his inventions have been patented again during the last twenty years. In point of fact there is little doubt that Sir Samuel Bentham was a most remarkable man, although he does not by any means occupy that “niche in the temple of fame” to which his inventive genius undoubtedly entitled him.— Timber Trades Journal, , Late figures in the Toronto Globe make it appear that receipts of lumber at that point this year had been 11,000,000 feet less than in 1884. A correspondent to the same paper ex- plains the apparent deficiency by the fact that receipts this year for local consumption, not being reported with receipts for shipment, have bi r * . 4 vid - + : ~ 2A We aa Dia ’ a ON Rw ae Pray te v RRA Salley EAS i - —— Sait > 4 we ee nthe te ah ee in November amounted to 18,500,000 feet, an \ x ® “TJ think they are just horrid, They make THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. i) Ohips. Iris reported in Eau Claire that H. C. Put- nam has sold 880 acres of pine land on the Red Cedar, to Thos, Carmichael, for $40,000. Lumper to the améunt of 15,000,000 feet has been shipped from Duluth this season that passed out of Lake Superior by way of the Sault Ste. Marie canal. Tn some of the camps in Michigan vaccination is being required. In Thompson Smith’s Sons’ camps, Cheboygan county, a physician went the rounds and treated all the arms that had never before been sore. TuE receipts of Lumber at Oswego, N. Y., increase of 6,000,000 feet over the same month last year, and 170,000,000 feet have been recelv- ed since the opening of navigation, being 20, - 000,000 feet less than during the same period last year. Gen. Surrs, of the Barnhart Lumber Com- pany, at Duluth, has been instrumental in the breaking up and arrest of a gang of thieves, who stole lumber from the companies piles, ran it off in small boats, and sold it, and committed ‘other depredation of a larcenous character. A SPECIAL timber agent has been investiga- ing the Northern Pacific and the Manitoba Improvement Company timber trespass cases He reports to Commissioner Sparks that these corporations have caused to be cut from the public domain 45,100,000 feet of lumber and bridge timber, 84,744 railway ties, 15,400,000 shingles, 32,035 cords of wood, and 20,000 cedar posts, valued in all at $613,400.— Winnipeg Commercial. A FossiIt oak has been discovered in the bed of the Rhone—dark as ebony, hard as iron, supposed to have been 3,000 years in the bed of the river. This tree is 150 feet high, 58 fect cube, and considerably over 120,000 pounds in weight. This reminds one of other phenomenal tree. As, for example, the oak of Allouville, bearing a chapel in its branches ; the chestnut of Aitna, covering 30 horsemen; the tree of Augustus, in the hollow of which Caligula gave a dinner to 40 guests; the plantain of Xerxes, which sheltered himself and 100 guardsmen ; the plantain of Cos, whose trunk measures 30 feet in circumference, and whose branches are propped up by marble columns. In the church- yard of La Haye de Routot, in Normandy, there is an immense yew that once covered the whole cemetery. It is 1,80 years old and grows every day.—Laclede, in Montreal Gazette. As the schooner Mercury, lumber laden, was making the passage from Ludington to Chicago, during the great snow storm and gale of last week, the deck load was washed overboard, but the vessel was kept on her course, and stood up well. About midnight, John Anderson, one of the crew, was swept overboard by a huge wave. It was impossible to round to and pick the man up, and the schooner was kept on her way, though the cries for help of the unfortunate sailor could be heard above the howling of the sea, The captain was at the helm, and after a few minutes had elapsed he was astonished 1o see Anderson hanging on to a fender and trying to climb on board. He was quickly rescued from his perilous position. He had at first been awept some distance from the schooner, but little ahead, and managed to swim until he could get hold of the fender. His escape in such a sea seems like a miracle. The Mercury arrived at this port after a perilous passage,— —Northwestern Lumberman. SHINGLES AS SUBSTITUTES FOR SIDING. “Why are the walls of all these old houses in Nantucket and, for that matter all along the coast, covered with shingles instead of clap- boards 7” Probabfy because they have such high winds here and the shingles are warmer; I suppose most likely they are cheaper, too.” “At any rate they are perfectly lovely to ae at, s0 delightfully quaint and old-fashion? the luxuries. all the houses look like poverty stricken pig- pens. We do not see fit to set the speakers right either in the interests of building or of esthetics. As a matter of fact the reason given for the use of the ancient shingles instead of the mod- ern “siding” or clapboards, were almost the only ones that could have been hit upon that were not correct. In itself a covering of shingles is not ad warm or impervious to the stormy winds that rage along the New England coast as alayer of clapboards properly put on and well painted, The reasons for the change in this particular item in building are not of much practical consequence now but the change it- self is interesting ax an inatance of the natural evolution that obtains in building as in every- thing else. Hands were made before forks or saw mills, and shingles were doubtless used in former times because they could be made ‘‘ by hand.” The cross-cut saw with a man at each end was the first and for a long time the only saw mill extant. It was much easier to cut logs across the grain into short blccks, split the blocks into thin pieces, and with a “‘draw shave ” on a rude horse reduce them to the tapering shape requir- ed, than to saw the logs into long thin boards one man above the log and the other in the saw pit beneath. Moreover after the boards were sawed, unless they were well seasoned and painted, they would split and check when ex- posed to the weather. There was no time to wait for lumber to season and paint was among In the case of the shingles, too, it was of less importance what kind of wood was used, anything that would split true and freely and shave easily would answer, although the latter quality was of less consequence, for muscle was cheap in the old times, Only a few years ago in hill towns of New England, chestnut shingles were made—they may be still for all we know—and served an excellent pur- pose, barring their propensity to stain the work below them and to kick up at the corners, the latter habit imparting a roughness to their ap- pearance that might now-a-days be reckoned a merit rather than a defect. These old shingled walls are far more com mon along the seaboard than inland for which there is doubtless a natural reason. Among the hills in the fresh water regions, there is hardly a mountain brook large enough for a three years old trout to turn around in that will not be found at some part of its course bestridden by the ruined skeleton of a primitive saw mill, in which the ‘‘up and down ” saw in its unwieldy frame impelled by an ‘‘ overshot ” or some other kind of shot-wheel, made frantic plunges through the rough log at the rate of one stroke every second, more or less, according to the size of the log through which the jagged teeth were knawing their way and the flow of water. Along the coast and especially on the islands this local motive power was lacking and trans- portation from the interior was by no means as easy as in the present year of grace. Doubtless shingles will last longer than clap- boards, especially if both are unpainted, but it is not to be assumed that our venerated ances - tors took this durability into account. These same ancestors of ours had so many shining virtues that it is not necessary or fair to ascribe to them more than their due. It was stern necessity, not pure wisdom that prompted them to use shingles, In applying clapboards the nail heads are left exposed while the overlap- ping courses of the shingles cover them ; per- haps this exposure of the iron to the salt atmos- phere has been one reason why the old fashion- ed outer garment has been maintained along the coast, but this is more probably the result of the imitation and conservatism that make certain styles of architecture and modes of buildings seem to be indigenous in certain localities. Finally and in conclusion, sawed shingles— sawed by machines each one of which does the work of 100 men—cost somewhat more than the usual cost of horizontal siding; other things being equal they will last longer, if they are well lined with building paper. As for the respective merits of the two materials in point of looks, that question is respectfully referred to the speakers who began this discussion, and to others whose opinions are equally well-founded,—The Builder. as received. FEED TO BOILER. i OVERFLOW, Single and Double Belting constantly in stock. Wea All ORDERS Filled same days The MONTREAL, P.Q. - - Hancock Inspirator Best Feeder known for Stationary, Marine or Locomotive Boilers. The Injector Perfected ! All sizes lift water 25 feet. No adjustment required for varying Steam Pressures. Over 70,000 Now in Use. MANUFACTURED BY THE Hancock Inspirator Co’y 5 Custom House Square, CANADA Manufacturers of Inspirators, Ejectors, and General Jet Apparatus. lytl TORONTO WARE ROOMS Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. MONTREAL, QU EB. CEDAR. Tt occurs to us that if red cedar was properly introduced in this market, and its merits once thoroughly known to the censumer, it would become a very important factor in the lumber interests of the city. It isa matter worthy of comment that red cedar fence posts and red cedar dimension is in less demand in this mar- ket than in any other of the country ; and this. too, in the very face of the fact that, of all timber that grows, there is none possessing such lasting, such imperishable properties, if you please, as red cedar for fence posts. We recognize the fact that it cannot be secured in this market, so as to be sold to the consumer at anything like the prices for which white cedar is offered, but we see no economy in paying 15 cents for a white cedar post that will last but five years when for 30 cents a red cedar one can be had that will last a» generation of years. We were not a little surprised to know that some time since a couple of Tennessee gentle- men shipped acar load of red cedar posts to this city, and came in person to dispose of them and, if possible, lay a foundation for future trade, but their experiment resulted in a deplor- able failure, not only to receive a consideration for them that justified them in bringing them to this market, but in making any arrangement for future trade. : We cannot understand why it is that a wood possessing such valuable merits, not only for posts, but for the building of clothes-closets in dwellings, is so little in demand. Where cedar is used in interior work vermin and moth will be unknown, and it is susceptible of beautiful finish that adds to its value as a wood for house-building purposes.—Lumber Trade Jour- nal, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Ba reve oe 10 | : fi Market Aeports, a TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Deo. 24.—The lumber trade during the last _ two weeks has been nearly as brisk as during the summer months. Owing to the fine open _ weather building both in brick and wood have _ gone on with but little diminution, but during the holidays we do not look for much trade, The amount of lumber piled off at the railway _ yards has not varied much for the last month past, except in some particular lines, Good - cull boards are tending upwards in price. The - quantity here now is much smaller than when - T wrote you last, and no large stock remaining at any of the mills north of this place. The _ de:nand for this grade of lumber is good, owing - to the number of speculative buildings in course of erection. The most difficult class of lumber 5 to make sale of at present, on this market, is the coarser grades of shipping cull boards. The cause for this is obvious, builders can use a good grade of mill culls to as good advantage, and save from two to three dollars per M by so doing. I feel convinced, however, that on the opening of the spring of 1886, it will be found that we have no overstock of any kind of lum- ber, above the legitimate requirements of the trade on our own local markets, of course it will be understood I refer to that already cut and in stock. It would be premature at the present time to speculate as to the probable cut of logs during the present winter ; this much, however, is certain, that owing to the lack of sufficient frost to harden the swamps, thus far hauling _has been slow and unsatisfactory, and but small progress has been made up to the present time, ‘so that the crop of logs for next season’s cut may not prove as large as anticipated. Efforts will be made by the lumbermen here _ to get the shunting of cars made free during the _ next season to all sidings westward of the points of arrival, This concession should certainly be granted, as it is manifestly unfair on the part of the railroad companies to perform the same service eastward free, and charge from $1 to $2.50 for a similar service westwards, In fact TI have never heard any defence made by the ‘railway companies in regard to such charges, _ and most certainly no reason that will bear dis- } cussion can be made, and in the interests of | dealers and consumers alike it is to be hoped that this concession will be granted. “ce “6 6“ bs “s oe | i t } - “ “ , “ “ “e iy ace “ce “ce “ fe «6 “e “ss “ “ “ce “ “ cs as Ss ss BSIRU nis) Mania aisvelsefsials sii 27 00 es §S i 40 to 44 ft..........00, 30 00 Cutting up planks todry..... AeOdE AaOOWN 20 00@25 00 ne SAT CRS Ooty ciel ele fatine) sfeierelahtaceissn\e) ss nininlais 20 00 ound dressing stocks. .........seeeeee eee 16 00@18 00 _ Picks Am. inspection...... Piauelalelstisiieiew cits COLO0. Three uppers, Am. inspection........... 35 00@40 00 B, M. 1}-inch flooring, dressed. ......6...se0005 25 00@30 00 Ip SN ‘s OME sya snalale’s vlevels,nialale]si =» 14 00@16 00 ie Se SE AVCSSEAN c cicialersieieie\ isle wlaie'e 23 00@25 00 ay SSPE MUNGTONSE svaleeintarrictainlereit sic apeters 14 00 ees Eee OMOSSEC -/e shaloieleebiein- sjelecels 16 00@20 00 Dat. (et es NIMC ESSE Ccrercinien sce ciavetalers 12 00@14 00 4 Beaded Sheeting, dressed.......-....... 18 00@20 00 Clapboarding, dressed .........csssvees eeereee 12 50 RXX sawn shingles, @M........... . 2 75@ 2 90 Sawn Vath. ...... cc eee eeee seen crete eee reese es 2.26 Red oak... 0 00@25 00 White ‘‘ a -25 00@30 00 Basswood, 1 .18 00@20 00 Cherry, No, 1& -50 00@60 00 Wine ash Le acess. vee veue .25 00@30 00 PR TreCde BAY GU) « aiaelein ese sincleiene cess eced 20 00@25 00 OTTAWA. | ! The Canadian Journal of Commerce says :— Now that the sawing season may be said to be practically over, it is possible to estimate cor- rectly the amount of business done this season by the Chaudiere mill proprietors. Most of these mills have been working for seven months, / one having started as early as the 28th of April ; | and, though the count in the various offices is vat. will foot up about 277,000,000 feet. Thus t is somewhat less than last year, but it is stated notwithstanding, that sales have been fairly good. Lumbermen on the Chaudiere say that, in this season’s sales, quality has largely regulated the market ; first-class stuff going off steadily at good figures, while poorer qualities were slow, and only saleable at figures much lower in proportion, Knotty and rough lumber has not been in such demand as last year, and con- sequently the net cash returns have not been 80 great; but good first-class lumber has been readily disposed of at satisfactory figures. An examination of the percentage of good and rough lumber shows that, on an average of all the season’s cut, not more, and perhaps not so much, as 30 per cent. can be classed as first- class, while the remainder is divided into lower grades, The seasou’s trade has been on the whole good, and dealers claim that the outlook for a good season next year is promising, unless some unforseen event should mar the prospect, A CHICAGO. AT THE YARDS. The Northwestern Lumberman of Dec. 26th says;—It would be unreasonable to look for numerous orders and heavy shipments this month, and especially in the heel of it, when } T the members of the trade are divided in their minds and their time between closing up the year’s business and the holiday festivities. Yet there are dealers who are inclined to complain because there is not a lively demand and heavy shipments. It is sate to say that there was never a time in the history of the Chicago trade —not even in the booming year 1882—when shipments to the country were not compara- tively meagre in the last half of December. The current month is no exception to the gen- eral rule. And yet there is a considerable movement of lumber. The localgequirement is being to a great degree maintained by the late moderate weather. But the city and suburban demand is not taking all the lumber that is now being sold. There are good trains pulled out of the district every day, loaded with lumber bound for all points of the compass. Though rates to eastern points are high, they de not operate as a complete bar to eastward movement... It can, however, be intimated this season that it is quite possible that trade will take an earlier start than has been usual in former years, Con- ditions are a little peculiar, Last year the yards in the southwest were loaded up on a 5b- cent rate Kansas city and common points The result was that the spring trade in that direction was to a large extent anticipated, for the retail yards in Kansas and Western Missouri were filled up with stock that was carried over the winter. This year there has been no loading up in the southwest or any- where else. It is thus likely that the spring trade will start earlier than common ; a condi- tion that will be emphasized if the winter should continue so open as to permit of out- door consumption of lumber. Dealers can keep their weather eye on this view of the situation, so as to be ready to jump into the breach when it is open; but they should not jump too soon, Tt is also possible that the retail dealers of the interior may send in their orders for the spring trade unusually early, for fear that there may be a rise of prices later on, This will de- pend on several things that may appear after January Ist. f it shall then be seen that the aggregate of stocks is larger than was antici- pated, that the logging season promises a full crop, and that the general outlook is not favor able, there will be a continuance of the hesita- ting, hand-to-mouth manner of buying. But, on the contrary, if the open winter should promise a limited log crop, the lumber in sight should be less than was anticipated, and rail- road building loom larger for the year to come, everybody holding lumber would tighten his grip on prices, and buying of stock for the spring trade would evince an anxiety to put in supplies before a possible advance in values, It is claimed by some of the wholesale dealers that the expectation of break in freight rates throughout the fall prevented many heavy retail yards from stocking up in November, The break did not come, and there was no extraordinary movement of lumber, If this outcome is to be regretted, because there is more stock remaining in the yards here than TONAWANDA. there otherwise would have been, some consol- OARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. ation can be extracted from the fact that what FiECe CPPOM co ere ruaeene fa seeeees + BAZ OOGM lumber was not moved in Noyember will have to | Culls 7 --- 58 aoe go forward after January 1st. sete During the week two strikes of Chicago, LIVERPOOL. Burlington & Quincy employes have slightly The Timber Trad J interrupted the handling of cars in the Twenty- says ne ‘Aids wks i Je . an ot ag 12th second street district, There was a little strike of the engineers, and another of the switchmen, Both faired off quickly, and the pulling and the switching was resumed after a brief stop- page. quent upon the elections is rapidly waning, if indeed it be not practically dead, there has been, so far, no evidence of any desire to return to business on the part of buyers, whose unwill- ingness to give out any orders of importance is ALOCK ON HAND) MOV... as strongly marked this year as it has recently 1885. 1884. : Lumber & timber....... +++ 465,050,130 688,057,336 | Peem- Niether do the merchants on the spot Shingles Be ai aialsete'aiodel tae 886,810,180 Beh pelts here, if we may judge from the auction sale RAE eee eee 75,214, 1 70,742, «oli Binkatenitlecs scot ean 2789°250 _1'8g0,118 | Beld on Wednesday appear inclined to speculate Cedar posts.....++.... 00008 537,435 400,805 | in any extensive buying at present. Fortunately the arrivals of timber and deals continue light, and with only a small quantity onthe quays there is no necessity for putting on undue pressure to effect sales. EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LO OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. IN BFFECT NOV. 1, Ho NEN BOE ory “tec, | Should the early part of the-new year bring Philadelphia .33c. | with it that resumption of good trade which all yasingean| cersssssseecsss-~B00" | have so long hoped was near at hand, but which AIVANY: sich senneiatioken saben rcoucte bcp nee nto baa so. has been so disappointingly deferred, we ought VOY, cituclsnlasiaiepiivwee hime wa enema samt cove . . = . Buffalo and Pittsburgh........ ee Jake eee eee doc, |t° See some advance in prices, especially in Bhenentady Let ak cp plains alenle mE eee Pinot Ste. spruce deals and other leading articles of the COCLING ...cesecee COC Oe r cedoenesesserevsessseee . ° eusncneie Bridge.cocverseccrescrcccsssssnucee 20c. trade, as the stocks, though sufficient for the Balamanca oR S civolas wa bat civee Deka cae R EPR E aoe 20c. | demands likely to be made upon them at the Black Rock...........s11.s1s:c7:ctssisittttt pe | present rate of consumption, are not above an TOEIB siall orsseishorw ote ins bp ged wie eau Be panicle maaehieaie ee eee 20c. | average, 9 . . TOWOUUCO «coo av vvinsisivisie “ale ev cots ulus ho eile w MPs ie 20c. The only public sale held since my last com- ALBANY. munication was that of Wednesday, the 9th Quotations at the yards are as follows :— inst., above referred to, when Messrs, Farn- Pine, clear. # Mlciechletsieaa oe #53 00@55 00| worth & Jardine offered the cargo of spruce ine, fourths.....+.---.seseeee “5 00@50 00 i : Annabella, from Pine, selects......+ . 45 00@47 00 and a deals now landing = ets Pine, good box... sia 22 00@83 09 | Dalhousie, The company present was limited ine, common box........ . Behl 13 00} j coun . Pine, 10-in. plank, each... .. 00 42.800 45 in number, few buyers from the try being Pine, jLo-in, plank, culls, each. . .. 00 23@00 95 | present. The proceedings were very slow, and ine boards, 10-in......-.0eeeeeseeeeeeee 00 3 . Pine, 10-in. boards, cuils..+....++...+++0. 00 1600 25 | Hough the auctioneer went through the catal- Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft MW Macs .teaves 28 00@32 09 | ogue twice, his patience was not rewarded as it ine, 12-in. boards, 16 ft.......-.sseeeee- 28 00@32 half Pine, 19-in, boards, 18ft......ccsscccseee 3 ooae0 05 | CUBht to have been, and about one: the Pine, 4 in. siding, BELEGG: ate siete ware 40 00@43 09 | Spruce deals were withdrawn, as were also the ine, 1}-in. siding, COMMON. ... ....+6++ 15 00@18 . . eals : scantling and Pine, 1-in. aide, BOIEEGs aiikceuasjewure yee 40 ood? 4 Srd quality ane d the = a see ae eSeon els Weinea tana 18 00@15 0p | pine deal ends. ruce, boards, CACH........eeeeeeeeeers 00 00@00 1 - . “ Brice, plank, 1}-in., CBORD. occcccsaveoe sce 00 00@00 D4 The parcel of birch timber withdrawn at the Spruce, Plank, 2-n., each peat Sekar 00 o0@00 So last sale from the cargo per Henriette, from Spruce, wall strips, cach.......-c+ssees+s 1 = Homie, Hoan Saas ee 00 o0g00 12| Cape Breton, consisting of 873 logs, was again Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each. Sack ** 00 00@00 39| brought forward, but no acceptable bid was emlock, joist, 24x4, each .... 00 00: 1L ot. - “ z ere eee ane art ead 4 ret _ made for it; but we believe a line of it was sub- Black walnut, gook, # M 100 @120 09 | sequently sold on private terms. Black waluut, ginch... 80 00@90 00 ——— ee Black walnut, 4 inch. sececsees- 00 00@85 00 Scaymore, reps cathe Rtureia steel sictoreeicles a 28 00@80 00 LONDON. Scaymore, §-inch. ...000+ eecesscessvcens 21 00@23 00 : rnal Dec. 12th wae wood tinch and thicker.......... 38 ooaao 00 The hahaa phys? of iteswood, SINGH ccke hnmivsss exes @ see 28 00@30 00 | says :—There was y nothing fresh to re- Ash, good, @ M......csesccesseeenccvene 40 @43 00 . > bull a necond avait, AS a Se Sant a gogo > air = helps a s ag The . of the NERY, (ROO) PIM. caintescelece nce seen 0 | goods were offered under reserve, of which, as Cherry, common, ® M... ses.e..eeeeeeee 26 30 Oak, tae EERE eh ee 40 ooads 4 far as we could make out, only a couple of lots Oak, second quality, @ M........+6....-5 20 00@25 00 | were sold. Basswood, Mis cin vceeieenc vecveenweeiee 25 00@80 00 Hickory, B Lf Vea sie rer ae 40 00@40 00} Of the unreserved parcels there was nothing aple, Canada, @ M.........sseeeeereees 28 00@30 00 i ttrac ; - Maple, American, per M.......++eeseeeee 26 00@28 00 particular to # x ft attention. The pine Chestnut, @ M.......e.ee $8 00@40 00 | boards, ex York City, in small lines, excited Shingles, Saami om 0 tog & 86] some competition, but, we consider, without “ extra, sawed, pine. 4 30@ 4 50 | much advantage to the price, each bidder draw- WW clear, a pkuk G ceeeee 0 3 00}; i i 7m: as cedar, mixed aetna See someon 0 on 3 30 ng the line at previous values for similar a oon SS Soa ite tere oie 0 00% 0 00| goods, The goods ex Queen of the North slso WA OMMOGH ie was besa crise nears Us 22%@ 23° 4 i imi. . Fath hemlock, MUM caustic cade SuGERE O coe 2 25 | OUR at prices which similar resiinet\s Slane Lath,sprnce, ‘© cencee.secavensnse ‘22 0 00@ 2 13 | time back ; in fact, the cautious way that goods —— are now bought at public sales is strongly indi- a BUFFALO, cative of an overdone market. e te cargo lots :— . : . A he or iil ay) Ae Though Canadian wood is not heavy in the market, pine, in batton and board sizes, comes in contact with North of Europe wood in the better qualities, and these selling for almost nominal values has an unfavorable influence on Quebec stuff. With the feeble prices Archangel sold at last week, £14 15s. for 14x7 Quebec Ist pine is by no Common........ OSWEGO, N.Y. From Our Own Correspondent Dealers’ are busy piling up late receipts. The demand is very light, and business is al- most at a standstill. bad price. The various little odd lots Three PEG. «ah con ah SMC eit shble teehee $42 00@46 00 yas Picking. wn ha oGRWR PE Ran Chote Sone 32 00@85 00 | sold low, and 4th Gefle 1x7 yellow at £5 5s. is thing UP .....eeres abisihieacwhniea Mtkiah See 24 @26 00 borg bmit- Fine Gaasmnon We as oct. ens 22 oowee 00 about 20s. und gar 35 —_ WF ~ Daranan He's dowe eeu k aieentem Eas aes . 14 @I8 00 | ted, Ist quality, 2x8, at £0 15s., seemed about UNS... este eee eee eee ee neces -- 11 00@14 | Jevel with prices of a month ago, In one of MMilluotan 1Ots ca weuewences .. 16 OO@22Z 00 Sidings, aelentea: Lin. a) peti 00 | the Noxember sales 2x7 fetched £6, so that the “ l}in... . 32 00@36 00 incli ward an i Mill run, 1x10, 18 to 16 ft ** F poaal op | Brezent would rather incline toward an Saas Selec “Sree WES * 2 ooa@as 00 ment. These small parcels are, however, very Shippers:esed..sees at i " . SRE Uae ea ee ee IF ooeen be | maaate codes . market re but Sxil Selected... Sc nein Cent afc taken 21 00@80 00 | Wyborg at £7 10s, is not xo bad. Snip pare i aif ia, eSB ‘Ticieleoscelce: 16 One 18 On| JOU she St. John's yellow pine sola geaeeaae Toe wives bp RISO yy Rhee eh 7 —— 3 Churchill & Sim's sale on Thursday we need UU re ee eee ee ee er) - 1x7 selected for clapboards.....++..+. 22! 35 oo@36 00 | hardly make any comment, the low prices real- Sse =ae, 18 In. pines .......eee ees 4 = 4 4 ized speak for themselves, and $x11 to 15 in., in ME SONS IIL! 1. 80@ 1 00 | lengths from 10 to 22 feet at £6 10s, is significant he A rit TINTS 1 00@ 1 25 | of the low estimation the wood was held in, ~~ ‘ G ‘ > 2 . . * oi | ee a : a ~~ a “ha - o “en ee Se , 2 " One pe ‘ 4 % =. = “t Ly ee eee a Oa ee eS mI — es My é ye . isp ia ote 3 ‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN BRISTOL. Quebec 8rd pine deale— per c. ft. I & ft, 1g, 2d. Sire: The Timber Trades Journal of Dec, 12th eg ae ate scantlings— says:—Quebec sawn longitudinals are mostly 9 t0 22 ft, 4/6x8 144. imported this year, instead of railway timber. | painousie, N. B., pine deal ends — This is an advantage to the merchants, as the 8 ft. 7/12x3 10d. slab trade was very injurious generally. Stocks 5to7* 7/12x3 9d. to 94d. x all around are moderate, there not being appar- 3 & 4 6/18x3 74d. & 84d. X~ ently a great excess of any class of goods. A Paraiea is Liane deals— a CO cargo of Stettin oak (mostly butts) has arrived, a s sii of esd oH roa and met with a very fair sale. 9to2* 7/9x4 1044. at a oe my 0 z x . n~ The Timber Prades Journal of Dec. 12th] painousie, nN. B.; spruce battens— bd says :—The past seven days show a very short 10 to 21ft. 72h 8d. O list of arrivals, and none of them call for any | Dalhousie, N. B., spruce scantlings— special comment. The weather has been ex- Oto 21 ft. 4/6x3 & 2 8d. ‘aa tremely stormy, a very severe frost having | Dalhousie, N. B., spruce ends— se i come on, followed now by a snow storm of some a eae ie ee 15 a cheats 734. O severity, the two combined being amply suflic- alee f. 7 fl ae ion ent to stop all outdoor employments, and in Campbelltown, NBs, spruce desis— . consequence thereof business has been practi- 15 to 18 ft. 11x3 10d. A, cally suspended. Most of the saw mills are only partially employed, many of them work- ing three-quarter time only. With the advent of winter in its severest form, a great number of men are out of employment, and the distress reported is very great. If not so great as last year, it is certainly sufficient to excite the sym- pathy of the more fortunate, and already in the city and neighborhood relief committees are being formed to cope with it if possible. No ships of much importance are reported as being due, and in all probability we shall not have many more during the present season. = ———SsSSss LEITH. ; The Timber Trades Journal of Dec. 12th says :—The arrivals of wood cargoes during the week have not been numerous, but they include a cargo yellow pine timber, deals, etc., per Almedia, from Quebec, for Messrs. James Dun- can & Co., and a large cargo pitch pine timber per Lanarkshire, from Pascagoula, for Messrs. Ferguson, Davidson & Co. The Almedia is the last cargo expected at this port from Quebec this season. Business continues very quiet, and the trade from the yards is very restricted, the keen frost which has prevailed for the last few days being rather against orders being received from the builders. Messrs. Wm. Thomson & Co. held a public sale on Tuesday, 8th inst., at which they offer ed the balance of the yellow pine timber, oak, elm and birch, recently landed ex Alagua, from Quebec, and thereafter a varied assortment of Baltic deals and battens. There was a fair attendance of buyers, but a great lack of com- petition in the bidding, and the waney board yellow pine was with difficulty cleared out at an average price of 2s, 5d. per cubic foot, i GLASGOW. & The Timber Trades Journal of Dec, 12th says :—A public sale of deals, result of which is given below, took place here on the 9th inst. The catalogue comprised large parcels of Mich- igan and Quebec pine deals, Dalhousie pine and spruce deals, California redwood, also birch and whitewood logs, &c. There was a numerous company, but very little disposition to bid was shown, and of the large variety of goods offer- ed only a small portion was sold, Some tran- sactions, however, were made privately at the close of the public sale. The trade, it is likely, will be better prepared for purchasing at the opening of the year, Recent deliveries of deals and planks from Yorkhill yards, Glasgow, show a falling off compared with last year, the figures being: October and November, 1885, 163,271 pieces, and October and November, 1884, 194,447 pieces, Cargoes from Canada have now all arrived here for the season, the import list for the past week comprising the closing arrivals from Que- bec, viz,, those per Magnificent and Choice, Other imports at Greenock for the week have been a cargo of teak and one of pitch pine, The Glasgow arrivals consist chiefly of birch timber and spruces deals. Considering the stock on hand, the import of birch is in excess of the market’s requirements, AUCTION SALE, On %th inst., at Glasgow, Messrs, Singleton, Donn, & Co,, brokers; 10 logs Quebec whitewood (weathered)— 1s. 22d, to 1s, 9d. oo BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The following are the returns issued by the Board of Trade, for the month of Nov. 1885, and also for the 11 months ending Nov., 1885 : MONTH ENDED 30TH NOV., 1885. Quantity. Value. Timber (Hewn). Loads. £. UUISBLelieistsintotn: Wifalel stella ajsiveieieceleleiis|e/s\¢ 14,770 27,922 Sweden and Norway.........+++.-.- 34,400 49,567 Germany..........210» » ce agonapood 10,919 32,871 United States.......:..c0ceccserers 4,540 17.168 British India............ «+s seer 2,796 37,746 British North America.,............ 27,249 110,419 Other Countries............0505205: 31,746 43,865 POT re cirs wafsinsiasre mafeetereraiutererets 126,420 319,568 Timber (Sawn or Split, Planed or Dressed). REET) dhe 6 podtdoosBotuooes ObdenDuS 114,682 238,165 Sweden and Norway..... pinta gis oie swat 125,194 256,195 British North America... ......+.5+ 112,378 288,355 Other Countries,.......+..--+00.-.- 18,709 46,507 OLAIR aye cNiatoreraielis p: scsitites eisteie eiaie 365,963 829,222 Staves, (all sizes)......-...0000+000- 11,152 50,026 Mahogany (tons).......seseeeeseseee 2,981 25,336 Total of Hewn and Sawn.......... 492,383 1,148,780 ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED NOY. 30TH, 1885. Timber (Hewn). RUBSI2. «<2 v0 coe te csentevere severe 252,351 425,948 Sweden and Norway.........+...--. 515,534 724,540 GOUMIATIY ae wine sion, x cieih ele sine) 6 sisiaris aleiale 279,558 663,977 United States... ccc. cccctsccscns 132,482 447,998 STiLIstiw kA 1ainisis,cieis oe) «letsivinieleys|-ieisicistare 37,392 505,878 British North America............. 244,269 1,063,133 Other COUNTIES ici cielo vein as 375,882 521,033 POCA Wareloyestetsrassrdvis ecicte -.... 1,837,628 4,379,002 Timber (Sawn or Split, Planed or Dressed). RAISER ee rains eiclale e Sa diabetes 1,156,320 2,493,715 Sweden and Norway .............. 1,671,508 3,500,698 British North America............ 928,834 2,286,082 Other Countries...... opnnthicacocar 312,937 937,803 Total...... QO GOR HEC CONDUBO OCH 4,969,599 9,218,298 Staves (all sizes)..........ssssseeeee 115,732 430,339 Mahogany (tons)................... 53,606 467,173 Total of Hewn and Sawn.......... 5,907,227 13,697,300 Catarrh—A New Treatment. Perhaps the most extraordinary that success bas been achieved in modern science has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the lesg startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients,presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted,” while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at all. Starting with the claim now generally belleved by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is up- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King street west, Toronto, Canada, und enclose a stamp for their treatise on Oatarrh.—Monireal Star. ly122, —_>____—_- ARE you made miseruble by Indegestion, Con- stipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Yellow skin? Shiloh’s Vita'izer is a positive cure. For pale by Ormond & Walsh, druggists, Peterbor- ough, OATARRH CURED, health and sweet breath cured by Sb‘'oh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Noe3al Injector free. For sale by Or- mond & V/alsh gglsts, Peterborough }} Yi) if Y MONTREAL SAW WORKS CHAS. M. WHITLAW, ] Y] YY] . \ MON TR HA TL. 452 St. Paul Street. Manager. OFFICE om— IN- RS \, CIRCULAR, GANG, SHINGLE, CONCAVE GROOVING, RS Nn ad . 4 ~ 4 Di BAND SAWS. 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For Discounts and Terms, Address MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN JNO. C. McLAREN, Felt, Roofing Pitch, Shoathing and Building Papers, Carpet and ¥ ined Waterproof Paper, Ready Roofing, &c. sg All orders promptly | 202 & 204 ST. JAMES ded to at LOW PRIOBS STREET WEST, M O N TR EA & EE. WILLIAMS, Lace Leathes, American Rubber aud Cotton Belting, ete., always on hand 4 Adelaide Street Kast, Doconte = QUALITY is what | aim at, the result being . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 asa FR HNHW YOO R == SU Poe Rr rlON FOR TH — Canada Lumberman bE WILL PAY WOU... Because: 1. It is the only newspaper published in the Dominion of Canada devoted to the lumber and timber industries. 2. It is devoted es the development and utilization of our forest wealth. 3. It furnishes complete and reliable quotations of prices of lumber in all the leading markets. 4. Its columns are filled with rehauting reading matter, valuable alike to the land owner, manufacturer or dealer. 5. It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada, and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any way connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. ¥a=>-TO ADVERTISERS. It has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at once decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion. 14 THE pare LUMBERMAN. ~ GUNNINGHAM’S PATENT OSCILLATING TWIN ENGINE FOR STEAM FEED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, valves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and the very perfection of Ses compactness, durability and cheapness attained. The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 1} in. rope. The shaft is steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, (—@ the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to I start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we put on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by These engines are well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the When the carriages are used in two or more sections, the coupling and uncoup from it to the carriage ; shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. | ling of each section is quick and simple. | There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfaiy % Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Oalabogie Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to eventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy ircular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and herever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. e would also call attention to our Improved Band Saw-Mill for cutting logs na-We guaranice this to be the best Mill of its kind got up, and would ask any ene wanting a good Band Saw- All to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR ILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &¢., address the Manufacturers, Vii, Hamilton Manufacturing Go'y, Limited PHTEHERBOROUVU Ge t | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NORTHEY & CO’S STEAM PUMPS, TORONTO, ONT, Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. SA V INSURANCE. 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There is evidently a great deal whether for good or evil, when a change comes, | Of work to be done by our generals and diplo- is goon reflected on the other. But we must] mists out there before trade will be established not forget that the rival industries of America| on a good working basis. Even Rangoon may are in a constant process of development, and | depend for much of its supplies on the native that with each returning year she exports more | craft, or lumberers, bringing the teak down the BRITISH TRADE. There is a general admission of a bad trade, and the Government returns to some consider- able extent corroborate it, as these columns have had to record; but whence its source no | one seems able to determine, nor from what quarter relief isto come. All eyes are at pre- sent turned towards America, because it is understood that business is really reviving LUMBER DRIVERS’ CALKS Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel and Forged. 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The latest is a report of the shipbuilding | trade in Glasgow for the last as compared with | the two previous years, and it confirms as far | as that enterprising port or entrepot of north- ern trade is concerned the view now 80 univer sally prevailing, that even in favored localities our national industries continue to lose ground, | We learned from the Glasgow Herald on the 19th that during this year 241 vessels of a total | capacity of 193,458 tons were launched, as com- | pared with 296,854 last year, a falling off in this | important Glasgow industry of 103,396 tons, which is suggestive of a loss of employment to thousands of artizans, as the deficiency would | mean the discharge of as many men as could build within the twelve months more than 100] ships of over a thousand tons each, as well as so much loss of trade to those who supplied last | year the materials, steel, iron, timber, &c., &c., Yet this would have | to construct such a tieet. been considered an immense business as lately as 1879, when only 174,750 tons were launched on the Clyde. But in 1883 the tonnagesupplied there reached 419,764 tons, of which the present return is short more than half, Tyne and Wear sent their delegates to a meet ing last week, in reference to a notice of a 12} per cent. reduction of wages being given by the employers, and it is stated that it was unanim- ously resolved not to submit to any further reduction, either on time or piece work, so that | another strike and disorganization of the labor market may be looked for in that quarter short’ ly. Two and six pence in the pound seems certainly a rather formidable reduction on a week’s wages at one slap. But the men might be sure it signifies one of two things: either that the masters have not sufficient work on hand to keep the men employed at a profit to} themselves, or that their returns will not justify their guing on at their present rate of expendi- ture ; and neither case is the wisdom of a strike | very apparent. The slate quarrymen at Llan- dulas have a better chanoe of obtaining a con- cession from the masters, because slate can only be obtained from certain districts; but ship-| crea TORE, | whichis next in dignity, has also to acknow- building interrupted in one port flies to another, The housebuilding trade, all over the country, | alao depends very much on the slate quarries of North Wales, and the owners, or those who work the quarries at a royalty, may by and by reimburse themselves fer an advance of wages by raising their prices, if the strike continues long enough to produce a brisk demand, but this does not apply to shipbuilding, where the stoppage of the work for any length of time may destroy; the reputation of the port, and cause it to be shunned by shipowners, who want vessels for a special purpose, to be completed in _ @ specified time, _- And if we look to the East, instead of the . Weat, there is not much to reassure us. The _ mews from Burmah 1s not quite so favorable to & speedy opening of a large trade on the Irra- _ waddy as it looked when the great success achieved by General Pendergast and our troops __ by capturing the King and apparently putting _ anendto the war was first published. There appear now to be some further difficulties, and armed insurgent bands, by land and by water, B | be afforded by British cruisers, native confidence will probably be wanting till the administration is settled. If the native merchants are not afraid of British interference with the river | traffic, they may be doubtful of marauding | parties composed of their own people, for public disorder and political revolutions are the oppor- tunities of desperados in all communities, The close of the year being now upon us, and the Christmas holidays, at this present issue, in | full festivity, the timber and building trades | have settled down into their customary quietude at this season. On all sides we are admonish- ed that the year’s work 1s done, and nothing new in the way of business will be undertaken till 1886 puts in its appearance, and imparts new hopes to those who have despaired of a trade revival during 1885. It is not yet time to reckon up the business of the year, but we may take a survey of the distribution of our timber imports up to the end of November, as these form a good index to the state of business in the various parts of the kingdom to which they refer themselves, and altogether form a body of useful information to be obtained, for the moment, in no other work, not even from the Board of Trade publications. Though the imports up to the end of Novem- ber exceeded by 154,933 loads the supply of | timber goods at that date last year, very little of the excess had found its way to great depots ; Zhe | of the trade, Notwithstanding this decline in the trade, the | boiler-makers’ and shipwrights’ societies of the | London, the Leviathan of the realm as a swallower up of cargoes,is not accountable so far for a stick of the excess, For thu month of | November, it is true, it took in some 43,000 loads more than the November preceding ; but in the total reckoning for the eleven months it is more than 30,000 loads short in the compari- son. It must not on that account be concluded that we are without a sufficient supply here. |On the contrary, though keeping within such | reasonable limits, London is as well prepared for a: better demand, probably, as any part of the country. Liverpool in like manner is well within bounds. It has only just turned the corner by less than 2.000 loads, and cannot therefore be accused of overtrading in timber. One year (1877) Liverpool imported more than half as much as London, but never since. The difference now between these two great empor- iums is about in the proportion of 134 to 6. But London apart, there is no other port that approaches the timber trade of Liverpool. Hull ledge a Palice of the surplus over its last year’s import, up till the end of November ; till which return it was in arrear. Now it stands in ad- vance by about 30,000 loads. But this is more than off-set by Cardiff, which is above 40,000 loads behind. The greatest spring appears to have been made by Grimsby, which if not a | chief timber port seems to be fast becoming one, and fully alive to all the local advantages it possesses, Of the excess aforesaid, Grimsby has seized the huge cantle of 63,000 loads— like a young Hercules throwing a bullock across his shoulders, and walking off with it, as if there was nothing remarkable in the circum- stance. Hartlepool just maintains its ground modestly, as if in no hurry to put forth its strength. It is even about 17,000 loads short of last year, and finds itself nevertheless in tolerable good case to meet any improved de- mand likely to take place when the days get longer. Newport (Monmouthshire) has its trade well in hand too, as if doing a steady business a little within the mark by abont 4,000 Orono Cant Dog Strongest and Lightest in the market. Made of Best Cast Stee by drop forging process. The Handles are made of best quality straight grained split and turne | Rock Maple, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Prices on application. _ MANUFACTURED BY 7. McAVITY & SONS, sT. J OBN, N.B. rr loads less than twelve months ago, If nota spring Grangemouth may at least be said to have taken a long, a very long stride, that is, from 127,000 to 174,000 loads, But Grange mouth has a heavy duty to perform, as Glasgow looks to it for its east country timber goods, and therefore 40,000 loads more or less is no great object to that small but ever busy port of the Firth of Forth. Sunderland has gone ahead by 7,000 loads ; and Swansea has fallen in the rear by 10,000, while Greenock has taken a cut in of 17,000 loads, and increase rearly of of nearly 20 per cent. on the figures of last year, and Leith 13,000 loads. Montrose is per- haps flooring trade in better heart for 10,0C0 loads of the surplus have gone there. Newcastle, suffering from the general complaint of poor trade, and not at above letting us know it, has, nevertheless, taken a small surplus of 8,000 loads to carry on with. It is one of those places which are always busy, but which in the busiest time delights to complain that it has not half enough todo. Thus its figures do not always correspond with its lamentations, Most of the Scotch ports, besides those we have mentioned, have imported short, and like- wise all the Irish- ports of any note except Waterford and Dublix. Even Belfast is 6,000 Joads in arrears, and has dropped far astern of the capital with which in the timber trade it used to compete. Dublin up to date has im- ported more than four times as much as Belfast, and the southern ports look very small indeed in the comparison, It will be seen that already the total import up to November 30th, wanted but a trifle of 6,000,000 loads ; and it needs no divination to forecast that the December returns are not likely to fall far short of those for the same month last year, as to the timber trade, so that the supply is pretty sure to be a full average one, upon the whole. And it is greatly to the credit of the trade that with so large an importation, on a very dull year, it goes on just as steadily as if the business to be done was as good as ever. But it has at least provided itself with the means to do a good trade, and though, as we have said, few signs of it present themselves to us on the surface, they may work upwards in a short time, and be palpable to us all, According to American ideas, we ought to congratulate ourselves that the bank raised its rate of discount from 3 to 4 per cent. last week. They argue that a cause of dull trade is a cheap- ness of money, This does not quite conform to the experience of our own country; but if we find that the rise of bank rate is no check to business, we shall be half inclined to adopt their theory. Four per cent. may possibly be the happy medium, the palladium of trade, the talisman of safe business. To be very high at, 6 or 7 per cent., we know is bad, and at under 2 per cent. our cousins over there say it isso. Between these two extremes there is possibly a middle term in which trade especially rejoices. Let us hope that our great financiers will hit upon it ere long, and that the trade of the new year may be more prosperous than that of the one which is now taking leave of us. It will yet be something to be thankful for if we find it no worse,— Timber Trades Journal. WOOD-WORKIN G PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the United States Patent Office, December 29th, 1885, is specially reported by Franklyn H. Hough, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F. Street, N. W., Washingston, D. C. 333,295—Dove tailing machine, automatic switch for—C, Graff, Logan, Utah Territory. $33,228—Sash tastener—J. Hutch, Canton, Ohio. 333,240—Sash or door fastener—C. Longbot tom, Bradford, County of Cork, England. 333,191—Sash weights, chill mould for —B, Anderson, Urbana, Ohio. 333,438 — Sash, window— L. L. Arnold, Buffalo, N. Y. 333,339—Saw guide—H. W: Roberts, Dan. can City, Mich. 333,244 — Saw mill, set works for—T. J. Leacy, Milwaukee, Wis. _ PATENTS ISSUED JAN 5, 333,604—C. M. Stevenson, a N. y. 333,664— Saw mill carriage—T. W. Peok Milwaukee, Wis. : 333,843—Sawing machine, fire wood—I. Gill _ more, Dewitt, Iowa. 333,562—Saw table gauge—D. W. Stande __ ford, Oakland, Cal. ; % 333,777— Saw Buck—H. Palmer, Banon, Conn. ed ' J. D. Tully, druggist, will gladly inform - one inquiring of him of the wonder/ul results of West's Cough Syrup, It is an pene doo cure | for all throat and lung di coughs, Co'ds, hoarseness, influenzs, Consumption in iteearly stages, and whooping cough. Price 25<., Soe. 4p and 31 per bottle bet Se PH CANADA LUMBERMAN, | | 3 Substantial Saw Frames, Carriages and Engines BEST MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. 7 ‘No Expsene will be spared to make our Special Lines the representatives of their class in Canada, and the best that ean be made. 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BAXTER, M.D. M.R.C.8., Edin. ome ourenst,touorte/ = BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS See Soa ene ari Full Calf, Half Calf, Full Alligator, flalf A lhigator, Flexible Leathers, cml tte St Bun Flalf Russia, Full Sheep and Cloth Bindings ><) wee AT TP PRUTPUT PANY prencoY | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. LIGHTNING'S AMONG THE TREES. All who have been ins forest during 2 thun der-storm have witnessed the pranke of lightn- ing among the trees. An English engineer who spent several years in this country thus writes on the subject: During surveys in the forests of the United States, when I necessarily lived under canvas, I often had the opportunity of witnessing the effects of lightning onthe trees, and my experience lead me to believe that trees are only destroyed by lightning when they have been previously wetted by the rain. A sojourner in the woods, whether he is tak- en in pursuit of game or with the object of pro- specting for timber, minerals, and land,is always careful to erect his tent under a short thick tree in order to escape the danger of lightning or of trees falling and bringing down others in their way on him; and it was often while thus situat- ed I noticed after stormy nights when thunder and lightning were accompanied by rain that many trees had fallen, The report of the snap- ping of the trunks would remind one of that of the firing of a cannon, and when lightning and thunder were not accompanied by rain (in the immediate locality of our camp at any rate) no trees had been struck, I infer from the same observations that the lightning always strikes the tallest trees, whatever their species may be, for the taller white pines and poplars were most often seen destroyed and the shorter maples, linden, birch trees, etc., rarely 80; also that the sap between the wood and the bark of the tree does not increase the chance of its des- truction. have met with a number of instances of it. We allude to the exhaust valve being late inclosing, so late that it does not close until after the steam valve has been open for some time, allow- ing, of course, the live steam to blow through the exhaust port and out. Another source of waste lies in the uncovered pipes which abound in places where the heat which they radiate is rather an annoyance than a desideratum. Every square foot of this sur- face is radiating heat uselessly into the atomos- phere instead of retaining it to be conveyed to the engine, and converted in part, into useful work, and how much steam may be condensed in along whistle pipe exposed to the weather and allowed to stand full of steam instead of being shut off as it should at the boiler.— Boston Journal of Commerce. —— ES ———————— SHAFT BEARINGS. In numberless instances, says Iron Age,shaft- ing is found small in diameter in proportion to its length, even as regards the distance apart of its supports, and far more so regarding the shaft as a single rod, which from the method of unit- ing its separate lengths, it becomes. Such a bar, even before pulleys are put on,is anything rath- er than straight. The load of the pulleys puts it still more out of true, and then finally come both the dead-weight of half the belting driven by it and also the diverging strains of the loads onthe driving sides of the belts. All these make a length of shafting serpentine, and this is increased in proportion to the distance of this or that pulley from a bearing. Hence it follows that the bearings must and do suffer; 80 also does the oil bill and the coal bill. Another source of friction and brass-cutting is to be found in the methods sometimes observable of fixing the hangers or brackets, such as bolting to joists or flooring overhead, either of which is subjected to constant variations of load and consequent alterations of line, or bolting to the members of an iron roof or its supporting columns, which are in perpetual movement by expansion,contrac- tion or from wind stresses. In many cases there is no better way practicable, but then the evil can be met by putting up shafting in indepen- dent lengths, each having its own pair of sup- ports and transmitting the rotation power by universal joints, or the simpler expedient of cross-ends plain on one end and ‘“‘taken on to” by studs or pins fixed on the other cross end. It is probable that not one steam user on & large scale in a hundred can tell how much power is absorbed in overcoming preventable friction in his shafting. Yet it could easily be ascertained. We may also point that brass is used far more freely than is necessary for lay shaft beams. Hardwood, such as hornbeam or beach, is much better and cheaper when the loads are not too heavy. Wood bearing will run for years. They soak up oil and come to a beautiful surface, and they never cut a shaft, as brass will do. The virtues of wood are not understood as they ought to be, THE POPLAR. In an article on ‘‘The Future of the Poplar,” a contemporary observes: As is well known, for a nation of shopkeepers a large number of packing cases have to be annually made, and as, in most instances, these cases are only used once, cheapness and lightness for carriage are great essentials, and these the poplar possesses in eminent degree. For cases in which very heavy weights have to be packed, such, for in- stance, as tin plates, where a cwt. of metal goes into a box about 20 in. by 14 in. and less than 2 in. deep, it is not so suitable as the elm, as it lacks its strength and will not stand such hard knocks. When it is considered that the tops and bottoms of these cases go at three boards in thickness to the inch this will not be greatly wondered at. There are, however, vast numbers of cases wanted in the drapery, grocery and similar trades, and for such purposes the poplar seems peculiarly suited, as, in addition to the qualities of cheapness and lightness of which we have spoken, it is very white and clean in appearance, and has no properties in it likely to cause injury to the articles packed | Island, a few miles from Victoria, B.C. Both within it, For such uses there need not be an | vessels stuck fast, and the Arabella became a atom of waste, since left to grow on naturally. | total wreck, She had 500,000 fest of lumber op and it is not attacked and lopped by the} board. a cloud, but those which silently convey it to the earth without being shattered or injured in any way. That many trees do this seems certain: In all probability trees whose leaves present many sharp points are the best conductors of electricity. Each point attracts electricity, and is the means of directing it through the branch and trunk to the earth. The amount conveyed by each is so small that no partot the tree sus- tains any damage. Leaves like those of the hol- ly tree are admirably formed for attracting electricity. The points on the foliage of fir are of the desired shape to attract electricity, but the resin in the fir tree serves to make it a poor conductor. Ina flat and nearly level country like our western prairies lightning does not always “strike” the highest objects. It sometimes enters the side of a building instead of diacharg- ing itself on the chimney, the highest place on the roof, or other projecting point. The pre- sence of suitable trees next a house, or at some distance from it in the direction toward the course of the prevailing thunder clouds, would serve to protect the dwelling. Trees that are better conductors than the materials of which buildings are composed would protect them as well as metal rods.—Chicago Times. —_—————— OPPORTUNITIES FOR WASTE. In a large establishment where several bat- teries of boilers are at work to supply the steam consumed, we are waiting for shutting down time to commence work upon the engine, Strolling around the building a large drop of very hot water upon the neck compelled atten- tion to a large valve overhead, from the stem of which issued a jet of steam which would have been a decided improvement upon the perfoim- ance of some safety valves we know of, together with numerons drops of the hot water aforesaid, Moralizing upon this outlet for the escape of heat without the performance of useful work, our thoughts went out over the long line of op- portunities for waste which exist in the ordinary steam plant. One of the most prolific of these is the blow-off. Leading as it usually does by closed pipes to some concealed drain, a very serious leak may exist at this point without attracting the attention of an unobservant at- tendant. Our first experience in this line was in a printing office, where the boiler and engine were in charge of the pressman. One day the boiler worked badly. The fire was driven and coal shovelled with commendable energy, but frequent stoppages had to be made for steam. The state of affairs baing called to the attention of the manager, he declared the boiler to be dirty, ordered the fire hauled, and to show his practical acquaintance with the subject shut down his roller top desk, stripped off his coat and bathed in soot, ordered the boys about and raised a general hubbub for half an hour, when the boiler was pronounced all right. Meantime the writer had noticed that the pump was run ning although the draught of steam from the boiler had stopped, and that when the pump was stopped the water lowered in the glass, The blow off valve appeared to be closed when tried, but the pipe beyond the valve was hot, showing that hot water from the boiler was passing the valve, The valve was opened wide, then closed tightly, the water stood stationary in the glass, and the continual drain of heated water, caused probably by a bit of scale under the valve, being stopped, the boiler did its work nicely when started up, to the infinite delight of the manag- er who of course laid it to his clearing. Avother favorable opportunity for hidden waste is in those establishments where the cir- culation of pipes for heating is connected so that the exhaust may be used in it. If the exhaust valve is not tightly closed when live steam is on the building it will find an open passage through the exhaust connections into the open air. About the engine are two little opportunities for waste, the first of which should be on its face so apparent that its frequency is surprising ; that is the practice of allowing the drip cocks to remain open while the engine is running. Although it must be apparent to the operator that an opportunity is thus afforded for steam of the cylinder pressure to blow directly to waste, it is a very common practice with the runners of small engines. Thesecond is more occult and less liable of detection, though we sound timber and free from knots, and there ¥ sapwood, and the limbs are practically as good — sively used in what our American friends would term “dry goods stores.” The same qualities which recommend it for packing cases would be equally applicable here, and no imported wood possesses them in the same degree. Another use to which it is occasionally put is for benches and tables for leather cuttcrs. For this ite softness is a great advantage, but in the matter of grain there are woods more suited ; but as they are scarcer, and consequently dearer, they have to be dispensed with in favor of the poplar. ———— THE INVENTOR OF THE CIRCULAB SAW. In « lonely, secluded spot in the northwest corner of the cemetery, near the ever beautifuy A gentleman connected with the new botani- cal gardens suggests that the mete-rological offices in different countries collect reliable data embodying the observations of different persons as to the particular circumstances attending thunder storms during which more or less in- jury has been done trees. He states as the re- sult of his own observation that certain kinds of trees are much more likely to be injured by lightning than others, which goes to show that they are very poor conductors of electricity. The condition of the tree in regard to age and vigor has also, in his opinion, much to do in making it a good or bad conductor. Ina com- munication toa London paper he says: The comparative conductibility of different trees is not wholly, in my opinion,a question of species, The same species at different stages of growth, and growing under different circumstances, will exhibit widely different degrees of conducti- bility. Doubtless the hardness of the wood and_ the character of the grain, and also the character of the ramification, have much to do with that re- sistance to the electric fluid which results in damage to limbs or trunk. Hence, probably, why the oak, which is remarkable for the general closeness and hardness of its grain, and the rug. gedness and contortion of its ramification, so frequently suffers, while soft-wooded trees, like poplars, escape. But younger oaks under the same circumstances might escape, while the older and harder and drier trees would be brok- ‘en by theelectric fluid. A mistake commonly made is to speak of certain trees being “struck” by lightning, the word ‘‘struck” being only ap- plied to those trees that {are injured by light- ning. Thousands of trees are struck during every thunder-storm that takes place over woody country ; but, being struck noiselessly and with- out resulting injury, they are not noticed. It is doubtless the superior orinferior conductive power of a tree which subjects it to, or exempts it from, harm from lightning; but it is the greater or less moisture of the branches and trunk which regulates the conductive pow- er. The form of a tree, too, hasmuch to do with its exemption from hurtful strokes. The Lom- bardy poplar is about the best form, because its branches, pointed upward, are like so many light. ning conductors. The oak is about the worst form, because its branches and limbs are nearly always (in those trees which are mostly damag- ed) placed across the course of the electric fluid. The Lombardy poplar also is of much moister and softer substance than the oak, and conse- quently gives freer passage to the electricity. The best conductors of electricity are not those that are “struck” by a discharge from a drank freely of his choice liquors and wines ; ® vessel owner on the North River before the he brought his superior officer to the ground for insult, and because he was # traitor and coward; and after being court-martialled, in- stead of being shot, he was appointed Colonel in his stead. In this lonely graye are'the ashes of the man who, nearly 70 years ago, took up and moved bodily large brick buildings, and, to — the wonder and admiration of the world, con- — through a bed of rock, and who also built. on contract, those first low bridges over the same. He also aided in the construction of the first ten milesof railway built in the United States, and founded both the villages of Esperence and Bostonville, on the old Schoharie, near Amater- dam. The study and aim of this man’s life appeared to be to do that which none other could accomplish, and when the object sought was accomplished, he passed it as quietly by as he could the pebbles on the sea-shore.— Ez. ——_—————————— A Good Week's Log-Making. Arts, Dec. 30.—The following work done — by one gang of four men, under the mat ment of Mr. George Guertin, in one week on the limits of N. E. Cormier, on thesouth branch — of the Petewawa river, is worth noting. These four men, Moses Thibault, Cyrille Jeauvine, John Renand and Alfred Perrier cut in six days beginning Monday, Dec. 14th. the following saw logs: Monday, 160; Tuesday, 166; Wed- nesday, 170; Thursday, 173; Friday, 171; Saturday, 168; total, 1,008 sawlogs, average diameter 16§ inches. The same 1,008 logs were — laid up on ten rollways (besides making the rollways) in three days by two teams driven by O’Rooke, Guertin and Tom Guertin, lst day, 356 ; Ind, 307 ; 3rd, 345; total, 1,008. SS DrceMBeR 25th, during a thick fog, the British bark Arabella, lumber laden ftom Mon- tevideo, South America, while in tow of the tug Pilot, went ashore on the rocks at Trail : —_ ‘ ny 38 < Ee Re ee to aa ee 4 4 ig ‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. : Chips Bak a ] four million feet of timber, composed of piling, ; piece sticks, spars and poles, about 800,000 feet of hardwood suitable for wharf logs. Every- rou ron all 00 Oves ~-‘Witp land in Franklin county, N. ¥., which | thing that enters into the construction of the alocal paper in that state describes as ‘‘ some raft can find a ready market in New York, and ee ees ld lately for $600,000. so no danger is anticipated in towing. Mr. ae foe en i Robertson expects to make a big thing out of = VID GEROU. was instan i on Jan. 4 iy att Blain, Ont bythe indofatve| S| The Best Article Ever Offered to the Trade. ° Dar E. B. 2, aetna Pa pe of J ‘ K. P Ost & Co. arag Hull, P. Q., have made application to Parlia- Ifhave much pleasure in drawing attention tomy WROUGHT IRON COOKING STOVE, a4 for ree sec peters Gormully & LU MBER MERCHANTS for Shanty, Hotel and Boarding House use. These stoves are made of Heavy Sheet "i = opis | Iron, the top and lining of the fire-box being of Heavy Cast Metal and all the connecting a ci ees Be bs And Shipping Agents. parts of substantial Wrought Iron Work. ‘The dimensions of these Btoves are as follows: : ‘OREST fires have lately raged in Pope county, os w v Ark., and considerable damage has been done |) S EGO, W. Ys SINGLE OVEN STOVE to pine and other timber, especially on the hills , and mountains. The American Hotel, Top surface containa six 10-inch holes, with ample room between, and one oven @x2ixl#. AN addition of about forty feet is being built | Hee eee nen ee to the south side of Mr. Peter McLaren’s cir- Sa DO U BLE OV EN ST OVE cular sawmill at Carleton Place. The new | Collier St., Adjoining Market. | building will contain the necessary machinery | The Double Oven has a top surface containing twelve 10-inch pot boles, with two ovens, each for manufacturing dressed lumber. , RATES REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, | 28x 24x19, One fire-box of suitable size for area to be heated. Below will be found Testimonials 3 FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. | from some of the leading Lumbermen, who have used my Wrought Iron Cook Stoves since = bark bella, lumber laden for Austra £27 Every accommodation for Com ial a I commenced manufacturing them. They are the names of gentlemen who are well known lia, while in tow December 25th, went ashore on | LUMBERMEN. or Commercia! and! ond reliable, and will carry more weight than any recommendation of my own could do. the rocks off Trial Island a few miles from | 11t¢ W. D. McDONALD, Proprietor. | Victoria, B. C. At last reports it was thought The Best Stove I have ever Used. that the vessel would be a total wreck, but that ' 3 re. PETERBOROUGH, May 31, 1880. a porti : - } Apam Hatt, Esq., Peterborough. Dear Sir,—I have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stove in our lumber- = on of the cargo might be saved. FOR SALE, ing operations since its introduction here, and have no hesitation in saying that I prefer itto any other. For FoucEr Brortuess have purchased the char- durability, economy and efficiency, where a large number of men are empl ee it is the best stove I have ever = et se Sharbot Lake ; 0 nt, In the TIMBER LIMITS & N AW MILL | used. You can, with confidence, offer it to hotels, boarding Hae! ves eto Pe ozo, Hazen Tar Port Arthur Lumbering Company, at | HE MASKINONGE LUMBER COMPANY offer for| mhe, Oiere, fer Jamebemen 4 ; ; Sale their property consisting of Saw Mill at | Port Arthur, Ont., has been exempted from | Maskinonge Bridge, P. Q., within quarter mile of N. S. | oioveipges ari paying taxes for five years by a by-law of the} Ry. Station, also good facilities for shipping by water. | ApaM HAuL, Esq., Peterborough. My Dear Sir,—We have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stove and find municipalit Capacity of Mill 60,000 feet per day, water and steam | it is very satisfactory for lumber operations, especially so on drives. We can recommend it highly. y veike v saws and peng stl complete. Two hundred | Yours truly, J BL IRWIN WE understand that Messrs Bryant, Powis and forty square miles of limits situated about thirty | - aes 5 ings tiles from Mill, which are interseeted by a number In addition to the above I can refer you to the following lumber firms who use my Wrought Iron Rav & Bryant, Limited, have acquired the well-| of good driving streams, and are rich in Pine, Spruce, | teat eas areata i s y g ee - - . Cedar, ete. Satisfactory reasons for selling out. exolusiyely injthel: camps 5 mera Pape of ‘agains ah ss . For further particulars appiy to i) THE GEORGIAN BAY LUMBER CO............ oh stheGh Rca bedalipl Ba soot ae oe Waubaushene arker, 0 le & anada OCckK, 1LVEL Poo, an : : MASKINONGE i | DHELEONGRORD! LUMBER CONans s clcictodescccesvetaeesanseteasapee este comer cerne Longford Mills intend to carry it on at the same place, under | «1, e Se aaa iar Q MESSRS: GI MOURN Gr) CO\selainlteicielenjecleissiclasieivaibisese=« sisisecrasveniesee esa Trenton and Ottawa E the title of the London firm as a branch x MESSRS3 RA THBUN) &) COM a6 soctisaces se cblesicies oe iii vie? Haale Sure sae eeeee ert eee Deseronto house, THE, MUSKOHAY GUMBER COs) \sasteasne's (cues aie decctil dest oseadseneslecoues seca sete oe Gravenhurst ar, cue ie sabe od: Ll, LAMBERT, | EVERY STOVE GUARANTEED. accumulate on the eys, and eventually ruin ras the belt, and further, when resin has been) -Wmber and Commission Agent. | an the necessary TINWARE and CUTLERY for applied for some time it will form aglazed, hard | ORDERS FOR DIMENSIONS AND ALL OTHER | s . j surface, causing the belt to slip out more than KINDS AND GRADES OF Shanties Supplied at the Lowest Prices, it did before the application was made. | gee nieocemenrene) American Lumber|ADAM HALL, Peterborough. of growing in swamps mostly. An early freeze, ea NED: | before snow gets deep, is a great advantage to| Timber Limits and the Square] 7 the cedar industry. There will be a good ; imi Fa demand cedar next year, and soft weather a] | pamper Jirade.2 Specialty. | THE HE N DE RSON L U M B E R C0. Limited, ‘ 1 part of the season may aitva’'to stiffen Office, Wellington Street, OTTAWA. Itt | 2 Sian yaseket;, Thero. is, iwovut, generally ; | Daviy H. HENDERSON, President ; NoRMAN HENDERSON, Vice-President; Cas. H. Wauters, Sec-Treas, cedar enough to supply the demand. : . ., |Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Tr is stated in a foreign exchange that # Valuable Timber Limits Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing company is avout to establish large works in| 4 | Cases and Boxes a Specialt St. Petersburg, for the purpose of making rails AND . ws from paper, The paper is subjected to great | OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. Q _-—«* pressure, and it is said that the material is ex- tremely durable, and can be produced at one: SAW MILL PROPERTY. 2 RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO third the cost of steel rails. A further advan- | — tage Cg in their ae not only on fee ee ee, hes eae TS TUBE LU) accoun saving of the cost of carriage |: : Rat he it La Meiko and laying, but also because they could be made | invest» large amount of price bel by 6 piesa Mie . in longer lengths than is the case at the present : ae pte are supposed to contain about two hun- time, therefore the number of joints will ‘be "Sn ay superficial feet. (An estimate is now | i | Dew, Ors aww AIN DTD q fewer, and consequently less oscillation to the The Timber is mostly Oregon Pine of an excellent Health 1S W ealth carriages, and the wear and tear to both per- eon ti hg sa A pout a a mile to | % er. 6 run i manent se a nated stock ee re Full particulars furnished pa RE a ae 7 minimum. eater esion also wo | offered by these rails to the driving wheels of | 120 Pe eee Ont. | | the engine, and the working expenses reduced | | accordingly. \\ | Tux St. John, N. B, Globe says that Mr. H. vy | | R. Robertson has invented a new description of yi raft, differing from any at present in use. This raft in shape resembles acigar, being round and Dr. E. C. West's NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT, : brought out to a point at both ends. He has guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Convul got out patents for it in Canada, the United sions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous | and in several - Prostration caused by the use of alcohol or tobacco, Examine the list o States countries across the : Atlantic. Several New York lumber dealers Piagited Lael Ec aac ee ane “Farme For SALE” AND “Farms WANTES™ 5 n resulting in Insanity and leading to ry: inthe confident that ae mA a ea mrncnow, one decay and death, Premature Old Age. One box will DAILY AND WEEKLY MAIL made arrangemen s ip t Pea tai: th’ HE MAIL has become _ : their logs by this means, and Mr. Robertson, The nourishing, palatable ond warmth giving Fumarnient One dollar & pombe a boxes for ies The Recognized wodiem for Farm Ad- with that end in view, has contracted with Mr, | Guslities of Johnston’s Fluid Beef has caused this beanie ds eae See tae eaeae Wragtocee oftee And contains more orem ia Gruss Canadien BB. Barnhill to have the raft constructed at | 2v*!uable preparation to before a» favorite and| received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five ADU mnbined._Ithas 350,000 readers of the right clase. u f ‘*Farms for Sale’*and ‘* Farms . Two Rivers will be 4 ’ f feshionable beverage for the winter a dollars, we will send the purchaser our written guar Wanted,” “Stock” or “Seed for Sale” or “Wanted” yy lag in Moy N. 8, bo homey A for launch- now obtainable da Westin at the tisuiag wofule ae antes to Lea the ‘money if ae en OL seed th THE WEEKLY MAIL, fee “nt per word > ] pext. raft will con ‘ effect a cure, Guarantees issued on! f 5 Nn, OF fwerety cents per word for Ave snsertisns, De et wae bags ae ntain about Testaurants throughout the Dominion tau7 | Draggist, Sole Agent for Peterborough. SS SURES Se a tae anet © andy ene word each insertion. \ _. Address THE MAIL Torente, Canad& viceable Seales are “produced at v pense, The stretch is out of them, and in this respect they are preferable to new ones. Files that were worn out and left anywhere around the mill, are now gathered up and re-cut, reducing the file bill 50 per cent. There is place a, to keep the old file now, that a value is atach | the latest improvements in ed to them. In one corner is found a lot of old| machinery. No push and hurry ¢ sawé of all sizes, shapes and conditions. They | poorly constructed machinery will cits have taken up valuable room for years, but the] mill man to keep pace with mya time has come when they are to be classified} are better equipped. The “ thinking cap” and cleaned up. Many of them are worthless, | must be kept on to keep pace with a progre but quite a number need only re-teething, and | age. Now the saw mill men are not all loose i "ay a gauge or two ground off from them to make | their mode of doing business, but many of them. excellent saws for small work. The hole poss-| can but admit that there was a time hen t ibly may be too large for the small mandrels, | were, and that it was chiefly the dull t but the slight expense of a bushing is nothing | the past two years which brought them p p tom in comparison with the expense of a new saw. | better standard. They have learned econot Ir is reported from Duluth that Oitoheut & Fox are making arrang-ments for the purchase of 60,000,000 feet of pine on the south shore of Lake Superior, contiguous to Duluth. This pine will be logged for stocking the firm’s mill at Duluth. THE total sae of railway laid in the Uni- ted States during 1885 was 3,113 miles, 700 miles less than the new mileage of 1884, but more than was predicted at the beginning of the year. The larger proportion of the new mileage was branches and extensions. _ DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND TIMBER ; INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION, ai th a co : me PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE _ Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), Peterborough, Ont. As an exampie of anovel mode of transport- ing lumber by water on the Atlantic coast, we have aiready referred to the raft building by Mr. B. B. Burnhill at Two Rivers, N. 8. It is Terms of Subscription : - One copy, one year, in advance...........00 000. $2 00 : : » e One noe six months, in advance............... 1 00 | 400 feet long, 30 feet wide at the ends and 50 in Among this miscellaneous lot of old relics ate and the lesson fits them for better tii Advertising Bates: the middle, 28 feet deep. It will draw 20 feet found two or three large saws with a crack in the lesson is not forgotten, prosperity 3 _ Ber ape, or a y oe See eae oo Le be areas Fs 0) pp of water. The cost of towing the raft to New them three or four inches deep. There is not aj ly attend them.—EZ, B. Chester in S i INE ORAS EILOTUUING SS a's alinip ono Per line, for three months.............s.ecseees 30 | York is estimated at about $6,000. Its building, Shak ae ae hs ares pais aba aepek Gazette. eel Per line, for first insertion. .J2.......0c.cser eee 10]; 7 5 5 4 ere shou. ea good rachet, and a small hole = 7 garire. for each pbeeg ert Anderton to3 Bice: 05 Ee celti ts ve hee ean TT Ad drilled through the saw aes the crack stops “Mr. W. ag 4s GONE DAYS. -_ ‘tai hard A : ards not occupying more t 12 lines (1 inch ive employmen u : : F 2 ’ , x er erat gid SE, i ; Ee rash A ; a ; f ny ? hic I will prevent it going any further, and with care é urphy relates. the following Cards not occupying more than 12 lines (1 inch) POWMSIR AMON GBIF nuiocs siensts osha koe ofcedaeie fietion ule Cards not occupying more than 6 lines pet annum 6 00 Cards not occupying more than 6 lines, for 6mo’s 3 00 Special rates will be made for page, half page and coluinn advertisements, '_ - Advertisements intended for peeriay in any parti cular issue should reach the oftice of publication at least four clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion All communications, orders and remittances shoulp t be addressed and made payable to THE PETERBOROUGH Review PRINTING AND PuBLISHING ComMPANyY (LIMITED), Peterborough, Ont. Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA : LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure in- the saw can be made to do good work. Several pptene laren which it will 1 be BOGS (PAE: : 4 of these old saws have the teeth filed nearly off i : we. ee roe Pea. — them and need gumming badly, or more proper- ie ive a a f paper bith ly re-teething. One or two are ‘ buckled” a see aa os a daa ey the — badly, and are waiting for some time when had some business in Siglis a they will be sent to the shop. Quite a number Ottawa. I a are thrown out into the serap pile, and the en- es commissioned by py tire lot classified and disposed off, with the re- on my way down at Mr, Beant 2 in ‘ sult of saws enough for tbe entire mill fora mer and have some pork sent up. T saw ; year or two, at a small expense of repairing, Egan and a day was y 4 pass . é ; ; take the pork on my return. , nie straightening, re-toothing, ete. It is not the| ~. é a ii purpose of this article to recommend putting pointed I was on hand and Mr. ig f : : 3 me that I was to take a horse and ¢ dangerous saws into service, as that is not true Decree’ of i. ae large-sack aol economy, but it is still a fact that with care a pt - : damaged tvol may often be made almost as good started with my load Sve ee ob ae arrived at what is now and has been fc Lacing is picked out from short and rejected yours kee moe an ee pieces of belts oiled to soften it and used again : In another corner of the mill are found old cant a ne eae A was then just about where Mr. Bec hooks which in some way became unserviceable, tacit. Si Meee was There are two or three axes without handles ; bat © Bolt *| the opposite side of the road pryerhod one has the eye split beyond use, This corner i te has been a cemetery for broken and disabled since, ‘mo doulyt: ougse se 64 § Hee ese | te ao S eeeS se oaaks > 2 232458 g = ~ mn? oS 5 be ee) > Ma © sees yess fee @ 22 2.822 = - 5 §m55°23 ~82S 5 ES ~Eeeeeq 9 P 215 i ee BR a ae <22ts a — q = - © 2588s o8ex3 Z5SE 2238 Meseko7*Zk Zz Az Sak Sets Dea2egssdy ZN SBLH22ES x =e be =a 2 z e422 g=DES5> 5556 5 a? oe =, #293 *HaR- Ba ¢ 2in>, -2 ; 5 ASESEu eS a “ 228233-3 = om Keres Smart stus Oxf. & = = = mM SS Scan a86 = scasls More Pliable and Durable, 95 per cent Stronger, 124 AND 126 QUEEN STREET, -~— -- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. HENAN & Co. MONTREAL. The Best, therefore the Cheapest, Belt in the market. Replaces, when used, all others, especially at the splices. Ti Patent Stitched—Steam Power Pressure Stretched-Oak Tanned NG! Stretches but little, always retains it original wid h. Superior for Cross or Double Belts. Runs sraight and true, does not start at the laps. Single_equals medium double. 33: More Lasting, and 12: Heavier, than any other Leather Belt MAPLES ELM AND OAK. Maples, elms and oaks, generally classed as deciduous trees, formed the subject of a recent talk by Prof. A. S. Bickmore to the public _ school teachers at the American Museum of Natural History. The lecture wa3 the second of a series on the vegetable Kingdom. The _ science of forestry, it was said, began first to be studied in Germany and to-day Germany leads all other countries in that particular. Her wooded territory has been carefully surveyed, and maps have been arranged showing the kinds of trees found ir various quarters. All the forests are under the immediate protection of Government. Only a limited number of tree® are allowed to be sacrificed each year, and an officer of the Government directs the particular _ trees to be felled. The same condition of things , exists also in France, and as a result the income _ from the forests is increased. The public _ interest teken in the preservation of forests in Germany and France was contrested by the q professor with that taken in our own country. ; The extreme northern limit of territory where deciduous trees are found in the country was fixed asthe St. Lawrence river and the region about Lake Superior. There is a broad area of deciduous forestry extending southward across the United States, bounded on one hand by the Atlantic ocean, and on the other by the prairies, A comparatively narrow strip stretches from Lower California up the Pacific slope. The _ structure of the leaves of these trees was _ explained in detail, showing how they act as _ breathing organs to the trees in a manner close- y analogous to the working of the lungs in the human body. The sap of the tree rises from roots between the bark and the solid trunk, culates through the branches and thence ugh the twigs to the stem of the leaf, From this point it is spread throughout the leaf in the veins. The fruit of the tree is en- gendered by the falling of grains of pollen from male flower upon the stigma of the fertile _ The white oak, Prof. Bickmore said, is the i geuerally used in manufacturing furniture EO ee and in commerce. Its elasticity and durability is what gives it value. Cork is simply the the bark of a species of oak which grows in the vicinity of the Mediterranean. In oak forests where bark is cultivated, a series of circles are cut about the trunk when the tree reaches its 15th year. The circles are connected by longi- tudinal cuts, and the bark is then pried off in large sheets. The first crop is of little value, but a second coat of bark comes, which is of a finer quality. Trees may have the bark re- moved half a score of times and lives to the age of 150 years before decay sets in, Attention was called to the veneration for the cak which has been shown in times past by the Druids and others. The Druids worshipped in oak groves, if, in fact, they did not worship the trees themselves. This veneration was account- ed for the fact that the trees, aside from their natural beauty, were exceedingly useful. They furnished food for man and the lower animals, and material for boots and bows, Ina certain part of Palestine, it was stated, may still ke seen anu old oak tree which is said to be the oak gf Abraham. ‘‘I can’t say that the tree actually existed’in Abraham’s time,” said Prof. Bickmore.—‘“‘It is hard for a scientist to be- lieve that any tree now in existence dates back so far.” The oak family includes the chestnut, beech, and hazelnut trees, and both oaks and elms are 2 sub-order of the nettle family. The most beautiful, graceful and dignitied tree in all the vegetable kingdom was said to be the elm, and the professor expressed pleasure at the fact there were so many of them in Cen- tral park.—New York Times, 8HIP BUILDING ON THE MERSEY. The shipbuilding trade on the Mersey during the year now closing has been comparatively slack ; and, so far as present appearances go, the prospects for next year are not encouraging. Mesprs. Laid Bros., Birkenhead, have built the following vessels this year :—The steel paddle steamer Ireland, 1,951 tons gross register and 850 horse-power ; the steel twin screw steamer Britannia, 1,524 and 250 horse-power; the iron twin screw steamer Stormcock, 372 tons and 300 horse-power ; and the iron screw steamer Black- cock, 220 tons and 200 horse-power. In addition to building the above vessels, Messrs. Laird Bros. have effected several heavy repairs and alterations in ships and machinery. Messrs. R. & J. Evans have built the following vessels :— The iron sailing ship Westgate, 1,920 tons; the iron sailing ship Alliance. 993 tons ; and the iron lightship Star, 195 tons. Messrs. W. H, Potter & Sons have constructed the follow- ing :—The iron sailing ship Marlborough Hill, 2,578 tons builders’ measurement; the iron steamship Hecate, 1,350 tons; the iron twin screw steamer Alarm, 250 tons; the iron sail- ing ship Langdale, 2,150 tons; and the iron steamer Medusa, 1,350 tons. Messrs. Thomas Royden & Sons have the following list :—The iron steamer Britanuvia, 3,129 tons gross and 1,400 horse-power ; the iron sailing ship Queen of England, 2,119 tons; the iron sailing ship Glenesslin, 1,821 tons; the iron sailing ship Buccleuch, 2,054 tons; and the iron sailing ship Glenericht, 2,400 tons. Messrs. Cochran & Co., of Birkenhead, have built a large num- ber of lighters, launches, steam tugs, &c., the total gross tonnage being over 2,000.—Zimber Trades Journal, A MUCH USED BUT LITTLE ENOWN Woop. ‘Did you ever wonder what knife-handles are made of ?” asked a dealer in fancy woods of a New York 7ribune reporter as he hauled out a shapeless block from his store of spoils from many tropical forests. ‘‘ Outside of bone and tortoise shell and pearl, so called, which every one recognizes, the majority of knife-handles are made out of a close, fine-grained wood, about the name and pedigree of which 9,999 out of 10 000 persons are ignorant, It is known to the trade as cocobola wood, and it comes in large quantities, millions of pound a year, from Panama. It is of special value for knife-handles ‘because of its close texture, freedom from knots and flaws, and consequent disinclination to ‘split, Many well-known kinds of wood require varnishing and polishing and filling up of crevices before they attain the beauty for which they are famous. Of course that sort of thing cannot be done in the case of knife-handles, and something must be used which doesn’t require fixing up. Cocobola is rarely used for cabinet-making, because, being a gummy wood, it doesn’t glue well. The same qualities that make it of use in the manufacture of knife- handles render it valuable for the making of wind instruments like the flute. It comes to us in chunks, not in strips and planks like other woods. Sometimes these pieces will weigh 500 and 600 pounds, but generally much less than that. It costs 24 cents a pound now, but before freights went down and the isthmus was opened up so thoroughly it used to cost double that price.” WORTH MORE THAN GOLD. The eyes of tne northern mill men are turn- ing eagerly to the comparitively virgin forests of the south, and heavy sales of timbered land are constantly being announced. If the raven- ous saw must be fed, and no better and cheaper material than wood can be devised, then the people of the south should not dispose of their heritage for a mere pittance of its actual value. These huge tracts of yellow pine can be convert- ed into yellow gold, and should not be sacrificed as a worthless possession. We should make the most of our opportunities, and not yield too rapidly to the pressure of greenbacks. These huge areas of undisturbed trees are daily en- hancing in value and importance as the supply in the North and West diminishes. It is idle to talk of the ‘‘ inexhaustible ” foresta of the South, when Mr. Little of Montreal, an auth- ority on the subject, estimates that the sawing capacity of the North is sufficient to consume the merchantable pine of this state in less than a year. The South posseses mines of wealth in her noble forests, and they should not be dis- posed of carelessly, and without a full apprecia- tion of their true and real value.—Flerida Ber- ald, i et Di i i a “ NEW BRUNSWICK INTERESTED. To the Edntor of the Canada Lumberman. S1z,—I took notice in your valuable paper of the 15th Dec, two very sensible written letters, —one by Manufacturer, and the other by Hon. H. G. Joly. Manufacturer shows in plain language our lumber manufacturers are in dan ger of being drifted on lee shore, by allowing the Americans to take the wind out of our sails ; allowing them to cross the boundary and float away our lumber unmanufactnred to their own shores to be manufactured, encouraging labor and capital to help build up their country out of our material, and charging us $2 per M feet duty if we attempt to compete with them. I trust not only manufacturers, but farmers, laborers, mechanics, and men of all classes will put their shoulder to the wheel and cry out against the unfairness of the Dominion to allow Americans yearly to rob us of our staple article, with no restriction or recompense, for one and all are interested in the matter, and if we allow Americans to follow up with impunity a few years more, to cross the lines and slaughter our forests, one-half of our manufacturers of lum- ber will be driven into bankruptcy, and their fine costly establishments closed and decaying Labor is the wealth of any country, and so long as we allow our forest to be snatched from us to go on the American side to be manufactured, just so long we are giving Americans a preim- ium to oppose our lumber industry, and unless our manufacturers’ advice is at once taken by our Dominion to put on the same export duty on our raw material going out of the country to the American side to be manufactured, that they charge for our manufactured article going into the United States, we may expect to be left on the lee shore, and our lumber trade stranded in a very few years. I may remark that its not only Ontario that is in danger’ now, all above the Grand Falls, in New Brunswick, American and English capitalists have, and are contemplating building mills to cut our cedar and what few spruce we have left, Inside of five years there will be but little if any worth cutting if they go on at the rate they are now cutting. And in Nova Scotia they strip it of its lumber by building immense large rafts and tow them with powerful tugs to the United States ports to be manufactured. The Hon. Mr. Joly’s remarks on forestry are worthy of particular attention, and every man owning an acre of land should plant more or less of some sort of trees, and report for the benefit of humanity, and try to cultivate ataste to improve tree growing and forest protection, ud demand of our Governments to put a stop American capital coming over to slaughter our forest as we want it all for Canadians. And we cannot wonder at the American press saying our Dominion politics does more to drive emigration to their shores than all their own politicians and emigration schemes yet been tried. It has been customary with our politicians to lock the door after the horse has been stolen, and likely the same old groove will be followed for the future, Most respectfully yours, P, O. Byrom, Madawaska, N. B., Dec. 1885, THE FORESTS OF SIBERIA. The Ruasian journal of Finance Minister has published s long article on the forests of _ Eastern Siberia, of which the following are the principal passages :—‘‘ The immense forests of pines, larchs, cedars, birches, aspens and limes whith form almost the exclusive wealth of this region, belong for the greater part to the State. During a great number of years this source of wealth was almost entirely unproductive, It is only since 1869 that a more or less regular administration of forests has been established, and at the present time the extent of the forests in Eastern Siberia are estimated at 72,335,230 deciatines (about 11 square yardseach.) These are divided between Tobolsk Tomsk, Semipal- atinsk, and Akmolinsk. Of these forests, 21,- 355,760 deciatines have been accurately survey- ep, and 50,979,570 have been valued very ap- proximately One hundred and five forests have been conceded to the peasants, and they bave an extent of 7,068,240 deciatines, In com- a of Eastern Siberia give at the present time but an insignificant revenue, The want of means of communication, and an insufficient popula- tion, greatly hinder its development. Still, the revenue is increasing, for in 1876 it was only 40,000 roubles, and in 1884 it was more than 111,000. The chief centre of the trade is in the town of Tomsk, and then Tumen, which is point of departure for the river traffic.” QUARTERED OAK. For the past two years quarter-sawed white oak has gradually been grown in favor, and the present demand is largely in excess of any pre- vious demand for years. The thickness most used is inch, and it is worked into flooring and general house finishing. The furniture manu- facturers are using quite an amount for dining tables and sideboards, and the manufacturers of desks and chamber sets use limited amounts. The beauty and value of quarter-sawed oak is in the figure, and takes more than ordinary sawyer to cut the log to the best advantage. Only the largest and best logs should ever be quartered, as a most desirable feature in such stock is to secure clearness and width. The eastern market will take quartered oak, five inches and up wide, but the buyers also place the value on a car load by the amount of lum- ber that is over 12 in. in width. The best length to cut quartered oak is 14 feet, although there is a demand for more or less 16 feet, and for such a good price is easily obtained. The demand for thick oak is limited, and the price is usually from $3 to $4 per M. more than for boards. Quartered oak should.always be square-edged, and piled in such a manner as to dry out pcr- fectly straight. An eighth of an inch should always be allowed in the sawing, so that the boards will dry out to full thickness.— 7imber. QUEBEC TIMBER AND LUMBER EX PORT. ‘*The past season has been one depression in all branches of commerce, and the lumber busi- ness of this port forms no excep ion.” Such is the opening sentence of Messrs. J. Bell Forsyth & Co.’s lumber report for 1885. The circular states that the arrivals from sea of both steam- ships and sailing vessels show a slight increase over last year, while the tonnage from the lower ports 1s also in excess, The total supply cf timber measured, by the returns from the super- visor of cullers, was as under :— SUPPLY. Wear \188D\. 5. 4..__—_—- Advice to Mothers. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain and cutting teeth? Ifso, send at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething. Its value is incalculable It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediate- ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mis- take aboutit, It curesdysentery and diarrhoea, r tes the stomach and bowels, cures wind, colic, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, aud gives tone and energy tothe wholesystem Mrs. Winslow 8s Sootuing Syrup for children teething is eet to the taste, and is the per- scription of one of the oldest and best female nurses and physiciaas in the United States, and is for sale by a1 cenaaiete throughout the world Price 25 cents a bottle. face, boards or plank are absolutely free from gum spots ; it isa natural characteristic of the tim- ber, and while many places might have but one or two minute blemishes of this descrip tion, it naturally follows that a strict adherence to the letter of grading which consigned such pieces to a second grade, would in case the lumber had been sold in sorts, prove unjustly severe upon the manufacturer. BTEAM. | pee Thie Hancock Inspirator Best Feeder known for Stationary, Marine or Locomotive Bollers. The In} ector Perfected ! All sizes lift water 25 feet. No adjustment required for varying Steam Pressures. Over 70,000 Now in Use. MANUFACTURED BY THE Hancock Inspirator Co’y 5 Custom House Square, MONTREAL, P.Q. - - CANADA Manufacturers of Inspirators, Ejectors, and General Jet Apparatus. lyul FEED WATER, TO BOILER. Single and Double Belting constantly in stock. Wa All ORDERS Filled same days as received. TORONTO WARE ROOMS Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. IMEOIN DT RBA T.. Gyeyes Get vourn STATIONHRY Svupp.iss v5 THE “REVIEW” STATIONERY STORE Maret Brock, Grores STREET. ra Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRIOES! -@a PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS, INK and PENCILS, And every house and office requisite always kept in stock, and sold retail in BOTH SMALL OR LARGE QUANTITIES. IFA LIBERAL DISCOUNT will be allowed to Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufacturers. Clergymen, School Teachers, Township Officers and others buying their Stationery in. lang. Quantities, and also fo eash buyers. 4@ Estimates given and eontracis taade for yearly supplies at levrest petes, 16 Sees Miarket Reports, TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Jan. 9.—Considerable trade has been done up to within the past five days, but as might be expected the present severe weather put a stop to all outside work, and the yards are all quiet waiting for more favorable chances. In the meantime those who are wise will stock up their yards while the present favorable prices stand, for most assuredly figures will advance ere long, and may be said to be now moving up. Stocks at the mills are run low, and the season for getting in logs must of necessity now he a short one, and with a fair prospect of the duties boing taken of lumber going to the American _ side, all tend to make manufacturers hopeful of what the future has in store for them. On the other hand should the balance of the season prove favorable for stocking a good spurt will be put on by the mill men and a fair stock be got in, and prices may not advance to the ex- tent hoped for. Yard men can hardly hope, however, to stock up their yards again to sell out out at the prices now being obtained, In fact they cannot now purchase to sell again at their present quotations. There is no bill stuff worth mentioning piled off on track side here, The only article that is plentiful is the lower grades of one inch voards, and as the season advances the stock in hand here will be mater. jally lessened, and a considerable portion of that now at the mills will find its way west, go that there is but little fear of any glut dur- flag the present winter and spring. Mill men must not suppose, however, that dealers will! =, AN Ts A The question of freight on green lumber is a look that item. articles as weigh -scales, and if manufacturers reasonably dry they will have to submit to taking low prices. Basswood is plentiful on our market and only a limited demand for it ; the same inay be said of maple, . Birch and cherry will tind a ready market. Sawn lath are in fair demand, and shingles quiet. Should the present cold snap continue long there will not be much demand for anything below dressing and better lumber watil milder weather comes in. C : | ning into the bay, which are naturally well want their stocks removed before it becomes | adapted for the rapid transport of logs ; whereas | have often very hazardous channels and subject |matter at once will simply be doing a duty 00 | business is taking a rest, when compared with Mill cull boards and scantling....... aiscaleieloiangieser¢ 0 00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths....... 12 00 = § Cy 8 Moiese sir acemine cclsiectacecieteate 13 00 | Seantling and joist, up to 16 ft..... 0.0... .e0ee0e 13 Ou \y ae as BSIEG whe we Meu ala el sisisie’e ere 14 00 Rea aaa sf Dikties «0 Mactemiesenicietie 15 00 ae ae WW mekUialsatepieseecisictarates 16 Ov O as 24 ft 17 00 as ae “ 26 ft 18 QO OH ae Ci 28 ft 19 00 x nS [2 80 ft . 20 00 Ww as i] 82 tt «-- 21 00 Baie 68 A 34 ft «+022 50@22 50 se “ a BOLUS skis g/eluis Movclotd sjoisiels 24 00 ud WY & BS Pe hae n/c ecient oti tiod 27 00 as J : 40 to 44ft............, 30 00 Cutting up peaks OMY tee ieee 20 00@25 00 = ARR tase al More arngverd a areintalaemian Gitinnics 20 00 ound dressing stocks. .......cceesesecacs 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection...... cs seeeeeaseces 30 Three uppers, Am. inspection........... 85 00@40 00 B. M. If}-inch flooring, dressed..............00. 25 00@30 00 esc OME RDURT feat arelcie cabisecuieae.s 14 00@15 00 44,“ ss dressed lt” 35 satis. sciecsielete tna.6 23 00@25 00 1; ** Po GUEONORSEM ie ciecicey Ne oedb cue 14 00 Vi ae CFORSOd He: Fis ie kt sens 16 00@20 00 Test U undressed. ............05 12 00@14 00 “hae Sheeting, dressed............... 18 00@20 00 Napboarding, dressed 22... ccc eee ee eee weet ees 12 60 AXX sawn shingles, @ M. 2 75@ 2 90 UTED ESA TIGH a SS ai OE A 2 25 Red oak........ 20 00@25 0 White ‘* . 25 00@30 00 BAB WOO, NOs. 2 iosinic ce vce cvnecoperecs 18 00@20 00 ROHENEV NGS LTGa. Deu rsctis v clecs a cimesiaicies acas 50 00@60 00 VE CIR SGD SO cine ccienese sccaven 265 00@30 00 LCR COST 2 eee ee er 20 00@25 00 4 ee : OTTAWA. | From Our Own Correspondent. _ Jan.9.—Not a little uncasiness exists amongst lumbermen in this vicinity over the project pow said to have taken shape among Michigan ml owners of taking over logs and other lum- ber in crude form from the Georgian Bay and Lake Superior section for manufacture in Uni- ed States territory, These Michigan men have already secured a foothold by buying tim- per limits in the Georgian Bay and Lake aperior section, and propose towing the logs 4 te their Mishigan mills. While no one Ba hy iit Seeeeittreccailatnber to ship out dunug thal timbered country, and owing to the ease from present winter (unless where cut to fill orders.) | American Jumbermen, it offers a very inviting | tiéld for their enterprise and ene that serious one, and dealers cannot afford to over- | prise and energy, now tha Railroad companies generally | take care to remind them that they have such | Georgian Bay are s number of fine rivera run. ae ? THE CANADA disputes the right of the Michigan men utilizing our forests, still it is contended that this will | act detrimental to the lumber industry of this | section of the Dominion, and they think that [an export duty should be placed on all logs | thus taken out of Canadian territory. Cana- |dian lumbermen have to pay duty when ship- | ping lumber to the United States, and they | think it only just in the interests of the Cana- | dian trade, that American shippers of crude | lumber should come under taxation to the [revenue of Canada. True it is that the United I States tariff on coarse lumber has lately been | reduced, still there remains the present very | heavy duty on first quality. By towing logs | across in booms from the Canadian side to the | Michigan mills the American escape both im- | posts. This complaint of Canadian lumber | merchants is certainly not without reason, and [it is presumed that the Government will take | 8ome steps to equalize things a little in a matter | of such serious importance. Another aspect of | the case is the fact that the territory over which |the American lumbermen will operate is that | they will have easier facilities for getting their [logs to the saw than the average Oanadian | millowner, They propose to operate in the | Georgian Bay country and utilize the rivers of | that territory, which will make the transport | not only short but rapid. Tie longest distance | which these logs will have to be driven before being placed in the boom, ready to be towed to | the mills, will not at the outside exceed over 50 | miles ; whereas the Chaudiere mill owners have [to drive their logs hundreds of miles before | they reach the mills, and are thus heavily handi- | capped in the race of competition. The Geor- gian Bay and Lake Superior section 1s a heavily which it can be reached and utilized by the their own forests are beginning to show such visible signs of depletion. Bordering on the the Ottawa and its tributaries are not only a lengthy means of reaching the markets, but to many drawbacks owing to low water in some seasons. The question of putting all who are engaged in the lumber industry on a footing of equality is one well worthy of grave consider- ation, and the Government by attending to the which is incumbent on it, —~+ CHICAGO. AT THE YARDS, The Northwestern Lumberman of Jan. 9th says :—In the absence of anything but a drib- bling winter trade, the wholesale dealers are having plenty of time to reflect on the past year, and speculate on the future. They have taken a firm grip on values for the time being, which they are able to hold, somewhat as a driver can hold a team that is standing stock still, with no disposition to go. The lumber the rush of the busy season, so ‘that there is no trouble in holding the team of valves. A little later, when the dogs of competion get a-barking, and rumors of cut prices begin to explode with much noise, the team will commence to dance and cavort, and then it will be business to hold the horses, The books for the year have been balanced, an account/of stock has been taken, the dealers know how much they have paid out, and how much they have left. It is seen that the aggre- gate of business done shows a decrease as compared to results in 1884. There are a jew exceptions in which houses have made @ com- parative increase of their business during the past year. But the great majority have had an Opposite experience. Dealers are now asking Why is it that receipts and distribution in and from this city fell off during the past year as compared to the year previous? Some are bold enough to assert that the Chicago lumber trade has passed the summit, and never again will be so large as it was in 1882. Other dealers take a different view, and say that another period of good times will place the white pine trade back where it was before the late depression in the LUMBERMAN, ea arene? matter of volume. But all regret the departure of fair profits, and the majority are fearful that they have gene to stay. As a basis for this view, it is pointed out that stumpage and man- ufacturing has got into strong hands, and that the carge market fails to yield to the demands of the yard men, as it once did. It is claimed that two much has been paid per thousand for lumber now in stock. The stumpage owners and manufacturers are able to hold their values steady, while the wholesale trade is cut up and constantly menaced by competition from yar- ious quarters. Now the yellow ine of the South, and the redwood of California threatens to eat into the western trade. It is argued that under the weight of all these adverse circum- stances the wholesale trade of this city must necessarily be restricted, and gradually dwindle The claim is not made, of course, that there is to be a rapid decline and near-by extinction of the wholesale trade, but it will fall off, a few millions a year, until where 1,500,000,000 was once handled by the jobbing trade, there will increase with the growth of the city and suburbs, while the near-by country demand will con- stantly call for supplies. The Lumberman, while admitting that there is argument in the foreguing view of the pros- pect, must contend that the subject is not thus wholly covered. The manner of doingbusiness will change, and greater attention will be paid to local trade and special lines. There will be less dependence on rushing great quantities of lumber out West, and more of fine, economical handling introduced into the business, Still the situation of this city at the focus of lake and rail transportation, with a vast and grow- ing local and contiguous, as well as widespread, demand to supply, must insure the continuance of a heavy distribution from this point, But immediate prospects are really most interesting lumber dealers now. It can be plainly seen that they are anxious about the coming spring demand. Being dissatisfied with the business of the past year, they natur- ally want to secure a trade for the coming months that will compensate them for lost time. They look eagerly for encouragement from some quarter. The late warm weather gave them hope that the log crop would be meager. But since the later snows and freeze they have cast the short log crop reliance aside as worthless They now conclude that there will be logs and lumber enough for any demand. Now they look to a local requirement through the winter to break up assortments of dry stock as a help to prices, This is something substantial, for there will be a fair local consumption all winter, if the weather hereafter is not cooler than it has been. Moderate weather will alsv,tend to the maintenance of a steady country trade—a condition precisely opposite to that which prevailed last winter. But the more favorable conditions on which to base a good prospect are the short stocks in country yards, and the in creased demand on account of railroad building These are really the pronounced features of the situation that render the outlook now better than it was last year ata corresponding time We cannot look to a lack of supplies, beyond the fact that dry stocks will be in demand for the early trade, if it come with a rush We have no reason to think that there will be an extraordinnry farmers’ demand while prices for grain and meat are so low as now. But we have reason to expect that the call for dimen- sien and strips, on railroad construction and car equipment account, will be extraordinarily large for the coming year. The call from the car factories has already begun in considerable volume. Yet the railroad demand will not be felt so forcibly early in the year as later, when construction gets under full headway, and there has been some completion. The low state of stocks in the country yards will necessitate large buying in the spring, but it will not be so heavy in volume as would be the case if there were speculation in buying. So long as the hand to mouth method is pursued the wholesale trade will continue to complain that the country trade is slow, and profits meager. Yet, if toward spring general busi- ness and railroad construction should begin to certainly exhibit a tendency to boom, a great change would be manifest in regard to buying. Country dealers would begin to realige that dry Oe ee ws, aw! a hat 7 b Oa ae Oe Sas aie ee a - ee Se 940 Pe Fa ea = eit i See i | stocks were being picked up, and that in order € Z to transfer the profits of a sharp advance from the pockets of the wholesalers to their own, — they would have to put in stock. This is what may happen, and it is well for all interested to bear it in mind. : The feeling in regard- to prices at present is undoubtedly firm, Estimates on bills, where- ever seen, show that list prices, or very near them, are asked for dimension. There is not trade enough, however, to be a serious test of values. Holders of lumber better than com- mon are making inquiry about the feeling in respect to this class of stock, The strong faith in good lumber that during the past year pre- vailed, induced some dealers to quietly lay in ample supplies. Now these holders are natur- ally anxious about the future of prices. It is impossible to see why the better grades of lumber should not hold their value with the lower grades, Better times will increase the call for manufacturing, and for all purposes re- quiring the use of good stock, ~~ LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal of Jan. 2nd says:—The deliveries during the past week have been, as one would naturally suppose at this time of year, meager in the extreme, and the business done has had neither interest nor importance. A straggling cargo or two keep dropping into port, but nothing of importance, if we except the varidus lots of sundry kinds of timber arriving in the Atlantic steamere from the United States, such as oak Waggon scant- ling, whitewood, maple and staves. 4 We notice in the large ship Emily Flinn, well known in the timber trade, with a cargo of spruce deals from St. John, N. B., bound to Fleetwood, has gone ashore at Sherbourne, Nova Scotia, and will probably become a total wreck. Happily, the crew has been saved, and a portion arrived here this week in the Domin- ion steamer Sarnia. It is said that some shipbuilding work for the Government has been placed with Messrs. Laird Brothers of Birkenhead, and it is to be hoped the orders will be extensive, for a great amcunt of misery and hardship has been felt in that borough for some time past, owing to the intense and long-continued depression in the various shipbuilding and engineering con- cerns. The completion of the tunnel between Bir- ~ kenbead and Liverpool, which is now accom- plished, will in all likelihood give a considerable. jncrease to the building trade of the former town during the coming season, as many good build- ing estates in Cheshire will be brought into quick and easy reach of Liverpool, and as West Cheshire is a favorite residential district with business inen in this city. many of the villages will, we hope, show signs of building activity in spring and summer. The experimental trains, under the supervis- ion of the Government Inspector, were ron through the tunnel this week from Birkenhead to James Street station, Liverpool, and the usual certificate may be expected within the next few days, preparatory to the formal open- ing of the line by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the 19th of this month. ———_—>———————_ LONDON. The Timber Trades Journal of Jan, 2nd says :—There is but little fresh to chronicle as to the course of business for this season’s ship- ment, but we expect that before the end of this month some considerable contracts will be closed on this side, With regard to France, many good judges are of opinion that the im porters there will not hold aloof from the mar- ket during the early part of the year, as they did last season, but will, at any rate, provide for part of their requirements before the ship- pers’ specifications are too much picked over. Altogether, the situation seems a more hopeful one, and, as sellers seem inclined to be reason- able, and buyers not unwilling to operate if fairly met, we shall be surprised if we are not shortly in a position to inform our readers that some extensive operations have taken -place. We expect, however, that the coast buyers will ~ lead the way, and we do not anticipate that - the London importers will purehase much om — eX; i Ot ee fa a = — 7a ch ites & ny oa “Fr ————— tor + ee ee ee eer “te ee Rede, x ALBANY. aieg terms, til th ins osition ral ; é ee cy : , Quotations at the yards are as follows :— judge as ‘to. the course the market is taking, | F iG ine, Clear, 2 M..... weeseeesecersens 1-863 0OG5ES 00 » of course, a few special makes, | ie fourths............. IIIS 148 00@#0 00 ‘ ays command a ready sale. Y cl pale Beleats ame ihe EMT sie Bins Be 45 pad 064 ; ine, go OK. vevcsssveccecserers erveeee A353 Ov dock deliveries, we are glad to be able] 57° g icon bo PTPOD GIs Ob to say, have shown some slight improvement Pine, 10-in. plank, each. ss eseeees 00 42@00 45 Pine, 10-in, plank, culls, each. »» 00 23@00 26 on last. year’s report to date, The increase) po. fis 104n ce " 00 28@00 39 over the corresponding week twelve months | Pine, 10-in. boards, culls. . 00 16@00 20 Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., o M.. . 28 00@32 04 ounts to 463 stds. deals, battens, etc., 12 standards of flooring, but the item of ed timber is some 400 loads short, We have b become so accustomed to be always be- wailing the diminished consumption, that it ~ comes as quite a 1elief to be able to change our tone, and we hope the altered state of things Pine, 12-in. boards, 16ft......... Pine, 12-in, boards, 13ft. . Pine, 1} in. siding, select Pine, 1 thin, siding, common.... . Pine, 1-in. siding, select. Pine, imch siding, common Spruce, boards, each......... AON Spruce, plank, *L- -in,, each.. Spruce, plank, 2-in., each .. .-. 28 00@82 00 . 28 00@00 0 40 00@43 00 1b 00@18 00 40 00@42 00 13 00@15 00 00 00@00 16 00 00@00 20 - 00 00@00 380 Come ener er tevens Spruce, wall strips, each eile sizetacgiaiels pi 00 12@00 12 will continue. Next week we shall be com- pee foarte: each hoes +f bg poop M4 emlock, joist, 4x6, each........ sajate dle e 382 . paring 1886 and 1885, but we must not forget to Hemlock, joist, 2hx4, each ...... .. 00 00@00 14 have an occasional look back at our old friend | Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each.......... 00 00@00 11 ; Black walnut, gook, ®M....++ o+sss+++.-. 100 @120 00 ___-1884. ‘It is a good augury beginning the new ___—scyear with fresh activity in the dock deliveries, and for Christmas week, too, the improvement ____ reported is of additional importance, for that Pe is generally credited with being the dullest .» 80 00G@90 00 ... 00 CO@85 00 ..» 28 00@30 00 . 21 00@23 00 38 00@40 00 . 28 00@30 00 . 40 00@43 00 Black waluut, Black walnut, 3 inch.......+ 2. 00s Scaymore, l-inch..........s0008 Scaymore, §-inch White wood, 1-inch and ogg White wood, §-inch.... Ash, good, ® M...... >. ale =a week i in the whole of the year in the wood Ash’ second quality, aut £a5 . 25 00@30 60 trade v7 Se Cherry, good, @M..... 60 00@S85 00 e. ; Cherry, common, # M 25 00@30 00 One effect of the continued pressing of goods ee ance. ae eee Oe eal Se a man i on the market. has been to give to the timber | pre twood, @ M -. ee: SIELIE: 95 00@30 00 trade a more retail character than it formerly zs Se iepeeiaaiaie chor 40 poet a had, and the small dock orders which are ex-| yabie’ Amorioan, perl. ue HEUIIUIUL 26 0028 00 changed now would have had a startling effect hens, om tie eas pangan + 3+ 88 o0@40 00 on the merchants of thirty years ago. Excep- | Shingles, esa dhe sm Baar oa 2 a tional. cases will occur when it is difficult to “extra, sawed, pine... 4 30@ 4 50 help giving an order on the docks to deliver to “ ents age ooneia <0 somebody or another half a dozen deals or as cedar, XXX........... 0 00@ 0 00 many boards, or even a few pundies) Of lathe sya peas saat yor A ae 3 a but 2 decade since such instances were very is 0 00@ 2 13 rare. At the present time, however, they have almost ceased to create surprise, though by no means welcome to the officials who have to exe- —_——_—_—__->— OSWEGO, N.Y. Fiom Our Own Correspondent cute ahem: What will be the outcome of all | Three Sa os eet reer ence ces 08 Gh 00@46 00 3 . Picking,.. eeees ceoer . 82 00@35 ‘00 this retail business time alone can tell. Perhaps Cutting up - . 24 00@26 00 Fine Common, Common .....- 22 00@25 00 sees.» 14 00@18 00 when prices take a turn for the better the desire Ss to hold bigger stocks will work its own cure, | Culls.......00...cc.csesccceceeeeeaes . 11 00@14 00 tally il fn es nse to pre ord AMNION go parcels. cestacecsssesees BZ 00@86 00 Weare glad to note the improvement in the | Mill ron, 1x10, 13 t0 Eee ane Ag hoes e dock deliveries the past week, Christmas week Shippers ...........ssssscssscescs see 14 00@16 00 . too, when things might be supposed to be at Man yun MARIOS ces ne siein'vis'slelsislvivisisisis tle af anes a j their worst; the record shows something like | Shippers.......-...----+-- vihesesseapesee 14 00@16 00 ; five hundred standards of deals over and above ee ee 1é il in, Strips .s+..0.es. sere ++ 16 es B lart year’s consumption during the same}Culls...... roe See abe eae eeebag te 1k 00@I3 01 period. RH peleced itor canpoards EO. CC CRe Roa 2B ones ee : The satisfactory settling on the Stock Ex-|xxx Cedar. en LL 3 20 2 38 change and the absence of failures in the out- | L4th Rey AG 1. E ae i ae side market are favorable featuresof thenew| = ; year. Altogether the outlook is quite up to BUFFALO, ; earlier anticipations. The activity in the dock We quote cargo lots :— deliveries is also significant of trade | Uppers..........cccsseccseeecrseeucess 845 00@46 00 improvement. Things could not go on being eee Tale sine vee Nelelsls)s/e\s\s\vialpreisjnlvicieie ve ee oe dull for ever, and we hope the turning point is Pon oie. af nd ee = eee : now reached, Queer Books in a German Library. = One of the most curiously original collections of books in any library is said to be a bontanical ellection at Warsenstein, in Germany. At first sight the volumes appear like rough blocks of wood ; but on closer examination it is found that each is a complete history of the particular tree which it represents. At the back of the tree the bark has been removed from a space large enough to admit the scientific and the com- mon name of the tree as a title. One side is formed from the split wood of the tree, showing its grain and natural fracture ; the other shows the wood wher-worked smooth and varnished, ‘One end shows the grain as left by the saw,and the other the finely polished wood. On opening, the book one finds the fruits, seeds, leaves, and other products of the tree, the moss which usu- ally grows upon its trunk,and the insects which feed upon the various parts of the tree. To all this is added a well printed description of the habits, usual location and manner of growth of the tree.—London Daily News. = — Trades Journal of Jan. 2nd sa hristmas holidays have effectually he way of any business having been done ‘the last seven days, and in this _ district the New Year’s Day being even! a more popular holiday than Christmas, they extend from 24th of December to January 4th, most | being entirely closed during the whole of period, and in consequence business is at an entire standstill. At present there is not a great deal of business to be done, and to owners of saw mills, or any mills where much machin- ery is employed, the relief is satisfactory when a blackness of orders is felt. The importations are, a3 may be expected, on a very small scale. They cover, however, two complete steamer cargoes of wood goods, one from Nameos of battens, and one from Dron- theim of staves, one late ship from Stockholm with deals and battens, and several items of lesser imaportance. - So far no business is reported over this dis- : trict for next year, and in the face of large _ — and 4 small demand it is scarcely likely The Season for Complaints. This is the season for complaints, to witness the number of questions that are coming for- ward, and we never recollect a year in which claims have been so rife as in the one now drawing toaclose. It would be interesting to have a formal report of all the arbitration cases of which the trade as a body know nothing that have been settled this year. The survey- ors, who now form an important branch of the wood trade, have we expect, had rather a busy time of it,—Timber Prades Journal. —————»-_- -——— TONAWANDA. CAEGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. DUPPERD.<.<-- see rereees essen vee Ph 00G44 00 ; 0@24 ies, Aporkth Oa tnill’ at Kin. has failed. THE CANADA) LUMBERMAN. - SPRUCE. Anexchange says:—The supply of epruce i# very Jimited as compared with that of pine. Outside of New England, Province of Quebec and the Adirondack region there is little or no spruce of Commercial value. Spruce taking into consideration its strength, lightness and desirability for framing purposes, is selling comparatively lower than any other valuable wood on this continent. Simply because spruce has always been in overstock in New England the price has been unreasonably depressed. The necessities of small millowners has ever created a supply slightly in excess of the demand and a consequent weakness in prices. reason of short supply should occur, so that that the buyers were forced to seek supplies of the manufacturer, prices would be considerably and permanently advanced. It is a slaughter our magnificent spruce forests with so little remuneration to either operators, man- ufacturers or dealers. We predict within ten years good sized spruce lumber will sell at double the price of sapling pine. Spruce lum- ber will meet with proper appreciation when an approaching scarcity, at least in large sizes, forces builders to hunt for desirable substitutes, so light, so strong, and so easily worked. -Al- ready the lumbermen report the berths of vir- gin spruce as growing scarcer and farther re- moved from drivable streams and transportation by rail. DROWNED IN LAKE NIPISSING. Orrawa, Jan, 13.—Mr. Charles Sereny left this city last Wednesday to visit his lumber works on Lake Nipissing, Some time a/ter reaching the shanty, near Nipissing Village, he complained of feeling unwell, and a letter was sent to Southeast Bay, summoning Dr, Walton to attend him. On reaching the shanty, in which Mr. Sereney was confined, the doctor found the man suffering from insomonia or sleeplessness, and injected mor- phine into his feet to induce sleep. On Satur- day night the foreman ef the shanty, Mr. Mc- Donald, heard a noise but paid no further at tention to the matter. On rising in the morn- ing McDonald discovered that Mr. Sereny was not there and went to look after him, but no traces could be found for sometime. Finally traces of footsteps were found near the shanty in the vicinity of Nipissing village. The tracks were compared with feetware belonging to Mr, Sereny and it was found that the feetware and tracks fitted. The tracks led to a portion of the lake where the water is open, but no returning tracks were found. At the point where the track stops the water is very deep No trace of the body has yet been found, but no one has any doubt but that Mr. Sereny wandered to this spot in his delirium and was drowned. The body has not yet been recovered. lumber, sin to Bark. ‘Up and Bark Down. When it is desired that the bark shall come off of wood easily, it should be yiled bark down. A eotrespodent writes giving his experience as follows :—‘‘I have sold wood for over forty years, and I find that when wood is corded bark up, the bark remains on until I sell and measure up the wood, and all that is bark down, the bark falls off, and measures nothing. Besides, there is more heat in the sap of the log. The most and best. ashes are also in the bark. I have on my place now some wood that was chopped nine years ago, and corded bark up, and the bark would hold on if I would draw the wood eighteen miles and cord up and measure; besides, where the bark is piled down, the water runs in around the wood and makes it dozy, wet and lheavy,”— Ex, Adivice to Motkers. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain and cutting teeth? Iiso, send at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth!ne Syrarz for children teething. Lis value is incaicalabie {t will reileve the poor little sufferer immediate- ly. Depend upon it, mothers, there ip Do mis- take aboutit, It cures dysentery and diarrhoea regulates the stomach and bowels, cures wiad, colic, softens the gume, reduces indammation and gives tone and energy tothe wholesystem Mrs. Winslow. s Sootuing Syrup for chiidren teething te pleasant to the taste, and is the per- scription of one of the Oldest aud best female norses and physiciaas in the United States, and is for sale by #!i druggists throughout the worle Price 2% contsa: bottle. If asingle| a ll —~ ——— a ae BEAR 6LAIN WITH DYNAMITE. Lremeroher once wheu I was mining pear Breckenridge that | meta grizzly bear, one that would tip the beam at 1,000 easily. You see, l wae going up to the minefand nothing could be further from my mind than expecting to meet one of those fellows at such a time and pace. Bat \i’s like them, they always torn up when they sre least expected, and when you are most Illy prepared for them. 1 bad no gun with me, or even knife What was worse, or would be to a map who lacked presence of mind,1l had with me a box eontaining dyna- mite eartricges, which were to be used in the This would of iteelf have prevented me h credit or despateb, if such a thing were possible ; but it so bappened that when I sighted the bear 1 had wandered from the regular trail, baving taken @ narrow ledge in the hope of finding a short cut tot emine There Was a sbeer fail from tbh je of at least five mine, from retreating wi bundred feet. The bear bad already passed on lo this when 1 first saw him, and as I never before traversed the ledge, I bad no idea as to how far it might be passable. W hen | saw the bear it was evident that be bad not yet discovered my presence. He was shufiing along at an easy 7ait, apparently quite familiur With the path, 1 did not dare torun on the narrow ledge, but L got in the best licks at walking that I knew. bow, and had goon gained a fair Jead on the grizzly. I began to hope. that I would come safely out of the diffi- culty, and .was further’ encouraged by the fact. that Lhe ledge appeared to be slightly wider as Ladvanced. In rounding a sbarp eurve, how- ever, you way imagine my consternation when [saw tbe ledge suddenly terminate not twenty feet in front of me in a cavern, unquestionably the babilalion of the bear. Above the wall rose’ straight bundreds of feet, and below. there was empty space. The bear had made a nice selec- tion of a home, I saw ata glance, and be would find here, rigbt at his very door, a mealin me, provided I cod do nothing to avert the catas- trophe. My mind became strangely aelive- The events of my past life did not pass in review before me. It- might have been on account of lack of space, but itis much more likely that it — was due to the greater interest attaching to | the incident in which 1 was soon to take apro- } minent part. I tried bard to think of some way out of the dilemma, and came so near finding nothing to base aby hope on that I almost lost my pres- ence of mind. 1 did not, however. I thought of everytbing 1 had about me, witha view of using it for my defence, Lbad eigbt pounds of candies, _ ujack-kuife, and alead pencil. It occurred to me that if 1 bad sufficient candles 1 might feed the bear for a while until 1 could induce him to feel that he was in a condition for hybernating, but I would not be more than able to. whet his appetite with what 1 had, The jack-knife and tie lead pencil were dismissed without ea mcisenvs thought. The dynamite suggested possibilities. | hit upon a plan. Taking adozen ~ sticks of dynamite, 1 thrust them in among eandles, and bastily Teiracloz my steps uo the corner lL placid the ehurge of candles and = dynamite in the patn of the approaching bear The latter was but a few roids away, but appeare ed to be wrapped in such a brown study aa did not nolice my action. Th-n1 again re 3 ed around the curve, and withdrew myself into tie bear’s cavern to await developments. I did not bave long to wait. In less than five secouts after I entered the cave the mountain shook as though in an earthquake, and | knew thatI had succeeded. The bear had evidently iried to eat the candles and found them too much for bim I rusbed out to see the result of my strategy. There wasjlittie to be seen, however. A tuft of bair here, abd asplash ot bear's grease Ubere, a splinter of bone or two, and the end of he bear could oniy be guessed.—Denver News. Heavy Losses to Cattle Men. DcDGE City, Kas,, Jan. 12.—Tue heavy snow and the bitter north winds of the past two days have caused ibe most serious apprehensions among caitle men as to ther probable losses. Within a few miles of here #0 head have drift- ed to the river, where they nfrished in attempt- ins to cross, or drifted up ¥ the fences, where they remained frozen todefth. A man froma raneche south reports seeing cattle on his way up frozen that were stand on their feet. The water holes are frozen ov/r. The grass is snow- ed under, and the weat:er is cold, with every prospect of more snow./ Tve loss of live stockt will be very heavy on #'¢ Arkansas River. eel During last year 3,3%,205 dozen of eggs were imporied into the Uired States from Can-~ ada through the Spfpension bridge customs office alone. The téde is assuming immense proportions - 12 THE CANADA ‘LUMBERMAN. The Ontario Canoe Co, Limited. <> F = prxon eco. 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Those Dogs cannot be excelled, T sell them all on their own merits, give ten or fifteen days trial, and then, if not satisfactory, return them to my order, as I have so &genta on the road this year, I will sell them at a reduced @=== price. Send for Circular and price list, [2 EVERY BELT GUARANTEED ~~ The Best Mills in the Country. use it. QUALITY is what | aim at, the result being H. WILLIAMS, the Generous Support of all Manufacturers. For Discounts and Terms, Address SLATE & GRAVEL ROOFER MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN ‘y N O = & r Mi C LA R FE N, Manufactured by HUGH GIBSON, CHATHAM. sxoELsior DoG. . Tarred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Shoathing and Building Papers, Carpet and | Rosined Waterproof Paper, Ready Roofing, &o. sa All ord tly | 2902 & 204 ST. JAMES attended to at LOW PRIOES ie Meee meted Vas STREET WEST, MONTREAL. : EE. wiLLiams, Lace Leather, American Rubber and Cetton Belting, ete., always om hand ee ” 4 Adelaide Street East, Deconte THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 18. << irRHNHW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TOR B= a9) aaa LMT wa IT WILL PAY YOU, Bzcausz : 1. It is the only newspaper published in the! Dominion of Canada devoted to the lumber and timber industries. 2. It is devoted to the development and utilization of our forest wealth. 3. It furnishes complete and reliable quotations of prices of lumber in all the leading markets. 4. Its columns are filled with interesting reading matter, valuable alike to the land owner, manufacturer or dealer. 5. It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada, and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any wsy connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. w=-TO ADVERTISERS. It has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at? _e decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion. one ee PATE! ILLATING TWIN ENGINE s FOR STAM FED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, valves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and the very perfection of simplicity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. - The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, tor Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 1} in. rope. The shaft is a et eta steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, : and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the rea 4 = re cay Saal — Wy) . vw ° i ; il i fa purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we put ! on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by shaft and pinion ‘to carriage rack bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. When the carriages are used in two or more sections, the coupling and uncoup ling of each section is quick and simple. . | There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfatr & Co’s Mill, Sttirgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie ‘Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to ‘seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. We would also call attention to our Improved Hand Saw-Mill for cutting logs per We guarantee this to be the best Mill of its kind got up, and would ask any one wanting a good Band Saw- Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new TRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &c., address the Manufacturers, tamilton Manufacturing Co'y,tinio — 4 = —e \ 2 _ «ya: i le Met v PHTHRBOROUGH. sede SS ial |" THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, NORTHEY & CO’S STEAM PUMPS, TORONTO, ONT. Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. = AV iB INSUBANCE. Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECESSITY IN EVERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. | 7 Cheap. Simple, Compact. Durable, Having ¢ the a A Bais aan hs Mating ae an Cheaper than any Only two mov- A well known Gwaranteed Lt. ts Pump built ae a A compact- the most dur- ~ Our Independent | sine. ip Vadirect | Tle Pump \ ° | \ direct | \ acting made;impos- | sible to break down. ATR PUMPS and Condensers will ejject a sav- ing of | a Our PUMPS | ree for general \water sup- cent. when \ ply per. applied to tle ot Guth ak fits. 5S aaa I satisfaction ngimnes. \ \\ S . AY F te «A IF YOU WANT\\\ WE 8 ee vos RUN WITH BELT —= ok — Mee FROM POWER All Sizes for all Duties. Pump FOR ANY PURPOSE ms WRITE TO US. Rk * “ —_ A — _ Our make of Pump is specially adapted to Mills in out of the way places, as they can be absolutely relied on, and occasion no vexatious stoppages for repairs. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENGE ON ANY POINT CONNECTED WITH PUMPS E SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND STATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS NORTHEY & COMPANY. FRONT & PARLIAMENT STS, TORONTO, ONT. 16. | THR CANADA LUMBERMAN, >THE TANITE COMPANY AWK STROUDSBURG, any MUNROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, U.S. CUTIES by MANUFACTURERS OF st D) EMERY WHEELS AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years, enjoyed a great reputation, and have beenr ecognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC }q MONTREAL SAW WORKS . F. H. ANDREWS & SON } UEBEC. | \FAGHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ON | Mowat G. A. PONTBRIANT |. SoREL. R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. . : A. R. WILLIAMS, ToRONTO. Dominion Saw Works! JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. 293 t sie ST, WEST, TORONTO, ONT, MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. THURBERS ROYAL sr Anti-Friction Babbit Metal IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, — Emery Wheels, Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, EVERY SAW FULLY WARRANTED. j j : se dni Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe, a. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. j The only Memenaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries Sd in Canada ao Fg SUBSCRIPTION ( $2.00 PER ANNUM VOL. 6. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., FEBRUARY 1, 1886. NO. ve NEW YORK CITY. The Record and Guide in its annual review of the lumber trade for the year 1885 says :— The general lumber trade of this city has _ been conducted in a quiet, undemonstrative manner during the past year, and at no time did business develop into quick, snappish form, To a portion of the operators this absence of flurry and excitement has been a source of amnoyance and complaint, as their ideas of trading are confined in the main to large sweep- ing sales and constant fluctuations on value as influenced by @ speculative sentiment rather than by natural factors. Happily, however, with no cha. sce to work the market, that class of | trot has gradually disappeared, and the re- ~vits from the more conservative portion and majority of those engaged in handling the vari- ous kinds of lumber are by no means as un- cheerful us might have been expected. Rates have certainly been low and margins narrow throughout, and that very feature was unques- tionably a strong attraction and material aid in drawing out and preserving a good consumptive demand. So that by careful nursing all good intentions of buyers in listening to and accept- ing fair bids, and refusing to take advantage of evident and only momentary necessities of cus- tomers, dealers have made a great many sales of all sized invoices that will probably fully equal in the aggregate that of 1884, and it is a ‘question if there is not really an excess. The _ only comparative record that can be reached, is that of the export trade; and here we find an increase over the preceding year, notwithstand- ing constant and positive assertions during the season that the foreizn trade was running Le- _ hind. These claims, Bowever, belt due in a 4 measure to the “cutting up” of the export business among a larger number of dealers, and the additional opportunities offorded shippers _ by offerings direct from interior points ; and those who were most hurt by the change seemed to think that business was losing ground. A change in tnethod should also be allowed for in “calculating upon the volume of local consump- tion, a8.a great many small dealers as well as manufacturers and contractors have been added to those who purchase direct from the produ- cers or pretty closely thereto ; and this supply is rarely taken into consideration wher the exhaustive capacity of our market is in question _ Wo means are available permitting even a fair | _ guess aa to the proportions of leading grades of umber used in comparison with former years; _butas a simple matter of surmise, hardwoods | have probably made a gain. Valued®have _ touched no lower points than in the preceding ‘year, except in two or-three instances ; but were also without recovery on losses of 1884, ind this has made a modification in the average other than a nominal line of quotations, and make the range pretty wide at that ; as the ‘‘ go as you please ” manner in which dealers conduct, the business gives nearly every concern, great or small, some different notion of valuation, based on inspection, delivery, quantity, terms of credit and other minor influences on which there.is an entire absence of uniform action. Failures have come to disturb 2 portion of the trade, but disasters have not been heavy or widespread, and the collections and settlements naturally due at about this period are progress- ing very well. The amount of stock on hand | at the turn of the year is doubtful, ow ing to the uneven character of the accumulation. Some of the principal and generally far-sighted deal- erg seem to have simply taken about all the stock they could by any possible means find room for, partly on account of its comparative cheapness and partly in expectation of a coming good demand; while others fully with as much ability to purchase, and standing high in the matter of clear judgment, are carrying a smaller supply than usual—not because they consider the cost, but rather that they are uncertain and far from sanguine regaiding the future. Taking fine and coarse together, however, we think there ia a little more stuff in yard than a year ago, but less to fall back upon at near primary poins, such as Albany, etc.; and since the winter tariffs went into effect few, if any, rail offerings except at advanced figures. Without the development of any unexpected disturbing element the chances for spring trade are good in this city, and excellent in Brooklyn, and upon its own natural merits the market, as a whole, is no dovt in better form than one year ago, WHITE PINES FOR LUMBER. We have frequently referred to the desirabil- ity of appropriating many of the waste spots in the farming districts of New England and New York to the growth of white pine for lumber. No better disposition could be made of such spots. A correspondent of the Woon- socket Patroit, taking a similar view of this subject, supposes in a practical way that we take a good standard growth of pines, say 150 trees to an acre, averaging at the end of forty years 250 feet each, board measure, making in round numbers about 10,000 feet, thus average- ing 1,000 feet of lumber for each acre each year and on the poorest land of the farm. The poor- est land, he says, can be bought for $6 an acre, which is, perhaps, a high price in some sections, but taken as a basis the interest and taxes of each acre would be about 32 cents per year; cost of ploughing, harrowing and sowing the seed about $5 per acre; cost of three quarts of pine seed about ; interest on this investment 28 id je ted first hand parce!s of which consumers | cents per year for each acre, making 60 cents 2 fair share, For yard rates,| per year above first cost for each acre, with the has been 2 difficult matter to give | exception of the rise of the taxes as the value of the land increased, and if this be sent at an average of 15 cents more for each acre, we shall] then have the extra cost for each year of each acre at75 cents. So the thousand feet of lum- ber cost 75 cents on the stump, or, putting in the risk of fire at 10 cents and all other losses and liabilities’at 15 cents, the total cost will then be $1 per acre of 1,000 feet of pine lum- ber on the stump. But such price lumber in this section is worth $4.50 per 1,000 feet on the stump, so that the grower may estimate a profit of $3.50 for each acre each year above the in- come of four per cent on his investment. The acre on this basis gives an income each year of 29 per cent on the first investment. Even if the croaker is allowed to call this a trick of figures, it certainly contains sufficient sugges- tion to stimulate much thought upon the sub- ject of growing pines on waste lands. Ordinary human nature does not like to look ahead forty years, but in the nature of things those kinds of business which are new and peculiar, and in which the few venture, are gen- erally apt to yield larger income. About the seed. The cones of pine are not produced every year, and the grower must watch his chance and may have to climb the trees after the cones, for they must be gather- ered just before they open. Then spread them on a tight floor or old sail cloth until fairly dry, when they will open and a sharp rap will jar out the seed. If the trees come up too thick it would be well to thin them out, and, perhaps, to transplant a few on the vacant places or even on a new piece of land, though transplanting is a delicate piece of business. In eastern Mas- sachusetts and Rhode Island most of the pine lumber is used for boxes and is usually sawed thin, from five-eights of an inch to seven- eights of an inch thick, rough-edged, and is bringing now at the box mill from $9 to $11 per 1,000 feet, costing from $2 to $2.50 per 1,000 feet for the saw bill. Many are the acres of wretched bush pasture and stretches of sand flats, and even scrub oak lands, where a growth of pine might be started up, using a little labor and common sense.—Manufacturer’s Gazette. AVERAGE ADJUSTMENT ON RAFT- ED TIMBER. The subjoined letter recently appeared in Lloyd’s Shipping Gazette :— * Sirn,—We beg to call the attention of your readers to the following facts. While a vessel was loading a cargo of pitch pine timber from rafts in a port of the Southern States of Am- erica, bad weather came on, and a quantity of the timber, which had been secured along side, broke adrift. Part of this was subsequently recoved ty the captain; at a cost to him of about £40, and the remainder was lost. |More timber was sent alongside the vessel, and she was filled up and came on to her destination with a full cargo. If is the universal custom at all North American timber ports, when ves. sels lose timber from alongside while loading, and it cannot be recovered, to supply them with more timber to fill up with, so that whether the timber lost from alongside be recovered or not the vessel has always a zufficient supply of cargo to complete loading, and thus a full freight is earned. The shipowner, as far as his freight iz concerned, has, therefore, no interest whatever in recovering the lost timber, and under theae circumstances the timber is recovered for, and only for, the benefit of owners of cargo or underwriters thereon. Hitherto both merchants and underwriters on cargo have accepted this mode of adjustment, but we have now before us the following opinion of a leading firm of London average adjusters: ‘ We are of opinion that the freight on the cargo se salved, after having broken adrift from the ship, should con-~ tribute to the said expenses of salvage. We cannot but think that the view taken by there gentlemen is wrong, and wish to point out that the effect of that opinion, if brought inte practice, would be to make owners of ships, or underwriters on freight, liable for a proportion of expenses incurred solely for the benefit of the cargo, and it would, on becoming better known, further have the effect of discouraging the recovery of timber lost from alongside; for, as we have clearly shown, though timber is lost, the vessel still gets a full cargo, and, conse- quently, loses no freight; but if the captain incurs expense in recovering timber, then™ according to the average adjuster’s opinion just quoted, he or his owners must claim on the underwriters on freight for a portion of same ; or, if the freight be not insured, then bear the loss themselves... The captain will not, under these circumstances, take any further trouble with timber that has gone adrift. In that case the underwriters on cargo would beceme ths ufferers. Yours, &c., ALFRED DoseLt & Co. Whitewood. So far as Great Britaim is concerned the de- mand for whitewood is principally, if not en- tirely, from Scotland, as buyers at the north- east ports profess themselves unable to pay the figures which can be obtained without difficulty from Scotch importers. The English firms, however, are quite willing te contract at a moderate advance on last year’s rates, and they will doubtless augment their offers still further as soon as they. become eonvinced that the reports received -from theScotch and German markets are reliable. We have already prepared our readers for an improvement in the prices of whitewood battens, and, so far, our prognosti- cations have been realized, as an advance of fully 5s. per standard has been established without difficulty. We expect to find white- wood retain its firm tone throughout the season. —Timber Trades Journal. ae toe) THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, = ies: MONTREAL LUMBER TRADE. Aug. 1 88 AvionG....... seseeeesseeese 8.96.1 7 Lake Superior... .csoooses reves 1 pan etic Messrs, Henderson, McKenzie & Co., shid 8 BE Scotia ...... ...0.0..008 mile 23,182, 9 Ashdené. 3.15 .gob nee? > ode ay a — Baker..:.. are tere 7 i he CANADA “ 88 Lake Huron...........¥see 16,284, 1 10 Maronto s,s. s, “sess eae wots 574. m: Qiten BSH, es iy. bed 16 brokers, of Montreal, have favored the “ Carthaginian .............. 2,991.00 ll Camden ........... caceser c= 28,962:89 30 G. M. Stanwood ...,....... pues BBB LUMBERMAN with an interesting statement 6) Erl King..,....... ae 6,786.22 12 En King e.es....seeeeee 8,143.36 Oct, 6 Belguim , ies cones 681,610 showing the shipments of lumber made from “ EDO sala cis ven ate oman 93,677.15 “ Buenos Ayreau............ 8,000.00 8 Venice........ 5, es ye 520,321 Cs : q y' | Montreal during the past season. The details “ Dontinion «../ss peste 1,451.24, 9 Parisian er. oe 9 (86.00 10 Republic 6.6. . eeeeeceee es. 662,278 are minute, but the statement is so interesting | 6 Coronas snes eemene ee 85,436.00 13 Gragsbrooke...........0646.. 22,050.00 12° DOM jacct ae wee teeeesees 745,155 to the trade that we give it in full, os Certhaginian ..... bene eeeee 1,643.00 14 AVIONE Seade'sele slag vees se1 12,772.00 | VU She. Bitenin ccs: sandeces act weer 416,224 TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, “ Circassian........... DLARIGSIN 11,204.00 16 West Cumberland.....,.... 31,824.00 * ANUS... tcateesoone eee 551,11 : The followi ° tat tof the deal and | a“ Tita... vibi..cceve dieters 19,461.38 fo Texaa toate eWacosressee k 2,400.24 *4 Jeg... 555 T° sévespseene te. oi. _ 884,108 fh ¢ following 18 a statemen F Mantieai 7 OLeZON ses escessccevecee ine 16,986.40 18 . Lake Huron............... 11,828.29 | “* Peticodiac 0.2... sistesceseses 682,001 lumber shipments from the port of Montrea “BK AchilingF.scn.e;:s0h tee, 18,074. 6 19 Polynesian s.......4....... 4,552.00 26 Patagonia ........... oooh 2s... 1 ee during the-season of 1885 : “ 83 Lake Winnipeg............ 9,449.25 20° "Corenn: |, SA ie, 8,387.00 31 Polynessian..........-.4......... 1,048,011 peg «Date. Vessel. Que. Stds. 8 Regis. cies. 5.8 cee 91,561. 9 ~~ ——————'T Nov. 3 New Mumnewick,.,.,< ee 430,812 » May 146 SS Sormatian........... satiate a c= | ea nS aa a th + 66,913.00] Quebec Standards...../.see.es5.0 «., 3,260,633,15 Total 26,465,543 18 Polynesian .........-cseeeee 15,953.13 | i Cc The monthly shipments were as follows :— tibia RAMOS Ebe ay cso oh,seee aE SIGIUD aces. is9acs ecoremtaticcole < 12,468.44 y Pp 4 21 Carthaginian............... cpregt “eB UAMGOnA «0344; on vce 20,883.00| May......... is rata te 284,981.13 oe Pe yt al — ds. oun Ri i Ppeniee eee ae eect] 3 18° Siberian «jae ee s+ Md008-60 Toma 5) ons, kes 489,469.30] _ * rom ; poms , , Rake Winnipeg............. ig: sae 18 Serdinian............... tn Be CON ily ee... aoe 602,941, g| River Platte :— tc i } MitaiIB ns hae. ae eke 8,806.85 | 14 Ontario. j.o..5; cane 7,148. 6 ie at 756,776 93 Date. Vessel. Feet, of a gece scaaca pissed “ Barnia «séedsiss eeu pad Bt OTA.0 ee cee. oe ee caer 3.935 4g) 94ne 17 Annie C, Maguire... 776,000 | 1,274.00 2 : Reptewiier 6c. |; seen ee 383,935 48 =, aa } a Corea...........s.. 00, JOE ee 16 BK Malvina (for Australia)...... 14,065.00 Osis , 457,938 48 29 Ankel Christian........... 260,000 . “UF UC UGH GHIA tintin nearer ieee 11,620.00 17 88 Lake Champlain............ 6,508.17. 2OUOD OE oe oi wists eco el eae ee 7985, aod 3 Augusta................... 200,000 P y gu | ea Lake Huron ............... ees 19 BK Rota.....scsciesesecsscee, - 16,048.45 | November............0..0........, 284,590. 9 9 Tronsides 368 000 ¥ Ocean King... HOT OnO a BRT oD | 20 SS Norwegian................. 7,095.00] ee 520, 30 ee Be Mores alana eerste eee | “ Barcelona ................... 10,744.54 Age pb: & Bryant... ...2.2. pape i Total ....,..2... oon .4,946,000 | Fanee2 ; Nowiavaet = 5 a te eat saa 5,760.00 | u TOXAG Nene Qsncescet canieten 1,991.52 | Robt. Cox 0 & ieie eas, allege > ee 417,134 Equal to 179,854.30-55 Quebec standards, j : D 28 TOronto..........ceeee...5, 15,278.26 Other small shipments............ 158,526.40 The quantity of pine shipped was 26,519,543 4 Hanoverian........... .... 9,405.00 | ‘ce Lake Nepigon............. 5,980.44 on P ; | ws NI OK rane Geeta Lee 43,700.22 81 Escolona................... 20,532.21 Potdl?.s3.6c0 eee eee 3,404,453. 6 feet ; spruce, 4,825,000 feet - total, 31,344,543. a Fauderdale.s.1..........., 47,587.38 | Sept. 2 Oxenholmesees anon. netcee 21,264.00] The following is a statement of the shipments | Spars, 688, small towage, 526,828 pieces, | 5 BIOMERCAD con eh sc -oe ce aathat 4 Scotland. ........6....404, 27,875.00 | from Montreal to the United Kingdom during] 4 shipment of 402,599 feet was made on the “ Lake Champlain .......... 1,967.11 « Canadian. eoiaas Weck a 8,178.00 | the years mentiotied + Aspotogan for the west coast of South America. i 6 Glenmorven .... ........... 93,230.00 | 5 Juliet 4,248.00 y : The following’ & recapltudakansele “ Erl Kin 3,466.00 | at aks Se ae ria cagicg | LoeOr cena ee een ee eae 19,784;885 ft. v2 * ~ Hamel] Seo u ago nendsoggnen rent “ Titania,....... Sidaspisiesial see 12,594.52 1881 15 539,987 « Feet. | ar Pereiian Ue Re eh fob SaaS eee | - Lake Huron ............... 21,422, 25 Thee. oh bs ki 50.51 4.378 « | From Montreal .......1:,.J),0eee 26 868,142 - | 8 ERCOM Be emrelaciave Steteis ave, atehere Hi Ne a“ Brooklyn eae Bray Aaa Uae 15, O70. 6. ft BOR nie ele! s eine von wp hate ie ov, yo “ Lower St. law ee 000 10 Lake Manitoba. .......... 4,078. 4 | 8 Nova Scotian,...... Delelneity = 9;718/00 | LSSS ¢ sth eileen ee 50 514,378 *« — 4,879, Fa elie eS oh eo aaaena 2 RAUL NG A 0 Sap is igoetelta He uh a esas OA 99010 A884). 9.0) 2 ee 52,587,205 “« Total >... sch nae — 31,747,142 . ae Grecian pusVelalaye sWarelny ayy ahiteyaeiae 22,515.00 | “ Oregon... .seccsesees he 11, 080i68 1 BES ii 5.2 en ee 89,667,407 “ For the years- mentioned shipments | a saa Lb eee 2 pocea 15 Carthaginian ...........ccse 12,052.00 FROM PIERREVILLE. were :— j , ae 2 athe SO 81.965 00 | 16 Litcorne «6... 6... esos 8,856.00] The following were the shipments during the Feet. | 13 fedott kt COG aS ees sragoc DAB Benhaper esac 26,141.00 aan 1880 .... .... ..).. Sn 10,420,080 | ae Scandinavian 8,962.21 | season from Pierreville : Pata ae Lb tae a MB YOrscWsniiecene cea oeae 32 255,38 1881 16,147,941 16. Dominion................., 9,909.08 | ° Date. Vessel, Standards | 1081 ...... ...... 2.2 ae , ct Sarnia ......... Vee seoareery 22,885.25 eer 1882 24,419,827 19 BK Occident.... ............., 7,240.11 « Lake Winnipeg............ 5,938.45 July 11 SS Benbrack............... 20,745 36 MS esse nesone oep au eein ne pee : HAS LSIS a? BY) 57 i a 13,025.00 | 19 Cyntiita Ged ste weet. | os 8,744.00 31 Lauderdale............. 48,185.12] 1883 .... .... .-. er 18,768,652 { 22 Brooklyn.................. 12,341.40 | 20 Dominion.......0.......... 9,023 48 | Sept. 5 Toliat’ 39st ee 45,812.20 | 1884 .....\.... oo 37,355,553 eid paneR Ey RUN es rte oe pa ali 87,562.00 | 22 Siberlan ..... 0.0... ceeeee 17,209.00 |'Oct. 24 Maharajah ....{........ 29,628.43 | 1885 .... .... ..) canvas oe 31,747,142 ms si hit ECE Re adel 23 Benonag, nctutcrak us "sees, 16,698,007 A total of 148,820,155 standards, or 3,955,050 RECAPITULATION, \ Ay Polynesian ................ 230.00 « . ini eat. / . f Montreal Harbor “ Queb 22,116.12 | ORUAEO A spine nena ass an 7,209.53 | feet board measure. The total shipments from Mon MODRC. lee iaa ule tees ess 1116.12 | meee ¢ : : P . By aah dake Mepigon cs... airaiaa | 4) (> BARR es te scat eset], TH following were the shipments from| and Piorreville to the United Kingdom, and Seer Pariah <5. .-.: 10,708.00 | Re Marine eee Cae. iene 4g | Pierreville to the United Kingdom for the years | from Montreal and lower St Lawrence ports to Sp OSS: 108.00] =, Bea eee 8,016.40 | Mentioned :— the River Platte, west coast and Australia Saeko Hiromi oo. ey PSs: cibtanites See een seeese 7,822.86 Quebec Stds. Feet, | were :— Pi aake Winnipeg............ Seay Iie ke Champlai To Ree Oe ar eae a 79 775.46 = 2,193,835 ‘ ; Gates Side, MEER ECHO a Yo c ont lite 15,115.10 | re Chapa oreo ee hit ies ing eae By steam to United Kingdom... .3 208 629.28 | 29 Norwegian.......66.. 20... 652.00} 1888 3. eo... ceeeeee. 92,655.17 = 2,548,020 Sail d d 181 43 | July 2 88 Polynesian ............... 3,866.00 | 4, BHU Nore! ccnnisavcssuseatent T2600.88 1 4988 se Cl ee 142,989.00 — 3,932,202 a =. 0. wee 770. Sarnia 24,686,109 Bee e Fs See avet , aie “ River Platte 1 139 801.31 De I ace ROAD eis wereiee'n i iale aie on : es | “‘ SS Lake Superior ..., ...., : 19,226.09 x = 3 955 ver Fiatte........ , 8 Ontario 14,703 51 : NGS iG ean ee . -143,820. 1 = 050 ms s 53 eee en ens Gesicae YS ' 2 POXISIAN (oisns vesicle s vekec sce 8,075,00 FROM THE ST, LAWRENCE TO THE PLATTE West Coast S.A... 14,639 Titania... .......... tresses 7,800.18 8 Celtie Monarch............ 20,376.00 er Australia... 2... » 14053 00 6 Amethyat................., 33,122.48 te DrACOM..eeeceseeccseeee., 1,963 35] The following is a statement of the lumber f at Circagsian.... es 4,706.00 | 4 Bammwall................ 27,068.52 | Shipments from Montreal to the River Platte Total... 0: .0c | te Carthaginian ........ ...,, 252 00 Hastings « itevavameastererneeks - 293,812! that will take considerable time and money to i 38 an PESO ORE UIOD OI 34,757 oa 23 Cynthia ...... aiecisiehies cee 18,165.24 24 Grant “sccceatanceheeerese re eee 338,000 cure. Always be prepared and have a bottle of 7g POR RS A ire paetiee 9,038.00 3 Barcelona .......... 0.444, ‘ 10,217.32 25 Gettysburg. sca seeneeendecas.- 819,564) g> est’s Cough Syrup on band, the remedy that = BK Merritt... Menteeacien ia ote Ne 18,643.00 | « Sarnia secwc ect. "9,481.47 “ Brothers & Sisters.......... sosee 545,316] Won raver known to fail. Cures Bronchitis : Pies eons een Dts eeeenens : 4,967.49 py Lake Winnipeg............ 12,885.40] Aug. 4 Leine ............ Ss se a 725,731] asthma, Hoarseness and all Throat and Lung a tess pON LOWEN eine sca. 4 7,197 30 | 7 Sardinian............... Sin 4,607.00 ©. TRKUGE sn warp einmiesk elec anmocees, 405,367 diseases, Sold by J. D. Tully, druggist. Price cs Hiesissippi miotslgteidfelatacls aivaics 8,730.00 | 20 BSootland ................., 13,995.00 10 Thomas Fletcher ..... .......... 485,762 | 95 cents, 50 cents, and $1 per bottle. 6 eae ii Pete eeseeenee 0,020.43 30 Colina veel ste ate 5,768.45 1) Henry A. Setchfield ....,......... 502,701 ° 4 BPOKO LotR nengcee ee $5,780.00 31 Pensher $1,104.00 17 Rose of Sharon. .........,.4..000. 275,031 k : "eer. Ji. fees te MOMNHEE Mic. Wiech eee eeeee 104. nae 5 J. D. Tully, @ st, Will gladly inform any 27 5 aaa Thee tenes eens 3,100.00 Lake Champlain ........... 12,251. 3 589,089 | one ingui or Bim of a wonderful resuits i POCIBTI sis sneeoe 5,882.00 | Nov. 1 BONUGAL sos. coe euweesnes 8,572,45 543,208 | of West's yrup. It is an unfailing cure ao BRTANG necro tiie etin 9,700.00 2 Wandrahm . .............. 3,000.00 709,138 a all mage and hg diseases, Tr colds, = 8S Mayo OCOCS UCN SE CnO USA anEn 32,604.00 | “ Newcastle City............ 18,285.00 554,015 stages, at Whooping cough. Price Be, Ka Ey SOB AGING ice ee caesar 18,076.27 ao; \ MurrWebrinn. «cack areas + 2,880.00 | Sept. 520,755 | and $1 per bottle a 88 Dominio Wpiisee 61 €islalels mais o:s\y 1,749.21 ae Minerva ...... Sth ea hit ead 26,156.00 5 Sderesereeeeecssee 311,909 $ - $: POEUNANE sh lbh yA 2,136.00 Escalona ..........., tests! SE 11 Etta Stowart........000e8.ccccees 615,848 | | SEAOH'S COUGH. and pee QDKIYN vices cseccercneess 24,656.39 Balthurns.ccee eee eee 24,768.00 LY GORD 3e sence aR ath thn ctaaet 545, on sale by oresont @ Walsh, druggist 31 BK AES on ee el ee Bi. ||: Ontortendi Ghent Moree 26 MAG ect ie tee ke 6 600,376 e ys a gupies > ’ = Me > - = ‘ . s 55 ee PCI ae Lit Ate. bee. Heavy Substantial Saw Frames yore and Engines 7 7 BEST MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. Ko Expsene will be apanee to make our Special Lines the representatives of their class in Canada, and the best that can be made. Send for New lllustrated Catalogue No, 14, devoted specially to Saw-Mills and Saw-Mill Machinery Box Board Machine, Veneer Machine, : New Shingle Machine, ae ery “eta? 4, y Ask for No. 12 Circular 60 pages, on Saws and Saw Furnishings. EASTER OFFICE:— _ ~~ - 154 St. James Street, — == —‘MONTRAL. ra Brantford and Winnipeg Waterous Engine Works Gi C0, [ c } z LUMBERMANS PRINTING AND STATIONERY. We can supply anything in the line of BOOKS, BLANKS or STATI ONERY for Lumber Shanties and Offices at City Prices, and everything necessary to a complete office outfit All PRINTING done in the Highest Style of the Art, and at Lowest Living Prices. BOOK-BINDING of every description got up in a Neat and Superior manner, ACCOUNT BOOKS Ruled and Bound to any desired pattern. Address: “THE CANADA LUMBERMAN” Peterborough, Ont. J. BAXTER, M.D. 135 Chureh-St, TORONTO BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS erished ans nena and | a pe tweat | all Calf, Half Calf, Full Alhgator, Half A lhgator, Flexible Leathers, ee nn ee Half Russia, Full Sheep and Cloth Bindings 3 “Bootai -three 2 head mcs oo as AT THE ERY LEW Bo08 BINDERY. the month of Dec. 1884 and 1885 :— AUGEBRS, ** Like many of our most useful inventions,” said a prominent auger maker recently, “the principle of the auger now in use all over the world was discovered by accident. In 1680 Benjamin Paugh, an Englishman, while watch- ing some school boys endeavoring to bore a hole n the ground with a piece of iron barrel hoop, noticed that after the hole had been sunken some distance into the earth and the flexible metal of their improvised boring tool had be- come heated, it twisted and carried the dirt up to the sureace nicely, and he could not see why the same principle should not apply to wood, The invention of the auger was the result. The screw auger,” he continued, ‘is an American invention, and was invented about 100 years ago by Thomas Garret, who lived in tho vicinity of Oxford, in Chester County, this State, where most of the black augers are still made. ‘*Most ‘of the bright tools are made down east, but one of the principal manufactories is in this city. The old-fashioned pod auger is still used in Germany and England. “The single screw auger is also an American invention, and was first discovered by accident by a Philadelphian. It is the only auger that can be used to any satisfaction in very hard woods, where the double-screw augers become clogged.” — Although every one is perfectly familiar with this common-place tool, but comparatively few know the process of its manufacture. In mak- ing augers the iron which form the main or spiral part is welded into the steel of which the tip is made before forging. ‘The bar is then put under hammers and forged into shapes. It is then put into what is called a wringing machine and twisted up in a rough state into the spiral form, after which it is passed through crimpers, giving a uniformity of twist. The. augers are next put through straightners and revolved, making them perfectly straight, when they are ready for putting on the head, which is the | most delicate operation in their manufacture and requires the work of a skilled artizan. They are then subjected to a grinding out pro- _ cess, which consists of putting them through _ two rubber wheels to rough polish the twist. The fitter-up then takes hold of them and lightens or fits; the head; then the filers file down and sharpen the heads, after which they pass through the hands of the polishera, where | they are polished and hardened ready for mar ) ket.—Zx. THE NEW YEAR AND THE OLD. _ From a business standpoint the year which _ has just ended was notable principally as a period of recovery. Since January, 1885, values have been slowly rising. In many instances the progress made appears but slight, and still _ mearly everywhere along the line the advance is sufficiently marked to bé obvious to the most | superficial observer, and in some industries the | _ improvement is very noticeable. At the present _ ‘moment it is safe to say that the outlook is de- cidedly encouraging. All the conditions essen- ay for a. Prosperous year are now aL hand, It LIVERPOOL STOCKS. We take from the Timber Trades Journal the following Comparative Table showing Stock ot Timber and Deals in Liverpool on Dec. 31st 1884 and 1885, and also the Consumption for on bs peeps 42 | Pig gy moving it up there. hen the nail was in| propagate, as the acorns can be obtained at Be ae i ee re aed Dec. 158). : Dec. 1885, | motion, or the body was falling to the earth, | small cost and are almost certain to germinate. — ae eee ca 4 ° ——_——— | there was power developed. Power is the pro-| Acorns are much easier to manage than large ® Rushes eguare pea steer nerran: oh orgs eet ang if Ber One ie 66,000 ft. 76,000 ft. | duct of forceand space. If a magnet could lift| nuts like those produced on the hickory or: ~ Sia, LST a AO a5 is 20,000 ‘* ae apne «| @ weight of one pound against the force of] pecan tree, They cau be planted where it is nape PR: RE EN $4000 “ 26/000 “ 3000 “ 10,000 “ | gravity through one foot, it would develop one | desired to have them grow, or in wursery rows, Pitch Pine, Se eae ssc aeene ae ond fe bi noe a Wa ;, _ | foot pound of power. If the force of “a cylinder | from which the small trees may be taken up aes ete SL eae oa Ae eae 78,000 ‘ 15,000 « 23,000 full of steam can push a piston against 110] when they are at a suitable size to be trane- _ Dantzic, &o,, Fir . é GE CO pee 21,000. {Pounds through three feet, it will develop 330| planed. ‘The wood is excellent for fuel, tinstey ae nanerres Pict at 238,000 * 33,000 « 45,000 «« | foot pounds of power. and post. —Wew Orleans Times. “ Planks...,... Feo aig = 160 1 Suey : oT ie - Now what is the difference between power a Elm peite. Pettis TET ee 35,000 « 7,000°* 10,000 « and work. Work takes account of the time in ROOFS OE PAPER. LER CRncre sais vcore atts aaaegeneeeniins Bros ” aeter 5 api “| which power is exerted. If the engine men-| A roof pronounced superior to that of ECG Tt ote oy ee aes ge aie Rae 13,000 « 171,000 « 92/000 « L000 « tioned was 48 inches in stroke it would have to because of its lightness and other advantages, Greenheart cr. et eccsleneentvesese dere 50,000 ‘* 129,000. 11,000 «* 6,000 “" | make one revolution to move the load through | ig now made of any fibrous pulp. From this N.B.&N. 8. ppruce Deals... .-sseetssee.., eeeaiCayls 20, ae ee. Meena gue) 45 | three feet as above, Now suppose the engine g Si aeeme cine Baa Bou 1,088 741 4,180 | 8,159 p material tiles of any shape desired are formed Quebeo Pine Deals & boar ro. cake anes Been 6,688 « 1,980 « 1,679 « | run 100 revolutions per minute we should] by pressure under machinery, or any other Baltic Red ee 3,660 4,105 « 401 « 44g have 110 pounds move through 300 feet in 4| method which may suggest itself, Pressed into Hallie reer ia. Pet SOTE ea a es, a ia “ ra se 4 ye «| minute, which would equal one horse power of | the designs wishcd for the pulp tiles are unsettled, but with this single exception the THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. fifteen or twenty years old. “ care is exer- cised they may be cut down so as nut to injure the young oaks, These trees being removed the young eaks will grow rapidly and com pletely occupy the ground. Oake are easy to existing, after the body has reached the ground, tending ever to draw it nearer the earth’s cen- tre whenever its support shall be taken from under it. Force is exerted by the magnet as much in holding a nail against its pole as in work. If the engine runs at 50 revolutions per minute we should have only 150 feet per minute =16,500 foot pounds per minute=one-half a a horse power, and if it runs 200 revolutions per minute it would develop 66,000 foot pounds per minute=two horse power of work. Work is the consumption of power and the horse power, the measure of work is the measure of the Tate of its consumption of power. It is evident, therefore, that a machine, the resistance which it requires a certain force to ov ercome, its resis- tance twice the number of times in a given time, and that it is not the pounds of force which a machine is capable of exerting which qualify its consumption of power unless we take into account the distance through which this force is exerted. or instance, a test of the power required by a certain shop was unsatis factory to the man who owned the engine, He maintained that certain embossing presses consumed almost as much power in themselves as our instruments showed for the whole shop, and called our attention to the irresistible force with which the dies wére pressed into their work, The press was a heavy one with a large fly wheel and a toggle joint with an enormous leverage. It was run at a moderate rate of speed and a man with a crank upon the fly wheel could easily have run the press at its usual rate and have exerted that enormous pressure upon the dies as many times a minute as when it was run by power. The force exert- ed was truly great, and would have measured a good many pounds, but the distance through which it was exerted, the depth of the impres- sions was & very small fraction of an inch smaller still of a foot, and when reduced to foot pounds of power amounted to but little, and this number of foot pounds was not repeated a sufficient number of times per minute to amount to much when reduced to horse power of work. It is surprising to see how much power is re- quired by a small engine running at a high rate of speed. We have seen an emery wheel with- out work being ground upon it absorb a full one-third of the power required by a good-sized machine shop, while the variation in the load afforded by stopping and starting a farge planer was comparatively slight—Boston Journal of Commer ce. partially dried previous to being subjected to a water- roof solution, Thoroughly impreguated with the preparation to resist moisture they are baked to harden in them the water-proof mix- ture. After the baking the tiles are to a mixture imparting an enameled st to this is added a coating of sand, pulp is rendered proof against the heat or flame. By the use of ditiorent sands a variety of tints may inv tiles, which, after the a el a sed eling mixture and sands a time, after which they are ready | sides the inherent lightness of obviate the necessity of a heavy frame to sup- port. a weighty roof, the pulp tile, and*not brittle like slate, ia ie ne i be broken from blows, stones th:own upon them - or human footsteps. Again, tiles cannot be laid compactly together on a roo’, on account of their brittleness, which prevent drawn tightly together by nails, Throu fibrous pulp nails may be driven as c as in shingles, thereby bending ther cclyto the bed and together without-any possibility of lateral movement, or being blown away in !a high wind, as slates loosely fastened on roofs so frequently are. Nails penetrate the pulp ti more easily than shingles, and lie oser to- gether, being more elastic than Ze Journal of Commeree. Ui y » . 5 hel TEETH AND SPEED. The kind of teeth and the speed of the saw should be determined by the hardness and grain of the wood, its greater or leaser freedom from moisture, from gummy or resinous matter, whether frozen or not, also itssize. The harder and the smaller the more upright should be the teeth, and the less their velocity and rate of sawing. Pine, willow, and alder require large, acute and well-pitched teeth ; oak, ry, and rosewoo., need perpendicular teeth, close together ; yellow and pitch pine and larch being gummy and resinous, require grease to clear the blade; California redwood cuts like 3 pine. It is generally concluded that for pine, spruce, and hemlock the teeth be cut tangent to a circle half the saw’s “ Cedar cuts best with a peg tooth of fine gauge, pitch and space, Mahogany, ash and English elm are best cut with the gullet or mill tooth, of small space and nearly upright pitch. For maple, oak, and all timber known as hardwood, swaged teeth answer. For hardwood in warm weather, Norway pine, and chestnut, teeth partly bent and partly swaged are often used. For water-soaked spruce and pine spring-eet teeth are generally used. — a ia, Trades Journal, commercial and financial conditions now ruling are thoroughly satisfactory. The improvement in the iron trade, regarded in business circles as an especially encouraging sign, has been followed by equally favorable changes in most of the other leading industries. The stock market is particularly active, and as regards the lumber trade the reports from every important centre of this industry are very satis- factory. In Maine the seasun closes with stocks well sold out at the mills, and every indication of a greatly increased demand with the opening of spring. In the Middle States the situation is on the whole quite as encouraging. In the South we find the mill-men, as a rule, fairly satisfied with the husiness of 1885, and confi- dent of still better fortune in the present year. To those who are acquainted with the resources of the Southern States this confidence seems perfectly justifiable. From the great lumber regions of the Northwest, where the trade has been most depressed, the advices are all highly encouraging. A year ago the manufacturers were complaining that the increased production had not been followed by a demand to corres- pond, and that stocks of lumber were accum- ulating to an alarming extent. But during 1885 the production of lumber was greatly curtailed, while the demand through the year was much larger than was anticipated. The result has been a large reduction in the stock now at hand as compared with that available a year ago, This combined with the certainty of a heavy demand in the spring and the favorable business conditions generally prevailing, has infused a hopeful feeling through all branches of the lumber industry of the Northwest. There is in these circumstances nothing to warrant any extravagant anticipations as re- gards the business of 1886, but judging from present appearances, noting the abundance of money, the firmness in the stock market, the rising tendency in the prices of raw materials and manufactured goods and the increasing de. mand for labor, it seems certain that 1886 will be, as regards the volume of business tran- sucted and prices obtamed, a great improvement on the year which has just expired.—Saw Jill Gazctte. Siehe 1 of RAISING OAK TREES. During the last few years large quantities of acorns have been taken from this country for the purpose of planting. White oak acorns are preferred, and they have been chiefly obtained in the State of Missouri. They are generally planted on sandy or broken land that is intend ed for pasturing sheep. In Great Britain sheep are accustomed to eat acorns,and it is considered profitable to raise them for sheep food. No variety of oak has received much attention at } the hands of the planters of fruit trees. They state that that the trees make a very slow growth and for this reason they prefer to plant trees that grow rapidly and furnish fuel and timber in a shorter time. A foreign writer suggests that oak may be raied to excellent advantage in: connection with other varieties of trees that grow rapidly. He admits that oaks grow slowly while they are young, bi states that they increase in size rapidly when they are er eres ene FORCE, POWER, AND WORK. There exists in the minds of very many en- gineers with whom we come in contact but a very vague conception of the meaning attach- ed to these three little words. Not so much does the difficulty appear to be in getting at a general sense of meaning for the words, as to separate the general idea conveyed into its factors, and to discern clearly just what portion of this whole is meant by force, by power, and by work. Let us therefore consider each in their order, and study their composition and relation, We all have a pretty good idea of what force is, but the difticulty appears to be to discon- nect the idea of force with that of motion. We can easily appreciate the force of gravity when we see a weight falling to the earth, but it is more difficult to comprehend the force as still i oanteeeseieeiasemeae meee oe f A sumMaRY of last years lumber business im Minneapolis, as given by the shows a decrease in the mill cut over the pre- vious year of about 130,000,000 feet, s decrease in the boom scale of about 14,000,000 feet, ade- crease in receipts of about 13,000,000 feet, and a decrease in shipments of about 8 000,000 feet, The figures for ten years past, however, show large increase in husiness, and the reductio: last year was only an incident of eter? Eyes bibeare er Pe ek Chips. a . el ae Laie aes Lae SC me ha ~- Vassar, Mich., has a new company engaged in the manufacture of wood paving blocks, THERE is a mill being built at Tower, Minn., which is surrounded by pine enough to last __ forty years if cut at the rate of 100,000 feet a day. ; _ -New York City imports of lumber from ~ the British Provinces in 1885 amounted to _ ~ 58,305,420 feet. Of shingles 1,050,000 were imported. THE exports of lumber, exclusive of hard- woods, from the. port of New York during 1885, amounted to 76,079,000 feet. The total value - of the exports of wood and its product was «$7,001,343. : - New Haspsuire ships millions of fish barrel staves, made of sapling pine, to Michigan and ~ other States bordering on the lakes. The resin- ous character of the wood commends it to the packers of fish for holding brine. Tue strength of the chestnutwood is to oak as 54 to 100. Cohesive force, according to _ -Tredgoid, is from 9,570 to 12,000; its specific gravity is ‘535 according to Tredgold, and ‘657 according to Rondelet; weight per cubic foot about 30-6 pounds. "The amount of lumber inspected in Boston during 1885 was 93,498,000 fe-t compared with 98,741,000 in 1884, and 119,000,000 in 1882, Western and Canada pine are not inspected, and a large amount of yellow pine and spruce goes directly to the yards at the mill inspec- tion. : Asovt 6 o'clock on the morning of the 13th inst , the saw mill belonging to Mr. Geo. Mc- Gregor, lot 31, con. 10, township of Hamilton, { Ont, was discovered to be on fire. The mil : with all the machinery and a large quantity of | lumber were totally destroyed. No insurance. The fire was without doubt the work of an incendiary. : Mer. A. Hoppins, of the Rathbun Company, has pugehased the entire cut of the Hinchin- brooke saw mill. It will measure 130,000 feet, and consists of pine, hemlock, basswood, oak, and ash. Mr. Hoppins will also purchase all the ties and fence posts between Kingston and Renfrew. Tue Lethbridge, N. W. T., News says:—A party of men came down from the N. W, C. & N, Co’s. log camp in the mountains on Tuesday evening. They report that the largest drive ever made in this country will take place in the spring, and that the south fork of the Old _ Man’s river will be full of logs for 15 miles, The logs are said to be best ever got out. ss Messrs. J. A. J, Craig & Cvu., of Montreal, _ Qnebec, have just fitted out one of the most extensive furniture factories in Canada. Mr. _ Craig has been for years in this business, and ig one of the few men who have grown rich in manufacturing furniture. About a year ago he was burned out, but has concluded to try it again, Tue amount of lumber cut by the saw mills on the line of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad in Michigan in 1885 is reported as 240,404,203 teet, of which there was 152,275,478 feet on hand. The amount of shingles manu- factured was 244,248,000, of which 38,250,000 were reported on hand at the close of the season. A comumos method of grafting is to make a tramsverse section in the stock and a vertical slit above it, and the bud is pushed upwards into its position ; this method, we believe, if carefully done, rarely fails. As the sap descends by the bark the bud thus placed above the transverse section receives abundance, There are numerous other methods, i _A LEGAL case which came up at Toronto on Jan. 18th is thus reported :—Re Rainy Lake _ Lamber Co.—J. D. Edgar for the Toronto - she ral Trust Company moved on petition ¥ der 45 Vic., cap 23, sec. 43, for possession of erties embraced in mortgages to the appli- s. J. R. Roaf for the company, W. A. er, Q ©, for sharcholders and contribu- Lotion suspended for one month, the the eee y MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY. In Nevada there is a peculiar wood known as mountain mahogany. The tree does not grow large. A tree with a trunk a foot in diameter is wich above the average. When dry the wood is about as hard as boxwood, and being of a very fine grain might no doubt be used for the same purpose. It is of a rich, red color, and very heavy. When well seasoned it would be a fine material for the wood-carver. In the early days it was used in making boxes for for shafting, and in a few instances for shoes and dies in quartz battery. Used a fuel it creates intense heat. It burns with a blaze as long as ordinary wood would last, and then is found (almost unchanged in fvrm) convert to a charcoal that lasts about twice as long as ordin- ary wood. For fuel it stands much higher than Jany other kind of wood; indeed, a cord of it always brings the same price as a ton of coal. The only objection to it as a fuel is that it creates such an intense heat as to burn out stoves more rapidly than coal, however bad.— Exchange, ee ED Ancient Saw Mills. More than 300 years ago an English historian gave the following description of a saw mill: ‘«The saw mill is driven with an upright wheel, and the water that maketh it go is gathered whole into a narrow trough, which deliverth the same water to the wheels. This wheel has a piece of timber put to the axle tree end, like the handle of a broch, and fastened to the end of a saw, which, being turned by the force of the water, hoisteth up and down the saw, that it continually eateth in, and the handle of the saw is kept in a rigall of wood from swerving, Also the timber lieth,as it were, upon a ladder, which is brought by little to the saw with an- other vice,” company to pay debenture holders within one month, if payment not made, order for possess- ion to go, Costs out of estate. Catarrh—A New Treatment. Perbaps the most extraordinary that success has been achieved in modern science has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady: This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted,” while the patent medicines and other advertised cures hever record a cure at all. Starting with the claim now generally believed by: the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure 1o their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the presert season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. U. DIXUN & SON, 305 King street west, Toronto, Canada, und enclose a stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.—Montreal Star. ly122. The American Hotel, BARRIE, ONT. Collier St., Adjoining Market. RATES REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. 4@ Every accommodation for Commercial LUMBERMEN, prelehiigne ltt W. D. McDONALD, Proprietor. Johnston’s Fluid Beef ————) : K SA &? - SOANS Beer = The nourishing, palatable and warmth giving qualities of Johnston’s Fluid Beef has caused this inyaluable preparation to before a favorite and fashionable beverage for the winter season. It is now obtainable on draught at the leading hotels and Testaurants throughout the Dominion 1817 | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Wrought Iron Shanty Cook Stoves The Best Article Ever Offered to the Trade. Ihave much pleasure in drawing attention to my WROUGHT IBON COOKING STOVE, tor Shanty, Hotel and Boarding House use. These sioves are made of Heavy Sheet Iron, the top and lining of the fire-box being of Heavy Cast Metal and all the connecting parts of substantial Wrougbt Iron Work. The dimensions of these Stoves are as follows: SINGLE OVEN STOVE Top surface contains six 10-inch holes, with ample room between, and one oven Bax ie. Fire box takes 28-inch wood. DOUBLE OVEN STOVE The Wouble Oven has a top surface containing twelve 10-inch pot boles, with two ovens, esol 28 x 24x19, One fire-box of suitable size for area to be heated. Below will be found Testimonials from some of the leading Lumbermen, who have used my Wrought Iron Cook Stoves since I commenced manufacturing them. ‘They are th? names of gentlemen who are vell known and reliabie, and will carry more weight than apy recommendation of my own could do. The Hest Stove I have ever Used. PETERBOROUSH, May 21, 1880. _ ApAM Hatt, Esq., Peterborough. Dear Sir,—I have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stove in our lomber- ing operations since its introduction here, and have no hesitation i ing that I prefer itto any other. For durability, economy and efficiency, where a large number of men are et iployed, it is the best stove I have ever used. You can, with confidence, offer it to hotels, boarding houses and lumbermen. Yours truly, THOS. GEO. HAZLITT. The Stove for Lumbermen. PETERSOROUGH, June Ist 1880. Apam HauipEsq., Peterborough. My Dear Sir,—We have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stoveand find it is very satisfactory for lumber operations, especially so on drives. We can recommend it hig bly. Yours truly, M. IRWIN .:. In addition to the above I can refer you to the following lumber firms who use my Wrought Iron Range exclusively in their camps :— Benin si THE GEORGIAN BAY LUMBER CO....c212 222--seeeeecces eeccece Pa os mepeee ian Waubaushene . - THE LONGFORD LUMBER CO.........--cceccccnercvccsssescesseeresrssesseesns Longiord Mille - MESSRS. GILMOUR & CO..... .. ecoeets PSMA O-. Bica meet = LUDCdwsse Trenton and Ottawa © = MESSRS. RATHBUN & CO..............45- Pe aceite Se, eee Loves ssevesess+-DESEFOntO THE MUSKOKA LUMBER GO....cccccscstevcessrcrstrrssssenese op een spe aep cee Gravenburst EVERY STOVE GUARANTEED. | All the necessary TINWARE and CUTLERY for Shanties Supplied at the Lowest Prices. ADAM HALL, Peterborough. THE HENDERSON LUMBER CO. Limited. Davw H. Henperson, President ; NoRMAN H&NDERSON, Vice-President; Caas. H. WALTERS, SeceT reas. Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes a Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. Q RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. J. K. POST & CO. | | LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agents. | OSWEGO, N. Y.,, | } J. T. LAMBERT, Lumber and Commission Agent. ORDERS FOR DIMENSIONS AND ALL OTHER KINDS AND GRADES OF American Lumber PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Examine the list of “Farms FOR SALE” aNO “FARMS WANTED” - inthe F i ~~ DAILY AND WEEKLY MAIL THE Matt has Become The Reeognized Medium for Farm Ad- vertisements : : And contains more of them then all other Canadian papers combined. It has.350,coo-readers of the mght dass. ; ADVERTISEMENTS of ‘‘Famnmns for Sale’’and ** Farms Wanted,” **Steck”™ or '! Seed -for Sale” or * Wanted” in serted in THE WEEKLY tl SE oe cents per word . each insertion, or ‘wenty cents per word for Ave surertions, sor in THE DAILY MAIL. at fo and a Ralf cexks por -> - word eachifisertion. Addres— FHE MAIL Toronto, Canada { i ; @ 1 | Timber Limits and the Square Timber Trade a Specialty. Office, Wellington Street, OTTAWA. lit! as, DA: i A oe Np RE Se ee ee ee re OE A ARS eS IT I re ee ee ee a. ! the new supply, are on « restricted scale, and consequently al] are being held for improved prices, The shipments for the past ten years from Miramichi, given in superficial feet, were as follows : — branches of the pine tree, half of the emall boy — and girls carried a smaller brother or sister on their backs, One dear bright-eyed little rascal capered about most bewitchingly, and hardly left my elbow. When I sat down he sat down — and kicked his sandalled feet againet me. He leaned over and read the same page of the A BIG tree was recently cut at Moore & Tan {ner’s camp on the Au Sable riverr It was cut iuto a stick. 108 feet long, which measured 27 inches at the top and contained 10,300 feet. j hia A YOUNG man named Addison, of Minden, had his thigh bone broken recently in one of the Parry Sound Lumbering Co.’s camps by a log | oO ccc rere t tt tere eee ence ene guide book with me ; discovered my watch, held : rolling down from a skidway, over a sleigh, and|——"! «**++-----> Oe Sea ee a ey it in his hend to hear it ticking, and made him- THE CANADA (Striking hich, een ee tees Tecece ces eaeeednes self at home in the most betwiching, helf-timid — LUMBERMAN DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND TIMBER INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION. 2 wien es ce .b 2 0's sp os ins Sinise wie sis ale w and polite way. The other children, drawn up Tar Emery Lumber Company of Bay City | “°° ---+- +++ 0s es eee cere e erence ease in a silent array before us, wondered no less at have about 15,000,000 feet of logs skidded on | *9°* --- +--+ +--+ + +--+ -- see see eee eee the foreigners themselves than at the favor or one of the branches of French River. The | (00% s+++-2++.cceees ees eeesseaeese audacity of their young companion. timber is said to be of superior quality and will LBBB Taio ecetae nee neem see eee 149,000,000} When we finally rose I picked upa few cones | be taken to Tawas for manufacture. 1884 ce cthes ce 2 See) ae he 108,000,000 | snd the empty shell of askin from which some | 1885 weve ieee ee ee ea ee etter 87,000,000 | jocust had lately fown. A sweet shy little girl The distribution of the shipments in 1885 was saw me doing it, and ran to gather more and as follows:—To Great Britain, 47,239,692 sup. present them with many bows, the head of her feet ; Ireland, 24,984,538 ; France, 10,223,213; baby brother on her back bobbing and rolling Australia, 1,534,672; Africa, 2,262,198; Italy, around alarmingly as she did it. The present 1,005,715 ; total, 87,250,028, of a big copper cent made her bow more than The ehipments from St. John to trans-Atlan- ever, and in a second the whole troop of young- tic ports for the past 8 years were as follows : Messre. Folsom & Arnold, of Bay City and Albany, are owners of very valuable timber on | the Spanish river and have a saw mill at its | mouth—the first mill there. Their cut the past | season was about 12,000,000 feet, averaging | about ten per cent. to uppers. . PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), Peterborough, Ont. Terms of Subscription: One copy, one year, in advance............0000% $2 00 | — ° p sters were off over the sand and up the tree One ah six onthe, im AdVaNCe.......05-c000. 1 00 Sup. ft. Deals, Birch. Pine. hunting for cones and locust shell.—St. Louis - Advertising Rates ¢ | 1878 ola) d sale w ietdle mie 188,168,610 7,989 2,493 Globe-Demacr at. Per line, for one yoar.....c..scceoree \ (Sree 90 | 1 aia a ge 153,279,357 =—-11,548 3,237 = Per line, for six months. Per line, for three month SENS e525 eres 215,485,000 16,035 2,441 LONDON TRADE OF 1885. 30! cent levied upon the importation of American Per line, for first insertion......c.0.c.ccese. Age a) Pe a aby : . ESSL scape ee 210,281 730 5,134 1,734 A : Per line, for each subsequent insertion to8mo's. _ 05 | Pitch pine, the railroads of Germany, which are 1889 rats “tne” Sales The annual circular of Simson & Mason, of Cards not occupying more than 12 lines (1 inch) ! under governmental control, make an almost| ~~ “°° desc , London, says: Since the year 1881 the wood “POT QMMUM ....ccevcsccevccssevrsvcscsssoee WSSS at oe eee 181,517,932 11,778 3,883 Ci not occupying more than 12 lines (1 inch) prohibitory discrimination against it. If any trade of the port of London has been most un- f om - months ....... aed saa acne : ie | part of a car load is pitch pine the whole load i Pate pak AO ae me a ean satisfactory, alike to shippers and importers, Jards not occupying more than 6 lines per annum | RD at, aatelae tates 52,546 ? . Cards not cecneiie more than 6 fines tar emda 3 00] 1® claseed as such. 1885 has closed, and resembles for the most Dalhousie and Campbellton, in 1885, shipped 13 796,950 super. feet deals, scantling and ends and 5,267 tons timber; Richibucto and Buc- touche, 11,909 050 super. feet; Bathurst, 10,- 160,242 feet, 29 tons birch and 588,140 pieces palings ; Shediac, 5,797,035 super feet; Cara- quet, 2,231,787 super. feet, 56 tons timber and 111,000 pieces palings; Sackville, 7,117,000 super. feet. The total lumber shipment of New Brunswick in 1885, compared with 1884, was as follows: part the previous years. All branches of in- dustry throughout the country have continued depressed, and the wood trade has been in sym- pathy. Until there is a better tone in the gen- eral trade of this country it would appear that the wood trade is not likely to show much im- provement. The recent fall-off in consumption is, in a large measure, due to the suspension of building operations in the metropolis and its suburbs ; from this large and active source of consumption the demand has been for some Special rates will be made for page, half page and coluian advertisements. Advertisements intended for insertion im any parti- | cular issue should reach the office of publication at | ek sae : Bee four come days before the day of publication, to | Northwestern Lumberman, it is still in the ring insure insertion. : All communications, orders and remittances should | 9° ViB0rous a5 ever, Good walnut lumber finds be addressed and made payable to Tis Psrexsoroven | ready sale in any of the leading markete, and REVIEW PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ComPrANY (LIMITED), | buyers from b oth h ome and foreign markets are Peterborough, Ont. ! ri Communications intended for insertion in the Canapa || busy looking it up. Any other wood that grows will have more than it bargained for if it at LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the t2mpts to satisfactorily take its place. * | i | H As much as it has been predicted that walnut would be hustled aside by other woods, says the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as # guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should | be im the hands of the publishers» week before the | : 1884, 1885. past gradually falling away. London date of the next issue. 1 | SrNog the recent sale of newly offered berths Salat aca 595 519 mouths " yf ae ra. 2 The Canapa LuMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of I by the C Land D ane T t : COBENB. 62). <1 = ie # has been overbuilt and requires some period of Mnssrs Savvei Deacon & Co., 164 Leadenhall Street, | DY he Vrown Land’ Lepartinent,saysa toronto} mong 390,185 343,988] rest. Although there are no immediate signs of Loudon, England, who also receive advertisements and | report, there has been greater activity in Algo- S (i anak 333.191.8983 291 747,383 ‘ ¥ ‘ Subsoriptions for this paper. lm: timber sales than for years and the ay = rs 8, CLC... .. . dou, cay 747, ae better state of things, yet there is concurrent eke ons timber............ 26, é ini i seen their loWest and value of stumpage has considerably appreciated 27.738 | opinion that prices have lo The shipments from Nova Scotia in 1885 were as follows :—No. of vessels, 172; tonnage, 92,- 087; sup. feet deals, etc., 79,647,765; birch timber, 8,389 ; palings, 13,346. The shipments of deals from Nova Scotia to trans-Atlantic ports in the years mentioned were :— any change must be for the better. Money was made and lost during the spring of the year through a “war scare” which soon sub- sided, and this has been the only exception to the monotony of dullness which has character- ized the past year. Freights have ruled exceed- PETERBOROUGH, Ont, FEB. 1, 1886, | Transactions in limits appear to be on the basis j of from $1 to $2 per thousand feet for white | pine. In some cases the Algoma birch is a very | valuable item, but account is rarely taken of the Norway or spruce in fixing values. Micnican parties have recently bought a single birth on the Spanish River for a consider- ation of $120,000, ne (8s SIO yn WT ilo ki os ee : ingly low from all ports, and some wood New buildinge to the cost of $2,300,000 were | MIRAMICHI. : : charters have been closed, perhaps, at a cheaper erected in Montreal, Ont, during the past | J. B. SNowBaLu’s wood trade circular for the | 1884 .............. 0.0.0. seen eee eeee rate than ever previously known. . year 1885 has been received. It atates that the depression which existed during 1884, and j which was supposed to have reached bottom, }has continued through the year 1885, now closed. The advisability of the Provincial Government continuing ita present policy in regard to the tax on the timber supply is ques- tioned. It is pointed out that while in 1884 the tax represented only about 20 cents per thous- and superficial feet, it is now increased until the direct tax and land tax (the tax is levied in two forms) amount to $1.40 per thousand superficial feet. The shipments from that port for the | year show a falling off of 20 per cent from | last year, and last year’s was 27 per cent, less | than the year 1883. The total shipments from the Province show a shortage of 12 per cent. There would have been a much greater reduc- tion, says the circular, were it not for the ex- cessive quantity of Nova Scotia goods shipped | from St. John thie season, which passed as St. | John production. Nova Scotia shipments, however, show an increase of 5,277 St. Peters- Tae brig Adria, from St. John, N. B., for | burg standards, the figures being 40,221 stds. New York, with lumber, put into Vineyard | in 1885 against 34,944 standards in 1884, The Maven, January 13th, having lost part of her} only ports in New Brunswick that show any deck load in a heavy gale. increase are Sackville, Shediac and Cocagne, all ——— ike = : ports bordering on Nova Scotia. Gow & Maso shipped 1,100 tons of sawdust . The stock being wintered is estimated at _ from Muskegon to South Chicago last year ford 17,000,000 superficial feet, against 26,000,000 _ terra cotta manufacture. Next year they pro- | last year and 40,000,000 in 1883. The amount pose to ship 100 tons a wesk, jof work being done in the forests is small, —_—_—— i much less than for many years past, and this, THE boom in Muskegon river, above Newago, || With the very small stock being held over, will broke loose lately aud 500,000 feet of logs went down theriver. The logs belonged to the make next season’s shipments show a still further reduction, which must continue as long Newaygo Manufacturing Company, and will have to be sawed at Muskegon, L885 wisn. Deere Chee 79,647,765 The shipments of deals, etc , given in super- ficial feet, from the Nova Scotia porta mention- ed, were as follows :—Guysvorough, 2,061,642 ; Shelbourne, 704,880; Pictou, 300,795; Yar- mouth, 2,516,250; Parsboro, 31 383,000; Port Medway, 525,000; Margaret’s Bay, 2.000 000; Amherst, 16,124,947 ; Halifax, 12,155,251; Ship Harbour, 1,500,000 ; Sheet Harbour, 6,000,000 ; Liscomb, 752,000 ; Bridgewater, 3,624,000, year, The total import amount to 806,000 tons, being a reduction of 40 000 tons on 1884, and . 30,000 below the average of the last five years. - The total consumption, as indicated by the deliveries from the Surrey Commercial and Millwall Docks in sawn and planed wood, has been 205,050 Petersburg standards, against 232,000 Petersburg standards in 1884 being a fall-off of 12 per cent. Compared with 1883, the fall-off is 13° per cent., with 1882 15 per cent., and with 1881 18 percent. The fall-off as against last year equals about 500 Petersburg standards per week. Of hewn wood, excluding sleeps, the consumption, as indicated by the | Surrey Commercial Dock deliveries. has been a fair average one, amounting to 69,000 loads against 68,000 in 1884, ‘Tur Kingston & Pembroke Railway Company has purchased the car works at Kingston, Ont., for $20,000. Mosrs Baian, while chopping near Essex Centre, Ont., was instantly killed by a falling limb. In some parts of northern Michigan cedar ties have advanced from 16 to 18 cents each, and posts from 5 to 6 cents. THE PINE TREE OF KARASATE. A few miles from Otsu, Japan, is Karaszate, alittle point of land running into the lake, where a Shinto temple has stood for centuries. The shrine is covered by the arms [of a pine tree, whose trunk is more. than four feet in circumference, and the branches, trained out on supports, cover over an acre of ground. Of all the wonders of this part of the world, this old pine tree of Karasate deserves a first men- tion, and one wanders amazed under the great canopy of long drawn out, interlading branches, and studies the intricate way in which the limbs of the sturdy old pine have been twisted, loop- ed, tied and braided, as if they had been so many sticks of candy. The ends of the branch- es reach out over the water on either side, and a heavy stone wall on the lake front protects the venerable tree from ever being washed away by storms or floods. There is a tiny little box of a shrine up among the branches, and the pil- grims look atrangely enough when they clap their hands loudly and stand with clasped palms, turning their faces up to the branches overhead. All the small children in Karasate followed us about as we wandered under the gnarled A RELIABLE authority makes the statement that there will be six hundred miles of new railway completed in Missouri the present year, Ezra Rust, of Saginaw, Mich., sold this week 30,000,000 feet of pine on Tobacco river to A. A. Brockway, of the same place for $200,000. WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloch’s Cure will give give immediate relief Price 10 cts 50 cts. and $1. For sale by Ormond & Walsh druggists, Peterborough. Advice to Mothers. , Are you disturbed at night and brokenofyour rest by a sick child suffering and with pain and cutting teeth? Ifso, send atonceand — got a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's appa By 4 r children teething. Its value is i it will relieve the poor little sufferer immediate- }as the present unremunerative prices prevail, } The stock being wintered at St. John, and also THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ° MON HARRIS, HEENAN & Co. 124 AND 126 QUEEN STREET, - - La | TREAL. 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Z°e-F z B25 5SS 4, < az os c= - ERM pp siee 5 te Eg" V 25 « g 225 7 Se = tes e=5 2 £268 .s 17,171 58,799 Mo er ere Peerless see v 160,719 369,303 Staves, (all sizes)........... peragas 8,642 58,632 Mahogany (tons)............-....-.. 2,283 19,020 Total of Hewn and Sawn.......... 257,752 622,476 TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DEC. 31sT, 1885, Timber (Hewn). FOE eve teins s itcsecsee~ cos 9 6.000s 208,800 465,805 Sweden and Norway.......-......-- 540,217 758,826 OS 0 ee 289,555 693,247 United States..... rer “PEP eEr 138,593 470,984 British India............+ Lee pee 42,588 576,724 British North America...... ....... 255,264 1,108,829 Other Countries. .....- 2. -ceescrcees 409,587 557,760 EE re ...- 1,934,661 4,632,175 Timber (Savn or Split, Planed or Dressed). MEME aoe ces oc ccslses.sx2553+-1,188,380 2,551,123 Sweden and Norway ........ eeeeee1,716,456 3,602,247 British North America ........... 996,374 2,437,629 Other Countries....... asa 830,108 996,602 MED io dps ss 6ceses on sees. 4,280,318 9,587,601 _-—* Staves (ell sizes)............ sereeee:12h,374 688,971 SU MMEOEOEY (LONE) 60 o0cccsscs pescene 55,889 486,193 Total of Hewn and Sawn......... 6,164,979 14,219,776 H’S VYITALIZER is what you need THE LUMBER TRADE. QurEBEC, Jan. 27.—Information from the woods is to the effect that unusual activity prevails this winter in the pine lumbering dis- tricts of the province. will probably increase in direct ratio to the decrease of the other, Mills’ piling ground, Cheslea, has been dispos- ed of for Spring delivery. The firm operating these mills, Messrs. Gilmour & Co.” are except and will probably drive over 200,000 logs next spring. The firm has lat ly acquired the limit | so long held by Mr. Willis Russell of this city, and may berhaps cut some pine there thisseason. | The Kapabourga limit. formerly the property of Mezsrs. Benson, Cennet & Co, has also been | Mac- | Laren is also actively engaged on the Eagle, | Ignace and Desert rivers, doing most ot his | Messrs, Hamilton | bought by the Messrs. Gilmour. Mr. J. business through jobbers. Bros, are doing rather more than usual on the Gatineau, and expect to drive from 80,000 to 90,000 logs of the finest quality and the largest size. They are busy as usual on the tributaries of the Grand or Ottawa river. All of this firm’s timber will be cut at the Hawkesbury miils sixty miles below Ottawa on the Ontario side of the river. and for the future will be taken to the seaports for exporation by barge, this plan | having been found to have many advantages over rafting, which involved several handlings of the lumber, as well asthe scouring of each board by machinery, Ontha Black and Col- cunge rivers, Messrs. Gillis and others are doing a large winter’s w.rk. The sale of the old Bronson business for $600,000 circles, and some doubt is expressed as to whether the im- mense limits above the Boscatong on the Gatineau which cover 900 square miles of connt- ry, are included in the purchase. So far little is known of the intentions of the new firm, which includes Mr, Stewart, late of New Brunswick, aud now of Lopdon, Kngland, Mr, Bronson, The decline in the} square timber trade is likely to become per- | manent from present indications, and the ex- | port trade in deals and dimension timber | | have found it very satisfactory in its effects, It is reported that the | immense stock of sawn lumber at the Gatineau | and some others not so well known to the trade. The Messrs. Greer Bros., of Montreal, have also purchased limits on the Gatineau, and will probably work them before long. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Very Satisfactory in Prostration. Dr. P. P. Gilmartin, Detroit, Mich., says: ‘1 notably in the prostration attendant upon alco- holism.” —_——_—_—___—_—— The discovery of the instantaneous process of taking photographs has been quickly fcllowec in tbe medical world by a perfect and instar- | taneous remedy for all acute aches and pains, as | Neuralgia, Toothache, Rheumatism, etc. ionally busy on the Gatineau River this winter | This valuable remedy is called Fluid Lightning, snd is enld at 45 cents a bottle by Jobn McKee, Gruggist. ae | oes ae WELLAND CANAL. = NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, EALED TENDERS, addressed to the under-igned and endorsed ‘‘Tender for Lock Gate Timber,” will be received at this office un‘il the arrival of the East- | ern and Western Maile, on TUESDAY, the 9th day of FEBRUARY next, for the furnishing and delivering, oo or before the 22nd day of June next, 1886, of Oak ! and Pioe Timber, rawn to the dimensions required | for increasing the height ofthe Lock Gates on the | We'land Canal. The timber must be of the quality described and of the dimensions stated ina printed bill which will be supplied on application, personally or by letter, at this office, where forms of tender can also be obtained. No payment will be made on the timber until it has been delivered at the place required on the Canal, nor until it has been examined and approved by an officer detailed to that rervice, Contractors are requested to bear in mind that an accepted bavk cheque for the sum of S60® must ac- company each tender, which shall be forfeited if the party t:ndering declines to enter into a contract for supplying the timber atthe ratezand on the terms stated in the offer submitted. The cheque thus sent in will be returned to the re- spective parties whose tenders are not accepted. This D partment does not, however, bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, By order. A. P. BRADLEY, Secretary. 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Send 10 cents postave, and we will mail you frees royal, ralu- able, sample box of thes will put you in bata, | of making more money atonce, than anything in America. Both sexes of all ages can live at home and work in spare time, or all the tims. Capital not required, e wiil start you. Immense pay for sure for those who atart at once, Stixson & Co., Portland. Maine rr ssn - engine with tallow by means of the old-fashion- | ye a OYLINDER LUBRICATION. In former years-it was the universal custom to lubricate the valves and cylinder of a steam well as heat the return, ete, ed cup with which every one is familiar. While \ tallow in either the crude or prepared state | oil, “made a good lubricant for many kinds of work | _ for on the contrary it was as good as could be] _ found in those days for the purpose; but the quarts of crude petroleum placed therein, and olifection to it was the large percentage of acid | 80 far. (one year’s service), no trouble has occur- it contained. Unless great care and frequent | cleaning of parts were observed they were ob | boiler being very thin and light. In another served they were liable to severe corrosion ; case where a certain brand of oil was used, it ‘the valve seats and cylinder would become so | was found that the piston moved hard, and the corroded or eaten into by the deposits of acids | more oil it received the worse it became. Upon that they have to be re-bored and re-fitted; pis | taking the cylinder head off, the cylinder was _ ton rods became spoiled and had to be replaced ;| found to be coated with small, greasy, sticky piston springs deteriorated, and piston bolts | pellets, from the size of a pin head upwardr. would almost break in pieces at the slightest | The steam ports were clogged up with this in- pressure of the wrench. Constant repairs on | teresting stuff that resembled greasy clay, engines having duty to perform were the order | After carefully wiping out, a different brand of oil was introduced that very quickly cleaned of the day, incurring heavy expense and tedious | delays. To overcome these serions objections || out the ports and loosened out the piston rings _and substitute a lubricant that would be as good | until they rattled about. This certainly show- for the intermediate steam chambers of the] ¢d a considerable difference in the two brands engine and obviate the objections to tallow was | of oil.. One:would lubricate, and did not form @ problem the solving of which engaged the} the sticky pellets, and would allow the engine minds and attentions of chemists, oil manufac- | to work under much less pressure, while the turers, engineers and methanics alike, | other produced the opposite effect. As to the The results of their efforts brought forth | cylinder oils of various brands for the sole pur- | I have not yet learned, but I presume it is much pose of lubricating the internal parts of the| better, These few incidents that have come under engine containing steam. They also incidently : brought forth numberless sight feed oil cups of my recent observation have demonstrated the several qualities, These oil cups were a thing | fact that either there are very gcod and very After four years run new flues had to be put in and 4-large, new heater with all necessary connections was in- troduced; causing an outlay of at least twelve hundred dollars, all on account of the cylinder In another factory having a thirty-horse and machinery, it was very bad for steam valves | boiler, where at least two-thirds the supply or cylinders, not because it was a poor lubricant, | Used 18 rain water, the boiler is washed out very carefully every two weeks, and about two ej, the scale of film found on cleaning the | effect of the otherwise good oil on the boiler,, of beauty and joy forever. drops of oil to suit the duty of the engine, and cost per year. butcher’s every once in a while, only to find sight feed cup that the oil men sent enough sample cans gratis to keep him in oil several months. The valve seats, cylinder springs, etc., would invariably present a smouth, even appear- lovely for a time. every one was happy, Careful investigation proved the fact that the the water. This was all right if it either made _ steam or was otherwise harmless, but such was incrédsed to an alarming quantity and proved detrimental te the boiler, : It did not seem to form a very hard scale, in _ fact, it vas of a soft, mushy cousistency. This it seemdeposed to have a great affinity for the ends of the flues, especially the back end, _ keeping the heat and.-water apart and causing _ the flues toleak and gradually harden. I have just seen a large tubular boiler that was built by a first class concern whose name is a guar- antee of its quality, which was placed three years-ago in charge of a good, careful engineer, That boiler is now receiving a new set of tubes. The ends next the back head were leaking and were so hard that when struck by a chisel it | would’fly like glass. I might add that the i sediment around the tubes was considerably harder than: anywhere else. The reason is ob- |, vious, The heater, which was of the plain tank | style, was in about the same condition, and is | being replaced by a new one of a kind that is uaranteed not only to heat but to deposit the “sediment in the bottom and thence carry it out through the overflow. The total expense will not be less than five hundred dollars, a very large item to pay for this kind of experience, In connection with all this, a different brand of cylinder oi) will be used, and if beneficial re- _ sults follow it will be hard to determine whether _ they are caused bythe change in heater or oil, A smilar ease occurred not long since at a arge factory having one of the leading well The engineer could take out his Waterbury watch and time the the proprietor could figure to a nicety how much oil per day was used, and easily got at the He did not have to run to the | than with the old oil and tallow cups. | examination showed no deleterious effects. ance upon examination and everything was{ cylinder oil because its first cost islow? The problem of lubricating | the steam engine was solved and consequently | After a short time some observing engineers who utilized all their reo turns from steam heating coils and other sources, | discovered that their boilers were not so clean | as they had been previous to the use of oil. | eylinder .oil returned through the heater with | not the case, The deposits of oil gradually | own heaters that was intended to purify as bad oils for cylinder lubrication, or that all of them have some foreign stuff used in their manufacture for clarifying, or that they have some radical defect that leaves us no better off Tam strongly inclined to the first theory, from the ‘fact that I know of factories where a certain that some old lady had bought the last lot of brand of oi] was used constantly for a number tallow ; he found when he first started the | of years, having the same kind of plant } throughout, and using the same water from the city service, that upon repeated careful internal Tn view of all these facts, it is economy to buy any On the contrary, it is a strong illustration of the good old adage, ‘‘the best is the cheapest.” No | man running a steam plant can afford to use an | inferior grade of cylinder oil, even if he gets it for nothing: He would have to receive a pre- sent of a great may barrels of the stuff to com- pensate for the expense of overhauling the whole plant every three years, to say nothing of the delay, loss of business, etc. Oil manufae- turers may not like this kind of talix, but if it hits any of them hard I would suggest that the remedy of the difficulty is in their own hands, There. is no doubt that there is a few leading brands that wil! stand the test and perform good service, but it is equally patent that a large number of brands are worthless for their inten- ded purpose, and positively harmful and dan- gerous. No one about to purchase any oil for the purpose, having a heater taking the returns to the boiler, should order until satisfactory evidence has been given that it will not deposit acale in the boiler, and perhaps it would not be amiss to demand a clean cylinder and other parts of the engine as a result of usirg said oil. —M. &. Chanic, in Inmaber World. WOOD AND METAL RAILWAY SLEEPERS. Differences of opinion exist among engineers a3 tothe relative value of wood and iron rail. way sleepers. The common beliet seems to be that both possess qualities that deserve consid- eration, and that while wood may advisedly be used in some localities, iron is better suited to others. It is mainly, however, a question of economy, and the cost of transithas to be taken into account in association with the price on the market and the relative durability of wood andiron. It is beyond doubt true that a par- tial feeling has recently found expression in favor of iron or steal in England, while in Ger- many, where timber is scarce, and the duty upon wood imported from abroad has been in- creased within the last twelve months, there is probably good grounds for believing that metal sleepers, notwithstanding the fact they are said to cause a vibration in the carriages highly annoying to passengers, may come into very general use, On this important point the Manchester Guardian recently published some highly interesting particulars gathered from a recent report presented by Herr Bueck, the General Secretary of the German Jronmasters’ Association, to the members of that body. This experienced engineer observes that he regrets to find that, according to certain appearances, wooden sleepers appear again to be coming into favor in Germany, because the several govern- ments seem desirous of favoring forestry. Contrary to the recommendations of prominent engineers, beechwood sleepers have been laid down recently. Herr Bueck adversely criticises the disposition on the part of the Government to bestow special encouragement upon forestry in this way. The duties on timber imposed in 1879 have been raised this year, although the native growth is not sufficient to supply the re- quirements of Germany. According toa peti- tion presented by the timber growers and mer- chants to the Reichstag on the occasion of the discussion on the timber duties. it appears that 2,000,000 sleepers were laid to the eastern part of the empire last year, and that of this quan- lity one-third were metal sleepers. The German forests could only supply 15,000 oak sleepers. Of the quantities submitted for tender during 1884-5, in the same part of the empire, German producers were only able to supply one 1,500 of oak, and 5°04 per cent. of pine. Should beech- wood sleepers prove satisfactory, a sufficient supply may be obtained in the western part of the empire. But experiments with sleepers of this wood in France have not given satisfactory results. In favoring the employment of wooden sleepers, therefore, with a view to the encour- agement of German forestry, the German Government are simply promoting foreign timber-growing industry rather than the native metallurgical industry.” It may be taken for granted that so far as England is concerned selection will be deter- mined upon principles of economy. If it can be shown upon incontrovertible evidence that iron or steel sleepers are cheaper in the long run than wood, they will assuredly come into general use. On the other hand, should the contrary be established, timber will remain in vogne, Competition between the two interests involved will have a tendency to reduce the price of both wood and metal, and, so far, ri- valry will be attended with advantage to the community. They must, however, stand on their merits, and any attempt to foster a trade by protective measures will fail. It is proverb ial that there is neither favouritism or friend- ship in business. Now that the rélative quail- ities of wood and metal are in course of being tested we believe that it will be found that the conditions under which timber sleepers can be obtained in England are of a nature to justify the expectation that they will still remain in use.— Timber. is-is the centre of the manufac turing interest. . Large lots of staves shipped as what i called “‘dunnage” in the steamers and oth ships carrsing cotton from New Orleans to Europe. By ‘“‘dunnage” is meant the portion of the cargo which is heavy and will work with alight, such as cotton or, in other words, acts as 2 ballast. The staves for export are made of white or timber of the white oak family, such as burr, overcup oak, etc. The timber must be exceptionally good and large, at least 30 inches in diameter, long bodied and free from knots, crooks, wind shakes and shivers, and worm holes. . The stave should be riven with the grain of the wood, setting the frow to run from the bark towards the heart, and splitting the stave to as near an equal thickness on both edges as poss- ible. In sappmg great care must be taken to strike the axe in at the end of the stave, and never in the middle, which is a very objection- able defect. A merchantable stave should be of nearly uniform thickness.—Southern Lum- berman. BOXWOOD. The boxwood boom seems to have spent it force, and the market has dropped in the year from $40 to $17 aton, which is ju e] the low point it started from, comes from the loss of interest in and the consequent abandonm manufacture by some of the ze notably one in Newark, N. J., that made in 1884 100,000, and one in New York that up to last July had a two-year’s business of 350,000 skates. The dissolution of the skating rink syndicate, that for three years has built rinks all over the country, started them and then sold them to local enthusiasts has divided $400,C0) on its Jast year’s business, and -has been the medium for sale of over 3,000,000 roller skates. The decline of this business is suggested by the fact that where Nosfolk County, Mass., had 15 rinks running last winter, it now has but five. New York’s number has been reduced from 23 to eight, and Philadelphia from 13 to six, and those remaining are not liberally patronized. The abandonment of skating rinks has had some influence also over lumber, and is possibly to be in a large degree accountable for the apathy in prices, and their decline is nearly 30 per cent, since December 1884, while birch, which came into favor for 1ink floors in the summer of 1883, and jumped to $55 a thousand for kiln dried. choice stock, is back, like box- wood, to a lower point than whence it started. —Miss. Val. Lumberman. CRANKY MACHINES. There are times when nearly all machines get cranky. The trouble is often a simpleone, and is not infrequently owing to the machinist not _ knowing his business. But that is not alwa: the case. The very best mechanic in the world gets hold of a nut that is difficult tocrack. A machine, no matter of what kind, may work perfectly for months, and then one day some- thing goes wrong with it. The machinist looks at it, examines it, and perhaps he even takes it to pieces and puts it up again, but all of no avail; the machine remains like a balky horse, which nothing will make go. At last the machinist gets tired and goes home, sick of pottering with the troublesome thing. He comes to work the next day, perhaps having forgotten the previous trouble, touches a handle here and a wheel there, drops a little oil ina half dozen places, turns on the steam, and off she goes without a murmur as if nothing had ever happened. It cannot be explained by any = one, The only conclusion to be drawn is that . he omitted, on the occasion of the stoppage, those little necessary touches of handles, turn- ing of wheels and dreppings of oil.— Weel and Tron. OAK STAVES FOR EXPORT. The manufacture of oak staves for export is quite an important industry, and there is a considerable amount of capital employed in it. Formerly nearly the whole of the staves for ex- portation to Europe were obtained from Canada and shipped via New York, but within the last ten years, in consequence of the exhaustion of the oak timber in that country, the trade has drifted southward, and it may be said now to exclusively a southern industry, as for several years past three parts. of the whole quantity of staves exported have been obtained from the States of Arkansas, Tennessee and Miss- issipp1. Large quantities of staves were obtained on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, but there is now no stave timber on those streams. The larger portion of the staves shipped in the last two or three years has been obtained from Ar- kansas and Mississipp) swamps. The new railroad running from Memphis through Arkansas to Kansas City, and from Memphis to Vicksburg and New Orleans, opens up a considerable timber country, and within the last two years a large quantity of staves se 2 -— To Clean Brass and Steel = For brass: powder rottenstone, put it into a pint of water, add a teaspoonful of sulphuric — acid,apply, then rub off and polish with whiting. ides § ‘For steel: emery powder mixed with turpen- it has been shipped to Burope via New Orleans } tine, settee ey j a a °” ae ‘ ws - a. se e eh < er" ‘ ; : / = CARELESSNESS IN THE BOILER- ‘ KOOM. : _ © Familiarity breeds contempt,” is an old ately true that it holds good in the boiler room. In this case it would be wise to add to the old saw, ‘‘and contempt breeds trouble,” for many accidents may be traced to the carelessness in management of boilers which naturally follows Jong connection with them, Especially is this aptto be the case when the man has been so fortunate in his management of a boiler plant for a long time as to have had no serious trouble with it It is customary with some mechanics to test new-boilers, or old ones which have undergone repairs, by simply subjecting them to a high steam pressure. Why any intelligent person should do this simp'y passes our comprehension. Tf a boiler is known to be strong enough to sus- tain a certain pressure, there is no earthly rea- . son to subject it to that pressure. If it is not absolutely certain that it will sustain any given ____ pressure, then it is the height of folly, and it incurs a risk that no man ean afford to take, to apply that pressure in such a manner that, in the event of the boiler not proving strong enough to sustain it, an explosion will inevitably occur. During the past year we have a record of at least three explosions, all attended by loss of life and great destruction of property, from this cause. The danger in stch cases is usually greatly increased by caulking the seams, rivet- heads, ete., where leaks exist while the boiler is under pressure. Another dangerous practice is the caulking of joints in steam pipes while pressure is on. If pipes or fittings are corroded, as they very frequently are in such cases, there is danger that the chisel or caulking tucl may be driven through the pipe. “In such a case the sudden escape of steam is more than liable to seriously _ seald the workman. Quite recently, in a neigh- boring city, a workman was so seriously scald- ed in this manner that he died from his injuries. 4 ‘The practice is a very dangerous one, and should never be allowed. Of a similar nature to the above, and one which should be az strongly dis- countenanced, is the practice of screwing up man hole, hand-hole, and similar plates while boilers are under steam, to stop leakage. A great many accidents have been caused in this manner. A few years ago a battery of three horizental tubular boilers were fired up, and on raising steam the joint of one of the man-hole plates was found to leak quite badly. Instead of letting down the steam and repacking the joint, a wrench was applied, and the attempt was made to stop the leak by screwing up on _ the bolt. This proving insufficient, a long __—«(prece of pipe wasslipped over the handle of the _ wrench, and more force applied The immediate _ result was the fracture of the man-hole frame, _ the explosion of the boiler, the destruction of ‘about- $10,000 worth of preperty, and the loss of three lives, Only a few months ago a similar accident ozeurred in a large city in one of the Middle States, but in this case the boiler was of the -gectional type. A cap covering the end of one of the water tubes began to leak, and two men, _ armed with a 24-inch monkey-wrench, attempt- ed to stop the leak by screwing up the nut ona _ #inch bolt, with 100 pounds of steam on the boiler. Result : one man killed, and two others badly scalded. Several bad accidents have also happened 7 through the carelessness of men who have tried ; to take off man-hole and similar plates while boilers were under the steam. ‘This may appear incredible, but it 1s nevertheless true. Only a short time ago one of our inspectors, while making quarterly visits in a neighboring city, a boiler-room, and found a man trying to remove a mau-hole plate with 20 pounds of #team on the boiler. He had removed the nut feom the belt, and was trying to drop the plate (in this case the bciler was provided with an in- ternal man-hule frame) into the boiler. He had wt begen the job, and the plate, owing to the ssure on it, had fortunately so fir hia efforts to dislodge it. It may be he had a pretty loud call to “get “boiler,” aud very fortunate for Bi sae - * Gi * ee — eee saying, says the Locomotive, and itis unfortun:: K Pe. Daa SCE, to THE CANADA A few months ago a very bad accident occur- ‘red in a rubber works, where two men attempt- ed to remove the head from # vuleanizer befure shutting off steam. ‘These vessels consist of a cylindrical shell, and the goods to be vuleanized are put in at one end, and tha opening closed by a circular plate or door, which is belted t» a flange on the end of the cylinder. After the men had removed some of the bolts, the steam pressure proved to be too great for the remain- ing bolts to withstand, and the head was blown out with great foree, killing them instantly, and damaging the building and machinery to & considerable extent. This list of accidents might be continued almost indefinitely, but we think we have said enough to call the attention of those interested to the fact that too much care cannot be exer- cised in the management of steam apparatus of all kinds,’ Eternal vigilance is the price of safety, and it is much easier and more practical} to avoid accidents by the constant exercise of the greatest care than it is to dodge the frag- ments when an explosion occurs, THE LOGGING OUTLOOK. In last week’s issue of the Gazette we noted the apprehensions felf by the lumbermen on | account of the soft weather regarding the get- | ting in of a stock of logs sufficient for next | summer's cutting. A good deal of delay had been caused and estimators were discounting the stock 10 to 25 per cent off whatis required, but a change has come over the spiiit of their dreams. Freezing weather has been wafted from the boreal regions, and where snow has not fallen the freeze up has rendered the sprinklers available. There is no trouble about slipping in the logs now. Wisconsin is well supplied with snow—too well supplied, in fact, and in some portions of Minnesota and Mich- igan there is enough to help very materially in the logging operations. Hay will be made while the sun shines (or doesn’t shine) and logs will be rushed to the streams until the skidways are bare. By that time another thaw may occur. We are not quite ready yet to decide that this will not be an open winter. But one thing we are convinced of—and that is, the log crop will not be so much as 20 per cent. shoit of actual requirements. But there is time yet for an enforced curtailment. This polar wave may pass away and mild weather previal in February. We shall know more about it anon, Of operations in the Northwest the Lacrosse Republican says :— At a meeting of the Menominee River Boom Company, held at Marinette last weék, at which were present Senator Sawyer, Jesse Spaulding, of Chicago, Congressman Stephen- son dnd jothers, the members of the company did not appear to be at all alarmed as to the outcome. They will have with this year’s cut and what was left over from last year, sufficient stock to keep them running all next season. There are this season about 5,000 men at work on the Menominee and its tributaries. This year’s cut was estimated at 372,000,000 feet, but it will fall below that amount. At the close of jast season there was 70,000,000 feet on hand, which, together with the cut this winter will give about 400,000,600 feet for use next summer. The cut on the Peshtigo will amount to about 89,000,000. In the Eau Claire region the anxiety of lum- bermen was relieved by the heavy fall of snow which was. general over the entire Northwest. The weather has proven so disastrous that it was thought several contractors would have to throw up their contracts owing to financial embarassments, but if favorable weather now gets in they will probably come out all right. The ent will be from 20 to 25 per cent, short cf the estimate, which in round figures is 135,000, - 000 in the Chippewa district, making the total cut in that district, under the most favorable circumstances, between 450,000,000 and 500,009, - 000, There will be at the end of this week, between 3,000 and 3,500 men at work in the woods, — Black River Falls lumbermen predict a short cut in their region, even under the most favor- LUMBERMAN. FOR USE IN STREAM DRIVING. Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel and Forged. The method used In tempering \eaves every one of the same temper, rendering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks made Samples and prices free on appl- cation to the undersigned, SMALL BALLS MED BALL aa LARGE GALL THE Orono Cant Dog Strongest and Lightest in the market. Made of Best Cast Stee by drop forging process. The Handles are made of best quality straight grained split and turne i Rock Maple, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Prices on application. MANUFACTUBED BY McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N.B. Single and Double Belting constantly in stock. Yeas? All ORDERS Filled same days as received. : 4 EX > = TORONTO WARE ROOMS 86 King Street East Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and 2522, Notre Daie Street. wwes MONTREAL, QU Bi. Get vourn STATIONERY Suppiigs THE “REVIEW” STATIONERY STORE MarEeEttr Broce, Grorce STREET. sas Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRICES! “wa PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS, INK and PENCILS, And every house and office requisite always kept in stock, and sold retail io BOTH SMALL OR LARGE QUANTITIES. 17 A LIBERAL DISCOUNT will be allowed to Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufacturers, able circumstances, and a consequent rise in| Glergymen, School Teachers, Townchip Officers and others buying their Stationey in large A ‘ _ | prioss next epring.—Lumberman’s Gazctte, @@ Betimstes given and contracts made for yearly supplics at lowest rates guantities, and also to cosh baycrs, os . | | i l | | i | | a P io. Alarket Reports. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Jan. 25.—Business is mow extremely quiet, aud will remain so while the present severe “weather continues, it will take some days in fact before the railroad companies will be able to do much shunting in the yards owing to the block of snow caused by the last storm. The -want will not be severely felt by dealers, as there is but little demand at the yards. The bulk of the lumber now selling is for factory use, 14 cut up and better being in fair demand and the supply limited. The bulk of that now selling is far from dry, so that the dry houses will be fully occupied until the new cut comes in, Bill stuff is tending upward. ANI short stuff will now bring from 50 cents to $1.00 per M more than for the past twelve months. The splenpid sleighing now enjoyed by the mill men will no doubt tend to check any further advance however, as there will] be great exertions made to secure a full stock of logs and their efforts bid fair to be crowned with success, The railroad companies have again started their usual winter campaign of weighing car loads of lumber, and, as it is usual in such eases, the lower priced lumber has to take the brunt. Hemlock seldom escapes the weigh master, and in some cases it becomes a question with the consignor or consignee, as the case may be, as to the advisability of taking delivery from the company, as the amount claimed for freight foots close up to the value of the lum- ber, Full satisfaction between shippers and the railroad companies will never be arrived at un- til a lower tariff is made on such heavy and low-priced wood as hemlock. Wood dealers are granted special rates on inferior grades of wood for brick yard purposes, and why not grant the game to dealers in sawed hemlock, large quan- tities of which await manufacture if it can only be made and shipped at a profit. But at the present time with prices at $2.00 per M below live bill stuff, it cannot be shipped if passed over weigh scales at 9 conts per hundred weight. There is no change in prices at the yards as yet, although it is quite clear dealers cannot afford to pay present figures and sell as former- ly. The consequence is they will not carry more stock than absolutely necessary until it is elear that present prices are to be maintained. Mill cull boards and scantling > aes cull cone promiscuous widths. ...... jocks Ren en ee ey oa 66 “6 oe 66 4 “6 “6 : “6 se , “c “6 or ss 66 se oe 66 6 66 32 ft.. i Wh aor cwive wat sis/s 22 50@22 50 os ss us BOG sa aiwenteevale ache we cers 24 00 on SA un BSiRGisiesi leisislutelelete siaceisjere 27 00 Ww ss i 40 to 44%... ee 30 00 Cutting u ans to dr vigielagulem stare oa eale ee 20 00@25 00 ' . Pieard eee ee ee 20 00 ound artaing ono Bia Miser aroma eiscatern ote cumtere 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection...... ee caresets 30 00 Three uppers, Am. veuen Rentaeicleste vis "35 00@40 00 B. M, agtnich flooring, Aressed....csseeeseenees 26 00@30 00 POURD ice css sieareciseucis ve 14 00@156 00 : on Oy TGBROD A avalsreiniwisiolaivrelsiere 23 00@25 00 hi“ as MINGTESHERG ewccwer scence rhann.c 14 00 2 ud ATO BBEG iaictes ales bic sales cinre 16 00@20 00 : a undressed............05 12 00@14 00 meted Sheeting, dressed.............-5 18 00@20 00 SD stars EF GBA GH cr Roayniticiie vis cers ce ccaeteieceiurs 12 50 sawn shingles, @M.........6 see eoes 2 75@ 2 90 Serra URE ices vgs cnn cvenss ue visentevaunssenss 2 25 . 20 00@25 00 ..25 00@30 00 . .18 00@20 00 ‘Cherry, No. 1& White ash 1 & 2.. Black ash 1 & 2 - 50 00@60 00 ..25 00@30 00 20 00@25 00 OTTAWA. From Our Own Correspondent. Jan, 25.—Reports from different quarters of the upper Ottawa give a most glowing descrip- tion of the work being done in the woods, The ~ recent thaw which was followed by a sharp frost and a snowfall made roads in the bush just all that the lumbermen could reasonably re- quire, and as a consequence the drawing is well forwarded, The ice on some of the great lakes to the north, however, is said to be anything ut good, and the groatest precautions have to AR ith aoe Pilate te on ae Oh oy Ua S| THE CANADA” LUMBERMAN, be observed by those whose duty it is to for- ward supplies. Some time ago 16 teams were drowned on Kiffewa Lake while thus engaged. However, it may be said that causalities are very rare, in fact, considering the immense force of men engaged in the lumbering industry, this is a phenomenal year in that respect. Your correspondent had a conversation with one of the largest lumber: merchants on the upper Ottawa a few days ago, and his remarks on the prospects of the trade for the coming season all pointed to a prosperous year. This gentleman expects to get to market three rafts of white pine out on Black River alone, and at least one hundred thousand logs. He says that in his long experience he never saw a more favorable year for work in the woods, and from the pre- sent depth of snow in the Black river country he anticipates a good flow of water in the spring. In fact the same may be said of all the other steams in this district. The thaw which oceured about New Years changed all the snow then on the ground into ice, making it a kind of reserve. The matter of water for getting logs out of the various streams on which they are deposited, is, as everyone acquainted with the business knows, of the first importance, and the cheerful prospects in this respect are most encouraging. Mr. E. B Eddy, one of the lum- ber kings of the Chaudiere, starts in a few days for an extended trip to Europe, and froin thence to South America. It is known that Mr. Eddy undertakes the long journey more for business than pleasure, and hopes to be able to make arrangements whereby he can ship direct to the different markets in Europe and South Amer- ica without any interference of the middleman. His trip will, it is expected, last over four months. Stocks atthe Chaudiere yards may be said to be froze up for the winter, as there is nothing outside the local demands and that itself is but trifling. ~———— OHICAGO. AT THE YARDS. The Northwestern Lumberman of January 22nd says:—If orders for shipment had been plenty during the past week, but little could have been done on account of the continued stormy weather, with considerable snow Tues- day and Wednesday, making it difficult to load cars. But orders were few, so that the yard men were content to remain in their offices, The monotony of the current time is, however, being somewhat relieved by the inquiry that is awakening. Within the past week the general lumber trade has shown that it still lives and intends to do business for the year to come There are few yards that have not been called upon to make estimates on bills during the past week, and some of them have been heavy, As yet buyers appear to be in no haste about placing their orders, and it is quite likely that the majority of inquiries are merely to feel the market. Yet the season for stocking up in the southern part of the prairie states is near, and, judging from past years, lumber must begin to move in considerable volume during the next two or three weeks, It is generally conceded, likewise, that stocks in retail yards are unusu- a'ly low, which will necessitate early buying. Under the circumstances, there should be a fair movement of lumber by the middle of February, and undoubtedly there will be unless frequent snowstorms and very cold weather prevent. When the demand for car strips is taken into consideration, January trade this year will exceed that of last. Buyers are*still picking up all the clear white pine short flooring and Norway strips for car siding and decking they can find, In some instances cutting long strips to the required length has been resorted to. There appears to be no limit to this demand, nor will there be until all the available dry stock has been absorbed. Inquiry as to prices paid for such stuff is generally answered by a shrug, or evasive language, though it is insisted that it is bringing higher prices than a short time ago. In fact, there was no market for Norway strips last suiamer and early fall. Since all the car shops are busy, and some of them refusing orders unless at an advance in values, it can be safely assumed that car stuff will | Tro continue to sell and at stiff prices, The late reduction of five cents a hundred on eastern freight rates has slightly stimulated shipments in that direction. Dealers say that the reduction is too meagre to be of much benefit unless it leads to cuts and soft rates all around. Inquiries from various eastern points are coming in, and there is some shipping of small lots, The desultory trade that sets in to the eastward and southward in the winter time is for specialties, covers a wide range of terri- tory and demand, and amounts to a consider- able aggregate. Orders are received from Maine to Florida, and the dealers here seldom fail to respond with what is wanted. The de- mand in Pennsylvania, the two Virginias and Maryland, can be called heavy at certain seasons of the year, and is underestimated by the majority when considering the Chicago yard trade. One of the Twenty-second street houses lately filled an order for Portland, Me., and one for Cedar Keys, Fla. In the Portland bill was white pine piece stuff and cull fencing ; the Florida order called for oak lumber. The reason why there is this widespread call on Chicago stocks is because it is known every- where that an order sent here will be promptly filled. A man wanting a car load of specials finds it more convenient to order from a point where he knows the order will be attended to at once and filled than to try a near-by place, per- haps, at which he is satisfied that but a part of his bill can be made up, and probably with unsatisfactory lumber at that. While it is con- ceded by many dealers that the trade of this city may hereafter be reduced in volume by reason of adecline in the white pine supply and the competition of northern districts, it is claimed, and with reason, that this will remain a great market for well assorted and fine lum- ber as long as the accessible forests yield up their wealth of raw material. The position with reference to lake and rail transportation insures such a continuance. The talk about prices is still strong. There is no reason why dry piece stuff, fencing, 12- inch boards, and good atrips should sell for anything but firm prices. Values for the next 60 days will be more or less effected by the weather conditions, but dealers should not get “rattled” because of dull trade during the winter. If the winter is unfavorable to ship- ments, and there is consequent delay about putting in spring stocks, it will only result ina greater rush later on, which would be favorable to stiff prices. Time flies fast, and a little patience, with a firm hold on values, will bring the trade through the winter in fine form But an attempt to force business out of season, and against adverse weather conditions, can only result in a weakening of values. There is something of a breeze among the sash, door, and blind manufacturers about a shortness in the supply of thick lumber that enters their operations, It is said that the sup- ply at Oskosh is meagre, and that buyers in Wisconsin are active in picking up lots at mill points throughout the state. This feature of demand may have some significance to the holders of thick lumber in the yards of this city. Receipts of lumber and shingles, for the week ending Jan, 21st as reported from the Lumberman’s Exchange :— RECEIPTS. Lumber. Shingles. LSESs oyu esvclag beeen cte ch ss Sek 3,062,000 692,000 LBBEH: wenn sca dwadeeneececapenss 1,653,000 459, 0u0 FROM JANUARY JAN. 1, TO JAN. 21, INCLUSIVE. RECEIPTS. Launder. Shingles. URSG ncies sic ve esieascs e emre be 9,548,000 8,292,000 ASSGiv raat aek teeter 5,993,000 2,240,000 Increase . 3,555,000 1,052,000 STOCK ON HAND JAN, 1. 1886. 1886. Lumber & timber....... .... 626,692 473 628,910,°97 SHiIngles caine cuvvisesienae ewes 428, 313°350 332,533,611 LAth: .yn0 since eee vece eee e 95,653,678 88,160,599 PICRGES Wastes ost Yaris ees Selon 4446,752 2,528 7388 Kedar ponte. ack cick anes 1,962,947 397,825 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LO OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBRR. IN BFFRCT NOY. 1, To Now .YORK «0.5 sec suresh anna eens s coh race BoStoln ie. cicvds eh ee eee can Seen eke ees OLE Soe. Philadetphia. wax obi wsacaiesa see set waetasnawees 28e. Baltimore cc's auwieb ine minmts Shca mikes dus oC SR i oe 28e. Washington. cic i iitines sha Cron aieecehes cenace 28c. ee ce os as ee ee kee. 28e, eiiveNvcite seh sae Cenk eicamiesiion Pace eeee-28C Buftalo and Pittaburgtic cc. cies cca. wate eee 1be. Shenectady.........0-.05 OR 2028, Wheeling wee enee Yar" eee pene | Selanasien 6 722 fonder Siro on sa sees ea soo oececee A | Black Rock........ Pregiebcdae > -eoreg seve spe ee Danlork v5: Cass eateevarepse~hase any eben Brie): .ccseacerant er eeeee Sesereere Oossoscesases ‘ Toronto, - . 2560 ioe ares Daley 3s gene cigm o-daoe a OSWEGO, N.Y Fiom Our Own Correspondent [eat 8 See re ee S — ai pie" No change in quotations. The deniatl te improved some for past weeks; country yards are buying to keep up an assortment. Wedo not look for a brisk trade during the winter. THES! MPPORP.. 550.0505 ssi vess pues cee «» M2 0O@46 00 Picking. i Pee eee jock 75 eee ¢ tting up....... a easecesessegaye ceaee wo Fine Common.......... penvhesakgs iaeunn 22 00@25 00 Common ......-« ip pele Geos ern a sans Soe ses - 14 CO@18 OO REN road oe ie ute gene oe 11 00@14 00 BASU, 1838 OGD: 25 sek soe ae eo cen al emdedene 16 00@22 00 Sidings, | seiected, eae ee A 30 00@35 00 14 PS, pa onone ix @aarete 32 00@36 00 Mill Nate, 18 to 16 Mh. cscs cnsves «ses» 16 00@21 OO Selseted'. sdai0 vasuvsreedaveces ate 21 00@%4 00 RIPPON 6 0:05 cada oo Seas swe sadcin ses 14 00@16 00 Mill, run, 14x10.. 17 00@20 00 Selected... 21 00@30 00 Shippers. . 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 15 00@18 00 Selected. |. veisisenietpeteces 22 00@30 00 eS, o Sdces as savoupnineen 11 060@13 00 1x6 selected for clapboards.... . . 2 00@35 00 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pine.............. 310@ 3 30 0.4 Fo Oe - ar weno eke 4 2 75@ 3 00 Lath 1}, No 1.. Perry NO 2... .00s00-9deednp cxemeennieeeel 10@ 12% ——— BUFFALO. We quote cargo lots :— Uppers........+. Sey seceeerees+ 45 00@I6 00 Common... 2236, ebee eave cues se namhene 17 00@18 50 Calls. ......535sceataseuae su Eoeeeeee astan® 12 50@18 00 —_—_a—_____. TONAWANDA. - CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Three Uppers.cesee...ccceeeene saveee.. O42 OO@44 OO Cont ic ois.0 deen seepeen«s aneentee 18 (O@% 00 Qn: < acc dea ocncveasness comatunaaa 10 W@13 Lo ee ALBANY. Quotations at the yards are as follows :— Pine, clear, @ M.....-..e.008 er $53 00@55 00 Pine, fourths. . .sscssc0sachaseeeuenn + «» 48 00@F0 00 Pine, selects... .s..0exscsnsaneean dranenes 45 00@47 00 Pine, good bOX.5<0r osu. dsosveneduewenen 22 00@33 00 P:ne, common box..........+. ooo dy atane 11 00@13 00 Pine, 10-in. plank, each . « . 00 42@00 45 P.ne, 10-in. plank, culls, each. . II 00 23@00 -@ Pine boards, 10-in........- ersesesevense. 00 283@00 $2 Pine, 10-in. boards, Gals. v'Sia ncsyuaeee 00 16@00 20 Pine, 10-in. boeake ns = = Mi. . cael 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 16 ft......-.....s..-- 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, istt RATA seas. 283 00@00 00 Pine, 1} in. siding, select... = . 40 00@43 00 Pine, 1}-in. siding, common -. 16 00@18 00 Pine, 1-in. siding, select... . 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common . 13 @15 00 Spruce, boards, each .- 00 00@00 1é Spruce, plank, ‘-in., each. 00 00@00 20 Spruce, plank, 2-in., ‘each. . 00 00@00 30 Spruce, wall strips, eae... <5 zj:njud cece 00 12@00 12 emlock, boards, each .. ........seeeee 00 00@O00 14 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each.........++-...+ 00 OO@00 32 Hemlock, joist, 24x4, each . +e+-+.- 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each. <5. 00 00@00 11 Black walnut, gook, OM... cc ecuceneaue 100 @120 00 Black waluut, finch. .........0-.ssssuee 80 00@90 00 Black walnut, } inch........ ...ee:0+---- 00 OO@R5 00 Scaymore, 1 incl, ...ccud ae decsdisnee 28 00@30 00 Scaymore, §-inch. ....2s. —__—_—. § LONDON. ; The Timber of Jan 16th says :—Flooring holds the chief place in the import list for ths past week, although the arrivals altogether are within narrow compass and the reverse of im portant. In the Quebec sheds will be piled the two Fredrikstadt cargoes per Biscaya and Franz, the former of which contains some sale. 4 able lines of good quality yellow flooring of Pettersen’s shipment. The Millwall docks OF receive several consignments of yellow and © white flooring by the Gothenburg and Chris _ q tiania liners to the extent of about 50.000 pieces The St. Hilda just discharged in the Russian _ yard, brings a miscellaneous cargo of Hhim stadt deals and battens of the HB brand w ule, to complete the list, a Drontheim cargs (che Victoria) of 260standards destined for vn. ; Centre yard reports for Messrs Bryant’ Lim ited. The importation, although not heavy, r about an average for this period of the year, — @ j a ee) fee = Fredrikstadt ona elsewhere, may be shortly expected to supplement our present stock in the quarters where it is weakest. The almost impassable state of the roads, consequent upon the recent heavy fall of snow and the succeeding frosts, has seriously affected the returns made by the Surrey Commercial Dock Co, of the deliveries for last week, as the - following comparative statement clearly shows : ; 1886, 1885. 1884. Deals, etc. (stds )...... 1,409 2,549 3,383 - Flooring “ ...... 246 498 582 Timber (loads)......... 605 719 =: 1,500 Messrs. Churchill & Sim’s three days’ auction has been the event of the week, Each day has -gathered a large assemblage of buyers, all of whom were evidently deeply interested in watching the result of this “trial” auction. The room, although seldom crowded, was always full, and seats near the front were not easy to get at any time during the course of the sale. The catalogue itself, comprising several lots of almost every description of deals and flooring, was peculiarly suited to test the range of values likely to hold during the spring, at ~ least, of 1886. So far as an improvement in prices is concern- ed, those who hoped for better things, it seems, have had to bear another disappointment. To look at this week’s catalogue, and then back to those dealt with at the end of November, en- ables us to arrive at no other conclusion than that the market has been virtually unaffected by the entorced repose which everyone thought would be of such benefit to it. In the prices now under consideration we discover the least possible variation from the figures current in November ; indeed, we may forget the break there has been in the auctions, and continue to trace the tendencies then observable as though we were taking up the thread of the discourse at only a week’s, instead of a month’s, interval. Battens and common deals are as weak as they sver were, while flooring in third quality shows a tendency to improvement that is not shared by seconds. There is, however, this gratifying feature about the figures made for best quality goods of all sorts, that a fairly good standard was uniformly made, as there were plenty of buyers for all that was offered. Flooring, asa general rule, commanded the best results. The most important lines in the auction were the various Petersburg stocks, of which the bulk were battens. Archangel found fair favor Next in importance to the Petersburgs, come the shipments from the Finnish ports, which again comprise a long string of batten sizes, These may be dismissed with the-remark that 7 in. and 8 in. fluctuated between £6, £6 5s., and £6 10s., with other sizes in proportion. Variety is essentially the crowning feature of the Swedish stocks, and in the prices realized we have grounds partly for satisfaction and partly for regret, although unfortunately the jatter is likely to be the predominating feeling. Fifth deals were apparently in sufficient request to save the price falling below £6 15s., at which a variety of marks found ready buyers. This, in itself, may not be much to say, but it is so far satisfactory in that, as will be remembered, ~ not a few lots of this description were sold as low as £6 5s, in the December autions. Spruce, pine and red pine were offered in lar- ger quantities than usual, and with satisfactory resulte. Third Saguenay spruce, 3x9 in. 12 feets, at £6 15s., 11 feets at £6 103 and ends at £6 5s, show a much better result than do moat of the Baltic white deals with which, to a great extent, it comes into competition. Third regular pine planks, Saguenay, at £8 15s., reads touch like the autumn price; only we should have thought the present partial scarcity would bave tempted buyers to pay a little more now that the supplies are closed against them for some time to come, The red pine deals aub- mitted were chiefly in the lower qualities, and for, them £6 10s was a fair value, We have seen many better parcels also than the Quebec firsts, of which the plank made £11 15s. The ae pine deals, ex Telefoi, fetched some re prices, although the circumstance that were 4 stowage Jot and of very undesirable rification is accountable for a good deal. od result attended the sale of Oddesss da, and also of the Fredriketadt ; in pee. sasee » fair tke * = > lh RR Nias TF oe on a hy Nitty “ee re ae ra a ve 4 _; “ ? n aS eel Fad DYE ies being artablishied on last prices, Quebec birch, 16 inch to 18 inch, made 678 6d, which seems to show that notwithstanding the recent heavy import, buyers are not deterred from paying a good price for fair quality wood. Flooring, as we have remarked, has the repu- tation of being the best sold. The freshly im- ported cargo per Pickwick excited a keen com- petition, which is attributed as well to ite fine condition as to the suitability of the dimensions to the requirements of the market at the present time. The few 2rds that were offered realized prices which confirm us in believing that this quality is to enjoy a slight temporary scarcity, accompanied by a good demand One of the best pieces of the day was that made for the 4x7 inch 8rd yellow ex Pickwick, and although 7s for this lot may savor of a lucky chance, it shows at least an anxiety to possess the lot on the part of many buyers present. Third 3x7 inch yellow matching—that old offender—was stimulated in one instance to an advance of 6d per square, after which £ inch matching was quick to follow suit. Narrow matchiog, in some cases, improved slightly, but we do not lay much stress on this fact. Inch white went exceedingly well, Ists making 8s 9d and 2nds 7s 9d, the latter figure being also secured by a lot of DDD. Almost all 1st yellow flooring and matching commanded good figures, and this not only in 7 inch but as well in 6 inch and 53 inch, which is more unusual. For the lst §x7 inch and x7 inch, t g.b, ex Pickwick, 83 was made, while the 14 inch scored 13s 3d, and the 1 inch 10s 3d. In inch 2nds, although 7 inch and 64 (of which there were some good lines in the Pickwick) fell flat at 8s and 3d, there is ample canse for satisfaction that 1x6 inch AHA should secure 8s 3d. A precisely similar remark ob- tains in the case of the § inch 2nd yellow, 6s 9d for 6 inch and 6s 6d for 54 inch being much more inspiviting than 7s and 7s 3d for 7 inch. In white { inch, although there are only a tew lots to judge by, prices are also firm when lst Christiania 64 inch can make 7s and 2nd 6 inch as much as 63 3d and 5s 6d. The last named is an excellent price, and falls also the cargo ex Pickwick. From the various odd lots of floor- ing submitted we select the 1x7 inch EA & Co. 3rd Dram. from 6s 6d as evidence of the im- provement in 3rd quality, and the JD & Co #x6 inch yellow flooring at 7s, with the §x7 inch white matching at 5s 9d, as instances of really good prices, The Kjorbreek 13x6} inch yellow also shows a considerable advance on the last price made, SS WINNIPEG. The Commercial says :—There is no improve- ment to note in this branch. Trade atill holcs in about the same inactive state as during the previous week, and no immediate improvement is considered likely for at least a few weeks to come, or anything like activity until a near ap- proach to the time when building operations can again be resumed. —___>__——_— WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the United States Patent Office, January 12th, 1886, is specially reported by Franklyn H. Hough, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F. Street, N. W., Washingston, D. C. 334,330—Log turner—H, T, Basim, Decatur- ville, Ohio. 334,324 — Plane—J. Woods, Columbia, Tenn. 334,175 —Saw guide, band— W. Kratzer, Allentown, Pa. 334,285—Saw mill feed mechanism—T. J. Reamy, Nashville, Tenn. 334,284--Saw mill head block—T. J. eas Nashville, Tenn. 334,241—Saw tooth, insertible—A. Krieter, Columbus, Ohio. 334,303—Saw tooth, insertible—J, S. Swank & W. Dages, Big Tres, Cal. 334,297— Sawing machine—D. W. Smith, Long Lake, Mich. 834,141—Sawing machine, circular—J. F. Welsh, Brooklyn, N. Y. PATENTS ISSUED JAN, 19. 334,538—Lathe— W. J. Muncaster, Cumber- land, Maryland, x ¥, 567— Saw-—G. N. Clemson, Middletown, , ,’ 334,664 —Saw mill feed carriage G. M. Hinkley, Milwaukee, Wis. 334,730— Saws, machine for jointing and dressing circular—C. Scoch, Truckee, Cal. 334,663—Sawing machine—G, M, Hinkley, Milwaukee, Wis, 334,674—Sawing machine—S. P. Dresser, Pleasant Mount, Mo. PATENTL ISSUED JAN, 26, $34,893—Chuck, lathe—E. Pement, Esmond, | Dakota. - | 334 997 —Edger, gang—S. S. Vall & J. Solli-| day. St. Louis, Mo. 235,090— Hoop pole sawing machine —E. Powell, Williamsport, Pa. 335 000—Hoop splitting machine—H. zel, Ithaca, Wis. 334 940—Lumber drier—G. H. Derby, Somer- ville, Mass. 334,943—-Plane—A. Doll, Lena, Ill, 334 818—Saw guide, band—S. Stephens & D. B. Handson, Indianapolis, Ind. Weit- 334.785—Saw mill, band—E Benjamin, South | Evanston, Il, 334,515—Saw mill dog— ville, Ind. THE Saginaw Courier scribe met a prominent lumberman of Ohio in that city last week and asked of the outlook for the lumber business, and was told that a rather better trade than was had last year was expected, The gentle- man said in some parts the business had not been very satisfactory, especially in Ohio where the-small yards had made but little during the past year. He said they were not stocking up much yet, that in fact the heavy dealers in Cleveland and Toledo were not making an effort to sell as the beli¢ved prices must advance. J, B, Davis, Munroe WANT A LUMBER EXCHANGE. Agitation for the establishment of a lumber exchange in New York city is going forward. The Times notes the movement as follows :— ‘One hundred and fifty firms carry on the lumber business in New York, and one of them estimates the amount of capital invested at more than $10,000,000. The persons who com- pose these firms are in the aggregate worth much more than three times this sum, and if the real lumber market of New York is not so large as Chicago’s there is more wealth back of it, For years the New York Inmber dealers have tried in vain to establish an exchange. The reason an exchange is desired by them is that by surveying and classifying a system of proper prices may be put upon lumber. Such a system of prices has becn adopted in all the principal lumber markets of America except New York, where inspection is not standard, but private, each firm employing its own agent. The lumbermen who want an exchange contend that with its influence for good a set of regulations alike just to the men in the south, west, and northwest as well as to the New York dealer t> whom he sells, will be taken up and stood by. They want, as one of them said yesterday, ‘regulations which will assure an inspection return properly verified, that it will carry with it evidence of the value of material needed at home and the certificates of both value and integrity that is needed abroad. As it is, how- ever, all lumber depends absolutely on the inspector. If mistakes are made, there are some of the New York dealers who wish for a proper exchange to deal justice all around.’ “The eastern editors of the Northwestern Lumberman published at Chicago, say that not a week passes that complaints are not received from shippers of hardwood to the New York market, ‘There is no head or tail to the lum- ber inspection here,’ they say, ‘and it is this lack of open and authorized inspection that is bringing the New York market into bad repute among mill men all over the country.’ The element of the trade which opposes the ex- change does so, it is asserted, on the ground that it is not necessary to the needs of the trade, and that, so far as the system of inspect- ion is concerned, the reputation of the firm to which lumber is shipped should be sufficient authority for the honesty of its inspection, The committee which had the matter in charge yesterday adopted a constitution and by-laws. The Legislature will be asked to authorize law- ful inspectors,” MANAGEMENT OF BOILER FIRES. The Hartford Steam Boiler Inxpection & In- surance company’s bulletin has a2 timely and instructive artice, which exhibits in a striking | manner the serious resulte which may follow the use of very good fecd water when « etrong | course of practice is followed in the manage- iment. The facte are as follows : | Five new boilers all burned and bagged inside of three weeks after they were firet started The water used was of very good quality mnaking but little scale or sediment, and the | the accidents were due entirely to the manner in which the fires were managed. The burns all occurred within a few inches of the front heads of the boilers, and all occurred at the same hour of the day, although on different days. - It was customary to bank the fires at noon, or ratuer to fill the furnace full of soft coal, and have the fire door open instead of closing the damper partially, to check the formation of { up. steam. This allowed a current of cold air to enter above the fuel and impinge on the fire sheet. This, of course, would check the circ lation, and what little sediment the water held in suspension, and which would circulate with the water as long as steam being rapidly gener- ated, would naturally be deposited on the bot- tom of the boiler near the front end. Upon starting the works at one o'clock, it was the practice to run a slice bar through the thick layer of coal put on an hour or so before, and which had in the meantime become thoroughly coked, and break it up thoroughly, then close the fire door. This intense heat thus suddenly applied to the boiler burned the sedi- ment on to the fire sheets before a brisk cireula- tion of the water could be established, which would have gradually picked it up and prevent ei any damage. But a‘ter it was once bak.d on the shell it could not be removed by the cir- culating water and the over-heating, bagging, and burning of the iron followed naturally in. a short time. \ The bag, or pocket, shown in the illustration is about four inches deep, 15 inches broad at; the base, and at the lowest point the iron is’ thoroughly burned ont. The thickness of the- layer of sediment on the interior is only about 1-16 of aninch. Upon careful examination by the company’s inspector, a change in practice was made, and no further trouble has occurred for several years, Another similar case occurred at about the- same time in another locality, where, in a bat- tery of 14 boilers, three of them ‘‘came down * at once. This latter case was due to the pecu- lia method of “baking” the fires, and wae stopped, as was the first one, by pre in practice. Too much care can not be exercised in cases similar to the above in the method of firing boilers. Fires should be started and ee | raised gradually, that circulation may be estab- lished in a proper manner. This will not only prevent such accidents as have been described, but will also prevent undue strains on different portions of the shells, due to the differences of temperature. Many boilers have undoubtedly been ruined by injudicious firing, and the fault attributed to some defect in the boiler, when in reality none existed. MOUNTAIN MAHGGANY. In Nevada there is a peculiar wood known as mountain mahogany. The tree does not Brow large. A tree with a trunk a foot in diameter ” is uwuch above the average. When dry the wood is about as hard as boxwood, and being of / a very fine grain might no doubt be used for the same purpose. It is of a rich, red color,, and very heavy. When well seasoned it would * be a fine material for the wood-carver. In the © early days it was used in making boxes for * for shafting, and in a few instances for shoes and dies in quartz battery. Used s fuel it creates intense heat. It burns with a blaze as long as ordinary wood would last, and then is found (almost unchanged in firm) convert to a charcoal that lasts about twice as long as ordin- ary wood. For fuel it stands much higher than any other kind of: wood; indeed, a cord of it . always brings the same price as a ton of coal, + The only objection to it as a fuel is thst it creates such an intense heat as to burn ouf _ stoves more rapidly than ceal, hewerer bag, ce ; i Cedar ‘Rib Canoes, Patent aaa Rib Send 8 cent Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. President and Managing Director ie THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. . : ede aoe & a> UX) FE DIXON & co, The Ontario Canoe Co, Limite. 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WILLIAMS, Lace Leather, American Rubber and Cotton ‘Belting, atc., always on band aS 4 Adelaide Street East, Toronto 6. ean a PA + “vee, Faw Sates g THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 eee a Re NHW YOUR > Be SUBSCRIPTION Canada Tamberman i 8 WIELTPAY YOU, Beeause:: as - “ It is the only newspaper published in the Dominion of Canada devoted to the lumber and timber industries. It is devoted to the development and utilization of our forest weaith. wo It furnishes complete and reliable quotations of prices of lumber in all the leading markets. 3 4. Its columns are filled with interesting reading matter, valuable alike to the land owner, manufacturer or dealer. SS — 5. It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada, and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any way connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. we=TO ADVERTISERS. a ee It has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at: -e decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the > CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Deminion. = “noe see bear se oom NS EAI P * ‘ 2) es eee et : . i : 14: THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. A eed CUNNINGHAM'’S PATENT OSCILLATING TWIN ENGINE: FOR STAM FED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, walves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, ete., is done away with, and the very perfection of simplicity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. ZF 2 ~ S The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 1} in. rope. The shaft is steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below.- The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we put on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come { in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft ; } from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. When the carriages are used in two or more sections, the coupling and uncoup ling of each section is quick and simple. There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfaty & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. We would also call attention to our Improved Hand Saw-Mill for cutting logs sa7 We guarantee this to be the best Mill of its kind got up, and would ask any ene wanting a good Band Saw-_ 4 Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &¢., address the Manufacturers, 4 The Wm, Hamilton Manufacturing Co y, timited my seen CAN ADA THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a a Se NORTHEY & CO’S STEAM PUMPS, TORONTO, ONT. : Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. uA. V7? A INSURANCE. Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pwmnps are a NECESSITY IN EVERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. : | : | imple, \C Durable, Cheap, Simple. 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NORTHEY & COMPANY, Corner FRONT & PARLIAMENT STS, | TORONTO, ONT. _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, — | STROUDSBURG. /MONROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, U.S. MANUFACTURERS OF . “AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. “The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for alinost 18 years enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the worid as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC Pianta MONTREAL SAW WORKS® ... > F.H, ANDREWS & SON j§ eed, MeO WINERY, SUPPLY ASSOCIATION { Moy reat G. A. PONTBRIANT . . Soret. R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. mie A, R. WILLIAMS, TORONTO. Dominion Saw Works! JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. 253 to 267 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO, ONT, age hE MANUFACTURERS. OF SAWS eT Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, ~~». (Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. AN \ A KN | THURBERS ROYAL Anti-Friction Babbit Metal IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, Emery Wheels, Files, Pe ie * Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, ee SEY | eee Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, ron Pipe, &. | Prices on Application. Sylt U7 ™»“WN, \ ———— A _ —== SS BE Bz ZB PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. VOL. 6. The only. Newspaper devot PETERBOROUGH, ONT., FEBRUARY 15, 1886. ed to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in SUBSCRIPTION (22.00 PER ANNUM, NO. 4. MR, JOLY ON THE TIMBER TRADE. Srr,—President Cleveland’s recommendation, in his message for the abolition of the import duty on Canadian lumber, appears to meet with 2 good deal of favor from the Canadian lumber- men. It would benefit them to a certain ex- tent, but not likely fo the whole amount of the duty of two dollars per thousand feet. On the other side, if it leads to our allowing the Amer- ican Iumbermen to cut down our forests and manufacture the product thereof in their own country, the result will be fatal to the Canadian lumberman as well as to the country at large. The Dominion would be much more benefited by the imposition by our own Parliament of heavy duty on the export of logs to the United States, than by the abolition of the import duty on our sawn lumter into the States. A heavy export duty on logs would prevent the cutting down of our forests by the American lumbermen, and it would secure work for our people and keep them here. It appears little short of madness, when we have got the raw material here and thousands of willing men to work it, that we should send away to our ‘neigh- bors both the raw material and the men who can work it here. It is a'suicidal policy, and it would be difficult to find a parallel for it in any other country. The fact is that our timber trade does not rest on asound basis. If we could arrive at a cor- rect balance of that trade for the last twenty- five years, it would be sad to find out how little we have received for the value of our timber sbove our expenditure in manufacturing it. In more than one case I fear that we have actually paid the purchasers on the other side to accept our timber from us. The responsibility of this stateof things must rest, above all, with our Provincial governments. They are the administrators of our timber lands. Instead of treasuring them and opening them only gradually to the lumbermen, as the legitimate requirements of the timber trade demand, they force them, wholesale, on the market and actually compel an extravagant production, which can only have one result : glutting the market and ruining the lumber- man. How many men are they not among us, who | understand absolutely nothing of the lumber trade, who had never given even one thought to it, and who, at a moment’s notice, have been actually manufactured into lumbermen by the action of Provincial Government ? I stated that our timber trade did not rest on a sound basis ; let me quote no less an authority than] John Stewart Mill on the subject. In his first volume on the Principles of Political Economy, chap. 15, “of profits,” ha says zal “The timber trade of Canada is one example of an employment of capital, partaking so mush of the nature of @ lottery as to make it an accredited opinion that, taking the adven- turers in the aggregate, there is mcre money lost by the trade than gained by it; in other words, that the average rate of profit is less than nothing.” This was written long ago, but it applies now, more than ever, to our timber trade. It is not often that Governments can inter- fere, beneficially, with trade; but they can in the present case and it is full time that they should do so. H, G. Joy. Leclerville, P. Q., January, 1886. —e LUMBER DUTIES. Tar Port Arthur Board of trade is not eatis- fied with the present duty on lumber imported from the United States, and wish it re-arranged so that the duty will not be so high per M. on the lower grades. The Board of Trade, at a recent meeting, embodied their views in the following resolution :— “That whereas it appears that provision 1s made in paragraph 6 of chap. 16 of 42 Vic. for a "reduction of the duty on lumber imported from the United States, in case it should appear to the satisfaction of the Governor-in-Council that lumber may be imported into the United States from Canada at a less rate of duty than that imposed on lumber coming from the States to Canada under the provisions of the act refer- red to. “And whereas the United States Govern- ment imposes & specific duty of $2.00 per 1,000 feet, board measure, upon pine lumber not planed or finished, without regard to its quality or value, but that lumber imported from the United States to Canada is taxed 20 per cent. upon its value, thus admitting common lumber, which competes with our domestic products, at 3 low rate, but putting “a prohibitory tariff upon the better quality of pine which is not produced here, “‘ And whereas it appears that most of the imports of lumber into Canada are for con- gumption in Manitoba and the Northwest, and that is lagely of the expensive qualities required for the manufacture of many staple articles of family and home benefits for which the domestic lumber is not suitable. ‘© And whereas the effect of an ad valorem duty on lumber is largely to increase the cost of the better goods not produced here, and prohib- iting the import of such lumber except in the finished state of sash, doors, etc., 80 that man- ufacturers in this part of Canada, who are dependent on such lumber, are unable to, prose- cute this industry owing to the high cost of the raw material under our tariff, which is in its effect largely in» excess of that imposed by. the | United States on lumber of corresponding value | going from Canada. “Tt is therefore resolved, that the attention of the Dominion Government be called to the matter, as it seriously affects an important in- dustry, which would, if enabled to obtain its raw material at reasonable cost, prove of great | statement then made that trade was in excess general benefit, and that the equalization of the tariff on lumber would have the effect desired, that it would injure no Canadian industry but would cause a considerable reduction in the cost to the consumer of staple articles required in the Northwest, which are now largely imported from the United States, and that the reduction of revenue to the Government would be slight in comparison with the general advantage to the country.” qm SSS SSS CHICAGO LUMBER MOVEMENT. Glancing over the last monthly statistical sheet, issued by the Chicago Lumberman’s Exchange, several prominent facts are present- ed. One is that there was, on January Ist, but 2,782,376 feet of lumber in the yards more than there was at a corresponding date last year, but there is shown an-increase of 95,000,000 shingles. It is interesting to note the course of trade throughout the year, as indicated by the stocks on hand at the beginning of each month. It is peculiarly interesting to the Lumberman’s max- ket reviewer, and should be to close readers of the paper, on account of the remarkable coin- cidence between the exchange figures and the movement of lumber as set forth in our reports from week to week. The monthly reports of stock on hand, as returned by the dealers to the secretary of the exchange, are probably the most relieble figures concerning lumber publish- ed in the Northwest. It has been repeatedly asserted that the trade of ;this city lost a good start in thc year’s busi- ness of 1885 by the excessively cold weather and heavy snow storms of January and Febru- ary. The figures corroborate this assertion. In January, 1884, 67,007,509 feet of lumber was sold out of the yards, and 125,772,587 feet in February, about 193,000,000 in both months, In January last year the sales and shipments in both months amounted to but little over 96,000, - 000, less than one-half of that during the cor- responding months in 1885. So it will be seen, that as compared to the year previous, the trade on March the first, 1885, was fully 100,- 000,000 feet of lumber behi.d. But in March last year there was a heavy outward movement, amounting to 142,394,333 feet, as compared to 127,922,991 in March, 1884. In April of last year trade fell back as compared to April of 1884, the difference being represented by 136,- 126,975 feet in 1885 to 166,329,243 in 1884. So it will be seen that last year, up to May 1, there had been three poor months for trade, and one good one—March. On May lst the yards contained nearly 50,000,000 feet more lumber than they did at a corresponding date in 1884, There was another start made in May, sales and shipments during that month amounting to 179,173,517 feet as compared to 178,170,870 in May, 1884. Hence it will be seen that the of that of the corresponding time the year be- fore was correct. The trade of June was also a little in excess of a like month a year before, aa it likewise was in July. But in August distri- bution fell behind that of the corresponding month of 1884. In September trade forged ahead again, and beat the previous year’s record by nearly 90,000,000 feet, Trade im October of last year was also a little in excess of that of the previous year. But in November there was a serious drop-off, there having beex sold and shipped in November, 1884, 208,700,008 feet, while lact year there was but 170,102,695 disposed of. This difference in favor of 1884 was wholly owing to the fact that there was a southwestern freight rate of only five cents hundred, while in November, 1885, there was none. Yet there was twice as much lumber sold in December of last year as there was in @ corresponding month of 1884. It is well to observe how the totals for the twe years look when sized up together. In 1884, sales and shipments amounted to 1,789,031,933 feet, and in 1885, 1,711, 443,112—only about 77,- 500,000 less in 1885 than in 1884. This falling off last year was more than accounted for by the loss of trade on account of the extraordin- ary cold weather in January and February of last year. We have thus thrashed over the old straw, ae it were, to show how accurately the Lumberman a3 it. went along, has indicated the state of trade, and how utterly without reason is the complaint that the distribution of the paat year was greatly less than it was in 1884. Aga matter of fact distribution in March, May, June, July, September and October and Decem- ber was heavier than in the corresponding months of 1884, though in January, February, April, August and November it was lighter. The difference in the volume of trade as compared with the corresponding months of the two: years was more owing to weather and freight rate causes than anything else, conditions hat might be reversed in other years. There s nothing in the exhibit of the year’s business that.certainly points to a decay of the Chicago lumber trade. Prosperous times, or favorable circumstances affecting freight rates and cam- petition may swell the white pine business of this city in some year to come beyond what hss as yet been witnessed.—Worthwestern Lumber - Man. "ee IctcLes are such a scarcity at Beaumont, Texas, that during the last cold snaps largs one, that hung on the Texas Tram & Lumber Company’s water tank, was 80 admired that the company thought of having it photographed. , : : ? | ' - New Brunswick authorities, _ wood has been confined for service to dog-cart . 3 f S 7 - toboggan secured, in 14-foot spars from four to eighteen inches thick, and used to be worth $1 to $3 a spar, but THE TRADE. The lumber trade in Ontario is rather quieter at present, and the prices steadier than was predicted by dealers who profess to forsee an excited rush for lumber and a general advance in prices early this year, True, there has been adecided demand for good dry pine, and that demand continues, with the supply of it almost But what else can be ex- pected when everyone runs after first-class seasoned pine, and the supply cannot be main- tained? It is vain to offer to our builders spruce for flooring, hemlock and tamarac for Our extravagant contractors, five times out of six, will have nothing but pine, and until they plant more forests, or bring near- er those already existing, they will probably everywhere short. bill stuff. continue to find dry pine scarce and high, “There is no advance in price of lower grade pine, and though the tendency is upward there is no quotable change in figures for clear and pickings from those we last gave. But joists, scantling, sidings, &c., are held higher ia this market. Certain lines, even in the new cut, are pretty sure to maintain their prices. In Albany, good pine is by no means plentiful ; recent purchases have been made at Collins’ Inlet, Georgian Bay, we understand, by parties from that city, and negotiations are in progress for other large transactions on the bay. The pros- pect ot free admission of Canadian lumber to the United States market appears no brighter than before, but for all that the American de- mand for our choice pine is quite likely to be maintained. As to other varieties than pine, we find that hemlock is coming into use here and there in Ontario, where builders perceive that we can- Tamarac is occasionally used for sills and joisting. It is about equal in price to spruce, which, though not yet used in this district, except for flooring, is largely exported from the lower St. Lawrence to the Hastern States as well as across the ocean. We, in Canada, as well as our American neigh- bors, have yet to learn the meaning of economy not use pine forever, in the use of timber and lumber, as well as in other important respects.—Monetary Times, Ea NEW BRUNSWICK STUMPAGE. WHILE some Provincial Governments are being charged with wastefulness in disposing of the timber of the country, the Government of New Brunswick is coming in for severe criticism of an opposite character. If the idea of that administration is to preserve its timber until after its sister Provinces are depleted of theirs, the retention of the stumpage charge of $1,25 per M feet would appear to be a pretty effectual way of doing so; butif the high charge is re- tained only for revenue purposes it looks very much like a suicidal policy. The lumbermen of New Brunswick cannot be expected to compete with the men in the B8ame business in Nova Scotia and Quebec, when in New Brunswick the stumpage is $1.25, against only 60 and 40 cents in the other Pro- vinces. An excessive charge in a time of de- pression in business, and the placing of its lum- bermen at a disadvantage as compared with the lumbermen in other Provinces, is a sure way to discourage trade and to decrease the revenue, if it does conserve the forests, In fact, the maintaining of such a charge for stumpage can scarcely fail to result in driving the lumbering business out of the Province, The conservation of the forests is worthy of the Governments in Canada, but it can be at- tained by other means than the complete stifling of the lumbering business. This question evidently needs the careful consideration of the \ nanEstanSeeipeenemaneeeseene LAnck wood, says an exchange, gets a liftfrom the toboggan sports. The best comes from Cuba now, within a month, $2 to $5 is paid, and not 80 good a selection on hand as is desirable This shafts and fishing rods, It must be freshly im- ported as needed, else by storage it “dots” or becomes blue. ‘It had favor in the archery days of 1881, but no such advance in prices as - > re | ye? iy £ ite Oe ie a ad : nt 5 ,-¢- eee eee Me ~* i far 5 = tate ah ; ae THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. AN INGENIOUS PAVING BLOOK. A, T. Elford, of San Francisco, Cal., is the patentee of an improved paving block, which is designed to insure a permanent pavement, ad- apted to all kinds of weather, and to furnish Superior advantages for laying telegraph wires or cables. The following directions give a general idea of the process of paving. The blocks are cut about four inches thick, eight inches wide, and ten inches long, of any suitable timber of wood. The holes are made from two to two and one-half inches in diame- ter, according to the nature of the timber em- ployed. The blocks are laid closely together and when wet,on sand or any suitable bedding, such asis employed for other pavements. The top is then coated with asphaltum and sand, or other suitable material, such as is already in use for coating wood to render it more durable and capable of resisting the action of the weath- er, When laid, it will be seen that the perfora- tions are in a direct line and form a continuous passage. These passages form an excellent re- ceptacle for telegraph wires or cables, allowing them to be laid along or across the street at any part, thus entirely avoiding the necessity of erecting telegraph poles, which are very objec- tionable in the principal streets of cities, The common paving block retains the moisture in the whole block,and, when shrinking and swell- ing, is often thrown up and out of place as the weather alternates from wet to dry. For the purpose of laying telegraph wires where the street is not so paved, the sidewalk can be paved with the same kind of blocks and the wires run along through the same. ——— WOODS FOR EXHIBITION. A Quebec despatch says:—Messrs. R. R, Dobell and Co., and John Burstall and Co., have presented the Dominion Government with some very fine specimens of wood goods, select- ed from their respective stocks, for the Coloni- al Exhibition, London, consisting of sixteen pieces of timber of the following varities : Black walnut, chesnut, maple, oak, black ash, rock elm, white pine, red pine, shell bark hickory, white wood, bass wood and white oak ; also deals, staves, etc. Some of the white pine deals by Burstall and Co, are of extraordinary size. The above specimens are valued at some hundreds of dollars, and will, no doubt, attract considerable notice when placed on exhibi- tion. — — : =z Jos1aH Bross was struck on the thigh by axe used by J. Smith, near Wellington, Ont. the axe having glanced off a tree, An ; ery was severed and he bled to death. : BOILER TREATMENT. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman, Dean Sir,—As my attention has been called at different times, by my employers and others, to articles on lubricants for steam cylinders and compounds for the removal of scales in steam | boilers, etc. Upon the latter subject I will give the ingredients of a compound that I am using, and have used for sometime. And as I have used a goodly number of boiler compounds, among others Lords, which has such a great reputation, and I have never found anything to equal the one I shall give, which is the cheapest, and I believe the best, boiler compound in the market. The ingredients are as follows: 1st; never blow off your boiler under pressure ; 2nd, let the water remain in the boiler just as long as time will permit before cleaning ; 3rd, enter your boiler at each cleaning, carefully examin- ing every part, and remain inside while washing out to see that every particle of mud has been warhed out, as there will be nothing but mud if the boilers are left to cool down before letting out the water. I have in my possession some of the largest scales I ever saw come out of a boil- er, and this simple compound is just what re- moved them. Of course, some will say, “‘Oh well, there is lots of difference in the water,” and just so, there is, but I am running three large tubular boilers, taking water from the Nation river, of which the bed is solid lime- stone, and the heater I am using is of the sur- face type, so that everything that is in the water passes direct into the boilers, and these boilers are the ones I took the large scales from both from the shell and tubes, which collected in six months time, and no other compound was used but the simple one mentioned, Two years ago I took charge of a battery of five large boilers, and found them badly scaled, I applied the same compound with the best results, as I have many other boilers, and always use it to prevent scales from collecting. Now this col- lecting of scales in steam boilers is but one of the many destructive and most dangerous results of blowing out under heavy steam pres- sure. But this all I will write on this subject this time, but if permitted to express my opin- ion through the columns of the LuwprrMan I shall give more of my experience on this im- postant subject. THe Australian Colonies, New Zealand, and Fiji Islands, will send specimens of all kinds of native timber to the forthcoming exhibition at South Kensington. , NS Henry THre.av, a farmer, sat down on the — box enclosing a buzz-saw, in a planing mill in East St. Louis, on Feb. 10th. The saw sud- denly started and Thielau was instantly cut in two, —_—_—_—_—_—_ That troublesome cough should be at once cured, a8, if not, it is liable to terminate in consumption. Thousands die annually that might have been saved if West’s Congh Syrup had been taken in time. It will positively cure | the worst cases of throat and lung diseases, colds, coughs, hoarseness, bronchitis, whooping cough. Price 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 per bottle. Sold by J. D. Tully, druggist, SE cee The World’s Best. It is certainly remarkable the wonderful cures effected by West's World's Wonder or Family Liniment This remedy bas not an equal in the worid for the speedy cure of Rheum alism, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises and all diseases requiring external application. Price 25 cents and 50 cents per bottle. sold by J. D. Tully > —__—_ The Greatest Preparation Yet. ‘‘Eureka,” Dorenwend’s world renowned Tair Destroyer, destroys all superfiuous hair on the face or arms of i = ae eens It is harmless, causes no D eaves no disfigurements ; can be easily ‘applied, and works quickly and surely. Tdousands have used it and pronounce if to be the best ar icle of the Kind before the public. To be bad from J. D. Tully, Druggist, agent ior -Peterboiough, ——_s___— AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. To all Wanting Empleyment. We want Live, Energetic Agents in every county in the United tates and to sell @ patent article of good meril, on its merit». An article having a large sale, paying over 100 per,cent profit, having no competition, and on which the agent is protected in the exclusive sale by a deed given for each and every county he may secure from us. With a’l these advan- tages Lo our agents and the fact that itis an ar- tice that can besold to every bouseowner it might not be necessary to make an “extraor- dinary offer” to secure good agents at once, but we have concluded to make it to show, not only our confidence in the merits of our invention, but in its saleability by any agent that will bandle it with energy, Our agents now at work are Making from $15) to $600 a month clear and Lbis fact makes it safe for us to make our offer to all Who are outof employment. Any agent that wili give our bosiness @ thirty trial And fail to clear at least $100 in tois time, above all expanses, can return all goods unsold to us and We willrefund the money paid for them, Any ugent or general agent who would like ten or more counties and work them through sub- agen's for ninety days and fall to clear at least $700 above ail expenses, can return goods unsold and get their money back. Nocther employer of agents ever dared to make such offers, bor would we if we did not know that we nave agents now making more than double the amount We guaranteed, and but two sales a day would givea profit of over $.25a month, and tbat one of our agents took eighteen orders ia ooeday, Our large descriptive cireulurs ex- plain our offer more fully, and these we wish to Send to every one ont of empicyment who will send us three one cent stamps for neg Send at once and secure the agency in time the boom, and go to work on the terms named in our extraordinary offer. We would like to have the address of all the agents, sewing machine solicitors and carpenters in the coun- try, and ask any reader of tbis paper who reads 3 this offer, tosend us at once the Dame and ad‘ dress of allsuch they Know. Address at once- or you will lose the best chance ever offered to those out cf employment to make money. RENNER MANUFACTURING CO,, 116 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa Health is Wealth E. D. TOWSLEY. Casselman, Ont, Feb. 11th, 1886, * Se eee TAXATION ON FLOATING Logs An interesting supreme court decision has just been given concerning the taxation of logs in the town of Errol, N. H. The case is somewhat as follows :—Parties cutting logs in sections of New Hampshire, intended for market and manufac- ture in Maine, had landed the same on the banks of the Androscoggin river in Errol. The selectman appraises them for taxation and as- sessed thereon state, county, town, and school taxes, Another lot of logs, belonging to the same party, which has been cut in the state of Maine, and were on their way to Lewiston for manufacture, were also detained in the town of Errol on account of low water. These were al- so assessed for taxes by the selectman. The Supreme court now affirms the decision of New Hampshire courts that logs cut in New Hampshire and lying upon the banks, and which had not started on their way or been com. mitted to the common carrier, were liable to taxation in the town of Errol. On the other hand, the court affirms that logs cut in Maine, floating down the rivey to their destination in Maine, hung up by low water in New Hamp- shire, were not subject to taxation by the select- man of Errol. —_—_—_—_—_—_— Following is a comparative statement of the lath manufactured by the Saginaw river mills since 1876: SS ee BOBCAYGEON. TimBER.—The production of logs this year will be larger than last year. Mr. ‘Boyd’s lim- its along the Monk Road will be very produc- tive, and yield a large drive of logs for Little Bob mill, whilst Mr. Petrie, for his mill, has bought more logs than he ever before had on hand, and not quite as many as he can cut in the season. There is but small demand for hard wood, bass wood is in fair request, and elm for furniture is increasing in demand. The prospects altogether are better now than they have been for years.—Jndependent, ———_——_—_—— An Ottawa despatch says:—The lumber trade for 1886 is opening under most auspicious circumstances, in fact the outlook has not been so good for years as it is at present. There are more sales now made and at better prices than have been obtained in the previous history of the lumber industry. A happy feature, and one which shows the healthy condition of trade, is that these sales are not confined to any particu lar grade of lumber, The sales this years are for the whole cut of the log, that is shipping culls and better. One American firm alone have purchased one hundred million feet at a cost of about $1,600,000, and there are other sales now made which will unquestionably bring rie a eerie nde Oe Le ot Pieces, a Meiamount of lumber of next sashes Cat how | i5fs./ San (ens 72,708,660 | guarantood epecite: for: Livsteriay Dintineas Goaral: bald Fo over#t 00,000. «The onttor 1638 wvill| iar | ie fe een elec. 72,514,990 be unusually large. and the output, taking from 1878.4 << cto ee ek ee 53,236,075 sapeor to Hawkesbury, wall be about 608,000, | ers. jee ee 65,969,000 000 feet, the value of which amounts to a little 1880 pas . +++ 65,663,883 | cure receat cases. 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BAXTER, M.D. “orvice135 Church, TORONTO BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS ecial treatment tor ein and Exhausted a ong of the Nervous System, Loss of Energy and ° e 7° 7 “77 = - Pam en erriormace ern Full Calf, Half Calf, Full A ligator, Half A lhgator, Flexible Leathers, sven acoaully treated. -octeas Half Russia, Full Sheep and Cloth Binw og = y paty-three years’ experience OS we AT THE REVIEW BOOK BINDERY. ” P By fy Ar oe 4 THE CANADA Ww UMBERMAN. CHICAGO SHINGLE TRADE. *The movement of shingles in the Chicago market during 1885 was something remarkable —not on account of the large comparative amount handled, for much less than 1884, but because it was so disappointing of expectations, and go unevenly distributed through the year. In 1884 the sales and shipments of shingles from the yards of this city reached a total of 1,007,458,385, while in 1885 the total was but 662,240,011 or nearly 400,000,000 less, This comparatively meagre movement of shingles from Chicago yards is another proof of what the Lumberman declared throughout 1885, that the strictly rural or farmers’ demand for yard stocks was small in proportion to the city demand. Where there is a heavy distribution of lumber into country districts, there is a proportionate large call for shingles. There may be a great consumption of lumber in city building, but since a large majority of urban houses are covered with other roofing material than wood, there are fewer shingles required than in coun- try building. The Chicago trade in shingles in 1885 started out with sales and shipments of but 1,675,336 in January, and 5,310,500 in February, as com- pared to 26,787,246 and 82,139,000 in corres- ponding months of 1884. But in March of last year the demand for shingles took a spurt, and the yards in that month got rid of 116,071,975 a8 compared to 66,823,747 in March 1984, This exhibit shows again how lively the wholesale yard trade was in March last year, and how it was largely the result of a country demand, which always calls for a greater proportion of shingles than the city trade. But after March the shingle trade last year fell off sadly in com- parison with the year previous. In July it amounted to but 3,699,350, while during the same month in 1884 89,116,955 were disposed of. During December, the last month of the year, the amount moved out of the yards was about the same as the year before, namely, 14,- 246,009. It is probable that no difference in the prices of shingles caused the relative difference in dis- tribution between the two years. The supply in 1884 crowded the market more than it did in 1885, receipts in the former being 895,528,000, and in the latter 770,727,000. We are forced to the conclusion that the falling off in the shingle trade last year was wholly owing to a relative decline in the strictly rural demand for both lumber and shingles.—Worthwestern Lumber- man, $ ss Ss. yet dawn on the minds of those who manage the public domain that the forests are not only & source of public wealth, but that they are necessary to protect the country from disastrous floods in spring, and parching droughts in summer, Lately a disposition has been manifested to exclude parts of the country, which are mainly valuable for their pine forests, from settlement. It has been found, as the result of a painful and costly experience, that to sell a lot in such & district to a settler is to destroy pineries of inestimable value, It has taken a long time to get this idea into the heads of Crown lands officials, but the fact that they have learned a a lesson, even at the price which has been paid for it, gives reason to hope that they, or their successors, may yet realize the importance of preserving our diminished and diminishing forests before they cease to be any left to pre- serve,—Ottawa Journal, partment was established, which provides expert direction for the maintenance and increase of woodland, and the forest revenue has since rapidly increased, amounting now to more than $2,000,000 a year, or about 20 times 88 much as it was just before the establishment of the Forest Department. In seconding the motion of Sir John Lubbock, Dr. Lyons remarked that the best authorities now believe that in order to keep a cultivated country in the most productive condition from one-fourth to one-third of its area should be covered with woodland, as a protection; and Mr. Gladstone, whose fancy for wielding an axe is well known, showed his knowledge of the subject by remarking, in answer to a rather personal allusion from one of the speakers, that the judicious felling of trees is necessary to the proper maintenance of a forest; and that nothing tended more to perpetuate the neglect- ed and useless condition which educated for- esters observed in English woodland than the superstition of the owners, who looked upon the cutting down of a tree as a sort of sacrilege, instead of the means of developing the saplings about it.—Ezchange. ness. With thie kind of sawing, repeci# there must be care taken till you know j how to do the work well. Then you can ahead and do it fast. But always eae = can do it well before you try to rush it. Band Sawing is a eplendid school for line pe d yet there is a difference in sawing to a line with the different kinds of saws. ” I ought to have said when speaking of ve ing stuff cornerwise, that the same princip! might be used in sawing square timber if we did not want to go to the middle. Run a gauge along on two sides of the stick, measure the distance from the corner to the guage line, and set the saw guage just that distance, turn t é stick up till the saw cuts the line, which follow closely and the work will come out good eve time. Let’s go into a place now wheie pr sawing large circulars like freight car or out of good hard oak or ash planks. You will see a lot of heavy planks two inches thick piled up with a circle marked on the edge of e one just the shape of the top of the rafter. They are all sawed to this line and piled up again by the eaw bench where a curved guage is kept and used for just this purpose. After adjusting the gauge a little the slate are pushed through as easily as if they were straight pieces; every one has the right curve and they go directly to the molder to be finish- ed cornered. This is work thst might be done on band saw, but if it was done there each rafter would have to be marked out by a pattern; the work can be done faster on a circular saw than with a band saw. There is of course a limit to using the circular saw for cutting carved work, but where the circle is large enough the circular saw does the work quicker and A vast amount of bev cutting stuff at all possi on common wooden top have the ingenuity to get up some simple ‘rigs, which, once made, are of great value for jobs that otherwise would be long and tedious, Two grooves in the top of any saw table will — put almost any one in the way of doing a great variety of very nice work, FORESTRY. The necessity of the preservation of forests is conceded by all civilized nations. So pressing has become the necessity of restricting this waste in other countries that laws have been enacted for that purpose by several of the governments of continental Europe. The bureau of the forest administration of France reports that the French forests yield an annual surplus of about $3,500,000. It states that France has about 17.3 per cent. of her superficial area in forests. The public or do- main forests amount to 10.7 per cent of the forest area. The forests of Algeria are new and undeveloped as yet, and are a charge upon the state to the extent of $300,000, and in spite of this burden the care of the forests clear annually $3,500,000 above expenses ; and while securing this handsome revenue France is se- curing by the maintenance of her forests the best climatic conditions for the health of her people and the success of her agriculture, and is preserving the flow of her streams in a con- dition serviceable to agriculture, manufacturers and commerce, Efforts are now being made by prominent naturaliats in England to make the forests and woodlands of that country more productive by the establishment of a public foreatry school. The United Kingdom has about 3,000,000 acres of forest and it is estimated that in the colonies belonging to the empire there are no less than 340,000,000 acres of woodland. So far is this, however, from being generally recognized that there is no place in England where pupils can learn the principles of forest conservation and management, and the officers intended for the Indian Forest Service are sent to the French forest school at Nancy to be in- structed, while the public woodlands in Cypress, at the Cape of Good Hope, are intrusted to the care of foreigners, for want of British subjects capable of looking after them. To show the advantages which would follow the adoption of a better system, Sir John Lub- bock, the distinguished naturalist, moved lately in the British House of Commons that a com- mittee be appointed to ascertain whether the forests and woodlands of England could be made more productive of by the establishment of a public school of forestry, such as now exists in nearly every other civilized country. He said that the interests of Great Britain on the subject are really greater than that of any other nation. He cited the example of the Landes, a vast plain on the west coast of France which 30 years ago was a marshy waste, over which a few shepherds, perched on long stilts to keep them- selves out of the mud, and drove their poor flocks, but which is now, thanks to Brementier, who took the first step towards its reclamation by planting a few maritime pines along the sand hills which line the shore, one of the most prosperous districts in the Republic, busy with the manufacture of turpentine and timber from more than a hundred thousand acres of recently plauted forest, and officially rated as having in- creased in valuation abont $200,000,000 within less than a generation. ‘To this illustration he added one more for the recent history of India, where 15 years ago the annual public revenue from forest property was $110,000. Soom after that time an Indian Forest De- CIRCULAR SAWS. I, T. Landon writes in Cabinet Making and Upholstering: We cannot do much sawing until we have got a saw in and set it to work. But I believe we have already done that. The table and arbor and saw are in due position. The saw plate is perfect. The teeth are filed and set, and we are standing with coat off and sleeves rolled up waiting for a job to try and see what we cando, Well, here comes the first job. A very simple one if we knew how to do it. A square stick to be split from corner to corner. Don’t set your gauge that tips, to a miter, and fasten on a block to the table to keep it from slipping down, but just measure across with a rule from corner to corner and set your gauge to half the distance allowing for the width of saw kerf. Tip the piece to be sawed up on the corner and bning the other corner up to the guage, so that when you push it up to the saw the saw will cut in the centre of the corner that is up. Hold the stick firraly in that posit- ion till the whole length of the stick is sawed and you find the piece very nicely cut from corner to corner. Any number of pieces may be sawed in that way with no more trouble than sawing straight flat work ; only you must keep the stuff up so the saw will always cut exactly through the top corner. The next job that comes along is this: A man has a round tank to build that is smaller at one end than at the other, and the staves all of a size. There are two ways to do this job; but one is better than the other. With either we must saw a pattern. After the pattern is nicely made put the small end up against the gauge and measure off the width of the wide part of the stave between the saw and the pattern, keeping the piece to be sawed up close to the pattern and even at one end or the other, push through steadily and you will find that you will have an exact duplicate pattern. Turn the pattern for every piece you saw and your stuff will come out even, The other way is to lay your pattern on and mark out every piece by it and saw by the lines. This line sawing isa nice job, anid there are but very few good line sawyers in the market. Unless the stock is knotty and you are obliged to mark out every piece to save stock, it is much better to saw with the pattern against the gauge. Where there is plenty of carriage sawing you may find good line sawyers, but in ordinary shops the good ones are few and far between. While speaking of line sawing I will offer a few suggestions about it. Never take a board or a plank up and stand on one side of it if you wish to come anywhere near the line for any distance. Hold the piece to be sawed directly in front of the saw, and when you start in THE LUMBER TRADE. A shipment of 150 standards of white pine has been made from Ottawa to Liverpool via New York on a through rate of freight of 70s. A Norwegian vessel has been chartered to take on acargo of lumber and deals at Quebeo for London at 20s. lumber, and 50s. deals. The outlook is certainly favorable for a good lumber trade during the coming season, both for export and home consumption. A local dealer stated that he had guod reasons for believing that building in Montreal would be fairly ecttys during the present year. a Advices from Duluth report the siontot = transactions in lumber that has taken there for a long time past, the sale being n by the Carleton Lumber Company to D. H. McEwen, of St. Paul, comprising 1,300,000 feet — of lumber to be delivered in St. Paul within a month. Reports from Detroit state that the prospects for the coming season are bright and that operators are very hopeful.—Trade Bulletin. . — PRESERVATION OF FORESTS. The rapid destruction of the forests of New York state, aud the consequent droughts in summer and destructive floods in spring, led last spring to the appomtment of a forestry commission, whose first report has been pre- sented to the State Legislature. They remark that it has not been possible for them to more than famiharize themsclves with their duties, and to acquire knowledge as to the wants and dangers of the forests through the intelligent exertions of special agents under their direction, The Commission ask time to prepare and pre- sent a further report, and recommend certain amendments to existing laws, such as the pre- vention of forest fires, trespassing on forest lands of the state, and the removal of timber, the injury of forests by railroads, and a provia- jon for the conveyance of certain lands now forming part, but it is believed by the Commis- sion erroneously, of the forest preserves, Our neighbors are taking active and practical steps to remedy a serious evil, In Canada we are already brought face to face with a problem of a similar character—how to prevent the rapid destruction of our forests without retarding the settlement of our wild lands. Hitherto the object of the Crown Lands Departments in Ontario and Quebec has been to destroy the forests with all possible speed. No settler could acquire a title to his property without removing from its surface at least ten per cent of the standing timber within a period of two or three years, even though, in its removal, he should find it necessary to burn the forests for miles around, Failure to destroy the timber entails, in the Province of Quebec, confiscation of the property and forfeiture of the amount paid for it, aud of allimprovements. It may A SILLY SUPERSTITION. QueseEc, Jan. 27.—Hector Bouchard, who is imployed inthe shanties “of Messrs. Price Bros., at St. Etienne, on the Sagueny, was in-— stantly killed on Sunday by the discharging of agun. It appears that it is the habit of these shantymen to blow in the barrel of a gun, believing, through superstition, that any Te- quest they ask will be granted by performing this strange freak, which is enacted by placing a cap on the nipple, and while the performer is in the act of blowing in the muzzle to pull the trigger and fire off the cap. If the performer displays any fear his prayer will not be answer- 4 ed, he being regarded as unfaithful. It was strike the line fair and square in the centre. If | during this performance that the gun, which © you are not much used to sawing, push along | ¥a8 loaded, suddenly discharged and the the work carefully so you may keep directly on | bullet entering Bouchard’s mouth and coming — the line. Don’t push along heedlessly and then | out at the back of his head, killed him instan- condemn the saw for spoiling the work, when a | taneously. little patience and care would have saved both er the hk and bad words too. If yousawthe| THE Grand Rapids Chair Company has first cut well, you will gain confidence; only | bought 3,000,000 fest of maple logs at Kalkss- don’t let your confidence lead you into garelese- | Mich., paying #4 thoussnd for them. — ~b ISK ABOUT STEAM POWER. water the safer the boiler. ested for months. ie session, and it is, perhaps, needless to say, that this conversation was limited to about five ‘minutes. This man expressed the opinion 1 ly and evidently perfectly sincere, that, so long as he had plenty of water, it was imposs- ible for an accident to ocenr. He didn’t know but that gas might, under certain conditions, be formed, and, “‘ Of course,” he eaid, ‘‘ if gas into the biler, then she’s got to go.” We questioned him as to how often he tried his safety valve levers. His answer was chracter- istic of the man—“ Had ‘nuff to attend to with- out monkeying with them there fixings.” Here was the solid extract of ignorance and preju- dice—ignorance of his business and prejudice of toward the adoption of any regulations to insure the safety of those about him, He considered inspection, or to use his own words, “fooling around with a lamp or pick,” as altogether un- necessary, and the idea of hydraulic test—he thought the best test ‘‘ was to put hot water into @ biler, be sure and keep plenty of water, and be sure on’t.” When asked about his blow f, he sometimes ‘“* blowed off when steam was w ; didn’t remember when he blowed off last.” seeing his safety valves had neither -. lever, nor cord, so that they might be ter from the floor of the boiler-room, notic- ing that thg steam gauges st6od plump ninety with a boiler thirteen years old, and no 2 knew when it had been last examined care- ully, although there was an inspection certifi- cate hung up in the room, we bade the man good day and left, ‘It is one of the things to us that is totally unaccounted for, how any employer can hire a man who knows no more about his business than to weigh down the safety valve of an old boiler to carry steam at 90 pounds, when neither the man nor the foreman of the place can name the date ween the boiler received an in- nal inspection. ‘‘So long as there’s plenty of water she’s all right,” is the estimation of the g@noramus who was in charge. He had not ren time to examine the safety valves-occas- lally, say once a4 week or month. Whether i@ was in a hurry when six o'clock at night came ‘adjourn to # jin mill, or some other place his kind of intelligence was disseminated, we have no means of knowing, and, contrary Yo the genefally accepted theory among intelli- men, this man had a standard of his own, the more water he had, the safer he was, jer his safety valve was capable ot raising tail or not he did not know, and evidently did % care. He was to all appearances tutally orant of one important fact, that any ac- on of pres-ure beyond the strength of the boiler, of which nobody knew any- certain, would make a blow-out some- if 4 rupture commenced, the more a anything did occur, and we presume the idea would hardly seem possible, says the ufacturer’s Gazette, when we are told so h about mechanical, social, moral and other inches of progress, that men should be found who really believe, if we are to judge from heir actions, that a steam boiler is safe as long there is water inside of it, and the more We have recently enconntered an instance of this which would do redit to the old witchcraft days of 1,600 and something, which was no more or less than a pair of tubular boilers, being worked to drive mechanical establishment ; one boiler has n set 13 years, had never been insured, was working under ninety pounds of steam, and the 8 fety valye’ to all appearances had not been With the growth of the concern another boiler had been added, larger ‘in diameter, longer, much larger fire-pit, and capable relatively of doing twice as much as ‘the old one. An engine which may have been ‘imported in the ark, or the Mayflower, or any- ‘where between those two dates, was doing ser- ‘yice, probably on the plan that the older the engine the better the mechanical work on it, ‘contrary to the general supposition that the bet- ter use of steam made, the cheaper the engine ‘no matter what it costs. In conversation with the engineer we received a very frank expression x THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a. never entered his head that carrying water pix inches too high in a boiler with a lively circula. tion would carry over a good deal of water into | the cylinder, and instead of no danger, he was The Best Stove I have ever Used. really threatened with several. elements, each | one of which only tended to aggravate the other, respect, we make a meutal calculation about as | follows: An ignorant engineer, evidently hired | oe Ijhave much pleasure in drawing attention tomy WROUGHT IRON COOKING 8TOVE, i i , is Was a ee mm aeeent Geuanle ware fae Iron, the top and lining of the fire-box being of Heavy Cast Metal and all the connecting Negative'quantity. Correborative of this was | parts of substantial Wrought Iron Work. The dimensions of these Stoves are as foliows - not believe in boiler inspection and insurance | by people who back up their opinion from ; careful examination, by writing a policy for|Top surface contains six 10-Inch holes, with ample room between, and one oven Zxtixie several thousand dollars upon the risk, so that | Fire box takes 28-inch wood, incompetent man, entirely ignorant of the first principle of his business, also, judging from | The Double Oven has a top surface containing twelve 10-inch pot holes, with two ovens, each : | 28x24x19, One fire-box of suitable size for area to be heated. Below will be found Testimonials boilers any further than a certificate of inspec- tion went. It is probable that hundreds of this | { commenced manufacturing them. ‘They are the names of gentlemen who are wel: known | and reliable, and will carry more weight than any recommendation of my own could do. traordinarly hazardous, do exist to-day, and | | PETERBOROUGH, May 81, 1850. of steam plants, when they should be carefully | ; _ fe resting at home or breaking stone on the street, | ing operations since its introduction here, and have no hesitation in eaying that I prefer it toany other. For | durability, economy and efficiency, where a large number of men are employed, it is the best stove I have ever and as matters seldom go by contraries in this | b h ld be employed at a cheaper rate | ecause he cou employ Pp tor Shanty, Hotel and Boarding House use. These stoves are made of Heavy Sheet the fact that the owners of the property did | N T the parties who saved money be employing an | : DOUBLE OVEN STOVE their actions, saved money by not insuring their | | from some of the leading Lumbermen, who bave used my Wrought Iron Cook Stoves since same class of risks, which we should deem ex- | that hundreds of this class of men are in charge Apam Hatt, Esq., Peterborough. Dear Sir,—I have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stove in our lumber- shovelling coal or snow ; but they should never | ; | used. You can, with confidence, offer it to hotels, boarding houses and lumbermen. be permitted to have charge of a steam boiler | Yours truly, THOS. GEO. HAZLITT. under any circumstances or conditions, It is like an electric spark and a nitro-glycerine | cartridge, we never know when the explosion is to take place. If it does take place, then we | shall be treated to a digest of supernatural, | providential, and the profanity of visitation. We shall be told that some “* occult,” “‘myster | A : 7 | exclusively in their camps :-— The Stove for Lumbermen. PETERBOROUGH, June Ist 1880. ApAn Haut, Esq., Peterborough. My Dear Sir,—We have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stove and find it is very satisfactory for lumber operations, especially 80 on drives. We can recommend it highly. Yours truly, M. IRWIN In addition to the above I can refer you to the following lumber firms who use my Wrought Iron Range ious,” “invisible,” “ gaseous,” ‘‘detotation,” or | THE GEORGIAN BAY LUMBER CO.....0cc:eccceescenseoe:sesseuceeeecerss ..... Waubaushene some other ridiculous subterfuge to avoid per- | THE, LONGFORD LUMBER) CO..<..0 ossieie niet wie hols oiciasiacins $0 90 Per line, for Six MonthsS......c.eeeeseees Bt Per line, for three month BK : ) Periline, for first insertion... ...se. eee eee reese 1 “4 Per line, for each subsequent insertion to 3 mo’s. 0! 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Communications to insure in- Sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before thy date of the next issue The CANADA LuMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Masses Simonn Deacon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street London, England, who also receive advertisements and subseriptions or this Spay er, 15, 1586, PETERBOROUGH, Ont, FEB, bh EXPORT DUTY ON LOGS ‘ ‘Tam Ottawa Free Press publish » view with a lumberman, in regard fo the export | \ ‘duty on logs, and makes it the occasion of giy [t 1s opposed J an inter- pes ing its own views on the subject. _ to the views of the the supposition that there is no such duty now, lumbermen, and, writing on it objects to any duty being placed on the ex ha port of unsawn lumber. It says :-— eh S ““We are at one with the lumberman, in be- a lieving it desirable that, so far as possible, al |. raw material or produce should be manufactur * ed within our limits, and give employment to _ the largest number of hands possible ; but all experience points to the fact that it is most economical in the long .run to allow the laws of supply and demand —the convenience of produ- _ cer and consumer—to govern these matters and not vainly at attempt their control by the the imposition of import or export duties. The moment an export duty is imposed on logs, tha moment the timber limits of Ontario become less valuable in proportion to the export duty ; and the loss will fall the Provincial treasury.” : The theory that the laws of supply and if ey. demand should govern these matters is nice one, and those laws will govern the ge price of lumber. But the theory practice, and that is how the C: men are placed at a disadvantage, ‘the injustice is doné. When a Canadian manu facturer exports lumber’to the United States he is forced to pay $2 per M but when a "'United States m: annals acturer exports the raw - material, and sa , he is only required to pay ~ and the foreign eA advantage of $1 per, M, an injustice that should be removed, be removed “by increasing the export duty on logs. If the ~ United States will not consent to reciprocity, by removing their import duty on lumber, the Janadian Government can, aud should, pi Ace the Canadian dealer on a reciprocial footing by y upon a very neral is not now in inadian lumber- and where duty, > up across the lines y SI per M, board measure, 4” is thus given an This is and it can fear. Say ;— municipalities. be ticed to turers. tlon in is given an increasing the export duty on logs, This is a simple matter, easily understood, and no finely | spun theories can obscure the plain facts. The Irce Press is oppressed with another It fears that the imposition of an export duty on logs will decrease the value of the Ontario timber limits and that the Provincial treasury will suffer, which fear leads it to “4 decreased Provincial revenue means one of two results necessarily—either that the Pro- vince resorts to difect taxation, or that the cost of maintaining the inmates of a number of Provincial institutions be thrown back upon the Will the electors of this Pro_ vince favor this proposal? We think not.” This result is to follow, according to the Free Press, if an export duty is imposed, but it has overlooked the fact that the present duty has not forced the Ontario Government to resort to direct taxation, nor to throw the cost of main- taining Provincial institutions upon the muni- cipalities, There are, also, other considerations. It may well be considered whether it is not penny wise and pound foolish to force itmber limits wholesale upon the market and dispose of this valuable capital rapidly, instead of hus- yanding it so that it will increase in value and a permanent source of revenue. limits are disposed of at the rate they have been direct taxation must come, but if they are husbanded more carefully and economy prac- keep the expenditure within the revenue, that evil will be postponed much longer; so that the lumbermen are the real friends of the people in endeavoring to stop the slaughter of their timber by foreign manufac- The Free Press has still another objection, and a not very sound one. ‘* Another objection, and one which weighs much with many lumbermen whd@&ee beneath the surface in this matter, is that the non- imposition of an export duty upon logs in Can- ada, will in a measure weaken the hostility in the United to reciprocity in lumber, American, and especially the Michigan lumber- men, who own Canadian limits, will be favorable to reciprocity in lumber, now that their old limits in Michigan are nearly exhausted. The | imposition in Canada of an export duty on ogs, will cripple the sale of, or competition for, imits upon the north shore of Lakes Superior and Huron, without promoting the establish- meat of a single mill, the logs are now exported free of duty—giving employment to Canadian backwoodsmen —giv- ing a market to farmers and others who have supplies to sell—the moment a log is sawn into lumber and imported into the United States, it becomes subject to a duty so high that competi- the western markets with American sawn lumber becomes almost impossible.” And the Free Press imagines that the Michi- gan lumbermen who own limits in Canada wil) use their influence to have the United States import duty on lumber removed. Not at all. By retaining that duty the Michigan owner of Canadian limits, who exports the raw material, advantage over Why? Because, while his Canadian competitor, and this advantage he will be loth to lose, so that, instead of promoting the object the Free. Press has in view(a reciprocity treaty), allowing matters to remain as they are is a pretty certain method of keeping up in the United States a strong opposition to such a treaty. the By increasing the export duty on logs United States owners will not find it so profitable to export the raw material, and they will then be more likely to build mills nearer their timber, in which case they would become advocates of reciprocity. injuring the prospects of reciprocity, the in- crease them, of the export duty would So that, instead of improve The dream of the Free Press about the em- ployment of Canadian backwoodsmen and the market for farmers is‘a delusive one, The Un- ited States manufacturers who own limits in Canada bring from the other side of the lines their own workmen and supplies, and the Canadian workmen find no work with them and the farmer little or no market. They receive little or no benefit from the work in the woods, and as the logs are then exported unmanufac- tured, Canadians are deprived of the benefit of If the It is thus stated :— The ihe labor of RD ES) Fy ‘the ‘Canstien manufacturer, who would give employment and a market to Canadians, is placed | at a disadvan- tage to the benefit of a foreigner. __ Such is the situation. Will it be allowed to continue as at present? That is the important question. It is encouraging to find a man of such generally recognized ability as the Hon. H. G. Joly giving the influence of his voice in favor of the lumbermen’s view, and though his influence with the Government may not be great, his opinion should have some effect in silencing such critics asthe Free Press. The closing paragraph of Mr. Joly’s letter is signi- ficant: ‘“‘It is not often,” he says, ‘’ that Government can interfere, beneficially, with trade ; but they can in the present case, and it is full time that they should do so.” We com- mend Mr, Joly’s opinion and the facts we have stated to those who oppose the demand of the lumbermen to be placed on an equal footing with foreigners in their own country. limited extent; but it tn ad be 5 able to destroy the refuse so that it would . become a means of loss and a source of danger, — There are large tracts of timber land in Ontario © which can never be subjected to cultivation reason of the rocky and broken nature « of soil. It would be wise both for economic ; climatic reasons to preserve the forests 01 The timber might be cut out as it a vast preserve thus maintained for all | come. ‘ y Mr Joly’s contention that a higher ic duty should be put upon saw logs is most At present the United States lamberma it to his profit to take logs from Canada the States and there cut them into lumk duty on lumber is $2 per 1,000 feet, 1 logs enter free. Canadian lumbermen deprived of the opportunity to cut our own logs into lumber. The Dominion has si awe eration charged an export duty of $1 "per 1,000 - feet, calculated at board measure, on logs exported. It would certainly be wise to inc se this to at least the rate of the i sawn lumber in the United Pn ae tae would be no pecuniary at ee ~ rather than lumber - peed Next to the pine, the the most valuable of ean ‘ores the northern country these trees | proportions, and the wood is sew and easily worked, while in color it is suitable for ‘ cabinet work and office furnishings. The outer — part is white, while the heart of the tree is almost as black as ebony. This wood has been — strangely neglected hitherto; but if its value 7 were known it would certainly come into gener- al use. The Pacific Junction railway, just — finished, runs through a district in which mil- + lions of these trees are to be Fa oe gle them from three to four feet in 1 he TWO AIMS, ONE RESULT, We are pleased to note that the influential Hamilton Spectator adds its voice to those who are asking for an increase of the export duty on logs. The object of the Hamilton paper is primarily to conserve the forests, but it also sees the injustice done to Canadians by the present arrangement of the duties. Whether the duty is increased in order to conserve tke forests, or to remove the disadvantage at which the Canadian lumberman are placed, the result will be beneficial to Canada. With two such good objects to be gained there should be no difficulty in getting the necessary increase. The following is the Spectator’s article :— ‘The appeal in behalf of Canadian forests recently made by Mr. Joly is one which deser- ves earnest consideration, Canada has in her timber a rich heritage, which, with proper care, might be made an inexhaustiblesource of wealth. Unfortunately no care is given it, Indeed, the authorities. of the several Provinces seem mad- ly bent on destroying this magnificent property instead of caring for and conserving it. For export purposes, the United States has ceased to produce timber. That country now buys more than she sells, And her remaining pine forests are being depleted at an alarmingly rapid rate. Great Britain imports wood of all descriptions in enormous quantities. In 1883 the import of wood and timber were valued at $90,000,000. That excluded wood pulp for paper, tanbark, dyewoods and other products of wood. Nearly 6,000,000 tons were of pine and fir; and of that one-fourth was from Can- ada, Sweden sent a little more; Russia was not far behind Canada, and the United States sent nearly a fourth as much as Canada. Europe has nearly 750,000,000 acres under forest, of which more than two-thirds are in Russia. But Canada has more than 1,000,000, - 000 acres, or vastly more than all Europe. Except black walnut, which is rapidly disap- pearing, we have none of the more expensive woods. Our principal wealth isin pine. This timber is yearly coming into greater demand, while the sources of supply are rapidly decreas- ing, and prices are continually rising. In 1855 Great Britain imported less than 2,000,000 tons of fir ; in 1883, almost 6,000,000 tons. Except in Austria the forests are not eared for, and the supply is becoming scarcer and more dif- ficult of access. Under these circumstances wisdom counsels the people of Canada to carefully preserve their pine forests—to protect them, so far as possible, from the ravages of fire, not to force their pro- ducts upon a gorged market at insufficient prices, and tu discourage exports of saw logs and other timber in their natural state. Fire is the worst enemy of the pine tree. And the lumbermen themselves are principally responsible for the fires. They slash down the trees, cut out the logs and leave the chips and branches upon the ground. In a year these are as dry as tinder, and a spark froma hunter’s fire or even’ from a pipe, sets them ina blaze. Fanned by a breeze the flames run with amazing rapidity over miles of territory, roaring through the resinous branches of the living trees, and destroying every living thing in their course. The blackened trunks of the pines stand for years but they are valueless.. In Sweden the al - na ® THE PROBABLE OUTLOOK. ’ The Ohio Lumber Journal, of Cleveland makes the following observations upon the out- look in the lumber trade. The stocks of lumber in the different markets are of a sufficiency Be meet moderate demands, yet there is no over surplus of any one class of stock. We take it from our reports published in this issue that there will be a firm advance as the but we do not look for an advance beyond reason. The ri garg of . . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. = © = . aim s+ ¢ §gPessee% * Zo 2%a BS a 4 ~ BQ 2o. Ax Fos§ = Sa 3” >USD SES “4 = Oe Sie Od 9 5s = = Be SSb5ee zee Se BR oSis ose = o o Soo S&S Ss F BA Zeeee 3" gehen ; = en < FER o te 22 25 age Safes ; Bo Ba? 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Single equals medium double. 25 per cent Stronger, 33 More Lasting, and 123 Heavier, than any other Leather Belt NORTH SHORE LUMBERERS. S Something must be doue,” remarked a lumberman prominent in the trade to a Free _ Press reporter lately, “' by our legislators if we ever hope to hold our own with those Michigan men, many of whom now hold limits in the ipissing and Lake Superior sections. Their own forests are thinned out, and they have taken a hold on ours. _ “Of course I don’t object to their coming to _ Canada for lumber,” continued the gentleman, _ “ for the more capitalists embark in such enter- prises all the better for the country, but what I ; do object to,'and strongly object to, is that they _ are permitted to ship crude lumber to their _ Michigan mills free of duty, while we, when “we export sawn lumber to the United States have to pay a pretty high duty. This is most unfair to us, and we feel that we are handicap- _ ped in the race of competition. I am not _ speaking individually. My sentiments on this _ guestion are shared by all the prominent lum- bermen on the Ottawa river.” _ “What are the Canadian lumbermen going to do about it 7” queried the reporter. _ “Well they are going to bring all the pres- sure they can upon the Government that a eme may be devised whereby things will be alized. It is certainly too bad that strange should be allowed to use our forests and say nothing to the treasury of the country for @ permission. We have to pay our share of country’s taxation, and we consider we are tled to a measure of protection to our o az _ “Whatdo you think would meet the wants of the trade?” “ An export duty on all logs or other timber taken out of the country in a crude state,” “ What duty would be about right ?” “ Well, we have discussed the matter among orselves, and we consider that three dollars per thousand fect would about meet the case.” Have any Americans taken over logs in the n state 7” ; and the prospects are that this business xease, One Michigan lumbering com- - pany on the Whanapitae, called the Emery Lumbering Company, are now getting out seventy or eighty thousand logs for transporta- tion inthis manner. This firm have gof barges built specially for the purpose of taking these logs over to their mills at Bay City. These barges are five hundred feet long and about fifty wide. They will be loaded with an endless chain similar to those used at saw mills, Hach barge is capable of holding from four to five thousand logs. They are constructed with an elevated deck. When they reach the Bay City booms, such is the construction of the barges that their sides can be let down, and the logs thus tumbled into the water very expeditiously. This Emery Company is not the only firm with which we have to contend. I can count four such firms on the Whanapitae river alone.” “Do you think the Government will act in this matter ?” “They must. It will be brought up for dis- cussion at the first opportunity after Parliament assembles, and we won’t cease our agitation un- til we get justice.” —Ottawa Fress Press. WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the United States Patent Office, February 2nd, 1886, is specially reported by Franklyn H. Hough, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F. Street, N. W., Washingston, D. C. 335,335—Dovetailing machlIne—E. M. Byrkit, Indianapclis Ind. 335,258— Logging motor —W, M., Victor, Marinette, Wis. 335,419—Saw mill dog—W. H. Bennett, Peru, Ind. 335,319—Saw mill, gang—J. C. Slocum, Mar- inette, Wis. 335,167.—Saw mill gang—T. 8, Wilkin, Mil- waukee, Wis, atatpaetintneeenstieenietiet eel ante ee A young man named Manson Gould, of Dart’} ford, Ont., has returned home from the woods with both feet badly frozen, - - BREAKAGE AND BAND SAWS. In reply to this query, says the London Tim- ber Trade Journal amongst the most frequent eases of breakages in band-saws the following may be named :— The use of inferior blades ; unsuitable guage for the size of the saw pulleys ; pulleys uf machine being of too small diameter; pulley being out of balance, or too heavy ; the use of improper tension arrangements; saw running on a hard and unyielding covering saw pulleys, instead of rub- ber bands ; not slakening saws after use, thus preventing the free contraction of the saw-blade en cooling down after work; the framing of ma- chine column being of too light a section, or too high, thus causing excessive vibration ; joint in saw not being of same thickness as the rest of the blade ; imperfect guides above and below the table ; improper method of receiving the back thrust of saw, consequently case-hardening the back of, saw-blade, and cracking same ; using band-saws with angular instead of with round- ed gullets at root of teeth; top pulley overturn- ing saw ; working dull saws; feeding up work too quickly to the saw ; allowing sawdust to collect on the face of the saw wheel, thus causing it to become lumpy and uneven ; operating the band- saw with too heavy a top wheel; stopping or starting a machine too suddenly, especially whilst using a light blade will almost certainly snap a saw in two. When it is considered that a band-saw will run from 6,000 to 9,000 lineal feet per minute, for days and weeks, and every month straight off, without breakage, and when thefincalculable number of times that a saw bends over the two pulleys, and then straightens out again, is taken into consideration, it is surpris- ing that band-saws do not break oftener. Their endurance is somewhat marvelous to contem- plate. With regard to the second question, spi- der or velocipede wheels are now being exten” sively used by some makers, and seem to be a great advantage over the old cast-iron top wheel, and in mills using light saws they are certainly a saving, by preventing the breakage of the saws from the top pulley overrunning saws. LOGS FOR 1886. Two weeks ago the Gazette expressed the be- lief that in spite of the improvements in the con- dition in the woods where logging is going on, by the fall of snow and the steady cold weather it would not be impossible to get a full stock of logs for the Saginaw River mills, so much time having been lost on account of the open weather In December. The same view is now taken by the Courier of East Saginaw, which publishes the following rough estimate of the product that is likely to be gathered : Tittabawassee and tributaries,...... 375,000,000 Rifle! River. 35 ..\c os. ak ee 70,000,000 Au Gres’ main stream.............. 40 000,000 Smaller) streams. so... 55--2oeneee 30,000,000 Potalce. 526 dee eee 515,000,000 It may be safely calculated that 175,000,000 feet of railroad logs will come to the river dur- the year, and as the foregoing figures show we have 34,300,000 feet of logs in the boom fof the several streams, aud 48,279,512 feet of old logs now in the mill boom of the Saginaw river, the total stock for the supply of the mills should every log come out will foot upiabout as follows: Tobe: rafted «oc. 5.43. shes n Saree ORE allroad clogse. . middle of February. The nextcamp was then inited, Mr. P, Dwyr is forman, heis well along s : - -y 4 ‘Rs oe id developed will bring about a better state of things, and we are anxious that some extended area of consumption may. be discovered, to lessen the strain on prices derived from a chronic over supply, but we must not be too sanguine about such a result happening, Freights seem to be going anyhow, and the decline first noticeable on the other side of the Atlantic appears to have extended itself to the Baltic. Firewood at 32s. 6d, a fathom, sailing ships, is a contrast to the 45s, of two or three SeAsONS ago, In America there may be some revival, but the lumber papers speak of it rather as hoped for than confirmed, WORK IN THE WOODS. Mr. Thomas Hale, a well-known Upper Ot. tawa lumberman, was in the city yesterday, and in answer to a query by a Fress Press reporter said :—‘' The prospects for the coming season in the lumber business are good, in fact I may say bright. In the woods every- thing is going on as well as any reasonable person could expect. On the north side of Lake Nipissing, where Iam working, things are quite brisk. I intend to get out about 70,000 logs which will be drawn to the lake, then towed to Mr, J, R, Booth’s railway and by that trans- SERRE Ir reported that the Canadian Pacific Rail- way Company has contracted for 25,000 cords of wood and 500,000 ties to be delivered along its lines. Shonen ane se Laster Re A OEDAR tree, standing in Middle Branch township, Osceola county, Micht, measures 13 feet 10 inches in circumference 8 feet from the root, and is sound as a nut, ~ « en’ eed ny _— = = 4 sag having to cross a nice large lake before aes ; M. Murphy’s camp, where we spent the night. Arriving: early here we pushed off to ses part of the work of loading the big one ‘beam sleighs with immense saw logs off tre” - mendous skidways. We were informed here that this camp will produce some of the largest and finest logs cut this year in the township, _ We enjoyed camp life in good earnest during _ the night and next moring set out on our jour- eecey to camp 4 managed by Mark Hartley. _ Here we found one of the most COMPLETE AND PICTURESQUE t places to be seen in that country; the camp buildings are situated on the shore of a lovely “Miittle lake and everything looked so tidy and _ comfortable it would make anyone enjoy a meal with a relish in such a lovely spot. After an imspection of his roads and drawing to the dumping ground on Brown’s Lake, and having _ partaken of dinner, we started down the lake to Thos. Archer’s camp at the mouth of a creek where the logs from this section enter, when _ being driven in the spring to the main river. On this creek the company have dg ERECTED TWELVE DAMS eapable of holding back sufficient water to run _ the creek with ease. We stopped over night with Mr. Archer and in the morning started for Mr. A, Ross’camp, which we reached about _ ten o'clock. We passed over several of his roads and saw a number of fine roads got out at this camp. We passed over a very rough _ piece of rocky country to the next camp man- - aged by B. Pearson, where we partook of an excellent dinner, having. seen a very large number of his logs on our way down the creek, which we followed some twelve miles, arriving _ at a junction south where it enters the west branch of the Black river, which we crossed and took our way north on the old Victoria road to N. Tallman’s camp, where we remained for the night, On our arrival at this camp we got aboard of a pair of immense one beam saw log sleighs and visited .some large skidways of fine logs and followed them to the dump on Black river. Friday morning we started on our homeward trip via Digby farm to Longford Mills, after being absent from home one week. _ After this description of this nnmense concern, _ which to my mind is the most compact and complete in every department of its manage- ment, your readers will no doubt be glad to € know something of the : OUTPUT OF THIS COMPANY, _ which I will try to give you a faint idea of. _ The number of logs cut in the eight camps and by four jobbers is about 150,000 pieces, which are being measured and counted by two eompetent cullers, Mr. Geo. J. Overend and Mr. Edward Adair. One very important feature is the accurate manner of marking the logs. It is done in this way: Each camp is numbered, viz.,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and each foreman marks his logs with hammers of his own number, so that the management may detect any logs not properly taken out and the foreman is accordingly held responsible, , _ This company is managed ALL BY YOUNG MEN -who are native born boys of Peterborough. The president is Mr. Wm. Thomson, and one of the directors Mr. Geo. Thomson, with Mr, _ Maxwell Hall as secretary. _ Im addition to this concern the same director- _ ate manage two large farms and another large company known asthe Rama Timber Transport _ Company, cf Rama, Out. To the pluck and energy of the directorate, together with good sound judgment and an army of the most faithful men it has ever been my lot to meet with, belong the success of these gigantic enter- _ prises. Hoping, Mr. Editor, I have not wearied one wie my long letter, I am, YOUR CORRESPONDENT, agg Jan. lst, 1886. ————— or thrity years ago, walnut wood s cut up into fence rails or even sold as fuel in Western Ontario. Now, when eta are denuded of it, and it is worth D to 140 per thousand feet, dealers are ¢ Ay bead at fence rails, seasoned by é s, and to make them into lest, ~ a %) eth pelt ver oy DHE CANADA Chips. Tax log cut at Machias river, Me, will this year amount to 12,000, 000 feet. Mr. W. H. Laxe, who has for many years been in charge of Eagle Mill at Rossmore, has been appointed manager of the Rathbun Com- pany agency at Picton, In making the halfpenny bundles of wood £250 000 is paid annually in the shape of wages, 20,000 persons being actively employed in the work in the metropolitan district, CHICAGO agents are in Door county, Wiscon- | sin, offering 16 to 20 cents for cedar railway ties, delivered on the piers of that locality, and 26 to 38 cents delivered in Chicago, This is | an advance of three to four cents on the price of | last year. Eicut years ago 5,000 acres of pine land on Salt river, Mich., was purchased for 62} cents an acre, The purchaser took 40,000,000 feet of logs off the land, and finally sold it for one dollar acre. That’s how pine land owners get rich, Two Germans of Wabash, Ind , were loading jogs in the woods near there when a Jog rolled back on Jacob Christman and caught him by the hips. His companion, unable to move the log any other way, rolled it over his body and head, inflicting fatal injuries, ENGuLisH oak has lately been exported to New York, selling there at 20 cents a foot ; but our cousins have ‘‘ Englished ” or ‘‘doctored ” a lot of American oak, and it would puzzle an expert, saya. the Manufacturer's Gazette, to tell the two woods apart; and the local wood can be sold for five cents. ApRIAN NELSON, of Little split Rock, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, has written a letter to the Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, correcting a former statement made by himself that there was no Norway pine on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. He now says that there are forests of very fine trees, but they do not stand thickly onthe ground. He thinks that thorough ex- ploration will disclose the fact that there are extensive belts of Norway pine that touch the lake at different points. A VERACIOUS writer in the American Rural Home tells that ‘‘in the lumbering camps of Canada” the men eat ants in lieu of pickles. The lumbering camps of Canada are run dur- ing the winter, and, admitting that lumbermen like ants better than pickles, perhaps the veracious correspondent of the Rural Home will tell us if it is not a little rough on the ants to make them walk around on the top of two or three feet of snow, for the purpose of being caught and eaten. On January 22nd, C. W. Richardson, F. W. Gilchrist and W. H. & E. K. Potter purchased of a Mr. Smithson, of Chicago, a large tract of pine timber in the Province of Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Huron, It is limit No. 169, a tract six miles square, or a township, containing between 100,000,000 and 150,000,000 feet of timber. The parties named each own a third. The purchase price was $75,000. In- cluding this last purchase about $400,000 has been invested by Alpena parties in Canadian pine within a year. Catarrh—A New Treatment. Perhaps the most extraordinary that success bas been achieved in modern s‘ience has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Uut of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the lesg startling when it is remembered that not five per cent, of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted,” while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at all. Starting with the cluim now generally believed by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr, Dixon at once adapted bis cure 'o their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Caturrh. Tbe application of the remedy is simple and can | be done at bome, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs, A. H. DIXON & BON, %5 King atreet west, Toronto, stamp for their troatlse tar. 1y122, in cdc tt Canada, und enclose a& on Oatarrhb,—Montreai | Clergymen, School Teachers, Township Officers and others buying their Stationery in large 9 LUMBER | DRIVERS’ CALKS FOR USE IN STREAM DRIVING. Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel and Ferged. The method used in tempering leaves every one of the same temper, rendering them stronger and more durable than any other Oalks made Samples and prices free on appli. cation to the undersigned. Toe Orono Cant Dog Strongest and Lightest in the market. Made of Best Cast Stee by drop forging process, The Handles are made of best quality straight grained split and turne1 Rock Maple, 5 to 6 teet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Prices on application. SMALL HEEL LARGE HEEL MANUFACTURED BY T. McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N.B. L2 constantly in stock. was All ORDERS Filled same days - as received. WARE ROOMS Factory ry and Warerooms :— 2520 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. 2518, MON TREAT, QU E.. GET YOUR STATIONERY Supp iiss THE “REVIEW” STATIONERY STORE MarnEent Brock, Groren StReET. sa Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRICES! -@a PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS, INK and PENCILS, And every house and office requisite always kept in stock, and sold retail in BOTH SMALI OR LARGE QUANTITIES." i@ A LIBERAL DISCOUNT will be allowed to Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufacturers, quantities, and alse to cash buyers. s@ Estimates given and eentracts made fer yearly supplies at lowess Babe’ 86 King Street East TORONTO Vad THE CANADA | LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal of Jan, 30th says :—With the exception of the interest creat- ed by the public sales of this week, the trade has evidently relapsed into the same dreary groove in which itran so long last year, and from the general run of conversation there is not likely to be any material change in it for some time to come. Importers do not seem disposed to contract for cargoes to arrivé, and it is probable that sellers will experience quite as great difficulties as they have already done in placing future supplies upon the market. There is a general opinion'amongst the leading merchants and bankers that some signs of im- provement in trade are discernible in America, and assuch a movement is not unfrequently followed on this side, there may be better times in store for us at no distant date, but the timb- er trade is generally the last to participate in any upward movement. Then again, this market is likely to be fully supplied with pitch-pine and spruce during the coming season, which with the sufficient stocks on hand, will tend to keep prices down to a low level, If your neighbors in Manchester could only get their Ship Canal scheme floated and their set works going, we should, no doubt, participate in the general spending of the mon- ey, as a considerable quantity of timber of one kind or another will necessarily be used during and in its construction, At present, however, the necessary funds do not seem to be forth coming with that rapidity its sanguine promo- ters expected. Many of your readers will be acquainted with the old-established timber yard of the late firm of Messrs. Thomas Bryde and Son, of Grenville Street, in this city, whicb we see is to be sold by tender, including the and goodwill. It has been carried on for about three-quarters of a century, and is well known in the North and Midland districts for its high reputation in wainscot, mahogany, and other furniture goods. ing at 93 6d., and 3rd Soderbam red at 7s. 3d, while a lot of Sundswall of this quality, J.A E. } mark fetched only 6s. 6d, There are plenty of - bidders at a price ; you see a crowded room and an apparent anxiety to secure what is offered, but if you happen to ask an acquaintance why he stopped short at a low figure when another 3d. would have to secure the goods—the invari- ably answer is, ‘‘ Let them go; I don’t want them.” They attend to buy in the hopes of getting something they may have a call for much under value, not because they are short of the stock they bid for. All are not like this but that undoubtedly is the position of the ma~ jority of the trade. Thursday’s sale fell very flat ; there was noth- ing like the attendance of the previous day, and the bidding lacked spirit throughout. Perhaps when the flooring was submitted there was a little more life imparted to the sale, but prices ruled low throughout. There was the same readiness to secure the lots going, but only at 4 low limit, which bidders very seldom exceed. It was plain that the bidding was not stimulated by any actual want of the stuff, and had no backbone in it. operations in no inconsiderable manner. I refer to the export of unsawn lumber from the Nipissing and Lake Superior section to the saw mills in Michigan, Thad a talk with several of the prominent men in the trade on this subject, and they give it as their opinion that unless an export duty is placed on all crude lumber taken out of Canada their prospects will be seriously crippled. ‘‘We don’t object,” said one well known Ottawa river lumberman, ‘‘to Ameri- cans, or American capital coming in here, for the more money comes in the better for the country, but we do strongly object to these men coming in here, cutting logs and exporting them to their mills on the other side, without paying one cent into the revenue of the country, while the lumber which we export we have to pay a high duty on. This is uufair to us and we shall do all in our power to bring this matter before parliament as soon as convenient after the session opens, The way things stand now we are materially handicapped, and I think the Dominion Government should place an export duty of $3 per thousand feet on all crude lum- ber shipped out of the Dominion. For some time past Michigan millowners have been quietly buying up untouched timber limits on the Nipissing and Lake Superior section with a view to supplying their mills, Their own for- ests are thinned out, and looking around for new fields they have selected the sections I have named on account of their convenience. Several of these American companies have already secured valuable limits on the Whanapitae river alone, and own hundreds of miles of territory over which they can operate, One of these companies, the Emery Lumber Company, have a very large limit on the stream referred to, and are now putting out logs to the number of 70,- 000. As the stream is particularly easy of driving no difficulty will be experienced ‘in getting them into Georgian Bay. The company have had two barges specially constructed for the transportation of these logs. These barges will be 500 feet long and 50 wide, and will be loaded with an endless chain, similar to that used in a saw mill. The motive power will be Market Reports. From Our Own Correspondent. Frs. 9.— Trade, | weather of the past two weeks, has been fair; | wholesale dealers, in fact, have been able to dispose of the greater part of their stocks as fast as it came in by rail. More especially has this been the case in regard to cutting up and better, 1} in. and 2 in., much more of this class of lumber could be disposed of if it could be obtained. Enquiries from the west have come in freely since the present month opened. Several American buyers have also put in their appearance lately, but as predicted in some of my previous letters, we have nothing to sell of | the class of lumber they require. Everything || in the shape of good cuts and better is shipped | out from the mills and factory men will have 1) to keep their dry kilns in operation until the |), new stock is in fit condition to ship. {tis generally conceded that the outlook for the spring trade is good, although brick building cannot be pushed forward until late in the spring, as bricks are entirely run out, and builders will have to wait until the first kilns are burnt. The larger part of the wholesale dealers have taken a stepin the right direction by resolving ))| not to break up car loads. This wiil give the | retail men a much better chance and the whole- ‘salefmen will be better off at the end of season, Car load lots when piled off by the track side and broken up rarely hold out in measurement and sometimes disappear entirely, perhaps not /, in all cases by direct theft, but hauled away by |, mistake for other lumber, but unfoitunately the |) mistake is rarely found out and rectified. Retail |, men also have hitherto been able to get parts of )\ cars, but under the present rule if they desire } any part of a car load they will have to pur- || chase the entire load in order to obtain the par- | ticular portion they desire. It only remains \| for the wholesale men to go a step further ard ' let the retail men do the entire trade with the considering the severe GLASGOW. The Timber Trades Journal of Jan., 30th, says :—A cargo of teak timber at Greenock is tho principal arrival we have to note for the week ; other wood imports consisting of small parcels of staves &c., at Glascow per steamers. ; Two auction sales have taken place, one of log © timber, chiefly at Greenock, and the other at Glasgow, the goods offered consisted of deals, and also included some Yeymouth birch timber for which, however, there were n: bidding. Notes of prices is appended ; a quiet demaad was experienced at these sales, and of the goods offered only a small portion was sold. For a number of the lots withdrawn their was bidding, which, however, did not come up to a figure acceptable to the brokers; there were some sales made afterwards privately. The transactions publicly at the sale of deals here were chiefly Miramichi pine deals, the stock of which, as is well known, is comparative- LONDON. The Timber Trade Journal of Jan. 30th says, The deck of these | consumer. There would be nothing lost by taking this additional step. The same amount of lumber would be disposed of and in a more | satisfactory way, and the retailers by reason of supplied by a small engine. barges will be elevated, and on arriving at the Bay City booms the sides of the barge can be lowered so that the process of unloading can be done very expeditiously. Hach of these barges The gathering at Messrs. Churchill & Sims’ sale on Wednesday last was one of the largest that we have seen this year, the regular London trade being augmented by a good sprinkling of county ly low. AUCTION SALES, On 21st inst., at Greenock, Messrs, Allison Cousland & Hamilton, brokers :— better trade, or more of it, would be in better] are capable of carrying from four to five thous- | buyers, who, however, by the few provincia, per c. ft | shape to meet their engagements with whole- | and logsin one cargo. This process,” continued | 2@mes that we recognise opposite the prices; | Quebec waney boardwood s. d. sale men. the lumberman, “‘gives them a great advan- | came with the expectation of getting what they 53 cub. ft. av. per log 18 Prices remain at the yards about the same, | tage. We have to drive our logs and other wanted at much lower prices than actually ruled, | Quebec square boxwood (1st class)— | except on dressing and better plank, the latter} timber for hundreds of miles, construct costly | Not that prices took a high range; on the con- Queb ee an Pe log = feet command. from $3.00 to $4,00 per M above | improvements for the purpose of forwarding | trary they were on the same depressed scale to | "°°" ob, Av ae mk 13} || former quotations, owing, of course to its pre- | the work, and even then run the risk of haying | Which we have so long become accustomed, and 9 ae. 598 tt 1l} sent scarcity. Bill stuff will likely advance 50] the logs stuck and our capital lying idle for a| Which the news of transfer of power from the Quebec red pine— cents per M with the opening of the spring] year, while these American firms are certain of | Royal Commission on Trade to the party pledg- 35 cub. ft. av. per log 10 work, this being the advance now on car load| getting their logs to the saw, and at an early | ed to internal reforms is hardly likely to assist. SS eet 10 _ ots date in the season. This, with their not paying | The chief attraction on the first day was the | Quebec ash— Mill eull boards and scantling...............0.% 00| any export duty, gives them an unfair adyan- | Quebec pine, and the red descriptions, ex Persia H “ mh. sir i eet : Shipping cull pearls, promiscuous widths....... a2 09 tage over us which should be remedied, and we | We consider sold remarkably well. The yellow one Ma aE ps a t ‘ Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft....++e+esseeses. 18 Ov| are bound to bring all the pressure we can on | Pine was not particularly choice, and the 2nds Quebee ciel soto dean 4 a fA Ete eeeseseeseseenaes i a the Government to protect the native industry | bright 2in., ex Suffolk we reckon realized fully 11 to 28 ft. 7/16X3 20 0) 03 a 16 00 | of the Ottawa Valley. If these men erected | what they were worth. The Ist boards ex Flor- | Quebec ist yellow pine deal ends— Be 8: % 3 na tC mills on their limits and sawed the lumber here, | ida, a transhipment at £28 15s. and £29, we can- 7&8 ft. 7/19x3 24 “ « “ 19 00] giving employment to Canadian labor and | not find much fault with on the score of value, | Quebec Ist yellow pine deals— ap - re a oS making a market for Canadian produce, it | though the current price for similar description 6 . ss 22 “ “ “ 22 50@22 50| would be all right enough. But to strip our | direct from Quebec to the|docks stands at £32 10s Ws ; ; geet 14 ae a wy 24 00 forests of their best timber, and pay nothing } which holders experience no difficulty in obtain Quechee sin aor, pina a“ “ «“ 27 00 ’ & 4 to ft. 7/19x3 ol oe « for the privilege, save the price for the limit, is asking too much,” ing. It makes all the difference whether goods of this high class have been picked over or not, On 27th inst., at Glasgow, Messrs, Humber, She & Co., brokers '"— i me ‘stooks sehen a cs 16 00@18 00| The feeling is very strong amongst the Ottawa | The parcel in the West India Docks, ex Kalliope re Picks Am. inspection...... ; FON ONaOD 30 00} river lumbermen just now on this question, and | 13 ft. best regulars, for rather fresh goods of | Michigan i 8: | acacia Heetee Ngee me 8 00@40 00 most likely the Dominion Punllawient will = this kind Ists are now realising £28, and 2nds - ay seer 14/16X3 : Milan isisnrerten siete kis 25 00@30 00} called upon to devise a scheme whereby the | £19 ; so that the sale-buyer after all has very | Miramichi, N. B., pine deals— eMac ana see oe lumber industry may be protected against for- | Little pull. eiaahindos wae 0 49 undressed. ......6...eeees es ees 14 00 | eign competition. Timber sold rather ows the square pine logs 12.& 18 “* 11x8 01} it aie oh (eee eB ae aaa rs angi ms SS SSS 33 ft. long and upwards being knocked down to ooh i ; iS = | Beaded Sheeting, dressed...............18 00@20 00 WINNIPEG. one buyer at 75s. per load is not so bad consider- fe si : ais om lapboarding, dressed .........seseeeee vere ess 1250} The Commercial says:—There has been no | ing the slackness of the demand and the ranghy sic . ’X sawn shingles, #@M.....+--.-. +. see. 2 75@ 2 90 ; : : ES quan 10 “1 « 9xs 0 10 wn Lath ches CW aes Meme. 2 26 | factor of any kind to induce a movement in | tities in thedock ponds. Waney also was cheap 10 to 24" 8x3 0 os coeen AG this trade. No building operations are being | at 55s. to 57s Gd. Ash and elm prices also har- 16 ‘96 “ 7x3 0 ...-18 00@20 00 | gone on with at present, and there is no appar- | monise with the dull state of trade, and show 18/4, 2a" 7x3 Q ane Se fs ent disposition to anticipate wants for the | no recovery. 1 7x8 0 +20 00@25 00] future. Consequently business is dead, so far Uleaborg goods are generally well represented | ___ es i “2 1x e OTTAWA. as any present movement is concerned. Some | in Messrs Churchill & Sims’ sales, but on Wed- ert ee ti 1x8 dt0 ay | shipments were made to the new stations | nesday the parcels offered were almost entir ly eS K Sy i “leven deala : From Our Own Correspondent. . 4. | along the lately constructed railway lines, but | batten sizes. Lathwood seems to rally, and) S35 ae xs 0 10§ ‘ ¥ zB. 8.—The chief lumbermen of this dis- these are now about supplied, The next move | most of the lots submitted reached £5 5s. 2% Fate 0 of ict are awakening to the fact that there is | yi) probably be towards far western points | Flooring was active, inch being particularly 9to 10“ 2x3. 0 2 competition in the field which will have a ten-| where the building season commences consider. so, but the recorded prices do not show much | Weymouth hemlock deals— = ney to reduce their profits and curtail their | .p)y earlier than in Manitoba. benifical result, 1st Christiania yellow 1x7 fall- 10 to 17 ft. TOxs 2 ; \ Wes at fa Ce m>* "sy i ~~ o>, 7 Em pa Mamete Hoes toe ee a et - r ‘ r te e € 27g. ® J et: She maa ef rs come! vy THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 1 man in his wild career. One house has resolv ed to go out of business on May 1. There will probably be others, but such determination is yet to developed. The fewer spring close outs there are the easier it will be to maintain prices. Receipts of lumber and shingles, for the week ending Feb. 4th as reported from the Lumberman’s Exchange :— CHICAGO. Ras AT THE YARDS. oe _ The Northwestern Lumberman says:—Lhe weather for the past week has been particularly unfavorable to trade. If there was apy pre- vious tendency to revival, the snowstorms and cold wave were sufficent to check it. The yards now look dreary and unbuisness-like in their RECEIPTS. mantle of snow. As a general thing no attempt Lumber. Shingles. all the alleys clear or USSGreteeteenieiveitieisisistslsteiste sle:s}eie? |) 4950;000 883,000 ae ae ae pe : rate snow has | 00st sree PSG een 3/234,000 952,000 Boge gene snow? ey boee ne FROM JAN, 1, TO FEB. 4 INCLUSIVE. come for a month past in a succession of heavy Serer and light falls alternating, with some thawing Lumber. Shingles. : Paverccecdine ly) (lesGrasencay deere see 17,092,000 5,449,00u een a OE OE NRC Core e ) \'IBRG, cca cecca cee vase ness 11,643,000 4,057,000 solid, and to a large degree resembling ice more See eke than snow. The accumulation in the alleys and TMCYCASC. 1s cceverccncna: ce 5,449,000 1,592,000 roadways has been packed as hard as pavement STOCK ON SA ses 1, oe . . . 6. 1 z almost, so it will require many days of , Beye that 1 4 oatipe et Lumber & timber....... «+ 626,692,473 623,910, 97 warm weather to render the yards easy to work | Shingles ......... ie Aa eA 4°8,313,350 332,633,611 in, ta i ateleinisie ave roeserseecene 95,653,678 88,160,499 ieketsupmiascinerceias oe saeee 4,446,752 2,528 738 Yet there has been a steady call for lumber | Cedar posts............-.+++ 1,962,947 397,825 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. IN EFFECT NOV. 1, all winter. Many dealers say that their sales during January were considerably in excess of 7 y ITDDD Kk CCD YOANG ee The ete eee MOUNTED WITH THE HERBRAND GEAR IRONS, a er ge ie me thio EMG) Boston 2 nase -nredencctenedecere sete v8 . | Manufactured by us. Call at our Show Rooms and inspect Dealers who make a specialty of supplying befor lacing your orders or purch asing elsewhere yards with assortments state that they have efore placing your orders or p 7 “ g eu = ewer ease eee tee sees o esos ee eerinensse had a gocd wagon trade all winter—better than ane usual at this season. This shows that there has Buftalo and Pittsburgh......-+ ercontitocas GUCaED 15ce. a J E 7, GE R A i iD & S i AN GER been a constant distribution ; for yards do not Shenectady.......+++ssecers dopccosonoost cdo cud .28c. 5 : SP WhECLING =. coe ci vowee ences ccactecsscsccnccorss lic. need a replenishment of assorts when there is| Suspension Bridge.............sss0eeseeeeeennee 16e. Corner of Brock and Water Streets. wes no trade. It likewise shows that there is a ar eae pieciaearietstaiatc(ricla}eistafe]sixlohaieisi sis ae scarcity of special kinds of dry lumber, and | Dunkirk BRE RS OGL ee ETI@. ccc cece esses case neesecrsvenesesracae? .»15¢. TEQMOWLO wei eeia «(ey vivie clelai) sJs(ais.c/a\siv/ v/s rlela\o\o\e e's O Goonud 15c. that a sudden start of trade in the latter part of this month, or the first of March, would render —_—__@__—_ this shortage of dry stock still more pronounc- 3 ALBANY. ed ; for the winter has not been favorable to} Quotations at the yards are as follows :— drying lumber. Pine, clear, @ M.+++++..--. SRR AR ee $08 00@55 00 -buildi ine, fourths... ..e...ssseeee ananseecd .e 48 00@50 00 = ae ar an ee aane stuff has served Pine, ROECGElgpaqandbane as aaoAGRDOOUBOEe 45 00@47 00 : = ft) to keep a little life in winter trade. This call] Pine, good box....s+:sessesesenerer cree 22 00@33 00 : —il ~ - = ++ | Pine, common DOX........e00eeeeeeeneee 11 00@13 00 PEyIIhh// As z does not take a wide scope in yard stock, but it) pi ton’ plank, each.«-. ves vvreees 00 42@00 45 = ipa X enables dealers to work off short white pine ae eae plank, culls, each....... «s++- 0 23200 2 ] . Lg - Tv e; _| Pine boards, 10-in........ bateinlayes=tavayes\el ees 8@00 32 SSS 2 EEape onan orway two-inch common for deck-) pine to-in. boards, culls-.+...ss0s0.s0++. 00 16@00 20 = Zs ing, and Norway clear strips for lining, at good oes 10-in. poards; LGN) PUM ener. ace 28 aoa@ss 00 ae ; 7 ‘ine, 12-in. boards, 16ft...............+- 28 00@32 00 es 8 5 prices, often at an advance on corresponding, | 577°’ 19 in’ boards, 13ft.....sssss0+ F352 28 00@00 00 grades for other purposes, This demand is still | Pine, 1} in. Siae, select..... souneD eee. 40 00@43 00 : D | C I a t 0 f) re d = err - : _| Pine, 1}-in. siding, common..........+-- 15 00@18 00 ' well eee? A ike ce men of mat Pine, iin. siding, select peodonbnooonncass 40 00@42 00 x j j FSS TE ad we a cee Hel eed oan ieee ek Seen ee a ecane i Has removed his Agency fer his Celebrated Spectacles and Eye Glasses clean out of market the specialities called for, Sorate Lea ¢ ee gee OF Oe ooeat nae _ and prices have lately stiffened. Spruce, plank, Q-in., CEACDssessseeee eeeee 00 00@00 30 and given same to . : Cae . ruce, wa! LPS CREM cr elole ofate ele eieisie(sin\s 00 12@00 12 ° » ; - pin: ia ey little ie = oats HeIGpe Deady cache itch sc teaccs 00 12400 12! JOHN McKEE, Druggist, George Street, Peterborough. umber market, e movement eastward is in- | Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each..............-- 00 00@00 32 oe F; oat creasing, and the call from the sash and door nome Joist, 2b, CW toate aca a acapa 2 The appreciation of the very superior qualities possessed by my Fine! Fak emlock, wall strips, 2x4, each.......... 0 1 H A wn arg factories is beginning to be felt. No fear need | Black walnut, gook, # M..... AS chideseeres 100 @120 00 Pebble and. other Spectacles and Hye Giasses Pea = by the . ze = : : Black waluut, §inch..............--008: 80 00@90 00) and increasing sales, simply proves that articies of real merit will be entertained by the holders of thick selects Black walnut, #inch......++ ...se+---- 00 00@85 00 iI b opular. M Pebble § ectacles and Eye Glasses are and uppers. There is not such a surplus of these | Scaymore, l-inch......--..s+++++++e0+0: 28 00@30 00 | W2yS Decome pop : ¥ tt y 2 ee — classes of lumber in the country at large as Scaymore, §-inch........ s.s++.++ ..+. 21 00@23 00 unfailing as Hye preservers, are slways pleasant to wear, an st many tolead to apprehension of a decline in prices White aay uich i ana aN 28 0030 00 years without change. They are the Cheapest as well as the Best. | ' 5 PN claiie ters sii ae while an advance is possible. a ee sor.are £0-00043 00) I supply no other House in Peterborough than the one noted as above. ) ian pone oI a ooges oo | MR. MoKER, my Agent, has. special fine line of Gold’ Sapctaaiea Miia .. 25 00@30 00 .. 40 00@43 00 .. 20 00@25 00 .- 25 00@30 00 . 40 00@40 00 28 00@30 08 26 00@28 0 . 38 00@40 00 0 00@ 6 50 0 00@ 5 00 Hye Glasses suitable for Presents. NORRIAN’S CPRAMSHIP TICKETS ELECTRIC BELL TO OR FROM EUROPE. Cherry, common, # M.. Oak, good, @M......... Oak, second quality, # M. Basswood, # M Hickory, @M......-. Maple, Canada, # M.. Maple, American, per M Chestnut, #M.......... Shingles, shaved, pine, # as 2nd quality....... increasing, as can plainly be seen by the large sprinkling of eastern line cars in the make-up of trains. The slight reduction of eastwise freight rates may have acted as a stimulus to movement in that direction, and it is barely possible that heavy shippers are getting rates _ lower than the open ones, : q < 5 Z ° e extra, sawed, JPIESO G80 vec 9Og08 4 30@ 4 5¢ As the conference pool is dissolved I can sell Tickets Country yard men are not yet making violent “ cleats mixed FARE Se 3 ae : a INSTITUTION. | ab very much reduced rates from former prices, being _ effort toward the replenishment of their stocks. see debe, RNOK: Soles slac dics sees 0.000) 0.00, Agent for the following first-class lines of steamers:— The winter has been aginst them and their s WCMMIOC sic cleje. aisiclsie'steis|«\sicinisle'sie 2 25@ 2 37 ESTABLISHED 1874. } => | EE 8 al act ‘are blocked with | Lathyhemlock, @ M.-ecsseccsscesccsss. 0 c0@ 2 20 \DOWISION AND BEAVER LINES 4 . wees t reer esses ve « | » snow in some sections, the weather has been ex- eras! Lea ee a 0 00@ 1 30 | srege Electro-Curative Belts, Insoles and Trusses are | FROM MONTREAL, and the | tremely cold, and prices of grain are so low that OSWEGO, N.Y. SUPERIOR TC ANY OTHER REMEDY. ‘WHITE STAR, INMAN, NATIONAL, | rmers . Yet enquiries f i From Our Own Correspondent A > rr er nce fr eohimates Ce A IE And will Cure | ANCHOR AND MONAROH LINES begin to come, and in such a number as shows | Three uppers...... siolastaleiaiviohirietaattisteraieiet 312 grade 00 FROM NEW YORK : baa MBICk ing: lee cise siewisslea ee Stee OCEDE 32 00@35 00 trade inthe near future. A few days of mild) cutting up... EF eR ee ee 24 00@26 00 when all other | fgeing Agent for the G. T. R. and the above first _ weather would bring new life into the district | Fine Common..........-:++ssereeeeeees 22 00@25 00 : k slags Steamship Lines, I can sell tickets direct from ~! : s 3 Common .....+.» BE Mr ce aoe akan 14 00@18 00 remedies fail. Peterborough to any destination. The question of spring prices is now a Vital] Cullg.........6seeeeceseneenecece eens 11 00@14 00 T MENZIES. one to holders of lumber and intending purchas- Lg en Ly pire p dens reo ig ian a aera eo : UN. wen cece es eeer renee 3 | 4 ae = ers. Asageneral statement, wholesale dealers Be Ce Urtaeine aethre Crea oe 32 00@36 00 Circular and Consultation| Ps=rPoreneh. May Stat, 1884 : G1S8w3k insisting on firmer prices th ‘led | Mill run, 1x10, 18 to 16 ft.....+ vesseeess 16 00@21 00 | = 23 B P : e gists es Selected......+ eevee ... 21 00@24 00 ae we Sena 10 cents postave, and we z last fall. Of course the pertinacity of their grip E Shippers se eeeceees , 14 00@16 00 CONSTIPATION f will mail you free a roysl, valu- will be fully tested only when the traveling men ua Pain 14x10......- . Bd nee a ee able, sample box of goods that take the road. At the present it is safe to say Shippers.......-.- Tete < 14 00@16 00 | Is entirely overcome by using NORMAN’S ELECTRIC | more money at nett oe ee Mill run, 1 & 1} in, strips . 15 00@18 00 | BELTS. No injury can result, and they are pleasant | Both cexes of all ages can liveat home and work in that values range from 75 cents to $1a thousand higher than they were last fall. There may be exceptions to this general rule, but as yet trade- ing has been too light for such exceptions to make the market, Sellers to the local trade fnsiat on firm prices on dry lumber for assort- nts. There can be no motive for serious cuts to wear. Try oneand be cured. Guaranteed genuine. | . Finclonmall, Chat ei tal not = Cireular and consultation free, A. Norman, 4 Queen | We wal start 5 a pe Rese aoe = Rare Street East, Toronto. | who start at once. Stinson & Co., Portland,Maine. . 22 00@30 00 . 11 00@13 Or . 25 00@35 00 3 10@ 3 50 2 75@ 3 00 sees» 1 80@ 1 90 ceeseeces 1 00@ 1 25 TONAWANDA. OARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION, Selected 1x6 selected for clapboards. Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pine. XXX Cedar... Lath 1}, No 1. No 2.. PETERBOROUGH, 29th September, 1884. This is to certify that I have used ove of Norman’s | Electric Shoulder Braces for my hoy 7 years of age, | for Spinal Curviture, with very beneficial results. JONAS H. PASHLEY. - in prices, unless some house catches a fright at - De eck Sais bose D. POLLY a : inary evil in prospects, and resolves to FEC UPPEFB-acecerrrsnsesecre ceeeesiers 44 or Sale by J. : , Agen - “In such a case there is no stopping a alta gs Bes ee hase bs 10 o0@i8 00 for Peterborough. BAKIN G POWDER - Z # ~ i "~ ¥ The Ontario Canoe Co, mite. FE. DIXON &CO. | \ I &' a PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, Bi cocnsail Patent Lap-Joint Star Rivet 1 Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING | oH | 7O KING ST, EAST, TORONTO. | “Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Lonyitudinat rio 10 Mill Owners, Manufacturers & others requiring Leather Belting Canoes, Basswood Canoes, Folding Canoes, Paddles, } Do not buy any Belting unless with DIXON’S PATENT LAP JOINT. It will last Oars, Tents, and all Canoe Fittings. longer and do more service than any other. Please note the address, 70 KING | { ST. HAST, and send for Circulars and Latest Discounts, Norman’s Electro-Curative Belt | 4 QUEEN SE 2 EAST, TORONTO. This Belt is the last improve ment and the best yet de veloped Oura- tive Appliance in the world for INDIGESTION, NERVOUS DEBILITY, RHEUMATISM, and all diseases of men, andis a grand remedy for Female Com Gold Medal, London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, LUNG INVIGORATORS j L/ SPINE BANDS, _piaintaalso. Cir Send 3 cent Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. President and Managing Director KNEE CAPS. A } SHOULDER BANDS. ones ay } designed to carry-any amount of goods and chattels parce for Lumbermen, and strongly built, made to order on short notice. A. NORMAN, Medical Electrician lr UGH G ih B S Ol} 4 QUEN STREET EAST, TORONTO. N. B.—Mr. Norman has had long experience in the Treatment of Diseases by Electricity, and will give his personal attention to every case, by letter or examination MANUFACTURER OF “KNIGHTS PATENT “EXCELLSIOR ” SAW MILL DOGS he Sawyer'’s Favorite For Holding Logs upon a Saw Mill Carriage while being Sawn into Lumber. ESTABLISHED 1856 OAK TANNED BELTING Acknowledged by all to be the Best Belt ever offered IN CANADA » EVERY BELT GUARANTEED The Best Mills in in the Country use it. QUALITY is what | aim at, the result being | H. WILLIAMS, the Generous Support of all Manufacturers. = SLATE & GRAVEL ROOFER For Discounts and Terms, Address PRN JNO. C. McLAREN, )Varred Felt, Roofing Pitch, Sheathing and Building Papers, Carpet and sosined Waterproof Paper, Ready Roofing, &c. «All orders promptly | 292 & 294 ST. JAMES ttended to at LOW PRICES, STREET WEST, M O N TR EA Es ; Ll. WILLIAMS, Lace Leather, American Rubber and Cotton Belting, ete., always on hand 4 Adelaide Street East, Toronto nae These Mildogs I guarantee to give satisfaction in every case. hey will hold a frozen log as well as a soft one, for cutting antling, Square Timber, &c. These Dogs cannot be excelled, i sell them all on their own merits, give ten or fifteen days trial, ; ind then, if not satisfactory, return them to my order, as I have ee! i 10 agents on the road this year, I will sell them ata reduced & i orice, Send for Circular and price list, aril =a f aM S aifactared by HUGH GIBSON, CHATHAM. Seen, DOG. ¥ A ; — Pe ' Se ete Pe ee Ss ere ME ie re 5 ? a F epee . s a } Wad / THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. RENEW YOUR = SerboG REPT LON POR THE aba 2 wmberaay tT WILE PAY YOU, Brcause - 1. It is the only newspaper published in the Dominion of Oanada devoted to the lumber and timber industries. 2. It is devoted to the development and utilization of our forest wealth. 3. It furnishes complete and reliable quotations of prices of lumber in all the leading markets.’ 4. Its columns are filled with interesting reading matter, valuable alike to the land owner, manufacturer or dealer. 5. It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada, and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any way connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. " weTO ADVERTISERS. It has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. ; : ; Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at: _e decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion. os ’ s “ott & | 77 « Fi at > a: — > < < wT sae - Laer de ; wu o gid “ fy . i { c «-*% | { 7 ‘ ‘ . Ot. oy | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. CUNNINGHAM’S FOR STEAM FED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, valves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and the very perfection of simplicity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. fliN The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for : Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 1} in. ‘rope. The shaft is steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has _ perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the : sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, : it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut REVERSING VALVE. the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we put on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come : in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack Ue segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft placed in the engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by These engines are well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the When the carriages are used in two or more sections, the coupling and uncoup from it to the carriage ; or it can be shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. ling of each section is quick and simple. There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfair & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills.) ‘They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and anet Oo wa | vi ic | h 0 wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. We would also call attention to our Improved Hand Saw-Millfor cutting logs — 1a We guarantee this to be the best Mill of its kind got up, and would ask any one wanting a good Band Saw- Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to-our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &., address the Manufacturers, The Wi. Hamilton Manufacturing Go'y, Limited PETHRBOROUGEL : 15 \ : ; pe - : : SA VEH INS VU BAN C EH. _ Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECESSITY IN EVERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. aa Cheap. Simple. Ba Compact, Durable, a \Having the eed - any Only Ae ee Le \well known Guaranteed ump built. a . s Ww ee \ compact- | the most dur- : eters 3 \ness of | Our Independent | Jine. ~~ iG \ direct | ite Pore ee \ acting made; impos- wes | Sible to break down. AIR PUMPS and Condensers will ejject a sav- ing of Ve 30 to 2 Our PUMPS ; \ 2 50 per | yy ~ for general \water sup- cent. when : , ply give “applied to high presswre Engines. RUN WITH BELT a) Ol DIRECT FROM POWER, , All Sizes for all Duties. | 7) aS Our make of Pump is specially adapted to Mills in out of the way places, as they can be absolutely relied on, and occasion no vexatious stoppages for repairs. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE ON ANY POINT CONNECTED WITH PUMPS SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND STATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS, NORTHEY & COMPANY. vorner FRONT & PARLIAMENT STS, TORONTO, ONT: AW — A — NN FOR ANY PURPOSE ms WRITE TO US. > PARNER el echoes oie) | aa wert A ey . aati Veie ty ae CA a ~ , ttt a . ext! CANADA LUMBERMAN. _ STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, U.S ie : s MANUFACTURERS OF :. i ea es : if: ; ae é > EMERY WHEELS ND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years, enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC } Ogupuc MONTREAL SAW WORKS. - . . | F H ANDREWS & SON f *UEBES- | MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCLATION | Mowmeat, G. A. PONTBRIANT |... Soret. R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. A. R. WILLIAMS, : TORONTO. Dominion Saw Works! JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. NG ST. EAST, TORONTO, ONT, MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. ii Y i AN Se | i & Ky b- eral word Oe tt | 4 nals. os THURBERS ROYAL Anti¥riction Babbit Metal: IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, Emery Wheels, Files, , Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, ee eee Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe, &c. .| Prices on Application. pir ae PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. ee The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada SUBSCR IPTION ($2.00 PER ANNUM VOL. 6. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MARCH 1, 1886. NO. 5. FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUOTS. The importance of ‘Forestry and Forest Products ” is beginning to receive that recog- nition to which the subject is entitled. We have received from Mr. Douglas, the well- _ known bookseller of Edinburgh, a copy of a _ work recently published by him, bearing the title quoted above. The volume, edited by Messrs, John Rattray, M. A., B.Sc , and Hugh Robert Mill, B. Sc., is the result of the public spirit displayed by the promoters and managers of the Exhibition of Forestry held two years ago in Edinburgh. Prizes were offered by them for essays on matters connected with the science it was their purpose to illustrate and advance. Out of the material supplied by the successful competitors, the editors of this work have succeeded in producing one of the most valuable contributions to the literature of wood- craft, in all its ramifications, that perhaps was ever laid before the public, The volume is alike comprehensive and succinct, and will, when a few corrections have been made, un- doubtedly come to be regarded as invaluable _ text-books by the students in that School of Forestry which, sooner or later must inevitably be established. The subjects dealt with are ‘numerous and varied in their nature, and have deep interest not alone for botanists and experts ina knowledgs of trees, but for those who are ‘concerned in the development of the timber trade, and industries immediately connected a with that important branch of commerce. The __ work comprises essays on the formation of nur series and plantations, the utilization of forest products, the supply of timber, the ravages of forest insects, the present and prospective sources of the timber supplies of Great Britain, the growth of teak in India and Burmah; _ paper making from wood, and a “‘ monograph ” on the natural history and cultivation of the lacquer tree, by a Japanese gentleman who is chemist to the Imperial Geological Survey of __ his native land. Bearing in mind the fact that a Committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to collect facts and opinions, and that a scheme will probably be submitted to Parliament during the present session with a view to insure systematic instruction in scientific and practical forestry, it will be ad- mitted that the appearance of this volume is singularly opportune. With reference to the present and prospective gources of timber supplies of Great Britain, Mr. Robert Carrick, of Gefle, Sweden, has much to say in an elaborate essay on the sub- ject. On one point of peculiar interest he observes :— “Hewn and sawn yellow pine is a most ‘ description of timber, and when of the t grades is unrivalled for many purposes, ch ae house building and other wood-work. has been largely and continously imported country for over fifty years, and fully eo. re Te he 7 eke 5 ” eee ee equivalent substitute will be difficult to find. The White Sea red wood approaches nearest to it in- point of quality, but the latter, in addition to its smaller dimensions and greater knottiness, has other defects that diminish its value in comparison with the former. The quantity of hewn yellow pine received at the principal port from which we receive our supplies (viz., Quebec) was, in 1876, about 19,243,733 cubic feet, whereas, in 1883, it was but 11,108,557 cubic feet ; or taking average for the years 1871 to 1875 inclusive, it exceeded 14,000,000 cubic feet per annum : while for the last five seasons, 1879 to 1883 inclusive, it was but 8,412,654 cubic feet. On the other hand the supply of yellow pine deals to Quebec has not decreased in so pronounced a manner, for although in 1876 it reached 278,363 loads, and only 147,979 loads in 1883, the average of the last five years was 187,- 187 loads, against 238,731 loads on an average for the five years ending with 1880. Such figures, in conjunction with the history of the quantity exported of late years, bear abundant evidence to the fact that a diminished quantity is available for export to Europe.” Another matter of the highest moment is dealt with in this essay. In discussing the duration of the yellow pine forests of Canada in relation to the timber supply of this country, the writer remarks :— “The question is fast becoming one of but secondary importance to our timber consumers, as far as the lower qualities of the wood are concerned. In spite of the fact that prices have been steadily rising in Canada for the growing wood, and that a diminished supply has at the game time been brought to this country, the prices obtainable here at present, and for some years past heve left no commensurate profit to the exporters. The conclusion, therefore, to which a diminution in evport points is : that, except for a small quantity of prime yellow pine, a substitute for which cannot be found in Europe, Great Britain is economically unable to pay a price equivalent to what the United States can do, and must consequently be con- tent to see the latter country intercepting an ever-increasing proportion of this fine wood. To make this clear, reference may be made to the attempt which was made in connection with the last census of the American Republic to ascertain the quantity of mature yellow pine then existent in that country and ready for the axe. Professor Sargent, who had charge of this part of the census, reported in 1882 in these words: ‘The entire supply of white pine growing in the United States, and ready for axe, does not to-day greatly, if at all, exceed 80,000,000,000 feet ; and this estimate includes the small and inferior trees which, a few years ago, would not have been considered worth counting, The annual production of this tim- ber is not far from 10,000,000,000 feet, and the demand is constantly and rapidly increasing.” It is a reproach to the ‘‘Old Dominion” if the neglect of a due regard for the requirements of statistical science charged against the officials by Mr. Carrick, is really founded in fact. On this point he says :— “Ag tar aS we are aware, no systematic attempt has been made by the Canadian authorities to reduce to figures the available quantities of mature spruce now growing in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the immense forest belt before referred to, which lies between the Ottawa river basin in the west and Mingan in the east. All these districts, however, according to Mr. Joly, late Premier of the Province of Quebec, contain immense quantities of spruce, and it seems likely that there will be sufficient for many years’ home consumption, unless it be swallowed up by the United States, after the people of that territory have used up all their own yellow pine and spruce.” In further support of the opinion expressed regarding the abundance of timber, the essayist observes :— ‘““The immense area of nearly primeval forest possessed by British Columbia must also be referred to, because, although not directly of importance to the timber consumers of this country, it will in the future doubtless relieve the North of Europe from what would other- wise become a very heavy demand from our fellow-subjects That the requirements of Australia have already reached large proportions will be apparent from the fact that, with the exception of Great Britain, no country is now buying more Nor- wegian planed wood than the colonies of that continent. The most important tree in British Columbia is the Douglas fir.” It is gratifying to learn from an essay on ‘‘Paper Pulp from Wood, Straw and other Fibres, in the Past and Present,” by Mr. W. J. Stonhill, of London, editor of the Paper Trade Review, there are grounds for believing that in British possessions where the cultivation of sugar no longer forms a profitable branch of industry, another is likely to supersede it. He says :— “There is still a probability of the British sugar-growing possessions being of value as a field for the supply of paper stock. The fact that in 1884 capital is forthcoming to re-open the industry in Demerara—it failed in Jamaica —should remind the paper trade of the publicly expressed opinions of Thomas Routledge. In his early career, paper-makers were just as du- bious concerning the possibilities of esparto, yet its advantages are admitted on all sides, and but for its very low price in 1883 many mills would never have been able to tide over the al- most ruinous sudden advance in the cost of bleach, Fortunately esparto fell about £2 per ton (quoting from Ide and Christie’s circular), equalizing £4 per ton of paper produced, whereas the increased cost of bleach per ton of beneath the Southern Cross. | paper was a shade less, even at the high ‘scare price. This fact should induce paper-makers to be less reluctant to experiment in any direction where there is a large and regular supply fo neglected raw material containing a good fibre.” The economic aspect of the subject, has not been strongly dwelt upon by the writer, on the ground that it must be considered, when the question of the future staple material for paper comes under review. Mr. Stonhill’s concluding remarks on this branch of industry, however, deserve careful attention :— ‘*Tf the British paper trade is not to suffer severely, many authorities assert that it will be necessary to fall back upon some raw material of home growth, which can be supplied cheaply and in any quantity. Straw, and straw only, meets the requirements of the case. By Len- nings new chemical process for treating straw, the details of which are not made public, although its efficacy is vouched for by satisfac- tory authority, paper can be produced from straw which is hardly to be distinguished from that manufactured from cotton rags ; and it can be made from about £12 a ton, not taking into account the saving produced by recovery of the chemicalsemployed. This process is now being adopted at a large Kentish mill, and if the published cost of manufacture be correct, it cannot be doubted that the system must intro- duce great and most beneficial changes in the British paper trade.” Further notice of this useful and compendious volume must stand over to a future day. Mem- bers of the timber trade, and the public at large, however, will gather from a perusal of the foregoing remarks upon, and extracts from, its pages, that the work is of considerable im- portance as an aid to the correct understanding of forestry in all its ramifications.—Timber. Art and Design in Manufactures. At the late meeting of the Dominion manu- facturers’ association it was decided to offer three silver medals for competition in the art schools of the Province, for the purpose of en- couraging art design in relation to manufac- tures. At a meeting of the executive committee of the association, held yesterday afternoon, the schools and subjects were decided upon. ‘The first medal will be given for competition among the students of the Toronto school of art and design ; subject, best design in wall paper. The second medal will be offered to the- Hamilton school of art and design ; subject, best design of wrought-iron fence suitable for public buildings. The third medal will be offered to the London school of art and design ; subject, best desgn of mantel and over mantel in wood.— Tororto Mail, Tur Pullman Car Works pay $600 per thous- and feet for rosewood. ‘ “Ne a r THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE HENDERSON LUMBER CO. Limited ome UPPER OTTAWA The directors of the Upper Ottawa Improve- ment Company propose collecting for the year Red and white pine, bagirts aiesen and hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 ft, and do do 85 ft. and upwards in Tength.cssciesescscccsvvascoscecccacssss Aly Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and hemlock, square....... rire bacess any ff H. W I L L i A M S r] Oak, elm, and other hardwood, square or SLATEH & GRAVEL ROOFER THROUGH FORT WILLIAM BOOM, Saw logs, 17 ft, and under...............- 3 ‘a Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 ft. and rates :— THROUGH DES JOACHIMS BOOM. Saw logs, 17 ft. and under.........s0++..- I} Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 ft. and underZ5 ft. opp. a. u. onceee re newer. see do do 25 to85ft.long.......... 2b do do 35 ft. and upwards in MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN do do 25to 35 ft. long... .... 19 do do 365 ft. and upwards in length...... aes vsekudtneve ows e-secnmpitan ome Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 ft, and The Intario Canoe Co, Limited. under 2b ft long: arisslanietnie stereos meen S-15 <* i do do 26to85ft.long.......... 1-6 « | Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO ia) Ho) 0 a ae i cin, @ ater betwee aa ? ’ lerigetth ssidcacesoas Ath danced eee sees 4-15 «© | Oak, elm, or other bardwood, square or Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and flatted .2++-.-.-....40. rteresererseeees 6 hemlock, square ....... se evasesheacne pan tt THROUGH ALLUMETTE BOOM. ee v2 Oak, elm and other hardwood, square or Saw logs, 17 ft. and under...... »aSsneetee te 3 v s WR flatted .\visssssbreececseue Satentsvecas cere 8-5 Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce, and PASSING LAPASSE BOOM. hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 ft. and Saw logs 17 ft, and under.... ...+++.++ r+. 1-10 “ under 25 ft. long........ seve sabensaugeee ae Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 feet do do 25 ft. to35 ft. long...... 1% do do 85 ft. and upwards in ie — ; and under 25 ft. 1ong.....5..0.ccsesescesce 2-15 § length........ gin oe ae 5 -sanssbnecea ae tH = a get y a : en eae) do do 26 to 85 ft. long......... Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and ss = ee Se SS do do 85 feet and upwards in hemlock, square.........-++0. sana : Teas : ; Sa hy ee 2. Ono nee enn Oak, elm, and other hardwood, square or = - SaaS _ oS er Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and fintbod!. ..sces olen cdeee er Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent] oa, elm ant other hardwood, square os née 17 th cabune A Longitudinal Rib Canoes, Bass-| fiatted..........ccccccccseeeeeaes eaenve a ab bt white pine, Aachen & wood Canoes, Folding Canoes, | rHRovcH IPROVEMENTS IN MISSISSIPPI CHENAIL, hemlock, round or flatted, over 17 ft. and Paddles, Oars, Tents, etc., etc, CHATS RAPIDS AND QUIO BOOM OR ANY OF under 25 ft. long ........- venicees ae Gold Medal, London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. THEM. do do 25 to 35 ft. long........ 19 i, Ming! Se ROGERS, Saw logs, 17 fect and under ........... «. 7 i he do do 85 ft. and upwards in ) Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Cataloge. President and Managing Director. aE rae gamit barges ava “4 length sesesavveneetignv este te eteccneeenes QF designed to carry any amount of goods and chattels | 101 OC Foun OF Matted, over Ii it. an | Bed and white pine, tamarac, emcee Canoes for Lumbermen, and strongly built, made to order on short notice. under 25 ft. lONG.sseeeeeeeeeee sees teens 1} hemlock, square........ se0e-wuvay Py do do 2503865 ft.long...-cce... 19 Oak, elm, and other hardwood, square or do do 86 feet and upwards in fabted .:. wi 'i Oto 65 eee Cone 13 hemlock, square . se=.::.2n-s0sssspeumee aa = __ These Mlldogs I guarantee to give satisfaction in every case, 6 | A SS St ee Oak, elm and other hardwood, squaie or They will hold a frozen log as well as a soft one, for Cutting po eS) ee RMS See estes cree ae eae flatbed |... ac ecemes> cain herseh Cena « Ui = 5 Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and 3 é |) Scantling, Square Timber, &c, Those Dogs cannot be excelled, Rem Bek tae hoo ea ne er 4 ae This tariff of tolls, etc., was approved by jj 1 sell them all on their own merits, give ten or fifteen days trial, Oak, elm, and other hardwood, square or His Excellency the Governor General in Coun- )} and then, if not satisfactory, return them to my order, as I have finttedl. .. «oceevee Pra Pr ig. Ha ae teen, 6 «| cil, in pursuance of the Act 38 Vic., chap, 77 ‘no agents on the road this year, I will sell them at a reduced —— THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN LIMEKILN EDDY, | (1875), on Feb. 17th. price. Send for Circular and price list, Saw logs, 17 ft. and under ................ SC eee Ooo Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, made miserable that terrible cough. Shiloh’s Cure is the remedy under 25 ft, long..... mae ak nie Gee chm wee $ = Peterborough. do do 26 to 85 ft, long........ Sire bes Manufactured by HUGH GIBSON, CHATHAM. sxcELsior DoG. gO de Oe eee bod keen a miseranie ounore teeta length 2." Gepost Grane soqualatancn Ea a Bh oxox) supine ealidexmeata tam cinpeate rs best Red and white pine, tamarac, spruce and worse, ao ene to eat anyihing without s is 3 ‘ t ring, or do @& nD work. RENEW YO UR S UBSCRIPTION TO hemlock, square .--.. Risin Sh aho chiens cvs: 1 . panto, Saini tire Bests hope for me, and Oak, elm, and other hardwood, square or Si Pirin ES SS. Sco.) GO aetna Re ee i THROUGH THE BOOM BELOW THE OUTLET OF j HULL SLIDE, @ | Saw logs, 17 ft. and under................ 15 as well as I ha Evers, Leamington. Sold by J. MoKee, gist, Free trial bottles. HE GANA that I must surely die; when like a drowning man catching at a straw, I determined to give McGregor’s Speedy Cure a trial, 1 at once began to improve so ae tbat in two months I was ever been in my life—Wm.,. Heavy ~Saw-Mill Machinery Twin Engine \ (rear ‘Steam Feed © , Lath Machines. Self-Acting Box Board Machine. Portable aw-Mills. Seml-Portable Direct Action Clipper Saw-Mills, New Pattern Shingle Machine. Veneer or Cheese Box and Basket Saw-Mill Machinery. Stuff Machine. Log Turners. Saws of all the different styles. GANDY BELTING— Best and Cheapest Main Driver. EWART LINK BELT— For Elevating and Conveying of every conceivable kind about a Saw- Mil) and elsewhere. SAW GUMMERS, $8.0 up. SAW SWAGES. Fs Knight Patent Mill Dog. > Send for New Saw-Mill Circular No. 14 and New be Saw and Saw Furnishing Circular No. 12. . EASTERN OFFICE: — (i , F: Sw ee = — [54 St. James St., — = LSS Sees MONTREAL. — Waterou ‘ THE FIRST TRADE RETURNS OF THE / NEW YEAR. The Timber Trades Jaurnal of Feb. 13th ‘ says—Whatever our hopes, our wishes, and “an opinions in social life, in politics, orin trade, if the outside facts that bear uponthem will not ‘ _ adaptthemselyes to our theories, we have only to reconcile our ideas to the facts, and make the best we can ot them It was a pleasant anticipation that the new year was to bring us a revival of business. The depression in trade was to run itself out with the termination of 1885; and even men of experience and authority did not refrain from committing themselfes publicly to the opinion that the dawn of a better day was already breaking ere Christmas was well over our heads. “But what do we see now? Here are the Board of Trade returns for January before us, and they tell the same tale ofretrogression that was related of every month last year. 1885 was a year of declining trade all through in comparison of ’84, which itself was also a year of lessening busifiess. But this January, in our over sea trade, is nearly £8,000,000 be- hind the January preceding. There is, how- ever, one redeeming point in our estimation, and that is that the bulk of the falling away . has been in the import department, which has receded in the past month to the extent of £4,685,966. In our exports, if we include for- eign goods re-exported, the decrease is stated to be £1,181,637, total £7,867,603. Now, the aver- age decrease per month, last year, in the value of our exports, amounted to nearly £1,700,000, so that there was an appreciable check to the rate of diminution at least to the extent of 4 £50,000 last month, which is a sort of peg to oa hang a hope upon. And it is rather strength- ; ened by the con-current circumstance that the yolume of business done is almost as great asit was twelve months ago, but ata less valuation on account of the retrogression of prices ; from which it may also be argued that, although the eee is chiefly taken from the the wages Ss the people, it does not necessarily follow ’ _ that they are thereby thrown out of employ- ment. Ifthe same quantity of goods is turned _ out, the same labour, or nearly so, must be employed to produce them. The misfortune Js that the workmen have tosubmit to smaller y. Hence the strikes and lock-outs, When ; vv q rs * * an employer finds that he is undersoldin the market, though at his current price he is hard- ly, to use a homely phrase, “getting salt to his porridge,” he has no alternative but to reduce his expenditure or toclose his works, and the ready money outflow being that which pinch- es hardest, it is very naturally that which de- mands the first restraining hand. A constantly dimishing banking account, where a less and less balance is found with every returning Monday morning, is a state of things that cannot be trifled with, and one of the best masters in the world, like that poor unfortunate Frenchman, M. Watrin, at Dec- azeville, the other day, may, in trying to save his firm from ruin by reducing the people’s wages, become all at once as unpopular as if he had been a persecutor of them all his life long. In 1884 and 1885 our oversea trade decreased by about £77,000,000,export andimport together that is in two years. But last month it de- creased by £7,867,603 which is at the rate of £94,- 000,000 for one year. Sothat to those who re- gard our imports as the best standard of pros- perity this will be asevere shock, as five-sixths of the deficiency falls to the import depart- ment. On the other hand it may be fairly argued that a suspension of certain imports is a good ground for hope of a trade revival. When stocks here are allowed torun off before a general replenishing comes forward, asharp reaction may be expected to occur, as the de- mand will then exceed the supply, and we can always get goods from abroad when we want them. But the decay of ourexport trade offers us no consolation of that sort. Foreign tariffs and foreign competition with our manufactur- ers are increasing as shown by the statistics, which are constantly coming forward in the daily papers and the leading class journals. The importation of Spanish lead, for instance has almost annihilated that industry at home, as we learn from Tron, of last week, and now it seems they are sending hematite pig-iron in- to Staffordshire cheaper than it can be manu. factured on the spot. They have long been ac- customed tu send the ore here, which is really good, and was used both in the Welsh and in the north-country iron works; but ina crude form of manufacture they now presume. to dare our ironmasters to compete with them, and the result may be most disastrous to that important British industry. Not very long ago it will be remembered by buyers, that lead was worth over £20 per ton, and 30,000 people were said to be employed in our lead mines. But the Spaniards found by a few experiments that they couldsend their lead into England at a much less price, and do well by it, and the export from Spain to this country now is near 100,000 tons per annum. The most of our lead mines are consequently closed, while those re- maining are said to be working without profit and employing but few people. It is true the price has come down to £1215s., and the Span- ish lead is offered at 10s. less. But, wherever the benefit of this reduction goes, the consum- er shares very little of it, as the price of lead- en pipes and fittingsin tbe building trade ap- pears to be very little reduced ; so that a whole Brltish industry is asserted to have been sacri- ficed for no appreciable benefit to the public at large. And the worst is that the iron trade is now threatened in much the same way, as the cases are precisely simiiar. For it is self-evi- dent that if the Spanlsh ironmasters can offer rich hematite pig cheaper than the Cleveland masters, there is nothing to prevent them from turning that branch of the iron trade away from our mining districts, just as they have done with their lead. We shall only remark on this topic that with so many people clamouring for employment among us, it must be well worth the careful study of our rulers to try and find how best such a state of things may be remedied, and that with as little deley as possible. The tim- ber trade may have some trifling benefit from the cheapening of lead, but it is likely to be much more damaged by the ruinit has brought on astandard national industry. To sum up the Board of Trade general returns, they amount to this: that our imports for January were valued at £25,501,930, as against £31,903,003 last year as same date; and our exports were to the amount of £17,212,- 781, against £18,109,525 in 1885. Of the timber trade importation at this early period it is not customary to take much ac- count, but as we have to exhibit the returns as they come out, afew words may not be in- appropriate onintroducing them. The state of this interest for the past month, as regards importation, sympathizes with the general returns, in exhibiting a decrease in | v s Engine Works Co,, Brantford and Winnipeg comparison of the same month in either of the two preceding years. But when. we consider the sort of weather which has pre- vailed, we are more surprised that so much has come forward than so little. As cus- tomary at this period of the year, the arrivals of hewn timber exceed those ofsawnand split, but altogether the quantity that came intothe United Kingdom during January only amount_ ed to 104,854 loads, against 135,903 last year, and 137,941 loads in 1884. Of staves there is some increase, but of mahogany, also, the quantity imported is smaller by several cargoes; and nothing has yetcome forward to interfere to any appreciable extent with the stocks already In the hands of the dealers. The severity of the weather up to the present date is likely to put back the Norway spring trade by at least a fortnight, which will be favourable to the holders of stock at home, and is likely to en- able them t< get clear of their winter storage at fair prices before the shipping ports are in full business for the coming season. The role is to furnish information from which our readers can draw their own conclu- sions. But the old precept may occasionally be suggested “‘It is good to make hay while the sun shines,’ and to part with your timber goods when you can get a fair profit on them, at all events, the chance is very likely to oceur during this and the next month; but aiter that the shrewdest calculator may find himself all at sea. No one ean safely predict what turn the trade will take when all the ports of the Gulf of Bothnia and those ofour Canadian possessions are clear of ice, and their shipping season fairly begun, which, from a trading point of view, may as yet be rather a remote contingency. But we may reasonably expect that there will be a good deal of business dong in Norway, and the lower ports of the Baltic, before May comes round. Let ushope that another month will exhibit the trade as visibly improving. ——— ee WEsT’s Pain King works like a charm in re- lieving pain in the stomach, all bowel difficul- ties and cholera. No traveller shoule be with- out it. Should always be in the bouse, Oost but 25 cents. Sold by J. D. Tully, Druggist, —_—— > WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloch’s Cu: ¢ will give give immediate relief Price 10 cts* 60 cts. and $1 For sale by Ormond & Walsbkf druggists, Peterborough. if A OHANGE. rade, but will not take anybody by surprise, or some time past. jherefore established some claim to resign jusiness duties after such a long spell of com- ond altering the title of the firm, which will in ‘uture be Browning & Co., will bring about no her change, the business being continued by Mott, and Mr. J.G. Drummond. We under- a ecuring larg3 proportions of some of the lead- ng stocks in Canada, We wish the firm under 8 new arrangement every success, and hope hat the time will be favorable for them in the rosecution of their large and increasing trade, Timber Trades Journal. a SS ES LUMBER LEFT OVER. The Lumbermuns’ Gazette says:—A state nent of the amounts of lumber on hand, logs i nd the intended cut of 1886, has been issued by . §. Hotchkiss, secretary of the Lumber fanufacturer’s Association of the N orthwest. orts made by manufacturers only and supple- inted by_estimates in about a dozen instances, here reports could not be obtained from odividuals. probable that 10 per cent. added for admis- ons would no more than cover the multitude small operators from whom no reports were btained, but in one instance, at least, his figures re greatly in excess of what they should be, e places the amount of lumber over in 1885 on 1e Saginaw river at an even 100,000,000 feet 10re than was reported by the manufacturers othe Lumberman’s Gazette for the statement ‘mblished January 6th, this year, and there is ‘bout the same excess in the amount for 1884. ‘he amount of lumber reported on hand on the aginaw river in 1884 was 449,000,000 feet, and he amount reported on hand at the close of 885 was 329,000,000, including vmount sold, ome 68,000,000 feet, and the amount held for he car trade, some 60,000,000 feet. We give he totals of the amount on hand in the differ- nt states of the northwest, for what they may a worth, hoping there is nct such an excess at ther points as on the Saginaw river :— LUMBER CARRIED OVER. 1884, 1885. Aichigan, lower Peninsula.... 1,540,303,201 1,265, 244,526 fichigan upper Peninsula.... 101,028,201 143,655,800 | Visconsin..... 814,179,564 916,221,775 Minnesota .... 515,068,000 515,162,000 | owa (Mississip- || pi river)..... 327,175,000 323,630,639 | Minois (Missis- || sippi river)., 75,650,000 62,200,000 fissouri (Miss- issippi river). 57,000,000 99,000,000 Total......0. 3,450,404,365 3,325, 105,690 LOGS FOR 1886. i The statement gives the amounts of logs left er and the intended cut of 1886 at the various ints, and suggests very properly that allow- nce must be made for the operations of out- ide parties who are not mill owners and have ot reported. There are comparatively few of hem in Michigan, but they abound in Wiscon- n and Minnesota, and the Mississippi river sills depend upon such operations largely for heir supplies, Following are the reports :— The circular announcing the retirement of | tr. Henry White Castle, from the old-estab- | shed firm of Browning, Castle & Co., of Ab- | urch Yark, is already in the hands of the| ‘he contemplated dissolution having been known | i Mr, Castle was connected | vith the firm for the past 24 years, and has| ‘nercial activity. The retirement, however, be | } Missouri .... .« eld over, logs put in 1884-5, the cut of 1885 | he figures, it is stated, were obtained from re- | The secretary’s statement says it | Logs over Intended 1886, cut, 1886. fichigan, lower peninsula...,. 236,450,000 2,944,500,000 fichigan, upper peninaula.... 89,370,000 480,000,000 Visconsin...... 281,333,000 — 1,511,950,000 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Minnesota..... 55,684,800 535,523,300 Towa mills (Mis- sissippiriver.. 116,519,670 141,000,000 Tllinois mills(Mis- sissippi river. . 27,845,231 26,000,000 ! Missouri Mills | (Miss. river).. 12,070,480 24,500,000 Totals........ 819,273,206 5,561,473,300 The total amount of logs over in 1884 in the | states named was 1,266,066,176. LUMBER MANUFACTURED IN 1885. The report of lumber and shingles manufac- I tured in 1885 in the states named is undoubted- ly somewhat below the total cut of the year. Many small mills exist at outside points the pe rewauting partners) in the nsual way. | products of which can not well be obtained. [hese will be Mr, W. Browning, Mr. H. A. | The report of Secretary Hotchkiss gives the | and the firm have already made their usual | following figures to which he suggests an ad- ‘Yuebee purchases, following the plan which uring the past few years they have adopted of | Michigan, lower dition of 10 per cent:— Lumber, Shingles. peninsula.,.. 2,985,493,097 2,350,627,000 | Michigan, upper peninsula.... 545,264,589 188 587,000 Wisconsin ..... 1,884,814, 753 1,051, 604,350 [Minnesota ..... 882,053,908 338,573,080 i Towanue ieee 550,509,432 226,018,000 | Illinois ...... .. 134,200,000 29,689,750 48,656,000 18,300,000 4, 203,399,180 7,0302901,779 MICHIGAN HARDWOODS. It is a very common thing to find in the columns of the contemporary press, says the Michigan 7radesman, exhaustive articles depre- cating the rapid destruction of the pine timber | in northern Michigan, accompanied by startling statistics showing that, at the present rate of denudation the supply of pine will be practical- ly exhausted in a few years. While in many instances these statistics and conclusions are very wide. of the mark, there is pith in the main idea underlying them, and ample material for reflection. But the apostles of forestry in their eagerness to inveigh against the wholesale conversion of pine forests into lumber, too often overlook a species of waste which is infinitely more mischievous than the operations of the pine industry, viz., the waste of hardwoods by the logging operations of settlers, If this des- truction were confined to legitimate lumbering processes the case would at least have mitiga- ting features. But in many instances the waste is purely wanton; and wanton waste is under all circumstances to be deplored. The soil which grows hardwood timber is well known to be richer, and more perfectly suited for agricul- tural purposes, than that on which pine is commonly found. Forthis reason the hardwood lands suffer most severely from the hands of the settler. The fact that the ultimate value of Michigan hardwoods is but imperfectly, and not generally, understood, also favors the des- truction. The average settler knows that the immediate revenue to be derived from his hard- wood lands will be greater if he brings them under cultivation than if he leaves the forests inviolate ; hence he proceeds to get rid of the timber as quickly as possible, by gathering into log-heaps and reducing it to ashes. The exigencies of agriculture, of course, are not to be ignored. It is absolutely necessary that a certain proportion of the land should be cleared and placed under cultivation. But American farmers too often labor under the mistake that the measure of successful hus- bandry is in the area of land under tillage. Many of them have yet to learn that a small farm, well cultivated, may be made more profit- able than a large faim carelessly cultivated ; and that it would be true economy to clear a much smaller proportion of their hardwood lands than is customary, leaving the timber on the remainder to increase in value, as it Will in- evitably do in the near future. Northern Michigan possesses magnificient possibilites (which can be realized if she hus- bands her resources) for the manufacture of hardwood products. Situated in the central portion of the vast northwest, between two great inland seas, which afford easy and cheap transportation to the markets both of the east and west, her facilities for the profitable dis- posal of her wares are all that can ke desired. Her forests abound in an excellent variety of woods suitable for manufacture, and her num- erous streams, flowing through the heart of the hardwood regions, afford cheap and abundart power for manufacturing purposes, In short, the natural advantages of northern Michigan for wood manufacture are unsurpassed, and only await the enlistment of extensive capita and enterprise to raise them to an important position, Already the good work has begun. Handle factories, bowl mills, spoke and hub factories, basket factories, etc, have been established at various points with favorable re- sults. But the development of these industries is yet in an incipient stage. For the full real- ization of the manufacturing possibilities of northern Michigan, we must look to the future. A large proportion of the smaller class of articles manufactured from hardwoods, now comes from Maine and other New England states. There is no good reason why the mar- kets of the west and northwest should not be supplied from the vast reserve of raw materials lying at their thresholds; and they certainly will be so supplied in the not distant future, if the settlers of northern Michigan do not, in the meantime, render such a result impracticable, by the wanton destruction of the vast tracts of forest wealth which are indispensable to the establishment of an extensive manufacturing system in the line of hardwood products. MODERN LUMBERING. A correspondent writing from Otsego Lake, Mich., to the Detroit Free Press, furnishes the following interesting account of lumbering operations thereabout :— This place presents a sense of more than ordinary business activity this winter. Twenty- five lumber camps are in operation, the suppl es for which come here. There will be about 100,: 000,000 feet of logs ‘‘banked” by these 25 camps. The extent of the lumber operations of Mich- igan are understood or appreciated by very few ; what it means to be a lumberman at the present time differs materially from that of twenty, or even ten years ago. There is probable no busi- ness that has made more rapid advance or has seen greater improvements in the mode of oper- ating than lumbering. Only a few years ago the best pine standing away from a stream was of little value, the only method of marketing logs being the “‘ drive” down the stream ; now, railroading in connect- ion with any large lumbering operation is considered a necessity and by this means the most remote tracts of pina are brought into the market. A lumberman twenty years ago was a man who went into the woods in the early fall with a crew of men, rarely numbering 50, built his camps, surveyed and cut out his log-roads, leading to the inevitable stream where his logs were to be hauled and banked. These oper- ations he superintended himself, often remain- ing in the woods the entire winter and only coming out with the drive at the mouth of the stream late in the spring. The logs were then turned over to the mill owner and either sawed on shares or purchased outright. The mill men and the lumbermen were as distinct a clase as the farmer and the owner of the grist mill who ground his grain. It was necessary for the woodsmen simply to understand his part of the profession ; the mill men then took the logs, manufactured the lumber and again turned over their product to the eastern dealer, who conducted the mercantile part of placing the lumber on sale. Now, to be a successful lumberman, means that aman must have more requirements than for almost any other business. As nearly all heavy lumbering operations are conducted with a railroad, he must understand railroading. Several plants in this state are now operating from twenty to thirty miles of well constructed and ballasted track, with good rolling stock. He must be a thorough woodsman, for upon his own judgment of the quality and quantity of the pine it will yield he purchases large tracts of land. He must understand the river work, and know when his interests are properly ser- ved on the drives, and that his logs may not be hung-up ere the flood subsides. He owns his own mills; he must therefore be a mechanic mechinist, and as this is very important he must be a good one, He must be a navigator and a vessel owner, as after manufacturing his lumber he transports it in his own monster — steam barges to his yards in the east. As he requires large quantities of supplies he raises them himself, and some of the model farme of Michigan. are owned and conducted by the lumbermen. He is therefore a farmer. He must, furthermore, be a close observer of hu- man nature, understanding and being able to control large bodies of men, for the heavy lum- ber firms of this state have in their employ from 500 to 1,500 men each. To control and manage them successfully requires a diplomat. How successfully this is done one illustratiou will show. Messrs. Henry Stephens & Co. are extensive lumbermen at St. Helen, Roscommon county. From one of the proprietors the follow- ing facts were obtained. There are at present employed 400 men. Of this number 150 have been in their employ over six years, 25 over 10 years, 15 over 15 years, 10 over 20 years, and five for over 30 years. In these days of change and dissatisfaction, strikes and lock-outs the above figures are indeed refreshing, and there are many- other firms whose records would prove equally complimentary to employer and men. There is no term that implies a greater knowledge of business methods, of a greater diversity and development of abilities, than the modern ‘‘ lumberman.” eee ee eee ee MECHANISM OF A TREE. A tree receives its nourishment from the roots. These correspond to the mouth in the human frame. Now, as in the human frame the nourishment received is, after being sup- plied to the blood, exposed to the operation of air in the lungs before it is fit to give material to the body; so in a tree, the nourishment taken in at these tree mouths, the roots, passes to the lungs of the tree, and there, by contact . with the air, is rendered fit to supply fresh material to the tree. These tree lungs are the leaves. This operation is affected by the pas- sage upward from the soil around the roota, through the trunk, the branches, and every twig of the tree to the leaves, of a large quan- tity of water, containing in solution the nutri- ment for the tree. Arrived at the leaves, a process takes place which separates, by means of contact with the air, the most of the water- the roots had taken ia from the valuable nutri- ment, and throws off, in vapor, the surplus water into the air. At this time certain constituent portions of the air are utilized and mingled with the nourishment retained. This is all, now a small portion in comparison with. - what had arisen from the roots, yet retaining - enough water to serve as a vehicle back, re- turned towards the roots, depositing in its way, in leaf, bark and root, what is needed there for the growth of thetree. In these they undergo, especially in the bark, further fitting and de- gesting processes before they assimilate with the substance of the tree. The water which . was retained to carry them down, being no longer needed, passes out at the roots. . . In the back of the leaf are numegous stomates or mouths. . . Of the extent of the provision made for evaporation by the leaves, some ides may be formed from a consideration of the number of stomata or stomates to be found in the leaves of plants, The number varies in different plants, for which variation a reason - may be found in the different conditions of growth to which they are subjected in their several natural habitats. In the back of the leaf of the apple tree there are about twenty- . four thousand stomates to the square inch, In the leaf of the lilac there are one hundred and sixty thousand of them to the square inch. In- the leaves of the cherry laurel there are none on the upper surface of the leaf, but ninety — thousand have been counted on the lower sur- face.—Exchange. A Washington Treasury Decision. Wasuincton, Feb 17.—The Treasury De- partment has declined to grant the request for permission either to resaw in bond certain lum- . ber imported from Canada, or to export for a drawback, under 3,019 of the revised statutes — the lumber re-sawed shi the payment of tha duty. — ] : 7 : A MYSTERIOUS FIRE. Ina former article on the subject of lubricat- ing machinery we refer to some of the villianous compounds that were sold under the name of lubricating oils. In this case only the damage to machinery was considered, This, however, is not all the danger that grows out of the use of those adulterations, Illuminating oils, with the adulterations that are put upon the market are still worse, for while only the damage to machinery may arise from the adultrations of lubricating oils, the danger to life and property from illuminating oils is still greater. The dis- “covery Of petroleum is no doubt one of the blessings of the present age, and when honestly and properly prepared, is the best for illumin- ating purposes of anything we haye outside of gas, but the rascally mixture of benzine and other inflammable substances that are put up- on the market is a fruitful cause of nine-tenths of the accidents that occur. A fellow with no - character, knowledge or principal, goes into the oil trade ; his stock consists of a barrel of ben- zine, a barrel of kerosene oil, a few pounds of rosin or some other stuff: to give it body, and then advertise a new illumiuating oil, made up- on scientific principles, and warranted to give a brighter light and stand a high fire test, and no danger of explosion, etc., and cheaper than any oil ever put on the market. He will pour some of it into a shallow dish, and drop a burning match into it to satisfy his customers that it will not explode and in this way people are humbugged into buying a compound that is more dangerous than gunpowder. It is well known to any who has given this subject any attention, that even clear benzine, when put into a hollow dish, will not explode ; it will burn rapidly, but is easily put out by throwing a cloth over it ; but when it is confin- edin a tight vessel, only partly filled, then is the time when it becomes dangerous, for the gas which if generates, from the volatile nature of it, s00n fills the can, and if the cork is removed and it comes in contact with fire, it will explode like dynamite, and is about as dangerous to have it around. Even the best oil needs care, for it is impossible, with all the care that can be had in refining, to entirely deprive it of volatile mat- ters, that will generate gas if left standing in a warm place. A lamp that has been used in the evening’and stood over night, partly full of oil, - shonld never be lighted in the morning without allowing the gas to escape. Blowing out lamps in the evening is another practice that should never be indulged in ; the air that is blown down the chimney is often forced down the tube, carrying the blaze with it, and if the oi] should happen to be low, an explosion is likely to take place. The only safety is by buying nothing bnt the best, no matter about the price, a few cents on a gallon of oil is a small matter when compared to the destruction of life and pro- perty that almost every day occurs from the careless use of kerosene oil, Kindling the fire in the morning with kerosene is another prac- tice that has cost many lives and a great des- truction to property ; and if Bridget must light the fire with kerosene oil, by pouring it out of the can, impress upon her mind the oil must be poured upon the wood, and the can corked up and put away before the match is lighted, Kerosene oil is not the only element of danger that we have in our factories and dwellings to guard against. There are many other fruitful sources that are entirely overlooked, that cause must of the mysterious fires. The careless use of matches is one “constant source of danger ; not but which the matches may be harmless enough in themselves, if left alone, put when dropped upon the floor of a wood shop, covered with shavings, or in a barn where hay and straw is cattered about, if step- ped on or picked up by mice, they become one of the sources of mysterious fires, It is well known that rate and mice will carry off matches for the phosphorus which they contain, and of which they seem to be fond ; but if one of them ignites while Mr, Rat is endeavoring to extract the phosphorus, he never stops to sound the alarm of fire, but takes himself off to some place of safety, and as no fire has been usedjin the build- ing it is considered a clear case of incendiarism, but Mr. Rat is the last one to be suspected of being the incendiary.. Spontaneous combus- tion is another cause of mysterious fires, that are put down as incendiary, but I believe that nine-tenths of them are from this cause, That there are some fires that can be traced to incendiarism there is no doubt, but I am not willing to believe that mankind are so depraved as to be guilty of all the arts of incendiarism that are laid to their door, Vapors arising from volatile matter take fire with less heat than many suppose, A steam pipe running through a box of pine saw dust has been known to take fire several times, and the heat of the steam was probably never over 300, the inflammable vapor that was destilled out of the turpentine containedin the saw dust furnished in the means of ignition, Oily rags or cotton waste used around ma-| chinery, and saturated with oil,is another fruit- ful cause of mysterious fires, that occur where no fireis used. The statistics show that a great majority of the fires that take place in manu- facturing establishments happen between Sat urday night and Monday morning, and as it is the custom in al] well regulated mills to require the operatives to clean up their machines .on | Saturday afternoon, unless the oil waste used f i 1 -| or that purpose is carefully collected and re- | P. J.B, Two large saw mills are to be built on Cas§ selman’s farm, near Katrine, to cut lumber for the firm of Flatt & Bradley. The pine around Doe Lake is said to be sufficient to last twenty moved to some safe place, the chances are that | before Sunday night, fire may be generated from | spontaneous combustion. In a discussion of this subject a few years ago in order to satisfy ourselves on this subject, we made a number of experments with different | We found that cot- | ton waste that had been used in cleaning ma- | fibrous substances and oil. chinery, and well saturated with oil, when covered up with iron turnings and dirt, which| } : | ployed ; in the one camp alone—that of which James Taylor is foreman—there are nineteen partially uncovered and a portion of it is ex- | §©2™8- The depot for supplies is Wood Lake is found under the laths of all machine shops, took fire so as to smoke in two hours, and when | posed to the air it burns up freely until the waste is all consumed. When saturated with linseed | oil it took fire much sooner, Some painters were at work in a house where | ; ‘ | the contract for supplying the above camp with a portion of the wood work was being finished in oil, and rags rubbing it were thrown into | a closet. At noon, when all the workmen were absent to their dinner except one, who happen- | | hurst.—Banner, ed to have his dinner with him, and while sit- ting in the room adjoining the closet, discover- | Upon opening the door | for the N. & P. J., returns next week from | Bracebridge and Huntsville, where he has smoke issuing from it. he discovered the rags on fire, which blazed up lively, until the timely application of a few pails of water, which as good luck would have it were near at hand. The fire was extinguish- ed with but little damage, whereas if the build- | ing had been left alone at the time, or the fire broke out at night, in all probability it would | have been consumed, and another mysterious | fire would have been recorded, ‘‘ probably the | work of an incandiary.” Another case of spontaneous ignition occurred in a store. A bottle of olive oil was spilled upon the floor, a quantity of saw dust was thrown over it to soak it up. The sun happen- ed to be shining in upon it at the time, and in less than an hour it took fire. In planing mills where the machinery is| scarcely ever cleaned up, I will admit that] ; | be used when chiidren are cutting teeth. It re- there is little danger for greasy waste being thrown around, but there is that is quite as dangerous as waste. The fine dust that collects around and under the ma- chines becomes saturated with oil and grease, together with the villainous compounds, under the name of lubricated oils, and as they scarce- ly ever are cleaned up they are only waiting for favorable conditions to develop into a first class fire. The statistics of the insurance department in most states show the average time for planing mills, sash and door factories, furniture factor- ies to burn in eight years ; while foundries, ma- chine shops, black smith shops and other work- ing establishments is about twenty. Now why is itso many wood-working establishments is burned up? There is no reason why a planing mill should burn anymore than any other shop, if proper precaution is taken. It is true that there is a great deal of combust- able matter in and around it, but even that is no good reason why they should burn up so of- ten. With the improved devices for taking away the shavings and dust, a planing mill ‘can be kept asclean as any other shop, and if the machines were brushed off and the accumu- lations of dust and grease scraped off every day | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. an element | there would be but little danger from that source, Most of the mills that are built at the present time are well protected frora fire, #0 far as the engine is concerned, with fire-proof shaving room, but with all the care that may be bestow- ed upon these two important parts of the mill unless proper precaution is taken to keep the machines free from those accumulations of of grease and dust, mysterious fires will still con- tinue to break out when they are least expect ed, and planing mill owners will be obliged to continue to pay double the insurance which they ought to pay.—[O. RB. Tompkirs, M. E., in Journal of Progress. NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO. Year by year the operations of the lumber- men in Muskoka are becoming less and the pine limits are decreasing or rapidly disappear- ing.—Herald. A man named Dennis, of Detroit, has taken his mill machinery to Lynch Lake, Joly town! ship, where he intends cutting birch lumber for He will ship by the N, & the Toronto market, years—if not too rapidly consumed, Messrs. R, & G. Strickland, of Lakefield, are carrying on a large lumbering business in Oak- They have four camps in ley this winter. operation in which forty-four teams are em- camp, presided over by Mr. R, Kail. Mr, Alex, Moffatt, their managing clerk, lives here, and fills the position to the entire satisfaction of the company. Mr. Ketching, of Draper, has oats, pork, flower and other provisions. Mr. Jackson Foster is engaged to assist Mr. Ketch- ing in teaming in the supplies from Graven- Mr. Martin, the timber and lumber inspector been looking after the erection of the fine | station buildings nearly completed at those points, to lay out the work for the Burk’s Fall’s station.— Arrow. ee ‘““What Say You to a Piece of Roast Reef and Mustard ?” Well, there is much to: be said. The question being asked of the banqueter at the average boarding house, calls up reminiscences of close contiguity to the horns, and -beefsteak three cuts south thereof. He, of course, will pass unless it occurs to him that he needs a hinge for his trunk. Should. there be any suf- fering the effects of an indulgence in such sinu- ous fare, use McGregor’s Speedy Cure, a sure and effectual remedy for dyspepsia, constipation and affectlons of the stomach and liver. Sold | by J- McKee: Trial bottles free. ———_______. Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupshould always lieves the little sufferer at once ; it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as “ bright as a button,” Itis very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea. wheth- er arising from teething or other causes. 25 cts a bottle. Besure and ask for ‘“‘Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup,” and take noother kind. ———_—_—__—___ Perhaps the most extraordinary that success has been achieved in modern science has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted," while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record acure at all. Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King street west, Toronto, Canada, and enclose a stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.—Montreal Star. lyl22, J. K. POST & CO. LUMBER MERCHANT And Shipping Agente. OSWHGO, N.Y. The American Hotel, BARRIE, ONT. Collier St., Adjoining Marke RATES REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS, Lf Every accommodation for Commercial LUMBERMEN. W. D. McDONALD, Proprietor, J. T. LAMBERT, Lumber and Commission Agent. ORDERS FOR DIMENSIONS AND ALL OTHEE KINDS AND GRADES OF American Lumber PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Timber Limits and the Square Timber Trade a Specialty. Office, Wellington Street, OTTAWA. i1tf Johnston’s Fluid Beef aR BEE = The nourishing, palatable and warmth giving qualities of Johnston’s Fluid Beef has caused invaluable preparation to before a favorite fashionable beverage for the winter season. 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All communications, orders and remittances should be addressed and made payable to THE PETERBOROUGH REVIKW PRINTING AND PuBLIsHING Company (LIMITED), Peterborough, Ont. Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LumsprMan, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishersa week before the date of the next issue. The Canapa LumBErMAN is filed at the Offices of Massrs Sivurt Deacon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, Ont, MAR. 1, 1886, Tur Chicago & Grand Trunk railway recently purchased of White & Henener, Lapees, Mich., 165,000 feet of choice black walnut lumber, and shipped it to Port Huron for use in car building. Tan William Hamilton Manufacturing Com- pany, of Peterborough, has ready for shipment tothe Royal Planing Mill Company, of New \ Westminister, British Columbia, two mills and | one engine, ordered January 11th. The boilers are 42 inches in diameter and the engine 16x20. _ Itis aiso filling an order from New York state ' for saws. | LLuMBER men report, according the Kingston » News, that the quantity of railway ties taken ‘ out along the line of the Kingston and Pem- 1 broke railway, this season, has been very large, { while considerably less hemlock lumber has been cut this year than last. Cedar posts are 4 a drug upon the market, as the supply greatly exceeds the demand, Bravcr, P, Q., lumberers complain of the absence of sufficient snow for their operations. The following are the approximate numbers of saw-logs that are being taken out this winter on the Chaudiere river and its tributaries :—Mr, John Breakey, 200,000; Mr. Hall, 100,000; ‘ Mr. Crawford, 100,000; Mr. Cahill, 30,000; [ Mr. A. Beaulieu, 30,000; total, 460,000, Hk last issue of the London Economist i motices among new companies in Britain, ! Miller’s Tanning Extract Co., Limited.—Issue 1 of 8,000 shares of £10 each, of which 2,000 I shares, fully paid, are allotted to the vendors. | the business of Messrs. J. & J. Miller & Co., the inventors and original makers of tanning , extracts. The price to be paid for the business, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. — A TELEGRAM from Duluth, on Lake Superior, states that the Duluth Lumber Company has contracted to ship 30,000,000 feet of lumber to Chicago by lake, most of which is to find a west and southwest market. The roads west enough to pay for the lake freight from Duluth to Chicago, thus depriving the railroads leading southwest from St, Paul from getting this busi- ness with the high tariff. Last year 5,000,000 feet of lumber was shipped from Duluth to Saginaw by water and nearly 1,000,000 bushels of wheat to Milwaukee. —————Ee Can England produce good axes? This seems to be a question over which there is some dispute. A correspondent of the [vr onmonger recently critizes severely those of English make, and is somewhat curious to know what Ameri- can manufacturers would think of having five- twelfths of their product returned as worthless. One of the English journals thinks that the case is not so bad ag stated in the Jronnonger, and that their tool makers and inventors need only know that a strong and perfect axe is wanted for the Colonial market, for which a higher price than the average one will be paid, to set themselves to work to take the wind out of the sails of their American cousins. Tax Bobcaygeon Independent says:—Mr. J. o M. Irwin, lumberman, has had trouble with diphtheria, And one of his shanties near Hal- iburton, a man became ill, and went home. The report was circulated that he had diphtheria and though it was afterwards proven that it was not, ascare took possession of the shanty and a number of men and teams left. As the men and teams left without notice, and as Mr. Irwin considered without sufficent cause, and demoralised the shanty, he declined to pay them. Timothy Crowley and some others entered ac- tion against Mr. Irwin at Peterboro. An ar- rangement was arrvied at with all except Crowley and the magistrate dismissed the cases with the exception of Crowleys. ‘This is yet to be heard as time is required to obtain witnesses. His claim is for $40. [This case is also ,with- drawn. | THE SALE OF TIMBER. The following table shows the amount and value of the timber sold at the office of the Quebec Provincial Government during the past year ;— Lots. Price, January ....... ROAR Atty!) $ 9,335 00 Mebnuary.e cnt ceieticiectets 11,122 8,767 00 MIEN Goa Go i heiionce ... 12,783 11,028 90 AMDT a aat sete Slesisicomaemllsore, 9,777 10 Migiy sti tear corse ak tants 11,441 10,231 30 VUNG rack csaerk eaten en 11,203 9,339 30 Dullycn ce Racer eeenies 7,479 5,382 20 August ...... Scene Bete 55,444 80 September .........0+ 13,940 11,750 30 Ontobersiccaccstmecese . 14,281 10,076 00 November....... Shades wop7ie. 10,629 90 December ........-.-+» 11,881 9,840 20 Total! ses sewer bowou8 $112,601 50 THE EXPORT DUTY. Tur removal of the United States import duty on lumber is still so remote a contingency that the question of increasing the export duty on logs has not lost interest, and may still be considered apart from the contengency referred to. The Ottawa Free Press, having interview- ed the Commissioner of Customs, returns to the subject. It represents the Commissioner, in the interview, as saying that it was almost im- possible to collect the export duty. The Free Press drops its former contentions entirely, and wisely does so, and relies now altogether upon the alleged difficulty of collecting the duty. The chief difficulty—the one on which great- est stress is laid—is thus stated by the Free Press :— ** Until the lumber crosses the line of demar- cation it is in Canndian territory, and cannot be held for duty, so that the service of collect- ing this duty if strickly followed up would be far in excess of what could be collected.” If the logs could not be held for duty until they were into the centre of thelake, and there ; and southwest of Chicago are to give rebate was no other remedy, the difficulty would be great, But has it not occurred to the Free Press that vessels going to the Uuited States are re- quired to take out clearances, and that the reg- ulations is inforced? The United States lum- bermen who export logs from Canadian terri- tory are owners of limits in Canada, and, were the Government to take up the mutter earnest- ly, a way would be found of enforcing the law, and of compelling them to respect the laws of this country. The small quantity of logs that have heretofore been exported was not of suffi- cent importance to attract a great deal of atten- tion, and the export duty may not have been enforced as it should have been. If the Com- missioner is correctly reported in the Free Press it has not been. But when logs are exported wholesale, and Canadian lumbermen are placed at a disadvantage in their own country, to the advantage of foreigners; and when the coun- try is losing largely through another country receiving the benefits connected with the man- ufacturing of her logs into lumber, the matter can no longer be ignored and it becomes of such importance that it merits the most careful at tention of our rulers. Since writing the above we have received a communication from the Customs Department, in answer to a letter sent there, which puts a different face on the alleged interview and makes the alleged difficulty in collecting the ex- port duty simply an idea of the Free Press. The letter concludes as follows :— ‘* As respects the export duty, I can only say that is the law is to collect the same atone dollar per thousand feet upon all logs of pine or spruce, and that the officers of Customs have the most particular instructions with reference to this as well as all other duties; and I have no reason to suppose that its collection will be neglected by any of them under whose survey the expor- tation may take place.” @This is sufficently explicit, as we have pointed out above, the collection of the duty is not as impossibility by any means, and it is absurd to suppose that the Customs Department would neglect to carry out the law. The objections urged against the increase asked for are very weak, and the arguments in its favor are strong and indisputable. THE MORRISON BILL. Tue bill which Mr. Morrison has introduced into the United States Congress to change the tariff rates on many articles going into that country has attracted a great deal of attention. In the first place it is very doubtful if the bill will become law. It will take a hard fight to pass it through the House of Representatives, and if it isnot strangled there it will have then to be passed through the Senate, with it Repub- lican majority. If this bill is not adopted by the American Congress, there will, for some time, be little hope of a reciprocity treaty between Canada and the States. It does not go so far as a com- prehensive reciprocity treaty would go, and if its provisions are not acceptable a reciprocity treaty that would be beneficial to Canada would scarcely be accepted by them. And the propos- ition of the President to appoint a Commission to consider the fishery question and reciprocity, appears to meet with disfavor. The part of the Morrison bill that our readers will be interested the most in is its provision for placing certain kinds of lumber on the free list. The telegraphic summaries of the bill led us at first to believe that all kinds of lumber were, if this bill was adopted, to be placed on the free list, the only proviso being that coun- tries which levied an export duty should not be included. If this was the scope of the mill— and it may be the intention of its promoters— Canada would scarcely hesitate to remove the export duty on logs and thus reciprocate with our neighbors. It might be feared that the removal of the duties would tend to the deple- tion of our timber resources, but the benefits to be derived from the removal of the duties, thus freeing the trade from restriction, and in- icreasing the value of the timber, would be of such a character that our Government and people would undoubtedly consent to the proviso. F Fuller particulars “regarding the proposed | 5, Gross....sseressseereeeeenern es £5,500 |. ase 4 — 7. > ay, i* - wy nth! ta eS ae « ee 2 wd ie a ? . é ox —_ nS ~~ = <— v4 Pri, en sd changes, however, appear to show that they are not of such a character as to be so interesting to Canada as was at first supposed. Mr. Wm. Little, of Montreal, takes this view of the bill and writes :— “We were led to expect would place pine and spruce lumber on the free list, but should the bill pass in its present shape the only kinds of lumber made free are those specially mentioned —hemlock, whitewood, sycamore and basswood —which now pay a duty of a dollar per 1,000 feet, board measure, or half the duty levied on pine and spruce. “The first line of the bill leaves the impres- sion that the intention is to have lumber hewn and sawed free ; but this applies only to lumber and timber used for spars and in building wharves. The words hewn and sawn are simply descriptive of the lumber so to be used. ‘A subsequent paragraph mentions the par- ticular kinds of lumber that are to be free, viz, sawed boards, plank deals and other lumber of hemlock, whitewood, sycamore and basswood, and all other articles (not kinds) of sawed lumber. . ““The only sawn articles in pine and spruce to be free are specially mentioned, such as clapboards, pickets, palings, lath, and shingles. “‘This intention of the bill is clearly shown by a charge of 50 cents per 1,000 feet for each side planed or finished of all articles made from the particular kinds of lumber specified—hem- lock, whitewood, sycamore and basswood, “So that as regards Canadian lumber, the bill will have no effect whatever, but to give free admission to the limited amount of hem- lock now going to the U. S,, the other woods © —whitewood, sycamore and basswood —not being produced in Canada in excess of home requirements,” The Montreal Herald believes, from the wording, that the intention was to include pine and spruce, but the bill, as reported by the newspapers, does certainly appear to sustain Mr. Little’s construction of it. If the bill be- cemes law, it is to be hoped that its intention will be made plain, but if Mr. Little’s view is correct, even if it does become law, in its pre- sent shape, it will not be of great importance to Canadian lumbermen, although it will be a step in the right direction, inasmuch as hem- lock, shingles, etc., will be placed on the free list. LUMBER DEALERS AND RAILWAYS. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman, Str,—Had the Toronto lumber dealers no means of knowing the season of the year the railroad officials would supply the information. No sooner do storms prevail than cars are weighed and excess charges from 60 cents to $10.00 each car are presented to dealers. These charges are something positively apalling. The mere sight of a freight advice note, ornamented with red ink figures, causes the dealer to sigh deeply as he sees all the profit on the car load gone at one fell swoop. It is beyond the ken of ordinary mortals how the charges are made. True, the gross weight is given, tare deducted, and the net weight, claimed to be the actual weight of the lumber, stands forth in all its immensity. To compare these freight advice notes will show the most glaring variations in the weight of lumber. Permit us to present a few of these with their sanguinary figures : 1. “Gross < Butt, 7,512 feet ; second log, 5,732 feet, andtop 5,826 feet—a total of 20,080 feet of lumber in the tree. The diameter at the small end of the logs was 78, 71, and 64 inches, respectively. SA 33 SHILOH’S CATARRH REMBDY a tiv- cure for Catarrh,Diptheria and Canker Mouth, For a by Ormond & Walsh, druggists, Peter- boroug by .* , ests al wth hae ee i\¢ 5 oat ane Ge aide Fes “te . ww tie, 2 . “et hes 7 ¥ ~*~, oye 000,000 feet of standing pine in Michigan has line of the Central Ontario railway arrive daily. east dock, is now attending to the packing and THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 9 emainder of hardwoods are principally ango- subject to gum veins; tee-trees, tristanies and syncarpias, better known as turpentine trees, but all members of the Myrtle family, and all growing in the open forest—very rarely in the bush or scrub.” Tuer ship Mercury, from Chatham, N. B,, at Sydney, N. S, W., December 12, lost part of deck load of timber in a gale some days before, Tur schooner Lizzie K., St John, N. B., for Boston loaded with lath, was rapidly going to pieces February 5 on Folly island, off Cape Pro- poise, Since August 1 last it is estimated thattl,500- U. 8S. TARIFF CHANGES. WasHinaton, Feb. 15. —Morsison’s Tariff year. Of this amount probably one-half is tak- en off sugar, a little more than”one-fourth taken off additions to the fee list, and a little less than one-fourth comes from various items scattered | through the list. All wood and lumber not dressed is put on the free list with this provis- ion, that the abolition of the duty is not to} apply to any wood or lumber inported from a | country that imposes an export duty on those articles. The other aditions to the free list are hemp, jute buts, sissal, and other fibre grasses, coal, salt, iron, led, copper and other ores, un- | manufactured stone, chicory and other subsil- tutes for coffee, corn, oats, hay, potatoes, extract | of hemlock, and other barks, crude glyceryne, | indigo extract, sulphate of barytes, unmanufac- | tured crude borax, saltpetre, log-wood, and | other dye woods, ochery earths, and unwrought | clays. On the verious grades of sugar there is | a general reduction of 20 per cent, but the re- duction does not apply to any sugar on which there an export duty is levied, as is now the| asein Cuba, On the finest grades of cotton | goods, the duties on which are ad valorem, no | changes are made. est on the cheapest grades of goods, and on cot- | ton yarns, and on the coarse cotton cloths some | changed hands, the consideration for which ap- proximates $5,000,000. Norick of application is made in the Cana- dian Gazette by parties for incorporation as a railway bridge company, to build a bridge across the St. Lawrence at Brockville. J. G. McEtwen & Co,, of Big Rapids, Mich. are shipping shavings from that point to Bruns- wick, N. J., the freight thereon being $80 per ton. Itis not stated to what specific purpose the shavings are put. At Middle River, N. S., George Kerr & Son’s “Burnside” Woollen Mills and steam sawmill, burned downin 1883, have been rebuilt four miles further down the river and fitted with cross-cut saws and shingle machines. It is in better condition than ever. Wokrk at the Desoronto Cedar Mill is very brisk ; shingles, posts, &c., are being turned out in great quantities. Car loads of cedar from the Mr. G. W. Walker, formerly shipper on the phoras or “apple trees,” most of which are | Bill will reduce the revenue about $20,000,000 a | The rates of duty are high- | = * sorting room of the shingle department, while Mr. James Gorman takes charge of the first floor.—Tribune.| A DESPATCH from Bancroft, Hastings county, Ontario, says:— Lumbering operations are progressing favorably in this district, and a large amount of the produce of the forest, both in square timber and saw logs will be floated this spring. A quarter of a century ago it was supposed that ten years would exhaust all the merchantable timber in this part of the country, but those prophets were like the weather wise —they knew little about it. Mz, Peter McLaren, the well known Perth lumberman, says the Brockville Recorder, while in town on Saturday gave astriking instance of his liberality. He has large quantities of mill wood which makes excellent fire-wood, and is sold exclusively forthat purpose. He offered to send three carloads to be distributed among the poor in the town provided the authorities paid the freight. It is needless to say the offer was accepted. ¥ Mz, Atex, Grsson, of Marysville, N. B., will make a special exhibit of the produce of his set- tlement, at the Conolian Exhibition in May, consisting of lumber, timber, cotton, cotton batting, bricks, etc. The educational exhibit from New Brunrwick will also be a large one. A trophy of wood is being prepared by the Gov- ernment. It will occupy ten square feet and represent all the woods and shrubs of the pro- vince The shipbuilding interest will be repre- sented by models of vessels and several appli- cable to the same. There will be a large fish and vegetable exhibit. AUSTRALIAN HARDWOODS. An Australian paper says :—‘“‘ Probably no country in the world possesses finer or more durable hardwoods than New South Wales. Her iron bark and black-butts rank for dura- bility second to none. Singularly enough all the principal hardwoods used in the colony belong to the great Myrtle family, which, according to Professor Baltour, contains 75 genera, and as many a8 1,800 species. Some of the genera, such as the eucalypts, which constitutes at least three-fourths of the timber-producing trees, See furnish the bulk of colonial hardwoods, iron- : bark, black-butt, blue gum, stringy bark, swamp mahogny, tallow-wood, and yarrah all belong to the same remarkable genus, although differing in many ways, and in none more than their rate of growth, the blue-gums and black-butts _ being very rapid growers, while the iron-bark and box take much longer to mature, The reductions are made. When existing duties are | under 40 per cent ad valorem, they are not | touched, but the duty on coarse cotton is reduc- ed from 40 to 35 per cent. iron, is reduced from $6.72 to $5.60 per ton. | The rate on steel and iron rails is reduced from | about $17 to $12.50. tion in bar iron, and some varities of boiler and | hoop iron, while others are not touched. rate on structural iron and steels, is reduced | from one and a quarter to one cent a pound. The three highest classes of crockery now pay duties of 60, 55, and 50 per cent; the new bill These | There is a slight reduc- reduces them to 50, 45, and 40 per cent. grades cover all ordinary crockery. The World’s Best. It is certainly remarkable the wonderful | eures effected by West’s World’s Wonder or Family Liniment requiring external application. and 50 cents per bottle. Sold by J. D. Tully —__<>_____ AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. To all Wanting Employment. We want Live, Energetic Agents in every county in the United States andCanada, to sell a patent article of good merit, on its merits. | An article having a large sale, paying over 100 |} per,cent profit, having no competition, and on which the agent is protected in the exclusive | sale by a deed given for each and every county | With all these advan- | tages to our agents and the fact that it is an ar- | he may secure from us. ticle that can besold to every houseowner it might not be necessary to make an ‘‘extraor- dinary offer” to secure good agents at once, hut | we have concluded to make it to show, not only our confidence in the merits of our invention, | but inits saleability by any agent that will | handle it with energy. Our agents now at work are making from $150 to $600 a month clear and this fact makes it safe for us to make our offer to all who are out of employment. Any agent that will give our bnsiness a thirty days’ trial and fail to clear at least $100in tnis time, above all expenses, can return all goods unsold to us and we willrefund the money paid for them. Any agent or general agent who would like ten or more counties and work them through sub- agen's for ninety days and failto clear at least $750 above all expenses, can return goods unsold and get their money back. Noother employer of agents ever dared to make such offers, nor would we if we did not know that we have agents now making more than double the amount we guaranteed, and but two sales a day would give a profit of over $!25a month, and that one of our agents took eighteen orders in ooeday, Our large descriptive circulars ex- piain our offer more fully, and these we wisb to send to every one ont of empicyment who will send us three one cent stamps for postage. Send at once and secure the agency in time for the boom, and go to work on the terms named in our extraordinary offer. We would like to bave the address of all the agents, sewing rmoachine solicitors and carpenters in the coun- try, and ask any reader of this paper who reads this offer, tosend us atonce the name and ad‘ dregs of allsuch they know. Address at once- or you will lose the best chance ever offered to those out of employment to make money. RENNER MANUFACTURING CO., 116 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa The duty on pig | The | This remedy has not ap } equal in the world for the speedy cureof Rheum } atism, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises and all diseases | Price 25 cents | FOR USE IN STREAM DRIVING. Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel and Forged. The method used in tempering leaves every one of the same temper rendering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks made Samples and prices free on appll- cation to the undersigned. —_— THe Orono Cant Dog Strongest and Lightest in the market. Made of Best Cast Stee by drop forging process. The Handles are made of best quality straight grained split and turne i Rock Maple, 5 to 6 teet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Prices on application. SCREW HEE E NOTA he {i nt MANUFACTURED BY SS ——————— SSS . McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N.B. constantly in stock. Wes All ORDERS |Filled same days las received. TORONTO WARE ROOMS 86 King Street East Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. MONTREHEAT, QU E.. Get vourn STATIONERY Svuppiizes THE “REVIEW” STATIONERY STORE Marxeerr Broce, Grorce STREET. sa- Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRICES! -@a PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS, INK and PENCILS, And eyery house and office requisite always kept in stock, and sold retail in ou BOTH SMALL OR LARGE QUANTITIES. ~@7rA LIBERAL DISCOUNT will be allowed to Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufacturers, Clergymen, School Teachers, Township Officers and others buying their Stationery in large uantities, and also to cash buyers. 4£@ Estimates givenand contracts made for yearly supplies at lowest rates 10 AMarket Heports. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Fes, 22.—The retail and wholesale trade continues fair, considering the wintry weather we are now haying. Prices remain firm. Offers are now making for next cut of logs, but mill- men are high in their demands, evidently ex- pecting a boom in lumber on the opening of the cutting season, In this I think they will be mistaken, it is now qulte evident that a full stock of logs will be got in, and the only hope for any boom isin the scarcity of lumber left over from last season’s cut, and the only chance for materially improved prices will be on such stocks, or portions of stocks, that may be now on hand, in condition fit for immediate use- There is but little prospect of the duties on American shipments going off this season, so that with a full stock of new logs, and no extraordinary demand over past years, it is hard to see how prices can advance much be- yond that now obtainable, and past experience justifies the opinion I have expressed in former letters,—that manufacturers who dispose of their stocks early in the season generally come out first best. Considerable annoyance and loss to holders of stocks on the line of the N. & N. W. R. R. has resulted through the failue of the above road to meet the cut rates made by the G. T. R. R. Co. to points in western Ontario from off their Mid- land division. For some time past shippers over the latter road have shipped lumber and shingles to London and other points on a 10-cent rate, while the N. & N, W. R. R. Co, have de- manded a 15-cent rate. This made it quite impossible for dealers to ship and compete with holders of stocks on the Midland line. Under the management of the late Mr, Cumberland such a state of things would not have been allowed to continue for asingle day, The cut would have been met at once promptly. The result will be that stocks on the Midland in future will be at a premium, as this winter is not the first time that the same state of things has existed, and it certainly seems unaccount- able why the present management of the N. & N. W. R. R. so blind as to both their own and their patrons interests, some reason, I presume, there must be, unknown to your correspondent, In the meantime holders of stocks on that line must wait patiently for a resumption of equa rates by both companies before they are able to ship. Mill cull boards and scantling...........seeeee: $10 00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths....... 12 06 BLOGHS aieloieals(hutetersielsletelernvels rele (elelaielatets) 13 00 Scantling and joist, up TOUS TE scr cevecsevseenns 13 0» DSIRE viaisiate oc cla sisie sinielets 14 00 x ce se BO MG sietataie wals ais cvsvajets faves 16 00 LD ee 43 CYANINSO 0 NODOOO avelefeleyeiers 16 00 i a PN ti BbapaqaD OO000 L000 17 00 Wo WS cc PANN sapapanoneoDdoDos 18 00 Bs. ts Wd 2G) Et oeiesciers Ves eevenees 19 00 QU ag 00 BOE syria teisiereielaiein cirinjejcis 20 00 ss ub Wu ZL L wiejelalelaioia niviejeielaivieleis 21 00 0G ce ae GEO Gs Sido eoericn 22 50@22 50 Be wo Ne BGMuniteiciiaiyeefoneiyeleias 24 00 ee OS oe Bei Uiceis lel sieia(elviefelelelevevele 27 00 U C MOMCOLAL LU sretnieleisiieisieiviele 30 00 Cutting up planks todry..............06. 20 00@25 00 cs POGQAN CS rs caalesejalstojeys a/stereie cial eleieiNionerecsoe 20 00) Ound dressing StoCkS........seeeeveseees 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection...... ..- eWars(ntolese taser 30 00 Three uppers, Am. inspection...... seve» 385 00@40 00 B. M. 1 inch flooring, dressed....... Risveystes is +++ 26 00@30 00 1 MOWSDcineieialelvieioleeialse njelel= 14 00@15 00 (ye PSGNESSEC iso einisieieleieieiblarcieics 28 00@25 00 14,“ GEE UMA TESSEU sie ervinlelelele wicleiaternta(nieielere 14 00 Lie ad Bre OVESSOU irises cateisrete 16 00@20 00 Oo) st CY MINGKESSOC A clolaleielalewlelelniare 12 00@14 00 Beaded Sheeting, dressed.......++s..005 18 00@20 00 apboarding, Aressed .. 2... secs eeceess wonsene 12 50 cea SMINL TOS, 4M (crereiejae cisisie vie aisle 2 75@ 2 90 Sawn Lath.........0006 Risaieieivixeieinintisis\eiziviataleiaiciers 2 25 PREG ORK cote elute arb hate tala ialetere fatprets evera ieee 20 00@25 00 INV ASILS So itareicistoininieiniola(nis/nisiv'n/evejeile mialelWs evevesa 25 00@30 00 Basswood, No, 1 & 2..... ...18 00@20 00 Cherry, No. 1&2... 50 00@60 00 White ash1& 2... 25 00@380 00 BES IRC ICAAAGDD "LN GU Watslate’s civicle's sieivelelelsieis.oieisjece(es 20 00@25 00 ——e MONTREAL. From Our Own Correspondent. Fre. 23.—As usual at this season of the year the market is very quiet, but the prospects are encouraging, and there is a bright outlook in the building line. Enquiries are already being made by some contractors for large bills, and the retail trade also promises fairly. ‘Prices of all grades are very firm, with a prospect of higher figures. Basswood is weaker than last year, as there is 9 good deal offering, THE CANADA Cull deals are scarce and prices high. Prices in Ottawa are steady, but our next report will probably show an advance all around, as there is very little stock unsold, and holders are looking for higher figures. The demand during the past year appears to have been very good, as compared with the year before, as the receipts for the local trade were nearly 89,000,000, against 76,000,000 in 1884, The following were the actual receipts by the various channels :— Per Grand Trunk Railway ...+....... 19,557,000 feet FS Canada Pacific), “2s aanieenees 10,540,000 ‘* ce achine) Cantal vale agin eetaenite nente.e 48,799,000 ‘* ‘River 8t,Lawrence..........- Nadtitats 9,871,526 ‘* Prices are as follows :— Pine, 1st quality, ¥ M.. Pine 2nd Pine, shipping culls, ct} M. Pine 4th quality deals ®@ M -.« $35 VO@A0 00 25 00@30 00 - 14 00@16 00 10 00@12 00 Pine, mill culls, ®@M...... . 7 00@ 9 00 Spruce; GM sve we alels ie pls 10 00@13 00 Hemlock doi 007 7, /ctecivlels operetta 9 00@10 00 . 20 00@25 00 Ash, run ‘of, log culls out, PM..... BM . 18 00@20 00 ally AP Miss ot5l0ea sclote aelojels oon sacle lea ee eee 40 00@50 00 Wisin Uiti4p nM relatelefelnioleitetsatemiatsieremtersterc i ete 60 00 100 00 Cherry; (43) Mis) -\av sieiisisianl (silelselsise ariel os OOLOU@BOROO AOU Tal bbFD TE) Meng seaoanoAodds s0q00MoN 25 00@35 00 ORE gana anidnenssoaxa sonar eeeee 20 00@25 00 Hard Maple iqpuM\istaneseicssiensil neonate 25 00@30 00 Diath apres neh tacsce ace ete eile fee 1 50@ 1 60 Shingles st) atin. tis siielectiec see cs 2 00@ 3 00 Shingles; 2ucdenqsoMisniennmineriectaeiy rer 2 50@ 0 00 CORDWOOD. The cordwood market is very dull, prices are high, but fair :— Dong: Maple; per COrdiies sis. slices pa csie is $ 6 00@6 50 Long Birch Be 1 aon yonoanacpod id ao 6 00@0 00 Long Beech AS ho ir iaia > 0. siolsiyl Coie aiuibie eA 5 00@5 50 Tamarack SFA Dy ictotels afoteitiin asl nlatsteisth ls 5 00 0 00 ——_____—. CHICAGO. AT THE YARDS. The Northwestern Lumberman of Feb, 20th says :—Interest now centres in the attitude of trade in regard to prices. ‘Thus far the dealers have acted commendably. They have fairly adhered to the policy of firmness declared at the year’s beginning, Isolated instances of cheap selling have been known, it is true, but as a general thing the disposition has been to stand firm for what was considered to be fair prices on a basis of $11 a thousand for piece stuff, $14 for No. fencing, $11.50 to $12 for No, 2 boards, $13 to $14 for common boards—unless 20 feet long when more is realized. There is trading between yards at lower prices, of course, but bills sold out of the yard to the regular dis- tributive trade hug these quotations closely, when the stock is dry. There is considerable inquiry for good lumber for factory work. As yet this call has not be- come very pronounced, but it is looking up in a manner that indicates a good future demand The extent of the near-by demand for better grades of lumber this year will depend on the extent of building. While there is still an ex- pression of confidence in a good coming season for building operations, prospects have not yet sufficiently developed to render such a conclu- sion positively certain. The possibility of labor disturbance still looms like a cloud in the near future. Late strikes and lock-outs in this city indicate the temper of both employes and em- ployers. Hight hours a day will undoubtedly be demanded on May Ist, with what result can- not be definitely forseen. It is possible that building will, in a measure, be checked by the looked-for trouble. Yet the necessary growth of the city and its suburbs will ensure a fair amount of construction during the year. Out- side it is not likely that labor disturbance will greatly effect trade, though it may in the larger cities, like Kansas City, Omaha, and others in West, The brightest outlook for the lumber trade this year is in the direction of railroads. The call for car stuff is active, and prices for strips suitable for this purpose are a dollar or more higher than for other lumber of corresponding grade, Some dealers, especially those handling largely for the trans-Missouri trade, begin to observe an increased demand from the railroads on other account than that of car building. The railroads are the lever that is to lift the trade wagon out of the slough in which it has been dragging for two years past. Nothing else is in sight equal to the emergency, The farmers cannot do it, for their ability to buy lumber and improve is curtailed by the low value of what they have to sell, After the railroad boom has acquired full headway, and LUMBERMAN, given employment to the surplus labor of the country, we may expect higher prices for farm products, and a consequent increased rural de- mand for lumber. This cannot come for several months, Farmers will not realize the benefit of railroad construction before next fall. But the large amount of railway work in the west- ern states during the season will promote the building up of numerous little towns, the establishment of new yards, and the use of a large amount of lumber and coarse forest products by the contractors, This demand may tide the trade over until the farmers can catch hold. It is evident that the yard dealers feel more than usually cheerful and confident in view of the prospects. They evince a disposition to wait the natural and healthy movement of lumber, and do not manifest that feverish haste to crowd off stocks that has been witnessed in former seasons. No gurer test of confidence in future values than this could be asked for. According to the report of stock on hand February 1st, as made to the secretary of the exchange, a decrease of 4,674,482 feet was shown in the total, as compared to amount on hand at a corresponding date the year previous. Stocks decreased during January to the amount of 41,924,891 feet in spite of adverse weather conditions, It is predicted that on March 1st stocks will show that there has been a healthy decrease during Februrary. On the whole, trade this winter has been somewhat in excess of that during the winter of 1885, Receipts of lumber and shingles for the week ending February 18th, as reported by the Lum- berman’s Exchange :— RECEIPTS. Lumber. Shingles. 1886..se.ccess iwevbedte fh dienes 5,235,000 1,300,000 LASB .ccdenep sis tmew alent cess 960,000 182,000 FROM JAN. 1, TO FEB. 18 INCLUSIVE. RECEIPTS. Iamber. Shingles. 18865. cauvenee pinveinis algetse'ap'e 26,444,000 2 7,988,000 Takbin sess dalle serene 21,489,000 4,686,000 INCTEASC...0.rccccsesevccess 4,955,000 3,802,000 STOCK ON HAND FEB. 1. 1886. 1885. Lumber & timber....... «+. 584,767 582 589,442,064 SHIN gles’ sane sv ncewv esas aman 418,839, 205 333,889,025 Nath pcan cwonce cotnwes seer 77,926,482 57,824,292 Pick ets. yawn tine deaite siete 6,297,053 2,927, 264 Cedar posts....c...sssseeees 444,462 478,484 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. IN EFFECT NOY. 1, To New York Boston ..... Philadelphia Baltimore... ae Buffalo and P tsburg Shenectady Wheeling... Suspension Salamanca... Black Rock. Dunkirk . Erie se ulay 00 ede duis ticlon nee Ube e pees cance sinus sien OSWEGO, N.Y. From Our Own Correspondent The demand since our last has been very good, though we cannot advance our quotations. Country dealers are only purchasing to keep up assortments, most of them have run on very short stocks during the winter. Collections are fair. The Ottawa boom in prices will scarcely reach here, considering the increase in the quantity of logs being taken out, Three uppers.....+ Rint air nn Secs Gere week's $42 00@46 00 Picking,......+ceceeees os Wis Cie cee neriete 382 OV@85 00 Cutting Up .....cere ASUceeeVoncasneveces 24 00@26 00 Hire (GonuNOn iy. sake ce Re eens cena nia 22 00@25 00 Common Greicsewcieawin cise cece aniaw eeee.s 14 OO@1S 00 CullS o Sevienw eu aeueten te ture aieers unre tia cores 11 00@14 00 Mill wan lots sien dcctevsceseuanctuete 16 00@22 00 Sidings, | selected, - = wiotottte ofurwinie mele inceiis 30 00@35 00 nie Nine beblble tien wie cthis 82 0O@36 00 Mill run, 1x10, 18 y 16 FE. ecveveece eeeee 16 00@21 00 Selected a Wine ie Mina N ieee Sis oie Sink oe ies ier 21 00@24 00 SHIPPeTS « eeeccweeeccceessecceeecnes 14 00@16 00 Mill run, eres aRa cee eeeehtiet in cnik inn . 17 00@20 00 Selected........: svat eneeheresunsesvecen 21 00@30 00 Shippers... oescsccvccresvevenee Reece esac 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 1 & 1} in, strips. .......eee eee 15 00@18 00 Selected. sa hone Cemeekic situs ce sk cmiocice 22 00@30 00 Culls... ne sicees Cues Stine cw vewassresnonens 11 00@13 Ov 1x6 selected for clapboards..........s005 26 00@35 00 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pine..........e0e 3 10@ 3 50 KAR Cedar... ccc is ces ce cececncctcnvces 2 75@ 3 00 Lath apse ReRRoinincws swiss cetecaueene COna EO ev eneeeeecns Semteeesenennseves 1 00@ 1 25 ———————— ALBANY. Quotations at the yards are as follows :— Pine, clear, & MorseseccsceveveceeseeesseG08 00@55 00 Pine, fourths.....eeeeeee sevenerenenee see 48 00@10 sf Pine good box.. Pine, common bo Pine, 10-in. plank, each... Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each. Pine boards, 10-in . Pine, 10-in. Pine, 10-in. Pine, 12-in. Pine, pes boards, boards, 16 ft. Be 2 M. boards, 16 ft boards, 13 ft.. Pine, 1 n. siding, select... oa * Pine, 1 ne siding, common..,. .....++-- Pine, 1-in. siding, select....... Pine, inch siding, common.... .........- Spruce, boards, each’: 7, ccnsesesernss ee Spruce, plank, 1}-in., eachss++s Sovenoe see Spruce, plank, 2-in., SF ei eg - Spruce, wall strips, each... eine euteal Hemlock, boards, €ach.......+scseseeeee Hemlock, joist, 4x6, CACh wo as sane voile 00 Hemlock, joist, 4x4, CAD 5005 500 possuce Hemlock, wall strips, ! DEA CRON. ccepbuenio Black walnut, gook, # Black waluut, Ae ag Po Aer oo Black walnut, FINCH sce nue te poncceetaee Scaymore, 1-ineh;, 10s: sessauploes epee Seaymore, §-10Ch- 2. ss s0 beset esc omnsen White wood, 1-inch and thicker..... ~ ecu White wood, §-inch..... 000s cc ces ee “ance Ash, good; @ Mo... A public sale of mahogany and cedar, as will be seen from our advertisement columns, is an- nounced by Messrs. Willian Connal & Co. to— take place at Queen’s Dock, Glasgow, on ‘3rd inst. AUCTION SALE, On 4th inst., at Greenock, Messrs, Singleton, Dunn & Oey hookers > _ we he 3 § + 4= J Ba) ins ale, ie ee mete aie wee * x det cick. - 4 as Per c. ft, ‘‘ Quebec waney boardwood— ; 1s, 9d. & 1s. 8d. =" 40c ft. ay. per log Quebec yellow pine— £.. 35 & 40 c. ft. av. per log 1s. & 1f. 04d. _ Quebec red pine (100 logs) — my 45. ft. av. per log 1s. 34d, 26 & 30 < 10d, and 104d. Miramichi yellow pine deals— 9 to 20 ft. 13/19 x3 9d. Si. <* 20) ** 12x3 94d. 15 ‘20 “ 11x3 oid. rs da « 11x3 94d. pa S820" ** 10x3 94d. Oeersct 10x3 9d. 12 <* 20\ ‘6 9x3 9d. : 911" 9x3 84d, 9 20" 8x3 8d. 9 20 7x3 8id. ee LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journvl of Feb. 13 says :— t At the time of writing there have been no pub- lie sales held this week; hence the business ___ done has been quiet and uneventful. Some life 3 may yet be infussed into the trade, as two sales a are announced, one of pitch pine, &c., by Messrs Price and Pierce, and Messrs Edward Chaloner There is no great disposition shown to enter into contracts for future supplies, and it is re- ported that the efforts of the Swedish and Que- bec goods have not met with any great meas- ure of success. = So long as trade of this district continues to ___ bein the unsatisfactory condition it now is, so long will there be a desire to act with commend- able caution and resistance. Unfortunately ____ there seems little prospect for any marked im- provement at any rate for the immediate fu- ___ ture, in the face of wage disputes now pending between the manufacturers and operatives in Oldham and other cotton spinning centres, and which have considerably effect the disturbing of __ other branches of business, so long as they ex- ist. a The freizht market here is very quiet, as may be supposed from what is said above, and we do not believe that any vessel has yet been posit- _ ively fixed for Quebec and this port. The rates _ offered are about 20s. per load for timber, and 50s. per standard for deals. Matters did not improve at the sale of pitch _ pine held by Messrs. Price & Pierce, the result _ showing a further decline in prices, which in a measure may be attributable to the extensive sale of this wood announced to be held next week by Messrs. James Smith & Co, No fault could be found with quality and con- _ dition of cargo per Woodfield, and the result ___ may be taken as a fair measure of the value of ~ this wood as Mr. T. B. Neale, the auctioneer let no opportunity pass of bringing out the best in bringing out the best possible result. The plank per Megisiature are mostly of very short lengths and narrow widths; still they were _ yery cheap at/the prices obtained. ‘The following prices were realized :— ‘FRESH PITCH PINE TIMBER, oa io = a “*s + = ~ Ex Woodfield, from Mobile, Feet Long. Inches Wide. Per ie St. 8 20 to 35 17x19 to 20x22 1 6 19 “ 38 17x18 ‘* 18x18 1 44 - 20 “ 39 15x16 ** 16x18 12 ’ 30 “ 43 16x17 1 2 yt at = 10x12 “ 16x17 11 22 ** 40 16x16 “15x17 1 2} 24 ** 45 14x16 © 16x16 113 17 “* 42 12x13 “ 15x16 1 0% 80 “ 46 12x12 “* 14x15 1 1} 80 “* 34 12x12 11 23 “ 51 9x10 * 11x12 11} 23 ** 39 10 x13 ‘* 13 x14 1 04 Beam fillings lid. & 0 113d, PITCH PINE PLANKS. 2x9 to 4x15 0 93 4x9 “* 6x12 0 104 6x12 “ 6x16 011 Ex Legislator. 6x9 to 6x12 09 a. 4x8“ 5x8 0 a > 8 a ee LONDON. The Timber Trades Jounal of Feb. 13 says :— ewere Churchill & Sim had a moderate atten- nce at their sale on Wednesday last ; the room tolerably full, but those who occupied the cir seats with a fixed determination to bid me hardly so numerous as on the previous gion, The day being fine the avenue lead- ; room waa thronged by verious mem- if. r 4 F o ; ew . >. oe THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. bers of the trade, but the riots at ths West End ing at. rather than the disposition of prices seemed to be the topic most frequently discussed. The effect of the continued frost on thé*dock deliveries is again apparent; and this, together with the stagnation in building, rioters—though prehaps, good for the glaziers—has certainly imparted a less hopeful tone to the market. Building was very dull, and Mr. Churchill had some difficulty in getting buyers to sdvance on their opening offers, many lots getting no further than that limitation ; one fact, the bro- ker seemed to consider it useless to linger over the lots in a general way, and it did not take very long to see whether there was a chance for getting a bidder to go on when once a pause en- ued, Prices on Wednesday may be set down a very poor, and illustrative of the sensitiveness of the market to the depression, which recent events have rather agitated than otherwise. Stowage goods, of which many of the deals now and again offered by auction consist, though bearing all the characteristics of the leading shipments and qualities, at least as far as des- cription goes, and nevertheless not equal to the rest of the cargo, and when we see first-rate stock selling under price it will be safest to set it down to some such cause. There can be no question that 3+11 in. in prime quality are very scearse at present, and though undoubted- ly feeling the effect of of the depression, yet nothing like to the same extent as more general sizes, One reason why speculation is so dead is that there is nothing to look forward to; it would not matter so much at the present if there was anything like a probability of things mending, but nobody can point to the direction that the improvement is to come from, The disturbance here, though further check- ing trade now, may prehaps be the foundation of a better state of things by awakening the authorities to the necessity there is for taking some steps to stimulate the industries of the country, which have for a long time been on the decline. It is only in this direction— un- less we can find a solution to the question in the promotion of emigration—that the wished for recovery in commerce can be arrived at. The timber sold on Wednesday seemed to partake of the same inativity, and bidding was slow, yellow pine ev Terpsichore, from Quebec. This hung fire at 45s,, and it was some time be- fore the brokers got a bid at all. After linger- ing awhile, the hammer had to fall without any body caring to advance on the opening figures There were only about three buyers in the room that cared to offer for it, and in a kind of a see- saw fashion, first up and than down, the parcel was disposed of, the best price being, 57s. 6d., which one lot of wary realized. The time cer- tainly does not seem proitious for shippers on the other side to be demanding higher values free on board. If they can succeed to place their f.o.w. stock at last year’s quotations they will have done well Of course we are only al- luding now to London Market, but we assume the provincial ports to be pretty much the same position, viz., full stock and a slack demand, The week dock deliveries again compare fa- vorable with last year, though not much mater- ially on deals and battens (51 standard). On flooring the difference is highly significant of the times, no less than 158 out of an average weekly consumption of 4,000 standards repre- senting the shortage on this one item. The comparison with the corresponding week’s con consumption last year of floating timber leaves our present 1ecord short 249 loads. We hope the weather will prove to be partly the cause of this decline ; but we must not attribute it all to that account, for with a week or two’s re- turn to mild weather we did not find the im- provement we expected. On Thursday Messrs. Churchill & Sim had a pretty good muster of buyers in and out throughout the wholesale. The plan seemed to be to drop in when something the intending bidder was going in for was likely to be coming under offer, hardly any body seemed to care to it the whole programme through. There were, we noticed, plenty in the room to lift prices if the demand from outside had afforded them any excuse. But when bidding became brisk, which it did at times, it was prompted almost solely by the low price that the goods were fall- finish parcel, ex Dewdrop, was submitted, the boards especially going remarkably low. THE LUMBER OF 1900. The lumbermen of the present hour is a sharp buisness man—quick to note advantages in the market alike of labor, produce, or lumber, and enterprising in opening new channels of pro-| ; | shale ; Indian corn, or maize - duction cr sale. He can “‘size up” a timber berth, lumber pile, or gang of men with almost | unerring judgment. He deals with the seen and tangible, and sharp perception, quick de- cision are qualities daily requisite. from his vocation to be rather positive of his knowledge and autocratic in his managenent of business. He is a great improvement to the happy-go-lucky jobber of half a century ago, who hunted up a grove of pine in some acces- able position, found a supplier to carry on the necessary expenditure, hired a gang, and came out in the spring a little ahead or a good deal behind, as the weather and market might de- termine, The lumbermen of the year 1900 will be still another style of man, and a great revolution in methods of operation will be the result. ‘‘ The white pine like the Indian is doomed to extince- tion; neither can bear cultivation” is the dic- tum of a philosophic lumberman, Asssuming that the present mode of lumbering is pursued twenty years longer, little pine will remain in either Michigan or Ontario, and we must look to some means of supplying our daily needs for houses, cases, etc. That this may be by press- ed pulp and peat there can be but little doubt ; and we trust that the change will even be to our benefit. The range of timber suited to pulp- ing is annually extending, and the applica tions to the finished product to domestic use rapidly increasing. That ultimately all kind of of timber will be pulped and pressed into re- quired forms, without any loss of material, may be regarded as certain. Instead of saws,j bor- ing, mortising machines, planers, moulders, glue pots, etc., we will see extensive ranges of hydio- lic presses, steel moulds, and trimmings for the pressed goods they procure. The man that directs all will be a trained chemist, who can call all the appliances of modern science and technical skill to his aid—who can unroll the mazes of natural handiwork in vegetable life, and grasp the fibre at the stage suited to his purpose. Asbestos, talc, mica, graphite, kaolin and other stineral bodies will play a part in his operations; oxides and chlorides of the metals will be used to indurate the pulp board and ren- der it incombustible—its hues may vie with rainbow tints, and its durability outlasts the Egyptian granite. Such we believe to be the coming lumberman and his material. There will be then little running of rapids, booming and all the romatic routine of the raftman’s life. Whole sections will be devoted to the cultiva- tion of pulp timber and fibrous grasses ; and thus the gallant, adventurous raftsman will subside into the scientific farmer, and reap his laurels (and his profits) from the flowery field instead of the foaming flood.—TZoronto World. PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE U.S. TARIFF. The following is a somewhat clearer state- ment of the charges proposed by Mr. Morrison, after July Ist, 1886, as far as they affect Can- adian interest :— FREE LIST—ADDITIONS. Lumber, hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves; timber, square and sided, not specially provided for ; sawed boards, plank, deals and other lumber of hemlock, whitewood, sycamore and baswood, and all other articles of sawed lumber; hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks, waggon blocks, oar-blocks, gun-blocks, head-blocks, and all like blocks or sticks, rough hewn or sawed only; staves, or wood of all kinds, pickets and palings laths, shingles, pine clapboards, spruce clap- boards, wood, manufactured, not specially enumerated or provided for (proviso—inopera- tive when imported from a country laying an export tax); salt in bags, sacks, barrels or any other packages ; salt in bulk; hemp, Manila, and other like substitutes for hemp not speci- ally enumerated or provided for; jute butts; jute—sunn ; Sisal grass and other yegetable sub- He is apt | | OF Inonumental’stone except marb] ll This was very noticeable when the | *4nce not specially provided for; iron ore, in- cluding manganiferous iron ore ; also the dross residuum from burnt pyrites ; sulpher ore, as pyrates or sulphuret of iron in its natural state, copper imported in the form of ores ; lead ores and lead dross ; chromate of ore, or chromic ore ; mineral substances in a crude state and metal | unrought, not specially numerated or provided for ; coal, slack or culm; coal, bituminous and oate, hay, pota- ground or unground, burnt, prepaired ; acorns and dandoline root, raw or prepared, and all other articles used or intended to be used as coffee, or as substitutes therefor, not specially numerated or provided for ; bristles, grease ; tallow ; grindstones, tin- finished ; stones unmanvfactured or undressed freestone, granite, sandstone and all building toes ; chickoery-root, e, not epecial- ly enumerated or provided for ; beeswax; gly- cerine, crude, brown or yellow, for the specific of one and twenty-five hundredths or less at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit, aa purified by refining or distilling ; extract of hemlock and other bark used for tanning, not otherwise enumerated or provided for . indigo, extracts of, and carmined; Lee’s brystales ; baryta, sulphate of or barytes, unmanufactured borate of lime ; crude borax, potash ; Initrate of or salt petere, orude ; logwood and other dye- wood and extracts and decoctions of ; coal tar, crude ; ochre and ochry earths, umber and um. ber earths and sienna and sienna earths, when dry ; all earths or clay, unwrought or unman- ufactured, not specially enumerated or proyid- ed for. The bill provides that from and after July 1, 1886, the following rates of duty shall take ef. fect :— WOOD. Sawed boards plank, deals and other lumber of hemlock, whitewood sycamore and basswood and other articles of sawed lumber, when plan- ed or finished, for each side so planed or finish- ed, 50 cents per 1,000 feet, board measure, LEAD, ZINC, ETO. Lead, in pigs and bars, molten and old re- fuse run into blocks and bars, and old scrap lead, fit only to be remanufacturad, 13 cents per pound. Lead, in sheets, pipe or shot, 23 cents per pound. Zine, spelter, or tutenegue, in blocks or pigs, and old worn out zinc, fit only to be remanufac- tured. 1 cent per pound ; zinc, spelter, or tuten- egue, in sheets, 2 cents per pound. * SUNDRIES. ' Marble of all kinds, in blocks, rough or square, 50 centss per cubic foot ; veined marble, sawed, dressed or otherwise, including marble slabs and marble paving tiles, $1 per enbic foot. Stones, free stone. granite sand stone and all building or monumental stone, except marble, when hewn, dressed, or polished, 20 per centum ad valorem. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The following are the returns issued by the Board of Trade, for the month of Dec 1885 : MONTH ENDED 31ST JAN., 1886. Quantity. Values. Timber (Hewn). Loads. 2. RUSRIUAY ciceuiviens mis sivcicih ah uncle wean 807 3,820 Sweden and Norway........ssee--- 17,998 26,875 German yrrienersee ce mie cena ciel siclarents 1,231 3,035 United States i. cemas. - - * ESTABLISHED 1856 OAK TANNED BELTING Acknowledged by all to be the Best Belt ever offered — IN CANADA EVERY BELT GUARANTEED The Best Mills in the Country use it. 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With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will send the purchaser our written guar. antee to refund the money if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only by J, D. TULLY Druggist, Sole Agent for Peterborough. ¢ ‘ >» - ? ge A 2 oe Rot Bib)! Lal pee ERY ae Rte” fla’ 2 RS ee THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 ———— A Lae ST cS — —— -————— =—=—§ RHNEW YOO R - CH VEPs SUBSCRIPTION FOR THH Pra WECL PAY “YOU, Because : 1, It is the only newspaper published in the Dominion of Canada devoted to the lumber and timber industries. 2. It is devoted to the development and utilization of our forest wealth. 3. It furnishes complete and reliable quotations of prices of lumber in all the leading markets. 4. Its columns are filled with interesting reading matter, valuable alike to the land owner, manufacturer or dealer. 5. It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada, and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any way connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. ¥a=TO ADVERTISERS. It has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at: e decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion. 14 | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. CUNNINGHAM'’S PATER FOR STEAM FED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, valves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and the very perfection of simplicity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 1} in. rope. The shaft is steel, 4} in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we pui on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack (i segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. When the carriages are used in two or more sections, the couplin and ncoup ling of each section is quick and simple. There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfair & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and - wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. We would also call attention to our Improved Hand Saw-Mill for cutting logs sa We guarantee this to be the best Mill of its kind got up, and would ask any one wanting a good Band Saw- Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MIELS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &c., address the Manufacturers, The Win, Hamilton sel i J, Limited Pm De i BOs ae Ls Si ek i as ets th . _ ee eee ve eee NORTHEY & CO'S STEAM PUMPS, TORONTO, ONT Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, 15 8 \ ; : SA VEH INSU RAN CE. Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECESSITY IN EVERY WELL ; : ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. 7) Compact. Durable. Having ;the | wellknown, Guaranteed the most dur- able Pump made; impos- sible to break down. ws a s | Cheap, | Simple. 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TZ f The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada { SUBSCRIPTION ($2.00 PER ANNUM VOL. 6. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MAKCH 15, 1886. A TERRIBLE WARNING. IN its issue of Feb. 22nd the Ottawa Free Press tries to frighten those who advocate an increase of the export duty on logs by publish- ing the following :— “The people who want to protect the lumber industry of Canada, by increasing, and rigidly enforcing the export duty on logs, have a warn- ing in an incident which comes from St Lucia, in the West Indies. A correspondent says there ‘is a mountain near the southwestern end of the island called Suoffriers, the remains of an old yoleano whose crater is full of sulphur. Some years ago two gentlemen from Antigua bought this mountain and set up works for extracting the sulphur. The first year they sent away nearly 600 tons of purified sulphur. But the natives thought they were doing entirely too well for a couple of mere foreigners, so they put an exportduty of $4 a ton on sulphur and so put an end to the business, and from that time the sulphur mine has lain idle.’ _A heavy export duty on logs would probably have the same lamentable effect in this country as happened in the illustration given of another export duty.” This warning does not warn. It would not be considered a calamity by many in this coun try if the business of exporting logs did cease entirely. It will be noticed that the foreigners who exported the sulphur from St. Lucia purified it before exporting it—they manufac- tured it. But the United States dealers who export logs do not manufacture them and they, through the operation of the United States import duty on lumber, are given an advantage over Canadian dealers. An export duty on sawn lumber would be analagous to the action of the natives of St. Lucia, and it would be suididal, but an export duty on logs is different and would be beneficial to the lumber business and to the country. LUMBER TRADE IN NEW YORK. A reporter of the New York Herald has been among the dealers of the metropolis and reports the outlook for the lumber trade this spring as decidedly bright. Although the busi- ness has been generally dull throughout the winter, there have been many firms who have done a good trade, and an improvement in the business of all is now becoming noticeable. As long asthe weather remains cold and in- clement the masons and carpenters cannot do their work and building has to be abandoned, and for this reason a depression in business during the winter months is expected by all _Iumbermen. At present the stock of all kinds of lumber and timber in the markets is smaller than it has been for some years, and in view of the good demand and brisk building outlook there is every prospect of an active season To be impressed with a sense of the extent of New York’s lumber trade one has only to walk down Eleventh avenue, from Forty-second street to Fourteenth street. He will find lumber yards ali along, on both sides of the way, and lofty piles of lumber meet the eye in every direction | These woods are of all kinds and come from all parts of the country. From the common Maine spruce, which is properly timber and not lumber, to the finest mahogany and rosewood, all kinds of lumber are to be had at all kinds of prices. WHAT MR. ATCHISON SAYS. At the foot of West Twenty-first street is the establishment of the New York Lumber Auction Company (limited), and here a Herald reporter stopped the other afternoon to inquire about the present state of the trade. Mr. Atchison, the general manager of the company, was in his office adjoining the yard. “The spring trade is just opening,” he said, “and the prospects are very good. New York is a good lumber market, but it is not an attractive one, and this is due to its system, or rather lack of system, concerning the rules of inspection. There are no determined rules. Each dealer has his own, and the lumber, when it arrives from the south and west, may be-inspected leniently and fairly, or the inspec- tion may be rizid and ‘cut-throat,’ according as the dealer chooses. This renders the shipper very suspicious about sending his lumber here. It may be appraised at halt the value it would elsewhere receive, and dealers often do not sell by the same rulers upon which they buy. To avoid all this we have published a list of set rules of inspection, hy which we both sell and buy, and this gives the shippers and manufac- turers a confidence in our market. The best lumber is brought to New York and the highest prices obtained here, but the consumers suffer. “There is another peculiarity about the New York trade,” continued Mr. Atchison, <‘and that is the number of lumber firms which deal only in special woods. By purchasing large quantities of one kind of wood they ob- tain it for a less price and are enabled to sell dearer. I tell you,.some of our dealers are called cutthroats in the west, and would not escape lynching if they went there. e Mr. L. E. Jones, the secretary and treasurer of the company, entered while Mr. Atchison was talking, and ascented to what he said, adding an account of the Boston system, where there is a surveyor general and a fixed rule of inspection by which all lumber is both sold and bought. Much good lumber that comes here is sent west first to be inspected. AMONG THE SPECIAISTS, On the corner of Eleventh avenue and Twenty-first street the yards of Beil Brothers, who deal only in common spruce, or timber. In response to the reporter’s question a member of the firm gaid that the prospect for the spring trade was never better. At the present time of year the wholesale price per cargo is from $15 to $18, which is a better showing than that of last year. The spruce comes mainly from Maine and the provinces, aud at present the freights are high. Three blocks above, on Eleventh avenue, is the large establishment of Eben Peck, who who deals exclusively in yellow pine wood, Mr. Peck was out when the reporter called, but one of his associates gave the necessary infor- mation. Some of the wood comes from Georgia, but the most of it from Florida. It is used for all building purposes, but princi- pally for flooring, ceiling and wainscotting and all inside house trimmings. Its popularity has greatly increased in the last few years. In spite of its. being the dull season for building and all masons’ work the yellow pine is fair and prospects alluring. With the specialists who deal in the fine, or hardwoods, such as mahogany, rosewood, and all cabinet woods, success is dependent upon different circumstances. They have little to do with the ordinary lumber interests, as they cater to an entirely different class—the furni- ture maker, not the builder. Their woods, be- sides, are many of them foreign, the mahogany coming from Mexico and the West Indies, and some of the other woods from Africa. The cherry and oak woods are in great demand now, and there is a steady call for mahogany. Mr. J. T. Williams said to the reporter that his business fluctuated with that of Wall street. PINES AND POPLARS. Mr. George F. Norton, of the firm of Nor- ton & Christman, spoke of his present business and future prospects with complacency. The freights were high, something like $12 per M feet on hardwoods from the south. ‘‘One feature of the season,” said Mr. Norton, ‘“‘ the the large demand for whitewood which is coming more and more to take the place of pine. What is called white wood is really yellow poplar. It holds paint well and it stains better than any other wood, and hence is much used for weather boarding in fences and all exterior walls and planking. It is also largely used for coach panelling. Pine is be coming scarcer every day and the same quality of poplar is much less expensive. De- sirable tnmber is always saleable, and there is always a market for it in New York at a fair price. It is a rare thing to find a good firm with a yard full of dry lumber.” In Mr. Norton’s office was Mr. Norcross, a southern manufacturer of lumber, who has come on here to build up a trade for his firm. Mr. Norcross has been very successful, and spoke of the excellent condition of the trade. In spite of the severest inspection he said that New York got the finest lumber and Boston the the next best. The poorest lumber is sent is to Philadelphia, Baltimore and the South. “‘Lumber,” he said, “is a staple product and prices do not vary much. I do not know of any business which can show as small a record of failures ” Mr. George M. Grant, of the firm of George M. Grant & Brother, cabinet and building lumber merchants, was next seen by the repor- ter. Mr. Grant deals largely in white pine from Michigan and some parts of Pennsylvania, and in all the other fine and rough woods with the exception of spruce. He said that the weather was disadvantageous at present, but that business was not bad and the spring pros- pect was very good. Mr. Grant’s manner was not enthusiastic, but his haste testified that his business was beginning to feel the influence of spring already. LUMBER AND LABOR. Making his way up the mud-swamped avenue the reporter next called at the large lumber yards of Messrs. Crane & Clark. Mr. Clark was walking about the yard, and the reporter tackled him and walked with him. “Well,” said Mr. Clark, “‘ trade with the builders, I should say, has been good this win- ter; but with the manufacturers, those who grow and saw lumber in preparation for the market, it has been dull. In our own case, the business of this year shows a marked increase over that of last year, and this in the general field, as we keep both hardwoods for furniture and pine, hemlock and spruce for building. And speaking of building reminds me of a very important matter. Very many more people would build if only the price of labor was fixed. The trouble is not with the lumber but with labor. Now, I read in the papers the other day that the painters and framers had agreed upon a fixed price and a fixed number of, working hours. If this is so, it will prove a very good thing and indicates a very good ten- dency. In my opinion itis lack of confidence in the laborer that makes the men hold cf from building. They fear strikes when their houses are half finished. If they could be certain of getting the labor at a price fixed beforehand and not subject to change, the building trade would receive a great impetus. It is not the highness of the price which deters them at present, but its uncertainty. As it is, the prospect for the spring is first rate.” ee A Hatirax paper states that Messrs. I. H. Mathers & Co. have contracted with mill own- ers between Weymouth and Ohio for from 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 feet of spruce deals, &c , to be carried over the Western Countries Railway and shipped from Yarmouth to Great Britain. a Tar Beaumont Lumber Company, of Texas, recently received 1,500 logs that measured two to the 1,000 feet. QUEBEC PUBLIC LANDS. Mr, R. Lamiaan has published a letter on the public lands in Quebec Province that con- tains much of interest to lumbermen, and we _ therefore give the following extract from it :— “The Government has about fifty thousand _ square miles of timbered lands licensed to lum- berman. What does it know about these lands ? Very little indeed. The purchaser of a timber berth has no title, Only the right to get his license renewed year by year till 1889. There isno inducement to husband his timber. The inducement is to cut it off, and realize his out- _ lay, and this often to detriment of the timber market. Another reason for haste, is the fact _ that new townships are being surveyed, often in the heart of timbered territory, and if he does not cut his timber at once he will lose it. Strange, this selling to bogus or other settlers of the best timbered lots in his territory. These to retain their lots must clear land, and start fires, This is done in the face of the law which inacts that, “no person shall, at any time, set fire or to cause to burn, any tree, shrub, or plant growing, or standing in any forest, or at a dis tance of less than one mile from any forest.” But you will say, “if he cuts it down he may burnit,” just so. But he must not do so at any time between the 1st July and the 1st Septem- ber. What does this law do to prevent forest fires ? nothing, for it is never enforced. building, and the arts. thousand, it to the settler for thirty cents, red dollars. their value three fold? ing animals, are rapidly diminishing. ment, instead of an expense. with the management of our woods and forests, these alone, amounted in 1884-5 to $660,757.13. “Every one who has thought of the preser- vation of our forests, claims that what are usually known as timbered lands, should be re- served forever assuch. Itis ruinous to bring settlers into a pine country, They cut down and burn more timber than would pay the price of their lands three times over. Tires started saw logs to cut them up at their own mills. small export duty was imposed on saw logs: Now, our neighbors tell us sawed lumber will not be admitted free into the United States done without further delay. It is suninased that our mines are a source of wealth to the Province. We have gold, silver,galena, copper, asbestos, iron, phosphate, nickel, cobalt, anti- mony, graphite, mica, and all the materials for What ate all these worth to the Government? Why in 1884 and 1885 the Government received the enormous sum of five hundred dollars, and expended four This is about as good as expend- ing ninety cents on an acre of land, and selling “The fisheries did somewhat better, and yielded a revenue of three thousand two hund- Why not continue re-stocking our magnificent lakes and rivers, and thus multiply Our game, and fur bearing animals, grow scarcer year by year. Cariboo are about extinct. Red deer are seldom seen ; while the bear, otter, and other fur bear- If an efficient cordon were established around our forest reserves, and settlers kept out of these timbered territories, our game and our fur bear- ing animals would rapidly increase, and ultim- ately become a source of revenue to the Govern- Howeve™, these latter are but minor considerations, compared This will at once become evident when we take into account that the revenue derived from Our neighbors south of forty-five are buying up our timbered lands and carrying off our A aresult, the explorer for timber often meets such new settlements. ent day scarcely anything has been done to carry out the law. It is to be hoped that, in con- - sideration of the increasing value of our tim- bered lands, the Department which has such matters in charge, will, before long, give the provisions of this law some practical effect. “After all is said, it must not be forgotten that Quebec does not own a very large extent of pine bearing territory. Ascend any of the northern rivers which empty into the St, - Lawrence or the Ottawa, for a distance of eighty or a hundred miles, and see where is the pine, and what is it like? As the height of land is reached the white pine grows short and shrubby, while further north you meet only with hard red pine or spruce, and at such a distance, these woods are not of any market value, It is presumed by those who have pretty fair facilities for judging that all the really valuable timbered lands of the Province are under license. It also pretty well known that large portions of these lands are com- pletely denuded of pine. In fact, it has be- come so difficult of late years to bring timber | and logs to driveable streams on account of the increased distances to haul, tha it tcosts the lumbermen one-half more to-day than it did twenty-five years ago. The Government has © more unlicensed, or virgin timbered lands _ for sale that are worth the buying, yet with these facts staring him in the face, one of those at thehead of the Public Lands Department complacently exclaims, “happily for Canada we have not to create forests, only to preserve them.” Holders of timber licenses to- day know that three years hence, some change will take place, both as to the renewal of licences, and _ the tariff on stumpage. In the uncertainty how Government will act after 1889, present _ occupiers of timber territory are hasting to cut all they can, with, it is to be feared, very _ disasterous results to the lumber market. Tt is very difficult to get the Government to show its hand ; and with our short lived Cabinets, it is “difficult to say who is in power in 1889. How- _ ever, in the interim, it would not be injudicious i _ for the present eevee nment to give the holders | of license some assurauce as to the course likely | to be'pursued by the O: L, D. after 1889. In fact, it would be only fair to our lumber merch- ants aud the entire Province, that this were to clear, run and get into the forest, and as a with miles of burned country in the vicinity of Legislation, as long ago as 1875, provided for the isolation and protection of timbered or forest lands, but wp to the pres- from any country which imposes an export duty on the unmanufactured article. This is a bid to induce us to remove our export duty on saw logs; and strangely enough, at this very juncture, a paragraph appears in our Can- adian newspapers saying it is almost impossible to collect this small export duty. Very well, remove the export duty, but impose a double tariff on stumpage, and let our Government give a rebate of one-half on all saw logs manu- factured in Canada, The Canadian Govern- ment will not thus break faith with the limit holders, as regards saw logs, and some equitable arrangement could easily be come to with our Square timber men. In any case, I hope our Government will not yield one inch to brother Jonathan,” ee SEASONING TIMBER. The importance to the engineering the allied trade of being able to abtain a good and suffiei- ent supply of thoroughly dry and well-seasoned timber is very great and yet is urgently wanted it can at times be hardly obtained at any price. The construction of railway and private carriag- es, for shipbuilding and Government military requirements, such as gun carriages, carts, am- bulance and other wagons, with their wheels, and the manufacture of Mansell wood railway wheels, agricultural implements, etc., are a few out of many instances where large quantities of dry timber are wanted often at short notice, In the periodical cases of war there are large contracts, thousands of pounds in valve, often given out by the War Department for some of the above named articles to be made in the shortest possible time, As may be imagined, under these circumstances, the country is scoured in all directions by the timber buy- ers of the various contractors who will give al- most any price that may be asked for well-seas- oned planks, suitable for their purpose. Every little dealer in out-of-the-way places is visited and their small stock purchased, but, notwith- stunding every effort, the stipulated time in which the work should be deliveced often ex- pires before the material is brought together from which they are to be manufactured. The most severe inspection, too, is exercised by the arsenal officials, both of the contractors’ work and after delivery at their destination, and all the woodwork showing the least signs of shrink- age, dead knots, sap, or even discoloration is at once condemned, and has to be taken out and replaced by other. The amount of waste is therefore very considerable, often being twice asmuch as the part really serviceable—even after the greatest care is taken to select suit- Kae THE CANADA ‘LUMBERMAN. able planks for which ie highest Prices are ven, = Pret of our large railway. companies keep im- mence stocks of timber,both in logs and planks, which supply their own requirements, being kept sometimes for seven or eight years season- ing befere being used. The Midland Company for example, at Derby, have usually from seven to eight thousand logs of Moulmein Honduras mahogany, New Zealand kauripine, oak, ash, and other woods, besides immense stacks of Baltic redwood and other deals in stock, the total value being something over £100,000. The way usually adopted for seasoning timber is to cut the logs into planks at once, and stack them upright i in racks in a drying shed, through which a current of air can freely pass, the sides and ends of the shed being constructed of narrow boards ranged vertically with a space of two or three inches between. The planks are kept apart from one another by pegs in the rack ranged horizontally in piles a space of about three forths ofan inch is left between each board by means of pieces of stick upon which they rest. Thin boards and panels are generally kept in this way, and they are cleaned and shif- ted from time to time,as at stock taking periods so that they do not stop too long in one position and allow fungus to accumulate upon them. Much timber is kept in the open air for sake of room, but the ends are more apt to split than if kept under cover, owing to the alterations of wet, dry and, sunshine, Although naturally dried timber is without doubt superior and much to be preferred, it is, from its scarcity and the time taking for season- ing—from three to seven years,—often supple- mented for many purposes by quicker methods of drying, such as by stoves, kilns orsteaming— many processes of which exist. In the United States most of the railway companies and car- riage builders use kilns into which piles of planks placed upon trolliesare wheeled upon rails run- ning into the interior. The Pullman Palace Car Company, for instance, have a range of eight of these kilns, or “lumberdryers” on their premises under the Curran & Wolff patents, which has a storing capacity of 40,000 feet of one-inch plank, and which is capable of drying eight thousand feet every twenty-four hours. The latest invention for drying timber, in common with many other things, is that claim- ed by Mr. Jennings, of Boston, Mass., a dis- cription of which has recently appeared in one of the daily papers. By the ‘‘Cool Dry Air Process,” as it is termed, the materials are placed in a chamber through which a continuous current of dry air passes. This current is previ ously drawn through a furnace in which it is heated to a temperature of about 600° F., which dries up all moisture contained in it, aka after wards cooled by a vigorouscirculation of extern. al air around the pipes containing it to about 90°, when it is propelled by fans through the drying chamber. In one of these chambers fixed at the saw mills of Messrs Smith and Co. Pimlico, it is stated that a quantity of birch weighing 45 cwt. 2 qrs. when put in was sub- jected to the process for 94 hours. It was then taken out and said to be thoroughly seasoned, its weight being reduced by the operation by «10 cwt. 2 qrs, 241bs, In the case of ash planks, too, out of 47 ewt. 3 qrs. of this wood, 21 cwt, 1 qr. of moisture was extracted, while 22 cwt. of mahogany gave up 5 ewt. of moisture in 96 hours. It is stated that planks of English oak two inches thick were finished in nine days that would have taken three or four years by natural drying. All the above effect were accompilshed by a current of 62,000 cub- | ic feet per minute, the temperature of which never exceeds that of blood heat. Should the wood dried .by this system be equally free | ™ from shrinking, warping, or other defectS~ and be found to stand the test of time as well as that of naturally-dried timber—which, how- ever, we very much doubt, as hitherto all at- tempts in this direction have proved much inferior—a great future lies before it, as it will furnish a much needed supply of seasoned timber. —Mechanical World. GitmourE & Co.’s cut of logs this year is 740,000 pieces, and Rathbun’s 650,000 pieces. The two cuts represent 115,000,000 feet of lumber, and are placed with the root end upward, If} | been driving Mr. McLaren’s family round the well that ae . oe Mone tamer Comey Rs. have been large buyers in this 4 ber to be cut during the ensuing L The purchases of this ‘company, ast ae can be found from reliable information is about as follows :— os Lord, Hurdman & Co., 33 000,000 ft. Grier & Co , 18,000, 000 ft. E. B, Eddy, 10,000 ,000 ft, McLaren & Co., 8,000,000 ft. Hamilton Bros., 4,000,000 ft. and to 10,000,000 ft. in different small lots, +, the purchases of the S. M. L. Co. in 8 vicinity in the neighborhood of about i ae . : 000 ft. The Chaudiere mills output is otimmenae 400,000,000 ft , made up as follows :— J.R. Booth, 60,000,000 ft. E. B. Eddy, 65,000,0000 ft. ; Bronson & Weston, 60,000,000 ft. Perley & Perley, 55,000,000 ft. Grier & Co., 20,000,000 ft. Lord, Hurdman & Co., 45,000,000 ft. McLaren & Co,, 20,000,000 ft. W. McClyment & Co., 15,000,000 ft. Gilmour & Co., 55,000,000 ft. : This does not include the output of the following concerns, which rightly belong to this district, viz. : W. C. Edwards & Co., Rockland, — feet. Buckingham mills, (McLarens and Ross's) 35,000,000 ft. Hamilton Bros,, at i 50,000,000 ft.—Ottawa Journal. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT The Perth Courer relates particulars of a fatal accident to John Hamilton, who was in the employ of Mr Peter McLaren, he had town, and then proceeded to take the horses bock to the stables at the farm. Here other workmen were engaged in cutting wood with a circular saw driven by steam, and Hamiltom requested one of them to put the horses up while he fed the saw, a work to which he was unaccustomed. He had not fed in more than two or three sticks when,probably owing to too much pressure being used, the saw burst. One piece struck Hamilton on the breast, and rent up his bowels, stomack and breast,cutting into his heart, and, of course, killing him instantly. The laborers were horror struck at the sight, and could do nothing but carry the dreadful news to their employer and the victim’s family. The wife of the unfortunate man fainted away on hearing the fell tidings, and, even now has hardly recovered full consciousness. Deceased was only out from Scotland a short time, and was a steady good workman. He leaves a wife and two children, THE MUSKOKA CUT. The cut of pine timber in Muskoka this winter, says the Herald, so far as we have learned, been 80.000,000 feet, as SS. . Oneario Lumber Company ....... Perens -18,000,000° Georgian Bay Lumber Co............ seees 22,200,000 O.. Mickle «<0. -5.05.5.cgeeee eee ss eeeee e+ 10,000,000 Thompson & Baker .......s..saceseee +--+. 7,000,000 T. B. Tait (Draper Mi'l) .............- ...- 1,500,008 T. B Tait (Gravenhurst).............+ cote — J. TASKOE. 2 0022 eee veans voeuh epppsa Jas. Dollar 2... 05.5 wae eee eseees 2,000,000 C. King’s. ociiev stecace ene eee ~++« 1,200,000 Leishman & Perry. .es.eces .eceuee saese-. 2,000,000 John. Coiling )o.c3gcinada een +eeee 1,000,000 ohn Whiteside ..... du Qi pick ven ees coe + 1,000,000 Mus} oka Mill and Lumber Co.... vs seven]0, 000,000 =_THE Deseronto Tribune says that there are indications that the coming summer will wit- ness brisk times fin Deseronto, A verylange force is at present engaged in the Agneta the steamers Quinte, Armenia, Nile, ete , and on Mr. Evan’s new venture, the construction of railway cars, a new department added to the shipyard. The large orders for lumber neces- sitate the employment of many men loading _ 4 ‘ cars and sorting lumber in the yard depart: — ment. A!though the season is just ‘commencing a > < the sash and door factory is working to its full capacity to fill orders, and the cedar mill has a 5 large staff ee SS tte THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 3 Portable S aw-Mills. Seml-Portable Direct Action Clipper Saw-Mills, Saw-Mill Machinery. New Pattern Shingle Machine. mn | | Veneer or Cheese Box and Basket DS se Stuff Machine. j Lath Machines. Log Turners. Self-Acting Box Board Machine. Saws of aH the different styles. GANDY BELTING— : Best and Cheapest Main Driver. EWART LINK BELT— For Elevating and Conveying of every | : ' conceivable kind about a Saw-Mili and 2/\ wi [a elsewhere. Heavy - Saw-Mill Machinery Twin Engine Steam Feed SAW GUMMERS, $8.0 up. _SAW SWAGES. Knight Patent Mill Dog. Send for New Saw-Mill Circular No. 14 and New Saw and Saw Furnishing Circular No. 12. EASTERN OFFICE: ee et = ——S(54 St. James St, ——————T— = SSS =——— G Se Waterous Engin LUMBERMANS PRINTING AND STATIONERY. We can supply anything in the line of BOOKS, BLANKS or STATIONERY for Lumber Shanties and Offices at City Prices, and everything necessary to a complete ofjice outfit. All PRINTING done in the Highest Style of the Art, and at Lowest Living Prices. BOOK-BINDING of every description got up in a Neat and Superior manner. ACCOUNT BOOKS Ruled and Bound to any desired pattern. Address: “THE CANADA LUMBERMAN,” Peterborough, Ont. >UMP DRIVING|STRAMSHIP TICKETS EPPS POCDA Wanted to Purchase Vic REWS ned NOBLE T0 OR FROM EUROPE. On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway, (Ontario and Quebec Division), between present date and Mar. 1,’86 > BREAKFAST. Plumbers and Gas Fitters, As the conference pool is dissolved I can sell Tickets «RB h HOw 4 f th tural 1 CO RDS CORDS —— at very much reduced rates from former prices, being Gs thorough knowledge of the natural laws “ONTRACTS taken by the Job, Day or Hour at Agent for the following first-class lines of ateamerst— | which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, 5 J most reasonable rates. Iron Pumps for Artesian and by a careful application of the fine properties of ; ES ells ore, ced mei oe for came. | JQ MINION AND BHAVER LINES | well-sclected Cocos, Mr. Epps has provided our break- First-class Gee oe Beech a’ street, old Skating Rink Buildin FROM MONTREAL, and the fast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which and ap 6. Whyte's Foundry Warerooms, Paerborough ; may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the (== Highest Prices paid. Apply to WHITE ST A INM A N N ATION. AL judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution 4 1 B . : may be gradually built up until strong enough Sto dg BURNS a COAL ° COAL ! ANCHOR AND MON ARCH LINES resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle | d129 Cor. Bathurst and Front Sts., TORONTO Pe es — maladies are floating around us ready to attack wher- | ————— [WHE UNDERSIGNED KEEPS ALWAYS ox HAND FROM NEW YORK ever there is a weak point. We may escape many a Sena 10 cents postage, and we ; HI8 COAL YARD, ALL KINDS OF Agent for the G. T. R. and the above firss. fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with will mail you free a royal, valu- ; H E B E s T Cc re) A L clase teamship Lines, I can sell tickets direct from | Pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”—Civil ea pees teens that _ | Peterborough to any destination. Service Gazette. 3 ae y of making be delivered (roof charge tor cartags), to Mado simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in | Both pocsilaiated calitod lacs aon came of the Town. Terms Oash. Tt MENZIES. packets by Grocers, labelled thus : spare time, or all the time. Capital not required, JAMES EPPS & Co., Homeopathic Chemists w8-ly We will start you. Immense pay for sure for those London, England Peterborough, May 81st, 1884 d128w2h who start atonce. Sruvson & Oo,, Portland, Maine. + JAMES STEVENSON. WILL NOT RECEDE. The current opinion in this neck-o’-woods is, that the men who are deferring their purchases of lumber for a more convenient season, or are expecting more advantageous figures later in the season, will, in the vernacular of the street, ‘' pet left.” It may be put down as an almost absolute certainty that prices are not going to recede, and those who wait for such conditions in the trade, will have some dearly bought ex- perience before the close of the season, that _ they are doing business with less profit than if they had purchased earlier. ‘‘The early bird catches the worm,” will be a pretty safe motto for the retailer as well as the wholesaler at the distributing centre to adopt in securing stock for the season’s operatious. The reasons for the faith that is in us as regards the main- tenance of prices, if not an advance, are that the logging season has been a very disadvan- tageous one. Too much snow or an insufficiency of it have been the ruling features of operations in the woods, and the strong probability is that it will be no better until the final break-up and cessation of operations in the pineries, and the log crop is destined to be insufficient for the full mill capacity on the Saginaw river, which has been decreased to the extent of about 75,- 000,000 feet by the destruction of mill property by fire. Added to this fact is another, that the stock of lumber and available logs at the close of operations last season was about 200,- 000,000 feet short as compared with the close of the season of 1884. This will leave a com- parative shortage of 275,000,000 feet or there- abouts. Thisimmense shortage must inevitably have a perceptible effect in stiffening prices which leaves any prospect of a decline very improbable to say the least. It will be observed therefore, that there is very little danger of the purchaser getting left through hasty action in ‘securing stock for the coming season’s business, but a very strong probability that delay may result seriously disadvantageous.—Lumberman’s Gazette. takenly, since there is the best of good reason for believing that the barrel was in use long before the Gauls took possession of their Italian home, perhaps long before the Gauls existed as a people, The monuments of Egypt furnish proof of the early use of hooped vessels, though no date is given for their invention. In one of the inscriptions copied by Wilkinson may be seen two slaves emptying grain from a wooden ves" sel made with hoops, while a scribe keeps tally, and a sweeper stands by with a broom to sweep up the scattered kernels. Close by an unfor- tunate is undergoing punishment by bastinado for short measure, perhaps, or, as Mr. Wilkin- gon suggests, for petty theft, The measure is barrel shaped, and precisely like the kayl of modern HKgypt. It would hold, apparently, about a peck. Unfortunately, the age of this inscription is not indicated. Measures of that sort would seem to have been in common use very early in Egypt, though not for the storing of liquids, for which purpose skin and earthen vessels were employed. At first thought, Egypt would be the last place to look for the invention of hooped vessels its arid climate making it specially unsuited for their employment. Possibly, however, that may have been the compelling cause of their invention, Throughout the East the bamboo is largely used for making hollow vessels, a section of the stem through a node securing a solid bottom, a natural tub or bucket. In well wooded regions nothing would be more natural than the employment of hollow tree trunks for the game purpose, or sections of tree stems hollow- ed out bp fire or otherwise. In drying such vessels would split and spoil, and it would require no great genius to repair them by means of withes or wooden bands, the primitive form of the hoops. If the users of such natural barrels should migrate to a more barren reason where timber was scarcer, economy of lumber would be likely to suggest the building of barrels from pieces artificially split, in short the use of staves, by means of which the primitive cooper would be able to make several barrels out of a block that would suffice for a single dug-out, But this is speculation merely. It is enough to know that the cooper’s art, like the potter’s, is one of extreme antiquity. We had no sus- picion of its age until we undertook to tell who made the first one.—Scientific American. SOMETHING KNEW IN FANCY VENEERS. The New York correspondent of the Cabinet- maker says: A continuous and perfect strip of veneer from #? inch to 30 inches in width and 300 or more long ix an accomplished fact. . Katz is the gentleman to whom the trade is in- debted for the perfection of the idea. After much trouble and expense Mr. Katz has at last hit upon the necessary machinery, which he has now in running order, and is in a pos- ition to turn out a large quantity. The advant- ages rightly claimed for these veneers are numerous and we will mention a few of them. The veneer being stripped in “‘rolls” instead of “flitches” takes up less room and is more easily handled. The time and labor ordinarily re- quired in piecing, patching and cutting of corn- ers, etc., is saved, it being only necessary |to take astrip of any desired width and cut any length required, the saving is the point alone being considerable. The figure of these ve- neers is equal, if not superior, to that of other veneers, When laid on, the absence of all piecing and patching is evident in the unform- ity and unmarried beauty of figuring. To the experienced the many advantages of this mode of cutting will at once be evident that we do not doubt that there will bea great and increasing demand for these veneers as they become more widely known, Cy WHO MADE THE FIRST BARREL? Few inventions have had a wider or more varied usefulness than the barrel; few give such promise of perpetuity. Unique in prin- ciple, simple, yet singularly perfect in plan and structure, the barrel is little less than a stroke of genius. Who set up the first one? Who first conceived the happy thought of making a vessel tight and strong out of strips of wood bound together with hoops. And when and where did he live ? No history of inventions ; none of the ency- clopedias in our great libraries ; no historian of human progress, so far as we know, gives any information on the subject, unless we accept the Roman author, Pliny, who mistakenly attributes the invention to the Gauls who in- habited the banks of the Po, We say mis- FLOUR AND FEED MILL. A reliable and durable mill for the durable purpose of making flour and grinding feed is almost indispensable on large farms and to stock men, and can very often be run very profitably in connection with a saw mill. The ‘¢ Union ” flour and feed mill, manufactured by the Freeport Machine Co., of Freeport, Ill, meets the requirements in every respect. We present a cut of the mill and a description taken from the company’s circular :— This mill combines a principle with which coarse and fine meal, graham flour, chop, etc., can be ground more rapidly, and with much less power than with other mills, for the reason that we use annular cast steel rings in connect- ion with best French buhr stones. The hard steel grinding rings are placed close to the cen- tre, and are so arranged and adjusted as to crush the grains at or near the centre of the grinder, and to do it with much less power be- cause of this, as it will be observed that the grain is first broken by the hard steel rings, and afterwards, by continual pressure, ground fine frequent necessity of dressing the buhr stones, as is the case in other mills, hence the great value to planters, farmers, millers and users of we can positively recommend to do better work and more of it, with less power than any other mill known. The 12 inch ‘‘ Union” weighs pounds (and measurement 28 cubic feet) ; the driving pulley is eight in diameter, 54 inch face, for 5 inch belt ; 6 to 12 horse power is re- quired to run the 12 inch “Union.” The 16 inch “Union” net weight is 850 pounds ; driving pulley 9 inches in diameter, 64 inch THE CANADA LUMBRMAN. and one between the nodes an open mouth for by the buhr stones, thereby reducing the ovr combined steel and buhr stone mill, which 500 pounds, and when packed for export 650 v face for six inch belt; requires six t/ fifteen horse power. Our “ Union” milJé have ad- justable feed,and should 800 to revolutions per minute, Just the millfor those having steam, water, tread or horse power. We believe our ‘ Union” mills angt indispensable to plant- ers, farmers, diarymen\ and stock raisers, We furnish mills with or)without a shaking bolt, and of a size sufficignt to bolt as fast as the meal is ground, which works to perfection. The 12 inch “Ubion” has 12 iuch best French buhrs, and will grind from twelve to thirty bushels of udeal per hour; the 16-inch a‘ Union” mill will grid from 25 to 60 bushels per hour, depending upon the speed given. CHARCOAL MAKING. Kilns or ovens for reducing woud to charcoal are generally made of brick, and are of two kinds, the conical and the retangular. Chareval is sometimes produced in open air pits, covered with earth, Our average New Englund forests will produce from 1500 to 2000 bushels of char coal per acre, in addition to some spruce and bard-wood lugs. It is estimated that after the first cutting, provided young treesare preserved thrifty woodlands will yield a crop sufficient to produce 1500 bushels to the acre every twenty or twenty-five years. Hence every acre well wooded land has a large and positive money value, even after one crop is removed. What- ever may be realized from the forests produc s of an acre to-day, we may rest assured that in twenty-five or forty years the same amount of wood or timber will fetch more that the present selling price. The yield of charcoal varies but is usually thirty-five to forty-five per cent. uf volume of the wood, and from eighteen to twenty-five per cent. by the ordinary methods, when the wood has been exposed two or three months in the open airafter cutting. Well-made charcoal retains the form and structure of the wood, is brittle, somewhat cracked and very sonorous. If not burned enough, it is not black nor in the fracture bright. One cord of wo d yields about forty bushels of charcoal, Common kilns for burning 1200 bushels at one time cost about $400 each, where bricks can be obtained at reasonable prices. About 160 bushels of char- coal required to produce oneton of pig iron from the ore. A block of land measuring from 25,000 to 30,000 acres if well cared for, will permanent- ly supply wood sufficient to manufacture all the charcoal needed for a common-sized blast furnace, say 3000 to 4000 tons per year —| Ex, SS THE ONE-STAVE BARREL. From the Journal, of Detroit, Mich., is taken the following concerning the one stave barrel : “On the west stde of the river Rouge, about three miles beyond the western limits of Detroit, on a site embracing between fifteen and twenty acres of land, the Anchor Manu- facturing Company has built and is erecting several buildings forthe manufacture of barrels by a new process. Hugh Mattulath is at the institution, and associated with him as stock- holders, are Alanson Sheley, A- R. and W. F. Linn, A. S. Brooks, the Chandler Brothers, Peltier & Belanger, George W. Moore, Chas. E. Qottrell and William P. Fuller. The com- number. timber held by hoops. which is cheap and abundant. they go into a steam chest, where they remain until thoroughly steamed. In this condition the log is converted into thin sheets, or veneer- ing. used in the body of the barrel. By a special process, a two-foot log becomes rolls of wooden sheeting ina minute’s time, There remains upon the mandrel an eight inch core, which is utilized in making barrel heads. The sheets go next to a sanding machine, by which car. The factory is full of the finest machinery, and pany has a paid up capital of $500,000. Th, establishment is now turning out 6,000 barrels per day, and will soon be making twice that While the size and shape of this barrel are the same as the ordinary one, the body of the barrel consists of a single sheet of The timber used is elm, Canada is the main base of supplies, and timber hunters sent there have already arranged for a year’s supply for this establishment. The logs will be rafted over during the season of navigation, and brought by rail in the winter time. The logs are taken from the boom or yard into the saw mill, and cut into two barrel lengths. Thence both sides are made perfectly smooth. A passing through a cutting and grooving machine, they are so cut by a goring machine as to adapt them to the shape of a Thence they go to the drying-house. latter is a building 502400 feet, heated by steam. From the dry house they go to the sizing saws, where they are cut the desired length, when they are ready for the cooper shop or for shipment. They are shipped in bundles and in the ‘knock-down’ to be put up at their point of destination. Three thousand of them can be stored and forwarded in an ordinary box The headings are shipped in barrels. not a little of it is the product of Mr. attul luth’s ingenuity.” ‘ i rs AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. To all Wanting Employment: ? We want Live, Energetic Agents in every county in the United States andCanada, to sell a patent article of good merit, on its merits. An article having a large sale, paying over 100 per,cent pré fit, having nc competition, and on which the agent is protected in the exclusive sale by e deed given for each and every county be may secure from us. With all these adyan- tages Lo our agents and the fact that itis an ar- ticie that can besold to every bouseowner it might not be necessary to make an “‘extraor- dinary offer” to secure good agents at once, but we bave concluded to make it to show, not only our confidence in the merits of our invention, but in its saleability by any agent that will handle it with nee Our agents now at work are making from $150 to $600 a month clear and this fact makes it safe for us to make our offer to all Who ate olit of employment: = agent that wili give our bnsiness a thirty days trial and fail to clear at least $100 in tnis time, abov6 all expenses, can return all goods unseld to us and we will refund the money paid for them, Any agent or = agent who would like ten or More counties and work them through sub- agen's for ninety days and fail to clear at leas $730 above all expenses, Gan return goods ‘unsound and get their movey back. Nocther employer of agents ever dared to make such offers, nor would we if we did not know that we have ugents now making more than double the umount we guaranteed, and but two sales a day would give a profit of over $.25a month, and Lnat one of our agents took eighteen orders is ooe day, Our large descriptive circulars ex- }lain our offer more fully, and these we wish to send to every one out of empicyment who will send us three one cent stamps for pos! Send at onee and secure the agency ip time tre boom, and go to work on the terms nam in our extraordinary offer. We would like to have the address of all the agents, sewing machine solicitors and carpenters in the coun- try, and ask any reader of this paper who reads this offer, to send us atonce the name and ad* dress of allsuch they Know. Address at once- or you wi!l lose the best chance ever offered to those out ef employment to make money. RENNER MANUFACTURING CO., 116 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa —___—___ West’s WoRLD’S WONDER or family liniment has proved to be one of the greatest blessings of the age. It isa never remedy for new atism, cuts, sprains and bruises. Call onJ D. Tully! or a trial bott'e and you will use no other — =- NWOoTICH. “\EALED TENDERS, addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed ‘‘Tender for Indian Supplies,” will be received at this office up to noon on TUDSDAY, 20th APRIL, 1886, for the delivery of Indian Supplies dure ing the fiscal )ear ending 30th June, 1887, consisting o! Flour, Bacon, Peef, Greceries, Ammunition, Twine Oxen, Cows, Bulls, Agricultural Implements, Tools, &c, duty paid,at various pointes in Manitoba and the North West Territories. Forms of tender, civing fall the supplies required, dates of - had by applying to the undersigned, or to the Indian Commissioner st Regina, or to the Indian Office, Win- nipeg. Parties may tender for each description of goods (or for any portion of each discription of goods) separately or for a'l the gocds called for in the Schedules. Each tender must be accompanied by an eccepted Cheque in favor of the Superintendent General of In- dian Affairs on a Canadian Bank for at least five per cent of the amount of the tenders for Manitobaand the North-West Territories, which will be forfeited if the party tendering declines to enter into a contract when called upon to do so, orif he fails to complete the work contracted for. If the tender be not accepted the cheque will be returned. Tenderers must make up inthe Money columns in the Schedule the total money value of goods they offer to supply, or their tender will not be entertained. icu’ars relative to elivery, &c, may be - Each tender must in addition to the signature of. the tenderer be signed by two sureties acceptable to to the Department, for the proper performance of the contract, In all cases where transportation may be only par- tial by rail, contractors must make proper ments for supplies way stations to their Warehouse at the point of @ The lowest, or any tender, L. VANKOUGHN destination in the Government elivery. to be forwarded at once from oe not necessarily accepted. = ET. » i> Deputy of ie Supeintendent-General ee Indian Affairs. Department of Indian Affairs. Pot $rd March, 1886. edd AUSTRALIA. ¢ Messrs. Lord & Hughes’ monthly circular, dated Melbourne, Jan. 23rd, says :— We commence this year by issuing our regu- lar monthly circular for the San Francisco mail, instead of the English mail as heretofore, as the information contained wili be of later date for our American constituents, while it will ‘soit our English and Baltic friends just as well ; consequently, this circular will embrace all in- formation in relation to building materials from the date of our last circular on 14th December last. Trade, since our last, has been exceedingly languid, consequent on the heavy arrivals of all descriptions of timber, and the disinclination of the trades to purchase beyond their imme- diate requirements, except at very low prices offered by speculators to store, waiting for a remunerative market. The season of the year has also operated prejudicially as the trade are busy with usual stock-taking, and have not wished to increase their stock until that is over. We regret to have to advise lower prices in nearly every description of building materials— Oregon, Baltic, Canadian and American dress- ed and clear and Kauri pine. We can hold out no prospect of an improvement in the immediate future, as large stocks here, and known to be on the way, will prevent any advance for some time to. come, except for exceptional lines that may be in demand. Our land and property sales appear to have met with a relapse for the present, which also helps to prejudice the timber trade. There is a fair business reported from the yards, and the trade do not report any falling falling off in business. We have to notice the retirement. from business of Mr, Henry Mills, who for thirty years has been one of our most enterprising, plucky, and most respected buy- -ers, and it is satisfactory to state that he retires with a competence, Rep Drats.—Imports : 705 standard, 72,492 pieces from the Baltic, 5,421 pieces red pine from Canada. The arrivals have been Hama, China, Soudre, Inchgreen, Solid, Midnatssol, Magnet, Elizabeth, Bengal. Anthon, G. S. Homer, Tirade Tarabochia, from Baltic ports, and Malvina, from Montreal. The principal auction sales during the past six weeks was the cargo ex Hama, on the 12th inst., MB brand, when the following prices were realized :— 1x3, 6 1-16d ; 11x4, 64d ; 9x4, 5fd to 53d; 9x3, 58d to 44d; 9x2, 54d to 42d ; 7x3, 5d to 43d 7x24, 54d to 43d ; all per foot of 9x3. The car- goes ex Solid, Bengal, and Tirade Tarabochia have been placed privately. Spruce Deats.—Imports: 19,457 pieces. _ The arrivals have been Inchgreen, Midnatssol, and Sovereign, from Saguenay. and Elizabeth, from Baltic ports; Paul Jones, from New York; Malvina, fiom Montreal ; Sales by auction comprise parcel ex Steinvora, at 34d to 31-16d; shipments ex Palmerston, at 34d to 2 15-16d; and parcel ex Midnatssol, brand FWT, at 44d to 33d ; and brand TWF, at 34d per foot of 9x3. Ozzcon Timper.—Imports: 7,112,267 feet super. The arrivals have been California, _ Gerard C. Tobey, Makah, Estella, Colusa, Sa- ‘ from Adelaide. & ~ gamore, General Butler, and C. C. Funk. Sales by auction have been cargoes ex California, at £5 15s to £5, average £5 3s 2d; ex Kitsap, £5 10s to £4 15s, average £4 19s ; ex Gerard C, Tobey, £5 53 to £4 15s, average £416s, The following cargnes have been sold privately :— Estella and Colusa. Lomsex.—Imports : Clear pine,1,100,921 feet super; White pine shelving, 1,156,606 feet super ; T. and G. Ceiling, 113,169 feet super. The arrivals have been—Ragna, Chas, Dinnis, Glenesk, and Kamfjord from New York ; Paul Jones, from Boston; Delphine Melaine, and Jorsalfarer, from San Francisco; and Swift, Sales by auction have been parcels ex Steinvora and Jorsalfarer. Michigan clear realized £15 5s. to £14 ; dressed clzar pine, £12 128 6A to £12 15s ; shelving £10 10s to £9; > _carpenter’s clear, £11, sugar pine, £13 7s 6d to «£2 Yu, _Repwoov.— Imports; 317,297 feet super, The arrivals have been—Jorealfarer, Califorpia, ad Delphine Melaine, from San Francisco, parcel sold at auction during the past six THE CANADA ge BEES SA weeks is that ex Jolsaltarer, at £9 to £7 17s 6d. FrLoortne ann W#arHErBoaRDs,—Imports : 21,220,076 feet lineal from the United Kingdom and Baltic ports; 120,914 feet lineal from Canada. The arrivals have been—China, Soudre, Inchgreen, Thalatta, Telefon, Mid- natssol, Gamli, Magnet, Mlizabeth, Summerlide, Frigga, Anthon, George S Homer, and Wald- imir, from Baltic ports ; Malaysia, Loch Etive, Lismore and Loch Katrine, from United King- dom ; and Konoowarra, from Adelaide. Sales by auction comprise portions of cargoes ex Muncaster Castle, Soudre, and Midnatssol. We report prices as follows :—Red, 6x1}, 10s 3d ; 6x, 8s 6d; 6x}, 75; 6x4, 5s 3d; 4-out weatherboards, 5s 3d. White, 6x14, 9s 6d; 6x14, 88 6d; 6x#, 63 6d to 6s 9d; 6x4, 5s to ds 3d Kauri Pixe —Imports ; 1,288,000 feet super. Arrivals have been—Killarney, Myrtle, Buster, Parnell, Caiindhu and Grassmere. Sales by auction have been flooring, ex Handa Isle and Buster, and dressed shelving and boards, ex Myrtle, and hewn logs ex Ansdell. We report sales, flooring 6x14, 12s 6d ; 6x, 10s to 9s 9d ; 4x14, 10s to 9s 6d ; dressed shelving, 21s 6d to 19s 6d ; hewn logs, 12s to 10s, Pircu Pint.—Imports: Nil. Crpar —Imports: 14,000 feet super. Arri- vals have been per coasting steamers. There have been no auction sales since the date of our last report. We quote present value at 35s to 403 per log, according to size and quality. Doors.—- Imports: 4,503. Arrivals have been Jorsalfarer and Delphine Melaine, from San Francisco; Paul Jones from Boston; Swift from Adelaide. The parcel of redwood doors ex Jorsalfarer was sold at auction on the 15th inst. LatuHs anp Pickuts.—Imports: Laths, 22,- 227 bundles ; pickets, 19,008 bundles. Prices show a decline on last month’s rate. Siates.—Imports : 1,109,396. The arrivals have been—Alliance, Borrowdale, Lake Super- ior, Halewood and Duncow, from United Kingdom; Ragna Paul Jones, Charles Dennis, and Glenesk, from United States of America ; Orson, from Tasmania. In consequence of heavy arrivals, prices are easier. Several par- cels have been sold privately, prices withheld. We quote American Bangor, 24x12, £11; 20x10, £8 Welsh Bangcr, 24x12, £13; 20x10, £9 10s. PiasteR.—Imports: 1,847 barrels, Stocks are heavy and prices lower. We quote 11s to 128 per cask. CEMENT.—19,660 barrels. Arrivals are far in excess of requirements and prices lower; we quote 12s 6d for best brands, and for inferior 11s. GALVANIZED Iron.—Imports: 1,881 tons. Owing to heavy arrivals sales are difficult to effect, except at lower prices on last month’s rates, We quote best brands at £16; other brands, £15. EXPLANATION.— Red deals and spruce deals are sold at per foot of 9x3; T. and G flooring at per 100 feet running ; Oregon timber, Red- wood, clear pine, shelving, ceiling, per 1,000 feet super; Kauri pine and cedar logs at per 100 feet super ; laths, pickets and slates at per 1,000 pieces. Shorts are all lengths under 12 feet. PREVENTING THE ENDS OF TIMBER FROM CHECKING IN DRYING, Some English authorities have recently been making experiments upon the subject of drying timber without allowing the ends to check® After making a variety of tests, they report that by painting the ends of the stick with thick glue, and allowing it to. harden, they succeeded in drying several kinds of lumber without having end checks make their appear- ance. The theory of the action was that they succeeded in forcing the glue far enough into the pores of the the timber, so that the ends were to a certain extent cemented together, and at the same time prevented from drying more rapidly than the body of the stick itself, Very little more has been made known in re- gard to this system, and we have been unable to get any particulars in regard to the kinds of wood employed, or the length of time they were subjected to the drying processes. Mr. F. D. Adams, the General Master car LUMBRMAN. 5 builder of the Boston & Albany railroad, writing to us in reply to a query in regard to ‘J. K. POST & CO. this system, says:—‘‘T have never heard of | LUM BER MERC HA NTS glue being used on ends of timber to avoid checking. In fact, I should not think it would be of any use, as both the moisture from the timber and the rain, where lumber is stacked out doors, would in a short time destroy ite strength, Possibly it might be of service, if timber was under good cover. We have been for years in the habit of covering the ends of our timber with a heavy covering of thick oil paint. This keeps the ends of the wood full, and prevents the water] from getting in. Almost any kind of paint will answer the purpose.” In many of the lumber yards where foreign timber is received, it is the habit in stacking wide boards, to nail narrow pieces of laths over their ends. This prevents the too rapid drying of the end, at the same time binding the board aud preventing it from splitting. Even this, however, is not always sufficient to keep wide mahogany lumber from cracking badly. Protection for the ends of all kinds of timber stacked so as to be exposed to the weather, is very essential,andthe rough oil paint is probab- ly as cheap and as satisfactory as anything that has yet been thoroughly tried. In connection with this perhaps the most satisfactory invest- ment of labor and material is found in the sys- tem adopted on the Lehigh Valley Road, by Mr. Lentz, also on a few other roads. This is to erect at the corner of each lumber pile four uproughts which carry a light roof sufficient to shed the rain and pretty thoroughly protect the pile beneath. In some cases, we have seen these roofs made like the roof of a hay rick, to be raised or lowered to suit the height of the pile beneath it. The cost of a construction of this kind is merely nominal and on some roads amounts only to the ‘labor of putting up, the necessary timber being derived from rejected stuff which the lumber dealears do not consider worth removing—Jow nal Railway Appliances. 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Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure 'o their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrb in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the presept season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King street west, Toronto, Canada, and enclose a stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.—Monireal Stor. ly]22, & $100REWARD For any preparation that will equal White Rose Cream to remove Tan, Freokles and Pimples, Soften the Skin and Beautify the Complexion. 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Written for the Lumberman, Bridges are structures made to span a void, and are as old as history. From the Greeks we have accounts of bridges built by Semiramis, Darius, Xerxes, and Pyrrhus, principally raade of timber and flat stones. Sometimes boats moored in the stream served as piers ; such was the bridge built by Xerxes across the Helles- pont. The principle of the arch was first applied to bridge building by the Romans. The Ponte de Ritto, or Senators’ Bridge, erected by Caius Flavius, (127 B.C.) is supposed to be the first instance of its application to bridge building. In the course of the great engineering works of the Roman Empire, the application of the arch for bridge building be- came general and bridge building became an art. After the decay of the Roman Empire it made no progress for several centuries, but was again revived in the Eleventh century, but we find little was accomplished until the beginning of the Eighteenth century, when a large num- ber of splendid bridges were erected in Eng- land and France. One of the first applications of iron, to the building of bridges, was about the year 1775, by Mr, Pritchard, of Shrewsbury, England. This was a cast iron arch bridge, which proved a very valuable style of construction, and has since been largely used in all parts of the world. During the present century wrought iron and steel have been very extensively used for bridge building, and are fast taking the place of all other materials. Among the earliest applica- tions of wrought iron to long span bridges, were the Britannia and Conway bridges, these were what are called tubular bridges, their cross section being in the form of a rectangular tube. The Victoria bridge, of Montreal, is another example of this type of bridge. The total amount of iron used in the two former bridges was 2,892 tons, The greatest span in the clear is 460 feet, Since that time the use of wrought iron and steel for building of bridges has been very extensive, until to-day we have a bridge at New York of 1,600 feet in one span, and another now being erected across the Forth, in Scotland, that the spans will be 1,750 feet long. The Niagara bridge is 1,200 feet, and the Can- tilever bridge across the same stream is a later example of modern engineering skill. The essential elements of a good bridge con- sist in so applying the materials of construction to a given design as to have all parts of the structure equally strong under the greatest loads that can ever come upon it. At the same time the material should not be strained to more than one-fourth to one-tenth of their ultimate strength, depending on the kind of materials used, and the nature of the stress the materials are subjected to. Bridges so constructed are said to have a factor of safety of 4, or 5, or 6, etc. Ordinary iron highway bridges are usually constructed with a factor of safety of four, which is ample, unless built in large towns or cities, then they should be constructed with a safety factor of five, Railroad bridges, as now built, have a factor of safety of five, and some of the members of the bridge that are subject to sudden shocks have a much higher factor of safety. Bridges are subject to two kinds of loading besides their own weight, such as a uniform "2 ee ere PE ie mentioned loads on one wheel concentrated in the middle of its length. In the construction of iron bridges great care should be taken in the selection of the materials used for that purpose, as the whole structure may fail through some defect in one of the members, and as thousands of people intrust their lives on such structures daily, it is a point of vital importance, and cannot receive to much attention, not only by the engineer of the works where the bridge is manufactured, but by every workman engaged on the work, who should im- mediately report any defects he may discover no matter how trifling. Tron is a material, the qualities of which are as variable as the different ores from which it is produced ; it may be good, or very bad, or a mean between the two, and to a person who is not familiar with the material, and its mode of manufacture, all would appear alike- Iron is a material the most sensitive to treatment of any metal known in art. The least and often the smallest variation in the quantity or quality of the fuel, ore, or working, will result in sever- al grades of iron at the same cast, but each grade suitable for some purpose. The writer has frequently seen four and five grades of iron produced at the same cast, although the same quality and quantity of ore and fuel had been used during the melting. The pig iron is com- 0} weight distributed over the whole length and | mercially graded, and called Nos. 1,2 3 and 0 | width of the structure, and by concentrated | 4. Nos. 1 and 2 are always selected for foundry loads such as heavy loads of timber, stone, | use, and are sometimes called grey irons, whilst machinery, threshing machines, and in the near the higher numbers are used for the purpose of future bridges will have to carry heavy traction manufacturing wrought iron, and are sometimes YS = e| | a rt eases THE NEW PIGEON OREEK BRIDGE, engines, and this should not be overlooked by | called white iron or forge iron. city and county engineers in their future bridge designs—more especially in short span bridges, on which the shocks from heavy loads are more severe than on long span bridges—therefore, they should be designed to carry heavier loads, or the factor of safety increased. The general standard for loading a bridge is to consider it crowded with people. This would not exceed eighty pounds per square foot of bridge floor- ing. The following loads per square foot for different lengths of span were recommended by a committee of bridge experts in the U. S. A. to be adopted for the building of highway bridges : 60 feet spans and under 100 Ibs, per square foot. 60 ‘ to 100 ft, span.. 90 “ ef “S for cities and large towns. 80 lbs, per square ft. for county roadway. 80 Ibs. per square ft, for cities and large towns. 65 lbs. per square ft. for county roadway 150 ‘* to 200 ft, “© .. 70 Ibs. per square ft. for cities and large towns, .. 60 Ibs. per square ft. for county roadway. “ce ‘e “ce to 150 ft, ‘ ee oe “ ce ind ce The proper strength of floors for all spans may be arrived at by taking into consideration the greatest loads that are likely to be concen- trated on one pair of wheels for each roadway. For Cities and large towns we can consider this not to exceed five tons, and in county roadway bridges three tons. This may appear extreme, but the writer thinks the error, if any, is on the side of safety. The floor beams of all bridges should be constructed for the above mentioned loads. The longitudinal stringers or joists should receive the same attention and should be of snfficient strength to carry half the above Foundry pig iron may be recognized, when broken, by the fracture presenting an open, crystaline texture with a grey color. Forge pig iron is hard, fine- grained, and generally has a white appearance, and sometimes a mottled one. The operation of producing wrought iron from the pig iron, as now practised, is by ex- tracting the carbon, and other impurities, by means of the flame and heat in a reverberatory furnace. The process is called puddling and is thus conducted: The sole, or centre part of the furnace, is filled with broken pig iron, rich slag, or iron scale, the doors are fastened up tight, the fire is then kept up until the whole mass of iron, slag, etc., are melted by the flame passing over the metal, (no fuel is allowed to be in the chamber with the metal), When the metal begins to melt the puddler begins to stir the same with iron bars made for that purpose, (a small hole about six inches square being left in the bottom of the door to admit of these bars being readily t#ken in and out), After it has all become melted the whole mass is rapidly stirred up. After a time the mass will boil and the carbon in the iron, in the form of carbonic oxid, comes to the surface, and comes in contact with the flame from coal in the fire chamber, and burns off with a blue flame. The stirring of the mass is kept up until all, or nearly all, the carbon is burnt out and the metal becomes pasty. The temperature of the furnace is now lowered by a damper in the stack, and the particles of the pasty iron gathered together and made into balls, about five or six balls at each charge, after the balls have been sufficiently worked they are taken to a heavy hammer or squeezer and there hammered or squeezed until a large quantity of the slag and other impurities re- maining in the iron are forced out, it is then taken, whilst hot, to a set of rolls and rolled into bars about four inches wide and one inch ~ ill cold it is cut into short pieces, the several pieces are piled one on top of the other until they make a pile of sufficient dimensions to make a bar of iron it such merchantable size as may be required. The pile is then reheated and brought to a welding heat, about 13,400 degrees F, and again rolled into bars,—this is the ordinary merchant bar iron. Upon this first process of puddling the qual- — ity of the iron almost entirely depends, that is supposing the pig iron has been made from good ores, (good iron cannot be made from poor ores, but bad iron can, and is made from the best of stock.) If the iron is not properly — worked it will not have that toughness that — good wrought iron should have. Again, if the charge is left to long in the furnace, the iron — will be injured from sver-heating, bars or plates made from either iron would be of bad quality, — but both irons would not have the same granu- lar appearance when broken. we The chemical operation performed during the puddling process is called decarburizing, and if it was possible to perfectly accomplish it, and the pig iron contained no impurities, the result would be pure metalic iron, This has never been accomplished so far, therefore the different grades and qualities of iron to be found in all parts of the world. But with all the difficulties met with in the manufacture of iron, metallurgists have been able to produce a good and reliable quality of wrought iron by a judicious mixture of the various brands of pig iron, and by testing the puddled bars and selecting such as are fit for the quality of bars or plates required. There- fore, if an inguirer knows what quality of iron he wants, he should have little difficulty in procuring it if he deals with a reliable manu- facturer, At the same time it is necessary that iron should be tested, and one of the best and simplest forms is what is termed the cold- bend test. It consists in bending the bar under examination, over an anvil by repeated blows — from a bammer until the sides approach each other within a distance equal to the thickness of the iron. Iron that will stand this test — without fracture is of the very best quality, possessing ductility, toughness and elasticity, and highly suited for bridge building. Some high grade irons will stand a severer test than this, by the sides being closed down upon each other, but these are exceptional cases and not the rule. Under no circumstance will iron stand to be bent over the sharp edge of a vise without fracture. The test piece should be bent over something that will allow the inner fibres to upsett at the time the outer fibres are extending. Thousands of tests have been made which all go to show that for bridge purposes a bar one inch square should be able to withstand @ pulling strain of 50,000 to 54,000 pounds be- fore breaking, and that it should stretch at least 14 inches to the foot before rupture. Timber for bridges should be sound, free from shakes, heart-cracks, loose and black _ knots. Well seasoned timber will wear much longer than unseasoned, but bridge plank is seldom kept in stock, therefore it must almost always be procured fresh cut from the mills. Sapwood will not wear good, and will decay faster than heartwood, but it is practically im- possible to get all heartwood. Wane edge should be laid downwards, and if more than one wane edge in a plank it should not be used, The timber for stringers, or joists should be selected with more care than plank, The kinds of timber most in use are oak, white and yellow pine; for plank sometimes hemlock, beech, birch and tamarack, % The principal kinds of iron bridges now in — general use are the girder bridges, for short spans up to 30 to 40 feet, sometimes longer. Next comes the bowstring, the arch, supension, truss bridges, and lately the cantilever bridge has been brought forward very prominently. This last mentioned type will be more exten- sively used in the future than in the past for long spans; although the principle has long been understood by engineers it is only of late years that such gigantic structures have beea built where the principle could be applied with economy. . The truss bridge is the most in use, and | oy Aa ee ss PHE CANADA LUMBERMAN. “|W. NV. FORBES & CO. Commission Brokers IN ‘valuable feeders, Costing us nothing is the} Durine 1885 car loads of lumber and box reason why it is so neglected, and the day is| shooks were forwarded from Potedam, N. Y., not far of when our future generations will] to the number of 1,463; car loads of butter curse the neglect and those causing it. tubs, 165 ; bark, 29, I see that the Morrison tariff, if it passes in the United States, throws a sprat at Canada to catch asalmon, It reads to admit all wood and lumber, not dressed, on the free list, from a country where no export duty is charged ; con- sequently all our shingles and clapboards, when a planer bas been used on them, would be subject to duty, and nowadays all our shingles are edged with a planer, and nearly all our clapboards are planed at the mill where they are manufactured. So it stands our Govern- ment in hand to not let go with their right hand before they get a good hold with their left, for they will learn there is no friendship in trade with Uncle Sam, And about our New Brunswick stumpage few of your readers kaow nearly all our lumber lands are locked up by monopolists who charge $1.50 per M feet stumpage, and what little lumber we have left, if not preserved more strictly, the reckless slaughter now carried on by Americans, and our own lumbermen, we will soon have none to growl over. bridges have been built on this principle, in spans ranging from 30 feet to upwards of 500 = 74 feet long, There are several types of trusses, such as the King post truss, the Queen post a __truss, the triangular or Warren truss,the double triangular truss, the trapizoidal or ‘‘ whipple” truss, the Fink truss, the Bollman truss, &c. - The two former types are only used in the shortest spans. The trapizoidal or whipple truss is most in use and some. magnificient __ structures have been built up to 525 feet spans. ( The illustration given is of the whipple type A MAN was hit in the right eye by the burst- ing of a log bind, in a shanty at Mattawa, and taken to Ottawa last week. He has has sus- tained fearful injuries about the face, and it is feared that the eye is totally destroyed. Grain, Provisions and Stocks. For Cash and on Margin, in fractional parts or bulk. Room 1, Cox’s building, George Street. Direct private wires to New York and Oh cago. Continuous quotations. Also agente for Cunard Line of Steamers and Erie and all other Railways. dl% THE Cobourg Sentinel-Star says that the hickory wood in the buggy which John Boyd, of Baltimore, has sent to the Colonial Exhib- ition, London, England, was taken from a tree planted by the late Hon. Asa A, Burn- ham, over 50 years ago, and is called a low truss bridge. The length of span is 68 feet, width of roadway 18 feet, with a sidewalk on each side four feet wide. The . _ bridge is designed to carry a rolling load of 100 , pounds per square foot of the roadway, and 80 " pounds per square foot of sidewalk, besides the 2 weight of the superstructure itself. No mem- ber in tension to be strained to more than 10,000 pounds per square inch, and compression mem- - bers 8,000 or less, depending on the ratio of es length to diameter of the member. The side- =k walk railing is made of wrought iron lattice = work bolted to cast iron posts, said posts being 4 : A SYNDICATE of Quebec gentlemen, including J. E. Ross, E. Beaudet, H. J. Beemer, An- drews, O. Turgeon and others, are about to erect a large saw and shingle mill and furniture factory at River Pierre, on the line of Lake St. John railway, province of Quebec, A NEW BOUQUET. Of Exquisite Richness of Odor Distilled from atural Flowers. The Most bolted to the iron cross beams, the flooring is entirely of pine, roadway plank three inches Delightful, Delicate and Lasting thick, sidewalk plank two inches thick, the Respectfully yours, G F ORG F G A i [ Perfume of the Day. whole superstructure is erected on a cut stone P. O. BYRAM, D A V/ § & L A WR ENC E Cb; Madawaska, February, 1886. ———————EEE ENTERING the townships of Melbourne we are impressed with the rapid growth of wood, In places that were cleared, since our personal recollection, and cultivated for years, thers now appears a strong and healthy growth of maple and other varieties of wood, Some of the trees are nearly large enough for sugar trees. If the country weve left for fifty years, the landscape would be converted into an unbroken substructure and crosses Pigeon Creek, in the town of Omemee, Victoria Couuty, Ontario. e _ In long span bridges, from 90 feet and upwards, a the trusses are of sufficient height to be braced ss & WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots sold on Commission, railway switch in to yard and plenty of room for storage, Yard corner of Stachan and Wellington Aye. Office, 9 Victoria St. Telephone Connection. L (SOLE AGENTS,) MONTREAL. laterally on the top, these are called high truss bridges, Sometimes the roadway is carried on _ the top of the trusses, and this is called a deck bridge. Before. building a bridge all corporations should consult a competent engineer, who would be able to select the most economical and _ best type to suit the location, and also to exam-| forest again. If people would only husband ine the designs and plans presented, to ascertain | the wood growing patches that remain, keep- F O R S A L FE if they are designed on correct and recognized | ing the cattle and fire out of them, there will principles, and to ignore any plan that 2s not, | never be a scarcity of wood in these townships. Saree or cannot be analyzed as to the kind and|—St, John, Quebec, News. VALUABLE amount of strain the members of the bridge would be subject to when loaded. tis almost -eriminal to build a bridge, or any structure, on - plans that no one can tell approximately any- _ thing about,.when there are plans that are thoroughly understood and the strains can be correctly calculated, There is another point to consider and one of the most vital importance, namely, the details, or connections, of the different members of the _ bridge, if these are weak the whole structure will be measured by their strength. On these points the knowledge of the practical engineer is of great value, it enables him to select the best design, and prevent incompetent and unscrupulous parties from palming their death traps on the public, besides saving large sums of public money. We learn from the Brandon, Man., Sun that Mr. Jas. Kennedy, son of Mr. D. Kennedy, of Campbellford, Ont,, is manager of the Brandon saw mills, which the proprietor, Mr. Christie, lately purchased. 800,000 feet of logs are now in the Fort Ellice booms, and will be sent down as soon as the ice breaks in the river, and ar- rive there ten days after. It is the intention this season to cut one and a half million feet of lumber. Forty men will be placed in the woods above Fort Pelly this week. This will be pleasing news, the Sun says, to the people of Brandon. ——— THE Pembroke OUserver of February 26th says :—‘The timber shipping traffic for the season of 1886 has opened under the most favor- able auspices and a busy season is predicted. Mr. Klock, the well known lumber merchant, of Aylmer, has started a force of men to load cars with lumber cut this season on the Veuve river. The timber will be launched on the ice Papineauville, where it will be rafted up as soon as. navigation opens in the spring and driven to Quebec for tlie early market, ———————E Mr. Fuoop, the agent for Messrs. R. R. Dobell & Co,, is at present taking out square Take Notice J. J. Turner has Something to Say, 7 ERI oe ep eae Timber Limits 50,000 SAW LOGS ON SEVERN RIVER i, If you want a good AWNING or TENT, eend to the manufacturer wo makes a business of it. Having had over twenty-five years experience in this business, parties in want of anything in my line are eure of get- ting satisfaction, Tents of every description in stock and made to order. Also Horse and Waggon Covers, Rick Cloths, Waterproof Clothing, in fact anything and everything from a needle to an anchor. NOTE THE ADDRESS: J, J. TURNER, Sail, Tent and Awning Maker, East Pier, Port Hope, d3ot a A quick, permanent, absolutely certain cure for lost or fail- ing manhood, ner- voushess, weakness, lack of vigor, strength and de- velopment, caused by indiscretions, excesses, etc, Benefits in a day; cures usually within a month. No deception nor quackery. Positive proofs, full description, hundreds of testimonials, with letter of advice mailed in plain, sealed envelopes, frea Erie Medical Co., Buffalo, N. Y. The undersigned being desirous of confining their operations to their Lakefield Mills on the Trent waters, offer for sale the following limits :-— Township of Hindou, '70 equare miles. ss Oakley, 45 cs zs ee Redout, 22 <“ cs An area of 137 square miles. W. H. LAW, Central Iron Bridge Works, Peterborough. These limits are estimated to contain 180 million feet of Logs, well watered, and afford means of short haul- ing from all points, and quick and cheap driving to Georgian Bay. Are offered for sale together with plant, depots, farms, 1,200 acres deeded lands and 50,- 000 logs, nearly all of which are on the main river, a large proportion of which are 16 feetlong. Apply to R. & G. Strickland, 3mL LAKEFIELD, ONT. If You Want a Good Job Ir you want A Day Book Maps, IF YOU WANT A JOURNAL MADR, If you WANT A CAsH BOOK MADE, I¥ you WANT A LEDGER MADR, Ir you WANT A CHECK Book MADR, Iv you WANT A RgOEIPT BOOK MADE, I¥ YOU WANT PAPER FOR CORRESPONDENCR IF YOU WANT PAPER FOR LETTER HEADS. IF YoU WANT PAPER FoR NotE Hzaps, Ir you WANT PAPBR FOR BILL HRaps, If YOU WANT WRITING PAPER FOR ANY PURPOSB, THE DUTY. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. Mz. Eprtor,—Mr. Joly’s letter in your number of the 15th, with your remarks in an- swer to the Free Press, give valuable informa- tion on our lumber interest. I have often wrote and wondered the reason why the export ge: ou “a ma Ba tog a an birch in the vicinity of Lac Sept Isles, near St, pec or the Aqerican é, an manne: Raymond, Already 12,000 feet have been sent ‘tures about 50,000,000 of cedar shingles, besides | 2°¥2 PY the Quebec and Lake St. John railway, the spruce and pine for clapboar ds; faenished and have been piled on the Louise embankment. yearly from our forests free of export duty Hight thousand feet more have to be delivered, Tt seaiastonishing that wo have eens ae The average of this birch was 16 inches and 11 the whole of the Nineteenth century, living whe alongside of a smart shrewd people who have _ thrown off the old John Bull bigotry over one hundred years ago, and we yet inherit it to such an extent we must butt our brains out against obstacles to progress before we can see them. © If we had a few more Mr. Jolys, with an in- dependent press, who takes the interest of our country at heart, the Government might conde- _ wend to open their eyes and look after our local interests and protect them. And unless we en- ge and protect all the feeders, to keep up ur revenue, our progress must be retarded; 2 A lumber Js one of our natural and most THE KEY TO HEALTH, ADOGK BLOOD. BITTERS Unlocks allthe clogged avenues of the Bowels, Kidneys and Liver, carry= ing off gradually without weakening the system, all the impurities and foul humors of the secretions; at the same time Correcting Acidity of the Stomach, curing Biliousness, Dys- pepsia, Headaches, Dizziness, Heartburn, Constipation, Dryness of the Skin, Dropsy. Dimness of Vision, Jaundice, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Scrofula, Fluttering of the Heart, Nervousness, and Gene eral Debility; all these and many ather scalar wig sori yield to the appy innuence ce) URDOCEK OOD BITTERS. ALLEN OLMSTEAD has been appointed for- ester for the Adirondack region, N. H., by the state forestry commission. He isan oldvhunter and a thorough woodsman, His duty will be to see to the preservation of the forests under his jurisdiction from wanton destruction and spoilation, ——— —— WHILE engaged in surveying lumber at Malone for the Rathbun Company, Mr. Thomas Pidgen slipped off a lumber pile and fell against a log sustaining very severe internal injuries which have entailed much suffering, He was taken to his home in Degeronto, ; Leave your orders at the Old Established REVIEW Book-Bindery and Printing Office, Market Block, George St., Peterborough, BL T. MILBURN & CQ., Proprietors, Toronta® - true, and they want another one for it, without ~ ~ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Bee ee JIM AS AN ENGINEER. Jim’s a good-natured happy-go-iucky ; he’s served his time in the machine shop, knows all about blacksmithing, and as for a stationary engine, why bless your soul, he’s designed more than you ever saw. His uncle was a big stock- holder in the company, and Jim was sent up to make himself generally useful, and show 1 the country bumpkins a thing or two. Smet faWhen he came all the places were full, so - Jim swept up the shop and did some helping. To be sure, he left some chips under the laths and the bench was not very clean; but you know, Jim was an engineer and machinist, and not a roustabout. Atilast business picked up and Jim was set to work running the engine nights. Then he was in his glory. First he thonght the globe valve on the feed-pipe ought tobe shut. Of ‘course he forgot to open it when he started the pump. Well now you just ought to have seen that packing come out, and the water squirt over the engine and machinery. Jim caught a good mouthful and then left, and never stop- ped till he was out-doors. It rather scared him, but in a night or two he was ready to try another dodge. The pump didn’t leak, but Jim thought it needed packing, or anyhow that gland must be screwed up, and up it went; and the first thing he knew the plunger stopped, stuck tighter than a drum. Well, the engine went on ser- enely, and the set screw that was to have held the crank cut a nice little groove around the shaft. Now that valve and motion is all of a kilter, and needs resetting. So one night while the men were at lunch, off comes the steam-chest cover, and the valve is reset. Engine starts a little lame, but Jim knows she will soon get over that. But pretty soon there is a rattle, the engine limps worse and worse, and then with a final rattle she stops. Investigation showed a nut off the valve stem. It had drop- ped into a steam port, been blown out into the exhaust and up the smoke stack, till it struck the elbow, when it dropped back upon the vertical boiler, where it was found next day. Then Jim thought that perhaps it was not the valve after all. The pound must be in the eccentric straps, and I'll just tighten them up Well, now, almost before he could put that monkey-wrench down on the beach there was a loud snap, and a broken eccentric rod went whirling around with the shaft, This time the eccentric and strap were both cut and the rod broken. Jim smokes away and says the en- gine is no good. Manager thinks about the same of Jim’s engineering qualifications, and gives him a job where he won’t have quite so good a chance to raise Cain, but Jim was still alive, and didn’t fail to let us know it.— Power. CARE OF EMERY WHEELS. It is common custom when an emery wheel is removed from its spindle to abuse it. Some hang it up on a nail, with one side exposed to the air of the room and the other side against a damp brick or wooden wall. Others lay it about on an uneven bench, and others, again, take the trouble to put it under the bench, one edge against the damp ground and the top side leaning against the back of the shop. When they want to use it again they find it all out of balance, perhaps warped out of flat and with its corners chipped or damaged. Then they write the maker that the wheel doesn’t run charge, or they will, notwithstanding its dam- aged condition, mount it on the machine and go to work with it ; whenit bursts and mains the user, emery wheels will be called dangerous tools. To much care cannot be taken of an emery wheel by the man who uses it. Emery is, as before stated, a silicate of alumina and iron, emery contains water enough to make it have an affinity for water, and to a certain extent oxidize or rust, and therefore swell in size. If, then, a solid, but porous wheel is subjected to dampness, or to unequal action of air and dampness, it may become injured, It certainly is injured by having the corners chipped off by lying about under a bench with old junk, and it should get more sensible treatment. with his hammer in the same way, he will A good plan for keeping all emery wheels wou!d be to lay them in a box or drawer, in dry sand or sawdust, keeping them with as much care as one would with an edged tool or razor. Too much care would do no harm, If, upon receiving an emery wheel from the maker, the user would tap it lightly with a hammer, he will find it has a note or sound Now, if when he uses the wheel after an inter- val of repose, he would again tap it lightly notice readily any change of sound, or ring. If the wheel, on being tapped, sounds dead, or if it is cracked, he will readily notice the change in sound. This change is the only in- telligence any solid wheel possesses ; the man who uses it must govern himself accordingly. —Mechanical lngineer. ae A RE CARE FOR CIRCULAR SAWS.) The care we take of a circular saws makes it possible to do either the poorest or the best work. We may have the very best table, the finest gauges, and the best saw the market affords, but unless they are well taken care of it is utterly impossible to do a nice piece of work with them; while on the other hand, if we keep them in fine condition, even with in- different tables and appliances, they will show their care by the superior work done. Even under imperfect conditions aside from the saw, if we keep it sharp it will cut easy, and if set perfectly true, with the teeth of an even length, it will cut smooth, though it stick up through a rough board instead of a table made of alternate strips of walnut and ash, shallacked to perfection and polished until you can see your face in it. There is a combination of things that makes a saw run well, as much as there is a combination of letters to make a word, or of figures and signs to make a problem in arithmetic ; and unless the combination is per- fect we fail to make good work. Let us see what the combination is then if we agree to the conditions specified: 1st, a true plate ; 2nd, an even set; 8rd, the teeth all of an even length, so that each tooth shall do its share of cutting; 4th, the teeth filed to a uni- form level both front and back, so as to give all the points the same shape; 5th, and last, though not by any means least, to give all the teeth the same size and shape without regard to the level. The reasons why we should have a true plate are obvious to the most casual ob- server. The stiffness of the plate depends on its being true, for just as soon as it is the least sprung, it has lost its backbone, and it will be dished first on this side and then on that, and we cannot trust it for anything, even the very plainest kind of sawing. There is a wide difference of opinion about a sawyer straightening his own saws; while one may be able to do it there a thousand who cannot do it well. This is a part of caring for saws that if one cannot do it well he had very much better not try to do it; and yet every sawyer should be able to tell when a saw is sprung, and have it taken to a professional in that business and have it made right, for it is very much cheaper to have it right in the first place than have some one try to learn how to hammer a saw and almost ruin it and then be obliged to have to take it to some one in the business. This is a poor way to save money, and if any one is just starting and with a small working capital, he has little time to spare to teach his workmen how to hammer saws. But you want to know just when a saw aeeds straightening, and have it well done, and you want to know enough about a saw to know when it is welldone, Thisis one part of caring for saws, and whether one can straighten a saw himself,or can tell when it ought,to be hammer- ed, he in either case is properly caring for it. It is needless, perhaps, for me to say it, but it is nevertheless a patent fact, that not one in ten sawyers in the country properly understands this part of the business or has the right kind of tools to do either the one or the other. We would now come to the second part, a true, even set. A saw perfectly round and each tooth as long as the others might perhaps come in first, but as I have taken up setting we will go on with it and take the length of teeth in its turn. There are a very few persons in this world that can set a saw by their eye and never use a| poste, but gauge, but those persons are almost as scarce as hen’s teeth, and the best way to use a good gauge and haye each tooth come just to it, and not almost to it and another a little too much out, for these two littles make a “mickle” and will surely tell on the stuff be- ing sawed. plank for studding, or for any stuff to be planed and jointed in a machine, I would certainly use an upset, as this keeps the outside points of the teeth full and sharp, which is a very neces- sary point in making a saw run well, As soon as the outside points become rounded, no saw ean be trusted to do good work even in the coarser kinds of sawing, but they do very much better even then if they are properly set by having every tooth set just alike. I know this point of setting is held im high esteem by many who call themselves good sawyers, but I hold that it is one of the positively essential points to make a saw run both easy and well, saw round, and every tooth exactly the length of all the rest. How many shops and mills throughout the country can we go into where saws are used and not hear that confounded!y annoying sound, gig-gig-gig of saws that are running out of round. ‘This comes from two causes, one of which is the hole iu the saw is a little to large, and the saw is pt on regardless of this fact, and if a saw be ever so round, if eut both sides alike, for it becomes an eccentric always remains so, Very many, it is true, have a mark and always put it on in the same half remedies the fault, for it will crowd one There is only one way to remedy this fault, and arbor nicely. The other course is the common are never trued, and a saw should be faced or trued up once a day if it is doing anything at and hold it up to the saw till it just touches, saw till every tooth is hit. Now take off and file up nicely till the points come up to a fine shi ON et SO Oe en a eS Pe - for the building of clothes closets in dwellings, is so little in demand. Where cedar is used in interior work vermin and moth will be unknown ; and it is susceptible of beautiful finish that adds to its value as a wood for house building purposes.—Lumber Trade Journal. TIGHT BELTS. A large quantity of belts is required to trans- mit a little power. The sooner we investigate — and believe the above fact, the better it will be for our shafting, machinery and coal-heap. We may look at the fact as we please, it will bear it, and find that a slow running belt to carry 4 given power must be very wide. If running at high speed, we must have the same number of square inches of belt passed over the pulley, but the belt need not be as wide to do it. When a belt slips, the most natural action on the part of the attendant is to throw a handful of powdered rosin between belt and pulley, The next move, when resin fails, is to tighten the belt. Often we find belts strained up until they are tight enough for fiddle strings, until bs hangers are pulled out of line, boxes cut and shafting sprung. A certain machine company drive their works by long loose belts which claim attention from their very looseness. These belts are 10” to 12” wide, about 16 feet from pulley to pulley, and are slack enough to permit the upper or slack side of the belt to ‘‘ bag” down 12‘ or 18’, a plone passing through the two shafts being about 45° from the perpendicular. If this machine company had followed the example of many power users, they would have used belts 5” or 6” wide, strained them very tight, and bave been continually troubled by the belts breaking and wearing out, The belts above described, ran upon large pulleys (from 24 to 48) having a speed of 250 or 300 revolutions per minute. : Probably these belts would have done one- balf more work than was put upon them but from the fact of being loaded light, they did their work with very little wear and tear. They needed very little looking after, save to keep them oiled and cleaned. 5 At the Novelties Exhibition at Philadelphia, a centrifugal pump was shown raising @ very large quantity of water, and being run with a 14” belt. Here, high belt-speed was used as a factor, but the little belt was strained very tight. It will soon give out and need constant patching. When putting up a machine to run by a high- speed belt, don’t make the mistake of cutting down the width of the belt toomuch. Let it go wide enough to trausmit the required power without being too tight. A certain builder of gauge lathes built a lathe to make button-hook handles, The handles were about 3” or }” in diameter, and 14” long. When the belt was at its highest speed it ran over 4,000 lineal feet per minute, yet the belt was made four inches wide. Just think of it; a round sewing machine belt would almost have done the work, yet here was a four inch belt. The builder of that lathe says he would do the same thing again, for the belt service was com- plete, there was no slip of belt, no excessive friction, and the lathe spindle always ran true ard cool. : When we see a man putting on a 14” belt with clamps, and using a 24” monkey-wreach wherewith to screw up the clamp bolts; then we can say to ourselves that this man is doing a poor job.—American Machinist, ————————_——_$_—_—_$__— “A TELEGRAM from Washington in regard to the Morrison bill says :—The imports of articles of timber and lumber named in the bill as affected by the proviso as to export duty are We were not a little surprised to know that} jmported from Canada, which country as far as some time since a couple of Tennessee gentle- | Jearned imposes no export duty on the articles men shipped a carload of red cedar posts to | named, therefore the proviso has little or no this city, and came in person to dispose of them | effect.” If pine and spruce are not included in and, if possible, lay a foundation for the future | the proposed free list, as Mr, Little believes, trade, but their experiment resulted in a de-} then, this statement is correct ; and it would plorable failure, nct only to receive a consider- | appear to confirm the impression that Mr. ation for them that justified them in bringing | Morrison does not propose t» place pine and them to this market, but in making any | spruce lumber on the free list. If, however, he arrangement for future trade. ; wishes the provisions of the bill regarding We cannot understand why it is that a wood | lumber to be of benefit to anybody those kinds — possessing such valuable merits, not only for | of lumber should be included. : On ordinary coarse work, like ripping up Now we come to the third count, keeping a put onthe arbor this way, it is impossible to just as soon as put on and, pitiful to relate, place with the marked side up, but this only way or the other and is never exactly round, that is, by some means make the saw fit the one. Saws are run week in and week out and all. Keep a nice piece of common grindstone and then pass it carefully across the face of the edge without turning a burr if possible Don’t file and file till a burr is turned up like the fingers of a Hindoo devotee, because if you do the saw is out of shape again and needs truing up as much as it did before you touched it. A little care and the light falling on the point of the tooth so you can see what you are about, will give you a habit of filling just enough and no more,—Cabinetmahing and Upholstery. ————— nanan CEDAR. Tt occurs to us that if red cedar was proper- ly introduced in this market, and its merits once thoroughly known to the consumer, it would become a very important factor in the lumber interest of the city. It is a matter worthy of comment that red cedar fence posts and red cedar dimension is in less demand in this market than in any other of the country ; and this, too, in the very face of the fact, of all timber that grows, there is none possessing such lasting, such imperishable properties, if you please, as red cedar for fence posts. We recognize the fact that it cannot be secured in this market, so as to be sold to the consumer at anything like the prices for which white cedar is offered, but we see no economy in paying 15 cents for a white cedar post that will last but five yeers when for 30 cents a red cedar one can be had that will last a generation of years ‘ _ Capital of the company, $30,000, length of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 9 LUMBER DRIVERS’ GALKS FOR USE IN STREAM DRIVING. Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel and Forged. The method ued in tempering leaves every one of the same temper rendering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks mage by an old she bear and her two enbs ; the boys had uo fire arms and were proceeding to demol- ish the two cubs when old mother bear rushed to the rescue and attempted to give them an affectionate hug, but a f-w well directed blows with the axes soon put an end to her armorous intentions and settled her prospects for any closer alliance. The whole trio was captured and carried home in triumph. Tr is said that Pack, Woods & Co., Americans, own 600,000,000 feet of timber in Canada. W. W. Svuraertanp, Saginaw, handled 4,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber last year. eee ee RS TS THE FOSSIL WOOD OF THE WEST. An interesting paper has been communicated to one of the California scientific societies on THE Mississippi Valley Lumberman does not think there are more than 48,000,000 feet of old logs in sight in the booms or along the see DEY EVE? the fossil wood which is found in different lo- LARGE GALL Samples and prices free on appll- Tux latest from the Menominee district in caltizes sroughont the)state, = eation to the unders gned. This silicified wood is stated to be a variety of quartz ; the wood fiber is gradually replaced by quartz, leaving the form of the wood intact, so much so that the sections cut and placed under a microscpe show the characteristic grain of the wood, by which the genera may often be determined, and sometimes the species. In what is known as the petrified forest in Color- ado, there are stumps of trees several feet in height and some 12 or 15 in diameter, and one stump seemed to be fossilized while in a charred state, and from it fossil charcoal was obtained, Many of the specimens of wood are encrusted with layers of crystalized chalcedony of an opalescent tint, so beautiful that sections have been mounted and worn as jewelry. In Wyom- ing there have been found sections of trees 20 inches in diameter and several feet in length, like hollow tubes, with the interior surface entirely studded with pure quartz crystals, pre ‘senting a most beautiful appearance.—Scientafic American. =e SES SMALL HEEL Wisconsin is that the estimated cut of 400,000,- 000 feet would be realized, over 200,000,000 al- ready being banked. ——— ae LARGE HEEL THE \ Orono Cant Dog >, Strongest and Lightest in the oa market. Made of Best Cast Stee by drop forging process. The Handles are made of best quality straight grained split and turnei Rock Maple, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Prices on application. THE steam saw mill owned by Mr. O. Duf- resne, situated about four miles from South Durham, Que , was totally consumed by fire on Feb. 19th ; fully insured. ee SCREW HEEL | ] / ] eda ti db dss day, A Lume firm in Ottawa estimates that it will cost $4,000 to make alterations, if the~bill providing for the increase in width of tires of heavily laden wagon, passes the Ontario Leg- islature this session. Mr. T. H. DzCrw has leased the Hanlan mills from the Essex Centre Manufacturing Company, and will go at once into the extensive manufacture of staves. —— EN Toe N. & A. Barnard Lumber Company have sold to E. R. Phinney, of East Saginaw, 3,800 acres of pine land in town 17-2 west, Gladwin county ; consideration $24,000 cash. ee ES MANUFACTURED BY T. McAVITY & SONS, L2 ST. JOHN, N.B. AUSTRALIAN WATTLE FOR TANNING. The American Consul at Sydney has forward- ed to the United States Government a lengthy report on the leading industries of New South Wales, in the course of which, describing the the leather trade of that colony, he says the great bulk of the material used for tanning leather in Australia is obtained from the wattle or mimosa bark, the produce of various species of the acacia. This bark yields a higher percentage of tannin than any other vegetable material in the world, with the single exception of the celebrated taneka bark of New Zealand, a product peculiar to that colony. An interest- ing feature connected with the mimosa bark is that its percentage of tannin increases after a year or two when the bark is kept in a dry place. The bark is usually gathered in the spring, which begins in New South Wales in the month of September—the colony being south of the Equator, the seasons are of course reversed, ‘The bark is so highly prized for tan- ning that considerable quantities are exported to England, the annual exports being about 9,000 or 10,000 tons. Occasionally the exports have reached as high as 20,000 tons per annum. The demand for it has been so great that at one time it was thought the trees would disappear altogether. The New South Wales Government, however, has taken very active measures to promote the growth of these trees, and has caused vast numbers of them to be planted all over the colony, and especially on railway reserves. Strong efforts are also being made to encourage planting these trees by private enterprise. There are many varieties of the wattle, some of which have beautiful wavy and graceful feathery foliage. Wattle barks are usually found in commerce in four forms, Ist, in narrow strips about three feet long, pulled off the tree. 2nd, in small pieces 1 in. in length, and about the same in breadth. 3rd, ground bark having the appearance of retted fibre. 4th, powdered bark, forming a very fine powder. The wattle bark forms a hard and heavy tannage when used strong, but when weakened it produces soft and pliable leather. Extracts are now made from the wattle, and they are extensively used by the English tanners. Winpsor is resolved to have an electric railway, from Ouillette avenue to Walkerville. road 14 mile, rolling stock one motor and one ordinary car. Single and Double Belting = sk It is reported that never before were there so many small operators at work in the logging district of the Menominee as this winter. It is probable that the same is true in all the leading districts. Filled same days as received. Me. Scuwarts, of the Royal Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, at Quebec, has favored us with a pamphlet on lumber shipments pre- pared by a gentleman residing at Helsingfors, Finland. Tue Victoria, British Columbia, Colonist says:—The George E. Star took away the immense plank sent from the Province to the Colonial Exhibition. It is nine feet in width and twenty feet long. TORONTO WARE ROOMS Mr, C. Youne, of Young’s Point, Ont., has had a new cast and track from Wm. Hamilton’s foundry, Peterborough, put in his saw mill, and new saws put in his saw and shingle mill. He closed his mills on January 1st, but was compelled to start work again. Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. MONTREEAT QU FE. Get vourn STATIONERY Svuppiizs THE “REVIEW” STATIONERY STORE Maret Brock, Grorcs STREET. sa Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRICES! == PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS, INK and PENCILS, And every house and office requisite always kept in stock, and sold retail in BOTH SMALL OR LARGE QUANTITIES. ~rA LIBERAL DISCOUNT will be allowed to Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufac Clergymen, School Teachers, Township Officers and others buying their Stationery in larg uantities, and also to cash buyers. 4@ Estimates givenand contracts made for yearly supplies at lowest rai Smas H. Raymonp, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has invented and applied for a patent on a machine which he claims will set up a com- mon stave barrel, both ends at once, using four tress hoops, in less than one minute. He says the machine is very simple, needs no power, and can be operated by one boy. THe Muskegon News says:—News from the woods is, that notwithstanding no snow in December,to much in January,and soft weather thus far in February, the log cut will be nearly the amount expected, namely 400,000,000 feet, This showing is made possible through the activity of a large number of small operators who have pushed their work with more than usual energy. NORTH WESTERN ONTARIO. : The Banner says a party of young men con- sisting of T. Brooks, 8. Brooks, F. Hogue, whilst cutting shingle bolts near Riley Lake a few days ago, discovered a bear’s den inhabited Horseman, Attenton ! When your horse is galled or cut, or kas aD ugly sore, bathe twice daily, and apply Mc- Gregor & Parke’s Uarbolic Cerate. Lt is undoubt- edly the finest healing and cleansing forit. Be gure you get McGregor & Parke’s. id for 25c. per box at John McKee’s Drug Store. 10 Market Aeports. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. - Maron 9.—Building operations have now commenced to open out and the yards may ex- pect a good trade shortly, as all differences - with the carpenters, plasters and bricklayers, __ will be amaciably arranged before work is fairly _ gtarted, so that the difficulties encountered last spring by master workmen will this season be - avoided. A large quantity of lumber is now entering our city, but nearly all of inferior grades, and the same may be said of the larger portion now piled in the railroad yards. Good lumber fit for immediate factory use meets with ready sale at fair prices, and it may with a certainty be predicted that before the first day of June next there will be a great out cry for dry lumber and the cry will be in vain, no dry stuff fit for dress- ing purposes will be held in stock by that time. The large stock now just sold at Gravenhurst will find its way by rail to Boston, and any dry - lots to be had will soon be bought up for ship- ment to the other side, so that our manufactur- ers will wake up and find, to their astonishment, that there is not enough dry lumber left for their requirements until the new cut is in a fit t state for use. The present season’s cut will be a large one feared. The difficulty to be anticipated is get- ting in a fit state for use by the time it will be needed, as it has been found that lumber placed | in dry kilns, while perfectly green does not i come out in good shape for use, F The demand for shingles and lath is not ' brisk, but will mend as soon as the season fairly opens, and now that the G. T. R. R. Co, and | the N. & N. W. Oo. have brought their rates to { the same figures, western shipments from the latter road will commence once more. Had this taken place sooner a large portion of the | _ shingles now in stock would have been shipped | | without a doubt, so that no famine need be | | out some time since, however, better late than never. ‘Prices at the yards have not as yet advanced on bill stuff in proportion to the advance de- manded on car lots, so that it may be fairly assumed that retail dealers are selling at a less profit than formerly. Competition is intensely keen in all the branches, manufactured as well as in the unmanufactured state, | Mill cull boards and scantling................+- $10 00 Hi ‘Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths....... 12 00 yy SHOCKS .....erseeeeee ‘ ++. 13 60 Scantling and joist, up to FS ft. 8 ft. oe “ce “ce be as as a oe se as “ oe a6 oe “6 as oe be as «se oe Lis “6 oe ae ae ae as oe “ fi « ‘ ‘ Cutting up pieoks GOAT ciereisielatios.sieicte aie ae DANGS MES Werle tiaitraislcs steer dt sieges ; ound dressing StockS........seseveeeeees 16 00@18 00 ! . Picks Am. inspection...... ss. veeses sueees 30 00 Three uppers, Am. inspection..,........ 35 00@40 00 \ B. M. jeiaae b “inch flooring, dressed...... ndou soos +» 25 00@30 00 ini OUR Ds isis ateljarna pouodoood 14 00@15 00 I 14“ Mi dressed ........000. aeee.23 00@25 00 Mae ta, SE MPOUINGYESSEG vrais sic ie'enic's c,cieio nieces sie 14 00 I : sf Be PAN CSREG i.e cfria's oie avarsierecaiaia 16 00@20 00 Be undressed..........e000 12 00@14 00 } ae Sheeting, dressed. 1.118 00@20 00 MAPDORTCING \AKESSEd EL... i sew cevececcorars 2 sawn shingles, # M 2 75@ 2 90 Aen WAG Hiss cece yostcaecdolinbidodeqononloo 22 | Red oak.... .20 00@25 00 SEWVICE [8% cstete secon at) ...20 00@380 00 } Basswood, No, 1 & 2........cecceeeneneees 18 00@20 00 CCN ON UCT ORS sae SG OOUBU BOC OROUnO nS 50 00@60 00 White ash1&2..... RET cae ss ariae nie 25 00@30 00 PI WOMC EMH OL Dereieinieicisie viisivirieisisie ev slurs evn 20 00@25 00 —__>__——__ GHICAGO. AT THE YARDS. — The Northwestern Lumberman of March 6th _ gays:—The increase of movement, so plainly seen last wcek, has almost swelled to a full spring trade since then. Though’ there has been a slight snow storm this week, and a | moderately low temperature part of the time, _ there have been several sunny days, so that 1 weather conditions, on the whole, have been vorable to shipment. Long trains are now to ye Been on the yard tracks, and great activity is manifest. One going about the district now-a- 00 | special prices. i stock in pile. days is led to mentally awe if is really 2 a fact, as some assert, that the Chicago white pine trade is losing ground from year to year. Tf such is the truth, appearances are deceiving. It is seldom that the volume of tradé expands to its present proportions so early in March. It may be that the Chicago trade is making its last rallying effort before yielding to the grim messenger, But it is more than likely that it will make several dying efforts hereafter which shall be such displays of tenacious life as will be very disappointing to outside rivals. A healthy feature of the present revival of trade is that it has come naturally, and without any extra endeavor on the part of the dealers. Travelling salesmen were sent out late, and many houses have not yet put men on thé road. It is true that some solicitation by mail was employed, but there was little done in the way of offering concessions in price. Several houses are now letting their customers weight or go elsewhere rather than cut prices. The deter- mination all along the line of yards is to stand firm for values, even if the country trade does not readily respond. In view of this attitude the rapid rise of demand, and the large volume of shipment now witnessed, is an encouraging feature of spring business. It is an indication of the truth of what has, since last fall, been pointed out by the Lumberman, namely, that stocks in the country were low, and that when trade did start up in the spring it would mani- fest unusual stirescth. S» doubt the know- little waste. about $20 a thousand Oshkosh. as the season advances, consume lumber. blocks, berman’s Exchange :— ane in shop or factory work with but It is a grade made much at Ohio points and in the East. An interesting dis- quistion is made on it in the article appearing in the Lumber man on ‘ Dry Uppers.” probable that it is ‘more successfully made in the yards of this city than anywhere else, be- cause it is only done to make a profitable use of lumber that would do no good to ordinary grades and does not injure them when selected out, The shop common grade sells here at Lumber from Wiscon- sin that is mainly wide and clear, is said to contain a considerable portion of stuff that can be best devoted to the shop common grade. This is on account of the fact that north Wisconsin pine has large knots in it, but wide apart, with clear intervening wood. river pine has this characteristic, the peculiarity being no serious matter in the factory work at The local building requirement is increasing Building permits are daily issued in augmenting numbers, no reason to suppose that there will not be as many medium and small buildings erected in the city and suburbs this season as there was last year, and such structures are those that There are also several factory buildings going up, and many business Receipts of lumber and shingles for the week ending March 4th, as reported by the Lum- Pega m settlement < one a far as the necessary supply of Inmber is Cor cerned, Men in the trade here say th It is] trade in lumber with the Northwest will grow up, thus making a fresh marketing field for the enterprise of those engaged in the business. It is easy to contemplate with a certainty that such will grow up as the Northwest territories lumber for building, and the readiest and hand- Ottawa Valley. Rumours of sales are reportad every day, the chief buyers being Americans. There is no question but that prices of first-class lumber the coming season will be much in advance of that of last year The in?‘cations now point to that as a foregone conclusion. The export duty on logs, an export duty that wili equalize things, is a subject much debated among limit holders and mill owners here. They say that they expect that the Federal Govern- ment will give them protection in this matter, and that they will agitate for it until some scheme is inaugurated whereby the lumber in- dustry of this great centre is protected. Wolf There is Marcu 10.—As the season of spring ad- vances the prospects in the trade grow brighter and brighter. As an indication of what may be expected in the matter sales, it may be told that Messrs. Shepherd, Moose & Co., of Bur lington, Vt., have invested to the extent of one hundred and seventy million feet, bought at ; RECEIPTS. mange that prices certainly cannot go lower, Lumber. Shingles.} good figures from a number of lumber manu- while in some instances they are already higher | 1886.........-++.+..++ Te 5,808,000 734,000 : ere ersation with than last fall, with a tendency to advance, is | 1885:++++++++++++seeseeeeesees 4,540,000 1,403,000 sre pak hae canis” lee ie inducing large handlers in the interior to put in PROM CAM: Smo SEO SOE ri? imide i = ; ‘ P S MOMIP TR. extensive lumber business of W. R. Thistle & a ear ae ca 7 A Lumber. Shingles. | Co., he said that he had sold some one hundred e weather in Kansas, Missouri, southern | 1886........0s0+++eeeseeeee 87,514,000 9,981,000 Oswego firm Nebraska and further southwest, is now puithic- ]/2 Sate nnssiciens eomidag ean a te gues po naa ne sg won And this iently warm to permit of the use of lumber in | Increase.......+++0. +0000 9, 9,230, 000° 2,699,000 | was the first ociinblan this firm had ever made housebuilding, and the promiseof great activity STOCK ON HAND MARCH. 4. in the Ottawa Valley, and they intimated to in this line is bright. The certainty of a large 1886. 1985. : A aos -s Selvachs amount of railroad construction this seagon in Lumber & timber....... «+++ 684,767,582 589,442,064 him cher wish of taking all the lumber ; : Shivcles:si5 uss svicteastes s 418,839'205 333,889,025 | the large,mill would cut for the season. Kansas and Nebraska makes it plain that there | Lath ........0ee.sseseeeeeee 77,926,482 57,824,292] At Hull and the Chandiere, early as the ; < - PickGta :\s vcnies be sur salen 5,297,053 2,927,264 ; 5 é ? ; will be much improvement in these states, and | (24,7 POKER Casts cvcoweeass 444,462 478,484 | season is, shipments are going forward briskly, a large consumption of lumber. For this reason dealers are putting in stocks for the ex- pected demand, Yet the trade now prevailing is by no means dependent on the trans-Missouri and south- western requirement. Orders are coming in from all directions, The eastern trade is fairly good. Lumber is being shipped to new points, As was said last week the reach of the Chicago trade is lengthening, as a result of the extension of railway systems centreing here. Larger orders are being placed in eastern and southern cities, as a result of their thrift and growth, It looks as if another period of prosperity would swell the volume of trade at this point to proportions never before witnessed, It was previously stated that prices of piece stuff averaged about a $11 a thousand, except- ing for long joists, which sold for higher and It is safe to say now that $11 50 is the ruling price on 2x4, 4x4, and short 2x12, Stuff 2x6 and 2x10 of ordinary lengths sells for $10.50 to $11. Long joists sell for higher prices than any named, 2x12 or 14 and 3x12 or 14 range upward almost indefinitely, according to length and difficulty of securing the lumber. Pieces 4x4-20 and 2x4-20 are scarce and in de- mand, in common with all other 20-foot lum- ber. No, 2 boards are wanted in excess of dry Assortments of nearly all kinds of lumber that is dry enough to ship are be- coming seriously broken, so that if there is no check in shipments during the month there will be a lively hunting around for specialties before the first of April. Holders of thick lumber report a good inquiry for it, and firmness of prices, Two-inch stuff is the scarcer, and consequently most urgently wanted. There is considerable inquiry from the factories, and it is expected that thicks and clears will be in good demand throughout the season, The grade called variously shop common, shop stock, cut-ups, and C select, is growing in favor. Some dealers want it added to the list. It is made by picking out from selects, com- mon or culls, inch or thick pieces that are most- ly clear, but are marred by slight shakes, rotten spots or knots, Such lumber can be cut up to IN EFFECT NOV. 1, Washington. Wheeling........ ++ Suspension Bridge. Salamanca Black Rock.. Dunkirk Erie..... OTTAWA. building or other purposes. point of supply and demand. EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. IBOREON s< p.n0.. se vas en ceh sit) steams eat een’ Philadelphia .....0-. 6. cece cee ene cee geenes Baltimore.......seecevesseveserssensees Albany ceUereh a tawnas Cues spe oy Oe) ame Ua OY iiwslvawescs an cenlicnsdslve spans eas een © Buffalo and Pittsburgh......- 58, bahae nas Shenectady......ceccseseevecceecseveeres From Our Own Correspondent. Frp, 25,—Since the opening of the Canada Pacific railway to Winnipeg and the Northwest quite a trade in lumber has sprung up, the Chaudiere mills here supplying all orders, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in order to encourage this, have settled upon a very reasonable tariff of carrying charges in the matter of lumber, which will undoubtedly be a benefit to both the lumber manufacturer of this jortion of Canada and settlers and others in the Northwest, who may require lumber for Not only has the opening of the road created a new market for the product of the Chaudiere mills, but it has been an incentive to other enterprises, as now many saw mills are spoken of being erect ed along the line, and close to the timber belt so that prices for lumber may be less and the carrying distance much shortened between the This, as it may be expected, has had a cheering effect upon those in the trade, and the future in this direc- tion holds out many bright promises. great Northwest land must be settled and settlers must have buildings, and where is there a more natural place to look for a supply of material for such purposes than the older pro- vinces, with a great transcontinental line of railway connecting them with an iron band. The Northwest has the land for settlement and the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec the means and the C. P. R. have been pressed for cars within the past few days, to take away all the shipppers desire to send. In a letter from E. B. Eddy, reecently received from Europe, debaed = where that gentleman is at present travelling, eee ees 28c. | he says the indications point to a good demand dees 3 from that quarter, and that lumber dealers in’ stn 28c, | Canada need have no fear, but that their stocks ssrr+-28¢ | of sawn lumber will meet with a rapid sale and a good price. In the Upper Ottawa region everything is going on rapidly and well, and already there is a demand for men for the spring drives at fairly good wages. In conversation with Mr. Alex. Gordon, of the firm of Booth & Gordon, he stated that lumbermen on the Kippewa and Lake Temiscaminque are pushing things for- ward at a good rate, and anticipate a good supply of water for the spring drive. Logs, he says, that were stuck on the Kippewa and Gor don Creek last year, will be got out this year. Mr. Gordon is down here to wait upon the Postmaster General to urge the establishment of a post office at the firms depot on the Blanc France River. The ———EE LONDON. The Timber Trades Journal of Feb. 27th says :—Messrs. Churchill & Sim, as we fully anticipated, had an excellent room to their sale on Wednesday last; not only were the seats fully occupied, but the tone of the bidding was better ; things hung a bit at times, but on the whole better prices were obtained than when Mr. Churchill last held the hammer. The £15 10s. to £15 15s., which the Archangel deals, ex Sea Gull, fetched could not be com- plained of ; iteis true that the shipment was Russianoff's, but even so, we think they were well placed. At any rate, no White Sea Deals this year have touched those figures. \ The planks, ex Clematis, we think went rather poorly, being very nice goods and per- fectly dry, and at £16 was undoubtedly cheap tothe buyer. The deals by this ship at £4 10s, and £4 15s, might also have gone another 10s. higher, and yet been a bargain to the purchaser. The the room we cannot quite understand, question but in a few years a great and gro g become more settled. That land must have — iest place to get it will undoubtedly be the — Why this shipment was not more favored by was about the best sold lot that we have had to record for a long time; it was not as if they were all wide stuff, many of them being nar- rows, but the unusual width of 30 in. helped the bidding greatly. The 10 to 15 ft., 8 to 27 in broad, were proportionately well done by at £27 5s., as were the 2nds at £22; im fact, the whole parcel was evidently wanted by those who sustained the bidding. Michigan pine is not—now at least—so well esteemed as Quebec. This special shipment had nothing specially attractive about it, nevertheless it compared favorably with the reshipped Quebec goods subsequently submitted, for which the outside price for 10/16 ft, 3x14 to 16 in. was £24. The influences operating to give these top- _ ping values to bright pine will, as our remarks indicate, be rather strengthened than otherwise, the increasing demand for the wood in the United States and the Dominion itself having a strong tendency in that direction. ee ee LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal of Feb. 27th says :—There has been a slightly better tone in business during the past week, although the continued severity of the weather retards building operations most materially, and it is to be hoped that this improvement, however slight it may be, is an indication of a return to that improvement in business which has been long expected and so often deferred. We hear that considerable sales of spruce deals have been made for future delivery, not only for this port, but round the coast, though prices are reported to show no advance upon those made during the past season. Something also has been done in Quebec goods, but not, it is understood, to the extent of previous years, In the meantime, freights are quoted low, owing to the comparatively few orders for tonnage in the market, A large and influential deputation from Manchester waited upon the President ot the Board of Trade on Tuesday last to endeavor to enlist his support tothe Bill promotrd by the Manchester Ship Canal Company, authorizing them to pay in- terest out of capital during the construction of the works. Mr. Mundella replied in a non- committal speech, but the result of the inter- view is looked upon by those interested as being favorable for the object in view, and sanguine opinions are now being held by many ardent supporters of the scheme that they will succeed in their endeavors, and, these being obtained, one the greatest difficulties they have had to contend with in raising the necessary capital will vanish. Should they succeed in getting the works started, it would be of considerable importance to the timber trade of Liverpool, as not only must a vast quantity of timber be required in the construction of wharves, piers, &c., but, when eventually successful, it will relieve the pressure from the trade here, which is often seriously cramped and hindered from the want of sufficient space in which to carry on a large and cumbrous business. Rapids progress is now being made with the buildings of the Liverpool International Ex hibitions of Travel, Commesce, &c., to be held here during the summer months, and from what we can here it is likely to be a success, Extensive as are the buildings, the applica- tions for space have been, according to the public statements of the secretaries, five times as greater than the capacity of the floor space will allow. We understand, there will be an interesting exhibition of various kinds of tim- ber imported into this city, —_——_—___——. GLASGOW. The Timber Trades Journal of Feb, 27th says :—As will be seen from report of the sale of Quebec timber at Greenock, and cedar at Glasgow, transactions by auction within the past week have been pretty heavy. Arrivals to note since last writing have been unimportant. In the Glasgow Town Council, last week, there was some conversation with reference to the erection of artizans’ or laborers’ dwelling- houses upon the vacant ground belonging to —_ City Lnprovement Trustees, and it was cet Pie ERR ¢ ‘clerk, to the effect that, although the trustees might agree to erect laborers’ and artizans’ dwellings as proposed, the parliamentary powers of the trustees did not warrant the contracting of new obligations for such a purpose. At the annual meeting of the Glasgow Ship- owners’ Association a few days ago, Mr, Alex, Allen, in moving the adoption of the report, advised against the additions to tonnage being made especially in sailing ships, ‘‘until the tonnage afloat is more in proportion to the carrying needs of the world than it is at present.” It has just been brought out in connection with the depression in the shipbuilding trade that, owing to the number of vessels lost, an actual decrease is taking place in the registered tonnage of the country. Tonnage of steamers added last month amounted to 13,708; those removed,14,460; and sailing vessels respectively 8,545 and 17,080, although in the latter case }: 4,200 tons sold to foreigners have to be taken into account. These facts point to an improvement in freights. AUOTION SALES. On 18th inst., at Greenock, Messrs. Edmis- ton & Mitchells, brokers :— Per c. it, Quebee waney boardwood— Shdt 40 logs 44c.ft.avg. 1 6 20 ** 48 se 1 103 Zens 71 a 2 20 « Stes 1 64 63 42/44 ur 1G LOS oS 36/42 TO ows al SEP Tess GH) 80 1 43 Quebec square boardwood — 20logs 38 c. ft. avg Be Quebec yellow pine joinerwood— 62 logs 35 c. ft. ave 1. 34 Quebec yellow pine (B quality)— 20 logs 55 ¢, ft. avg 1. 2% Quebec yellow pine joisting— 80 logs 50 c. ft. avg a Foe 20‘ 50 at 1 Quebec yellow pine— 20logs 36c. ft. avg D2 14 =‘ 50 ss eval Quebec red pine— 60 logs 35 ¢, ft. avg 1 0% DY eae 40 Gs 14 Quebec birch— 20 logs 18 ce US 54 Quebec oak— ll logs 60 aa 1113 Quebec elm— 1 log Bie ae 1 10 Quebec maple— 1 log 59 OO 1 6 Sawn pitch pine— 20 logs 40 ee Meow, Quebec 3rd yellow pine deals— 14 & 15 ft. 7/11 x3 i © Lance q1x3 0 10% Louse 6/11 x3 0 10% 9 toll “ 4/11x3 0 93 On 28rd inst. at Queen’s dock, Glasgow, Messrs. Wm. Conyal & Co, sold a cargo of Mexican (Minatitlan) mahogany and cedar, The following priees were obtained for the wood, which was all cleared out, viz., 510 logs mahogany, at 2#d, to 114d. (2 lots at 23d.), averaging 45-32d. Liverpool sale measure ; 52 logs cedar, at 2%d to 4#d., averaging 3 5-16d. ; 2 lots mahogony log ends at 34d. and 24d , one lot cedar log ends at 24d. There was a numerous company, and demand was good, especially for the larger squares, The cargo consisted chiefly of small logs. After the above, Messrs. Edmiston & Mitchells offered by auction several parcels of walnut, ash, and birch. Sales were as under :— Quebec black walnut— Per c. ft. 22 logs 24} in. avg, sq. 38. 9d, to 6s. 1d. (averaging 5s. 14d. per c. ft. string) Quebec waney ash— 49 logs 154 in, avg. sq. Quebec birch— ~ 18% in. av6. sq. 1s. 8d. ———_>——_ ——- TYNE. The Timber Trodes Journal of Feb. 27th says :—The arrivals of the past seven days are a little larger and more varied, but do not amount to much. The regular steamers from Gothenburg and Christiania, have brought their usual complements of pit-props, mining timber, and some manufactured wood, One cargo of 1s. 53d. to 1s. 9d. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. parce: re o all, well Meoled and & the opinion got from Dr. Marwick, town % pt ex Earl King at £30 a standard, Norwegian battens from Krageroe has come forward, and several smaller lots of pit-props will also be found in the list. The weather remains very wintry, aud entire- ly prevents any outdoor work going forward. Falls of snow have been very heavy, with more or less frost, while in the country districts many roads have scarcely been opened since about Christmas. An masons, plasterers, laborers, and others depen- dent upon the building trade, are thus throw immense number of | : n| Mill ron out of employment, and the distress on al sides | is most severe. A little more hopeful tone may be reported as to the prospects of a settlement in the ship- building trade, but it does not yet amount to a settlement. Both sides having now s! modified their demands, it is earnestly to be desired that, at the ensuing meeting, now arranged for, the unfortunate strike will be brought to a conclusion. It need scarcely be said that the demand for wood goods has not all improved. Work is as slack as it has been at any time for several years, and on all sides the lookout is of the gloomiest description. SE ee ALBANY. Quotations at the yards are as follows i Pine Clears 4A) Metsters's) ciyis. ols) oleisefap*'= inie $53 00@55 00 igt ily Pine; fOWULtNS, coc. ni.) nies 0-2 nee s eee = "48 00@50 00 Bigie SSGLGCLs ately esnivie's tale «|= elateinibis «/e.eisotala 45 00@417 00 Tavs, rex ofeyeUO)-< ean hoonnoooaeonoee aden tic 22 00@53 00 Pine, COMMON DOK... 00.0 sce ee seen eeees 11 00@12 00 Pine, 10-in. plank, each... .... «-..... 00 42@00 45 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each....... sees» 00 23@00 26 Pine sOaras yl O=10).\ers pier ol nycls aivie bi aininin ales 00 28@00 32 Pine, 10-in. boards, culls..............-.. 00 16@00 20 Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., #@M.......... 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 16ft...............:- 28 00@32 00 Pine; [2-in.) boards; ASLO ce sissies vessel 28 00@00 00 Pine, 1} in. siding, select........--.++... 40 00@43 00 Pine, 1}-in. siding, common.... .......-. 15 00@18 00 Pine, 1-in. siding, select........+e++.,--. 40 Pine, inch siding, common.. Spruce, boards, each Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each.. Spruce, plank, 2-in., each... Spruce, wall strips, each.. Hemlock, boards, each .. Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each... 00@42 00 00@15 00 ..» 00 00@00 16 ... 00 00@00 20 . 00 00@00 30 . 00 12@00 12 . 00 00@00 14 . 00 00@00 32 Hemlock, joist, 24x4, each .......+2.++-- 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each.......... 00 00@00 i1 Black walnut, gook, ® M....., ..se00--- 100 @120 00 Black waluvit; @inch? oo5..ssccs-s2s- sees Black walnut, SImehin iis as tyes eevanaiste oie Scaymore, J-inch............. Rien ccieon CAV INOLE 2-10) Cliteraresatnin is) sities stelle THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ~~ GUNNINGHAM'S PATENT OSCILLATING TWIN ENGINE FOR STEAM FEED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. | This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, wales, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and = the very perfection of simplicity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. / ‘ The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 13 in. rope. The shaft is steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, cecentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are +n the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we pui on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft of the engineer for oiling, thence by as, or where the logs are mixed, the and “EXHAUST = Segs ; a | ° e ° ° . e ed | from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting long lo are used in two or more sections, the couplin and uncoup_ \i | advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. When the carriages _ ling of each section is quick and simple. | There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfair '& Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie ake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and _ herever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. e would also call atlention to our Improved Hand Saw-Mill for cutting logs sar We guarantee this to be the best Mill of its kind got up, and would ask any one wanting @ good Band Saw- All to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR ILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further infermation, prices, &c., address the Manufacturers, Jamilton Manufacturing C PETERBOROUGH * 7 ak est iy SO eed . Q'Limited . t: ; = ~ .* F pues ey eae Sate ta algal Naas y ee THE CANADA LUM ih need te -ORTHEY & G0’S STEAM PUMPS, TORONTO, ONT. Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. SAV INSURANCE. Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECESSITY IN EVERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. — » Compact. 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WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE ON ANY POINT CONNECTED WITH PUMPS, SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND STATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS, NORTHEY & COMPANY, orner FRON T& ee EN T STS, TORONTO, ONT 16 THK CANADA LUMBERMAN, a ee >THE TANITE COMPANY. ay STROUDSBURG. iy / MONRO COUNTY PENNESYLVANIA, U.S. ia Ly gt Bs Cd y fh 3 45 5 Se NS ID EMERY WHEELS i The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Comp | enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a | of the world as a type of excellence in this class of w | their already widely eatended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms ; | ollowing Houses, $0 extensively known, to be its Agents: and conditions, and has chosen the f BEAUDET & CHINIC 1 Queue } MONTREAL SAW WORKS | FH. ANDREWS & SON J MACHINERY SUPPLY SSSOCLATION { Mowmmnat R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. | a ae R WILLIAMS. Roromiie | Dominion Saw Works! TAMES ROBERTSON & CO. ING ST, EAST, TORONTO, ONT. MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, = Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. = THURBERS ROYAL » Anti-friction Babbit Metals — IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, mery Wheels, _Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting. Saw Sets, : Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, {ron Pipe, &c. .) = Prices on Application. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. The only Newsp iit aper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada { SUBSCRIPTION 122.00 PER ANNUM VOL. 6, PETERBOROUGH, ONT., APRIL 1, 1886. NO. 7. NEW BRUNSWICK’s WOOD TROPHY. The ‘St. John, New Brunswick, Jelegraph says:—If one may judge by the numerous acclamations of surprise and pleasure from the Visitors at Messrs. Howe's ware rooms on Sat- lurday as the wood trophy was nearing comple- tion, it is undoubtedly a success both artistical- ly, and from a more practical commercial point. It will no doubt form the chief feature in the New Brunswick display at the exhibition. Much uncertainty was felt as to the effect of this. undertaking, but -it is gratifying to note that it has surpassed the most sanguine expectations, A more pleasing combination of nature and art could not be well de.ised, considering the limited grant and the shortness of the time allowed for completion. It has also been an object in this -case to economize Bpace and the largest display has been made in ‘the smallest space possible, endeavoring to combine every natural condition of the wood as well as every artificial application. “The main portion of the trophy embraces all the larger or commercial woois, which are sufficiently abundant to form an important item for trade. These are divided into three sections. The left wing comprises the evegreen or con- iferous specimens, including hemlock, red and white pine, black and white spruce, hackma- tack, cedar and fir. The central section is made up of the dense woods, such as black and white birch, rock and scarlet maples and beech. The right wing consists of black and white ash, red and grey oak, elm, butternut, basswood and poplar, At the base of each of these fifteen large panels there is a log of the same wood, 20 inches in diameter and three feet ene inch in height, while the sides of the panels are formed with saplings or young trees of the same woods, resting upon turned bases and surmounted with carved capitals represent- ing the foliage and fruit or fower of these ad 3 again are surmounted by a scroll ad carved bracket, all of the same wood. ‘ the large panels and the logs an in- eeclined case or frame, made of ashyhas been placed, and contains thirty small panels show- ing the smaller woods, and, also, several of the larger kinds, which are not sufficiently abun- dant for commercial purposes or of sufficient importance for the large panels. All of those embraced in these panels are, however, useful in the arts and for ornamental trees, Many of them are comparatively unknown, and their beauty and utility unappreciated. Some, val- _ uable for economic purposes, are used for tool handles, bobbin stocks and novelty work, and are susceptible of a very high degree of polish. ry, wild black cherry, witch hazel, red carr and hop horsebeam, thorn-plum, beech, small or white moosewood and od, striped maple, white or silver wars maple, mountain maple or whitewood, black alder, swamp alder; yellow birch burl, gray birch and matted birch, billbury, May cherry, rowan tree or mountain ash, swainp rowan tree, dogwood, slippery elm, white willow, balm of gilead or balsam poplar, wild crab }. apple and princess pine. Each of the panels is framed with strips showing the back, and the corners are transverse sections showing the end grain. The aim of the whole design is to show the woods in all forms, which will interest practically wood workers; therefore the com- bination in the large panels shows the slash of the grain, as well as an end section showing the density of the grain, These last named sections or quarters show at the base of the panels, also convey a better idea of the size of the growth of these trees being taken from more fully developed trees. The cornice which surmounts these panels forms a very pleasing feature_ in the structure, and is composed chiefly of bark and specimens of each wood in mouldings. Above the central section is placed a poplar board with ebonized letters bearing the words ‘‘ Woods of New Brunswick,” The whole of the top will be surmounted by stuffed specimens of the best game of our forests, which is now being pre- pared by Mr. J H. Carnell A fine moose head will ornament the centre, with a cariboo head on the right and a red deer head on the left. Foxes, coons, beaver, porcupine, part- ridges, etc,, are to be added. AJlof the panels, as well as much of the surrounding woodwork, have been highly polished, showing the capa- bilities of the woods in their different applica- tions in the arts and manufactures, An important point in the close grained woods, and those free from resinous tendencies, is their adaptability for staining, and, to illus- trate this, oblique bars have been stained across the tops, showing the effects of satin wood, cherry, mahogany, walnut, rosewood and ebony. The foliage, flowers and fruit have been beautifully painted on both large and small panels, by Mr. John C. Miles, A. R. C. A., and the work’does him infinite credit, although laboring under numerous disadvantages as to hurried work and obtaining appropriate speci- mens to work from. This forms the most attractive feature, from an artistic point of view, and will be a very valuable addition in other ways. So near do the pictures approach nature that many have expressed doubts as to their being painted, and thought them the orig- inal foliage. Messrs. Geo, F. Matthew and Geo. U. Hay, of the Natural History Society, of New Bruns- wick, rendered valuable assistance in the botanical arrangements, etc , while the society kindly loaned the floral specimens. Mr, Jas. E. Wetmore also loaned his information. Several of the logs for the base wer€ obtained by Mr, Gabriel Merrit, of Moss Glenn, Kings county, showing that some fine timber still exists in the vicinity of this city. Mr. Thos. Crothers, of Upper Gagetown, Queens county, secured the handsome speci- mens of oak, elm and many of the smaller woods. Mr. Alex. Henderson, furniture man ufacturer, of Woodstock, Carleton Co,, also obtained some good samples. Mr. George Draper, an experienced woods- man, of Southampton, York County, contribu- ted many of the small woods. The carved capitals on the upper portion of the columns, or young trees, are the work of Edwin F. Erazer, John Rogerson, Lawrence Barry and Silas Hoyt. The original idea as well as the design and construction, is due to the establishment of Messrs J. & J. D. Howe, furniture manufac- turers of this city. It may not be out of place to mention that the grant, which was made jointly by the Dominion and Local Govern- ments, was only sufficient to cover the cost of collecting material and other expenses incurred. Therefore the work may be considered a dona- tion from Messrs. Howe, who have spared no pains or expense to insure the best results, and have utilized to best talent in every department. The firm express themselves as most gratified at the hearty spirit shown by all interested in endeavoring to make it worthy of the Province. Too much credit cannot be given to Hon. Mr. Blair and the Local Government for the spirit- ed way in which they undertook this work, even before assistance was secured from the Dominion Government. ee THE AGE OF FOREST TREES. Royal Forester Gericke, of Breslau, in a re- cent treatise on forestry, gives expression to the opinion that the age of a thousand years attributed to German forest trees is fabalous, that it is impossible to prove a higher age than 700 to 800 years for even the so-called historical trees, and that no German tree can reach that age in a sound condition. Trees of so great an age are always hollow and only continue to grow asruins. In connection with the question of the limit of endurance of our trees, it is evident that it will vary not only with the variety of the wood, but also with the climate and soil. Forester Gericke, through his own investigations as well as through communica- tions received from German, Russian and Austrian schools of forestry on the age of the oldest woods to be found in their collections, arrives at the following conclusions. The high- est age which a sound tree can reach is not reached by leaf-bearing trees, but by needle} bearing trees. After the highest point is large private | reached, the needle bearing trees decay rapidly, collection and otherwise assisted with valuable | while the leaf-bearing trees continue to vegetate a long time after passing their limit of existence in a sound state, The highest age of trees ob- tained by actually counting the yearly rings is from 500 to 570 years, and the firs in the Bohemian forests and the pines in Finland and Sweden actually reach that age. The next highest age seems to be reached by the white fir in the Bohemian forests, which shows 429 years. The larch in Bavaria reaches 274 years. Of the leaf-bearing trees the oak appears to endure the longest, and the red oak of, Aschaff- enburg, the oldest healthy example, counts 410 years. The oldest long-stalked or white oak was only 315 to 320 years old when evidences of internal decay became visible. Notwithstand- ing this difference in endurance the white oak is much stronger than the red oak. The old red beeches were 226 to 245 years old. The maximum ages of other trees are as follows :— Ash, 170 years, elm 130, birch 160 to 200, red alder 145, common maple 224. The most frequent among the historical trees, the linden, is the most seldom found in the collections, Perhaps‘ this fact may be taken to mean that it is very seldom possible fo find a very old and sound linden. The most celebrated of the historical lindens is that in Neustadt, Wurtem- berg, the branches of which were 50 long ago as 1448 propped up by 67 pillars.—2xchange. oe THE MORRISON TARIFF BILL. WasHINcTON, March 18.—The Ways and Means Committee resumed consideration of the Morrison Tariff Bill to-day. Mr. Maybury of Detroit offered a substitute clause, changing the phraseology of the provision in the Bill subjecting the wooden articles placed on the free list to.an import duty when the country from which they are imported levies an export duty, and his substitute was adopted. It reads :—‘‘ Provided that if any export duty is levied upon the above mentioned articles or any of them by any country whence imported, all said articles imported from said countries shall be subject to duty as now provided by law.” It was stated that the provision was intended to cause a relaxation of the export duty now levied upon Canadian logs sent into the United States. — A Timber Reserve. The Quebec Provincial Cabinet have, it is understood, decided to reserve an extensive tract of country to the north of the Province for future timber supply. Forest rangers are to be appointed to watch and guard this do- main. Hon. Mr. Joly. has been the active agent in securing this from the Government, EE ——————————————__——— On March 18th Rounds’ saw and planing mills, Welland, were burned. O. H. Round’s loss is about $4,000; Ed. Round’s loss is aboué $3,000, No insurance, Se — = ~— So Ohips. THERE are fourteen steamers on the Lake of the Woods, Man., mostly employed in towing logs for the saw mills. From six to 12 ear loads of square timber are daily shipped from the upper Michigan peninsula for Quebec. Each car load contains about 500 cubic feet of timber. ————_—_ NE THE kindling wood interest of Williamsport, Pa., is of some importance. One factory runs night and day to keep up with its orders, em- ploying 30 to 40 hands in packing. [Ee a ST Ir is estimated by a local authority that there is 1,649,140,000 feet of stand ing pine in Alco- na county, Mich., 225,000,000 feet of maple, 140,000,000 feet of aeons, and 74,000,000 feet of red oak, ES A Lumser section of the Toronto Board of Trade has been organized, with the following executive: J. Donogh (dep. chairman), S. C. Kanady (chairman), W. Kerr, A. K. MclIn- tosh, W. Leak. ial Mr, Frank Bg t, lately manager of Messrs. Ullyott & Co.’s business at Minden, Ont., was tendered an oyster supper prior to his departure from that village to locate in Fenelon Falls, ———EE Tur Rathbun Company has purchased the entire stock of lumber of Boyd, Caldwell & Son, at Wilbur station, on the K.& P, The stock consists of half a million feet of pine, hemlock, ash and other woods, rer THREE miles north of Corrunna, Mich., A. B. Steadman cut an elm tree that made 124 cords of wood. In a branch, 50 feet from the root, a large bone was found embedded, which was supposed to have been that of an extinct species of animal. Wu. Duna, a whisky seller and grocery keeper at Cloquet, Minn., in 1870, exchanged a $14 grocery bill for the larger share ofthe island in St. Louis river, at that place. He afterward bought the remainder of the island. He has al- ready sold enough real estate on the island to realize $30,000. —_—_—_—_—_ Ir is reported that the extensive lumber lands in Nicolet county, belonging to the estate of Mr. W. G. Ross, consisting of 30,000 acres in fee simple, were disposed of by the Union Bank a few days ago to a syndicate, composed of Messrs Mitchell, Phee & Church for $95,000 cash, The Langstafi-Orm Manufacturing Company Paducah, Ky., has in operation a circular saw which is claimed to be the largest in the world in regular use, It is 88 inches in diametes, is given a feed of 15 inches or more each revolu- tion and is said to be able to cut 8,000 feet of lumber in an hour, I? is stated that the Michigan railroad mana: gers have made arrangements with Secrectary Manning by which loaded platform cars can be sent through Canada on the route to the Hast, which has been contrary to the customs regula- tions hitherto. The new rule is hailed with satisfaction by the eastern Michigan lumber ‘ shippers. A Load of logs was lately drawn by a span of horses belonging to Messrs, Lord & Hurd- man, at Wm. Sourley’s shany, on the Magnis- sippi river, near Deux Rivieres, containing 32 standards and 23 parts and is supposed to be largest load of logs ever hauled by one team on the Upper Ottawa. The load was measured by John O’Connor, culler. THE Chicago Times says:—The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Com- pany recently sold to R. D. Pike, of Bayfield, Wis,, for $690,000. Several wealthy pine- owners have been figuring for the tract. It is gaid that the sale will mesure the building of months, has got out and drawn upon the ice 2,250,000 feet of logs, and wants to know who % i bi Walibatishene... .26,000,000 . , E. Whiffen, Fesserton........---- eeseseeeee 2,000,000 can beat it.—Burk’s Falls Arrow. J. Playfair, Sturgeon Bay .... -+ be Sr ode 3,250,000 c 4 Tanner, Sturgeon Bay....++++ serererserees 750,000 Ir is reported that Hall & Buell, of New| R. Power & Co., Victoria Harbor.........--- 10,000,000 York, have bought the Patton pine lands on} Cain & Peters, Midland........+ ee. tee 500,000 Waiskai river, Chippewa county, upper Michi- | Chew Bros. Midland.....++++ -+++-+--++++ 750,000 gan. This tract is said to comprise a large G. Carswell, Midland aa sahara cr tre ae 1,000,000 proportion of the pine lands that remain Py sae See ign wt all cone . . ses . I iy ISUETICS. » o.nie so eee 000, unstripped in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie, D, Davideoh; «| Tea oe 1,750,000 vol | Es. ee ene C. McGibbon, 1S a aie das v's pk 1,250,000 Two English exchanges, the Timber Trade’ Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Collingwood. .... 5,000,000 Journal and Timber, arrived at the office of the Christie, Kerr & Co., Gin! Bete 6,000,000 CanapA LumBERMAN soaked in the briny | Other small mills, Georgian Bay............ 3,000,060 water of the Atlantic. been on the Oregon, which was mysteriously sunk in the ocean, but the papers were brought to the surface and forwarded to their destin- ation, little the worse for their bath. Spectator, Connecticut land is poor. few years ago Connecticut owners of land that were unfit for farming, planted trees upon their farms, and now these places are worth $100 an acre for their timber. places in Ontario where timber would be the most profitable crop that could be grown. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.. multiplicity of uses to which fine forests of oak, maple, white birch, beech and ash are adapted seems only recently recognized. Dealers in improved wood working machinery are finding some of their best customers among the New England lumber manufacturers. an inch, The fineness of the cutting can be ap- preciated when it is understood that 200 thick- nesses of ordinary paper make aninch. The cutting knives of the machine are kept sharp- ened while in operation by a unique arrange- ment of whetstones which are constantly at work upon them. already cut about four millions of pine and two tmaillions spruce. feet across the butt. good, free from flaws and extremely _large. spruce tree three feet in diameter is now a rarity here, but up in that district not at all uncom- mon.—Fredericton Capital. western Inemberman says :—As the Georgian Bay we will manufacture about THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Midland ....- sine cepccvercssnccsesiine s+ 1,000,000 another mill on the west side of Chequamegon Bay. Parry Sound Lumber Co., Parry sound...... 10,000,000 Conger Lumber Co., Parry sound.........-. 9,000,000 Mr, Mosxs Rosinson, with an average of 18| Midland & North Shore Lumber Co ..-.-... 8,500,000 Muskoka Mill & Lumber Co., Muskosh...... 12,000,000 men at Pickerel lake during the past five Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Severn........-- 14,600,000 GRAVENHURST AND VICINITY, MUSKOKA WATERS. MoBurnty & CO......csscrveccceseeerercers 4,000,000 Ontario Lumnber Co.....ce-- sere eee eee e ees > 5,500,000 They had evidently Cy. Meikle cscs ccccccccsecccsecnreesseranes 11,000,000 Thompson & Baker DARE. cc vin ccnwccsiesor@succcce vdaecsemnvinusian 1,000,000 ComPaRED with Ontario, says the Hamilton But a Je Collins, . 02 c'osevdeecanseleseaes nico duciere's 1,000,000 Small mills on Muskoka Lake, shipping from Gravenhurst Brown & Shires, Bracebridge McArthur Bros., Sandridge McLean “ Leishman & Perry, Bracebridge Parker, Stephenson... ......-eeeeesseeeeee Tait & Heath and others, Huntsville 4,500,000 W. Christie, Severn Bridge............ +++ 5,000,000 Longford Lumber Co., Longtord......++. ...14,000,"00 R. & J. Strickland, Bradford 7,000,000 All the above are on the GéBrgian Bay, Muskoka, Black river and Severn waters All from Bracebridge to Sandridge are on the line of the Ontario and Pacific Junction railroad, just completed. In additi n the square and waney timber product is as follows :— 5,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 There are a good many rs a ites 2 WONDERFUL activity is noticeable among the hardwood manufacturing establishments in The Cubic Feet. Woop intended for paper pulp is shaved so} Cook & Bros., Mississauga, Serpent and finely by an ingenious machine devised for the Spanish riveré.......00+-20+ eeeveeeeees 250,000 purpose that it takes 750 thicknesses to make | Benton Bros., Grumbling point......-++-. 200,000 Ontario Lumber Co., French and Miia 200,000 230,000 145,000 100,000 McArthur Bros., French and Muskoka rivers F. B. Maxwell, Muskoka......- seeseeeeeee> Isaac Cockburn, “ a 010 6 e.seunas 00°06 meals Strickland, Black river......s00-+ senses . 190,000 Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Muskoka... .... 210,000 We have had a good winter; everything is haulad and most of the camps are broken up. Some few are cutting and hauling, but there is very little inclination to get more than they started in for last fall, and the whole cut is likely to come out of the creeks, as they are all easily driven. The Ontario & Pacific Junction railway has just been completed, and will open for traffic about June Ist. It runs from Gravenhurst to Lake Nipissing, and connects the Southern with the Canada Pacific road. You will see that some of this year’s cut is being manufactured on that line. There are several mills in operation on it now. In ad- dition to the above there will be a large quan- tity of shingles miade. Things are looking better here, and there is very little dry lumber in stock at the mills—not more than half the quantity there was last year at this time—and the cut of new logs does not exceed that of last year very much, and there are very few old logs left over. Messrs. Sewell & McElvaney have ahundred men and a proportionate number of horses at work near the Allagash waters, and they will continue to the middle of April. They have The pine is of the finest qual- ity and largest size, some logs measuring six The spruce is also very A GEORGIAN BAY OPERATIONS. A letter from Midland, Ont., to the North- our logging season is about closed I am able to give you an estimate of the result of our winter’s operations which will be found very near to the facts. On 203,000,000 feet of lumber, if the logs all come out; at Gravenhurst and vicinity about 74,- 000,000, with about 1,500,000 cubic feet of square and waney timber for the English mar- ket, and about 16,500,000 feet of logs for export to the United States, The cut of white pine will be as follows :— Wonderful is the instantaneous effect of West's Pain King in relieving cramps, co ic and all bowel difficulties. Worta its weight in gold and costs but 25cents Should always be Kept in every household. Sold by J. D. Tully druggist Take Notice Feet. N. Dyment, Thessalon.......... veseeseceres 3,000,000 Williams & Murray, Mississauga............ 2,250,000 Se Various mills on Manateulin island ......... 15,000,000 J J 4 Turner has Something to Say. Cook Bros.,Serpent river.....cseceseeesees - 16,000,000 ? Spanish River Lumber Co., Spanish river....10,000,000| —y¢ you want a good AWNING or TENT, send to the Collins Inlet Lumber Co,, Collins Inlet...... 6,000,000 | manufacturer who makes a business of it. Havi ing Ontario Lumber Co., French river......+++.10,000,000 | had over twenty-five years experience in this business, McLean Brothers, French river...... wee ceces 2,500,000 partice in want Ohana) oes ee se satisfaction. Tents of every description in stock made to order. Also Horse and Waggon Covers, Riek Cloths, Waterproof Clothing, in fact anything and everything from a needle to an anchor. Emery Brothers, French river ; for export in Hop ermestcnecetaccesecee cee eeeee wesc ed5, 000,000 MoArthur Brothers, Bicton river; long logs. 2,500,000 Burton Brothers, Byng inlet........ Rveslate 10,000,000 Georgian Bay Lumber Company, Byng inlet. 7,000,000 Ontario Lumber Co., Byng inlet; to be cut at NOTE THE ADDRESS: * J, J. TURNER, Sail, Tent and Awning Maker, Hast Pier, Port Hope, far euperior to any others Blank Books Made to any Pattern asgt BUSINESS MEN ATTENTION! Ww: ate néw offering Lette¥ Books abd Account Books with the ve cy, beat pn) and binding niifactured. Also AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES, REVIEW PRINTING COMPANY MARKET BLOCK, GEORGE S1 REET. >< J. BAXTER, M.D. M.R.C.8S., Edin. 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The friction of belts upon pulleys depends upon the extent to which they are tightened, the extent of circumference with which they are in contact, and their breadth. It is commonly believed that the greater diameter of pulley the more surely does the belt cause it, to revolve | without slipping. Theoretically, however, and we believe practically, says a writer in the Circle of the Science, it will be found that, with equal degrees of tightness, equal breadth of belt and equal circumference as to perfection of ‘contact, the friction of a belt on the circumfer- ence of a pulley is the same, whatever be its diameter. The only circumference that, can effect the constancy of the result, is that belts, not being perfctly flexible, lie more closely to surfaces curved to a large radius than to those of a smaller radius. When a certain amount of power has to be communicated through a belt, the speed at which the belt moves has to be taken into ‘account, because, power being pressure multiplied by velocity, the greater the velocity with which the power is transmitted theless the pressure that has to be communi- cated at that speed. In this sense, then, it appears that the larger the pulley the less the slip of the belt, because the greater the circum- ference of the pulley, revolving at a given an- gular velocity, the greater is the absolute vel- ocity through space, and, therefore, the less the pressure required to communicate a given power. It is found, practically, that a leather belt eight inches wide, embracing half the circumference of a smoothly turned iron pulley, and travelling at the iate of 100 feet per minute, can communicate one horse power. When less than half the circumference of the pulley is embraced the strap must be propor- tionately wider ; and when more than half the circumference is embraced its width might be less. The law according to which the friction ‘of "belt increases with an increased are of con- tact is of a peculiar character, but may be readily understood by comparing the friction on arcs of different lengths. If a pulley (of any diameter whatever) were prevented from revolving, and a belt passing over part of its circumference were stretched by a certain weight at each end, additions might be made to the weight at one end until the belt began to slip over the pulley. The ratio which the weight so increased might bear to the weight at the other end would measure the amount of friction. For example, in experiments made to test a theortical investigation on the subject, a belt passing over a pulley in contact with 60° of its circumference was stretched by a weight of 10-pounds at each end; one of the weights was increased until it amounted to 16 pounds, when the belt began to slip. The ratio of 16 to 10, or -16 divided by 10, equals 1,6, was then the measure Of the friction. When 20 pounds at each end were used to stretch the belt, the one weight was increased to 32 pounds, giving the ratio of 32 divided by 20 equals 1.6, the same as before ; and likewise, when five pound were used for stretching, the weight at one end was increased to 8 pounds, giving still the same ratio, 8 divided by 5 equals 1.6. So far, then, the friction was precisely pro- portional to the stretching weight, as might have been expected from the ordinarily received doctrine on the subject of friction. On ex- tending the arc of contact to 120°, the ratio was found to be 2.56, or 1.6-2, And, again, on embracing 180°, the ratio was found to be 4.1, or very nearly 1,6-2, the theoretical iuvestiga: tion brought out this result independently, and the following law .may, therefore, be taken as established: If for any given are of contact the one weight bears to the other at the point of slipping a certain ratio for double the arc, the ratio will be squared ; for triple the are, it will be cubed ; for four times the arc, it will be raised to the fourth power, and soon. In all cases, however, much depends on the tightness of the belt, the limits to the force with which it is strained being, first, the tensil strength of the belt itself; and, secondly, the amount of pressure that it may be convenient to throw upon the shaft and its bearings, New belts become extended by use, and it is, therefore, frequently necessary to shorten them, Before use they should be strained for some time by weights suspended from them, so as to leave less room for extension while in use. Wherever belts are employed they should be of the greatest breadth and travel at the greatest speed consistent with convenience, as it is most important to have the requisite strength in the form best suited to flexure, and the least possible strain on the shafts and bearings. When ropes or chains are employed, as in cranes, capstans, windlasses or the like, for raising heavy weights or resisting great stains, the requisite amount of friction is obtained by coiling them more than once around the barrel of the apparatus. plete coil of rope produces a friction equivalent to nine times the tension on the rope, the barrel being fixed. produce a friction equivalent to nine multiplied by nine times the tension, and so on. diameter of the barrel does not effect the result. Having regard to these facts, we may readily understand the force which a knot on a cord or rope resists the slip of the coils of which it consists, for the several parts of the coil act as small barrels, around which the other parts are coiled ; and the yielding nature of the material ot which the barrels are composed permits the coil to become impressed into their substance on the application of force, and prevents thein from slipping more effectually than if they were coiled on a hard and resisting barrel, of all kinds have been steadily sinking for the past four or five years. so gradual and so general that it has not THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. It is found that one com- Two complete coils of the rope The THE MATTER OF PRIOES. The statistics show indisputably that prices This decline has been attracted as much attention as its importance has warranted and the people are beginning to see in a definite way that the process has method in it, and that the conditions which govern it are of a logical and irresistable character. is difficult to believe that the general average of prices in this country at the present time is actually 20 per cent less than it was in 1860, and that accordingly the cost of living is one- fifth smaller than the rate which prevailed just before the war ; and yet the figures prove such to be the fact beyond question. single article of ordinary food or clothing It There it not a which commands as high a price as it dida quarter of a century ago, when we thought things were as cheap as they could possibly be grown or manufactured, and the tendency ap- pears to be towards a still further reduction rather than in the opposite direction. The situation is due to causes of a permanent kind—to the increased use of machinery, the development of new areas of farm lands, the regular growth and application of capital, and the multiplied facilities of transportation, and of easy and rapid commercial exchange. Our whole system of trade and industry has been revolutionized. We do business according to modes and calculations that were not present, or even dreamed of, twenty-five years ago. The old rules that were once deemed infallible have been trivialized and exploded, and the man who got his education in any pursuit be- fore the war has to requalify himself for success: ful dealings with the circumstances which now exist. We cannot estimate values any more by certain universal standards. A bushel of wheat is no longer worth a given sum, below which it cannot fall in any event. There is no fixed limit that can be safely counted as to the coming price of pork or beef, regardless of all possible fluctuations. The only certainty in the case is thatit is mainly a question of chance, with a probability of lower instead of higher rates than those previously obtained. We are not differently situated in this respect from the people of other countries. The decline in prices has been general throughout the civilized world. It is an area of cheapness everywhere. The same causes which have steadily lowered the margins in the United States has operated to produce similar results in all other quarters of the globe. We have not constructed all the railroads or employed all the new and improved machinery, or opened up all the increasing areas of cultivation and production. The people of all the other lead- ing nations have been using like energy and enterprise in those directions. We formerly enjoyed a monoply in several brances of trade— as cotton, grain, meat, etc,—but we do not hold it any longer. practically controlled are now filled with competing products, and our right to establish selling rates is disputed at every turn are new scurces of supply being reached and utilized all the time, with an appreciable effect upon the issue of values wherever there is such a thing as commerce; and we may as well open our eyes to the significant truth that a good many advantages which we have hereto- fore been blessed with have gone never to re turn, regards and must always continue to be so; but it is evident we have reached a spirit and encountered a measure of competition that must deprive us of the power to dictate terms and regulate prices to suit ourselves. other nations we are subject to those familiar laws and principles which are the basis of every true system of commerce. ‘The rule of supply and demand extends to all sorts of products and all forms of traffic, and there is no way to subvert or avoid it. grain and stock andgminerals at any higher rate than those at which some other country stands ready to furnish them; and when the world gets as much as it needs of a particular product it will not buy any more at any price. Those are simple propositions but very forcible ones, and they have just now a peculiarly dis- tinct and very practical bearing upon our affairs. fact that we are face to face with influences that must shape our commercial relations and adjust our profits in spite of all resistances on our part, and with doctrines that are as old > polish luster when rubbed was assumed to be ‘lack lead” and fit for lubricating purposes. Experience soon proved it to give varied re- sults—sometimes very good and sometimes the reverse; in fact, it was not reliable because of a lack of uniformity correct sizing and purity and soon fell into disrepute among practical men, though continuing to be be well spoken of in the books, In 1886, however, systematic experiments were begun in this country with a view to producing a reliable lubricant from graphite, and the final result has been very satisfactory. ‘‘Water-dressed dry foliated American graph ite is a little thin flake of graphite of extraordin- ary properties. Its superiority as a lubricans has been attested by all recent writers on fric- tion. Its coefficient of friction is very low. Its enduring qualities are several times greater than those of any oil. Unlike either oil or grease, it is not effected by heat, cold, steam, acid, etc., and acts equally well under varying conditions of temperature and moisture, ‘Many and carefully conducted experiments in the laboratory with Professor Thurston’s testing machine, and experience in shops, have shown that for the highest usefulness the flake must be of a certain size and dressed perfectly pure, Graphite never occurs of the proper size and purity for use. Its natural impurities con- tain substances fatal to anti-friction purposes. Its proper selection, sizing, and perfecting for lubricating purposes is a matter requiring large skill, much machinery, and great experience. The difference between a perfectly pure graph- ite and one almost pure, but still totally unfit for lubricating, can not be detected by either sight or touch. “Tt is recommended dry for steam and air cylinders, mixed with grease for heavy bearings and mixed with oil for light bearings. On being applied to a bearing, it readily coats the surface with a shiny, unctuous veneer. These surfaces then slide on each other with very little friction On being applied to heated bearings, the graph- ite soon fills up any inequalities of the bearing surfaces due to cutting, abrasion, etc., making them smooth and even, after which the bearing soon cools down and is equally use- ful for wood or metal surfaces: in short, in all cases where friction exists. If the bearings are loose enough for the introduction of this thin flake graphite, it will prevent heated bearings, cool those already heated, and reduce friction better than anything else, In all cases where the service required of a lubricant is very severe graphite will be found specially useful, as in mill steps, gears, heavy bearings, bed plates, etic. ‘This isthe most rapidly growing use of graphite. In 1884a single company sold 250,000 pounds of it for this purpose, branded as ‘lubri- caiting graphite,’ and probably as much more not so labeled, which was used for the same purpose.” Cholera Preventative. In order to withstand Cholera and such like epidemics a perfect purity of blood, and the roper action of the stomach, are required, To nsure that end, in the cheapest, most available and complete manner, use McGregors Speedy Qure for Dyspepsia and Impure Blood. There {gino purer, safer or more reilable remedy in ex).stence for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Costiveness ets. Ask your neighbor or any person who has used it. ld by John McKee. Trial bottle given free Health is Wealth Dr. E. C. 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GEORGE GALL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lote sold on Commission, railway switch yard and plenty of room for storage, Yard corn stachan and Wellington Ave. Office, 9 Victoria St. Telephone Connection, L FOR SALE VALUABLE Timber Limits 50.000 SAW LOGS The undersigned being desirous of eonfining theif operations to their Lakefield Mills on the Trent waters, offer for sale the following limits :— Township of Hindou, '70 equare miles. os Oakley, 45 = bea cA Redout, 22 “ - —. An area of 137 square miles. These limits are estimated to contain 180 million feet of Logs, well watered, and afford means of short hanl- ing from all points, and quick and cheap driving to Georgian Bay. Are offered for sale together with plant, depots, farms, 1,200 acres deeded lands and 50,- 000 logs, nearly all of which are on the main river, a large proportion of which are 16 feetlong. Apply to R. & G. Strickland, 3mL LAKEFIELD, ONT. EALED TENDERS, addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed ‘‘Tender for Indian Supplies,” will be received at this office up to noon on TUESDAY, 20th APRIL, 1886, for the delivery of Indian Supplies dure ing the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1887, consisting of Flour, Bacon, Beef, Groceries, Ammunition, Twine Oxen, Cowe, Bulls, Agricultural Implements, Tools,&c. duty paid,at various points in Manitobs and the North West Territories. Forms of tender, civing full particulars relative to the supplies required, dates of delivery, &c., may be had by applying to the undersigned, or to the Indian Commissioner at Regina, or to the Indian Office, Win- nipeg. Parties may tender for each description of goods (or for any portion of each discription of goods) separately or for a'l the gocds called for in the Schedules. Each tender must be accompanied by an eccepted Cheque in favor of the Superintendent General of In- dian Affairs on a Canadian Bank for at least five per cent of the amount of the tenders for Manitoba and the North-West Territories, which will be forfeited if the party tendering declines to enter into a contract when called upon to do so, orif he fails to complete the work contracted for. If the tender be not accepted the cheque will be returned. Tenderers must make up inthe Money columns is the Schedule the total money value of the goods they offer to supply, or their tender will not be entertain Each tender must in addition to the signature of the tenderer be signed by two sureties acceptable to to the Department, for the proper performance of the contract, In all cases where transportation may be only par- tial by rail, contractors must make proper arrange- ments for supplies to be forwarded at once from rail- way stations to their destination in the Government Warehouse at the point of delivery. The lowest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted. L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Supeintendent-General of Indisn irs. Department of Indian Affairs. Ottawa, 8rd March, 1886. ei5 - 8 LAKE MICHIGAN TRADE—AN IM- | PENDING CHANGE. That the lumber trade of the Lake Michigan districts is passing toward an important change can be plainly seen. The tendency to transit- ion is especially visible in this city, where a large portion of west Michigan, upper peninsula and Green Bay lumber finds a market. The past two years of general depression and close competition to sell on a weak market has nearly wiped out ‘the profit margin’ between mill and retail yard, when the lumber has to be handled in a wholesale or jobbing way. This has caused manufacturers here, who have distributed their lumber as wholesale dealers, to conclude that lumber at the mill, or by the cargo, has more profit in it than when run through the yards in the line of assorted stock, Some of the Menominee manufacturers are seeking to, place their business on a more profitable’ basis by reliuquishing their yard trade in this city, piling at the mills and ship- ping direct to retail yards or consumers. Others contemplate throwing up the grading and finer manipulation of lumber entirely, and substitu- ting therefor the selling in cargo lots, or in any way the call may come to them, It is the general impression among the whole- sale dealers of this city that the carrying on of yards here is so costly that a handling bill can- not be made in the sale of lumber, to say nothing of fair profits, But this cannot be the real reason of the merchants’ dissatisfaction, for with the exception of difficulty of obtaining a safe line of insurance, and a late increased rate of insurance, it costs no more to run a yard now than it did five years ago. Indeed it may be asserted that a yard can be conducted more economically now than it was before dock rates weakened as they have done during the past two years, if it were uot for insurance, The fact is that the cause of so much dissat- isfaction with the yard trade is the fierce com- petition between the various manufacturing districts, which has grown worse under the influence of depressed demand, low prices, and the new transportation facilities that have been furnished. By reason of the last named evolution, new fields of production have been made accessible, and new avenues to market have been opened up. It has come to this, that a buyer in Kansas, Nebraska or Iowa, can have a choice of any market along the river from St, Louis to St. Paul, of any mill stock in Wisconsin or the upper peninsula, or he can even go around the lake in lower Michigan, if he likes, and thus steal a march on the Chicago wholesale dealer—all because the railroads and the seller will part the Chicago profit in the middle and divide it between them. Thus the manufacturers are brought to the conclusion that there is no object in trying to distribute their product through yards when it can be sold at a fair profit at the mill, without so much risk and -worry as the yard business involves, Besides, an important factor in the new depar- ture is increasing demand in the east for pro- duct—a requirement that has recently taken a longer reach westward, and grasped larger handfuls than formerly. In order to get what they want, eastern buyers are offering a little more for lumber than it would bring in this or other western markets, This tends to a stiffen- ing of cargo values compared to prices in the yards, ‘The mill owners along the lake shores have also acquired sufficient capital to hold their lumber for all they can get for it. In other words, the conditions that prevailed a few years ago have been reversed. Whereas once the dealers or factors in lumber held the purse strings and permitted the mill men to go on with their sawing by loaning them money, now the manufacturers are the capitalists of the heavier calibre of the two. This change in circumstances enables the mill owners to more nearly hold the balance of power than formerly, and insist on prices that are not favorable to the wholesale handlers. Besides, the tendency of the retau dealer and the contractor is to go to the mill for their lumber. Retail handlers are also becoming capitalists, for they have relatively made more money within the past two or three years than the wholesale merchants, for the reason that they have been able to buy at almost their own figures, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. The handlers of large stocks in a| be found directly opposite, retail way are more than ever inclined to buy of first hands, and thus secure the profit that the wholesale dealer is supposed to make by assorting, What, then, will be the result of the change in tho lake white pine trade that seems inevit- able? ‘Will the wholesale trade of this city, South Chicago, Michigan City, Milwaukee and Racine be wiped out? Probably not; but it will, within a few years, fall below. its present proportions. While the white pine that is accessible to lake ports lasts, there will be stocks held in this city and at other points for sale by wholesale, The business of assorting will be maintained, if for no other reason than that retail handlers are constantly running out of sorts that have to be supplied at short notice. But the jobber will also more and more cultivate the retail trade at home as well as throughont the country, The time will come when the holders of stock here will lose their distinctive character of ‘‘ wholesalers,” and will sell. in round lots at wholesale prices only as an incident of their business, as do large country retail dealers of merchandise some- times, But this market will always remain a large repository of assorted stocks, which can be drawn upon as occasion requires, by the trade at large.—Northwestern Lumberman, WARPING OF TIMBER. W. S. Stevenson writes as follows to the Timber Trades Journal:—There is a great amount of popular error associated with the wood of the south as compared with the wood of the north side of the tree, it being held that the centre or pith is nearer to the north, and that the annular layers of wood are thicker on the south, and that they possess various degrees of density, shrinkage, &c. This is put forward as a rule, whereas it is only a rare exception, and, wherever it is pronounced, it #s variably traceable to local and other influences, In forest-grown trees, the heads of which are small and uniform in height, the growth of the tree is) upwards, and the branches and foliage form umbrageous heads fairly equal all around. In the sections of such trees the woody fibres are found fairly and evenly disposed, the pith, or medulla, in the centre, and the wood on the north and south sides identical in every way. It follows from this, that, as forest grown trees furnish the bulk of the woods of commerce, the question of north or south side wood has no practical appreciable bearing upon the trade. In trees grown in the open, as in the centre of our fields, the stems will be short, the lateral branches large, and the heads, as a whole, well rounded, The reason of this is that the light which is the life of the trees, is all around them. The sides towards the sun, say the south, may possibly be the most verdant, but as the sun is at a great altitude during the few months of the year it has influence upon vegetation, but no marked action upon the disposition of woody layers on the south or north sides of timber trees, The above close and open-grown trees for the rule of vegetation, and we must look to the exceptions for any details touching the questions advanced by ‘‘ Zero.” Take a wood or plantation occupying agiven area of ground, the trees surrounded by others will be of straight and uniform growth, whereas those on the outside fringe or skit will be distorted. Such trees, from being partially shaded from the light, will grow all upon one side, the side to the light. Here they will put out large lateral branches, and form thick layers of wood upon the stems, and develop great roots to cor- respond with the branches above. matter, those towards the open side thick, soft and porous, and those towards. the shaded side thin, hard and horny. It matters, say, in England, little whether the light or open ground is on the east, west, north or south, for, wherever it is, there we shall find the thick and thin layers of woody matter, irrespective of polar position. To this rule of one-sided growth there is the exception of trees deposit- ing their woody fibres in spiral form; the position of the pith, or medulla, in such trees would be erratic. You might in a section, say three feet from the ground, expect to find it inclining to the shaded side, whereas it might It is true you may Such trees | in sections will show annular layers of woody | find exceptions in forest growth, for where trees are grown on a hillside, one stepping above another, the foliage will all be produced on the side of the trees towards the light, and the pith or medulla, be found, where spiral growth does not intervene, inclining to the sides where the vegetation is weakest It would matter but little whether such hills rose towards the east, west, north, or south, the vegetation would all incline to the light. In the far north of Eu rope the cave is sofiewhat different, there the north and south have distinct influence, the trees being stunted, and only putting out branches towards the south Li nzus noted such trees in his travels in Lapland, but was unfamiliar with them in the centre of Sweden. He remarked that the wood on the north sides of me fir trees (Pinus Sylvestris) was so hard, tough, and close grown that the Laplanders made their bows of it, and had recourse to it for purposes where hardwood was required. It is fair to suppose that ‘* Zero,” in his exper- ience of wood, will never come acro s trees so influenced in their growth by the south and the north; but if he does he will find the south sides soft, light and shrinkable, and the north sides hard, heavy and subject to little change by the extraction of the moisture. “ Zero’s question is put under the erroneous supposition that all trees are influence in-their growth to- wards the south and north ; I therefore find it impossible to fram a clear or fitting answer. LARGE OR SMALL ENGINES—THE SAFE SIDE. The natural and commendable desire to be on the “‘ safe side ” in making acalculation may be, and often is, carried to an extreme, which leads into a greater error than that which it is sought to avoid. A man is going to put in an engine; he has often heard and read of the wastefulness of too small a motor ; and so, to be on the safe side he orders an engine which is correctly proportioned for about four times the load which it will be run under, reasoning that a big horse can drag a little load but a little horse cannot drag a big load. There is this difference between a horse and an engine ; that while the big horse might not cost any more to buy or to keep, both the selling price and the cost of running an engine increases with its size, owing not only to the increased friction of the larger engine, but to the fact that in order to keep it from exerting its great power it must be run with low steam, a high grade of expansion, and at a very low speed. The owner finds in consequence that he has paid a number of hundred dollars more than he needed for a machine which is less economical than the smaller and cheaper would have been, in order to be on the ‘‘safe side.” It is quite as possible, though not so frequent in occurrence, that the boiler power may be too great as it is too little, and as for the boiler material the government authorities are obliged, in the interests of safety, to restrict the fire sheetSto a given thickness. Many superintendents and managers will, to be on the ‘‘safe side,” fit their boiler room up with all manner of patent traps and get it where it will almost run itself, or so that anybody can run it, and then to be on the “‘ safe-side ” of the ledger they put any “thing” in to run it. Any ‘‘thing” depends upon the safety automatic machinery to look out for everything—he does not even look after the machinery itself, and when it slips up at some critical moment with more or less damage, who is to blame? Any “ thing,” the automatic safety appliance, or the man who substituted it for brains, to be on the “safe side.”—Saw Mill Gazette. BIG WEEK'S BUSINESS. It is almost impossible to interview T. W. Hastings, the stirring, pushing, enterprising head worker in the business of Mosher & Fisher, of West Bay City, Mich., without getting some interesting and reliable facts for the ear of the reading public, « How is business, Mr, Hastings ?” said the pencil pusher, “ Business is excellent, if we may judge thereof by our own transactions,” retorted Mr. Hastings. ‘‘ During the week back the tran- sactions of Mosher & Fisher have been ona scale of magnitude, Their sales and purchases have been as follows: 350,000 feet of lumber sold to Ohio parties ; 4,500,000 to eastern par- ties ; 1,100,000 to western parties. They have also purchased during the week 16,000,000 feet of logs from Thomas H. McGraw & Co, ; 25,- 000,000 feet-of logs from Sibley & Bearinger ; these latter were intended for East Saginaw mills, but will be brought to Bay City for conversion into lumber; they also purchased during the week 5,000,000 feet of lumber, and invested a sum appropriating $50,000 in” pine lands,” 7 ‘*How much do your sales amount to since the close of navigation,” queried the secker after news. “At the close of navigation the firm ad lumber on hand aggregating 21,000 000 feet. “ They have sold up to date 20,000 000 feet. “The purchases during the same time amount to 5,000 000 feet. ‘ Leaving lumber on hand at this date 6, 000, - ied feet. “Since January Ist, the log transactions of” the firm are as follows: Purchased of Smith Bros., Cheboygan, 3,000,000 feet; of T. H. McGraw, 16,000,000 feet ; of Sibley & Bearin- ger, 25,000,000 feet ; they have cut on their own ”}land 10,000,000 feet ; and having 5,000,000 left over in the dsveabewr nied! it gives them a stock for the next season of 59,000 000 feet. logy ‘‘'The mills of McLean. Son & Co., Malone & Co, Laderach Bros. Miller Bros., and” Green & Stevens will do the manufacturing for the firm during the season of 1886. ”—Lumber- nuan’s Gazette. - BEARINGS FOR MAIN SAW MILL SHAFTING. In reply to “‘W.S. F.” the Timber Trades Journal says that bearings for saw mill shafting are in the latest and best practice made consid- erably longer than they used to be, with a very satisfactory result both as regards wear and tear and steadiness in running. If you are remodelling your mill we should recommend you t> put in bearings about four times ag long as the diameter of your shaft, and by all means have them arranged to pivot so that they can adjust themselves to any deviation in the shaft. This is an important matter, but one very often lost sight of, consequently there is a considerable daily loss through increased friction and wear and tear on the bearings, and more power is consumed in driving. It is astonishing how these important matters are neglected even in these days when people should know better. As an illustration we may say we recently went into a box factory where the power was conveyed by a twisted belt running at 10 ft. centres, and the saw benches were about the same distance off, and almost immediately beneath the main shaft. We need hardly say that, with this arrangement, the loss was large, probably nearly £100 a year from loss of steam, loss of speed on benches through slip on belts, increased wear on belts and bearings, less out- put from benches and worse work. When we pointed it out the reply was, “‘ Yes, perhaps so ; but it has done fur us for some years, and I don’t think we shall alter now.” We had therefore nothing further to say. MATCHES. Many people now living can remember the time when there were no matches, and people were obliged to depend upon tinder boxes and similar contrivances when they wished to strike alight. Itis possible that the time is not far distant when the matches now so uni used will again go out of use. At least a is said to have been granted in Russia for a lucifer match that can be used an indefinite number of times, the wood being impregnated with a special chemical solution. Match making is one of the Canadian industries that has attained a high state of development, and matches have usually been much cheaper in Canada than in the United States, partly be- cause the American Government imposed an excise duty on matches, and every box sold had to have a Government stamp.—Montreal Star, Tue tug Nat Stickney has been chartered _ by the Cheboygan Lumber Company to tow ~ logs from Spanish river, Ont., to Cheboygan, _ Mich., for the season to come, We take from the Vimber Trades Journal Timber and Deals in Liverpool on Feb, 27th 1885 and 1886, and also the Consumption fo the month of Feb. 1885 and 1886 :— — LIVERPOOL STOCKS. \ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. LUMBER DRIVERS’ CALKS FOR USE IN STREAM DRIVING. the following Comparative Table showing Stock Consumption | Consumption Stock Stock, Me f 2» Bes Le 2 { . al « Stock, back, dad ios Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel ana ‘5 ——se ae ee ee eee Ts aut to fer ra 2 s s Quebec Square Pine re. Sees Aes 256,000 tt. 185,000 ft. aaa te Ziman Forged. The method used in tempering ‘ Waney Board... 319,000 ‘ 24.000 * : : a j Aa ss , > a SM et oid kes 20,000 40,000 « 1,000 « 8,000 leaves every one of the same lemper MUEHERSEOEESIELIG. Se ao aie /a/, / yi ? ? x as _ = 9 2 ai Mavnegmeiien smorkiag) inn site wehinele Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 department of the Deseronto cedar mill, was and 2522, Notre Dame Street. leaving the mill for his dinner on March 16th, and, while in the act of pulling on his coat, it WO IN ' LTB #z ae Nelly © U Hi caught in the driving shaft, pulling him up 5 = over it twice and breaking his right arm off ; about four inches from the shoulder. The unfortunate man was carried to his home, GET YOUR STATIONARY SUPPLIES where he had to lie over an hour without a doctor, both physicians being out of town. eee ee oe AST es 99 - Wonderful is the instantaneous effect of THE vc REVIEW STATIONERY STORE West's Pain King in relieving cramps, colicand al) bowel difficulties. Worth its weight in gold aud costa but 25 opnie) pigbauidsolyas sie kept MarnEEer Brock, Grorece STREET: n every household. Sold by J. D. y druggist 1a Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRICES! = Advice to Mothers. ee Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrupshould always be used when chiidren are cutting teetb. It re- PA FR EN VEL OPES PENS INK and PENCILS Nieves the little sufferer at once ; it produces : a natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from 9 ? pain, and the jittle cherub awakes as “‘ bright as ol a ee a hae ea to pee a soothes the ¢ softens the gums, allays all : RF : alp, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and BOTH SMALL OR LARGE QUAN ae ee e best known remedy for diarrhoea. whetn- ill be allowed to Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufacturers x Fete te ib poeebiag oxfot ber catineat' Scena ae slot e sat adhere, Sa iio "Gindces ted AG Loving. trai, Stationea ees a bottle. Be sure and ask for ‘‘Mrs, Winslow’s| Clergymen, School Teachers, To ip cers ying : Soothing Syrup,” and take noother kind. ~ | uantities, and also to cash buyers. #@”Estimates givenand eontracts made for yearly supplies at lowest rates And every house and office requisite always kept in stock, anc seid retail in 10 a ae erento THE CANADA — oaaret Reports. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Marcu 24.—Allthe retailers of lumber here agree that trade is unaccountably dull, and any stranger driving through our city at the pre- sent time, and viewing the large number of excavations for buildings now being taken out would come to the conclusion that all the lum- ber yards were doing a flourishing trade; but a close scrutiny would soon let him in to the secret, and fully explain why our retail men are not doing a brisk trade. Contract work Has not yet fairly opened out, and nearly all the pbuilding operations that are now being so vigorously pushed forward is chiefly in the hands of speculators, and most of our retail men give them a wide berth, and it remains for the wholesale men to furnish such men by car load. Of course there are exceptions, some of our speculative builders have made their pile, and can command credit from any dealer. This is not the rule, however, wholesale deal- ers take more chances in this respect than the retail men, and frequently get severely bit for their temerity, as lumber sold in car load lots soon foot up a heavy account, and the lien law ag it now stands on our statute books is quite inadequate as a means of protection for any one except a mechanic, consequently our dealers frequently suffer severe losses, and the only effectual way to avoid such osses is to liusisc that the parties advancing the funds iu: pbuilding shall secure the individuals furnishing materials. Wholesale dealers are disposing of car load lots readily and prices have weakened on some kinds of stock in consequence of the action of the N. & N. W. R. R. Company in refusing to allow dealers to unload by side of track. The ostensible reason for this course is that the com- pany intend to rearrange their tracks in view of affording more unloading room, which they hold will be needed consequent upon the open- ing of their extension, north from Gravenhurst to the junction of the C.P. RR, and dealers have had to push off their stuff at best prices available to avoid demurrage. It is only fair to the railway company to say, however, that they have not pushed their customers at all closely as to time for unloading, All who are interested are anticipating a good season’s trade, and the demand for dry stuff will give the yards plenty to attend to before long, as nearly all the available supply from the mills will soon be forward, so that any one wanting dry lumber will have to go to the yards and get it there. Some few cases of stocks and 14 in. plank are still arriving here from Ottawa, but not of a class at all inviting to dealers, being nearly all composed of culls and outs ; said outs being mostly thrown out of the clear and picks by reason of shakes, 14 in. is so hard to obtain, however, at present, that anything that can be worked up will sell at fair figures, and as soon as the new cut is started this class of pine will have to be taken in its green state and put into the dry kilns. Lath are in good demand just now and no large stock of dry to come in, Shingles are plentiful and demand slow, and it is doubtful if the demand will equal that of former years in this city at least, as slate and metallic shingles are largely taking the place of wood and bid fair to come into more general use, There is constant inquiries for 1} flooring, and in the rough it is hard to obtain any large nspply. All kinds of hardwood are in fair demand. Prices are ruling low, as compared with pine, although the freight is nearly double that of pine, and cost of hauling and cutting nearly double also, yet a good floor of ash or maple can be put down nearly as cheap as one composed of pine, and the day is not far dis- tant when the owners of hardwood lands will come to the conclusion that their timber and time has been literally wasted. Mill cull boards and scantling....-.-..s++ses+++ 10 00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths. ...... 12 00 es SHOCKS. vc reeverereerencececeecenes 13 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 fh....ssereserereeee 18 00 a ae OG WB ftarccscccevessrreee 14 00 oS at QD fh. ceceeesecceesens 15 00 x as ae QZ ft. receveees eceeeees 16 00 as ZA ft. seeseceeeeverees 17 00 6 s Je 26 ft... .006 aisintplere’ai9 slats 18 co White ‘ Basswood, NO, 1 & 2..++..ceeeeeteereenees 18 00@20 00 Cherry, No. 1 & 2.....eseeeeseeeees White ash 1 & 2.... 06: esseeereee 7 Black ash 1 & 2.sccsesevecereeveeressenes 20 00@25 00 ae oe “ 79 “ be “ce “ “ae « oe “cs “e “a “e ‘és “ “a ‘ ‘ Cutting up planks to dry. rd boards ‘‘ 16 00@18 00 Tare 8 diesel slagetere 30 00 35 00@40 00 ound dressing stocks. . Picks Am. inspection... Three uppers, Am. inspection oatigeaaiele ere B. M. 1}-inch flooring, dressed ....++sse+r1ees 25 00@30 00 14“ Ke FYOUGH. ...ceeeeseenteces 14 00@16 00 1 eS ce Aressed sseveseseeeeeees 23 00@25 00 1, SS Os Undressed. .seseevececeeesoesse 14 00 vs ss dressed ....+++.+% Pa eaattale 16 00@20 00 ee oe undressed. ....+seeseeee 12 00@14 00 4 Beaded Sheeting, dressed. ,.+.++.++++-++ 18 00@20 00 Clapboarding, dressed ....+ssseerersees seers 12 50 XXX sawn shingles, @M.....+.--+ssereee 2 75@ 2 90 Sawn Tath. ..cccccceersesncewcevcssssrsstssvers 2 25 Red oak... .sccevs covenvreeeercreenncere 20 00@25 00 ania hte ais e.eioielplelel tu») sleiaisl ayia aerial 25 00@30 00 MONTREAL. From Our Own Correspondent. Marcu 27.—The activity in business noted in our last report has continued during the past fortnight with regard to city distribution, and a large number of orders have been executed ; but the snow storm of last week, and the usual bad state of the roads at the break up of win- ter, militated somewhat against the country trade. Business generally compares very favorably with the corresponding period of last year, and some dealers are expecting that their sales dur- ing this mouth wil nearly double those of March 1885. There are no changes in the quotations to note, but the wholesale men are looking for better prices, and this fact seems to have en- couraged contractors and others to secure a large portion of their supplies before the antici- pated advance takes place. The following are the quotations at the yards :— Pine, 1st quality, @ M...... Paci OReT UC Pine 2nd a o Pine, shipping culls, ® M...+....+. s+ Pine 4th quality deals ® M.......0+eeee $35 00@40 00 25 00@30 00 14 00@16 00 10 00@12 00 Pine, mill culls, @ Mc. ccs eee ee eee eeeeee 7 00@ 9 00 Spruce, PM...... seeeecesveee ¢ veeeees 10 00@13 00 Hemlock, % M.....cceceessesereeeeneeee 9 00@10 00 Ash, run of log culls out, ®@M..... . 20 00@26 00 Bass, oe sf BM..... waves 18 00@20 00 Oak, B Mivcsccsscceeeee teeter eeeeneees 40 00@50 00 Walnut BM ...cccceeeeveeceeneneacence 60 00 100 00 Cherry, BM. ..sceee eens eevee eeeeee oe 80 00 100 00 Butternut, B® M.......ceeeee eee e ee eeeees 85 00@40 00 Birch, # M...ceecsceceneseeceseree eeees 20 00@25 00 Hard Maple, ® M.....+ss+-00+ .. 25 00@30 00 Lath, @M.... cee cee erences 1 60@ 0 00 Shingles, lst, ®@ M 2 00@ 8 00 Shingles, 2nd, ® M 2 50@ 0 00 CORDWOOD. Prices are unchanged :— Long Maple, per cord.....+.. .8 6 00@6 50 Long Birch Hh erate 6 ORRIN 6 00@0 00 Long Beech LP Se ° . 6 00@5 50 Tamarack Hee caeinaeve, oem 5 00 0 00 OSWEGO, N.Y. From Our Own Correspondent. We cannot change quotations. The move- ment has been larger than usual since our last report; the better grades of lumber have been more in demand, and dealers having good selections have had a good trade, Stocks are very much broken and all are anxious for the opening of navigation to replenish. Collections are rather slow but prospects are fair for a good trade. Three uppers...+++++5 aieiehests ahtara/e(eiarereie sty $42 00@46 00 Pickipgy...eessereeeee seeees a yecougace 82 0V@85 00 Cutting Up ...ecss veeeeeeee seca tere c ess 24 00@26 00 Fine Common. ..cceecseseteees ... 22 00@26 00 Common ..seccereereeeee . « 14 00@18 00 Gulati aiuaercsiusisiaece ss ... 11 00@14 00 ... 16 00@22 00 ... 30 00@35 00 Mill run lots Sidings, selected, 1 in.. oe } DV INn es. cde cuyie eas eh we 82 00@36 00 Mill run, 1x10, 13 to 16 ft vieeeee 16 00@21 00 Belected.cccccerevseeeeenersseeneens 21 00@24 00 Shippers .....e ce eeeseeeen rece cee sees 14 00@16 00 Mill rum, 19X10... ... eee vee sence seneees . 17 00@20 00 Selected... .cceccceeccececerereseeeeeees 21 00@30 00 Shippers... ..cccceeeeesereereeeerecceeees 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 1 & 1} in, strips ..seeeeeseeeees 15 00@18 00 Celecteds:,. acciineaesmcene® aemmeeenes 22 00@30 00 @ullSkh Ga hicaas. laleieam talance ehh oe alee 11 00@13 00 1x6 selected for clapboards eecatere Re ates 2h 00@35 00 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. Pine. «ss... eeeeees 3 10@ 38 50 XXX Cedar......ccccee cocveeseccveeness 2 76@ 3 00 Lath 14, NO Livsesssececeeeeeee ees 1 80@ 1 90 INO 1 Qatar pee iereycram inepminis{elneiewiios’s 1 00@ 1 25 ——___—_o__—_——_ CHICAGO. AT THE YARDS. The Northwestern Lumberman of March 27th says:—Despite the railroad blockade at St. Louis and southwestern points, caused by the Missouri Pacific strike, the outward movement of lumber during the past week has been heavy, LUMBERMAN, In fact it is doubtful if in any previous March there was more lumber shipped in one week p than there has been during the current one. It is also an encouraging feature that the trade this spring is legitimate, not greatly forced, and the lumber is sold at prices within a narrow and positive range—a condition entirely different from that of last season, when prices were soft and yielding, and almost bottomless. Prices are somewhat higher than the highest last year, which gives some chance for profit on last season’s purchases, but are yet too low in view of cargo prices for dry lumber. The strike on the Missouri Pacific lines, and the blockades at St. Louis, Kansas City, Sedalia, and Atchison have been some hindrance to a speedy delivery of lumber on the lines affected, yet this has not checked trade as much as might have been supposed. Orders have continued to come in ani cars have been load- ed and sent out. The more serious embargo has been at St. Louis, and has been longer continued than at Kansas City. One heavy shipper to Missouri and southern Kansas points jocosely says that if the glut at St. Louis continues much longer the frort end of his train will be in Missouri while the rear will be in his yard—thus hyperbolically indicating how heavy his shipments are in spite of the strike, On Thursday morning the newspapers stated that the switchman’s strike at Kansas City was over, and trains were moving on all lines except the’ Missouri Pacific. This was good news to shippers, and the vividly appreciated because on Wednesday they had been notified by the freight agents that no more lumber would be taken on the Rock Island and Alton roads. If Kansas City can be kept open, Chicago can get along fairly well, as a compar- atively small portion of the aggregate of ship- ments go by way of the Gould _ lines, though in the segregate the amount is consider- able. It is probable that current shipments have been stimulated by the fear that has prevailed in the West that the railroad troubles would be Jong-continued, and that they would spread to other systems than those now effected. In fact the yard dealers here have used this motive in their letters and circulars to their customers and travelling salesmen Be sure that the latter have not failed to use the argument upon the retail yard men ; and itis a good one it must be confessed. The trouble is not yet over, though it is hoped that the settlement at Kansas City, the vigorous measures being adopted in Mis- souri, and the cautionary signals being display- ed by his highness, General Master Workman Powderly, may be the beginning of the end of the war. The heavy drain on stocks since the middle of February has seriously broken up assort- ments that were not too complete in some par- ticulars when trade went into winter quarters. Twelve-inch common boards, 10, 12, 18 and 20, feet long, are very scarce, some yards being out of them entirely. The same is true of some middle river markets, and dealers on the river are now buying boards here in order the eke out small stocks and keep along with their trade. In dimension there is a great scarcity of 2x12, and a considerable lack of 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, and all small, and all long timbers and joists. Fencing is also in good demand, and is running low in numerous yards, Some houses have their assortments so broken up that they report having almost too much trade, for the reason that scalping around the district has become a serious matter, as holders are so firm in their views that buying from neighbors is unprofitable. It is expected that the mills will start rather late this season, and there will be little receiving by lake until May Ist. In fact there is no great surplus of dry lumber at the mills that has not been sold. Of course when the lumber was bought last fall or winter by the larger yards begins to arrive, it will ease the pressure for assortments somewhat, but the purchasers will need the bulk of it to keep up their own shipments. It cannot be seen how their is to be much relief to the scarcity of dry sorts throughout the spring if trade is maintained at its present volume, Home consumption is now calling for a large amount of lumber, and this demand will increase until May lst, anyway. After that the eight hour movement may check building. Just now nobody can tell just how far railroad strikes may spread, and how complete will be the resulting freight embargo. If the labor storm that is prevailing shall increase until it covers the West, the effect would be disastrous to the lumber trade; if it should fair off dis- tribution would continue in heavy volume. The demand for shingles has been very large this spring, and the houses that make @ specialty of carrying a heavy and diversified stock have done a rushing business in this line. Shingles are shipped in every direction. White cedar shingles are making their way into re- mote regions, One house ships a shaded A brand, which is sold at 90 cents here, to Col- orado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Such shingles can be laid down in the Rocky mountain regions for $2.10 a thousand. Redwood lumber from California is attracting attention among the pine dealers. Recent statements in the Lumberman about the low prices at which clear redwood can be delivered here has awakened general attention. Cut rail rates from the Pacific coast have brought the matter to the front. A car load of redwood has been received at the yard of Perley, Lowe & Co, Centre avenue and Twenty-second street. Circulars, with price lista, are being received by the dealers. Agents from the Pacific coast are here or on the way for the purpose of work- ing upatrade in redwood. Considerable of this lumber has already been placed this side the mountains, especially at Missouri river points, If the railroads shall encourage this trade from now onward, a large amount of redwood will be distributed within the coming year in the territory tributary to this city. Receipts of lumber and shingles for the week ending March 25th, as reported by the Lum- berman’s Exchange :— . Lumber & timber....... «++- 519,819,852 657,882,666 Shingles .... ..s.esene sees $61,133,190 $24,267,100 rr 73,290,876 50,674,489 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. To New York ..... Bosto' PPeTeereerrerrr reer ess) eee eee enna eee Troy Buffalo and Pittsburgh......- ee ccccuccesas esses Shenectad Wheeling. ....-.--see+seenccecseencrneees erences Suspension Bridge......-e+e+<++++ ages es Salamanca.......s008 cares wecccceseces Yo. secee ewan dec concunntesan savaseN eae LONDON. The Timber Trades Journal of 13th says Messrs. Churchill & Sim were somewhat favor- ed in the matter of attendence, there being tolerably full room at their sale this week, On Wednesday, especially, most of the benches were occupied, and though the keen north-easter that was blowing keep the passage into Bishops- gate pretty clear, in the sheltered corners members of the trade were noticeable discussing the aspects of the market and the future of prices, those agents who had some yet unplaced stocks to dispose of being on the gut vive to buttonbole a country buyer, if any of these somewhat rare visitors just now attracted by the likelihood of getting a little lot or two that would bear the railway charges to this locality happened to be on the spot. The pitch pine went cheap, only one lot reaching 57s. 6d., really nice logs too, & couple of lots going as low as 50s. Mobile and Apal- achicola, however, are not generally so well appreciated as the Pensacola logs, The Quebec waney pine ex Queen of Beauty sold fairly well as things go, but we cannot recollect when £5 has been thought a reasonable figure. The parcel ex Queen of the North went at very low — figures, but the logs were chiefly under 20 feet. If a chivalrous buyer had not come to the rescue, so feeble was the demand that prices would have even faired worse for this descrip- tion. The lotex Hispania had to be withdrawn on account of no bidding. The square pine likewise was cheap at the prices obtained. The hardwoods were in better request, though the apparent demand assisted prices but slightly, the bidding lying amongst a few of the leading dealers, these having a limit of their own, which they took care not to exceed. The Guysborough birch, described as ‘fresh, went wretchedly, but the heavy stock in hand is sufficient of itself to account for the depress- ed prices, in addition the parcel was not a par- ticularly choice one ; nevertheles: large dimen- sioned stuff at 50s. isa rare bargian to those who got hold of it. The St. John timber was better received, though here again the buyers had it all their own way. The nine pieces of curly at 87s. 6d. read better, but this is a description that is not always come-at-able The deal portion of the sale began with the Simo planks ex Rosa, which sell at. £7 10s., 1st and 2nd yellow deals going at similar prices, and battens 15s. less, fairly good values. Another of the well sold parcels was Soder- ham 3rd deals ex Abrota, at £10 10s to £10 15s. The mark O x x His not the best known out side of London, and accepting them as not " representing a leading stock the stagnant state of trade would not warrant much higher. The Skutskar, with which they would about com- pare, disposed-of on the last occasion, went at . much the same figures. There was a very large line of battens in this shipment, prices being about at their last level. We noticed 3x8 ex- cited competition when under offer, The Gefle deals ex Abergrange we consider well sold at £14 10s, for mixed 3x9, and the 3rd £10 15s., with 4ths at £8. The Sundswall parcel ex Diana was cheap at £12 15s. for the mixed deals, and, though not so well favored in the upper sorts, the room apparently did not make any distinction in the price of the next lower qualities between the Gefle and the higher port. We consider Sundswall 4th and 5th every bit as good as Gefle; in fact, in many respects, rather to be preferred, leaving out the two leading productions. The room was a full one on Thursday’s sale, and the trade seemed in rather better humor to buy, thongh with such a long spell of frosty weather and consequent stagnation in the building trade, dealers have no inducement to go in largely, and though in a few instances several lots fell to one buyer, the parcels were mostly distributed over the room, Battens ap pear to be a drug just now, the natural result of the check building operations have received, and most of the lots were bought speculatively rather than for supplying any immediate de- mand. We shall not be surprised to find this class of wood improving in price when the pre gent frost disappears, which cannot, in the natural order of things, be much further delayed, that will be the time when those who have bought so cheaply now will reap the benefit. There is no question that but that stocks now are very heavy, but the late opening of the shipping ports will come to the assistance of the market. We shall be having mild spring weather here to carry off the stuff weeks be- fore the Baltic ports are open. The Swedish lower Gulf deals submitted without reserve were not the same fine stock usually coming from that favorite district, the Gefle ex His- pania being S P, and at £12 5s., though it reads low for 1st and 2nd red, was a fair enough price as things go. The flooring seemed a bit better, but we cannot say the demand took an active turn. A change to mild weather, we believe, would work wonders, Hewn and sawn the dock deliveries are about 7 standards behind the corresponding week last year. That building has received a serious check by the severe weather is allowed on all hands. The trade seems to consider itself frozen up, and to acquesce in the visitation, jobbing a little here and there, just to keep its band in, and thinking it useless to attempt to do more till a great thaw comes and melts the 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ice and the hearts of capitalists at the same time. On Monday, the 8th, the thermometer, in a sheltered [situation, stood 20 deg. at 7 o'clock, the lowest of all the winter, and there have been eight to ten as of frost at the same hour ever since, Ag illustrating the yates hopss which influenced many of the trade at the close of last season as to prospects improving with the new year, we may instance the Petersburg boards ex Ebrow sold by Messrs. Churchill & Sim, on last Wednesday, at £5 to £5 5s. per standard, When these goods were first brought in last November, we understood importers re- fused an offer of £6 10s, to clear the entire parcel of these sizes, some 120 standards 1x4, 44, and 5, preferring rather than make such a reduction on the holding price of £7 5s. to take their chance of the market later on. From £7 5s. to £5 5s. is a great come down, leaving out of sight the dock rent and brokers’ charges ; yet we are assured things are rather improving —we may well ask since when? ee LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal of March 13th says :—The arrivals of timber continue very light in quantity, which is a matter for con- gratulation in the face of the small consump- tion going on at present. A visit to the docks shows an utter want of life and animation, and ‘very little business is evidently being done, from the bare aspect of the carrying companies, wharves and railway stations. Much of this depression is no doubt due to the continued severity of the weather, which is still so intense as to put a stop to what small quantity of housebuilding there is in progress, Tn consequence of this, the distress amongst the laborers usually engaged in the various timber yards, and in the discharging of timber vessels, is assuming a grave appearance. To alleviate this as much as possible proposals are before the corporations of Liverpool and Bootle to commence public roadmaking and other works, and thus give some employment to those who are in such distressed circumstances, The building for the forthcoming Internat- ional Exhibition is making rapid progress towards completion, and happily is causing more work in the local joinery shops, which are now engaged in preparing the fittings for stalls, refreshment-rooms. etc., and this little spurt will be welcomed by a branch of the trade which for a long time past has suffered severely amidst the general depression. We hear of little doing in arrival business, either for Baltic, Quebec, or pitch pine cargoes, and low as prices are, especially for the latter named goods, there is no disposition to buy ahead, the outlook being in no wise such as to induce prudent buyers to operate. The freight market, in consequence, is in a dull and languid condition, The present quo- tations to’ Liverpool may be put down as follows: from Quebec, 20s. for timber, 45s. to 47s. 6d. per. standard for deals; St. John, N. B., 17s. 6d, for timber, 42s, 6d. for deals; White Sea, 42s, 6d, to 45s, deals and boards; pitch pine ports, 29s. hewn, and 80s. to 82s, 6d. per standard for sawn timber and deals. ee TYNE. The Timber Trades Journal of March 13th says :—The snowstorm of the past seven days has been an effectual stoppage to all business, and has entirely laid aside all outdoor operations. Every railway leading from or to Newcastle has been more or less blocked with snow, some of them for days together. Your readers at a distance will have gathered from the daily newspapers some idea of the havoc committed and the amount of stoppages all works in pro- gress must have sustained. To give to those at 2 distance some idea of the total stoppage of trade over the district, it may be remarked that the North-Easter Railway traffic return for the week ending March 6th shows a decrease of £7,733, in merchandise and cattle £14,962, and in minerals £12,650. The total decrease of the year up to March 6th as compared with last year amounts to £75,203, which are certainly most alarming figures to ponder. No arrivals except a few parcels of hoops are reported from abroad. A. few charters for f,0,w, are reported as con- 11 cluded during the last few days, but they are very few, the rates averaging about 24s, from Sundswall to Tyne. Most of the saw mills have been closed the greater part of the week, and the time employ- ed in carting away the huge masses of snow. gt GLASGOW. The Timber Trades Journal of March 13th says:—The indications of the state of trade afforded by the auction sales of timber and deals held here within the past week are not encouraging, Of a large catalogue, Quebec timber chiefly, submitted at Messrs. Allison, Cousland & Hamilton’s sale at Greenock, on 4th inst., only a small proportion changed hands, The following were the prices :— Per c, ft. Quebec waney boardwood— 47 0. ft. avg. per log Is 6d Quebec yellow pine— 60 c. ft. avg. per log 1s 1d Quebec red pine— 80c. ft. avg. per log le 1jd Quebec 2nd yellow pine deals— 11 to 23 ft. 11/16x3 28 Od There were offers made for various other lots of timber and deals, but they did not come up to a figure satisfactory to the brokers the goods were withdrawn. The sale at Yorkhill and Queen’s Dock, Glasgow, on 10th inst., by same brokers, was also indicative of a dull state of trade. Bay Verte spruce deals, 14 ft. 10x3, sold at 94d. per cub. ft. A varied catalogue was gone over, comprising Quebec and Michigan pine deals, Pictou birch, &c., but failed to elicit bidding, the company showing unusual apathy. The long-continued wintry weather is hinder- ing outdoor operations and preventing improve- ment in the wood trade. Imports during the past week have not been of importance. On the whole arrivals since the year began, chiefly made up at this season of teak and pitch pine, are under those of same period last year. There has only been one arrival of deals since January—a cargo of spruce from Dor- chester, N. B. ee ALBANY. Quotations at the yards are as follows :— Pine, clear, #@M..... ..... watts sehen «ck $55 00@60 00 JEM OU boas oceeeoanmuddOn.Gen0G oo 50 00@55 00 Pine, selects,. Pine, good box... Pine, common Woxicuc: Pine, 10-in. plank, each. . Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, peck Pine boards, 10-in........... Pine, 10-in. boards, culls. . Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., e M. A dfao Pine, 12-in. boards, 16ft...............+. noaae 45 00.250 00 ... 22 00@33 00 - 11 00@13 00 . 00 42@00 45 - 00 23@00 25 - 00 28@00 32 - 00 16@00 20 28 00@32 00 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13ft...........se.0-. 28 00@00 00 Pine, 1} in. siding, select................ 40 00@43 00 Pine, 1}-in. siding, common.... ......... 15 00@18 00 Pine, 1-in. siding, select................. 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common.... .......... 13 00@15 00 Spruce, boards, each.........cseee.eeaes 00 00@00 16 Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each..............5 00 00@00 20 Spruce, plank, 2-in., ERCHAes Sshink ove 00 00@00 30 Spruce, wall strips, each pdo0 BHAGDOREOOE” 00 12@00 12 Hemlock, boards, each ., ...........00 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each................ 00 00@00 32 Hemlock, joist, Qhx4, each 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each.......... 00 00@00 11 Black walnut, gook, # M .. 100 @120 00 Black waluut, §inch.. Black walnut, # inch. Scaymore, 1- inch. . Scaymore, §-inch.. White wood, 1- inch ‘and thicker ee oerecee . 28 00@30 00 - 21 00@23 00 - 38 00@40 00 White wood, $-inch..... ........ -... 28 00@30 00 Mah Pood MAH MONE ssse0csccecces cance ++. 40 Q0@43 00 Ash, second quality, @M............000- 25 00@30 00 Cherry, good, @M.......... wee... seeee 60 00@85 00 Cherry, common, ®@M... ... ........... 25 00@30 00 ORES SOOM, serves weteiore cinisie vie s/a/sieien ceisie 40 00@43 00 Oak, second quality, @ M................ 20 00@25 00 Basswood, @ M.....seecees ceccnveceeces 25 00@30 00 LZCKOFY je MOON: sew vasicecccotenee 40 00@40 00 Maple, Canada, @ M..........seeeseseses 28 00@30 or Maple, American, per M.......,..00eee0e 26 00@28 0. Chestnut, @M........c ccc cece eens ... 88 00@40 OL Shingles, ‘shaved, pine, @M..... ........ 0 00@ 6 5C 2nd quality Racca elu seetele ra iainiwie 0 00@ 5 00 as extra, sawed, Pine wereneecececs 4 30@ 4 50 Us Gist go i See sano 0 00@ 3 00 G. cedar, aude . 0 00@ 3 3¢ Us cedar, XXX 0 00D 0 00 O hemlock... 2 25@ 2 37 Lath,hemlock, #8 M.. Lath, spruce, 0 00@ 2 13 0 00@ 2 25 BUFFALO, We quote cargo lots :— 17 00@18 50 12 60@13 00 TONAWANDA. CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Gareg papers, pie. sieisieiety ois aipleiate cis] sin's'emre city Common,. Culls..,. eoeeeee ~. 10 00@13 00 Pe reeeseree ».. 80 00@90 00 . 00 00@85 00 WINNIPEG. The Winnipeg Commercial of March 22nd says :—There has been at last some indications of returning life in the lumber trade, though the actual movement has not yet aseumed any decided proportion. The im provement noted has been principally in’e nquiries, which goes to show that contractors are now on the elert and making their calculations for the coming season's work. Dealers expect a fair trade to set in the steadier and firmer prices now ruling, together with the reduction in the supply, a more prosperous season may be looked for, £00n and with —___¢- BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The following are the returns issued by the Board of Trade, for the month of Feb, 1886 ; and also for the two months ending Feb. 1886 :; MONTH ENDED 28TH FEE., 1886. Timber (Hewn). ag ras Russia ..... 57 1,263 Sweden and Ey 7 31,026 Germany, tise... bbs ott 1,386 5,187 United "States ....6 5085 eee 7,625 22,386 Brite Wigs fo. ete. eee 218 2,426 British North America.............. 471 1,911 Other Countries............ssese00- 44,412 44,496 TONAL, oscinisn iyo oopasacepeereod 77,202 108,644 Timber (Sawn or Split, Planed or Dressed). BIIBSIB 5. = ci ok Asses pe ob oe ate 1,204 1,643 Sweden and Norway...........eees 11,998 2,718 United States. 02.25. fern ee. 17,191 45,417 British North America... .......... 1,596 4,146 Other Countriés.........5.-..200025 1,378 5,729 TSM. 2 ses dette wi ice e os eles s o’sic 33,367 68,653 Staves, (all sizes)...... .s0.-...000- 2,678 12,948 Mahogany (tons) .................. 3,804 29,488 Total of Hewn and Sawn.......... 110,569 192,297 TWO MONTHS ENDED FEB. 28TH, 1886. Timber (Hewn). BUSSIa “iscinelsle best ass sc aber eanieoneen 964 5,078 Sweden and Norway..............-- 41,036 57,911 Germanys... vsccacss ovecse eee 2,617 8,172 United States... .. wn. sseseest eee 15,807 53,867 British’ India-..c... cut, and in order to accomplish it it will require to run both mills to their full capacity th v the season. Mr. Mickle is also building for his — own use a steam tug of 40 feet keel—48 feet — over all, and 11 feet beam, The contractor is — Mr. Simpson who built the Kenozha., THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NORTH HaSTINGS LUMBER CAMPS. ; “The following letter in reference to the lumber camps in Hastings county, Ont., is _ published in the Ontario of Belleville : Dear Sir.—I intended when writing afew weeks ago to follow up my observations of the north country, but have been short of time, I have to add a few remarks: There is none of the older villages of our county that has shown the amount of improvement as Marmora for afew months back, It is, I suppose, the oldest yillage in the north, but for very many years went backward, but in the last two years has “more than doubled its permenant buildings A large cloth factory, a number of fine blocks of brick stores and tasty private houses sur- _ prised me after a few months absence. The hotels are commodious and the stores well filled. Much of this, I think, is due to the _ enterprise of Mr. Pearce. Another feature of _ the importance of north Hastings is her lumber ; interest. Of this, from accident, I know more of the Gilmour firm, but [I know that the _ Rathbuns, Eddys, Booth, McArthur’s Brown sons and many jobbers are doing a wonderful business. _ Turning to the Gilmours, I had business at their camp in Tudor a few weeks ago, and was pleasingly disappointed to find the large amount of timber still standing in that part of the county. But their most extensive operations are in Wollaston Chandos and Cardiff, although that does not by any means cover their limits west of Hastings county. Happening to be at 4 hill a short time ago, and wanting to see ” some parties in one of the camps, I had the good fortune to meet with the superintendent, My. J. Nicholson, who informed me he was going the next morning to inspect the camps and kindly offered me a seat with him, and to “him I owe very much both for information and _ the opportunity of seeing those I wished. - Seated in his cutter behind a spanking team we visited four camps and travelled some miles on foot while he examined their work in the swoods, aud on the landing at Vanecleek, which -was nearly covered for seven miles and rode between 30 and 40 miles. There again I was pleased to see large sections of standing pine and cedar timber and large quantities of cherry, birch, blick ash, white ash and other timber for consumption. large quantities of which are being got out and landed on the track of the C. O. R for shipment by rail as it will not float. “The Rathbun Company, however, is doing the most of that. To give your readers some idea of the magnitude of this year’s drive the Gil- -Mours alone have a million pieces, over 700,000 pieces of pine and the balance cedar, I did not learn just what the Messrs. Rathbun have, but II believe they are not far behind, and taken as «@ whole their timber this year is very fine. They had cut one tree alone in Cardiff that measured 9,042 feet of lumber. Their roads are the best. Nature would seem to have just fixed a pass through the hills for a road, yet they have to spend thousands in grading the roads. I was ‘on one over seven miles long which was -smeother than the streets of Belleville. Their -sheboggaa sleighs are monsters in that line, the runners six feet apart, the bunks eight feet long and their loads are almost incredible. The foreman reported a load the day before of nine- teen standards and 42 feet, and when I tell you a standard is 20 inches beside the sleigh, you may have some idea of theload. The Gilmours this year have nineteen camps and two thous- and two hundred men besides jobbers. I could not help but contrast the past with the present in board and other accommodations in camp. “Thirty years ago we had but little variety in Mumber camps. For breakfast, bread, cold Work and cold water; for supper cold water, “pork and bread. If we wanted tea, sugar or _ potatoes, we were free to buy them and cook em too. But I had the pleasure of taking er both in Tudor and Cardiff in the dining They were about the same and I took the cusine at the latter, We had the bread—I wish some of our Belleville could have seen it and—well, I won’t more—stewed beef, boiled pork, wweet biscuit, apple pudding and pie, granulated sugar; for supper we had |. bread again, butter, potatoes, two t, apple sauce, sweet biscuits, apple pie, the best of fried cakes, and a dish they called friccasied—I don’t know what it was made of, but it was rather too good, for I ate so much I was sick after—tea and sugar. The pastry was too rich for the stomach of us who are in the habit of eating the plain food of Belleville. I asked Mr. Nicholson if that was the every day fare. No, but they changed the class of pudding and pie and cake, that was all. You will ask how can lumbermen afford such board? The answer rather surprised me ; said he, the actual cost per man per day was 21 cents, that included cost of material and ex- penses of running the camp, while in old times when men were fed on bread and pork, flour laid down $10 per barrel and pork $50, it cost about 70 cents per day. But I weary you. Yours, etc., OBSERVER. VALUE OF LINES OF EVERGREENS. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. Sir.—As spring will soon be here, will you allow me to suggest to your farming readers the importance of devoting a few days to planting windbreaks. The portions of forest retained where the country was cleared are rapidly fading away. In some parts of Ontario, indeed, it has been very difficult to preserve them as they blow down; and when this dif- ficuty does not exist, they are largely drawn upon yearly, either for fuel or to obtain more land for the plough, so that in a few years much of the farm land in Ontario will be des- titute of shelter, and will suffer all the evils which have resulted in other regions from the same cause, The rows of deciduous trees which are being planted here and there will be very valuable‘ but there is not one planted, as yet, where there should be twenty. It is a subject which will very soon force itself upon the minds of our people; and there are two suggestions relative to it. The first is to begin before shelter is needed; trees take time to grow. The next is, why not grow trees which will be of use in winter, when shelter is most needed rom the wind and cold? Deciduous trees are of little use, the evergreens are much. All through the country there are to be had, in unused fields, or the borders of woods, numbers of young evergreens—pine, spruce, or cedar. Either of these will answer—the last for the damper ground—the two first for the dry. All ground for trees, however, is the better for drainage. If quantities of these young trees were transplanted this spring, either directly into lines along the exposed sides of farms, or if very small into the garden to transplant again next spring, it would be the most paying work ever done on most farms, The best time to transplant evergreens is the first week in June, but it can also be done very well in early spring. The most successful planting I have known was 750 trees, four feet high, transplanted when in spring, the ground had frozen again two inches deep, so that a good sized piece of earth come with each cut around. Only four were lost. Smaller trees, of course, are more easily managed. In Massachusetts, last year, I saw them, six inches high, being planted out by the thousand. As to distance apart, all will do, from a foot to six feet. Close planting is best, they can be transplanted afterwards. I have let me say, obtained opinions and evidence on this subject from many practical men, who have watched the result of experi- ments of this class for many years, and have also seen many instances myself. I have no hesitation in saying that, if the country were properly sheltered by evergreen windbreaks, crossing every here and there, farm property would be worth one-fourth more for agricultural purposes than much of it is at present, Yours, etc., Toronto, March 27th. R. W. PHIPPS, THERE is a floating planing mill in the Allegheny river, at Pittsburg, 70x170 feet and two stories high, with windows and doors like aiy house. It is owned by J. W. Cook & Co., of Allegheny, It has been supplied with all the the necessary machinery. The came firm owns a floating saw mill, The two will be operated together, Perhaps the most extraordinary that success has been achieved in modern science bas been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not five per cent, of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted,” while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at all. Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure 'o their exter- mination; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by bim four years ago are cures still, No one else bas ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment bas ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXUN & SON, 305 King street west, Toronto, Canada, «und enclose a stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.—WMontreal Star ly122, J. K. POST & CO. LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agents, OSWHEGO, N- ¥.,, The American Hotel, BARRIE, ONT. Collier St., Adjoining Market. 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Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LuMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. The CANADA LumBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Masses Simurt Dwacon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and Subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, Ont, APRIL 16, 1886. RO TF PT I DUTIES ON LUMBER AND LOGS. THE proposal now before the United States Congress to take off the customs duty on imported lumber has been met by its opponents with the proviso that the change shall not take place in the case of any country that imposes an export duty on logs, This is evidently aimed directly at Canada, and is in pursuance of the policy of our neighbors of drawing upon our forests while conserving their own. Recently they have made large purchases of timber limits in Ontario with the design of taking logs thence to their own mills, and therefore they are more urgent than before to be unimpeded by an export duty. From this proposal in Congress we may learn the lesson that we would do well to maintain our export duties on saw logs, or even to in- crease them. Those who attach great impor- tance to the removal of the United States im- port duty on our lumber, may readily see for themselves that they are more likely to obtain this change if we maintain the leverage afford- ed by our export duty on logs. If we freely give them what they require they will assuredly be less willing to meet our views, which we can only hope to obtain by having something to offer in exchange. There are, however, many who think it would be even more beneficial to retain the ex- port duty on logs than to obtain the placing of our lumber on the free list, They object to see logs taken out of the country by foreign mill owners when we might have the profit of con- verting them into lumber at our own saw mills. On the other hand they doubt whether the remission of the duty on lumber might not be partially offset by a reduction in the price, Whichever of these views is taken the natural conclusion is that it would be a very unwise policy to allow our logs to be exported without paying duty, at all events unless we secure some. adequate compensation for yielding this privilege. The export duty should therefore be maintained, increased and enforced, It should THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. indeed be increased to $2.00 a thousand so as to cotinterbalance the duty charged by the United States on our lumber. It is said that already the payment of the duty is evaded as to many logs that are export- ed. From the extensive purchases of limits that have recently been made by our neighbors there is every likelihood that this practice of evading the duty will become more prevalent unless due precautions are taken, Some, indeed, argue that it would be impossible to collect the duty with such a long shore line, combined with close proximity to the international boundary. We cannot, however, see the force of this objection. Vigilant officers could make attempts at smuggling so hazardous and costly as to cause them to be abandoned as unprofitable, and surely our legislators could devise provisions that would make the vessels, the timber limits and other valuable property involved in such practices responsible for dishonest infractions of our laws, A few seizures and forfeitures would frighten all but the most reckless from a con- tinuance of such illegal and fraudulent practices. A RIVER DRIVING BILL. AurHoucH the bill introduced by Mr. Mur- ray, M. P. P., for North Renfrew, during the last session of the Ontario Legislature, was dropped by the special committee to whom it was referred, yet as it was generally conceded that some legislation in the same direction was desirable and that the matter would again be brought before the Legislature at its next session, we deem it advisable to place the bill as introduced by Mr. Murray before our readers in order that the trade may become fully informed as to the kind of legislation which some of their number are endeavoring to have placed on the statute book. As the importance of such legislation can scarcely be overrated, and as too much legis- lation is passed in a hasty and undue manner at Toronto, we think it would be well for those directly interested to place their views before the public, through the columns of the LumBER- MAN, so that if a measure of this kind is pass- ed it will be in the general interest, and not for the benefit of afew at the expense of the many —as some apprehended this one would have proved had it been passed in the shape in which it was introduced, The following is the bill : 1. Any person putting or causing to be put into any lake, river, creek or stream, in this Province, any saw log or other timber for the purpose of floating the same to the place of manufacture or market shall make adequate provisions, and put on a sufficient force of men to break jams of such saw logs, or other timber in or upon such lake, river, cree.k or stream, and to run or clear the same from the banks or shores thereof, and to run or drive the same so as not to hinder the removal of any saw logs or other timber from the banks or shores thereof ; nor obstruct the floating or navigation of such lake, river, creek or stream. “1. In case of the neglect of such person to make such adequate provision, and put on such sullicient force of men, as aforesaid, it shall be lawrful for any other person engaged in floating or running saw logs or other timber in such lake, river, creek or stream, obstructed by reason of such neglect, to cause such jams to be brciken, and such saw logs and other timber to be run, driven or cleared from the banks of such lake, river, creek or stream, at the cost and ex- perise of the person owning such logs or other timber, and such owner shall be liable to such person for such cost and expenses. 3. The person so causing such jams to be brokken, or such saw logs or other timber to be run, driven, or cleared, shall have a lien on such saw logs and other timber, for his reason- able charyyes and expenses for breaking jams, and for running, driving and clearing the same, and shall be entitled to take and retain possession of such saw logs or other timber, wherever the same may be found, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the amount of such charges and expenses, and all costs, and. may after 30 days’ notice to the owner, if {jie owner be known, and advertise- ment thereof for three successive weeks, at least one ix: each week, in a newspaper publish- ed nearest to where such saw logs or other tim- ber may then be, sell by public auction, subject to the lien of the Crown, if any, for dues, the said saw logs or other timber, or 80 much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the amount of charges and expenses, and all costs, rendering the surplus on demand to the owner, 4. If the owner of the saw logs or other timber is not known to the person claiming the lien, then such person may after advertisment thereof for four successive weeks, at least once in each week, in the Ontario Gazette, and in a newspaper published nearest to where such saw logs or other timber may then be, sell by public auction the said saw logs or other timber or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the amount of such charges and expenses and all costs. 5. Any person whose saw logs and other timber in any lake, river, creek or steam, in this Province, are so intermixed with the saw logs or timber of another person, that the same cannot be conveniently separated for the pur- pose of being driven or floated to market, or place of manufacture, may drive all saw logs and other timber with which his own are so intermixed at the cost and expense of the per- son owning the same, unless such owner furnish a fair proportion of plant and men, and do or cause to be done a fair proportion of the work necessary to be done in driving all the said logs and other timber, so intermixed, and such owner shall, unless he so furnish a fair propor- tion of the work in driving said saw logs and other timber as aforesaid, be liable to such per- sons for such costs and expenses, and such per- son shall have a lien on such saw logs and other timber for his reasonable costs and ex- penses for driving the same, and shall be entitled to take and retain possession of such saw logs or other timber, wherever the same may be found, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the amount of such charges and expenses and all costs, and may sell the said saw logs and other timber in the manner mentioned in the sections hereinbefore men- tioned, but subject to the provisions as to notice and advertisement thereof as in said sections mentioned. 6. If the owner of the said saw logs or other timber shall disput the amount claimed by a lien holder he shall, within five days from the receipt of the notice of sale, to be given by such lien holder to such owner, give notice in writing to such lien holder, that he disputes the amount claimed and thereupon the follow- ing proceedings shall be had unless the parties otherwise agree upon the amount to be paid: 1, Such notice shall state the name of an ar- bitrator and call upon the lien holder to appoint an arbitrator on his behalf within five days after service of such notice, and in default of such lien holder making such appointment it shall be Jawful for the Judge of the County Court of the county, or the Stipendiary Magistrate of the Judicial District, as the case taay be, in which such saw logs or other timber are situate,upon request of the owner to appoint such abitrator, and the two arbitrators so ap- pointed shall forthwith appoint a third arbitra- tor in the matter ; 2. If after the arbitrators have been appoint- ed, as aforesaid, they fail or neglect for the space of five days to appoint a third arbitrator, the said Judge of the County Court or Stipen- diary Magistrate shall, within four days after a request in writing made upon him by either of the two arbitrators appointed as as above, appoint a third arbitrator ; 3. The arbitrators may require the personal attendance and examination on oath of the par- ties and their witnesses and the production of all documents relative to the dispute, and may determine by whom the expenses of the arbi- tration shall be defrayed, together with the amount thereof, and shall make and deliver their award and determination within twenty days from the date of their appointment, and the said lien holder may retain his lien and possession of the said saw logs and other tim- ber until such award is made and delivered, and the amount found thereby and costs is paid by such owner to such lien holder, . 2.7 7. It the owner does not forthwith psy the — amount and costs which the arbitrators deter- mine that he shall pay, such lien holder may proceed to sell by public auction the said saw logs, or other timber, or a sufficient portion thereof, to satisfy the award and costs, and the subsequent costs incurred by such sale, first giving notice of such sale by advertise- ment for two successive weeks, at least once — in each week, in a newspaper published nearest to where such saw logs or other timber may then be. 8. Any person whose saw logs or other tim- ber are intermixed in any lake, river, creek, or stream, with the saw logs or timber of any other person, and who for any reason pepe to separate the same, or does not wish to con tinue the drive, shall at his own cost and expense separate his said saw logs and timber from the saw logs and timber of such other person, and securely boom the same to side, in such manner as to allow a free passage for the saw logs and timber of any other per- son who may wish to continue the drive, OUR CROWN DOMAIN. Tue following facts and figures with regard to the crown domain of Ontario for the year 1885 are taken from the annual report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands :— The total receipts of the Department for the 12 months were $736,864.95,made up as follows : LAND COLLECTIONS, Crown Lands ....,.¢:seeeeeee .---$ 85,285 99 . Clergy. do..." ape ese ke Common school lands....... osc ceeps ate om Grammer do, db... . 5 cssspsaeeeee 1,578 59 Rent .,....=0ssssenceee eee -.» 1,166 00 In SUSPENSO. .... . 6ss=s5an eee eee 10,000 00 Total on land account....... $126,415 95 WOODS AND FORESTS, Timber dues. ...:...50255. ese anes $412,738 99 Ground: rent.)... 26 Adee beeen «-.. 41,182 44 Bonus). .2.... 55. eb ee eee ... 151,402 70 In suspense.:.:.:)1:..a0gbee eee : 15 22 Total ... .....0%p- the effervescence is over and people subside again into their ordinary avocations. But, if the timber trade is to rally again this year, some symptoms of it may be expected to show themselves within the next week or two. As - far as London is concerned, the import trade is likely to evince considerable activity this month, and the dock deliveries will be a good index to the rest. - Though it would be unsafe to predict a material change for the better in the trade of this season, there is, nevertheless, ample room for hope that the stagnation of the timber trade is pretty nearly at an end. Some good business will, no doubt, be done. Let us trust it will not be overdone. That apprehension apart, better business might soon be looked for. The dock arrivals this week are not so active as they were in our last record. Only one pitch pine cargo has come forward—the Her- mon, for Messrs. J. M. Ross & Co.—mostly sawn timber ; and what came under our notice, being rafted from the ship’s side in Canada dock, seemed of fair quality. Steamers have been coming forward freely, however, and two from Gefle are now discharging, or were at the time of writing these lines, in the Surrey Com- mercial docks. In the Victor, a barque from Karlshamn, for Messrs, Churchill & Sim, discharging in Can- ada dock, we noticed on some of the deals considerable quantities of ice, so that the cold Must have been pretty intense when they were shipped. The sale on Thursday was well attended ; in fact, it was just as we anticipated, every- body would be there, expecting to see nobody, and Messrs. Churchill & Sim must have been surprised themselyes at seeing such a number of buyers present. Prices, however, did not exhibit any improvement, and there was very little disposition amongst those present to put their hands in their pockets for more than would cover the requirements of the existing moment; in fact, some goods went back visibly in the short interval between this sale and that of the same brokers on the 15th April, only a fortnight previously. At that sale Russian wainscot logs fetched 62s. 6d to 65s, (12 ft. and up), while on this occasion goods of apparently the same class and character, and even of the same mark, did not reach higher than 57s. 6d. and 60s., a difference of 8 per cent. against the later seller. The logs, however, were not the straighest we have seen, and to their indifferent character, rather than to market influences, must the big drop in prices be attributed. The teak buyers appear to have supplied themselves so well on the former occasion that they did not want any more, and not a single lot was sold out of the twenty-two submitted, the reserve price being evidently a bar to busi- _ tess on these goods. Battens went poorly throughout, though now and again a lot sold well, notably the 2x4 scantling mixed at £7 15s, and the 4th at £6 10s, but this was not the general character of the sale. Rough boards ed sought after, a good many smali buyers wing to the fore. 1x6 5th quality at £6 was % & bargain, and even at a drop of 10s, at by no means cheap. The Saguenay pine, ex Magnum, was well sold, but just now there is rather a scarcity of 3rd pine plank in the mar- ket, and this parcel had nothing very special to recommend it. The Arendal battens went cheap, as also did the Pitea goods, ex Inverleith, yellow balks falling at 31s. a load, the deals by this ship go- ing also much under cost. Mixed white 3x9 at £6 10s is rather a startling price! Let us hope it is of an exceptional character. The pitch pine ex Lillie Soullard went very low, none of the lots reaching £9. The two lots ex Lock Awe, Savannah stuff, were better done by at £9 15s., but we should think even at this they did not cover cost, Generally, the unreserved goods disposed of were ordinary description, so that we must not take too severe a view of prices. The sale terminated shortly before half- past three, and, so close upon the holidays, things might have gone feebler than they did. There was very little flooring offered, and prices seemed to hang a good deal. ——<— LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal of May 1st says:—As usual, during Easter week, little attention was paid to business, or, at any rate, it was followed by comparatively small results, Owing to the arrival of several cargoes of Nor- wegian flooring, the quays are fairly occupied, and of the new arrivals a good proportion is forwarded to the country under old engage- ments, Two cargoes of Christiania poles and spars have come to a good market, as the stocks remaining in dealers’ hands had become work- ed down to a very small margin, and a very large quantity of these goods will be wanted for the International Exhibition, and for decor- ations in the street during the visit of the Queen to this city. Next week an auction sale of spruce deals, birch timber, &c., will be held by Messrs A. F. & D. Mackay, which will include some of this season’s shipments ; but for the following week no whitewood sale is announced, nor is it very probable that any well be held, as business will be considerably interrupted on account of the Royal visit, which extends over three days, The is no change in prices of any of the principal articles in the market, the absence of any improvement in the timber trade being in contrast to other large branches of business in this city, though the consumption of spruce deals and flooring must have been considerably stimulated by the large quantities which have been used in the construction of exhibition buildings and the numerous adjuncts to it in various parts of the ground, Comparatively little of the heavier portion of the work now remains to be done, the contractors for the joinery, Messrs, Brown & Backhonse, of Liver- pool, having nearly completed all the heavy work ; yet there will still be employment for a great number of hands in finishing the uncom- pleted parts of the building, which will occupy at least another fortnight, and for which no inconsiderable quantity of timber and boarding will be required. GLASGOW. The Timber Trades Journal of May 1st says The principal arrivals at Clyde ports to note during the past week are cargo of teak and one of pitch pine at Greenock, a cargo of pitch pine at Port Glasgow, and two of mahogany at Glasgow. Since last writing there have been no auction sales held by timber brokers here, and business has been quiet. Deliveries of deals from Yorkhill yards for April have been much under those for same month last year, be- ing 50,000 pes. as against 85,353 pes. in April, 1885; the aggregate for the first three months of this year was, however, equal to that of the corresponding period of 1885. The first two of this season’s Clyde and Can. adia steam traders sailed from the Broomielaw her afew days ago, one, the Allen line screw steamship Norwegian, and the other a Donald- son liner, the Alcides, The entire import of Quebec and Michigan deals landed at Glasgow last year came per steam liners. The number vessels of the sailing or log timber fleet that have left Greenock for the St. Lawrence this year is very much under the tonnage that had sailed by this time last year their departure THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. being later owing to the long continuance of frost over Canada, The tonnage of the vessels launched from Clyde shipyards in April will be a larger total than the monthly returns have shown for some time back ; exact figures not yet made up. On one day recently there were four yessels put into the water measuring in the aggregate 10,280 tons, The launches expected to take place in May are few. ———_g—__—____— TYNE. The Vimber Trades Journal of May 1st says :—The arrivals of the past seven days are mainly composed of pit-props, mining timber and battens from the south of Norway, one cargo of battens from Gothenburg per sailing vessel, which is a little unusual in these days of steamers, and also a cargo of staves and head- ings from Memel. The Easter holidays having come in the way have interfered a good deal with business and prevented its onflow. What little there is to be done is, according to common report, of a very unprofitable nature, prices being cut down to the lowest possible limit. Stocks are getting a little lower, and the better descriptions of redwood deals especially may be reckoned very low. Of common battens there are still very large stocks held, and they do not appear very sensibly to diminish. A few ships are reported to have been char- tered during the last few days at rates, on the whole, a little lower than those formerly quoted. 25s. from Hudikswall is reported to have been done, a rate which certainly must have reached the lowest depths. es WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the United States Patent Office, April 27th, 1886, is specially reported by Franklyn H. Hough, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 340,660—Lumber drier —W. E. Cole, Mont- gomery, Ala. 340,943—Saw mill, band—C. Esplin, Min- neapolis, Minn, 340,697—Saw set—A. W. Zimmerman, Fern- wood, Ill. 340,802—Saw setting device—A, C, McEwen, Jersey City, N. J. 340,585—Saw setting device—C, W. Coons & W. H. Metzger, Canton, Ohio. 340,583— Saw tool dressing device—H. O. Kelsey, West Salamanca, N, Y. PATENTS ISSUED MAY 4, 341,149—Cutter head—H, C. Knowlton, West Gardner, Mass, 341,055—Saw guide—J. A. Robb, San Jose, Cal. 340,990—Saw mill, band—W. M. Dickerson, Indianapolis, Ind. 341,336— Saw mill, band—C. Esplin, Min- neapolis, Minn, 341,011—Saw tooth, Diamond —T. A. Jack- son, New York, N. Y. 341,187—Saw tooth, insertible—J. Timmons, Newark, N. J. 341,071—Saws, machine for grinding shingle saws—H, A. Squire, Ludington, Mich. BUFFALO, We quote cargo lots:— UP POL sernretetajesyeicleleterserste atatete| size ei cle\elelateier $45 00@46 00 COMMON Gs cic ce Pee ne ore 17 00@18 59 ORITIBE Pirie yards Walters sues Gos dekit ee 2 12 50@13 00 ert LUMBER SHIPMENTS. The following is a complete list of the loaded barges by the respective forwarders, all of which will have left the harbour before Tuesday night :— Blanchard & Williamson 10 barges for ITO GER LU ere oie ania, nlelein) =i ateielstelslejeieisivie D. Murphy & Co., 9 barges for Burllng- ton and Whitehall ................. D. Murphy & Co., two barges for Que- 2,175,000 ft. 2,250,000 * (SE(On aR ASSO SRLeA othdeemeTtcese 500,000 ** D. Murphy & Co,,23 barges for Montreal 5,875,000 ‘‘ D. Murphy & Co., six American boats for BeWi VOrK June» ocunnaokeein Sane 900,000 ** Bangs & Co., five barges for Burlington 1,268,000 ‘ Geo. A. Harris, eight barges for Burling- COrd chee tens s AEE ee eee co 1,875,000 * Jas. Wood & Co., eight barges for Mon- ENCAM sivbis awa oid cis ce de cinv cudwcins 2,000,000 ‘ §. T. Easton, five barges for Kitgston... 1,000,000 * making a grand total of nearly eighteen million feet. Of this amount the following COBCErnE loaded about as follows :— Barges, EB, BARAGG os Fi be déevddcdectidcdWerbtestte2 10 Gilmour & Co hve» was tddtdacumenee 12 Lord, Hurdman & Co... ......2s-corscdevcesee 6 Bronson: WENO Ti 2i ci vscccescvsvccssabone) G. A. Grier & Co ........ 6 Perley @\EaGhee oso viv adedensces vsduenesiee 16 J, McLaren C0; cc csescatccs coseancevoaena 5 W. McCl ment & Co jveratevenestapennwr ae Ross Bros., Buckingham..........ssceseeeese 4 W. C. Edwards & Co., Rockland .........ecse 6 Hamilton Bros., Hawkesbury pecsssspssces” © The loading of these barges has given a week's employment to about one thousand laboring men, and has made quite a boom around the Chaudiere. The yards are still quite full and the forwarders are looking for a busy season, The following mills are now sawing :—Bronson & Weston, Gilmour & Co., Grier & Co., Perley & Pattee, and Lord, Hurdman & Co, Messrs, Booth & Eddy expected to start sawing on May lst. The following steamers left last night with their respective tows, viz.: Florence, with 8 barges, Montreal; E. B. Eddy, with 8 barges, Montreal ; A. McMahon, 12 barges, Montreal. The following will lea. . to-night: A. Gil- mour, with five barges, I rlington; Icy, with 10 barges, Montreal, and 1 Monday night, G, A. Harris, with eight ba: 2s, Burlington; J. R. Booth and Elfin, with “8 barges, Montreal, Lake Champlain and l°2w York,— Ottawa Citizen May Ist. A NOVEL DESIGN Iil STEAMBOATS. Mr. A. P. Cockburn, M ger of the Muskoka & N Campany, has just had al at built on a new principle, from designs of |,is own, for use by his company. The boat wes recently launched at Burk’s Falls, Ont., and has been found to work admirably; indeed, the captain has telegraphed Mr. Cockburn that “‘ she is a credit to her designer.” She is Lest described as a combined paddle and scrcw general purpose steamer, and can run either with paddler or screw, or with both. In the waters were she will ply the channels are often blecked with logs, which seriously interfere with the passage of either paddle or screw steamers, a8 the logs get under the vessel, and if struck will injure either of the propelling powers, and the boat has to stop while the obstruction is cleared away. It is anticipated that it will be com- paratively easy to keep the boat constantly moving by the use of either of her propelling powers when the other has to be detached. The detachment can by instantly made, or a change from screw to paddle,or vzce versa, with- out delaying the boat. The boat is 96 feet long, 17 feet 9 inches beam, 27 feet over all, has 7 feet depth of hold, and draws 4 feet 6 inches of water. She is capable of maintaining a speed of thirty miles anhour. I¢ is claimed for the vessel that she will prove one of the most conyenient and and useful boats for her sizeand cost ever built.—Railvay Life P., General Mana- , pissing Navigation Indians as Loggers. Estimates of the log cut on the Court Oreilles Indian reservation, in Sawyer County, Wis., were too small. W. D. Stevens, the govern- ment scaler, furnished the North Wisconsin, of Hayward, the following statement: Callag- han Bros. cut 33,033 pieces scaling 6,671,860 feet; Dan McDonald cut 46,549 pieces,scaling 9,929,78C feet ; Bergerson & Gaynor cut 16,- 588 pieces scaling 3,326,230 feet; Dobin & Stratton cut 119 660 pieces, scaling 27,573,240; making a total cut of contracted logs, or 47,- 499,120 feet. The logs were cut from 131 sub- divisions belonging to individual Indians,— N. W. Lumberman. , SS AT the sale of timber limits held at Ottawa last week over $140,000 worth of property was disposed of, including a limit on the River Mattawa to Mr, Alexander Fraser for $62,000, also limits for $30,000 and $4,600 to the same purchaser, and a limit to Mr. J. B. Fraser for $5200. Mr. A. Fraser also bought 344,000 cubic feet of square and wainey timber for $6,- 880 ; 357,551 do., $4,290; about 8,000 standard aw logs, $12,560, and about 140,000 feet sawn lumber, $11,900. 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE HENDERSON LUMBER: CO. Limited. F. E. DIXON & CO. Davin H. Henperson, President ; NorMAN HunpErson, Vice-President ; Caas. H. WALTERS, Sec-Treas. Manufacturers of Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Patent Lap-Joint Star Rivet Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes a Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON.FALLS, .Q 70 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO. 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This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, valves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and the very perfection of simplicity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. L4 Whiff |} \ / The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. ‘The spool is 27 in. diameter’ 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 13 in. rope. The shaft is steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No connecting rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports are in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, a ——— it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we pui on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack segs ; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the rom it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. When the carnages are used in tw ling of each section is quick and simple. There were two of these feeds working this summer and & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. We would also call attention to our Improved Band Saw-Mill for cutting logs and would ask any one wanting a good Band Saw- of Mill Men to owr new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR prices, L&C, address the Manufacturers, o or more sections, the couplin and uncoup giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfair mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie sar We guarantee this to be the best Mill of tts kind got up; Mill to communicate with us. We would also ‘call the attention MILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, The Wa, Hamilton Manufacturing Go, Limited PETERBOROUGH, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. SS - HORTHEY & GO'S STEAM PUMPS, TORONTO, ONT. Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. Seay) fe PINS U RAN C EH. Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECESSITY IN EVERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. Simple, * Gompact. Durable, Cheap. Cheaper than any : Having the | Pump built ty aitee oS wellknown| Guaranteed in En- ee compact- | the most dur- Our Independent gine. Yi ness Of | able Pu mp AIR PUMPS and Condensers will effect a sav- direct . acting, ™ ade; impos- yX ply give lied to IA SE y \ Zio oo co / Ss x) \G SF jj y \ \ AWS tip \) Liu Gi high pressure I fo a S yi 4 Engines. —— oR — DiRacot PROM Pow za All Sizes for all Duties. FOR ANY PURPOSE ms WRITE TO US. 8 S Our make of Pump is specially adapted to Mills in out of the way places, as they can be absolutely_relied on, and occasion no vexatious stoppages for repairs. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE ON ANY POINT CONNECTED WITH PUMPS. SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND STATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS. NORTHEY & COMPANY. Corner FRONT & PARLIAMENT STS, TORONTO, ONT a om y\” a oe! . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. — >THE TANITE COMPANY STROUDSBURG, | /MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, U.s. MANUFACTURERS OF EMERY WHEELS AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work, In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms — the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: and conditions, and has chosen BEAUDET & CHINIC MONTREAL SAW WORKS. .. . | | Q ursec. MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION {Momma : FH. ANDREWS & SON R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. G A. PONTBRIANT . . SOBEL. A. RB. WILLIAMS, TORONTO. Dominion Saw Work JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. | 253 10 267 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO, ONT. $ sf ————— _- MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving THURBERS ROYAL » ys Anti-Friction Babbit Metals y/ iy IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN MR \ \ >, \ Wh) \ y) ae Ly Zy (7 Z Band Saws, | Emery Wheels, Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe,&c..[ | Prices on Application. PUBLISH ED \ SEMI-MONTHLY. i) Ik i i The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada § SUBSCRIPTION (22.00 PER ANNUM . VOL. 6. NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTS. The; New {Brunswick Government has pub- lished an interesting work, written by Mr, “Charles H. Lugrin, A. B., Secretary of the New Brunswick Board of Agriculture, on the resources, progress and advantages of that Province, The following is the chapter on the forest, continued from last week :— ELM. There are two species of elm in New Bruns- wick, the white and the red. Both are beauti- ful shade trees, The white elm often grows to the height of 100 feet, its branches are long and pendulous, its foliage rich and pleasing in shape. It grows wild on the low, deep soiled intervals, and the quantity available for com- mercial uses is limited. The wood is strong, tenacious and elastic, does not split easily, and bears the driving of bolts and nails better than any other wood. It is durable if kept either constantly wet or constantly dry, but decays rapidly when these conditions alternate, It is used in making ships blocks, and for other purposes in which wood of its peculiar proper- ties is required. The elm does not grow to as great a size as the white elm. Its wood possesses the same properties as that of the white elm, but is somewhat coarser and more durable. Its home is on dry elevated situations. BUTTERNUT is a species of walnut found along river banks It grows to a considerable size and yields in profusion nuts which are agreeable to the taste and very oily. The name of the tree is derived from the fact that the Indians formerly used to pound the nuts and having boiled them so as to separate the oil, used it with their food as a sort of butter. Butternut wood is light and of a reddish tinge, taking a high polish. It is used in making furniture, for wainscoting and other purposes. It is easily propogated and grews rapidly. There being a constant demand for the wood its cultivation would probably be found profitable. ASH is found in New Brunswick in several varieties, the white, black and yellow chiefly, the wood of each differing according to the soil and situation where it is grown. The white ash is acommon tree growing to the height of sixty feet with a diameter of eighteen inches or more. Its growth is rapid and its foliage beautiful, the trunk is perfectly straight, the wood strong, tough and elastic, Black ash is a smnaller tree than white ash and is somewhat coarser, It is a fashionable wood for bedroom furniture, ite texture being very pleasing and is used for a variety of purposes in first-class _ buildings. Being already a valuable article of _ commerce, ite supply will probably not long pace with the demand; its cultivation likely be profitable. It is used by the in the manufacture of baskets, for PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JUNE 1, 1886. which it is admirably adapted. The yellow ash is similar to the black ash but is lighter in color. The red ash is somewhat similar to the white ash. OAK is found in New Brunswick in three varieties, the white, the red and the grey. The wood of the latter is very durable. The supply is limited. CHERRY is found in abundance, The fruit is small and slightly bitter, None of the varieties attain sufficient size to possess much commercial value. POPLAR occurs in two varieties, the Aspen and the bal sam poplar, or ‘‘ balm of Gilead.” Poplar wooa is very white and of light weight. It becomes hard and tough when dry and takes a high polish, Its principal commercial use at present is in the manufacture of what is known as Excelsior, an article used for mattress making, upholstering and packing purposes, the wood for these purposes being cut into long shreds. The demand is large and increasing. The light- ness, whiteness and durability of poplar are causing it to become very much esteemed for many purposes. It makes an excellent paper pulp. BASSWOOD is found in considerable quantities. Its proper- ties are somewhat similar to those of poplar, The natural color of the wood is pale yellow. HORNBEAM AND IRONBEAM are tough heavy woods capable of sustaining great weight. These trees do not attain a great height. Alders willows and inferior trees other and the trees have been cut in a most lavish and wasteful manner, it is doubtful if their commercial value has yet been realized. It will be seen from the facts above given that the Province contains extensive supplies of wood, valuable for countless purposes. The forests are intersected by streams in all direct- ions, and these with the railways furnish the best possible means of conveying the wood to the seaports, whence it can be shipped to the market. Innumerable water powers afford facilities for cheap manufacture, in fact all the elements exist requisite to make the Province the seat of very extensive wood working establishments, except the single essential of capital. A prominent architect of Liverpool, England, in a letter to Mr. Cornwall, agent of New Brunswick in England, after speaking of the adaptability of New Brunswick woods to numerous purposes in connection with build- ings, said :— ‘ There must be a great advantage in mak- ing wood-work in countries where the woods are available, as well as cheap steam producers, besides the saving of carrying so much waste timber such a long distance, for at least one- seventh of timber imported is cut to waste in planing, sawing and refuse. The extra cost of carrying manufactured articles would, I judge, not nearly amount to the difference.” Large orders have been offered by English houses to manufacturing establishments in New Brunswick, but, for lack of capital, they have not been accepted. The Monetary Times, a commercial paper published in Toronto said: “‘Great Britain and other European countries use enormous quantities of wooden goods, and they are largely made in the United States and abound, but those above named constitute the ; shipped from Boston and New York. Why principal part of the New Brunswick forests, ;should not Canada, whose supplies of timber It will readily be admitted that such forests must be exceedingly beautiful, and the soil which supports them of great fertility. Such is particularly the case with the deciduous trees, ‘‘the hardwood ridges,” as they are call- ed, that is the rolling hills covered with maples, birches and beeches, with a few scattered spruce and pine trees, not only making a most attract- ive landscape, but being generally, when clear- ed, the finest of farming land. But if these ridges are beautiful to look upon in the summer, they are resplendent in the autumn when the ripened leaves, after the early frosts, begin to change their color. The brilliant scarlet and other hues of the maple, the golden-yellow of the elm, the almost countless shades and tints of red, blue and brown, relieved by the sombre evergreens, make up a picture which the eye never grows weary of and words cannot des- cribe. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Although for nearly one hundred years the forests of New Brunswick have furnished the greater,portion of the exports of the Province, |. x are nearer the seaboard, compete successfully ? Tt can be done; but it is not to be doneina day. Nor is it to be done without observation and pains.” But it is not only to the European market that New Brunswick may look for the disposal of the products of its forests. In the United States the question of wood supply is becoming annually more serious, and the people of that country will shortly find themselves compelled to admit Canadian wood goods duty free. Already the tendency in this direction is un- mistakable, It is evident, therefore, that the manufacture of all descriptions of wooden goods may be regarded as likely, at no distant day, to form an important industry in New Brunswick. Among the articles which may be advantage- ously made are building material for both inside and outside finish ; shipbuilding, from the hull to the spars; agricultural and horti- cultural implements; waggons, carriages, sleighs; packing. salt, fish, and other boxes; tubs, pails, churns, step-ladders, furniture of NO. 11. handles ; clothes-wringers, washboards, clothes and towel horses, bench screws, Venetian blinds and slats, cloth boards and rollers ; bob- bin spools, ships’ block, coopers work of all kinds ; boot and shoe lasts, trees and crimps, musical instruments, railway ties, carving and turned work, wood pulp. Several establishments are already engaged in the manufacture of various descriptions of wood goods, among them being the Quaco Wood Manufacturing Company, the Petitcodiae Spool and Bobbin Works, and the Woodstock Woodworking Company, and the establishment of the Flewwellings, at Hampton, and others, all of which are doing an excellent business. The attention of investors is directed especially to this industry. To the settler in New Brunswick the exist- ence of an abundance of the best of fuel and building and fencing material is an advantage which can scarcely be over-estimated. It i truly one of the greatest recommendations which any country can haye. In addition to the value of the fuel for domestic use, the cut- ting of it for sale, particularly on land adjacent to the railways, is a profitable occupation, as will be seen by statistics given elsewhere. Wood for fuel is a not unimportant article of export to the United States, and the demand will no doubt largely increase. The New Brunswick farmer has for the labor of cutting it, the material for his buildings and fences, and an inexhaustible supply of fuel, and these consid- erations far outweigh any supposed advantage which the prairie farmer may have in preparing for his first crop. The experience of farmers in New Brunswick has clearly proved that the existence of the forest is one of the greatest advantages which the settler can possess. In the matter of fuel nothing but experience can tell the difference in comfort between the great fire of blazing logs which a New Brunswick farmer heaps up on a winter night, as much for the pleasure of looking at it as for warmth, and a smouldering fire of coal or of wood, so scarce that the pieces must be counted, which his brother in the Far West has to be content with When the logs blaze and crackle on the hearth, their streaming light illumining every corner of the room, what matter if the storm blows fierce or the mereury drops below the freezing point? So long as the forest lasts, and there is no reason why the preserved wood lots should ever be exhausted, the New Bruns- wich farmer need never fear the cold. The problem of fuel is one with which the settler in this Province need not concern himself. THE proposition made last season for a tele- graph cable to connect the Manitou islands, in Lake Michigan with the mainland, so that news from distressed vessels, and other marine news can be sent to interested parties at por's of de- all kinds, broom, hoe, pick, edge tool and other | varture, and elsewhere, is about to be realized, oa 7 re BOBOAYGEON. ras chcrececrs ts Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co’y ' he following list of patents relating to the of logs in the immediate vicinity of this village T. McILROY, Jr., Manager. wood-working interests, granted by the United on their rapid course down the Gull river MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the Factories, 135 to 155 West Lodge Avenue, P.O. Box 494. States Patent Office, May 11th, 1886, is specially reported by Franklyn H. Hough, | waters. They belong to the firms of Dixon & Co., J. E. Gould, and McArthur and Thomp- The largest Manufacturers in he world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F, Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. son, Mr. Aikins expects a very large drive to 341,703—Saw handle—B. H. Ten Eyck, Em- | issue from Rocky creek upon Gull Lake during porium, Pa. this week, and Ullyott & Co. have a large drive gone down ahead. ‘These are all about a month Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Cloth Insertion and pure Tubing of all sds. Rubber, Linen and Cotton Fire Hose. Leather Belting, Extra heavy American Oak Tanned. ; 341,678—Saw mill, circular—J. P. Moore, Snow Hill, Md. in advance of the progress made last year. Altogether the present spring has been a most > — Write for Price Lists and Discounts. i Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO New York Lumber Auction Go 341,667—Sawing stumps, machine for—A, ——e (LIMITED.) Leitelt, Grand Rapids, Mich. Moving a Big Tree. OFFICE AND YARD, Foot West 21st Street, New York City. 341,513—Turning wooden bowls, machine for —P. B. Skinner, Wilmington, Indiana. Col. Walter C. Larned, the famous art con- PATENTS ISSUED MAY 18. noisseur, has been in San Francisco for several 341,951— Log turner—R. W. Shelbourne, | weeks on a curious mission. He wishes to Blandville, Ky. transplant to the handsome lawn of his mag- 342,235—Plane—A. J. Traut, New Britain, | nificent summer residence at Lake Forest one of the big California trees, and he has just closed a contract with the Wells & Fargo Express company to this effect. Special cars are to be constructed to transport the tree across the plains and the umbrageous leviathan will have to be drawn by horse power after the Missouri river has been reached, because the obstacles in the way of railroad curves and bridges east of that point can not be overcome. The tree which Col. Larned has selected is somewhat over 300 feet in height, 1s 98 feet in circumference near the base, and weighs about " é 2 40,000 tons. The cost of transplanting this REGULAR SALES will be held duriog the year 1886, as follows: monarch of the forest will exceed $18,000. Tuesday, April Gth, Tuesday, August 10th, par A Full Stock always on hand. Conn. 341,975— Planing machine—G. F. Wetherill & R. B. Jones, Chicago, Il. 341,989— Saw, band— E. C. Atkins, Indian- apolis, Ind. 342,234— Saw, drag— F. H. Taylor, St. Joseph, Mich. 342,188—Saw swaging machine—M, Covel, Chicago, Ill. 342,172—Saw swaging machine—G. 5. Black, Indianapolis, Ind. 342,263—Saw teeth, device for cutting and gumming—A. 8, Norwood, West Point, Miss. 342,029— Saw tooth, insertible— F, Miller, Mendinoco, Cal. ee —————_——— 342,068— Shingle sawing machine—G. E, : do May 11th, do September 7th Cooke, Clarksville, Tenn. For telegraph poles in England the Norway do June Sth, da Octobex ile 9 342,017— Shingles, machine for cutting—A. spruce is employed. Larches of English d boc 9 growth, formerly employed were found sadly 0 July 13th, do November 2nd, B, Ireland, Greene, N. Y. PATENTS ISSUED MAY 25, 342,536—Log handling mechanism—W. J. Perkins, Grand Rapids, Mich. 342,535—Saw—W.J. Perkins, Grand Rapids, Mich. 342,560—Saw frame—A, M, Barber, Bridge- port, Conn. 342,416— Saw mill, band—E, C. Atkins, In- dianapolis, Ind. 342,361—Saw mill dog—E. D, Johnson, Mil- ton, Fla. 342,534— Shingle sawing machine—W. J, Perkins, Grand Rapids, Mich. ETD and Tuesday, December 7th. Sales commence promptly at 10.30 a.m Wm. Norman, Auction’r At each of these sales we shall offer a ful! and complete assortment of the best grades of HARDWOODS AND PINE LUMBER Dealers and consumers will find it to their profit and advantage to attend, Catalogues giving the inapsction of each lot offered can be had at the yard on the day of sale, or will be mailed on appli- cation. Addre:s New York Lumber Auction Co’y (Limited) Foot of West 2lst Street, New York City. wanting in durability. In America, cedar is used where it can be had tall and cheap enough, yet nothing is found better than chestnut, cost and durability both considered. Ten or fifteen years is the average duration of an American telegraph pole. Though the English are talking of iron for telegraph posts, it is a conceded fact that they will cost fourfold those of wood. Tt will be some time before iron posts are used in a wooden country like the United States. a Messrs. Rathbun’s saw mill at Campbellford, Ont , is fast approaching completion, and very shortly it is expected to be at work, The boilers are being fitted up this week. ET THE OLD PLAN AND THE NEW. Mr. Jas. F. Morse, Vice-President of the Security Mutual Benefit Society of New York York, 233 Broadway, has recently placed in- surance to the amount of $100,000 on the lives of Ex-Senator Arkell and his son, W. J. Arkell, proprietor of the Albany Hvening Journal and the Judge. This insurance has been placed in Tax Eau Claire Lumber Co, is actively preparing to erect a saw mill at Calgary, N. Ww. I. ne A Sure Thing. There are very few things in this life of Hall’s “cv: Hair Renewer. which we may be oe certain, but this is one of them: that Dr. Pierce’s ‘Pleasant Pur ative Pellets’ have no equal as a cathartic in derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. nevere very small and their action is pleasant. Purely vopctepte perfectly harm- less. 25 cents a vial. ll druggists. PETERBOROUGH WATER COY FFICE, corner of Hunter and Bethune Sts. W. HENDERSON, Superintendent. a7l the above named and other leading companies doing business on the assessment plan, The annual cost of carrying it will be less than a thousand dollars. In the old life or level premium companies the cost would be four thousand five hundred dollars. The Arkells are among the leading business men of the country, and their endorsement of this method of life insurance will carry weight in the busi- nesss community. The Security Mutual Benefit Society was organized in 1881, and we learn that the cost for assessments to a member forty years of age has been less than five dollars a year for each thousand dollars ot insurance.—New York Financial Review. For “worn-out,” “run-down,” debilitated school teachers, milliners, seamstresses, house keepers, and over-worked women generally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best of allrestorative tonics. 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PEA Ota tN ae 2 ve = death, Premature Old “Age. One box will eure and no medicine compound can show such a Davis & Son, sole manufacturers. eS on ee Aas recent cases. Each box contains one month’s ‘yast number of unsolicited testimonials. Ask treatment. One dollar a box, or six boxes for Smokers. CATION FOR STATEROOMS VERY NECES | five dollars; sent by mail prepaid on reeeipt your neighbor as to its merits. It isan unfail- Beware of cigars artificially flavored for SARY. For further information apply to of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any ing cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma, y bronchitis, co ard the purpose of hiding the poor quality of boxes, pelea heathy ca clolege po nsumption in its early stages, tobacco used in flavored cigars. Thsist on | send the purchaser our written guarantee to and ail throat and lung diseases. Price 2c, having the old reliable brands “ CaBLE ” refund the money if the treatment does no he. and $1.0 per bottle, Sold by J. D. Tully. | and “ En PADRE.’ Ticket Agent G. T. R., Peterborough effect acure. Guarantees issued only by J. D TULLY, Druggist, Sole Agent for Peterborao? 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. oF EXPORT DUTY ON SAW LOGS. CHANGES IN THE LUMBER practice short off, and to step out, alone, if The following letter has been published in BUSINESS. need be, in the path of keeping store for the Montreal Gazette : As showing the wonderful changes in the| money. No live storekeeper need be force S1r,—The unanimity with which an increase lumber business, brought about by improved |into “ marking down” by the unbusinesslike of the export duty on saw logs is approved by transportation and the development of new | example of his competitiors. There are other the press and the people of Canada is most fields of operation, the following points given| ways of keeping trade. Customers whose gratifying—the only question in the matter by the Manufacturer's Gazette are interesting | patronage is worth having are bright enough to being whether the present is an opportune time and suggestive. One of the largest owners of | appreciate, when told, that they cannot get for making the increase, now that the Govern- Aroostook pine timber lands, and also one of | something for nothing, and that the merchant ment of the United States is considering the the largest manufacturers of that fine grade of | who pretends to deal with them on that basis propriety of removing duties from lumber, soft pine, informs us that the prices of high | has sinister desires upon their poketbooke, It some fearing that it might be looked upon as grade pine lumber are lower to-day than they | is better to etop cutting and unprofitable selling an unfriendly act towards the people of the were thirty-five years ago. This manufacturer] by consent and agreement, and an effort to United States. The fact is, no greater mis- runs several mills in St. John, N. B., and com-| establish such an understanding is advisable, take can be imagined than this, for the people menced his business there in 1851, when | but it is well to stop it anyway. of the United States, with the single exception Aroostook pine lumber was in great demand, of the few lumbermen, are all in favor of free and met with ready sale at $45 for No. 1s and lumber, and would be delighted at any legisla- 2s at St. John, $35 for planing 3s, $22 for tion that would tend to make the United States planing 4s, $16 for shippers, $10 for poor 4s, lumbermen let go their grip. The United and $4 per thousand for scoots, Now it is States lumbermen are looked upon by the difficult to realize these prices,and the principal people generally as a greedy set of cormorants, grades are offering to-day at $2 to $3 per M who have no thought but their own interests, Jess than they sold for in 1851. This is partly and who will use any means, however despicable, due to the fact that the Aroostook lumbermen to carry out their aims. still get out pine logs of various lengths, while The New York Nation, one of the most the market here demands the even lengths and respectable papers published in the country, even widths which are furnished by the Cana- said of them in 1883, on the subject of the tariff dian and Michigan mills. Again the railroad on lumber :— transportation is such that lumber may be “The duty was placed upon Canadian lum- frequently shipped from Michigan to interior ber in the interests of the Northwestern lum- New England points, or even to Boston, bermen. It benefitted no other class, and was cheaper than it can be shipped from St. John desired in no other section. cS el of to Boston, the latter by vessel. No doubt if The country is not without words of warning our St. John friends would manufacture their in regard to the dangers which threaten the pine of even lengths and even widths, its forests ; they have been spoken far and wide, superior quality would enable them to secure as In the meantime we contihue to take $2 from much or even more than the market affords the the pocket of every man using a thousand feet M ichigan and Canadian lumbermen. The sup- of pine or spruce lumber, and hand it over to ply available of good pine on the Aroostook is the manufacturers as a bounty to induce them very sma)l compared with what it was years to destroy the forests more rapidly. It is natural ago, but the market for lumber appears to have then that the manufacturers resist any attempt run away from it, and there is plenty of pine to to have this duty removed. They will make a be found in other sections to take its place. still more determined fight to prevent it. They N o pine has evercome to this market which are bold, rich and united. They are actuated rivalled the Aroostook pine in its soundness by a single purpose—to convert the greatest and valuable qualities for fine work. In judg- amount of forest into the largest amount of ing of the lumber business one cannot confine money in the shortest possible time. Their his vision to a single state or a single river, but organization is perfect. They control legisla- must take the whole continent in view, and tures and elect members of Congress ; they own bear in mind that the railroads and canals have Governors and Senators. They know what made wonderful changes in the facility for they want and they mean to have it at any cost, tran-porting lumber from one section to and without any regard to the future welfare another, The lumber famines which are fre- of the country. It will taks something stronger quently predicted by some of the forestry than the tariff commission to make them let go orators, will hardly come during the present their grip upon the people. We repeat, the generation. True, some sections are being tariff upon lumber is a premium on the devas- rapidly depleted of their timber growth, but tation of the country, and should be repealed others are yet undeveloped by reason of the without delay.” lack of the necessary transportation facilities. These are the strong words: ‘‘ They control The enterprise and push of the lumbermen is the legislatures and elect members of Congress ; constantly reaching out into unexplored terri- they own Governors and Senators, They know tories and utilizing the virgin forests, hitherto a what they want, and they mean to have it at sealed book to the wood-chopper and the lum- any cost.” berman. We are now regaled with any number of bunkum speeches and resolutions by Senator Frye, of Maine, who is attempting to raise a tempest in a teapot in Washington about the fisheries ; and I have no doubt many people think that this doughty Senator is greatly exer- cised about fish, but it is not free fish but free lumber that is troubling him, and everything is fish that comes to his net, so that he exercising his ingenuity to see how he can kick up a rum- pus about fish or anything else to prejudice his people against Canada in order to serve his friends the lumbermen, Here is what the New York World said of this gentleman in 1883, under the heading of the lumber swindle in Congress : ‘Mr, Van Wyck, the independent and pub- lic spirited Senator from Nebraska, yesterday made an emphatic protest against one particu- larly outrageous swindle of the tariff. He moved to strike out the whole list of duties on wood and woodenware, and let all these things in duty free. This was a patriotic proposition, and was naturally opposed by ~* * who represents the men who are anxious to clear out what is left of the forests of Michigan, and Frye, who represents the men who are anxious to clear out what is left of the forests of Maine. These greedy creatures in asking for a duty on lumber or its products, are simply asking for a bounty to be given them for making away with the patri mory of the country,” and after show- ing how rapidly the pine and spruce timber supply was diminishing continues: ‘‘How their replacement isto be secured is the problein that ought to agitate statesmen, The problem that does agitate statesmen of the school of * * * and of Frye is how can the rest of the forest be most speedily and effectually cleared, and a bounty for clearing them, in the form of a duty upon the competing product of Canada, is the device formed by these states- men for that end. * * * * Mr, * * * of Michigan, and Mr, Frye, of Maine, think it better that their lumbering constituents should have large profits and quick returns than that the next generation should have any timber to cut. But there is no reason why other Senators should not deem it more important that the forests should be preserved than that * * * and Frye should continue to adorn the Senate by dint of grinding the axes of their tumber- cutting constituents.” *° So we see that Mr. Frye’s fishery interest is of a somewhat fishy character. If we wish to assist the people of the United States to have the duties removed from Canadian lumber we must make the United States lumbermen who have timbe properties in Canada alike interest- ed with ourselves in this matter, and even Ool. Jeffers, with his 2,000 million feet of Canadian pine, when he finds tyat he must either saw his logs in Canada and pay $2 per 1,000 United States duty like the rest of us, or contribute largely to the Canadian treasury in case his patriotism is so much superior to self-interest that ho will in any event take the logs over and saw them in Michigan, might weaken slightly in his patriotism ; for I have always observed that patriotism and $2 per 1,000 on Canadian lumber were strong cards with United States lumbermen. It would be most unjust to sup- pose that the $2,000,000 advantage Col. Jeffers would enjoy in taking over his two thousand millions of timber to be sawn in Michigan, could have any influence in arousing his patriotism. Put the export duty on saw logs up to $4 per thousand feet, and in less than a week I will warrant you will find governor, colonels and the whole army of Michigan lum- bermen who are in Canadian timber lands down at Washington, as active in urging Congress to remove the duties from lumber as they are now persistent in having them retained. That the fiscal arrangements of Canada had resulted in ruining the saw mill interests of the north shore of Lake Erie was bad enough in itself, but to be laughed at for our folly by those gentlemen who had made their millions out of our timber by towing it over to Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y., leaving us the pine stumps alone remaining in evidence of the wealth of timber lost to the country, is by no means a pleasant reflection, but which is fully deserved if we allow this pernicious system to continue any longer. Congressman lumberman Fisher, of Michigan, speaks right to the point when he says :—** As soon as we attempt anything of that sort (meaning towing over logs to Michigan), up will go the export duty on logs to $3 or $4a thousand feet. They (the Canadians) would not let us rob them any more than we would not let them rob us.” Unfortunately this is exactly what we have been allowing them to do for the past twenty years on Lake Erie, and this they fancy we will continue to do, think- ing, no doubt, that we have not spirit enough or intelligence enough to know our own in- terests, Since my former communication to the Gazette on this subject, members of Parliament have written to me asking that requisitions be sent in, and that they were sure the Govern- ment would act at once in this matter in the manner indicated by me, as it was directly in accord with the Government policy, yet it ap- pears to me that the disadvantages under which the Canadian lumberman has to work when competing with the United States lum- berman manufacturing Canadian saw logs are so self-evident, that I am sure it is only neces- sary to call the attention of the Government to the facts to have matters put right. I am, dear sir, Your obedient servant, WititaM LItTtie. Forestry Chambers, Montreal, May 17th. SUCCESSFUL SALESMAN. The successful salesman of lumber, or of any other commodity, must have a good many imn- herent qualities. Primarily he must be a worker. Steadfast industry, even if it results in “main strength and awkwardness,” will often accomplish a good deal. He must in some manner bring himself to the point of tell- ing his custower the t uth, at least about the article he is selling. If needs be to keep him- self at a natural moral level, he can lie about anything else under the sun save the goods he is selling. Deceit in this particular won’t do, and it is the very thing that makes more failures among salesmen than anything else. The saleman’s ambition should be to secure for him- self and the house he represents the esteem and confidence of his trade. This much done his avocation is easy, and his sticcess sure. The weakness of salesmen is to overrate the quality of the goods they are handling, and they thus succeed in disappointing a customer in such a way that it is almost impossible to ever secure another order from him. Meals and bed-time at best are at very irregular hours with the average traveller, but he should make them as regular as possible. “ Painting the town red ” at night and attempting to do busi- ness next day won’t do. If a salesman has customers that renders going out and getting drunk a necessity to the continuance of their patronge, it’s a line of trade that will hurt his house in the end. It will not only hurt his house but will ruin him, and the sooner he abandons it the better. The successful sales- man must be careful of his credits. Don’t sell a man a bill of goods if his credit does not ap- pear right. Your opportunity of “sizing up” your customer’s business methods and condition is much better than your principal’s, and if you exercise discretion in your sales your judgment will be relied on. The salesman, whose house ‘stands at his back and swears by him” and his transactions is on a much better road to success than the man whose every transaction is scrutinized with distrust, and whose judg- ment is questioned. Again, if your house allows you some leeway in the matter of prices, don’t have your order book filled with prices at the lowest notch at which you can sell.. Keep yourself pésted on values. And, again, aim at all times to sell, not what your customer may ask you for, but what your house has for sale — —keep posted on your stock, and always crowd the ‘‘slow sellers” and hang on to tbe class of goods that sell themselves. For example, , any chump can go out on the road and sell a lot of wide, good boards, but it takes a salesman to place cull Norway boards when a man thinks he can use nothing but white pine, or to sell — him 14 feet lengths, when he swears be won't buy anything but 16’s; or 10 inch stock when — he wants 12. But it can be done, and astock — left in a goed, unbroken condition all through the year, and a successful salesman can do it.— Northwestern Lumberman, a CUTTING PRICES. The ill effects of such a course as cutting prices are attracting attention in the United States. According to the Bulletin, ‘‘ Probably the most prevalent vice in the mercantile world is that of cutting below recognized and estab- lished values in order to get ahead of competi- tors, which is the worst habit that business men can adopt, as it involves a principle which, if persisted in, must result in bankruptcy.” The first cut is, frequently, the first Jogical step to the calling of a meeting of creditors. When a tradesman begins to undersell, he has no idea of overstepping the bounds of moderation ; but the great trouble is that moderation in the cutting of prices is the most difficult thing to define. ‘‘Commencing by just a shade below regular prices, the cutting propensity grows and grows, until the slightest shade above cost is reached, and in not a few cases bargains have been closed on the hard pan basis of cost itself, while in some instances the pruning pro- cess cuts even below it. Now, what is the inevitable result of all this? Why, simply, a resort to the dishonest practice of supplying an inferior article in place of the one sold, in order to make a profit.” If, says the American Storekeeper, two or more merchants in the same town, or at com- peting points, cannot agree like men to stop cutting and to sell staples at a living profit, it will pay any one of them to stop the senseless Trade With British Columbia. } The Herald of Vancouver, B. C,. the new city on the Pacific coast, in its issue of April — 30th says :— “The works of the Royal City Planing Mill Co, here are progressing rapidly towards com- pletion. The engine and boilers, together with — part of the machinery, arrived this week. This ‘ was sent from the Hamilton Machine Works, Peterborough, Ontario.” an ————Ss_ _—_—_OOOOO Tue mill men of Maine have taken prelim-— inary steps towards forming a state organiza-— tion. ia aly ieee aes ’ 2.5. 55s THE MATTAWA DISTRIOT. The Nipissing Times, of North Bay, now turns its attention to the territory embraced in the townships of Mattawa, Olger, Phelps, Mulock and Widdifield, which lie on the north side of the Mattawa river, between the Ottawa river and Lake Nipissing. Mattawa is a very pretty village of nine hundred inhabitants, situated at the junction of the Ottawa and Mattawa rivers. It had its origin in the establishment at this point, of a Hudson Bay Company trading post, and the founding of a mission by the Oblate Fathers among the Indians, before the lumbermen, who were the pioneers of the Upper Ottawa, penetrated the wilderness so far northward. Its growth and commercial jimportance subsequently arose, however, from the extension of lumber indus- tries in the district of Nipissing. There are here some stores devoted to general or special lines of merchandise and shops devoted to mechanical industries, which will compare favorably with those of the same class in towns of greater pretensions. ‘There are a public and separate school and churches with resident pastors belonging to the Roman Catholic, An- glican, Presbyterian and Methodist persuasions, Moreover, the hotel accommodations here, which are always an object of interest to the traveller, will not be surpassed by any outside of the great cities. There is also a large saw mill, owned by Jas. McCool & Co, situated about a mile above the town, where all kinds _of lumber required for building purposes may be obtained. The stranger visiting Mattawa, for the first time, will probably be unfavorably impressed by rough and rocky appearance of ite site; but the multitude of boulders which cover the ground is soon lost sight of amid the beauty and sublimity of its surroundings. The lofty mountains whose blue summits mark, in the distance, the bounds on either side of the mighty Ottawa, whose waters rush down from their great northern reservoirs ; the huge rocks which project from the mountain’s side just opposite the village, eastward, and hang in massive cliffs above the river flowing at its base ; the terraced hills, clad in verdure, which rises as they recede westward from the shores of the Mattawa, forming an, enchanting background to the church and cemetery which occupy a conspicuous position near the river ; the majes- tie appearance, on the south, of the locomotive leading its long line of cars as it sweeps around the curve with terrific speed, then gradually slackens its pace until it ceases to move at the railway station ; and finally, the junction of two great rivers, the commingling of whose many waters in one broad stream pre- sents an emblem of the happy union of differ- ent races in the formation of our Canadian nationality, all combine to render Mattawa one of the most attractive villages in the valley of the Ottawa. i atehetaeennanearenieetinninanmmampemeee ummm Yellow Pine. Yellow pine, in the form of heavy timbers for large buildings, is making headway in this city. We have previously made mention of the large bill of 1,500,000 feet that Norwood & Butterfield are furnishing for the Marshall Field & Co. warehouse between fifth avenue and Franklin street. Mr. H. F. Seymour states that his house is filling an order for about 100,000 feet of stuff for the Huck Malting Company’s new building, corner of Eighteenth end Canal streets. This order is for timbers 12x18, with some much larger thanthat, Yel- low pine has been selected wholly because of its strength. The specifications for the great “Rookery” building, on the site of the old city hall, at frst called for maple flooring, but this item hae been changed to yellow pine, and bids are out for contract to supply it. It will require 1,000,000 feet to fill the bill.—Worth- western Lumberman. es No Bight to Make Alaska Lumber. A despatch from San Francisco on May 7th ~The revenue cutter Rush sailed last kk in search of the schooners Gem and San enaventura, bound to this point from Alaska, : to be loaded with lumber. As the re ie not open to pre-emption, it is un cut timber upon it. The San Buen- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. adventura, however slipped past the cutter and was nloading on Wednesdy. The schooner, with her 200,000 feet of pine and cedar, was seized to-day by the United States Marshal, She is the property of the Alaska Trading Company, which owns a mill on the southern extremity of Wrangel Island The technical defence will be that the timber was cut by Indians and simply converted into lumber by the companies who purchased the logs. WEST'S WORLD'S WONDER or family liniment has proved to be one of the greatest blessings of the age. It isa never failing remedy for rheum- atism, cuts, sprains and bruises. Call on J D. Tullyf or a trial bottie and you will use no other ————- Perhaps the most extraordinary that success has been achieved in modern science has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the lesg startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted, while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at all. Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure 'o their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Catarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is up- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and uo other treatment has ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXUN & SON, 305 King street west, Toronto, Canada, und enclose a stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.—Montreal Star ly122, TUG FOR SALE Now on Georgian Bay. Gross tons, 55.99; Length, 70 feet ; Breadth, 15 fect; Depth, 8 feet. Was Re-built last Summer. 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Advertisements intended for insertion in any parti- cular issue should reach the office of publication at least four clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CANADA LuMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Mnssrs Sivuey Deacon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, Ont., JUNE Isi, 1886. EE EE ETSY RT EY SST TaErE are 5 500 miles of railway in Germany on which metallic sleepers are laid. i 7 SS i cea od From fourteen to twenty carloads of square timber passed Mattawa eastward daily last week, Mr. “PRENEVEAN’S saw mills in Belmont, Ont., weredestroyed by fire last week. The origin of the fire is a mystery. No insurance, ‘Tur steamer Butcher’s Boy will run on a line between Ashland, Wis., and Port Arthur, Ont., this seasou. Tur’ Messrs, Patterson Woodstock, have given an order to J. E, Murphep, of Hepworth Bruce.county, for 402,000 feet of lumber to be used in their new buildings, AN oak was recently cut on J. B. Vander- vanter’sfarm in Gilead, Mich., which measured five feet 10 inches at the base, and was 40 feet tothe/first limb, where it measured four feet. TE tannery owned by Geo. Hollinge at Han- over, Ont., was ‘totally destroyed by fire on May 20th. Insured for $2300 ; loss not nearly covered by insurance. Gintmour & Co’s drive of logs in Squaw river have grounded, on account of the floods wash ing out dams and allowing the water to escape. The logs$will have to remain where they are until next spring. It is’circulating in Michigan papers that a syndicate is being formed in Saginaw valley, with a capital of $1,500,000, for the purchase of $600,000,000 feet of standing timber on Colum- bia river, Oregon or Washington, or both. Tue first raft of the season, consisting of som cribs of oak, ash and pine belonging to Messrs, McConnell & Klock, has arrived in the canal basin at Ottawa from up the Rideau. It com- prises, says the Citizen, some remarkably good oak. has been formed in Bombay, India, to work a large forest concession which has been granted to it by the king of Siam, The concession is of forests covering an area of over 2,000 square alles, and said to contain much fine oak tim er. ‘;lands has been shipped to England, about two thirds of it being cedar. the above, when we read of regular arrivals at Melbourne, Australia, of lumber from the Bal- tic sea, the world-wide and complicated charac- ter of the lumber trade is taintly appreciated. Dobie, a youngman in a lower town mercantile establishment, who arrived out from Edin- burgh about two years ago, has recently fallen heir to over £380 000 by the death of bis father in England. He intends returning to the old country to live, taking with him as a bride one of Quebec’s charming daughters, Miss Eva Wil son, daughter of C, W. Wilson, the well known | lumber merchant. has been taken of some of the leading indus- tries of the village of Norwood. In fact, it may be said of the enterprise now under notice, one of the most important industries in the county of Peterborough not on account of the wages disbursed in the factory, but on account of the useful and valuable material the product of the Finlay Works; or, as they are appropriately called, the ‘‘ Norwood Steam Bending and Hub and Spoke Factory,” owned and managed by Finlay & Son, the elder member of the firm being a man of great business capacity, energy and stability, qualities which have enabled him to battle successfully with many trying com mercial storms, lated by sound judgment and keenness of ob- servation, generally leads to successs, and such in a word, has been the career of Mr. John Finlay, though meeting with not a few dis- couraging obstacles, tering care and push and pluck of the proprie- tors, has increased to immense proportions. A visit to the works recently, by the writer, found the large building, occupying extensive grounds, fairly alive with the hum of rapidly revolving machinery, and it was with pleasure and inter- from one piece of machinery to another till finally it came forth a useful and valuable article. Perhaps a brief description of the methods by which hubs are manufactured and the bending process is performed, may be in- teresting, factory during the winter in logs, and first THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. . Tr is stated that the Siam* Forest Company TED A cargo of hardwsods from the Philipine Tn connection with CoN eee A despatch from Quebec says:—Mr. William THE NORWOOD STEAM WORKS. But too little notice, it is to be regretted, Energy and enterprise stimu- The business of this factory, under the fos- est we observed the rough material passing The timber is brought to the passed over to the sawyers, who with large circular saws propelled by steam, cut them into blocks the different lengths required, these are passed over toa boring machine which bores the heart out of the blocks. The hub rougher comes next into operation, which pares the rough bark apparently with as much ease as one would pare an apple—this part of the machin- ery, by the way, sprung from the ingenuitive mind of Mr. Finlay himself. The turner now handles the hub, smoothing its surface and giving to it its beautiful rounding, symmetrical form, The mortising machine is now brought into requisiticn, which neatly and rapidly pierces the required holes for the placing of the spokes, The hub by means of a tramway passes over to another wing of the large fac- tory, where the painters give the finishing touches, and the hubs are now ready for ship- ment, In. the second story of this establishment are the Bending Works. The timber for this department is also brought from the woods dur ing the winter, and is first cut into planks, then passid to fine or small saws, which rip them into the different sizes required for cutters or sleighs; they are thoroughly planed and then placed in a large steam box, where they remain till they are bent to the required shape ; and i * now, after going in unbarked log, are turned over to the spacious packing room a smoothly surfaced and grace- fully turned cutter or sleigh,runner, and ready for shipment to the numerous patrons of this great factory. approved machinery for the manufacture of the above wares in a very complete manner, and in a style and finish to compete with any factory of the kind in the Dominion. paid every Saturday regularly, a system which Mr. Finlay has punctually followed for a num- ber of years. week amounts to about $100, but figures for wages are largely increased when st ck is being procured for the succeeding season, thus giving employment to as many -as 25 or 30 hands, besides many teams of ho ses, disbursing in this manner, annually, the large sum of $8,000, or perhaps $9,000, not, of course, including in this estimate the large amount of money paid out for logs and other raw material required for the manufacture of hubs, spokes, cutter and sleigh bents, &c. success and prosperity, and the elder Mr. Finlay the personal popularity he has attained in our community. has planted in our midst our principal ‘* wage earner,” 1n which considerable capital is in- vested, and through which a large amount of money is weekly circulated in our village. It is to be hoped that success and prosperity will long attend the works of John Finlay & Son. York Sun says:—The circumstances surround- ing the death of John Dubois, the father and patron of this town, were very pathetic, and and have left a deep impression’ on the com- munity. Although not an infidel, he had lived a careless life. ferring to spend Sunday walking about his mills or his fine farm of 1000 acres. more, however, his mind had been strongly in- clined to religious matters. the preachers with his perplexities. He read his Bible and consulted with his lawyer about it His lawyer was the Hon, George A. Jenks, who has just resigned the Assistant Secretary- ship of the Interior in order to keep a promise to Mr. Dubois that he would take the place of the latter as confidental adviser to a young nephew who gets the vast estate. for the Rev. Mr. Bell, and, after a long conver- sation with him, he was baptized and received into the Presb: terian Church. He immediate- ly sent for the heads of all the departments in his works and as many of the men as could crowd into the sick room, tothe number of about fifty. When they were gathered he gave them suchfan exortation as had never been heard be- fore in all this region. dying, his eternal welfare a week before he would not question settled, and he urged them not to put to the factory a huge and| stores. Three thousand people looked at him in his coffin and walked behind it to the grave. Although his works were divided up into dif- ferent departments, each under its responsible head, he knew all of the 800 men who worked ; for him,and always spoke to them as courteous- ly as if they were all millionariesas wellashim / self.” Some years ago, when times were hard and lumber fell at a low figure, the managers of the works agreed that theremust be a reduction — in the wages of themen, and so told him. He heard them through and took the figures they had brought him, but made no decisim. The next day he summoned them to meet him again, and said : “This will not do. I have examined the books at the store, and find that it takes about — all these men earn to buy necessaries for them- selves and,their famalies. If we must reduce wages I will begin with you, who are better paid. Say no more about it; I guess I can stand a loss better than the men can a reduc tion.” The proprietors have recently added the most The hands are The cash paid out thus every EXPORT DUTY ON LOGS. WE would again call attention to the subject of the export duty on saw logs, for it is a mat- ter that should not be allowed to sink into oblivion and neglect. It is obvious that the duty on export logs should be raised to $2 so as to counterbalance the United States import duty on lumber. Till this change is made the very least that should be done is to enfurce the payment of the present export duty of $1. It absurd to suppose that this cannot done. There are regulations for shipping, there are ways of dealing with sumgglers that can be made effective, whether the offenders fly the Canadian or the United States fiag. Saw logs cannot be smuggled like jewels or lace, and both they and the vessels concerned would be liable to seizure. The great risk of such a serious loss would check attempts to evade the law if its stringent enforcement were practiced. The cost of collecting the duty, though it has been alleged as an bstacle, is not really a serious objection, for it would be recouped over and over again by the amount collected. But even if there were more than the amount of as) 4 The Messrs. Finlay certainly deserve their His energy and enterprise HOW A LUMBER KING DIED, A despatch from Dubois, Pa., to the New He seldom went to church, pre- For a year or He did not go to revenu@ s,ent in collecting it, the argument — against enforcement would not be conclusive, Under such circumstances it would still be alike just and politic to protect our lumbermen from unfair competition, and our forests from devastation in order to enrich foreign mill- owners, This is matter which is becoming more and more urgent. Lumbermen from the United States have of late purchased a great extent of timber limit from the Ontario Government and others. The purchasers make no secret of their intention to convey these Canadian saw logs — across the lakes to supply saw mills in the 5 United States. Inadequate as is the present — duty it should certainly be collected, and as — soon as possible it should be doubled. The evil has already become of some magnitude and it is certain to be greatly increased ere long if proper precautions are not taken. j Since writing the above we are glad to learn — that the export duties have been increased as follows :—Single bolts $1.50 per cord, spruce — logs $2 per thousand, pine logs $3 per thousand. This satisfactory as to the duties, and now it only remains to see that they are enforced. ————— BURNING SAWDUST. Thos. Price writes as follows to the Machinist — concerning wet sawdust, ete. : ““T had a little experience in sooty flues and smoke-box from wet sawdust and bark, and used to have a burn-out often at noon when the fire was low. I have eight boilers, 48 inches diameter by 16 feet long, and at first built them with grates, eight feet long, thinking that the larger the grate area, the better the combustion. But I could not keep steam to run half what I drive now, and had to find a remedy. The draft was too sluggish. I could not change my smokestack, so I thought I would try less grate area. I simply laid fire-brick across the — back end of the grate-bars, and raised the — bridge wall within eight inches of the boilers I made double the steam I could before, and — the tubes and smoke boxes and breeching were free from soot, and have never burnt out since A few days before his death Mr. Dubois sent He told them he was and that if he had been well assured of have been living to talk to them. He could not leave go of life, he said, until he got that it off as he had done. He was willing now to die, but if it was the will of Providence that he lived one year longer, he would not wish to take up hisaffairs again. He would put in every day, he said, going about the mills telling his men the great truth that he had at length found out and trying to undo some of the evil his example had wrought in his long lifetime. His voice and brain were strong, although his body was wasted almost to a skeleton and he could scarcely sit up in bed propped with pil- lows. ‘The men had worked for him—some ten some twenty, some thirty years. They were rough, grizzly fellows from the logging camps and the mills, but there was not a dry cheek in the room as he talked to them and called them by name and bid them good-by. Three days afterwards he died. He was buried on his 9wn arm where he lived. He picked out the spot himself, It ison the top of a gentle sloping hill, and overlooks his mills and the town he built. For the three days between his death and bis funeral all hands in the town were as idle as his own. Not a wheel turned in any of the mills, Nobody did any business in the ee a a ee i THE LUMBER EXPORT DUTY. Mr. Perley, of the extensive lumbering firm of Perley & Pattee, on being asked by a Journal reporter to-day his opinion in regard ‘to the new export duty on logs, stated that although it did not effect the lumbermen about Ottawa, it was a good and just thing for Can- ada at large, as it enabled the Western Ontario lumbermen to preserve their lu:aber resources, and not have them swallowed up by American capitalists. The latter come over, and in the district surrounding Georgian Bay and Lake Superior, get out an immense quantity of logs and send them over to their mills on the Am- erican side free of duty. In this manner the fine lumber resources of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior are being drained of their best timber by these American capitalists. Mr. Perley also thought that the measure would have its desired effect in causing the Americans to remove the duty on manufactured lumber. Mr. Bronson, of Bronson and Weston was called on, but was not to be found. The man- ager of the firm said that the measure was a decided boon to the Western Ontario lumber merchants. He also thought that the measure would compel the Americans to remove the duty on manufactured lumber, as the present duty on Canadian logs would affect to a great extent the American lumber merchants on the shore of Lake Superior. Mr. E. B. Eddy on being ‘called upon stated that the measure was a good one.—Ottawa Journal. DOWN A FLUME. A Chicago newspaper man tells in the Herald of that city an experience he once had riding in s Nevada lumber flume. ‘ Lumber flumes in the Sierra Nevades,” he said, “‘are all the way from five to forty miles long. They are built on a regular engineer grade. The bed of the flume is made of two-inch plank in the form of a V, the sides of the V being from eighteen to twenty six inches high.. They are built ona grade of about sixteen feet drop to the thous and. They carry eight inches of waterfin the acute angle, and discharge it at the rate of 400 miner’s inches 2 minute. In other words, turn in your water at the head of the flume, and it will carry a log weighing 400 pounds with a velocity greater than the fastest engine that was ever made. The log’s displacement just about fills the V without any more friction than necessary to keep it in place. * About nine years ago I was up at Lake Tanoe with E. W. Smalley and W. H. Patton of the Mackey & Fair Lumber Company. Patton was showing us the sights. We had come up from Carson City, sixteen miles, by stage, and it was a hot and tedious ride. About sundown Patton said: ‘‘ Boys, we'll go home by the flume, and we’ll get there a little quicker I think.” “ He directed a man to bring out the yacht, as he called it. This was a V_ shaped canoe about 14 feet long, very sballow, and made to fit the fume and just about fill it with the displacement of 600 pounds. The yacht had a brake—two rubber pads on either side, worked with a lever, and so applied against the V flume that on pressure it would lift the yacht gradually and allow the lightning current to pass under her. She also had two small rubber wheels, one on either bow, to keep her nose from grinding on the sides of the flume as she went by curves, “Now boys,” said Mr, Patton, “‘ button up your coats, tie down your hats and hold on, Don’t get scared. Trust your lives to me for the next half hour. I’ve sailed in this yacht before, and I know she’s staunch.” ““There were three seats. Patton took the front one to handle the break. Smalley took the next one and I took the rear and worked the tiller. That was rigged just like a ship’s rudder, with a rubber wheel tc ease of her stern against the side of the flume if she got to yaw- ing. Patton told his men to put on two inches more of water, and then, with a wave of his hat we weighed anchor, Great Scott! how that thing jumped! Smalley got seasick, I jammed my helm hard down, but Patton yelled ‘through the air, ‘‘ Let her go; I’ve got her !” And with one hand on his brake, his hat crushed down on his head, and his teeth set, he looked the incarnation of courage. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. We plunged down the mountain with a speed that no steam could give. ‘Trees flew like spectres. Looking ahead down the narrow thread-like flume it seemed like a plunge to destruction. Several times the flume carried us over a high trestle. It seemed like leaping over a precipice. Smalley held his breath, but the little yacht jumped it through the air apparently with a swish, Curves would show themselves ahead, The rudder wheel would squeak on either side, and the good ship would round that curve with a flash, Sometimes an unevenness in the flume would ozcur, and then, as the craft sped over it, the spray would rise 50 feet in the air. *‘ Keep on your hats !” shouted Patton, then, as we struck a straight five-mile stretch, “ now hold on to your teeth.” ““T don’t exactly know what the next sensa- tion was, but I tried to peep out from the rim of my hat, and my soul, it was all a blur— trees, rocks, landscapes, were all mingled in an indistinguishable mass. It was as if one was blown through the air from a catapult. ‘‘ Well, from the time we weighed anchor up at Lake Tahoe until Patton put on his brakes just outside the lumber field at Carson City it seemed like a minute or two. at our watches. in eight minutes and forty seconds. We all looked We had made just 16 miles IT never in all my life had such an illustration of the force of water.” ITEMS FROM THE EAST. Among lumber items from the Maritime Provinces, says an exchange, we observe the statement that the snow was all out of the New Brunswick woods on May 12th, and without heavy rains it is likely that large quantities of logs will be hung up till next season. rapidly last week. On Monday, 17th, all the logs were out of the tributaries of Grand Lake. The lumber running into the booms at present is principally Aroostook; little or none is coming over Grand Falls from the upper St. John at present. drives are now out except those belonging to Babbitt & McNair. that little or no driving has been done by Alex. Gibson on the Nashwaak this season, At last accounts (15th) the lumber in Salmon river and its branches was nearly all out. the lumber on the Washademoak, however, is hung up, and there are few prospects of its being brought to market this season. Parrsboro telegram of May 14th says that Young’s lumber drive was in and sawing was begun, and that deals. were pouring into the port, that 18 ships are now on the way to Northport, and Mr. Hickman has 6,600,000 superficial feet of deals ready to load them. The vessels are chartered for west coast of Ireland and Liver- pool at £2 3s, to £2 5s, are to be loaded during the summer, on that shore, making his shipments for the season eleven millions—an increase of one-third over last season’s operations, In the river St. John the water fell All the Tobique lumber It is stated by the Sun Much of A We learn from the Amherst Gazette Twelve more yessels FENELON FALLS. Sawtoe Drives.—Last Monday the first* of this season’s drives of sawlogs passed over the slide. There were about 40,000, all belonging to Boyd & Co., who have at least 100,000 alto- gether, and Mr. Hilliard has about 16,000. 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The Lumberman in pre- vious comments upon the subject, has en- deavored to take into consideration all the factors necessary to bring about the most satis- factory results. A careful comparison of stocks on hand and supplies at the mills, together with a fair estimate of the demand, both actual and prospective, led to the belief that the time had arrived for the manufacturers of spruce lumber to take a stand that would place them in a Vi position to at least share, if not wholly dictate, the distribution and value of such stock in the eastern markets. Our position was based on the g ound that for the last three years the selling price of spruce in the New England and New York markets had been less than the real value of the wood, and that the net re- sults were inadequate to insure a reasonable profit to the operators. We still cling to that belief, and although there are existing circum- stances which necessarily curtail dist ibution, we fail to see wherein the manufacturers are any worse off than others in the same line, in different sections of the country. It is an ill- advised policy to pursue the tactics of certain large manufacturers at the present time, who, from lack of foresight, attempt to force sup- plies upon the market, when the local conditions are such that an overstock will break the price. It is not probable that the disturbance which now threatens the building trade in that section will last long, and when the matter is settled the demand will doubtless again rise to its just proportions, and sales will be made in sufficient amounts to offset the present lack of demand. Mill men should not ship spruce to the lead- ing marke's at present, except on actual orders, and should not accept cut prices under any consideration, for many of the larger yards in Boston and New York are actually destitute of certain sizes, and must replenish. A concession in prices at this time means cut prices all sum- mer, and possibly a worse form of demoraliza- tion than has been undergone during the last few years. Spruce manufacturers should stand firm and not dispose of their output through fear, or a misunderstanding of the real situ- ation. It must be remember that the yard dealers all through the east handle spruce dimension stock for the sake of securing orders for other lumber on which a good profit can be secured, and consequently it can make but little differ- ence to them whether the market price is $13.50 a thousand or less ; but it does make a difference to the mill men. From present reports it is indicated that there will be snfficient demand to require all the spruce that will be cut this season, and consequently another reason is added to the list why manufacturers should stand shoulder to shoulder and exercise good judgment in accepting orders both in quantity and price. A false step taken at this time is absolutely certain to ruin the wholesale trade for the year, and as all the circumstances point to the folly of such a course, mill men should ‘‘ make haste slowly.” and not become their own financial executioners.—Worthwestern Laumberman. ——— Ee FROZEN TIMBER. A correspondent of the Northwestern Lum- berman writes :—It was refreshing to recognize an old acquaintance in the statement of a ‘well informed lumberman ” that frozen lumber occu pies less space than when well aired or kiln dried. If age is a test ot truth, this fable must be true, as 1 heard the same statement more than fifty years ago. I think the man that laid the frozen fl or boards must have been a brother of the man who, to prove that old growth red oak never could be seasoned, suid that his grandfather had a red oak mantle that was in for 75 years, and that when the house was torn down and mantle cut up and burned the sap ran out as it was burning; but serious- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ly, is it possible that men can believe such fables? ‘hey are so contrary to nature that it is difficult to believe that men who have come in direct contact with nature can take stock in them. There is nothing in the wood but the sap (which is water) that can freeze. Water always expands in freezing. This can be easily proved by placing it in a broken vessel If water contracted when freezing, it would sink to the bottom of the rivers and ponds, instead of re: ining at the top, The heart of white pine u.cver freezes unless it is shaky. Years ago I ha’ an argument with a sawyer who was sawing tiozen timber, «n this very point, and, to convince him, sawed out a piece of pine ex- actly two feet long, nine inches wide and seven-eigths of an inch thick. This was in February, and the following July the board was removed from its resting place over the stove pipe and measured, and it was found to measure two feet in length, 8 13-16 inches in width and 13-16 inches in thickness, In other words it had not shrunk any in length, but had shrunk two per cent. in thickness, The differ- ence in contraction was on account of the piece being cut slashways. ——— THE KOOTENAY COUNTRY. The Columbia river and Kootenay Railway Company intend to build this season a railway twenty-five miles long, extending from the mouth of Kootenay river, on the Columbia to Kootenay lake. It was originally intended to be a narrow gauge, It is intended to tap the rich mininfg region of Kootenay lake, which is accessible, except from Sand Point, on the Northern Pacific. In connection with the railroad the company will build steamers to run from their western terminus up the Columbia river to Farwell— the west crossing of the Col- umbia by the Canadian Pacitic Ralway—and also steamers to run on Kootenay lake to the boundary line between British Columbia and the United States. The company has a grant of seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land from the British Columbia Government. Of this it has already taken up 50,000 acres in the rich mineral belt on Kootenay lake. ‘4 he remaining seven hundred thousand acres will be settled along both banks of the Columbia river, from the boundary line to the head of navigation on the stream, A reserve of six miles wide on each side of the Columbia has been made by the Government to continue till the end of 1888, during which time the com- pany must make its selection of lands. The mining region of Kootenay Lake district con- sists of an argentiferous belt of galena ore, several miles in width. In this belt exists the most extensive deposits of lead ore probably in the world. ‘he assays of the various veins of ore vary from $15 to $175 worth of silver per ton. The facilities for smelting are very great. Iron ore and limestone exist in the immediate vicinity, both being needed for a flux in smelt- ing. A clay capable of producing fire brick is also found on the borders of the lake. Charcoal can be obtained from the forests which surround the lake, It is the opinion of gocd judges that within a few years the Kootenay district w ill be the largest base metal producing district no the Pacific coast, and that hundreds of tons of pig lead will be shipped daily from that region. Northerly from the immediate vicinity of the ead mines, along the rivers emptying into the Kootenay lake, placer gold diggings were found during the season of 1885, and a railway is now pr jected from the town of Farwell to the head of Upper Arrow Lake, thence across a low divide to Kootenay Lake mines, South of the boundary line, in the OC ville district, rich silver and lead mines have been opened during the past season and it is probable that the belt will be found continuous throughout Tdaho and Montana North of the town of Far- well, in the Big Bend region of the Columbia, some very rich gold bearing quartz veins have been discovered, which will attract a great many miners and cxpitalists during the com- ing season, Steamboats will be put on the Columbia river, from Farwell upwards, to sup- ply this district, ‘his mining region will supply a large body of the traffic to the Cana- dian Pacfic, as the lead of Kootenay, in pigs, will be shipped over the road to Montreal en | ocean, route to Swansea,—ZInland Sentinel, Kamloops" letters average of 150 coffins and caskets a day. largest factory is in Cincinnati; it covers acres complete a funeral, except corpses. from a tack up to a hearse can be seen in pro- cess of manufacture on their premises. one Chicago house is 6 ft. 9 inches in length and has an opening of 28 or 29 inches. average is 18 or 19 inches, and the average long coffin turned out by any factory is a 9 ‘ooter, in which the dignitaries of the Catholic church are buried. Such a coffin was used at the burial of Cardinal McCloskey, the extra length being re- quired for his crown which he wore in death. together, but au ordinary coffin, that is, a coffin of extra large size, no matter what its cost or the character of the trimmings or up- THE COFFIN-MAKING INDUSTRY. There are 34 coffin factories in the United States, an exchange says, and they turn out an The of ground and its shop facilities are so great that it manufactures everything necessary to Anything Next to Cincinnati, Chicago has the largest coffin factories. The biggest coffin kept in stock by The is 6 feet 4 inches. The longest coffin About 24 hours were taken to put this coffin holestry, can be put together from the rough boards in three hours at the utmost es ARBOR DAY IN QUEBEC. Arbor Day was generally observed as a holi- day in Quebec, the principal event being the planting of a large nuaber of trees in Cove- field/ The Lieut,-Governor, the Speakers and members of both Houses of Parliament, Mayor Langelier and the members of the City Council, with many private citizens were in attendance. The proceedings were opened by the Hon. Mr. Lynch, Commissioner of Crown Lands, who alluded to the happy suggestion of Hon. Mr. Joly, which was the cause of the first celebration and its successful results as shown in the interest exhibited in to-day’s proceedings. The first tree was planted by His Honor Lieutenant-Governor Masson, and then the workmen present set to work, under the supervision of Mr. Lesage and Mr. Gauvrean, of the Public Works Department, in planting the trees provided. After the Cabinet Ministers and their wives had each done their duty in the premises, the Lieutenant-Governor addressed those present paying at the outset a merited eulogium to Hon. Mr Joly. The proeeedings were closed with cheers for the Queen and the Lieutenant-Governor. Ee THE LAST HEMLOCK TREE. A Honesdale, Pa., despatch says :—The last merchantable tree in the vast hemlock forests that have supplied the mills on the Dyberry Creek, one of the tributaries of the Laxawaxen River, for more than a quarter of a century, has been cut. and on Saturday the veteran river pilot, ‘ Bill” Kimble, drove the last log down the stream that will ever be run to the mills. He also drove the first log that was cut in the great forest, in 1860, and has never missed a day’s log driving on the creek in all the intervening time. This tract of hemlock was nearly the last of any extent in Wayne zounty, whose forests tem years ago were yielding 100,000,000 feet of that lumber a year. Fifteen years ago more leather was tanned in Wayne county than in any other county in the. Union. The disappearance of the hemlock has caused all but two or three of the tanneries to be abandoned. All who were engaged the business made large fortunes, and nearly all of them are now engaged in the same business in Elk, Forest, Warren and other western counties, where the greatest hemlock forests in world still densely cover the hills. The tan- ning industry of those counties now supplies almost the entire sole-leather product of the world. The cutting away of the hemlock woods in Wayne county has had a disastrous effect on the water courses, many lage streams having become almost entirely dry within the past decade. oe THE NEW RAFTING IDEA. The New York correspondent of the Worth- qwestern Lumberman says :—Another trial is to be made in the matter of rafting logs on the H. R Robertson some time ago secured patent for his invention from the United States Commissioner of patents for 17 years, and also in Canada, Norway and other coun- tries. It is not a series of rafts, but all in one, somewhat in the shape of a cigar, with a chain through the centre and at distances around it, about seven feet ap-rt. It can be built any length, and the arrangement of the chains is such that the traction in towing seems to tighten. One has been building at Two Rivers, Nova Scotia, since April Ist, by B. B. Bara- hill, under the direction of the patentee. Itis, _ I believe, about 400 feet long. The centre chain was put in place the last of April, and it — is now nearing completion, and wil be lauched early in June, and towed to this city, arriving — about the last of the month. It is builtona ‘‘way,” after the fashion of a ship and launch- — ed in the same manner. It is possible that the _ construction could take place in the water where — the tide was not so great ; where it is building the tide rises over 40 feet. This raft will contain from 2,500,000 to 3,000,- 000 feet of saw logs, piling and spars. The cost of towing will be about one-quarter of the freight charge if shipped on vessels. The raft is satisfactory to underwriters and can be in- sured at low rates. The Captain of the tug which will tow the novel thing says he could take it across the ocean. It is said that a Cincinnati firm has offered a tempting sum for the right to build a similar raft in British Col- umbia. If the thing proves a success, as it now promises, we may see rafts of redwood and cedar from the Pacific coast towed into this harbor. What a handy thing the ship canal across the isthmus will be ! ; TILBURY DOCKS. The opening of spacious docks at Tilbury, Eng., at the mouth of the river Thames, shows that London has outgrown the waterway of the Thames. Mariners have become impatient of tides which served a less expeditious age. The Thames is overcrowded with shipping, and the steamers of to-day are too gigantic to makea safe passage up the river. The great harbor which has been provided at Tilbury, at a cost of fifteen million dollars, must be pronounced a triumph of engineering skill. The new docks occupy what, until their construction was little more than a marshy waste, whatever the locality may have been when, at the time of the Spanish armada, a camp was formed at Tilbury through which Queen Elizabeth rode on horseback to inspire her troops. Four years have elapsed since the first turf was cut, and the average number of men employed on the works has been 4,500. The docks covered three hundred acres, have three miles of stone quays, and consists of a main basin and four dry dock. Thirty-one of the largest vessels in the world can be loaded at one and the same time to their full draught along the quay. A depth of 45 feet at high water will permit steamers to pass straight into the docks on their arrival from distant shores. An enormous saving ot time and money will thus be effected by big steamers being docked and their cargoes transhipped at Tilbury instead of having to wait as heretofore for the tides to enable them to reach the port of London proper. Trains will run to Fenchurch street in thirty-five minutes, so that ocean voyagers, in less than an hour after arriving off Gravesend, may find themselves with their luggage in the heart of London. For the con- venience of passengers on arrival or departure, a spacious hotel has been erected near the river bank. Every provision is made for the expedi- tious loading and unloading of cargoes. Sixty movable hydraulic cranes have been construct- ed, each capable of lifting a ton and a half, in addition to a powerful floating steam crane de- signed to swing fifty tons. The electric light has been fitted throughout the entire dock sys- tem and hotel, eight arc lamps of 3,000 candle power having been fixed on masts, together with 1,000 glow lamps, which will render ship- owners independent of day light when a cargo has to be taken in or discharged. The empty- ing of the dry docks by pumping out 12,000,000 gallons of water, will be performed in an hour, so that vessels, without delay, can undergo necessary repairs. Supsoriss for the Canapa LuMBERMAN the only lumber journal of Canada, ; THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ; Chips. _ THE water on the rivers and lakes fell more rapidly this spring than has been known for years past. Four hundred species of trees are found in North America. Of these sixteen are heavy _ enough to sink in water when dry. - THe Grand Trunk railway is to erect a new station in Montreal, this season, to cost from $300,000 to $400,000. A Boom of logs to be used in making a steamer landing at the Old Man’s Island, near _ Brockville, broke away Saturday night and was ~ lost. JoHN Kennepy, who has charge cf Burton Bros., Powers’ and Maxwells’ drives, is running upwards of 65,000 pieces. They have passed over the dam at Burk’s Falls, THE men unloading the lumber on barges at _ Kingston were receiving fifteen cents per hour. _ They struck for twenty cents and their demand __ was acceded to. 4 ; _ A NUMBER of forest fires in: Burlington and ot counties, New Jersey, burned buildings yalued at $4,700, and swept through a cedar _ swamp, destroying much valuable timber. THE new band saw in the Chippewa Lumber _ and Boom Company’s mill, at Chippewa Falls, _ Wis., gives the best of satisfaction. It cuts between 25,000 and 30,000 feet a day. + Tue schooner Oregon, with lumber from the Kennebec for New York, arrived at Glouces- ter, Mass., May 9th, leaking badly. In a storm the night before a deck load was lost. ‘ 4 __ Cantin’s ship carpenters in Montreal struck _ work on Monday for an advance of wages from $1.50 to $1.75. Mr. Cantin agreed to pay his _ men $1.75 for the future. ‘Tue Conger Lumber Company’s steam mil at Parry Sound was started up on May llth and is being run up to its full capacity. The pany expect to do a big season’s cutting this season, a: a ‘THE cut of logs on Androscoggin waters the _ past winter is something above 60,000,000 ft. Of this amount about 50,000,000 feet, in the Opinion of the Post, will probably reach market - the present season. 2 ‘ Micuican dealers are buying black walnut fence rails in that state, that have been used _ twenty years. The thoroughly seasoned wood is used for chair legs, spindles and other small articles, _ It is estimated that on the 3,269,439 acres of uneleared land, tributary to White river, Ar- kansas,there are 34 814,333,000 feet of hardwood fit for lumber and timber. It is a wonder that = inches were not included in the estim- Az Beaver Falls, Pa., a co-operative planing mill company has been formed among a number 4 of practical mechanics, with a capital of $50,- 000, They have purchased the planing mill of : Vareham, Dodds & Co., and propose to fit up _ With the most approved and costly wood-work- A tow of four Canadian vessels recently ed square timber at Marquette, Mich., for & Nelson. It goes to Garden Island, in and floated to Quebec. The amount of timber Burton & Nelson have at Marquette “ill load the same tow four trips. of Canadian vessels lately arrived at nda, N. Y., to load cargoes to be taken Welland canal for Quebec, and ‘Phe taniber thus 3,571, elm 3,468, beech 3,079. relative degree of hardness shell-bark hickory stands th2 highest and calling that 100, white gS Wa *] i ® to be shipped belongs to the Export Lumbe Company, and goes to its trade in Buenos Ayres. Barner and Mackey’s square timber cut on the Sturgeon river has all passed Sturgeon Falls en route to Cache bay from which point it will be shipped by the C. P. R. to Papineau- ville. The C. P. R. Co are building a spur a mile long, striking the river above the falls, where D and E. D. Moore will boom and load their square timber. The iron will be all laid in a few days. THE soundness of timber may be ascertained by placing the ear close to one end of the log, while another person delivers a succession of smart: blows with a hammer or mallet on the opposite end, when a continuance of the vibrations will indicate to an experienced ear even the degree of soundness. If only a dull thud meets the ear, the listener may be certain that unsoundness exists. THE increase in strength due to seasoning in different woods is as follows: Elm, 12.3 per cent ; oak, 26.6 per cent; ash, 44.7 per cent. ; beech, 61.9 per cent. The comparative value of different woods in respect to crushing strength Oak 4,074, ash Regarding and stiffness is thus shown: oak is 85, white ash 77. Tuer Parry Sound Stur of May 14th says:— There is considerable activity around the lumber docks this week. On Saturday evening the Parry Sound Lumber Co.’s barge Van Straubenzie left Sarnia with a full cargo of lumber. On Tuesday the same company’s steam barge Lothair and Corisande arrived in port from Oswego having made the run from here to Oswego, discharged their cargo and returned in two weeks. They expect to leave to-day for Oswego, with full cargoes. The same company’s schooner Jane C. Woodruff came into port the early part of the week and is now loading lum- ber for Midland. Bazscock & ENGLEMANN are building a log- ging railroad, ten miles long, in the vicinity of Grayling, Mich. It will be called the Grass Lake & Manistee River railroad Over this railroad it is estimated that 100,000,000 feet of pine will be conveyed and put mto Manistee river—pine that is naturally tributary to the Au Sable. When the new road is coinpleted there will be six logging railroads in operation in the vicinity of Grayling, and 65,000,000 feet logs will be by them put into Manistee and Muskegon rivers this season. It is estimated that in Crawford county, with Grayling as the centre, there is 2,200,000,000 feet of standing pine. A site for the Halifax dry dock has been selected. It lies between the sugar refinery and the dock yards, and has a frontage of 808 feet running back to the railway line. The dimensions of the dock will be: length on top 580 feet ; length on bottom 560 feet ; width on top 162 feet ; width on bottom 70 feet. It will built obliquely into the land with the entrance down the harbor aud will, says the Chronicle, be capable of taking in the largest ships of her majesty’s navy, including the great Infiexible of 8,000 tons, thus proving to be, when finish- ed, one of the very largest in the world. Work was commenced last week. “AN English paper states that birch is a good material for doors. A gentleman recently had black birch used for the folding doors of his new house, against the architects protest. The result has so far been satisfactory. The birch in texture resembles satin wood and is a dark cherry in color. The doors are admired by every one that sees them. Although this is so, the question of durability still remains to be tested. Black birch is not generally considered so lasting a wood as some other kinds, There is undoubtedly a great field for furniture and cabinet woods among many of those which are native to our New_ England soils, and some time the furniture mn and architects will wake up to the value and importance, | i] LUMBER DRIVERS’ CALKS FOR USE IN STREAM DRIVING. Made from the Best Refined Tool Steel ana Forged. The method used in tempering leaves every one of the same temper readering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks made Samples and prices free on appli- cation to the undersigned. ——_ Zope Sry, Orono Cant Dog Strongest and Li htest i market. Made of Bast Osa a by drop forging proces The Handles are made of best quality ctraight grained split and turne i Rock Maple, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored sp scially to suit the pick. Prices on application. x Ss ii MANUFACTURED sY SSS EEE TI. McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N.B. A FULL LINE of all Size Single and Double Belting gaa 4 , constantly in stock. ! hf KS-All ORDERS 6A Filled same days as received. Pee WARE ROOMS 86 King Street East Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2529 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. ICO UNE IR Et AT. GCs Get your STATIONERY Svuppzuirs THE “REVIEW” STATIONERY STORE MarEsr Brock, Grores Srreer. sa Noted for BEST QUALITY GOODS at LOW PRICES! =: PAPER, ENVELOPES, PENS, INK and PENCILS. And every house and office requisite always kept in stock, and sold retail in BOTH SMALL OR LARGE QUANTITIES. i7 A LIBERAL DISCOUNT vill be allowed tr Bankers, Lumbermen, Manufacturers, Clerygmen, School Teachers, Township Officers and others buying their Stationery in great quantities, and also to cashbuyers. #4 Estimates given and contracts made for yearly supplies at lowest rates a at Ve THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 10 AMarket Reports. MONTREAL. From Our Own Correspondent. May 27.—Activity in the lumber trade has continued here since our last report, and the amount of business done has been very good. road companies are drawing the strings tighter| The piece stuff that has been sold this week as the weeks pass by, They have now issued | has mostly gone for $9 25 a thousand for short a circular calling lumbermen’s attention to the | green and $10 50 to $11 for dry white pine, some fact that after this date, 25 per cent, will be | dry Norway having been sold for $10. Long | Gus charged on all excess weight over the capacity stuff sells for higher prices, ranging from $11 of the car, that is to say, from all stations where| to $13. No. 2 boards and strips range from $11 the tariff on lumber is .09 cents per hundred | to $12, As yet there has been too little of weight will after this date be 11 cents on all | this class of stuff on the market to establish excess weight. This is so manifestly unfair that | prices. TONAWANDA. CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Dealers are busy receiving and delivering, and lumbermen for their own protection must resist The shingle market has been druggy until SpE ae A there is every prospect of a good Seperate || to Let us suppose, for example, that a mill | within a day or two; now there is alittle more} — : ALBANY. , : ? ot We " . indifinite; in fact. Quotations a the yards are as follows :— business ; in fact, if no strikes occur (and so far | 42 asks for two cars to be sent for loading, the | nquiry, ut prices are indifinite; im fact, ia mares p none have been threatened) the lumber trade company sends one the capacity of which is neither sellers or buyers have much to say apout Pine en itiediy vevvunens ata tiie AE mone will attain to very respectable proportions. It 24000 pounds, and the other 40,000 pounds, shingles, Sales of extra brands have lately | Pine, selects.. sasesocessces M2 OORT am sens 4 A : 5 \ hat t f 1 mb is he t inst t hi been made at $2 05a thousand Mill men this Pine, good DOK. cccevcccceccsscvcss taeeee 22 00@83 00 is likely that if the strikes in the United States | at amount of lumber is he to instrucy his ; s i ; Pine, common box........+ teeenee ocnenn 13 0O@15 00 do not speedily end, many building contracts men to load on those two cars? If he gets on | Spring tried their usual scheme of sending for- pales 10-in. plank, €ach..-- ss++ esereee 00 45@00 47 in New York and Brooklyn will have to be only 20,000 pounds the company will make him | ward a lot of inferior cedar shingles, and thus Eine, 0-0, Sas he oeeuenee ti 5%. = eer a cancelled, and prices in Ottawa will not rule so pay for 24,000 pounds, if it turns out that he | degraded the market value of all cedar stock. | Pine, 10-in boards, Culls.....+-sseesseeee 00 16@00 20 : P . | has loaded 30,000 di th ler | Good shingles only of this kind are wanted in | Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 tt., @M-....-+.+- 28 00@32 00 firm as at present. A large stock of lumber is a8 loAgeG 00 eae 8 on) the smaller) 7" 8 AY 7 : Pine, 12-in. boards, 16 ft...-..-.+++0+++0+ 28 00@32 00 on hand here, but prices are steady and the | capacity car, or 40,000 on the larger, the com- this market. The reputation of cedar shingles pune, “ae bast, ial cenpannhanenne = —- , : ‘ . : . . ine, 1} in. siding, select.........- sees. 40 0O@43 probabilities are that they will be maintained, pany, forsooth, intend to make him pay 25 per | here and in the tributary territory around, 18 | Pine, ibn. siding, COMMON. «++ «+++ sere. 15 00@18 00 as dealers have had to pay from five to ten per cent, additional on all the excess weight, and yet in a measure on trial, and nothing but a pie, Lan aahs, select......+ snqnaeeeee 40 00@42 00 cent. more for lumber at the mills this year yet he has loaded to the best of his judgment good article should be forced on the market, Spruce, boards, ake ee 00 0000 16 than last. Large quantities are arriving daily about what he thought was right. The com- Manufacturers were, perhaps, encouraged by eae, = ag , each. é 4 00@00 20 per barges from the Ottawa, pany may reply, why let him load so many feet the headway that cedars made last year, and on aoe Pall pepo e * 00 er . Freights to South America ports are quoted of green lumber and so much of dry? Perhaps that basis have ventured too far with poor ered boards, each - 00 00@00 14 at $11 per M. One vessel, the Cambridge, jg | the railroad companies will be kind enough to qualities this spring. Hemlock, ist ot a ps oa 00@00 “ now loading for Buenos Ayres. Two vessels for inform lumbermen when lumbar is dry, and AT THE YARDS. areeon Polen eeog rs 3 Yoo aim 00 the United Kingdom which were chartered in when rt ; te aS ater bere on this] fast week Thursday it was known that the 98 waluut, # inch nee VINIIIII, 80 00@20 = London at 50s. per standard are also loading. point perhaps they mig t settle 1. . must coD-| yard lockout strike was virtually over, and on Saabs bP ee “Sess 4 posed 00 Activity in the building line continues, ae nie eA eae Ft ee question, If I Friday there was a considerable rush of the old Béaymore, ined. s-s2 ae soeceesseee 21 0O@2Z3 2 The following are the quotations at the ne et met ay LENT) Ee ae ib was cut} hands for re-instatement in their former posi- | White wood, hinel bog mane 4 posed 00 yards :— safest Be as n a at apa pear lumber | tions, There were already a number of new ais good, at seees ovansre eee es S Bera rat siagenic ete #0 0010 00| Eee eee ee ne it hae Do months, | on at work in the majority of yards, and this, | Otter’ good! @ a. .«-1icas.cc0; 0 Ob—R8 08 Fe iy at ics us coene a0 | eee ge eae been cut six | coupled with the falling off in business since | SOT pra e. ac -wsulcsnsuns 25 ooo 00 Pine ath quality ae SHUM RA seaienee 10 oo@l2 00 aes 8. a on mnargt sprue Rlarcuterae the trouble began rendered it unnecessary to | Oak, e cond Guialiky, Wi Mlaate at 20 00@25 00 ees SE ak tie cd Hel piog eit i00 e FF to get e eta e nition of | employ as many men as formerly. On Satur- eating = ja ana = pci? M a e co@io 00 what really constitutes dry lumber, and in the day each yard had as many men as could be Denie, Gorma, Tobie nt aoe ae Bass, [ Fauls 0020 00 poe bhicee interested do not wage War! worked, and hundreds were turned away. ae ae per M 26 00@28 2 Oak, @ M.. Ary 40 oo@s0 90 ere pee aes Lg poe By the monthly statement of the secretary Shingles, shaved, pine, @ i S 4 re 6 50 Cherry, ® M... Meee aolGOm GO iODI la Let Oth Ue his grit they are generally | of the exchange it appears that the stock on «2nd quality ...... ~ 0 00@ 5 00 Butteriut EAs eae ene NU 35 00@40 00 | Credited with possessing, Boycotting might be| hand in the yards of this city May Ist, was i — sawed, Pine. «.+.+-++++ . : aa - . Ich, BM.ccesccevscceeseeeerersetes -.. 200 5 0 i justi i i i “ See Sep Sx ESP Aa pis ee ape es eae aerecy us ag eaee op employed with justice in this case, and while | 319 715,417 feet, as compared to 396,147,654 feet + oe — «aye nees beep ERER EE nae 4 Be ee seat Rae 0 9 Or a re ee, eine cia pare 93,952,237 feet for] « —fhemldck...s.s wssswsese ret 3 Oa 2 87 ey a catalan bee vccgat wanting a, | REM \ka eo pete ernie taper Lpecnpernmh etre 4H ING ..scccnnsevvececes . ' PPerteeee errr eee eee CORDWOOD. Shipping cull boards, promlanueu widths....... 12 00 hand May 1st, 1885, there was on May Ist, this : —_——_o—_—— Prices are unchanged. c re visage eye eee ee 13 00| year, a decrease of 22,314,252 feet. Shingles LONDON. The following are the quotations at the Genetng Bre sola Oe eae te ae gt 13 00|j,creased during April to the amount of 35,-] The Timber Trades Journal cf Ma 15th g q 18 ft.) 14 00 ‘ y yards :— is x a a 276,370, and during the year 169,231,100. says :—The great wave of depression now roll- Long Maple, per COrd.....+..eseseerseee $ 6 00@6 50 “ Ath eAceee eee 17 00 Receipts of lumber and shingles for the week | ing over the country, and which threatens to Long een Gr iildee se taaeeesienannante 2 ee of re HA ‘3 “ “4 ending May 19th, as reported by the Lumber- make 1886 memorable in the commercial history Tamarack Cr umn NORE I 4. (7) 00@O 00 “ “ call St SOreea man’s Exchange :— of the United Kingdom, is becoming more “ “ “Ba tt RECEIPTS. appreciable every day. There are so many “ “ “ 7 TORONTO. 34 ft 22 50@ . Lumber. Shingles. | ..156s operating to foster the slackening of our 66 Ty 86 ft.. “ “ce “ 26,057,000 15,693,000 61,713,000 16,729,000 industries that we suppose we must be thankful From Our Own Correspondent. er ee ee eee May 25 —During the past two weeks lumber Cutting up planks ns dives a _ er FROM JAN. 1, TO MAY 19, INCLUSIVE. that matters are not considerably worse than has moved off quite lively, on the docks as well “ oards “44, RECEIPTS. they are: but we can hardly view with equan- as from the yards there has been no lack of ound dressing StOCks.+,+.+..+22 value» Lumber. — Shingles. | isi i week, again ee One tow for Bost Pe Gente cbiceit Picks Am. inspection. ..... i . 1886.0 eeeseceseeeveces seeee 195,804,000 69,162,000 imity the consumption of the b, ae Oat : hh a on, ff gdensburgh, | Three uppers, Am. inspection..........+ BH O0@40 00 | 1885......eeeeee cecceccecs 195,846,000 54,426,000 | thousand standards short of that of the pre- ook away 1,500, eet. is was part of a B. M. ___. ————| ceding years. Those who hold large stock— ._ | 14-inch flooring, dressed..... Tile blaiaisin’s a 25 00@30 00 | Increase......- nine de bc> Meise SO ROE OUD 14,736,000 ey E stock bought by a Boston firm from the Ontario i “ 09 FURR sos 1s ee RE 14 00@15 00 and wo could point to a London firm or two Lumber Company, some 3,000,000 feet still, I a “ i Stray cayatnee eae 23 00@25 00 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. who are heavily handicapped in this way—must foe a a yet to ship. The price i “ “ peer uma een 4 FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS | feel the tension caused by the present extraor- realized for this stock is said to be a good one.}1_ t€undressed.......++seee++ 12 00@14 00 i trade ; Most of the retail yards have wine: al aeyte 4 Beaded Sheeting, ATORSEM . cece cvenes 18 00@20 00 OF BARD heh nore ees dinary bad state of ve bone we one —_ : Clapboarding, dressed .......se+sseeeees viene 12 50 | To New York .....ceesee ceneeneeeeeeeeerenerers g6c. | surprised at the brokers catalogues being 50 stocks considerably, and purchases from the } XXX sawn shingles, ROME elcmereaciiceisieta sis 2 7B@ 2 90| Boston .....e.eenseccerencttatecsecetimussceners 30c. | well filled, that being about the readiest way of track side will brisker from now to th Aer Sawn Tathisis.uessiseis Be cicare ren cits mateis ent we 2 26 | Philadelphia... .....ccceeeee ees eceeresenreeeees 28¢. A : ; ia OS ee hol oy . DAE OF | Red OAK» -»eertneiceaeens Betsy nc banana 20 00@2%5 00 | Baltimore.........ceeerecneese renter se eseueneess gge. | Shaking off the burden of last year’s enormous e season. nd great difficulty in keepin Ite “Sw. ese ee ec ene wee Give e/ee\Glys 810 0 seine s 25 00@30 00 | Washington. ...+-eerreecesecrseceseessrsesseees 23c. i iveri week Bap ie eeal of quotations 6 Inthy ald ‘PINE | Basswood, No, 1 & 2. .....0... 005 aes Ty 00g80 00 | Albay (04.1. cack ceacutiastta -sstehseeewie 38c- | accumulations, The dock deliveries last } 4 : 73 Cherry, No. 1 &2......0008 CUR tb isis 50 00@60 00 | Troy ...... “--"*3ee, [at least those from the Surrey Commercial, other kinds of stock, owing to the methods] White ash 1& 2......s.sssesseens seco 26 00@30 00 | Buffalo and show a shortage on the corresponding week of tak ih tail . h Black ash 1 & 2....eee0 c Qala Ween thet ee 20 00@25 00 | Shenectady.......+++s+eee BOS UEE data one ors mae e 4 j aken by retail men in the matter of sales. pen ee Wheeling 1885 amounting to 893 standards of deals and more especially is this the case with lath ; one CHICAGO. Suspension Bridge.c.sssseseseeeereereesreenees l5c. | battens, 96 standards of flooring boards, and ‘ dealer will not sell to his customers unless he BY THE CARGO, ST eee Bane ran ar i eee BO 255 loads of timber, about 1,074 standards alto- i makes a fair profit, and to do this after piling in] The Northwestern Lumberman May 22nd Dunkirk ..... Peg ae Nee cunt Compiesiek Ose 15c. | gether. his yard he must get $2.20 to $2.25 per M pes., | says :—The resumption of business in the yards Tokonta cyan per tatiaky cea Sa The system of driving trade at high pres- while others say they never expect to reap any | is too recent for effect as a stimulant on the a ea ie ae sure, which has grown to an unwholesome de- pre from ae sale of lath, but keep them sole-| cargo market. There has been an increase of OSWEGO, N.Y. gree during the past two or three years, is likely to accommodate their customers, and tail | inqui ithi 7 i i if thi Ren Yon » - ail] inquiry within two or three days, and a few From Our Own Correspondent. to receive a considerable check if things do not praia aboutiecelts: i wing to t e lack of any | cargoes have been sold. But while affairs in | qpyoe uppers $42 00@46 00 shortly mend, as it seems impossible that the lumbermen's association there is really no|the yards remained unsettled the commission Pigeinies ores pe peeeee esses SUE '3s2 00@86 00 | nominal profits at which a big proportion of the uniformity in prices, each one runs his own | men sent out few vessels, so that it will require Senet Se seeeeee eee eeeeenceeee rene a ese pe trade is now carried on can cover the daily — gait, One retail firm, not long in the business, | a week or ten days to bring a liberal supply } Common RRL 14 Gk ERAN 14 oo@is 00| increasing risks engendered by a succession of in order to work up a trade, is said to have | to the market, even if commission men deter- oe ak SE OI I - Ae pet oo bad years. It is reported from the Swedish sold on 50 cents per M margin, including team- | mine to order the lumber forward at once, which | Sidings, selected A avees cake “* 30 00@35 00 | side that some of the logs are likely to be hung ay 1 j in, is not at all likely, as the majority of them | s4;1 yun, 1x10, 18 to 16 f .. 82 00@36 00] yp for want of water, and we hear that a few 16 00@21 00 ing, so that if any of your subscribers are dis- ** 3 Sogos 00 | of the mills at the upper gulf ports have with- posed to question the schedule of prices given | think that it will be some time before the mar- Selectea..... : by me, I can only say, as T cannot find any two} ket will bear much of a load. It is evident iii eae 3 .» 14 00@16 00} grawns their quotations for autumn shipment dealers who quote alike, I give it as nearly to | that the policy pursued last year of bringing Selected. ace Cattle HS 21 D0a80 00 on the chance of an insufficiency of logs. 4 the correct thing as itis possible to get at it, | forward supplies cautiously is to be the rule Shippers... 14 00@16 00] Messrs, Churchill & Sim were by no means” and any dealer who : does not realize those | this year. The day for crowding lumber on the Saper wane eek ee Wiecat beacons 29 eos) o favored in the matter of weather on Thursday, Re Se do so in order to live by the cai ag i slaughtered seems to have passed, mee ae siusascerda? (sss ¥ im feear 4 the day being most unpropituous for business ; X e bulk of the lumber destined for this mar- | Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pime..+..+.++++++- 3 10@ 3 50{ of the kind they had in hand, the general feel- The mills to the north of us are all in full| ket is now held in strong hands, that are grow Paes Pie tasaveneses to aserereneeeserene 2 T5@ ° 00] ing so prevalent of bad trade being by no blast now, and green bill stuff is coming in to| ing stronger every year. Hence prices are ve) Neos HAT Daa Dea 1 coe 7 Ss | means enlivened by the continuous downpot eae na easy to see how bills can | likely to be steadier hereafter than in former | foe. od, fet 6 Sud 1 @ A inh ie 00 | of rain with which the earlier portion of the — at past prices, The rail- | years, «culls, « 00 ! day was ushered in. = | 7a La 8 Deals appeared to be out of favor, 1st Bjorneborg 4x10 going as low as £9 bs, and the Fredrikstad parcel of 1st yellow ex Bayard at a similar price, a little lot of good average lengths, reads cheaply enough, larger importation than usual of Michi of these on hand; narrow 1st pine deals quired for. igan 1st pine deals, there is still a considerable balance The deliveries of deals and planks from THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 11 are in- LIVERPOOL STOCKS. We take from the Timber Trades Journal the following g Comparative Table showing Stock of Timber and Deals in Liverpool, Birkenhead and Garston, on April 30th 1885 and 1866, and also the consumption for the month of April 1885 and 1886 :— The mixed descriptions represented by the | Yorkhill Yards, Glasgow, this year to end of Stock, Stock, Consumption ) Consumption : Minna Elkan and the Elise, from Koping, near} April amounted to 261,675 pieces as against 1885 1586. 1886. 1885. Stockholm, at £12 15s., were not indicative of | 296,722 pieces for corresponding period last Quebec Square Pine... Tip Uae UA Tee? 105.000 £8: 220,000 ft. ; { any alteration in the market price of such | year, u : r Waney £6, iy, Sg EE Ce OS, 246,000 * 241,000 60,000 ft. 69,000 ft. goods ; but the 4th Gefle deals ex Merannio, of | On Wednesday forenoon the saw mills of | Other Porte Pine 0 25000‘ $2,000 « 7000 + z000 the Korsnas manufacture, at £7 5s., were de-| Messrs. A. Hood & Co., situated to the east of | Red Pine.... 0... ce cece cece cece eee evens 18,000 “* 37 “ 0.000 « 4.000 sidedly cheap; 4x9 went to £8 10s., but even} Polmadie Road, Glasgow, were burned down. Eire Pine; BEND > ore es ae pe ‘“ 669°000 ary 1s Bn ‘“ this, for seasoned goods, is a very low price.| The damage, estimated at about £2,000, is Planks. PET .. 00,000 00,000 « 9,000 « ~ 0,000 Best Petersburg, Gromoff’s, hung at £11 10s. | covered by insurance. aie ee a an: 2 ieee 48,000 * 7oco «| "199 « in fact, there was no particular animation} On the 6th inst., at Greenock, Messrs Oak, Canadian and American.....+++++++.++- 197,000 176,000 “ 27,000 * 12,000 *« amongst buyers, though the benches were well Singleton, Dunn & Co., brokers :— ap Bolten Mae WARE gC MERA ey Fat ae th « | Lee z pe ri sp ‘ filled throughout the proceedings. There was a Per cub. ff. | Elm...... .se-.seeeee Ot eee ee E18 100 46 11,000 “« 5,000 «| 1/000 “ 1 good deal of bidding for the St. John spruce Quebec waney boardwood— s. d, yea goo ‘2 det y tee eo ae soa ar rt . yy : sf 52,008 xd 000 - ex Rowena, but Ist planks, at £7 a standard, 50. & bg ¢ ft ave, per log aye East India Teak............sccccscs. see ee., 229,000 * 55,000 6000 « :’ 000 “2 A - Quebec yellow pine (extra quality)— Greenhedrt (see ics dor teeia tae coed co Ie oe 105,000 * 74,000 «« 22,000 «« 26,000 « does not afford an encouraging outlook for 1m- 65 c ft avg per log 1 43 N. B. & N. S. Spruce Deals Dia.s\a’p'ai sve. eieloipiatayere aie 12,479 stds 18,800 stds.) } pitt eae - portation, Quebec yellow pine (joisting)— Gaenedepien PANG pt bine racine meee 310 ss 9 ooo f 2 a stds. 3,978 stds, Just towards the conclusion of the sale we 45 c ft avg per log 10 ISstorcts Sa ERI a Me ir 3.373 « 27496 « pee p< ppened causually to ask a prominent member | Quebec red pine— Bale Ms Based actin cijee wile ede ebaregies O15 « "90 « | i | 5 of the trade who was watching the proceedings, 30 cft avg per log 11 prepared Flooring teotseees 2,447 © 825 | 482 «| 1,502 * if had anything coming forward, and his ans- | Quebec red pine— ——————————————eeeEEE———————— wer given with a considerable amount of fervor, 20 ¢ ft avg per log 10 NEW YORK. Lot 45—Whitewood, 1 inch, seconds, 1,502 ft. ; culls was, “Thank heaven, not at present.” He, RTO 1 ioerte The following is the official list of the prices | 9°39 ft. $15 evidently was not pleased at the way things | 0431, ee x ee i i obtained at the New York Lumber Auction ae ae mee tak culle, Pale She $26. were going, 101 ft aver perlor 1u Company’s sale at New York on May llth:—| Fo 42 w ere ere oe sais ie eae og Mobile sawn pitch pine— Lot 1—1} inch Whitewood, firsts, 9,697 ft. ; seconds, 6,084 ft. : culls, 565 ft. $26.50 -< ; LIVERPOOL. , 1,552 ft. ; culls, 69 ft. $25. ee Cie ee c 30 c ft ave per log 10 : Z . ; Lot 49--Ash, 1} and 2 inch, first, 7,392 ft. ; seconds. The Timter Trades Journal of May 15th | pensacola hewn pitch pine— Lot 2—Cherry, 1 inch, firsts, 1,512 ft.; seconds, 2.768 tt. - cule, 42. $25, , ; * _ says:—What with the prevalence of easterly 32 c ft avg per log 0 9% BENE nh GOMES EOC, Cie Lot 50—White ash, 2, 24, 3 and inch, firsts, 1,881 winds and the interruption to business caused| On the 12th inst , at Glasgow, Messrs. Single- Lot ere 1} to 2 inch, firsts, 7,399 ff. ; seconds, | + . seconds, 4,031 ft. ; culls, 665 {*. $21. by the general holiday on Wednesday, there | ton, Dunn & Co., brokers ;— BO ty BNE Oa mee Lot 51— Whitewood, 1 incl, ulls, 11,457 feet. has been’ little of interest to note in the state of Per cub ft. 5,196 ft.; culls, 414 ft. $21. trade during the past week, Quebea:srd:yellow pine deals— a cl Lot 5—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 2,942 ft. ; seconds, The absence of any public sales of white- és He x : aie ; a 6,011 ft. ; culls, 392 ft. $21. a ; woods has also tended to keep it in the same atiavad dials Lot 6—Cherry, 1 inch, firsts, 1,220 ft. ; seconds, monotonous groove it has followed for such a 16 to 23 tt 73 09 Pel Upp GME CEI Gn Th long time past. Even had there been any there 16 7x3 0 8h Lot 7—Walnut, 1,1} and 2 inch, firsts, 2666 ft. ; would have been small importance attached to 16 to 22 ft 6x3 0 8} ee eee eee ee é we ae ee Palas iseent them, unless a widely different spirit had been | Miramichi, N. B., spruce deals— caain. : iat aod bits: J shown to that exhibited at last few recent ’ Isto 24 ff ens 0.3% Lot 9—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 1,130 ft; seconds auctions. pena eaeondady NG Eset at Geel ses 1,419 ft. ; culls, 98 ft, $22, : We hope that those to be held next week Gadbec ede boagbat citxe oe Lot 10—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 11,607 ft. $13. _ may prove to be different, but there is no great (20 logs=301 cub ft.) ol Lot 11—Walnut balusters, 2x2, 2}x24, 3x8, 1,655 pes, probability of such occurring, if the reports from the country travellers of the flat and de- pressed state of trade in tha manufacturing dis- tricts are to be believed. They say that orders are still most difficult to get, and when they are obtained are small in extent, and done on the very narrowest margin ——— The following are the returns issued board of Trade, for the month of 1886 : MONTH ENDED 30TH APRIL, 1886. ] Quantity. pepe 4 Timber (Hewn). Loads. tocks in hand, as well as seen from reference | Russia ..... ..eceeccce eesseeceees. %105 tothe figures given this week, are not heavy | gweden and Norway.....s.s0se+--2- 72,673 compared with those of last year, but with Germany satsancceacsoe sessancevae e Ul b 2S such 4 languid condition of business as we are | United States........-seeseeeeerees 7,822 ‘suffering from at present they are in nearly | British India....... teers eeeeeseeees 4,961 every in&tance quite ample for the probable de- | British North America.............. 497 mands that may be made upon them for some Other Countries.........ce+eeese+. 34,874 time to come, Motal...5.,. Weicqaeiisia ss isyjafelss sigs, 184,450 This being the case, oe is evident that we can Tempe G Sa ot hae “the only to a prolonged reduction in imports if | Russia ..... Reta ewe Sdeased 43080 this state of matters is to be altered for the | Sweden and Norway.......s+.s++««-105,912 better. United States .....ese-ccesseereess 28,603 Very little Secs tan c.if. or f.0.b, contracts | British North America... ........+. 3,398 is reported to be done, and shippers agents like Other Countries.......++++--s00.... 7,548 Most other branches of the trade, are exper- Total) ..22e hee sive Widleleisiels «rej LAD: ABE iencing the greatest difficulty in carrying | Staves, (all sizes).......++..+.....-+ 14,810 pus ss through to a satisfactory conclusion, Mahogany (ton8) ....sesessesere... 3,407 GLASGOW. Total of Hewn and Sawn..........283,941 The Timber Trades Journal of May 15th | pimber (Hewn ). BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. 1886 ; and also for the 4 months ending April FOUR MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30TH, 1886. and 2,614 ft. $50 per M. Lot 12—Walnut, 1, 2, 24, 3 and 4 inch, firsts, 181 ft. seconds, 1,717 ft. , culls, 3,071 ft. $38. Lot 18—Whitewood, 3 inch, firsts, 12,309 ft. ; 8,493 ft. ; culls, 224 ft. $31. Lot 14—Chestnut, 1 inch, seconds, 3,159 ft. ; culls, 987 ft. $13. Lot 15—Whitewood, 1 inch, 2,807 ft. ; culls, 8,187 ft. $15 Lot 16 —Quartered white oak, 1 inch, firsts, 1,833 ft. ; seconds, 827 ft. ; culls, 96 ft. $45. by the April seconds, Value. ° 7,288 93,946 Bate seconds, 1,101 ft. ; culls, 208. $40. i) 63, 533 Lot 18—Quartered white oak, 1 inch, firsts, 2,401 ft. ; i726 seconds, 553 ft. ; culls, 119 ft. $47. y Lot 19—Hemlock boards, 1x10x13, 1,000. 12} cents 45,393 each. 268,714 Lot 20—Hemlock joist, 924 pieces, 2}x4x13. 12 cents Poet 21—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 7,415 ft. $13. 7,682} Lot 22—Whitewood, inch, culls, 7,757 ft. $14. 231,631] Lot 23—Walnut, firsts, 754 ft.; seconds, 1,987 ft. ; 79,170 | culls, 75 ft. $69. 7,160} Lot 24—Walnut, 14, 2, 24. 3, and 4 inch, firsts, 1,207 17,131 | ft. ; seconds, 2,510 ft. ; culls, 138 ft. $70.50. 342,774 Lot 25—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 3,704 ft. ; seconds, 69,552 | 5748 ft. ; culls, 390 ft. $26. 32,077 Lot 26— Walnut, 1, 14, 14 and 2 inch, firsts, 456 ft. ; ——— } seconds, 1,714 ft. ; culls, 5,607 ft. $44.50. 611,488 | Lot 27—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 4,426 ft. ; seconds, 6 378 ft, ; culls, 247 ft. $23.50. Lot 29—Ash balusters, 2,599 pieces. 24 cents each. s:—At the public sales held here during the | Russia........6.....cseseeee seseee 3,560 14,561] 54 31 Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 4,352 ft. $13.50. week transactions have been light, the de- | Sveden and Norway.serereesesssee 128,683 172,434] 1.04 32 Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 4,681 ft. $14.50. and _being quiet. Particulars of prices ae Germany. nie oF Pl a diate ee oR Gls ini cts’ sv jest 14,515 41,384 Lot 33—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 4,866 ft. $14. OL Loc ae seees UL isricr Fe ea eens Lot 34—Walnut, 1, 13, 13 and 2 inch, culls, 6,474 ft. T1b18. TNG1A. cccesvevssssesterseces y. 7 , 35, Although there has been a good attendance | pritish North America...........-. 3166 9,807|* Lot 35—Whitewood, 1 inch, seconds, 1,024 ft. ; culls ot 35. ? ’ ats 2 i at the auction sale of deals here on the 12th| other Countries...........s+...+++-149,229 193,136 9,768 ft. $15.50. 1m3t., and a varied catalogue submitted, very otal ik 0 ihe 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. es ee of) : : — . + Se . va ‘ | STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PENNESYLVATA, U.s. MANUFACTURERS OF EMERY WHEELS AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years’ enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada — their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its term and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: © B CANADA DOWDERMAN MONTREAL SAW WORKS. . MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION | Mownarat | | BEAUDET & CHINIC | Quupec. R.H. BUCHANAN & CO. .. . . F.H. ANDREWS & SON A. R. WILLIAMS, . . Toronto. LR WILLIAMS, . . Tosorze,| BH, BUCHANAN 4200) ae Dominion Saw W ork JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. | 263 t0 267 KING ST, EAST, TORONTO, ONT. ps a MANUF ACTURER OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, ° Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. * j 7 Yi q} S YY YY, —= S . y Y LEC NS KK Yi CEZE SSNS \ yj Y GE SSX \N\ \ YY VYS \\ Yy Yy YY \ Z g ‘2 / (jijj#7=> \\) THURBERS ROYAL —_—__ _—— Sas!2 == ee He Anti-Friction Babbit Meta _ | IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN — £ Band Saws, | Emery Wheels, Files, as \Es Simple and Effective. endures the test, and the more it is brought in 000,000 to 40,000,000 feet of logs on the head- sharp comparison and competition with other waters of all the important streams of lower = = ae Also, when boilers are fed in front, and blown Lion by moving a simple handle or lever. a Pump. No open feo over-flow. A boy FOE. Can start or stop it well as an engineer. Send for Deseriptive Circulars. | off through the same pipe, the collection of mud ov sediment in the rear should be often re- moved. 9. Safety Valves— Raise the safety valves cautiously and frequently, as they are liable to become fast in their seats, and useless for the purpose intended. ; 10. Safety Valve and Pressure Gauge—Should the gauge at any time indicate the limit of F pressure allowed, see that the safety valves are blowing off 11. Gauge Cocks, Glass Gauge—Keep gauge cocks clear, and in constant use. Glass gauges should not be relied on altogether. 12. Blisters—When a blister appears there must be no delay in having it carefully exam- ined, or patched as the case may require. 13. Clean Sheets— Particular care should be taken to keep sheets and parts of boilers ex- posed to the fire perfectly clean ; also all tubes, — flues and connections, well swept. This is particularly necessary where wood or soft coal i is used for tuel. 4 14. General Care of Boilers and Connections © —Under all circumstances keep the gauges, — cocks, ete , clean and in good order, and things — generally in and about the boiler room in a neat condition. i MARMORA. DRowNED.—The Campbellford Herald says that a telegram was received at the Rathbun — office, Campbellford, conveying the intelligence — of the drowning of Philip O’Hara, a young man > in the employ of the company, which took place in Crow River, at Marmora, on May 2th. The deceased was crossing a river in a boat, in — company with Dan Murphy, intending to land on an Island midway in the stream ; but before reaching it the men were capsized and thrown into the water. Murphy started to swim ashore, but returned to'the boat. O’Hara, who ' was able to swim, did not seem to do much to help himself, and sank a short distance where the boat was overturned. “Pa give a good deal if Thad such a healthy skin as you have,” said a lady toa friend. “Just look at mine, all spots and blotches, and rough asagrater. Tell me the secret of your success in always looking so well.” “There is no secret about it,” was the reply, “Dr. Pieree’s *Golden Medical Dis- when th RE A tiie le yours, began to look smooth you see it now.” : ey CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Ontario and Quebec Division. CHANCE OF TIME. To take effect Monday, November 2nd, atl a.m. Trains arrive at Peterborough as follows: From the West. 12.31 p. m.—Mail from Chicago, Detroit, St. Thomas Galt and Toronto. 9.05 p. m.—Mixed from Toronto and Inter- mediate Stations. 10.56 p. m.—Express from Toronto and West. From the East. 5.31 a. m.—Express from Montreal, Ottawa and Perth. 7.25 & eed from Havelock and Nor- wood. 11.48 a.m.—Express from Winnipeg via Carl- ton Junction. 6.42 p. m.—Mail from Montreal, Smith’s Falls, and Perth. Trains depart from Peterborough as follows: Going East. apie. m.—Mail for Perth, Smith’s Falls, Ot- ‘awa and Montreal. fee ixed, for Norwood and Have- ock. 10.56 p. m.—Express, for Perth, Smith’s Fails, Ottawa and Montreal. Going West. 5.31 a. m.—-Mail, for Toronto, Galt, St. Thomas. Detroit and Chicago 7.25 a. m.—Mixed for Local Stations, West to Toronto. 12.31 a. m.—Express for Toronto and points _ west. 6.42 p. m.— Express for Toronto and Intermedi- ate Stations. NOTE—12.30 a.m, train from Winnipeg, runs daily, Tuesdays excepted. ‘ Through Coupon Tickets supplied to all ints of the United States and Canada. P. R. Ticket Agent, George Street Peterboro TORONTO MUSICAL FESTIVAL, _ CALEDONIA CURLING CLUB BUILDING. SEATING OAPAOITY, 8,000. 16TH, IGTH, AND I7TH JUNE, I886. F.H. eon. Fata oe The Greatest Mus: en anada 5 —A Congress of Musical Notabilities Ottawa, rus of 1,200 = _ Gounod’s Sacred Trilogy, “Mlors' et Vita.” andele Sublime Oratorio Ei is “Israel in Egypt,” a Festival Matinee, Consisting of Vocal and Instrumental Selec- tions and a Children’s Pestival Jubilee and Miscellaneous Concert. PRicEs.—Season Tickets (4 concerts) with _Teserved seats on ground floor, $5; in gallery, “sell parse Ticket 2 ee oaeette with re- served on ground floor, $1.50; in e H Saale Ticket, putheus ocho seat, o. open at Messrs. Mason & Risch’s, ‘A. & Nordheimer’s and L § i i Music Stores, , Toronto, cpa Pad Parties li at a distance may secure closing der, or . . Secretary, JNO. EARLS, 14 Adelaide Street East, Toron- Liebig’s Condensed Mineral ‘Waters CARLSBAD CURES Biliousness, ‘Lives Com. plaint, Dyspepsia, Rhsum- atism, etc MACKINAC. Summer Tours. Palace Steamers. Low Rates. Your Trips per Week Between DETROIT, MACKINAC ISLAND n, . Harrisville, on Sasa ose Por taneee Bvery Week Day Between DETROIT AND CLEVELAND Special Sundsy Trips during July and August. en ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLETS yi Jour Tioket Agent, Tea nated = SC; O, losing oe Pass. Agent, DETROIT, ar ned THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY NAW-MILLS 2ND SAW-MILGIMACHINERY OF CHAMPION? SSA MILE K—~ wo ol at iy = THE FiRe-PRO | ll i! INE | Ni FRUDIUIININE ANA Cheese Box and Basket Stuff Machine Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford and Winnipeg REMOVED. J. J. TURNER Sail Tent and Awning Maker Has removed from Port Hope to Peterbor- ough. Any person wanting a good Tent or Awning will find him on Water Street, opposite the Market, next to Parker’s Dye Works. Tents of every description in stock and made to order. Also Horse and Waggon Covers, Rick Cloths, Waterproof Clothing, in fact anything and everything from a needie to an anchor. J. J. TURNER, Sail, Tent and Awning Maker, Market Block, Peterborough. DUNN’S BAKING POWDER THE COOK’S BEST FRIEND Cc. P. R. AND DOMINION EXPRESS. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY-—Only through route to Manitoba and the North- | West. No Customs. No Transfers. No extra expense. Peterborough to Manitoba $21.00. Setttlers’ excursions leave Peterborough, 23rd and 30th of March and each week. Through | Fast Freight and Colonist Sleepers attached. Coupon Tickets via C. P. R. at low rates to ail | points in the United States: Lowest Rates to San Francisco and California Points. Be- ing Agent for the Allan Line Steamships I can issue Railroad Tickets in connection with S. S. |} Tickets at special reduced rates. Travellers Accident Insurance Tickets. For rates and re- | Zable information, call on or write to AT x, SootOmr Cc, P. R. Ticket Agent, Peterborough, Ont, 104 4 CANADIAN WOOD EXHIBITS AT THE COLONIAL EXHIBITION. The Timber Trades Journal of May 22nd says :— Prominent amongst the exhibits at South Kensington stands the timber produce of the various countries represented. Speci- mens of the forest growth of Canada, Australia, India, and the Cape are conspicuous in their Matural state as well as sawn and polished, attracting the attention even of those who, ‘from the want of a more intimate knowledge, are unable to appreciate the important part they play in the world’s history. We have heard visitors express their admiration of the beautifully polished surface of the fine log of Jarrah timber which adorns the Australian Court, and certainly they had reason, for a more splendid specimen of that durable tree could not have well be selected, and the way it has been prepared for display does credit to those who had the work to do. It is not our purpose to discourse of the various woods in the order that they meet the eye of the visitor as he makes the range of the exhibition, but to take them rather one in each department, in the order of their utility, writing of those first which are in most com- mon use, In this way our task will first embrace the woods from Canada, of which the different varieties, characteristic of the coun- try are artistically grouped in convenient places for inspection. It is the vulgar idea that the wooded portions of Canada form enormous tracts of dark, gloomy-looking forests of pine, their sombre appearance unrelieved by any variety of tint. There never was a greater mistake made. The forests of Canada, on the contrary, are picturesque and pleasing to the eye, and in the season when the leaves begin to change the tints present many different shades and colours, lending to the wood an enchanting _ aspect, the same as a forest here would appear in Autumn, somewhat enhanced by the majes- tic proportions of the trees in the Dominion. As with us here, the pine tracts are peculiar to themselves, and whole sections of this useful tree and its near relation, the spruce, cover the hillside in dark belts, contrasting with the other varieties, forming a background which adds to the beauty of the Canadian scenery. The enormous size and straightness of the pine trees, of which these boundless fir forests are composed, we have very little experience of here, ‘Trees of immense girth we undoubtedly possess, and our ancient oak and elms afford us specimens that often attain considerable altitude; but the huge stem of a Canadian pine of equal circumference, 80 or 90 feet, without a leaf or branch, its lofty top crowned with the long and drooping fronds of needle-shaped leaves, is a sight seldom to be met with in the forests of the mother country. There is not, of course, the same undergrowth in the timbered portion of the northern coun- tries as there is in milder climes, but with this exception the difference in the appearance of the woods is not so marked, The forests of Cauada are composed of pine, spruce, Scotch or Norway fir, oak, ash, elm, maple, birch, beech, larch, cherry, walnut and other woods, and hardly a tree which we have named which does not come to our shores, though they do not al- ways figure in the public sales. Our readers are sufficiently acquainted with the merits of the white pine, or, as it is called over here, yellow pine, to need any description from us, but the various specimens supplied by Messrs. Burstall & Co. show of what a high finish it is capable in conjunction with its other preferential claims as an indispensable building material. The chief of the timber districts, or, as they are termed “limits,” of the Dominion, extend from the mountain shores of British Columbia, washed by the Pacific, containing immenre forests, yielding some of the finest timber in the world, that are yet practically untouched, to the Province of Ontario, the shores of Lake Huron and Superior,the Georgian Bay country, embracing the Nipissing and Muskoka rivers to the district drained by the Ottawa, St. Maurice, and Saguenay, to the Bersimis (both noted pine regions), and further on to St. John and the lower ports, where the mighty river empties itself into the Atlantic. From this vast territory, thickly wooded with every species of timber, there is little fear of our supplies running short, are undoubtedly sufficiently extensive to cause apprehension of a failure in the cut of pine, but the question of forest exhaustion is still too re- mote to be seriously discussed at present. Many of the forests in the lake districts, Ontario and other Provinces, are yet hardly touched, the land not being so suitable for agriculture, and from these regions sufficient pine will be drawn to make up for any deficiency that may be apprehended from the destruction of the older timber limits for many years to come. The importance of the forest supply of Canada to us here can hardly be estimated. Our annual consumption of pine andspruce is some- thing marvellous, and it would be little short of a calamity if any failure took place in the forest resources of the Dominion. of white pine, a tree which is said to be so valuable that it would be difficult to find a substitute for it were Canadian forests to be- come exhausted, But this can hardly ever happen, if ordinary care is exercised to prevent destructive fires, as it will grow and flourish on the poorest soils, and is a 1apid grower. Mr. Small, in his account of Canadian forests, says that “‘ intelligent lumberers consider that a white pine forest renews itself every twenty years.” This must be an important consider- ation Canada, forests in the Province of Quebec was complain- ed of by the French Goveraors of Canada as far back as 1696, that is 190 years ago, but the record says that nothing was done by them to check it, and little has been done since, Is it not clear that nature has not again and again made good the ravages of man, and that still more pitiless enemy, the devouring element of fire, during the ages that have since intervened, and that she is still able to set the destroyers of her forests at defiance ? tries that cannot be carried on so well without the assistance of soft convertible timber, we have railroads and railways, which in the shape of sleepers, ties, platforms, stations, carriages, waggons, &c., add largely to the consumption of the forest produce. ition are particularly noticeable, a large orna- mental erection of pine from that couutry, supplied by the Hastings Saw-Mill Company, Burrard’s Inlet, being the first object that meets the gaze on entering the Canadian Court. position, a panel of each kind being scientifically arranged, the polished surface adorned with a neatly executed painting of the leaf, New Brunswick, which include beech, ash, maple, birch, white and black hemlock, white pitie, redpine, balsam fir, as well as black and white spruce. ally shipped to this country, but many of which, we think, could be used here with ad- vantage, are the cherry, plum, bilbury, poplar, alder, hornbeam, butternut and willow, lime and basswood. Poplar is largely used in the States for a variety cf purposes, and cherry is mentioned, are some well-prepared blocks of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. position, Already the good work has begun, Handle factories, bowl mills, spoke and hub factories, basket factories, etc., have bee 7 established at various points with favorable results. But the development of these indus- tries is yet in an incipient stage. For the realization of the manufacturing possibilities of Northern Michigan, we must look to the future. 5 J. K. POST & CO. LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agente. OSWEGO, N-Y., The American Hotel, BARRIE, ONT. Collier St., Adjoining Market. RATES REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS, ka Every accommodation for Commercial and LUMBERMEN. W. D. MoDONALD, Proprietot. FOR SALE VALUABLE Timber Limits 50,000 SAW LOGS ON SEVERN RIVER The undersigned being desirous of confining their operations to their Lakefield Mills on the Trent waters, offer for sale the following limits :-— Township of Hindou, 70 equare miles. iii Oakley, 45 “ Ld As Redout, 22 “ on An area of 137 square miles. These limits are estimated to contain 180 million feet of Logs, well watered, and afford means of short haul- ing from all points, and quick and cheap driving to Georgian Bay. Are offered for sale together with plant, depots, farms, 1,200 acres deeded lands and 50,- 000 logs, nearly all of which are on the main river, a large proportion of which are 16 feet long. Apply to R. & G. Strickland, LAEKEFIELD, ONT. Johnston's Fluid Beef 3mL = < = Rac DES | == | ES JOHNSTONS Fiuro The nourishing, palatable and warmth giving qualities of Johnston’s Fluid Beef has caused this invaluable preparation to before a favorite and fashionable beverage for the winter season. 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Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. A Advertisements intended for insertion in any parti- cular issue should reach the office of publication at least four clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. : The CanapA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Massrs SAuueL Deacon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and Subscriptions for this paper. — ee PETERBOROUGH, Ont., JUNE 15, 1886. A GROWL FROM MONTREAL. Tux Montreal Herald is dissatisfied with the action of the Dominion Parliament in increas- ing the log export duty. It claims—and quotes from the Trade and Navigation returns to sustain its claim—that there has been no reck- less export of timber in the rough, and that, therefore, the increase was unnecessary, or * silly,” as the Herald’s choice phrase reads. But the Herald has evidently ignored recent events and must have shut its eyes to current news, United States lumbermen have pur- chase largely of limits in Canada, but they have made no preparations towards erecting mills, Instead, we hear of barges and steamers being built on an extensive scale, for the purpose of carrying the logs from the Canadian shores to Michigan, to be there sawn into lumber. These purchases and preparations for exporting the logs are much more extensive than they have been on any previous year and all indications go to show that they would have increased had not the Parliament stepped in to protect the Canadian forests and the interests of the Cana- dian lumbermen,. I? the United States lu:n- bermen wish to work Canadian limits let them build mills on this side of the line, or at any rate let the Canadian manufacturers be placed in such a position that the foreigner, who does not give us the benefit of the labor of manu- facturing,shall not have an advantage over them on account of the operation of the tariffs. This is what has been done, and efforts to undo what has been accomplished will have little chance of being successful, GOING TO EXTREMES. WHILE approving of the action of the Domin- ion Parliament in increasing the export duty on logs, the Montreal Star wishes it to go farther and impose an export tax on sawn lumber. It: is not at all likely that the Star’s advice.on this point will be accepted or acted upon, One reason why the export duty on logs was increased was because the Canadian manufacturers were, under the former tariff, a4. a Gee ee ey. Setar aruale a THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. placed at a disadvantage as compared with the American exporter of logs, and it was thought desirable to relieve the manufacturers from this disadvantage. At present the Canadian lumbermen are compelled to pay the duty imposed by the United States custom laws and, weighted with this burden, compete with the lumber producers of that country. If they were compelled to pay the Canadian Government for the privilege of taking the lumber out of this country, and to pay the United States for the privilege of taking it into that country, they would be un- able to compete with the lumbermen who had no customs duty to pay at all. The lumber industry of Canada is too valuable to be stamp- ed out by ill-considered legislation. An export duty would not only effect the trade with the United States, but with other countries. The Canadian lumber or timber dealers to push trade, have to compete with other exporters of lumber wherever they send it, and to place a duty on the export of the material would result in handicapping them, and crippling the business and the export trade of the country. The idea of the Star is to build up on this side of the line factories for making sash, doors, 9 | etc., but it leaves out of account the trade done with other countries besides the United States, and does not stop to consider that, in giving protectection to sash and door factories, it would not exclude foreign manufacturers from our own country—the powerful argument of the protectionist—but would cripple or extinguish an extensive industry already existing in the country with the hope of creating another. It is not probable that the suggestion made by the Star will be further urged. It would not be a wise policy, and that fact is so easily seen that it will fall to the ground, STRIKES AND THE LUMBER TRADE. The present unsettled condition of affairs in the building trades in Boston, says the Commercial Bulletin, has naturally powerfully affected the lumber business, the prosperity of | which is dependent upon the building business. At the opening of the season the prospects for a large demand for lumber were very bright, as there promised to be a very active building business. The improved outlook for general trade appeared to have effected real estate owners and operators very favorably, and the architects were kept busy with enquires and orders. The permits for building taken out for the first few months of this year were consider- ably in excess of those for last year. * * * There would have been a considerable amount of tearing down and rebuilding in the business district also. The prospects for the erection of small and medium class dwelling houses in the suburbs and suburban towns were good, The lumber dealers, wholesale and retail, thus looked for an excellent business in this market and at profitable rates. This latter expectation was based upon the fact that the cut of pine and spruce in New England, and of pine in the west, would only be of average proportions at the most. The cut and supply of hardwoods was placed at only an average amount also, and as the prices of southern pine were down to a very low level, only a change in the direction of higher figures was expected. The prospects of a strike on May Ist by the builders’s workmen for eight hours and an advance in wages put a much different face on the condition of aftairs. The buildings which were under way were hurried to completion, and no new work of im- portance was undertaken. The only exception was in the building of small and medium class dwelling houses. The men employed on this class of houses have generally not struck. The building of these houses has therefore been comtinued in the suburbs and suburban towns, and indeed all over the state. ‘The lumber used is coarse lumber, that is New England lumber, principally spruce. For this there has been a good ‘demand, particularly for framing stock, and the northern mills have been, and are now, well supplied with orders. The demand for laths, clapboards and shingles has not been as large as if general business was good, but it has been of very fair proportions, and prices have ruled high, their raw material, lurgy, building, wood-turning, tanning and the TIMBER CULTURE ADVOCATED. The March number of The Century contained an article on “Timber Famine and a Forest School,” from S. W. Powell, “Savages live lavishly as long as their stook of food lasts,although they know they will have to starve afterwards. climb out of savagery until they learn to save and to provide for coming want. spect to the forests—which are, no doubt, the who said: We say they can never Yet with re- most indispensible product of the soil—we have acted very much as the Comanche does with respect to his store of food. “The value of our forest products is not less than $600 000,000 a year. Our stoe of white pine is rapidly approaching exhaustion, and other valuable species will be as ruthlessly wasted when the pine is gone. sulting timber famine comes, it will for several When the re- reasons be a more serious calamity than would be the failure for 10 consecutive years of any other of our crops, “Failure, or even great scarcity, of working timber involves the derangement of total ruin to a vast number of important industries which wholly or in part depend upon the forest for Some of these are metal- manufacture of articles made of leather, the making of wagons, car:iages, furniture, Musical instruments, sewing-machines, etc. In short almost everything one uses needs wood directly or indirectly for its production. ‘Destruction of the forest, especially upon steep hillsides, causes irregularity in rain fall and other climatic changes very barmful to agri- culture, commerce, manufactures, and health, besides the loss from floods, of which during the last few years we had such sad experience, ‘But we shall never keep the hillsides wood ed merely as preventive measure, We must learn to make timber culture in such localities profitable ; and that can never be done without skilled labor and such professional training as the forest schools of Europe offord. * * * * We are rapidly nearing a terrible reckoning for the breach of natural law involved in our waste- ful treatment of the woods. “We have a great deal of second growth woodland which although it may be of value as a means of regulating climate and the tiow of waters in springs and streams is producing very little of the timber which we are beginning so sorely to need. If we had a forest school, with a large tract of woodland under its case, it would be easy for farmers’ sons to learn in a few weeks of observation, study, and practice how to do the pruning and thinning necessary to change these unsightly and nearly profitless wood-lots into rich and permanent sources of gain. If the proposed Adironback reservation is made, as it should be, to yielda large revenue instead of being a heavy and increasing burden and peril to the public, a thoroughly equipped forest school will be one of the first requisites.” PROTECTING CANADIAN LUM- BERMEN. A Detroit despatch to the New York Times says :—Lumbermen in the Saginaw valley sec- tion of the State are much exercised over the news from Ottawa, Ontario, that the Canadian Government has advanced the export duty on pine saw logs from $1 to $2 per 1,000 feet. The effect of this advance in the export duty will be to materially injure the saw mill industry of Eastern Michigan. Parties in this State own Georgian bay district, the great bulk of which was purchased in the expectation of cutting the logsand shipping them to Alpena, Tawas, the Saginaw river and other ports for manufacture. The Emery Lumber Company alone owns 100,- 000,000 feet and cut last winter 55,000 pieces, scaling abou 15,000,000 feet, which it was expect- ing to bring to east Tawas and Saginaw this season. Ralph H. Loveland, of east Saginaw a member of the Eme:y Company, started for Toronto immediately upon the receipt of a des- patch announcing the decision of the Minister of Customs, to look after his company’s inter- ests, and others will'follow at once, Mayor Hill, of Saginaw City, among the number. It is, of course, generally conceded and the object of the Canadians is to prevent the exportation of saw logs to American points for manufacture, and er’ compel Americans who have purchased t limits in Canada to erect mills in Canada. estimates made years ago of the pine standing bu ment,” put the figures at 15,000,000 000 feet less than there are standing to-day on the upper peninsula. Three years later C, B. Headley, considered to be well posted, went the honor- able gentleman 2,000,000,000 better. Mr. Head: ley thought that the maximum cut in the inaw valley would be reached in 1873. By the production was 619,000,000 feat in rov numbers, and in nearly 10 years of the prophesy the figures run up to 1,000,000,000. In 187 set those figures as much pine has been cut in he would reply that there is now standir years ago Mr Wait was the most liberal estim- seen, even he was not liberal enough by 100 per cent.—North Western Lumberman. about 1,700,000,000 feet of pine timber in the fs oy SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS. It highly entertaining to run accross the Michigan, In 1869 the Hon. John F. Drigg ‘an elaborate and carefully prepared stz Colonel Ben Wait said there were 43,000.C 0, 000 feet of pine in the state. Since Mr. Wait Michigan as he named, and doubtless, if asked nearly, if not quite, as much more. A dozen — ator whose figures got into cold type, but as CANADA ON STRIKE The Yankee fisbermen are highly indignant — because the Canadians are determined to pro- tect their fisheries, and the Michigan lumber- men are highly indignant because the Canadian Government has placed an export duty on saw logs, which will necessitate the establishment — of saw mills in Canada. The trouble with these — Americans is that they have always been accus- tomed to think of Canadians as slow-going in- nocent country seople, easily imposed upon and willing to always remain hewers of wood and drawers of water forthe Americans. They will — soon understand that Canadians are wide-awake practical people, quite able to take care of themselves and that it takes more than an act of the United States Congress to decide any matter in which Canada is concerned. The right place for the saw mills is in the district where the lumber is cut. Northern Ontario is especially we.l provided with water power and there is no reason why mills should not be erected there as well asin Michigan.— Montreal Star. PHOSPHATE AND LUMBER. Orrawa, June 4.—A deputation consisting of from fifteen to twenty phosphate and lum- ber merchants, headed by Mr. Alonzo Wright, M. P., waited on the Minister of Public Works this morning, in reference to the improvement — of the River Lievre, or which a vote of $10,000 — had just been made by Parliament. They showed to the Minister that the increase in the phosphate trade alone was over $1,500,000, and that the proposed lock and dam at Little Rapids, backing the water and rendering the river navigable up to the high falls, would be a great addition in the way of increasing the trade. The Minister assured them that the inten- tion of the Government was to benfit that trade as much as possible, and that a proof of that — intention was given by the Government asking Parliament for the money voted. The plans and specifications would be immediately pared and tenders invited, HANDICAPPED. Under existing regulations the lumber trade of this part of the Dominion is seriously handi— capped. Besides the heavy timber dues now enforced, the export of dressed lumber to the other side is virtually paralized by the heavy duty imposed by the United States customs. According to the Canadian tariff, the duty on all kinds of lumber imported, rough or dressed is $2 per thousand feet, whereas, if a Canadial firm ship dressed lumber to the States they have to pay at the rate of $6 per thousand, all 1 m- ber other than rough being tariffed as fini material. This state of things naturally t to cripple the lumber industry and pre competition, besides cutting out all Is dressing lumber. Again, the high rate of rail way freight is ruinous to shippers —The Mine ~~ i NATURAL SEEDING OF FORESTS. Tt is unquestionably true that large areas in the Northern, Eastern and Middle Atlantic States, now almost destitute of trees, are better adapted to the growth of forests, and would yield a larger income to the owners if devoted to that purpose than to any other. The natural seeding of forests has an important bearing on this subject. To aid nature in this work is an ‘easy way for its accomplishment. Nature is ‘prolific in the abundance of seeds that she ‘provides for the renewal of all the trees and "plants, put she cannot unaided quickly sow the of the better kinds of timber trees over l tracts of land that have been stripped of -seed-bearing trees, though some of the less _ yaluable trees, like grey birches, are easily dis- tributed over such tracts. John E. Hobbs, of Worth Berwick, speaking of the common belief in the rotation of hard and soft-wooded trees, | and that one always follows the other naturally, _ says there is but little foundation in fact for this belief. This rotation often occurs and is effected in two ways: In one way by moving ether of the varieties frora a tract of land, _ which is afterwards seeded by the other variety that happens to be more favorably situated for dving it. In this way it is quite easy for a far- ner to change the character of his forests, if hen removing them he leaves such trees t:nding to reseed the land as he prefers for a subsequent growth. In the other way the ro- tion is caused by live stock. Cattle, sheep, horses and goats eat almost ‘all varieties of oung deciduous trees,“and would prevent their wing when suffered to roam at large over the forest land. If live stock be left out of the question, the following may be given as the rule for the natural seeding of forests: Land from which a forest has been removed is reseed- ed by trees which are most favorably situated for furnishing the seed, unless it has been done with seed matured in the forest immediately before its removal, the wind being the chief agent in sowing the seed. When some forests of white pine trees are cut down a dense growth of the seed of the same kind of trees springs up at once, and when others are cut many years elapse before enough trees grow up to cover the ground. The tenacity of life of the seeds of the white pine, says Mr. Emerson, is remark- able. They will remain for many years un- changed in the ground, protected by the cool- ess and deep shade of the forest above them. ‘But when the forest is removed and the warmth of the sun admitted, they immediately vegetate. A few pines scattered through a forest of deciduous trees fill the ground with seed, in a ~ of years, so completely that when the st is cut down it not infrequently happens @ pine forest springs up its place, As some ite pine forests are and others are not im- ately renewed, it is possible that the seeds not posses that tenacity of life which is med for them, Again, this difference in the time of renewal may he accounted for by e fact that the white pine does not mature s every year. In some years the mature es in a white pine forest are very abundant. ‘other years there are scarcely any to be Therefore a forest which is cut down in 2 year when the cones are abundant is renew- at once, but if cut in the year when there none or few to be found, the natural reseed- is either precluded or at least doubtful. This desirable result could have been effected if _ @ sufficient number of seed-bearing trees had been left standing to reseed the land, and after it has been done these trees can be removed with benefit to the young growth, require the same ad- young trees ntages of air and sunshine as Indian corn, grow much faster under full exposure than in the shade. Another authority states that the method of reseeding forests by leaving eg standing over the area to be reseeded, practical with modifications to several of deciduous trees, has been almost sly abandoned in Europe with the pine, on at of danger tothe nurses through wind- ind of the injury done to the young growth removal. Instead of this, narrow is expected. This subject of natural of forests under proper conditions . + THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. f ee furnishes a solution for a cheap method of covering certain sections of land with forest growth.—Manufacturers’ Gazette. —————————————— JHE QUEEN AND THE CANADIAN SECTION. From the London. Eng., Canadian Gazette of May 27th we take the following notes regard- ing the Colonial Exhibition :— Tun s.s. Ulunda, with 800 tons of exhibits from Canada, reached the London Docks on Tuesday last, and so excellent wee the trans- port arrangements under the charge of Messrs. T and B. Kenny, that active work in the un- packing and arrangement in the various courts was possible as early as 4a, m, on Thursday morning. The new exhibits comprise the Do- minion Government's interesting ornithological collection to torm part of the Natural History court ;a variety of excellent photographs and pictures, which already add brilliancy to many portions of the Canadian section ; silk and other textile fabrics of much merit ; Canadian machin- ery of the famous Corliss tpye ; and also consid- erable additions to the furniture, metal, educa- tional, and agricultural exhibits, such as will, it is hoped, enable the Canadian section to as- sume a complete form in the course of the pres- ent week. The commercial interests of Canada are already beginning, to benefit by the display. During the past Neat very large orders are reported by various Canadian firms, including organs, spring matresses, and various manufact- ured goods. Representatives of the London School Board are among recent enquirers, with a view of large purchases of school desks, seats, appliances, while deputations with a‘ similar object have come from as far north as Halifax in Yorkshire. The Exhibition Conference Committee has drawn up a preliminary programme of papers to be read at the Exhibition during the season. Among the contributions we notice that those touching upon Canada will include one by Pro- fessor Fream on Canadian agriculture, and an- other by Prafessor Macoun on the botany and vegetable products of the Dominion, while Dr. Selwyn and Mr. Alexander Begg are also to read papers. Mr. Begg will treat of ‘“The Great North-West.” The record of the Exhibition opened well in the way of numbers, and last week full sus- tained the high figures previously reached. In the course of the week as many as 140,533 passed the turnstiles. For the corsesponding period, dated from the opening, in former exhi- bitions the official returns were: 1885, Inven- tions, 87,870 ; 1884, Health, 91.436 ; 1883, Fish- eries, 74,871. A compa-ison of the totals at each exhibition in the period to date shows :— 1886, Colonial, 286,111 ; 1885, Inventions, 258,- 110; 1884, Health, 209,596; 1883, Fisheries, 275,841. On the morning of Friday last the Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Princess Beatrice, and the Duchess of Albany, visited the Canadian section in the course of an in- formal inspection of the Colonial portions of the Exhibition, Entering at the agricultural court from the West Indian section, the royal party was received by the Canadian Executive Commissioner and Lady Tupper. After pre- sentation by the Prince of Wales, Lady Tupper handed to Her Majesty a bouquet of Marechal Wiel roses, lillies, ferns and other flowers. Lady Tupper also took this opportunity to express great regret that circumstances had prevented the presentation to Her Majesty of the bouquet sent by the Montreal Horticultural Society, The Marquis of Lorne, who had pre- viously been in the building, here joined the party, and presented Dr, Selwyn to Her Majesty. Both Queen and the Prince of Wales expressed admiration at the arrangement of the agricultural trophy, and evinced much interest in the display of fruits, grains and general agricultural products. Proceeding for a short distance down the south aisle of the central gallery, Her Majesty accompanied by the Prince of Wales, whose arm she took, made a detour through some of the Australian courts, On again entering the central Canadian gallery, from the South Australian portion of the cen- tral annex, attention was specially drawn by Sir Charles Tupper to the large map of the Dominion, and to the completed line of the Canadian Pacific—in the progress of which the Queen and her eldest son have been known to take a keen interest. Some time was then spent in an examination of the game trophy, special interest being excited by the Hubbard natural history collection, and by the fur exhib- its of Messrs, Renfrew of Quebec, and of the Hudson Bay Company. Here Her Majesty was pleased to purchase an elegant lady’s sable set from the exhibit of Messrs, Renfrew, and a silver fox skin from the Hudson Bay collection. Passing through the interior of the trophy, a handsomely framed photograph of Sir John Macdonald arrested attention, and Her Majesty expressed great satisfaction at the Canadian Premier’s recovery from his recent illness. In the mineral court, which was next reached, the royal party much admired the agates from the head of Lake Superior comprised in Mr. Keef- er’s collection, the magnificent amethyst exhibited by the Executive Commissioner from Amethyst Island, and the specimen of gold from the Blue Nose lode belonging tothe Nova Scotian Government, In the western gallery the machinery in motion claimed considerable notice, as well as the photographic views of the Windsor hotel and ice palace of Montreal prepared by Messrs. Notman of the same city. The educational court was next entered. In the Ontario portion Dr. May was in waiting, and reaching that allotted to the Province of Quebec, Lord Lorne presented the Hon. Mr. Ouimet, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Province of Quebec, and Mr. Joseph Mannette, who is connected with the library eollected by the Dominion Government, Her Majesty here noted with interest the evidences given by the exhibit of the great advance made during recent years in the education of the Dominion, and from this court entered the New Zealand section, expressing he great gratifica- tion at the parts of the Canadian display that had come within her notice. Ir is estimated that there are three million feet of pine timber tributary to Thunder Bay, intersected by the Pigeon, Pine, Jarvis, Cloud, Carp, Slate, Sturgeon and Kaministiquia rivers, About three-fourths of this amount is white pine. W, H. 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These cart- ridges are prepared for commercial use by covering them with paraffined paper, which protects them ircm moisture. The instantaneous production of the gases arising from the primer and the explosive, and the simultaneous action of these gases in every direction cause the air in contact with the face surface of the cartridge to act to some extent as a light tamping, and the power of the explo- sion is directed to the other face. In comparative experiments made upon a rail with wood powder and dynamite with cell- ulose, it was ascertained that for equal weights charges of the first substance were at least as powerful in those of the second, and that the results were more constant, more regular. In the experiments for rupturing double-T beams, the maximum effects were produced when the cartridges were placed in the angles upon one face of the beam, Below are the results of the different experi- ments in the rupture of double-T beams of wrought iron, with equal weights of wood powder, of dynamite with cellulose, of gun cotton, and of paleine of 40 per cent, : hI Phy = [2 |Sa] Sy] SiS ase] s Ss| 2 (SS/83) s Nature of Explosives. |: |; gs 8| 3 Msi Big eS S - & DS, 8) 38 San DS) eon |e Ara Fes Wood powder ............-[ 3.50} 10} 8} 2]. Dynamite, with cellulose./4.50} 8) 4) 1) 3 (Gabi a\\ero) Fike) cS Spano pA oeoare Lae 010)) Coley Wl (IG oalfie 83 IPAIGIDE seas bie leiets bids stb oa ns 6.25) 6 | 3) 2) 1 *One wholly failed to explode. But it is especially with reference to trans- portation with an army that wood powder possesses remarkable advantages. It is well known what precautions are essential in order to protect dynamite cartridges in pack trains from projectiles which might strike them and cause explosion. With cartridges of wood powder this danger need not be feared, since when they are placed against iron plates, and struck by bullets fired a distance of fifty motres, they do not explode.—Quarterly Journal.. THE AVERAGE LIFE OF BUILDINGS, “How long does it take for a city to rebuild itself?” said the building inspector. ‘‘ Well, that depends upon the progressiveness of the city. I should say about seventy-five years. That is the average life of a building nowadays. There are very few houses in this city that were standing seventy-five years ago. The old houses on north Capitol street, built by George Washington, are older than that, and there are other old buildings in the city. The Capitol s an old building, but I am speaking of private houses. The buildings erected by the Govern- ment, under careful supervision and ata great expense, of course, are more durable structures than those erected for private residences, The building which is being erected by Mr, Abell on F' street will cost more per foot, I suppose, than most Government buildings, No, it may not be a good investment, but it is not being put up as an investment, it is a monument. The new State, War and Navy Departmen, building is, however, just as well built as that That building will be standing a thousand years hence. It may, of course, need some re- pairs befor that time, and roof, of course, may have to be rebuilt. No material or work is allowed to go into these buildings unless it is up to the standard. The army engineers who have charge are very strict. Of course a private in- dividual would not put up such a building. It would not pay. Yes, good brick ought to be as durable as stone. It depends a great deal upon the manner in which the bricks are laid Good mortar becomes harder with age. When dry bricks are laid during the warm months mortar. Brick laid at such a time ought to be wet. A wall erected in April or May or October and ‘November of sufficient thickness, ought to last for two or three centuries.”— Washington Star. THE LATE H. B, RATHBUN. says :—The sad tidings of the death of Mr H. B. Rathbun, of Deseronto, reached Belle- ville this morning. Mr. Rathbun has been in ill health for some time past. Last winter he went to California for the benefit of his health. From California he tcok a tour through the Southern States and returned home but a short time ago. He found rest this morning about 4 o’slock. The deceased was born at Auburn, N. Y., and was 74 years of age, He came to Canada in 1854 and located at what was then called Mill Point, but is now known as Deser- onto. At the time of his arrival the place had but one house. He began lumbering operations and from modest beginnings gradually extended his business until the name of Rathbun became asymbol of solidity and integrity throughout the Dominion and the adjacent states of the neighboring Republic. Through his thrift and enterprise Deseronto has developed from what it was when he found it to a thriving village of upwards of 3,000 persons. The operations of the Rathbun company have become so extend- ed that to-day they have branches in Napanee, Picton, Belleville,Gananoque, Toronto, Oswego, Albany, New York, Liverpool and Glasgow All these agencies are supplied from the mam- moth works at Deseronto, which are the back bone of the place. Besides these large lumber- ing operations there has been equipped a small fleet of bay steamers, a railway into the back country, a shipyard, a large flouring mill, and innumerable minor undertakings, all the out growth of his early enterprise and the energy and ability of his,son HE. W. Rathbun. Some twenty years ago the deceased retired from active business pursuits and surrendered the management of his vast business interests to his four sons, the eldest of whom is Mr. HB. W. Rathbun. The result has proven that the son is worthy of his sire. The late Mr. Schuster, the City Missionary, had a staunch supporter in the deceased, who recognized the good work that was being done, and encouraged it with his ample means. A family of four sons and three daughters survive him, FORESTS aND FIRES. In the Quebee Provincial Legislature on May 31st, Mr. Poupore inoved for all correspon- dence respecting the enforcement of Vic. 46. respecting the sale and management of timber on public lands. Mr. Poupore stated that a large quantity of pine and other valuable tim- ber was annually destroyed by people recklessly setting fire to it all seasons of the year. He trusted that the government would enforce the act and inaugurate a system to protect our forest reserves. He suggested to the Commis- sioner of Crown Lands that the limit holders should be charged a certain fee to aid a fund to establish a force of men to protect the forests from reckless people. He expressed the opinion of the lumbermen of the province to pay this fee, He did not wish to be considered as op- posed to colonization, but his object was to pro- tect the timber from reckless squatters, as dis- tinguished from bona fide settlers. The squat- ters went on the ground in lumber regions, started taverns, and to clear a few acres in the spring they set fire to the timber and burned a millicn dollar’s worth of valuable property. He hoped the Government would amend the law to prevent this state of things. The timber trade was one of the most important scources of revenue to the province and as a practical lum- berman he would wish to see the law enforced. Hon. Mr. Lynch said he had no objection to bringing down the correspondence if Mr, Pou- pore would also ask for the orders-in council re specting the enforcement of this law. He felt the great importance of doing everything possi- ble to protect thetimber reserves of the province Tt was a question on which the future prosperity of our province depended, and its importance could not be over-estimated. The province of the brick will absorb all the strength of the The Belleville Intelligencer of June 1st (Quebec has been especially blessed by nature with a wealth of soil, of timber and of minerals, all of which are capable of vast development It is the desire of the Government toin every way promote immigration and colonization in suitable districts, but they did not ask a man to settle in a district which did not offer every advantage to himself and children, He was greatly pleased with the remark made by” the Lieutenant-Governor on Arbor day when his Honor said that they should place the settlers on the land which offered the fullest advantage to them and preserve the forest limits, so they might be found more valuable and more useful a hundred years from to-day. He could look back with pleasure to the fact that this law which divided the lands into lands for settle. ment and forest reserves had been placed on the statue book by him. He regretted that his in- vitation to the lumbermen of the province to assist him in carrying out his law had met with a poor response, He was, however, prepared to go so faras to make the lumbermen contri bute to the protection of the forests assessing a fee on them, After similar remarks from Dr. Duhamel the motion, as amended by Hon. Mr, Lynch, was agreed to. A UNITED STATES VIEW. The Bay City Lumberman’s Gazette says: William Little, of Montreal, advocates the in- to $4 per thousand feet, $2 to counterbalance the United States duty on lumber and $2 more for national protection. He says, in order to toster Canadian manufactures, it would be best to have a rate of export duty almost prohib- itory, but he would not propose that. Michigan mill men who are arranging to import logs from the Dominion ought to feel grateful to Mr. Little for not advocating a prohibitory rate and proposing only a mere pittance of $4. With that rate of export tax the Canadians would keep their logs at home by a large majority. If the Canadians want the timber more than they want American money, and the development of their country, they should follow Mr. Little’s advice. The money which being invested in timber limits in Canada would have been put into Southern timber lands and saw mills in the south, the duty on lumber imported into the United States would be retained, and Canada would be left to the slow growth of the past. If her forests in their primitive condition are of such great value in themselves and she desires to retain them intact, she can do so by imposing such an export duty on logs as Mr. Little recom- mends. With any greater rate of duty than is now imposed Canadian logs will not be brought to Michigan for sawing nor will Canadian lumber be in much demand, while southern pine lands are obtainable at $1.25 to $2.50 per acre. Southern pine is calculated to take the place of Canadian lumber in the American market and all that is needed to enable it to do so is the greater development of the industry and an improvement in railroad enterprise in the south. OUR TIMBER SUPPLY. Hon, Mr. Carling’s scheme to establish experi- mental stations this summer wil] not come into operation permaturely, Among the things which it proposes to deal with in forestry, and while the usefulness of experiments in that direction are primarily intended to benefit the prairie Provinces of the Dominion, they must before many years have passed be acted upon in the older sections of the country. It is true we have an abundance of timber just now ; but the foreign demand is increasing and the value of our forest possessions are rapidly being exchang- ed. They must before long become of enor- mous value. A glance over the geography of the world shows that but one other country pos- sesses so large an area of Forests as Canada,and that country is Russia. At the present rate of consumption the United States, with 16 000 saw mills, has but twenty seven year’s supply, outside of private possessions, and the trade now springing up with that country is but the beginning of what must become a very great branch of our foreign commerce in a few more years, The planting of hardwood trees on land ce See es at it ge crease of the export duty on logs from Canada | not otherwise very useful cannot be b soon, France since 1848 has converted uine millions of her waste acres into forest, and the wisdom of that course is now abundantly de- monstrated. Each acre, which before being planted with trees produced about $175 annu ly, is now valued at over $600 The people of Canada, when they have looked into this mat- ter, will see the propriety of taking any proper steps which have for object the development of forestry. There’s millions in it.—London Fre Press. SERIOUS BUSH FIRES. : The Nipissing Times, published at North Bay, says :—The bush fire which was to when going to press last week, origin about a half a mile above the village. A no west wind was blowing at the time, ; caused the fire to make rapid headway , the village. The hose, not being of sufficient length, was useless. A large number of the villagers and men from the C. P. R shops, hastened with pails and axes to stop the pro- gress of the flames, which would in a short time have got beyond their control. Water was conveyed to the spot by locomotives. After two hours hard labor the progress of the fire was checked. The Renfrew Mercury says:—After the long continued dry weather, bush fires in many parts of the country became alarmingly dangerous last week. At North Bay the village bell was kept ringing continually on account of the fires in the vicinity. At Ren- frew, a fire spread from Mr. J. Murphy’s farm at the Pinnacle, through Mr. E. Mayhew’s limits, which were entirely devastated of a fine growth of young pine, and the fences burned down, and then on to Mr, Ward’s property, where it also destroyed a considerable portion of fencing and menaced the barn. A number of friends from the village went out to essistin fighting back the flames and succeeded. Many of them were laid up next day—Sunday. Mr. Murphy’s bush was also destroyed. The fire through Mr. Mayhew’s property caused a great commotion among a lot of partridges. On Saturday morning the Wilberforce side of Eganville had a narrow escape from destruction also. A slight change in the wind fortunately averted the disaster. Boys had carelessly started a fire. ; About two weeks ago says the Egansville Enterprise, set out fires in the vicinity of Pogue Lake, says a man just down from the woods, and the high winds which prevailed since that time have carried the fire down to Brennan’s creek, a distance of over ten miles, the breadth of the burnt district being over three miles. Mohr’s limit suffered greates, the fire totally destroying it. McLachlin Bros.’ limit caught in several places, burning all the provisions the men had for the drive. On Saturday during the high wind the barns and outbuildings on the farm of Mr. Stephen Ryan, Reeve of South Algoma, took fire from the bush and were totally destroyed. A number of settlers in South Algoma and Hagarty have had their fences and crops burnt On Satur- day evening they had a good shower of rain, and only for this a good deal more damage would have been done. The Polish settlers were removing tneir furniture and effects from their houses and burying them, but the timely rain saved their buildings. A Russian Pole was arrested at the instance of McLachlin Bros. and brought before Justices Kinders and O’Grady, charged with setting fires to their limits, and was by them commit- ted to goal for thirty days. Beatty’s wharf, house and dock and the Parry Sound Lumber Company’s storehouse, at Parry Sound, containing a quantity of fiour, oats, ete., were destroyed by fire on May 29th. — A strong wind placed the lumber yards of the © Parry Sound company in jeopardy, but stren- ous exeretions on the part of the employees” saved the property. Loss covered by the in- surance, W. C. Ransom, deputy commissioner of rail-— roads in Michigan, estimates that there will 390 miles of new road construeted in that this year. / a ‘ 7 ’ c " f a . FORESTS FOR FOREIGNERS. A MEASURE for the public good can rareiy be adopted without causing inconvenience to somebody. It appears that the very judicious and beneficial action of the Dom- inion Government in increasing the export duty on saw logs is no exception to this general rule. The Globe constitutes itself the advocate of these sufferers, and in an editorial article zealously urges their cause. Its cieuts are two bodies with somewhat different, though allied interests, being the saw mill men of the United States, and Mr. Mowat and his colleagues, We are informed by the Globe on behalf of the foreign interest that “‘ mill-owners from the United States have lately pur- chased large timber limits on the North Shore of Lake Huron, &c.,” that these men will consider the increased export duty a fraud upon them, and may, therefore, in- duce their Government to retaliate. The country will not agree with the Globe in prefering the interests of these foreigners to those of Canadians. Why should our saw mills be closed, or in newer districts remain unbuilt, in order that foreign mill- Owners may secure the profit and foreign mill hands earn the wages gained by the conversion of our saw logs into lum- ber? As to fraud, the idea is absurd, for it is no oppressive duty, but merely a reason- able measure to redress the unfairness of the imposition of a duty on Canadian lumber taken into the States, while their lumbermen wish to obtain our logs free. Now that our neighbors have made prepar- ations to carry on these operations on a larger scale, it has become necessary to redress this inequality so unfair to our country. The cry for retaliation is just as unfounded, for it is Canada that is simply protecting itself by meeting an unfair dis- crimination, and putting matters on an equality. The Globe occasionally pretends to have an especially friendly feeling for the Canadian “‘workingmen.” Inits course in this matter we have another proof of its impudent hypocrisy in thisclaim. Now, as always, it prefers the interests of foreign workingmen to those of Canada. It is bitterly aggrieved because this means has been taken to prevent the workingmen in the United States saw mills from snatching from Canadian workingmen in Canadian saw mills the profit of turning Canadian saw logs into lumber. The case on behalf of Mr. Mowat and his colleagues, as put by the Globe, is no stronger. It is not to be desired that facilities should be afforded them of stripp- ing Canadians of the profits of manufactur- ing lumber in favour of foreigners, merely to asSist Mr. Mowat to obtain money from thosegioreigners to satisfy the greed of his followers, and enable him to keep up his extravagant expenditure out of capital. If the raised export duty has the effect of putting some check upon such wasteful sales this will be only an additional benefit derived from it. It is well that the proper- ty of Ontario should not be*sacrificed by such improvident sales, and it is also well that the Adminstration should not be encouraged in extravagance by having the easy expedient of selling some more of the Provincial real estate Whenever it cannot make both ends meet out of current revenue. When there is a demand for our more distant timber to onvert into lumber there will be a sale for it, and it is only an improvident policy to force premature sales. This is especially the case when our property is thus sacri- ficed on the worst possible conditions, net- ting us merely the bare purchase money and dues, making an inroad on our natural resources, taking from our own people the advantage to be derived from the trade, and conferring all its benefits upon foreigners. An additional light is thrown upon the impolicy of such sacrifice a sales, when we reflect that some of these chasers from the United States have ssession in their own country of timber which they are avowedly holding in ve for the inevitable future rise in “es, and they are buying our timber aly to hold backtheir own until our THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ayai able forests areexhausted. Whyshould Ontario thus play into their hands, instead of securing for itself the benefit of such rising values? . While we cannot agree with the Globe in its advocacy of the claims of its foreign and domestic clients, we must congrvtulate it on the terse truthfulness with which the tenor of its editorial ig described in its heading “INVITING RETALIATION AGAIN.” This is precisely the Globe’s position in this article. It is a deliberate appeal to the United States to inflict some injury on Canada, under the pretence that it isa fraud for Canada to protest its property, its industries and its working men from unfair and onesided conditions. The Globe can never forgive Canada for being Conservative and for refusing to entrust the management of its affairs to the Globe and its friends. ‘Therefore it welcomes and sympathises with any ally that is opposed to Canada and its people. It makes a hero of Riel and his fellow rebels and murderers because they fought against the authorities of Canada and killed loyal Canadians. So in commercial contests it always takes the side of foreign manufacturers and foreign workingmen against Canadian manu- facturers and Canadian workingmen. It is therefore only consistent in its present invitation to the United States to inflict some injury on Canada under the false pretence of 1etaliation.—Peterborough Re- view. EXPORT DUTY ON SAW LOGS. Tur raising of the export duties on logs s a wise step and will meet with general approbation. Our Finance Minister has proposed and carried a resolution to in- crease these duties to the following amounts:—pine logs $3 per thousand, spruce logs $2 per thousand, and shingle bolts $1.50 per cord. This willdo away with a erying evil. It is bad enough that our forests should be so rapidly exhausted even though our own lumbermen were deriving a profit from the operation. But it was much worse to see our land stript of our forest wealth to enrich foreign mill-owners while the owners of our own saw mills lost the profit. And there were evident prepara- tions for this being carried on henceforth ona gigantic scale. Lumbermen from the States have made enormous purchases of limits, and there was no attempt to conceal the policy that was being adopted of look- ing to Canada for logs. 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C.A.Schomerus, Great Bend, Kansas, writes: ‘I haye used Ayer's Pills for Costiveness, with the most beneficial results.” J. Windholm, Newark. N.J., writes: ‘‘ Ayer’s Pills cured me of chronic Constipation.” eMartin Koch, Hanting- ton, Ind., writes: ‘‘ Last year I suffered much from Biliousness And Headache After using one box of Ayer’s Pills I was quite well.” C.F. Hopkins, Sevada City, Mo., writes: ‘I have used Ayer’s Pills, and think they are the best in the world. They have cured me of Sick Headache and Neuralgia.” W. L. Page, Itich- mond, Va., writes: ‘I have been a severe sufferer from Headache. Ayers Pills afford me speedy relief.” A.J. Forster, Dauphin st., Mobile, Ala., writes: “For a number of years I have been troubled with Constipation and Headaches. After trying a number of so-called Liver Invigorators, without benefit, I was at last Cured by Using Ayev’s Pills.” Rev. Francis B. Harlowe, Atlanta, Ga., writes: ‘ For years I was subject to Constipation, from which I suffered increasing inconvenience, in spite of the use of medicines of various kinds. Some months ago, I began taking Aver’s Pills. ‘They have entirely corrected the costive habit, and have vastly, in: my general health.” Hermann Bringhoff, jewelry engraver, Newark, N. J.. writes. “Costiveness, induced by my sedentary habits of life, at one time became chronic and exceedingly troublesome. Ayer’s Pills afforded me speedy relief, and their occasional use has since kept me all right.” Ed. O. Easterly, Rockford, Il)., writes that he has been cured of chronic Constipation by the use of Ayer’s Pills. Sold by all Druggists. Prepared by Dr, J, C, Ayer & Co,, Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. Three uppers, Am. inspection. . oy 10 ——— @ i ls { @ { ; tt 6 dressed ....ssseeeseeees 16 00@20 00 + ff undressed. ...12 00@14 00 AN iW iW AR eyon ih. 1 Beaded Sheeting, dressed. ...18 00@20 00 Clapboarding, dressed ..... HON ipso mers 12 5 XXX sawn shingles, # NERD ae eect pee 2 75@ 2 90 Sawn Lath. seen ere ore e eee eeeans esas ve TORONTO. (SER rol Sn GA A Ao SA 20 00@25 00 HTN He A RS PRR ER EL Hata at 2% 00@30 00 Brom Oursoun Correspondent. BERN OGM AND OLS Rime ei soe e ene 18 00420 00 June 9.—Another large tow of lumber left Cherry, No. 1 GI Deiiics cation » eielSln'elo(o)o is n)oin/« @ Bee WIRiFoigan a2) es ce cao arenes 25 00@30 00 our docks this morning, consisting of over 1,500,000 feet, via Ogdensburg for Boston, and the docks are nearly clear of lumber, and at all the mills north of here there are nearly clear mill fee leaving ample room for piling this season’s cut. It is generally conceded that bill lumber must soon take a step upward. There are two potent reasons for this belief: 1st, the fact that last years cut is cleared out, or nearly so, 2nd, quite a number of mills that run on bill stuff last season, are this year cutting stocks for shipment to the American side, and trade with the western part of our province increases yearly. The small mills in the west for many years past furnished considerable lumber for home use, but that is now a thing of the past. Trade here also continues brisk, all the yards keep fully employed, but the two first reasons given are sufficient to warrant the belief that dimension stuff, cut to order{ must advance be- fore the season closes. Our wholesale lumbermen have at last come to the conclusion that unless they were willing to have their last dollar filched from their pockets by the railroad companies, that they must be up and doing, consequently a deputa tion of the prominent dealers left here this evening for Montreal, to place their grievances before the heads of the G. T. and C, P, railroad companies, The universal opinion held by all our lumbermen is that lumber should be carried by the M feet and not by weight. All dealers would then know exactly where they stood. At the present time they frequently sell cars at less than cost, after the excess freight has been deducted. In addition to this the new orders issued from day to day by the N. & N. W.R.R. are so vexatious in their character that lumbermen are fairly sick of the whole business. It really seems as if the present management was determined to strangle the ntire lumber traffic by all possible means in their power. It is true that there is a certain portion of the lumber cut that must come over their line, but there is also large cut that will take the water routes this season that would otherwise of passed over their rails. If the present manager is satisfied that his road will have all they can do well and good ; if not, he is guilty in pursuing such a suicidal policy, time will tell, Lumbermen will, however, re- sist to the utmost any attempts at collecting ex- cessive charges such as that now demanded. Railroad companies must be made to understand that they are amendable to the same laws that govern other common carriers. Where is the common sense or justice in saying, if you load on 20,000 pounds of lumber on our cars we will charge you for carrying 24, 000 pounds, aud if your load on 28,000 pounds we will charge you on that weight and 25 per cent. additional on 4,000 pounds, It is so absurd in its character that it will not bear one moments discussion, and if any other class of men except railroad managers were to attempt to perpetrate such a gouge, four prison walls would be thought by most people the most fitting place to enclose them, and it will be to the ultimate advantage of all roads governed by such men to remember that there is a limit to the endurance of even lumbermen, Mill cull boards and scantling.......-+.+ssss.0+- ers 00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths. . stocks Black ash 1 GW Qs.cesccvecserseestecseners 20 00@26 00 Pesraee CUE WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the United States Patent Office, June 1st, 1886, is specially reported by Franklyn H, Hough, solicitor of American and Foreign patents, 925 F. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., who will furnish copies of patents for 25 cents anol 4 342,939— Lumber cutting machine —H, 8. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y. 343,096— Saw, drag—W. H. Yagel, Lick, Ohio. 342,918—Saw mills, transfer apparstus for— G. W. Loggie, Portland, Oregon. 342,057—Sawing machine feed table—D. J, Murray, Warsaw, Wis. PATENTS ISSUED JUNE 8. 343,411— Chuck, lathe—J. H. Westcott, Oneida, N. Y. 343,443—Lathes, beading attachment for—N. A. Dickinson, Chester, Conn. 343 217-—Mortising and boring machine—H. A, Axtell, Montague, Mass. 342,457— Saw mill feed mechanism —H, I. Hipp, Columbia, 8. C. 343,254—Saw, hand—C, Richardson, Newark, N. J. 343,358—Saw tempering apparatus—W. B. Barry, Indianapolis, Ind, 343,203—Saws, device for jointing circular— K. Shives, Dunsinane, New Brunswick, Canada. Deer ——————$—_—_ CHICAGO. The Northwestern Lumberman of June 5th say3:—Receipts this week were quite liberal. The Monday morning fleet was thought to have been the largest that had been seen on the market this season, Every day since Monday there has been a fair number of offerings. While the market has not shown great activity, the cargoes for sale have gone off with reason- able celerity. The yard men still hold a little aloof, and purchase only after considerable talk and hammering, an attitude that prevents a quick market. Yet prices have been fairly maintained at about former figures. If short, green piece stuff has been sold below $9.25 for decent cargoes, nobody will acknowledge it. Dry dimension is worth from $10 to $10.50, according to composition of cargo as to quality and length. The greatest inquiry is for green dimension. Boards and strips are not so ur- gently required, as prices are thought now to be too high to warrant heavy purchases. Shingles are quoted five cents a thousand lower than they were last week, though com- mission men deny that there has been any de- cline. The yard dealers, however, assert to the contrary. Since the market is described as more active than last week, it is likely that sufficient concession has been made to stimulate buying. The market as & whole may be described as moderately alive, with prices held up by main strength on the part of the commission men, Even this would not suffice if the manufacturers should load the market with a rush of cargoes, But the policy this season will probably be like that of last year—shipments will be gauged by the urgency of demand. Scantling and joist, up to < a Hoooonssos “""'" 43 00| The following list represents the range of * SOW UMIREINE Gy So hee RES ep Sc “ & DO tatu nue ian ee 16 00 | Dimension, short greem......-... + oe $ 9 25 “ Ode atten cee 17 00 “ Cal ARTE ty aitic ome ROMO 10 00@10 50 au Wn SS, QEit...savccnececserne 18 00 r sty 9 + ‘az OR EPOPLA ne nea ee 19 00 Boards and strips, No. 2.......++ uis/0)biefele 10 50@12 00 «“ “ & SOE ae a onioaee doles 20 00 Ws a 66° MEGIUM 000 seeeeee 13 00@15 00 oy ss at BQLh. vccecavevvveneene 21 00 Mi os WOT AINGs divisis sein sstalnieia oles 16 00@19 00 “cc “ “ ah ¥ “ “ “ be Ha ean ae ooee . Shingles, standard. ........6..+sseeee eee 1 75@ 1 80 « “ ca Whoo CAF TRU Ny Geeta REO A Gl) 66 QNETD. 6. sense ener eena ene eee 2 00@ 2 10 s G AO GOAL Its ewes 80 00 © cedar, standard... .ccesececsveee 1 65@ 1 75 Cutting up plank to dry joo doaaaoaeneate 20 00@25 00 ni extra 2 00 eS eae ae 20 00 Cg aQEOMOLDOOUSA Tas ound dressing stocks...... ‘ 16 0O@IS 00 | Lath, greem......ceeeeseseeeseeerereees 1 26 Picks Am. inspection Sean Ratiejois ele 80 00 Lath, Ary... cece eee ee teen eee eeeeee 1 40 3 M De ica AS @ ust now the yard men are discussing ques- “114 00@15 00 53 00@25 00 NRiehGlen uO) Ss rough.. 1 ‘ “ 1 dressed . -inch flooring, dressed. . Hi cee sabe « keep business moving when there is so little 0| yard values. eo | summer trade is expected from now until cannot see how they are to mat in stock and margin between cargo and yard prices. The AMWDANY oe eee eseresentaeneneccenerns 2.5 chief interest now centres in cargo and mill- Nothing more than a steady August. All realize that the late labor distur- | Salamanca.......+-- bance gave a stunning blow to the spring and early summer trade, and have given up the idea that there can be an extraordinary trade this nee ———————+_.__—_ i iu pia conse seed bap saa ae ALBANY. now how to put in such stock as they requ Quotations a the yards are as follows :— for the fall trade without danger of losing Pine, clear, @ M.....--+-- Se teabbsar mene $55 00@60 00 money. They insist that cargo prices must go Pine, fourths.....+...++++eereeees EES eee ne down, or they will buy but sparingly. Prices| iM decd nox. ss-sscscssseeccsctessasss 22 0088 00 have weakened within the past few days, but | Pine, common box...... Net oe oper sernce 13 00@15 00 they screw down hard, with little indication of Pines +8 a ons ona each. Se ee ” nom g a break. It is likely that the experience of last | Pine boards, 10-in. ...-...--++--+-sssee*« 00 3000 Wb a Pine, 10-in. boards, culls.......++-.+++++- 00 16@00 20° year will be repeated. Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., @M.......... 28 00@32 00 Prices will be yielded just enough to work off pre, Lp bean ae ot enenccepeccenes = 00@32 3 5 , 12-in. boards, 13ft...... .. 28 00@00 00 the offerings, and no more. In this way the Pine lt a4 ere colackin "* 40 00@43 00 yards will be gradually stocked up, and in the Pine, 1f-in. siding, common. -. 15 00@18 00 fall it will be found that the cargo market has Pine aa ane, poate na . pe a4 o been held steadily all the season, while th® aru, poses en sia -- 00 00@00 16 _ yard men have gained no great advantages in 1 sone uanike tee Pieri ‘tae E ~ ps: 4 their purchases. oes ia ig ‘each occ neenesaadaoss 00 12@00 12 : These has been no marked change in yard | Hemlock, Joist, $36, each, ..-ctssu 00 O00 2 prices within the week. Individual yards are ae aty 2x4, ot a 0G nase it making prices to suit the stocks and financial | Back wainut, gook, @ Meveess essen 100. @120 00 conditions of each, The price list is little | Black waluut, INCH... .00ceeeeeeeeeeee +0 00G@90 00 i i Black walnut, 7 inch....-... ..cs----. 90 (0@85 00 regarded in making sales of lumber above the Scaymore, 1-inch..........0+-«+e++s#es- 2s -Oerv 00— common grades. Dimension that is dry enough Scaymore, g-inch cereeeeee 2h OUG@73 OV SiGe P ' White wood, 1- inch ‘and thicker -saee op 28 OOG@4" CO to ship is held with tolerable firmness. Wide] white wood, finch jvcss a Seek 28 00430 0 : : : Ash, good, @ M......+.+-+- 40 00 inch lumber is also fair property, at steady Aa eond qualiin aM “ conan = prices. But strips, from C upward, and the] Cherry, good, # M..... 60 00@S5 00 Cherry, common, @ M 25 00Gu0 Ov most of high grade lumber, is selling slowly, Oak, Rial Se 40 00@43 10 and prices are made to the customer that will Oak, second quality, # M . 20 00@25 00 i i Basswood, BM. wveccevee . 25 00@30 00 induce him to take the lumber. Hickory, # M....-.++0+ COTTIIIIITIID 49 00@40 00 The trade in good lumber has taken a pecu-| Maple, Canada, @M..-.......+- Sega 00@30 06 5 . Son 4H Maple, American, per M....... secvvceees 26 00@2 08 liar turn this year. The large relative inquiry Chistirut, 8 Mike sy Se ****"" 38 o0@40 00 for it last season, and the apparent short sup- Shingles, ‘shaved, pine, @ M..... Bere = 0 00@ 6 50 2nd quality cuss ven soubuled seuss 0 00@ 5 00 ply of it, induced nearly every dealer to search “extra, sawed, pine.. sae ‘| 4 30@ 4 50 for and procure an unusual supply. Yards that “clear, mop ene uae J ee “ cedar, ee: coupes duds Sena 0 00@ 3 3F had been i in the habit of carrying but little good 2. opptleseai Ses cea 7*7***" Gage © 00 lumber, laid in all that could be bought last « “Spemlockr. «ase /ps eepaseaeeent wee 2 @ 2 36 season. The result was that the trade was Serregerer ery OM. .cosesseseesh -sabaae suas 4 loaded down with good lumber, though proba 7 0 ae bly much of it was not well graded, and was OSWEGO, N.Y. less saleable on that account. Every holder From Our Own Correspondent. imbibed the idea that he must realize larger profits on his choice stock, in order to make up for his losses on the cheaper classes, But to his chagrin he has found that the demand has not been equal to the supply. Manufacturers and housebuilders have called for cheaper lum- ber than ever. Sash and door makers have been forced to buy cheaper lumber to meet the competition of low prices. It has thus been found that there is a limit to the demand. Some yards, the business of which is largely local, report a good trade. Yards that supply the builders of the smaller class of structures in the city and suburbs, are having a better trade than the yards that look for heavy contracts. The reason for this is obvious, The labor troubles checked the building of large structures, while the building and repair of small houses was not seriously affected. Within the past week there has been a marked increase in the number of building permits issued. Permits for several large buildings have been issued within the past three days, showing that confi- dence among investors and contractors is be- coming restored. Receipts of lumber and shingles for the week ending June 3rd, as reported by the Lumber- man’s Exchange :— Mill run lots ..ccr. vies scvesevoucesete Bidings, selected, 4 tm IN... ceeces eeeversene Mill run, 1x10, astole ws Belted naiee ¢pahhip bah eee err eee eee eee. eee eeee 1 & 1} in, strips ere eee ee Calla... nas pAemnnenieeeieee 1x6 selected for clapboards Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pine XXX Cedar...... Lath 1}, No 1. No 2.. Ash, Ist & 2nd 1 to 4 a Basswood, Ist & 2nd, ié 1} ig Tie Om culls, ssi BUFFALO, We quote cargo lots :— Uppers. .....seeceeeneensenees Peer da ontow ae 12 eee eeee CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Three uppers.....+. Mae Common......+++5 eg eeeeee Callas. cee ecécccbucet dclectibnene AeneEE OO RROEIPTS. aed Baia FES a Lumber. Shingles. LONDON. LBBB. ccrcccusenecnanesd aneecves 51,665,000 30,277,000 y IESE, nape pan crcok Reser erae Tee Oo) seloge.o00 | The 2Nmber Mvadiee Wowrnal at May 29th FROM JAN, 1, TO JUNE 8, INCLUSIVE. says :—We cannot chronicle any change what- RECEIPTS, ever either in the London or coast markets, and ae ats ar ; ope business continues unusually restricted even for Sri aigidibin/ein win nin Bia ve nee 47, 670, : ‘ S 18S recut ce Sear so). Serre-000 | the present time of year, which i gamely ——-—— ——-—|one of the quietest seasons as far as f.o.b. Increase.....+++ Sa 52455 17,496,000 34,795,000 sales are concerned. ‘A few contract have STOCK ON ae ie 1. a certainly been made, but buyers as a whole : iss5. |k . f * emain quite indifferent, while many sellers, Lumber & timber....... +++: 812,215,417 334,729,669 a 1 4 : Shingles «0+ vsosseess een 333°941'450 164,710-360 | finding no good results from forcing sales, — . ath! . ass ee ee es 46,446,885 18,664,887 | seem inclined to abstain from pressing their Pickets Jit cscs caw teven tee ee 8,300,648 1,779,573 cadar poate vecesasssseasasee 136,499 132500 | Makes, We think ourselves that the inland trade would brisker were not that the fear of an impending dissolution of Parliament leads’ buyers to confine their dealings within the EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. 4 ... }marrowest possible limits. It is To New York ......0ccs5 ee eeeeeees © eee Cab Nele 250. Boston Ra SRE Re ee ~ ue ES ROUES thought that we shall, before ie, Sh Philadelphia............5+ vesiens meeive ante BOC. PTR se avi s’us tA et vp anes rae ves in the midst of another e () OPETETEEOITST ST TEE eee accompanying disorganizing influences ‘ , 5 + > = ; i : 4. o Se ae +. 4 , Fs > ane a a a a = — THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. A few weeks back there were some slight signs of an improvement in the Midland districts, but the indications have disappeared complete- ly during the past ten days. There was by no means a bad room at Messrs. Churchill & Sim’s sale on Thursday, _ especially considering the limited nature of the reserved lots and the counter-attractions down Epsom way. This latter undoubtedly had its influence, as we noted the absence of one or two leading firms from their accustomed places in the vicinity of the auctioneer’s desk. Prices ruled low throughout, though here and there a lot really wanted fetched pretty fair values. The great falling off in the consumption is getting very serious, and till we see some amendment in this quarter we cannot hope for -arecoyery in prices. There are reports about _ that several heavy sales have been made lately, but there is nothing to corroborate them in the deliveries from the docks, The weather this morth has not favored the building trade, and a worse time for carcasing we cannot well remember. The rainfall ex- tending over Friday, Saturday and Sunday is almost unexampled, and must do a considerable amount of damage to the crops in loose soil, all the low-lying lands being flooded. ‘‘ A moist May and dry June keeps everything in tune,” says the adage, but we question if the oldest inhabitant can recollect a wetter May than that which is now near its tgrmination. The deliveries from the docks can hardly be very good while such astate of things continues. The depression of trade was bad enough be- fore, but we must look for the effects of the rain on the consumption in an aggravated form the forthcoming week. That things, however, are not quite as bad as they seem if evident from the large quantity of goods placed. The wonder is that, after three _ months of an unusually severe winter, free-on board prices haye kept up as they have done. At any rate, there is a big business still being _ carried on. The weather has been just the re- verse of favorable to consumers, yet even at the public sales good stocks hold comparatively steady. If the decline in prices is still notice- able, it cannot be so easily perceived on the better descriptions, which, were it not for the exceptional state of the market, would soon show an upward tendency, —__—__@___. LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal of May 29th says :—The arrivals of timber laden vessels dur- ing the week past have been very few and un- important ; consequently the docks and quays _ have worn day after day, a bare and uninter- esting appearance. Bad as this may be from some points of view, it is not greatly to be regretted, for, evidently, the more the import for the coming season may be curtailed, the better for the trade generally, s the demand from the country and the wants of the local districts are apparently of the most limited character. Perhaps some part of this apathetic state may be traced to the fact that some buyers refrain from entering into their purchases until the arrival of the first shipments of fresh goods, and this is not now far distant ; but at the same e it is to be feared that the present dead ite of trade is traceable to other causes, _ There is little change in the freight market, ind although some amount of chartering has en done from Quebec to Liverpool, the quan- ity is below that of the usual average. The est rate we have heard of is 19s, per load of to Liverpool. € regret to say that another house engaged i in this trade, near the Canada dock, have been c a to suspend payment. A private ‘Meeting of the principal creditors was called a ay Sink ago, and we hear another is to be held at the end of this week to consider the ition Probably an amicable arrangement be arrived at without the intervention of Pending the result of the proposed 5 pmeGsing further can be said on the _——_~4_____ TYNE. ber Trodea Journal of May 29th “is a long list of arrivals during 3 but amongst ther there are v no items of importance, with the exception of one cargo of teak from Bangkok and a cargo of timber from Pensacola, Pitch pine timber is largely held on the river at present, and is being now sold at lower rates than at any previous period. There is but little demand for it, and when an order is to be placed there appears to be little difficulty in buying on almost as favor- able terms as merchants have imported. Pit- props are still a very slow sale, and prices show no signs of improvement. In trade generally the present is as dull as ever, and the outlook for the future is not at all inspiring. Ship- builders are still very slack, and the various ironworks and colleries are apparently as dull as it is possible to be. So far there are no arrivals of Baltic deals, but a few ships are almost daily expected. ——$$_$_@——___—___—_— GLASGOW. The Timber Trades Journal of May 29th says :—Imports at Glasgow for the past week include the first arrival this season of Canadian deals, viz., the parcel per steamer Norwegian, consisting chiefly of narrow first quality pine deals. They are being yarded at Yorkhill. No auction sale of the new deals has yet been called, At Greenock the only arrival to note is a cargo of teak timber, consigned to Messrs. Edmiston & Mitchells, The import of teak to Clyde ports this year to date has been eight vessels, aggregate ton- nage 6,075 tons. There have been a good many launches from the Clyde shipyards within the past week ; total over 6,000 tons. At the Point house ship yard Messrs. A. & J. Inglis are about to begin the construction of two steamers (their combined tonnage 1,600 tons) for the Carron Company; and Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co., (Limited) have, it is stated, been entrusted with an order from Mr. John Burns to build a screw steamship, intended for the Irish trade of the Messrs, Burns, A public sale of deals took place at Yorkhill, Glasgow, on 26th inst., Messers. Edmiston & Mitchells, brokers. The catalogue comprised Michigan 1st and 2nd pine deals and Shediac, N. B., spruce. There was a small attendance of buyers, and demand quiet ; offers for the 1st quality not meeting brokers’ views, these deals were withdrawn. The following were the prices realized :— Michigan 2nd pine deals— Per cub. ft. 16 ft. 16/24x3 2s, 4d. 14 ft. 10/27x3 2s, 2d. Shediac, N. B., spruce deals— 16/24 ft. 9x3 Os. 94d. 15 ft, 8x3 Os. 84d. —_—___________ NEW YORK. The following is the official list of the prices obtained at the New York Lumber Auction Company’s sale at New York on June 8th :— Lot —Ash bausters, 4570 pieces, 14 cents each. Lot 2—Whitewood, 14 and ° inch, firsts 7,100 ft, seconds, 4,196 it.; culls 89 f. $.. .u Lot 3—Whitewood 4 inch, first: ‘, 00 f 3,386 ft, ; culls, 146 ft, $23 Gu Lot 4—Whitewood, # inci, fizsis. 4 3,663 ft.; culls, 171 ft. ¢ > Lot 5—Whitewood, 2 inc.., f.sis 7.285 ft , 3,808 ft. $28. Lot 6—Whitewood, § inch, wide, firsts, 1,895 ft. ; seconds, 709 ft. $24. Lot 7—Whitewood, § inch, firsts, 8,474 ft, ; seconds, 6,329 ft. ; culls, 345 ft. $22. Lot 8—Whitewood, 1}, 2 and 24 inch, firsts, 6,816 ft.; seconds, 1,618 ft. ; culls, 184 ft. $32.50. Lot 9—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 4,850 ft. ; seconds, 1,739 ft. ; culls 145. $31. Lot 10—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 5,165 ft. ; seconds, 1,537 ft. ; culls, 91 ft. $33. Lot 11—Whitewood, § inch, firsts, 2,130 ft. ; seconds, 1,197 ft. ; culls, 151 ft. $25. Lot 12—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 13,084 ft. $16, Lot 13—Ash, 1, 1}, 14 and 2 inch, firsts 2,640 ft. ‘ seconds, 1,866 ft. ; culls, 855 ft. $26, Lot 14—Whitewood, ] and 2 inch, seconds, 104 ft. ; culls, 1,234 ft. $20. Lot 15—Ash 1}, 1} and 2 inch, firsts, 3,729 ft. Lot 16—Ash, 1 inch, firsts 9,879 ft. $23. Lot 17—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 5,367 ft. ; seconds, 6,293 ft. ; culls, 84 tt. $26, Lot 18—White pine shelving, % inch, 8.2 s. (wide) 5,533 ft. $26. Lot 19—Ash and walnut balusters, 125, 14x14x32, 1 cent each. 11,640, 14x1}x32, 3 cent each. 6,150, seconds, 0” ft; gezonds 6econds, $26, 2x2x32, 14 cents each. 20, 8x3x83, 2 cents each. 8x3x32, 2 cents each, Lot 20—Whitewood, % inch, wide, firets, 2,292 ft. ; seconds, 1,558 ft. $24. Lot 21—Whitewood, % inch, firsts, 7,695 ft. ; 6,258 ft. ; culls, 94 ft. $21.50. Lot 22—Whitewood, 14 and 2 inch, firste, 6,400 ft. ; seconds, 3,832 ft, ; culls, 116 ft. $28. Lot 28—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 7,018 ft. ; seconds, 100, seconda, 4,673 ft. $26, Lot 24—Whitewood, 1 inch, first, 6,359 ft. ; seconds, 6,289 ft. ; culls, 192 ft. $26. Lot 26—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 8,536 ft. ; seconds, 6,252 ft.; culls, 315 ft. $30. Lot 27—Whitewood, 2 inch, firsts, 6,174 ft. ; seconds, 4,576 ft. ; culls, 403 ft. $26.50. Lot 28—Whitewood, 14 and 1} inch, firsts, 2, seconds, 1,820 ft. ; culls, 116 ft. $27.50. Lot 29—Whitewood. 3 inch, firsts, 788 ft. ; seconds, 3,306 ft.; culls, 3,204 ft. $22. Lot 30—Whitewood, 3 inch, firsts, 2,889 ft. ; 6,566 ft. ; culls, 2,694 ft. $25. Lot 31—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 5,979 ft. ; seconds, 5,148 ft. ; culls, 375 ft. $25. Lot 32—Ash 2 inch, firsts, 4,262 ft.; seconds, 5,452 ft. ; culls, 657 ft. $24.50. Lot 33—Elm, 1 inch, firsts, 349 ft. ; seconds, 1,215 ft. $16. Lot 34—Elm, 1 inch, culls, 2,359 ft. $11. Lot 35—Basswood, firsts, 297 ft.; seconds, 610 ft. $19.50. Lot 36—Basswood, 1 inch, culls, 2,823 ft. $15.50. Lot 37—Whitewood, 14 inch, firsts, 5,630 ft. ; seconds, 2,814 ft. ; culls, 40 ft. $29.50. Lot 38—Basswood, 1 inch, firsts, 159 ft. ; seconds, 1,856 ft. $18.50. Lot 839—Basswood, 1 inch, culls, 8,469 ft. $16.50. Lot 4¢C—Cherry, 1 inch, seconds, 537 ft. ; culls, 1,433 ft. $31.50. Lot 41—Cherry strips, 1 inch, 4,150 ft, $38. Lot 42—Whitewood, 2 inch, firsts, 2,993 ft. ; seconds, 1,306 ft. $28, Lot 43—Hemlock joist, 927 pes. 24x4x13. 114 cents each. Lot 44—Birch squares, culls, 951 ft. $15.50. Lot 45—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 5,137 ft, ; seconds, 7,690 ft. $24.60. Lot 46—Whitewood, 3 inch, firsts, 7,820 ft. ; seconds, 6,210 ft. ; culls, 210 ft. $29, Lot 47—Whitewood, 1, 1} and 2 inch, culls, 9,195 ft. $16. Lot 48—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 8,294 ft, $18. Lot 49—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 9,738 ft. $18. Lot 50—Whitewood, § inch, wide, firsts, 2,376 ft. ; seconds, 1,149 ft. $25. Lot 51—Whitewood, 1, 14 and 2 inch, firsts, 159 ft. ; seconds 2,184 ft. $27. Lot 52—Birch, 1 inch, seconds, 191 ft. $15. Lot 53—Birch, 1 inch, culls, 1,652 ft. $11. Lot 54—Birch, 2 inch, firsts, 23 ft. ; seconds, 530 ft. 394 ft. ; seconds, Ore 55—Birch, 1 and 2 inch, culls, 5,401 ft. $12. Lot 56—Ash, 1 inch, firsts, 162 ft. ; seconds, 782 ft. $23. Lot 57—Ash, 1 inch, culls, 6,010 ft. $14, Lot 58—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 8,990 ft. ; seconds 4,135 ft. $29. Lot 60—Whitewood, 3 inch, firsts, 6,645 ft. ; seconds, 6,706 ft. ; culls, 1,276 ft, $19. Lot 61—Whitewood, 3 inch, firsts, 555 ft. ; seconds 1,086 ft. ; culls, 8,263 ft. $20.50. Lot 62—Cherry, 1} inch, firsts, 1,491 ft. ; seconds 2,181 ft. ; culls, 460 ft. $73. Lot 63—Ash, 14 inch, firsts, 705 ft. ; seconds, 1,055 He culls, 1,374 ft. $18.50. Lot 64—Ash, 1 inch, culls, 9,362 ft. $14. Lot 65—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 3,580 ft. ; seconds, 2,492 ft. ; culls, 104 ft. $27.50. Lot 66—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 3,878 ft. ; seconds, 2,942 ft. ; culls, 113 ft. $27.50. Lot 67—Ash, 1} inch, firsts, 1,585 ft. ; seconds, 3,252 t.; culls, 2,772 ft. $23.50. Lot 68—Ash, 1 inch, seconds, £,403 ft. $19. Lot 69—Ash, 1 inch, seconds, 7,497 ft. $19. Lot 70—Cherry balusters, 722 pes. 4 cents each. Lot 71—Ash balusters, 9,501 pieces at 2 2+ 33 5 and 4} cents. Lot 72—Whitewood, 14 and 2 inch, firsts, 5,982 ft. ; seconds, 5,543 ft. ; culls, 67 ft. $26. Lot 73—Cherry, 1} inch, firsts, 1,083 ft. ; seconds, 2,407 ft.; culls, 680 ft. $77.50. Lot 74—Ash, 2 inch, firsts, 1,491 ft. ; seconds, 3,091 ft. ; culls, 3,021 ft. $22.50. Lot 75—Ash, 1 inch, firsts, 7,556 ft. $39. Lot 76—Whitewood squares, 5x5 to 8x8, firsts, 2,258. ft. , seconds, 542 ft. ; culls, 337 ft. $28.50. Lot 77—Whitewood, § inch, wide, firsts, 2,437 ft. ; seconds, 796 ft. $25. Lot 78—Whitewood, % inch, wide, firsts, 2,161 ft. ; seconds, 1,518 ft. $24. Lot 79—Whitewood, 3 and 4 inch, culls, 12,219 ft $20. Lot 80—Ash, 1inoh, firsts, 123 ft. ; seconds, 825 ft. ; culls, 392 ft. $24. Lot 81—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 2,950 ft. ; seconds, 8,915 ft, ; culls, 291 ft. $25.50. Lot 82—Ash, I} and 1} inch, firsts, 4,788 ft. ; seconds 8,323 ft, ; culls, 126 ft. $27.50. 11 Lot 83—Cherry, 1 inch, firets, 2,852 ft. ; seconds, 4,045 ft. ; culls, 520 ft. #7L Lot &4—W hitewood, ¢ inch, firsts, 6,642 ft. ; seconds, 6,976 ft. ; culls, 1,841 ft, $20. Lot 85—Whitewood, 1} to 4i 4,506 ft. 5 seconds, 4,730 ft. ; culls, 490 ft ob Lot £6—Whitewood, 3 inch, firete, 10,529 ft. ; seconds, 7,240 ft. ; culls, 167 ft. #24. Lot 87—Whitewood, 2 inch, firste, 8.248 ft, ; seconds, 8,791 ft. ; culls, 140 ft $28. Lot &8—Whitewood, ¢ inch, firsts, 9,265 ft. ; seconds, 7,783 ft. ; culls, 766. $19 Lot 89—Ash, 1 and 14 inch, firste, 5,295 ft ; seconds, 4,847 ft ; culls, 251 ft, $21 Lot 90—Hemlock boards, 1,002 pes 1x10x12, 18 cents each, Lot 91—Whitewood, 1 and 2 , firste, 1,516 ft seconds, 1,376 ft ; culls, 42 ft Lot 92—Whitewood squares, 4x4 to 8x8 inch, firsts, 3,617 ft ; seconds, 1,247 ft; culls, 192 ft, #27 50. Lot 92—W hitewood, 4 h, first 684 ft ; seconde 5,094 ft ; culls, 265 f Lot 94—Ash, 1}, 14 ch, firsts, 884 ft ; seconds 454 ft ; culls, 171 ft, 30 ™ Lot 95—Ash,1 inch, firsts 3,026 ft ; seconds 2,972 ft; culls 1,139 ft, 25 50. Lot 96—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts 4,121 ft ; seconds 1,876 ft, #29 Lot 97—Ash, 1 inch, culls 887 ft, $14 50 Lot 98—Elm, 1 inch, firsts 265 ft; sec $1 Lot 99—Elm, 1 inch, culls 7,342 50 Lot 100—Whitewood, % inch, firste 5,515 ft ; seconds 2,482 ft, $22 Lot 101—Walnut, 1 and 2 inch, seconds 2,079 ft ; culls 7,347 ft, $45 Lot 102—Birch, land 2 inch, firsts 64 ft ; seconds 393 ft, $19 Lot 108—Birch and ash, 1 and 2 inch, culls 11,491 ft: $11 WEST’S WORLD’S WONDER or family liniment has proved to be one of the greatest blessings of the age. It is a never failing remedy for rheum- atism, cuts, sprains and bruises. Cail on J D. Tullyf or a trial bottie and you will use no other ——_o___—_ For the past quarter of a century West’s Cough Syrup has given relief to thousands, and no medicine compound can show such a vast number of unsolicited testimonials. Ask your neighbor as to its merits. 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Ug TORONTO WARE ROOMS Manufactured by HUGH GIBSON, CHATHAM, EXCELSIOR DOG. eer RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. THE GANAUA LUMBERMAN xconvamaa, QU — se oe in — 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. aa RHNABW YOO R == Se oer, bE PON FOR THE 6 Canada Lumber he WILL, PAY “YOU: Bseauss -: oes ~ ~ 1. It is the only newspaper published in the Dominion of Canada devoted to the lumber and timber industries. It is devoted to the development and utilization of our forest wealth. It furnishes complete and reliable quotations of prices of lumber in all the leading markets. sort Sebi hI Rh er ee ial ’ wo Ww 4. Its columns soe filled with interesting reading matter, valuable alike to the land — owner, manufacturer or dealer. 5. It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada. and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any way connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. age bof Ya=TO ADVERTISERS. \e has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. Ag Examine the field, count the cost, and you will ats _e decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion. We would also call attention to our Improved Band Saw Mill for cutting logs 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. CUNNINGHAM’'S PATENT OSCILLATING TWIN ENGINE FOR STEAM FEED IN CIRCULAR: MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics, valves, valve rods, connecting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and icity, compactness, durability and cheapness attained. the very perfection of simpl The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter{ 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 13 in. rope. The shaft is steel, 4 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No conr ctirg rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports ar. in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam : i cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by (NU! CaN moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started faa iN é . | iia almost instantaneously if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the sawyer let go of his lever either by mistake or any other cause, it is balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. * When standing, the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, and bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the purpose. Whena rack is preferred in place of the rope, we pué on a steel wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft Segs ; from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting long lo When the carriages are used in two or more sections, the couplin and uncoup of the engineer for oiling, thence by gs, or where the logs are mixed, the advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. ling of each section is quick and simple. There were two of these feeds working this summer and & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnis Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also commend themselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfair hed by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. rar We guarantee this to be the best Mill of his kind got up, and would ask any one wanting a good Band Saw- Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MILLS and MILL MACHINERY. for further information, prices, &c., address the Manujfacurers, & Wit, Hamilton Manufacturing Go y, uimied PHTHR BOROUGH ie Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. eee Vy TNS UU RAN OC Ez. Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a@ NEC“ZSSITY IN EVERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. | Cheap, Simple, Cheaper than any Only two mov- x \) Durable, \ Having the ft \wellknown| Guaranteed Pump built. ing parts 7 . in En- was compact- | the most dur- \Ness O Ve \ 7 able Pump Our Independent gine. AIR PUMPS and Condensers will effect a sav- ing of a 20 to 50 per cent. when applied to high pressure Engines. \ direct ; \acting | de; timpos- \es sible to break down. | Or PUMPS yor general water sup- the greatest ~ satisfaction. “RUN WITH BELT Die ee! eb OWvs POW HR, All Sizes for all Duties. 12 ty \\ \ \\ > \\\ | ° YN ——— \ . . SN S : PRP ar v) U aye FOR ANY PURPOSE es WRITE TO US. 4 2 J ; : ze x Our make of Pump is specially adapted to Mills in out of the way places, as they can be absolutely relied on, and occasion no vexatious stoppages for repairs. 2S eee OSS eee =—(r(- ees ee = WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE ON ANY POINT CONNECTED WITH PUMPS. SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND STATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS. NORTHEY & COMPANY, Corner FRONT & PARLIAMENT STS, TORONTO, ONT enjoyed a great reputation, | of the world as a type of and conditions, and has chose | FH. ANDREWS & SON THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. SQ) THE TANITE COMPANY Siok, ane MANUFACTURERS OF EMERY WHEELS AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. nufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years’ and have been recognized for a long while, im all the countries eacellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada — d use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: The products of the Ma their already widely exatende n the following MONTREAL SAW WORKS (3 i235 MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION {Mow BEAUDET & CHINIC | Qunnee. R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. Dominion Saw Works ! i TAMES ROBERTSON & CO. | \ - = | "959 t0 267 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO, ONT. ©) i, 10 fi ' 5 i is | Sse CTURER OF SAWS | = MANUFACTU. ee Circular, Shingle, Gang; Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. THURBERS ROYAL ) Anti-Friction Babbit Metals IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ,=—— a — = Zp A Zz 7 SO OMY uy U / Y => i \\ Band Saws, | Emery Wheels, Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, tron Pipe, &c. Prices on Applicaion. PUBLISHED } SEMI-MONTHLY. Aa day A Samanta The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada SUBSCRIPTION ($2.00 PER ANNUM VOL. 6. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JULY 1, 1886. NO. 13 BURLEIGH{FALLS SLIDE. On Wednesday a deputation of lumber- men met, by appointment, Mr. T. Rubidge, Chief Engineer of the Trent Valley Canal at Burleigh, in reference to a dam and slide at Burleigh Falls which is to be con- structed by the Government to take tre place of certain improvements which were built by the lumbermen at this point and which the Government found necessary to expropriate for the the construction of the _ Trent Valley Canal. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Hilliard, Ullyott, Strickland, and Hazlitt and of Mr. Irwin,who acts as Secrctary for the Lumbermen’s Association. The interview was entirely satisfactory; it was found that the projections of Mr. Rubidge in regard to the work were entire- ly in accord with the views of the deputa- tion, the only point now being the early construction of the works so that they may be completed before another season. There is no question that the closing of the channel known as the Big Chute at Burleigh for the purpose of the construc- tion of the locks, has put the lumbermen on this stream to a very serious disadvant- age. The turning of all the water into the channel known as Little Burleigh rendered the improvements which they constructed themselves entirely useless, and we under- stand that it was merely the great interest which all lumbermen feel in the early con- struction of the Trent Valley Canal ‘which hindered them from expressing their views as to the expropriation of these works of their own building at this point in a more forcible manner than they have done. They, however, are now satisfied that the Government have not lost sight of the disinterested part that they have taken in the matter, and, although for two seasons past they have been laboring at great dis- advantage at this point and a great un- necessary cost, it is believed the proposed improvements, which they hope will be constructed at an early date, will obviate the difficulties they have felt themselves laboring under. THE EXPORT DUTY. A duty was put on the export of saw logs, which is probably intended to compel the Americans who hold timber limits in Canada to manufacture the lumber here; where it fails to do zo, it will bring some revenue into the country, unless it should result in leaving the limite unworked. The approaching exhaustion of the supply of timber in ths States, and at a remoter period in Canada, isa matter about which opinions differ very much, and concern ing which there is a great want of precise information. One thingis certain: American Iumbermen find it easier to get logs in Canada than in their own country. The export duty will stand in the way of their exporting logs ; and if lumber gets scarce in the States the price must go up to a figure that will enable them to pay the duty.—Monetary Times. ———_—_——— BAND MILL REPORTS. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. Sir,—Weenclose to you some figures in regard to band mill sawing that will go far to establish confidence in this new and useful machine for makiog lumber, §. A. Hale, Esq., of Whittlesey, Wisconsin, has kindly given us the record of five consecu- tive days sawing of 11 hours each, commencing JUMOMIBEUSAWEM ns cic ce iowc oe a 47,492 ft. SE MONCN h-emichactarate LMeiee.e! areas 45,816 ‘* SROT OUT Meme POLE GSS ete 54,380 ‘* © 4th Ree SARL... ee 47,200 ‘* CEH ae UC ae ee eae 60,667 ‘‘ ERS Gaalewmeins sere tiie cous aiviae.esjsievs Vala {a}sis) GE As band mills usually make from 15 to 20 per cent more lumber than the actual scale of the logs. We shall be at liberty to add at least 15 per cent., which is 38,333 feet, this add- ed to 255,555 = 293,888. This sum divided by five, the number of days, gives 58,777 feet as the average daily cut. About 40,000 of this whole quantity was 2 inch plank ; about 2 of the whole was 1 inch board, the remainder beside the plank, 14 inch, Another report of 44 consecutive days work performed last month gave an average daily cut of 56,069 ft. A large log which scaled 1,029 feet was sawn in eight minutes. E. P. Attis & Co., of this city, are manufac- turers. About 20 such mills have been started since Jan Ist and are all doing good work. Heretofore the most potent objection to band mills was that enough work could not be got out of them, 25,000 feet per day being about the best average obtainable. But these figures approach the best cutting of the circular mills. Yours truly, W. H. TROUT. Milwaukee, June 11th, 1886. LUMBER FREIGHTER’S GRIEVANCE The following letter appeared in the Tornoto Globe of June 15th :— S1zr,—Under the head of local news in this morning’s issue of the Globe, reference is made to the mode of weighing freight lately adopted by the railroads centreing in this city, which demands more than a passing notice, Under the words ‘‘concealed excess-weights, as contained in the circular issued by the said railroad companies, there is an attempt made to cover up from the sight of persons not im- mediately interested a grab game which for im- pudence has never, so far as the writer is aware, been tried before, ” In order to make the matter plain to your readers let me say that this beautiful little scheme hatched by the railroad officials (*‘ par- lour ” ones of course) is levelled at the lumber- men, and against them solely it is intended to operate. Various schemes have been brought into play from time to time in order to extort more money from this class of their patrons, such as increased rates of freight and additions to the cost of their yearly travelling tickets, but this last stroke bears away the palm for down- right impudence. The minimum load for a car of lumber is 24,- 000 pounds, but it must be borne in mind that there is no means provided for weighing at any of the stations where lumber loading is usually done, so that the loader must simply use his judgment, The lumber may be green or half- dry, it may be white or red pine or hemlock» all of which vary materially in weight. When anyof said cars arrive in Toronto the weigh- master passes them over the company’s scales. If the weight of one car should turn out to be only 20,000 pounds the consignee is charged with 24,000 pounds, Should car No. 2 unfort- unately weigh 28,000 pounds the consignee has to pay for the full weight, and 25 per cent. additional on 4,000 pounds ‘‘ concealed excess weight.” This is an exceedingly convenient term to cover up that which anyone may see, after the above explanations, is nothing more or less than a complete swindle. LUMBERMAN. ————_——— DEATH OF AN OLD-TIME LUMBERMAN. Thomas Smith, one of Ottawa’s pioneer lumbermen, died at his brother’s house at Stewarton on Saturday morning. He was (seized on Wednesday with paralysis of the brain and sank rapidly, death resulting as above stated. Born in Ireland in 1825, the deceased, the third son, came with his parents to this country about 50 years ago. His father, the late Isaac Smith, first located in business at Hyll Landing, opposite the Government Hill, now the Parliament grounds, but a few years afterwards removed to Bytown and engaged in the brewing and other business, and is remem- bered by the surviving Bytonians as a graceful Trish gentleman, a patient but fearless magis- trate, and square upright man in his business dealings. The family of six sons and one daughter reflected the fine qualities of their parents. The deceased early engaged in the square timber business on the Upper Ottawa, taking down his own raft to Quebec over 40 years ago; inthe days when good road horses and a canoe navy were the means of business transport in the lumber trade, before these of railways and traffic in‘charters. Industrious and knowing his business, he kept actively to it for thirty-five years, the latter twenty-five in parenership with a younger brother, Charles, his and their operations being on and from the Pettewawa, Mattawa,Amable, Dupot, Kippewa, Dumoine and other stream feeders of the Grand River. For some time past he has not been actively engaged in business. He lived at the Russell House and had but the looking after his property, means and investments to engage his time. Clean, straight, square, honest, truthful, amiable, generous, modest, but manly “Tom Smith,” can only be remembered by those who knew him as a man whose word, friendship, honor and record in all relations of life were as pure, true and reliable as the sun- light. He never married, and at his death was was well off. He appeared last Wednesday evening, when seized with the fit that ended his life, to be in the best of health, even quit young looking. On Thursday he was taken to his brother Joseph’s house at Stewartown., His physician entertained but uncertain hopes o his recovery. On Friday he became insensible, and his case hopeless. On Saturday forenoon, one of nature’s few noblemen passed away, to be hereafter numbered with his eldest splendid brother Joshua, and the latter’s companions of the Ottawa and this city: John Egan, Col. McDonald, Big Rogerson, Jerard McCrea, James Skead, Daniel McLachlin, John Supple, Wm. Morris, Jos. Aumond, Robert Conroy, Samuel Dickson, William McAdam, the Gra- hams, (Black and Madawaska Bill), John Thompson, Wm. Byers, Frank Powell, John Bower Lewis, Wm. Stewart, George R. Baker, Edward Sherwood, Christopher Armstrong, Godfrey Baker, Charles O’Connor, James Fra- ser, with his youngest, happy and humorous brother Patton—amongst the ever increasing, but silent majority.— Ottawa Journal. BIG FIRE IN OTTAWA. Orrawa, June 18.—About one o’clock this morning the furniture factory of J. Oliver & Son, on Head street, Chaudiere, was discoyered by the night watchman to be on fire, He im- mediately gave the alarm, and the city brigade and the Union Fire Company promptly turned out. The building, which was a two storey one, 100 feet by 30, was well filled with furni- ture ; the whole being inflammable as a tinder box, and, despite the four heavy streams of water poured upon the flames, the entire build- ing was consumed. The wooden building ad- joining, forming part of Baldwin’s planing mill, caught fire several times and one side wall was_ pretty badly burned as well as a portion of the roof. McKay & Co., whose oatmeal mill adjoined Oliver’s, also lost a little by the fire, smoke and water. Though the fire was in the heart of the lumber district, yet, fortunately, high brick and stone buildings checked it on two sides, The river was on another and on one side only was danger threatened, unless a heavy wind sprang up. Mr. Oliver places his loss at about $10,000, on which there is but about $2,- 500 insurance, Sea Sosa ae ar ee ee nos Ditse! ct Re Te! POE IEP eS RRR ITC ea So Cae ae oe ORS te ON ee AUSTRALIA. Messrs, Lord & Hughes’ monthly circular, dated Melbourne, May 15th, says:—Since our last circular of 19th April, the business in tim- ber has been interfered with by the usual Easter holidays, and auction sales restricted. The imports of all descriptions of timber keep up in excess of requirements, and stocks are still accumulating. The efforts of importers to force sales at auction resulted in a decline in Oregon, and a dull, heavy market for American, Baltic Dressed, and Kauri, all descriptions with a downward tendency in prices, while Baltic deals, of good quality, have somewhat improved in price. The arrivals of Oregon the last few days have been heavy, and will have a detri mental effect on prices, The arrivals of all des- criptions of building material, such as slates, plaster, cement, laths, pickets, etc., have been unusually heavy, not only by direct shipments, but by transhipments from other colonies, which have had a prejudicial effect on our mar- ket. Trade from the yards does not seem to fall off, but continues as heavy as ever, but they are unable to absorb the excessive imports that are weekly offered at auction. Rep Deats.—Imports—18,891 pieces from the Baltic, and 2,709 pieces from London. The arrivals have been the “‘ Juniper,” from Gefle, and ‘‘ Lancaster Castle,” from London, The principal sale by auction during the month has been the cargo ex ‘‘ Jotun,” on the 7th inst., S K B brand realizing for 12x4, 11x4, and 9x4, 6d., 11x38, 64d.; 9x3, 64. to 6d.; 7x3, bid. to 5d.; 7x24, 54d. to 6d.; 7x2, 55-16d.; DOM brand 12x4, B8d.; 11x4, 5 9-16d. to 58d.; 9x4, 58d ; 11x3, 6d. to 5$d.; 9x3, 64d. to 5d.; 7x3, Bd. to 44d.; 7x2s, Bd to 4d.; 9x2, 58d. to 54d.; 7x2, btd. to 44d per foot of 9x3, Last month’s prices are well maintained, and for good joiners’ deals there is an active demand, Spruce Drats.—Imports—13,918 pieces, The arrivals have been the ‘* Howard,” from Sague- nay; ‘‘Slieve Donard,” from Liverpool; and “‘Waketield,” from Boston, Sales comprise shipments ex ‘‘Mary S. Amess,” Sydney steamers, and “‘ Wakefield,” 11x3 realizing 3d., and 9x8, 3d. to 24d. per foot 9x3. Ornzcon Timper—Imports—4,920,005 feet super. The arrivals have been ‘* Cambrian Chieftain” and ‘Sarah S, Ridgway,” from Tacoma, ‘‘J. P. Smith” and ‘‘ Hospodar,” from Port Blakely, and ‘‘ Record,” from Burra d Inlet. The balance of ‘* Narwhal’s” cargo was quitted on the 4th inst . at from £5 5s. to £4 15s., average, £4193 2d. The ** Cambrian Chief- tain” cargo on 7th inst , at from £5 to £412s 6d., average £4 15s, 3d., and the cargo ex **Sagamore," on the 11th, at from £6 5s, to £4 15s, average £4 16s 2d, Imports for the mouth are unusually heavy and, if continued on the same scale, the present ruinous prices cannot be maintained. LumBer —Imports—Clear pine, 128 883 feet super; shelving 163,292 feet super; T, and G ceiling, 23 884 feet super. The arrivals have been '* Wakefield,” from Boston, ‘Sarah Hig- nett,” from New York. and *’ Charles and Ar- thur,’ from Adelaide. Prices ranging for clear pine, £13 5s. to £14; shelving, £8 17s. 6d. to £10 6s; T. and G. ceiling, at £8 15s. to £9 2s, 6d per 1 000 feet super, Repwoop.—Imports— Nil. The ‘Alice Muir ” cargo was offered on the 7th inst., when only a small portion of 5in. and 6in. was sold at £10 ; holders declining to accept less. FLOORING AND WEATHERBOARDS.—Imports— 4,243,072 feet lineal. Arrivals are ‘* Forfar- shire,” from Frederickstad; ‘* Aurora” and “Celer,” from Christiania; and ‘ Emily,” from Adelaide. Sales have been made of ship- ments ex “Regina,” ‘*Celer” add ‘'Othilde,” at the following rates :—Red, 6x14, 9s. to 8s, 9d,; 6x, 7s. 6d. to 7s. 3d.; 6x}, 6s, 6d. to 6s, 6x}. 4s, 10d. to 4s. 9d.; 4-out, 5s, to 4s, 11d; white, 6x14, 9s. 6d.; 6xg, 7s. 6d. to 7s, 8d,; 6x¥, 6s, 6d. to bs. 9d.; 6x4. 4s. 1ld.; 4-out, 5s. Kauri Pine,—Imports—697,647 feet super. The arrivals have been per “ Nora,” from Kai, para, and ‘E, O, Clark,” from Wangaroa, Sales comprise shipments ex ‘KE. O, Clark,” ** Parnell ’‘ and ‘ Nora.” 16s. superio” timber. This small consignment of T. and G. ceiling arrived per ‘‘Sarah Hignett,” from New York, and is now in course of landing. parcel arrived per Sydney steamers, ‘* Charles and Arthur,” from Adelaide. have been various sales during the month, and last month’s rates have been fairly maintained, good, sound logs realizing up to 43s. 6d. per 100 feet super. the ‘Sarah Hignett,” from New York, and ‘‘Ly-ee-moon,” from Sydney, and came to the order of the trade; only a small line of 2 ft.- 8in.x6ft 8 in.x1} in, was quitted at auction, at 10s, in bond. bundles; pickets, 4,893 bundles. been made of sundry shipments, 44-feet Oregon laths realizing 30s, 6d. to 28s.; 44-feet spruce, 30s. to 28 s,; 4-feet, 25s, 1,000, have been “Slieve Donard,” from Liverpool ; ‘‘ Wakefield,” from Boston ; ‘Sarah Hignett,” from New York; Adelaide. during the month, but prices realized have not been satisfactory to importers. rived per ‘‘ Wakefield” and ‘‘Sarah Hignett,” from U.S. A. The only sale by auction has been a small invoice of Knickerbocker brand, at 93. 9d. per barrel. Portland at 9s. 6d. and sales difficult to effect of unknown brands. the 14th inst., asmall shipment from Adelaide of Redcliffe Crown, 26-guage, was sold by auc- cases Orb on the spot and to arrive. having been Hewn logs sold at 11s. 6d. to 10s, 6d.; flitches, 238, 6d. to 14s,; gawd boards, 22s, to 13s, 9d,; shelving, 20s, to THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. PORTABLE SAW MILLS. A Norwich, Conn., despatch says :—The wood chopper’s axe and the old-fashioned saw mill cannot destroy the Connecticut forests fast enough to satisfy greedy farmers who like a dol- lar better than a tree. The portable steam sawing machine is the worst pest many persons think that ever visited New England. It hum is heard all day in all parts of this state. Four horses can draw it up the steepest hillside in the most remote woodlands, and timber that a few years ago was not worth marketing on account of its distance from the old saw mills is now easily available. The portable saw mill is pulled into a tract of woods and is unlimbered and set up. Itis a single machine. There is a buzz saw that runs with lightning speed in a heavy frame, and an upright boiler and engine. The black smoke funnel towers above the highest trees, and all day pours a column of smoke out of the very heart of the forest. The saw, whose slashing strokes, sounding like the bussing of a great locust, may be heard at a long distance, rips up the timber which has been felled in the vicinity of the mill. After that has been sawed the mill is wheeled further into the woods. The forest disappears rapidly before its steady ad- vance. After a tract has been cropped of its wood thesteam mlll is driven into a new dis- trict, and the work of destruction is continued, The wood that is sawed is mostly chestnut, oak or birch. It is sawed into planks or railroad ties ; the planks go to New York The first portable saw mill that visited this town is owned by Mr. Peckham. of Colchester It has been at work on the extensive forests west of the city three or four weeks and has sawed more than 100 000 feet of lumber. The flinty hills, which are good for nothing except to grow timber on have been stripped of their wood, and the whole country over which the mill has passed loos sear ed and desolate Mr Peckham makes his home in the woods while he is destroying them. A rough plank building, in which three rooms are erected a few house- hold utensels are gathered into it, and Mrs Peckham, who accompanies her husband, cooks sews and washes for the workmen. She is as- sisted in doing her duties by the wife of one of her husband’s employees The bare little shanty is not without the enjoyable things of Connecti the markets are not far from the Connecticut River. His business is profitable one ; he can saw about 10,000 fe ; lamber a day, fir he works more cheaply tha: the water saw mills do. ; Sales difficult to effect for anything but Piro. Pinz.—Imports—31,781 feet super. WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the U. 8. patent office, June 15, 1886, is specially reported by Franklin H. Hough, solicitor of American and foreign patents, 925 F street, N. W. Wash- ington, D. C., who will furnish copies of patents for 25 cents each. 343 785—Saw dresser, circular—H. D. Wol- cott, Wrights, Pa. 343,658—Saw-teeth, devise for cones A. Crossman and N. C. Buch, assignors to E. C. Atkins & Co, Indianapolis, Ind. 343,713 —Saw tooth—S. Kinney, Browns. ville, Cal. 343,787—Sawing off stumps, machine for—J. Q Adams, Saginaw, Mich. PATENTS ISSUED JUNE 22ND. 344,130—Bit-brace—B. L. Osgood, Buffalo, N. wr. 344.292—Saw-guard, knob—A. Touchette, Manistee, Mich. 344 175—Saw-guide—J. F. East, Tanners Creek, Va. 344,234—Saw, Ohio. 344,066 —Sawing-machine, circular—C. Toll- ner, Pulaski, N. Y. _ Tale of Timber Limits. There was a large assemblage, says the Globe, of moneyed men at the Toronto Mart on Satur- day to bid on the five timber berths on the north shore of Lake Huron, that were offered separ- ately, and the three in the same locality that were offered en bloc. Limits 4 3 and 5, near the Georgian Bay, on the Wabuapitac River, containing 36 square miles, were also put up — and knocked down to C Boeckh & Co. for $2,600 ; No. 54 was withdrawn, at $6500; 84 — was sold to Henry Hart, for $6 000 subject to a reserve ; 93 opened -t $10,000, and ran up tc $20 000 at which price it was sold to James Maxwell subject to « reserve: 68 and 70 were withdrawn. This and There Crpar.—Imports—80,344 feet super, The trade is now heavily stocked. Doors.—Imports—751. These arrived by LatH AND PioxEts.—Imports—Laths, 18,977 Sales have 6d. to 24s, 6d. pe Suatres.—Imports—475,854. The arrivals “Tallie Hawkins,” from There have been various offerings hand—M. Barrick, Nova, PuasterR —Imports—835 barrels. These ar- Cement. —Imports—7,750 barrels, Comet brand, at 5s. 6d. per cask, and Gibbs & Co’s Stocks exceedingly heavy, GALVANIZED Iron.—Imports—1,459 tons. On tion, at £16 7s, 6d , and Walker’s 3 Crowns, at £16 2s. 6d. per ton. We hear of a line of 200 placed privately, at £17 10s. per ton. EXpLanation.—Red deals and spruce deals are sold at per foot of 9x3; T. and G, flooring at per 100 feet running; Oregon timber, red- wood, clearpine, shelving, ceiling. per 1,000 feet super ; Kauri pine and cedar logs at per 100 feet super ; laths, pickets and slates at per 1,000 pieces. Shorts are all lengths under 12 feet. ae Preserving Power of Water. ‘ A remarkable instance of the preserving pow- er of water in respect to logs submerged is sup plied by the following extract, taken from the pages of our contemporary, the Lumberman's Gazette, of May 26th, Speakingof the driving © streams in the Chippewa district, it states that among the logs brought down this spring to be sawed at the La Crcsse mills are thousands that have been lying in the smaller creeks for the last twenty years. Logs were found bearing the stamp of the owner, dated 1867. On log is supposed to be the largest ever taken out of the Black River country. When measured it scaled 2,000 ft,, and was cut nineteen years ago this spring. cut village households ; away. there are newspapers and books on the unplaned shelves and Mrs Peckham and her helpmate enjoy their life, There is a flavor of romancein it. They are insight of villages and trim homesteads, and the gilded tips of city church spires ; at the same time they are not vexed by little cares of civilized life, and gossips aud other bores do not intrude. At night the little settlement in the woods looks very bright anicherry, Its lights stream through the cran- neries in the cabin and partially illum nate its rade surroundings, the paraphernalia and litter of a lumber camp, and the black background of forest. Inside the tired men sit about the rough table perusing old newspapers and telling older stories, while the women sew. From the door of the cabin may be seen the twinkling lights of villagers on three sides. At9 o'clock the lights are put out and all go to bed. Breakfast is eaten early, steam is made in the boiler, and at 7 o’clock the whistle is blown for the men to go to work. The whistle is sounded three times a day, as in factories. The portable saw mill was first introduced into this State about ten years ago, and its ad- vent has since been viewed with disfavor by many men who are interested in the preserva- tion of the forests. On the other hand, men better acquainted with the grass and tree pro- ducing quality of Connecticut soil, and who are not influenced by selfish motives, think that there is no cause for alarm. —__—_—_——— Perhaps the most extraordinary that success has been achieved in modern science bas been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted,” while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a4 cure at all. Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted bis cure to their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Oatarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attemp- ted to cure Oatarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Oatarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King Street west, Toronto, Canada, and enclose a pero for their treatise on Oatarrh.—WMontreal ir ly122, TUG FOR SALE Now on Georgian Bay. Gross tons, 55.99 ; Length, 70 feet ; Breadth, 15 feet ; Depth, 8 feet. Was Re-built last Summer. Apply to Ontario Lumber Company 2u9 TORONTO. J, &d. 1. MATTHEW Ship Owners and Agents. LUMBER AND TIMBER CARGOES A SPECIALTY®S TORONTO, Ont., 109 Bay Street. J. T. LAMBERT, Lumber and Commission Agent. ORDERS FOR DIMENSIONS AND ALL OTHER KINDS AND GRADES OF American Lumber PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Timber Limits and the Square Timber Trade a Specialty. Office, Wellington Street, OTTAWA. I1tf GEORGE GALL WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots sold on Commission, railway switch in to yard and plenty of room for storage, Yard corner of Stachan and Wellington Ave. Office, 9 Victoria St. Telephone Connection. L PRocurReD in Canada, the United ates and al /foreign countries, Caveats, ¥ Trade-Marks, Copyrights, Assignments,and all Documents relating to Patents, prepared & All information per- By on the shortest notice. taining to Patents cheerfully given on applica- tion. ENGINEERS, Patent Attorneys, and Experts By all Patent Causes. in . serted in THE WEEKLY MAIL, Jive cents 5 J. K. POST & CO. LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agents, OSWEGO, WN_Y,, The American Hotel, BARRIE, ONT. Collier St., Adjoining Market. RATES REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS, taf Every accommodation for Commercial and LUMBERMEN. W. D. McDONALD, Proprietor, FOR SALE VALUABLE Timber Limits 50,000 SAW LOGS ON SEVERN RIVER The undersigned being desirous of confining their operations to their Lakefield Mills on the Trent waters, offer for sale the following limits :— Township of Hindou, 70 equare miles. o Oakley, 45 Redout, 22 An area of 137 square miles, These limits are estimated to contain 180 million feet of Logs, well watered, and afford means of short haul- ing from all points, and quick and cheap driving to Georgian Bay. Are offered for sale together with plant, depots, farms, 1,200 acres deeded lands and 60,- 000 logs, nearly all of which are on the main river, @ large proportion of which are 16 feet long. Apply to R. & G, Strickland, LAEKEFIELD, ONT. Johnston’s Fluid Beet ec a cs 3mL y 4K The nourishing, palatable and warmth giving qualities of Johnston’s Fluid Beef has caused this invaluable preparation to before a favorite and fashionable beverage for the winter season. It is now obtainable on draught at the leading hotels and Testaurants throughout the Dominion 18 DO YOU WANT 4 Examine the list of “Farms For SALE” AND “Farms WARTED™ inthe DAILY AND WEEKLY MAIL THE MAIL has become The Recognized Medium for Karm Ad- vertisements And contains more of them than all other Canadian combined. It has 350,000 readers of the right class. ADVERTISEMENTS of “ Farms for Sale"’and ‘‘ Farms Wanted,” ‘*Stock” or ‘Seed for Sale” or “Wanted” in y per word each insertion, es ee per word for fue zmsertions, or in THE DAILY MAIL at two and a half cents per word each insertion. Xx "Addres— THE MAIL Toronto, Canadte ported the same quantity of sawn lumber to the United States would, by the laws of that coun- try, have to pay $54,000. According to the present tariff rates, since the Canadian export duty was increased to $2, the United States and the Canadian dealers would pay, in duties, exactly the same sum, and the Canadians would not be placed at a disadvantage. The increase only removed the Canadian dealers’ disadvan- taye, and ‘‘ levelled up ” the duties to put al on the same footing. That ought to be plain enough, and appears perfectly fair—neither THE CANADA shown to the world that we have spent our money wisely, while at the same time we shall have found employment for our laboring classes in felling and preparing the timber for use instead of having to import it. We trust that notwithstanding the grave necessity which exists for care and prudence in the management of every department in the public service, a suf- ficient sum of money will be placed at the dis- posal of the Woods and Forests Department for next year, so as to enable the authorities to carry on the work with vigor and success. The THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ber would in this case be reinforced by the western lumbermen and other erican citizens who have bought Canadian li However much they may object to a p which practically manufacture lumber in Canada, they would have no desire to have this prospect made ed- ditionally burdensome by a duty on the lumbe they make, which would destroy their profits ; or on the other hand to hold the limits idle in the hope that a retaliatory policy may force the hand of the Canadian authorities. orces them to build mills ail As far as we can gather any nervousnese as to LUMBERMAN DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND TIMBER INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), Peterborough, Ont. 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Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. : Advertisements intended for insertion in any parti- cular issue should reach the office of publication at least four clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CANADA LuMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Mnssrs Samupn DEACON & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, Ont., JULY 1, 1886. LY SSN SOME FIGURES. Tur Luwmberman’s Gazette, of Bay City, Mich., thought the Canadian Government did wrong tu increase the export duty on logs, and in two issues rung the changes on that chord. Tt seems, however, to have received new light on the subject from the Montreal Herald, and now thinks, like the immortal Mr. ‘Toots, that it is ‘ot no consequence,” because the United States purchasers of the Georgian Bay limits did not intend to export in the rough much of their timber. Well, if these Michigan lumber- men did not intend to carry the logs over, what harm can the export duty do them? They can still saw the logs here and take over the lumber by paying the tax oxacted by their own Gov- ernment, the same as the Canadian dealers do. The figures quoted from the Trade and Navi- gation Returns by the Montreal Herald, to show that very little timber had been exported in the rough, gives the Gazette considerable sat- isfaction, and it proceeds to say that one Saginaw firm only intended to export logs, and only 12,000,000 feet, and Alpena people proba- bly 12,000,000 more. The Gazette, however, mentions in another placea firm that will ex- port 3,000,000 feet, and there are probably more that it has overlooked, These figures give a total of 27,000,000, while according to the Trade Returns, quoted by the Montreal paper, the export of logs last year from the whole Domin- ion only amounted to 47,829 feet, and of this only about 300 feet was pine from Ontario! There is a vast difference between 300 feet and even 27,000,000 feet, and as the Montreal Herald’s opinion was based on last year’s pub- lished returns, its argument is a very foolish one, even in the light of the figures furnished by the Gazette. —RTo place the matter in as plain a light as possible, let us use the Gazette's figures for an illustration. Here are 27,000,000 feet of lumber to be exported in the rough, and on this the United States dealers would have to pay (sup- posing it is all pine), according to last year’s tariff rate, $27,000, while the Canadian who ex- dishonest, unnecessary or silly. formation of the Gazette, is $2 on pine and $1 on spruce, not $3 and $2, as it states. _ ye introduction of the Morrison Bill in the United States Congress and the raising of the duty on logs exported from this country have kept the minds of lumbermen fixed on the ques- tion of tariffs for some time. tion—the export duty—was settled in accord- ance, as we believe, with the best interests of the Canadian lumbermen and of Canada, but the former has been disposed of, for the present, 0 in a way that will continue the discussion of the question, House of Representatives, a motion having been made by its promoter that the Bill be consider- ed, but the House decided, by a majority of fifteen, to refuse consideration of the Bill. It was announced that another effort would be made to have it brought before the House, but the indications now are that it has been defin- itely disposed of, so far as tbe present session ls concerned, and very probably the vote taken will not be reversed by the present Congress. the proposal to appoint a Commission to con- sider the fishezies and trades relations with Canada showed the temper of that House, the proposition having been voted down, and the action of the House of Representatives on the Morrison Bill seems to make it plain that neither of the Houses of Congress is prepared to go far, if any distance at all, in the direction of modifying the restrictions placed upon trade between this country and the Republic. is to be regretted, and it is to be hoped that, as some have argued, the refusal to consider the Morrison bill when the proposal was made does not show a decided hostility to the measure itself, but only a refusal to consider it at that time, very little to base such a conclusion upon, and the plain fact remains that consideration of the measure was refused for no other apparent reason than because the. majority of the mem- bers were opposed to its provisions. the wisdom of the Canadian Parliament in in- creasing the export duty on boys, because it would indeed be folly to allow the United States lumberman to carry our logs across the water and use their product to compete with our manufacturers, while they at the same time handicapped the Canadians by compelling them to pay a tax on all the sawn lumber they carried across the lakes to sell. When the UnitedStates shows a disposition to enter into arrangements for better trade relations between the two coun- tries Canada should be ready to meet them, but inthe meantime the United States should not be allowed to monopolize all the advantages The import duty, we might add for the in- AT THE MORRISON BILL. The latter ques- The Morrison Bill has been brought up in the The action of the United States Senate on This Still there is, so far as we have seen, The fate of the Morison bill demonstrates that tariffs can give, | SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FORESTS. The good work in progress at Bundaleer and Wirrabara is being repeated in other parts of the colony, and there are altogether some twen- ty reserves for forest purposes which are being planted and improved. The timber which these reserves will yield in the course of com- paratively few years will repay the State hand- somely for the outlay incurred. Nor shall we have to go far to find a customer for the timber, as our own railways and other public works will absorb it. Sleepers will have to be renewed, fences repaired and replaced, and wharfs and jetties constructed, and if in course of time the whole of the material for these works can be supplied by our own forests we shall have ery is now for reproductive public works, and surely the planting of our forest reserves comes most emphatically within that definition. What willan acre of gum or pine trees be worth in 20 years? An acre of waste land would proba- bly be worth £5 at the outside, but if it be covered with well-developed timber trees the value of the land will be enormously improved. Judicious planting will not only add to the beauty of the landscape, but it has the utilita- rian advantage of increasing the humidity of the climate. We are saddling posterity with a large debt, the interest and principal of which those who come after us will have to pay, and if we leave to posterity well-timbered forests, in- stead of bare plain or gnarled and stunted bush, we shall leave a legacy by means of which our successors can pay that debt more easily. It is almost certain that as the forests of Western Australia and Tasmania become denuded of their natural growth of trees the value of timber will rise considerably. By planting largely now we shall make preparation for that time, and in course of years be able to supply all our needs in this respect. systematically and with judgment, and the colony is fortunate in having at the head of its forest department a gentleman of Mr. Brown's ability and enthusiasm, His work speaks for itself. Notwithstanding the exceptionally dry season through which we have passed some 90 per cent. of the trees planted out are growing, It is pleasing indeed to contrast the bare plain and brown hillsides of Bundaleer with the planted portion of the reserve, with its vigorons growth of gums and pines covering hundreds of acres, and so full of healthy life that one can almost fancy he can see them grow. If all this can be done, why is not more of it done? A number of the unemployed could be occupied throughout the winter and spring months in plauting our forest reserves, tage of the dull times, we could plant another thousand of forest trees this winter, it would be a work for which the laboring classes would thank us and posterity would bless us.—South Australia Advertiser. AN EXPORT DUTY ON SAW LOGS. In the House of Commons this week the most important business of a commercial character transacted was that connected with the increase of the port duty on saw logs from $1. as hereto- fore, to $3 per thousand feet. was, we believe, the first to bring forward (in an article on “ Our !Timber Supply,” in Decem ber 1885,) the duty of the Government in respect to this matter. wide-spread discussion among technical journals in Canada and the United States, but the unanimous disapproval it met with in Michigan and other lumber producing states, was perhaps as convincing an argument of the prudence of the resu!t of an increased export duty on logs mainly confined to the lumbermen on Georgian Bay, who are brought into dit competition with those of Michigan, and natur ally feel most keenly their strenuous and power- ful opposition. The lumbermen on the Ottawa, knowing the strength of the eastern a rkets for Canadian lumber, and perhaps not taking into account sufficiently the opposition from so far of a quarter, has no fear of the results. “The eastern people want our lumber, d must have it,” is their view of the case, and they are prepared to wait philosoph ‘ically course of eventa, They are, however, gener- ally disposed to support a duty of $2 per thous- and feet, the rate imposed on our lumber when shipped to the States. We are still of the opinion we have from the first expressed, that our forests should be so used as to assist in developing our own country, and to that end that the raw material there- from should be worked up to the farthest poin! in the mills and factories of Canada. It is bad enough to see our rough lumber exported to Burlington and Whitehall, and there give employment to vast numbers in re- sawing, dressing, manufacturing the same into doors, sashes and such articles before being dis- tributed to the consumers in the eatsern states, but it would be ten times worse to see our valuable forests stripped to feed the mills and stimulate the industries of foreign cities. We are glad the government has had the courage to take hold of the difficulty with a good grasp. Let us hold our own until the States give free admission not only to our rough product but to all classes of dressed and manufactured lumber, There is no reason, save the discrim- ination of the United States tariff, that our ex- ports of the “ product of the forest” to the United States should not be nearly double what they are now, and that, not by further depleting our forest reserves, but by working up into a higher product, by skilled labor, the raw material we now send out. ———— TT A BENEFIT EITHER WAY. Amenican owners of timber limits in Canada acquired them with the intention of taking over the logs and manufacturing them ia Michigan. The increase of the export duty to $2 per thousand feet makes this design difficult of execution, It is probable that some logs will be taken over, in which case the Canadian treasury will get the benefit of the extra duty ; and some mills may be erected by Americans on Canadian streams, by which the manufac “ ture of lumber here will be extended. Owners of Canadian limits, residents on the other side, are reported to be about to try both experiments. One of these limit holders has sold at a good profit. The future state of the American m ket for lumber will probably determine whether logs will hereafter be shipped to the States in large quantities or man here. Mean while there seems to be a disposition to prep for both contingencies ; and if expensive mills be once put up in Canada, the motive to work them, while any profit can be made, will keep them in operation.— Monetary Times. si a A. CONSIDERABLE number of logs are being brought over the Midland Division of G. T. R, says the Port Hope Times. There r to-day thirty cars lying on the sidings near the old car factory ; some of the sticks are very_ large, a number measuring over 3 feet in di ' eter at the butt. ~fs omahan ——$—— aS ad ‘Ar the New York Real Estate Echange i t Thursday, 92,000 acres of timbered lands i Herkimer and Hamilton counties, New Yor , were offered at $250anacre, But the work must be done If, taking advan- LT The Montreal Journal of Commerce says :— The Journal The article gave rise to the course with respect to Canadian interests as could be looked for. Considerable anxiety has been expressed as to the possible effect of such a duty on the action of the United States legislature, and we believe representations have been made to our Government that it may lead to a retaliatory action fatal to the interests of Canadian lum- bermen. We are, however, of the opinion that the danger is imaginary. In the first place, that there is a very strong party in the United States which favors free lumber is abundantly clear from the strong support the Morrison Bill received, This party would present a vigorous opposition to any increase in the duty for any cause whatever, and obviously with much greater effect than they had when endeavoring to secure its repeal. The defensive is a much stronger position than the offensive. In the next place the advocates of free lum- A Ae ¢ Ne ee ee is ieee | rere” | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. RAISING OAK TREES. During the last few years large quantities of acorns have been taken from this country for the purpose of planting. White oak acorvs are preferred, andthey have been chiefly ob- tained in the State of Missouri. They are gen- erally planted on sandy or broken land that is intended for pasturing sheep. In Great Britain sheep are accustomed to eat acorns, and it is considered profitable to raise them for sheep food. No variety of oak has received much attention at the hands of the planters of fruit trees, They state that the trees make a very slow growth, and for this reason they prefer to plant trees that grow rapidly and furnish tim- ber and fuel in a short time, A foreign writer suggests that oaks may be raised to excellent advantage in connection with other va ieties of trees that grow rapidly. He admits that oaks grow slowly whilethey are young, but states that they increase in size rapidly when they are 15 to 20 years old. He, therefore, recommends planting a row of oaks between rows of quick growing trees. The latter will be large enough to use for various purposes when they are from 15 to 20 years old. If care is exercised they may be cut down so as not to injurethe yonng oaks. These trees being removed, the young oaks will grow rapidly and completely occupy the ground. Oaks are easy to propagate, as the acorns can be obtained at small cost and are almost certain to germinate Acorns are much easier to manage than large nuts like those on the pecan or hickery. They ean be planted where it is desired to have them _ grow or in nursery rows, from which the small trees may be taken up when they are at a suit- able size to be transplanted. The wood is ex- cellant for fuel, timber and post.—[Ez. POINTED OPINIONS, A New York lumber dealer, who has often expres3zed— sometimes very forcibly, too—his opinion that there is ‘'no inspection,” no authorized inspection of limber in the New York market, said to us yesterday: ‘‘Isn’t it a strange state of things here when the inspec- tion in hardwood lumber of one man only— Patrick Moore—will be accepted? What we want is uniform inspection under the control of a lumber exchange, and the sooner we have both the better for the New York lumber trade. Tf we had a lumber exchange in the metropolis, with authorized licensed inspectors, Chicago, Boston and other lumber centres would doubt join in one uniform system of mapactiit that everybody would recognize, and which would obviate much of the present annoyance. “A lumber dealer in Cincinnati wrote me the other day asking me what I could get for firsts and seconds in walnut in New York, I couldn’ answer him for the reason that I had no idea more than the man in the .n0on what I could get. Firsts and seconds out west might mean 20 per cent. first and 80 per cent seconds, or vice versa. _ “Now, if there was a universal, recognized inspection and standard of prices for grades of lumber, 2 min in Cincinnati would know what the prices of a certain kind of lumber would be in New York What we ought to have at onee is a lumber exchange to regulate grading, inspection and prices."—New York Lumber- man. _ LIABILITIES OF HOT AIR AND ‘ STEAM. The subject of the spontaneous combustion Of wood has been discussed at various times by the French Academy of Sciences Among the Tost interesting statements made on these Occasions is that by M. Cosson, describing an accident which occurred in his laboratory, it appearing that, while he was working in his laboratory, 2 portion of the boarding of the _ floor spontaneously took fire; the boards were in the vicinity of an air hole, fed with warm sir from 4 gove about thirteen feet away on the floor below. A similar accident had occurred 7 D years previously, and, in consequence, M. on had the boards adjoining the airhole “i by « slab of marble. The boards subsequently ignited adjoined the mar- nd though the heat to which the boards ected was very moderate, being only y at 77°F., still the boards slowly carbonized, and, being thus rendered extremely porous, a rapid absorption of the oxygen of the atmosphere had resulted, and sufficient heat was thus produced to originate combustion. A similar instance of spontaneous fire is said to have occurred at Passy, a few days before, due to the action of the warmth from the airhole of a stove upon the woodwork, thus showing the danger liable to arise from this source, and the necessity of attention to the same on the part of builders. DRUM MAKING. Of a total of 200,000 drums made in the United States last year, it is said that 178,000 were manufactured in Granville, Mass. The old fashioned drum with wooden barrel, which was formerly the only kind in the market, is being rapidly supplanted by the neater and lighter model with a tin barrel. For the man- ufacture of the latter tin of various colors is employed, blue and red predominating, though the larger quantity of tin drums are made of a brass imitation. This tin comes in sheets of two sizes, 14x20 inches and 20x28, the sheets being packed in cases holding 112. For wooden drums the barrels are generally bass or white wood, occasionally oak, The stay hoops are of oak or beech. Before the strip of wood can be used, it needs to undergo many processes, among others bending, planing and sweating. The first drums made used to be boiled in open tanks, and the limit that could thus be prepared daily was less than 50. ‘The intro- duction of machinery and more perfect methods has increased the daily productions, so that 2,- 000 drum pieces is considered nothing more than one man’s fair day’s work, The log, usually cut to three feet in length, is placed be- tween the teeth of a huge machine, and the slicing begins. The knife receives it, and, as the: log revolves, the piece sliced is received on a cylinder and then rolled up. Seventy-five thicknesses make one inch of the log. If then the log is three feet through, one revolution will yield a piece nine feet long, and the total length sliced from the log would extend over a mile. Cutting machines further reduces this huge sheet to the desired lengths. A core of six inches thickness is left, which is taken out of the jaws and split into drumsticks and ten- pins. The veneers are heated, then bent, and are soon ready to be shaped asadrum. There are also planing and sandpapering machines, all run by water power. The strips are put through the bender, from three to six at a time, The sticks are smoothed by rolling in revolving barrels, the process being continued for three or four hours.—Hachange. A NORTHERN MARKET FOR SOUTH- ERN LUMBER. There is a growing opinion among the yard dealers in this city that more attention must, in the near future, be devoted to the cultivation uf a trade in southern Inmber. It isa recognized probability that the pine trade will be moe and more cut into, until competition will be- come so sharp that old time profits will be im- possible. While the pine trade of this city, both local and shipping, will make this the leading market for that kind of lumber as long as the supply holds out, the increasing use of other woods and the diversification of the lum ber business generally suggest that it is unwise for dealers to shut their eyes to the growing de- mand for southern lumber, to the degree of letting St. Louis, Kansas City and other mar- kets ‘‘get away ” with the lion’s share of the business. Men with a vision beyond the bounds of their pine yards see that southern pine, cyprus and poplar are bound to come into use in this city and surrounding towns in an increasing degree, and that somebody will reap such advantage of handling these woods as there may be in the operation, The demand will increase, and it willbe met. Will the pine dealers ignore the innovation, or will they endeavor to seize it and make it redound to their advantage? Some of the dealers are answering the latter part of the query in the affirmative. They hold that, as this is a rail- way centre of greater magnitude than any other in the country, as well as the most impor- tant lake port in the northwest, and has acquired the prestige of the greatest lumber 2 bf — SECURITY MUTUAL Benefit Society OF NEW YORK, No. 233 Broadway, New York. The Security Mutual Benefit Society of New York is one of the few assessment life insurance market in the world, it isa natural conclusion that Chicago should become an important dis- tributing point for southern lumber. In taking this view, it is not considered that the far west- ean demand is to be supplied from this point. But the local, suburb n and near-by trade—say within a radius of 150 miles—can be furnished from this market at a profit. The common objection to ashipping trade in southern lumber at this point has been that surrounding towns can be supplied directly from the mills. It is claimed that country yard dealers can get rates from the south as low as the wholesale handlers in this city can. This may be so, and yet there is more to the consid- eration than this simple fact. It takes money, facilities and experience to handle Jumber. It also requires missionary work to induce dealers and consumers to take hold of a kind of lumber to which they are not accustomed. The manu facturers at the south sometimes need laboring with, also. Now the lumbermen of this city have the requisite capital to buy up and handle all the lumber produced in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, if they could see profit in the undertaking. If they could find a field for distributing a large amount of southern lumber they would go into the business without delay. Or, if they could buy lumber at the south in large quantity—by the entire mill cut —at prices low enough to admit of a handling bill and a profit besides, some of them would venture to undertake it. But there must be a partial cessation of the peddling business now practiced by the southern manufacturers before the wholesale dealers of this city will be able to take hold of yellow pine, cyprus and poplar on a large scale. If a system could be perfected whereby the dealers of this city could control the cut of nu- merous southern mills, a large amount of lum- ber could thus be profitably handled through this market. Were owners of mills at the south to be guaranteed the sale of their product for the entire season, knowing that it was going into competent hands, and that there would be no backset or failure in payment, they would sell lumber at rates that would give the northern buyer something of a monopoly of the business. The owners of mills at the south are not gener- ally so rich that they would prefer to peddle out lumber by the car load, to retail dealers and consumers all over the country, when they could dispose of an entire season’s cut ata fair log run figure. This proposition it seems to men who have seriously thought of the subject, is the basis on which a southern lumber market can be built companies that has attained conspicuous suc+ cess. ‘‘Slow and Sure” has been the motto of its managers, and they have preferred to build up a solid foundation with Strictly Frst-Class Male Risks, rather than grow fast numerically at the ex- pense of safety and become burdened with unsafe risks, heavy mortality and frequent assessments. The members of this society elect their own officers annually, cannot be assessed except for death losses occurring after the surplus fund is exhausted, are guaranteed against dishonest management by the Agency Security and Guaranty Company, a responsible corporation organized upon the unlimited plan, and having one hundred thousand dollars capital, and who also GUARANTEE THE PERPETUITY OF THE SOCIETY FOR 48 YEARS. up in this city. Carried out, it woul? involve amore careful and specific manufacture, that would satisfy the northern demand. It would be necessary to conduct the business so that a full supply of southern lumber could be carried in stock. As the white pine supply diminishes, and gets more and more into strong hands, the use of southern woods will increase. Already they cut a large figure in eastern seaboard markets. Time will come when the east will be largely sup) lied over interior railroads.-- Northwestern Lumberman. For “worn-out,” “run-down,” debilitated school teachers, milliners, seamstresses, house= pega and over-worked women generally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best of all restorative tonics. It is not a “* Cure-all, but admirably fulfills a singleness of purpose, being a most potent Specifie for those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to women. It is a powerful, general as well as uterine, tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor and strength to the wholesystem. It promptly cures weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloat- ing, weak back, nervous prostration, debility and sleeplessness, in either sex. Favorite Pre- scription is sold by druggists under our posi- tive guarantee. See wrapper_around bottle. Price $1.00, or six bottles for $5.00. A large treatise on Diseases of Women, pro- fusely illustrated with colored plates and nu- merous wood-cuts, sent for 10 cents in stamps, Address, WORLD’s DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache, and Constipation, promptly cured by Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. 25¢.@ vial, by drug; Considering the elements of safety and per- manency which it affords, no organization ever before offered the substantial benefits of life insurance at so little cost to the insured. ONLY TWELVE ASSESSMENTS have been levied from 1881 to 1886, averaging three a year, and making the cost for assess- ments to a man of 40 years Less Than Five D.llars a Year for each $1,000 of insurance. 6x11 SEND FOR CIRCULARS. For Sale at a Sacrifice. Pete \ A SAW MILL Quaerep in excellent locality with an attachme of 200 acres of well timbered land through which flows the Nottawasaga River. Best water privil¢g: in Simcoe. Capacity of mill eight thousand feet aaily. Enough custom work to pay running expenses. Satis- factory reasons for selling. Box 60 Alliston, Ont. 2L13 TO RENT! The NORTON SAW MILL PROPERTY and POWER, on the East Side of the Saranac River, Plattsburgh, N. Y. Saw mill has direct communica- pt rag the Forests of the Adirondacks. PP. CHAS. H. MOORE, PLATTSBURGH 2ull NEW YORK. 8 en ee ——————— A LIMIT TO PINE VALUE. A large owner of pine in the Aroostook re- gion of Maine lately complained that the upper grades of lumber were selling at prices $2 to $3 below prices that prevailed when he pur- chased his holdings in the Aroostook country in 1851, This reduction in price has been brought about mostly because of an increase ot transportation facilities and the cheapening of freight rates, whereby western pine has crowd- ed Maine lumber in the eastern seaboard mar- kets. This statement of the Aroostook lumberman leads to a reflection of some importance, It is a fact that the increase of demand and the diminution of supply have not served to enhance the price of either high or low grade white pine lumber. It is a curious circumstance that to- day the druggy classes of lumber are the clears and selects. This is fact, notwithstanding that it is generally acknowledged that good lumber, as compared to coarse, is growing scarce and hard to.be obtained in large proportion to the common and coarse qualities, Wide lumber, either coarse or fine, is now of more importance than strictly fine lumber that is not wide. Wide lumber will sell for a relatively higher price than any other of whatever grade or class. The Maine man’s experience suggests the probability that the value of white pine lumber will not advance with the ratio of diminishment of the supply. There are holders of pine stumpage who seem to think that the day will come when soft pine will be worth about as much as mahogany, certainly as much as black walnut, simply because of its scarcity. But there is no reason for such a conclusion, Pro- bably there were men in Maine 20 or 35 years ago, who thought their good pine would by this time sell for $75 to $100 a thousand, because firsts and seconds sold in 1851 for $45 and $35 reference to the Colonial Exhibition :— during the past week haye been the Princess Louise and Princess Victoria. with the Marquis of Lorne their Royal High- nesses made an inspection of the educational court, and spent some time in examining the various exhibits of school work from the Province of Quebec, and in conversation, in the French language with the honorable Gedeon Ouimet, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Province, appearance. lecturer at the Royal Danish Agricultural College of Copenhagen, spent some time in the section. His attention was particularly attract- ed by the agricultural trophy, and he expressed himself as specially struck with the fruits there displayed, recent purchases in the Canadian section. The latest recipient of the royal patronage are Messrs. La Liberte, of Quebec, from whom Her Majesty has secured a valuable otter muff. The royal party were evidently much impress- ed during their visit with the fur exhibits form- ing part of Canada’s display. quarter upon Canadian with other Colonial visitors who are here in connection with the exhibition. Secretary of State for the Colonies, a number of seats were placed at the disposal of Cana- dian visitors in the Colonial Office stand for the purpose of viewing the customary trooping of colours in celebration otf the Queen’s birthday. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. shores of the St, Lawrence and the great lakes. But while the busy woodsman and hardy settler have together turned much of this orig inal forest into arable and pasture land,the tim- ber regions are still vast.and variedjenough to maintain for them a leading place amoung the feeders of Canadian industries. Wence, under the guidance of such experts as Professor Macoun, the woods of the Dominion form a prominent and interesting section of the South Kensington display worthy of the most careful attention. THE WOODS OF THE PACIFIC PROVINCE. In the very middle of the Central Gallery stands the already famous trophy of British Columbian pines. Erected to a height of some 10 to 12 feet the trophy consists of highly pol- ished sections of the noted Douglas fir or Oregon pine of British Columbia. A fine collection of this same wood, the king of all trees, is to be found in the annexe to the south of the central gallery, leading from {the game trophy. Here the immense polished sections average from 4 to 10 feet in length and as much as six feet in diameter. The finish of these samples serves admirably to show the beautiful grain and colour of the wood. They also per- mit of illustration of the facility with which the wood may be worked and of its inherent strength. So tough, indeed, is this Douglas pine that it was chosen for the structure of all the high bridges of the Canada Pacific Railway through the mountains. In the Machinery-in- Motion Court may be found an unpolished perpendicular section of the same wood, 15 feet high, which, though not taken from the centre of the tree, measures some seven feet in diameter, and this section is reported to have been taken from a tree twenty feet from the ground. The palm must, however be accorded toa truly immense horizontal section, in five THE COLONIAL EXHIBITION. From the Canadian Gazette, London, Eng- and, of June 3rd, we take the following in Among the visitors at the Canadian section In company Some foreign visitors have also put in an Among these, Mr, V. EH. Maar, The Queen has been pleased to extend her Attentions are being showered from every On Saturday, by invitation of the white and black birch, the scrub or rock and swamp maple, and the beech ; and in the left wing, the red and grey oak, the elm, black and basswood. Above this series of logs, im each of the three sections, an ash-wood case, resting on an inclined plane, contains as many as thirty small panels of the lesser woods, anc also some of the larger woods, that are not abundant enough to be used for commercial purposes, or not sufficiently important to be represented ix the principal parts of the trophy, The smaller woods thus represented include, in the right wing, the swamp and black alder, the mountain ash, bilberry, wild red and d black cherry, wild thorn and scrub pine; in the centre section, the dwarf and grey birch, the mountain and white and striped maple, an the mooseberry and other duplicated varieties; and in the left wing, the ironwood, dogwood, witch-hazel, willow, white ash, balsam, poplar, aspen poplar and sumach, Each small panel bears a life-like painting of the foliage, the framed with strips of its own wood showing the bark and growth. The beauty of these v ee flower, and often the fruit of its variety, and is smaller woods is thus fully depicted, while a careful inspection will show how their useful- ness may beextended for chemical and medicinal purposes, and also for ornamental trees. Above the sloping case large upright panels indicate the large woods in polished sections, — the principal varieties being the same as those shown in logs at the base, The sides of these large panels are formed of saplings of the respective woods, resting upon turned bases, and capped by capitals carved to represent the leaf, fruit and flowers of each variety, In these large panels the shaft and rift of the grain, as well as its density, annual growth, depth of sap and bark, are well shown, thus conveying, by the aid of the logs below, a complete idea of the natural growth of each of the larger woods, parts, which is shortly to form the principal feature in a wcod and coal trophy, in the out- side space partly occupied by the Ontario wind- mills, It exceeds in size even the famous section on the Parliament grounds at Ottawa, for while that measures eight feet four inches in diameter, these five sections when put to- gether represent a total diameter of over ten feet, the bark alone measuring ten inches in a thousand. They argued that in fifteen or | twenty years pine would be ascarce article in | Maine, and hence holders would be able to i realize almost any price they should choose to | ask for it. They made no calculation for the influx of pine from the west, even from far Wisconsin, of cypress poplar and yellow pine from the south, and the extensive adoption of Company with their wonted liberality invited, through the Exhibition Reception Committee, a large company of colonists, and among them many Canadians, to a luncheon at the Royal Albert Docks yesterday (Wednesday), the party being conveyed by special steamer from the Temple pier. The proprietors of the Zimes newspaper have also, through the Reception Their higher commercial use is also shown by oblique bars stained to show in turn the effect of ebony, walnut, mahogany, rosewood, satin—- — wood and other stains, The fruit, foliage, and flower are also beautifully painted upon many of the large panels, as upon the smaller ones, and above is carved some fancy work in each class of wood. The cornice surmounting the Hh hardwood in house finishing and other work, wherein soft pine was once deemed indispensa- ble. So, to-day, it is likely, holders of Michi- gan and Wisconsin pine think that in fifteen or twenty years the supply will have become so nearly exhausted that they can realize cabinet- wood prices for their trees. But such sanguine owners are likely to be disappointed. Causes like those that have prevented the Aroostook men from doubling up the value of their hold- ings are operating to hinder the rapid advance- ment of the value of western pine. When the price of any wood in ordinary use is pushed up to a certain point, it strikes opposition to further advance in the shape of other woods that are brought in to take the place of the vaulting aspirant. When white pine became too costly in the east for ordinary purposes—and in the west, too, for that matter—yellow poplar enter- ed the field for box-making, furniture work, etc. In house finishing the hardwoods have largely taken the place of white pine. Maple and yellow pine flooring are as cheap as a fair article of white pine and much better in the long run. Thus no wood, however excellent it may be, can monopolise the market, or command a value above a range determined by competition with other woods, Hereafter transportation facilities between the south and the north,and between the Pacific coast and the interior, will increase, thereby cheapening freight rates, so that the vast sup- plies of yellow pine, poplar, cypress, redwood, fir, cedar, and the various deciduous lumber- producing woods will be growing competitors of northern pine. It is to be doubted if white pine will be worth more twenty years from now than it is to-day. Choice sections of stumpage may enhance somewhat in value, but it will not do to venture too much on that even. The tendency is towards the cheapening of all sorts of commodities, and there is no reason to sup- pose that this general law will not apply to lumber.—Northwestern Lumberman. Advertise in the LUMBERMAN. of Canadians to inspect their machinery and works on Friday next. exhibitors on Saturday, was in itself entirely successful, thanks to the caterers and to the distinguished speakers, occasions, and surrounded by the faces of so Tupper, in proposing ‘* The Chairman,” made guests, while Sir Saul Samuel,as Agent General of sympathic feeling through the assembly by his timely reference to the Cana- bered 160,170, making the large total cf 545,281 Committee, issued invitations to a small part : eer depth. In the Agricultural Court the woods of the Pacific Province are also well represented. As we have already seen, the base of the cen- tral pillar of the agricultural trophy is faced with polished slabs of no less than twenty-five of the species found in British Columbia, among which the beatifully grained red cedar must claim special admiration. Here a new feature adds much to the interest of the collection. On each polished panel a photograph shows the tree as it ismet with in the forest, while the frame in which the photograph is encased is itself of the variety depicted, to indicate the wood in one of its manufactured stages. These species are not, it must be remembered, intended to show the full size, or, indeed, the entire beauties of the mighty trees of the Pacific Province, growing as they do im unhindered grandeur to twelve or thirteen feet in diameter, and nearly 300 feet in height. They merely illustrate the various species as near their natural state as possible, and this, it must be admitted, they do most admirably, THE NEW BRUNSWICK TROPHY. One of the most attractive features of the whole Canadian display is the New Brunswick wood trophy, occupying a prominent position onthe south aisle of the central gallery, In other of the colonial sections—in the New Zea- land and Australian for instance—will be seen large wood collections, but is doubtful if one equally compact and yet so completely repre- sentative 1s to be found in the whole exhibition. The main portion of the trophy is divided into three perpendicular sections. Along the base of three sections is arranged a series of fifteen uniform logs of commercial or large woods, each log being 37 inches in height and 20 inches in diameter, The right wing is devoted to the coniferous woods ; to the hemlock—one of the most important trees of the Province in con- nection with the tanning industry—the white and red pine, and the black and white spruce, representing the varieties chiefly used in ship- building. The centre and left sections are given up to the other large woods ; in the centre, the The Queen’s birthday banquet of Canadian The speeches were all more or less in good form. The Marquis of Lorne makes an excellent chairman on such many he had known in Canada, it was but natural that he should be appreciative and even humorous in his various utterances. Sir Chas. a brief but happily impressive and businesslike speech. The Hon, G. Ouimet spoke in French, to the apparent appreciation of many Canadian for New South Wales, was able to strike a chord whole dian Pacific Railway as a route to Australia, and to the projected cable from Canada’s Pacific shore to the antipodes, The visitors to the exbibition last week num- since the opening on May 4th. At the levee held by the Prince of Wales on Monday the following Canadians connected with the exhibition were presented to His Royal Highness by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owens, Secre- tary tothe Royal Commission:—The Hon. Hector Fabre, Dr. Alfred R. C. Selwyn, the Hon. Gedeon Ouimet, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Ross, Mr, Thomas Cross, Dr, J. P, May, and Major Gartshore, FORESTRY. Did the prairie regions of the North-West form no part of the Dominion, Canada might with general accuracy be said to consist origin- ally of one vast natural forest. Even now, indeed, one may find it so described without any material qualification in some English works reputed to be of standard merit, for until quite recently not a few learned geographers treated of Canada in their writings as little more than a fringe of habitable land along the whole is composed principally of bark and specimens of each variety in mouldings. Above this main part of the trophy the principal animals of life of the Province is depicted in h of moose, cariboo, and deer, as well as 1 we of the porcupine, fox, racoon, mink, muskrat, ermine, the smallest species of Amer- ican owl, flying and common red squirrel,raven woodpecker, partridge and other small game. To these it was intended to add specimens of the destroying insects of the forests, but time forbid. Indeed, though originally designed for the International Forestry Exhibition held in Edinburgh in 1884, the trophy was itself pre- pared in comparatively but ashort time. Yet it shows few, if any, traces of hasty work, and must be admitted to be in every respect highly creditable to the New Brunswick Government, under whose auspices it has been erected, to the originators, Messrs. Howe, of St. John, New Brunswick, to Mr. Ira Cornwall, jr., agent for tho Province at the Exhibition, and those other New Brunswick gentlemen who have actively interested themselves in the matter. THE EAST AND CENTRAL FOREST ZONES. The next feature of the forest display of Canada is the small trophy met with on the south por- tion of the Agricultural Court. It consists mainly of three shelves. On the two lower are arranged perpendicular slabs of the woods of Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and all Eastern Canada. These are, in a large measure, specimens in a different form of the varietie — composing the New Brunswick wood trophy, — for what applies to that Province will also ap ply to the whole eastern zone of the Dominion except that Western Quebec and Ontario poss- esses many species not found in other rovinces, On the upper shelf are arranged — the slabs from a large number of the finest trees of the Rocky Mountain district, not, however, selected or intended to do more than show th ordinary product. Above this shelf is ahor izontal section of the British Columbia oa THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 9 ph Diggs Wie Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co’y T. McILROY, Jr., Manager. MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the Factories, 135 to 155 West Lodge Avenue, P.O. Box 494. The largest Manufacturers in he world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Cloth Insertion and pure Tubing of all sind. Rubber, Linen and Cotton Fire Hose. Leather Belting, Extra heavy American Oak Tanned. hawk. The small size of this trophy has not, unfortunately, permitted the display upon it of the photograph of each varity, as is being’done in the case of the British Columbia samples and the photographs of the growths of Eastern _ Canada must, therefore, be placed elsewhere, though an interesting feature will be added in the specimens of the i.» ‘** be shown in jars beside each variety. Close at hand, in the south annexe to the Agricultural Court, the woods of Quebec and the Lake Superior region are adequately represented. On the one side of the annexe, large logs of the tree are shown, while on the other side the cut wood is repre- sented. And here activity prevails, for it is largely from the deals of Eastern Canada that rustic seats are now being made for the use of visitors to the Canadian section. The seats will bear inscriptions, showing the place of growth, and thus form an excellent exhibit in themselves. From Thunder Bay eleven species of woods are shown as specimens of the timber used in connection with the gold and silver mining industries. These include the white, Norway, and jack pines, spruce, tamarac, white birch, and white poplar. The central forest district of Canada is also represented in connection with the agricultural exhibits. Here may be seen the ash-leaved maple from the heart of the prairie, the close- grained red fir peculiar to the eastern side of the mountains, white spruce of the best quality, clear of knots, and capable of excellent season- ing without warping; cypress pine, with, in some respects, the appearance of bird's-eye frontage of 76 feet, on which are piled large quantities of lumber, laths, shingles, etc., which is brought here on scows from the New Westminister mill. They are putting up a mill here which will be in working order by the middle of May, and will have a capacity for turning out 50,000 feet per day of 12 hours, They supply at present in Vancouver about 30 hands; in New Westminister, 100, Their business here, owing to the amount of building going on, is very large, averaging 25,000 feet per day. Mr. John Hendry is general manager, and Mr, R. C. Ferguson manager in Vancouver, SPRUCE DEALS. The business of St. John, N. B. in the manu- facture of spruce deals for the British, runs up into the hundred or more millions feet each year, enormous steamers and ships being em- ployed in the freighting of the manufactured lumber. Sometimes half a dozen large-sized steamers may be seen in St. John harbor at one time, loading deals for the English market, Spruce deals are selling just now at unusually low prices in St. John, only fetching $8.50 per thousand feet, while logs cut on Canada soil are selling at $7.50 per thousand feet, delivered at the mills in St. John. It is difficult for the outsider to see where the profit, if any, is realized in such a business. The lumber manu- facturers claim to secure quite a margin in the scale of the logs they bud. There are so scaled as to saw out 1,100 feet or so to the thousand. The average cut of sawing deals at St. John is ges A Full Stock always on hand. Write for Price Lists and Discounts. Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO New York Lumber Auction Co (LIMITE D.) OFFICE AND YARD, Foot West 21st Street, New York City. REGULAR SALES will be held during the year 1886, as follows : maple, as well as white and black birch, red ae eae att ar) 1 t Tuesday, April 6th, Tuesday, August 10th, and white pine, spruce, poplar, tamarac, oak, Be Ne aaa Va ec ha at do May 11th, do September 7th, bal ; f the present. There is the ever-present hope of ts : and _ epee > or WELLES pro a rise, which leads many a lumberman to a do June Sth, do October Sth, eee Pe that tr in' tho fruitless dance in the uncertain chase for profits, do July 13th, do November 2nd, forest regions of the North-West—are of the first quality. The black and white spruce are found in abundance, as well as the two species of poplar and pine. In the mountain section of the North-West there are eleven species of timber trees, most of which are of large size, producing the best of timber. These same varieties are also represented on the British Columbia side of the mountains, and many of them reach even to the coast, American logs, those cut in the state of Maine and floated down the waters of the St. John to the mills, sell at $9.50 per thousand feet, Many of these are sawed at St. John in mills controll- ed by Americans, and shipped to Boston and New York for a market. Thus 600,000 feet of the spruce lumber used in the construction of the new Washington mills at Lawrence comes from St. John, N. B, Driving, rafting and booming the millions of feet of logs cut on the St. John waters gives employment to thousands of men. All logs so cut are stopped at the great booms at Fredericton. Then they sorted, rafted and tsken in tow for the mills at St. John, at an expense of $1.80 per thousand feet inclusive of all charges,x— Manufacturer’s Gazette. and Tuesday, December 7th. Sales commence promptly at 10.30 a.m. Wm. Norman, Auction’r At each of these sales we shall offer a full and complete assortment of the best grades of HARDWOODS AND PINE LUMBER Dealers and consumers will find it to their profit and advantage to attend. Catalogues giving the inspection of each lot offered can be had at the yard on the day of sale, or will be mailed on appli- cation. Address New York Lumber Auction Co’y (Limited) Foot of West 21st Street, New York City. VANCOUVER. In an extended notice of Vancouver, B. C., the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the San Francisco Journal of Commerce says: . As the lumber resources of the Province are , practically inexhaustible, its manufacture and shipment forms of the chief industries carried on at present about Vancouver, HASTINGS’ SAW MILL. This mill is located in what is now the city of Vancouver, and was founded as far back as 1864. It is under the direction and manage- ment of Mr. Richard H, Alexander, who is one of the most enterprising and prominent men of this new city. The mill has three engines and six boilers, employs 150 hands, all depart- ments included, and has a capacity for turning out 70,000 feet of lumber per day of 12 hours. Though they supply a good share of the local demand, their business consists chiefly in ship- Ping, the product of the mill going principally to Australia, China and South America, A vessel is at present being despatched to London loaded with spars and clear lumber. A specialty is made of large timber. Some time since a flagstaff was got out for the Indian and Colonial exhibition, held in London, which was 148 feet long and only 16 inches at the buttend. A sawn piece of timber, 28x28 inches, 110 feet long, was shipped to China, which was the canse of a somewhat singu'ar order ; a request coming for a piece for ue- = ilding a summer Palace for the Exaperor of China, to be sawn five feet square and 60 feet long. They had seen such heavy productions coming from the mill, they imagined any size could be obtained. ‘The mill would not back down, but offered to Produce the stick if they would find the means THE IMPROVED BOILER FEEDER, WITH McShane’s Patent Improvement. Automatic and Positive in its action by moving a simple handle or lever. No regulating of Water or Steam. Works at Any Pressure. Lifts as well as a Pump. No open rep OVer-fiow. A boy 7 cuea Can start or stop it mive>as well as an engineer. ‘ee Simple and Effective. Suitable for all Kinds of Boilers. Send tor Descriptive Cireulars T. McAVITY & SON S ST, JOHN, N. B. FOREST FIRES. PEMBROKE, Ont,, June 10.—Two weeks ago some Poles set fires in the vicinity of Pogue Lake, and the high winds that prevailed since that time have carried the fire down to Bren- nan’s Creek, a distance of over ten miles, the breadth of the burnt district being over three miles. Mohr’s limit suffered most, the fire totally destroying it. McLachlin Bros.’ limit caught in seyeral places, burning all the pro visions the men had for tlie drive, The fire is now under control Constables have gone in search of the parties who set out the fires. On Saturday during the high wind the barns and outbuildings on the fain of Mr, Stephen Ryan, Reeve of South ..J, oma, took fire from the bush and were totally destroyed. A num- ber of settlers in South Algoma and Hagarty have had their fences and crops burned. On Saturday evening they had a good shower of rain, and only for this a good deal more damage would have been done. The Polish settlers were removing their furniture and effects from their houses and burying them, but the timely rain saved their buildings. A Russian Pole was arrested on the instance of McLachlin Bros,, and brought before Justices Kinders and O'Grady, charged with setting fire to their limits, and was committed to jail for thirty days. aaieeEnenaieeinsimenieaeee eel M. Forzn’s workshop in Belleville was ser- iously damaged by fire on June 18th, and a quantity of his lumber burned, A shed ad- joining owned by G, §, Tickell, was also burn- ed. Mr. Foren’s loss is $600; insured in the Royal for $600. Mr, Tickell’s loss is $120, The Ashley carriage factory was also damaged to the extent of about $50, ROYAL CITY PLANING MILL COMPANY. This a, who have ‘arge mills in New selves in Vancouver last fall. They A whart 600 feet long with o -_ pA. 0 de) oe ee } ¢ ait p . 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. aia = SSS SSS SS See Market Aeports. CHICAGO. GLASGOW. | The Northwestern Lumberman of June 26th| The Timber Trades Journal, of June 12th 8aYS :— says:—The past week’s import list, it will be observed, includes further arrivals of Canadian TORONTO. deals here per steam liners. No auction sale at From Our Own Correspondent. gs 42 — lac a alec pase Toronto, June 23.—No lumber of any con- there will be one tonote for next issue. Other sequence is now leaving our docks, nearly all rcs risiofilanson eae eee ; Ne: the dry stuff is shipped out, and the new cut is leak ata erican ma all there is to depend upon for shipment, and planks, the bulk of which are sold ex-quay and but little of that is yet ready to move. The i retail yards are all doing a brisk business, some of them, however, I fear, not doing a safe one. This, I think, is confined to two or three who deal heavily with speculative builders, which is parcels of staves from New York. The imports of staves from the States to the risky. One of this class of contractors has just skipped out between the two lights, leav- Clyde amount this year at date to 305,000 ing some confiding dealers to mourn his dishon- year. Theresa large stock of lumber on hand here, but not an excess, a8 there is a good de- mand, and as building operations are being still actively carried on, it is likely to continue 80 for some time. The demand for car loads has been good, and some large lines have been profitably disposed of, although some sales of a less satisfactory nature are spoken of. Large quantities of lum- ber are being daily received per Lachine Canal, from the Ottawa district. Up to date, 354,000 pieces deals, 17,500 ends and 38,600 boards have been exported to Europe, and 951,000 feet to South America, The following are the quotations at the yards :— Pine, Ist quality, B M.ssesegeesseeeee $00 V0@40 00 Pine 2nd ss 66; TES Pireph teal adieiels ein 00 00@80 00 Pine, shipping culls, # M -. 14 00@16 00 Pine 4th quality deals Y M, 10 00@12 00 BY THE CARGO, Over 200 cargoes of lumber have arrived in port during the week. The daily offerings on the market have been ample for the require- ments of trade. The larger proportion of in coming lumber is green piece stuff. It has sold with fair readiness, and prices have not materially differed from those that prevailed during the week previous. The price of short geen dimension is stiil placed at $9, though that is all the market will bear. The appear- ance of thing indicates a perturbation of the market bottom, though the commission men are hanging on like grim death. On Thursday business seemed rather slow, and holders man ifested some anxiety to close trades. While it pieces, as against 350,000 pieces for correspond- ing period last year. The stock in yard is mod- erate. Pipe staves not inquired for. There is further to note in the past week’s arrivals an import of American poplar or whitewood logs, é 3 : in ill culls, Y@M...... 7 e a . ng he esty. This will continue to be the case to a et chee «end ‘ uf ae a4 is not within the open truth to say at the mo-| of which the market was bare. They have the greater or lesser extent, until such time as deal- Ty ee tee ra ; of bed ae ment that lumber is cheaper than it was 3|N.T. B, mark (imported by the Scottish Caro- : . n, run of log culls out, # M...... zi 5 . - ers demand undoubted security for their mate-| pase, i Pele Me ates 0.220 00 | Week ago, the tendency is certainly uot to] lina Timber and Land Company), and are yard- rial before it is placed on the ground, and in Oe Leak Bee 33 Annee Keusctitdacce emer Fi pogso 90 strength. It is predicted that if the wind hvlds | ed for sale at Queen’s Dock. 5 . -) 4 1 Se beeen ener eeee . justice to themselves and their creditors, they | Qherry, @ Messersseceeee seresseeene ++ 80 00100 00 northerly, and the cargoes continue to come] At Greenock the only arrival to note is a have a right to do this. | Ba WM... eee eee fetter seen ee ens gs Soe 09 along as fast as they are now dropping in, there | cargo of teak, consigned to Messra. Edmiston Sales from the car for local demand continue Ward) Maple sap Wl seas: aes "rs88*"* 5F 40@30 00 | Must be another decline of a quarter ona thous- | & Mitchells. fair. Most of the bill stuff comimg 10 18 this Eh ae fe Jeadaaso B60 : Bg ie and. Imports of north of Europe goods to Grauge- ’ , shingles, 5 WM wns cone weer opie coee 3 5 a ° season’scut, and cars have to be loaded with Shingles, and, Mt. cA nope ods. s 20M 0G 300! ‘There is considerable indefinite talk about | mouth are much under those of corresponding the present market value of No. 2 boards and strips. This term now applies to lumber com prehended in a wide range. So many ports due regard to the eye of tha weigh master, so that until the new cut is partially dry business must be done by the middlemen at a small d CORDWOOD. Prices are steady. The following are the quotations at the period last year, the carrying tonnage for the current year to date amounting to 5,600 tous as against 17,600 tons at thix time last year. profit, Wholesale dealers have made such vig eta _, | how send lumber to this market that it is al-| Particulars are appended of a pubiie se of orous opposition to the RR. Companys’ un OnE Birch’ Ado Aaa Lata Ay 2 8 ageA f most impossible to say what is and what is not | timber held at Greenock on 3rd inst. A por- just demand for 25 per cent, penalty on all} Long Beech 5 00@5 50| strictly No. 2 stock, The only way is to give a] tion of the catalogue—the goods saved from the excess weights, that the Companys have come | Tamarack 6 00@0 00} sufficientiy wide range to prices for green and | wreck of the Benefactrese—was ex a to the conclusion that discretion was the better SAN s dry as to include all that can be classed ‘as No. | out reserve. posed part to take, so that alg hag ner a Quotations a the yards are as follows :— 2, This we endeavor to do in this issue. Sales} A large company was proses t, and in the ag- doned, though not wit rout a good Geal OL) pine, clear, @Mesessiseras CE ee ass coco 00 | Bave lately been made of stock that was classed | gregate a considerable quantity of goods chang- squirming. ‘There is still another unjust prac- ]} Pine, fourths..........-seeeseeeeeeees ‘2"50 00@63 00| as No. 2 at $10, $10.25, $10 75 and $12 a thous- | ed hands. Pine, selects.... Pine, ZOO POX. sesevevsceveceeeseseeeees 22 00@83 00 Pine, COMMON HOX.....seerereeseeeeeese 13 00@15 00 Pine, 10-in, plank, Cach.... sees eeseees 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each. .+ser. seees 00 25@00 27 AUCTION SALE. On 3rd inst., at Greenock, Messrs. Edmiston & Mitchells, brokers :— and, the latter being for strictly dry. This season, however, most of the inch lumber being absorbed by the yards has been bought at the tice adopted by the Grand Trunk Railway, which should at once be rectified, and that is as follows :—any lumber firm bringing Jumbe from any given point on their road, say that pine naaariss ea oh owt as poo a mills to arrive, and, of course, on private | (Sold without reserve on account of under- four cars are shipped from the same place and Pine are eae 7. th, pM oe: ee : = terms. writers) :— at the same time, Three of said cars weigh | Pine, 12-in. boards, 16 ft. . ‘ 98 00@32 00} Shingles are still somewhat slow of sale, and Per cub. ft, less than 24,000 lbs., and one over that weight. Bine! iin, Pease ¢ x ene 6 prices are weak at our quoted range. Quebec waney boardwood— ad, Instead of striking an average, the three cars| Pine, 1{-in. siding, common. -. " 15 00@18 00 | Dimension, short greeM......+-++0+++es $9 00 18 in avg 20 are charged at 24,000 lbs., and the fourth one is Pine, 1-in. siding, select.......+ . 40 00@42 00] pimension, short dry.....++ s+eeeeeees 9 50@10 00 | Quebec 8rd waney boardwood— z i i i Pine, inch siding, common.... ..- .-. 18 00@15 00 a . 10 00 12 19 in avg 12 billed to the consignee with the excess weixht. | Spruce, boards, each. .--...«s+0++- *** 99 o0@00 16 | Boards and’ strips, No. 2....++++++- teens 00 To give the N. & N. W. R. R. Coy their just Spruce, plank, L}-in., CaChs sss. seeeeee ees 00 00@00 20 | Boards and strips, mediam....... Kokece 13 00 15 00 | Quebec deck plankwood— Spruce, plank, 2-in., CCH. .+.eeeeee eeee 00 00@00 380 | gelected.....-.+++ Ce a veceee) BL-00 24 00 56 c ft avg per log 16 due, let me say they do not follow this course. | Spruce, wall strips, each........e++++ee+: 00 12@00 12| boards and strips, No, 1 16 00 19 00} Quebec yellow pine— and a large corporation like the former should | Hemlock, boards, each». ¢-.+-.+s +++ 00-00@00: Ise oe eek Pa 60 c ft ay; 1 1 q Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each........0++++0- 00 00@00 32 | Shingles, standard......+- EE a ee ee me g per log oj be above such petty larceny. There is really Hemlock, joist, 24x4, CON ss vvererrerens 00 00@00 14 | Shingles, extra....s++sceesseeeeeeeeeees 180 200 15 logs 35 ¢ ft avg per log 1 no other fit name to apply to it, Se ea eae MG SAGE esi iety sr ets a3 Shingles, cedar, standard.......+++++++ 165 1 75 | Quebec red pine The quantity of lumber unloaded by track | Black waluut, PiAGh E> a renckey gthhe= 80 00@90 00 | Shingles, cedar, extra.......-.. Rint tn. 2 00 es logs=S49 c ft 0 11g side has lessened somewhat during the last Black walnut, } IMch....+6ee vs vsereeeee es 00 00@85 00 | Lath, green 1 25 | Quebec birch— , : ae . | Scaymore, L-inCh.....+ee+seeeeeeeeeeeees 28 00@30 00 : 2 logs=27 cft 11 month, and all dimension stuff arriving by rail | Scaymore, Q-inch....+.6- csesseeeeeee ees 21 00@28 00 | Lath, dry.....+-.r-erarsrnsesss tress ones 1 40 oe moves off readily, although prices are not high ete wood, 1-inch and thicker. ....e.+ 38 00@40 00 AT THE YARDS. Quebec walnut— : : iat Se c rite wood, §-inch..... Peters mica vse 28 00@30 00 ny k €.onl fair demand h 5 logs=109 c ft 35 enough togive the dealers a fair living profit, anu rood a Nina Seceskicaeiccee nels +2. 40 00@43 00 or a week past only a fair Gemand@ Aas pre’ | Quebec ash— Mill cull boards and scantling............0080+5 $10 00 ts ee OS SAMI spies ween lelals = ee 2 vailed. There begins to be some complaint of 1 log=36 ¢ ft 11 Sane lb ds, pr’ ig ridths....... 2 verry, good, % M.......- asilee See cccnee (@ . Shipping eal micokae 1 pagans a ae aay mf A Ha Cherry, common, @ M... ..+-+-+- 2+. 26 00@30 00 dullness, though it we to be expected that Quebec elm— Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft....+....5+ TIED rg 00 | Oak, good, BM... .....45 beet eeteeeee es 40 00@43 00| there would be a falling off in distribution as 2 logs=99 eft 17 “ “ “ Sir ee anne Pera OO Oak, second quality, @ M......--++-+-e++ 20 00@25 00 midsum approached. Since the labor tro . 5 “ “ “70 TESS RRS See ae 1s Op | Basswood, @ M....sseeeerseveseeeerers+ 26 00@30 00 ICSE SEE. : 5 labor trou | Sawn pitch pine— - “ “ DD EES een RTE X00 Bl B bh a i . pee 4 bles in May subsided, a large requirement has 2 logs=78 c ft 10 cc) ee Outta. oe fea avle, Canada, & M.......0.++++ meses seis a Bit os : : ‘ was disposed of after “ “ “ a a ee i RS a uo Maple, American, per M.......++ seeeeeee 26 00@28 o¢ | PFE’ ailed in this state, and dealers who culti- The undernoted timber = «“ “ Coy eal AION ths a ee "275" 79 99 | Chestnut, @ M.......s.00 see aaceiess "7" 38 oo@40 0¢ | vate this trade have made no complaint of lack the salvage sale :-— “ “ & BOER Teche arc aeRO 20 00 | Shingles, shaved, pine, @ M..... seseeees 0 00@ 6 50) OF Gomand Per cub. ft “ “ “ BOE N, aoachivaiceiostclante 21 00 ; 2nd quality......+++ oui inte seers 0 00@ 6 00 2 7 E bec wane = ad. « “ (84 forsee ees e022 B0@22 50 : prin sawed, PiN@...++++++++++ : ae . eS Receipts of lumber and shingles for the week Que thee rd wood— 1103 « «“ « A REMC, De yee ae ‘clear, Beis MVeininie no vibin cies . in avg x «36 ft 24 00 Hu cedar, mixed Hulda ac mata 0 00@ 3 3¢ | ending June 24, as reported by the Lumber- eee at iira : 3 G | Beedar; XRoxoe . setbiele sicle ve case. 0 000) 0 00] man’s Exchange :— Cutting up planks to dry.........-.6eee- 20 00@25 00 *¢ Phemlock.. +.» pubes es. seer +» 2 26@ 2 85 RROBIPTA. Guaben are Leaieeaey Be nama Ne ccchs Wea aigtke 3) op | Lath,hemlock, #@ M...seserseeeeeeeeees 0 00@ 2 18 Lumber. Shingles. 41 c ft avg per log 1lt ound dressing stocks. .......+++ tebe Bs ics 16 oo@18 oo | Uath,sprace, © +++ Tess ssesees TIED 0 00@ 2 23] 1996... cccsceeceeeee eeeeeee+ 56,950,000 30,814,000 | Quebec deck plankwood— aes cena 2S CRI UIE Ny aan ue OSWEGO, N.Y. 1885. severe eeerens veveeee ee» 59,966,000 26,364,000 55 c ft avg per log 133 re: 8. Mm. inspection.....++ wees i. . : = are Sal : B. M. From Our Own Correspondent ret Fa ee eee Quebec yeliow pine (joisting) — Linch flooring, dressed. ....++...++ sseee 26 00@30 00] Three uppers $42 00@46 00 Lu gaan 1 60 logs 36/50 c ft avg per log 1134 & 10 Ww «“ «“ aii) Hage GRO BENC CUHUAEOL 14 00@15 00 Bice ee one ecu c Setibipis «ee evieisrhieie a ROE i mober. ingles. Sawn pitch pine— 1h | dressed ... LITT s8 00@25 00 | Gutting up. pes eR: “72 24 00@26 00 seeee 498,877,000 — 286,910,000 35 c tt avg per log 10 a We aieeehs eee seta 2 7 i # aeeee Pee erate cise e ee a ae COMIDON sos «aie covisebeiatnno cists TaN 22 00@25 00 . 474,656,000 172,509,000 Peswad eeeercre vole alti G ODIMOL ems oc. fialemoineeneicia! seve. 14 00@18 00 » —_—__—S—¥" fy xo tree andresseds ccs 66,000 ** 219,000 ** 31,000 “| 10,1)“ (rCnC oh ppnogano. doorpopibo ben hobo: Jone 49,000 ** 108,000 ‘* 25,000 ** 4 11,000 “ Gs . 99 « N. B.&N.S. slants Deals...... sbi nc ee stds ie std 4,290 stds 2,979 stds. (TUE an oonddoeasoen at cAconpooecriog 2.183 ‘* 4,158 760 “ 1,206 “ Baltic Red Deals, &c........0...esercececees 2,258 ** 3,099 ** 198 “ 562 Balpichs Boards iasasisiem slices iiesmelee 68 207, © 22 $6 tbe ¥ prepared Flooring........... ss... 8,567 ** 3A52 “© 1,093 *¢ 1,876 ** SS err es ae rs ee EE a SS SS Ss SS BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. | A GREAT aND GROWING INDUSTRY. The following are the returns issued by the board of Trade, for the month of May 1886 ; and also for the 5 months ending May 1886 : MONTH ENDED 31ST MAY, 1886. Quantity. Value. Timber (Hewn). Loads. #. NaC Cappo tnbaCcoe aie be Sore 11,865 25,098 Sweden and Norway.,............-. 59,094 83,143 GeKManys.). tat erhiste seine tals. gateebe as 6 80,019 78,236 WniGed i Statesiviers eicistcisisislsleinie =is)<1sMbereel 7,529 28,799 BriGis ba Da eretetstete siete jeleis) s/alslein) elie 4,520 56,516 British North America........+....- 688 2,070 Other Countries............00s0-.6% 31,326 48,812 Motall oc Btatussisws vii ssiere tae 145,041 317,674 Timber (Sawn or Split, Planed or Dressed). Rurspitatgeasrnamssttists(stelens(efaieiae(olteninttints(sts 41,553 78,862 Sweden and Norway..... afavateVolerelit tae 123.459 267,836 United States. ..c)etidhaseeteeiaestcaeice 31,373 85,939 British North Amerioa... ......++++ 19,508 46,175 Other Countries..............0....- 6,090 16,844 Y ol) FR aR NAR Cah AN COL Or cOran 221,983 495,656 Staves, (all) sizes). (c.8. Soces.. une e 9,002 38,947 Mahogany (tons) .....0+.++....-..- 4,431 35,037 Total of Hewn and Sawn.......... 367,024 803,830 FIVE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31sT, 1886. Timber (Hewn). LATEST Ws siicine gdch AROH acer oreo OEOROr 15,425 39,659 Sweden and Norway.........+..+.-- 187,777 255,577 GeermMaMyjereiciertateiaraie ie) dn! wales eiaissateleisie) ete 44,534 114,620 Wrnited\ States sires esiniclcieleielelels aictara 39,449 137,880 13) BURST LE yo noc an mommrOnpIregtora 18,225 235,188 British North America...... ....... 3,854 11,877 Other Countries.......:..sceeeneees 180,555 241,948 BPO teal stateitial=\ay¢ Minnissaiete «le 489,819 1,036,749 Timber (Sawn or Split, Planed or Dressed). IME YE. soncenonoe couoddnG Gonooobee 50,451 95,023 Sweden and Norway.............. 277,911 603.918 United States. ocisinecicieisicelsielele)s 117,986 318,863 British North America ........... 34,524 78,058 Other Countries.......c0s0secceues 18,953 56,823 Total. .....+s FAiaNeraaes. aan ce 499,825 1,152,685 Staves (all sizes)........-00eeeessers 33,421 164,889 Mahogany (GOnSs).......5000s scesces 21,587 180,386 Total Hewn and Sawn............. 989,644 2,189,434 RAFTS ARRIVED. The following rafts are reported in the Chron- icle as having arrived at Quebec :— June 10—R. H. Klock & Co., Ottawa River, white and red pine, etc., Cap Rouge. John §. Murphy, Black Lake, pine and spruce deals, Black Lake Station. June 15—Cook & Gibbons. waney white pine, ash and elm, New Liverpool Cove. June 16—Collins’ Bay Rafting and Timber Co., waney pine, etc., Bowen’s Cove, Sillery. June 17—Thomas Buck, white pine, ash, oak and elm, Belleville and Michigan, New Liver- pool Cove. A. Fraser, white and red pide, Ontario, St. Lawrence docks, June 18—McArthur Bros., Michigan, staves, New London Cove. June 19—McLachlin Bros, Bonnechee, red pine (2), Cap Rouge. June 21—J. Burstall & Co., Ontario, oak, elm, ash, white pine, etc., Woodfield cove. THE short supply of lumber this summer has greatly hampered building operation at Cal- gary, N, W. T. The conversion of wood and straw into pulp, says the Canadian Manufacturer, and of that again into paper, has been prosecuted on an extensive scale for a number of years, and with great success, Still the most skilfnl practical managers of the business have had it torced upon their attention that the process, even on the most improved methods generally in use, lacks a good deal of being perfect, and they have been looking anxiously for that certain something to turn up, which would fill the long felt want, to use a rather hackneyed expression, It is now claimed that the identical ‘‘ some- thing ” that fills the bill has been found at last in the Ritter-Cellner process, which is now be- ing introduced into Canada, as appears by the following paragraphs from the Paper Trade Review (London, England) :— Two Canadian paper and pulp makers have been in Engiand for some weeks past, both of whom are associated with new enterprises. Mr. John A. Fisher, one of the visitors, whilst partner in the firm of John Fisher & Son, Dundas had a considerable experience in hand- ling wood material and converting it into pulp by the soda process. This experience makes it an easier matter than it otherwise would have been for him to start a new mill on a sulphite system, the locality being Chatham, New Brunswick, He has chosen, as already stated in this journal, the Ritter Kellner process, the patent rights have been arranged with Mr. Kaindler (Everling and Kaindler, Paris,) and quite independent of the American Sulphite Co, and Syndicate. Mr. Kaindleris a paper manufacturer, and we believe a personal friend of Baron Ritton, hence the association, Mr. Fisher’s new mill, unlike many mills in Amer- ica, will be built of brick with slated roof, and if all goes well, it will be the first fully equip- ped Sulphite mill across the Atlantic. Mr. Mr. Fisher leaves on Saturday by the Cunard steamer Aurania. The other visitor—who left us on Thursday—is a partner in a pulp mill now being erected in Nova Scotia, and which we may refer to more fully at some future time. A small experimental plant, including three boilers, has already been shipped. Mr. W. Friedlaender has returned from the continent, after visiting a number of pulp mills and concluding arrangements for several im- portant agencies. He sends us samples of bleached sulphite pulp, produced in a German miil by the Ritter-Kellner process. They are remarkable for their purity of color and length of fibre. The pulp appears even more favorable than the samples by this process reviewed some months ago in these columns. Papermakers would do well to examine samples for them- selves. SEVERAL newspapers have taken up the incip- ient agitation in favor of placing an export duty on sawn lumber, arguing that such a tax would favor the manufacture of sashes, doors, ete., in Canada. These wise advisors of our legislators seem to forget that there is a United States duty on these articles, and that the placing of an export duty on sawn lumber would only re- sult in the extinction of a valuable industry] 12 THE HENDERSON LUMBER CO. Limited. Davin H. Henpzrson, President ; NorMAN HENDERSON, Vice-President ; CHas. H. WALTERS, Sec-T reas. Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes a Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, . Q ACCOUNT BOOKS MANUFACTURED AN BOOK-BINDING or ALG EKINDS- Review Printing and Publishing Co., Limited. MARKET BLOCK, PETERBOROUGH. The Ontario Canoe Co, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, a stapes —— Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Longitudinal Rib Oanoes, Bass wood Canoes, Folding Oanoes CA N O E S Paddles, Oars, Tents, etc., etc Gold Medal, London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. J.Z. 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It costs only $2.00 per year to have it sent, post-paid, to any address in Canada. and no land owner, lumber dealer, manufacturer or individual in any way Pi connected with timber industries, can afford to do without it. 5 Ke-TO ADVERTISERS. 7 CONT Dae : It has a circulation among saw mill owners, manufacturers, lumber and timber dealers and all classes connected with the timber business. Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at once decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the z ————-CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM for placing your goods or wares before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. CUNNINGHAM'S SCILLATING TWIN, ENGINE FOR STEAM FEED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROPE. The whole array of eccentrics, etc., is done away with, and 14 This Engine has practically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, valves, valve rods, connecting durability and cheapness attained. the very perfection of simpliciti, compactness, The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for ; Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter} 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 1} in. rope. The shaft is 44} in. diameter, with disk cranks. No conr -tirg rods, alve rods to get loose and out of order. The ports ate and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and steel, eccentrics or V in the trunions, are held in their place in the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The sawyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantaneously if mecessary, as the sawyer has perfect f it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the — mistake or any other cause, control o sawyer let go of his lever either by ‘tis balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut the steam off both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, © the lever is locked or fastended, so that is is impossible for it to ~ start off itself. The engine stands upright below the carriage, bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the — When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we pus eter, and the engine placed high and purpose. on a steel wheel 30 in. in diam e rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come — Nt — SAN | enough to work into th in the way, an idler wheel can be used between engine and rack" segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by e well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, th r more sections, the couplin and uncoup EXHAUST —E= = 3. ae E from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the These engines ar shaft and pinion to carriage rack bars. When the carnages are used in two 0 advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill men. ling of each section is quick and simple. There were two of these feeds working this summer and giving the best of satisfaction, one with rope feed at James Playfair & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubaushene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie Lake, on the Kingston and Pembroke R. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion feed, and drops from fifteen to We have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy seventeen stock boards per minute. emselves for various other cases, especially for running Elevators, hoisting Engines, and Circular Mills. They will also commend th wherever a simple and easily reversible motion is required. We would also call attention to our Improved Band Saw-Mill for cutting logs | gar We guarantee this to be the best Mill of his kind got up; and would ask any ene wanting a good Band Saw, Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MILLS and MILL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &¢.; address the Manujacurers, Hamilton Manufacturing Co’, Lite PETER BOF Gow Gres. > ee | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. “HORTHEY & COS STEAM PUMPS, ToroTO, owt Pumps for Fire Protection a Specialty. SAVEH INSURANCE _ Our Combined Boiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECASSITY IN EVERY WELL | ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. ; Cheap. - Simple. Compact. X ae Cheaper than any | Only two mov- \ Having the % AY ; Gavel enon | Guarantee Pump built. ing parts i, evel known aie iteed in En- an ee ae | the wi0st dur- ; ness Of |nn7, pp... Our Independent | 7”. nn as ae A |able Pump AIR PUMPS and| \acting| Mae; tn pos- Condensers will \3 |: Stble to break effect a sav- On. ing of Ne : aa * 20 to OU): MPS . Fer general \water sup- | . , nla ee | applied to 3s PY gwe high pressure Engines. 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MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang; Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. \ THURBERS ROYAL GE SSSV 2 A 94702 WN x és q | WORKS | | : ; : ; . Yyy Up f 2) > Anti-friction Babbit Meta WN / IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Yy YY HIN) "II / / by \\ \\ (\ \ \ \ WO Band Saws, | Emery Wheels, _ Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe, &c. | Prices on Application. FUBLISHED SFMI-MOMTHLY. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada § SUBSCRIPTION 1 $2.00 PER ANNUM VOL. 6. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JULY 15, 1886. NO. 14 \ : COLONIAL EXHIBITION. The following notes regarding the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, London, Eng., are taken from the London Canadian Gazette of June 10th :— : ? As is but natural, the agricultural trophy in the Canadian section continues to receive the special attention of visitors. ‘* This is the best thing in the exhibition,” is a sentence to be heard continually from their lips. The many questions asked of and fully answered by Mr. Cracknell further indicate the deep interest awakened, for the majority are not satisfied to look and pass on, but wish to be informed asto the locality and conditions of growth of the samples. It is the hope of many that one result of the present meeting of Canadian and Australasian im friendly rivalry may be the creation of an interchange of commodities between their res- pective parts of the Empire. A step has already been taken in this direction by Messrs. Wallace, Warne & Co., of Western Australia. This firm, attracted by the excellence of the cheeses of Eastern Canada, have opened up negotiations with Mr. T. D. Millar, of Inger- soll, Ontario, for the importation of cheese from Canada to Australia, and that enterprising gentleman is now on his way to the Dominion ‘to carry out the arrangement. There are many ‘other commodities capable of taking part ina satisfactory intercolonial trade. The Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire to be held at the exhibition on the 8th July, will, it is claimed, be the most important commercial congress ever held in any country. The parts of the Empire repre- sented will be—Australasia with no less than 13 chambers, Canada with four, China, India, Indo-China, South Africa, with four, British Goiana, the West Indies with three, and the British chamber in Paris. The Canadian delegates will represent respectfully the Board of Trade of Toronto, Montreal. Quebec and Hamilton. It is to be regretted that Winnipeg and Victoria send no one to speak on their be- half. The Leeds Mercury remarks :—‘‘ Pushing Canada comes out bravely with agricultural products. and with machinery and implements too, being singular in the latter display, as the Other colonies do not show a score of imple- ments between them.” The Edinburgh Scotsman compares the Canadian with the Indian section. ‘India beame forth in all its eastern splendor ; Canada comes to the front as a country capable of great things waiting for the development which capital and population can only supply.” FORESTRY CONTINUED. The commercial aspect of Canada’s forestry display at the exhibition is very obvious, Canadians are firmly convinced that the trade with Europe in the hardwoods of their eastern Provinces may be largely extended. For the soft woods there is always a sufiicient local de- mand, and Canada is not in a position to com- pete with the Baltic lumber so far as the’soft varieties are concerned. It is therefore the hardwoods of Canada that best adapt them- selves to export. At present England imports her hardwoods in immense quantities from the United States, a large number of factories being devoted exclusively to this branch of the trade. There are, however, important indica- tions that the United States supply is fast talling off. A considerable importation does already take place to the United States from New Brunswick, and from Western Ontario, in spite of the present duty, and an agitation is in progress in the States for the free importa- tion of the lumber of Eastern Canada, to pre vent the destruction of the forests of the great Republic. On the other hand the supply of eastern Canada is, in many respects, ample, Authorities even declare that there is no per- ceptible decrease, generally speaking, in that of New Brunswick for instance; while the con- contemplated railway from Rivere du Loup across to the St. John’s river, will open up a large extent of country with very fertile soil though hitherto inaccessible, Thus, with ex- tended effort on the part of the various Pro- vincial Governments, no hindrance need arise in the development of the industry. The authorities of Nova Scotia have not found it necessary or desirable to do much at present in furthe ance of this development of the indus- try, In Ontario a great part of the country is in the hands of the Provincial Governm»xt, but still the lumbermen have extentive liviits, and husband the timber, cutting only a limited extent. The New Brunswick Government will shortly have the new districts under control, where ample maple, birch and pine are to be found, and they will, it is hoped, take every necessary measure for their proper use and preservation. ENGLAND’S WOOD EMPORIUM, Taking eastern Canada as a whole, there is therefore abundance of woods useful for manu- factures—the three species of ash, two of elm, basswood, beech,’ three of maple, three of hickory, six or seven of oak, butternut, black walnut, buttonwood, three species of birch, and several others. And these are at present in extensive use in the manufactories of Canada. Among the Canadian exhibits—in agricultural and other implements, in machinery, in furni- ture, and in many other classes, nearly all these varieties may be seen in actual use, There Englishmen may realize for themselves what Canadian woods are capable of; and pointing to these exhibits, Canadians naturally ask: What isto prevent England looking to us, as one of her colonies, rather than to the United States, not alone for her raw material, but for the manufactured goods we are equally able to supply ? In Quebec and Ontario alone, there are above sixty-five varieties of trees, of which more than four-fifths are in present use for manufactures in the country and for export. Here then is surely a good field for develop- ment, but many Canadians have themselves a lesson to learn. They must realize more fully that it is questionable prudence to cut down forests for the mere purpose of exporting the raw lumber. Indeed, in view of the immense importance from a climatic and general point of view of the forests to Canada, such a policy is unwise in the last degree. When land is being cleared for agricultural purposes, then export such lumber rather than burn it; but Canadians must remember the great value in years to come of the vast timber areas now too often so lightly thought of. If proper steps be taken to preserve the forests, there will still be ample material to develop to a hitherto un- known extent the wooden manufactures of the country, and bring England and Europe to realize that Canada may be looked to for the supply of much of the manufactured goods ; now obtained from the United States. And on this point, too, Canadians must not forget that while sentimental feelings and artificial en- couragement may do something to extend trade relations with England, future development must largely rest with their own enterprise and with their readiness to meet the full require- ments of European markets. As to the export forest trade of British Columbia, most competent authorities believe it to be but yet in its infancy. The chief woods of the Province that lend themselves to manu- facture and export, are the red and yellow cedar, Douglas pine, white maple, oak, alder, and dogwood. Of these prominence must be given to the first three. They are invaluable to the Province, growing to an enormous size, and producing an immense amount of the very best of wood for the almost every purpose. Consid- erable exports already take place to Australia, South America, China, and other parts of the eastern world, for few woods can equal those of the Province for bridges, railway ties, frames and shipping accessories. But the past record is as nothing to what the future is destined to show, not only in the raw material, but also in the highly finished manufactures to which the natural conditions of the Province so readily lend themselves. The Gazette of June 17th says :—Among the visitors to the Canadian section last week was a party of four farmers, formerly from the north of Ireland, and now settled near London, Ontario. They are oow in England to take out a number of horses for agricultural work, the Canadian stock not being in their opinion at present so heavy and suitable for this pur- pose as English breeds, They report a very early spring in Ontario, and a generally for- ward state of growth. Fall wheat promises to be excellent this year, though they find raising cattle for export more profitable. TIMBER ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. The following order, issued by the land office in regard to cutting timber on the public domain took effiect on the Ist inst. The order is issued in accordance with the act of June 3, 1878,auth- orizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories to cut and remove timber for mining purposes : 1. The act applies only to the States of Color- ado and Nevada, and to the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota* Idaho and Montana, and other mineral districts of the United States not specially provided for, and does not apply to the States of California and Oregon, not to the territory of Washington. 2. The land from which timber is felled or re- moved, under the provisions of this act, must be known to be strictly and distinctly mineral in character, and more valuable for mining than for timber, or for any other purpose or use. 3. No person who is not a resident citizen or or bona fide resident of the State, Territory or mineral district shall be permitted to fell or re- move timber from lands therein. 4. Timber felled or removed shall be strictly limited to building, agricultural, mining and other domestic purposes, All cutting of such timber for sale or commerce is forbidden. But for building, agricultural, mining and other do- mestic purposes, each person authorized by the act may cut and remove for his or her own use, by himself or herself, or by his, her on their own personal agent or agents only. 5, No person shall be permitted to fell or re- move any growing trees of any kind whatsoever less than eight inches in diameter. 6. Persons felling orremoving timber from the public mineral lands of the United States must utilize all of each tree that can be profitably used, and must cut up and use the tops and brush or dispose of the same in such a manner as to pre vent the spread of forest fires. Unenforced Tariff Resolutions, The following letter appeared in the Mon- treal Star :— Sir,— Much has been said and written by learned men through the press about enforcing the export duty on logs and shingle bolts, but it appears to be all talk so far, It’s a pity our country has to suffer so severe- ly by our Dominion Government allowing capital to bury itself and they walk to the funeral. They pass acts to p:otect our resources, and let us wait for the day of resurrection to unearth them to be enforced. Yours, etc., P. D. Byrgam. Madawaska, N. B., July 2nd, 1886, lath meer toetltatat. a = oe. wah Le an marvel of healing for Sores, Cuts, Burns, ete. _ The London papers are fairly unanimous in oe upon the resignation of Mr. Glad- one without waiting for an adverse vote of SERIES OF No family should -be without it. It has no equal. Get McGregor & Parke’s, and have no fi 5. . * : ge. T other. 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For further information APPLY, £0) | i@Ver sGapazlo by. ins pronuderiul end unequaled ate distribution of 16,000 repeating rifles send the por rence on iye dollars, we wil lathe eth, 16 jx 1 man : a send the purchaser our written uarantee to matism,.backache, headache, etc,, is remoyed y the troops, as an offset to the action of eo the money if the treatmicnt does not THOM A S ME N ZLES bybeton Odie, Hicatig AR are yee be ; ‘in arming ; her battalions in Alsace- ; TULLY. Dengoee Met hee oe Boab a | days. It is iy lnibent cure, Try a2 cent bot- ' with " 4 similar weapon. ough. ’ , & 5 Ticket Agent G. T. R., Peterborough tle from John McKee, Druggist, u { eS SS _e60>>>>>>>>0606R303)6). >—""—W Oe AUSTRALIAN FORESTS. In South Australia, as in other Australasian Colonies, they have wisely adopted a system of scientific forestry, giving much attention to the conservation of existing forests and the forma- tion of new plantations. Large tracts have been reserved for fo ests. From the South Australian Advertiser we take the following extracts from a report of a visit by Ministers and members of the Legisla- ture to some of the forest reserves :— SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FORESTS. Not long after Mr Brown’s arrival in South Australia the Forest Board was abolished and the department placed under the Commissioner of Crown Lands, with Mr. Brown at its head, Mr. Melville retaining his pos)tion as secretary. From that time to the present the work has made steady and valuable progress, as the following figures will prove:—At the present time there are 139 595 acres of country devoted to forest purposes in this colony, independently of reserves on the Murray Flatt, the ares of which have not yet been declared On June 30th, 1885, there were in the northern district the Bundaleer, Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, Penwortham, and Mount Browne forests, 89,769 acres. Central district—Port road reserve, and Goolwa forest, 203 acres Western district— Wallaroo forest, 4,174 acres. Southern district— Mount Gambier, Mount Burr, Mount Muir- head, Glenroy Flat, Mundulla, Bordertown, Cave Range, Penola, and Mount McIntyre forests, 45,449 acres. In these various localities the total of lands enclosed for planting amount. ed to 5,7274 acres, which area has been increased since the conservator made his last annual report. Since the organization of the forest department in 1876 the total revenue to June 30th, 1885, shows £50,919 12s 9d; total expen- diture do. do., £52,752 8s 8d; revenue last year, £6,202 14s 5d; expenditure last year, £6,028 18s 4d ; total number of trees alive from last year’s operations, 162,000 ; total number of trees alive from the planting operations since 1876, 1,200,000 ; raised by conservation in indi- genous forests, 600,000; number of trees re- ported to be alive of those given away to land- owners, 400,000; probable revenue over expen- diture this year, £1,200; estimated value of plantations at the end of present year, £130,000. These are figures which speak for themselves, and no doubt when they are presented to Parliament they will occasion close scrutiny, and obtain fcr the conservator a large meed of commendation. But as to the actual value of the forest and of its real impor- tance to the State, members of Parliament generally have but very vague notion. It is only by a visit and personal inspection that they can form anything like an adquate idea of the work that has been done in connection with the nurseries and plantations. Protecting the nstural-grown timber is a matter that could be done to some extent by regulations from the department with officers to carry them into effect, but it is in the nurseries and plantations where the skill of the scientific forester is shown, and upon what is done here depends our forests of the future. TREE PLANTING AT JAMESTOWN. The visitor who may have known Jamestown a few years ago would fail to recognize its once open and dusty streets in the umbrageous and pleasing aspect they now present. Tree-plant- ing has been very largely indulged in by the corporation, to whom the young trees were furnished gratuitously by the Forest Depart- ment. The enclosures down the centre of the main street, the public reserves, and the sides of the creek all display a very neat growth of forest timber. There are no less than 75,000 forest trees at Jamestown within the corporation plantations, and though their value a few years hence will represent a considerable sum of money, their cost to the Government at the time they were presented to the corporation would not be more than one half penny each. Jamestown is blessed with a stream of water which runs all the year round and a nice sheet is formed between the railway station and the township where the creek has been dammed back. Forest trees, however, are not dependent on irrigation. If the young plants have been properly reared, and are put in the ground in avenues, or 8 or 10 feet apart at the proper THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. time of year, they will flourish and do well, this being éxemplified in the healthy appearance of the trees after the present long dry summer. The owners of various farms around James- town have also availed themselves of the chance of procuring plants from the department, and Mr, Brown sets as much value to the country in the dissemination of these plants as he does in rearing the. in the forest. He contends that the benefits will be almost incalcuable if farm- ers asa body will plant groves or avenues or rows of trees about their farms In addition to the protection from the weather which it affords to their stock the rainfall will be increased and become more general than at present. The showers will be less tropical in their character, and consequently the effects of the rainfall will be more lasting. There are dozens of farmers and private people in the Jamestown district who have planted the Eucalyptus globulus (Tasmanian bluegum), and the LHucalyptus corynocalyx (sugar gum), which are the two hardiest and best known of their species. One farmer, Mr. Mitchell, has 10000 trees on his estate, Mr. Crane has a similar number, Mr, Neil about 5.000, and altogether, within a radius of seven or eight miles of the township, there are now 100,000 trees growing, where formerly there was scarcely a tree visible in the land- scape, Although the original settlers in the areas were glad to find the country so bare that no clearing was needed before they put the plough in the land, they have since discovered that timber is needed, at least for fencing and firewood, and for various purposes in connection with the working of afarm. By-and-bye too ‘they will be able to supply the larger timber to railway contractors and others, just as the de- partment is doing now, and thus will realise a substantial profit from their treegrowing. BUNDALEE FORESTS Stretching away for miles on either hand nothing but a bare, dead-looking country, with perhaps here and there a ploughed paddock, or bits of straggling scrub, met the eve after the visitors had turned their back upon Jamestown till approaching Mount Robertson in the hund- red of Belalie, and on the east of Yangya to the north of Mount Campbell they descried the for- est of Bundaleer in the distance. Situated at the foot of a long chain of ranges the reserve includes various descriptions of soil from rich black alluvial in the swamps to brown and red sandy loam, very rich chocolate, and other varieties in the bottom lands and around the ironstone and limestone ridges. Gravel beds, slate reefs, sandstone, and rough rocks abound on the higher elevations, through which water- courses find their way to the creek which runs from the north through the main part of the forest to the southeastern boundary. The site is 1,800 feet above sea level, and the rainfall last year was 23 inches spread over 57 days. The area of this reserve was 22,000 acres; area planted, 2,300 acres; number of trees planted last year, 146,298 ; number of these now alive 106,000; revenue in 1884-5, £2,834 8s 7d; expenditure in 1884-5, £1,548 lls 6d; total number of trees alive from the planting since commencement in 1876 about 600,000; total revenue since 1876, £25,731 19s 10d; total expenditure since 1876, £17,211 8s 7d. The reserve is divided into plantations A BC D EB F G, where according to the soil the various kinds of trees are placed. Plantation F for exam)le is devoted to Eucalyptus globulus; E. corynocalyx, E viminalis. Pinus insignis, P. pinaster, auracaria excelsa, cupressus semper- virens and Abtres douglasii. In plantation G there are gums only, viz., three kinds named above, and in addition the Eucalyptus rostrata, E gunnii, leucoxylon, and gomphocephala. In the nurseries on this reserve there are now about half a million plants and the fo lowing are the popular names of the different varieties : Sugar gum, Tasmania bule gum, manna gum, white swamp gum, red gum, South Australian blue gum, tooart gum of Western Australia, English oak, remarkable pine, maritime pine, Aleppo pine, the bunya bunya, Indian cedar, pepper tree, white mulberry, white cedar, tamarisk tree weeping willow sycamore, cork elm, English elm American white ash, upright poplar, seedling olives, common erect cypress. American catalpa tree, and Canadian maple. Asthe party approached the forest they gave vent to exclamations of surprise and admiration at the 75000 Tasmanian blue gums which ex- tended on their right hand for miles along the road at an average height of 40 feet in rows about 10 feet apart. This vigorous picture of life and beauty formed a marked contrast to the barren plain on the left. which extended as far as the eye could see; and when on nearing the forest cottage the Pinus insignis, with its deeper green foliage. was met with, standing in equal rows to the height of twenty feet. and many thousands in number. there were more ejacula- tions of astonishment and gratification Un- doubtedly the legislators who had heard and read of the forest operations had litttle or no idea of what was meant by them. The blue- gums, to which we have referred, were planted nine years ago, and are now of a size nine inches through, fit to be cut for telegraph poles, This season 5.000 will be cut for this purpose, representing 10s. each to the Telegraph De- partinent, This is merely a thinning out pro- cess which will take place each season to allow room for the growth of larger timber, which in time to come will furnish the colony with rail- way sleepers. It takes nearly 30 years to bring a gum tree to perfection, but the pines mature in about 20 years and then furnish deals for building purposes. Of this tree there is a very number thriving wonderfully well, and of 30,- 000 planted open root (like cabbages) 98 per cent. are surviving. The Tasmanian gums planted in the same manner thrive nearly as well, as also the sugar gum, but most other varieties are planted out in bamboos, Over 43,000 of the latter are alive and thriving out of 45,000 planted out last season. Some years ago it was supposed that pines must be planted out in pots, but here there is ocular proof to the contrary. Four year old pines raised from seed reach 16 feet in height, and the Tasmanian gum 20 feet in the same period. The visitors left their vehicles at the forest cottage, and under the guidance of Mr. Brown climbed the hillsides, where three hundred acres enclosed two years ago now carry 90,000 young gums, and 150 acres were shown that last season was ploughed eight inches deep, and planted half with pines and half with sugar gums. Of these 97 per cent. are doing well, notwithstand- ing the very dry season, and are now eighteen inches and two feet in height. WIRRABARA FOREST RESERVES, = The latest figures at our command up to June 30th of last year give:—The area of this reserve, 48,600 acres; area planted, 450 acres ; number of trees planted last year, 43,640; number of these now alive, 35,000 ; revenue in 1884-5, £1,925 11s 2d; expenditure in 1884-5, £1,450 1s 5d ; total number of trees alive from the planting since commencement in 1876, 250,- 000; total revenue since 1876, £15,697, 12s 9d ; total expenditure since 1876, £12,690 16s 3d ; total number of trees raised in natural forest and pruned since 1876, 500000. To these figures must be added the planting, etc., which have taken place during the present season which will show a vast increase on the above, and which will be placed before parliament when the time comes around for the conserva tor to present his yearly report. Within the forest there are six saw mills in full work, and a number of sawpits cutting sleepers for the Silverton railway. A halt was mide en route at one of these mills where the Commissioner of Public Works officially inspected the sleepers that were being cut, and was very well satisfied with their quality. They are of redgum and sugargum, both close grained substantial tim. ber. The railroad authorities are very strict in respect to these, and rejected some 15,000 which were not considered worthy, but these will cer- tainly be useful for other purposes, Mr Brown in his last annual report says :—‘' Hitherto the sleepers for our nor hern railways have been procured chiefly from Western Australia and Victoria. notwithstanding thas large quantities of useful timber were available in the forest under review. Owing, however. to the searching enquiries made by the late Commissioner of Public Works (the Hon. T. Playford) in regard to the lasting qualities of the respective tim- bers, it was decided to make use of the Wirra- bara timber as far as possible for the Silverton railway. In consequence of this decision the number of sleepers referred to are now being ON ia dail! 1, contracted for in this forest, Messrs. Moor house & Jesser. of Laura, the successful ten derers, being under agreement with the depart- meet, the above named contractors have engaged to take the required number of sleepers, or as many of these as the forest will provide, at the rate of 4d per sleeper, upon the under- standing that all the waste timber left in the forest and at the saw mills, in connection with their production, remairs the property of the department, ‘The contractors have erected two powerful mills, and engaged the service of another saw mill plant which was in the forest previous to their contract. Should the 200,000 sleepers be procured from the forest, a sum of £3,333 odd will accrue to the department there- from. This does not include the waste timber, of which there will be a very considerable quantity, and from the sale of which a sum of at least £200 may be looked for. Apart alto- gether from the revenue which will be derived from the sale of these sleepers, the removal of the old matured trees will be of incalculable benefit to the forest as a whole. There is a very large number of matured trees in this forest which are now only incumbering the — ground, and their removal is advisable not only — inorder to utilize the timber at its best stage, — but also to make room for a younger crop of 4 trees, so that a regular rotation of timber may ; be available from the reserve. By doing this — and encouraging the natural growth by sys- tematic conservation, the output capabilities of the forest may in time be made to yield a regu- lar and permanent supply of valuable timber both for the tenance of bur public works and the requiréments of the surrounding country. In order to imcrease the lasting capabilities of the sleepers it is specially con- tracted that no trees will be felled whilst they are in full sap, By adhering to this most desir- able condition it is estimated that from three to four years will be added to the durability of the sleepers. A large number of trees having been rung during the dormant period of the sap, the cutting and hauling ot these to the mills will thus be carried on at all seasons without detriment to the timber.” Mezsrs. Moorhouse & Jesser have already supplied or stacked at the Laura station 170,000 out of the 200,000 required for the Silverton line. Other contracts besides that for Silverton are also being in progress of fulfilment. There isample material in the forest for works of this nature, as the area extends for thirty miles, with an average breadth of six miles at the foot of the Flindert Ranges. Of the trees planted in this forest 250,000 are now alive and doing well, and these consist mostly of Pinus insignis, American and English walnuts, American catalpa, Canadian maple. cork, English elms, — and the sugar gum. The grazing rents in this reserve last year amounted to £1344. Shortly after two o'clock the party arrived at head quarters in the forest, and after dusting down partook of a relishable luncheon laid within a grove of young English ash trees at the foot of the garden belonging to the Areas Garden Company. This 1s a lovely spot where the natural attractions have been added to by the careful industry of tbe skilled horticulturist and gardener, as beautiful flower-beds, fruit trees, and ail kinds of vegetables are to be seen there in the highest state of culture. Some speechifying was indulged in at the luncheon, when well-deserved compliments were paid to the Commussioner of Crown Lands for organ- izing the trip, to Mr. Krichauff for his early efforts in the direction of forest culture, and to the conseryator, Mr. Brown, for his m ability, skill and energy in bringing the p 3- tions aud reserves to their present state of perfection. The distance to be travelled t reach Laura before dark and the danger state of the roads prevented more than s causual glance being taken of the wattle and pine plantations and the nurseries at Wi ; but sufficient was seen to impress everyo present with the practical results that been already achieved, and the great it tance of forest reserve work as a lasting remunerative national industry. . he a 40,000 saw-logs belonging to the Gilmour Company have been abandoned at Partridgs Creek, owing to low water, * «me. i t - ‘i, | 7 } THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 5 Chips. Tue Midland Free Press says there is not _ quarter enough dock room for handling the lumber that is arriving at that place for re- shipping by rail. Tur Montreal Star says:—‘‘ An immense raft containing 400,000 feet of lumber, princi- pally pine and oak, arrived off the city on Saturday night from Calvin & Son’s lumber depot at Garden island, near Kingston. The agent, Mr. Guerin, and the thirty men em- ployed on the raft. are staying at the London house. The journey was a very quick one, the distance being covered in fourdays. At every rapid different men are utilized ; the Coteau rapid is considered the most difficult one, especially with a high wind. Last year the firm sent about 8,000,000 feet of lumber in 16 rafts. The other lumber company on the river is the Collinsby company. Although the journey is difficult and dangerous not a man has been lost for five years.” Mr. PRINCE, manager of Kau Claire Lumber Company, arrived in Calgary, N. W. T., last Sunday, says the Tribune, and has already with a capacity of 50,000 feet of lumber, 15,000 shingles and 15,000 feet of lath per day. The . begun preparations for building a mill 32x100, site is on the Bow river, near the corner of section 16, A dam about 15 rods in length will be thrown across the arm of the river between the main land and anislandintheriver, A wing dam about fifty rods in length will be constructed along the island to prevent the logs stranding. Mr. Price expects t» have the mill ready about the middle of October. A gang of men have been sent to the mountains to take out timber, etc , which will be brought down by train. About 50 men will be employed and Mr Prince expects to be able to supply the Calgary market with lumber and wood at right prices. Walnut in British Columbia. The New Westminster British Columbia _ says :—Some time ago we called the attention of our readers to the question of growing walnut - treesin this country. The subject is one tha‘ ought to be decided by a practicle test, as it is of very great public interest If walnut can tx _ successfully grown, it would prove to be : source of immense wealth to thecountry. (1 this coast growth is very much more rapid than in the east, because the growing seasons are sv. much longer. The supply of black walnut is ‘every year be oming less, and it will soon be wholly exhausted unless steps are taken to in- crease it by artificial means. Itis estimated that in 10 or 12 years a walnut farm would be- gin to make returns in the shape of nuts, anu in 25 years the timber would be worth a great deal. The rich fiats in the valley of the Frase1 ought to produce magnificent walnut trees. —_—______—_. Serious Fire. Worryreec, Man., June 9.— A serious fire occurred at Rat Portage to-day, whereby the chief portion of the town has been destroyed. About 1 o’clock this morning fire was seen ssuing from the Rideout House, at present un- occupied, It spread rapidly, consuming in in course the Hudson Bay store, S. W. Humble’s liquor store, D. L, Ferguson’s jewellery store, Gore’s Hall, Drewry’s hotel, and other build- ings were seriously damaged. The total loss is e-timated at $75,000. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. This is the third time the town has been seriously injured by fire during the past few years, —_—— Socrate’s Spouse. _ Who knows what excuse there may have _ been for Xantippi’s sad temper ? Many women ‘are snappish, querulous and sour simply be. cause they aresuffering. Dr, Pierce’s “Favyor- : Prescription” isa certain cure for every ine weakness and derangement,and will health and good spirits to the most and disheartened invalid, thereby ng her a blessing to her family and the A single bottle will woe its surpass- reduced one dollar. By FROM ALL OVER. A girl baby was born in Knowlton, Que., recently with four teeth. Reports from the locality of the Keppet tragedy are not satisfactory. Hen roosts are being robbed by wholesale. Farmers are con- cerned for the safety of their property, and many suspicious characters infest the neigh- borhood. If any of our readers thut are afflicted with rheumatism have never tried West’s World’s Wonder or Family Liniment, we advise them to do so at once, and be convinced of its extra- ordinary merits. It is a never-failing remedy for cuts, sprains, bruises and all complaints requiring external treatment. Price 25 cents and 50 cents per bottle. Sold by J. D. Tully. The programme for the International San- gerfest at Berlin, August 11, 12 and 13, has been issued and includes an interestiug series of musical and other events. Haydn’s ‘‘Crea- tion’”’ will be given by 650 voices. The princi pal soloists will be Mrs. Caldwell, Mr. Jen- kins and Mr. Warrington. 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Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. Advertisements intended for insertion in any parti- cular issue should reach the office of publication at least four clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. SO ei iii errr aay The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Massrs Samuny Deacon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and Subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, Ont., JULY 15, 1886. ONTARIO FORESTRY REPORT. THE annual forestry report of Mr. R. W, Phipps to the Ontario Government is now be- fore us, and it shows that Mr. Phipps is active and zealous as ever in his conduct of the Forestry branch of the Agricultural Depart- ment, His report conveys much useful infor- mation which should be attentively studied, and his suggestions are worthy of adoption before it is too late, The most important improvement recorded for the past year was the establishment of a staff of over forty, at the joint expense of the lum- bermen and the Government, for the purpose of preventing fires and enforcing the Fire Act., The effort. made to arouse public opinion on the necessity of taking steps to conserve our existing forests and to form new plantations where required, cannot be said as yet to have had much practical effect, though much has evidently. been done already to open people’s eyes, and there is some encouragement to con- tinue in this course of education, With this view Mr. Phipps still persevers in this report. as elsewhere. He again urges the benefit of keeping a part of the land in forests, the moisture supplied in dry seasons, the pro- tection from inundations and the shelter afford- ed to the crops in winter, both by retaining the snow and warding off cold blasts. The money value of plantations is fully pointed out, infor- mation being snpplied from various sources, from trips taken by Mr. Phipps himself in several States, reports from other States and details of accounts of the pecuniary results in the mother country. It shows conclusively that plantations can be formed and managed very cheaply, as compared with the satisfactory results obtained, As to the conservation of our existing forests, though some advance has been made, it is very certain that public opinion has yet to be aroused on this important subject. The interesting report from the State of Maine, under very similar circumstances to those prevailing ina large portion of our own country, shows how easily a great improvement on our present sys- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. tem may be made, even before the time arrives when Canada will be prepared to adopt scientific forestry as practised in Germany, France and other European countries and some British colonies, Mr. Phipps adds to the value of his report by an almost complete list of our forest trees, with descriptions, use, habitat, &c. There is also an estimate of the pine timber remaining in each of the States, a useful glossary of scientific terms,and that rare and welcome aid to utilizing the information supplied, a very full index, We have reserved to the last some consider- ation of the most important subject of all. Mr. Phipps deals with the question of establishing forest reserves, but the restricted territory to which he refers, shows how sadly the field is already circumscribed and how very soon it will be too late to adopt this wise system. It is not a matter that will permit delay. Quebec sets Ontario a good example in this respect, having made provision for extensive forest reserves, where the land is better fitted for arboriculture and perpetual forests than for agriculture. What bad economy it is to at- tempt to unite the two may be gathered from many an incidental passage in this report. Burnt timber and poor farms seem to be the result of the combination. In Australia they 0 | are now establishing enormous forest reserves with fairest promise ; yet, we remain lethargic though it will soon be too late. If Mr. Phipps could sueceed in persuading his department to introduce such a system he would add immense- ly to the value of his already great public services, THE TRADE OF LONDON. The aspect of the Surrey Commercial Docks this week appears unchanged, very few vessels discharging from the quays, and those out in the stream, overside into lighters, are mostly firewood ships with cargoes of ends, &c., in which there still seems to be something doing. These and the pitch pine cargoes form the chief of the arrivals the past few weeks. There is no plainer sign of trade depression than the dock deliveries, and these, so far from im- proving, are getting less and less as the season rolls on, We are not comparing them with last year’s, but even if we did the advantage recorded last week over the corresponding week of 1885 is not maintained, the record in the present num ber giving 1885 the advantage on deals of 383 standards ; and though less flooring went into consumption by 36 standards, the delivery of ponded timber for 1885 exceeded last week by 531 loads; this difference, however, might probably be traceable to Whit-Monday. There is also a considerable quantity of goods being delivered outside of the docks, of which the only record to be found is in our import column, A large well-known firm in Lambeth have just completed taking their third cargo overside, and this, of course, becomes an important factor in the apparent falling off in the de- liveries. Freights, we are all aware, have reached a pitch at which it will not pay to keep steamer’s fires going, but bad as these rates are, if they could be readily secured, ownersmight yet keep their vessels at work ; but there is no certainty of obtaining charters, and steamers have often to rove from place to place in search of cargoes, eating themselves up with expenses, with very little prospect of making up the loss. We chronicled a vessel at Petersburg, which had been lying there some time, going all the way to Gefle to accept a cargo for London at 19s. This state of things seems at length to have become intolerable, and amongst those disin- clined to work ata loss is the Bedale, and as soon as she has completed her discharge, she will, we are informed, be laid up till better times, Another vessel lying up, that not long since brought a cargo, is the steamer Hollamshire, and we hear of numbers of others also being taken out of employment. Though very self- sacrificing on the part of the owners, we fear that it will not effect any material alteration in tonnage, the ships wanted being very dis- proportionate to the amount of unfixed tonnage still afloat. Sailing ships, we hear also, are being taken out of work, owing to the little there is for them to do, and those which are looking for employment apparently are not anxious to accept the present low rates to the pitch pine ports, These latter places are cer- tainly not liked by the generalty of wood traders, the delays taking all the profit of the voyage. Profit at the present quotations seems almost farcical, but there must be something got out of the charters, or else the ships could not trade to such remote ports, We notice one of the early arrivals from Archangel, the SS Pickwick, with a cargo of Russanoff’s deals, for Messrs, Simson & Mason is at the Centre Yard quay, but she seemed all alone in her glory. The flooring seems to be moving off rather more freely, and we observed several waggon loads of prepared stuff being loaded, In the stave yard sheds, Nos. 10 and 11, is a cargo marked FB, FxB, and F—B, from Porsgrund. These are Messrs, Franklin & Baker’s manufacture, and the first cargo of boards they have shipped. The white seemed to us to be very good, and looked quite equal to Dram. Both the 1st and 2ud were wel! made and clean. In the red we saw nothing specially to comment upon, though here again there was not much room for fault-finding. If the class of shipment of which these form a sample is maintained, the marks are likely to become favorites with the London trade. Among the cargoes that took our special notice coming on to the quay, were the planks ex Stratford, to which we referred in our last. These seemed to be about the best pitch pine planks that we have seen for some time. Re- markably clean, a total absence of wane, no knots, particularly free from centres, and rich in colour; the cargo was evidently a selected one, and in splendid condition. These goods, we understand, were the shipment of Sullivan, of Pensacola, The absence of freshly piled goods is still a noticeable feature in the docks, most of the stocks having last year’s bloom on them, and from the dock offices right away down to centre yard only one bright pile is observable, a thing without pracedent, and at this season of the year quite unknown in the history of the docks. Like everything else, the present evil state of trade will work its own cure, and sooner or later an improvement must come, The tonnage taken out of the market, the lessened production at the loading places, with the large increase in the colonial trade, will afford chance of working off a good deal of the present burdensome stock, and bring the de- mand rather more in proportion to the supply ; but when will all this culminate? that is the the question. While the remedy is in operation trade still remains prostrate, and the convales- cence, we fear, will be very gradual when the recovery sets in, It seems an anomaly all these new enterprises while the trade of the nation is falling off, and it is a problem difficult of solution, how it comes about that new docks on a gigantic scale are built, while those that have the advantage of locality and priority find their profits daily diminishing through loss of trade. What to do with the big docks recently completed, and which were to be such an immense boon to the port, is likely tu become the next question. There is one use they may be turned to that will save the reproach of having wasted the money expended in their construction, and for which they are very suitable, make them into a great; naval dock. Expecting them to be filled with shipping while on all sides vessels are be- ing laid up for want of employment, is hanging to astraw; like many other big speculations that were undertaken too soon, they must pay the penalty. Last year was notably a bad one for trade, but the import was much better maintained than appears to be likely this season. Buyers were more plentiful, and trade in a much more settled state. The bad feature of the present time is the great want of confidence that per- vades the community, and for which there is, unfortunately, too much foundation,— Z'imber Trades Journal. Tur Rathbun Company have purchased more wharf property in Oswego. They have storage room now for 15,000,000 feet of lumber, trees one sees in California, but they sink into insignificance beside the Baobab tree, which I found in many parte of Western Africa, princi- — pally just south of the desert of Sahara, It is not distinguished for its extraordinary height, which rarely reaches over one hundred feet, but it is the most unposing and magnificent of Afrie — can trees ; many, it is said, are overone hundred — feet in circumference, rising like a dwarf tower from twenty to thirty feet, and then throwing out branches like a miniature forest toa distance of one hundred feet, branches bending toward the ground. The botanical name of the curious tree in Adansonia digitata. Adanson, and the second, descriptive of its five parted leaf. The leaves are large, abundant and — of a dark green colourdivided into five radiating lanceolate leaflets. The flowers are large and white, hanging to peduncles of a yard in length which forma striking contrast to the leaves. The fruit is a soft, pulpy, dry substance about the size of a citron, inclosed in a long green pod the pulp between the seeds tastes like cream of tartar, and this pulp, as well as the preased juice from the leaves, is used by the native Africans for flavouring their food, The juice is greatly relished as a beverage, and is considered a rem- edy in putrid fevers and many otber diseases. 7? 2 4 ee ee sane me Se = 5 " e eS ' tf but with little results, though the squealing be- : came fainter; in the morning a small pig we ;, had been keeping and put in a pen over night Ae was missing. = knew, as no trace remained ; it only went to oy camping on the ground. = afew days later a number of their men accom- > panied us a considerable distance to the south THE CANADALUMBERMAN. 7 by the name of Joseph Phillips was getting the worst of the encounter, when he seized a handspike that was lying near by and struck his opponent, whose name 1s not known, a terrible blow over the left shoulder, breaking the collar bone and felling him to the ground, He was about to repeat the blow when the the wounded man putting his right hand into his rear pocket pulled a self cocking revolver and shot at Phillips. The ball entered just above the heart. Phillips died instantly. The murderer is in a precarious condition, The affair took place some sixteen miles from Gilmour’s camp. the direction from where the noise proceeded, What took him nobody ever illustrate how we might have fared had we been Having found a friendly tribe who placed their huts at our dis- posal, this saved us much anxiety of mind, and This wonderful tree is also found in India, ATTACKED BY CATTLE. and is there held in great veneration by some natives, so much so that anyone guilty of cut- ting the trees down is regarded by them with great abhorrence.—American Agriculturist. of water on Hickory island, in the rent river, he was attacked by a vicious bull, SLIPPERY ELM. There is a number of the elm family, the slip- pery elm (Ulmus fulva), that is seldom men- tioned, although it is widely diffused all over North America, so far as we know, andis one of the best known of all the elm family. Its dis- tinguishing characteristics, leaves broader, slightly inclined to silver hairiness underneath, wood coarser, firmer and more durable, and its foliage more umbrageous than the other varieties. We have never read a description of this tree and have never known it to be used forany pur- pose except fence rails, journal boxes, bushing for old time grist-mill spindles, cogs, rounds for ‘trundle heads” and such like. It is not used for any purpose now as we are aware of, and its growing scarcity will probably prevent its util- ization for any purpose. The inner bark con- tains a very large amount of mucilage that is peculiarly soothing as, an emolient, to swellings colds, bronchialand a great many other affect- ions. The demand for the bark for medical pur- poses has almost entirely destroyed the slippery elm in thickly settled sections, and itis now kept for sale in the drug stores. Another cause which operated greatly to destroy this tree in the South was the great fondness of the children and negroes for its inner bark for chewing pur- poses. Thirty or forty years ago it would have been hard to find a small boy black or white, in Middle Tennessee who didn’t have a few pieces of Slippery elm bark about him. It is certainly wholesome and probably nutritious, and in this respect far superior to various chewing gums of to-day.— Southern Lumberman. from him and sought refuge in a small tree. The bull followed him and coming up to him be- and roared and galloped about like wild animals. which he was placed, hastened to his help, and with pike-poles, and levers, and shouts and dog- conflict with the bull,and he was soon vanquish- ed. William dosen’t know much about fear, but he got a fright when the cattle surrounded him which he will not soon forget —Campbel ford Herald LUMBER DRIVES. Eav Carre, Wis., July 7.—The drives in the lumber region, of which the Chippewa river and its tributaries are the waterways, have arrived at a stage where accurate figures can be furnish- ed. On the Eau Claire and its tributaries 50,- 000,000 feet of logs were cut last winter, and 10,- 000,000 feet of old logs had been left over from the previou season Of this 60,000,000 feet old and new logs, about 45,000,000 have been driven out. tributaries about 45,000,000 feet have been Falls The total of all logs this spring as nam ed at the close of the logging season 750.000 000 feet. Of the 315,000,000 yet left on the Chip- pewa and all tmbutaries including the Eau Claire, a large proportion will yet be brought down. All the saw wuills in the valley have had a full supply of logs. Driving will goon until late in the fall, ‘ ASH FOR CARRIAGE WORK. An authority on carriage building says, in seasoning ash, we must take into consideration the large quantities used in carriage building, also the bulky nature of the timber whilst in its unconverted state, which compels us to use the simplest and readiest means in seasoning with- out sacrificing the qualities of the timber. The best way to do this isto convert the bulk into plank as soon as possible, and, whilst seasoning to assist nature in every way without forcing, and when nearly seasoned to cut into sizes fit for use. For instance, brougham pillars brack- ets, beds for under-carriages, and especially the heavier sizes. Before stacking ash, it is well to see the character of the timber, for if it is of a twisted nature it must be stecked one plank over the other, if not it may be placed on edge or on end, which will season it better and quick- er. Besides being used in framing and such parts, it is largely used for bent work, such as steamed rims for wheels, futchels for carriages, top-sails in white chapels segment pieces in brougham fronts. But the action of steam in dissolving the gummy matters within it de- prives it of much of its native toughness,—Tim- ber Trades Journal. ee MURDER ON THE GaTINEAU. Orrawa, July 7.—A resident of the Upper Gatineau, who arrived in the city last night, gives the following information of a fatal affray which occurred in that region a few days ago between two lumber drivers, who were coming down the river. Some little difficulty had taken place between them over the work which ch man should do, which finally led to blows wd 4 rattling fight ensued, One of the men Forest Fires. Mitwavxgeg, July 8 —At a fire at Romeo warehouses, a sawmill, a planing mill, eight million feet of lumber and five million shingles were burned. Loss $130,000 ; insurance. 50,- 000. About 60 men are thrown out of employ ment and 27 families left destitute. The woods south of Romes are al]l on fire, men and women are out fighting the flames. Van Hosker’s mill and buildings have been destroyed. Loss, $100,- 000. THE Witby. Ont., Gazette says :—A railway official was in town on Friday making arrange- ments to repair and extend the side lines of the railway at Whitby and Port Whitby so as to give better accommodation to the Georgian Bay Lumber Company, who will begin in a few weeks to send at least 24,000,000 of feet of lum- ber to the port here for shipment over Lake Ontario. The Company shipped from here last fall, and many seem to have formed the impres- sion that the lumber trade would return to Port Hope. It seems that the reason that the ship- ment did not begin earlier is because the com- pany never move the lumber until the middle of July. It is expected that twenty hands at least will be employed at the docks until the close of navigation, $A Suesoniee for the Canapa LumBerMan, a — On Saturday last, while ‘‘ bill” Mackay, of Apsley one of Kirby’s gang on the drive, in the employ of the Rathburn Company, was in search Thinking there would be little virtue in patting the animal on the neck at such a time, Mackay ran’ away gan a loud bellow which attracted other cattle that were feeding on the island, and the whole herd numbering about forty. rushed to the spot Mackay shouted to his comrades, ten in number who comprehending at once the position in barking, managed after a fierce fight to route the furious herd. Then they entered into a hot From the upper Chippawa and its driven from Little Falls dam above Chippawa eleven dwelling houses, one boarding-house,two FOREST FIRES. CapILLad, Mich,, July 7.—Fires in the wood are burning fiercelg, and every one is fighting the flames. The greatest danger seems to be in from the north, and the wind is blowing strong from that way. Herring, a small town north of here, is reported in great danger. The van eer and pannel mill a short distance from town is in immediate danger. East Tawas, Mich., July 7.—Forest fires are raging here. It is reported that large quan- tities of railway ties a:e burning along the line of the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railroad The crops are drying up. Sr. Iananoe, Mich., July 7.—The forest fires have nearly burned themselves out after doing The loss is placed at $75,000, besides damage to standing timber which cannot be estimated. No more damage is apprehended. All the crops in this region are parched for want of rain, and a great an immense amount of damage. many flelds look as though fire had run through them. It has been excessively hot and dry for two weeks, and the farmers are praying for rain. SPENCER, Wis., July 7.—The entire hamlet of Romeo was burned this afternoon, including*the saw taill, plaining mill, five million feet of lum- ber, and the store, boarding house and dwelling of Wm. Van Hosear ; loss, $150,000. The woods are on fire and further particulars cannot be ob- tained, SHELTER BELTS, THE annual Forestry Report of Mr. R. W. Phipps is deserving of careful perusal and consideration. The whole subject is one of great and growing importance but there is one branch of it that is particularly and especially important to our farmers, and indirectly to the whole community which must be effected by the through them well-being of the greatest industry of the country. This point, that of “shelter belts” or plantations to act as screens, is thor- oughly discussed by Mr. Phipps in his report. He shows plainly the great benefit that may be derived in various ways from such belts, by shelter from the cold north- erly winds, by retention of the snow to protect the young crops in winter, by shade for stock in the summer heats, &c. Details are given to show how such planta- tion can by successfully established and Statistics prove that besides at little cost. their beneficial effects, a pecuniary return can be obtained from these timber belts, even at an early date, sufficient to com- pensate the farmer for his expense and trouble. Eventhey who would argue that a crop of trees would give too slow a returny of which they could not hope to reap the advantage, may be convinced that there Any one would be a more speedy benefit. wishing to sell his farm would tind that in a very few years he could obtain an ad- ditional price that would far overbalance the cost of such an improvement. If he wishes to retain his farm for the benefit of his sons, he could hardly find a better way of increasing the value of the property he would have to leave tothem. But in fact unless far advanced in years he might well look forward to obtaining himself a very handsome profit on his expenditure in the indirect form of better crops and the direct lorm of a return from the plantation itself. Mr. Phipps makes all this plain in such full detail that we would strongly advise our farmers to read his report for them- selves. It canbe obtained on application addressed to him at the Department of Agriculture, Toronto. LOGS AND TIMBER. The Minden Echo says:—-Four saw log and one timber drive, all belonging to J. M. Irwin, Esq., of Peterborough, are now pass- ing through this village. The saw log drives contains twenty thousand each, making a total eighty thousand logs, the greater part of the logs being 16ft. long and are the larg- est and finest logs that have passed here for a number of years. The timber drive contains 1500 pieces of very choice waney timber. All of the timber and logs were made this past winter, in the townships of Eyre and Havelock under the management of Mr. Geo.8. Thompson, of Lindsay, who is aleo superintending the drives. Therels a crew uf twenty men on each drive,making a total of one hundred men. Mr. C. Austin is pusher off the first drive and that over- grown and well-known genial Irishman, Mr. P. Maher, commonly called “ Paddy ” pusher of the second, Mr. G. Johnson, the third, Mr. Thos. Preston, the fourth, and on the last is the easy going, never in # rush, Capt. V. H. Anderson, of Bobcaygeon, who was such a favorite of General Wolseley’s that he sent the captain here home from Egypt covered with medals and glory.” THE NORTH SHORE. SupBuRY, Ont., July 10.—Atcive work is going on among the mines at this point. Mr. Ritchie, of Ohio, purchased a quantity of mineral land and has 3 men employed in developing it. Some work has also been done on the Beaver mine, north of the main line, with very satisfactory results. From the Stobie mine a quantity of ore is being shipped and a practical test of its value will thus be obtained. The Murray, Faulkner, and McConnell mines are not yet in operation, and two new fines have been made this season whose value has not yet been settled. Some work has also been done on the Eyre mine, but no shipments have yet been made from any of them. Work on the Algoma branch of the C. P. R. has been resumed, and the engine goes down ten miles already. The lumbering operations of the C. P. R. seem very suc- cessful. A large quantity of wood, &c., has been got out by the settlers, and two fire inspectors traverse the country to guard against forest fires. A Gospel tent is pitch- ed neai the station, and two young men hold religious services every evening, and a Sabbath school and Bible class meet in the court house on Sundays. Settlement on the adjoining lands has begun, and society is gradually settling down from the construction of a line through the wilder- ness to a country village with a tributary rural population. The fly season is nearly over and the berry picking has fairly begun. Strawberries, blueberries and currants are now in season, and raspberries are on the way.— Mail. Bush Fir s. Sutton, Ont., July 10.— Advices from Ravenshoe, York Co., state that bush fires are raging near the Sutton Branch of the Midland Railway. The woods areon fire for miles around that village, and it is in great danger of being destroyed. Scores of set- tlers have deserted their homes, and are hurrying with their effects away from the bush. The loss to settlers will be very great, CHICAGO, July 7.—The “ bull” movement in wheat was continued yesterday. The sudden change to a season of intense activity from one of settled dulness caused hundreds of members to regret the rashb- ness that caused them to seek a Summer respite from an afternoon session. Not a few express regret that some power was not vested inthe President at once to re- establish an afternoon session. There is on every hand the utmost confidence that the “bull” movement has come to stay, and that the tendency will be rapidly upwards. It is reported that the bucket shops are 16,- 500,000 bushels short to their customers. For Sale at a Sacrifice. A SAW MILL ITUATED in excellent locality with an attachment of 200 acres of well timbered land through which flows the Nottawasaga river. Be-t water privilege in Simcoe. Capacity of mill eight th usand feet daily. Enough custom work to pay running expenses. Sat- isfactory reasons for selling, Box 60, Alliston, Ont, 2113 Wanted. meee HUNDRED THOUSAND feet of dry inch basswood culls. BELDEN & McDOWELL, Sul4 Syracuse, N, Y. 8 THE] CANADA LUMBERMAN. NORWAY PINE. Until recent years Norway pine in Michigan . was regarded as not of much value, It was esteemed by lumbermen about as hemlock is now. In lumbering operations hard pine was discarded and only the soft variety cut for the market, Within recent years, and since the demand for all kinds of forest products has become colossal, Norway pine has gradually come into use in the form of dimension, until now there is a large demand for it. All around lake Michigan, and on the Huron shore, Nor- way is coming down to the mills in increasing quantity year by year. When once to the lakeside, vessels easily transport it to to the great markets. In thelargecities, like Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo, large quantities of Norway pine are consumed in local building operations, It has become a favorite in heavy buildings, in the shape of dimension, on account of its strength. In this city, where more dimension is used than in any other west of Philadelphia, probably the larger portion is Norway pine. It mainly comes from east shore of lake Michigan, though numerous cargoes arrive every season from lake Huron ports. The demand in this city is on the increase, and will be as the city and suburbs grow. It is also shipped to near-by points, but for long distance shipment it is not liked by the wholesale dealers, though some of it, when bone dry, is worked into bills ordered for territory beyond the Mississippi. It is estimated by a competent judge, who has for fifteen or twenty years been familiar with the timber resources of every county in the lower peninsula of Michigan, that about one- third of the standing pine in that part of the state is Norway. Much of this is of the sap- ling variety, and unfit for anything but com- mon, short and slim jim piece stuff. Heavy timbers and car sills must be sawn from the larger and more ancient growth, Of late years, in operations on the older streams, the policy of clean cutting off the land logged has been pursued. ‘This takes in the Norway along with the white pine, and necessarily includes sapling as well as ancient growths, Of late years the demand for Norway car sills has become a prominent feature of the mill business in the interior of the state, and particularly with the mills scattered along the lines of railroad. But this demand fluctuates with the conditions of the times and the vary- ing prosperity of the railroads. With the de- cline of construction which began in 1883, and emphatically after the collapse of the stock market that followed the Grant & Ward failure in May, 1884, there came a falling off in the car sill requirement. Rolling stock building fell to a minimum, so that the call for car sills was slow and scattering. Railroad mills suffered in consequence. But with the measure of revival in rallroad matters that be- gan to be manifest early last fall, came increas- ed inquiry for car sills, At first it was fitful and cautious. Mill operators, that occasionally got a nibble of an order, sold the stuff cheap, and dared not indulge much confidence in the outlook, At first they were willing to contract heavily at $7.75 a thousand. In October or November they would have been glad to con- tract all they could have sawed for months at $8.50 to $8.75 a thousand. In December an entire mill cut at Cadillac could have been ob- tained $10.40, at the mill, and could have been delivered in this city at $13 to $13.50 a thous- and. Twoor three months latter dealers were mentally clubbing themselves because they did not close bargains at those figures, for prices went up to $13 at the mill and $16 delivered in this city or contiguous points. In fact, before navigation opened in the spring, orders were placed in this city at $19 a thousand, During the season of navigation prices are modified and kept steady by reason of low lake freight rates. Stuff cut inland twenty or thirty miles, or nearer, is run to a lake port and reshipped at rates lower than by an all-rail haul, It is a matter worth inquiring about to know why car sills car sell delivered at $16 a thous- and, while Norway short, heavy timbers, up to 12x12 inches in diameter, have to beg for $10.50 a thousand. The answer is, simply because car sills can never be kept in stock, or put on the open market; they have to be sawed to of car sills is of great variety, though all are on a basis of 44x8} to 6x8 inches in cross 3ection, but they vary in fractions cf an inch, and possibly an entire inch in isolated cases, above the initial dimension, No mill operator can sawand pile up car sills and wait for a buyer. No buyer for a car manufactory can contract ahead of the work actually in shop. Each order for cars is accompanied by specifi. cations as to the size of the sills, When these are ascertained, the order is sent to the mill. If a car works were mortally certain of having a contract to build a million cars, not an order for a car sill could be given until the specifica- tions had been received by the master builder, not even if lumber were on the jump upward in price three points at a jump. Hence we have the remarkable phase of the car sill trade that has been witnessed within the past nine months, Last August nobody knew anything about car sills beyond the fact that there was no call for them, In September there was a whif of demand; in October, a gentle breeze ; in November, a fair wind; and after January Ist, a stiff gale. Since the opening of navigation and the strikes in May, the demand has slowed down a little, but it is now by no means dead, or dealers would not be able to get $16 a thousand for them, while other forms of stock dimension can be had by the cargo, and much of it just as good timber, for $9 to $10 a thousand, Now why did the car builders have to give $17 to $19 a thousand for car sills in February ‘and March last, when the mills would have been glad to have sawed them by the million in August before for $7.50, and delivered them for $10 a thousand? Simply because the car builders, though they anticipated a demand fer cars, could not place orders for sills until orders and specifications for cars were in their hands. The competition between Norway and southern pine car sills is a matter of some in- terest. In the item of strength the yellow pine had the lead. But, as a dealer in this city remarked, mere superiority of strength does not always win. A carsill need not necessarily outlast the other portions of the car. In asmash-up a yellow pine sill would break as well as a Norway sill, ~ Cost has something to do in determining the purchase of sills. Yellow pine may make a superior support to a car, but where Norway is good enough, and about $8 a thousand cheaper, that settles it with many builders and buyers.—Northwestern Lamber- man. CALIFORNIA FORESTS, A special edition of the San Jose, Cal., Mercury, an excellent specimen of newspaper enterprise, containing a description of the principal features and industries of the state, gives the following in regard to the forests :— THE REDWOODS, Eastern tourists find the redwoods in the vicinity of San Jose the most convenient to visit. As it is the only tree of its kind in the world, and the California coast the only place where it grows, our visitors will doubtless wish to know something about it. It is essentially the product of a moist climate, and is practical- ly limited to such portions of the coast range as are composed of or covered by the sandstone of the petroleum formation. In Santa Cruz, Monterey and Santa Clara counties the terri- tory producing this valuable tree is only from three to eight miles wide. It grows in clusters and is not found, like the pine and fir, in forests of a uniform density. Consequently, many portions of the redwood territory contain little or none of the timber which grows most plenti- fully along the deep, moist ravines. The red- wood forests were a wonder to the first immi- grants, who had been accustomed to think a tree three feet in diameter a giant, and one twice that a fable, to be told in the same breadth as one of Baron Monchausen’s stories. When they found trees twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, with a trunk towering a hundred feet high, without a limb, their stories were hardly believed and tested the credulity of our eastern friends, until overshadowed by the discoveries of their relative, the Sequoia gigantea of the Sierra Nevadas. specification, And specification in the matter mill. Notwithstanding the beauty of the forest, the settlers proceeded to chop them down with the same eagerness that they would shoot a seven pronged buck or a stately elk, until one is about as scarce as the other ;—though the new railroad recently built from San Jose to Boulder Creek reaches a virgin tract of red- woods, Marvellous stories are told of the amount of lumber obtained from one of these giants. One man in the vicinity of Saratoga built a house and barn and fenced in forty acres with a high rail fence from a single tree. It was common to split straight boards twelve feet long, a foot wide and a half inch thick, which could be easily dressed into siding for a house. It was not uncommon to cut 75,000 feet of plank from one tree. Two hundred thous- and shingles, or ‘‘ shakes,” were often made from one truvk. freely, it was left to be destroyed by fires, When a tree failed to split which were thoughtlessly kindled by nearly all who worked in the forests in early days, the victims of fire being as numerous as those of the axe. METHOD OF LUMBERING. At first the destruction of the forests was limited to such portions as was accessible to waggons, but as the demand for lumber in- creased and railroads facilitated the carrying of lumber to distant points, new methods were invented which made it comparatively easy to strip the ravines and mountains to the very heads. This is accomplisbed by what is called askid road. As this is in universal use from the most southern point of the redwoods in Monterey and Santa Clara counties to Puget Sound, our readers will be interested in a des- cription of it. A mill site is selected as near the redwood groves as the nature of the ground will permit the buiiding of a waggon road, the place being generally where several wooded ravines converge together. The waggon road is sometimes very expensive, being carried across rocky canyons, or around steep side hills involving the cutting away of huge redwood roots or the blasting out of hard ledges of rock, Some of thes2 roads are built on decliv- ities where ‘‘getting off the grade” means a rough and tumbie descent hundreds of feet into a rocky gulch below. The mill being located, then commences the building of a skid road up the ravine to be first worked out. pate 2 500,000 S... Chase & (Go. .... .sssoe anne 1,000,000 Pacific Manufacturing Co........... . 2,500,000 Harmon. Brothers. .......:-yasenneee 2,000,000 S- ©. V. M. & i. Co... coe eee . 4,000,000 Glenwood Lumber Co...........--.- 1,000,000 Charles McKlernan Co.............. 1,500,000 Whitehurst & Hodges............... 2,500,000 Total per your... 32.3% Te 36,500,000 In addition to this must be considered the timber cut for fuel and mining purposes. The Santa Clara Valley Milling and Lumber Com- pany take out of the Santa Cruz monntains the equivalent of their sawed lumber in wood and hewed timbers. Every road leading to the red- woods is thronged with wood teams on account of parties not mentioned in the above enumera- tion, enough to swell the whole annual consump- tion to at least 50,000,000 feet of timber from the Santa Cruz mountains alone. REPRODUCTION OF THE FORESTS. The redwood, unlike all other conifers, pro- pagates itself principally by suckers from the parent stem. When a patriarch dies a thousand young trees, so to speak, spring from his loins, the most vigorous surviving. Nearly every cluster of tree is arranged in a circle, the diam- eter being sometimes as much as forty feet, in- didating the former existence of much larger trees than the present, perhaps equal to the sequoia of the Sierria Nevada, where millions of young pines succeeded the scattering trees des- troyed by the miners.often numbering hundreds to the square rod. If any care were exercised in the preservation of the redwoods not large enough for lumber, the present quantity of growing timber might be maintained, but the lumbermen make it a point to “* work the claim out,” cutting the timber all away in one season, as the skid road is usually destroyed by the winter rains. A few owners are preserving the trees not only for their intrinsic value, but for the benefit they confer on the country by indu- cing rainfall, preserving the springs, ete. It would be well if more of such men would be- come proprietors in the redwoods. Tue “gate” in the Conger lumber Co.'s mill at Parry Sound, and the mill was partially closed for some days, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | ext 9 CAPACITY CIRCULAR SAWS. The following is from Emerson, Smith & Co’s hand book for sawyers: ‘‘How much lumber to each horse-power will a circular saw mill cut ? is often asked. A horse power is that which will raise 33,000 pounds, one foot high per minute ; 12 superficial feet of heating surface on a boiler, is supposed under ordinary circumstances, to generate steam for one horse-power. In a large mill of thirty horse- power capacity, each horse- power ought to manufacture 1,000 feet of lamb er; but in smaller mills, proportionately less. A ten horse-power ought to manufacture or saw 5, - 000 feet per12 hours. Mills of larger power than 30 to40 horse, ought and generally do, overrun 1,000 feet to the horse. The friction of a small mill being proportionately greater than that of a larger mill, the leverage upon circular saws of samesize being the same in each, and the power required to keep up the momentum being the same in both, isthe cause of this dis proportion in capacity. In very hard timber 16 teeth to évery inch of feed is asuitableinumb- er. And in soft timber,8 teeth, and in medium or mixed timber, hard and soft, 12 teeth to every inch of feed is plenty. The above rule applies to saws not thinner than No. 8 gauge. Saws No, 8 gauge and thinner require propor- tionately more teeth ; thicker than No. 6 gauge f require proportionately less teeth. 7 Each tooth in a circular saw, No. 9 gauge,and l thicker, that is used on a board mull, will cut on an average from 500 to 1,000 feet of lumber per day and consume from one-half to a full horse power. A SAW WITHOUT TEETH. A saw without teeth that will cut steel rail in two minutes is in operationat the Central Hud- son shops in Greenbush, N. Y. The saw is run by a ninety horse power engine, more power than is required to run all the other machinery # in the shops, and is 38 inches in diameter and 2 of an inch thick at the edge. The disk is made of Bessemer steel and runs at a very high rate of speed, While in the operation a Band of five } encircles the saw, and the many sparks flying from the revolving disk resembles a display of pyrotechnics. To keep the saw cool and to pre- vent it from cracking, a tank of water is placed abeve the machine from which a small stream runs down and drops on the saw while inmotion. By this plan one saw will cut nearly 3,000 rails before it is worn out. A steel rail after about ; six years’ constant use, becomes battered at the ends, and by cutting them off the rails can be used in branch and switch tracks. Rails are cut by this machine for the whole line of the Cent- ral Hudson railroad. Thesaw while cutting, bears down hard on the rail, the end of which is left as smooth as the bottom of a flat-iron. One remarkable thing about the machine is that the chips cut from the rail fly back under the the saw with such force as to form a solid piece of steel nearly as firm as the rail itself. A BIG POPLAR. The Cornersville (Tenn.) correspondent of the Marshall Gazette, writting to that paper says: “The big poplar tree in Dogget’s cove has been a noted landmark for nearly 70 years, and is more talked of, perhaps, than any tree in the state. Its size has from time to time been given all the way from 29 to 33 feet in circumference. Passing that way recently I went to the tree, yiewed it and measured it carefully. The bark, which was three or four inches thick, had most of it fallen off, and I found it to be 26 feet and, perhaps two inches in circumference, clear of any spurs. It has the appearance of being slightly hollow, and is in dying condition. The trunk is fully fifty feetto the first limb. It is @ monster tree and there isa vast amount of good timber in it, but it will soon be ruined. This section has always been noted for its large fine trees. ‘ Geji4 X AN —————— Wy 3 y Me Zz SKK Z oR — Sy tj « Z fe 2 yy » tj: iff Vi 5 Z Y me> WRITE TO US. S e be absolutely _relied on, and occasion no vexatious stoppages for repairs. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE ON ANY POINT CONNECTED WITH PUMPS. SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND STATE YOUR REQUIREMENTS. NORTHEY & COMPANY, Corner FRONT & PARLIAMENT STS, , LFORONTO, ONT 253 to 267 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO, ONT. © 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. LA TAWITE) STROUDSBURG. ‘ Z,JMONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, US MANUFACTURERS OF 1 >>. dé b bie iS bere <4 tars ; a ie ps « as meas: 3, : Ain de 5 Pk i % 4. Re Set boo dat » e hi - iw 7 Asp hee (pe af Shes cf AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years’ enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC , | MONTREAL SAW WORKS... F. H. ANDREWS & SON | Quepe -| MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCLATION {Mowat AR. WILLIAMS, . . Toronro.| R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. cae : JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. GZ MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS yo ee Circular, Shingle, Gang, CrossCut, X Wx . Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. S55 SS LS SS SSS SSS =Sss —S> ——S THURBERS ROYAL ) Anti-Friction Babbit Metals IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ZZ | NS WSS SS SSS WSS N SS \ S> SS > SS Ss SS = NSS = Band Saws, | Emery Wheels, _ Files, ==aS dad Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, = ee ee Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, lronPipe,&. | Prices on Application. MERY WHEELS EE iN} h | | ‘a tui PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada VOL. 6. PETERBORUUGH, ONT., AUGUST 1, 1886. NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF WOOD. A process las been discovered by which wood may be compressed into various designs, having all the appearance of carving, and with a finer finish. The process consists in paring hardwood shavings as thin as wafe’s, which are then placed in a chemical solution. When in a pro- perly pliable condition, the mass is introduced into molds made from steel plates, and pressure is applied, which forces the wood pulp in every line of the mold, When it becomes dry, it is removed from the mold and has exactly the appearance of a wood carving, with the grain of the wood as perfect as though it had never been reduced to a pliant condition. The process is a German invention, and large numbers of differ- ent designs are now being manufactured in the the city of Berlin. The tradition is, if the oak gets into leaf be- fore the ash, we may expect a fine and produc- tive year. If the reverse is the case, a cold summer and unproductive autumn are antici- pated. Stutisties have been collected on this pomt extending over 30 years. The oak displayed its foliage several months before the ash in 1818 to 1520, 1882, 1824 to 1827, 1833 to 1837, 1842, 1846, 1854, 1868 and 1869, all inclu- sive, and the summers uf those years were dry and warm, andthe harvest abundant. ‘The ash displayed its foliage full a month before the oak in 1816, 1817, 1821, 1523, 1528 to 1830, 1838, 1840, 1845, 1850 and 1859, and the autumns were unfavorable. The forest trees east of the Rocky Mountains have been divided into four groups, as regards their geographical distribution within the Do- minion: (1) A northern group, including the white and black spruces, larch, Banksian pine, balsam fir, aspen, balsam, poplar, canoe birch, | willows and alder. (2.) A central group of i about forty species, oceupying the belt of country from the white pine line to that of the buttonwood, (3.) A southern group embracing the buttonwood, black walnut, the hickories, chestnut. tulip tree, prickly ash, sour gum, sassafras and flowering dogwood (4.) A western group, consisting of the ash-leaved waple, burr-oak, cottonwood and green ash Of a monster oak felled in Ingland in 1810 the main trunk, 10 feet long, produced 450 eubic feet; one limb 472 cubic feet, and other limbs respectively 355, 235, 156, 113 and 106 cubic feet; six other limbs of inferior size averaged 93 feet each, making a total of 2,445 cubic feet of sound timber. The bark was estimated at six tons. It took five men twenty days to strip and cut down this tree, and two sawyers were five 1u0onths without losing a day (Sunday excepted) in converting it into timber The main trunk of this tree was 94 feet in [the bark of old trees of that species. | extent. diameter. The whole produce of the tree in the market brought about $3,000. A distillery bas lately been put in operation at Charleston, 8, C., for manufacturing oil from pine wood, The material is subjected to intense heat in sealed retorts, and one cord of it is said to yield fifteen gallons of turpentine, eighty eallons of pinewood oil, fifty bushels of charcval, 150 gallons of wood vinegar, and a quantity of inflammable gas and vegetable asphaltum, The oil alone is worth about 25 cents a gallon and is used by painters and shipbuilders. There is a small tree growing in a gulch near Tuscarora, Nevada, the foliage of which at certain seasons is said to be so luminous that it can be distinguished a mile away in darkest night. In its immediate region it emits sufficient light to enable a person to read the finest print, Its luminosity is said to be due to parasites. It is said that one of the properties specially conducive to durability in timber is odorifer- ousness. It is also said that the increase in strength due to seasoning in different woods is as follows :—Elm, 12.3 per cent. ; oak, 26,6 per cent. ; ash, 44.7 per cent. ; beech, 61.9 per cent. The comparative value of different woods in respect to crushing strength and stiffness is thus shown: Oak 40,74, ash 3,571, elm 3,468, beech 3,079. Regarding relative degree of hardness, shell hickory stands the highest, and, calling that 100. white oak is 84, white ash 77, Lieutenant Immer Gossende, of the German navy, and Dr, Kummel have explored North- east Guinea. They report that they reached a spot twelve days’ march from the coast and dis- covered that their compass was useless, owing to the presence of a tree which possesses the properties of a highly charged electrical battery. Dr. Kummel was knocked down when he touched it. Analysis showed it to consist of almost pure amorphous carbon. It has been nam d Hlsassia electrica. The American Architect says that the Southern pine seems to be the natural habitation in this country of the cimex lectularius, or bed bug, which is found in immense numbers under If the wood contains natural clefts, the inseets and their eygs remain in these after sawing and are often carried in that way in the seams of large timber into buildings It is worth noticing that living trees of yellow pine sometimes kee, houses near them infested with the vermin, which stray in all directions from their home, The inventive genius of the Yankee is con- stantly widening the use for lumber, Last year a concern in Maine cut up, in the aggregate 1,200 cords of white birch logs into shanks and counters for boots and shoes. Special machinery is used forthe purpose, and the white birch is% displacing leather board to a considerable The more extended use ot the hard wocds in shoe making is among the possibilities of the near future. Among the latest invention is that of a match which may be used over again an indefinite number of times, The wood is soaked with a peculiar chemical solution which renders such reusing practicable, . The following }trees;were in ancient times | dedicated to heathen gods: The cornel, cherry- tree and laurel to Apollo, cypress to Pluto, myrtle to Venus, oak to Jupiter, olive to Min- erva and Pallas Athene. It is curious to note that the laurel, cypress, myrtle, oak and olive are all funeral plants. The olive with the Greeks was an emblem of chasity. —lWachange. SAW MILL AT CAMBELLFORD. On Tuesday last we spent a few minutes looking at the operations of Rathbun & Co.’s saw mills in this village, and while there learn ed from Mr. Joseph Clairmont, the trustworthy manager, that the average daily product of this manufactory is 800 railway ties and between 10,000 and 11,000 lath, besides a quantity of lumber. There are 25 men now working steadily every minute of the day, as busy as the machinery beside them, handling the logs which come down the river, and cutting them up into ties, lath and lumber. ‘Ten saws are in constant motion. Two large saws are rapidly revolving on the first floor, at the north end of the building, butting and edging the logs which come up from the water where they are boomed, on what, in the absence of the proper name we will callacarrier The large logs are handled with ease by the dexter- ous workmen, who first saw off the ends and then slide them on a truck which moves back- wards and forwards on a track to and from the edger, This large saw does rapid execution, and the railway ties are cut as quick as thought and removed by men at the other end of the track, who slide them through an opening in the building and deposit them on waggons which are drawn tothe cars. The slabs from the logs are then put through a planing machine and converted into lumber, while the small pieces are placed on a carrier and deposited on the second floor where men quickly cut them up into lath. They are as busy as bees, too, turn- ing out 10,000 per day. In front department of the building is a machine for planing and edging lumber, which is fed by Mr. J. D. Amey. Near it is the in- vention of one of the Rathbun company, a gum- ter, for sharpening saws, which is worked by Mr. Ducheman. By the aid of this machine which carries an emery wheel making 1,600 revolutions per minute, a large saw is sharpen- ed ready for work in twenty minutes, The shingle machine is not yet in operation but will be shortly. The engine which drives the machinery, with improvement and the care of a tidy engineer, looks like a new one. Near it is a pump and hose ready for use to quench a fire. J The railway track has been laid along Ranney street to the mill, and will be ballasted and | completed in about ten days, A switch is to be laid in front of the mill, and another at the rear, on which cars will be run and leaded as the ties come from the saws. Fifteen car loads of ties were taken away on Monday.— Herald. THE BUISNESS OUTLOOK The New York Saw Mill Gazette says :—The semi-annual report lately issued by the mercan- tile agency of R. G. Dun & Co., shows a material improvement in the business outlook throughout the United States. Notwithstand- ing the strain resulting from labor troubles the record of business failures during the first six months of the present year shows a marked de- crease as compared with the failures of the same period in the preceding year. The liabilities of insolvents for the period referred to in 1856 were considerably smaller in amount than they were in the corresponding period of 1885. The report calls attention to other encourag- ing features of the times among which are the virtual decisicn of the conflict of labor against capital, and the fact that values of all kinds have apparently reached their lowest point. The power of the labor organizations to resist the ordinary laws of trade is not so seriously estimated as it was a few months ago. Confi- dence has been restored and there is a manifest disposition to extend business operations and engage in new enterprise. Good crops are now assured, generally speaking, and the fall season is looked forward to as likely to yield satisfac- tory returns in trade circles. The abundance of money, the result of the growth of the coun- try in wealth, is one of the characteristics features of the times and is also a most infiuen- tial factor in the business situation. In confir- mation of the views expressed in this report Messrs. Dun & Co. present statements by their agents with reference to the condition of trade all the leading business points in the country. As regards the lumber trade, the outlook is in most respects encouraging. The temporary check to building operations caused by the labor troubles, has been succeeded by a marked activity in this trade throughout the east and west. The present consumption of lumber in the building trade is almost equal in amount to that called for at the same period last year, and it is possible that the demand for lumber for construction will soon exceed the mills, In hardwoods the transactions are moderate but the market is firm. Walnut is in special demand, and holders of good lots are not inclined to make concessions in prices. In sash, doors and bliuds the basiness being done is not large, but much activity is not to be expected at this season, and it is evident that prices are being fairly sustained, at railway Reports from Temiseamingue state the tim- ber drives on the Kippewa and Upper Ottawa are successful this season, notwithstanding that fears were entertained at an earlier date con- cerning the insufficiency of the spring floods. . _ than the English article. Ss eS are Arirein Knapp, Stout & Co. Company's yard, at St. Louis, July 18, consumed about 25, - 00,000 feet of lumber in pile,involving a loss of 000 Lamoureux Bros., of Edmonton, are prepay- ing a second raft for shipment to Battleford. It will consist of 175,000 feet of lumber, 100,000 lath and 100,000 shingles. By a new process hats are now made of wood pulp. They are said to be very fine, and more serviceable than anything heretofore on the market, Great is wood pulp, CapiTaL is said to have been secured for building a railroad from Fargo Dak., northwest by way of Turtle lake, to the boundary of Man- itoba, 600 miles. It is said that a survey will at once be made, Mr. James Crossmn, of the Cobourg Car Works, obtains the contract for rolling stock of the Northern & Pacific Junction Railway. The specifications are said to confirm to those of the Canadian Pacific Railway. THE contract of the locomotives for the North- ern & Pacific Junction Railway has been let to the Kingston Locomotive Works. It calls for the delivery of two engines in Sept., three in October, and remainder in November. A YOUNG man, named Gingras, was struck on the head by a flying splinter of wood at Drum’s cabinet factory, Quebec, on July 23rd, and will also probably die. A ship laborer, named Me- Caulay, was dangerously injured by falling into the hold of the bark Kate Maguire. dead in the woods on the Leswick, N. B., his skull fractured and his neck broken. Beside him 6n the ground lay a tree, the falling of of which was the cause of his déath. Golder was aman about forty years of age, and lived in Tripp settlement for a good many years. Masses. Rankin, AsHer & Henperson, of Dover, Ont., are erecting a saw mill on lot 19. con. 9, Dover, with a capacity of 12,000 daily. Messrs. McKeough and Trotter have the con- tract for the machinery, and will have it run- ning for the fall work. The erection of the mil! promises to prove a great convenience. Tur machinery department at the Colonial Exhibition is under the direction of Mr. James Clark, of Cobourg. wh has put the hall into shape without a single accidant or breakage that I have heard of The Canadian Exhibitor.the journal of the Canadian department well says thatno other choice of a mechanical superintend- ent could have been made by Sir Charles Tup- per. Two orders-in council have been passed one authorizing that a charter be granted the other issuing it, to Archbishop Duhamel, Rev. Father Grendreau, L A. Oliver, A. Desjardins and B, Tasse, empowering them to construct a line of railway six miles long from the Ottawa river near the Mattawan at the foot of the Long Sault rapids to a point at the foot of lake Temiscam- ingue, with a capital of $100,000. THE correspondent of the Canadian Manu facturer at the Colonial Exhibition says that in manufactures of wood of all kinds the Canadian have distinguished themselves. Messrs. Tees -& Co., of Montreal, Messrs. Stahlschmidt & Co., of Preston, and the Schlicht & Field Co., Toronto, have done a “‘roaring trade” in office desks, letter cabinets, etc , which seems to be looked upon as both cheaper and better finished THe Menominee Herald estimates that at least 80,000 000 feet of lumber will be sent east if Chips, | si ' ii mea Th . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. — LUMBER FOR CANADA, Derrorr, July 27.—The deparature of the great log boat Michigan, which left Alpena in tow of a powerful tug bound far French River, Georgian Bay, for a load of logs for Tawas parties, yesterday, was witnessed by a large crowd. Notwithstanding the gradual decrease of the timber in Michigan, remains the fact of millions of dollars invested in costly mills and railways Within the past two years Michigan lumber- men have turned their attention to Canada, and extensive purchases of pine lands have been made near the shores of Lake Huron and along the large streams emptying into that inland sea. To move their mills to that side ot the lake for the purpose of cutting up the pine involves great expense. Then, too, they must encounter the tariff on imported lumber on seeking an American market. To somehow get the logs to this side would solve the difficulty, as there is but asmall tariff on these. Transportation by rafts has been attempted in a few instances, but the risks are very great, as Lake Huron is a decidedly stormy body of water, and the breaking up and scattering of a single raft would sadly trench upon the profits of a sea- son’s business. Hence the experiment of the log boat, which is intended to bear the same re lation to water transportation that the log train does to the railroad. If itcan be managed snc cessfully and not too expensively it promis2s to solve a very important problemmin connection with thelumber business of Michigan for the next 20 years. sold 12,000,000 ; the Bay Shore Company, 12,- 000 000; Dunham & Avery, 10,000,000, and A, Spies 400,000 feet, all of which will be shipped to the eastern market—mostly to Buffalo, dur- ing the season of navigation. Besides the above amounts, the Oconto Lumber Company has sold 25,000,000 feet of its cut to Buffalo parties, Mrssrs Mason & Co., says the Ottawa Jour- nal have received an order from Messrs Hutch- ison & Wood to supply 1,000,000 ft. of lumber fox the construction of the bridges on the new Short Line Railroad between Merrickville and Kemptville which is the extent of theircontract. Messers McRae & Co., of Ottawa, have also re- ceived an order from the same firm for a large quantity of Portland cement for the stonework in connection with the bridges, Tue Chicago Northwestern Lumberman says :—‘' There are two new lumber papers in New York engaged in the amusing business of trying to scratch each other’s eyes out. They remind one of two cats with their tails tied together and hung across a clothes line.” We had often herad that western editors were re markably hard hearted (as well as hard headed), but did not believe that even a western editor would watch two cats fighting, in the manner described, until the Lwmberman made this confession, Joun EH, Stpwart, one of the corporators of the Tobique Valley railway company, has been negotiating with capitalists in Boston with a view of the immediate construction of the line from Perth on the N. B railway up to the Tob- ique river past Plaster Rock. This road was ‘he pioneer boat, named afte- the state, is 294 feet over all, 42 feet beam, with 16 feet depth of hold, and has a tonnage of 1 227. She ent, The Chicago Safe and Lock Co, havecon for the firm one of the largest safes ever built in Chicago, Our friends who wish to see acopy of out paper when in Chicago, can always find it on file at the Agency of Messrs. Lord & Thomas. the Tyiwuto Globe as follows :—Last Septem- ber the Emery Lumber Co nen operations on their hmits, five miles north of the C P. Railway orossing at this place, with about 150 men 0 - t over 52 000 choice saw logs, driving them in May to the mouth of the Waknapitae, French river, close to the Georgian Bay, in four weeks, where they load them on their barge Wahnapitae which is estimated to carry ‘ te f ; ; oo a hd 8 corner and work passes with great While the entire appoix are € filing de,atment is arranged on anen ly principle, which amounts to an important ix tion. Heretofore Advertising Agents have their Newspapers in wooden pigeon holes, which not only excluded the light, but caught and re- tained the dust, and thus proved a nuisance, The new filing department of Messra. Lord & Thomas is made entirely of wire work ; a separ ate compartment is made for each Newspaper, Magazine and Periodical in the U. S. and Can- ana, about 14,000 in all. The various sections are suspended from the ceiling. and hang clear of the floor, leaving a space under each one so that the entire floor can be swept. Space will not permit us to describe this important im- — provement jg detail. The principals upon which | it is construtted will be covered by letters pat ne re JOTTINGS AT WAHNAPITAE. A corvspondent w ites from Wabn pitae to y Gaticeind During the winter they took at subsidized by the Dominion parliament last ses- sion, and an attempt will, it is said, be made to secure a local subsidy. The Tobique Valley railway runs for about forty miles through a rich agricultural region, passing through heavy timbered Jand, The Monetary Vines says:—The effect of the export duty, placed by the Dominion Govern- inenton pine logs exported from this country has already been that of increasing the manu- facture of sawn lumber on this side of the bord- ev Weare told that more than one firm in the Georgian Bay district whose pine was expected to go to the American side to be manufactured, will be converted into lumber in Canada. Evi- dently there firms regard it cheaper to pay $2 the link and is made ot 1) inch wire, endless chain runs has one boiler 15 feet long, 74 feet in diameter, and two engines. One engine has a 16 by 12 inch cylinder. The other engine has two cylinders, 14 by 12 inches each and is connected with two 10 inch pumps and also with an apparatus for hoisting anchors of which she carries two, one weighing 1,600 and the other 8,000 pounds. The chain of the large anchov weighs 20 pounds to The ap- paratus for hoisting logs on board is a slip that extends on an incline to the water, in which an aud on which are hooks which carry the logs up the slip, which is joint- ed at the rail aud extinds acioss the deck, Here men with cast h:ioks will receive and roll the logs off on to the skids, where they are held two and a half million feet of umber, and has this week sailed with a load of three thousand logs for Tawas, Michigan, where their mills are. It is said that they intend taking out double the quantity this season, commencing “next month. Jinnings & Gorman have taken out this season over 3,000 pieces of board and square timber from their limits, north of here, which they shipped per C. P. R to Papineau- ville, on the Ottawa. McArthur and Brothers this season got out between three and four thousand pieces off their limits south of here mostly board timber, which they run down the river to the Georgian Bay, from thence to the Midland railway ; and are going to put in more camps this season. There are men for several firms in the States until wanted in the livid. they being there drop- ped into five feet ot water. The water comes into the hol through a ten inch aperture in duty on lumber than to pay thesame duty on the logs aside from the additional cost of manu- looking for limits on this river; the last one, from a firm near Chicago, is exploring here, from the Green Bay mills the present season, of which nearly 50,000,000 feet have already been heard from. The H. Witbeck company have facture, arising from the higher price of labor It is tolerably clear that the doubling to the duty will materially check the paid on that side. exportation of logs. —E———————EE Last year the extensive mills and wooden- ware factory of Messrs. Wm, Cane & Sons, Newmarket Ont.. was burnt down and as soon as the fim decided to rebuild all the old em ployees, voluntarily offered to donate a week’s work each, as an evidence of their goodwill and Another pleas- ing instance of co operation, ina like manner is now recorded, as we learn that: ‘Bach one of Mr. Tilson’s employees, of Tilsonburg, has sub- scribed a week's wages to assist him to build The amount thus donated This is some- regret for the firms heavy loss, his oatmeal mill. will be between $700 and $800. thing new, and speaks volumes for the harmon- ious relations existing between the employer and employees.” ———————— Lumber by Railway. The Montreal Star of July 20th says :— A new departure has taken place in the ship- ment of lumber from the western districts. Previous to the opening of the ©. P. R, the whole of the lumber and square timber was forwarded by water to the loading port. Mr, G. M Bosworth, the freight agent of the C. P. R., stated to a Star reporter this morning that the great lumber merchants in the districts round Georgian Pay and Lake Nipissing had forwarded no less than 3 500 car loads of square timber, represeuting 2 000,000 square feet, to Montreal within the last two months, The timber consists almost entirely of pine, and is sent on to Quebeo for shipment to various ports, empty the hold again in four hours, two of the slips. on which the log vests. overboard. loaded in less than 20 hours. that no special interference would be encoun Lake Huron by a smgle vowertul tug. y IN NEW QUARTERS. Messrs, Lord & Thomas, of Chicago, the well- known and popular Advertising Agents, have removed to new quarters which are so spacious, so elegant, and so original and novel in their appointments, that they deserve more than a passing notice The building Nos 45, 47 and 49 Randolph St , between State and Wabash Ave., is at once the most striking in appearance and tl® most elegant in Chicago, built of sandstone it is 70 by 174 feet practically fire proof and and lighted on four sides. Three large elevators and two spacious stairways, give abundant facilities for passengers and freight. Messrs. Lord & Thomas occupy the entire third floor, giving them a superficial area of neerly 12,000 square feet. This beautiful lighted room is un+ broken by partitions save a private office in one e three hours, and the two eight inch pamps There are The logs are hoisted out of the hold at the after batches (of which there are seven) by to upright slides with arms up- When the log gets on deck it rolls on to a set vt rollers that carry it it is clain.ed that the craft can be She has a full set of canvas on four spars. 10 men for a crew. and will carry about 700,00 feet of logs. The question of expense would seem to be the only one to be settled by ex; eriment. It is probable tered from boisterous weather, and there seems no reason to doubt that as in the ore and grain carrying trade froin three to six of these im- mense barges could be loaded and towed across and he says the lumbering capacity of this river, so far as he has seen it is at least 100,000,- 000 feet per year. I am creditably informed that this river gives access to a very large extent of excellent pine land to the north of this, which is all green woods—x«ll of which is not yet surveyed, or sold by the Crown Land Department. As soon as itis opened for sale the Americans say they will be on hand to purchase. I see the Government has put an export duty on saw logs, I suppose to paevent them being taken to the States to be manufactured in place of Canada, This seems nothing more than just for Canada, as the manufacturing of the logs into lumber on this side will cause much improvement, and villages to grow at places where there is nothing else comparative- ly to induce such improvements The Ameri- cans have two objections to manufacturing lumber here :—First, by shipping by the C, P. R. they will have to tranship in order to get their lumber to the States ; secondly, they want a certain rate for a term, say ten years, to secure them against the rate on lumber being raised after they have their mills erected, I think the C P.R would be consulting their interest as well as the country their line passes through, between South Bay and Lake Super. ior, by giving lumbermen a reduction equal to 4 cost of transhipment, and for the term of years, — as the chances are that in not getting this they — wi'l build they mills a* the mouth of the river at the Georgian Bay, and drive the logs down where they can load ou vessels from the mi yard, and so the railway lose the traffie only producijea there is to give them freight, : - THE sri LUMBERMAN. MORE BS | Heavy Substantial Saw Frames, Carriages and Engines BEST MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. 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DCETS, sTabelled Pra: Ory aly res kh PPS & & CO., >, Homeopathic oe | : orough ete pei England. 8w Ticket Agent G. T, R., Peterborough PINE PLANTATIONS. In*his official*report Mr. R, W. Phipps gives the following account of his personal inspection of pine plantations on the Massachusetts coast :— All this country around was occupied long ngo by the earliest settlers—the mon of the Mayflower period, This is the ‘old colony ” of Massachusetts. This rolling land noar the sea was rich, was heavily forested, was cleared, cropped, and re-cropped, till its fertility was gone. Long lines of ruinous stono fences, con- turics old, recall the period when the soil was worth such careful division. Much of it had Jong lain idle and barren, the home of a few wandering sheep, in gre-) -nge8 of wind-swept hills and hollows, w n sheltered places, wome growths of oak snd poplar. Just here ‘was peculiarly barren. ‘i'wenty-five voars since one gentleman, Mr. Fay, began to plant pine trees largely, 2nd still more largely to sow their weed broadcast. Many followed his example, end groves sprung up in all directions. 'Thoro are now more than ton thousand acres of pine plantations, sown or planted, in this vicinity alone, many of them containing trees forty feet in height, This planting has greatly sheltered and im, proved the country, and re-settlement—the influx of the class of residents beforo mentioned —followed fast on the growth of the trees, In one place I was shown what conclusively proved the case of tree planting or hills to hold mois- ture. “This twenty acres,” said one resident, “which, as you see, is high land, when treeless, every spring poured down such floods as filled all the deep gullies around. Now that T have had it for years in groves of pinos, the moisture is held in the land, and there are no torrents in spring whatever. The water gocs the yoar round to nourish the creeks.” The result of planting in this district is, in fact, that while here twenty years ago was little but a succession of bleak and barren hills, there is now such scenery a8 my first paragraph described, Nor are the planted groves of small extent. One gentleman, showed me eighty, another one hun- dred and twenty acres. in one block each, planted by themselves, of rich pine plantations, the trees being 30 and 40 feet in height. What I want to give my readers an idea of is the way in which this result was secured, Either the seed was sown broadcast on the rough pasture field, or it was sown in the bottom of plough furrows run across the field five feet apart and covered half an inch, or the small pines were tiken less than a foot in height and planted with the spade five feet apart cach way. These methods have each met with ox- cellent success. Tho land is a light and rather barren sandy loam, much of the same kind as our poorest Ontario soils. As to the kinds used, they are the Scottish, Austrian, Corsican and our own native white and red pines, Planting and sowing are each done in early spring. There is no reason why these methods should not succeed in Ontario. Whoever wants a good plantation along the north or west of his lot, or has anywhere—in gully, or field, or hillside— land which gives little return, could not do bet- iter than sow it with pine seed, It is easily ob- tained, easily sowed, and in a few years the jannual thinnings will give all the pine fuel he can use, and sticks for many building purposes besides, while as shelter the trees will be inval- uable, Words can hardly tell the difference in climate obtained by a thick pine wood along the and west of a farm. Of course if the \planter be disposed to purchase young seedlings —which can be had at less than a cont apiece —he saves some years. But many rough places could be much more easily7sown than planted. James H. Bowditch, Esq., vives the following {valuable statistics in refererce to these plan- tations :— ‘ It is here wo find the native pitch pines (Pinus Regida)grown from seed almost as easily as the ordinary garden vegetables, the sandy soil and moist atmosphere favoring its early growth. No old planter on the Cape would think of planting saplings ; he invariably sows the seed. Now, where are theso plantations, how are they managed, and who are the owners ? Let us begin at the end of the Cape and work south, A five {hours "driveljfrom Boston ’on the Old Colony railroad brings you to north Truro, the next town to Provincetown, at the extreme end of Cape Cod. Near here we find twenty different parties whose plantations cover in the aggregate 562 acres, all planted from seed, and all consisting of the common pitch pines, in the various stages of growth, from 1 inch to 15 or 20 feet. As our object is te know just how these plantations ‘are cultivated artificially, we will explain briefly in detail. Ten years’ ago these well nigh barren and entirely profitless lands could be purchased for 25 cents per acre, now, in the same unimproved condition, they are worth in no case less than $2 per acre; not a very heavy price you may think, but when a man sells by the hundred acres it makes a difference in the value received. These broad acres have usually no vegetation whatever, save a light growth of the coarse beach-grass, and, in some localities, the low- spreading poverty grass, so-called, and a little MOB8S. In most cases there is no fencing whatever, a fact greatly to the advantage of the planter in his profit account; the division line between different owners being frequently a simple plowed ridge. We now have the land for planting. Just before the first heavy frost, usually the latter part, of October, the seed is gathered in burrs, balls or cones (thus variously called) from the pitch pine trees, put up in barrels or boxes, away from mice and squirrels, in a cool place, and before spring they will have mostly opened, when the seeds can easily be taken out. Some people heat them a trifle in the oven to make the seed render a trifle more easily, but it is a dangerous practice, and likely to injure the ger- minating power, From one to three-quarters of a pound of clean seed is ample to plant an acre of ground. They may be planted at any time in the year, but probably the best time is early spring, as soon as frost is out of the ground. The method now most generally followed, where from 10 to 50 acres are to be planted, is to run a plough over the whole track, turning a single medium furrow, the furrows being five or six feet apart. A few planters make the distance apart four feet ; a few from eight to ten feet. The seed is either planted by hand in hills ‘about three feet apart, dropping three or four seeds in a place, and just covering it very slightly with earth, with a hand hoe, or a regular seed planter is used. The latter is probably the easier method, the one most gen- erally practised, and often quite as successful as the more laborious hand planting. A boy may follow after and cover any seed left exposed, I find the cost of planting is variously estimated at from $3 to $5 per acre. The market value for seed last season on the Cape ranged from $1.25 to $1.50 per pound, It takes about a bushel of cones to render a pound of seed, After planting, no further care whatever is given to the area so stocked in most cases. In some places there may be gaps fifty feet long, but these spaces fill up in time of themselves from seeds of the young growing trees, If you hire a team and drive over the country, a look at the various plantations will abundantly re- pay an interested observer. A fifteen acre piece with trees about three or four years old, said to belong to Mr. Harvey Collins, seemed very thick and thrifty. Mr. John Henricks has tried the following tree seeds, namely :—White and Norway spruce (Abies Alba and A excelsa), white, Austrian, Scotch and Corsican pines, (Pinus strobus, P. austriaca, P, sylvestris and P, laricio), The experiment was made in this wise: A tolerably good soil was well ploughed and prepared, and seed planted about one quarter of an inch deep, The whole was covered with boards at first, raised slightly when the seeds sprouted, The white and Norway spruce and white pine seeds scarcely germinated at all. The other germin- ated and grew well, where planted in cultivated land or nursery rows. When planted in furrows or hills in sward land, they suffered from drought. and made but slight growth, Proba- bly not over twenty-one per cent. of the hills are now standing, The Scotch pine did some- what the best, __in this method of planting forests, whether THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. by broadcast or furrow planting, it is necessary of course, in order to cover the ground, at first to raise far more trees than are ultimately need- ed, and it has been long a disputed question whether it is best to let a young forest thin itself, the stronger trees killing out the weaker, or whether, after a time, to thin out artificially. Some gentlemen here are of opinion that it is better to thin by hand. In support of this opinion an interesting illustration is given by the Hon. Levi Bartlett, of New Hampshire In that state a tract had been cleared and burned over in a very dry season, about the It immediately seeded itself with white and Norway pines, and about twenty-five He at year 1,800, years after came into his possession, once thinned out the growth on about two acres, taking over half the number of the smallest trees, the fuel much more than paying the ex- penses of clearing off. From that time nothing was done with the lot for the next twenty-five years—having sold it, however, during that time. Upon examining it he found that, by a careful estimate, the lot which had been thin- ned was worth at least a third more per acre than the rest which had been left. It was worth at that time at least $100 per acre. He thought that had the land been judiciously thinned yearly, enough would have been obtain- ed to have paid the taxes and interest on the purchase, above the cost of cutting and draw- ing out, besides bringing the whole tract up to the value of the two acres which had been thinned out. At the time when this part was thinned, twenty-five years from the seed, he took a few of the tallest, about eight inches on the stump, and forty to fifty feet high, and hewed them on one side for rafters for a shed, At the next twenty-five years, fifty from the seed, he and the owner estimated that the trees left on the two acres would average six or eight feet apart. They were mostly Norway pines, ten to twenty inches in diameter, and eighty to one hundred feet high. He was greatly surprised seven or eight years after to see the increase of growth, especially the two acres thinned 30 years before. The owner had done nothing, except occasionally cutting a few dead trees, It was now the opinion of both that the portion thinned ont was worth twice as much as the other ; not, however, that there was twice the amount of wood on the thinned portion, but from the extra size and length of the trees and their enhanced value for boards, logs and tim- ber. There were hundreds of Norway and white pines that could be hewn or sawed into square timber, from forty to fifty feet in length, suitable for the frames of large houses barns and other buildings. There are some dead trees on the two acres thinned at an early day, but they were only small trees shaded out by the large ones, On the part left to nature’s thinning, there was a vastly greater number of dead trees, many of them fallen and nearly worthless, Of the dead trees standing cords might be cut, well dried and excellent for fuel, Estimates were made that this woodland would yield 350 cords of wood, or about 150,000 feet of lumber per acre. Allowing that these were too large, the real amount must have brought a very large profit on fhe investment. The opinion of leading planters of trees here of sowing or furrow is that, though not se successful with these, owing to the strong sea gales, as the pitch and Scotch pine, yet that the white or red pine would grow well from seed, by either method, in Ontario, As before remarked, there is much land in Ontario, side hills, waste sandy plains, burnt lands, and so on, where, if successful, the experiment would prove most valuable. If the ground be such as to receive the seeds—that is not a sod or hard clay—broadcast will do; if harder a furrow is easily made. The shade of surrounding weeds, if not too dense, will not injure—a_ partial shade, in fact, is always beneficial. Wherever the pine trees are being cut down the large cones could be easily gathered, and put away till spring in a dry place, secure from mice when the weeds will easily drop out. There is no reason why this should not be done over much land, useless now, but which would then, for shelter and ultimate wood, be very valuable. Subscribe for the Canapa LuupenMan,| ; Z ee ie ) ee A Pa GATHERING IN SOUTHERN PINE A dispatch from New Orleans, of July 4th — says:—On Monday last 20,000 acres of pine lands were entered in a body in Caleasien and Vernon parishes in this state by a firm from Grand Rapids, Mich. During the last three or four years western firms, mainly from Chicago and Michigan, have gobbled up all the good pine land in this state and Mississippi. This has been done so quietly that the local saw mill men awoke to the fact that all the good timber in Louisiana had been cornered by Chicago dealers. The fiscal year for the Louisiana land office expired June 30th. From 1882 to June 30th, 1886, no less than 1,150,532 acres of pine lands have been purchased, largely by western speculators and investors. This includes one- fourth of the long-leafed pine lands of Louisiana and about one-half of what the Government owns in the state. As the land entered is all selected, it natur- ally embraces the best. What remains unsold is generally of inferior quality and poorly wooded, The purchasers sent surveying parties down here to examine and report on the yellow pine of the south, the quality of the lumber and the value of the land. These reporte were favorable and the western men went to work at once buying right and left, but very quietly and without attracting attention. The cost of these initial surveys and selections was only $70.000. The lands themselves were purchased from’ the Government at $1.25 an acre and pro- bably cost the purchaser altogether not over $2 per acre, making the total cost of these tracts $2,300,000. They will average 10,000 feet of merchantable timber to the acre, 11,500,000,000 in all, or nearly one-half the amount of long- leafed yellow pine in Louisiana. The lumber at the mill 1s worth $7.50 per M feet, so that the owners of these lands can hope to receive $50,000,000 for their purchase, even if there should be no improvement in the value of their lumber, whidh is highly probable. It will be seen, therefore, that they have made extremely good investments, from which they may be expected to receive handsome profits at an early day. The system pursued in Louisiana has been similarly carried out in the Mississippi and Texas. In Mississippi western men have bought 775,000 acres of pine lands, and in Texas 900,000 acres. There have been recently large ship- , ments of this southern pine north. Only a few weeks ago 3,000,000 feet of it were shipped on one contract to Philadelphia, while Texas is sending a large quantity to supply Kansas and other prairie portions of the far west. But comparatively little has been done to develope these lands, and the purchasers seem disposed to make no attempt to do so, but to wait for an increased demand for lumber and improved prices in consequence of a smaller supply from the western states, like Michigan, The recent heavy purchases have been due to the fear that Congress would withdraw the lands from the market and place them among the homestead entries. The investors are ac- cordingly taking up all the best lands so as to secure them before congress passes one general law prohibiting the sale of tracts larger than a few hundred acres, This they have very effect- ually done, and Chicago, Saginaw and Grand Rapids capital will control the lumber industry of the southwest as effectually as it does to-day the lumbering in Michigan and the west. Operations onthe Saguenay. QurEBre, July 17.—Numbers of vessels are loading this year in the Saguenay for the account of Messrs, Price Bros. & Co, The cut of logs in the Saguenay district was very lange last winter, and in most of the establishments on the North Shore, operations were conducted entirely on Messrs. Price Bros.’ account. In the vicinity of Chicoutimi three hundred thous- and logs were cut, and from Grande Baie from sixty to eighty thousand At St. Etienne Bay the cut was over a hundred and twenty thous- and logs, the St. Marguerite river, and at Sault au Cochon eighty-one thousand. At the little Bergeronnes, eighteen thousand logs have been cut. The Messrs. Price have also bought the deals produced by the logs cut by the English Company of the Seigniory of Mille Vaches, the site of whose operations is Portneuf en bas. * . 2 = it ~~ ; se * «ft y) 2 . \ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. au Cochon. Messrs. Price also purchased the deals from the logs cut for the Mnglish come- pany of the seigniory of Mille Vaches at Port Neuf, where they are loaded for the English market, Ohips. JoHN Gi_mour, lumberman, has been asked to accept the Conservative candidature for Ottawa county, in the stead of Alonzo Wright, the retiring member. Yan Muskegon Chronicle reports Hamilton’s mill at that place as having cut 207,909 feet of pine in nine hours, a rate of cutting that would have turned out 230,000 in ten hours. The statement would be more valuable as a record if the equipment of the mill and size of the logs were stated. Reoerpts of lumber at Selkirk, Manitoba, are now considerable, and a large force of men is engaged in unloading barges and piling in the yards. Tut Menominee Herald estimates that at least 80,000,000 feet of lumber will be sent east from the Green Bay mills the present season, of which nearly 50,000,000 feet have already been heard from. The H. Witbeck company have sold 12,000,000 ; the Bay Shore Company, 12,- 000 000; Dunham & Avery, 10,000,000, and A, Spies 400,000 feet, all of which will be shipped to the eastern market—mostly to Buffalo, dur- ing the season of navigation. Besides the above amounts, the Oconto Lumber Company has sold 25,000,000 feet of its cut to Buffalo PaciFic coast oedar shingles at $4 a thousand and southern curly pine finishing lumber at $40 have invaded the Minneapolis market to the surprise but not the delight of the white pine dealers. On July 16th a young man named Hunter White, engaged in taking float wood from the river at Miller's dam, Trenton, Ont., fell off a pier into the slide, through which a drive of logs for the Gilmour Cc. was running, and was crushed to death. The body has not yet been recovered. Hunter was 19 years of age and only out from Ireland a few days. that stream and shipping to Michigan. leoked on as a first-class man, THE first through train, Pacific railway, from Montreal to Port Moody, average speed of 214 miles an hour. transcontinental lines, but not so fast as it is intended when arrangements have been per- fected. Mr, R. M. Marcuant, says London ruth, has perfected an engine in which the steam is returned to the boiler, and, so to say, used over and over again. The saving in coal thus to be effected, is calculated at eight per cent. Besides saving coal, this invention will upset a pet theory of the engineering fraternity, who have alway considered this problem as impossible as perpetual motion. Tue Campbellford Herald of July 15th says: Rathbun and Gilmour's large drive of logs is still on the move. The tail end is now at Beaver Creek, and will not arrive for about three weeks. It is said to be one of the largest that has ever come down the Trent. Another drive will follow it from the Otonabee river, The drive which passed here last year contained nearly five hundred thousand pieces, Craney, M. P., was in Vancouver during the first conflagration. He had a narrow escape with his life, and, as it was, lost all his clothes, except those in which he stood. Mr. McCrancy having finished a heavy contract on the Van- couver Island Railway, recently purchased an interest in a saw mill in Vancouver city. He was one of the few rors ones whose premises were not burned out. THE Ottawa Citizen of July 15th says :— Very few lumber sales are reported of late weeks, The excessive shipping during the early part of the season was owing to large contracts which had been made in advance during the fall and winter by American buyers, who seem now to be fully supplied, A very considerable quantity of three-inch lumber is being put through the saws for a (Quebec dealer. A Lerten from Tadousac, Que., says the cut of saw logs in that section has been very large this year. At Chicoutimi for Price Bros., HN,00 were cut, and Grand Bay from 60,000 to 80,000 ; 120 000 at VAnse St. Etienne 3 18,- OO at Little Bergeronnes and $1,000 at Sault - On July 19th a large party of men reached Ottawa, who had been at work on French river, on the drive of Emmery & Co., who are cutting an extensive limit situated on the tributaries of They report the drive as a very successful one. Eugene Marcier, the foreman of the gang, though a young man, has for some time been on the Canadian which lately made the run, accomplished the distance, 2,875 miles, in 134 hours, or at an This is said to be better time than is made on the older parties. The World’s Biggest Raft. A St. John, N, B., despatch on July 138th says :—The huge timber raft concerning which’ so much has been said and written, and which is expected to work such a revolution in the timber carrying trade, still lies high and dry on Joggin’s shore, at the head of the Bay of Fundy. Albeit it is in a measure ready for launching and has been in that finished state for a month, it cannot start because the tide has not risen high enough and there are legal difficulties in the way. The latter consist in the builders’ claim to be allowed for surplus lumber left over after building the raft. It is believed all will be settled by the end uf the month. The raft is now practically completed, only the outside chain fastening remaining to be put in place. This work could be done in a few days. The raft is 420 feet long, 50 feet wide and 36 feet deep. It is shaped like a torpedo and at its largest part has a circumference of 135 feet. Some idea of its immense size may be obtained from the fact that a mile of timber has been used in constructing launchways for it. There are 300 upright timbers to be cut away before the raft will descend on the slides, Té is estimated that three days will be consumed in this job alone. The raft will weigh 7,000 tons. Great inter- est has been manifested in this new enterprise, people are coming from the United States and distant parts of Canada to study the construc- tion of the raft. A Drowning Accident. Orrawa, July 21.— Additional particulars received of the drowning accident at Booth’s mill, an the Lemoine river, state that a jam took place Monday week. The gang went to work to break it up, The jam broke suddenly, and the men made a rush for the banks. All succeeded in escaping except two men, one of } whom, named Fred. Whistler, after rushing down with the current for some considerable distance, and being terribly knocked about by the mass of logs, lost his hold and vanished Shortly afterwards, some of the gang succeed- ed in saving the other man who was terribly bruised and knocked about, and was carried 120 miles to the hospital in this city. Sawdust as Food for Cattle. A German gentleman named Frederick William Wendenburg, of Bagenz, Prussia, has made application to the Government of Canada for a patent for a process of manufacturing cattle feed from sawdust or wood meal and other materials and also to have patented the use, application and employment of the same in Canada. —____@___.. ** Wail! Horrors, Hail !”? Is an expression of Milton regarding the “ in- fernal world.” It, is not too much to say that those who suffer from catarrh would thus express themselves about that disease. Tor- ture and despair mark their daily existence. However, every case can be cured by Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Its proprietors have for years made e standing offer in all the news- papers of $500 for an incurable case. It speedily subdues all bad smells, is thoroughly cleans- ing, antiseptic, soothing and healing in its effects. J. K. POST & CO. LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agents. /£ OSWwEGO, N.Y. iA} be American Hofel, BARRIE, ON’ Collier St§Adjowfing Market. RATES REASONAME FREE BUS BOHAND F Evog accommodation {6 J W. D. MCBONALD; SENTRAL LOCATION, ALL TRAINS. gmimercial and sar , LUMBERSPEN, litt eprictor, G FOR SALE Gross 8, 56.99; Length, 70 Depem, Sfoct. Was Ro-built O Apply to umber ‘Gampany TORONTO. ih J, &J. T.. MATTHEW Ship Owners and Agents. LUMBER AND TIMBER CARGOES A SPECIALTY. 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Canada has done a limited trade with its an- tipodean sister colony, Aust alia, but there appears to be no insurmountable difficulty in the way of the trade being largely augmented. In order to direct and develope this trade Mr, Alex. Woods has been appointed Agent General from Canada in Australia, by the Dominion Government. Mr, Woods has published a pamphlet on the subject, which contains inter- esting and valuable statistics and other infor- mation. His primary business, he states, is to develope commercial relations with that con- tinent, bring the Canadian producer and Aus- tralian importer together, to let the one know the wants of. the other, to show the Australian buyer what the Canadian can sell, to advise the Canadian producer as to the styles and character of goods suitable, or which can be made suitable, to the Australian trade, to give such advice or opinion on the commercial standing of the firms proposing to do business, as may be desired, so far as local knowledge may enable him, and thus to assist aid increase the ability of the Canadian dealer to compete for the trade and to do so withvu: more than ordinary commercial risks, Mr. Woods intends to open a Canadian office principal cities in the Australian colonies, In the office he will keep such information about Canada as it may be possible to supply through maps, directories, commercial journals, etc., and in the warehouse samples of such Canadian Manusactures as may be adapted to that coun- try, with price lists of the same in Canada, and such information as to freight and insurance as may be necessary to give the purchaser deliver- ed prices. During the last year the value of the pro- duce shipped to Australia from Canada was $433,717 ; from the United States. $10,534,188, and from Great Britain the year previous about $134,195,000. The total imports of the Austra- lian colonies—besides what may be called inter- eo te ey THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. , colonial—are over $250,000,000 per annum. The Canadian exports to Australia have been com- paratively insignificant, but as the lines of goods produced in this country are much the same as those of the United States, and as many of the lines of govuds sent there from Great Britain can be produced here, the trade, especially with the facilities now and about to be provided, should be largely increased. To give a clearer idea of what may be done we will quote some of the statistics furnished. During the year ending June 30th, 1885, the value of the exports from Canada to Australia were as follows:-Coal, $110; stone, $120; canned salmon, $57,571; pickled salmon, $23,- 622; spruce logs, $40; deals (pine, spruce and end), $13,815 ; lath, $15,915; planks, $155,036 ; scantling, $433; other lumber, $1,532; masts and spars, $140 ; agricultural implements, $256 ; books, $84,591; machinery, $32,063; sewing machines, $31; hardware, $379; boots and shoes,#50; organs, $8 350: pianos, $250; ships, $31,000; doors and sashes, $1,300 ; other man- ufactures of lumber, $100; other art:cles. $7,- 023. The following are the values of some of the goods exported from the United States to Australia :—Agricultural implemen ts, $244,310 ; asics, $40,273; dried apples, $80,028 ; green apples, $37,246; blacking, $25 263 ; books, etc., $124,940; boots and shoes, rubber, $48,422 ; boots and shoes, leather, $367; beer and ale, $74 385 ; carriages and horse carts, $388,331 ; casings for sausages, $90,633 ; cordage and twine, $26,138; clover seed, $31,198; cotton goods, colored $3,047 ; cotton goods, uncolored, $45,- 662; fish, $82,950; canned fruit, $102,504 ; harness and saddlery, $31,820 ; all sorts leather, $216,497 ; lamps, ete., $73,961 ; locomotives, $140,000 ; stationary engines, $9,205; boilers and parts of engines, $5,675; other machinery, $076,475 ; organs, $138,918; pianos, $10,863; nails and spikes, $19,073 ; lard, $12,201; whale and fish oil, $51,664; naphtha, $30,283 ; illuun- inating oil, $912,986; lubricating oil, $39,587 ; railway cars, $86 514; roofing slate, $44,950 ; refined sugar, $601,568; saws and tools, $360, - 879; scales, etc., $14,532 ; sewing machines, 129,524 ; stoves, ranges and parts, $45,019 ; tinware, $9 382; tobacco, $1,044,134 ; trunks and valises, $19,010 ; onions, 5,848 ; peas, $1,- 009; canned vegetables, $8 448 ; boards, deals and planks, $840,132 ; joist, lath, paling, box- shooks, ete., $83 967 ; doors, sashes and blinds, $156,516 ; mouldings, trimmings and other house furnishings, $62,071 ; household furniture and other woodenware, $622,100. Of the ex- ports from Great Britain to Australia the following might be noted:—Boots and shoes, leather, $3,665,000; beer and ale, $5,520,000 ; cotton goods, $9,260,000; harness and saddlery, $645, 000 ; machinery and mill work, steam en- gines and parts thereof, $538,764; other mach- inery, $846.042; paper, writing, printing and enveloped, $546,813; other paper, $102,046, Mr. Woods is of opinion that a market for some kinds of farmers’ produce may be found in Australia, including oats, butter and eggs. The completion of the Canadian Pacific rail- way and the projected steamship line on the Pacific Ocean, with the establishment of the Canadian agency in Australia, will afford facil- ities for t:ade that Canada has not heretofore enjoyed, and the development of the Austral ian trade may be looked for. The railway has already been used tor making shipments of machinery to British Columbia, Peterborough being among the first to do so, and the line will be of greater value with the steamship connection, j Mr, Woods intends visiting the principal business centres throughout the country, pre vious to departing for Australia in the latter part of September, and in the meantime cor- respondence addressed to him at the Windsor hotel, Montreal, will be forwarded, een HOW IT WORKS IN ONE CAS8E. Ir appears that the export duty on logs is already beginning to bear fruit, and the apples are dropping into the Canadian basket. The Bay City Gazette says :— “How the inerease of the export duty on saw logs by the Canadian Government will operate in one case is told by F, E, Buswell, of Grand Rapids: ‘We own 100,000,000 feet of pine, standing on Spanish river on the north right on the spot.’ said Mr. Buswell. City men own a lot more. buy another lot this winter. and already have our men at work.’” incident to its manufacture. the coun‘ry will be considerable. United States. portant one to Canadians, not bear out that objectiou, then go. be on the other side of the question, ————————— MORE FIGURES. the conclusion that the export duty was silly. In its issue of July 16th, however, it says :— “The Emery Lumber Company having in- vested in 100,000,000 feet of pine in the Spanish river region of Ontario, propose to bring the logs to this district—their mill be at East Tawas —to cut, if they have to pay the $2 export At any rate they propose to see if there duty. is any money in the business,” Besides, the Gazette says that F. E. Buswell, of Grand Rapids, owns 100,000,000, and *‘ Sag- inaw and Bay City mena lot more.” Of course the export duty was a trifling matter—unneces sary, silly! And the fact that one of these firms has decided to manwfacture the lumber on the Canadian side, instead of ex porting the logs in the rough, only shows still more plainly how intensely silly the increasing of the export Probably Canada could stand more such silliness without a collapse, and perhaps duty was ! the United States will see that reciprocity would not be such a bad thing after all. ————E Supposed Wreck. Cricaco, July 21.—Captain Roach, of the tug Morfora, yesterday picked up in the lake, of Kenosha, the pilot house and poop deck of a lumber barge. The house was painted red and on either side of it were the letters “S.S ” but Captain Roach was unable to trace the rest of the name. In the pilot house he found the wheel intact, and took it aboard the Morford and will bring it to Chicago. It is feared some vessel with her crew has gone to the bottom, shore of Georgian Bay, and we will work it se ‘We thought at one time we could ship the logs to our Grand Haven mills as raw material, but we have since come to the conclusion that we can better ufford to manufacture on the Canadian shore and ship the lumber and pay duty. We “ill only have the duty to pay. Cutter & Savage, of Grand Haven, own 100,000,000 feet on the Spanish river, and Saginaw and Bay We will probably We intend this year putting in about 15,000,000 feet of logs, This is just what the advocates of the increase of the duty argued—that the United States dealers would not export the logs when they would not save duty by so doing, and that in consequence the lumber would be sawn in Can- ada and this country would reap the advantage The advantage to Men will find employment, farmers will find a market and money will be circulated in the country that would otliexwise go to pay workmen in the The principal advantage to the Canadian lumbermen will be, that although there may not be less lumber sent to the markets—and there probably will be less—the United states dealer who utilizes Canadian timber will not have to pay less duty than the Canadian dealer. Our United States contempories persistently ignore this feature of the case, but it is an im- Again, it was argued that the increase of the export duty would stand in the way of the successful negotiation of a reciprocity treaty, or the removal of the United States import duty on lumber. The way the export duty works in the case cited by the Gazette does The United States duty would have been removed ere this but for the influence of the United States lum- bermen, and when it becomes in the interest of these dealers to have the duty removed it will As soon as they begin to saw lumber on this side of the line it will be to their interest to have the duty abolished, and the chief in- fluence that now maintains that duty will then A SHORT time ago some figures were quoted in the CanapA LumperMAN from the Bay City Gazette as to the quantity of logs United States lumbermen proposed to carry across the lakes in the rough. The Gazette then said that one Saginaw firm only intended to export logs, and only 12,000,000 feet, and Alpena people proba- bly 12,000,000 more, which caused it to come to i; ¢ | TIMBER best she could beneath an umbrella from ide Sei on THE CANADALUMBERMAN. PORT OF QUEBEC. According to a table published in the Quebec Chromele in 1885, the total number of vessels which were reported inward reached 268 vessels, 283 081 tonnage, and 6465 men. In 1886 the figures show 208 vessels reported inward 230,- 509 tons and 5 44\; men,—a decrease of sixty vessels In 1885, there were 124 British ships and 144 of foreign origin which arrived in port, while in the present year, the number of British vessels was 96 and of foreign ones there were 112. Jor 1885 the returns show, besides 124 British. 136 Norwegian and Swedish, five German, one Russian and one Dutch In 1886 the returns stand thus: British 96; Norwe- gian and Swedish, 103; German, 4; Russian, 2; Dutch, 1 and Argentine Republic 2. With regard to the showing cf vessels out- ward bound, we find that in 1885, the total number which left Quebee amounted to 190, tonnage 182711, men 4,154, and in 1886 the number of vessels was 158, tonnage 143,978, men 3,491. These latter belonged to the follow- jing countries: British 79, Norwegian and TREE CULTURE IN THE WESTERN STATES We had a visit yesterday of Mr. G. E. Brown, from Larchwood, Lyon Co., Iowa, who, with Professor Brown, of the Ontario Experimental farm, had been at the funeral of their father, Dr. Brown, of Port Elgin, the well-known British authority on arboriculture. Mr. G. EH. Brown is practical forester to Mr. R Sykes, an English gentleman of wealth, who possesses 22,000 acres in the State of Iowa, 30000 in Dakota, and 60000 in Manitoba, almost all prairie. A work of great importance is being conducted at the former place, under Mr Brown’s management. Mr. Sykes is adopting the share system of farming with settlers, usually in quarter sections (160 acres) for each family, houses being built, and the annual seed provided in return for one half the proceeds of the grain crops, which are principally flax, corn, wheat, oats and barley. Perhaps the most important feature of the extensive improve- i ments being carried out is the clothing of the prairie with plantations. Already, in two years, basewood culls BELDEN & McDOWELL, fyracuse, N, Y. LIM ( e114 the dranching rain. Suddenly she experi- enced a strange and alarming sensation, : the shock being simultaneous with @ Very | o-9 Cause wifles. eo ra * Me vived flash of lightning. She felt “quite ; of upset, greatly alarmed” by it,nevertheless, prodeeded on his way, and it was only ou reaching her residence that she discovered | what a narrow escape she had had. On re- moving her bonnet she found that her bait had been literally cut off, having the same appearance as though it had been shaved with a razor. The effect upon the girl’s | mind of the discovery was so great aie she has been confined to her bed ever since the day of the storm. It is not the loss of her hair that affects her, but the recoliec- tion of the narrow escape she had has so ENDERS for tir . Murkoka, tlac Tr Biack and Trent eptentber, 1686. erms apy oJ. D. SMITH, or the ito or Port Hope, Canada, Gulb—OwS2 Sale at a Sacrifice. MILL th an attachment , A SAW QITUATED in excellent local wi e kK of 200 acres of well timbered land through which flows the Nottz va rive! Be-t water privilege in Simcoe, ll eight th usand feet daily. Enough custom work to pay r gy expenses. Bat- isfactory reasons for selling, Hox 60, Alliston, Ont. 218 v Capacity of u there is a nursery of 20 acres devoted to the rearing of forest trees, from the seed bed as well as by selection from other parts of the States and importations from Britain. Mr. Brown has on hand now about 2,000 000 plants preparing for next year’s operations. In systematic order they propose enclosing and planting cli mps, belts and. various sized plan tations for the purpose of shelter, and directly remunerative results from sales of thinnings. The kinds of trees being ‘tested are spruce, Scotch pine, larch, white pine, soft maple, white ash, box elder, European sycamore, mountain ash horse chestnut, birch and catalpa speciosa. An enterprise of this kind cannot fail in immense practical national benefits, and that very svon. Mr, Brown is but recently from Scotland, having been engaged there by Mr. Sykes to superintend the tree culture solely.—Guelph Mercury. AT THE COLONIAL EXHIBITION. But the most distinctive feature of the whole of the central gallery is the admirable trophy of the New Brunswick woods. It has been my advantage to see many exhibitions, and I can without hesitation say that one so compact and yet so complete is variety and beauty can it. For the design and construction we have to Swedish 104 German 4, Russian 1, Dutch 1, Argentine Republic 1. They were despatched to the following ports, viz.:—United Kingdom 125, British Colonies 15 and other foreign countrics 13. Forest Fires in Michigan. Trurant, Mich., July 23.—Forest fires are raging around this place and the citizens are fighting the fire to prevent the destruction of the town. The air is blue with smoke and great danger is apprehended SHELBY, Mich., July 23 —Forest fires are burning through Benona and Goljen town ships, ‘* Ocean ” county, and the air for miles is filled with smoke. Hart, Mich., July 23.—Terrible fires are running through Juddland Place and their roar- ing is heard along distance. The depot, fair ground and lumber yards are in danger and probably will go. A large force of men are out fighting the fires and the village is greatly occurred at Fish Creek, five miles east of here, yesterday afternoon. Et originated in Wagar’s lumber yard, adjacent to his mill, and soon licked up about 5,000 000 feet of lumber, over 4,000,000 shingles and a large amount of lath, tramways and everythi' g about the mill The from year to year only, without confering any entirely upset her nervous system that the medical men attending her express the opinion that it will be some weeks before she recovers from the shock. — London Standard. MoNnTREAL, July 27.—The street decora- tions in connection with to-day’s ceremonies were very elaborate. The banquet at the Seminary Hall this afternoon at which Cardinal Taschereau, Archbishop Fabre, Mer. O’Bryan, Papal ablegate, and about 350 prelates and clergymen sat down, occu- pied an hour and a halt. No toasts were proposed. After the banquet the Cardinal and party proceeded in carriages to the city hall, escorted by a number of the calyacade dressed in costumes of Louis XIV., where a levee was held at 4 o’clock. An address was also presented to the Cardinal from Laval University. The city hall was profusely decorated, opposite the mayor’s throne in the council chamber being the arms of the Pope, Cardinal and thunder storm which passed over here last night three men were standing at the en- trance of the Dowling House at Hull, when the lightning struck them. One of them, named Joseph Tremblay, had the sole of his boot torn off, but his foot was unharmed. Panama, July 26.—It is understood, c - 3) W. POLSOM , C0 MANUFACTUR Steam Engines Steam Yachts And Tugs. ESPLANADE EAST, TORONTO, ONTARIO , The following notes are taken from a letter | excited. Archbishop Fabre. The city was iliuminat- _ the Montreal Gazette’s correspondent at fhe iis. aaa ed to-night, and a display of fireworks in L14—6m _ Colonial Exhibition in London :— ( Destructive fire. Dominion square took place. ; NEW BRUNSWICK WOOD TROPHY. . Stanton, Mich. July 15—A destructive fire Orrawa, July 26.—During the heavy Health is Wealth! And Boilers General Machinery Dealer q LU "iy - 2 rarely be seen. The trophy has already been | mill was all that escaped. Loss, about $80 000;} Another, named Pierre Bedard, was so deseribed in detail by the Camadian press, | insurance about $50,000. A high wind prevail-| affected by the shock that he fell into a fit, } ; Suffice it to say that it embraces all the larger | ed at the time. and the fire was carried into the | which lasted three hows. He has not yet De & West's Nerve and Brain Treatment ¢ or commercial woods that are sufficiently | woods south and is stil] raging there, and is| quite recovered from the effects. The| 4” guaranteed specific for Hysteria. Dizziness y 1 - . : likely to d feat dann: t. T é aes id th COT he nousteimicls Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Head- _ abundant to form an important item of trade, likely to do great damage yet. Ten cars stand: | electric flui en ran into the house, struck | ache, Neryous Prostration caused by the use as well as many smaller woods. The object of | ing in the lumber yard, were burned the stove, ran up the chimney to the roof | of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness. Mental 5 "2 7 ; p) al Glieolleaael Tyas Remon eninaic’ Depression, Softening ofthe Brain resulting in of the display is being well accomplished. It = an isplaced a large Number Of Siinsies.| Insanity, and leading to misery, decay and arouses much enquiry as to the woods them-| Tux Port Arthur Sentinel says :—Messrs, | In another house Adolphe Laferriere, while | death, Premature Old Age. | One box will cure « . and was the sole support of his aged mother. ~~ THE 5 iti OMEEE IAN. iD NEW YORK. obtained at the New York Lumber Auction Company’s sale at New York on July 13th :— Lot 1—Sap pine moulding strips, 1 inch, 12,866 ft, $13. Lot 2—Brown ash, 1} inch, firsts, 1,701 ft ; 1,286 ft ; culls, 405 ft, $24. Lot 3—Brown ash, 3 inch, firsts 3,553 ft ; 3,195 ft; culls 960 ft, $22 50. Lot 4—Brown ash, 3 inch, firsts, 1,405 ft, culls, 551 ft, $20. Lot 5 —Quartered sycamore, 1 inch, firsts, 5,021 ft ; seconds, 3,025 ft ; culls, 1,149 ft, $30. Lot 6—White pine shelving, common, rongh, 1 inch, ,769 ft, $15. Lot 7 —Brown ash, 1 inch, firsts, 3,076 ft ; , 2,054 ft ; culls, 1,588 ft, ¢20. Lot 8—Brown ash, 1 inch, firsts, 2,123 ft ; ! 2,175 ft ; culls, 1,256 ft, $19 50. : Lot 9—Brown ash, 1 inch, culls, 6,872 ft, $11. Lot 10—Brown ash strips, clear, 1 inch, 3,006 ft, $13 50. Lot 11—Whitewood, } inch, firsts, 3,240 ft ; seconds, 3,675 ft ; culls, 344 ft, $23 50. Lot 12—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 3,543 ft ; seconds, 4,136 ft ; culls, 508 ft, $24 50, Lot 13—Brown ash, 1 inch, firsts, 2,671 ft ; seconds, 2,312 ft ; culls, 1,141 ft, $16 00. Lot 14—Brown ash, 1 inch, firsts, 2,080 ft ; 1,571 ft; culls, 1,060 ft, $16 50, Lot 15—Brown ash, 1 inch, firsts, 1,954 ft ; 1,602 ft ; culls, 1,218 ft, $15 Lot 16—Brown ash, 1 inch, firsts, 1,740 ft ; 1,698 ft ; culls, 1,057 ft, $15. Lot 17—Brown ash, 1 inch, fiasts, 3,922 ft ; seconds, 3,607 ft ; culls, 2,275 ft, $14 50. Lot 18—Brown ash, 1 tnch, pres 6,582 ft ; 6,455 ft, $16. Lot 19—Sap pine moulding strips, 1 inch, $17 50. Lot 20—Whitewood, & inch, firsts, 8,691 ft ; seconds, 5,916 ft ; culls, 434 ft, $22. Lot 22—White pine box 1} inch, 10,037 ft, $14 75. Lot 23—Cherry, 1 inch, seconds, 744 ft , culls, 1,834 ft, $21. Lot 24—Whitewood, pl. 2s., 3 inch, firsts, 2,360 ft ; seconds, 2,731 ft ; culls, 58 ft, $20 50. Lot 25—Whitewood, 14 and 2 inch, firsts, 3,996 ft ; seconds, 2,756 ft ; culls, 81 ft, $28. Lot 26—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 1,426 ft ; seconds, 3,790 ft ; culls, 3,143 ft, $19 50. Lot 27—White pine shelving, 6,352 ft, $16, Lot 28—Whitewood, extta wide, § inch, firsts, 4,168 ft ; seconds, 1,275 ft ; culls, 91 ft. $28 50. Lot 29—White pine selects, 14 & 2 inch, culls, 937 ft ; picks, 1}, 14 & 2 in., 2,470 ft ; box, 14 inch, 61 ft, $23. Lot 30—W. pine selects, 1 inch, 494 ft ; picks, 1 inch, 9,126 ft, $21. Lot 31--White pine, uppers, 2 inch, 4,671 ft ; 2 inch, 176 ft. $43 50. Lot 32—Walnut, 1 inch, firsts, 373 ft ; t ; culls, 1,313 ft, $41. Lot 33—Red oak, 2 inch, firsts, 463 ft ; 367 ft ; culls, 5,305 ft, $10. Lot 34—sap pine, moulding strips, 1 inch, 2,451 ft, $15. Lot 35—®ap pine, moulding strips, 1 inch, 4,643 ft, 15 50. Lot 36—Sap pine, moulding strips, 1 inch, $15 50. Lot 37—Cherry, 1 inch, seconds, 301 ft ; culls, 3,167 ft, $23, Lot 28—White pine uppers, 1} inch, 4,580 ft, $41 50? Lot 39—White pine_uppers, 14 inch, 3,654 ft, $41 50 Lot 40—W. pine box, 1 inch, 14,706 ft, $14. Lot 41— W. pine box, 1 inch, 20,025 ft, $14. Lot 42—Whitewood, 1 inch, seconds, 2,976 ft ; 9,896 ft, $19. Lot 43—Whitewood, £ inch, firsts, 9,316 ft ; seconds 5,048 ft ; culls, 179 ft, $21. Lot 44—W pine picks and box, 1 inch, 4,274 ft, $15. Lot 46— Sap pine, moulding strips, 1 inch, $16 60. Lot 47—Brown ash, 1 inch, firrts, 914 ft, seconds, 2,484 ft ; culls, 2,479 ft, $10. Lot 48—Whitewood, 1}, 2 and 2} inch, firsts, 6,514 ft; seconds, 3,829 ft ; culls, 93 ft, $28 50. Lot 49—Pine common stocks, 1x12 inch, 10,715 ft, #13 75, Lot 0—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 9,141 ft ; seconds, 4,533 tt ; culle, 231 ft, $27 50. Lot 51—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 1,437 ft ; seconds, 1,502 ft; culls, 314 ft, $25 50 Lot 52—Brown ash, 24 inch, firsts, 3,654 ft ; seconds 4,186 ft ; culls, 1,012 ft, $21 50. Lo4 64—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 1,269 ft; seconds, 2,2) tt ; culls, 103 ft, 328. Lot 55—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 2,342 ft seconds, 2,521 it ; culls, 259 ft, $24 50. Lot 4—Brown ash, 2 inch, firsts, 3,583 ft ; seconds, 2,121 {t ; culls, 968 ft, $16. Lot 67—Erown ash, 2 inch, firsts, 4,280 ft ; seconds, 2,237 ft ; culls, 1,576 ft, $15. Lot 68—Cherry, 1 inch, seco4ds, 655 ft ; culls, 4,174 tt, $14. q Lot 50—W pine shelving, common, 4 inch, planed seconds, seconds, 1,745 ft ; reconds, seconds, seconds, seconds, seconds, seconds, seconds, com. rough, 1 inch, picks, seconds, 967 seconds, 2,- 5,359 ft, culls, The following is the official list of the prices two sides, 16,297 ft, $12, Tot 60—Sap pine moulding strips, 1 inch, 12,507 ft, $16. Lot 604—Brown ash, 4 inch, firsts,968 ft ; 1,217 ft; culls, 167 ft, $20. Lot 61—Brown ash, 2 inch, firsts, 1,405 ft ; seconds, 2,297 ft ; culls, 775 ft, $17 10. Lot 62—Whitewood, 1 inch, firsts, 4,245 ff ; seconds, 5,900 ft ; seconds, 1,331 ft, $24. Lot 63—Cherry, 1 inch, firsts, 489 ft ; ft ; culls, 166 ft, $50 Lot 65—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 2,191 ft, $15, Lot 66—Walnut, 1 inch, enlls, 2,894 ft, $36 h0, Lot 67—Walnut, 1 inch, firsts, 162 ft ; seconds, 5,192 ft, $60, Lot 68—Pine roofing boards, 1x10 inch, t and g, pl 1 4,226 ft, $18 50. Lot 684—Brown ash, 8 inch, fiasts, 2,231 ft ; 1,579 ft ; culls, 443 ft, $16 50. Lot 70—Whitewood, 2 inch, firsts, 3,859 ft ; 2,336 ft ; culls, 186 ft, $28 50, Lot 71—Whitewood, § inch, firsts, 8,877 ft ; seconds, 4,634 ft ; culls, 111 ft, $21 50. Lot 72—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 3,574 ft, $15 75. Lot 73— Basswood, 1 inch, culls, 4,046 ft, $17 50. Lot 74—Basswood, 1 inch, firsts, 2,963 ft ; seconds, 3,710 ft, $22. Lot 74 a—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 11,344 ft, $15 50. Lot 74 b—Walnut, 2 inch, culls, 6,318 ft, $29 50. Lot 75— Whitewood, extra wide, % inch, firsts, 10,- 434 ft; seconds, 5,188 ft ; culls, 1,096 ft, $23. Lot 76—Walnut, 1 and 3 inch, seconds, 1,231 ft, $51. Lot 77—Walnut, 1, 2 and 8 inch, culls, 6,887 ft, $36 50, Lot 78—Whitewood, 2 inch, firsts, 3,909 ft ; 1,762 ft ; culls, 34 ft, $30. Lot 79—Whitewood, ! inch, culls, 3,485 ft, $15 50. Lot 80—Whitewood, ! inch, culls, 3 297 ft, #14 5 Lot 81—Whitewood, 1 inch, culls, 3,679 ft, $lp 5 Lot 82—W pine brx, 1 inch, 12,589 ft, $14. Lot 83—Brown ash, 3 inch, firsts, 3,635 ft ; 3,710 ft ; culls, 509 ft, $14 Lot 84—Brown ash, 3 inch, firsts, 2,391 ft ; 2,877 ft ; culls, 534 ft, $11. Lot 85—W pine box, 1 inch, 21,291 ft, $13. Lot 86—Whitewood, 2 inch, firsts, 460 ft ; 569 ft, $28, Lot 87—Whitewood, s 28, 1 inch, firsts, 3,305 ft seconds, 5,908 ft ; culls, 112 ft, $24 50. Lot 88—W pine, selects and picks, 1 inch, 7,009 ft, $24. seconds, seconds, 1,922 seconds seconds, seconds, seconds, seconds, seconds, An exchange says :— Years ago two fences on a weatern farm were built of basswood rails. fn one, the rails had been cut in summer ; in the other the rails had been cut in winter. The winter-cut rails rotted, but the summer cut be- came hard like iron and lasted for a very long time. It is explained that in the rails cut in winter the sap was a long time in drying, and that in consequence it fermented and spoiled the wood ; while the rails cut- in summer seas, soned rapidly in the hot weather and hardened. West’s World’s Wonder or Family Linime t is a remedy that no well regulated household should be without, as it is a positive eure for Rheumatism. Itis invalueable for Sprains. Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds an_ all diseases requiring external application. rice 25 cents and 50 cents per bottle. Sold by— ee If any of our readers thut are afflicted with rheumatism have never tried West’s World’s Wonder or Family Liniment, we advise them to do so at once, and be convineed of its extra- ordinary merits. It is a never-failing remedy for cuts, sprains, bruises and all complaints requiring external treatment. Price 25 cents and 50 cents per bottle. Sold by J. D. Tully. ed Poerbaps the most extraordinary that success has been achieved in modern stience has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent. have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted,” while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record acure at all Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men that*the disease is due to the presence of Jiving parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to their exter- mination ; this accomplished the Oatarrh is practically cured, and the permanency is un- questioned, as cures effected by him four years ago are cures still, No one else has ever attem p- ted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Oatarrh. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and per- manent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Sufferers should correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King atreet west, Toronto, Oanada, and enclose a ftamp for their treatise on Oatarrh.—Montreal Mar ly122, ieee utta Percha & Rubber Mig. Coy T. McILROY, Jr., Manager. MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the HF O R O N TO Factories, 135 to 155 West Lodge Avenue, P.O. Box 494. The largest Manufacturers in he world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Oloth Insertion and pure Tubing of all .:nds. Itubber, Linen and Cotton Kire Hose. Leather Belting, ‘xtra heavy American Oak Tanned, Write for Price Lists and Discounts. pear A Full Stock always on hand. Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO New York Lumber Auction Co (LIMITE TD.) OFFICE AND YARD, Foot West 21st Street, New York City. REGULAR 8S as followe: ALES will be held during the year 1886, Tuesday, April Gth, Tuesday, August 10th, do May 11th, do September 7th, do June Sth, do October Sth, do July 1th, do November 2nd, and Tuesday, December 7th. Sales commence promptly at 10.80 a.m. Wm. Norman, Auction’r At each of these sales we shall offer a full and complete assortment of the beat grades of HARDWOODS AND PINE LUMBER Dealers and consumers will find it to their profit and advantage to attend. Catalogues giving the inspection of each lot offered can be had at the yard on the day of sale, or will be mailed on appli-— New York Lumber Auction Co. (Limited) Foot of West 2lst Street, New York City. THE == it his" oh jets iy hil Ms fem AT TTT ra E5| es % McShane's, Patent Improvement. i Automatic and Positive in its action | | % by moving a simple handle : — ep Lee or lever. | 3 Ce egulating of Water or i a i 9 Pressute. ne a re = AX: -ump. No open ow. Nee soLER CAN S aswell as amie ‘ES Simple and F ffec za Suitable fa¥ all Kinas of Boilers. Send tor Deseriptive “T. McAVITY & SON SN. ST, JOHN, N. B. // ~ 10 THE CANADA AMarket Aeports. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Juty 24.—Our retail yards continue to doa rattling trade, although not near the amount they would do if the wholesale men would stoy doing a retail trade. Want of cohesion in the trade is the sole fault and until such times as this fact is felt, and acted upon, things will go on the same as now. Let the the retail men once determine that they intend to do the retail trade, or cease tu buy from the middle- men, and the whole matter is settled. Shipping from our docks, as predicted by me in a former letter, has fallen off to a mere noth- ing. The Longford stock being shipped by Christie, Kerr & Co , to a Boston firm is about all that is being moved at present, The Ontario Co,’s stock bought by the same parties, is all shipped out, and the stock at present being moved is scarcely fit to handle ; in fact there is no dry stuff, except the little held in stock by the retail men and some piled off by track side, and this is rapidly diminishing. Bill stuff cut to fill orders is ruling high. Just now quite a number of the mills have not got in their tows of long logs as yet, so that comparatively few mills are able to fill bills over twenty 20 feet in length and the few that cin do so deraand a good figure, As the season advances present prices for long bill stuff will be pulled down being now far above their real value, One mill man demanded $50 per M on ‘ears for 45 feet lengths. The same stuff can be bought in Liverpool, England, to-day for less money. This is the great fault of many of our mill men, when they get the chance they spread it on too thick. From the other side of Georgian Bay there is considerable lumber coming to market, but the mill men at those points take care to make all there is to be made by quoting prices delivered in Toronto, and so the advantage of the low railroad freight, which is only five cents per hundred weight. Of course few men will be ready to blame them for taking advantage of this, but coupling it with the present prices demanded for bill lumber, it makes it high to the consumer here. Dealers in all cases possibly prefer to bring in lumber by the G. T. R. or C. P. R., thereby escaping the petty difficulties thrown in the road of the consignees by the N. & N, W. RR. Co. Dealers were promised before the mana- gers departure for England that such annoy- ances would be remedied, but so far such has not been the case, and the amount of red tapism at present existing is trying to the patience of the average lumberman, Mill cull boards and scantling.................. ate 00 Shipping cull atte promiscuous widths. . tock LSet Gmc “ee “ce “e 2) ft oe oe “ce 22. ft i 24 ft Lia “e it3 26 ft ae ac : “oe 28 ft oe “e t. 380 ft oe oe oe 32 ft oe “ “e 84 ft ce ce ‘4 SGiSE Oita s at Nein. sciaye tials a 00 ue 3 ie BE iti ja ho Sag eingn agi 27 00 ‘ fF BONDE Lovie ssisiete 80 00 Cutting up planks todry................. 20 00@25 00 DET MNCtesciatatela iRise o ie cunte canst 20 00 ound dressing stocks 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection...... ania siete s/nj/slelaictert 30 00 Three pHeR: Am, Ses ay Pears | 35 00@40 00 Le -inch flooring, GbE es Gyndqons ssees 25 00@30 00 MOLE Dieters ieeeeiar i leletetevarelsheye 14 00@15 00 sf es ATOSSE CIE wise scisinlarosaicre cenit 23 00@25 00 oe ss MINGNESSEA Wa nicanierspenieietemiaeree see 14 00 G. Ct ATOSSEM soi vcticaisin Saiees sei 16 00@20 00 tee Oe Sf UGEESSEG ay. ajerele a atsters(aists 12 00@14 00 % Beaded Sheeting, dressed.............45 18 00@20 00 Clapboarding, dressed ........0eeseeees Agta oe PALO) XXX sawn shingles, @M............0000e 2 75@ 2 90 RSANVMN DULU Mae a inlaleietaiolere e's) ew riureis e's Brie aretaiseye erie lenis 2 25 Red oak..... Lice Ce ROTOR CECT ELT OI ER: 20 00@25 00 Wilh ooo So.6e SO ROOROORONG rer eek onc oes 25 00@30 00 Basswood, No, MRO ita chitaee eee dGesahot 18 00@20 00 Cherry, No. 1&2.. njaisievtinteinrs al eie/s ave, fs 50 00@60 00 RW MUS BIG UG Zila. atrinleln'ssfa/clesinleeibeh salelsverete 25 00@30 00 BIRCK ASH A WO ice eee ees Relais series 20 00@25 00 ——_- >» ——— MONTREAL. From Our Own Correspondent. JuLy 26.—There is no essential change to note in quotations during the past week. Business still continues brisk, although the demand for large quantities has slightly fallen off, as a number of contractors have now a fair Enquiry for carloads has improved considerably since last report. It is said that mill owners have taken many orders for future delivery, and that present stocks in first hands are light. In this market there is a good supply of thin lumber, but the quantity of heavy available is light. The exports to date include 986,488 pes. of deals, deal ends and boards, to Hurope. and 2,876,781 feet to South America, Advices from the Saguenay state that the cut of logs in that district last year was very large, upwards of 600,000 logs having been cut, and in most of the establishments on the North Shore operations were conducted entirely on Messrs. Price Bios’ account This firm has bought the deals produced by the logs cut by the Engiish company of the Seigniory of Mille Vaches, the site of whose operations is Port Neuf en bas. Numbers of vessels are loading in the Saguenay, also for the account of Messrs. Price Bros, The following are the quotations at the yards :— Pine, 1st quality, @ Migiietsieve sctbartetg is $00 V0@40 00 Pine 22nd) wees’ iGhs yieenwyae dag sees. 00 00@30 00 Pine, shipping culls, 48° NI icaubivates ene 14 00@16 00 Pine 4th quality deals as Maracas eeaehntee 10 00@12 00 Pine, mill culls, # M. Pua dba@idicon 8 v0@10 00 Spruce, #M...... sah srsieen) tele wrieis as LO) OO@LAV00 Hemalock:, 42) (Mii yisr sat’ ambien ames diate se are" 9 00@10 00 Ash, run ‘of, log culls out, ie be .... 20 00@25 00 Bass, @M..... «6... 18 00@20 00 Oak, "e IML, Pare vs \eeiatnte oo stie'a veto ome releats 40 00@50 OU Walnut ABUMa ley duite cssetatatatal selatnetaienetateba tet ste 60 00 100 00 Che nny sat ML Cites sei coarse) sieltale Weis, oO OD OU OO Butternut, BM... ccc. scsecncceseessees BD O0@40 00 Binchiyml Mite areveWares afelbiateaertte Aclee dele seve. 20 00@25 00 fad) Manley Aga A... ale ee iaetveraiie sees. 25 00@30 00 Loatlyn sae Ds iris S'5.0:colbce wie; ate at cpa aiacene ail ete 1 50@ 0 00 Shingles, Let; ARM we by gs ints Ghee teeta 2 00@ 3 00 Shingles, 2nd, Fes Nyro in ait asaiuve leet Howaanen 2 50@ 0 00 CORDWOOD, Prices are steady. The following are the quotations at the yards :— Long Maple, per cord........ eis hejeialf/iala‘asye % 6 00@6 50 Long Birch ‘¢ Oi 6 00@0 00 Long Beech U3 5 00@5 50 Tamarack Y 5 00@0 00 CHICAGO. The Northwestern Lumberman of July 24th says :— BY THE CARGO, Cargoes to the number of 175 have entered port during the week. ‘Che Monday fleet was a fair one, but since then the market has not been liberally supplied with offerings. casesvpnrtaree Py Soe $42 00@46 00 Picking;, «065. t.5 owedadl Sue - 82 00@25 00 Cutting up..... stone oe 24 00@26 00 Fine Common........... 22 00@25 00 Common .....--se.0-. 14 00@18 00 Culls: |. vee ecesene - 11 00@14 00 Mill run lots ....... .« 16 00@22 00 Sidings, Selected, 5 30 00@25 00 lyin. 32 00@36 00 Mill run, 1x10, 13 to 16 ft. - 16 00@21 00 Selected ...... 1... - 21 00@2A 00 __ Shippers .. -. 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 14x10 -. 17 00@20 00 Selected....... 21 00@20 00 Shippers, .\....dep sede ea +. 14 00@16 00 Mill run, rd S15 strips .,.... «-- 15 00@18 00 Selected. +050 -obMeeee » een cee 22 00@30 00 Culls ... 25...) one eee ee ee 11 00@13 Oo 1x6 selected for clapboards. . sescescees 2 00@35 60 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pine.............. 3 10@ 2 50 AXX Cedar... .. .F.ooseetac dene ee 2 75@ 3 06 Lath’ 14, No 1: 4...5023 aces eee 1 25@ 2 00 NO 2.5....-2<\00 53 sips tae 1 60@ 1 25 Ash, lst & -nd Lto'4in J. 3902-55) eee 16 oO" Basswood, Ist & 2: d, 1 & 1} inch», c0-a0 18 O"“@20 04 Je cull, *« = ) So 8 00@11 00 a eee ALBANY. Quotations a the yards are as follows :— Pine, clear, @ M..... .....+«seseesees. -05 OO@6N 00 Pine, LOUrthiss-«v o:0'e «'s sass cme ee ass ae D OO@:3 00 Pinto, BELCGEB. <<< ¢<5.<\5 22 beam seeee.. 42 OO@S7 WH) Pine, good box. <.’.:...¢5: fs cena 22 O0@23 Ov Pine, common box........ sbi seen 13 00@15 0 Pine, 10-in. plank, each... ,.sey eeaieee 00 45@0u 47 Pine, 10-in, plank, culls, each...... « sseee CO 25@00 27 Pine’ boards, 10-in. . « Ocean Freights, The Quebee Chronicle of July 22nd says :— Two hundred and sixty-eight sea-going vessels have entered at the custom house since the opening of navigation. The following are the transactions we have heard of :—Quebec to Cardiff—Sleepers, 50s. Quebec to Greenock— Timber, 18s, 3d, - 11 LIVERPOOL STOCKS We take from the Timber Trades Journal the following Comparative Table showing Stock of Timber and Deals in Liverpool, Birkenhead and Garston, on June 20th 1885 and 1886, and also the consumption for the month of June 1485 and 1446 Coneu mption. 4 “ tmuptiion Stock, Stock, 1886 1686. 1585 1226, Quebec Square Pine.,....c,scccsccevcoress 188,000 ft 146,000 ft ann 4 ‘ pir yanpp Wht ‘ys 0ge ete reed saeesa age ot 100 178,000 ** win FS 42,000 ft. BE, DORM PING... sso cdecen tarMerese edeanes ; 58,000 ** 10,000 ** % 000 * 14,000 “* Other Porte Pine | osaiereelegr per catar meas 44,000 12,000 ** 2.000 ** 6,000 ** REANPING: Muah bodeaiteavod Mircde ob oma 5 7,000 * 14,000 * 1,000 2,000 ** PiCCh Pino newinlis ae segs ae ay sees bameas .. 668,000 ** 201,000 ** 264,000 ** 69,000 ** vd SAW .cclsa ce cv cease say ae sary $49,000 ** " OO ** 122 000 * 265,000 PISS rip jpcco sae ue opel dete aie eda Ie noapene H0,000 * 00,000 ** 0,000 * 0,000 “* », we, F rtd) . seplagle p pagieasie 63 OUU 38,000 ** 6,000 ** 6,000 ** Sweden < i Fir ia ; 53 40,000 ** a2 sie 2,000 ** 9,000 * Oak, Canadian and American. sieltes 141,000 ** 156,000 ** 21,000 * 17,000 ** Planks.... Ae 26 167,000 ** 190 <4 45,000 ** 62,000 ** “ Baltie ob a & 11;000.** 4,000 * 0,000 ** 1,000 ** Elm..... ps MeL OO) Se 17,000 ** 0,000 ** 0,000 ** Birch... f 80,000 ** 120,000 * 71,000 * 20,000 * JNA A oeagae. Bapane ja 28.000" 8,000 * 2,000 “ 0,000 “ East India Teak .- 66,000 ** 215,4 4g 11,000 * 4,000 “ Greenheart.... .. 58,000 “* 77,000 * 2,000 ** 21,000 “* N. B. & N.S. Spruce Dez .. 12,449 stds 12,966 stds.) } ee a. Aas: Semica Desa, 6 AEE 006 stds!) 5 567 atta! «TTB wile Quebec Deals .......... BSI sors seveeaewa 3.508 ** 3,935 ** 2516 “ 1,726 “ BAlHiCRed Deals Ceres: ssleslelsielde Moree ee 1,976 ** 2,640 * 701 “* 581 “ Baltic) Boardas so icnsca neice tee eae 68 ‘‘ 190 ** op | ax Norway, &c., Flooring Boards ..........+-.-- 4,191 * | 2643 ** i178: 1,680 “* EE A A A I mm ee BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The following are the returns issued hy the board of Trade, for the month of June 1886 ; and also for the 6 months ending June 1886 : MONTH ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1886. Quantity. Timber (Hewn). Loads. £ Russia mai oesabecstoleh nisin! cel ptsyn\o ates ete 23,745 35,221 Sweden and Norway.......+.0.+...- 63,116 86,527 (COANE Gong goonaDoNn Oo aocrnoo: 31,292 78,567 Wmited States) eyi0tsier. -)eialela!a/) F E. DIXON & CO.; Patent Lap-Joint Star Rivet 10 KING ST. T, TORONTO. To Mill Owners, Manufacturers & others requiring Leather Belting Do not buy any Belting unless with DIXON’S PATENT LAP JOINT. It will last longer and do more service than any other. LUNG INVIGORATORS ~ NDS, Please note the address, 70 KING ST. EAST, and send for Circulars and Latest Discounts. Novman’s Electro-Curative 4 MESES ST., EAST, TORONY 0. 4] Nis B3altis the ast improve- ment and the best yet de- veloped Cura- tive Appliance in the world for INDIGESTION, NERVOUS DEBILITY, RHEUMATISM, and all diseases of men, and is a grand remedy for Female Com- plaints also. Cir- CANOES Paddles, Gold Medal, London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883, Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Cata!loge. Oars, J. Z. Tents, etc., etc ROGERS, KNEE CAPS.‘ . ~ *~. -- eee” cular and con- sultation free. SHOULDER BANDS. President and Managing Director. Canoes for Lumbermen, designed to carry any amount of goods and chattels and strongly built, made to order on short notice. A. NORMAN, Medical lectrician 4 QUEEN STREET EAST, TORONTQ@ N. B.—Mr. Norman je poe wie experien C4 Treatment of Diseases by Electricity, and will personal attention to every case, by letter or exami. in the Give his tion. HUGH Gis SQ MANUFACTURER OF KNIGHT PATENT “EXCELLSIOR ” SAW. MILL DOG The Sawyer’ Sy FULL LINE of all SizeS .= = Single and Double oe - constantly in stock. We All “ORDERS Filled same ‘¢ For Holding Logs upon: while being Sawa aa seg Faw Mill Carriage nto Lumber. These Mlldogs I guna They will hold a frog ee to give saliggction in every case. ‘og as well as a Soft one, for cutting Seantling, Square. | 1 sell them all and then, if Mber, &c. 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Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at once decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the - CHEAPEST, BEST, MOST RELIABLE and ONLY TRUE MEDIUM———— for placing your goods or wares“before the saw-mill men and lumber and timber dealers of the Dominion. Pf # THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. . CUNNINGHAM’S | LLATNG TWIN ENGINE * FOR STEAM FEED IN CIRCULAR MILLS WITH RACK OR ROP. a “ actically but two moving parts, aside from cranks and shafts. The whole array of eccentrics cting rods, cross heads, slides, levers, rock shafts, bell cranks, etc., is done away with, and ity, CO durability and cheapness attained. # This Engine has i valves, valve rods, con’ the very perfection of a. “i The above engraving illustrates the Twin Engine, 10x16, for Rope Feed, for Saw Mill Carriages. The spool is 27 in. diameter, 30 in. face, is grooved 2 in. pitch for 13 in. rope. The shaft is steel, 44 in. diameter, with disk cranks. No conr ¢tirg rods, eccentrics or valve rods to get loge and out of order. The ports ar. in the trunions, and worked by an oscilliation of the cylinders, and are held in their place if the downward motion by a steam cushion below. The saiwyer’s valve is a perfect balance, and by moving this valve the engine can be reversed, stopped or started almost instantanegusl y if necessary, as the sawyer has perfect control of it by his lever either to go fast or slow. Should the a = sawyer let gos6f his lever either by mistake or any other cause, itis balanced so that the valve will come to the centre and cut eee Pa REVERSING VALVE, ~ the steamsoff both cylinders and stop the feed. When standing, “the le\ér is locked or fasternded, so that is is impossible for it to start,off itself. ‘he envine stands upright below the carriage, and, bolted to two upright beams, placed on the mill for the _pur pose. When a rack is preferred in place of the rope, we pui ” on asteél wheel 30 in. in diameter, and the engine placed high | enough to work into the rack on carriage bar, or if the beams come il in the way, am idler wheel can be used between engine and rack ih yi segs; or, the engine can be placed at a distance and have a shaft from it to the carriage ; or it can be placed in the engine room, where it is under the control of the engineer for oiling, thence by shaft and pinion to ate! Babe bars. These engines are well adapted for cutting long logs, or where the logs are mixed, the advantage of this feed will be apparent to mill me. When the carnages are used in two or more sections, the couplin and uncoud ling of each section is quick and simple. ff ; There were two of these feeds One is summer and giving the best of satisfaction, ‘one with rope feed at James Playfai_ & Co’s Mill, Sturgeon Bay, near Waubauslfene, and one at the new mill furnished by us to Francis Carswell & Co., at Calabogie Lake, on the Kingston and. Pembroke &. R. This mill is working with the Rack and Pinion ‘feed, and drops from fifteen to seventeen stock boards per minute. AV e have also sent one to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, to put in to feed their heavy Circular Mills. They will also capri themselves for various other cases, especially for running = hoisting Engines, and wherever a simple and easily re¥ersible motion is required. We would also“ all atiention to our Improved Band Saw-Mill for cutting logs rar We guarantee, f to be the best Mill of his kind got up, and would ask any one wanting a@ good Band Saw; Mill to communicate with us. We would also call the attention of Mill Men to our new IRON GANGS, CIRCULAR MILLS and MIZL MACHINERY. For further information, prices, &c., address the ea Paghaed q Jamilton Manufacturing Co’y, timited PETERBOROUGH THE venaDs ‘UM sities em Pumps for Fire Protection a ae A.V Ee TMS RANCH. ee oiler Feed and Fire Pumps are a NECZSSITY IN E VERY WELL ORDERED STEAM MILL or FACTORY. Cheap. 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R. WILLIAMS, . . Toronto. 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, =>) THE TANITE COMPANY PAWITE STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S. MANUFACTURERS OF EMERY WHEELS AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence tn this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC ) MONTREAL SAW WORKS... . FH. ANDREWS & SON § MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCLATION/ Moxmnat R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. a — () UEBEC, iif ~ JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. 267 KING.ST. 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A correspondent writes to the Western World:—‘‘ Alaska is square-shaped, with two horns projecting from the southeast and south- west corners, the former called southeastern Alaska, the latter being the Aleutin islands. - This southeastern horn is the place where 1s con- gregated nearly all the white population enga— ged in those indutries over which the govern- ment has thrown no special protection. “Nearly all of Alaska south of the Arctic cicle may be covered with timber, except an immaterial portion facing Behring sea and the Aleutian islands, although, in the broadest sense, none of it is fit for more than local use, except southeastern Alaska, and most of this, rom its remoteness, can never expect to com- pete with the more valuable and vast timber fields of British Columbia, Oregon and Wash- ington territory until the latter are exhausted. There is one exception to this general rule, how- ever, in a very valuable kind of timber found near the tip of the southeastern horn, along the Pacific coast. I refer to the yellow cedar of Alaskan parlance. For a number of years it has been used upon the northwest coast asa fancy wood, from its exceeding fine texture, great durability, and odor which, though agree- able to the genus homo, is a sure preventive to moths, and other good qualities for cabinet making, special woodwork and so on, “The yellow cedar attains enormous size compared with the dwarfed species by which it is surrounded, often reaching a height of over 100 feet and corresponding diameter at the butt, shown by the conifer family. When I was in Boca de Quadra inlet, Alaska, not from Dixon entrance, that separates this territory from British Columbia, we had to unload 65 tons of freight a salmon cannery there, and this was done in two loads by a raft made of two logs of yellow cedar not yet thoroughly seasoned, I thought they were ten feet at the butt, so grand were the logs, but probably two-thirds that would be about the truth. Even in the region that this extremely valuable tree occupies—the third of southeastern Alaska—it is not found in large districts, either in compact forests or straggling cases among other kinds, but rather in little isolated groups, or patches here and there, 10-acre and 100 acre lots, so to speak; but, once found, this patch is quite densely populated with them. This would really be greatly in its favor in securing these ‘ groups as timber land. Some of them, however, are quite large, and many have never been well outlined, and others, no doubt, are yet to discovered in this almost wild country. Most of it grows near the water, and this phase, in an Alpine country, cut up by numberless channels aud inlets of water running in every direction and creating thousands of islands, be readily appreciated. Near by the old Wain towns the clumps have been extermin- ated by them before we came in possession of Russian America, and had they held it I have but little doubt it would now be worked on a large scale, or monopolized by some Moscovite favorites. While living in Oregon and the adjacent territories I often heard these valuable fields of timber discussed by parties who desired some law to protect them in securing them, and I was more than impressed with their say- ings when I afterwards visited the districts. I look on the industry based on this timber as one of the future ‘bonanzas’ of Alaska, and the only one in the line of timber.” TREES ON THE PACIFICO SLOPE, George H. Hamm, the well-known corres- pondent, whois ‘‘ doing” British Columbia in the interests of the Winnipeg Manitoban writes as follows :—‘“fhe timber supply of the province is apparently inexhaustible, and will doubtless prove a mine of wealth before many years. Already shipments are made tothe Australian, South American and Chinese markets, but the volume of trade has nct as yet reached the pro- portion that it is capable of. The principal tree is the Douglas fir, which ranges from four to twelve feet in diameter, and from two hun- dred to three hundred feet high, It is straight and tough, and capable of bearing a great strain, and is almost unequalled for bridging, framework and for shipbuilding, while its great length and straightness make it especially .dapted for masts and spars. Besides the Douglas, the following trees are to be found in the province—the lists being obtained from a work issued by the local government : Western hemlock, large, found on coast and Columbia river; Englemann’s spruce, eastern part of province and interior plateau ; Menzie’s spruce, very large, mostly on coast; great silver fir, coast tree of great size ; balsam spruce, abounds in Gold and Selkirk ranges, and east of Mc- Leod’s Lake; Williamson’s Alpine hemlock, | thrilling experience. too scarce and too high up to be of much use ; red pine (yellow pine or pitch pine), a variety of the heavy yellow pine of California and Oregon, very handsome, four feet diameter, common in drier parts of interior ; white pine (mountain pine), Columbia region— Shuswap and Adarms’ Lakes—also interior of Vancou- ver’s island ; white-barked pine, small ; western cedar (giant cedar or red cedar), wood pale, yellow or reddish color, very durable, often found 100 to 150 feet high, and 15 feet thick ; yellow cypress (yellow cedar), mainland coast, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte islands; western larch, (tamarac), Rocky Mountains, Selkirk and Gold ranges, west to Shuswap Lake, large tree, yield a strong, coarse, durable wood; maple valuable hardwood on Vancouver and adjacent islands, Queen Charlotte island and the mainland coast, up to 55°, attains a diameter of four feet ; vine maple, very strong, tough whitewood, confined to coast ; yew, Van- couver and opposite mainland shores, very tough and hard, and of a beautiful rose color ; ‘erab apple, along all the coasts,wood very hard, takes good polish, and withstands great wear ; alder, two feet thick, on the Lower Frassr and along coast, good furniture wood; western birch (paper or canoe birch), Columbia region, Upper Fraser, Peace River, range and value not much known ; oak, on Vancouver Island 70 feet in height, and three feet in diameter ; dogwood, Vancouver and coast opposite, Ar- butus, close-grained, heavy, resembling box ; reaches 50 feet in height, and 20 inches in diameter, found on Vancover and neighboring islands. Aspen poplar, abounds over the whole interior, reaching a thickness of two feet. Three other varieties of poplar are found, com- monly included under the name cottonwood. One does not extend above Yale, and is the same wood largely used in Puget Sound to make staves for sugar barrels for San Francisco. The other two kinds occur in valleys in the in- terior. Mountain ash, in the interior ; Juniper (red cedar or pencil cedar) east coast of Van- couver, and along the shores of Kamloops and other lakes in the interior. There are already some very extensive saw mills in operation—and have been cutting for a quarter of a century—and yet this branch of industry is only in its infancy. Not only is there the trans-Pacific trade, gigantic as it should soon be, but with cheap freight rates the treeless plains of the Northwest could be readi- ly supplied and profitable interchange of com- modities spring up. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Detroit, Mich., July 31.—A Chicago special sayS: The Canadian steamer Isaac May stag- gered into harbor at a late hour on Thursday night without fuel and almost destitute of pro- Captain Muir, her master, relates a The May left Chicago three weeks ago, towing three barges. After a run of five days they arrived at the Manitoulin island, on the Canadian side of Lake Huron, the largest island in the great lakes, covered with cedar trees. When the vessel arrived the inhabitants were badly frightened. For weeks not a drop of rain had fallen. The steamer and her tow began to take on cargoes of posts and ties, when the woods suddenly burst into a great blaze. No sooner had the fire started than a severe wind storm swept over the island driving the flames in every direction, The people fled in terror to the beech and sought shelter on board the vessels, which pulled out into the lake. Scores of bears, roaring with pain, ran out of the woods, with the hair singed from their hides, and plunged into the lake. The flames raged for five days, burning over acres of valuable timber and des- troying a vast amount of stock piled on the beech for shipment. Then a drenching rain visions, storm set in, and continued until the fire was put out. It was ten days from the time the vessels reached there before they were ready to leave, and their stock of provisions was almost exhausted in caring for the people who took refuge there. Still Capt. Muir thought he could make his provisions hold out until they reached Chicago, but he did not count on having head winds all the way. The vessels left the island last Saturday morning, and as dense clouds of smoke from the burning timber had settled down over the water, the vessels had to pick their way slowly through the darkness, The steamers passed the Straits on Monday, but hardly had entered Lake Michigan when they ran into another band of smoke that shut out everything from view. So thick was the atmosphere that the first barge of the tow could not be seen from the decks of the steamer, On all sides could be heard the fog signals of passing steamers. By moving slowly and sounding whistles at fre- quent intervals, the steamer made her way through the smoke in safety. Her progress had been so greatly impeded. however, that when one hundred miles north of Chicago the engineer reported the coal bunkers empty, snd the steward informed the captain that nothing was left to eat but salt pork. The crew were put under short rations and the deck load posts were drawn on to feed the furnaces, but the cedar was so green that the boilers could hardly be kept warm, Finally the steamer cut her consorts adrift and came to Chicago under sail without them. The experience of the steamer at the Manitoulin island during the fire was thrilling. The scene from the vessels as told by @ spectator was grand beyond description. The flames shot into the air for hundreds of feet and turned night into day, while the heat was so intense that the vessels were obliged to push out into the lake. The noise was deafening, and amid all the din and confusion thousands » of birds fluttered around their late homes, until, .. tired with constant flight, they dropped into.7 the lake or fell into the flames. Deerand bears rushed from the woods together, and threw. themselves into the cooling waters of the lake. 3 For five days the flames held their sway before - the lumbermen could return to island to finish . loading the vessels. The barges were found off. Racine and towed into port yesterday. taut Timber Movement. iSIOth Mr. J. M. Irwin has sent: forward fromiay Lakefield to Quebec by all rail communications eight hundred and fifty pieces 8 Of 8c square timber during the past week, This is the frsétimé: the all rail route from here has been utilized by” lumbermen for the transhipment’ of* Square™’’ timber. This mode of! transport ‘has ‘the advantages of heing» quicker, ‘Jess ‘risky, eo : the insurance on the: stock is less.» Mr. Irwin’ will send. more square: timber: ie ‘the isame © route. awa et 4idi’ sas 3a3 GWISGes Ohips. A SIDE line has been built from the Messrs, Rathbun’s mill at Campbellford to the Grand Junction track. Five sub lines have been laid down in the yards, New piers, says the Campbellford News are about to be constructed by Messrs. Rathbun which will greatly improve the appearance of their premises and give stability to the made portion of their yard. Mz. JouN Woops’ saw mill situated ahout 15 miles above Maniwaki, Quebec, on the river Desert, was on Aug. 3rd destroyed by fire ; the It is logs is estimated at $1 500, no insurance. supposed to be the work of an incendiary. AN employe of the Delta Lumber Company, at Thompson, upper Michigan, lost an arm in He sued for $12,- 000 damages, and was awarded $5,000. The one of the company’s mills. case has been appealed. Iskakt MExRit1, a lumberman, of Bristol, N.B, has assigned. His liabilities are placed at $30,000. He gives preferences to the extent of $12 000. Among his creditors are several To one firm there he owes St. John firms. $4,000, to another $2 000. Sterson & Past, at Seattle, W. T,, lately hired a few Chinamen to pack shingles, In the afternoon of the day when the Chinamen were first employed. the mill hands struck and de- manded the discharge of the Mongolians, The firm yielded, and the serenity of a Puget sound climate again brooded over the mill. Owine to the low price of deals, as well as the limited demand for them, says the St John Globs, some of the mills are closing down and others are likely soon to do likewise. Messrs. Randolph & Baker’s mill suspended operations last week ; Messrs. S. T. King’s, at Mosquito Cove, stopped work on Saturday last. Parpek, Cook & Co’s mill, at Gun Lake, Mich , together with the firms store, tramway, 350,000 feet of lumber, and seven cars belong- ing to the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad, were burned Aug. 3rd. The mill was valued at $40,000, and the total loss was placed at $80,000, against which there was but $20,000 insurance, Wuat has come to be recognized as the best or standard speed for the main shaft of saw- inills, says the Timber Trades Journal, is 250 revolutions per minute, and if a second or third shaft be used to give motionto lighter machines, this speed may be increased with advantage to 300 revolutions per minute, but not above as a general rule. TRENTON, Ont., Aug. 10.—About 12-30to-day 8 fire broke out in the fanning mill factory owned by Wm Fitzpatrick. The flames spread very quickly, and soon an adjoining planing factory, owned by Seeds Bros, was also in flames, and both were completely destroyed ina very short time. Cause of fire unknown, No Insurance. Loss about $5000. SE tes ee ee French props, instead of advancing as cus- tomary at this season, remain at the low figure of something like 15s 6d. per ton, ex ship. This,we understand, is mostly owing to a rather large contract having been taken at even lower figures. Evidently there are some people with sufficient courage to speculate on even lower prices and lower rates of freight than are ruling now. S esaniaenEEEEEEeieanee Hoopikss & Son, through their magnificent display at the Culonial Exhibition, received yesterday a tidy order for bedroom sets in elm, and walnut rockers The orders came from Gitten & Co., furniture dealers, Camden town, London, who state that their articles have been much admired and that quite a demand may be expected for them, This is news which ought have been visiting the Muskoka Lakes, says :— Lumbering is at present the mos’ importaut in- dustry in the whole of the Muskoka country, but the lumbermen interest themselves only in the pine, with timber destined to be of very great econ- omic importance to Canada of Ontario is nearly exhausted. When it is gone back birch must take its pl ce. already attracked the notice of cabinet makers and builders; and it value for furniture and house furnishing in very great, while its beauty is remarkable. Several members of the party secured specimens ; and Mr. Hoodless, of Ham ilton, who takes great interest in the matter, is making arrangements to show the capabilities of this wood in fine furniture, before it. from the Quebec Chronicle :— staves, U. S., New London cove. Michigan, Dobell’s, Sillery. white pine, Western Canada, New London cove. masts, Dobell’s cove pine, Cap Rouge, cle) Sillery cove To regulate the bowels sick or bilious headache which is the result of constipation. But don’t rack your frame and overburden your organs by taking fashioned great, drastic, griping pills. Science makes rapid advances, “ Pleasant Purgative Pellets” are the result of careful study and skilful Prep eraiion. They are entirely vegetable, an disturbance to the organs of the body, or to the occupation or diet of the patient, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. to swell the heart of every Hamiltonian with pride. The order will be shipped at once,— Hamilton Spectator. Tur Lumberman’s Gazette, of Bay City, Mich., says :—‘‘ The Emery Lumber Company brought over another load of logs from their Georgian Bay possession last Saturday, the the Wahnapetae barge being loaded with 600, 000 feet of pine logs, Having made all their arrangements to cut the products of their Canadian timber limits on the Saginaw river, they are not to be deterred by the additional export tax.” THE Deseronto Tribune says :—On Tuesday morning the tug Rescue brought in a tow of timber from Mill Island near Trenton. They were taken from the old Star mill which was erected many y2ars ago by Messrs. Morton & Baker of Kingston, and afterwards owned by A. S, Page, Esq , of Oswego. The mill has not been run since it came into the hands of the Rathbun Company and now the timbers have been taken out to be used for other purposes. They are large and sound. ‘The island so long known as Baker's or Mill Island is beautifully located and can be utilized for many purposes, Mk. E. Watrer Ratueun,says the Deseronto Tribune, writing from Mr. M. Butler’s camp in Algoma, states that they are making fair pxogress with their survey of the new townships. The country is rather rough in parts, and many sections having been burnt over in former years are now grown up with young poplar, hazel, &c. The weather has been variable, very hot during the day nd very cold at night. Water on several nights was frozen in the pail, The 3mL17 FOR ACCOUNT OF THE Joseph Hall Machine Works OSHAWA, White Oak, Soft Maple, Hard Maple, Basswood, Lignum, Vita, Hickory, Mahogany. HEMATITE PIG IRON. LEFFEL WATER WHEELS All sizes from 5% to 96 inches. GORDEN PRINTING PRESSES, Nos. 1 and 2. | THE RUBICON TRACTION ENGINE—10 HORSE POWER, ““THE BEST” OSHAWA 12 HORSE POWER PROTABLL ENGINES. JOHN LIVINGSTON, DOUGHERTY SHINGLE MACHINES, . ‘ TRUSTEE. expidition is not unaccompanied with hardships. Transportations are difficult, packing being the favorite method, the load being supported by a brand across the forehead. The loads vary from sixty to ninety pounds, though Indiaus and other natives sometimes carry from one hundred to one hundred and eight pounds weight. The hungry mosquito, ferocious black fly, and maddening sand fly, all abound and make life miserable. The party expect to be through with the survey by the first/of Sep- tember. ARE A Sa ed BLACK BIRCH. A writer in the Hamilton Spectator, who Health is Wealth! De: EK. C. West’s Nerve and Brain Treatment guaranteed specific for Hysteria. Dizziness Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Head- ache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use of alcohol or tobaeco, Wakefulpess. Mental Depression, Softening ofthe Brain resulting in Insanity, and leading to misery, decay and death, Premature Old Age. One box will cure recent cases. Each box contains one month’s treatment. One dollar a box, or six boxes for five dollars; sent 'y mall prepasd on receipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to eure any case. With each bottle received by us for six The woods are, however, filled send the purchaser our written guarantee to refund the money if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued oniy by J. D. TULLY, Druggist, Sole Agent for Peterbor- LSBAD Liebig’s t A p “ondensed mater ’ RES Mineral Bijiousness Lives Com™ Waters pisint, Di spepsia Rheum- atism, ete. The black walnut This wood has A fine field is —— RAFTS ARRIVED. We take the following list of rafts arrived July 28—McArthur Bros. Co., (Limited) July 29—J. B. Weller, waney white pine, Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the fountain of health, by using Dr. Pierce’s Gold- en Medical Discovery, and good digestion, a July 30—Oollins’ Bay R- & T. Co., waney fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength, soundness of constitution will be establis Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors from the common pimple, blotch, or eruptic to the worst Scrofula, or blocd-poison. FE. pecially has it proven its efficacy in cum Salt-rheum or Tetter, Fever-sores, Hip-join Disease, Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, En- larged Glands, and Eating Ulcers. Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump- tion (which is Scrofula of the Lungs), by its wonderful blood-purifying, invigorating, 9n iutritive properties. For Weak Lungs, Spst- ing of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Bronchiti severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred afi lions, it is a sovereign remedy. It promp cures the severest Courhs. i For Torpid_ Liver, Biliousness, or “ Diy Complaint,” Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, it in unequalled remedy, Sold by druggists. DPR. PIERCE’S PELLETS — Ar.s Bilious and Cathartic, 2c, a vial, by druggists. Aug. 2—D D Calvin & Co., spars and Aug 4—Barnett & Mackie, white and red Weller, waney white pine, Dobell’s, —E——————— Take a Pill and drive away the the old- and Dr. Pierce’s operate without boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will | MUR | shaft « 3 < (C26 Notice to Bridge-Builders. .,EALLED TENDERS addressed to the \ undersigned and endorsed “Tenders for Bridges, Murray Canal,” will be received at this office until the arrival of the eastern and western mails on FRIDAY, 2th DAY OF AUGUST, next, for the construction of swing bridges at several places on the line of the Murray Canal. Those for the highway are to be acombination of iron and wood and the one for railway purposes to be of mild steel or wrought iron, Plans, specifications and general conditions ; can be seen at this office on and after FRIDAY, ' 6th DAY OF AUGUST, next, where forms of tender can also be obtained. Parties tendering are expected to have a practical knowledge of the class of works re- quired, and are requested to bear in mind that tenders will not be considered unless made strickly in accordance with the printed forms, and—in the case of firms—except there are attached the actual signatures and nature of the occupation of each member of the same, Further, a bank deposit receipt for the sum of $250, for each bridge for which the offer is made, must accompany the tender, which sum shall be forfeited if the party ten- dering declines to enter into contract at the rates stated in the offer submitted. The deposit receipt thus sent in will be re- 7 7 i turned to the respective parties whose tenders are not accepted. This Department does not, however, bind it- self to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. P. BRADLEY, Secretary. Department of Railways and Canals, ; Ottawa, 27th July, 1886. 3d26 | CAREFUL—COMFORTING | KPPS'S COCOA. © BREAKFAST | “By a thorough knowledge of the natural | laws which govern the operations of on and nutrition, and by a careful application of roperties of well-selected Mr. Eure hos provided our breakfast tables with a delic- ately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judi- cious use of such articles of diet that a consti- tution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to diseaue. Hundreds of subtle maladies ‘are floating around us ready to attack us wherever there isa weak point. We may escape many a fatal by keeping ourselves well rtified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”—Civtl Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water and milk Sold only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chem- ist, London, England. Sw ne! Sipe Mi hate sentation 3 ‘Heavy Substantial Saw Frames, Carriages and Engines BEST MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. No Expense wil! be spared to make our Specia! Lines the representatives of the ¢ oF in b) Ay nd the best that can be made Send for New lllustrated Catalogue No, 14 devoted specially to Saw-Mills and Saw-Mili Machinery Box Board Machine, Veneer Machine, ew Shingle Machine, Ask for Mo. {2 Circular ;, en Saws i 2 cS i - = ———— a ae! 2 “i | \\ | a vi if Mh i ll a EASTERN OFFIC 4U; cra aii i nT ti i nM IM _ 104 § Nie dallas Ty) Street HUNT REAL. -anttord an Winnogs STATIONERY. We can supply anything in the line of BOOKS, BLANKS or STATIONERY Shanties and Offices at City Prices, and everythin All PRINTING done in the Highest Style of the Ar t, for Lumber g necessary to a complete office outfit and at Lowest Living Prices. BOOK-BINDING of every description got up in a Neat and Superior manner. ACCOUNT BOOKS Ruled and Bound to any desirca pattern. Address: “THE CANADA LUMBERMAN,” Peterborough, Ont. PERSONAL. MARY DAWSON, of Victoria, British Columbia, the Widow of the Late JOHN DAWSON, late of Saanich B. O. and formeriy of the: County of Peterborough, On- tario, is desirous of communicating with the relatives of her late Hus: ' band. Letters addressed to her st - Vietoria, B. O.. in care of Messrs. | _Eberts & Taylor, Barristers, or in care of the undersign:d, will be- duly forwarded. A. P. POUSSETTE, Solicitor, avn Water St., Peterborough COLONIAL EXHIBITION SERIES OF NBULAL EA CURSIONS | Liverpool, din Glasgow, Edin- | burgh. Belfast, Londonderry and Queeastown aera VERY if eee E CATION FOR STATEROOMS VERY NECES- SARY. For further information apply to THOMAS MENZIES) 4 Ticket Agent G. T. R., Pete: borough} J. J. TURNER Nall, Tent aud Awning Maker All kinds of Waterproof Clothing | in Hi and made to order. description of Tents in Naas ee made to order. Awnings put up complete. Tents to Rent. NOTE THE ADDRESS, Brock Street, near the Post Office eehta are scarce, but those who write to will receive n & Co., Portland, M ica n b wi the n do, and | Eith nee oe oh aaa He nial ttale sure oft aati Uttle fortanes, Allis SMOKERS STILL GO TO THE City Cigar Store Gigare* THEIR Tobaccos, Pipes, etc. W. T, SPENCER HUNTER STREET WEST. 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ‘ oe AUSTRALIAN WOODS. growth of timber is immense, and yields large] SWAMP LANDS BEING RECLAIMED. ASH FOR CARRIAGE WORE. . A correspondent of the Montreal Herald| supplies. White oak, four feet through, and} ‘There are very many of the older residents of An authority on carriage building says, in writing from the Colonial Exhibition says :— cherry twenty inches diameter are common. | Bay City, who well recollect when all the land | seasoning ash, we must take into consideration Queensland shows 427 specimens of timbers, } There is timber enough in this district equal to| from the southern limits of Bay City to the} the large quantities used in gazriage building, of every size, quality and kind. There is the|the demands of many years to come. Silver| northern limits of East Saginaw on the east | also the bulky nature of the timber whilst in its Bunya-Bunya (or “‘ Monkey Pussle”), the pine | mines have also been discovered ; asbestos too, | side of the Saginaw river, and also all the land unconverted state, which compels us to use the con3, which produces a delicious nut, and which | besides mica and other valuable minerals. Ex- | on the west side of the river from the northern | *impliest and readiest means in seasoning with- the natives will travel miles to procure ition, from the district of Moreton. tons. ference around the base measured 60 feet. Canada is proud of her birches, her oaks, But for greatness and grandeur she is excelled by this little colony in maples and pines. the Pacific. The entrance gateway to the Western Aus- tralia Court is made of Jane wood, shingled To the right of this porch may be seen a grove of Jarrah trees, and Here you stand in the presence of three giants of the forest, 300 to 400 feet in height, rivalled only by the Eucalyptus and the monsters of the grove of with the oak or Casuarina. to the left the Karri woods. Mariposa. Jarrah is a very heavy wood, weighing one and a half ton to the 50 cubic feet, and is impervious to the sea worm and the Amongst the splendid specimens of this timber to be found in this court are a slab which had lain on the Bunbury beach for the last 36 years, washed by the waves, heated by the sun, and showered by the sand, and a huge block which had been absolutely under water white ant, for twenty-two years. There is a trophy, too, of massive beams, 21 feet high of Jarrah wood, surmounted by specimens of ‘‘Tuart” wood On this trophy there is nearly as hard as iron, a star with numerous rays composed of various colored woods marvellous to behold, and adorn- ed with shields in white and red—woo-ma-gahs, dowarks boomerangs, kyleys—the latter ar- ranged as river rays. On either side of the arch are two large blocks of yellow sandal wood, a marked contrast to the bright red of the Jarrah tree, Here, also, is a staffenden grass tree, 20 feet high, called a ‘‘ Black-boy,” and a lawyer’s hat made of curious paper bark impervious to rain, as well as other grass trees, with the Kingees in flower, and a fine display of woods such as gum, morrel, tuart and native pear, well adapted for coach building and furniture, Conspicuous is a splendid wood case with glass widows made of a variety of native woods, and containing about three hundred beautiful speci- mens of the fauna of the colony and a most interesting exhibit of its birds and mammals, MATTAWA. Mattawa is the Indian name for the “ meet- ing of the waters” and nestling in a vale, or glen at the junction of the Mattawa and Ottawa rivers is the pretty village of Mattawa, The Hudson’s Bay Company has had a post here for upwards of sixty years and Mr, Colin Rankin, one of its most experienced servants, is now in charge. Mr, Gorman, of the firm of Messrs, Timmins & Gorman, one of the largest estab- lishments, and Mr, A. M. Earl are, after the Hudson’s Bay Company, the oldest settlers in Mattawa. The last named gentleman informs me that in 1869 there were only two white families in the village. To day I counted seven first-class stores, besides many others in smaller way, and all doing well, There is a population of perhaps 900. Mr. Earl, who seems to know the territory thoroughly, tells me that the country for hundreds of miles is practically surrounded by beautiful water systems. Twelve miles away is the Amable du port, then there is the Montreal river, and then again the Boes- frind, not yet fully explored, which is in fact a series of small lakes running for many miles north and northeast and draining a vast area of country. All these waters eventually find their way to the Ottawa. According to the same authority there is a large tract of good farming and yielding thirty bushels of fall wheat to the acre and other crops in proportion. A road is being constructed to these lands, Then the Here too are the *‘ biggest ” logs in the entire exhib- One of these measures in girth 20 feet 5 inches and another 18 feet 8 inches, and each weighing five Their grain is exceedingly pretty and the wood will bear the highest polish. These are named the Karri tree and some of them measure over 400 feet in height, and in some cases the stems are 300 feet high, measured from the'ground to the first branch, and the circum- limits of Saginaw City to the southern limits of Wenona, now West Bay City, was one contin- uous swamp for miles in width, and the rail- roads on either side of the river were built on embankments thrown up by the dredge or shovel, and the ditches were constantly filled with water on both sides of the tracks. Very few passengers on these railroads, as they viewed the vast waste spread out before their vision, ever supposed these lands would possess any value for agricultural purposes, and in fact hundreds of acres were purchased by sportsmen to be retained as duck hunting privileges, But mark the change! Hundreds of acres of these lands have been reclaimed, by a peculiar process, which was conceived by Judge Albert Miiler, of this city, one of the oldest settlers in the valley. still living, and quite active, consid- ering his years, and William Daglish, deceased. These parties became possessed of a lot of these lands, which was a continuous swamp, and on which the water stood the year round to a depth of from one to four or five feet. They dredged a deep and wide channel around several hun- dred acres of this swamp land, the channels being several feet below the lowest surface of the land. The ground dredged from the im- mense ditches was thrown up, and formed a heavy and high embankment on the outside of the ditches, on which several teams abreast might be driven, and which was of sufficient width to be proof against leakage ; and when this was completed steam and windmill pumps, which combined threw 2,000 gallons of water per minute out of the ditch and over the em- bankment were set at work. Ina very short time time the water was all pumped out of this immense territory which now resembles a great basin. Lateral ditches were run into the main ditch, and these drained the land constantly, and the pumps kept the ditches dry. The result is that the land has been found exceed- ingly productive, and enormous crops of corn and other farm products have been harvested each year, The Holland farm on the west side of the river, containing 700 acres, has also been made after the same method, and a_brickyard established thereon, which is now furnishing the brick for the new opera house here, and other mammoth brick blocks which are being erected, T. H. McGraw & Co. have also a fine farm from-the same land, and W. A. Beebe & Co, are progressing at present in good shape with the two and one-half miles of dredging on the east side of the Flint & Pere Marquette track for T. H. McGraw. The work when completed will reclaim over 1,000 of prairie land in Bay county. Mr. McGraw will put in a separate pump, and in less than three years will have a fine farm on land that has been considered almost worthless. The work this season on the and will cost over $6,000, About 300 acres of land on the west side of the Flint & Pere Mar- quette railroad, also belonging to T. H. Mc Graw, along the river, will be dredged around and put in shape for cultivation as soon as Beebe & Co. get through with the job they are at now. Mr. Azure. who has charge of Mr. McGraw’s big farm, has clearly demonstrated that there is no better land in the United States, when properly drained and cultivated, than what was formerly a frog pond along the river.—Bay City, Mich., Gazette. cept in one instance, that of a silver mine, nothing has yet been done towards developing their resources.— Monetary Times. THAT MONSTER RAFT. Hauirax, N.S8., July 31.—The launch of the monster timber raft at Two Rivers, Cumber- land, advertised for to-day, attracted the largest assemblage of people ever seen in that part of the country. At one o’clock all available vantage ground from which a view could be obtained, was fully occupied, The shores were quickly severed by axemen and amidst almost breathless anxiety the last one was cut away, but the raft did not show any signs of moving, The foreman gloomily shook his head and de- clared the first attempt a failure. Bitter disap- pointment was depicted on every face, and the launch declared by many an impossibility. The superintendent of the launching, Isaac Oliver, of St. John, did not lose confidence, however, and at once set to work to get things in readi- ness for another attempt. At midnight it is generally believed that this will be successful, The cause of the failure is variously conjectured. The most plausible reason advanced is that grease was put on the launchways too early and evaporated. This great raft has been under construction since January Ist. It is 420 feet long, 55 wide and 30 feet deep, weight 8,000 tons, and contains two and a half million superficial feet of piling and other timber. It is cigar-shaped, was designed by H. R. Robert- son, and built under contract by B. B. Barnhill, of Two Rivers, for Wilson Godfrey, of New York. The timber is estimated to be worth $30,000. IRON THAT WILL NOT RUST. James S. C. Wells, in Popular Science Monthly, for July :—The liability of iron to rust is a great drawback to its use for many purposes, and the practical value of a process which will protect it, at a slight expense, is self-evident. That the process is successful in accomplishing this object seems no longer a matter of doubt, and at less cost than galvan- izing or tinning. The color on cast and wrought iron is a bluish-grey, which to some may be objectionable, but, as the coating takes paint far better than untreated iron, this object is easily overcome, and with the assurance that the paint will remain, and not soon be thrown off as it is generally. For polished work the color is a lustrous blue-black, adding greatly to the beauty of the article treated. This process seems peculiarly will adapted for gas and water pipes. Any one has had occasion to use water which has passed through a new iron pipe, or one that has not been used for some time, knows how full of rust it is, and that only after months of constant use does it become clear again, With pipe coated with the magnetic oxide by the Bower-Barff process, no trouble of the kind can occur. The water runs pure from the first day, and if for any reason the pipes are emptied, and left so, there is no danger of their becoming coated with rust, Another important fact is,that the water coming through one of these rustless pipes is just as pure as when it entered, for the water can dissolve none of the coating of oxide, as it always does with lead or galvanized pipes. It is a well known fact that water running through lead pipes is very apt to contain lead in solution, and the continued use of such water causes lead-poisoning, for, although the amount of lead dissolved may be very small, still it accumulates in the system, and finally causes sickness and disease, THE Maritime Chemical Pulp Company is the name of an industry shortly to be estab- lished in Chatham, N. B. Hamilton will be the headquarters for the company, which is to have a capital stock of $150,000 in 1,500 shares of $100 each. The applicants for incorporation are: John A, Fisher, Dundes; John Stewart and Alexander Bruce, Hamilton ; and Arthur Lee, John Leys and Richard Brown, of !or- onto, Messrs. Fisher, Stuart and Lee are to be the first directors, with A. A, Anderson as secretary, Tue Burk’s Falls Arrow says :—Messrs. S. & J. Armstrong have sold their mill at Burk’s Falls, to Messrs. Saunders & McPherson, of Orillia, who expect to do an extensive cutting next season, They have taken possession and are cutting lumber for the Ontario Lumber Company, contracted for before the transfer of the mill. Business in the lumber trade is to be lively for the balance of the season, eee ae ey pee out sacrificing the qualities of the timber. The best way to do this is to convert the bulk into plank as soon as possible, and, whilst seasoning to assist nature in every way without forcing, and when nearly seasoned to cut into sizes for use. For instance, brougham pillars, brackets, beds for under carriages, and especially the heavier seizes, Before stacking ash, it is well to see the character of the timber, for if it is of a twisted nature it must be stacked one plank over the other, if not it may be placed on edge or on end,which will season it better and quick- er. Besidesbeing used in framing and such parts, it is largely used for bent work, such as steamed rims for wheels, futchels for carriages, top-sall’s in white chapef’s segmeng pieces in brougham fronts. -But the action of steam in disolving the gummy matters within 1t deprives it of its native toughness.—Timber Trades Journal. WOOD WOOL. For some time past attention has been direct- ed to a very interesting product consisting of extremely thin and slender shavings of wood that are comparable to paper cut for packing. It is known by name of “wood wool” This product was first introdueed into France as a packing material. It weighs about 40 or 50 per cent less than the materials generally used for such a purpose, Its beautiful appearance, its fineness and its extreme cleaness at once brought it into favor with shippers. It wae afterward found that the material was well a- dapted for the manufacture of mattresses, for bedding for cattle, for the filteration of liquids and for stuffing horse collars, &c., the most suitable species of wood being selected for each of these purposes. Its elasticity it to be considered as the best material for bedding after horsehair, and it is even preferable to any other substance when it is derived from resin- ous wood, since it does not absorb moisture. In workshops wood wool is tending to replace cotton-waste for cleaning machines, and it has likewise found an application on the rolling stock of railways for lubricating car axels. While it has the same property that cotton- waste has of absorbing oil it costs ten times less than that material. Its use is said to be rapid- ly growing in Austria and Germany and also in France. : A BIG POPLAR. The Cornersville (Tenn.) correspondent of the Marshall Gazette, writing to that paper says:— “The big poplar tree in Dogget’s covehas been a noted landmark for nearly 70 years, and is more talked of, perhaps, than any tree in the State. Its size has from time to time been given all the way from 29 to 33 feet in cireum- ference. Passing that way recently I went to the tree, viewed it and measured it carefully. The bark, which was three or four inches thick, had most of it fallen off, and I found it to be 26 feet and, perhaps, two inches in circumference, clear of any spurs. It has the appearance of being slightly hollow,and is in dying condition. The trunk is fully 50 feet to the first limb. It is a monster tree and there is a vast amount of good timber in it, but it will soon be ruined, Thie section has always been noted for its large trees. A beech tree standing on the old coun- try line, about five miles north west from this place, and which was blown down some six or eight years ago,had a perfectly straight trunk of nearly 60 feet, clear of limbs, and was 5 feet 5 inches in diometer,and in consequence, difficult and hard to handle.” A TRACT of pine, comprising 24,000,000 feet, situated on the west fork of Chippewa river, — Wis., has been sold to the Mississippi Log-— ging Company for $74,000. Another purchase of H. C. Putman was made by Fred. Weyer- hauser, for the Mississippi Logging Company, for $70 000. The same company is reported as buying heavily on the west fork of the Chip-— pewa, : : THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | 5 LET CANADIANS TAKE HEED. J. K. POST & CO. An International Mxhibition, to be held in June, 1887, is announced for Adelaide, the LU M B E R hi E R Cc H A NTS capital of South Australia, An d Shipping Ag ents, This will furnish an opportunity for Ameri- can manufacturers to make headway with their ORV Ra oO. as wares in Australia which should not be neglect- x a Lt] ed, At the Melbourne exhibition in 1880 there were three hundred and sixty-six American The American Hotel, TO RENT! The NORTON SAW MILL PROPERTY and POWERK, on the Hast Bide of the Beransc Kiver, Platteburgh, N.Y. Saw mill hes direct communia- tion with the Forests of the Adirondacks. Apply to CHAS. H. MOORE, Chips. ANDREW CLANAHAN’S planing mill, at Glen- coe, Ont., was burned July 23rd. Tse Langford & Hall Lumber Company, Fulton, Ill., quotes sawdust on its price-list, prion : PLATISBURGH 2u11 NEW YORK. The price is $10 for a common car load, exhibitors, and the proportion of medals and BARRIE, ONT. —_—__—_—— —— diplomas awarded to them was very large. . Sa oC Tuer Messrs. Rathbun are raising their wharf | 4 the Sydney exhibition in 1879 the Americans Collier St., Adjoining Market. THE also secured a large share of the symbols of] pRappg REASONABLE, CENTRAL LOCATION, merit. FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. We already compete with Great Britain in far Every accommodation for Commercial and the markets of her colonies for many important | LUMBERMEN. articles, particularly in hardware, prints and Aste W. D. McDONALD, Proprietor. woodenware, These exhibitions should be utilized to the fullest extent for the purpose of fostering and extending our trade. If Congress TUG FOR SALE can do anything to help this along it would be a good idea. ; 3 y Now on Georgian Bay. Gross tons, 55.99 ; Length, 70 Of the Adelaide exhibition it is said the feet ; Breadth, 15 feet ; Depth, 8 feet. Was Re-built Prince of Wales will be president, Sir Samuel last Summer. Davenport executive commissioner, and Mr. s George Collins Levey(who represented Victoria, 0 [ b C p y Australia, at the Centennial), secretary. The ntario um er om ail whole matter of exhibitions has now become so | 219 TORONTO. systematized that nearly all large manufacturers are able at slight expense and with little trouble to place a full line of samples en route for any J Wl J T MATTHE W city on the face of the earth. It is well-known 5 a on that exhibiting anywhere pays, and Adelaide s will be no exception to the rule,—N. Y. Herald. Ship Owners and Agents. LUMBER AND TIMBER CARGOES The Forestry Report. A SPECIALTY. Mr. R. W. Phipps writes as follows to the Globe :—*‘ I should like, through your columns TORONTO, Ont., 109 Bay Street. to state to the numerous correspondents who writing for this years forestry report, ask that ik M R the two former reports be sent them, that those edi 2 ° LA BE fl by editions have been distributed and that copies are now hardly obtainable. Some of the pre- at Picton, and will erect a freight house 100 by 28 feet and make other improvements, THE export lumber freight transactions at Quebec, for the week ending Aug. 5th, were as follows: Quebec to Southampton, 800 loads ; timber, 205 ; remainder deals, 47s. 6d. SECURITY MUTUAL Benelit Society OF NEW YORK, No. 233 Broadway, New York. The Security Mutual Benefit Society of New York is one of the few assessment life insurance Tue oldest and largest tree in the world is said to stand near the foot of Mount Aitna, It is 212 feet in circumference, and is a chestnut of course. Apply to THE H. Witbeck Company has had 10,000,000 feet of standing pine on Sturgeon river, Men- ominee district, scorched by recent forest fires, and it will be cut as soon as possible—probably the coming winter, A FEW weeks ago, we learned that a leading Australian brewer had placed a large order in London for casks. We now learn that the same man wishes to buy or contract for quantities of white oak staves. SS Ir is estimated that 40,000,000 feet of lumber will be used at Duluth in building operations, including the Manitoba elevator, the Lehigh coal dock at West Superior, the Omaha, Northern Pacific, St. Paul and Duluth and private docks, companies that has attained conspicuous suc- cess. ‘‘ Slow and Sure ” has been the motto of its managers, and they have preferred to build up a solid foundation with Strictly Frst-Class Lumber and Commission Agent. ee sent edition are still on hand, and I should be = M l R . k W. J. Baxter, of Saginaw, Mich., has com-|8!ad if those farmers who desire them would] ORDERS FOR DIMENSIONS AND ALL OTHER a. e@ 1S 8; pleted the inspection and shipping of 250,000 | 8°24 their addresses within the next two or KINDS AND GRADES OF three weeks when copies will be sent them free. a Those who obtain this number would do well to A th e r [ C d n [ l th be r haye it bound, as an account of the list of trees I and other new forestry matter, it will be very PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, valuable for reference.” SS Timber Limits and the Square Tur Monetary Times says :—The demand 7 - for all the product of our forests is dull at Timber Trade a Sp ecialty. present, but there is good reason to suppose| Office, Wellington Street, OTTAWA. 11tf that the United States, before the season closes, will buy an increasing quantity of sawed lum- ber. The demand from England is dullness it- G FE ORG E G A L |. self, ‘The trade of the mother country—in the great staples at least—and including agriculture WHOLESALE and RETAIL as a trade—has settled down into a position of hopelessness and serious reduction of profit. This is the case, notwithstanding the fact that HARDWO Op LU M B ER the volume of England’s production and trade goes steadily on, and represented by figures of prodigious dimensions. MERCHANT ——————EE Mr. BraumonT has sold the point adjoining feet of white pine sawed timber 7x14, and 26 feet long for Flatt, Bradley & Co., and goes by rail to Quebec, and theuce to Liverpool, Eng- land, which point it is expected to reach September 1st next, ee es ee Tue freight agent of the Canadian Pacific railway, Mr. G. M, Bosworth, states that within the past two months the lumber merch- ants in the districts around Georgian bay and Lake Nipissing have forwarded to Montreal no less than 3,500 car loads of square timber, representing two million square feet, —— Tue Boot and Shoe Recorder says :—Hard- ly had it been discovered that paper could successfully take the place of leather as a sub stitute in many cases, before the hatters were notified that, by a new process of manipulation with wood pulp (which is the base of certain kinds of paper), hats can be produced, Thus extremes meet with wooden hats and wooden shoes, especially if there is a blockhead uniting them. rather than grow fast numerically at the ex- pense of safety and become burdened with unsafe risks, heavy mortality and frequent assessments, . The members of this society elect their own officers annually, cannot be assessed except for death losses occurring after the surplus fund is exhausted, are guaranteed against dishonest management by the Agency Security and Guaranty Company, a responsible corporation organized upon the unlimited plan, and haying one hundred thousand dollars capital, and who also GUARANTEE THE PERPETUITY OF THE SOCIETY FOR 48 YEARS, Considering the elements of safety and per- Car Lots sold on Commission, railway switch in to yard and plenty of room for storage, Yard corner of the Rathbun property on the Gananoque river | Stachan and Wellington Ave. Office, 9 Victoria St. front; price $1,600. This gives the Rathbun| 7¢!ephone Connection. z company the whole river frontage, Se ee manency which it affords, no organization ever before offered the substantial benefits of life insurance at so little cost to the insured. ONLY TWELVE ASSESSMENTS have been levied from 1881 to 1886, averaging Canors of wood pulp are now being con- structed in Sweden, by a patented method, very nice-looking and handsomely shaped, and costing about 50 to 60 kronor each. The pulp is waterproof, and is put layer by layer on to a wooden model, where it dries; the model is then withdrawn, and deck, keel and rudder are added. It is furnished with water-tight bulk- heads, and in the middle of the deck there 1s an opening in which the canoer sits and pad- dles, DO YoU WANT For “ worn-out,” ‘run-down,” debilitated 8chool teachers, milliners, seamstresses, house= keepers, and over-worked women generally, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best of allrestorativetonics. Itis nota‘ Cure-all, but admirably fulfills a singleness of es as being a most potent Specific for all those Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to women, It is a powerful, general as well as uterine, tonic and nervine, and imparts vigor and strength to the wholesystem, It promptly cures weakness of stomach, indigestion, bloat-~ ing, weak back, nervous prostration, debility three a year, and making the cost for assess- ments to a man of 40 years Less Than Five Dollars a Year for each $1,000 of insurance. - 16 11 SENDFORCIRCULARS, | seen Drowned at Ranney Falls. CAMPBELL¥OED, Ont., J uly 31.—A riverman mamed Joel Redden, working for Gilmour & ‘Co., was drowned at Ranney Falls, half a mile Examine the list of Ge and sleeplessness, in either sex. Favorite Pre- FARMS FoR SALE” AND “FARMS WANTED” low lf i i écription is sold by druggists under our posi- inthe be Camapbel ‘ny Me ye GERDLE, After the toe uarankees See wrapper around bottle. DAILY AND WEEKLY MAIL gang had finished “tailing” the logs through, Price $1.00 or six Bottles Lf Or $5.00. THE MAIL has become Send 10 pel nine. and i j arge treatise on Diseases 0 omen, pro- The Reco: ed Medium for Karm Ad- we will mail you free a it seems that he and a companion attempted to fusely hitastrated ath eslocea plates and nu- enined Medien mn a A royal, valuable, sample hoot the rapids, but the boat filled, the men| merous prone cuts, aoa for 10 pas in Stamnes And contains more of them than all other Canadian papers Sinbns eae Gr Beate Qala etc tnt ; i f PEN! ME ined. Ith, . f the right cl ou in the way 2 ere precipitated into the water and Redden, Ameer ation cae eats Street, Buifalo, N. ¥. ADVERTISEMENTS of “Farms for Sale"and farms | than anything else in America, Bott comon ey Wanted,” ‘‘Stock” or ‘‘Seed for Sale” or ‘‘Wanted” in being unable to swim, was drowned. His com- SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache, serted in THE WEEKLY MAIL, jive cents per word all ages can live at home and work in —— red. i inserti ; : time, or all the time. Capital not req go% ashore, The body has not yet been a A folate aud by or in THE DAILY MAIL af soe ee @hay cnt per | We willstart you. Immense pay for sure for ered, 4 by druggists, — : word each insertion. those who start at once. STINSON Co., Port- Addres— THE MAIL Toronto, Canad@ land, Maine, Bit HE CANADA LUMBERMAN. hii: 7 te THE CANADA f “OEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND TIMBER INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY THE, Peterborough Review Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), Peterborough, Ont. 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It issaid by good cabinet makers that if these precautions are taken, less difficulty will be found with glues which skillfully hand- led, usually will do the work reduired of them, THE AMOUNT OF SPACE STEAM OO- CUPIES AS COMPARED WITH WATER. Steam, as compared with water, occupies 1728 times as much space. A cubic inch of water will make 1728 cubic inches of steam at at- mospheric pressure. Now, if this steam is compressed into half the space it occupies at atmospheric pressure, it will be double that pressure, or 15 pounds above the atmosphere ; it will then occupy only 864 cubic inches. If reduced again to half its volume it will oceupy 432 cubic inches, and will have 30 pounds pressure. Reduced again to half the volume the steam will occupy 216 cubic inches, and will have 60 pounds pressure to the square inch. We can go on reducing in this way until we find that a cubic inch of water turned into steam and compressed into a space of three cubic inches, will have the somewhat enormous pressure of 3840 pounds to the square inch.— Boston Journal of Commerce. WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the U. S. Patent Office, Sept. 14, 1886, is specially reported by Franklin H. Hough, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, 925 F street, N.W., Washington, D.C., who will ‘furnish copies of patents for 25 cents each :— 349,143—Saw, G. N. Clemson, Mid- dletown, N.Y. 349,180—Saw mills, feed-work for, B, K. Sergeant, Greensborough, N.C. 349,008 — Stump-extractor, G, Y. Smith and E. A, Charles, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 10,765—Lathe for turning spirals, V. Merklen, New York, N.Y. Re-issue. 349,365 —Saw-mill, circular, W. F, Parish, Minneapolis, Mian. - .49,601 — Saw-set, P. A. Potter, Wellsborough, Pa. THE lumbering business at Sturgeon Falls, Ont., is commenciag to boom again and promises to be brisker than ever this year, ; CN 10 Market Acports, TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Sepr. 9.—Our Industrial Exhibition being now in full swing, business has quieted down for the time being, Engine power being in demand for the convey- ance of passengers and live stock, etc., lumber has to take a back seat for awhile. Trade has kept exceedingly good up to the present, and considerable lumber is now moying over our docks, having averaged during the past two weeks about one vessel cargo per day, the larger por- tion of which has not left the saw more than two months, and so far as I am aware, there is only one wholesale firm that have any dry lumber to place on the market, and that only in limited quanti- ties. Figures at the yards keep the same, -and there is no immediate prospect of -any change in that respect. Although ——_— ‘held more firmly by mill men, long bill * stuff is about the only class of lumber having any money in it just now for the dealers, and manufacturers having a stock of long logs have a chance to realize well. As predicted by me in a former letter, the new tariff adopted by the R. R. com- panies, in carrying lumber by the M, at estimated weights, has been of but short duration. Nothing more could have been anticipated as to the fate of so absurd a scheme. The carriage of lumber by weight is all right. It is the high rates charged per cwt. that is wrong, and which must eventually be lowered, if the coarser grades of lumber are to be brought to market and sold at a profit. If the R. R. companies can bring a car of lumber 100 miles for shipment to a foreign port for say $16.00, why should they charge $21.60 for a car intended to be used on the local market? It is not the former rate that is too low, but the latter that is too high, and such discrim- ination against a community having granted large bonuses to aid in the build- ing of such roads, is a gross injustice which should not be tolerated, and could soon be altered if insisted upon by all who are interested. Let our Board of Trade take up this matter in a business- like spirit, and much more good might be done than by devising schemes to carry lumber by the M. Mill men and dealers alike are interested in this question. Green pine bill stuff and hemlock cannot be brought here and sold except at a loss under the present rates charged for freighting it, and it frequently becomes @ question with the dealers as to accepting deliyery of cars of green hemlock, or of letting the R. R. companies keep it for the freight, and it is useless to try and put a market value on this grade of lum- ber. that it does not intrinsically possess. It can only be sold because it is of lower ‘value than pine, and can therefore be -sold in limited quantities. Sept, 24.—Our Industrial Exhibition being over business has returned to its ‘normal condition once more. Our city THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. as a whole has no doubt received a bene fit by the influx of visitors during the period of the fair, but so far as the building and retail lumber trade is con- cerned, it is simply a week lost, not to be regained by any after exertion. Shipments from our docks have gone on steadily—about six cargoes per week. Nearly all of this passes through the hands of Messrs. Christie Kerr & Co., either as owners or shippers, much the larger portion of which has consisted of 1x 10 in. and 1x 12 in. com. stocks. The amount of clear, picks and cut up coming forward is small as compared with the total amount being shipped. The reasons for this are two-fold: 1st, the danger to be apprehended from staining while in transit where not sufficiently dry ; 2nd, the yearly decreasing yield of good lumber; 5 to 10 per cent. is now thought to be a fair yield, while a few years ago 40 to 50 per cent. clear and picks was frequently obtained from a stock. Such stocks will not again be cut in Ontario. We now have plain sailing once more with the R. R. authorities, extremely little friction being observable between them and their customers, and so long as both endeavor to further each other’s interests there will be but little to com- plain of. All that dealers require at the bands of the former now is, a lower freight on the inferior grades of wood, notably on hemlock, and the R. R. com- panies by taking this step will not lower their revenue by one dollar. Figures at the retail yards have, if anything, weak- ened, caused mainly by the return to the old tariff in R, R. freights. The rigid system of weighing in force for a time was not an unmixed evil, as it resulted in convincing the R. R. companies that their eStimated weights on green, half dry and wholly dry lumber was above what it should have been, hence the more liberal usage now accorded to the shippers. All the retail yards are carrying a fair stock, and sales from track side are good; dry 1 in. sidings and stocks are now difficult to obtain ; long bill stuff is more plentiful, with prices lower. The supply of maple, elm, oak and ash is fully up to the demand. Only two or three firms here make a specialty of hardwoods, and therefore enjoy a monopoly in that line. Profits require to be large on this class of lumber, as the waste is large from various causes. “ “ “ he “ a“ a ae “ “ “ «“e “c “cc 4. “ “ “ce ‘ss “ “ “ “ “ as na £5 BSitG cians sau s aiieiciainie 27 00 x ‘ 40 to 44 ft.........008. 30 00 Cutting up planks to dry.........-...-.5+ 20 00@25 00 ct IDOSKAS Ee) alee wien nisin uivis/vis mien ereG ies 20 00 ound dressing stocks......... ; ...-16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection...... ______ GLASGOW. The Timber Trades Journal of the 18th Sept., says:—Arrivals here of Quebec pine deals per steam liners continue ample for the wants of the market; a cargo of same by a sailing vessel is also included in the past week’s im- ports at Glasgow, though nearly all the deals imported from Quebec and Montreal to Glas- gow are now brought per steamer, Deliveries from Yorkhill Yard have been pretty active lately ; the amount for the past four weeks being about 70,000 pieces dealy and planks. At the public sale here on the 15th inst. an attractive catalogue was submitted, comprising an extensive assortment of Quebec pine deals, various qualities, also parcels of U.S. black walnut, &c. Transactions publicly in deals were few, the greater part of catalogue being withdrawn, as offers did not come up to ex- posers’ figures ; of the other goods in catalogue @ portion was put up without reserve. There have been no arrivals of pitch pine at Clyde ports since begining of August, and, as stocks are large, a cessation of imports for a time is desirable; the arrivals of pitch pine last year during six weeks from 1st August were eight cargoes, The quantity of log timber imported from Quebec to Greenock is about a third under that of last year at corresponding date. NEW BRUNSWICK. Sr, JoHn, Sept. Ist, 1886. Since my last communication quite a number of vessels have come to this port, and the harbour at the present time is busier than it has been since the spring fleet was here. There is quite a number of vessels due, and, as the deck- load law comes into operation on the lst of October, there is a feeling among dealers to hold back, as there will likely be a local demand for deals in order to give vessels a full deckload and clear them previous to the 1st prox. At this writing wood goods are dull enough, and certainly the reports from Great Britain are not euch as to warrant us in expecting any im- mediate riee in the price of our staple commod- ity. Dimension deals, that is 7, 9 and 11 in,, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. can be bought at 8 dola, per m, and all width specifications can be procured at 7.50 dols, per m, This price is not rumunerative to the seller, but even low as it is, and with the present de- pressed state of freights, the shipper cannot make any money with the English market as it is.—London Timber Trades Journal. LIVERPOOL, The business during the past week has been only of a limited description, and the quays and docks have had a very lifeless look about them. The import has been small, the chief items be- ing a few cargoes of spruce deals, chiefly from St. John, N. B, but some %f the vessels are of large size, their carrying capacity being six hundred standards and upwards. There is also a steamer just arrived with a cargo of pitch pine timber and planks. Some of the latter just landed appear to be of fine dimensions and excellent quality, and should readily tind purchasers amongst contractors and builders. There is a widely spread opinion that the steady improvement in trade in the manufactur ing districts is likely to continue, and, should these anticipations be borne out, the effects will not be long before they are felt in our trade, though past experience has generally shown that it is one of the last to feel any up- ward movement, rt PROVINCIAL FOREST AND PARK. Mr. A. Kirkwood, in ao letter addressed to Mr, Pardee, Commissioner of Crown Landa for Ontario, proposes to set apart for a provincial park and perpetual forest 330,000 acres of land and 60,000 acres of water. The declared object is ‘‘to set aside a forest reserve principally for the preservation and maintenance of the natural forest,” and to protect ‘‘the head waters and tributaries of the Muskoka, Petewawa, Bonne- chere and Madawaska rivers, wherein it shall be unlawful for any person to enter and cut tim ber for any private use, or disturb or destroy the fur-bearing animals,” In this forest the wild animals are expected to be tamed and domesticated ‘‘to some extent, for use and profit.” The preservation of these four streams in undiminished volume is pointed out as im- portant to manufacturers. The lands which it is proposed to reserve have already been surveyed and comprise the townships of Coningsby, Mc- Loughlan, Bishop, Freswick, Bower, the town- ship south of Bower and east of Coningsby, Peck, the east part of Hunter and the southwest quarter of the township east of Bower. Here, within reasonable distance of civilization, Mr. Kirkwood proposes to establish ‘‘a national forest and park,” to which he gives the name of “The Algonkin Forest and Park.” As the lands have been surveyed, full partic- ulars of the character of the region is in posses- sion of the government. The proposed selection, it may be taken for granted, contains much picturesque scenery, and would be found to be appropriate for the purposes designated as well a8 being easy of access. The lands are almost due north of Toronto, at a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles. A park formed there would be more central than one, for which a good site could easily be found, north of Lake Huronor Superior. A similar reservation might possibly follow north of one of these lakes, in course of time, The proposal is one which will, we think recommend itself to public approbation, even in this money making age, Indeed, it is based chiefly on economic grounds. In carrying out the details some difficulties would be met. It would be hard to prevent the stealing of timber and harder still, perhaps impossible, to prevent the hunting of wild animals, Still, enough could be done to ensure the preservation of deer, which will otherwise dissappear before long. But in the perpetual forest would be the great- est value of the park. The timber harvest could be gathered as it matured, aud the young trees left to attain the size that might be made the standard below which none should be cut, Pracautions would have to be taken against the ravages of fire, to which the park would be specially liable from the numerous camp fires that would enliven its gloom, One of the four rivers which have their sources within the limits of the proposed park, the Muskoka, flows into the Georgian Bay; the three others, the Petewaws, Bonnechere and Madawaskasa, empty into the Ottawa, The sources are near together; two of them, Island Lake, which starte the Muekoke, and Otter Slide Lake, the head of the Petewawa, are not half a mile apart. The height of each is over fourteen hundred feet (1,405 85-100) above the sea level, Fish abounds in the waters, which inclade the great Opeongo lake, Here the momentary idler, snatching a short repose from exhausting business and toil, could amuse himeelf with fishing in the sesurance that he would meet with fair success. The preservation of this forest would undoubtedly have an importent influence on the rain-fall; ite destruction would lessen precipitation and decrease the volume of the rivers, As the author of the pamphlet is on the staff of the Crown Lande department, ite publica- tion is probably intended to feel the public pulse on the proposals made, The response can scarcely fail to be favorable. In any case an expression of public opinion will be evoked, and it will be useful as a guide to the govern- ment in making or refusing to make the pro- posal uffcial, The same kind of duty the Federal Govern- ment is going to perform, on a scale befitting the whole Dominion, amid the enchanting scenery of the Rocky Mountains, where nature displays herself on a colossal scale. The sit+ of the new national park of the Dominion, now understood to be under survey, is in the neigb- borhood of Banff, on the Canadian Pacific. The prime condition of accessibility will there- fore be secured. The two projects will, in some measure, mutually support one another; for, though each will be sustained on its own special grounds, the prime element of the national park is common to both. NEW YORE LUMBER AUCTIONS. Some time ago an institution was started in New York which had for its object the trial of a new plan of selling lumber—the auction method. The scheme appeared to flourish for a time, and the semi-montbly sales came to be looked upon in some quarters as noteworthy features of the market. oop vi a 5 quill ti oa finn | eae u =; mh ; J N il cat ll il le \ i : HESS i fil ig : {i imi YA \ \ THE BOSS SHINGLE MACHINE. was designed ia a first-class manner. On the | shingle machines in the Canadian patent office, | fast rate of speed for narrow shingles, and’at a/| ity and in some cases are displacing automatic other hand, it is the experience of inventors and users of machinery, that by slow processes of development and minor improvements from time to time, crude and imperfect machines have been brought to such a state of mechanical perfection as to far exceed their most sanguine expectations, With the machine that we here- each of which is a marked improvement over its predecessor, but it was only within the last year that Mr, House was able to produce a machine which he believes will fully please every manufacturer. His machine has a number of excellent points about it. It is automatic in its operation, and thoroughly under the sontrol of slow rate of speed for wide shingles or heavy cuts; there is no jar about the carriage when reversing and the top jawisraised by a foot lever instead of by hand, thus leaving the oper- ator with both hands free to arrange or handle the block. The whole machine appears to be very simple and complete in all its parts and machines of less modern design. Mr. A. R. Williams, of the Soho Machine Works, Toronto, controls the patents for Canada and the United States. qs ee SS ES MonTREAL papers are agitating for a graving dock for that city. 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. HOW LUMBER SHRINKS. A story is told by the ““Arkansaw Traveller,” about the manner in which lumber was “‘hauled”’ across the mountains down in his country. “Why !” said he, ‘they saw it green, leave it in the sun, and off it starts. I have seen a board turn three summersaults in less than a minute, and get to the other side of the mountain before sunset.” “What,” asked a bystander, ‘‘would be the result if it was attacked in its wild career by a shower of rain, would ‘it come back?” Here was a poser, but the traveller was equal to the occasion and replied : ‘‘No, it would turn on the other side and continue its course,” The subject of the contraction of lumber is an interesting one to wood-workers, and the doors of the workshop, they would be square, but, | years it will gradually shrink all to the breadth, after being stored in a dry place, say for a year, it would then be seen that a great chazge had taken place both in the form, and in some of the dimensions ; the lines ca, cb, wou'd be the same length as before but it would have con- tracted from ato 0 very considerably, and the two ¢ a, and cb, would not be at right angles to each other by tbe portion here shown in black in Fig, 3, The medullary rays are thus brought closer by the collapsing of the vertical fibre. But supposing that six parallel saw cuts are passed through the tree so as toform it into seven planks, as shown in Fig. 4, let us see what would be the behavior of the several planks, Take the centre plank first. After due season. ing and contracting, it would then be found that the middle of the board will still retain the original thickness, from the resistance of the medullary rays, while it will be gradually re. duced in thickness toward the edges for the want of support, and the entire breadth of the varying thickness with the full dimensions in planks on the right and left will give a mean, but with the centre sides curved round, and the outside still more hollow. These remarks apply more especially to the stronger exogenous wood, such as beech, oak, ond the stronger firs, The softer woods, euch as yellow pine, are governed by the same law, but in virtue of their softness another law comes into force, which to some degree effects their behaviour, as the contracting power of the tubular wood has sufficient strength to crush the softer medullary rays to some extent, and hence the primary law is so far modified. Bat even with the softer woods, such as are commonly used in the construction of houses, if the law is carefully obeyed, the great- er part of, the shrinking, which we ere all too familiar with, would be obviated, asthe follow- ing anecdote will serveto show : It waa resolved to build four house, all of the best class, but one of the four to be pre-eminently good, as the future residence of the proprietor. The timber was purchased for the entire lot, and the best portions were selected for house No, 1, but by one who did not know the law, and to make certain of success this portion of the wood had an extra twelve months’ seasoning after it was cut up. The remainder of the wood was then handed over to a contractor for the other three houses, who had an intelligent young foreman, who knew the structure of wood as well as how to obey the law, and who, therefore, had the and shutters in many of our mushroom cities are said to come off the hinges in retalation of the persistent disobedience of the natural law of shrinkage. An examination of the end of an oak or beech tree will show the arrangement of its structure, It consists of a mass of longi- tudinal fibrous tubes, arranged in irregular cir- cles that are bound together by means of radial strings or shoots, which have been variously named ; they are the ‘‘silver grains” of the car- penter, or the “‘medullary rays” of the botanist, and are in reality, the same as end wood, and have to be considered as such, just as much as the longitudinal woody fibre, in order to under- atand its action, From this it will be seen that the lateral contraction or collapsing of the ongitudinal, porous, or tubular part of the plank would be the same as it was at fire t,for the foregoing reasons, and as shown in Fig. 5» Then, taking the planks at each side of the center, by the same law their change and behav- ior would be quite different; they would still retain their original thickness at the centre, but would be a little reduced on each edge through. out, but the side next to the heart of the tree would be the reverse, or hollow, and the plank would be considerably narrower throughout it, entire length, more especially on the face of the hollow side, all due to the want of support Selecting the next two planks, they would be found to have lost none of their thickness at the centre, and very little of their thicknass at the edges, but very much of their breadth ac planks, and would be curved round on the heart Fig. 8 wood for the three houses cut up in accordance therewith, The fourth house was built the fol- lowing year by another man; but long before ten years had passed to the great surprise and annoyance of the proprietor it was found that his extra good house had gone in the usual man- ner, while the other three houses were without a shrinkege from top to bottom. A similar want of correct knowledge of the natural figure and properties of the structure of wood, such as the osk, is constantly shown by exhibited on doors and shutters of many houses. as in France and other sountries, but yet desire structure, cannot take place without firat crush- ing the medullary rays, hence the effect of the shrinking finds relief by splitting in another dir. ection, namely in radical lines from the centre, parallel with the medullary rays, thereby enab- ling the tree to maintain its full diametor, a shown in Fie 1. If the entire tubular fibre composing the treo were to contract bodily, then the medullary rays would of necessity have to be crushed in the radial direction to enable it to take place. and the timber would thus be as much injured in proportion as would be the case in crushing the wood in the longitudinal direction. If such an oak or beech tree is cut into four quarters, hy passing the saw twice througk the centre at right angles, before the contracting and splitting to have an imitation, it would surely be worth phe trouble to have a block cut from the quarter of on oak tree, and to have each of its six sides planed and polished, in order to make plaia their several features, The hou-e painter would then see who nature really is, and thus save us from the ridicule of other nations, when we mix up “silver grains” and all the other natura! features upon one side of a board or panel, This isa subject that should interestall wood-workers and builders and a great deal of attention should be given to the stracture of the various woods, It is almost as necessary for a wood-worker to understand the anatomy of his tree, so to speak a8 a surgeon to understand the anatomy before he commences to operate. The importance of the subject is therefore obvious, side, and made hollow on the out ide. Supposing some of these planks to be cut up into squares when in the green state, the shape that these squares would arsume, after a period of seasoning, would entirely depend on the pert of the tree to which they belonged; the great. est alteration would be parallel with the medull- ary rave, Thus if the square was near the out- side the effect would be as shown in Fig, 6, namely, to contract in the direction from a to } and after a year or two it would he thus, as Fig. 7, the distance between ¢ and a being nearly the same as they were before, but the other two sre brought by the amount of the contraction closer together. By understanding this natural law, it is comparatively easy to know the future be_ havior of a board or plank by carefully exam- : Fig. 7 SUPPORTING THE SLACK SIDE OF AN OPEN BELT. One of ths simplest probleme in belting is to make use of the open belt in connecting one line of shaft with another, yet how greatly mill men differ in this respect. One must have a belt at each end, with one in the centre large enough to drive the whole shaft. Many prefer a single belt at the head end of the driving shaft, where the power for the driven shaft may be taken at once without creating an extra loss of transmitting power apy further than need be, And there are others who admire the idea of having the power for the farthest extremity pass down the driving shaft across to the other on a belt, where the slack on the under side will yning the end of the wood, in order to aszertai® the part of the log from which it has been cut asthe angle of the ring grows and the medullary reys will show as in Fig, 8, A plank that has it will evidently show to ave been cut from the outside, and for many have commenced, the lines a ¢, and c 0, in Fig 2 would be of the same length, and at right angles to each other, or in the technical language - ey a, ry While the next plank shown in Fig, 9, clear!y Pp ints to the centre or heart of the tree, where it will not shrink to the breadth, but to the the middle, but tapering to the edes, and the the imperfect painting to resemble that wood, as If wecunnot afford tohavegennine wainscot doors hang down in front of a doorway, end then back — again very nearly opposite from where it started. Rope belts and bevel gears still take an interest in this problem and friction wheels in special cases are still recommended. A tiff connecting rod, with slip-bearing in the centre, has been ~ pstented in a number of forme for this very purpose, and the three tie connecting rods made from wire rope will work very well where the shafts extend in opposite directions from the wheels that must have three equidistant crank pins, and all for the purpose of accomplishing what an open belt will do to a nicety if the belts are anywhere near prrfect. There is nothing tbat will cause a belt to switch and thrash so well as to lace in a piece of old belting that is of an entirely different grade of material, and yet how quietly they travel when every portion of the belt is similar throughcut. When the shafts are supported on the same level, it 1s no doubt desirable to bring the slack side on the upper fold where the sagging of the belt will have a tendency to increa:e the hold on the pulleys, but mill men do not always have their choice in the direction that an extra line of shafting is to run, and where the distance is very great a sup” porting wheel muet be called into play to help the slack side from segging down into the way of the machinery, The shafts are up in the loft of the building where glass cutting and grinding is carried on, end the upper fold bas none too much room to pass from one pulley to the other, In tbis method the three-quarter twist is made use of, which allows the lower etretch to be carried as much above the tight side as it would be desirable to have it below, which gives the belt all the advantage found in a crorsed belt, The tight side comes perfectly flat in the centre of the fold where it is in need of all the room there is to spare, If the belt is inclined to brush together much in the crossing, the supporting wheel can be placed to favor it in this respect the same asin every case where three wheels enter into the system for a belt to travel in one direction and still retain sufficient lead in the pully to hold the belt in place while running in the opposite direction.—Boston Journal of Commerce. LABOR SAVING MACHINERY. Discussing & question which it is not easy to keep down, especially in times of labor agita- tion and discontent, the Washington Post says : ‘Every labor-saving machine is also a Isborer- saving machine. It works for far less than men can, and yet, curiously en: ugh, it opprerses nobody, and robs nobody of wages, On the contrary, it increases wages, “When George Stevenson, fifty years ago, flung his railway track from Liverpool to Man- chester, and whisked a train across it at twenty five miles an hour, a!l the stage companies held indignation meetings, When the Central Rail- road crept up to Rochester, N. Y,, farmers met and mobbed the ‘new-fangled contrivance,’ and drove off the workmen, on the ground that if it should succeed, ‘horses wouldn’t be worth $10 apiece,’ What was the result? Horses that were worth $50 apiece before, readily sold for $100 as soon as the read was finished, “When Patrick Bell set his reaper into an English wheat field, the excited sickle-reapers broke over the hedge, and captured and burnt up the machine, But those who lived ten years saw it was a blessing toall. The threshing- machine does the work of seventy men; the mowing-machine, tedder, horse-rake, horse-fork and portable engine, in agriculture, are almost equally as effective; yet the wages of farm hands have doubled since these auxiliaries were invented, and were never so high as now, “Is the sewing-machine, which does the work of twenty women, a disadvantage to seamstresses? Of course not; for their wages are a great deal higher now than they were before. “Ts the automatic boom a disadvantage? No; the number of employed is proportionately less, bnt their wages are higher, and all the other works in the world are tremendously benefitted | by the increased cheapness of fabrics. “Does the gang-saw rob the Iumberman who used to split out boards with wedges? No; for it has enabled men to live in houses, who before — dwelt in shanties of bark or in cabins of mud. The workingman is the chief consumer of the oducts of work.” oe es .* & ADVERTISEMENTS. Those wishing to BUY or SELL TIM- BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find THz - CANADIAN LUMBERMAN an excellent medium in which to make known their wants. Advertise- ments, of this character will be inserted at the low rate of 1 CENT A. WORD, cash to accompany the order in every case. Address. A, G, MORTIMER, Publisher, | Peterborough, Ont. General News Notes. LUMBERING is said to be booming at Baysville, Ont. Tur Ottawa mills are now nearly finished sawing. : Tue Echo ia agitating fora port of entry at Fort William. Tue Essex Centre Manufacturing Co. have sold out their extensive saw mill to T. A, Decew, In the turtle mountain district of the north- west $1 000,000 worth of timber has been des- _ troyed by fire. Epwarp Swazzs, of Midland, had his hand badly cut by a drag saw falling on it at Chew’s Mill recently. Tur Armenia was recently loaded at Deser- onto, with a cargo of lumber for a life saving station which is to be established at Smith’s Bay. An exchange asks: “‘What has become of the straw lumber which three or four years ago we were told would revolutionize the lumber busi- ness ?” Mp. A. C, Manzor. of Burk’s Falls, is running the Spring Valley Saw Mill to its full capacity on local trade and cannot supply the demand, the call for lumber for local purposes being so great. f Tue mills of Messrs. Grier & Co., at the Chavdiere, shut down Thursday for the season. They have lately been employed cutting dimen- sion timber for tbe erection of a new and more capacious saw mill. Srxcz January 1st there has been added to the wood-working industries of the South about 250 lumber mille, or an average of one and half new lumber mills per day. Within the same time over $60,000,000 has been invested in pro- ductive establishments of various kinds. © A peaper of the Kingston Whig, says that during the time the dockyard was in operation, there was any quantity of ork timberin Navy bay, and that -ome must be sunken under water in the mud. Some of it was recovered many years ago, but plenty of it he says must remain. Tue Observer says, the steamer Sir John Young, owned by the Upper Ottawa Towing Company, and heretofore plying on Lower Allumette and Coulonge Lake, has been con- demned and broken up. Her machinery has been taken out and brought to Pembroke, where it will be placed in o new hull to be built this - fall and winter. Tye Chaudiere during the list heavy rains rose some 30 inches, and some 20,000 to 30,000 logs were driven nearer the wills; it however, fell very rapidly again, and it is far from certain whether even that small proportion of the logs stuck will be driven to the mills in time to cut up this fall. Trisnow a very serious question with the _ Chandiere owners of logs whether they will be to drive the logs this fall, and get them into a asfe place to winter them before the ice comes on, in which case it would be a heavy loss “as the fresbete in the spring would carry all the _ ogs into the St, Lawrence. ‘Tue Chaudicre wills sre all running at full speed at present. Loge are getting scarce in some of the mill ponds, Mr. E. B. Eddy, tends to run his saw mill until the closing of Y Mesere. Perley & Pattee, J. R. dan & Co. will probably close abvut 2 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Ture has been a great flood in Muskoka by the bursting of Osborne’s mill dam on the Little Bast Muskoka river. Four bridges were swept away in Choffey, and the N.& P. J. Railway iron bridge across the Little Hast River greatly damaged, Much damage has been done, and will take some time to repair it, A despatch from St. Paul under date of Oct. 20th says:—A great fire is raging in the Turtle mountain district, Over 200 square miles of the prairie and timber land have been burned, Thousands of tons of hay have been destroyed with a large number of houses, barns and crops and all kinds of stock, Many of the settlers have lost all there possessions, Losses $1,000,- 000. A corRRESPoNDENT to the Bobcaygeon Inde: pendent, writing from Heliburton says: ‘There is more lumbering this year than last, A firm has started shanties out eastward in Harcourt, and all supplies come this way by railway, and are sent in by team, We shall doa good business? this season in lumber, and there will be plenty of market for farm produce. Archibald MoArthur, near Madoc, Ont., has raised a good saw mill on the Mississippi Branch on the site of the old mill which was burned two yearsago. Thenew mill is one bundred feet long, three storeys high, and will contain apartments for wool carding. Mr. McArthur intends to build in future a grist mill, and a mill for manufacturing cloth. Tux sailing barge Bentley which left Parry Sound, Thursday, Oct. 14th, with 500,000 feet of Lumber war caught in a big storm on Thurs day night. She lost a portion of her deck load off Red Rock Light-House but managed to run across the Georgian Bay to Cabot’s Head when the wind shifted and drove her ashore. She is thought to be a total wreck ; the crew were all saved, Two other vessels are also ashore at Cabot’s Head. Tur Saunders & McPherson Saw Mill at Burk’s Falls is running from daylight to dark on fhe Ontario Lumber Company contract, and cannot as yet cut for the local trade. This firm has been making important improvements— having cribbed along the edge of the mill pond to the Government Road, and are filling and levelling up, thereby adding a large extent of piling ground, They are paying out from $20 to $25 per day for labor, and this is expected to last util the close of the season. A correspondent writing te the Pembroke Observer sey3:—‘‘Just to ease my mind, I drove up to Messrs. Booth & Gordon’s shanty on the Indian River, where Mr. James Carmichael was improving, I witnessed some of the biggest work, done by him in twenty-four days, with seven men and one span of horses, three dams and three slides, one dam 400 feet long, 12 feet high, the siide being 307 feet long, the other 198 feet long, 14 feet high. The slide was 208 feet long, The otter dam was 50 feet long, 21 feet high, The slide was 64feetlong. I think itis abont the biggest work that has been done on thet or eny other stream since the first dam was built in Canada, PREPARATIONS are in progress for the erection of a large building in connection with the car works and shipyard department of the Rathbun Company, Deseronto. The new structure will be 110x36 feet, and 14 ft post. It will contain a large dimension planer for dressing car sills and long plank and timber ; also a circular edger for cutting up refuse and edging Jong stuff. The ship-frame saw will also be transferred to it and a railway track will run through its whole length to carry stuff to and from the shops, The machinery in the old shipyard shed will bs regu- lated to suit the new machinery. The old shed will be used for mortising, tenoning, cutting off and fitting up the material for car and ship- building. In fine the new establishment will be quite an acquisition to Deseronto. PARTICULARS come from Camp Gilmour, Que., of one of the worst crimes ever perpetrated in Canada. A party of six lumbermen came up from Lower Gatineau lumber camps, bringing a large quantity of ram, They were all more or less intoxicated. Soon after midnight the gang made o raid on a house occupied by Mrs, Turcotte, just outside the camp, and finding only the old lady Turcotte and her daughter Nellis at home, they fastened the old lady to a chair ee pS eS Pee 5 the daughter, the men criminally assaulted ber. The girl, who is but 16 years old, fainted, and fearing thit she was dying the men released her mother, Finding hereelf free the old ledy made her escape to arouse the camp, when the men set fire to the cabin and escaped to the woods. It was not known for some time whether the girl was left to perich or carried away, a8 the cabin was eo far destroyed when help came that it wae impossible to make any search. Later the girl was found with her throat cnt from ear to ear, in a thicket near the remains of the cabin, The men have escaped, und while there haa been & searching party out to look for them, it is donbt- ful if they will be discovered, owing to the great number of men constantly going and coming from this section, which is purely a lumbering region, THE Chicago Timberman remarke that “Mr. T, K. Edwards, who is well known in this part of the country, and through the south, as the lumber agent of the Tilincis Central Railway, is entitled to the credit of introducing, to this city, anew finishing wood, red cypress, which though it has been employed in other places, hae never before been used here. Mr. Edwards has had a room in his own house finished in the wood, and the result is especially gratifying. The color of red cypress finished resembles gum, but the markings are more distinct, and in infinitely greater variety. In its peculiar varieagations of color the wood is remarkable, and its beauty in this respect, with its fine, close texture and susceptibility to a high degree of polish, must give it a foremost place among fancy finished woode, It will necessarily come into this category, as the quantity of it to be had is very small. The lumber used by Mr. Edwards came from the mill of Mesors, Farr & Williams, at Pattersonville, St. Mary’s Parish, La. This veriety of eypress grows altogether in the water, and it isso heavy when it is cut that it can only be floated by chaining it between two logs of lighter wood. It is a handsome material for inside finish, or even for cabinet work, and it is bound to be in demand when its beauty becomes generally known.” NEW BRUNSWICE. Mapawaska, October 28*h, 1886. Mr. Epiror.—It’s good for sore eyes to see the CANADA LUMBERMAN again on our table, and T must say that the earnest welcome always ac- corded its readers for the free use of its columns for the discussion of all pertinent questions is too well known to make further comment necessary, f T notice smong your “Exchange Echoes,” the Southern Lumberman seems to have various opinions abcut the custom relative to the meas- urement of ‘hollow logs. No doubt it will be a difficult task to frame any correct rule, which will satisfy both the purchaser of lumber and the manufacturer. Surveyers are supposed to mea- sure lumber so it will hold out efter it has been put through the mill, and in order to do ao he must use his own discretion as to how much fo throw off for defects, and make the lumber merchantable, In measuring cedar for shingles in this province, they measure two thousand as they come, allowing one thousand of the same as merchantable, throwing off one half to make them hold out. The same paper further says: “The Canadian Government wants reciprocity or free trade in lumber with the United States,” I beg to disagree. If we lcok after the interest of Canada, not one stick of lumber should be allowed to leave it before it is manufactured, and Canada reap the benefit of its own resources. The article above quoted winds up as follows: “Whenever there is a doubt what course to pur- sue, it is always safer to do—nothing.” If we never experimented on doubt, we will con- tinue to live in doubt, and the rest of humanity will be content to leave us in the same frame of mind, All doubts should be tested, One thing is certain, where no doubts exist, if we allow our forests to be slaughtered and manufactured over the lines, we are killing the gcose that lays us the golden eggs, and the near future will prove it to the sorrow of the rising generation. I béliave in free trade, provided it was uni- versal, and am satisfied that free trade sand direct taxation is the true policy for any nation to deal out eqnal righte to rich and poor. Under the revenue teriff system, s poor men raising one dozn children adde more to our revenue than 6 rich man with no children at all ; but we may not expect any chenge eolong as cepitel The former hae the power and wi | bold on to it as long ae they can. i see remarks about our export duty on loge, ehon'd be prehibited until manafectured. Americans seem to think the export duty is only put onto retaliate against the import, but if they would change places with us Canadians, an] eee their foreet wealth slenghtered, snd brought over on one eide to be manufactured, a. | by that means build up our trade, they cc’ d see themselves ae others eee them. How- ever, if the export duty is not enforced more eluewhere than it is in Madewaska, the Ameri- cans will not know that such a duty existe. I always thought that the N. P. was intended to encourage the manufecture of raw material, and the building up of rails, etc., but, etrange to esy, the forest wealth of Madawaeka, is slaughtered and taken over the lines, and there mannfectur- edin order to eave import duty, and thie by New Brunswick capital, which has monopolized nearly all our wild landa, and erected mil’s on the American side, and robbed our country out of fifty million dollars a year in shingle etuff and other lumber. No doubt capital will cause a delay to éxoct the export duty until the horse is stolen, then ovr government will lock the door. , Hoping that the CANADA LUMBERMAN may find it6 way into every dealer’s hands in Caneda, in orderthat they may be kept posted on matters so important to this great industry. . Very respectfully yours, P. O. BYRAM, - r labor vw rick RAILWAY NOTES. WokK on the Hudson Bay railway began on Oct. 11th. Tr is reported that’s contract has been let to take ont 40,000 ties from Rat Portage District for the Hudson Bay Oo.’s Railway. THE survey of the extention of the Napanee, Tamworth, and Quebec railway, from Tam- worth to Marlbank has just been commenced. “ue Grand Trunk railway directors have de- cide | to recommend a dividend of 1 per cent. per aanum on the 4 per cent. guaranteed stock, leaving 9 small debit balance. ik Wayts, general superintendent of the C P.K., has accepted the presidency of the C, P. R. library board, formerly held by the late geueral superintendent, Mr. Egan. THE Canadian Pacific rsilroad have been com- pelled to put on extra forces of men in their car shops in Cobourg, Perth,and elsewhere, in order to meet the increasitig demand for car caused by the enormous growth of traffic on their line. A company of local capitalists bas been formed in Winnipeg forthe purpose of securing the construction of a line from Winnipeg southerly one hundred miles to the eastern boundary of Carillon courty. The company is to be known as “The Winnipeg, St. Boniface & Carillon rail- way company.” Perhaps the most extraordinary that suc- cess has been achieved in modern science has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Cstarrh. Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent, have been cured of this étubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients present- ine themselves to the regular prectitioner are benefitted, while the pstent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at all. Starting with the claim now generally believed by the moat scientific men that the disease is dne io the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to~ their extermination; this saccemplished the Cata’rhis pratically cured,and the permanency is neauestioned, as cures cffected by him four years ago cures still, No one else hes ever aitorn pted to cure Catarrh in this mauner, and mn ther treatment has ever cured Catarrh, a application of the remedy is simple and cau he done athome, and the present season of tl . sear is the most favorable for a speedy and permanent cure, the majority of cases being cured atone treatment. Snfferers should cor- respond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King street west. Toronto, Canada, and encloce 8 stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.— Montreal Siar. » THEPCANADA LUMBERMAN. LIFE ON A RAFT. Men and Methods Formerly Seen in Daily Life. The days of rafting on the Mississippi have gone to join the days of romance, says a writer jn a late issue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Progress bas pushed this business with ao great many other slow, but sure, and good things to the wall, and steam machinery sings a monoto- nous lullaby above its cradle, More white pine comes to this market now from the Wisconsin, Black and Chippewa rivers than ever before, and if the process of getting here was the same as in the early days the grand army of raftsmen, in- stead of being reduced to almost insignificant proportions, would be as magnificant in its numbers as are the ranks of other industries that have maintained their own against the march of invention. The good old days when rafting was much lower than it is now, will be recalled by many. Those were darling times, as the boys say. Men followed rafting as a regular business, and experience was as necessary as in any other line of skilled work in which a man might em- bark. A good rafter knew the river like a pilot and was as much at home in its channel as a red dog is under a kitchen stove, Life in the lumber camps and on the rolling wave, was full of its plea- PULLING INTO THE OHANNEL, sures, and even the hours of toil were sent|spinning along on the wheels of music and song. There was lots of fun in the business, and the girls along the shore had their little romances to tell as the fleets went by—romances just like those girls on land can tell. The same old tale, The old, old story, that has often been told before, For one heart will trust and another will fail Until time and change shall be no more, The history of those days and nights are left in pleasant rhymes, rattling stories and gleesome songs—some printed and some carried around in the shape of traditions—that once gladdened the hearts of thousands of rafters. As has been said, rafting was slower thenthannow. It took over two months to bring a fleet of lumber in those times from Wisconsin to St. Louis, where now it takes but two weeks, and of course it was necessary to beguile the hours with pleasures of ® popular sort. Every fleet had its fiddler who could scrape out a break-down and play ‘“‘ Rye Straw,” the ‘Rocky Roads,” ‘Haste to the Wedding,” and so on; its warblers who filled the moonlight night with glorious songs ; and its story-tellors, always primed to the chin with yarns that raised a laugh and made hearts happy. The saga of those days are replete with the genuine poetry that belongs to simplicity and to nature’s children, and the history of the THE COOK’S CASTLE, period, if written by some scribe with a Mark Twain vein of humor and a; HerodotianfAdelity to facts, would make as readable a book as any press ever turned out. The story of rafting on the Mississippi is interesting in every detail. The first recorded arrival of a raft of white pine lumber at St. Louis was in the spring of 1840, The raft was run by twenty men, contained 800,000 feet, and was the first raft to reach here from the vast lumber regions of Wisconsin, The fleet came from near the mouth of the Wisconsin river, and was thirty-five days in making the trip. The history of rafting on the Mississippi, however, antedates this period. It goes back to 1831-32, In those days all the rafting was done within 300 miles of the city. E. O. Shepardson, possibly one of the oldest Missiesippi river raft pilotr, givesit as hisopinion that the first lumber raft arrival at St. Louis was in the spring of 1835 He describes the raft as having been 100 feet in length, 30 feet wide, and carrying 150,000 ft. The lumber was yellow pine, cut and rafted in the Gasconade river, about 125 miles from the mouth. The distance from there to St. Louis was 250 miles, and the time required to make the run was seven days. Up to 1840 the principal lumber arriving here in rafts was yellow pine and bard woods. From 1835 to 1840 the receipts ranged anywhere between 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 feet per week. In 1840 the receipts of white pine lumber aggregated 3,000,000 feet. The rafting business from that time on, had a most remarkable growth, and the following two years numerous saw-mill men ot the North followed the example of the pioneer raftsmen, and the result was that hundreds of men were furnished with work in the new field, and the upper river was con- tinually filled, in season, with moving rafts. In 1842, two years after the arrival of the first fieet of white pine lumber, the receipts aggre- gated 75,000,000 feet, which gives a well defined idea of the rapid increase in the interest. The growth continued with each season until 1860, when the rafts landed 200,000,000 feet of white pine lumber at the North St. Louis landings, During the four years following there was a slight interruption, the result of the civil war. The urgent demand for lumber, however, during that bloody period, brought many new capitalists into the business, and some of them retired after the war with large fortunes. From 1865 to 1872-73 the raftsmen saw their best days. In 1866 the Schulenburg & Boeckeler Lumber Company invented a * patent steam wind- lass, which enabled a steamboat to handle a raft of from 1,000, 000 to 3,000,000 feet. This invention brought with it a great reduction in the cost of running a raft, reduced the danger of < wrecking it, and also reduced the number SS handle it, The Mollie — Whetmore was the CAPTAIN OF RAFT. first steamer to attempt to run a raftin this way and she proved a suecess. Other steamers fol- lowed in the business, and last summer there were 100 boats employed in the trade, the ageregate value of which is put down at $1,000,000. The average raft boat carries a crew of eighteen, which includes the mate and captain. A good stout raftboat is able to push a fleet con_ taining as much as 3,500,000 feet of lumber. To move this vast quantity of lumber by rail, would require seven trains of fifty cars each. The time necessary to tow such a raft from La Crosse, Wis., 700 miles north, to St. Louis, is generally fourteen days, although runs have frequently been made in less time. Nearly all the white pioe lumber received in S:, Louis comes from Wisconsin, Black and Ciippewa rivers, The rafting season opens in ths spring as soon as the ice runs out. The first raft of the sea- son from the Upper, Mississippi usually arrives here at the beginning of May, and the season windsup ahout November 15th. The local season, however, has been known to extend into Deoember, With the advent of raft boats, the days of floating rafts reached their euc,and the. business to day compared with its former greatness is but a shadow, there being very few float- ing rafts now seen. Where it formerly required two months’ time and thirty five men to run a raft alta from Wisconsin to St. ===‘ Louis, a steambuet & S S_ now does the work in SS fourteen days, with thewaid of eighteen men, thereby reducing the cost more than one-half Tn the best days of floating rafts, the cost of running one from Reed’s Landing or Stillwater to St. Louis, would reach az high as $6,000. From 1865 to 1870 lumber rafts were frequent- ly taken as far South as Memphis and Vicks- burg. Now not more than two rafts in a yeer go south of St. Louis, and these only as far as St. Mary’s and Chester. The longest distance ever run by araiton the Mississippi, was from La Crosse, Wis., to New Orleans. The trip was made in 1870, and this lumber raft was the only one that ever went to New Orleans from the Upper Mississippi, The fleet was made up of CHEF DE CUISINE ten stringer, or about 1,100,000 feet. It was owned by the Gruner Brothers Lumber Jompany, and was velued at $30,000. Mr. E, O. Shepardson, at present raft superintendant of the Ganahl Lumber Compar v, piloted the fleet as far out as Vicksburg, where a Lower Misaissippi River pilot took charge, The «un from La Crosse to New Orleans was made in ten weeks, There are eight regular raft boats coming to this port which bring in each season about 150,000,000 feet. This does not include what outside steamers tuw in here, which swells the figures to 200,000,000 feet. The principal lumber landings are located in North St. Louis, and take in the principal part of the wharf from North Market street to Biseell’s point. The landings are controlled by the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, Ean Cleire Lumber Company, Gruner Brothers Lumber Company, Henry Lange, the Schulenburg & Boeckeler Lumber Company and I. G. Buckley. The landing in the southern part of the eity is in charge of the Ganahl Lumber Company. These are dry details that do not by any means suggest the departed greatness of the days of floating rafts. Was, as it were, monarch of all he surveyed. He was the political, religious and civic boss of the men in hisemploy, and he lurded it over them worked with great skill, as the slightest error of judgment or misapplication of strength might prove fatal to the rafter and injurious to the fleet. The co k was ths canonized saint of the THE LAST LOG, party. The eound of his dinner gong was sweet and welcome to the raftemen’s ear, andit always got a kind greeting from an overwhelming appetite. The cook’s but, with its V shape, its smoking stove-pipe and bough-trimmed spex— the temple in which about the only worship the rafters knew ‘ook place. Here they worshipped three times a day regularly. The culinary high priest took p'easure in tickling the pslates of bis devotees, snd when at work, whether peeling potatoes on the sbady side of his hut, er etirring the huge pots of boiling meat, kept their indi- vidual «nd collective tastes in view, and tried to make the meals aod meal hours pleasurable to all. ‘he tite passed so agreeably that it was really telt «o be a moment of sadness when ‘‘breaking-up” came and the rafts were picked to pieces, to be piled away in the lamber yards. Then there came the partings for awhile, often for ever, fur in the early days rattsmen were 46 human as men are now and had their frailties, Whisky often brought on fights, and then the knife and pistol came into play. Many a rafter died a violent Geath, and the story of his taking off furnished gossip on fature trips for those who had known aud associated with the unfortunate fellow. ; THE LUMBER BUSINESS IN THE OT- TAWA VALLEY. Enormous Output of Square Timber and Sawn Lumber. . Our excellent contempurary ths Ottawa Free Press, has the following exhaustive article on the lumber industry of the Ottawa Valley :— The leading commercial industry of the Ottawa district is of course the making of The captain of a fleet} square timber and the taking out and manu- facturing of lumber of all kinds, A moderate estimate of the cspital invested in the lumbering business throughout the watershed in a majestic, but, at the same time, quite a] of the Ottawa places the figure at sixty million humane way. Usually a man of magnificent} dollars, though some practicsl authorities place build, the shaggyness of his exterior gives nO] j¢ as high as seventy aod seventy-five millions. ideg of the bigness of bis heart. Heavy-bearded, top-booted, and filled with the bracing health of the pineries, his presence inspires awe for the moment, but as soon as his mouth opened and the pleasantness of his coarse mouth fall upon the ear, the feeling of sublimity gave way to one of admiration, and soon he held your heart ip his hand. There were, of course, sume rough captains in the old days, but they have quite perished out of memory, and only the agreeable characters remain behind. There were mapy exciting times in the lives of the old rafte:s. When they made the shoot of the rapids there was danger in their positions, but just like the men who court death in the log booms, these old chaps braved any danger, and their days and nights were often full of the enthusiasm and excitement that are bora of the proximity of trouble. There were not, as a matter of fact, many such thrilling experiences as that related by the literary liar who wrote the ‘* Pike County Folks,” but there were some almost equally as interesting. Shooting the rapids was frequently the least dangerous of their exploits, Pulling the channel or steering shy of a bridge, calls for as much care and cool- ness of nerve as any other effort put forth by the raftsmen, a. Bee, oe eT It may safely be said that the ameuat of capital invested in the lumbering industry in the Ottawa valley, is almost if not quite equal to the whole of the capital invested in mianufac- turing in the Dominion, The principal proper- ties or assets of the firms engaged in lumbering are timber limits—that is areas of natural or standing wood, saw mills, improvements on rivers and stceams to facilitate log driving, stocks of lumber oa hand, piling grounds, snd machivery. The area of timber limits nuoder license on the Ottawa and its tributaries io Quebec province is 9,732 square miles and in Ontario 7,153 square miles, The dares upon these limits payable to the provincial guveroments of Ontario and Quebec are collected at the C-own timber oftice,the district tributary to that office mcluding the counties of Ottawa and Pontiac in Quebec, and all the territory situated in Oatario, drained by streams falling inte the Ottawa. Ou the Ontario limits within this territury, there were cut, during the season of 1885, saw logs to. the amount of 241,000,000 feet broad measure which with about 255,000,000 feet from the province of Quebec furnished material for the _ employment of some thousands of men and teams in the woods and saw mills and on the The forward sweeps had to be} myers, In addition to the saw logs about twenty tS million feet of dimension timber were taken out last year. The greater portion of the vast ares of limits before mentioned is worked by firme with head quarters in Ottawa city. The fullow- ing statement shows the principal licensees and workers of limits on the Quebse side of the Ottawa river, and the total area of equare miles worked by each :— Gilmour & Co., 2,659, Gatineau, Keepawa, and Pickanock. Hamilton Bros., 1,686, Gatineau, Pickanock. J. R. Booth, 1,423, Coulonge, Black and Keepawa. James McLaren, 968, Gatineau, Desert, Black, Cou- Jonge and Pickanock. Ross & Co., 935, Gatineau, Desert, Black, Coulonge and Pickanock. Alex. Fraser, 848, Ottawa, Black and Dumoine. Bronson & Grier, 968, Gatineau and Jean de Terre. Bronson & Weston, 680, Dumoine, Black and Deep Hon. George Bryson, 652, Coulonge, Keepawa and ' Ottawa. Gillies Bros., 744, Coulonge, Keepawa and Ottawa. Perley & Pattee, 700, Keepawa, Dumoine and Coulonge. E. B, Eddy, 715, Ottawa and Keepawa. Hurdman & Co., 558, Cou.onge and Magniwippi. W. C. Edwards, 414, Gatineau, Keepawa and Desert, Bronson, Weston & Edwards, 369, River Ottawa. Block A. , ~ David Moore, 350, Keepawa river. McLaughlin Bros., 290, Couionge. Latour Mstate, 280, Ottawa and Keepawa. John Ross, 360, Keepawa. Bryson & Charlton, 385, River Ottawa. Thomas G over, 330, Keepawa and Dumoine. Thompson & Mackay, 400, Gatineau. Grier & Co., 188, Coulonge and Teu:iscamingue. Folkerts & McPhee, 191, River Ottawa. T, & W. Murray, 108 Dumoine ank Black. _ Jas. Findlay, 100, B ack river. W. R. Oswald, 222, River Ottawa. William Mackay, 124, River Dumoine. k. White, 101, Black river. Peter McLaren,‘231, Coulonge river. Martineau Estate, 100, Jean de Terre river. Rochester & Doherty, 91, Ottawa river. McLaren & Edwards, 80 Dumoine river, ' James Cotton, 50, .umoine river, D. Murphy, 50, Coulonge‘ river. % J, B. Dickson, 81, Keepawa and Ottawa. John Roche, 56, Le Peche, Gatineau. H, V. Noel, 65, Gatineau river. John Smith, 50, Coulonge river. Est Sir F. Hincks, 50. Coulonge river. Est. Allan Grant, 85, Black and Dumoine. R. White, 7], River Ottawa. Small holders, 630, rivers before named. The following statement shows the names of the principal holders of limits in the Ottawa agency of the province of Ontario :— J. R. Booth, 1,208, Ottawa, Lake Temiscaming, Indian, Petewawa and Bonnechere rivers. Perley & Pattee, 955, Ottawa, Chalk, Montreal, Madawaska, and Petewawa rivers. Bronson & Weston, and Grier & Co., 636, Mattawa, Petewawa and Amable du Ford. McLachlin Bros., 676, Madawaska and Bonnechere. Bronson & Weston, 334, Madawaska and Chalk. » Gillies & McLaren, 283, River Mississippi. Barnet & McKay, 258, River Bonnechere. E. B. Eddy, 229, River Madawaska, . bibs McKay, 174, River Madawaska and Amable du ord. T McClyment & Co,, 118 River Petewawa. James McLaren, 284, Indian river, Alex. Fraser, 310, Nipissing, Mattawa and Mada- Keepawa and wasca. Thistle, Carswell & Co., 318, Petewawa and Madawasca. Boyd, Caldwell & Son, 135 Madawasca and Mississippi, R. K'ock, 100, River Ottawa. Hurdman & Co., 126, Petewawa river. R. Ryan, 100, Montreal river. N. E. Cormier, 89, Petewawa river. Gillies Bros., 54, Mississippi and Montreal rivers. O. Latour, 75, Ottawa and Temiscaming. A. Barnet, 50, River Petewawa. A. & P. White, $0, Ottawa river. H. M. McLean, 61, River Konnechere. Small holders under fifty miles, 500, on streams before mentioned. THE SQUARE TIMBER TRADE, The following is ap approximate estimate of the quantity of square timber made in the Ottawa and Nipissing district during the season of 1885-86 :— Name of Manufacturer. Cubic feet, Fraser, Sereny Ose adds acts sssccce 355,000 TeaGid BAOOEGS BD 0:0 «sh j 180,000 McLaughlin Bros...,.....-...+--- «- 350,000 Thistie & Carewell................-- 200,000 anita. te 390 000 aavee e 100,000 180,000 75,000 >» daete 55,000 4,042,000 The square timber business has declined in recent years. In 1852-83 the estimated output was 3,760,000 feet, and in 1883-84 6,290,000 feet. The output of 1886 was made principally on lake Nipissing and the Keepawa, Colonge. Quinze, Ottawa, Sturgeon, Bonnechere, Mada- -waske, Missisiaga, Black, Petewawa and Amble du Ford rivers. During recent years the pro- _ duction of equare timber has fallen off consider- ably, but that of sawo lumber bas increased e improved facilities for taking out logs, driving and shipping the lumber. The square timber produced in this district is taken to Quebec in rafts and there sold for shipment to Europe, Quebec is the great timber market 7 of Caneda. THE SAWN LUMBER, cut at the mills on the Ottawa and its tributaries ia shipped principally to the Unitec States and to other points in Canada, The manner of shipping to the United States is chiefly by means of barges, which are towed down the Ottawa and St. Lawrence and through the canals to Sorel, thence up the Richelieu river and leke Champlain to Whitehall, and down the Hudson to Albany and New York. Considerable quan- tities of lumber are also shipped by the Rideau canal and Canadian Pxcific and Canada Atlantic railways, and latterly some large shipments of square timber have been made over the Canadian Pacific from the lake Nipissing region. The entire annual output of sawn lumber in the Ottawa district is estimated at from 700,000,000 feet to 800,000,000. It is all white pine except- ing a small percentage of red and Norway pine, Of the exports to the United States from the Ottawa consular district for the year ending June 30th, 1886, 97,53 per cent, wes made up oflumber. In 1885 the percentage was 97.65, and in 1884, 98 22. THE TOTAL VALUE of sawn and manufactured lumber exported from this district to the United States in tbe three years named was :— 1884 1885 1886 $2,343,575 $2,254,801 $2,170,814 The following statement shows the kinds and value of the lumber shipments from the Ottawa district to the United States in the year ending 20th June, 1885 :— Sawed pine lumber..... Be ass Wieseith $2,045,809 Box shooks.......s-5 BAGHEL BYE eOoCe 46,428 Toit! (nope ey REcomeeparcnoEUpnon sd 26,456 Railroad ties . i... cece eceeeeccers 11,604 Pickets and curtain sticks.......... 24,761 Match blocks. .....c0ceee eee eenees 8,450 Telegraph poles... 2,633 Hemlock bark DZS) Fence posts «.+..+++-- ous 921 Shingles .e..ccesssesseseee 976 Doors and moulding 2,118 PROVINCIAL TIMBER REGULATIONS, The timber limits of Ontario and Quebec are owned and controlled by the governments of the respective provinces. ‘The Ottawa Crown Land agency collect crown timber dues for the Ontario and Quebec governments as well as slide dues for the’inland revenues department of the Dominion government. The rates of dues charged upon: limits in Quebec is somewhat higher than those charged in Oatario. In each province the limits are disposed of at public auctlon, at so much bonus per square mile, subject to the payment of the regular annual ground rent or dues, The purchaser receives his title in the form of a license for the territory, each birth or limit comprising 80 many square miles of 640 acres. ‘The license conveys simply the right to cut the timber on the territory therein described for one year, with the prior right to renewal annually in accordance with the prescribed regulations, The purchaser or licensee of a timber limit obtains no rights in fee to the lands covered by his license, but after securing his license at public auction pays a yearly tax for the privilege of cutting timber ; and settlers who take up lands within the ares mentioned in any license are not liable to»be disturbed or prevented from clearing or. culti vating land by the holder of such license. The yearly ground rent payable by limit holders is two dollars per square mile, and the transfer bonus one dollar per equare mile, DUES IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEO. As before stated the timber dues in ‘Quebec province are generally speaking slightly higher than in Ontario. For oak and walnut the dues are four cents per cubic foot in Quebec and three cents in Ontario; red and white pine, cedar and other square timber, two cents in Quebec, 14 cents in Ontario; five logs 133 feet long, 17 inches, 22 cents each in Quebec, 15 cents each in Ontario ; pine logs, 134 feet long, less than 17 inches, 11 cents in Quebec, 15 cents in Ontario ; spruce logs, 5 cents each in Quebec, 10 cents in Ontario; pipe staves $7 per 1.000 in each pro- vince ; West India staves, $2.25 per 1,000 in each province; boom timber, round or sided, pine or tamarac, 1 cent per lineal footin Quebec, 14 cents in Ontario; pine for shingles 20 cents per cord in Quebec, 124 cents in Ontario; cedar for shingles, 16 cents per cord in Quebec, 123 cents in Ontario; cedar rails per hundred, 25 as their necessities and those of their families require it, cents in Quebec, one cent in Ontario; cedar telegraph poles, 6 cents each in Quebec, one cent in Ontario ; railway ties, 2 cente each in Quebec, 15 per cent ad valorem in Ontario ; hemlock loge 6 cents each in Quebec, and 10 cents in Ontario ; hemlock bark, 32 cents in Quebec and 30 cente in Ontario; hardwood loge and tamarac, 22 cents each in Quebec, 25 cents in Ontario ; floors or birch (28 feet long) 25 to 30 cente in Quebeo, 1 cent per cubic foot in Ontario. In addition to the foregoing provincial dues, export duties are imposed by the Dominion government BATES OF WAGER. The number of men who find employment in connection with the lumbering business in the Ottaws district is very large, being variously estimated st from ten to twelve thouesnd. There ie of course no fixed rate of wages for any clase of workmen, but the following etate ment as published by the U.S. conenl bere mey be regarded as approximetely correct. Foremen in woods......--«+s0++ $0 to upon the following classes of lumber when ex- | Choppers and ekidders.........- btw w ported :—White ond Norway pine saw logs, per ene tassel i ¥-pers 4 rd a 1,000 feet, board measure, $200; spruce maid i Cocks; 2b io8s et eames ww 0 hemlock logs, per same measurement, $1.00; Lok eens vob a leh eg - 8 4 shingle bolts, per cord of 128 feet, $1.50, Mill foreman. .....+.-... vessaee to 100 LUMBERING OPERATIONS, Bead aa bee ee a £ po = Large amounts of ready cash are required by | Tail eawyers....... atereccecsss 90% 35 all operators in lumber. In the early autumo a tah Meee sieede - 4 months men and horses are engaged “to go to | General help, teameters kc... Wt B the shanties,” that is to go and workcutting} ‘The wages paid to men in the woods are in timber and logs upon the various limits. The men and horses must be well housed and fed, in the woods, and all wages must be paid promptly. Immense quantities of provisions, flour, pork, potatoes, beans, tea, oats, hay, etc, must be purchased and shipped to the shanties, the cost of transportation to the distant limits being one of the principal items of expenditure. The construction of the Canadian Pacific rail- way has greatly reduced the cost of sending men and supplies to the shanties on the Upper Ottawa and tributary streams. A small army of shantymen are kept in the woods every winter by the Ottawa “lumber kings.” The shanties in which the men live are usually built of logs, and are made as comfortable as circum- stances will permit, In the spring when the snow melts the men usually come down the streams ‘ton the drive,” that is with the logs that they have cut during the winter, and are paid off, and go to work in the mills or seek other employment. ‘The logs which are cut 134 and 164 feet in length are floated down the variousstreams to the mills, The regulation length of logs is 13 and 16 feet, but in running the rapids, the ends get “broomed,” and go six inches additional length are allowed at each, and these ends are sawn off leaving each log smooth and square and proper length. SAWING THE LUMBER, Generally the best of the logs are cut into deals for the English market. These deals are three inches thick, ten feet and upwards in length and any width from nine inches upward. They are assorted into firsts, seconds, thirds and fourths, each class having its respective market value, and these grades only are export- ed, leaving an amount of inferior stock to be disposed of in the most profitable way possible, The balance of the logs are sawed into 10, 12 and 14 inch boards, which are generally oxport- ed to the United States. These stocks are culled and piled, according to the various grades. Great care is given to piling, the stocks being arranged in square blocks, single courses, very open, The immense piles of lumber on both sides of the Chaudiere never fail to attract the attention of strangers visiting Ott awa. addition to board, but men employed in and about the mills board themeelves. The princl- pal lumber mills of the city and district are those of Messrs. Bronson & Weston, Perley & Pattie, J. R. Booth, Gner & Company, EH. B. Eddy, Hurdman Bros, at the Chaudiere Falle; Mesers, James Maclaren and McCly- mont & Co., at Rideau Falle; W. C. Edwards & Co., at Rockland; Gilmour & Co., on the Gatineau; James Maclaren and Koes Bros., at Buchingham; Hamilton Bros., Hawkesbury; Peter McLaren, Carleton Place; Boyd, Cald- weel & Son, at Almonte, and other points on the Miesiasippif; W. J. Conroy, and E. B. Eddy at Dechene rapide; W. R. Thistle, Pem- broke; McLaughlin Bros, Arnprior; Gillies Bros, Braeside, There are also a number of smaller mills cutting chiefly for home consump- tion. The Biggest Book in the World. ‘* Just outside of London they are at work on the biggest book in the world,” said a New York publisher, the other day, who has recently re- turned from a trip to England. ‘‘It will be more than four times as large as Webster's Dictionary, and will contain something like eight thousand pages, It 18 to be the ideal dictionary of the English language, and will supersede all pre-existing authorities. It has long been realized by scholars that the English language is deficient in this respect. The French have two dictionaries, that of M. Littre and of the scademy, that are far superior to our own. The Worterbuch, of the German Brothers Grimm, is still more exhaustive and authorite~ tive. Even the Portugnese dictionary, by Vieira, decidedly surpasses anything inEnglish. But the British Philological Society proposes to fll this yawning gap inour reference books. They hold that a dictionary should be an inventory of the language, and that its doors should be opened to all words— good, bad and indifferent. This new work will not be confined to definitions and cross references, The life history of each word will be fully given, with a quetation from some standard writer, showing its shade of meaning and the variations in its ussge from one genera- 7 ” 7 HE OTTAWA MILLS. tion to another.”—New York World. The immense water power furnished by the Chaudiere and Rideau Falls has been utilized to run a great number of lumber mills as well as some flour mills and cloth factories. The saw mills in this district are generally of large capacity, and are equipped with all the modern appliances for rapid, smooth and economical work, They are all “gang,” and contain from four to eight gangs of from thirty-six to forty two saws each, with all the necessary edging tables, all lumber being made parallel and passed over chain butting tables. The lumber manufacturers of Ottawa are fully alive to the necessity of keeping abreast of the times and the necessities of the industry. The mills are run night and day through the short season if not over seven months, ‘They are generally lighted by electricity, which aids materially in night sawing. About two-thirds of the sawn lumber of this district is produced at the Chaudiere and Rideau Falls Mills. Eleven hours a day constitute a day’s work for mill hands and others connected with the manufac- ture and handling of lumber,and wages are paid weekly to mill hands and to meni the woods In Vancouver there is said to be a land office established in a hollow tree forty-four feet in circumference. In the same section thereisa table forty one feet long and four or five feet wide, made out of a solid board. Fort William Echo:—Fort William is the centre from which radiate all the great lumber- ing enterprizes of Algoma West. Each winter camps are established in every direction, and from the almost boundless timber limits which surround it the preducts of the forest are culled and prepared for their voyage to the Fortin the spring. Most of the timber employed by the C. P. R. Company in their many and vast enterprises is procured by companies having their headquarters here. From the mills of Messrs. Carpenter and Graham, and Horne & Co., it is an almost daily occurrence to see car- loads of timber and lumber of all descriptions and dimensions proceeding east and west, intended either for the repair of old works or the construction of new ones, Customers for the manufactured material are found as far west as Calgary, and as far east as Sudbury, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Nicholls & Howland of the Queen City, end a special building is now being erected which will be ready for occupation by January next. Some of the advantages likely to accrue to manufac- turers are in brief as follows :—The exbibition will be free to all and open throughout the year. It will afford the advantages of a Toronto branch establishment at a very moderate cost, Compet- ent salesmen will be in charge for the purpose of explaining the merits of each exhibit to interest- ed visitors. Machinery will be shownin motion, and the whole establishment will, to all appear- ances, be a hive of industry. any one class were traced to farmers clearing land and allowing brush fires to communi- cate with the forest. Locomotives are set dowo among the list of causes, as having set fire to woode 508 times, hunters 628 times, malice 262 times, clearing land 1,152 times, A VALUABLE sale of timber limits took place at the Russell house, Ottawa, on the 19th Oct., there being a large attendance of capitalists. The limits in question are situated on the Geor- gian bay as per government map, being berths Nos, 6, 14, 15, 113, 186, 187 and 198, containing 36 square miles each ; and those on Lake Nipis- sing, being berths Nos, 12, 20, 31 and 39, con- taining 30 square miles each. There were dis- posed of No. 6 to Mr. J. G, Bryson, at $11,300, No, 15 to Mr. David Moore, at $15,100, and No. 187 to A. & T. McArihur for $25,100, For the balance of the year we will send one cepy of the Canapa LumBERMAN to any one sending us 25 cents. To new subscribers who will send us $1 we will mail the LumpermMan from now until the 1st of January, 1888. Every lumberman, saw-mill owner and wood-worker in the Dominion should accept this very liberal offer, As this is the only journal of the kind in Canada, and as we propose making it a thoroughly representative organ for the lumber and wood-working industries none can afford to do without it, Send us your money, and THE CANADA LUMBER MAN “BEAUTIFUL Homes and How to Build Them” is tl.» title of a litile book just issued by W. B. Judson, publisher of the Northwestern Lumber- man, Chicog.. It contains a series of practical building plane, comprising something like 19 PROMINENT shingle ranhtaobarera in Aroosg- took, Me., say that the present arrangement of manufacturing Aroostook lumber in American- ized New Brunswick wills, taken in connection with the rates of freight for shingles from Aroostook to Boston, if continued, will drive PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY A. @. Mortimer, Peterborough, Ont. Terms of Subscription : SiO dey, 1 00 : ; ivi Fl G9 , ane Rae oe centas, a pare AAenoridac iain if 50 | every shingle manufacturer in upper Maine out Ce hs skint er wiciaeele keep Fon seperate desigus for modern frame and brick 2 y 2 Pith acquainted with the ins and outs of the trade, dwelli hosel and blic Advertising Rates; of businese. They assert, and give figures to tur divapestallin i Ghuradlebelaine thesia wellings, church and a pu school, They Per line, for one ven Shee AHO AS by iS Ae $0 fe prove, that lumber cut in Aroostook can be run P y 2 Ores were drawn by a prominent Chicago arebitect Per idinie; FOF BIS AMONEDB.. 00.55. ieiaserorels picts» vi.vwicis ° . F } : d and are printed in five col F 4 Per line, for three months..............0.000004 95| to St. John or in the provinces, manufactured Somm idea of the extent to which mechanical are printed in gees making 6 etrik ~ Per line, for first insertion...............,0..00e 10] and returned to the States for from 20 to 25}. ty end offic b a 4 b ingly handsome and attractive little book. The Per line, for each subsequent insertion to8mo’s. 04 Gants cheaper than they Gane made there end ingenuity snd € eee ave advanced may be designs cover a very broad range of architecture, Cards not occupying more than 12 lines (1 inch) 3 tag y ; bad from the following statement :—“‘It isnow| . .. é errannti 0. wiies a. Gaia cameeey. ae 0 | shipped by rail at present rates, ible t Senne Jet : hine | SVD" nearly all the prevalling modern styles, Cards not occupying more than 12 lines (1 inch) possible to cons ruct & complete sewing machine a remacksble feature of them beirg the fact that Haye ibe IO) NS Jy ob gon dagdnoe ddd BR aboRed ane 5 00 in a minute, or sixty in one honr ; a reaper every the publisher guarantees to furnish acale drawings, with full details ready to build, of any of the plans to purchasers of “* Beautiful Homer,” at a further cost not exceeding $3. The price of the little b.ok is only 50 cents, and besides tne plans themselves it contains much valuable technical information for both practical builders and people who desire to build homes, Cards not occupying more than 6 lines per annum 5 00 Cards not occupying more than 6 lines, for 6mo’s 3 00 Special rates will bu made for page, half page and eae advertisements. All communications, orders and remittances should be addressed and made payable to A. G. MoriimER Peterborough, Ont. es Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LumBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure in- sertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issué. Advertisements intended for insertion in any partic- ular issue should reach the office of publication at least six clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Messrs Samusn DEAcon & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive advertisements and subscriptions for this paper. Dorine the past month a meeting of gentle- men was held at Chels2a, Eng., for the purpose of testing the various qualities of different colonial timbers exhibited at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, The object of the meeting was to bring together the leaaing civil engineers, timber merchants, builders and other users of wood, to meet experts from the various colonies and to witness the conversion of samples of the woods into railwey sleepers, joinery, casks, spokes fox wheels, etc. We have not yet learned the result of the investigation. fifteen minutes, or less ; three hundred watches in a day, complete in all their appointments. More important than this even is the fact that it is possible to construct a locomotive in a day. From the plans of the draughtsman to the execution of them by the workmun, every wheel, lever, valve and rod may be constructed from the metal to the engine intact. Every rivet may be driven in the boiler, every tubs in the tube sheets, and from the smoke-stack to the ash-pan a locomotive may be turned out in one working day, completely equipped, ready to do the work of a hundred horses,” For the kindly greetings extended the LUMBERMAN during the past month, by our Canadian and American exchanges, we beg to extend our thanks. Kind worde do much good, and every reference to our paper from different parts of the country, has s very desirable effect. It is the intention of the publisher to make the LuMBERMAN, both in point of technical interest aod typographical appearance, second to no other trade publication in the Dominion. One step bas been taken towards this end in adding an attractive cover to the present issue, Next month we propose introducing a fine toned paper throughout ; and so improvements will on until the desired excellence’ has been We solicit the co-operation of every reader to further this end. If you do not feel equal to writing us something of interest occasionally, you can do a good work by handing a copy of the paper to a friend, and securing his subscrip- tion tothe same, Stur up, and let us have a grand rush of new subscribers for the coming year, THE subtinher of the HEIR LUMBERMAN desires to obtain a reliable and well-informed correspondent in every lumbering centre in the Dominion of Canada, and to that end would ask those disposed to act as such, to communi- cate the fact at once stating the facilities they possess for obtaining reliable, early and full information as (o the lumber trade in their respective districts, and the reaiunera- tion which they will expect for their services as such correspondents, ee Mr. Hoorsgr, President of the Coachbuilders Guild, and meinber of the Londoa Chamber of Commerce, bas recently given some attention to an examination of the woods of Canada as shown at the Colonial Exhibition, As the outcome of his inspection, he is vow visiting Canada to inquire into the possibility of obtaining direct from the Dominion the various kinds of woods used in carriage building. Mr, Hooper will! spend some time in Ontario, where the chief supply may be met with, and will on his return read a paper on the subject before the Guild, Professor Macoun is also, we believe, to read a paper giving further details as to the qualities and uses of Canadian woods, Or-ll the days in the week “‘ Washing Day » is looked upon by the average house wife as the moet disagreeable and least to be desired. In- ventive genius, however, is coming to the rescue in this asin all other departments of labor, and what a few years ago took a whole day to accom- plish can now be done in a couple of hours, and the heavy work of the operation almost entirely dispensed with. A reference to our advertising columns will show the merits of the Improved Washer and Bleacher, manufactured by Mr. C, W. Dennis, Toronto, Ont. This simple device has proved a surprise wherever introduced, and although weighing but four pounds, is so con- structed as to do any kind of washing without injury to the finest fabric, and in a marvelluusly short time, The inventor has selected the Lum- BERMAN as the medium to more fully introduce his machine to the public of Canada, and as far aa our knowledge of this washer goes, we can recommend the sama to the wives of our readers as the best article of the kind yet introduced, Ceronogny, & ‘Sai, (uaa, Eng.) in their October circular, chow that the slight improve- ment which began to make itself felt in August has been maintained through September, foreign wood in particular having met with better de. mand at gradually advancing prices. There is an important reduction in the stock of foreign deals, and a large increase in that of colonial pine. The supply from Canada to the end of September has heen :—Pine deals, &e., 1,549,000 pieces against 1,161,000 pieces in 1885; spruce, 1,051,000 pieces against 1,188,000 pieces in 1885; and from New Brunswick, &c.:—Spruce deals, &e., 344,000 pieces against 281,000 pieces in 1885; birch timber 2,000 pieces against 3,000 pieces in 1885. Spruce deals have been slightly reduced in stock. Pine has been sent in more liberally, and the stock compares unfavorably with that of last year. The variations in value have been unimportant. Timber generally remains unaltared. London is fairly supplied with all classes of Canadian timber; but the general demand is not satisfactory. Business during the month has been entirely by private sale, - PETERBOROUGH, Oat. NOV. 1, 1886. Wn expect a great rush of subscriptions dur- ing the next few weeks, as a result of our low offer for the balance of the year. Send in your quarter. We desire to secure active agents in every county who are willing to work on liberal pay to take subscriptions for the CANADA Lumpir- MAN. Outfits and sample copies free. Tur September fire report for the United States and Canada shows that the fire bug, the small boy with matches and the hired girl and her kerosene can are still putting in their deadly work, Only $6,500,000 worth of property was consumed, but the annual a®gregate this year will far exceed that of 1885. Every mechanic and business man should know the journals especially intended to advo- cate his respective branch of industry or trade. Aside from the numerous books on the kindred arts, there are many journals published that might and ought to be of great service to the wise craftsman who read them, for there is hardly a single issue of one of them that dees not contain a greater or less number of items which would afford a better knowledge of some part of the business to which they have given their time and attention, and through which they gain their livelihoods, Even the advertise- ments—especially if they be of new material, new mechinery, or new processes—contain infor- mation well worthy the sttention of every one who would better himself, or the craft of which be isa member, Every paragraph which gives an insight into other people’s modes of doing business, or which calls attention to new inven- tions and discoveries, or new uses of old facilities is worthy of study and preservation. The assertion that one ‘‘cannot learn from books,” is disproved by even a careless examination of any of the numerous trade journals published in America, and the mechanic, master or workman, who would keep himself abreast of the world’s progress in his own branch, must give them careful attention. We hope that every lumber- man and wood-worker who receives it, will not only read and preserve the successive issues of the LumBERMAN, but also those of sll other similar journals he may be so fortunate as to obtain. They will, in years to come, be even ‘ more valuable than now, and, like new friende « and new wine, improve with age, He THERE are increasing signs of an improvement in trade in England, and some branches already show a marked advance in prices, notably in wool, and to some extent in metals, Commercial reports from nearly all the large centres of in- dustry are unanimons in stating that a more hopeful feeling generally prevails, SRE er RI Ir is curious to note that in the long list of national emblems there are but two trees, viz., the lime or linden tree for Pruesia and the pomegranate of Spain. All other natious are represented by flowers or plants which do not rise to the dignity of trees. King Henry VII chose the hawthorn as his device, because the crown of Richard II] was found in a hawthom bush at Bosworth. Hw. The writer of the above, althouyh an American, evidently forgets that in Canada we have a tree which has long been considered an emblem of the country. We callit the maple, and have every reason to be proud of it, re A new and plausible explanation of the des- tructive fires occurring in pine forests is offered. The pine resin exuding from the trees is ofteu of lens shape, and before it thoroughly hardens frequently of crystelline clearness. It is surmised that while in that condition a resin lens may fccus the sun’s rays upon some licht twig or resinous point and so start a blaze that quickly eate up a forest. Reports from Ottawa are rather discouraging as regards the American demaud for lumber The state of affairs is principally attributed to the recent cirikes in New York and other States, It is estimated that the stocks now piled at the Chaudiere, and which will likely not be removed this season, is greater than at any similar period during the past ten years. Owing to the labor trouble referred to industry was paralyzed for several monibs, the result being that American lumbermen were left with large supplies on hand, When the strikes ended they were unable to make as large sales as were expected, hence the accumulation at Ottawa, Fires, lumbering, tanning, wood ,ulp mills, charcoal, iron smelting, railroad building, all draw on the forest growth, and these are legiti- mate demands, Fires ars the great causes of destruction of forests. In 1880, if the report presented by Prof. C. S. Sargent is reliable, the area burnt over inthe United States was 10 ,250,- 000 acres, and the value of property destroyed $25,462,250. In the State of New York, accord- ing to the same authority, 149,491 acres were burned over, with a loss of something like $1,250,000. The largest number of these fires of THe ‘‘Toronto Permanent Exhibition of Manufactures” is something quite new for Cenada, and when in operation will doubtless prove not only an interesting place to visit, but also a profitable place in which to do business, The scheme has been set on foot by Messrs, | EXCHANGE ECHOES. ——_———_ Contemporary Opinion on the Various Matters of Interest to the Trade. Saw Mill Gazette THE chicf timber exporting countries of Europe are Norway and Sweden, From Norway 80,000,000 cubic feet come annually, half of them to England ; and 33,000 men are at work in the forests and in the timber and wood-work trades in connection therewith, Large as is this pro duciion, it is under control; and no tree is now cut uvless another is planted ; and only enough ars cut to keep within the period of rotation, This country might take a valuable lesson from this, and in time will probably see the necessity of doing something to keep up the supply. Lumber World. Lumser lors is being revised every day by the same class of minds that have decided there never was a William Tell who shot an apple from his son’s head, never a Lucrezia Borgia who beguiled her hours in administrating fatal poisons to her casual friends, and never » Wash- ington who refused to lie about the hatchet and the discombobbolated cherry tree. It haa lately been demonstrated by these minds that the southern pine is not the native heath of the festive and nocturnal bedbug, that the bark on the north side is not thicker than that on the acuth side, and that the age of the tree cannot be even app:oximutely judged by the number of ri: gi vieible in its trunk. Thus do cherished traduions dissuppeur in the light of science ! ‘Northwestern Lumberman A CORRESPONDENT makes inquiries as to the best way to pile shingles. Some maaufacturers lay the bunches flat, uibers on the edge ; and without being able, perhaps, to give any specific reason that would convince cthers why the latter is the better, the LUMBERMAN gives it the pref- erence. In either case it is better to usa long strips than short ones between the different lay- ere, for by so doing the whole pile 1s strengthened and less liable to be blown over, or from other causes tumble down. A space of a foot should be left between the piles so as to assure a free circulation of air. No shingles are half piled that are not covered. - Especially if the bunches be set edgewise, if a rainstorm ctrikes them before they are roofed the top bunches will be wet clear through. Ordinarily a manufacturer on a moderate scale carries his piles up ten or _twelve feet. Timber Trades Journal, (London, Eng.) Although a few isolated transactions may still be expected to take place, we may, never- theless, consider f.o.b. business as practically at an end for this season. Buyers, both in London and on the coast, look forward witb equanimity to passing through the winter with light-stocke, adhering to the conviction which they have ex. preased throughout the summer, that no im- mediate improvemett in the inland timber busi- nese is to be expected for some time, in spite of the admittedly better feeling in other branches of the trade. Shippers and their agents still endeavor to prove that stocks must run short, and prices consequently rise considerably during the next few months, But buyers remain absolutely indifferent, replying that in such case they be well content to realiz: a larger profit on a smaller quantity rather than run the risk of holding unwieldly stocks. The anticipations, therefore, of an active autumn trade seem likely to be falsified, more especially as all chance of a brisk business has been destroyed by the advance in freights, which prohibited fresh f.0.b- or c.i.f. transactions. Most of the chartering now effected is for goods contracted for, and we understand that the amount of tonnage taken up on consignment or speculative account is con- siderably smaller than usual, This will prove of especial benefit to the London market, where the present stocks, as far as we can judge, will prove amply sufficient for any legitimate demand likely to be made upon them, The Timberman, (Chicago,) Acomparison of the stock on hand in this market on the 1st inst., with the amount held one and two years ago on the said date, makes @ very significant showing. It bears out fully the position Tue Tuosperman has taken that 4 is much less lumber here than it has been the habit of the trade to have in pile t thie time. As contrasted with last year, the shortage is 67,982,431 feet, or about twelve per cent. of the total, while as against 1884 there is a difference of 95,227,733 feet or abvut sixteen per cent, There figures show that the market ix not accumulating stock as rapidly as it ueually does toward the close of the seaeon, aud there- fore that there is little chance that it will recover any of the present shortage; it is far more likely that the amount it is behind will increase with each report. The receipts are running from ten to fifteen per cent, beluw last year, and with the present low range of cargo prices, and the high and increasing cost of trausportation, there is nothing tv induce mill men to push forward anything for which they can find piling room at the mills, There is an expJanwiion in the facts of the complaints which are prevalent of »sbort supply of many grades of lumber at the yarde, and a hint of what may be expected in the future. There can be no question but that find—long piece stuff, fencing, and common and cull boards, with a few items among the better qualities of lumber, The Timberman. Predictions in respect to the condition of lumber prices in the early future are heard now and then, and as usual there 1s @ notable differ- ence of opinion among the prophets, Some rather careful students of the business conditions affecting the lumber trade, bold, and sre not afraid to express, rather sanguine views of the outlook. Busing their opinions upon the im- proved and improving condition of general busi- ness, the active demand for labor, and the evid- ent shortage in the lumbor supply, they think they are able to see, just ahead, the opportunity to sell lumber for more than itis now bringing. Less optimistic observers consider the low price of grain, and the condition in which it places a large number of lumber buyers, and are inclined to be somewhat doubtful of the result. It is certain that the market generally, despite the admitted and inereasing shortage of dry stock, doee not show the strength that should precede an advance in prices. The reason of this is largely that the demand has not been as brisk a8 was anticipated, and it is possible that even a little improvement therein, of which the better reports received of the past week’s trade raise some hope, might result in changing the appear- ance of things markedly. It is not easy to see how the limited stock of many items in sight for the tall and winter trade, can fail of produc- ing upon values the legitimate effect of a supply that is less than the demand. For such things, at any rate, if not for all grades and kinds of pine lumber, it would seem that higher prices should soon obtain, simply in accordance with the well known principle which is universally admitted to govern their rise and fall, WHAT THEY SAY OF US. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN ie still published monthly by Mr.A,G. Mortimer, of Peterborough, and is devoted to the lumber and wood-working industries of the Dominion. It is a valuable technical journal,— London Free Press. . THE first issue of the CANADA LUMBERMAN under its new management clearly indicates that Mr. Mortimer bas not missed his calling, and that the Dominion is going to have a newsy exponent of the lumber trade, Success to it,— Chicago Lumber Prades Journal. Mr, A. G. Mortimer, who has for many years been connected with the Mechanical and Milling News, has assumed the proprietorship of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, which will hereafter be issued on the first day of every month.— Deseronto Tribune. THe CANADA LUMBERMAN published at Peter- borough is now under the editorial and business management of Mr, A. G, Mortimer. The LUMBERMAN is a good trade journal, and should meet with success.— Bobcaygeon Independent. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN published at Peter- borough, Ont,, has been sold by the Peter- borough Review Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, to A, G. Mortimer. The paper has been published semi-monthly, at $2 a year, but now it will be made into a monthly, the subscription price being placed at $1.—N W. Lumberman. nearly all the shortage indicated by the compari- sons above made isin the grades of stock that are in best demand, and which are hardeat to THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN hes been purchased by Mr. A, G. Mortimer, an old office mate of the editor of the Star, who bas changed the paper to a monthly, and bas reduced the eub- scription price to $1 per year. We wish him every success in his new uudertaking.—Parry Sound Star. Tue October number of the CanaDA LumpzE- MAN is undoubtedly the best copy of that journal which we have yet received, Every person interested in the lumber industry of Cavada or the preservation of our foreste should subecribe for the Lumeznman.—Deseronto Tri- bune. THe CANADA LUMBERMAN, hitherto published by the Peterborough Review Printing Co., will hereafter be published by Mr. A. G. Mortimer, of the Mechanical and Milling News, on the 1st of every month, at $layear. The Lumpze- MAN will now be in good hands.— Uxbridge Guardian. Tux CanapA LUMBERMAN, published in Peter- borough, we are pleased to notice, continues to flourish, Is the only journal in the Dominion devoted to the lumber and wood-working in- dustries, and should find a ready patronage from wood-workers and those connected with the lumber iaterest.—Port Hope Times. We are pleased to notice that under its new Management the CanaDA LUMBERMAN is being enlarged and improved in many ways. Mr. Mortimer seems to have the correct idea of how to conduct a trade pub- lication, and one of his first improvements has been the addition of an attractive cover to be followed by the adoption of a fine toned paper throughout. We wish our successor every success that his enterprise merits.—Peterborough Review. Tur CanaDA LUMBERMAN now in its seventh year, has passed under the editorial control and business management of Mr. A. G. Mortimer, who has had considerable experience in the management of trade juurnals. The LUMBER- MAN contains several special features of much velue to those engaged in the lumbering business and promises, by its trade reports and attention to the interests which it reprecenis, to be an indispensable periodical. -- Oftawa Journal. A. G. Mortimer, brother of the publisher of the Dominion Mechanical and Milling News, has purchased the CANADA LUMBERMAN from the Review Printing and Publishing Co., of Peterborough, Ont,, and will hereafter conduct it as @ monthly journal. Tbesubscription price, which, as a semi-mouthly, was $2 per annum, has been reduced to $1. Uuder its new manage- ment we hope to see the LUMBERMAN live and prosper.—Dominion M. and M. News. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, published monthly by Mr, A. G. Mortimer, at Peterborough, Ont., is one of the best trade journals in the Dominion, As its name denotes, it is devoted chiefly to the discussion of matters affecting the lumber trade of Canada, in all its branches, from getting the logs out of the forest till they are ready to be!put on the market in various manufactured states, Tt is a large 16 page journal, now in its sixth volume, and has so far deserved success that its publishers have decided ou introducing several improvements in its make-up, commencing with the next number.— Montreal Gazette. Our Canadian cotemporary, the CANADA LUMBERMAN, published at Peterborough, Oat., has been purchased by Mr. A. G. Mortimer, Under the new management the LUMBERMAN will be issued on the first of each month, and the subscription price will be $1 a year, Mr. Mortimer has made himself known ip Canada by his connection with the Toronto Mechanical } and Milling News, and his experience in trade journalism will enable him to keep the LuMBER- MAN at a high standard of excellence as a news journal and an advertising medium.—Lumber World, Buffalo, N.Y. Amone the many other new advertisements which appear in this issue of the LUMBERMAN we have much pleasure in referring to the one occupying the last page of the cover, that of the } Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., 81 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. The special advantages of this style of pulley can be briefly summed up as follows :—The compression fastenings of wood on iron, with wooden bushings, will hold this pulley firmly upon the ebeft, end is, in s mejority of cases, better than an iron pulley, from the fact that it cen be made lighter, and thus eave weight on the line shaft, and besringe, thereby reducirg friction. Itie » well koown fact that a wooden pulley ie better then an iren pulley, from the fact that it holds a belt much better. From the best authority, thie latter amounts to at least 33 per cent. The manner of fastening the pulley to the shaft does not mar nor injure the ehafting in the elighteet degree, and therefore does not tend to throw the pulley out of balance, as the tendency ie with pulleys secured by keys and set screws. The pulley is built of wooden segmente, the face being made of poplar. The two halves of the pulleye are secured to the shaft with eight bolte. Toe bueh- ings to fit different sized sbhafte are made of hard-wood, thoroughly air-dried, then bored and kiln-dried; then each bush is counterbored to exact size of shaft, then carefully turned on the outside to fit the bore of the pulley. They are then cut transversely in halvee, Any further information regarding these ‘pulleys will be cheerfully furnished by the manufacturers, THE BRITISH WHIG The neateat Daily in Canada, bright and newsy, $5 by Mail. THE WEEKLY WHIG Rivals Toronto and Montreal papers, giving # better selection of general news, fair and inde- pendent. ONLY $1 TILL END OF 1887. The Whig hes a larger circulation than thé three other Kingston journals combined. It pays always to advertiee in the best. E. J. B. PENSE, Proprietor, GHORGE GALL WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots sold on Commission, railway switch in to yard and plenty of room ior storage. Yard corner of Stachan and Wellington Ave. Office, 9 Victoria St. Telephone Connection, A SPLENDID MILL SITE FREE Adjoining Village and new R. R. with Fifty Million feet of Pine and One Hundred Million feet of Hardwood within radius of ten miles, is fifteen miles from any other mill. A great opportunity to the right man. Mill site of eight acres given free to who will erect mill or manufacturing establishment, Address Cc. T. KENNAN, Milwaukee, Wis. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS S COCOA BREAKFAST. ‘«By a thorough knowledge of the natural Jaws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast table with a delicately fiavored be which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills, It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a consti- ' tution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack where- ever there isa weak point, We may escape many a fata] shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”’—“* Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus : JAS. EPPS & Co., Homeopathic Chemists. Lonfion, England 10 Generval News Notes, PEMBROKE is to have a new machine shop and foundry. THE new mill at Canning, Ont., is in opera- tion again. J. C. BLakNEy, saw mill owner, Elgin, N. B., has assigned. EpwakpD Burns, lumber dealer, Hamilton, Ont., is dead. Joun McAttisrer, lumber dealer, Windsor, Ont., is dead. Tue International Tent and Awning Co., Ottawa, has assigned. BUILDING operations are reported brisk at Edmonton, N. W. T. BrivIsH CoLumMBia shingles have been shipped as far east as Calgary, Tr is said Rathbun intends starting a sash and blind factory in Piction. J. A. Kirtam’s saw mill at West Brook, Nova Scotia, was lately destroyed by fire. A NEW sew mill has been started a short dis- tance from Calabogie, Ont., by Mr. A. Grant. Saw MItts round about Ottawa are shutting down earlier this year than usual, owing toa scarcity of logs, THE Canadian Pacific Company is building five miles of enow sheds in the Rocky mountains at a cost of 31,500,000, It is estimated that nearly 10,000,000 feet of lumber will be required at Duluth for elevato® building before next fall, A DESPATCH from Byng Inlet says:—A saw log drive of over ten million feet has been struck twenty miles up the Magnettawan River, for want of water, Mr. Cuas. Lovrtit, manager of Gilmour & Co’s saw wills at Crow Bay. reports having cut over one million feet of lumber this season. The sales have been as large as last year. | A YEAR ago box-wood found a ready market in the United States at $100 a ton. Now the market is dull at $20. The bursting up of the skating-rink bubble did the business, Mr. James Martin has purchased the sash and door factory on Fifth St. Collingwood, Ont., feom Mr. McKean. He hasalsoa factory on Hurontario S:reet, in the same town. Owine to a break-down of some of the machinery the Midland and North Shore Lumber Company’s steam mill at Parry Sound, had to be closed down for the season on the 6th, Oct. THR wooc-working shop of O. Goulette, at Gananoque, (nt., occupied also by P. O’Hearn, for wagon making, was burned Sept. 29th. The property was insured for $5,400 which covered most of the loss, A meeting of the Council of the Board of Trade will be held soon at Toronto, to consider the purchase of the site for a new building, The American Hotel site is spoken of at a cost of $55,000. A building to cost $300,000 is mentioned. Messrs, 8. J. Hogg & Co., recently received the first consignment of lumber from New Weat- Minister that bas been brought to Calgary. The lumber is very clear stuff and can be sold at about half the price charged formerly for this class of lumber, TRADE prospects in England are brightening. The stocks on hand are nearly 750,000 loads short of the supply last year at this time Unless there is a remarkable influx to fill up the deficiency, trade is likely to become more active and prices stronger. Tue last issue of the LuMBERMAN contained a sketch of the wood-working industries of Bruck- ville, among which was mentioned the planing mill, and sash factory of Messrs, Kerns & Cp, We have this month to chronicle the destruction of these works by fire. The loss is heavy, THE Campbellford Herald, says:—T wo car- loads of railway ties were daily shipped from the Rathbun saw mill during last week and the week previous. The mill will be kept running at its greatest speed to complete the work undertaken this season. The frost will close operations there in a few weeks, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE growth of the lumber trade of the Aus- tralasian colonies has been extraordinary within the last few years. The total quantity of rough and finished lumber imported into New South Wales alone during the year 1885 was 65,822,- 037 feet, valued at{[$2,296,760, against 49,608,825 feet, valued at $1,903,900 for 1884, A SYNDICATE of well-known Montreal citizens have bought the mills and limits of L’Assomp- tion Lumber Co. from the Exchange Bank liquidators for $30,000, and propose running the mills again. The srea over which the pur- chasers have a right to out timber embraces three hundred miles, part of which is situated at Ste. Julienne, THE Chicago Herald:says:—“G. W. Sheldon & Co, entered the first cargo of foreign lumber received at this port for many years yesterday. The cargo contained 200,000 feet of pine and ash lumber from St. Joseph Island, Canada, to Hitchcock & Foster, Chicago, The duty is $2 per thousand feet, and that is what has made it unprofitable to import.” Kingston Whig: Yesterday Mr. McRossie went to the Cape to see the base ball match. He combined business with pleasure and pur- chased the machinery belonging to Mr. A. G. Burnham’s saw mill. It will be brought to the city and removed to a point, not yet selected, beside the Kingston & Pembroke railway, where Mr, McRossie intends erecting a saw mill, INFORMATION is wanted concerning the where- abouts of one Patrick O’Connor, about twenty- five years of age, brother of Daniel and John O’Connor. He followed lumbering around Orillia and Gravenhurst, working for Geo, Cox about eleven years ago; boarded at the Cooper Houee, Any information will be thankfully received by Daniel O’Connor, Uavalier P, O., Pembina Co., Dak., U.S. Mr. Lovurs Brirron, of Parry Sound, was recently severely injured by the falling of a tree in one of the Conger Lumber company’s camps, While walking through the woods on the edge of a lake he was struck by a falling tree, which knocked him into the lake, and but for the prompt aid of a person who was near him he would have been drowned. As it was several ribs were broken, and he was otherwise badly bruised. MontreAt is likely to increase materially its export of timber by the opening up of the great railway thoroughfare westward, as 3,500 car- loads of square timber, representing 2,000 equare feet, have arrived in Montreal within the last two months over the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing districts. These consignments were formerly sent down by water at a much slower rate of progress. If cubic feet are understood, this would foot up to 40,000 loads, Wu. Wuirtney, of Bay City, Mich, is prepar- ing to start lumbering operations on his recent- ly purchased land in Canada. He will run one camp on the Restole river, a branch of the French river, sixty miles from Georgian bay The cut will be from eight to ten million feet, Tbe present calculation is to take the logs to Bay City to be sawed. Men and camp equip- ments will be taken from Bay City, Mr. Whitney’s mill at Point Lookout has cut 3,000, - 000 feet this season, ON the night of Oct. 14th a fire broke out in the saw mill of the Port Arthur Lumbering Co. The flames had made considerable headway before being discovered, and in a very brief space of time the whole building, full of inflammable material, was ablaze. Two engines were soon brought into service, and were kept at work for some houre. A good deal of anxiety was felt at first for the safety of the immense piles of | lumber in the immediate Vicinity, but the flames were prevented from spreading from the mill in any direction, and not a foot of stock outside the building was destroyed. The cause of the fire isnot known. The mill was running during the day and when closed down was believed to bein a safe condition. It is supposed that the flames originated from a spark near the engine room, and smouldered for some hours unobsery-d, The mill, stock and machinery wes insured for $8,500 as follows :—Western $2,125, Queen $2,- 125, Citizens $2,125, and Commercial Union $2,125, The loss is estimated at $15,000. 4 THERE are about 34,000,000 acres of forests in Germany, Prussia, containing 20,000,000 acres, The estimated value is $2,500,000,000 and they bring in an annual revenue of $50,000, - 000. The state forests are taken great care of in all parts of Germany ; in Prussia alone $500,- 000 a year is spentin replanting, yet the imports exceed the exports by 2,000,000 tons. The oak and the beech are the kinds of trees which do best in Denmark, but the timber trade in that country is very small, For the seven months ending July 31, 1886, the imports of sawed lumber into the United States amounted to $2,743,755, against $2,883, - 651, for the corresponding period in 1885. The total imports of wood amounted to $3,794,704 in 1886 against $4,122,093 in 1885. The exports of boards, deals and planks for the first seven months of 1886 were $3,995,411, against $3,995, - 411, against $3 651,395 in the corresponding part of 1885, The total exports of wood and articles manufactured thereof amounted to $12, - 967,412 in 1886, against $12,031,673 in 1885. THE Kingston Whig says: There is a rumor afloat to the effect that the Caldwell’s are going to stop lumber cutting and close their yard in this city. It is untrue. Lumber cutting is always stopped at this season, but only for the winter, and next summer willsee the mills again in operation and doing effective service. The yerd here is a success, and the citizens would be very sorry to see it closed. Mr. Frank Svantlon has made the business hum, and it cannot be said of him or the agency, ‘‘They never would be missed.” THE Cedar Mill at Deseronto, still continues very busy. Mr. Bick, of Bobcaygeon, well known throughout Canada and the United States, for his skill as a manufacturer of shingles has taken the position of superintendent of the shingle department. The tie contracts for the several railway lines has been the most busy in the history of the mill, Some 400 pieces of excellent timber have been shipped to build piere at the Murray Canal. Several large shipments of shipbuilding material have been made to Kingston and other points and a quantity of timber is now being shipped for the Grand Trunk, A gentleman from Tonawanda, who has been up the Huron shore, sayamore lumber is marked up et Alpena and Oscoda as sold than he has seen at this season of the year in the last 15 years. He said the Churchill Bros, had a quantity of fine logs and asked $24 for the lumber to be cut therefrom, ‘They were offered $23, but declined totake it. which the gentleman regarded as a good indication of the strength of the market. It may be said that the choice grades of lumber have readily commanded a high price during the entire season, and there is a demand for more of it than the mills have manufactured. Really choice lumber is growing scarce, Aw important sale of timber limits recently took place at Ottawa. The first put up was twenty square miles north side of the Ottawa River of License No, 240 of 1885-6, Province of Quebec, the adjoining berth 16 square miles of License No. 241 of 1885-6, Province of Quebec, This was knocked down to Mr. Gormully for $30,400, The next parcel, forty-five miles on the White Pine River of License No, 242 of 1885-6, Kippawa, Province of Quebec, was sold to Mr. E. B, Eddy for $18,300, The last lot, twenty-four square miles, south side of the Ottawa River, of License No. 97, 1884-5, Prov- ince of Ontario, was sold to Mr. H, H. Dickson of Pakenham, for $7,500. RAILWAY NOTES, It is reported that the Grand Trunk will com- mence at once the construction of the Sault Ste. Marie extension from Gravenhurst to the Sault. A party of Canadian Pacific railway directors intend erecting a mammoth hotel at the Baniff National Park, Manitoba. On October 1st the Canadian Pacific railway took over from the Dominion Government the telegraph system in British Columbia, and will hereafter work it as part of the company’s service, Messrs, Dan Mann and Tom Holt, both old contractors on the Mountain Division of the C, P. R. have secured the contract for building the first 40 miles of the Hudson Bay railway. TuHE British railways only killed one passen- ger in each 6,000,000 carried last year. That shows careful railroading. ’ THERE are in the United States 340,000 miles of completed railway, not including the side tracks, Much of this vast aggregation of road was built at a cost of $6,000,000,000 patente ol A ht ea Trouble in the Head. Roaring sounds and whistling in the ears and deafness. I had been much troubled by roaring and singing in my ears and at times a whistling sound, especially when lying down, writes a correspondent of the Boston Transcript. An old and experienced physician whom I consult- 4 ed told me to gargle my throat night and morn- ing with hot and cold water. Have one tumbler of hot water, taking the water hot enough to scald the mouth, and one tumbler of cold water. Gargle firat three times with the hot, then three times with the cold water. Do this three times making nine times with each. Ina short time I was cured by this very simple remedy. Many times I have wished it were better understood how often deafness is caused by the hardening wax in the ear. A great number of people doubtless suffer from what they believe is incur- able deafness, old persons in particular supposing it to be caused by old age, when if they would consult any good aurist they would find it was merely hardening of the secretion of wax in the ears. They can generally be removed by a very simple operation and hearing restored. ——_____. HEMLOCK BARK. The supply of bemlock in Lower Canada will be exhausted, so far as a practical supply is con- cerned, much sooner than most people think. It is a fact nut known to the average reader that the supply of hemlock in the Eastern Townships, of Canada East, so-called, is prac- tically exhausted. Notwithstanding the im- mense hemlock forests which existed there twenty-five years ago, the ruthless hand of the destroyer has levelled those great hemlock for- ests. Very little of the lumber was marketed at the time the bark was peeled, as it would not pay the transportation bills. Hence, mil. lions upon millions of hemlock logs have rotted on the ground in Canada during the past twenty- five years, Twenty-five years ago Mr, Cutting, of Win- chester, brought in the first- carloads of conse- quence from the Eastern Townships into Mas- sachusetts. At that time he only paid $1.50 to $2 per cord for bark peeled, dried and hauled to the line of the railroads in Canada, This was a very low figure, and afforded the buyer more profit to the carload then than can be made from half a dozen carloads now. It seemed at that time as though the hemlock for- ests of that part of Canada could never be ex- hausted, but to-day the great tanneries erected there twenty years ago are idle and are rotting down, merely because a supply of bark cannot be procured. When the great tanning firm of F. Shaw & Co., established its tannery at Waterloo, Ont., they bought thousands of cords of bark de- livered at their tannery at $1.25 to $1.50 per cord. This, of course, gave them a great ad- vantage over those tanneries operated at a great distance from the base of hemlock supplies, but that advantage is fast waning, and but a limit- ed number of tanneries can be run in Canada at the present time. Even the great hemlock extract companies, which were located in the heart of the hemlock districts, have been closed, with the single exception af Upton. Never was a great hemlock foraet fooled away at no profit to any one as was the case in the Kastern Town- ships of Canada. The French habitant who felled his hemlock trees, who peeled his bark, who piled it to dry, and who the subsequent winter hauled it to the railroad, getting only $1.25 to $1.50 per cord, did not realize twenty- five cents per day for his own labor, The supply of available hemlock is so small at present that the subject is really one of startling importance, both to tanners and own- ers of hemlock lands, A thorough investiga- tion of the subject is necessary and important. The area of hemlock lands was never nearly so large as that of spruce or pine, and bark is an article which can only be transported by teams or railroad. It cannot be marketed as ordinary logs can, by rivers and streams, Par SS Se Se ee THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Aseful Hnformation. | Hor arr, drawn over steam pipes that are heated by exhaust or live steam and then blown through pipes to various points where it escapes, is a satisfactory method of heating shops. Tr is argued that pulp can be used as a sub- stitute for lumber in articles now made exclusi- vely of wood. By mixing the pulp with clays, steatite, asbestos, plumbago and mica, sub- -stences of every possible color and compactness may be produced, TuE Chronique Industrielle gives the follow- ing recipe for a paste that will remove the rust and not scratch the finest polished surface: - Cyanide of potassium, 15 grams; soap, 15 grams; chalk (blanc de Meudon), 30 grams; water, sufficient to make a thick paste. Accorpine to the Moniteur Industrielle, oa mixture of oil and prapbite will effectually prevent screws becoming fixed, and, moreover, protect them for years against rust. The mixture facilitates tightening up, is an excellent lubricant and reduces the friction of the screw in its socket, Fo.Lowine is a comparative statement of the toughness of various woods: Ash, 100; beech, 85; cedar of Lebanon, 84; larch, 83; sycamore and common walnut, each, 68: Occidental plane, 66 ; oak, hornbeam and Spanish mahog- any, each, 62; teak and acacia, each, 58; elm and young chestnut, 52. THE soundness of lumber may be ascertained by placing the ear close to one end of the log, while another person delivers a succession of smart blows with a hammer or mallet upon the opposite end, when a continuance of the vibra- tion will indicate to an experienced ear even the degree of soundness. If only a dull thud meets the ear, the listener may be certain that un- soundness exists. Removine FuRNITURE Bruiszes.—Wet the part with warm water ; double a piece of brown paper five or six times, soak it and lay it on the place; apply on that a hot flat-iron till the moisture is evaporated. If the bruise be not gone, repeat the process. After two or three applications, the dent or bruise will be raised level with the surface. Keep it continually wet, and in a few minutes the bruise will disap- pear. WHEN ao band saw has been dressed for the silver solder, take a clean piece of borax, wet it and rub on the parts of the saw to be joined. Then pulverize a little of the borax and sprinkle on the solder, first wetting the same; place this between the ends of the saw and sprinklea little borax on top of the saw. Now heat the tongs to cherry red and clamp them on the saw for one minute; then pour on a little water and take the tongs off. DyNAMITE FOR Pitz-Drivinc.—An Engineer of Pesth, Mr. Pradanovic, has lately used dyna- mite for driving piles, A circular castiron plate 15 inches in diameter and 3% inches thick is fixed on the pile tobe driven in a perfectly horizontal position. A dynamite cartridge made in the form of a disk 6 inches in diameter and % of an inch thick and containing 17} ounces of dynemite is placed upon the cast iron plate and exploded by electricity. It is stated that the depth to which the pile is driven by each explosion is equal to five blows of an ordinary pile engine weighing 147 Vienna cwt. falling 9 feet 10 inches. A cast iron plate on an average resists 25 explosions. Aneminent German physician recommends for the extinguishment of fires in closed places where the use of water or other liquids would be likely to do great damage, a dry compound, which, by its burning, absorbs the oxygen and quickly renders combustion impossible, The compound is composed of powdered nitrate of potash (saltpetre), 59 parts; powdered sulphure 26 parte ; powdered charcoal, 4 parts ; colcotha, (brown-red oxide of iron), 1 part. This prepara- tion is one that can be cheaply made. It ie re- commended that it shall be, when thoroughly dried and mixed, put up in tight pastboard boxes, holding about five pounds each, with a quick fose in the side of the box—protruding #ix inches, with four inches inside—to facilitate and insure lighting it, THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER. Power in various forms, and multiplying os the years increase, has elways existed, and been used by mankind. History, however, brings us very few facts along the line of mechanics, and it is therefore difficult to say when, how or where, any special form of power or method of transmission originated—at least, this statement is entirely true, if the last two centuries be not taken into account, In his excellent work on ‘‘Hydrauilics and Mechanics” Sir Thomas Ewbank remarks, “Tradition has scarcely preserved a single anecdote or circumstance relating to those meritorious men with whom any of the useful arts originated: thus nearly all knowledge of those to whom the world is under the highest obligations, has perished forever.” Probably the earliest power used—outside and apart from human and animal physical strength—was the power of the wind, followed, probably, very closely by the use of water power; and these four powers : human strength, animal strength, wind-force and water-weight, were humanity's powers for over fifty-seven centuries of this world’s history. In the ap- plication of these powers, for practical, useful, or necessary purposes, transmission of power began, and from the very crudest beginnings, by slow processes of development, slong the line of necessity, came the lever, the inclined plane, the wedge, the screw, the wheel and axle and the pulley, all in their place, and by a proper application and utilization of their advantages, becoming means for the transmis— sion of power. Let me be clearly understood here. I mean just what I say. The lever, &c., have been called from “Times dim morning” mechanical powers; but having no inherent strength or power, are they not (and can they ever be any- thing else, either separate orin combination) means for the transmission of force, or power in motion ? Ganot defines ‘“‘power” to be that force which acts to produce motion. Power in motion, therefore, implies the use of means, or matter, and as a consequence, results, and I think we are safe in assuming every construction or machine, and every use of the lever, pulley, wheel and axel, wedge, &c,, to be a means for the transmission of power; and whether the machine be of such a construction, (the Webb printing press for instance), as to contain with- in itself a combination, to a great extent, of all the mechanical forces, or a simple paddle in the hands of a conoeist, the fact remains the same, that the material made use of is a means for the transmission of power, And however varied the results may be, caused by the combination of these forces in the mechanical construction made use of it, the fact remains that in all these forms, the true purpose and aim of the users in the varied combinations is the transmission of power. With the introduction of steam, about the year 1768, a new power was added, and as a result the means and constructions for the transmission of power have been broadened and widened, still along the line of the mechanical forces, however, until the methods and com: binations for the transmission. of power have been multiplied to such an extent that volumes might be written, if one desired to go into details along the lines used, In the transmission of power, from the motor —or power producer—in connection with the manufacturing industries of the world, during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and the greater portion of the nineteenth centuries, gearing was used almost exclusively; and many of our present engineers can remember the time when it would be considered heretical (in a mechanic- all sonse) to even suggest the propriety of driving a line of shafting, or the machinery connected therewith, by any other means than gearing. Younger generations, however, not bound by the prejudice that entrammelled their fathers, nor hindered by the wisdom (?) of school-made “mechanical engineers,” pushed by keener competition into developing the most available out of all their regources, have not hesitated to experiment slong new lines, to compare the new with the old, and toadopt the better. As a result of this investigation and comparison by practical men, instead >f noisy gearing for the transmission of power, belting and pulleys are 11 now used almost exclusively, and latterly, in a few instances, sheave pulleys and an endlees rope. Gradually, within the last few years, another power—electricity—is coming on to the ecene. As yet being used, partially, as a meane of transmitting power, and more particularly ae light producer, and not being eelf-productive, nevertheless, the indications are, that before many decades shall have passed, by the perfect- ing of the means of producing, controlling and conveying electricity, radical changes will be made in many of the important methode of transmitting power.—L. A. Morrison, in Do- minion M. & M. News. UPPER OTTAWA IMPROVEMENT COMPANY’S OPERATIONS. The Upper Ottawa Improvement Company was incorporated in the year 1868, for the pur- pose of acquiring and constructing improve- ments on the O’tawa River to facilitate the transmission of timber and logs from the Des Joa. hims Rapida to Ottawa. The company proceeeded to purchase and construct booms at Fort William, Des Joachims, Allumette, Melons, Chenail, Lapasse and Onio, and also between the head of Dechenes Rapids and Ottawa and at the outlet of the Hull slide. The psid up capital stock of the company is $108,000, and the present directors are Messrs, Hiram Robineon, E. B. Eddy, E. H. Bronson, C. B. Powell and James Gordon. Mr. Robin- son is President of the company, Mr. J. R. Booth, Treasurer, and Alderman G. B. Greene, Secretary. The works built and acquired by the company have been enlarged and improved from time to time as the necessities of the lumber trade required. For the use of their booms between 1868 and 1876 the company charged tolls upon logs and timber. In the last mentioned year additional powers were obtain- ed, by special Act of Parliament, to enable the company to handle and assort for the owners all logs passing down the Ottawa from Des J oachims, and for this service a special rats is charged tocover expenses. The Coenaux boom in Chats Lake was built by the Dominion Government, but is operated and kept in repair by the company—with the exception of the boat and raft trip—the Government allowing the company a percentege of the tolls collected at this boom. The lumbering community find the company’s work of great utility and benefit, the cost of bringing logs and timber down the Ottawa having been reduced about fifty percent, since 1876, when the company undertook the handling of loose logs on the river. Rafts and cribs of square timber do not pass through the company’s booms. Between the different works, on the navigable stretches, the booms of logs are towed by steamers, the use of a boom being to collect and retain logs which come over rapida singly, the practice being to tow the logs in booms to the head of arapid and allow them to drift over—to bs collected below and towed to the next rapid. All the towing from Des Joachims to the head of the Chats Falls is done by the steamers of the Upper Ottawa Towing Company, seven steamers and tugs being em- ployed in this service. From Onio to Ottawa the towing for the north side is done by the steamer Chaudiere, owned by Captain Goulet, and on the south side by the steamer Monitor, the property of the Upper Ottawa Steamboat Company. During the season of 1885, the number of pieces passing the Onio hoom was 2,362,361, and it is estimated that 2,750,000 logs, yielding 392,857,000 feet of sawn lumber will be handled by the company during the present season. During the summer season the com- pany employ between three hnndred and four hundred men,— Otiawa Free Press. A RAILWAY-TIE NURSERY. Hon, R,. W. Phipps, Forestry Commissioner for Ontario, has been for several months devot- ing his time to visiting the principal fruit trees, nurseries, and estates, wkere attention is given to arboriculture for timber and fuel. Ina recent letter from southern Kansas to the Toronto Giobe he writes : “One railway board here, knowing that the growing of trees when set about in earnest:is neither a slow nor difficult task, have establish. ed in Kansas the largest artificial plantation of forest trees in North America. These reilway gentlemen themeelves gave out the contract for planting over & square mile of land with young saplings of the catalpa and silentus, and their president, observing the success of their experi- ment, and impressed with the probable excel- lent financiel resulte, bae bad planted at bis own expense a6 4 speculation ae much more, These are situated near the little town of Far- lingtown, Kan. These planations, now bare of leaves, stretch far over the undulating prairie in full view of the town. The different sections have been planted, it appears, respectively two, four, and six yeare ago. About one-fourth is planted with the silantus, the reet with the catalpa, aud a few—perhaps 1000 trees— of white ash. Those firet planted are now about 25 feet in beizht, the last about 12. Some of the taller are seven inches through the stem, The firet seedlings were brought from Ilinois by the carload, the rest grown in seed beds here,® There are in sll about 3,000,000 of trees in full] growing vigor on these plantations, thie calen- lation leaving out a few on some small portions of poor land which are not flourishing so well, but will be good trees in time. All were plant- ed four feet apart each way to shade the ground, but eight feet is the ultimate intention, which will allow three-fourths of the trees to be cut out, & thing which can well be done when they are fit for fence posts, say seven to nine inches through, or if required, they can stay even longer without injuring the plantstion. When rather larger it is expected the trees will make excellent railway ties, and at their fuller growth of 15 or 20 years they will supply very valuable timber for cabinet work and house building, Those who have only eeen the original forest, with its trees growing at haphezard here and there, little ones and big, have but # very vague idea of the large amount of wood the closely planted grove can spare in their process of growth. This process, partly natural, is also by the art of the planter rendered partly mechanical, Extensive mastes of young trees planted in this manner are restricted to but one method of advancement—the endeavor to throw out masses of leaves to the light and air of the upper surface. The lower branches, hidden in shade, rapidly die and fall to the ground, and the plantation becomes a multitude of long, straight eteme, full of life and vigor, bat only spreading into branch and foliage at the sum- mit. Ifa tree in youth be crooked it straight- ens itself, if thus surrounded, as it advances in. height. One acre so growing will give of wood}, which is all the better taken, quite a swmber of cords yearly till all the superfluous trees are gone. On each acre here there are 2000 more trees planted than will ultimately be allowed to attain full growth. There will be left perhaps 900,000 to come to maturity, and as these, as well as being very useful timber, are fast-grow- ing trees, the profits seem likely to be very large.” ——_—_— SESE NEW BRUNSWICK LUMBER TRADE. A considerable quantity of lumber is being hald at Miramichi ports for higher prices, Ac- cording to a correspondent at Newcastle, N. B. it is believed that the amount shipped to Europe this season will not exceed seventy million feet, as compared with 117,149,108 and 87 millions in 1882, 3, 4 and 5 respectively, Following are the quantities rafted at the South West boom in these years :—’82, 77,740,241 ft.> '83, 71,194,651 ft. ; °84, 37,049, 643 ft.; °85, 37,282, - 825 ft.; 86, 30,806,383 ft. Charters have rang- ed from 40 to 45 shillings per standard this year. Snowball’s deals have been shipped up to date in 34 sailing vesssls. No steamers hare been employed this season. Most of the deals forwarded have been to ports in France and on the Mediterranean. Nearly all the deals cut: by Richards & Hickson at Newcastle are piled! up on their wharf, and Burchill, of Nelson, haa: only sbipped two cargoes this summer. Searce- ly any move has heen made by operators as to: next winter’s work and those spoken to seemed to be greatly discouraged over the continued depression in the European markets and the prospect of no decrease in the government. stumpage tax. LrisHMan & Perry, saw mill operators, Bracebridge, Ont., are succeeded by Leishman & Co. WANTED. The publisher of the CANADA LUMBERMAN desires thoroughly reliable and competent corresponde the following named places :— Ottawa, Ontario. Kingston, Ontario. Quebec City, Quebec. St. John, New Brunswick. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Victoria, British Columbia. The duty of each correspondent will be to give a review of his local market for the month preceding the date of issue, and the ruling quotations for different kinds of lumber, &c, For terms and any mation, address A, G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Market Leports. MONTREAL LUMBER MAREET. Monrreat, Oct. 25.—During the month of October, our lumber merchants here have ex- perienced » good trade, the early portiun of it showing the greatest activity, and the amount of stock disposed of was very large, prices generally showing good profits. The provincial elections which took place in the middle of the month interfered somewhat with the wholesale business, as these events generally mio1opolise a goodly portion of the time of country contrac- tors and buyers, but the retail movement at the yards for city trade remained eminently satis- factory, a8 was also the case with carloads, This last week has shown a resumption of the _ TORONTO. 478. 6d ; Quebec to Greenock, timber, 18s, deale Selected....++0-c-scscestererseresesenee Ob 00@20 00 The following are the ruling quotations in this | 403. ; Quebec to Clyde, timber 183. Mil run, 1&1} in, strips ........ ie 00@21 00 t nts at| city at present :— Owing to the continued rains the rivers on | Selected. . BRAT A 8,’ 520.5. 0059 32 00@24 00 ped aa sa iselap ne $10 00} the South shore have at last risen sufficiently to pte rp ime apboards.........-sses 3 soaae = cies, |i aC MEARE Rete ce sae Be estas nase aaa run the logs, and in consequence Mesers. Brialley pi XXX, 18 in. pine........++-+ -- 8 65@ 380 NU ac scat ota eaten and Halls have secured the greater portion of pan ig Opa srerereeceseerene 2 BOD & OO u Fee ATW One ain j } ‘ 5s NOM st habe lehen Se ee “ “ a Nemes ania n te create NGI is 09 | their cut. Mr. Breakey’s mills now will be ran} , 7 es sie ot tneoee nite or caret -. 160@1 80 Os “ Be Spo evaaiatass noioip etetate a6 4 on full time to the end of the season ; he expects | Basswood, Ist & 2ad, Lye Uy ine, 2222227 = pasos = “ “ BT: a8 a9 | b0 cut 1,300 to 1,400 logs per day. It is also re- vicina oe hearer coer 11 00@12 00 i fs fe BREE ca enenr creates 19 00 ported that the Montmorency Milla will again | Lath, bE FEA ME. Ga 4 50g 0 oo “ “ PN ee eR ON: 0) | commence sawing night and day until end of | Shingles, lst, @M .... «.....0 peenere is 2 00@ 3 00 ie phd MERE ad "95" 50@22 50| senson. Their cut will be about 3,000 logs a day. Sy A eee 7 oeees a ice rp A cab inant a a A considerable proportion of Mr, Brezkey’s logs Long Merle, per cord....+...« vaceereese oG 6 00@6°50 i i ( . ng Bire ce 6 00 Cutting up planks to dry AOR en tt 1180 dias a0 A sak Sy | eae Seesseat 6 ous other infor-} ound dressing stocks. . Bi ole eis eas NV als rf) Sa —__+—__ eke Am, inspection...... nL varsasiaelsaisbiee 30 00 MIRAMICHI. ALBANY. ree uppers, Am, inspection......+.++. 85 00@40 00} ~ A travellin dent of the Saint Joh x P B. M. ELAN COFREEDOR ent of the Saint John| The Albany Argus, inspeakingofthe lumber _ jones flooring, Alroased ARE apaoHasaGA 25 00@30 00 | Sun, writing from Newcastle, N. B., furnishes | market ut that point, says: “It isvery apparent it is 4 Araeaon isle ae nha ahve a eoR oP the following interesting particulars of the Mir-| even to the most casual observer, that the trade i undressed. ..s.sesecreeev onan "14 00 | amichi trade from which we gather that a con-| as a whole, exhibits i 4 is ne desma Ho Taine Saree HE a siderable quantity of lumber is being beld for} thy lear fer aby Beket dee Liapboraing: reed acc ciscucc/ingeenaia nipiaaeatianeenwbanyale ti te bamiideaetel a sawn shingles, @M..++++.+.-+0+e00e 2 75@ 2 90 2 4 :000,-] proved condition of things, are beginning to CE iig Md P47 PER BEe aaa nunobonoauoudh necceaspuasad 9 951000 ft, That this will be a limited export com-| acknowledge that the trade is shaping itself Si 9. i ABN Aang pared with recent seasons the following figures | more in conformity to the desircs of the seller, Se ee. ccd Meee. ab neni ae mee and thet present indicates’ White adh 2aj,aeecuysceuanmer ab wes, 25 00@30 00 | Leo2 Shipments. ...--+-er+-- 117,000,000 feet. | proved market in the near future, The ve y Binck ast Ge mare ccoet octets st ienes 20 00@25 00}1883 “8 eee ee eee eevee 149,000,000 ‘* | fair condition in which the trade stands, to-day, ABBA: 4 Sivan toate teers o1- 108,000,000 ‘* | is tovevident to be denied. Very many large OTTAWA. 1885 wr St iyslaeos tere 87,000.000 ‘ | orders bave been sold during the past two weeks | 1886 (probable) shipments... . 70,000,000 ‘“f A corresponding decrease is shuwn in the number of feet rafted at the S.uth-west hoom during those years, viz : 77,740,000 [t. in 1882; 71,194,000 ft. in 1883; 37,049,000 ft, in 1884 ; 37,282,000 ft, in 1885, and 30,806,000 ft. in 1886, Charters have ranged from $9.60 to $10 80 per standard this year. No steamers bave been en- and buyers are making their appearance every | day. They come not only to look around, but to purchase, an, asaru'e, the seles made are at the terms of the seller rather than at those of the buyer. In fact, it is the common talk in the ) Concerning the lumber trade of the Ottawa district, the Mree Press of that city ha» the following:—Much comment has been indulged in on account of the large number of lumber- men who have been sent up to the shanties this fall, and an extraordinary cut of timber has been predicted for next season, This sup- position, however, bas no basis in fact, A dis:rict of dealers refusing to budge from quoted figures, even in prospective large orders, The difticulty of getting boatestill continues tosuch an activity in the wholesale, and dealers are busy | much larger number of men have been sent up | 8a8ed this season. Snowball’s deals have been | extent that it is likely to become em ing.” bringing down large quantities: for the winter | from Ottawa this fall, it is true, but the aggre- shipped up to date in four sailing vessels. Most] Pine, clear, @ M...++-----eeeeeeee ress -+ S05 00@60 09 trade. Stocks, generally speaking, in Montreal | gate number of men who have been despatched of the deals forwarded have been to ports in Sg ee ste ne te ceeneeeneeeeeneees . 4 00@57 4 are heavy, and competition is keen in all grades. | to the shanties is not much if any in excers of France and on the Mediterranean. Nearly all| Pine, good bOx:.-++-;+++-sssesneeereanee 22 OO@3S 00 The mills on the Ottawa have pretty well dis-} he number sent up last year. The cause of those cut by Richards & Hickson, at Newcastle, sy mrecinge ma ails o } 4 00@15 4 posed of this seasons cut, and some will be} this misconception is attuibutable to the fact | fe piled up on their wharf, and Burchill, of Pine, 10-in, plank, culls, each..+.... «es. 00 25q00 20 stopping very soon. that the mill owners have developed a tendency | Nelson, hes only shipped two cargoes this sum- sae epragy Ge sim “ab seente = — 4 Dimension timber is very brisk here, the}to cut their own logs instead of having them | ™er- Scarcely any move has been made by Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., @ M.....1..1. 28 00@32 00 Canadian Pacific Railway requirmg about af cut by contract. Consequently the shantymen | °Perators as to next winter’s work, and those can sae mae; Pri tte eeeeeeeneeees _ 00@30 = mullion and a half for their trestlework on the} are engaged and sent up by the mill owners spoken to seemed to ke discouraged over the Pine, 1 in. siding, select. .....+..0++e+- 40 00@43 00 south side of the new St. Lawrence bridge. The } instead of by the contractors as formerly, with continued depression in the European market Som Peter ghey tthe weeeeeree 4 piace - greater part of this timber is being cut by firms} the result that the men must be engaged at the and the prospect of no decrease in the Govern- | Pine, inch siding, common...- “INIT 13 00@15 0p here, and the material is good, as in all proba-| mills aud thus all start from Ottawa, instead of | ment stumpage tax. Habe Oe ibaa, st eeeee teen eeeeeee 00@00 in bility this trestlework will be permanent, The} going from different parts of the country as was Fey ae Spruce, plank, 2-in., each. SID TID 00 00@oo 20 milla in the west are all busy getting out stuff | the case when they were engaged by the con- pata a Se ee wre Mabie piers o cone - for the Canadian Pacific for their Smith’s} tractors, It will thus be readily seen that We BrP having = good demand for local use, | Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each... “7. 00 00@00 > Falls and Montreal line. although ® much larger number go from Ottawa while shipping trade is fair. Prices are firm as Hemlock, rail ates a ; 00 oan a Oak has been in good demand, both for export | than formeily still the actual number sent up 18 quoted. Bennett Bros., who erli Dan McCoy’s Black walnut, good, @ M....... .. 100 @120 =) ‘and local consumption ; 3rd and 4th deals hive f not necessarily increased. Some of the lumber | #24 L. S. Baker's Big Rapids amber in Obio ee briny foe P m4 00290 00 . also had good good enquiry, but higher grades | firms, however,coatemplate making heavier cuts and Tadiana, report some very large sales, and | scaymore, 1-inch,... 1 38 oogso o have not been as brisk, Among the many new] this year thao for some years past, notably that trade is good in that country. Seay nine) Finck aan = 00@23 4 buildings in course of erection in this city, is af Messre, Grear & Co, The mills owned by this Leto ar a igik pate ASL SERE me . White wood, §-inch.. 98 Sosseo 00 large freight shed for the Grand Truik railway.] firm were purchased from the Young estute 3 &4in : UII, 60 00 res ante din ry - a oo The new station for this company will be com- about a year ago. For ten years they have not Beteoey mt Sti Pelee Race 4 “4 Cherry, good, @ M... . 60 0O@S5 00 menced very soon, but owing to the lateness ol f had a {ull supply of logs and the firm have | Fine vorhmon; ixt prt ee ae a epee a 2 the season, not much more than the demolition } determined to make an alteration in this shee ee ee Ebaagath shot one 236 = i Oak’ second quality, # M a) come on. of part of the old one, and otherwise preparing f respect, Messrs. Bronson & Weston are said | 5x4, 6x4 & Sx4.........0..00-see0sseesesess 25 00 relat tvceeate ¢ 6 00@30 00 | for the reception of material will be done thie? to have a large number of logs on hand and it ai oa SE ere Bead et Rs ae rs Maple, Canada, e Mo... . ss sssesecsccs. 28 00@80 00 year, It has been decided to build the station fis reported that they may probably not cut so No. 1 fencing. ....s.0seeetee tresses seeeees 16 50 ele Fa per M..... SAPhP aE eA A 00@28 ro on piles, about 2,500 of which will be required j heavily this season in consequence, It is cal- ae BE co's spp ght epsinn ssi $8 oy. 8 SIR i¢ ns Shingles, shaved, pine, @M...... riz 96 00@ 6 50 for the work, and thése will have to be in readi-} culated that Mr. J. R. Booth will have about OETA TAF oR: RRCe TE Wee ties ae : 30a 1 oe ness for the first thing in the spring. 150,000 logs on hand after the mills shut down, . 0 00@ 3 00 The export movement still keeps up, and} co open the next season with, This quantity | Ceiling, select common .......++.+++++eerseee* 25 00 A roe 4 ‘about half a dozen vessels have yet to be dis-} will probably keep the mills working for one Ceiling, Tees J i acne pak pages LS Eee = 24 ~ 2 25@ 2 37 patched to South America and the United{ month or six weeks in the early part of next Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, No Tit. oc ben eee: GE aloo een 9 MA ae oo: o Kingdom with lumber freight. In connection } spring. Animmense number of logs, however, Oe eae ~~ ‘ Rr SRaee SSE SED REP ESS rear ‘ ns : , : dig ae Micki. i“ ‘ with this, the value of the exports of lumber J of last winter’s cut are being transferred by the | Ship Oullae 2ce.ke AL IG RRS AR TREIS eee. & ORDO NEW YORK CITY. from Canada to date are nearly a million dollars firm’s railroad from Lake Nipissing to the a a ale gi ae id Fa 30 Trade inthis city dust i in excess of the corresponding period of last Mattawa waters and these will be ready to 12. to IO LUTE MER Ree Cer eh ane estan RSC ke 11 00 le in t is city during the past month, bas, year. The exports to date embrace 3,070,483} come down the Ottawa next spring and renew 18 tO 20 ft. ....sscseseeerescne seasereeenees 12 00 according to our exchanges been quite satisfac- * : : 2 D2 to 24 FE. ccc cccnnnnnscecvensesssgenscner= 13 00 tory On some lines, particular] th pieces deals, deal ends, boards and battens to] the supply which will have been left over dur- DE RGSS POs Mate een OSS STS sy cents 14 00 = seal tind ea ae Europe, and 17,763,015 feet of lamber to South J ing the winter. AvSoll BOO nen have best want 30 to 34 ft, sss secsseeeerseenessneesnaeeeees 16 00 | receipts have been liberal. Trade in white pine 5 ‘ . Shingles, clear, 18 in, EX. .......ees sere ere ee eee 3 25] continues good. Yard business is good, F America. ! up to Mr, Bocth’s shanties this fall and a large 10 in, clear, 18iM. 6... see cess eeeeee eee ese es 2 30 b i c *% The following are the quo’ ations at the} cut of timber will be made in the Lake Nipis- 6 in, clear, 18 in.. nse bevevecsensscnseerseues 2 00 expert the movement, while not as animated as ; iar Pp Gin stocks clear, EX......00:eseeseseeeeenes 4 0C | thatexperienced during the correspondinp iod “yards :— sing district, where Mr, Booth’s limits are Bin. EHS) MRPR RESO L EN fates Nines snennneies 4 80 S. previnee yous ieee fair s oe ; i Tee tee acre $00 00@40 00 } gi : th, per MpOd...cseseseeeeessaseesenecseneeee 2 50 r 5 been . The mar piney aet REE ach al Lina Mai Goad op situated. On the whole next season will bea al Add for S. lor2S.$18M] ¢, Il ine has changed bat little. Pine, shipping culls, ® M.......++. +++ 14 00@16 00} tolerably brisk one for the lumber trade, but —_—_-—__—_ or yellow pine a8 Cl Spruce ; | OSWEGO, N.Y. has been moving rather lively. ,8M Ash, run of log culls out, @M...... ---- Bass, se Sat aR NE Oak, @ M...cseceseeeebeseveree eres eens Walnut BM ......cee reece cette tence +Cherry, BM. ..sesvereeee sevesseeees oe Butternut, BM.......ceeeee rere et ereees cesee se bee Birch, BM....eescescerseceeeceeees ehavsibss Hard Maple, % M.....eseeeeeseeee sores Lath, # M......66. Reng te seats 0 Randntee Shingles, 1sb, #” M......++ isin piuinfe he pprielay Shingles, 2nd, # M.....-.ss++* Geeta 10 00@12 00 8 V0@10 00 10 00@13 00 judging from present appearances not much out of the ordinary line. The wholesale market developed but few ns tures of moment. Trade both for domestic and From Our Own Correspondent. Three Uppers...cssecreerseesseeeeeerees $46 00@47 00 pouardes Picking,.....eeceeeeees eeeeereecereeres pomoeen en QUEBEC. Cutting up sity an SE foreign account continues fair and the general = INE COMMON... seer sere teeteveneecere y ~ steadi a - 2 é on@sd ia Four hu..dred and fifty eight seagoing vessels | Common .....+-+reseeeeseereseseseesees sae Ss one of a inen Shh ae 80 00 100 00) hive entered at the custom house since the open- Sate St, SER PERROR ET S wx Conue coeen openent showing © hardening ¢ 35 00@40 00} ; fill run tots - ‘ Buciness at the yards has been fully up to 30 00@26 00 | 128 of navigation and 413 have cleared ; 1836 Sidings, selected, Lim... . seen eee ee eens sean Wid ae ai 5 25 00@30 00} m.rket steamers and echoouers have also arrived. | yi cd eae ee ape ed pean site © preceeding few 1 50@ 0 00} pig following export freight transactions are pa ets a a YEE 24 ooer6 00 of the yards reported a slight falling in 200@ 3:00 Shippers. .....s.see- ‘srs7st"""""""" 74 O9@16 00 | with them but the increase at cther points 2 50@ 0 00] reported : Quebec to Leith, timber, 208, deals | yi) run, 1}X10,.....cereeeeeeeeseseneee 16 00@17 00! than made up for the pen ore His Ae DS oo aa prices, no change was recorded, the market tuling steady intone. Freights have undergone little or no change during the week, Tho weak- er feeling at the Gulf noticed iu our last cox - tinues, but aside from this the tone of tbe market is one of steadiness, Tne shipments of lumber from the port of New York during the week aggregated $32,291. This shows a decrease from the two preceeding weeks, the total valua- tion being $49,305 for week ending October 12, and $68,424 for October 5,—Lumber Oct. 20th. ——q___—_ CHICAGO. Recent advices from this port show that there has been a drop in the prices of green stuff of 25 cents per thousand, cargo lots, The drop is the result of the extra time the stuff must be kept is stock before it is fit for market, Deal- ers will not speculate in green piece stuff to any extent ot this season of the year. It is generally believed that the true policy would be to buy freely now as it is not probable thata better chance will offer. Some appear to think that the drop isa sharp piece of acting on the part of commission men, with the object of ) shaking the position of mill men. Much lum- ber by cargo is selling rapidly at firm prices. The offerings of piece stuff have been heavy. Local trade has been heavy and shows a steady increase. Prices continue steady and un- changed, aad the prospects are that present figures will hold good for come time. } Dimension, short sreeN..............06. $ 9 50@ 9 75 i Boards and strips, No, 2,.....+....+...- 11 00@12 00 1 Selected........ Bemis tetess seine tess 20 00 26 00 Boards and strips, No. 1...,...-- ...... 16 00 19 00 Shingles, standard....... Bilsecudeseveea ati JO" 1:90 Shingles, extra........ sabsisteyainyeia/aistalo] saints 195 210 Shingles, cedar, standard............... 170 180 Shingles, cedar, Xtra...s0..cscccccscecs 195 210 RACH PRECUIE se see se is clless octet oes cecs 1 35 SegRL a yore atel atc istaleie oia.c'<\cle s)<2j00 005 B00n 1 50 RECEIPTS. Lumber. Shingles. TS8G. cpa tiennic es Cecescce 54,985,000 18,667,000 TSSDsteaeitatce cde vewicaccse + --- 45,813,000 37,682,000 FROM JAN. 1, To OCT. 21, INCLUSIVE. | ‘ RECEIPTS. ; Lumber. Shingles. 1886... .seeeeeeeeees-eee+- 1,379,842,000 680,781,000 1885..+2++.-+++0-++2++.-.- 1,416,898,000 632,170,000 DGCtedue.gey dpb ssepanesss 37,056,000 ees 6 Sade SS SIEBER S DEEPA . 48,611,000 STOCK ON HAND ocr. 1. Lumber & timber.............02.205 « «ees» 570,097,461 NhiniplpsPe een tensa cocccereckccce., 416,309;618 3 Fans ode Dore. 44,423,562 i 1,636,113 272,357 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. Eo DEW, MOE, sadn sets «a 7 oS0eHosedcapEranerode 25e. MDDEIASIE woe Sola a\s ay.n\aic.es 4 o\o(els\aajooicias CAG 300 30c. PU AA CM ecacacciensiassseccsecconss ALere -23¢. Baltimore.......... oe Cvcenscecses © Gptooobes 22¢. DN BEENTIC LAST ain'c.0)satelonic.c es cieidicsssescives nha otaors 22c. PAIGE eee s «asia Lain\c. 6p «.0:ais0iscyeuss 6 FOCKIDACAOEE 24c, RUY: caters «e pettedmiinls dint daiols cid'siaiejsicia ceiie ae pemaeilCn Buffalo and Pittsburgh......060 csecscccsceeeses 15¢ SEMEN Ee Urclelsisia=a eid e[pewioee(s¢e'o fs so ajsa0 dives 24e. Wheeling........ CES DOBEIC CORDS DEBS aS SHAG oR 15e, BH peTMIATS IN EE. dep sion device's ste ssccadesece capes lst Salamanca.......s00. Se eeecvesecsoreces Oevceeens 15c. eR a aIaE 6. cial Ase Wee cis scl w'ojeis's'eewes ss lie Dunkirk ....... Sade ocpeianme ivisalccio sees cae se 15¢ BMCiges castles Masiedigaicie’d Sasscecccue So 00 cose Loc, Toronto........ etigiseal a's elcie Pwid'as'a'sie eis'sie 2 Can topo lic. LAKE FREIGHTS. From Muskegon,green............ see 1 62} MPU WAMBCHAAD dec, ce ov tos cussed ds fe. « 1 623 MERON SMUUPEOW s sicice oavss,.c0 0s ve aic's cases 175 UE EMER crip side ccjce's cveiccececcies 1 374@1 874 From Menominee, dry..........+.++..0- 2 00 From Menominee, green...........0+05 2 00 From Cheboyan ..............+.» Wwinside Saisie 2 00 From Bay City,..........0+. - 3 00 From Oscoda, dry...... aaeive cis te pe asus 275 WROUU MONA, OLY cous ccc cses occcccsccesn 2 50 ———_>—__— PHILADELPHIA. Reports from Philadelphia are unusually en- couraging. Trade is brightening up, and the j * dullness of the market” which has been the ery for the last year or two, has been turned to a different tune. In the local market the distri- bution is heavy and prices are firm, The de- mand from cer buildera and railroads is still heavy, The chipyarde are all busy and are _ drawing from the stocke, All the mills in the city are busy and have orders ahead, The receipte of white pine are now up to the ity of the yards. Spruce, hemlock and inch pine are in active demand, Ata meeting THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. of the Board of T'rade of the Lumber Exchange, Philadelphia, & committee on arrangements for the excursion to the lumber regions was ap- pointed. The Pennsylvania Railroad have placed at the service of the Lumber Exchange & special train, free of cost, which will leave Philadelphia October 27th, at 11.30 a. m., for Williamsport, thence to Lock Haven, Tyrone and other places, returning to Philadelphia October 29th. The party will receive every attention at the several places by the represen- tatives of the lumber trade, Valuable receults aie expected to accrue to the lumber trade of Philadelphia from this trip, as it will tend to place the business upon a sounder basis and slide much of the trouble experienced trom imperfect classification and the like, The ex- chauge has been greatly interested in this vital subject ; each hour spent upon it will give a vsluable return, as everything which tends to simplify the buriness, or make it more secure, is a reduction ia the cost of doing the work, and accrued directly to both parties of the transaction, SE —— BOSTON. Regorts from Bostor mills are by no means satisfactory. Scarcity of water power seems to be the principal cause of the dullness of trade. This has had the effest of putting up the prices on all classes, except boards, from 60c, to $1 per 1000. In western pine the market is only fairly active, but in southern stock there has been free arrivals of late. There is an active demand for spruce lumber. There is a fair call for shin” gles, clapboards, laths, cherry, &c. The lumber surveyed in Boston for the week ending October 21, was as follows: 405,795 feet pine ; 1,263,551 feet spruce ; 54,935 feet hemlock’; 396,816 feet Southern pine floor boards ; 46,415 feet Southern pine timber and plank ; 150,366 feet white wood; 141,208 feet black walnut ; 128,695 feet hardwood. ‘Total, 2,587,781 feet, —___@_ BAY CITY. Trade in the market is not overly active, there being a boom in nothing but prices, which have risen considerably. The advance in freight rates to Buffalo and Cleveland has had a tend- ency to check the movement of lumber, and as a consequerce the piles at the mills are rapidly increasing. Some sales have been made at good prices the past week, among which are 500,000 feet good stock at $9.50, $19 and $38 by inspec- tion ; 1,500,000 fect in three lots ranging from $16 to $24 straight measure ; 500,000 fee: Nor- way bill stuff at $8.50 and $9.50; 300,000 feet coarse lumber at $15 straight, and some lots of choice lumber at $10, $20 and $40 under in=pec- tion. Hall & Buell, at Marquette, also gold 2,- 000,000 of stock cut at Manistique to Albany, N. Y. parties at $23. Shingles 18 inch stock have sold at $1.90 for clear butts and $2.85 @ $2.90 for XXX, oe LIVERPOOL. The Timber Trades Journal, Oct. 16th says: With a light import during the past week there has not been any great amount of animation displayed at the docks, either with regard to timber laden vessels discharging cargoes or in the quantity forwarded to the country, Still there is a fair consumption going on in a steady manner, which is ouly what could be expected from the volume of business now being done in the manufacturing disiricts, This, however, is principally in low-class goods, such as spruce deals and whitewood blocke, for casemaking and similar purposes, Up to the present time there has not been any actual advance in the market rates for spruce deals, but every day must bring us nearer the time when such may be looked for if the importation continues on the same moderate scale as it is now. This is more than probable if the information from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia be reli- able, which is to the effect that we shall have a considerable shortage of supplies in the latter paré of the import season, There have not been any public sales of white- woods during the past week, but we notice that Messrs, Faroworth & Jardine, purpose cffering by auction on Wednesday next about 900 logs of St. John, N. B., birch timber, now landing on the quay of the Canada Dock, but beyond thia we do not hear of any further sales being con- templated, 15 LONDON. Timber, Oct. 16th.—We bave no change of importance to chronicle since our last. The tone generally has continued very quiet with few signs of any improvement. The present price of good 3:d Swedish deals may be considered about £10 103. @ £11, and 4th quality about £7 15s. Allowing, eay, £2 5s, per standard for present rate of freight, inenrance and charges, would leave anf. o. b, price of £8 10s, for 3rdu aud £5 10s, for 4ths, Few, if any, good stocke are to be brought at these prices, eo the market here re- wains (as it has been through the season), the cheapest buying place, There is, moreover, con- siderable risk in importing late in the year oi goods arriving out of condition, ariting from the weather at the shipping porte being very unce:- tain, The cargoes are frequently unavoidably loaded in wet weather and on arrival here are piled away in the same wet state, and as often as not in rainy weather, thus causing consider- able loss and dissappointment to importers. The buyer here who waits to see the goods before purchasing escapes these risks, with the addi- tional advantage that he need only buy exactly what he requires, and as and when he wants it. The arrivals from Canada have thinned off considerably, and the list for this week is a very light one.in the Surrey Docke,the Kalliope, from Quebec, discharges a cargo of deals for Messrs Price and Pierce; and the West Cumberland, from Montreal, brings 5,000 pine deals and 8,- 425 boards, fur Messrs, Bryant, Powis and Bry- aut Ltd, the balance of the cargo being divided between Messrs. Churchill and Sim and R, R. Dobell and Co. In the Millwall Docke, the Grafton, from Montreal, brings a curgo of 37,539 deals and 5,967 ends; and the Thorn Holme, fron the same port, with asimilar cargo, both report to Messrs. Bryant, Powis and Bryant Ltd. The Cotherstone, elso from Montreal, brings a mixed cargo of deals, battens and ends, part of which is for Messrs. Bryant, Powis and Bryant Ltd., and the balance for Messrs, Churchill and Sim. The Concordia, from Chat- ham, with a cargo of deals and ends, isdischarg- ing in the Regent’s Canal Docke, while the Ag- syrian Monarch, from New York, brings a cargo of sundries for various consignees; the lattter is in the Millwall Docks, es LONDON, ENG. London Timber, of the 9th Oct., says:—The sales during the past month have been as fol- lows: Quebec pine, waney and square, red pine, oak, elm, ash, hickory; the arrivals have all been on merchants’ account, and there are no wholesale transactions to report, Birch: By auction, St. John 144 inches average, at an average of 154d. per foot ; Nova Scotian, 144 inches average, at an average os 134d. per foot, Quebec pine deals: First quantity regulars, at from £22 10s. to £24 per standard ; oddments, at from £18 to £20 per standard ; second qual- ity regulars, at from £15 10s, to £19 per stand- ard ; oddments, at fiom £14 to £16 per atand- ard; third quality regulars, at from £8 10s, to £9 10s. per standard ; oddments, at from £8 to to £8 5s, per standard. First quality strips, at from £16 to £16 10s. per standard ; second qual- ity, £12 to £12 10s. per stantard ; third quality, 7 per standard. Spruce deals, St, John at £5 15s. per standard ; lower .port at from £5 5a, tu £5123. 6p. N.B.and N.S. piffe deals: No sales to report. Scantling and boards, at from £5 to £5 10s, per standard, and with the cargo at stowage rates. Palings, pine 43 by 1 by 3, at 90s per mille. Quebec staves ; merchautile pipe at £62 10s. per standard mille. The Timber of the 9th October says :—Tie ar- rivals from Canada occupy a more prominent position this week, In the Surrey Docks we have the Vera, from Miramichi, with pine and spruce deals, and 644 pcs, birch timber for Mesare. Bryant, Powis & Bryant Limited ; the Hebe, ulso from Miramichi, with pine and spruce deals and birch timber, the bulk of the cargo being for Messrs. Bryant, Powis & Bryant Lim- ited, the balance for Messrs. R. R. Dobell & Co. and the Duisberg, from Quebec, with cargo of deals, also for Messrs, R. R. Dobell & Cv., now being piled in the Albion yard, the Ashbourne, from Montreal, with cargo of deals, battens and ends for Messrs, Bryant, Powis & Bryant, Lim- ited ; the Dunholme, from Quebeg, with cargo of pine desle ; and the Hovding, from Quebec, leo with pine and spruce desls, the three last named discharging in the Millwall Docks, and all reporting to Mesers. Bryant, Powie and Bryant, Limited, ee ae ee GLasGow. Vimber Trades Journal, Oct 16th.—The past week hes been # quiet one here, importe have been light, and toere have been no public eales held by wood brokere. Atagood meny of these recently recorded transactions were com parative- ly light owing to & want of briek demand or reluctance op the part of buyers to come up to prices required, and a short intervel may help tu improve the tone at these sales, Taere are some hopeful signe of trade gener- ally being in the way of getting better, and should these be maintained the timber trade will soon begin to feel the improvement ; mean- time, it is a good feature that, regarding most descriptions of wood goods, the market ie not overburdened with stock. From the statemeot given in last nomber it would be observed that there are unusuelly few lower port pine deals on hand, only some 12,000 pieces, being part of a cargo newly landed. The stock of Quebec 3rd and 4th pine deals, how- ever, though not so large aa that of lest year at 30.h September, is still considerable, We observe that uf wa!nut loge in importers hands there are at present about 190, whereas at corresponding date last year the number held was 834 (st Glasgow), which was a larger quan- tity than usual, on eccount of # full cargo per sailing vessei having been landed a few weeks previously, This year the imports of walnut logs to Glasgow have been in small parcels per steam liners, except 150 l.gs, which form part of the atock at present held. From the Official report of building operations in the city for the past twelve months it appears that the aggregate value amounted to £394,540, an increase of £45,525 as compared with the preceeding year. The new graving dock at Salterscroft, Govan, which has been four years in construction, wes formally opened on 13th inst. Mercantile & Land Reporting Agency BANKERS—DOMINION BANK. General Solicitor, Jno. 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Nate le Acts aaa A PF N 0 R M A N J M e d, 16 Q y/ FE / ectr 16 lan designed to carry any amount of goods and chattels Canoes for Lumbermen, Baa anon built, made to order on short notice. 4 QUEEN STREET EAST, TORONTO. ene | ) ( | ( eS SO at N. B.—Mr. Norman has had long experience in the Treatment of Diseases by Electricity, and will give his personal attention to every case, by letter or examination. MANUFACTURER OF KNIGHT'S PATENT “EXCELSIOR” SAW MILL DOGS The Sawyers Favorite For Holding Logs upon a Saw Mill Carriage while being Sawn into Lumber. A FULL LINE of all Sizes constantly in stock. fi KK All ORDERS y Filled same days as received. These Milldogs I guarantee to give satisfaction in every case. They will hold a frozen log as well as a soft one, for cutting Scantling, Square Timber, &. These Dogs cannot be excelled, I sell them all on their own merits, give ten or fifteen days trial, and then, if not satisfactory, return them to my order, as I have no agents on the road this year, I will sell them at a reduced price. Send for Circular and price list. TORONTO WARE ROOMS 86 King Street East Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 2952 T 2 : cation, ENGINEERS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, and dz- and 2522, Notre Dame Street aa LacOmMmrRmAT: QUE: Manufactured by HUGH GIBSON, CHATHAM. nxcELSIOR DOG. ATENTS Crocured in Canada, the United States, § Pas all Foreign Countries, Caveats, Trade-Marks, Conyrights, Assignments, and all Documents relating to PATENTS preparedon the shortest notice. All infor- mation pertaining to Patents cheerfully given on apoli- § $3. 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. eee $1,000 REWARD FOR ITS SUPERIOR The Improved Model Washer and Bleacher 4 ay ae Q. How can it be possible for so simple a thing to cleanse fabrics ?—A, If you will study the PHILOSOPHY of the Washer carefully and intelligently for a few moments, and consider what is required to remove dirt from clothing, you will ask ‘ How isit possible for it not to cleanse fabrics?” A gentleman writing upon this principle, says :—‘‘I must own that when I saw the Washer I was utterly incredulous as to its cleansing powers. My family were still more so. In fact, they Sn had no faith in washers of any kind; but being strongly Pat. Aug 2nd, 4 0. W. Dennis. urged by a friend who hadused the machine successfully, 1884, th Toronto. I concluded to try one. We made the first trial with a good many misgivings. In fact, I could not see how so == —=—=—=— simple a thing CoULD wash clothing. But when I saw the water pouring out from the discharge pipe at the rate of 8 or 10 gallons per minute, and when [ reflected that this amount of water must pass through the clothes twenty or thirty times in the course of an ordinary wash, my doubts began to give way. I saw that there was both philosophy and common sense in the process, and it was impossible that it should Nor prove effective. I am now 2 firm believer in the Washer, and trust it will find a place, as it deserves, in every household.” The foregoing treatise sets forth as explicitly as possible the merits of the Improved Model Washer and the mode of operating it. Science triumphs over labor. Thousands testify to its utility and value, weighs only FOUR POUNDS, price Agents wanted in every town in Canada. Delivered to any Express Office in Ontario or Quebec, all charges paid, for $3.50. To any Express Office in Manitoba or N. W. T., B.C., N.S., N. B. for $4, If not found satisfactory money refunded in thirty days, less express charges. The clothes have that pure whiteness that no other method can produce. No rubbing required, no friction to injure the fabric. Send for circulars, address C. W. DENNIS, Toronto Bargain House, 213 - +e OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. New York Tripune: “We are often asked our opinion as to the best Washing Machine in the market, as there are a great many kinds. We do not hesitate to say that the cheapest, most durable, and best washer in the world, is the Model Washer.” Tun CANADIAN BAPTIST: ‘From personal examina- tion of its construction and experience in its use we commend it as a simple, sensible, scientific and successful machine, which succeeds in doing its work admirably. The price, $2.50, places it within the reach of all. It isa time and labor-saving machine, is substantial and enduring, and is cheap. From trial in the household we can testify to it-excellence.” CANADA PRESBYTERIAN : “The Model Washer and Bleacher which Mr. C. W. Dennis offers to the public has many valuable advantages. It is a time and labor saving machine, is substantial and enduring, and is cheap. From trial in the household we can testify to its excellence.” Dominion CaurcHmaN: “ Having tested the Model Washer and Bleacher, sold by Mr. Dennis, 213 Yonge Street, Toronto, we can heartily recommend it. Its work is performed thoroughly, and the saving in labor is so great that, combined with its cheapness and sim- plicity, should bring it into use in every household.” EvanceLicaL Cuurcuman : “We desire to direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. (. W. Dennis, which will be found in our advertising columns. The Model Washer and Bieacher has many and valuable advantages, and from personal trial in the household we commend it as a simple and most success- ful machine.” Toronto TrurH: One of the horrors of everyday life is “washing day,” which comes with such persistent regularity week after week, A dreaded necessity, men have turned their attention to mitigating its miseries by the introduction of machinery which will lighten the labor, and make it less slavish, Among the many mach- ines brought before the public with this end in view, the Model Washer and Bleacher, patented by C. W. Dennis, 213 Yonge St., Toronto, is certainly one of the very best. It is constructed strictly on scientific princi- Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Q, What kind of boiler do you use ?—A. Any kind of a boiler that has a bottom either concave or flat, or an old fashioned washpot. It is the only machine that will work in any kind of a boiler. Q. How can you have a flow of water at the rate of eight or ten gallons per minute in a boiler holding eight or ten gallons ?—A. The same water is used over and over again; and in order to be thus used it must pass down through and through the fabric, and this, with soap and heat, is what does the work. Q, How can you use a large quantity of water in a poiler already full of clothes?—Fill the boiler three quarters full of water ; as soon as the washer commences to work put in the clothes. They absorb it. Q. Can you wash flannels and coloured clothes P—A. We wash anything that can be washed. Flannels and coloured clothes need but little soap, and from five to ten minutes of the full operation of the washer. Flannels should be rinsed in HoT water. It is the change from BOILING TO COLD water that contracts the fibre, caus- ing them to shrink. Any Futer will tell you so. Fugitive prints will part with their colours by this or any process, but fast colours will not be injured. It is not best, as every housekeeper knows, to use strong soap or alkalies in washing coloured goods. Many prints and other coloured fabrics have some kind of acID as a base, and if alkalies are used strong enough to destroy this acid the fabric will part with its colour. This is why English Scarlets, which will not fade in the sun, or by ordinary washing, are ruined by stRoNG soaps. These facts are worth remembering by the inexperienced house- keeper. Q. Can you use the common soft soap of the farm- house?—A. Yes, if good. Q. Is it not better to put very dirty clothes to soak over night ?—A. No. Q. Will your washer remove the streaks from dirty wristbands and collars, such as farmers and mechanics wear, after having been worn a whole week, as they usually are? Will not those require extra care in rinsing ?—A. The washer will cleanse the dirtiest cloth- ing. Much soiled portions may require a second oper- ation to remove the dirt entirely. Give the clothes a thorough rinsing. _ We sometimes find a whitish scum on the top of the washer. Whatis the cause of this ?—A. The water is HARD. When soap is added to hard water, a chemical change takes place. Certain substances in the water having an affinity for the alkali of the soap, unite with it, thus setting FREE other substances; these are PRE- OIPITATED and fall to the bottom @r rise to the surface in the form of a whitish scum, according as their specific gravity is greater or less than that of the water. This is why it is impossible to cleanse fabrics with hard water. It may be softened by the use of borax or sal soda. Pure rain water is the best of ANY method of washing. When the scum referred to above is found on the washer alter using, clean with a little coal oil. comes almost a pleasure. It saves time and labor, is substantial and cheap, and very enduring. No rubbing is required, and the clothes are not therefore, worn out “ THE TANITE COMPANY nA STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, U. 5. MANUFACTURERS OF AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. ZEAL eee The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years, enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, ir all the countries of the world as a type of eacellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC | Quunee MONTREAL SAW WORKS... ... | F.H. ANDREWS & SON -| MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION ;- Mon TREAL A. R. WILLIAMS, . . Toronto. R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. j Dominion Saw Works! TAMES ROBERTSON & CO. (a 253 to 267 KING ST, EAST, TORONTO, ONT, MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, \ Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. X — EZ “7 o> \\ pier gh [S/S \\ \ == =e os MN THURBERS ROYAL S A Anti-Friction Babbit Meta ~~ 4 Antifriction Babbit Met oS Band Saws, | Emery Wheels, __ Files, ===: Ag . a dad Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, EVERY SAW FULLY WARRANTED. Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe, &c. . Prices on Application. ; = " PUBLISHED MONTHLY By A. G. MORTIMER. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the Dominion. 5 SUBSCRIPTION ( $1.00 PER ANNUM. VOL. 6. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., DECEMBER, I886. A SIMPLEX AUTOMATIC CUT-OFF ENGINE. HE accompanying engraving illustrates the leading engine manufactured by the Osborne-Killey, Mfg. Co,, of Mamilton, Ont. The advantages claimed for it are extreme simplicity,there being no part of the engine that requires frequent adjustment. The manufacturers claim that the cost is smaller for equal power derived from the fuel burned than that of any other engine run- ning automatically. The engine takes up less space and does not require expensive foundations ; the form of engine is such that it is perfectly rigid under every variation of load. This is not the case with long stroke engines. The lesser diameter of the band wheel, and the greater speed of the engine, gives a very much better arrangement of belting and means to take off the power without intermediate shafting, etc. This engine invites the attention of steam users for its sim- plicity, economy of fuel, maintenance, perfection of workmanship and materials. The Automatic Regulator is perfect in its oper- ations; can be got at in every part and adjusted to any desired speed in afew m nutes, It is attached by a simple rod to the rods. To prevent ell wearof valves semi-balance valves are used, while the positive cut- ff gear enablee the ergine to run at any speed desired. Another important advantage to be found in this class of engine is the solid forged connecting rode and shafts, and the principle of strict duplication of parts by special mechinery, a feature which has just begun to be appreciated by steszm use s as it should be, In addition to the manufacture of the engine briefly descri>+d above, this firm also manufacture steam fire engines, eepecialiy designed for towns and villages ; portable engines, steam road rollers and stone breakers, steam hoists and cranes, steam sewer pipe presses, and other special machi- nery. They are at present building for the city of Hamilton a pair of com- pound condensing pump- ing engines and pumps of i ToT | ‘lll qu Hi iil ial ll Hse | veal ill | | { i i i} Mil HL valve epindle, and adjust the cut-off to the power required in a Tange varying from % stroke to zero, It acta with great prompt- bees; no perc2plivie variation taking place in the engine under every variety of load. The cut of valve runs nearly in perfect balances, the governor having complete command of it. The wide reputation of the manufacturers of this engine, for farnishing only the best of work and materials, render it almost nonecessary to say a word upon this subject, they having sent ~ their engines into alm-st every corner of the Dominion, but at- ten’ion might be called to the following important points: best Babbit, main journal linings, and gun metal connecting rod boxes; eteel crenk and croge-head pins; steel piston and valve mA a ll A SIMPLEX AUTOMATIC CUT--OFF ENGINE. ten million g:lons capacity per day. Full information regarding any of these machines will be furnished by the manufacturers, STOLEN TREES. CONSIDERABLE portion of the last snnual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office is devoted to a description of the methods empl »yed by unscrupulous men to rob the people of this country of th-ir forest possessions. Long practice, often encouraged by « ficial speculation, has reduced the steal ng of Government timber to a fire art, It has been going on practical'y unchecked for years. Wharever trees have grown upon the public domain, among the turpentine producing pines of Florida and Louisiana, in the great white-pine foreste of northern Minnesota, in the red-wood forests of the California ccast ranger, in the vast fir forests of Oregon and Wasbington, and in all the Rocky Mountain region from New Mexico to Montana, organized and systematic plunder has for y-are been practised upon the people of this country. Powerful corporations backed by unlimited capital and immense personal and pzvlitical influenze, wealthy mill uwners, rich lumber companies, and ua- scrupulous individuals have long been banded together to rob the peonle of their property. The officers of the General Lend Office have certainly not failed dariug the last year ia honest endeavor, at least, to check the numerous frau?s which have gradually become a necessary feature in the administration of the pub’ic domain. Not less than twelve hundred and nineteen cases of depredation or timber trespass have been reported during the year, involving forest products valued at nearly nine millions and a half of dollars stolen from the people of the United States. Only two handred thousand dollars, nevertheless, have been recovered by the Government on this account, whil= the public plunderers have been able ‘o escaps with over nine millions worth of timber and other forest products; a sum one-third greater than the gross value of the annual product 4 of the Government forests of all Germany, or nearly double the the annual net yield of the public f rests of France. All depre- dations have not been reported, and American values fur forest products are much lower than G+rman or French values for similar articles, so it is safe to assume that in the last year more timber, bark and turpentine have been stolen from the national forests of the United States than were preduced by the public forests of Germany and France, although in these countries forest production under scientific management is now very great. Such a moastrous condition of uffairs should not be allowed any longer, No Government has the right to open such easy paths to fraud and corruption as now cross the public domain in every dicectiin ; and no forest, however productive or extensive, can long withstand the inroads which we are makiog upon our forest supplies, It is for the best interests of the nation that some portions of the national domain should be permanently covered with a forest growth aud retained under Government control; other portions of the forest-clad public domain could, perhaps, be more wisely disposed of than retained. But with exciting information in regard to the public forests it will be highly unwise to muke any division of our forest lands into necessary and supertiuous before the proper limits of forest reservations ere fixed by scientific in- vestigation, and a proper system of forest administration can be developed for their management and control Congress should take prompt action therefore upon the sensible recommendations now urged for the second time by the present Commissioner of the Lind Office, that all public forests and all lands valuable chiefly fur timber should be immediately withirawn from sale or disposal, ‘‘ subject to future legislation for permanent reservation of dosigaated areas and a more economically governed disposal of stich timber lands or timber as may not be necessary indefi- nitely to reserve.” Such legislation would meet with the most vigerous opposition, but unless the Timber Rings can be defeated, the extermination of ali the Gcvernment forests is merely a question of time, and wi-h the forests agriculture and prosperity wi | disappear from the weatern half of Nurth America.—New York Sun. OME of the Canadian lumbermen are complaining bitterly, and with no small reason,of the treatment which is accorded them by their railway companies in the matter of lumber freights. A correspondent of the Toronto Globe writes at length of the : matter, setting forth the grievance of the trade with great clear- ness and force. The present system is a curious one, Hach car has marked upon it ity capacity in pounds, the minimum being 24,000 pounds, ranging from that up to 40,000, and the freight is charged on the basis of so much a hundred for the marked limit of the car, unless 1t should happen to overweigh, when the excess is aleo added. If the car happens to contain less than the weight it is rated to carry, no corresponding deduction is made, and as many cars, labelled to h: 1d 30,000 pounds, cannot be leaded with some kinds of dry lumber even up to 24,000, the ruilway campanies exact pep for a large amount of freight which they do not carry. If the lumber bappeus to get rained on in transit, and absorbed a few hundred pounds of water, it is said the companies re-weigh the car, and char,e the difference to the shipper. ‘The lumber- men are trying to induce tha railway people to make them rates per thousand feet, their experience wi'h the plan of charging by weight not having given them oa favourable impression of that method. Bat the trouble ssems to be not so much with the privciple, as with the manner of applying it. In the United States, freight rates are made on the basis of weight, but only the actual weight of the stuff carried is charged for, the same as other merchandise, It makes no difference to the railway company here whether the cars ace loaded with lumber that bas been cut six months or six dsys; it gets paid for the number of pounds in the car, aud it is the concern of the party who pays the charges whether the shipment is heavy or ight in proportion to its bulk. It is comparatively easy for a lumberman to ascertain the average weight of stock, and to wake his calculations of the cost of trans- portatiun with coifijence in their substantial correctness. Indeed, so closely cau dealers figure the cost of moving lumber, that it bas come to be the common practice to quote prices on stuck delivered at the tuyer’s railway station, ‘Lhe basis upon which these delivered piices are made up is an agreed schcdule of weights, which though arbitrary, comes co near to the average of dry stock, that neither buyers nor sellers find it objectionable or ioconvenient. Ic would seem the part of witdum for the Canadian trade to direct its efforts toward introducing the plan, at once rational and fair, of charging shipments at a certain rate for each hundred pounds carried, rather than to at- tempt the probably impvussible undertaking to get the railway people to go back to the scheme of hauling at so much a thousand which is as unfair and unsuticfactory on one side, as the present plan is on the other, The C. P. R. Telegraph Company are steadily extending their system, Toey have begun the construction of a brarch line from Medicine Hat to Fort Berton, Montana, and it will be in working operation in afew weeks, Toe cattle business of the railway made this line a necessity. They are also steadily putting up heavy wires throughout the mountains, replacing the poorer ones erected in the ‘‘construction” period of the road, and hope to have these wires through to the coast ere long. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. General Hews Notes. A meeting was held in Cincinnati recently for the purpose of organizing a lumber exchange. The loss by fire of J. A. Duval’s saw mill at Grimsby, Ont., amounts to $2,000; no insurance. Pine deal mills are now coming to a close, several of them having fini-hed sawing for the season. It is eaid that a Canadian lumber syndicate has acquired title to 500,000 000 acres of land in Minnesota. I: ia stated that upwards of 100,000,000 feet of logs have already been skidded on the Menominee River, Mich., but the report is not generally credited. The men are at work closing up Eddy’s mills for the winter. The saws are being tuken out and everything is beiog prepared for the cloring in of the sides, The large lumber firm of W. J. Trounce & Co., Port Perry, bas assigned, Their bankers have a claim of $100,000; other liabilities it is said, will not exceed $3,000. Mr, J. R. Booth has purchased the entire timber limits, six limits in all, of Messrs, Barrett & Mackey, in the Nipissing district. The price paid was $270,000. The firm of Ross & Little, sash, door and blind manufacturers, of Midland, Oot., bas been dissolved. Hereafter the business will be carried on by Messrs, Ross & Davenport, Mr. Nagle, of Ottawa, has sold a timber limit of 36 miles on the Georgian Bay, to Mr. Bartio, of Barrie, for $35,000. Mr. Burtin bought another limit adjourning the former one, of 36 mailes for $25,000. Mr. J. R. Booth has laid up three large rafts to winter over at Mulloch’s boom, Arnprior, having decided not to put them on the Quebec market this year. There is ssid to be more timber being sent to Quebec this year than there has been for several seasons, A correspondent of the Minden Hcho, writting from Mr. Jobn Dwyer’s shanty, Aneon, gives the fullowing :—*‘Oa Sa urday of last week Mr, George Long, of Peterborough, skidded 431 logs in eight hours. ‘This isconsidered the biggest days skiduing ever done in this country, and if it can be beat the boys would like to hear from the champion.” The eqnare timber market in Quebec is getting brisk. The Messrs. Hurdman, of Oitawa, and McLactlan Bros., of Arn- prior, will shortly open sbanties to supply the demand, Orders have been left with Mr, B, Renaud to procure gangs at once for botb these firms so that operations may be begun without loss of time. Mr. Renaud shipped a gang recently to Sturgeon Falls, for Mr. J. R. Booth’s new limit. The Section north of Harvey, Ont., is alive with men busy at felling the lofty pines. The Gilmour firm has over 50 men em- ployed at the depot, and more are arrisiog continualiy, This season will be unusually lively, as Mr. Bigluow and Mr, Davis will have men employed in the vicinity of the Gilmour camps. Life in the lumber camp as pictured in ‘* Picturesque Canada” presents an interesting scene, but the original only can give a true picture. The Jane Woodruff loaded with 150,000 feet of lumber for Midland rau on the Watches last week during the gsle. She was tryiog to make a short cut and finding herself »mong the rocks cast both ar chors when the cables parted aid she drifted on in spite of all eff.rt. The Shawanaga went to her r-scue, but could not get near enough tu toruw a line, on account of the heavy sea, and was obliged to return without rendering any as- sistance, A part of the cargo wiil have to be trausferred before she can float. Nearly all the logs on the Chaudiere have been secured, Mr, Jobn Breakey’s reilway from bis mills to the Cosaudiere Basin is now being worked day and night, carryi:g logs from the nall dam ‘to the mouth of the Chaudiere, where they are rafted and towed to the Montmorency Mills, part of these logs being a portion of the ligs cut by Meesrs. Holl Bros. during Jast winter, balance being Breakey’s, which, owing to the large number of logs that have come down at once, he is having sawn into deals at the Montmorency Mills, which are beir g run night and day. Ottawa millowners were not 80 bury last fall, nor are they this, as they were in previcus years, this they attribute to the increase of railway facilities, In old days psuple had to obtain the whole of their winter stock before the end of the fall, but now with the increased powers of transit they can receive lumber by rail at any time. This means iocreased employment at the lumber yards duriny the winter. ‘The trade is s.eady at unchanged prices, But little lumber is obtained in O.tawa, the output having been principally disposed of for the American market. The local demand is moderate, The lumber season now opening in Manitoba promises to be a most active one, saysthe Free Press, and lumbermen are conee- quen ly in good spiiits. Gaogs of men are already being sent to Lake Winnipeg and the Lake of the Woods districts, and a week or two will ses operations in full swing. A good many lum- bermen did not get all their last win‘er’s cut down to the mills last summer, the drives sticking, owing to the lowness of the water. There are several miliions of feet at present on the rivers waiting for the spring freshets to bring them to the mills, A heavy demand for god lumber for railway bridges existed last season. From Winnipeg and li points of the Northwest there has been a demand for lamber, which indicates that building operations have been beavily carried on during the past summer, The wills have been rushed to their ereatest capacity. P.ices are stiffening aud are now from $14 ts $15 per thousand feet f.0 b. at Keewatin, and from $17.50 to $18 50 at Winnipeg. They are ex- pected to keep up if the market is not glutted by too heavy an output. - Up to the present time there have been cut and shipped at the Rathbun Co’s mill in Campbellford, about 75,000 railway ties, and nearly 25,000 remain to be cut before the work will be com- pleted, Berides this large cut there have been turned out 500,000 feet of lumber, and 12.000 bundles of lath, together with an enor- mous quantity of shingles, barrel heads, pickets, aud several thousand feet of two foot wood. The shipment of ties recently amounted to two train loads daily. A pier is heing built at the rear of the Compary’s premises to prevent the place from being fivoded by the river. This will be extended from the mills along the river edge tu the southern limit of their property, and the grounds will he filled in and made level. The work is being done now, and will be completed sometime next summer, This mil], we are informed, is one of the best paying of its kind in the country, @ tribute to the ability of Mr. Joseph Clairmont, the manager. Work will be continued till about the firet of Febru- ary next, but the staff of hands during all that time will not be as large as it is at present, Messrs. Grier & Co., are builing alarge new mill which is eit- uated between their uld mill and McK+y & Co’s. flour mill. Operations commenced a few days ago, and are st work on the foundation, which is of stone five feet in thickcess. The mill is to be fi‘ty feet wide by one hundred and fifty long. There will be ; laced in the mill one garg-saw of the lat-s: style, twoslabbing gang-saws acd one stop gang saw, all of American make, A large dam will be built in front of the mill to keep the water back while operations are going on. The foundetion will be fin- ished in about three weeks, when three larse stone piers, measur- ing twenty feet in diameter, will be built in the bottom of the will, to ho'd the gang saws. Toe new mechinery for cutti-g up the refuse will cost about $12,500. The waterwheela will cost something over $3 000, wh.l+ the edgar and otber im; ]-men s will cost about $12,090 ; the whole estimate cost is abou $50,000. The top part of the mill will be of wood, aud resemble very much in shape E idy’s large mill. It will be painted and dec rated. und it is said it will be one of the fivest mills in Canada. Tae build- ing will extend 12 feet nearer the bridge than tbe old one, ani 37 feet farther back. The mill will employ 30 men inside, and be finished about the 1st of May next. Owing to the prospecice increased mil being buil’, Messrs. Grier & Uo. will have tu double the capacity of their sorting and piling gr mnd~, thus giv- ing emp!oyment to a very large number of hands.— Ottawa Hven- ing Journal. A weduing took place last night in the long drawing room of the Q ieen’s hotel, the contrac:ing parties being Mr. Wiliam C. B. Rattbun, youngest son of the late H. B. Rathbun, of Dese- tonto, and Mi-s Jean Blakie, eldest daughter of J.L. Blaki-, lste of Hollydean. Risedale. Owing to the receut death of the groom’s father the wedding was comparatively quiet. ‘Tne bride wes attired in a drees of les+e, lace front, with lorg court train and waist of ivory moire, a long spray of myrile and white lilac looping up «ne side ; bouquet of louse white ros-s, held t- gether with white 1ibbous; orn mente, diamonds. The bridesmaids, Miss Alexander and Miss M. Blekie, wore dresses of cuffe- colored Indian muslin and l»ce with crimson velvet ssshes, b » quets of loose Marescia! Nel roses held with crimson ribbon, diamond ornaments given by the groom. The bride's train was carried by Mics Florence Blakie and Miss Edoaa Hiodbaugh. The fl rail decorations were most abundant, the stricg band being completely hidden by a bank of fili-ge and flowering plants. The preseots were exceedingly handsome, the grooms being a set of jowellery cumpo-ed of moonstunes and diamonds, with a diamoad crescent brooch, havi'g ten large dismonds. The groom was attended by Dr.A.J.Johrs.n and Mr, E.W.R«thban. After the ceremony the band played the Wedding March and the company repsired tothe dining room to epjoy a sumptuous dejeuner. The happy couple left by the 11.15 treia for Califurniay where they will +pend some months on their honeymoon.— Toronto Mail, Nov. 4th. ; . The Mont: eal Press. There has been a remarkabie newspaper development in Montreal during the last few years. It is not long since there were ouly a couple of French Canadian daily papers ia that city, and now there are five live daily jouraals in that language. It is probable that a great deal of this development is due to the eucceas of the M-mireal Star, on which nearly all the French papers are mudelled. The Star rose very rapidly and very remarkably through its euterprise and independence to its present position as the best and most widely circulated daily newspaper in Canada, and as it has always been widely read among the French Canadian business and professional classes, its suceess stimulated the devel pment of French papers. Isis rather a curious fact, however, and a remarabie c mpliment to the Star that neither its indepeadeace ot .pinion nor the growiog cowmpe- tition to which it is subjected checks its progress as 8 favorite paper with French-Canadians, Alseful Jnformation. A rubber cushion under the legs of a work bench will deaden the sound of hawmering so completely that it will not disturb the inmates of adj ining rooms, In putting up your screen doors and windows ba very particu- lar to have a little hole in one corner so that the flies can go out doors when they get tired of being inside, To remove iron taste from new kettles, boil a handful of hey in them and repeat the proc-ss if necessary, Hay wateris 6 great eweetner of tin, wooden and ironware. In Irish dairies every- thing used for milk is scalded with bay water. A government inspector of timber in France recomm- ends for timber used in ship building one year’s immersion in river waters two years in fresh, or three in brackish water, con+tantly being changed, to be followed by two years of air seasoning. A Fitter For Oak, Marie AND CHERRY WoOoD.— Whiti-g6 ounces, japan 4 pint, boiled Jinsred oil 7 pint, turpentine 4 pint, corn staich 1 ounce ; mix well together and epply by continuous rubbing in. Oa cheery wood add a little Venetian red to the above mixture. A cheeper and for most uses a better filler than this can be bought already prepared. : Wood may acquire an oak, walout or cherry color by stainingit with ordinary tincture of iodine diiuted with epirit until the exact shade is obtained. White shellac must be added to the iodioed solution if the et-in is to be made permanent, or the wood after the etain is applied may be French polished. The iodine may be laid on with a reg or a brush. ‘ A german chemist has discovered that the etrength, of glue is very greatly increased by the addition of one-fourth as much glycerine as glue. Glycerine has many other uses, among which one of the least known is its property of removing pencil marks from paper in @ very perfect manner. It may also be combined with starch and plaster of Paris, to form one of the most durable cements for various kinds of apparatus. When opening e>rrespondence with advertisers always mention that yuu saw their advertisement in the ‘‘Canada Lumberman.” W nat is claimed to be a valuable rust preventive is a recent German invention. It consists of ordinary vil paint mixed with 10 per cent. of burned magnesia, baryta or strontia, as well as mineral oil. This neutral zs the free acid of the paint, and the alkaline reaction protects the iron from rust. Asa preventive of iron from rusting in the ground, the metal is painted over with a mixture of 100 parts of resin and 25 parts of magne-ia, besides mineral oil. A tempor-ry paint for the movable portions of machinery contains some 20 or 30 per cent. of magnesia or burnt dolomite, with some vaseline added to prevent drying. The following is a good recipe for waxing floors, and the method cf application. Stir twenty-five parts «f shreided yellow wax into a hot solution of twelve parts of pearl ash in soft water. Keep the mixture well stirred until the effervescence ceases, then remove it frum the fire and stir in twelve parts of finely-ground yellow ocher, It may now be poured into cansto cool. When wanted fur use one part of it is dissolved in five parts of boiling water. Apply warm with a paint brush. It driesin a faw hours, when the floor ia polished with a floor bruch and afterward wiped with a woolen cloth. It is said thia wax coating will tal, for six months with ordinary use. The National Druggist gives this form of an atsolutely clear solut.ou ot sbeilac:—Pr-pare first an alcoholic solutivn of shellac in tue usual way ; alittle benzvle is then added, and the mixture well «haken. In the course of twenty-four or forty-eight hours the fluid will have separated into two distinct lay rs, an upper alcohvlic stratum perfectly clear, and of dark red color, and uuder it 4 tucbid mix:ure containing impurities. The clear svluiiun may be decanted or drawn off. The following isa good receipe for waxing floors, and the me-hod of application, Stir twenty-five parts of shredded yellow _ Wax into 4 hoi aclution of twelve parts of pearl-ash in so't water. the mixture well stirred util the effsrvescsnce ceas2s, then remove it frum the fire and stir in twelve parts of finely ground yellow ocher. It may now be p ured into cans to col. Waoen wanted for use one part of it is dissulved in tive parts of builing water, Apply warm wi-:b a paivt brush. It dries in afew hours, when the floor is polished with a flor brush and afterward wiped with # wovieu cloth. It is said this wax coating will last fur six months with ordicary use. S.nd paper is a present made with powdered glass instead of sand, Gloss is resdily pulverized by heating it red hot and throwing it into water, and fiaishing in an iron mortar. By the use of eives of diff-rent sizas of mesn the powder can ba separated into various grades, from the fice«t dust to very coarse, and ihese should be kept sepera e. A strong paper is tacked down and covered with a s1roug size of glue, and the surface covered with powdered giasa of the desired fineness; when the glue is dry the war plus gl se is -haken or brushed off. Muslin is betterthan paper, aod laste much longer in use, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN . SOMETHING NEW IN SAW FILEBRS. Emery wheels are playing an important part io many lines of manufacture, and the ingenuity of inventors has been directed towards providing suitable devices to run them, and ena! le them to (vo their work in the most effective manner, The Hart Emery Wheel Co., of Hamilton, have by no means been neglec ing the intereata of their customers in this re-pect, for they have at least contributed their share of improved devices for runoing emery wheels, Not the leaat ingenious of their emery wheel machines is the Rogers’ Saw Filer, herewith illustra'ed, the invention of Mr, S, C. Rogers, one of the Cimpany. This little tool bas been patented in Canada, the United States and England, where several of them are used. Toey found their way as far es India, and there is no doubt that every woodworking e-tablishment will have one or more of them as soon as they become known end appreciated. The Hart Emery Wheel Co. have placed them in nearly seventy establishments in Canada. every one of which is a reference «8 to its usefulness. The machine is almost automatic. The operator has only to move the lever back and forth. The saw revolves and the wheel moves out and in, in perfect time. Any one part of a tooth can be filed lightly or heavily without touching any other part. For ir stance, the operator can go all round the saw, filing on the throat only, cr along the breast or back, and what is done on one tooth can be repea‘ed on all the others, for perfect roundness is the result of using this machine. Firms who are neing the Rogers Saw Filer assert that they find their saws do lictter work; they keep sharp longer and do net wear away so fast. See the Hart Emery Wheel Co.’s advertisement on outside of back cover. 2 Our Readers who write to advertisers in this Journal, will oblige both the adv-rtiser aud publisher by mentioning the “Canada Lumberman.” WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents re'ating to the wood-working interests, granted by the U. S. Patent Office, up to Nov. 25th, is special y reported by Franklin H. Hough, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents,925 F. street N. W., Washington, D. C., who will furuish ccpies of patents for 25 cents each. 350,352 —Plane, Rouoder—J. L. DeHuff, Reading, Mass. 350,190—Planing and Matching Machine.x—W. H. Doane, Civci nati, Obio. 350,193—Saw, Hand—W. H. Fritts, Plano, Illinois. 350 409—Saw, T. Van Hand—Ostrand, Kinsley, Kansas, 350 179—Stump Extractor.—W. H. Wright, Laconia, N.H. 350,657—Auger.—S. Burd, Bradenville, Pa. 350,613--Pline, Bsnch—F. M. Bailey, Pittsburg, Pa. 350 555—Pianer, t .ble cushioning device—F. Puillips, Newar!, N. J. 350 892 —Planing Machine.—G. S. Myrick, Philade’phia, Pa. 350 482—Saw miil attachment.—W. H. Roberts, Cheboygan, Mich. 350,742—Saw mill carriage.—E, Hyde, East Siginaw, Mich. 350 853 —Saw swagging device.—P. R, Ward, Quincy, Ill. 350 894 — Sawing machine, —G, Pohl ani nsome, in the first place. to favour us with sume observations on the results cof his experiments with these woods, Mr, Ransome said :—I-am very sorry that I cannot give you much information as to the most important point of all with regard tu the woods you have seen operated upon:—vViz., the price at which the’ various discriptions of timber can be delivered in London. There ia no doubt that a great many of the woods which have been submitted are very fine indeed for a variety of purposes, and although our space was very cramped, you must all have seen enough to know that there are many woods of excellent quality, which would be of great use in this country. Tbe ques- tiop, however, is whether these woode can be imported into this country cheap enough to take the place of other woods now answering the purpose. As regards this, however, I think we may have the advantage of some information on the subject from the representatives of the different culonies present here to-day. It appears, perhaps, invidious to select certain woos, but at the same time we are here for practical purposes, and I think it only nselul and right to mention that there are certain woods which we have tried (for we have been experimenting during the last fortnight upon them), which stand out aa pre-eminently good woods, Ifyou will allow me, I will just mention them, and then the representatives of the different colonies who follow me will, perhaps, give you some information as to the cost at which they can be imported. The speaker then referred in turn to the principal woods to be found in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia. New Zealand, Uanada, the Cape, India, &c. Referriog to Canada the speaker ssid:—From the Canadian Commission we received some excellent sampleslof woods,the Doug las fir and black ach demanding special notice. Isis only quite recently that the district in which the Douglas fir is found in the greatest abundance has been opened up by the Pacific Railway, and I cansot help thinking that ere long it will be imported in large quantities into this country.. It is a specially fine wood for joiners’ work, runs to a very large size, is mild to work, and is suitable for the same purposes as yellow pine. We also find a matter which touches us nearly) that it is thoroughly well suited for engineers’ patterns. and when soaked in water it swells con- eiderably less than any e@ler wood at present employed for that purpose. As regards blaek ash it is difficult to understand why it bas not more largely tound its way into this country, as it is cheap, and in all ita qualities resembles very much the better known and popular American white ash. You have seen to-day this wood converted into caske, joiners’ work, and spokes, for all of which purposes it is well adapted. The American hop- horn- beam is a very close grained wood which is largely used in Canada for makiag hammer bandles and similar work, for which it appears to me to be well suited, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Professor Macoum (Caneda) being called upon, said :—I will not detain the meeting very long, but sfter bearing the other gentlemen speak I feel there are one or two remarke that J should make in connection with Canadian woods, Before I speak of those immediately before us I would ray that the rearon you know s0 few of the Canadian woods is simply this, that we are Erglieh over there as much os you are here, and our prejudices are t he same, and therefore it ie hard for ue to get out of the beaten track. We know that you will take certain woods, and we know how difficult it is to get you to take any others, and therefore we bave nut tried to intrcduce a great many of our woods, because it will be hard to bring them into the market. Many of our men eay that the white pine, known as the yellow pine here, is getting scarce, but we think the Dcuglas pine, which is not confined to British Columbia, will take its place. It ie f ound all through the Rucky and Se)kirk mountains, right down to the Pacific Coast ; and I know that it grows five degrees to the north, as I myeelf found it from latitude 49° to latiiude 55°; so that you see the supply is not limited, and when our yellow pine gets so scarce that it becomes dear, you will have to teke this in its place. The trees will produce a great quantity of timber, and one tree that was cut down war 90ft. long, the large end beir g just 13in. across, and the smell 7in, ; 80 that in 90it. the taper was precisely Gin. Some gentlemen may say, I do not believe it ; but it can be proved, as I myeelf saw it in the Selkirke Jast yesr. When I tell you the tree tapers solittle, you naturally ack, what sort of a forest is it? and I would sry, it is a forett of mighty trurks, end these little trees have to»un away up to get a little of the fresh air of heaven, I mention this to show that what Mr, Ranw me ssid sbout this wood is correct, and I would tdd that it is useful for 61] purposes, As regards our black asb, Iam astonished at its not Leing in use. But what is the good of sending it when Engli-I men believe the white ash better, although at the same time I have not the slightest bes tation in ssying that some of the white asb tbat is sold here (ycu see the prejudice of the Englismer ), is nvthing, more or leas, than black ah, Mr. Ransome bss shown you that black ash is useful fur alm: st every purpose, and as to quantity, I have to say that all through Q iebec and Northern Ontario our swamps are filled with this wood, where it is of no value but to mske firewocd or aplit into rails for our fences. And when I mention it isso plentiful it is for you who know what you give for elm and white ash to say whether it would answer your purpose to tuke it. This and the Douglas fir we could deliver on the English market for about £5 per ton. The day is coming when this black ash will be used almost exclusively, slthough until the last two years it was scarcely known to exist at all. When we Canadians talk about eupplying wood, we are prepared to supply any quantity, not for a few years only but for years and years, I meet gentlemen who tell me, ‘‘We do not want Canadian pine, we want Archangel pite ;” and I say, ‘‘God help you, that is not pine at all; it is spruce.” (Laughter). We have spruce very nearly the same but better wood, that grows from the Atlantic to the Pacific. We have immense rivers that will float it down, and if the Hudson’s Bay routs is opened up, and some of the men who now carry grain were to carry northern pine, it would answer their purpose much better. We have this in such quantities that I can look for hun- dreds and thousands of miles and see nothing bot vast trees; I can. look from H.lifax to Victoria and see nothing but great for- ests of pine. You need not gc to other colonies and hunt for pine, There is the wood, and you can stain it to anything. You can make mahogany of it, if you like, or anything elee nowadays. (Laughter). The hickory extends from Halifax to our Western pert of Victoria, and our people do not use its because it is so plentiful. Here you eee an axe handle made of it. Before I sit down I have one more word. As representing Canada, I say that we feel extremely grateful to Messrs. Ransome and Co, for the privilege of having our woods brought before you here. Wehave tried to bring them before you in the exhibition, but we could not doit, and I tbank them for the privilege of showing it here. I see the value of the machinery. It ia suitable for cutting up all our woods, and by its adoption, instead of having the woods eimply equared for export, with the aid of the machinery we could cut them up in any way, and send them over here in any useful 8)ze8 that may be wanted. After speeches from several other Colonial visitors, representing the countries above referred to, and the customery votes of thanks being tendered Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen said :— Before the meet- ing breaks up I have a request to make on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and that is, that Mr, Ransome will favour the Royal Commission with a report of the proceed- jngs during this day in order that it may embodied in the official report on the exhibition. I think it is perfectly worthy of being recorded in the report of the Royal Commission. We have heard 80 many interesting speeches, and so many interesting experiments have taken place, that I think it only right and fair to all parties that they should be recorded for the benefit of everybody and the developement of the trade. I therefore propose that Mr. Ran- some will favour us with a report at his convenience. Mr, Ransome was understood to acquiesce in this proposition, The statement is made that all the varied machinery of Great Britain, now operated by steam power, is capable of performing more work, and hence producing more products, than could be produced by the labor of 400,000,000 able-bodied men, a greater number than all the able-bodied men on earth, 11 ANARCHISM AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT. Hitherto the Labor Movement hae been merely industrial ; it is now becoming political, and combining with the other revolution- ary elements ia what threatens to develop into a generel attack upon existing civilization, The motives of the leaders we under? stand ; they may expect to gain by 4 reign of havoc; and what they mesn by anerchy is @ destruction of all’ existing authority, and the erection of their own deepotiem in ite place. Like the French Jacobius, their precursors and their models, they would exercise in the name of liberty a tyranny more ssnguinery and more grinding than ever was the tyranny of kings, Bat a pres- perous and respectable workingman ought surely to think twice before he lends himself to an attempt to convalee and wreck society. He is not without the teaching of experience to guide him as tothe probable resulte. Lathe French R-volu'ion the Destructives had it all their own way ; they did without restraint everything that the Anarchists and the fanatical enemies of Cap- ital in the present day burn to do; they pillaged and butchered the rich to their hearts content, and broke up the whole framework ot society. What followed? Universal misery and famine, after which natural laws prevailed, and society fell back into ite old Course, #0 that the Parisian workingwan now, particulerly if he drinks absinthe, is as discontented and querulons as ever. We are #ll members of a complex end gredrd civilization which, what. ever ita faults. cannot be turn toyieces without causing so much confusion and suffering that it may safely be said that there is no living man, the buccaneers who orsanize revolution alone except- ed, who would not personally l.se more than he would gaia by the process, To take the calling roost nearly connected with our own, what would a printer who is receiving yood weges vain by throw- ing society into convulsions? Literature is une of the refinements tatber than of the necessaries of life; it is taken mst largely by the wealthy and highly educated ; it is not »riously the fret thing given up in times of distress it can hardly flourish except it quiet times. An anarchist or revolutionary printer may perbaps glory in the hope that printers a century bence will set their feet upon the necks of kings ; but he wiil himself run no small risk of being deprived of bread.—The Week, Toronto. TIMBER IN BRITAIN. In nine months ending with September last. Great Britain re- ceived, through one hundred and twenty ports, no l-s than 2 638 - 808 loads of sawn and 1,219,125 of hewn timber, in all 3,857,938 loads, which was less than the imports of the same time i. 1885 by 785,480 loads or sixteen per cent. Tue comparative quan’ ities which entered the ports are given in an el-borate | st, c mplied by the Timber Trades Journal of October 23rd. take the following figures of imports : From this we Loads. Loads. Port. 9 mos., 86. 9 mos , *85. Thondonsy:2¥ 2 52 sa8* e-eceeeee . 802,904 972156 Thiverpoolstes, sete at. ce sce ee . 350,222 433° 856 PO Sees ES. Pecos ase oe 302,619 331 456 Cardiffzan-.o7-00e< 4 2 260,183 233,134 Grimsbysereo-seee eee = efoveloion, (ote 275,465 Hartlepool-We. 28 00... 6. scan 177.714 226,598 ING w portent hae tone eee Be 103 511 184.975 Grangeporti-n ace -aseteee cece ee 82 224 145,950 Newcastle's 4 75-6 285. cae sees 78,093 105,208 Bristol yaaa eee see eee ee 69 589 100,578 Greenock .2 ncaa ote ee was - 77.185 85,57. MCI bh es ctargers cecistee Sek oe eee 74,286 66,856 Dublinkeeet sae ob backer Sceee 54,530 65,793 ‘Belfastit ner: sooo coe ee ee ae 46,909 58,917 Glasgow: .s5 6. oc tase eons 44,556 45,890 It will be observed-the Leith is the only one, of all the ports named above, which received a greater qu-ntity this year than last. Ayr, Aberdeen aud Bo’ness are other Scotch ports of which the same may be said, but they are excepti ns to the rule, which is that wood imports are reduced. A SHIP ON FIRE. The burning bark noticed eff St. Pierre has been towed into that port and the crew safely landed on Langley’s Ixland. The bark was found to be the Caspar, 806 tons, of Swansea, from Mirami- chi, October 29, for Liverpool, with a cargo of timber. Captain Roberts reports that everything went well until Sunday morning when fire was discovered under the forward house. There wasa stiff breeze blowing at the time. The crew made strenuous but unavailing efforts to get the fire under control, but fanned by the increasing gale, the flames spread rapidly, while the heat and smoke were something terrible. At half pst ten o’clock on Sun- day night the crew, unable to stand it any longer, abandoned the ill-fated ship. At that hour the flames had burst through the forward bouseand blown up the forehatch. The crewof twelve men left her in the long boat end headed for Langley’s Island, twenty- five miles distant, which they reached at el-ven o’clock on Monday all well. Captain Roberts says it was a grand sight to see the sbip all ablase on the ocean at night, with the flames fanned by the gale of wind. Thesky and sea were illuminated for miles around. The tug Progress managed to get the burning hull in tow, and gotinto St. Pierre on November 9th, It had been burned to the water’s edge, and was still burning inside below the water line, The crew give no explanation of the origin of the fire, 12 ed WANTED. The publisher of the CANADA LUMBERMAN desires thorouzhly reliable aud competent correspondents at the fol owing named places :— Kingston, Ontario. Quebec City, Quebec. St. John, New Brunswick. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Victoria, British Columbia. The duty of each correspondent will be to give a review of his local market for the month preceding the date of issue, and the ruling quotations for different tnds of lumber, &c. For terms and any other infor- mation, addiess A, G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. Market Reports. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. Our local market continues brisk, and although all kinds of bill lumber in pine is decidedly scarce; strange to say, prices do not advance. Holders, bowever, are firm on present figures, and before spring arrives prices must advance. One reason for pine bills not advancing may be found in the fact that hemlock is now being largely used for framing timber. There is fully treble the quantity of hemlock being used here as compared with even last season, and the total amount of all kinds consumed in this city this season will nearly double that of former yeare. Shipments from vur docks may now be said to be fairly closed. Two or three more cargoes may get off, that will be the outside quantity, and the bulk of the last month’s shipments have been nearly green from the saw, in fact there is not any very large amount of dry lumber to come forward, although with the opening of ' navigation next spring, a considerable quantity ) will be available from the other side of the Georgian Bay. Figures for all grades of lumber remain about the same ag during the earlier part of the season, No noticeable advance has taken place on any lines since the opening of the season. The following are the ruling quotations io this Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths....... 12 00 sf BLOCKS... .eeeeeceeer sees en eceee tes 13 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 tier oely en oeteterlerelane 13 00 a sf es DP SihGiarcveryspacerrtorelertarsiare 14 00 as OG as Oitbaedeccua, eastern 15 00 On af as DOIG. vinisic - «eiseiel sie cissin't 16 00 a Dante reietecisets -ifelelelileyeinrets 17 00 cc ss as 26 ft BRYED 18 CO OU of Gh) OSE rminiers, sitreinreisiereterels 19 Ou “ “ (el pen BOiEt a aulacre suareceiternnts 20 00 Ol ss a SDE Giseeser: elocreletelarefeiets 21 00 <5) sf ae 84 ft.....- 22 50@22 50 Ag te ef BOVRG sveteioreheyerlaraieXereierelelste 24 00 bi sf i OE ngog coca uogbGodd 27 00 . U 40 to 44 ft... cc sceseeeee 30 00 Cutting up pen GO ONY sireieletsriclecemicisiersisies 20 00@25 00 W early OO Sgod seoceuabonootoonodeE 20 00 ound dressing stocks.........cseseseeees 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection....-. 0s rssrer sarees 30 00 Three uppers, Am. inspection.....----- 35 00@40 00 B. M. J}-inch flooring, dressed ....-. -+-s+1++ 25 00@30 00 Ty ce (OT igs aoonueaabodon! o6np 14 00@15 00 TES «6 dressed vec. eee eee e eens 23 00@25 00 a «6 undressed... 6s. see reese eee nes 14 00 uu v dressed .....-+.2. sseeee 16 00@20 00 ae OA undressed... ..12 00@14 00 7 Beaded Sheeting, dressed . ..18 0V@20 00 Clapboarding, dressed ......+-++ssssses seit ees 12 50 XXX sawn shingles, BM .. 2 7T5@ 2 90 Sawn Tath. cceccesccet scene mre tines taitine sissies ee 228 Red oak... ..20 00@25 0 White ‘ 25 00@30 00 18 00@20 00 50 OV@60 00 25 0V@30 00 20 00@25 00 Cherry, No. White ash 1 Black ash 1 MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. From Our Own Correspondent. Montreat, Nov. 25 —During the month of November, the lumber trade in Montreal has been of a very satisfactory nature, in fact there has been a continuance of the ectivity which, genere)ly speaking, has characterized this line of business thrvvghout the greater part of tha year. Dealers here in looking over the transactions for this year to date, report an incresse of nearly 50 per cent, over the corresponding portion of 1885, and there is an encouraging outlook for the winter trade, as there is yet quite a larga amount of building under way. S me of our merchants here say that buildioy operations have uot been conducted on such an extensive scale for twelve years, Xard business continues brisk, there THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. being a good local demand, but the bad roads usual at thia time of the year, have militated somewhat agains country business, as farmers and others, have not been able to draw their supplies. The stocks in dea'ers’ hands are fairly large for the season of the year } prices continue firm and unchanged, slihough there is nothing of a very special nature to excite the market, Navigation beirg now closed, some idea of the export business from Montresl may be gleaned from the shipments by the Montreal Export Company to the River Plate during the season of 1885. Of the 29,088 204 feet of pine and spruce £0 shipped, 21 384.160 f-et, all pine, was despatched fr'm Montreal. The total pine so shipped was 21 782 604 feet, and apruce 7,305,060 feet. The detailed shipment is as follows :— Shipments of lumber from the River S:. Law- rence to the River Plate, during the season of 1886 :— The following are the lumber quotations at the yards bere :— Pine, 1st quality, @ M.....-.-- . .++++ $00 00@40 00 Pine 2nd ye eee iets spre fae 00 00@30 00 Vine, shipping culls, @ M..... 14 90@16 00 Pine 4th quality deals # M.. 10 00@12 00 Fine, mill culls, # M.. .. 8 v0@10 00 Spruce, #M...... ++ . 10 00@13 00 Hemlock, @ M....+-eesese: sce crercrees 9 00@10 00 Ash, run of log culls out, # M..... _ 20 00@25 00 Base, “ 6 RB MS con, cere 18 00@20 00 Oak, BM......ccececeerrereseereceeeces 40 00@50 00 Walnut BM ....-.-- eer ccc ceeeen reece 60 00 100 00 Cherry, @ M.....2-5 200: 10+ cones oe 80 00 100 00 Butternut, @M....--.--++ee eee eer e ee 35 00@40 00 Birch, @ M...-.s2c-ccerececcceeere core 20 00@25 00 Hard Map e, & M.....---++--ee0e- seeee 25 00@30 00 Lath, 9 Mi... ce e0- cs shawecenerenren® 1 5°@ 0 00 Shing es, 1s', % M......-+-+ eee 2 00@ 3 00 Shing.es, 2nd, # M........-.-- 2 50@ 0 00 —__o—_——_—_——_— QUEBEC. The timber market here bas been quite lively of late, and several rafte of square and waney pine huve changed hands. A slight advance in FROM MONTREAL. DATE. VESSELS, PINE, SMALL LOADED BY, STOWAGE. June 11) |Cambridgeln.. 2. -- 910.566 DB VAlaGtinien eines etek 445 030 July 6 .|M. & E. Cann........ 783 654 10 |Carl Haasted......... 667,906 OOW NE alenm Overs rie crews oir 664,419 OAS. AMMAVIVET SN Gan ariocouDD Ne 579 080 50,000 OF NAc AGr Mago oderaoa pe 853.445 ‘ August AW Aino wre taretteeacertera 613 817 OP Vr t) enopadenanodae 431,083 50,000 & 138 \Venezuala.......--..- 667,255 2 16; || Alstatacabiars A. Non ces 1,186 390 3 Ole WAnling torre.) -teet- lie 651,604 = OT Alina Hoy, es coor 535,020 C 23 |Our Apnie............ 338 451 B 23 |Alabama............-- 800,925 2 OEY TUK) Smageac sddnor 294 368 eo 27 ‘|\Lillie Soullard........ 817,176 Q September | 13 |Hectanooga.........-- 850 521 B by WO ioopcasanondicadae 741 901 = 28 |Lizzie C. Troop .......| 1,180 740 5 October Ay \Cathell aun sac: se ce 313 577 = Qi GND eras cheteielaree tetera inleke 344 482 te Th HRN iggocecoten st 854,540 I 12 -ilAliperias sahats eo. See 496,094 = 15, |Gro. B. Duane.......- 758 513 54144 S 900 | Garmoelisprer cis ane 648 947 29 312 3 OPIN Ae Acncictc- ater ta bCce 670 432 Og Ni Sigrid': cdc) Male ae 924,319 12,480 November TW Reynard’, meme ty te 793,137 4S \GaR OO ini ia steceetere ureters 799 864 104i Miabavccee see. ke 736.904 21.384.160 195,936 FROM OTHER PORTS IN THE ST. LAWRENCE. DATE, VESSELS. PINE, SPRUCE. TOTAL. PAILINGS, June 19 |Mary K. Campbell.. 9,444 380 000 389 444 10,720 92 |Kamechatka.......- 380 000 380 000 43,573 July 7 \Giytie.... cece eens 780,000 780 000 81 |Telemanque........- $30,000 330,000 81 |Heotor ............- 465,000 465,000 August 4 |Kate C. Maguire.... 953 000 953 000 55 128 6 |Kate Harding ...... 450 000 450 000 24.355 17 |OQueata............- 442,000 442.000 5,628 17 |AnnieC Mayuire... S00 000 800 000 41 320 September 4 |Golden Rule.......- 140,000 700 000 840.000 51,120 4 |Glengarry........-- 445,000 445 000 34.360 October 19 |Pescemaker ......-- 131.000 520 000 651.000 28,000 96 |Lake Leman........ 118,000 595 000 713 000 57,340 November 14 |*Jeannette......... ss oes ee Oz 000 __ 85.600 __) 400 Sordid | 7 305,000 | 770F0H4 | 302,944 *Also has 150 epars. TOTAL SHIPMENTS FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE IN 1886. 21,782,604 7.305, 600 29,088 204 feet. 548 880 pieces. PREVIOUS SHIPMENTS. IEtC) alo tose eee ooo e Ppruce.......-.e ees Small Stowage........ a headin dans cisco Cerne IO AI00 31.344.543 feet. SBA Tor ce cutectes open ans Tc 36,938 548“ RRS) emesis 18,768 652 “ DI PAG, erreee eet ahaa oraree eS 24,419 827 ‘“S TS Eee eo y orhmaeanencce aScceg ce 16 147.941 ‘ SRO Meee sree ceteorr sey et 10,420,080 ‘S US 7. cee meek. Srokrer er fone cemnncs 12,476,150 ‘* TOTS es capers sectors i 10,855,246 “ The Montresl] Witness says:—About 100 lumbermen engaged here a fortnight azo have left to work for the winter in th lumber business at Port Arthur, Nolittle difficulty was experi- enced in securing the right kind of men. Many refuaed twenty-four dollars per month and “all found”; and several who have signed the con- tract, and left th-ir valises and watches with the employing agent, failed to putin an appearance. Good men were guaranteed from twenty-four to twenty-eight dollars per month, all found. UBT ats nce ee Oe tween wees 8.787.928 feet. 1BTO eae cle ee > eos 3,487 000“ MOTD ck oe svn encima .10.128,000 “* O74 ek eae hea we eee Oe 16 262 293 “* S73) ok. scenes 36073919 “ STS sso Rete So ees sys tee 28,234,968 “ prices is alao noted. It is understood that the manufacture of timber at Ottawa and elsewhere for this market next winter will be extremely small, on account of the demand for saw logs, which is very good, and prices are advancing. No important sales of hardwoods have been reported, the principal sales made being confined to +qnare and waney pine. Owing to the extraordinary fine weather we are now experiencing, the Montmoreney and Chaudiere saw mills are enabled to go on sawing at the rate of about 4,000 logs during the 24 hours, the result of which wi.l be but compara- tively few logs will remaia over the winter unsawn. It is reported a sale of pice deals hae taken place in O:tawa, being produce of logs to be cut this wioter. Prices not tran-pired, but uader- stood to te about tame as last years. It is reported two lumber companies have been incorporated lately, usamely:—The Ottawa Lumter Compary with a capitsl stock o* $150,- 000 in shares of $100 each, the incorporaturs being Measre. Al xander Baytist, J. Dean, L. A. Daan, R. C. Blair and Alex. Houli-ton, of Three Rivers. They intend cutting lomber for United States market, and poesibly a emall quantity of deals for the Engli-h market, Messrs. R. Reford, J. Dillon, of Montreal,D. W. Rose, of C te St. Antoine, A. McLeusia, of East Templeton and W. Ras, of London, England; hive been inc rporated to carry on the lumber and manufacturing business under the name of The Coarlemsgne and Lake Ouarean Lumber C mpany, with a capital stock of $200,000 of $100 shares. a oe PHILADELPHIA. There has been no perceptible falling « ff in this market since last report. Prices are till firm and a eatisfactory condition of effairs exis's all around. Yellow pine erlle rapidly at goed round figures, and the demand is greater than the imports. Sap pine is also in good demana, and a ecercity of this class of wood exiats, which baa tended to raise the price c nsiderably. White pine is rather inactive, whilea larg> trade is b-ing done in yellow pine. ‘Hemlock is in good demand, and is selling at about the usual fizure. Spruceisin moderate supply, but prices are somewbat irregular, some dealers asking a elight advance, Iuterior finishers are running more into hardwoods; and the p»orer grades of walout are wanted; and the whole hardwood market shows strer gth aud life. —___——__= SAGINAW VALLEY. The Lumberman’s Gazette of Bay City, in its issue of the 25.) November, says:—Thbe lumber business, so far a8 manufacturing and water shipments may be annourc-d as practi- cally closed and the few miils still running will cease uperations in a few days at the farthest. The mill owners who bave timber of their own are busily engaged ia the preparatory work of securing their supply of logs for next season’s operatiuus—some of them indeed being already at work in the pineries, and having a consider- able quantity of logs on the skids. It may be stated in this connection also, that it is a fair presumption that the stock of logs for the Ssginaw river mills will show a slight diminu- tion at least, as compared with former years ; but probably not so great as the prediction of some of the more skeptical would seem tu indi_ cate. Itis a fact, however, woich cann +t be ignored tat the lumbering business in the grestest manufacturing ceotre in the world in the past; is gradually but certainly concentrating into fewer hands, and that those mea who have shrewdly made as extensive provi-ivn as possible in the past; for the demands of the future, by iovesting beavily in pine s umpage, are de tined to reap rich rewards and abacdant returns for their foresight and saxacity; and that mills witb no pine timber possessions back of them, must gradually but surely succumb tothe inevit- able, and sub nit to removal; or suffer loss in their continued attempted operatioa with noth- ing but a precarivus sawbill for maintenance , while their 1. cations must be occupied by other aod permenent industries, or suffer depreciaion io value. Indeed the past season has been one of fnancisl misfortune to severe] mil's for the reasons stated, hereabouts as well as elsewhere, and failures and as-ignments have resulted. The past season however, may be set down as financislly succes-ful for mantifacturera in fac’, who have been merketing th-ir own timber. Prices have rulei satisfactorily high, and profits have been exc edingly gratifying, as they must inevitably bs in the future in the absence of any uoforseen financial crisis, business depression or extensive labor troubles. = ee When ozening a cor espondence with advertisers always mention that you saw their advertisementia the “Canada Lumber- man.” ™ | es ADVERTISEMENTS Those wishing to BUY or SELL TIM- BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find Tuz Canapran LUMBERMAN an excellent medium in which to make known their wants. Advertise- ments of this character will be inserted at the low rate of 1 CENT A WORD, cash to accompany the order in every case. Address. A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, Peterborough, Ont, CHICAGO. The Northwestern Lumberman ecays:—Tho prospect is that +hipment from the mills will cease this year eerlier than usual, On the great lakes frei.ht rates are co high that it is prefer- able to let lumber remain on dock until next spring. On Saginawriver heavy purchases are being made of lumber tt at will not be shipped until next season. In the Chicago district the la‘e drop in the price of short dimension, com- bined with high freight rater, hss tended to discourage the mill men about shipping much more luwber this fall. From exst shore points comes reports cf a general determination to forward but little product to market thie season but to pile the cut of the mills till they ere shut down. The Opinion appears to ;revail among the manufactures that lumber is a good enough property to b«ld until conditions of sale are more favorable than now. On the other band, the merchants have reached the conclusion that they will «ffer no inducements to prolong the atecking up se»son. Tae trade does not regerd the situation so good, or the p:ospect so bright, that it can afford to offer bigber prices as an inducement for bringing forward the green lumber that the saws are turning out. Thus it will be ecen that the business of the country isin a rather peculiar posi‘ion, It is far from the boom that charac*erized it in the fal! of 1881, for then it seemed as if the jobbers could not buy enough to satisfy them. Now there is a degree of indifference about msking purchases, unless the terms re satisfactory. The reseon for this is not becsuse the distributive demand has not been fairly satisfactory this season, but because prices still hang ata level not much above thoze that prevailed a year ago. In this market if it were not forthe fact that lorg dimension is worth this year relatively more than it was last at a corresponding date, there would have been no gain in the value of Lake Michivan product. Short dimension is worth in this market no more to-day than it was last year at a like time, while the supply at the mills seems to be accumulating. Stocks in the yards are probably less than they were at thie date last year and in the matter of dimension, they are more bruken and equelly eorted. There is no burdensome surplus of Jumber in the yards, but there bas been no such clean- ing ff of mill stocks as has been predicted. But the supply of logs has been closer sawed up this season than last. The lumber business in the lake regior, and in fact in all the white pine dictricts, is simply in a state of good health, but it ie neither fi shy nor robust, All bave been counting on a boom during the year that has not come, acd ell are looking up expectantly, like young rotius, with their mouth oyen, for the cherries of profit todropinto them. The fruit wuld fall in the r'ght place if a little increased stimulus could be given to the demand. That stimu us would be given by arise in the prices of farm products. Until there ba euch 6 rise, it is idle to expect a marked increace in the demand for lan ber, or a material advance in ite selling valoe, At the yarde business was not quite so active as has attsined during the past month but there was a steady movement allthetime. The out- of-town demand ie quite heavy. Coll-ctiors continue rather poor and some difficulty is ex- perienerdinth t wey. ‘Ihe S: uw hwectern ruil- road freight cot bas not come in to arsist this market by opening Kansas City as better depot . for sales, The demand between yards is good as sorting continues with unabated fury :— Piece Stuff, short sreen,.......... Veet '$ 9 25@ 9 50 Piece stuff, short dry...........eessee: 10 50 11 00 PIGCEIBLUAE OUP ain:slessiesieis\ telstriv.o pila wie 11 60 14 00 Boards and strips, No. 2,.....--.-+«++- 11 00@12 00 Boards and st ips,medium.. .......... 1200 1500 Boards and strips, No. 1... ..- ....-. 15 00 20 00 Shingles, standard.,....0++-++.:seesess- 175 180 Shingles, extra..ese.,.+2 +s. secesceses 190 209 Shingles, cedar, standard...,........... 165 176 Shingles, cedar, extra...... ............ 190 106 TeathyawOitepineyes seas cir aesirelasiv 150 160 Lath; NOMway ovo... .ccessesece cee revere 2 40 1 50 RECEIPTS FOK WKEK ENDING NOV. 18. Lumber. Shingles. 47,050,000 16,172.000 .... 46,471,0U0 22,346,000 FROM JAN. 1, TO NOV. 18, INCLUSIVE. Lumber. Shingles. Nek snuooosoagpadoon DOOD 1,566,158,000 746,254,000 USSDreletiee enna eiemtnete 1,609,973,000 728,217,000 8TOCK ON HAND NOV. 1. 1886. 1885. 1884, Lumber .......599,877.647 665.050,130 688,057,836 Shingles....... 148,705,988 386,319,180 321,961,925 Lath:... . 57,297,956 75,214,168 70, 742,042 Pickets......... 1,613,099 2,789 250 1,830,118 Cedar posts.... 262,150 637,435 400,805 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. UO} ING? SOS GouacononeD HasocegDecoobsanoadoon] 25c. BOSON a eeieiiee eae eile hicteisc elem) peeisiaicieivie 30c. Philadel phi aiecrerttstaeleteteeitas aa : . 28¢. Balbiniore waters Piet ie ele ale stale ie iei=) «eke a1- fis ele owe 22c¢. WER: oo orucot opAanodoncaschosee Gonroan erty; PNUETIN? Sccgdous “dcoo cd JOMeos dea Gono OnoA cae 24c, LLNON?- gone obe Som tOnddgUoOUOOOes DROS nAnOe pate 24c. Buffalojand\Pittsburehen vec. 6 tes ciel ces oe 15c. SWGHAGTOb7 Le daanosOckebar maneM AeOnnASereaomrrs 24c. \Wihtee lin oeryerire ities clint fetta’ =/-1e/sfeietotsio sn ts =n aistee sais 15c. SUSPENSION BXIOG Obertamele/aictelscieieiels ova ciskeizjors arrcieiers 15¢e. Salaimanca,.....- JOcice |S GRO AO eha OR eG Oe oe 15e; IEMA INO n aoeciso soc ose donoanDasoAnaed Joe -15¢. IDPS sido WesaagcotonaQdOun OaanOAL dood ane .15e° IMO-cHcocn deo sdsncobencorabonnoNdgaendeoonD lic. Haye osousedasocbo on dooooOn ono SOOR ae .15e. LAKE FREIGHTS. From Muskegon,green............ «sess 1 624 Im, Walco boos tosabapebepeoroceene 1 624 BEOmIBIGUGINe TOM sy releeleieicle oe ++ -)eleirinee = 1 75 From Manistee.......... Sees 1 374@1 874 From Menominee, dry..... ....... .... 2 00 From Menominee, green..... ......-.- 2 00 From Cheboyan ... 2 00 From Bay City,.....+..» 3 00 rom Oscoda dtyi ic jsneiem) segs a ees 2 75 WTOMVAIPENA, ALY omisisieleie fie) einer sie loses als 2 50 —_—_—$§_—_____—_ NEW YORK CITY. Reports from this city show that as a rule the lumber trade has been mcderatrly brirk during the past month. The demand fir all descript- ions has been quite active and the volume of business hes been fully up to that of the past few montbe. The demand from the yards is unusually bri-k, owiny, principal’y, to the lurge amount of building at present going on. This state uf offairs in the yards is likely to exist for a few wonths at least. The export movement, while in eome respects showing aslight decrease, keeps up very well, and the business completed, ie, on a whole, encvuuraging. The market for yellow pine ard epruce bas ruled very firm. In white pine very litile change bas occurred. Trade al! around haa been quite active, and a cheerful feeling characterizes the market gener- ally. ae OSWEGO, N.Y. Fiom Our Own Correspondent. Three uppers..... s\araielelsie etexnisie afonatetstefetatels $46 00@47 00 TES Anicoo Tae SNOODOS ADDED sane 9 - 36 00@37 00 Ginnie 10s) sonoeo- poondeaopeponatac csc 26 00@27 00 BOSI5 G MCILEDEAN OTN ohaes sk scstedate esa 2's a ere clothe ois 22 00@25 00 (CeyniniGyl noon dosun” ap nOACenO neon ane - 14 00@18 00 (Orr) Fe Aen SBOP ace hc GOCE TEC re ane 13 00@15 00 PIL rite lots). je seas seis siriewse nae - 19 00@21 00 Sidings, | se. ected, TUS RDS Pa Ml RL 28 00@36 00 lf in. . 30 00@38 00 Mill Palins 13 to 16 ft. - 19 00@21 00 Selected.......-... HOUIGO eae Dn OGn 24 (0@26 00 SE IPPCIS eeelaete ial eine te = .. ss-eee 14 00@16 00 Mill run Tash DOwaGs ROC HROnD Sam apeae . 18 00@17 00 Selected... 53.5 1idednGaO COED ORR TORE Ge 21 00@30 00 SMIDPEersipeieetya ci chie eee mswicrers cise etue 14 0U@16 00 Mill run, 1 & 1}in, strips ............. 19 00@21 00 Selected area ae ietie > Mea ce Gene 32 00@34 00 Collation ities eee. cotee 12 0U@15 Ov 1x6 selected for clapboards 32 00@34 10 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pane: 3 65@ 3 80 XXX Cedar..... 2 30@ 3 60 Lath ib Ne EL TeM lololvioteryetem ateisvcreyyie tienes 1 £0@ 2 00 SOUGIOORO. “AD OD. Doe OnE 1 60@ 1 80 Ash, ae He MOP UtOMmaNen ve sesscts tic 16 00@20 00) Basswood, Ist & 21d, 1 & y INGO ecieee 20 01 @22 00 Wg cull Seems me PE EN. 11 00@12 00 Hard Maples Mapok ceaarhics clei ssientitee 23 CO@25 00 ATI ARAB UM cheyeys, Salets alee Is. ciai cts. -1sisths aonsie 1 60@ 0 00 Shinglessletpei Mls. yeti cnccns te ee 2 00@ 3 Ou Shingles, 2nd, C7 Ne aS, Gee OrCOn AA 2 50@ 0 00 CORDWOOD. Long Maple, per COXA ete rotereterere wists olela(elbierore $ 6 00@6 50 OD A Bixchis ys) ay Tae Stas 6 00@0 00 Long Beech ks sisioiasista fib, sisiaetdaisiehele 5 00@5 50 Tamarack Ch Bt A d 5 00@0 00 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 DETROIT, MICH. Uppere:. 454 jews oso evede sdepaetperecrdsds 4 ee 00 Pi CXMMLOCA solr ated liae sake asa oa04 Page 50 00 SiMAAUT bps dens addadce nar ai eee vleerae 5. 00 SOCCIE AEE ce cesar oasiecvers oetaca ede Jo cage 42 00 5x4; CSA RSE ss Fentarsesaideetesodnds , 45 00 BINS COMMUN STS cacvrios eves seri enaessehe ans « 35 00 5x4, 6x4 @ Bx4 Shop, 4x4....5+.... 5x4, 6X4 & 8x4.......045- Flooring, se ect c mmon WO. LCOMMON, ooesscared be esee Togo hy yi (ey Le gprs ame Ne ria ‘ Roofing, D. @M.... Siding, clear...... Ceiling, select common Ceiling, No, 1 common No. I fencing.........> Stocks, 1x17 & 1x10, Nol.. UKZ7SLXLO WIN Os) Zieio e102 atelsie le ote ais erase , DX LZQAELOL INO; Bsleris on mises oles ee uinee same Shipyoullescrccecssatsel fecedere aise elena gaeete MilliC 8c csciesecisiieeoesecessneveeeses 12to 6ft 18 to 20 ft 22 to 24 ft 26 to 28 ft 80 to 34 ft Shlngl.s clear, 18 in. 10 in, clear, 18in,. Giinwcldar, IS: sisieclessrsbesics'e 2 00 g in stocks GENET IO onongneddanoaaane Aon” 4 00 Syn, ESN baieisie clawiot at cia velo piece oe 4 80 Lath, aerutecs aialotetolelalsimateieatastslatentelsialsteisialeteters 2 60 Add forS, lor2s5.31¢@M ———_@—__—_ ALBANY. Pine, clear, @M.....-..... COLACODOBON, _..855 00@60 00 Pine, fourths...... -« 50 00@:7 00 Pine, selects... .. 42 00@44 00 BIN} | J OOM WO Kisieis\eelviee)a/e\o\e/e\siolso)1a)eleieisle alo 22 00@z%3 00 Pine, common box........ ele se fins» asiaetole 13 00@15 00 Pine, 10-in. plank, each..-. «24. ess+eee 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each. . se eeeee OO 25@00 27 Pine boards, 10-in. Ndtsedecesciess'> OO S0@00 Sz Pine, 10-in. boards, ‘culls. B, HenalePne te lo sotelonra 00 16@00 2u Pine, 10-in. boards, VO), BBL. « lsicincienis 28 00@32 00 Pines wl 2-1ns| DOALGS LO) ftinieisye/Melelelsletele|stalaleto 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13 ft... Pine, 1} in. siding, select. Pine, 1}-in. siding, common... .. 28 00@30 00 . 40 00@43 00 15 00@18 00 Pine, 1-in. siding, select....... 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common.... ........-. 13 00@15 00 Spruce, boards, each......... nialsisinlsteleieiels 00 00@00 16 Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each.,......+...... 20 00@00 00 Spruce, plank, 2-in., each... +eee- 00 00@00 30 Spruce, wall strips, each......... d50000n0 00 12@00 12 Hemlock, boards, cach..........e+e0.-0- 00 0V0@00 14 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each.........0.0502- 00 00@00 32 Hemlock, joist, 24x4, each .. Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each. --. 00 00@00 14 - 00 00@00 11 Black walnut, good, % M...... e.eeeseeee 100 @120 00 Black waluut, ginch................ ese. 80 00@90 00 Black walnut, 3 inch......+. .ssecorees- 00 00@85 CO Scaymore, l-inch.......... mateiasise Per tieiss 28 00@30 00 Scaymore, Aint Cle tehstsint sist eetsiniel= =i siete eee 21 00@23 00 White wood, 1-inch and thicker seseeeses 38 00@40 00 White wood, §-inch........+-..... . 28 00@30 00 Ash, good, Fi Wiodoer apo erelaieteiscterelars wee. 40 00@43 00 Ash, second quality, @M...........-+0 25 00@30 00 Cherry, good, @M....... - 60 00@85 00 Chertys common), 2 Misisje s ONO O@BUnUO) Hickory, @M........... odode sducconshee 40 00@40 00 Mavle, Canada, ® M felerelofoleisiatelctercleteiaia 28 00@30 00 Maple, American, per M..... sictoisisieletstors 26 00@28 00 Chestnut, PM... ese cce eee pretaretete . 88 00@40 00 Shingles, "shaved, pine, ®@M..... Dadpanco 0 00@ 6 50 2nd quality abnodo do sfeiaxe 0 00@ 6 50 ss extra, sawed, MO socesoqncpoo0 4 30@ 4 00 ss Clear ie Ses Tee oa cysetaaen« 0 00@ 3 06 cs cedar, ate coda uadOOseDsoD00E 0 00@ 3 13 ae COCAN ROKK oieereiateieisie« Sieiersis 0 60a 0 00 ss HOMO 50055 cososnengooaaduG 2 25@ 2 37 Lath, hemlock, @ M.......-..s.s2-s.s5+ 0 00@ 2 35 Lath, PEPEUCE Memes meter intel etetetatsterts aouapons 0 00@ 2 20 2 | Sema eed LONDON, ENG. Lonpon, Nov. 20.—There is not much of interest to note since our last, and it appears now to be generelly felt that as regards the position here there is not likely to be any change trom the present quietude before the advent of the new year. By that time we sba!l be able to judge more correctly ss to the stocks here and the prospects of consumption in the future. The chief point of interest is now ebifting from this country to the other side, and is being centred on the probable free-on-board quotations for next season, and the extent of bu-iness that is likely to be transacted. The questicn is rather a complex one, the chief factor in arriving at a conclusion neceszarily depending mairly on the views taken as to the future prospects of general trade both in this country and abroad. Of one thing we may be tolerably certain, and that is that the consump‘ ion of wood goods here and in the Coloniesis, to say the least, uot hkely to be less than for the present year. Prices are now ata low Jeve)J, and stocks generslly throughout the country are in moderate compass,so that, should the presentimproving tendency in general trade coatinue and developfurther, we may io therpriog have largerdemacd for frstopen watershipments than has been experienced for several yeare, Shovld this be the case, we think producers would act wisely in not making quotations too hi.h, but rather study to keep prices at a moderate level, and thus ensure a steady and continnous volume of business thr uzhout the season to the mutual advantage of both reller and buyer. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS LONDON, ENGLAND. The following are the officials returns of the imports of wood goods during October, 1886, and also for the ten months ending 30th ult., as compsred with the same periods of 1884-5: be ~* 3.28 = DRE = Z a . 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Eaeereta | o for eo =) 5 = oe SANNSES | SPS 5s ixo aS SNorisn— | ofan =) [ES EST won “anole SR =) ee ca halt heb = =n a a Oroaonses | owe eies ot S=eacanva|af-—s Siss SSH ASS OS [ell PS sics Sooo aS | > Fo — io Sa SSR° "ss (Liss aixne = Si- =z xz es zz = eS ae a) Pe ~ i ~- —— 2SSsSS oe hn) edt 2c aS s gs em 355 : a 1B: = = Ke) ae hs 4 aS) =: is = == = ~ cx ~ 2 2 23 = wa ia ee Send in your subscription for 1887. 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. . ENGINES, SAW MILLS, SHINGLE and LATH MILLS SEND FOR NEW SAW MILL CATALOGUE. 100 Page ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE on SAWS AND MILL SUPPLIES. itl EWwar ER ORnTron — Return Tubular Firebox Boilers Skids or Wheels. of all Sizes on Irons, Very Cheap. Have Knight or Peel Dogs, V Track, | Patent Lumber Gauge and Saw Guide. AIIM i SEND FOR REPORT OF A 25 HORSE POWER She —— clon asa nae — — oc ee) = Coan —s CHAMPION SAW MILL =—. Cutting Lumber for the CANADA PACIFIC SNOW cmremaall — os Kaede a fee = joer Cc” Esondlarsll pa se Pewkren a Flexsxoms SHEDS, at Dugan's Siding, Roger’s Pass, B.C. Mill was running 28 days after it was loadea on the Cars at Brantford, and in two months run over 1,100,000 feet of 1 inch Lumber, and 3 & 4 inch Plank—all cut to widths and edged on large Saw. ¢ M Tue Fire-PRooF GHAMPION” DX ma = SAW MILL .« B7 \ i i ql | H Kt i — oe i ‘ui H ih i He i - uh ai A) } i Mm MI MAT LALO —e sks aia cea ec aT 5s Sa = Best Saw Mill Engines 30 Horse Power up. Waterous Engine Works Co,, Brantford an EASTERN OFFICES—154 St, James St., Montreal. 30 Paul St., Quebec. = ea Winnipeg TENES Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Cataloge. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE HENDERSON LUMBER CO. Limited. Daviy H. HENDERSON, President ; Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes a Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, NorMAN HenpErgson, Vice-President ; Cuas. H. Waters, Sec-T'reas. fe) ACCOUNT BOOKS MANUFACTURED ee SCSI NI) BOOK-BINDING oF ALG KINDS. Review Printing and Publishing Co., Limited. MARKET BLOCK, PETERBOROUGH. The Ontario Canoe Co, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent wood Canoes, Folding Canoes C; \ NC O E "Ses Paddles, Oars, Tents, etc., etc Gold Medal, London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. J.Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director designed to carry any amount of goods and chattels and strongly built, made to order on short notice. Canoes for Lumbermen, NE ane In Gg al GIBSON, MANUFACTURER OF KNIGHT'S PATENT “EXCELSIOR” SAW MILL DOGS The ‘Sawyer's Favorite For Holding Logs upon a Saw Mill Carriage y while being Sawn into Lumber. These Milldogs I guarantee to give satisfaction in every case. They will hold a frozen log as well as a soft one, for cutting A Scantling, Square Timber, &. These Dogs cannot be excelled, i i I sell them all on their own merits, give ten or fifteen days trial, ali ve and then, if not satisfactory, return them to my order, as I have NS i i no agents on the road this year, I will sell them at a reduced ee price. Send for Circular and price list. q ATENTS Trocured in Canada, the United States, and all Foreign Countries, Caveats, Trade-Marks, Copyrights, Assignments, and all Documents relating toPATZNTS prepared on the shortest notice. All infor- mation pertaining to Patents cheerfully given on appli- cation. ENGINZERS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, and Ez- perte in all Patent Canses. Established 1867, Donald (. Ridout & Co. 22 King St. East, Toronto Longitudinal Rib Canoes, Bass|LUNG INVIGORATORS , = 158 received. Sf agg) bn, “4 F.E.DIXON & CO Manufacturers of Patent Lap-Joint Star Rivet LEATHER BELTING 70 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO. To Mill Owners, Manufacturers & others requiring Leather Belting Do not buy any Belting unless with DIXON’S PATENT LAP pte NT. it will last longer and do more service than any other. 70 KING ST. EAST, and send for Circulars and Latest Discounts. Norman's Electro-Curative Belt ! 4. ee mee EAST, TORONTO. This Belt is the last improve- ment and the best yet de- veloped Cura- tive Appliance in the world for 4 INDIGESTION, i MEU] NERVOUS DEBILITY, ee RHEUMATISM, and all diseases of men. andisa grand remedy for Female Com- Plaints also. Cir- ‘ H cul d - KNEE CAPS. .__.“ SHOULDER BANDS. Pee ia oe A. NORMAN, Medical Electrician 4 QUEEN STREET EAST, TORONTO. “| SPINE BANDS, N. B.—Mr. Norman has had long experience in the Treatment of Diseases by Electricity, and will give his personal attention to every case, by letter or examination. A FULL LINE of all Sizes constantly in. stock. Ka2>All ORDERS Filled same days TORONTO WARE ROOMS 86 King Street East Factory and Warerooms :—2518, 2520 and, 2522, Notre Dame Street. MONTRHEAL QU EE. 16 THE CANADA Se ae eee WHAT THEY SAY OF US. The CanapA LumBERMAN, published every month by Mr. A. G. Mortimer, Peterborough, is cne of those practical periodicals, which are invaluable to the members of the constituency to which they cater.— Orillia Packet. Tur Canapa LumBerMan is etill published monthly by Mr.A.G. Mortimer, of Peterborough, and is devoted to the lumber and wood-working industries of the D minion, It is a valuabla technical journal.—London Free Press. THE first issue of the CANADA LUMBERMAN under its new management clearly indicates that Mr. Mortimer has not missed his calling, and that the Duminion is going to have a newsy exponent of the lumber trade. Success to it,— Chicago Lumber Trades Journal. Mr. A. G. Mortimer, who has for many years been connected with the Mechanical and Milling News, bas as‘umed the proprietorship of the CANADA LUMBEKMAN, which will hereafter be ixsued on the first day of every month.— Deseronto Tribune. THe CANADA LUMBERMAN published at Peter- borough is now under the editorial and business manavement of Mr. A. G. Mortimer. The LUMBERMAN is a good trade journal, and should meet with suocess.— Bobcaygeon Independent. Tur CANADA LUMBERMAN published at Peter- borough, Ont., has been suld by the Peter- boroush Raview Privting and Publishing Cumyany, Limited, to A G. Mortimer. ‘The paper bas heen publiched eemi-monthly, at $2 a year, but now it will be made into a monthly, the subscrijtion price being placed at $1.—N W. Lumberman. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN has been purchased by Mr. A. G. Mortimer, an old cffice mate of the editor of the Star, who bas changed the paper to a monthly, and has reduced the sub- scription price to $1 per year. We wisb him every euccess in his new uudertaking.—Parry Sound Star. Tu October number of the CANADA LUMBER- MAN is undoubtedly the best cory of that joucnal which we have yet received, Every person interested in the lumter itdustry of Canada or the preservation of our forests should subecribe for the LumBERMaN.—Deseronto Tri- bune. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, hitherto published by the Poterburough Review Printing Co., will hereafter be published by Mr. A.G Mortimer, of the Mechanical and Milling News, on the 1st of every month, at Sl a year. Toe LUMBER- MAN will now be in good hands.— Uxbridge Guardian. Mr. A. G. Mortimer bas assumed editorial and business management of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, which is published monthly at Peterborough. ‘The Octuber number we found to be full of matter interesting to the trade, well and clearly arranged.— Canadian Manufac- turer. Tur CANADA LUMBERMAN, published in Peter- borcugh, we are pleased 10 notice, C yntinues to flourish. Is the only j urnel in the Dominion devoted to the lumber and wood-working in- dustries, and should find a ready patronage from wo d-workers and those connected with the lumber interest.—Port Hope Times. A. G. Mortimer, brother cf the publisher of the Dominion Mechanical and Milling News, has purchased the CANADA J.UMBERMAN from the Review Prioting and Publishing Co., of Peterborvugh, Oat., and will hereafter conduct it as a monthly journal, Thesubscription price, which, as a semi-monthly, was $2 per annum, has been reduced to $1. Under its new manage- ment we hope to see the LUMBERMAN live and prosper.—Dominion M. and M. News. Our Canadian cotemporary, the CaNaDA Lumperman, published at Peterborough, Oat., has been purchased by Mr. A. G. Mortimer, Under the new management the LuMBERMAN will be issued on the first of each month, and the subscription price will be $1 a year. Mr. Mortimer has made himself known in Canada by his connection with the Toronto Mechanical and Milling News, and his experience in trade journslism will euable bim to keep the LUMBER- MAN at a bizh standard of excellence as a news journal and an advertising medium.—Lumber World, Buffalo, N. ¥, Tar CANADA LUMBERMAN now in its seventh year, has passed under the editorial control and business mana.ement of Mr. A. G. Mortimer, who hes had considerable experience in the management of trade journals, The LumBen- MAN contains several special features of much value to those engaged in the lumbering business and promise, by its trade reports and attention to the interesta which it represents, to be an indi-pensable periodical. -- Ottawa Journal. We are pleased to notice that under its new management the CanaDA LUMBEKMAN is being enlarged and improved in many ways. Mr. Mortimer seems to have the correct idea of how to conduct a trade pub- lication, and one of his first improvements has been the addition of an attractive cover to be followed by the adoption of a fine toned paper throughout. We wish our successor every success that his enterprise merits.—Peterborough Review. Canapa LUMBERMAN.—This excellent journal has been purchased by Mr, A. G. Mortimer, and will hereafter be published monthly at the low price of $1 per annum, ‘The CANADA LuMBERMAN is the only newspaper devoted to the lumber and woodworking industries of the Dominion, and should be taken by every person interested in the manufacture and sale of lumber.—Midland Free Press, Under the editorial management of Mr. A.G, Mortimer, by whom it was recently purchased, Tue Canava LUMBERMAN has gi eatly iwproved. Its haudsome typographic] appearance, aod its varied and interesting list of coot-nts, are ewi- nently in keeping with the evidently progressive ideas of its present owner. I+ is deserving of a wide circulation among the lumb-rmen of the Domivion. Published monthly at Peterho: ougb, Ont.; sub-cripsion, $1. — The Timberman, Chicago. ‘tHe CANADA LuMBERMAN, published monthly by Mr. A. G. M ortimer, at Peterbor vugh, Oat., is one of the best trade j urnals in the Dominion, As its name denotes, it is devoted chiefly to the discussion of ma:ters affecting the lumber trade of Canada, in ull its branchee, from get ing the logs out of the forest till they are ready to be put on the market 1n various manufactured states, It is a large 16 pege jouroal, now io its sixth volume, and bas so far deserved success that its publishers have decided on introducing several improvements in its make-up, commencing with the next number.—Montreal Gazette. ee RAILWAY NOTES. The C. P. R. company will have an entrance into Boston before May 1st, 1887. Tae Saskatchewan and Western Railway has been completed to Rapid City. Iv is rumored that the Canadian Pacific hes secured an outlet to New York by securing some New Hugland roads. It is expected the C.P.R. will enter the city of Hamiltou® by short span from the Toronto and N.agara falis line. A collision occurred on the C. P. R. at Roger’s Pass, B.C., on Saturday night. Two passengers are known to fatally have been i: jured. Workman are busily engaged in completing the new ( r lower) line of railway to the Van- couver Cuul Cumpany’s Souti Field Mine. Toe mine will be reopened as soon as the railway is finished. The C. P. R. Co. having completed the rail- way bridge over False Creek without 3 draw, ateps are being taken to appeal to the federsl authorities against closing this waterway against navigation, W. A. Peterson, Canadian Pacific railway engineer, bas gone to Sault Ste. Marie to make preliminary surveys for the proposed bridge at tbat placa to connect the Algoma branch of the C.P.R. with tbe Chicago Minneapolis and Man- ituba railway. The jubilee of railways will be celebrated in Paris next year. Oa this occasion there will be held—tfirst, an international exhibibition of rail- ways aud of industries c mnectad with them, which will ba open from May to October, 1887 ; secondly, aa international congress composed of delegates of railway companies, Caambers of Commerce, Syndical Chambers of Trades, scien- tific societies and others, LUMBERMAN. The C P. R. company is extending ita tele- graph sy-tem from Medicine Hat to Fort Benton in Montana. , Tx Canadian Pacific Railway are abolishio the present eating houses at Calgary and Broad- view, aud willrun a divivg csr inatead over this section of the road. The dinivg car will be taken off the eastern end of the road through the Rocky Mountains and the new hotel at Field made a dining station. The engineers who have been locating the Saskatchewan and Western R:ilway westward to the Assiniboine river, about fifty milea from the present terminus at Rapid City, are finished. They will go on locating the extention of the M- & N. W. Railway snother fi ty miles toward Prince Albert. Application has brea made to Parliament for to un Act incorporate the Teeswa'er aud Lnver- huron Railway Company to build a line of rai!- way from Teeswater via Tiverton to Inverburop, and tu take over and msvage the barbor with the cur.sent of the Governmet and the munici- palities interested. he short line of railroad from Smith’s Falls to Montreal is well advanced towards comple- tion. Traina are running from Smith’s Falls to Merrickville, and from B 1l’s Corners to K-mpt- ville. The St. Anne’s, Oxford Mills and K-mp- tville bridges are neartog compl-tion, by which st:aight connections with Montreal will be made. The Canada Atlantic Ruilwsy company bave made arrangements for the bire of 500 Awerican cara to be used in the transport of foreign grain from Chicago to Owen Sound, ard then to Bos- ton via Ottawaand the Canada Atlantic railway. This is eighty miles shorter than any. The first shipment passed through O.tawa a cuuple of weeks ago. Tue Canadian Pacific representatives have submitted the details of their new route into Toronto, The rails will be laid on the west bank of the river, which position will be reached by a branch from the Ontario & Quebec main line, some distance east of the ravine bridge. The Don wil be crossed at that point by an iron bridge. The right of way willbe purchased from this point to a point half way between King street and Eastern avenue. Here theline will defl-ct by a curve westward until B rkeley street is reached. From this point the company propose to reach their prj cted staton at the foot of Bay strest by means of a road to be filled in south of the present breastworks. These plans will be worked cut concurrently with the improvement of the Don. THE time maije on the Canadian Pacific rail- way from Montreal to Vancouver, a distance of 2900 mil-s is 136 houra. Tuis will soon be re- duced to 120 hours, while specials msy make the distances in 90 houra, When the short line is completed next autumoa, throu.h traios will make the trip from Halifax to Vancouver, & distanca of 3590 miles, io 116 hours, Passengers will then be able to make the trip from London to Vancouver in 240 hours or ten days. The time from Vancouver to Yokohama hy the propo-ed Pacific line of s'eamers wil. be 12 days, from Vancouver, to Hong Kong 17 days. Tie time from Halifax to Hong Kong will be 21} days; and the trip from Halifax around the world to Halifax may be made in 61 days, thus bresking Jules Verne’s record by 19 days. Tur Thunder Bay railway, now in course of constraction will develop the mineral district tributary to the head of Lake Superior, and feeding the Canadi.n Pacific Ruilway. To any one familar with the great richiess of the silver deposits alone, it is a wonder that the road was not built before. Dr, Lehman of S:. Paul, the well known mining expert, says this 1s superior to the great Montana silver district, and in affew years must have a vast out put. In fact he con- siders it the greatest ei ver bearing region in the world. The line will also tap the fise agr cultural lands and valley bottome, and will effurd a meaas of marketing the millions of pine and other timber along its proposed and surveyed course. The engineers report a good route, with construc- tion easy, and cost reasonable. —_—_—_—_—_—_——— When opening a correspondence wtih aivertisers always meuviion that you saw their advertisement in the “Canada Lamber- man.” A SHORT, SIMPLE RULE FOR MEAS- URING STRAIGHT LOGS. An experienced log and lumber inspector gives the following short and easily remembered rule f-r arcertaining the contente of a log by Doyle’s rule when a copy of Scribner's bock is not available: Rouie.—Sqnare the diameter of the log after subtracting 4inches from it, and the resuit will be the exact contents in inch boards of « log 16 feet long. A log 8 feet long will be half this amount; 12 feet long three-quarters, 14 feet long seven-eighte, and #0 on. He al.o states that there is but one accurate rule for measuring crooked, hollow and knotty logs, and gives it thus: Rute —Have the log cut into the kind of lumber wanted on agocd mill, by a competent sawyer, and bave it inspected and measured by the Nashville inspection rules. When opening correspondence with adver- tsers always men ion that you saw their advertisement in the “Canada Lumberman.” ———————— Perbaps the most extraordinary that sac- ceas has been achieved in modern science bas been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catorrh. Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past s'x months, fully ninety per cent, have be u cured of thie «tubborn malacy. This is pone the le-s startling wren it is remembered that not bve per cent. of the patients pre ent- ing themselves to the regular prectitiuper are benetitted, while the p-tent medicines and other advertized cures never record @ cure st oll. Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientific men tbat the disea-e is due to the presrnce of living parasites in the tis-ues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to their extermination; this accomplished the Catarrh 1s pratically cured,snd the pe mane: cy is unquestione!, as cures + ffected by him f ur years ago cures still, No one elee hes ever attempted to cure Cstarrb in this manrer, and no other treatment hes ever cured Cstarrb. The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the presect ~esson of the year is the moat faverstle for a speedy and permanent cure, the m-jority of cases being cured at one treatment. Sufferers should ecer- rexyond with Measre. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King street wert. Toronto, Canada, aod e cle « stamp for their treatise on Catarrh.— Montreal Star. ee Canadian Pacific R. R. The only Through Route for the Great North West. Going East. PETERBOROUGH DEPAkT.—1L31 8.m., 7 53 p.m. 10.56 p. m. ARRIVE.—5 31 a, m., 839 a. m., 6.42 p. m. Gotng West. PETERBOROUGH DEPaRT.—S 39 a. n., 6.42 p. m., 5.31 a. m. ARBIVE.—11.31 p.m., 7.53 p.m., 10.56 a. m. c. W. SPENCER, Ass’t General Sap’t. D. McNICOLL, . General Pasa’r Agent. w, C. VAN HORNE, Vicz-President. GEO. @LDS, General Traffic Mg’r. — ae FOR THE RIGHT MAN. Wee trustworthy and pushing man to represent the UaNapA LUMBERMAN On the road, capable of writi.g up fre lumber and wood-worki industries solicit subscription: and advertisements, do gene al business. One acquainted with this branch of trade prefered. Must be perfectly sober and able to furnish good references. Apply personally or address A. G@ MURTIMER, “Publisher, Peterborough, Ont, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. New York Lumber Auction Co, Wrought Iron (LIMITED, OFFICE AND YARD, Foot West 21st Street, New York City|The Best A rticle ever REGULAR SALES will be held during the year 1886, as fol.owe: Tuesday, April Gth, do May 11th, do June Sth, do July 13th, Tuesday, August 10th, do September 7th, do October 5th, do November 2nd, and Tuesday, December Vth. Sales commence promptly at 10,30 am. Wm. Norman, Auctioneer At each of these sales we shall offer a full and complete assortment of the best grades of HARDWOODS AND PINE LUMBER Dealers and consumers will fiad it to their profit and advantage to attend. Catalogues giving the inspection of each lot offered can be had at the yard on the day of sale, or will be mailed on appli- (Limited) cation. New York Lumber Auction Co. Addrezs Foot of West 21st Street. New York City. Tae BRITISH WHIG/|GHORGE GALL The neatest Daily in Canada, bright and newsy, $5 by Mail. Tae WEEKLY WHIG Rivals Toronto and Montreal papers, giving a better selection of general news, fair and inde- pendent. ONLY $1 TILL END OF 1887. The Whig has a larger circulation than the three other Kingston journals combined. It pays always to advertire in the best, E. J. B. PENSE, Proprietor, SMITH’sS Mercantile & Land Reporting Aceney BANE«&RS—DOMINION BANK. General Solicitor, Jno. Leys, Esq., Barrister, Toronto. Secretary, JOHN SMILEY, M,A, MANAGER— WILLLAM SMITH, Gepveral Cfices—Court St., Toronto, Ont. Telegraph Address—Agency, Toronto. Having for its special objects the furnishing to subs ribers of reliable i; formation on the finan- cial standing or otherwise of tradesmen and Others, the collection of outstanding accounts, and the procuring of the most reliable informa. tion from injependent sources of the value and condition of lauded and other properties in any part of Canada and toe United Stat+s, with cor- “ae els in Great Brita and other parts of urope. ; Our method of procuring for our subscribers the most reliable information is through solicit Ors of tbe highest standing, snd from other equally reli-ble sources ip the s+verat localities iudieated, who are under contract with us to 8U pply the necessary Information prompily, The Landed Enquiry Department of this Agency, the only insiitution of this Klud known, is invaiuable to Solic.tors, Loan, investment, and lo-urance Companies, Estate Agents, and others, preventing fraudulent lind transactious reeu ting from mi-representations. The Department for the c ‘ection of outstand- ing sce units is conducted on an enure change of the system usually foliowed by Collec ing Agencies, viz.:—Subscribers may bave their col ections paid either direct to themselves, or to the offices of the Agency, in which tatter case remittauces will be deposited to an account pro- vided for tbat purpose, and immediate y remit- ted to the partie~ to whom it is due, and will not be applied to any otber purpose. Another importaut feature in connection with thix department i», that subscribers depositing accounts for coilection will, if requested, be fur- nisbed with a Form of Script, on whien will be entered the nameof each debtor, the amount owlog, and a full report of the prospects of col- lection, and providi: g tha! the receipts thereof be paid to berrer ouly, thus enabling subscribers to reatize on their outstanding accounts, The Agency will forward at ieast once in three mouthe, or oftener if desired, a report and slatement of all accoucts in hana. Nore.—The offices of the Agency are open to the Solicitors aud subse ibers for refereuce to our paumerous maps, atlasses, directories and Correspondence, aud for the transaction of bes~ witb toeir clieuts and customers when jn Toronto. W. SMITH, Manager. WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots sold on Commission, railway awitch in Yard corner of Stachan and Wellington Ave. Office, 9 Victoria St. to yard and plenty of room for storage, Telephone Connection. A SPLENDID MILL SITE FREE. Adjoining Vi lage and new R R. with Fifty Million fe-tof Pine and One Hundred Million teet of Ha owocd wit! in radius of ten wiles. is fifteen miles frou any other mill. A great vppo:tunity to the nget man. Millsire cf ei_ht acrs given free to party who wiil erect will or manufacturing estab isnme: t, Addiess O. T. KENNAN, Milwaukee, Wis: GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural ’aws which govern the operations of diyestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast table with a delicately fiavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills, It is by the judicious use of such articles o1 diet that a consti- tution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreus of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wher. ever there isa weak point, We may escape many a fata) shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified wi h pure bluod and a properly nourished frame ?—‘ Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus : JAS. EPPS & Co., Homeopathic Chemists London, Englaud D0! Pee 7 Er 2 mo Notice to Contractors. ee will be invited for the constrnction of the Section of the Cape Breton Railway extending from the Grand Narrows to Sidney, a distance of about 45 miles. ‘Ths preliminary notice is given in order ghat Contractors desiring to tender for the work may have an opportunitp to examine the /ocation before the winter sets in. By orJer, ¢ A. P, BRADLEY, Dep. of Railways and Canals, Ottawa, 26th Noy., 1886, 17 Shanty Cook Stoves offered to the Trade. I have much pleasure in drawing attention to my WROUGHT IRON COOKING STOVE, for Shanty, Hotel and Boarding House use, These Stoves are made of Heavy Sheet Iron, the top and lining of the fire-box being of Heavy Cast Metal and all the connecting parts of substantial Wrought Iron Work. The dimensions of these Stoves are as follows: Top surface contains six 10-inch holes, fire box 23 inches long, and one oven 19x34x23, The Best Stove I have ever Used. PeTeesonoucn, May 21, 1220, ApaM Hau, Eeq,, Peterborough. Dear Sir,—I have used your Wronght Iron Cooking Stove in ourlum- hering operations siuce its introduction here, and have no hesitation in sa) ing that I prefer it to any otber. For durability, economy and efficiencs, where a large number of men sre employed, it is the best etove I have ever used. You can, with confidence, offer it to hotels, boarding houses and lumbermen. Yours truly, THOS. GEO. HAZLITT. The Stove for Lumbermen. PETERBOROUGH, June 3rd, 1830. ApAM HA, Esq., Peterborough. My Dear Sir,—We have used your Wrought Iron Cooking Stove and find it is very satisfactory for lumber operations, especially e0 on drives. We can recommend it hivhly. Yours truly, J. M. IRWIN. Gives the Greatest Satisfaction. PeTeReororGH, June 2rd, 1839. A. Haut, Peterborough. Dear Sir,—I have had the Wrought Iron Cooking Stove, rurchased from y ou, in ronstant use ever since last fall, and it gives the greatest satiefaction in every resp ct. I can recomm-nd them highly to any one whois in the lumber business, Very truly yours, GEO. HILLIARD, M. P, EVERY STOVE GUARANTEED All the necessary TINWARE and CUTLERY for Shanties supplied | at the Lowest Prices. ADAM HALL, Peterborough, Ont. LOR “SA hea FOR ACCOUNT OF THE Joseph Hall Machine Works OSHAWA, White Qak, Soft Maple. Hard Maple, Basswood, Lignum. Vitz Hickory, Mahogany. HEMATITE PIG IRON. LEFFEL WATER WHEELS All sizes from 5} to 96 inches. GORDHN PRINTING PRESSES, Nos, 1 and 2. DOUGHERTY SHINGLE MACHINES, THE RUBICON TRACTION ENGINE—10 HORSE POWER, “THE BEST” OSHAWA 12 HORSE POWER PORTABLE ENGINES. JOHN LIVINGSTON, TRUSTEE. oa led > Digg ah Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co'y T. McILROY, Jr., Manager, MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the Factories, 135 to 155 West Ledge Avenue, O RO N O P. O. Box 494. A The largest Manufacturers in the world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. 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BUCHANAN & CO. . their already widely eatended use, th and conditions, and has chosen the fol BEAUDET & CHINIC fH. ANDREWS & SON | Qunpee. A. R. WILLIAMS, . . Toronto. AB WILLIAMS, ... Tosore | RB BU Dominion Saw Works TAMES ROBERTSON & CO. 253 t0 267 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO, ONT. = MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS © XS 4S Circular, Shingle, Gang, CrossCut, < 177 a Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. = ===— THURBERS ROYAL Si EN iN “ ae \\ \ : ) : ioral : 4 Anti-Friction Babbit Metals : { 1 IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, — Emery Wheels, Files, a SCS Saw Swages, Rubber Belling, Saw Sets, : Tey ene SA) EO ee eae Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, lronPipe,&c. | Prices on Application. : PUBLISHED MONTHLY By A. G. MORTIMER. VO j he PLANING MILL PRACTICE. HAT do we do, or what can we do, to make all of our planed stuff of uniform thickness? Every man for bim- self and every mill for itself ssemsto be the motto and way of doing business, each having a style and thickness of its own, and each varying alittle. Some hpve a way of making their work jnat a little large, and anything that does not plane up at that goes one-sight of an inch thigmer. Another mill has a way of making its s'uff a little thing which picks up all thess thin boards and everything goes info what they calf a stand- ard thickness. That is the standardifor that mil!. But, to be more particular, what do these indjvidual mills do to make their own stuff of their standard, u@iform thickness? Every mav, when he first starts up, takes up his rule and tries one edge and then the other, to see if bath sides are alike, and if one edge is a little thicker than the gther, he stops, and if he is ronning two sides he raises or low@rs the pressure bars till be gets it right, and then proceeds. Buf just as likely as not when he measured the firat time his ruleinstead of being straight across, was held at an angle of aever@l degrees, and the board was really thinner than be thought if was, and when he comes to measure again the fault is corregted, and now he finds it wrong because he was wrong himeel§the first time ha measured it, and the adjustment has to bg all overhauled agaia. Finally it goes right, or, at any rafe, it goes to suit him, and he goes on with his work. Many persons carry one of thesg pockets, which is well enongh iv have been carried 20 long that the gizures are all worn out and they have to rub the bar in their ligir to draw out the figures, the same as I have seen psople rib the old four pences and six-pences to show the bar on theng The wey of measuring stuff tqsee thatit is of the right thickness when we first start up Ms the correct way, but the way rules are often used is anyth ing but what it onght to be, and a ercat many times makes th@ stuff anything but of a uni- form thickness, Tf we should take a solid gaug@ for thicknesa and slip if on to the edge of the board we shoul find that our rule measure- ments were very far from being @perfect thing. If any person will take the paffs to measure the stuff he is planing with a rule, and be as eXact as he can, and then take solid gange made of some kind @f hard wood or metal, and he will see that the ordinary meadére by a rule is quite a ways from being perfect, and yet we gre surprised to s2e that boards will show quite a difference whén meacured by a solid gauge, and when they are piled up thagpile will stand rquare. We all (or most ali) of ns wafch the pile as it grows higher and bigher, when it goes away from the mill, and if it piles up aquare we “‘rest the case” ang are satisfied that the mill is running right, But, as I hav@said, if we take this eame pile and slip as lid gauge over eagh edge we shall more than as likely 2s not find that it will dhow it to be quite a ways from both edges being alike, Now, while I shall argue little caliper rules in their itself, but generally they hat all stuff, wherever planed, should be of one thickness, i. €., that 4 inch should be just 4 inch everywhere, and {shouldbe just that anywhere we may find it, or 14 should all be tBat, no matter who planes it or whereit comes from. If we afe to have 15 16 let it all be of uniform thickness, and not Be 1-32 scant or full, as the case may be, according to the mill it may come from, Well, how sre we to get at this uniformity? We ell know that under the present conditions it is next to impossible The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the Dominion. } SU BSCRIPTION we 00 PER ANNUM PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JANUARY, 1887. NO. 1. to doit, We might as well try to bring order ont of chaos as to attempt any such thing under the now existing circeum- stances, when everybody ‘ paddlés bis own canoe.” Lumber conventions get together snd talk up matters of interest in their business were dollars and cents are concerned, but I never have seen or heard of-their talking up anything of this kind, notwithstanding I do think this and some other like things would be matters of interest to talk up when planing mill men have their big talks, f As an operator, I can eee wh y it is next to impossible for every board in a Jot (unless it ahould be a small lot) to be of the same thickness. Yon see, a man 8 arts out on a lot, say 10,000 feet of boards, end he runs along till his knives get dull, and all the while his stuff is varying injthickness a little. The rale hardly shows it, but if a solid gauge is slipped over the edge it will show very plainly there is 4 decided change in thickness, Well, he runs till be thinks it bestito sharpen his knives, and after sharpening starts up to run fhe rest of the lot. Perhaps he dont even try the thickness by rule, but if he did, the difference was so small he didn’t bl ink it worth noticing, and works on till the lot is finished. ¥ w the ‘** almost impossible” comes in in the present arrangem ent of the parts of the plan- ing machine, If the operator wapta to alter just a least bit, he must let his board run out andome up with the tightening nuts and turn down perhaps heli a turn and then turn up again till he guesses he is about right, and starts up. Maybe he is right and maybe not. If no, he tries it again, perhaps are about to make any okay 'e alteration, but when we come to alter just alittle or, as w&mearly all say, “just a hair,” ® anything, and we have to tven if we had the most per- fect apparatus in the world fo#/measuring the thickness of atuff, but if we had better gauges for making these measure- ments and paid strict attention fo their use, I think planed stuff wonld be much more niform in thickness. When nothing better is to be had, if wé/take agood, hard piece of oak and cut isto it across the grain spout two inches deep, juet the thickness you want the stuff,yyou will have romething that will last a great while and be véry accurate. But the hardest of oak wears away finally, and gradually the standard be- comes thicker, until we have tom ake a new oak gauge and re- duce thickness to just the poinfiwe want it. A wooden gauge is always gore or less faulty, because in damp weather it absorbs moisture to that extent that it be- comes perceptibly larger. I thought one time that I would have a perfect gauge to work two sides with tongue and groove in the centre, so I fhok a piece of hard maple and planed to pieces 6-16 and anojher } inch, and putting the 3 inch in the centre in a way to forma tongue and groove, I glued the three parts together solid. I did bave a nice one and as perfect as 8 wooden gauge could be, but I found by us- ing a solid iron gauge for thiekness that wet weatber would make it quite a little large.’ By using the two together I could, by watching out, makestuff very nearly all alike. Ihave in my mind a gauge w hich, I think, would give good satisfaction to all parties concerned. A bar of steel, # by 1 inch and about 6 inches long, ground and polished and marked like a rule thirty seconds on one ride and tenths and twelfths on the other. On one end of thie bar should bea solid fidt head, having considerable surface and projecting 12 or 2inghes. On the bar should bes sliding head juat as large as the @olid one, and fastened firmly with ® set screw. The movable head could be set to any point and would always be reliable if tbe scale on the har waa right, the thickness would be correct, and the tool conld be used as Jong aa any ordinary man would want to work in a planing mill. If it went throuzh the saction fen several times or got inte the furnaces a couple of times, where wrenches and lote of other tools frequently ficd @ stopping place, it would become very much demoralized. Ifsuch a tool were in common use, as it ought to be, another ofght tc be bought for abont $1.50, which is the price euch a thing ought to be made to retail for. We ought to have this for i is work only, and not make if, as many other tools are made, with forty or fifty thipge st- tached to it. Say a saw set and glass cutter and can opener, & hammer and screw driver “and gimlet twister and socket wrench. Tools work best tet are made for and nsed for a special purpose and not for ‘anything else, We think some- times it is a gain to use & monkey wrench for a hammer, but if we do we very soon have neither wrench nor hammer to use, and have to beg, borrow, or brty both a wrench and hammer. Now, I don’t think a solid gauge to alip on to the edge of the board would cure all,the ills that planing humanity is heir te or make every board from Maine to California of exactly the same thickners, yet I do thmk if they used toa grester ex- tent then they are, and a cersnin amount of beedlessness was taken out of some men hanfling our planing mschines by by some kind of patented proges=, there would be very much less grumbling among those ¥ ho mske the door ard window frames and casings and ever piece of work where boards are brought together and show tifeir varring thickness, and have to be trimmed with plane apd chisel in conseqnence.—J. Ty Langdon, in the Builder an@ Wood- Worker. AN AMERICAN CPINION OF CANADA AND ITS Last week we had occasipn to notice the commercement of the construction «f the Wis nipeg & Hudson Bay ratiwsy, and alluded to the misappreheusion which exists in refererce to the great region known as British America, stretching in a broad belt from the Atlantic té the ae and all north of the Northern boundary of the Pnited S.ates to the Artic reei ns. This has beena terraincagnita to all the world except the Hudson Bay Fur C mmpang, who carefully concealed its wen- ders from the public gaz& for a century. A thin border of settlements stretched themselves out the length of the St, Lawrence River, and pushed their way west along the South- ern British border until they have reached the Pacific coast. This belt of, say 100 miles wide and 3,000 miles long, has been demonstrated to be not only a habitable country, but one cap- able of sustaining as dense a population as the same belt across Europe and Asia does now. A quarter of a century sgo a large part of this belt was reported to be sn arid waste, so bleak and desolate that; only furred animals and Esquimaux could inhabitit. Now Manitoba, Assiniboine and Saskatche- wan are conceded to be the best rivals if not superiors to Dakota and Montana wheat producing countries. Vas l) mineral déposits are being developed, and forests compared with which all the primeval timber of the United States was but a little grove, are n¢w known to extend in an unbroken broad belt from the upper Peace and Saskatchewan country south and east across the Nelson River and Northern Lake Winnipeg country, away over the Spanish River and the vast Ottawa region, and eastward way down to the mouth of the Sanguina River and pouthern Labrador and the Atlantic coast. The vast and almost inexhaustible supply of timber would supply the two continents longer than the forest of Nor” way, Sweden and Russia have lasted Europe. ‘These forests? the races who anteceded the Romans commenced to hew down, and they are still the great source of European supply. What these great Northern 7, of Europe are to that continent British America will ode day be to this. What the possibilitie® of development in Beitisn America are cannot now be sur- mised, but enough is known to warrant the belief that it can feed the world. The bulk of the population of the United States inhabit the belt made by 36° on the south 48° on th® north. The next 12° of latitude on our north and hundred” of miles longer than ours is capable of sustaining fully as great a population, Its natural location and facilites for reaching the old world markets are far better than ours and under the fostering care and aided by the enormous wealth of the mother country, its development may be far more rapid than even 18 the marvelous progress made on our own side of the line® The sudden spitedceoh of the great tranecontinental traffi. line, the Canadian Pagific Railway, has in five years fully io augurated an era of progress scarcely paralleled in the world’s history. We have noé the figures at hand to give the popula- tion and wealth which has seemingly sprung into existence in ithe Northwest Provintes, but itis amazing. ‘The second step in the grand drama igthe construction of the Hudson Bay & Winnipeg Road. These two lines with the lateral feeders which will Litiy te a are the certain means by which England intends to create a new Indian empire out of which to fill her coffers in ages to come. This great political movement on the part of our greatest rival has a significance to us be- yond anything ae | bas occurred in American history, save the Revolution and the Civil war. ‘There is no quest.on but that the British Auierican Provinces can be made to produce a superabundance of jAlmost every commodity now produced in’ or exported from, the double tier of Northern States. Bread- stuffs, meats, wool, lumber, etc., which form the bulk of Northern States export, are already produced in them in such considerable quantities as to seriously effect our value at home and abroad. Th@se provinces promise svon to supply the European demandjand under their free trade privilege (which means maternal protection), cheap living, cheap labor system, with their more e¢onomical methods of life, can and do, pro duce all the stapl¢ commodities cheaper than we can, or do, Another importamt factor is the great matter of transporta- tion. With our long rail routes so crooked and citcuitous that we have to go two;thousand miles out of our road to reach European markets, and these routes in the hands of the most heartless and soulless corporations which ever effected a nation, who render fair competition with our northern neighbors an -impossibility by their systems of extortion and robbery. These zonsiderations render it extremely doubtful if it will be possible, at the end of another decade, for the wheat raisers and stock producers of the Northwestern States to earn a bare living. There must be a radical change or Asiatic and British American competition will destroy the great iudustries of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota. RAMBLER'S NOTES. A Visit to Some of the Lumber Firms of the Queen City i and Elsewhere. AMBLER rises to wish all the readers of the LumBER- MAN the compliments of the season, and while doimg so desires to intimate that he expects, health and weather per- mitting, to be predent in this column once a month to tell what he has seen and héard concerning the trade and those who are engaged therein. If anyone asks you who Rambler is and where he comes from, be sure and tell him you don’t know. This is by far the gasiest way to tell the truth, and no one will be hurt. We have been wandering around Toronto for the past few days, and picked up quite a few notes, We have visited some af the larger firms and some of the smaller ones interested in the lumber business, and have left many others for a future occasion. When we get through with the Queen City in all probability we will turn up some place else when least expected. All that it is necessary for the members of the fraternity to do is to give us plenty of room to talk and ask questions, If they don’t do this we will shake the dust from our feet and leave by the first train. There is more dry facts and lengthy figuresjin lumber lore than is to be found in almost anything else, but you get used to it in time and don’t mind it. Why it is a common occurrence to find a lumberman with a whole year’s quotations laid away in his upper storey, ready for any emergency: Askhim howthe market ruled six months before, and all he bas got to do is to run his fingers through his hair and he’s got it. Speaking of the individuality of lumbermen we are inolined to the belief that, as a rule, they are a liberal class of people, } ee THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a and while possessing the faculty for driving a close bargain, do it in a businesslike manner and take updue advantage of no one, In making this assertion we are uot doing it in the hope of securing the lumbermen’s vote at the next election, but solely because we believe that our statement is correct, But we are digressing, ‘To digress, however, is no crime, therefore in all probability we will do it again, We were sbout speaking of some of the Toronto ‘lumber kings” and the part they take in the trade of the country: The best way to do this is to refer to each in the order of our calls, mixing up the larger and smaller concerns promiscously. Let us commence with that well-known and ever-reliable firm of CHRISTIE, KERR & O0., whose head office is situated at 9 Victoria street. The heads of this business are Mr. Alex. R. ey and Mr, Wm. Kerr, both of whom are among the best knéwn lumbermen of the country. They possess the widest rang¢ of practical experience, coupled with an intimate knowledge ofthe wants of the trade, and for the many years during which they have been engaged in this branch of trade, have achieved ~n enviable reputation for fair dealing and prompt and liberal dealmgs with customers, The firm direct the operations of their large force of men from this city, from which point also they/are heavy shippers of lumber to various American ports, eir extensive mills are situated respectively at Collingwood and Severn Bridge. They also handle the product of some 10 or #2 mills besides their own insuring direct rail connectionssouth, and by water to all points west and south, The mills of this ¢ompany are large, and fitted throughout with all the latest improved machinery and appliances, while the cut averages 100,000 feet daily, and gives employment to upwards of 150 men.; The firm owns several of the finest timber limits in the north, which are convenient of accoss for bringing the logs to the mills, At the present time they have a large force of men and teams in their camps, and the output of logs this season will b } unusually large. The facilities possessed by this firm for/the prompt filling of all orders for home delivery, or exportation, of all descriptions of white pine, hardwood lumber, deal, laths and shingles, &c,, are unsurpassed. We learn that the past season’s operations have been fairly successful. From here we step across the halliin the same building and enter the office of WILLIAM LABOCH, wholesale dealer in hardwood an@ pine lumber, laths and shingles. This gentleman is one of the *‘ old standby’s,” in the trade, having been actively engaged in the business for the last twenty-six years, ‘'te wholesale yards, of which Mr. Latch is the owner, are located at Carjwright, Oot., where large quantities of rough and dressed lumber of every description are kept in stock, Being possessor of; a considerable amount of capital this gentleman has command of a very large trade, and is prepared at all times to undertake and fill the largest con- tracts. Asa citizen of Toronto . Latch is recognized as an influential and public-spirited man, and is identified with many movements calculated to promote the general welfare of the community, i Victoria Chambers, where we find ourselves at present, seems to have a peculiar fascination for lumbermen, as in ad- dition to the two firms brane nS there are three others in the same building, equally worthy of mention. Of these we first visit ' TENNANT: & 00, the personnel of which is Mr. J. Tennant and Messrs, Henry and Albert H. Colwell. The fisst two named gentlemen have been associated together in a business way for the past seven years, and are well and raves known, Mr, Colwell, sr., has been connected with the lumber trade in Toronto for up- wards of a quarter of a century, and is generally acknowledged to be an authority on all mattérs pertaining to this branch of trade. The firm do a wholesale trade in pine lumber, the bulk of which comes from Penetanguishene and the North Shore district. About one million feet per month is the extent of the business done. They sfate that the prospects for next year’s trade are good, and express the opinion that a slight ad- vance in prices will soon také place. The light stock on hand at the mills and the scarcetty of cars for shipping combined, seem to effect the market eal this end, GEQRGE GALL. Situated on the same flat as the last named firm we find the office of Mr, Geo, Gall, wHolesale dealer in hardwood lumber. This gentleman has been cgnnected with the lumber and build- ing trades of Toronto fog the past twelve years. He is a Scotchman, having left Aberdeen for Canada a score of years ago, and by strict attention to business has met with more than usual success, Mr, Gall’ ‘yard, containing on an average one million feet of lumber, is ptote at the corner of Wellington and Strachan Ave. in the’west end of the city. He purchases in both Canadian and American markets, and has a reputation for supplying the very Hest material obtainable. He reports prices frm, with a possibility of an increase. On our way out of the building we make a call on N. TENNANT, a gentleman who has been more or less connected with the lumber business since a-boy. He was a member of the late firm of J. & F. N, Tennant, who, a few years ago, handled, on an average, from 35 to 40 million feet of lumber annually, He SEE SpE Sen nner tnt rent Ene — has since gone somewhat. extensively into the real estate busi- neas, and this in connection with bis wholesale business in lum- ber, laths and shingles, keeps him busy. Mr, Tennant’s princi- pal purchases come from Midland mills, He informed us that the building trade of Toronto for the past year eclipsed that of any previous period, and that the prospects for next year were equally encouraging. . MUSKOKA MILL AND LUMBER CO. Room 17, the Arcade, 24 King street west. This company was incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario in 1875. Its capital is $150,000, with reserve fund of $100,000. The company own about 270 square miles of pine lands on the Georgian Bay, where are lo¢ated extensive saw mills, which, with the vessels engaged hs aie their lumber, give con- stant employment to about 200 men. The facilities of this company for filling the large , orders at short notice, or under- taking the most extensive contracts, are unsurpassed. Its resources are of such @ char r that it is able to offer the most favorable inducements to the purchasing public, and can afford rates not easily duplicated. r. A, H, Campbell the head of the company, is a native of Scotland, and has been a resident of the Dominion since 1845. ~ £ JAMES GARNOCHAN, proprietor of the Barrie Lumber Yard and Planing Mill, 61 Ontario street, and 356 to 366 Queen street east, conducts an extensive business, and is a representative man in his branch of trade. Mr, Carnochan carries a very large stock of every dis- cription of lumber, including pine, spruceand basswood boards, acantling, lath, shingles, casidgs, mouldings, &c. In fact from this establishment the publi¢é can be supplied with every material essential to their bdilding from cellar to attic. The premises occupied on Ontarig street cover more than half an acre, while the yard on Queen street is upwards of an acre in extent. ‘The lumber handfed comes from the Muskoka, Georgian Bay and Ottawa regions. Tae business gives em- ployment to about 15 men. «Mr. Carnochan is a Canadian by birth, and has had an ae of fifteen years at the busi- ness. = Thinking that we had viola up enough notes in Toronto to supply sauce for LUMBERM. eaders for one month, and hav- ing espied a sign in the distahce which read, “City Tonsorial Art Hall, we shied off to "get a clean shave, and remove the super-abuodance of Toronto,real estate which had very affec- tionately attached itself to‘ourlower extremities, We were bound for the north, and af the mid-day Northern railway express steamed up to the Union depot we stepped on board and were soon on our way.to the picturesque little town of PENETAI GUISHENE. Many a time in the past havé we travelled over this route. Then we knew the location of every mile post and farm house for maby miles north of Toronto ; but things have changed since then, and now we find oursélves almost a stranger in the ham- lets which once were, but i now prosperous villages and towns, The Northern railway has changed also. What many for years have been calling @ “* one-horse concern” is now being equipped equal to any railway in Canada. It has become the principal line over which reach the great north-west of Canada,and will ere long be generally recognized as the shortest and most direct route to thdse far-distant provinces, But while improvements by way of uipment are obserable to the most casual observer, the slow speed at whivh trains are run has not been improved upon. For fear the management have overlook- ed this important matter, we might suggest that this is an age when people—if their wishes could be satisfied—would prefer to travel at the rate of a sixty-mile-an-hour wind-storm,even though there was a fair possibility of their ending their earthly career before they reached thair destination, Now we believe we have said enough on this point, and if the directors of the Northern don’t feel in accord with our ideas, weare satisfied in the know- ledge that we have done opr duty to a suffering public. Just as we expected, weave been digressing again, and have only been brought to a serge of our duty to the lumber trade when speeding along the shimmering waters of Penetang. Bay’ On one side we have a glimpse of the town on a bigh elevation in a distance, and to the left of us a dark sail of fishing-boat here and there, and further beyond heavily laden schooners with their cargo of lumber, saw mills, docks, and forest. Penetang. is certainly an attractive place in which to spend one’s time during the euntmer months, but our sympathies tarn to those who have anythipg to do with winter in this section of country. We heard enough of winters up there to make icicles sprout out of our boots, a that’s all the experience we crave for. 2 The secret of this town’s success is the extensive lumber trade which is carried on, theré being about a dozen saw mills within a radius of five miles, A visit to some of these mills gave us an idea of the extensive trade being done. “CHARLIE” MCGIBBON, by which name the jovial and good-natured Reeve of the town is known, is among the foremost in this branch of trade, Placing ourself at his service we were shown through the mill of which he and his father are the owners, These mills have been established since about the year 1867, and from that time to the present have run continually during each season, The manufacture consists of every description of lamber, laths and shingles. The output of lumber averages from two and & half to three million feet per annum, the bulk of which is shipped by boat to Sarnia, where the wholesale and retail yards are situate. Asarule about 20 men are employed in connection with this business, and the present season 40 men have been sent to the woods, Mr. F. McGibbon, the senior partner; is one of the oldest lumbermen at present actively engaged in the business in Canada, haying already spent 32 years of his life at the work. He is aman of sterling integrity, and what he doesn’t know about lumber is hardly worth finding out. By fair dealing and close attention to business he has accumulated a considerable amount of the necessary wherewith to keep him independent during his declining years, The business in Penetang. is under tha entire control of his son, Mr, Charles McGibbon, who ranks as among the most popular men of the town in which he resides; G, BECK & CO. By far the most extensive industry of the town is the ‘‘ Pene- tanguishene Steam Saw Mill,” under the proprietorship of the above well-known firm. ‘This mill is situated close to the bay, and has been established, for the past 13 years. A fire, some time ago, completely destroyed the entire works, but Phoenix like, they have sprung up larger than ever, and within the new structure is now in use some of the finest saw mill machinery manufactured in America, The output consists of lumber, laths, shingles, creight and bill stuff, the cut of lumber the past season being in the neighborhood of 7,000,000 feet. About one year ago this firm nearly doubled its capacity by buying up the large premises and machinery of the Brentwood Lumber Co. which is in close proximity to their own, In their new acquir- ed property, they propose manufacturing bill stuff almost ex- clusively. The area of land utilized in conection with this business, consists of 25 acres along the water front, with three wharfs for the shipment of lumber, etc. Nearly all the lumber which goes by water finds a market at Sarnia. Large quanti- ties are also shipped by rail to Toronto and elsewhere in On- tario. Railway ties and deals have been shipped in consider- able quanties to England during the past year, and this trade is expected to increase. On enquiring the prospects for next year’s cut we were informed that the company then had 150 men in the woods, and that as near as could be judged at the present time acut of from nine to ten million feet would be made during the next season. Mr. Beck complains severely of the discriminating rates against lumber dealers in that town who are compelled to ship over the Northern railway in order tc find some of the leading markets, He affirms that they are compelled to pay nearly double the rate which the railway company charge dealersin the North Shore district. Such a state of affairs as this will materially injure the lumber trade whereever such an exorbitant rate has been levied. |The Northern railway evidently consider that they can act as they like in this matter, as the lumber has to be shipped, and there is no other line to carry it. Mr. Beck has been fighting this in- justice for some time, cut notwithstanding that he isa “‘solid Scotchman,” his weight does not seem to have any effect Penetanguishene owes very much of its present prosperity to the firm of which we are now writing. Mr. Beck evidently does not believe in employing assistants to look after his busia ness, for he seems to have an eye to everything, and is hardly ever absent from his works. He is said to have accumulated a considerable fortune and is certainly entitled to his galns, MR. D, DAVIDSON operates a large saw mill on a peninsula across the bay, and for many years has done an extensive and prosperous business in the manufacture of the different kinds of lumber. It so happened that our visit was inopportune, as Mr. D. had left the same morning in company with a party of sports, with a Winchester on his shoulder and a rather weighty bag of cart- ridges at his side, for a few days hunt on the North Shore. We never had much ambition for tramping the woods after the beast of the forest and the fowl of the air, but on this occasion we were somehow drawn into the net. In company with ao couple of ‘‘ crack” shots, who, by the way, had intended to accompany the expedition of the morning, but had turned up too late to join the party, we set out for the neighboring woods prepared to destroy anything that happened to present itself. Time nor space will not permit of a rehearsal of our experience during that day’s tramp. Suffice it to say that we had a deadly encounter with a striped rabbit and an owl. The latter we left in the tree, after sending something less than a dozen bullets after it, and bringing down a few feathers. The former we placed in our ‘“‘game bag,” and as the sun sank 1n the horizan, a homeward move was made. Onreaching the town we bartered our game for three bottles of ginger ale, and if not satisied with the day’ 8 sport were at all events quite ready to seek our virtuous couch. THE SEASON TO CUT TIMBER. Much has been written as to the time for cutting timber, and 48 authorities differ, I propose to give that time as near as pos- sible, This is a branch of industry to which little or no atten- tion has been given by our woodmen, who always have and are continuing to cut at any and all eeasons of the year, regardless of the injary they inflict on themselves and others, I have axked the question of some who made it a business to get out timber the year round (excepting the season when they are apt ‘to be idle and off, which will be the very part they should THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a ne i have been the buaiest,) “What is the best time to cut?” The answer invariably is, ‘‘We can sell, and the time of cutting makes no difference,” This question is never atked, especially by the manufacturer or thé party getting it out, and many wonder why they get so much poor or brash timber, and attri- bute all this to the timber itself, when in reality much of the trouble is due to the ignorange of those who cut the timber. There is a time to harvest timber (or fell the trees if nothing more) just a8 much as there is to harvest wheat. A farmer would never think of cutting a field of wheat when it is just headed out or in the milk, expecting that he would be remun- erated for so doing, or that he was going to get a full and plump berry therefrom ; and so in regard to cutting timber, we must observe the season, and when the timber is ripe, the pores or openings filled, and the tree is a polid mass, a8 it were ; for the the right season the pores or grains, as I will call them, are filled with the gum and oil that has formed after the sap has ceased flowing. The custom has always been to cut timber in the winter time, because then the farmer, who does the most of the cutting, has the most spare time for so doing. ‘Ln late seasons, when winter runs well into spring, and there has been little thawing but almost continual freezing, the daniage is light, but in a reverse season cutting proves fatal. Timber at the present day is treated somewhat different from formerly. Instead of the farmer cutting, as he formerly did, much of it is cut by parties who take it in bulk and cut at any time to suit their convenience, and/as no complaint is made, it does not make any difference to them, This timber question has been much discussed at different fimes, and is to-day, but no one that I have seen has struck the key-note, or given definite time for cutting. Some there are doubtless who may know all about it, but [ have never seen it in print, nor have I ever talked with any one who could give detailed information. Cut only when the timberis ripe. ‘To fell it simply will do, and then you ean let it lay and cut it up for what you want it for at your leisure, or in a few months.) There are no exceptions to this rule, and all timber comes under it as a rule, and the time is the same for all. All must be benefitted, every person who uses timber, even to those who'burn it, for fire wood cut at the right season is certainly worth fifty per cent. more than that cut out of season. Think of all those who use timber and the millions of feet that are sacrificéd. England cuts her oak, her best timber, for the bark, or to%ave it, and at the expense of the timber, for the timber is ae ed if cut when the bark peels, I think that it is important to kdow the proper time to har- vest timber. To individuals an i to governments much has been written as to preservatives, bit the best preservative is to cut in the right season, There®are no doubt preservatives which can be applied for certain)purposes, but they will al ways be externally and not intérnally. Injecting, as some have advocated and advised, is at bosh, as will be seen when thoroughly understood. The oil and gum that the timber is impregnated with is its own prgservative, andif cut in the right season beeds no other; in fact, to impregnate with any other liquid or solution, or attempt to do so if cut in season, it will be necessary to displace the timber’s gum and oil, and to do this you must destroy the timber itself in the operation of displacing. If the timbor is Ee en in the same liquid, fluid or water that the displacement took place in, it will again be filled in part with its own liquids or gum. ‘This displace- ment theory is all wrong, as the operation Cesar the life of the tinaber. ; Timber is never so well presegved as when done by nature and its own preservatives. I am convinced if thisis observed strictly no decoction is necessary; only where an external ap. plication in some way would be beneficial. Among those that are good, are raw Or hot linseed oil, crude kerosone oil, its extracts, hot or cold, Creosotin z, as spoken of in the National Builder, is no doubt one of the best of the many spoken of by that authority, but I shall say only as an external preservative, and not as an internal, as claimed. I doubt not of its great usefulness if properly applied. b any of the others spoken of by the same authority are good, nodoubt. The goodness of all are as an external remedy. { The time to cut, which in my judgment is about right, is mean time, being October and), ovember. This is the best time, no doubt. Mean time, from middle of August to first of January, and the extremes from middle of July to the first of February. You may gi ‘outside the extremes, but it is not safe. Sap commences flowing i in January, it may not be much, but it is sufficient to hurt the timber; and do not com- mence earlier than the 15th of July. The sap has no doubt ceased flowing, but the oil and gum which the pores are filled with now have not sufficiently tipened or hardened ; therefore, confine yourselves as much ‘as possible to the mean time, October and November. This ms about the time for this lati- tude. There is, or can be, no set time, as the seasons and locality vary. Here in central New York it varies six weeks, and all these must be taken into consideration, March, April, May and June are the out-of-season months.—J. B. W., in Coach and Saddlery. : ; Poe The average weight of 1,000 superficial ft. of Douglas fir lum- ber is from 3,300 to 3,500 pounds, and it is worth from $9 to $25. Genet Dews Hotes, Currier’s old mill at Ottawa is being demolished. Mr, Samuel Frazer Has sold all the pine, osk and basswood on his Midland property to Chew Bros., for $2,000. Mr, Herbert B, Rathbun is engaged with a large crew of men in collecting loge around the ebores of the Bay of Quinte. Mesers, Hillard & Ditka: on, Pakenham, have sold their limit on the Clyde to Mr. Wi C. lumbering on it at once, Mr. W, H. Carpenter, of Fort William, bas larg men at work im the wodde this winter. larger cut next season that usual. Caldwell, who intends to commence e gange of He expects to have a The Buffalo Lumberman’ 6 Exchange which is composed of lumber dealers in Buffalo and vicinity, will hold weekly meet- ngs throughout the wittter, at the Merchants Exc hange Com mittee rooms, y Mr, A. Hopping, of Bedora mill on the K, of 185,000 feet of heml ingston, bas purchased the stock of the P, railroad. The stock is composed k, joisting and acantling, and 146,000 shingles, He has also Bought 600,000 feet of lumber from the Calabogie mill, and 1 0,000 feet from John Schellington, of Hinchbrooke, % * The lumber shipments from Montreal during the season of navigation just closed were :—To the United Kingdom, 97,804,- 336 feet ; for 1885, wae ,407 feet ; from Montreal and Lower St. Lawrence to River Platte, 20,088,204 feet ; for 1885 ), 31,747,- 142 feet. Total shipments for the season tu all places, 130,602,923 feet. i A gentleman down rom the lumbering regions of the Upper Ottawa reports that the number of logs made so far this season is far in advance of last year. He says this was the finest fall of log cutting he has seen for maby years. has already cOmmenced in many districts. bright spring prospects for the trade, Drawing He anticipates Recently a man iaidole Thomas Clark, of Bristol, engaged in one of Messrs, Gillies Bros. shanties on the Temiscamingue, was killed by the falling of a limb on his head whilst engaged in chopping. His body was taken home for burial with great difficulty, first being drawn on a hand sleigh a distance of 25 miles to & lake, which delayed the party a day, during which time the lake froze over:and the party proceeded. Some important changes are announced in two of the leading houses in Quebec trade; Mr. H. T. Walcot has retired from the firm of Messrs, J. Barstall & Co., of Quebec, Montreal and London; the business will be continued under the same style by the remaining pargners, who have appointed Mr. H. W. Lightbourn to take chagge of their London office. In addition to their Canadian business, Messrs. Burstall & Co. have ar- ranged to sell ditch pine timber, deals, &c., for shipment from southern ports. The retiring member of this firm, Mr, Walcot, has entered iho partnership with Mr. Edward Harper Wade, and will carry gn business at 17, Gracechurch Street, London, under the a of Walcot & Co., and at Quebec and Montreal, under fhe style of Smith, Wade, & Co. From the latter irm, which has hitherto been carried on at Quebec, Mr. R. H. Smith, who was associated in partnership with Mr, E. H. Wade, bh g retired. Supt. Evans, of the: Deseronto shipyard, will have an ex- ceedingly busy winter, He is making extensive preparations for the erection of thé new steel steamer to which we referred last month, and which will be of large proportions. He will also build a large steam barge for the Rathbun Company. The now vessel which is intended for the Rideau trade, will be 99 feet keel, 106 ft. over ail, 21 ft. beam and 6 ft. 6 inches depth of hold. Ue is‘also rebui!ding the yacht Norah and will make many changes and improvements on the fleet of the Deseronto Navigation Company, Brisk times may thus be expected in the shipyard for the winter. In conversation with &@ prominent lumberman on the Gat- ineau river and district an Ottawa Journal reporter learned that the winter so far has not been favorable to the lumbermen on account of the ecaccity of snow. A great many teams with provisiogs for the shanties were stuck at points along the road. The prospects of a good cut this year are quite as favorable as. last, and if a good spell of cold weather comes after Christmas the want of saow uatil the present time will not greatly inconvenience the lumbermen. ‘‘ What firms will do most extensive work this winter?” Well, James McLaren will work his old iimits a3 well as the Hall limit which he purchased:some time ago. His operations will be considerably larger than any former year. Then Hamilton Bros, and Gilmour & Co. will, I think, do about the same as in former years.” ‘“‘ Whatisthe quality of timber taken out of the Gatineau regions?” ‘‘ On the whole itis first-class tim- ber both clear and large, but there is a great deal of drawing to do, which of course detracts from the value and then the length of tke drive is also another drawback.” ‘‘ Then this is con- sidered as a good season by the lumberman on the Gatineau ?” ‘Well I do not say that, but there are very good prospects for a fair cut this season,” 6 ur THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. AN ENGLISH OPINION OF GANADIAN SAW- MILLS. | R. CHARLES WOOD, who was for many years manager of Mr, Chappoll’s saw-mills at Pimlico, and who until lately carried on the business of saw-miller on his pwn account at Camden Town, has recently returned to Eng- land from Canada and the United States, where he has been travelling for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the Canadian and American metho of running saw-mills, and to see the sights of the countries. The Zimber Trades reports the following interyiew with this gentlemen, which, being of interest to our readers, we reproduce :— **T left Liverpool for Quebec on si 27th of August. The passage was very pleasant until wa neared the Straights of Belle Isle, which is the summer route to the Gulf, the winter route lying between Cape Ray and Gape North. Here owing to the unusual number of iceberga floatiag south, it was in- tensely cold. Oneof them had assumed the form of a cathedral, in outline not unlike Notre Dame, and, with its sparkling roofs and glittering walls, was really a splendid spectacle. An ex- perience of iceber, regions such as I had would enable one very easily to comprebend the wretched plight in which the inhabi- tants along the neighbouring coast and at the summer cod fishing grounds of Labrador were recently placed by the presence of those mountains of ice, Well, we reached Rimouski on the following Sunday week, and Quebec at eleven o'clock next day (Monday), From Quebec I went to Toronto, and there called on Mr. Hargreaves, the well-known shipper, by whom I wag very kindly received, and taken across to the Waubaushene Lumber Mills, owned by the Georgian Bay Lumber Company; These rank among the best and largest mills in Canada, ‘They are situated at the head of the bay, in the county of Simcoe. The distance from Toronto is 112 miles, f I saw much to surprise me, the meth employ being of the latest and most approved description. In glancing round the place, the thing that most impressed me was the important part that machiner j played in every opera- tion. The lumber is not handled by the workmen as it is in this country, being in nearly every instance manipulated by ingenious m hanical applignces, The output of th mill 150 standards) per day of ten hours, The working hours are from six to six an hour between twelve and one being allowed for dinner. On Saturdays the men leave off at a quarter to six, They are paid, the mill sawyers, 12 dols. a wegk; and the labourers, 6 dols. a week, besides which they are suppli:d with three mea!'s a day, breakfast, dinner and supper. The wen livein the village of Waubaushene, for whom if has been erected by the Georgian Bay Company, It can boast of two churches, a lib- rary, @ doctor, and a school master. “It does not possess, how- ever, a public house or drink-shop of aay kind, being under the Scott law, which prohibits the sale of intoxicants, and generally the Company seem to have given conpiderable attention to the spiritual, intellectual and physical négeds of their employes. The mills are at the water’s edge, gnd the logs are drawn up out of the Bay on to the firat floor bf the mill by meane of what the Americans call a log hadl-up, This consists of a large launder, if it may be so » yled,iuclined from the mill to the water, and supported by A-shaped treszele, made of two logs avith a cross-piece on top. Inside the launder runs an endless hain, on the links of which spikes gre fastened at the top of the launder. At the other or water énd a man stands on a log raft, and as the logs are floated to the haul-up he guides them with an ordinary hitcher to the spiked links of the endless .chain, and thoy are conveyed lengthways to the first floor of tthe mill, where all the cutting is dove, The logs are broken down with ajgang, or what we should calla frame saw. Trirst, the logs ar equered with a circular saw to about 11 in., and are then ct down toinch boards. In this latter process there is great waste, each cut taking out five- sixteenths of an inch of sawdust, his is doubtless owing to the peculiar formation of the saw- oth used in American saw- mills, and which is rendered necespary by the amazing rate of speed at which the saws are run, It is really astounding to watch the rapidity with which fthe Jog car in front of the saw is worked backwards and forwards. I saw a log 15 ft, long, 22 in. diameter, cht into twelve lin, boards in a second or two under a inute. As I have already said, very little handling of the stuff takes place, and the boards fall from the saw on to endless chains running along frames, and are then tse conveyed cutside the mills yds and appliances they to the trams. They are then taken all over the yard for stack- ing. The slabs taken off the round logs with the circular saw, when squaring, also fall on endless chaine, which convey them 4o the gang slab slasher, or a series of circular sawe, placed at intervals of 4 ft. apart. Thé chains run in guides, and are provided with spurs. or spiked, which helps to hold the slabs firmly, while a lug carries them to the saws. They are then cut into 4 ft. lengths, which eee down a shoot to another set of saws, arranged three-dighths of an inch apart, where they are sawn into lathes, All laths in America are sawn; at least, I did not see a single builder using rended laths, The slabs are also sawn into boxwood for the New .York market, and the output of this stuff alone amounts to two trucks per day. ‘As you are aware, Mr. Wood,” we observed, ‘‘the juestion is frequently asked in our ‘Practiéal Notes’ column, ‘What is the best means of disposing of aaw mill waste?’ What is the plan adopted in the Waubaushene Mill, where, of cause, there must be an enormous waste?” © ‘“ Well, the larger items of whete, such as the ends of the 4 ft. slab lengths, are burnt in the boiler fire-boxes as fuel, but the very refuse, such as saw-dust, &c., was formerly thrown into the Bay. In consequence, however, of the passing of laws prohibiting the deposit of mill refuse in rivers. the company erected o bottle-shaped iron farnace, 40tt, n diameter. ‘The refuse is introduced into the furnace through on opening at the shoulder, the means of conveying it there being an endless chain arrangement. Verily, endless chains are endless in America. The cost of erecting this furnace was $25,000. The yellow pine converted the Georgian Bay Company is drawn from the district lying to the south of Lake Superior. Six other mills besides the ubaushene are owned by this company, and I was told that they have sufficieut timber in their limits to keep their mills going twenty yeare. The pine of this district is of first-class quality. Mr. Dobell, who draws some of his supplies from the same source, told me that pine is being there cut into 42 in, planks without showing a knot. “Tn travelling from Toronto to Waubaushene,” said Mr. Wood, ‘‘ I noticed many miles'of cleared woodland. A pecul- iar feature of it isthe number of stumps which it contains. These are from three to four f ai t from the ground. I thought this an evidence of adores waste in felling, and I asked Mr. Hargreaves what was the reason of it, ‘The snow,’ he said, ‘ is here about three to four feet deep in the winter, when the felling takes place, Of course it would be too expensive to remove the snow, and the treeg are cut down at the surface of it.’ I also'noticed at Toronto that the streets are paved with cedar wood. When they want to make a new street they plough up the ground, A lage scoop or shovel, drawn by & horse, comes along and takes out of this displaced earth a depth of about 12inches, A layer of sand 4iaches deep is then laid and levelled, and, upon this foundation of sand only, blocks, of round cedar, 8 oe long and cut out of the branches of the tree, are placed, Except in the better streetr, the pave- ments are also comp sed of, wood, Toronto seems to be a thriving city, and things are, cheap, except clothing and house rent. Houses, say, which in Camden Town could be rented for £40 a year, would a an anoual rental of £100 in Toronto. ¥ “From Toronto I procee led to Chicago, and stopped to see the Niagara Falls en ee | Ihave heard much talk about utilising the immense water-power of these falls for driving mills, &c., but, as far as I gould learn or see, nothing of any great extent has yet been done.” ‘“*What do you think of the States after Canada, Mr. Wood ?” we asked. t “* Well, Chicago is a very different place to Toronto and other Canadian cities,, I was informed before I left Toronto that I should fiod the devil at Chicago; andat timer, and in some places, you almost do, There seems to be little, if any, regard for the Sunday, as labour of all kinds is carried on as on ordinary days; and at ee Se of Trade building, in which are located the corp, cotton, aad hog rings, itis a perfect pan- demonium when business is being transacted. Chicago is a magnificent city, laid out in squares, each square containing four blocks of buildings, nich are among the highest and largest to be seen in aay city in the world, Certainly I have never seen in any city so large a number of big buildings. Here it is not ‘Great is the Diana of the Ephesians,’ but ‘Great is the Mammon Chicago,’ ‘The least erected spirit that fell is the great object of worship, and everything seems sub-ordinated to it. T> give you an in-t«uce—the motto of the States ix, ‘Ia God we trus’,’ acd an enterprising, but irreverent, Chicago uve keeper tas ou his sin the fol- lowing prostitution of it:+-‘ In God we trust ; all others must pey cash,’ In Canada, aad in the States particularly, I notic- edthat children were being worked ata very tender age, and on mentioning the fact to a Chicago citizen, I received the truly American answer$ ‘'I guess it’s a free country, and people can do as they like.” This again is an outeome of their insatiable thirst after ‘ the almighty dollar.’ A Factory Act in my opinion would be & priceless boon to the children, “From Chicago I proceeded to Quebec, and on arriving there accompanied one! of Mr, Dobell’s clerks to the Mont- morency Falls, which fie about seven miles below the city. The mills situated here are owned by Messrs. Hall Bros & Co,, and are worked by water-power derived from the falls. The distance between the mills and the folls is about 200 yards, The latter have a width of 50 ft., and a descent of about 250 ft. ‘A dissectible pipe composed of conical shaped joints, each joint being 4 ft, in diameter at the base and 3 ft. 7 in. at the apex, is placed in the water at the right bank of tbe stream, near the edge of the falls. The water is let in and shut off by means of a valve. The’ water flows into the pipe at the base or big end of the first joint, The joints are placed in this inverted order, the small in the big end, so that the water may acquire additional impetuosity. The water rushes: from this pipe into a shoot 200 ft. long and 5 ft. wide, passes into a trough or 4 reservoir 14 ft. equare, and its course is then direct- ed at a right angle into a launder, underneath which are six vertical cylinders conveying it toa corresponding number of turbine wheels, which constitute the motive power of the mills. Six gang saws are employed for the purpose of equar- ing the logs on two sides. The partially equared loge are then cut into planks and deals of various thicknesses. A series of saws subsequently cross-cut the deals into the different lengths they make, They are then conveyed into the yard by means of # shoot, at the bottom of which stands the culler, who marks the various qualities before the deals are removed for piling. When possible, the slabs I have already mentione are cut into boards cf various sizes, when, however, this C+.- not be accomplished, they are converted into shingles, © ;uares for broom and mop bandles, &c, Every week 12, 00 logs, ranging trom 12 to 16 ft. long, and11to13 in. diameter, are passed through the mills, which run throughout the night as well as the day. The workmen are divided into two gangs, The first starts working 2n Monday at 1 a.m., and continues up to 8 o’clock, »t which time the second appesrs on the ecene. These men work up to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The first gang then reappears and works until midnight. This process is repeated throughout the week, and it amounts to this—that the gangs work alternately one day sixteen and the next eight hours ; the men are paid by the piece. Mesers. Hall Bros. & Co., in addition to utilising the water power for driviag their mills, also keep going by it a quantity of dynamos which sup- ply electric light to the mills, and also to the city of Quebeo. I understand that hia Se Beckett, & Co, have pur- chased the past season’s output of these mills, The logs cat up consist entirely of speuge. Here, as at Waubaushene, the waste is very great, each saw, without exception, taking out three-eighths of an inch as awdust. SUCCESSFUL Max»xaGEMENT A superintendant who charge of a factory employing a large number of hands, writes ss follows to the American Machinist :—Frequently of late I have been requested by a number of managers, to tell the secret of my success in shop management. It is shard question to answer, but I will in a simple way through your paper try and explain how I manage the factory of which I on enrpaie ac When I first took charge I found everything out of joint, and such a thing as system utterly unknown.+ : The first few days I let things go on in the old way until I became acquainted with the men and the men with me. I then set about to bring order out of chaos, My first step was to dis- charge every man who 1 found unwilling to submit to the new order of things, The first man discharged was the ongineer. He had done as he pleased so long that he bad an utter con- tempt for law and order. On finding himself locked out of the factory for disobedience he kicked the door down. A few more discharges followed, which proved sufficient to convince the men I meant business. I then divided the factory into five departments, picking out in each the brightest fellow to act as foreman. In each depart- ment I puta responsibility upon each man, that he might feel himeelf of some importance, I interested myself fully in all things tranapiring in each department. When I arrive ia the morning I am very careful to visit each man at his post and say good morning. I sak after those absent and visit the siok. At night I place myeelf so all have to pass me and so good night to each. i I have at all times treated every one like a gentleman Whatdis the result? Every man is doing his duty. The factory is turning out more g dis with fewer hands, We have a place for everything and everything in its place. The factory is clean, and I feel that I have the respect of every man about the place. -I thiok then the secret of my success in shop management is : “Do unto others ag you would have others do unto you.” sp OREING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the U.S. Patgnt Office, up to Noy. 25th, is specially reported by Franklin H. Hough, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents,925 F. street N.W., veshingsh D.C., who will furnish copies of patents for 25 cents each. 3 352,976—Planiog machine.—J. P. Hoyt, Aurora, Ill. 353,109—Saw dragi—C. W. Wright, Democracy, Ohio. 352,242—Saw gage.—O. E. Williams and J. R. Brewster, Wiadsor, Vt. 4 262,087 —Saw-hangle—G. E. Siebler, Dayton, Obio. 353,260—Saws. Wheel for band,—G. M. Hinkley, Mil- waukee, Wis. ; 352,.988—Wood-pelishiog machine—A. Bridgman and J, Challoner, Omro, Wie. 353 302—Lathbe.. ‘Turning,—S. W. Goodwin, Toledo, Ohio. 353,530—Saws. Guide-roll for band,—G. S. Black, India- napolis, Ind. | Sa ae machine.—J, Gassey, New Yorks Na \ 353,539—Saw-toob. Mille, W. Ve. ; Insertible,-—E. 8, Snyder, Snyder's 4 2 3 HISTORY OF THE SAW-MILL. T 7 OW surprised I was on seeing in a museun, & long time ago, such things as scissors, seal rings, necklaces, and pairs compasses, that were taken from Egyptian tombs 3,000 years old ! \ But, after all, men were men 3,000 years ago, and women were women. They had the wants, the needs, the vanities of men and women, and they had brains not unlike our own to ‘supply them. 3 The most boastful Yankee (not that Yankees are more boastful than other people) in some of the rooms of the British Museum is obliged to confess that the ancients originated a great many good notions which we moderns have only improv- ed upon, i For instance, there are few tools more ancient than the saw, All the ancient nations appear to have had it; certainly the Hindoos, the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans, The Saw may have existed even before there were any men on earth, ; There is a creature called the saw fly, with the saws in its tail, whichis actually used for sawing the stems, leaves and fruits, wherein its eggs are to be deposited. There is also a ‘saw-fish, the long snout of which is asaw. It is said also that the original inhabitants of the Island of Medeira found aready- made saw in the backbone of a fish. The Greeks bad a pretty story attributing the invention of the saw to the accidental’ finding of the jaw-bone of a snake by one Talus, who used if to cut through a small piece of wood. Being a slave, and finding that this jaw-bone eased his labor, he made a saw of iron, and thus gave mankind a new and most valuable tool. & The ancient saws differed from oursin two ways. The teeth were so arranged that the cut was made by pulling instead of pushing ; and the teeth, aay, of being set one to the right and one to the left alterna ely, were set so that ten or a dozen in succession were slanted’one way, and the same number the -other way. The ancients have several varieties of the implement, The Greeks, for example, had '@ross-cut saws for two men, also saws for cutting marble into slabs, And they had a kind of tubular saw for hollowing out a marble bath-tub, similar in principle to the method now employed. Among the pictures uneéovered in the buried city of Hercu- laneum there is a representation of two genii sawing a piece of wood on a carpenter’s beich very much like ours and using a saw with a wooden frame-similar to those now emplcyed. Still more strange, the frame saw tightened with a rope and stick, such as our street woqd-sawyers use, was probably as familiar to the Romans as it is to ms, A saw-mill, however, by which wind, water or steam is made to do the hardest part of the work, was not known to any ancient nation. Z Sawing by hand, next fo digging a stiff clay soil, is about the bardest work that mgn ordinarily have todo. It is there- fore not surprising that our ease-loving race began to experi- ment a good while ago nature to the performance of this toil, A learned German investor who has investigated the subject very thoroughly states that the first trace of saw-mill yet dis covered is in the records of the German city of Augsburg, for the year 1337. G The reference is slight, and does not fix the fact with certainty. But there are two saw-mills near that city, which are known to have existed as far back ss 1417, and they are still used. u Before that valuable invention, all boards and planks were split with wedges, and den hewn to the requisite smoothness with the axe. 3 The splitting of boards is still practiced in remote settle- ments, a3 I myself have seen, and it is recorded of Peter the Great, of Russias, that he had much diffculty in inducing the timber cutters of his empire to discontinue the method, At length he iseued an edict forbidding the exportation of split planks. Evenin N orway, covered with forests as it was, there was not one saw-mill before 1530. Nowhere in Europe, if appears, was the introduction of the #aw-mill so long resisted as in England, In 1663 a Hollander erected one near London ; but it brought upon the poor man such an outery and opposition that he was obliged to abandon it, 1, The sawing of timber by hand furnished occupation, at that time, and long after, to large numbers of strong men. In every town there was saw pits, as they were called, for the convenience of the sawyers, one of whom stood at the bottom of the pit and the other on the log, We can easily imagine that when every beam, plank and board, thick or thin, had to be sawed by hand, the sawyers must have been a Gan. body, both from their numbers and their strength. After the failure of the Datchman in 1663, there was no serious attempt to start another saw-mill in England for more than a hundred years, | : In 1767 an English timber dealer of large capital built asaw- mill to be moved by the wind. It was thought to be a great and difficult enterprise, nd it attracted much public attention, Some years before en Ector had explained the advantages ri a . RST b a view to applying the forces of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. eee and economy of saw-mills ; then the society of arta gave the scheme of building one their approval, and, finally, the will was actually built by an engineer who had studied the saw- mills of Holland and Norway, No sooner was the mill complete than the eawyers assembled in great force and tore it to pieces, The Government compen- sated the owner for his loss, as was just. Some of the riotera also were convicted and imprisoned, A new mill was then built, which was allowed to work with- out molestation, and proved so profitable that others were soon introduced. ' { In no part of the world, probably, has the saw been more minutely and curiously developed than in Great Britain, where they have saws so fine as to cut diamonds, and circular saws nine feet in diameter and a quarter of an inch thick, They have also veneer saws £0 accurately adjusted as to cut 18 slices of veneer from a rosewood plank an inch thick, In London they will put a log of mahogany upon the mill and cut it into slices so thin that the sawdust weighs more than the veneer, } Yankees have beaten this performance, They take a piece of mahogany or rosewood, soften it by steam, and cut it into veneers with a knife, without making a grain of sawdust. Daniel Webster tells us that bis father had a saw-mill after his removal to New Hampshire, at the source of the Merrimac Tiver. tr Daniel, who was by no means fond of labor at any part of his life, liked nothing better in bis boyhood than to attend thia saw-mill, because when he had put his log in position and started the saw, he had 16 good minutes for rest or reading before the business required further attention.—Journal of Progress. i ee SSS SSS CANADIAN PATENT LAWS. Recently, at a meeting of the Inventors’ Institute, held in London (Eng.), Mr. Henry F. Coombs, of St. John, New Brunswick, read paper on ‘' Ganadian Inventions and Canad- ian Patent Laws.” Hestated that Canadian inventors were o numercus body, and their number was rapidly increasing, In the year 1885 the Canadian Patent Office issued 2,200 patente, the official fees received amounting to $69 000. From this had to be deducted $10,000, showing & net profit of $59,000—cer- tainly a pretty penny to collect from people for using their brains, In Canada the cost of a patent was about $20 for five years, this being the Government fee. The patent could be continued for ten years Jonger.by paying $40. The money was payable in instalments, upon the failure of any of which the patent would lapse. The total durfion of a patent was fifteen years. The agents’ fees were all they could get, but the ordin ary charges were $40 to $50 inclusive of Government fees and drawings, models being required, The business had out-grown the facilities of the department, which required reorganization, Their patent office was organized when the Canadian patents aggregated a few hundreds annually. The department was at present an appendage of the Department of Agriculture. New accommoderation was requ'red for models deposited, at present models costing scores of dollars »ach being stacked ..ke lumber A room assigned for such a purpose would be of value as part of a museum where the progress of art could be practically illustrated. Previous to the federation, each of the older provinces had its own separate patent law, butin the year 1872 a general Act was passed, ahd this, with the amendments of 1873-4-5 and 1883-4, made up the existing patent laws of the Dominion. He considered that the later amendments were not in the interests of inventors, Patents were issued only to inventors or their assigns. Provisional protection was secured for incomplete inventions by the issue of caveats, This was a eecret document and was good for twelve months, conditional on no application being made for a patent for a similar inven- tion, in which case a notige was issued to the holder of the caveat, calling upen him to perfect his invention, in three months, in order to obtain ‘the benefit of priority. Canadian inventors complained that some parts of their patent laws were unjuet to them, and they claimed the repeal of such parts on the ground that the State could not afford to deal unfairly with any of its citizens. He then quoted extracts from the Canad- ian Acts on the subject, in justification of this remark. He stated that, according to Ganadian law, if a promissory note given for an invention did not contain on its face the intima- . tion of that fact, the vendor of the invention was liableto a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, In con- clusion, he advocated the unification of the principles of the law of patents throughout the empire, so that English inventor should be able to say that his patent was his own wherever the flag flew. i NEW BRUNSWICK WOOD EXPORT. A very considerable falling—off in exports of lumberand timber from New Brunswick appears by the comparison of shipments in this year and the like period of former years made by the St. Jobn Globe of the 9th Oct.’ The total figures are this year 10,- 909,416 feet as compared with 126,497,856 feet last year. The falling off in shipping is represented by twenty-seven vessels and 21,000 tons. One of the features of the year’s business is the de- crease in the number of steamers coming here for deal cargoes, While twenty three steamers of 32,451 tons cleared in 1885, only seven of 6,864 tons have taken cargoes this year—a circumetance due, of course, to thy exceedingly low rates that prevailed during the summer, By the tabular etatemente of the quantities sent to various porte it is seen that Liverpool, ss usual, retains the firet place as a market : BEASON 1856, No. of Dezats. Port. Vezsele, Tone. Su p. feet. WAVEXPOOL So o3scfe os oe ee one 44 51,098 43,541,657 Ponds >, uses. ye | 4,163 1,730,546 Bristol Channel............. 22 19,173 17,807,121 Ballysbannon..:........+4...-- 1 ~%6 Bey GaMickeanl caer. so : Saga <6 ase SEM i — He * 5,496 1,800 12,224 4 Ports, 3 Liverpool........ .. “Bo5o- é. 3,939 1,109 10,487 2, Avonmouth..... SOS aes . eS 76 “6c cms Carnarvon........... snles die DOL 800 ohne Crookhaven ..... Clajeissials'a5 ae eS 363 -as Sn YS FO BORE. cr cee ceeececes cvesenes et 92 to BELG. ccc ceensscte eeweacs Prt ee «ote WG to WWE .. cee eeereeeneses ee SO to 34 FE... ee eee ees a esa sus sesenee i Shingl-s clear, 1S in, EX. ........ee eee + ose whan 10 in, clear, ISIN, 6... eee eee cee ewe eeee wae, 230 G in, clear, bb indices cbs havc ve eee we 6 in stocks clear, BE. won eT caus, £08 5m. ida SaSCRSS. CuBanhnne asueese He 4 Lath r CI eteweseeeeesesseves neues 2 pairs Add forS lor2S. NEM £23888 SSSSSSSSSETESESEE 2 ADVERTISEMENTS Those wishing to BUY or SELL TIM- BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find Tue CANADIAN LUMBERMAN an excellent medium in which to make known their wants Advertise- ments of this character will be inserted at the low rate of 1 CENT A WORD, cash to accompany the order in every case, Address, A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, Peterborough, Ont. . ALBANY. Pine, clear, @ M.....-..... seseresseees +995 00@60 00 Pine, fourths.............. erseseeeess co OO OO@HT 00 Pine, selects...... Se ip cee ego seoees., 42 00@44 OU Pine, ZOOd DOX..eseeeesecccceesece sees 22 00@23 00 Pine, common box........ SadGbooonOnAe . 13 00@15 00 Fine 10-in. plank, each... ..,........ 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each....... ..... 00 25@00 27 Pine’ boards, 10-in..........+....65 eeees. 00 30@00 32 Pine, 10-in. boards, culls................. 00 16@00 2U Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., @M.......... 28 00@32 on Pine, 12-in. boards, 16 ft...............05 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13ft..........+2+.5-. 23 00@30 00 Pine, 1} in. siding, select..... seeesceees. 40 00@43 00 Pine, 1}-in. siding, common.... ......... 15 00@18 00 Pine, 1-in. siding, select...........+..... 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common.............. 13 00@15 09 Spruce, boards, each. .......6..0-..000- 00 00@00 16 Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each.,............. 20 00@00 00 Spruce, plank, 2-in., each.......... «++-. 00 00@00 3C Spruce, wall strips, each................. 00 12@00 12 Hemlock, boards, each .. ........ apeycte 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each........ stesee-+ 00 00@00 32 Hemlock, joist, 23x4, each .............. 00 00@00 J4 Sfemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each.......... 00 00@00 11 Black walnut, good, % M........++.-..... 100 @120 00 Black waluut, ginch....... Ba otetara ava «eee. 80 00@90 00 “Black walnut, 3 inch........ ...sse02... 00 00@85 00 RERVINGLE, LINO eleislald sc .clcds 0s cisisie.cen ces 28 00@30 00 Scaymore, g-inch.......- ....+.......... 21 00@23 00 White wood, 1-inch and thicker.......... 38 00@40 00 White wood, $-inch..... ......... se. «+ 28 00@30 00 Ash, good, @ M..........0. Bane a a +s-. 40 00@43 00 Ash, second quality, @ M.......... seers 25 00@30 00 Cherry, good, @M........ ytd ose sie e0 « 60 00@85 00 Cherry, common, #M... ........ 25 00@30 00 Oak, good, @M........... . 40 00@43 00- Oak, second quality, @M........ 20 00@25 00 Basswood, @ M......ceeees 25 00@30 00 Hickory, @M....... Riceiis els 40 00@40 00 Mavle, Canada, @M... ... 28 00@30 00 Maple, American, per M.. 26 00@28 00 Chestnut, @M............. 38 00@40 00 _ Shingles, shaved, pine, #? M 0 00@ 6 50 as 2nd quality..... ne 0 00@ 5 50 as extra, sawed, pine 4 30@ 4 00 = clear, 0 00@ 3 06 a cedar, mixed 0 00@ 3 13 we cedar, XXX 0 60% 0 00 <2 HGHNGE Re rates ieen aa csisin co's swe, 2 25@ 2 37 Lath,hemlock, # M.. 0 10@ 2 35 } 0 00@ 2 20 { BAY CITY AND ae SAGINAW. The Sage mill at West Bay City manufactured 30,000 000 feet of lumber thi: year. A. & E Wilson, of Evst Ss,inaw, will carry over 2,500,000 of lumber at St Ignace. © C.L. Grant & C»., East Saginaw, manufac- tured 5,000 000 f-et of lumber the paat season. The mill of C.& E. Ten Eyck, East Saginaw, manufactured 19,547,750 shingles the past season. The amvunt of sold lumber on the Saginaw viver is larger than manufacturers have £up- posed, . Reported that Mosher & Fisher paid $107,- 000 for 20,000 000 teet of timber they purchased in Clara Conaty. E. R. Painney, of East Saginaw, manufactur- ed 6 000,000 shingles tte past season and carries none over, Green & Stevens, Bay 000 feet of lumber this ou Stone I-land, The N. & A. Bernard Lumber company, Siwinaw manufactured 3,500,000 of hemlok jumber the past season. Toe annual exhibit of the emount of the Jomber and other forest products shipped by water from the ports of By Cicy and E ist Sag- inaw during 1886, show that the total amount of Jnmber shipped auring the yesr is Jess by 71,- 810 000 feet than the output in 1885, and is the 8 uallest since 1878. The cavse of the falling off, says the Lumberman’ Gazette, isin part the lesser production uf the ver, but perheps more i- due to the increase of ehipmerte by rail, which now smount to about 15 per cent, of the cat. The advance io freights in the latter monthe of the season no doubt bad some effect in retarding shipments, ‘Then there was a scar- city of tonnage sfter the rise took place, snd as the shipping did not bein ontil M-y 1, the sea- © wes shorter than usnal, ‘Zhe ontput of wae alev smaller than in any year since ity, cut about 15,000- t sessun at their muil 1876, Freight rates were much higher during 1886 than in 1885 ; indeed equal rates have not been reached for s?veral years, Rates opered at $1.50 from Bay City and $1.624 from Ssginaw to Buffalo and Tonawanda and $1.25@1,374 to Cleveland and other ports. About the 1st of September an advance «f 25 cents was made and !,ter.more was added and closing rates were $2 - 75@2 874 to Buffalo and Tonawanda and $2@ 2.25 to Ohio porta, Tne Lumberman’s Gazelle of the 22nd Deo, says:—Actual transactions in lumber during the past week have been very few in number, althovgh there has been coneiderable inquiry about stuck and prices by letter. Menufactur- ers here have setiled down to the fact that there will be very few sales until after the holiday season shall have psssed. There is no indication of any prospective change in prices, and the probability is that present quotations will rule for the opening of operations for the season of 1887, and that the season will be fairly brisk and satisfactory. The opinion exists that the stock on the river will be very metzrially re- duced before the opening of navigation by rail “shipments, which are visibly on the increace and which it is thought will be larger nect season than they have ever been heretofore for several reasons which might be named, but the principal one of which is said to be the action of the Buffalo and Tonawanda lumber men, who resolved at their Jast meeting to purchase no _more lumber on the Saginaw river by straight measure. It is claimed by some of the heaviest operators bere that this action will induce more sbipments by rail to its final des‘ination, and that this business will be more sought after in the future, unless the action of the lumbermen alluded to is reconsidered and rescinded, Whether such a result will be acc. mplished or not is a question which time alone can eettle, Mill owners: tere who have the timber are bustling in their stock for next season with all possible despatch and indications point strongly to the fact that the cut of 1887 will fully equal that of 1380. The q 10tations publi-hed"below give the out- side figures on inspected lots and there is con- siderable lumber on the docks and in sight, which is held at from $21 to $25 straight, although there is abundance at lower figures :— . CARGO QUOTATIONS, Shipping culls...... -$ 8 50@11 00 Common..... -. 15 00@22 00 Oe eae! es aeeooe eeeees . 3-uppers... -. 37 v0@40 00 Bill stuff......... 8 50@10 00 Norway bi | stuff 8 50@10 00 Under straight.. bo WATE) “ORB one «. 15 00@24 00 Shingles XXX....... 2 85@ 3 60 Shingles, c ear butts «ee. 1 85@ 2 00 White pine .ath........ iuapakcoonca nage 1 75 YARD TRADE, 3 uppers wide and thick................ 43 00@45 00 Do asin: pyratteesh sess cee ——....02-. 40 00@42 00 Selects... ........ inisjel) a}stever sieteve Maten stators +» 35 00@38 00 Hinevicommion jest asc re ee acre 7; 00@30 00 Ip abe INS Wytah, Glin ae penenec ase seeee 20 00@25 00 No. 1 base, 7, 8 and 9 in selects, 9 35 00 No, 2 do, (tine common)....... 27 00 Nos AsHGoristripsyes sy... ss as ete 40 00 No 2 Ce) i scte artic 27 00 No.3 Sf 500 17 00 Fencing ..... wieep eieeisinre - 12 00@15 ou Foncing, coarse common 8 00 Fencing, mill culls...... 6 4 00@ 6 00 No. 1stock 12 in,.. . 14 00@15 00 . 11 0v@12 00 . 12 00@15 00 9 00@10 60 12, 14, 16, 18 ft, 9 00@12 00 To. do. 20 ft .. 12 00 Wahi jci ess asop a 1 50@ 1 75 Lath No. 2 (cul ), bieiveneterale 1 00 Shingles XXX ..- eoees 3 15@ 3 25 SUGGS tie cine iela a bist tie nie leisishoinelone 1 90@ 2 15 CHIGAGO. Predictions which have| been*made along back, to the effect that the newjyear would open with fully 75,000,000 feet less lumbar on hand in Chicago then was held at the bexinning of 1886, seem likely to be more ee realizad. The re- port of the secretary of the Lumberman’s Ex- change for December, which has just been issu- ed, makes the decreace’ from last year of the amount in pile, 72 972,763 fe t, the totals being 608,416,940 feet for 1886, and 681,389 703 feet for 1885. There is also on hand 34,807,477 feet in the yards at South Chicago, against 53,911,- 525 feet that was held last year, which, os that district is really a part of the Chicago market, ought to be included in the stock at this point, Adding these figures, the totals become 643 224,- 417 for 1886, and 735,301,228 feet for 1885. This rai-es the ehortege 6s compared with last year to 92,076,811 feet, which it must be ad- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. mitted, even by those who can ree no pronoure ed ecarcity of lumber anywhere, to be a very respectable juantity. There is every reason to suppose that the difference is increasing, as the receij ts have fallen off this month, while the probability is that shipments and the local con- sumption have been on a ratherlergericsle, It 14 likely now that the supply in pile at this will, by the close of the month, show more than the 75,000,000 deficit predicted, and, including the South Chicago, the chortage will probably over- run 100,000,000 feet. The shingle stock bas in- creased during the month, which fact is more likely due to diminished sales than inereased receipts, The lath supply shows diminution that is remarkable, the shortage having more thao doubled during November. At this rate of decrease it would not take longto run many yards out of this stock altogether. Between Dec. 1, 1885, and April 1, 1886, the quantity of lath on hand declined abont 57,000 000 pieces. A similar decrease the present winter would not leave lath enough in market to give half a dozen yards a decent stock. Take it altogether, the December statement shows that the local trade is full warranted in maintaining a firm front in respect to pricer, and will be justified later in making a liberal advance.—Timberman Piece Stuff, short sreen........,....+... $9 25@ 9 50 Pieceistufi;sshortidry..)...).).-. eesesies 10 50 11 00 Piece stuff, Jong .....secceeesess-eeeees 11 00 14 00 Boards and strips, No. 2,...... Meee - 11 00@13 00 Boards and strips, medium.,...,,....... 1200 15 60 Boards and strips, No. l....eee-- ....-s 15 00 20 00 Shingles, standard...... Setuisin n'y Biases 12 00). 2 19 Shinglesswextrarctsisss/elsleetelelsieeiee - A905b00 225 240 Shingles, cedar, standard.,..... eee 165 175 Shingles, cedar, extra....cs-scccceerecce 190 195 Taathyewhite: pines. |.)-)/ ies -1s)seeiieleisiason DON mek GO Math NOMway? siceieeteie=:c)eieteleielsaetoe Bp isisi=ie\= 140 (1.50 RECEIPTS FOR WEEK ENDING DEC, 23. Lumber. Shingles. 1886..... 205 weeree tececes ve panties 6,089,000 208.000 EDs coidoopedoscunobaeapoO0e «-- . 4,636,000 663,000 FROM JAN. 1, TO DEC. 23, INCLUSIVE. Lumber. Shingles. USSGiversterstelcrers eee eoece 1 693,943,000 774,961,000 EMadaeabecotocsaoadcaned 1,706,071,000 774,341,000 STOCK ON HAND prc. 1, 1886. 1885. 1884. Lumber .,.....608.416,940 681,389,703 660,936,272 Shingles ....... 183,705,938 411,692,828 336,700,492 Lath: -........ 63,564,346 99,881,115 68,905, 506 Pickets,........ 1,912,269 2,519 06L 2,335,858 Cedar posts.... 267,746 525,221 571,004 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LUTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. TosNews Yorkise.: sae o: Jqogaooar nvodonusoncoes 25c. Bostoniverteosielee aisiacteiieleers seeeeeee en - Apia Cvlai cies 30c. Philadel pliaiteds-eeaticerdeeeiine Disisie aime eieleieicre n2OC> Baltimore........... COCSKOOOEOEOSoCOOOCCONMMnnrEr +: WWE MINAS Gaodabdosnadassenanedod sondooutdeS. 22¢, Albany) aaenccerettcicr doovanddaoddoosonanonduous 24e, Troyes eke te. SUS Oe ose seves- 24C, Buffalo and Pittsburgh....... Jo cuctopaoas veee. LSC. Shenectadyarmacedececetneniteccee elelstereve)stoveletsteren .24c. Wheeling feria iatslepTaishstatsye rates ofeteleseieisin i aiisietere lie. Suspension WETS ons saeicieceeaeretpii ce nenicece 15e. Salamanca,..... dad Aseuonodbben sonBne aecceee L5G, Black Rock...... afafalevateiniahs eats] ein eeiviecelelere(eiere vewe . 2 L5G, WD UMK ITH erereletoie cteletesisis Bogdedcounbooaéh obogs600as 15¢" Ow sdbeancossobasenccas ateix(ofalefofaleiaals\erals)ejeinye =ieleie lic. Boronfor ese yaceitereeteeier tates ane tec eco eee 15c. LAKE FREIGHTS, From Muskegon,green............ secee 1 62} DOT Wala ooo aceronseunesenosbes 1 624 From Ludington ..............--06 aasaod 175 HrompMamistee see siereicicie siieislsisicisicisicteleiele 1 374@1 874 From Menominee, dry ............--..- 2 00 From Menominee, green.....-......+0e: 2 00 WromjCheboyanl o\-)j.cis-ocsn<+ ss eceectes «0 200 HromubaysCitiyancmecesiesiteiees! etree tse «lc 8B 00 From Oscoda, dry..... Saint mete alten eh cts 275 From Alpena, dry,..... slafelolsiatalnicepycierieicis 2 50 LONDO N, ENG. We taka the following extract from a London contemporary : The ot of trade, though on the whole prugresing favorably, still vacillates a good deal, and while one manufacturer ac- knowledzes an busine-s, another will tell you he never knewjit so bad. Inthe timber trade the waiting gamereemsatill in favour, both abroad and at home. either side likes to be very demonstrate, but both are ready to nego- tiate if, literally, the ice were broken between them. Daring the last few days some activity in buying from the docks appear to have been dis- played by London merchants, as we learn that several parcels have changed hands by private contract, thus indicating that buyers do not en tirely trust to the public sales. In there cases we believe cellers haye obtained the Prices at which they iatended to hold the goods for some time, We are glad to note that the advices received from the north-eastera shipbuilding centres con- tinne to read encopregingly. Vrom Sanderlend, for instance, & port where the depression of trade bes, perhaps, been more severely felt than in most other places; further im;rovement ise die- cernable both in the thipbuil jing yerde avd en gineering works, Additions] repairir g contracts have been concluded and new etesmebips are being laid down, are reported to be better eupplied with orders than hes been or for meny months, hile the ironworke and fur.es _ fe MIRAMICHI AND DALHOUSIE SHIP- oe The shipments ¢f desls, timber, &»., from Miramichi and Daltousie for the season just cloeed were as follows :— IRAMICHI. Super feet Tons ; deale, boarder, Timber. Shipper ves’lston, ends scant. b’ch pine, J. B. Snowball 46; 24,728 20,238,866 1,105 158 N B Tradiog Co 37)23,721 18,072,273 365 Geo, Mcleod = 27:15,495 14,359,000 Ritchie & Co. 20 ee 9,961,354 6 150 W.M. McKay 6/3,261 2959516 — — Burchill & Sons 4 2,807 2 617,000 —_ — E. Hutchison 3 41,667 1,596.638 _- — A. Morrison 2% 916 856,000 _- — Chas. Sargeant 1 i 598 515 600 - = John McLaggan 1 i 576 463,972 -_ — Wo. Richards 1 850 636,172 -_- — In addition to the abu ve palings were shipped as follows :— ' By J. B. Snowball: By N. B. Treding Co. 1,327.673 pes. By D. & J. Ritchie & Co. 170,600 pes. DALHOUSIE AND CAMPBELLTON. Timber. : Tons, Vesrels, ‘Tons, Deale,&c. birch, pine. R. & J. Stewart .. 9 8300 7 219,073 1 411 890 pes. G. M. fiat & Co. ..11'6 132 5,119 924 329 59 J.P.Mowat ., 4/1,6261044926 58 524 John McNair .. 5/1391 1,260606 10 41 Henry O'Leary .. 51.333 1,063,918 — — Viney Bros, .. 21,049 997,000 —- — J.D. Sowerby .. 31,040 860897 168 7 Geo, Dutch .. 2§ 821 . 788,722 9 2 Arch, M«Nuir .. 19 255 260223 — — Potals 42 21 947 18,615,319 574 633 Mesrra, R. A. & J. Stewart shipped al-o 203,000 etaver. Mr, Hy. U'L:ary shipped also 230,000 lathe, BLACK BIRCH. The price of black birch of best quality has recently gone up from $7 to $95 per 1,000. The extraordinary advance is due to the ciscovery that boards cut out of the first lozs are suecepti- ble of a very high io 4 and van be used for almost any purpose hitherto exclusively rser-ved for mahogany, which is worth about $250 a thousand. The advance has been expedited by the discovery that the best bleck walnut is giving out. Black walnut from Arkans+s and the eouth is so porus that it is of very little use in furniture making. The best is black birch found almost exelusively en the bsrren copper ore regions between Milwaukee and Ashland, where all other timber is stunted in growth and very poor. Here boards out of the butt cut quickly assume a beautiful red tint on being exposed to the Atmosphere, and csn be polished upto a great degree ouffineness. The price will'svon fall to $50 or $60 a thousand, as @ railroad is being laid right through the very inaccessible region where it grows, end thehigh prices have tempted several men to open out saw-mills. Red beach has also. advanced in price very rapidly. — It could be bought up recently in Indiana and Onio for the bare cost of sawing, but now it is worth $30 a thous- and.—Lumberman’s Gazette. The and eeakin gl establishment of Messrs, Wm. Cane & Sons, Newmarket, had a narrow escape from complete destruction by fireon D-c, 14th. It will be remembered that this firm sus- tained a very Leavy loss by fire a couple of years ago. : z THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. — ~ Gorvespondence. —$$$<= —_—$$ To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. Would you or some of your readers enlighten me regarding a question which is of considerable interest to owners of water- power saws mills and others? | 1 have often heard my father say that he had often noticed the fact that a water ni!l would run much stronger at night with the same head of waterthan in the day. For many years he was an engineer in a paper mill when the same machinery was used continnously day and night to grind paper pulp. This would seem to me a fair and conclusive condition as not subject to the fluctuations and in- terruptions as in a saw mill, He said the mill ran more even- ly, or steadily, stronger, and with more revolutions than in the day. He did not know the cause but attributed it to the t here, atmosphere w. BA. [We shall be pleased to receive o solution of this problem from any of our readers, which will be given in the next issue of the LumpurMaNn.—ED.] _ nl WurtemovtH, Man., Dec. 220d, 1886. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. Below you will find a list of the quantities of the various kinds of timber to be cut in the wvods about Whitemouth, this winter, on the C. P. R. east of Winnipeg : G. W. Streovel, 300,000 ties; J. G. Dennison & Co., for C.P. R., 100,000 ties ; William Skead & Co., for C.P.R., 100,000 ties ; Mr, Ferguson, for C.E .R., 60,000 ties ; McRissly & Co., for C.P.R., 20,000 ties ; Gibbons & Livingstone, 20,000 ties ; David Ross. 3,000,000 feet: of logs; P. Howright, wood king of Winnipeg, 4,000 to 8,000 dords; A, U. Smith, 3,000 cords wood 5 McRissly & Co., 3,000 cords wood ; Mr, Hargrieve, 2,000 cords wood; Mr, Goodenhue, 2, 000 cords wood ; besides many other small operations. The above will show your readera that Manitoba is not yet dead. The wages in the ties camps is from $20 to $45; in log camps, $20 to $26 and bo ard, In wood camps workmen make from 80 cents to $1 per cord for cutting, and pay $4 per week for board, B ; Working men are in good spirits, as their pay is good, and the weather excellent for working. LLUMBERMAN, To the Hditor of the Canida Lumberman. Lumbermen so far havethad a beautiful season and the out- put will exceed that of lagt year, unless deep snow sets in, which seems to threaten Bow, as we already have two feet in the woods. The estimated cut is 7,000,000 feet from the mouth of Tobique to Victoria, up to Grand River, Madawaska, and from that point to St. Prancia about 2,000,000 more, On the American side, Messrs. Couliff, Conners, Stephens, Eatone, Dickley and others, are doing a heavy business, and owing to our export duty, not being enforced here in Mada- waska, Americans are yearly manufacturing forty willion shingles, besides other lumber taken out of our forests. In this case ourjNational Policy is giving Americans a premium of the import duty, to slaughter our forests and allow our local mills to lie idle, Holmes & Hammond are now building shingle mills to increase the slaughter, so that in a few years our stocks will be nil. Our enterprising townsman, Mr. G. V. Hammond, is doing a heavy business in spruce logs, sleepers and shingles, but our staple article is lumber, and so long as the Dominion Govern- ment pursues a policy to encourage American citizens to slaughter it, it is poor encouragement for a New Brunswicker to invest his money, and try to build up his country out of it, P. O. ByBaM. ann Orrawa, Dec. 26th, 1886, To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. While wishing you the compliments of the season, I must also congratulate you on the marked improvement you have already made in your paper—THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. So far as my knowledge goes, lumbermen in the past have been of the opinion that the paper was not up to the mark, and if you will pardon a plain expression, not worthy of the extensive in- dustry it claimed to represent. Of late, however, I have heard many of our leading Jumbermen speak very highly of the efforts you are making towards supplying the trade with a first- class journal, and I am safe in saying that one and all will give it a hearty support. K There is one important matter to which I desire to cull at- tention, and that is the little interest manifested by the general reader in regard to correspondence. We, as lumbermen, like all other representative business men, have our grievances. Sometimes they are against the Government, sometimes against the railways, and sometimes against the general public, and unlese these grievances are brought to. light and discussed through the medium of the press, how can we ever expect to have our wrongs redressed? Now, Mr. Editor, I know that at the present time lumbermen have grievances of paramount im- portance, and through the existence of such, a very large amount of money is being annually lost to the trade. It is of personal interest to every man to adopt some means tu protect his business from loss, and my suggestion is that all matters of this nature should be biscussed, pro and con through the columns of the LUMBERMAN. Tn addition to this there are many other matters pertinent to the manufacture and sale of lumber, which might well be taken up in this way, and I hope that the mary intelligent and thinking men who are engaged ia this business, will devote an hour now and again to the work of putting their ideas on paper, and by so doing not only benefit themselves individually, but the trade in general. % I have written this, Mr. Editor, simply as an introduction, and willin a future issue endeayour to give you something calculated to atir up the dry bones, aa it were, and bring forth discussion, Hoping that the next issue of the LUMBERMAN may contain many letters of interest. Yours truly, CHIP, GRAVENHURST, Dec. 10th, 1886. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. The mills here and in the vicinity have all shut down, main- ly owing to the frost, but a considerable number of logs are held for spring operations. It may not be uninteresting to give you a short statement of the mills here. G. W. Taylor & Co's, gang mill, cut about seven million feet of lumber for the Ontario Lumber Co. Joseph Tuers single circular mill, cut one and one-half million lumber and one million of shingles for Mr. J. Collins, of Bracebridge, and three million of shingles for Thomson & Baker of this place, McBurney & Co, (one circular mill) cut about five million feet of lumber and two million of lath, Chas. Mickles three mills (each one circular) cut ten millions ft. lumber, five millions shingles, and about three millions laths. Isaac Cock- burn’s (two circular mill) cut about five millions feet lumber, five millions shingles, and two mijlion of lath. J. H. Hull’s shingle mill cut nine millions of shingles with 3 machines, Thomson & Baker (one circular mill) cut 44 million lumber, 34 million shingles and two million of lath. L, B. Hill’s shingle mill cut abouttwo millions of shingles. Thomas B, Tait’s shingle mill (2 machines) cut nearly eight millions of shingles ; and James King’s (one circular mill) cut about one million ft. lumber and two millions of shingles, This I be- lieve covers the mills in the town. In the vicinity James Harvey’s mill in Draper, cut about three millions lumber and three millions shingles. Tasker’s mill at Reay, also in Draper, cut one and a-half millions lum- bum and one and a half millions shingles. H. De Blaquen’s mill, just nicely started, has cut about a million of shingles, and will run on bill stuff and sbingles all winter. J. H. Hull’s mil], (one circular) at Lethbridge, cut about two millions of lumber and one million shingles and lath. J. I. Clark’s mill, algo at Lethbridge, has cut three and a quarter millions sbingles, At Bracebridge, Brown & Sheers mill cut about five millions shingles and half million lumber ; and Leishman & Perry’s mill about one million lumber and a lot of shingles. Besides the above there is shipped from here several millions of lum- ber and shingles, cut in mills round Lakes Muskoka, Joseph and Rosseau. The year has been a successful one, The stocks cut by the different mills are all sold, and about half shipped. No dry lumber can be got here next year ifthe shipping goes on all winter as briskly as now. No large stock of sbingles ex- cept Mr, Thomas B, Tait’s is held here. + Allin the trade are hopeful for good demand anda small advance next year, Large stocks are being got out in the woods and are all well on with the work. : Wages inthe woods are ten per cent. higher than last year. The prices of logs on the river is twenty per cent. higher than last year, six dollars being freely paid now for extra logs. The old De Blaqueur mill will be run by Thos, Tait this year he having purchased same. Thomson & Baker intend putting in a band saw in there mill here. Sheers has purchased the interest of Mr. Brown, his part- ner in the Bracebridge South River mill, and Mr. Leishman has purchased the interest of his partner, Mr. Perry, in the north river mill. I. J. McNeil has purchased a berth in Bethune from Mr, T. Maxwell, paying, we understand, $16,000 for same, Mr. Hugh Brown, of Utterson, has purchased the limits in the Township of Stephenson, from the Bank of Toronto, for $2,000. Several small transactions in timber lots at large prices are reported. Mr. Waldie, the purchaser of the Victoria harbor limit from Mr, Power of Barrie, was up getting himeelf initiated in- to the mysteries of log cutting and shanty life, A little bush life won’t do him any harm. He is putting in a band saw in the mill at Victoria Harbor, We wish him success, A correspondent wishes to know if any one can give him a statement of the case of Dyment vs. Thomson and the principle involved of interest to the trade, Yours truly, Francis BAKER, — rere cet FROM THE LUMBER REGIONS. Minnearouis, Minn., Dec. 1,—Lhe saw-mills bave closed down after having the shortest season on record, being one month to six weeks less than last year. feet more lumber was sawed in 1885 than during the past season. ‘This season the total cut of lumber was 262,636,019 feet ; of shingles, 80,925,000 feet ; of lath, 55,264,800 feet. In 1885 the cut of lumber was 313,998,166 feet ; shingles; 101,857,- 750 feet ; lath, 82,175,817 feet ; the decrease is 51,362,147 feet of lumber. 20,932,750 feet of shingle, and 26,911,017 feet of lath. The Surveyor-General’s scale shows that 237,891,540 feet of logs were turned through the boom during the year. This is 51,000,000 lees than last year; and it is due to the delay in the beginning of the season, In 1885 79,503,520 feet had been turned through the boom up to July. In 1886 but 30,968,730 feet bad been run through up to that time. There are now 12,000,000 feet of logs in the mill ponds and 10,000,000 feet in the booms. Above Sauk Rapids there are about 11,000,000 feet. It is not probable that the mille will be enabled to com- mence operations any earlier next season, but they will have plenty of logs when they start up, and the cut will be largely increased. It is estimated that the stocks in the lumber yards amount to 175,000,000 feet, against 264,500,000 in 1885. East Sacinaw, Mich,. Dec. 1.—For ceveral months past lumber dealers and mill men of the Saginaw Valley have been — busy arranging a echeme which promises to work a revolution in the lumber vusiness of the West. ‘The scheme is to make the Saginaw Valley the great central distributing point of as- sorted lumber. Since the infancy of the industry here the practice has been to pile on the docks the cut of the mills with- out sorting, thus giving a great profit to the middlemen, Sold in the rough it was finished in the planing-mills of the pur- chasers, who thus reaped a large profit that was lost to the capital and labor of the valley. This profit amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollare, and to keep this mouey in the valley has been an object long aimed at, and led to the estab- lishment in the last tive years of sorting yards and planing mills, The project has for its objec: the purchase of the entire cut of the valley; to be stored in and sold from the sorting yards here. THE MANUFACTURE OF CANOES. In Eastern Canada row boats are not in popular favor, the majority of people who paddle our rivers and small lakos either for pleasure or business, preferring the light canoe rather than the more burdensome article just mentioned. We had the pleasure a tew days ago of visiting the works of the Ontario Canoe Co., situated in the village of Asbburnham, directly across the river from the town of Peterborough. We were kindly received by the managing director, Mr. J, Z, Rogers, and conducted through the differont buildings belonging to this company. On enquiry we found that the main factory was 30x65 feet in size, four stories high, adjoining which is another build- ing, two stories high, in which is contained the offices of the” company and storage rooms for the product of the factory. Another building, larger than any of the others, is also utilized for a show room. Here we find almost every variety of canoe, with and without riggicg, arranged conspicuously fo as to re- present them as they appear in the water, The models used by this firm are noted for their beauty and speed, They earry good wide bearings, aud carry them well forward, but mot so as to interfere with their speed. All canoes undergo a practical test before leaving the works, and nothing but tlie best material which can be procured, is used in their construction. Daring our visit tothe works we were shown an open cedar rib canoe, built last year, which weighs 124 pounds, complete with decks and thwarts, capable of car- rying 450 pounds, It is a beauty, and is an indication of what can be accomplished by Canadian boat builders, Nesrly two hundred different kinds and sizes of canoes are built, enough surely to satisfy the tastes of the most scrupulous. This com- pany were awarded a silver medal at the Antwerp exhibition, and at every other point where they were shown @ prize was given. At the present time the works are running to their fullest capacity, filling orders, principally for the English market, Y ’ ————————— MEN OF 24,000 YEARS AGO. If the claims of old descent were a justifiable source of pride, the human race would feel elated this morning on being assur- ed by the wise men of the British Association that authentic > proof had been discovered in some Welsh caves, that men, sufficiently developed from the ape to manufacture flint im- plements, existed on this planet 240,000 years ago. To us itis a , melancholy reflection that we should have taken so prodigious & — time to attain so small a result, Even when the duration of — the race is limited to the six thousand years of history, the outcome can hardly be considered as satisfactory, and there is something profoundly depressing ia the sudden addition of a series of ancestors who spent 234,000 years in marking time, indeed, but in making no other mark in the world.— Pail Mall Gazette. ™ — OOOO ® a The Customs authorities have refused to grant the applica- tion made by Detroit residents te be allowed to tow pine loge in rafts to the Canadian side of the Detroit rivea, and remove them in such quautities asmay from time to time be required, > Asa result, 50,000,000 = — , 2 Fs 7 y _ " { MR, MOWAT SUSTAINED The Returns as far as Known—Gains and Losses on Both Sides, vu The following are the returns of the Pro- yincial elections as far as they can yet be obtained :— BY ACCLAMATION. Constituency. Members. Opp. Min. Dufferin..........Stewart......0-. iL 0 Waterloo, N.....Snider .........- 0 L Wellington, E...Clarke .......... 0 1 BY STATUTE, Algoma,E .....- IDNAG0 6. Ana noneons 0 Algoma, W ......Conmee......... 0 BY ELEOTION. Addington........Miller,......... ee Brant, N........ WOO0d........---- Brant, S......-.-Hardy..........++ Bruce, N ... Biggar pod : Bruce, S........O’Connor.,...... Bruce, C....... Dack..........0008 Brockville ......Fraser. n Carleton ...... Monk............ Cardwell ........Hammell....... Dundas..........Chamberlain.... Durham E.......Craig .......+..> Durham W......McLaughlin....., Hssex, N........Pacaud .......... Essex, S........Balfour.,........ Ieleibas Vil pancense Elgin, E..........Na Frontenac . Glengarry Grey, S... pene cosas re Peeeeisera Graves, “oecollieie al SaaeeoieeoD Haldimand......Baxter...... ... Hamilton........Gibson.......... Hastings, E.....- Hudson.......... Hastings, N...... W00d..........-- Hastings, W......Ostrom....... mie Huron,S ........Bishop.......... Huron,E ........Gibson.......... Huron, W.. naga0 Halton...... 90 Kent, W.... é Kent, E ......... So Kingston ........Metcalfe........ Lincoln ..........Garson (Labor) . Lambton, E......Graham...... a Lambton, W ....Pardee.......... Lanark, N........Hilliard ..... wos Lanark,S........Le@S ......+--++- Leeds © ......5--.-ETestOn. ......0. London ....... ./.Meredith....,... Lennox ........-.Meacham .....°. Middlesex, E ....Tooley . Middlesex, W....Ross .. Middlesex, N ....Waters.. Muskoka ........Marter........ Monck ............Harcourt Norfolk, S......: Bo Norfolk, N........Freeman,....... Northumberl’d,E. Willoughby.... Northumb’l’d,W.Field............ Ontario, S)---.-2>-DEVGEN. .6.c0...5 Ontario, N........Gould ... ...... Oxford,N .. eeMOWAL ..2cc0c cee Oxford,S Ottawa...... ‘Peel, se eco Peterboro’, io me Peterboro’, W....Stratton........ Perth,S..........Ballantyne .... PERG IN cise dice SELORS Velcon viecaiaee Prescott....---.... Evanturel ...... Prince Edward..Sprague........ Renfrew, N......Murray.......... Krefrew, S........Dowling........ Russell ... -Robillard ....... Simcoe, W SIV LIC sre crcc cic Simcoe, E........ Drury. Simcoe, Centre..Phelps Stormont sees Toronto........(E F Clarke...... TOTONGO), 52.502 c06WYS «cccsccecees Victoria, West...Cruess .......... Victoria, E ......Fell Waterloos..... see tee weeeee Wentworth, N... Wentworth, S...Awrey.. York, W..........Gilmour. Og itaesise = oo) SOIMALIT © nis once e SSSSSSSS SOHHOMM COOH SCO OC OH OSS OOOO COCH OH OH OCC EHH ROOCOCOM OHH OOOH HREOC HER HOROCHOOCOHORESCOCOHROCOH RR REE ERE ROOH CORR HOR EER HOHEH He REE HE HORORORHMOOCCOCOPR EE ROR CORK ROCORROCCOCOHOHMOREHOHRCORERROHEHS Parry Sound.....Armstrong .....Independent 82 67 Perhaps the most extraordinary that suc- cess bas been achieved in modern science has been attained by the Dixon treatment for Catarrh, Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent, have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is remembered that not hve per cent, of the patients present- ing themselves to the regular practitioner are benelitted, while the pxtent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at sll, Starting with the claim now generally believed by the most scientitic men that the disease is due to the presence of living parasites in the tissues, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to their extermination; this accomplished the Catarrh is pratically cured, and the permanency is unquestioned, as cures effected by him four years ago cures still, No one else hes ever attempted to cure Catarrh in this manner, and no other treatment has ever cured Catarrb.’ The application of the remedy is simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favorable for a speedy and permanent cure, the majority of cases being cored atone treatment. sufferers should cor- respond with Mere, A. H. DIXON & SON, King street west. Toronto, Canada, and _ enclose stamp for their treatise on Catarrh,— Montreal Star. * Another result of the construction of the C. P. R. railway is the commencement of a lumber trade from British Columbia. ‘The first car-load left New Westminster the 22nd November arriv’ ing in Montreal on the 9:h of December and wa’ delivered to its destination on Saturday. I” contained 15,000 ft. of Douglas fir and cedar cut into 30 ft. lengths, and from enquiries made the company anticipated doing an extensive trade in lumber from British C umbia, especially where the long sill timber is required. The mills in the province are being enlarged and fitted out with the necessary machinery with the evident inten- tion of supplying a great demand, GESLED TENDERS addressed to the under- signed and endorsed “‘ Tender for Midland Harbor Works,” will be received until Tues- day, the 25th day of January, 1887, inclusively, for the construction of Works at Midland, Simcoe County, Ontario, according to a plan and specification to be seen on application to the Reeve, Midland, at the office of the Resi- dent Engineer, Midland Division of the Giand Trunk Railway, Peterborough, and at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, where printed forms of tender can be obtained. Persons desirous of tendering are requested to make personal enquiry relative to the work to be done, and to examine the locality them- selves, and are notified that tenders will not be considered unless made on the printed forms supplied, the blanks properly filled in, and signed with their actual signatures. Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted bank cheque made payable to the order of the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, for the sum of one thousand dollors ($1,000), which will be forfeited if the party decline to enter into a contract when called upon to do so, or if he fail to complete the work contracted for. If the tender be not accepted the cheque will be returned, The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Worees ttawa, 24th December, 1886. 3d153 CAPE BRETON RAILWAY. SEction—Granp Narrows TO SYDNEY. TENDERS FOR THE WORKS of CONSTRUCTION. EALED TENDERS, addressed to the undersigned -and endorsed ‘‘ Tenders for Cape Breton Railway,” will be received at this office up to noon on Wednesday the 12th day of January, 1887, for certain works of construction. Plans and profiles will be open for inspection at the office of the Chief Engineer and General Manager of Government Kailways at Ottawa, and also at the Office of the Cape Breton Kailway at Port Hawkesbury, C.B., on and after the 27th day of December, 1886, when the general specifications and form of tender may be ob- tained upon application. No tender will be entertained unless on one of the printed forms and all the conditions are complied with, By order, A. P. BRADLEY, Secretary. Department of Railways and Canals, Ottawa, 15th December, 1886 ey DERS will be received at the Depart- ment of Inland Revenue until Noon on Monday, 3rd January, 1887, from parties desirous of leasing the privilege of ferrying across the River Ottawa, between Fitzroy, in the County of Carleton, in the Province of Ontario, and On- slow in the County of Pontiac, in the Province of Quebec, in accordance with the terms and under the conditions set forth in the Regulations copies of which can be procured from the In- land Revenue Department at Ottawa. Each Tender must state the amount which the parties tendering is willing to pay per an- num for tbe privilege referred to, which amount will be payable in advance, the terms cf the lease being for five years from the first of May, 1887. ; Each Tender must be accompanied by a cheque marked ‘‘Good” on one of the chartered Banks doing business at Ottawa, for one-half the amountof the per annum tender. This amount will be credited op account of the tirst year’s rent inthe case of the accepted tender, and all other cheques will be returned, except in the eveut of withdrawals, in which case no refunds will be made. All communications must be addressed to the undersigned and endorsed on the envelope, “Tender for the Quyon Ferry.” WM. HIMSWORTH, Secretary. Department of InJand Revenue, : Ottawa, 14th, Decebmer 1886, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. LUMBER DRIVER'S CALES, the Best Refined Tool Stecland Forged The method used intempering leaves every onc of the same tem- perrendering them stronger and more durable than other For use in Stream Driving. Made from SMALL BALL any Calks, 25 in Ball and 5 in Hee) are the numbers usu ally required, Ask for our make and take no other, See advertisement of Cant Dog, Manufactured by T, McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N. B. ORONO CANT DOGS (All Steel.) The Dogs are made of the Best Cast Steel, by the drop forging process, which makes them very smooth, true and even. The point or hook is fashioned to a nice oval shape so as to catch all sizes of logs. instantly, and enabling the opera- tor easily to disen- gage. The picks are made also of Best Cast Steeland are of good length bothin- side and outside of the wood. Our handles are made of best qual- ity straight grained splitand turned ROCK MAPLE, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Pri- ces on application, See advertisement of Drivers Calks. manufactured by J. McAVITY & SONS, ST. JQHN, N.B. NOTICE AEN DERS will be received at the Depart- ment of Inland Revenue until noon of Monday, the 8rd January 1887, from parties desirous of leasing the privilege of ferrying across the River Ottawa, between La Passe, in the Province of Quebec, and Gower Point, in the Province of Ontario, in accordance with the terms and under the conditions set forth in the Regulations, copies of which can be procured from the Inland Revenue Department at Ottawa. Each tender must state the amount which the party tendering is willing to pay perannum for the privilege referred to, which amount will be payable in advance, the terms of the lease being for five years from the Ist May, 1887. Each tender must be accompanied by a cheque marked ‘‘good,” on one of the chartered banks doing business at Ottawa, for one-half the amount of the per annum tender. This amount will be credited on an account of the first year’s rent in the case of the accepted tender, and all other cheques willbe returned, except in the event of withdrawals, in which ease no refunds will be made. All communications must be{addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed on the envelope ° Tender for the La Passe Ferry.” Wm. HIMSWORTH, peoretary. Department of Inland Revenue, Ottawa, 14th December, 1886, \ SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AND WALOG 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; cord-wood tables; felling trees® growth of trees ; land measure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and head- ing bolts, etc. Standard bood throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of pee. ian your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 5 cents, G. W. FISHER, Boz 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A, G, MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont, ht aH TTA Me 15 SMITH’sS Mercantile & Land Reporting Agency BANKkteEs—DOMINIGN BANK General Solicitor, Jwo. Leys, Esq, Barrister, Toronto, Secretary, J: SmMiLey, M.A. MANAGER~— WILL SMITH, General Offices—Court 8t., Toronto, Ont. Telegraph Address—Agency, Toronto. 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The Department for the collection of outstand- ing accounts is conducted on an entire change of the system usually followed by Collecting Agencies, viz.:—Subscribers may have their collections paid either direct to themselves, or to the offices of the Agency, in which latter case remittances will be deposited to an account pro- vided for that purpose, and immediate y remit- ted to the parties to whom it is due, and will not be applied to any other purpose. Another important feature in connection with this department is, that subscribers depositing accounts for collection will, if requested, be fur- nished with a Form of Script, on which will be entered the name of each debtor, the amount owing, and a full report of the prospects of col- lection, and providing that the receipts thereof be paid to bearer only, thus enabling subscribers to realize on their outstanding accounts, The Agency will forward at ieast once in three months, or oftener if desired, a report and statement of all accounts in hana. NorTs.—The offices of the Agency are open to the Solicitors and subscribers for reference to our numerous maps, atlasses, directories and correspondence, and for the transaction of business with their clients and customers when n Toronto. W. SMITH, Manager. ‘IO-KING-ST-EAST (£2; SEND -FOR-PRICES - NS Canadian Pacific R. R. The only Through Route for the Great North West. Going East. PETERBOROUGH Drpart.—11.31 a.m., 7. 53 p.m. 10.56 p. m. 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Examine the field, count the cost, and you will at once decide that the CANADA LUMBERMAN is the Cheapest, Best, Most Reliable. and only true medium for placing your goods and wares before the Saw Mill Men, and Lumber and Timber Dealers of the Dominion. Address A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. THE HENDERSON LUMBER C0. Limited. Cas. H. Waiters, Sec-T reas. “Davin H. Henperson, President ; Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes u Specialty. 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. Q Norman Henperson, Vice-President ; OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: The Ontario Canoe Co, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Longitudinal Rib Canoes, Bass wood Canoes, Folding Canoes C, \ N O Paddles, Oars, Tents, etc., etc Gold Medal, London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, -Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Cataloge. President and Managing Director designed to carry any amount of goods and chattels Canoes for Lumberm en, Bntletromeny puilt, made to order on short notice. w >) F E.DIXON & COU Manufacturers of Patent Lap-Joint Star Rivet SS BELTING 70 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO. To Mill Owners, Manufacturers & others requiring Leather Belting Do not buy any Balting unless with DIXON’S PATENT LAP JOINT. It will last longer and do more service than any other. Please note the address, '70 KING ST. EAST, and send for Circulars ana Latest Discounts. A FULL LIN of all Sizes Single and Double Belting constantly in stock. ‘ we -All ORDERS Filled same days as received. 3 TORONTO BY \NARE ROOMS 86 King Street East 2518, 25 SEEN Factory and Warerooms :— 20 and 2522, Notre Dame Street. wOW wy MONTREAL, QUE. THE A pete hea LOM BERMAN. pis ode eee Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Coy T. McILROY, Jr., MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the Factories, 135 to 155 West Ledge Avenue, P. O. Box 494. Manager, TORONTO The largest Manufacturers in the world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Cloth Insertion and pure Tubing of allkinds. Rubber, Linen and Cotton Fire Hose. Leather Belting, Extra heavy American Oak Tanned. A Full Stock always on hand. Write for Price Lists and Discounts. Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO. ATENTS Trocured in Canada, the United States, Pe all Foreign Countries, Caveats, Trade-Marks, Conyrights, Assignments abe all Documents rela to PATENTS preparedon the shortest notice. All mation pertaining to Patents te given on - cation. ENGINEERS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, and Ex- perts in all Patent Causes. Established 1867. Donald C. Ridout & Co. 22 King St. Fast, Toronto ARE ihe 7 New York Lumber Auction Co. LIMITED, OFFICE AND YARD, Foot West 2ist Street, New York City REGULAR SALES will be held during the year 1886, as follows: Tuesday, Auqust 10th, Tuesday, April Gth, do May 11th, do September 7th, do June Sth, do October Sth, do July 13th, do November 2nd, and Tuesday, December 7th. Sales commence promptly at 10.380 am. Wm. Norman,Auctioneer At each of there sales we shall offer a full and complete assortment of the best grades of HARDWOODS AND PINE LUMBER Dealers and consumers will find it to their profit and advantage to attend. Catalogues giving the inspection ofeach lot off.red can be had.at the yard on the day of tale, or will be mailed on agpli- New York Lumber Auction Co. (Limited) Foot of West 2lst Street. New York City. GHORGE GALL WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots gold on Commission, railway switch in GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS S COCOA BREAKFAST. ‘By a thorough knowledge of the natural " awe which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and bya careful application of the fine properties thes well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast table with a delicately fiavored beverage to yard and plenty of room for storage, Yard | Which may save us many heavy doct tors’ bills, It is by : Velli = the judicious use of such articles o! diet that a consti- corner of Stachan and Wellington Ave. Office, | tution may be gradually built up until stror : 9 Victoria Sc. to resist every tendenc y to disease. Hungres maladies are floating around us re: aly to att ever there isa weak point, We ma fatal shaft by keeping ourselve s well for ied blood and a properly nourished frame.?’—“* Cival Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus JAS. EPPS & Co. Ss Homeeopathi piece London, England FOR THE RIGHT MAN. \ represent the-Canapa Lr capable a wr g up t ve lumber industries solicit subscription do general business. One ac of trade prefer'ed. Must be pe to furnish good references. Apply per A. ( AA Publisher, Peterb Telephone C »nnection. Sold Notice a Concise ENDERS will be invited for the constrnction of the Section of the Cape Breton Railway extending from the Grand Narrows to Sidney, a distance of ab wut | 45 miles. Ths preliminary notice is given in order that Contractors desiring t> tender for the work may | have an opportunitp to examine the .ocation before the | winter sets in. By or ’er, A. P. BRADLEY, Dep. of Railways and Canals, Ottawa, 26th Nov., 1886, 18 | _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. _ “i THe T AN Wt 60 MP AN y af : INTE Gi STROUDSBURG. “Ane AL JMONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, U. 3. MANUFACTURERS OF AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years, enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized for a long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC FH, ANDREWS & SON J QUBBEC. A. R. WILLIAMS, . . Toronto. Dominion Saw Works! JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. 7 KING ST, EAST, TORONTO, ONT. © SZ MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS == — .e ; ; = 22 Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. MONTREAL SAW WO R, H. BUCHANAN & CO. il i | Av i 5 il ‘ it i J enth i THURBERS ROYAL , | | : ii \ SS = AB J Y \ S S == Zp Y Y N SN SS = Z Sa LD Y SSss555 === Z Y os y \S IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, —= Emery Wheels, __ Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe, &. | — | sail Hen ll —___ \ Anti-Friction Babbit Metal: SS. j 7 | RKS ...... MACHINERY SUPPLY ASSOCIATION |! Monrreat By A. G. MORTIMER. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the Dominion. VOL. 7. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., FEBRUARY, 1887. CANADA’S LUMBER SHIPMENTS TO ENGLAND. CrurcHitt & Sm report the following consigments of lum- ‘ber, etc. from Canada during the year 1886 :— ; Sawn woop.—Pine, deals. &e., | rom the St. Lawrence, for 1884,1:714 000 pieces ; 1885, 1 665,000 pieces ; 1886, 2,072,600 pieces. Spruce Deals, &c., from the St Lawrence, for 1884, 1,971.00 pieces ; 1885,’ 1 968,000 pieces ; 1886, 1,858,000 pieces. Spruce Deals; &c, from New Brunswick, for 1884, 355,000 - pieces ; 1885, 510,000 pieces ; 1886, 3,000 pieces. TimBeR.— Yellow Pine from wae for 1884, 3,841 loads ; 1885, 6,247 loads ; 1886, 2 681 loads., Red Pine from Quebec, for 1884, 1,135 loads ; 1885. 797 loads; 1886, 289 loads. from Quebec, for 1884, 1.999 loads ; 1885 2,713 loads, 1886, 622 loads. Ash from Quebec, for 1884 “4,495 loads. 1885 2,123 © loads; 1886, 1,632 loads Hickory from Quebec, for 1884, 144 loads ; 1885, 223 loads ; 1886, 41 ibadae Oaks from Quebec, for — 1884 2 936 loads, 1885, 3 557 loads ; 1886, 3;076 loads Birch from Quebec, for 1884, 2 066 loads, 1885, 5,475 loads ; 1886, 966 loads. Birch, Nova Scotian, &c., for 1884, 3,982 loads; 1885, 3,327 loads ; 1886, 1,654 loads. 1 Prsz Deats, the most important supply from the Canadian ports, have varied little during the year. They have arrived in larger quantities than required ; but, owing to firm holding, there has been no appreciable fall in value except for first quality. A favourable turn in the demand is wanted to save the market from the dangers of too large an accumulation of atock. Spruce have fallen so low that it is difficult to believe that they will be much cheaper, or that any reduction could ancrease the consumption. $ In Timber, shipbuilding woods have been very difficult to sell, and exceedingly unprofitable ; furniture woods, with the one exception of Birch, are better, the cabinet makers’ trade having been far more prosperous than . builders’, A large falling off in the supply is noticeable. Fapxworth & JARDINE report: Yettow Pine Timber :—The import has consisted of 4 eargoes, chiefly waney pine on contract, as compared with no arriyals in the corresponding monih during the past two years; the deliveries have been fair, and stocks are now lower than ver previously recorded, nevertheless quite ample for the demand, and there is improvement in ce St. Joho pine: Several parcels of prime quality and large average have arrived, but the demand is limited, and the bulk has gone into stock Red pine has come forward more freely ; the demand is moder ate, and prices rule very low. Oak logs: The import has consisted of 16,000 feet, against nil during the same month last year ; the stock is light, viz , 151,000 feet, against 288,000 same month last year, and 239 000 for the year before ; and al- thouvh there is rather more inquiry, prices have not improved, “Oak planks have been imported more freely, viz., 61,000 feet, against 31,000 feet last year; the demand continues fair, and the stock, though ample (128,000 feet), is not excessive. This article is quite taking the place of oak in the log, and as ship- ments are now both more carefully culled and manufactured, and the cost comparatively low, it will probably still further grow in favour with our wagon builders, Elm has been more inquired for, and as the stock is light. the prices are firmer, Ash: The import has consisted of ‘two parcels of medium quality, which have been sold at fair rates from the quay; the stock is very moderate. Pine deals: ‘The import has consist- ad of 746 standards, against 456 standards same month last OTS Elm year; the deliveries have been unsatisfactory, viz., 1,166 standards, against 1,579 standards last year, and the stocks remaining over are excessive, viz., 9,180 standards, against 6,638 standards ; sales are most difficult to effect, and prices for all qualities are lower. Quebec staves are seldom inquired for, and prices rule low. } New Brunswick, &c., SpRucE AND Pink Dats —Spruce deals have come forward much too freely, viz., 7,105 st ndards, against 5,630 standards same ‘month last year; the demand, though fair, has not kept pace‘with the import, and the stock has accumulated and-is now almost equal to same time last year, viz., 19,344 standards, against 21,331 in 1885; this has checked any improvement that might have been expected at this season of the year, and the prospects during the winter months is not encouraging. Pine deals are dull of sale, and prices are unchanged. Birch has been imported freely, viz., 122 000 feet, against 2,000 feet same month last year; the demand has fallen off, and late gales show a sharp decline in value ; the stock remaining over is excessive, viz.. 165,000 feet, against 144,000 same month last year, and 70,000 feet in 1885. Birch planks have been imported moderately. and are in fair request, but more care must bé taken in the manufacture to bring this article into favour wilh our buyers. Pitcn Ping —The arrivals dyring the month have been 1 vessel 627 tons, against 3 vessels 2 295 tons during the like time last year. The consumption, as usual at this time of the year, has been small, but it is very satisfactory tosee the stock reduced to such a small compags—smaller, indeed than for several years past ; this has naturally had a beneficial effect on the market, and improved prices have been paid foc the season’s wood. Freights are stiffening, and with a scarcity of tonnage shippers look for still further improvements in prices, though at present this is not very freely responded toon the part of importers. & A. F. & D, Mackey, report : : Prinz Timper.—Import from Quebee during the month, waney 79 000 cubic feet, and sqhare 28,000 cubic feet, con- sumption 116,000 cubic feet, total, against 76,000 during December last year, stock remaining 110,000 cubic feet square, 194,060 feet waney, against 226,000 and 389 000 cubic feet re- spectively at this time last year, St. John and other ports pine, import 22,000 cubic feet, consumption 4,000 feet, against 30,000 feet, stock 73,000 cubic cook against 82,000 feet last year, No sales to report, arrivals having been wholly on local mer- chants’ account. 2 Rep Ping —Stock reduced by’1,000 cubic feet. Oak —We have to report a still more reduced stock, namely, 151,000 cubic feet, against 288 000 cubic feet at end of Decem- ber, 1885, consumption although scarcely an average one is double the import, being 32,000 cubic feet, against 45,000 feet last year, and only 16,000 cubic feet arrived. No doubt prices slightly advanced, but very little: inquiry. Oak PLaNnKs.—The stock of these is still somewhat reduced, being 128,000 cubic feet, against’ 160,000 twelve months ago. The import which was a large one for the time of the year, waz 61.000 cubic feet, against 31000 cubic feet, and consump- tion 57,000 cubic feet, against 75.000 cubic feet in December, 1885, and 35,000 cubic feet for same period in 1884. E.m.—There has been 10,000 cubic feet imported during the month, and 5,000 cubic feet gone into consumption, leaving the stock 12,000 cubic feet, against 35,000 cubic feet twelve months ago, Z AsH.—A parcel of 10,000 cubic feet arrived during the month, and has gone in consumption direct. Stock 7,000 cubic teet. BircH.—This wood has arrived largely, totalling 122 000 cubic feet, and this fact coupled with a consumption of 37 000 cubic feet has increased the stock to 165 000 cubic feet, which bas had a bad effect on prices which had been advancing dur- ing October and November. Sales have been as follows:— _ 1 180 logs, ex Tobique from St. John, N.B., 144 inches average at 154 pence per cubic foot, and 118 logs 13} inches average, at 15 pence, 1 004 logs ex Dora from St John N.B, nearly 14 inches average ‘at 15} pence, 751 logs ex Kildonan from Pictou, 16 inches average at 144 pence per cubic foot. The latter par- cel being offered at auction on account of buyer, was nearly wholly withdrawn, very few bids being produced, N. B. & N.S. Spruck & Pine Deats —The import has been large for the time of the year, namely, 7,105 standards against 2,630 standards during December, 1885. Consumption 5,500 standards against 3,150'standards, and stock 19 344 standards against 21.331 standards twelve months ago, and 26 310 stand- ards on 3lst December, 1884. No alteration in values, the demand being slow. ‘Several cargoes offered at auction, but only a few lots sold. balance being disposed of privately. QurBEc DEALS.—The stock still stands at high figures, viz: 9,116 standards against 9,638 last year at thistime. The ar- rivals during the past month although greatly reduced as compared with November. are larger than “an average, being 746 standards against 456. in December 1885. Consumption 1,166 standards against 1,579 standards. « Prtcu Pink —The stock has now been reduced to a very healthy limit. consisting of 95,000 cubic teet hewn timber, 161,- 000 cubic feet sawn and 55 000 cubic feet planks, totalling 311,000 cubic feet against a like total of 1.048 000 cubic feet at this time last year. The import has been 34 000 cubic feet of all kinds, and the consumption 140,000 cubic feet. poe Toronto Globe of a recent date published a write-up of some of the leading industries located along the line of the No: thern railway, in which we find the following references concerning the lumber trade : WM. CANE & Sons’ MFG., CO. (LIMITED). The town of Newmarket owes much to her manufacturers, of whom Mr. Cane was og of the first. Mr. Cane had been the owner of a sawmill in the township of East Gwillimbury, but in 1875 he moved into Newmarket, and commenced the manufacture of lumber, lath, shingles, sash, blinds, mouldings, door, and in fact all kinds and descriptions of housebuilding materials, in addition to ordinary lumber. This business grew to large proportions, and with it grew Mr. Cane’s capital, and he commenced the manufacture of all kinds of wooden ware, such as pails, tubs, washboards, and clothes pins. This business has grown also, and there are now made at the works no less than forty-two different kinds of ordinary pails. At the late Industrial Exhibition many of these were shown and & silver medal was granted for the general excellence of the exhibit. But the articles in that exhibit which attracted the most attention were the impervious wooden packages made by the firm, such as oil cans pickle packages, etc. To such per- fection has the manufacture of these goods been brought by this firm, that they can make wooden packages convenient to handle which will hold any substance, no matter how volatils or penetrating, and their of! can will hold gasoline as safely as any tank, The extent of the business may be gathered from the fact that the company} employs 120 men the year round, besides woodsmen, and use over two million feet of lumber, and two thousand cords of stavebolts in the factory in the manufacture of their various products. In 1885, after ten years’ successful operat?on, the firm was changed into an in- corporated company, under the style of Wm. Cane & Sons’ Mfg., Co. (Limited), The ¢itizens of Newmarket have since they have been incorporat as a town, had but one Mayor, Mr. Wm. Cane, the head of the firm, and are not likely soon to change. This one fact is mabieieud to show that Mr Cane is not only a large employer of labor, but also an extremely popular and public-spirited man, PHELPSTON'S: INDUSTRY. Where the thriving eB of Phelpston now stands, seven- teen years ago was nothing but aa unbroken wilderness. About that time the firm'of N. & O. J. Phelps, of St. Cath ines, who had purchased a timber limit at this point, erect®*t what is now the best and most complete circular sawmill Northern Ontario. The building of the mill brought, of course, a large number of men who were employed by the firm, and a little village sprang up around the property. This village has become each year more and more thriving, and at the present time there are located the fe a number of handsome stores and from the latter of which an im- mense quantity of grain; urchased from the farmers in the neighborhood. is annually shipped to Toronto Phelpston is not on the direct line of railway to the North-west, but all its shipments have to be sent through Allandale, where the great junction of the Northern & North-western system is situated. Although the mill will have to be removed in about two years, owing to the supply of lumber being nearly exhausted, the prosperity of the village will still goon. The business enter- prise of N. & O. J. Phelps has made the place, and the firm has always been deservedly popular. The sawmill has «capacity of from forty to fifty thousand feet of lumber per day, and is one of the features of the northern district of ‘Ontario. Mr. O. J. Phelps has served one term in the Local Legislature, with credit to himself and satisfaction to his sonstituents, by whom he is universally esteemed. Among the benefits which have been derived from Mr. O, J. Phelps, eonnection with municipal matters the township of Flos, of which he was Reeve for fourteen years, has to thank him for the railway which now passes through her borders. HE LONGFORD LUMBER CvuMPANY AND RAMA TIMBER TRAN- SPORT COMPANY, spacious grain warehouse The most important industry at Longford Mills, Township ~ of Rama, is carried on by The Longford Lumber, Company, who have two fine large steam sawmills, with a capacity of eighteen to nineteen million fect in six months. This company have very extensive limits in the townships of Rama, Digby, Dalton, Carden, and Anson, and they are also sole owners of the township of Longford, which has an extensive aud abun- dant supply of pine, hemlock, and other valuable woods suffici ent for their mills for many years to come. The output of their mill: this season was eighteen and a half million feet and two million lath and about tem million of shingles. Their manufactured goods are shipped overthe N, & N, W, Railway, princpally to Voronto and thence by vessel to Ogdensburg, _ Oswego, and other lake ports. In addition to their large saw smill interest they have a fine herd of Shorthorn cattle, South- down sheep, and Berkshire pigs This company employ in the cutting season at the mills about 150 men and in the winter season troni 300 to 160 men. The next business of importance is ¢ nducted by the Rama Timber Transport Company, under the same management It was formed for the purpose of taking logs through the canal from Black River into Lake’St. John, arid from Lake St John to Lake Couchi- ching by machinery composed of a tramway about 90 rod long, operated by a large engine and boiler driving «a multitude of short shafts and cog wheels with rollers attached, where logs are put on and propelled ac osx at the rate of about 1,500 to 2,000 pieces per day. About forty men have been employed at the work for about four months in the year. There is also on their premises a large shingle mill, with a capacity of eight million in the six months, and the company also operate a magnificent farm in connection. This company has done a large business for the past few years. North of this are the small post villages of Washago and Severn River, and then the village of Gravenhurst is reached. "The description of that place and of those to the north, will, however, appear at a future date. E, U. WHIFFEN'S MILLS Among the best known, and most enterprising of the resi- dents of Orillia, Mr. E. U. Whiffen deserves a prominent place. Mr. Whiffen was superintendent of Beecher & Sullivan’s mills, at Bell Ewart, for many years, until in ‘1880, the mill was burnt down, when he moved north, and the British Cana- dian Lumber Co’s mill, at Midland, under contract for one year, and in the year following he purchased a mill at Fesser- ton, the point where the Midland Railway first strikes the Georgian Bay, The mill has a capacity of from three to four qillion feet of lumber per annum, and is a complete circular smill with ample power, Around the mill are some of the best \ 15 of this issue. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, piling grounds in the country, well laid out, and with plenty of railway switches running throdgh. Parry Island in the Georgian Bay, is this year furnishtpg the mill with its stock of lumber. A general assortment of lamber is sawn, including pine, oak, ash, spruce, tamarac, and birch. This is sold chiefly in the Canadian market, and hardled chiefly by Toronto firms. but some of the choisest findsla market in Oswego. The mill is about sixteen miles from Oriia, on the Midland Rail- way, and as it has good dockage onjthe Georgian Bay, there are ample facilities for shipping the products of the mill at reasonable rates. Mr. Whiffen ida native of Utica, N. Y, but has for several years past lived $n Peter street in the town of Orillia. NEW ADVFRTISERS. HE current issue of THe LUMBHRMAN contains several new advertisements, to which attentgon is directed. The prime, first, last, and all the-time object $f the advertiser is to draw custom, and patrons of this jougnal are no exception. The firms below referred to take a plafe among the most reliable business men of the Dominion, nd are well and favorably known by a large majority of LuMmpERMAN readers ;-- JOHN C. MCLAREN,—BELTING, 292 and 294 St. James Street, Moptreal, manufacturer of Oak Leather Belting and Textile Suppjies, occupies a space un page A special engraving is now being made by our engravers and will ‘be ready y the next issue. Mr. Mc- Laren is so well knuwn by the manufacturers of Canada that a further introduction is unnecessary. This business has been in successful operation since 1856,jand is increasing in import. ance every year. ‘The oak leather#belting, as manufactured by this house, stands second to none} in the market, aud has an extensive sale in every Province of the Dominion. Every variety of textile supplies, such a§card clothing, loom reeds, etc., are also manufactured in larg¢g quantities. MONTREAL SAW WORKS After an absence of over a year, Mr. Chas. M. Whitlaw, manager of the above works, has returned to his old love, and contracted for a space on back of gover. When THE LUMBER- MAN called on this gentleman, a foftnight since, the thermome- ter ranging 20° below zero, we fotmd him in close proximity to ared-hot stove and apparently enjoying all the comforts that man could desire. Business, he informed us, was fairly good, notwithstanding the fact thgt during the present season trade is generally very quiet among saw men. This firm man- ufacture all kinds and sizes of circilar and cross-cut saws. and have done a large share of the trade of the country for many years past. Saw mill men and wéod-workers in general who coritemplate adding to their present supply of saws will find it to their advantage to correspon@ with this firm. ROBIN & SADLER#—BELTING But few firms in Montreal are better known among manu- facturers than Robin & Sadler, /manufacturers of Le«ther Belting. Having been established for many years, they have won for themselves a reputation of which they have every reason to feel proud. The belting /of this firm’s manufacture may be found in almost every city sand town in Canada, and has given universal satisfaction. contract was made during the past month for all the belting required in Ogilvie’s new flour mill in Montreal, the cost ot which will be in the neigh borhood of $10,000, This, we undérstand, is the fifth contract made with the same firm. During a visit to these works we were shown through the large premises from cellar to attic, and found each department of the business under control of a competent, head foreman, while the machinery employed is of the latest improved design. Mr. Sadler informs us that not a single article of American machingry is used in these works that can be purchased in Canada. ‘) He is a strong protection- ist, and believes that the only way to encourage Canadian manufacture is to stick to home production. A good example indeed, and one which should be ifitated by every Canadian who desires to see his country prosper. We have pleasure in directing attention to this firm’s fadvertisement on another page. TEES & CO.—BDESKS An office desk is a commodity which but few men, either in business or private life, care to dowwithout. As in all other branches of trade, desk makers Have sought to bring their manufacture as near perfection ‘possible, and in this they have succeeded. Through the catty of Mr, Tees we were permitted to visit the show room of the above firm in Montreal, where is presented for view every vpriety of office, school, lodge and other kinds of desk, from the @heapest to the most elabor- ately finished. Messrs, Tees & Co. have been established in this business for so many years that they now control the bulk of the trade of eastern Canada, angi a fair share of the western trade also. Almost every reader of THE LUMBERMAN requires, at one time or another, one of these essential articles, and they will be consulting their own interésts by writing for one of the firm’s new illustrated catalogues now in press, and at the same time keep their eye on the advertisment now appearing in this journal, i GEORGE BRUSH—MACHINERY, The name of the ‘Eagle Fouddry,” of which Mr. George Brush is the proprietor, is so well known that an extended notice is quite unnecessary, ‘This business is among the oldest in the city of Montreal, having been established go far back as the year 1820.. The manufacture consists of steam engines, steam boilers, mills, circular saw mil ing, hand and power hoists for warehouses, etc. Mr. Brusb has gained a reputation from one end of the Dominion to the other for the excellence of the machinery manufactured. The extensive works are loc; at 14 to 34 King and Queen streets. Read advertisement on page 15 of this issue, and watch this space for the one appear in our next issue. THE cata co —BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES ‘This extensive firm have two announcements in this issue of the THe LuMBERMAN. One will be found on page 16, and another on the third pz of cover. The Bathbun Co., of Deseronto, Ont,, is now ed as among the most extensive corporations doing business in Canada, The diversity of manu- facture is such that it is ajdifficult matter to arrange a concise list. The principal produétion, however, is lumber, railway~ ties, telegraph poles ; sash, doors, blinds. mouldings and, in fact, everything in the way, of building material The com- pany, in addition to their mammoth works at Deseronto, ha:e- branches in Kingston. Napanee, Ottawa, Peterborough, Toronto and many other places. NAPANBE CEMEST ©0; The advertisement of this'company appears for the first time in this issue. ‘The hydraulie cement manufaetured by them ie used for a variety of purposes, and is particularly adapted for- dams erection ot chimveys, foundations, culverts, cisterns, cellars, ete, Full information will be furnished by the manu- facturers, the Napanee Cement Co , Napanee, Ont. BUTTERWORTH & LOWE—SAW MILL MACHINERY. We would direct attention of saw mill owners and others to- the announcement of the above firm on third page of cover. This is an American firm of long standing, with extensive: works at Grand Rapids, Mich. They manufacture almost - everything used in Canadian saw mills, and desire todo s share cf the trade of this country. Our readers will find something fresh from month to month in the space allotted them, and we hope that THz LuMBERMAN may be the means- of introducing the manufacture of this firm to the favorable consideration of Canadian buyers of saw will machinery. ROBT. MITCHELL & CO.—FIRE. EXTINGUISERS. Fire protection by automatic fire extinguishers is a simple method of gettlng out of trouble, and a good preventative against loss by the devouring element. Messrs R. Mitchell & Co., have a handy and inexpensive devise for this purpose, and illustrate the same on page 14 of this issue. To lessen one’s- insurance by utilizing a device of this kind, saves money, and as this is something which everyone desires to do, we would advise readers of THE LUMBERMAN to equip their mills and factories with the latest improvements in automatic aprioklers. 8. S KIMBALL—SAFES, ETC The class of manufacture ied on by Mr. Kimball, 577 Craig Street, Montreal, consists of Champion Stump and Stous Extractors, Safes, Cultivators, Hay Presses, ete. The safes manufactured here are among the best turned out in Canada, the leading features of some of the best American safes being brought into use. Mr. we: te is a thorenghly practical machinist, and the best indication of his success is the rapid. increase in his business. Lumbermen and others requiring safes will find this establishment equal to any in Canada, while the prices are at least 25 per cent. lower, —————E Prizes for Mechanics, With the view of diffusing mechanical knowledge in Canada, the Dominion Mechanical Milling News is giving cash. prize of $10 every month for the best essay on a mechanical subject selected by the editor The subjects, which relate to- all branches of mechanical ‘knowledge, are announced in the D. M. & M. News a month ahead Some of our clever, think- ing mechanics in this locality should compete for these prizes. Full particulars may be obtained by addressing Publisher Dominion Mechanical and Milling News, 31 King Street West, Toronto. ; Ses When opening correspondence with advertisers always mention that you saw advertisement in the “Canada Lumberman.” 2 McLaughlin Brothers, lumbermen of Ottawa, have sold their entire season’s cut to the New York Exportation Com- pany for a price close on to $500,000. James Chase’s saw mill at Clachan was found to be on fire at 5.30 on Friday mornipg by some of the neighbors, who suc- ceeded in quelling the flames, after property to the value of about $500 was dam. There had been no fire in the mill. for over a week, as it was undergoing repairs, Traces of coal oil were found, f : The Ottawa forwarding firms are busily engaged in making contracts with the lumber dealers for the freighting of lumber from the Chaudiere to Montreal and Quebec. Several large contracts have been made and there is every prospect of a good trade this summer, The prices for good lumber promise to be slightly higher than last season and culls somewhat. lower. lustrated announcement which will: — - - = OUR LETTER BOX. SOMET AING ABOUT SHINGLES. Kineston, Jan. 14, 1887. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. DEAR Sik —Among the many kinds of material now used by architects there is none subjected to so many different opinions as shingles One man says: ‘ give me shaved shingles for durability,” and as proof of his opinion he will say, ‘‘ there is that old barn yonder, I and my father cut the bolts out of trees which grew on such a hill; drew them to the shanty on an Ox sled, and shaved them evenings by the light of a fat pine knot, when Jim was the baby, (that is over 30 years ago ) and this roof is not altogether worthless yet. and we left the sap on tos. If I could get them I would have shaved pine shingles sure !” ki Next observer says, ‘I don’t like sap. I shingled my house, or barns, and the sap is all defective while the heart-wood is good. I believe like my friend No 1that shaved pine shingles are best but take the sap off for me ” No. 3 says, ‘I like cedar shingles, (shaved of course). There is such and such a rcof made out of shaved cedar, which my father made long ago. They were 2 feet long and #in, thick. They are worn very thin where the lap comes but will last a while yet, I prefer cedar.” : No. 4 says, “I have not much experience in shaved shingles but in 1862 I shingled my house with X X X pine sawed shingles and it is a good roof yet. The sap was all taken off. T believe it will last 8 or 10 years yet.” No. 5 says, “I shingled my house with sawed pine shingles, sap all off, and I got my shingles from the same mill and the same man made mine tha ;made No 4’s, He said mine were as good as he could make, and my roof lasted about 12 years, and I had to put on another roof. I took cedar the last time I don’t like sawed pine shingles. There is a fuzz on them that holds dampness and soon rots.” No. 6 says, “I like sawed cedar; they lay more flat and don’t split and curl up so much as pine does.” And more of these kind of theories could be brought forward if space would permit. z Now the question is, which is the best and how can we har- monize the different views expressed ? for they are all true and are repeating themselves every day. A In the first place, let me say, it is not the sawing or shaving of a shingle that makes them stand the weather best or last longest. I know the ie that No 1 mentions, it has lasted over 30 years and No, +’s roof will also last 30 years. The former was cut ay bark taken off, split and shaved; the turpentine dried in the timber and made the sap hard. It lasted almost as well as thé heart wood. No. 4's roof was cut and split green, drew to the shingle factory 43 lengths, sawed early in the spring before the gum or turpentine bad been run ont. It was not put in the water. When it was sawed the and pitch collected at the bottom of the saw teeth, When the sawyer filed his saw he took his jack knife and cleaned the gum off his saw teeth so as not to stick up the teeth of his file Then they were packed up in bunches and kept under cover dry until laid on the roof, They were cut across the grain, not slab fashion, They won’t curl nor split any more than No. 6s cedar did. No, 2’s shingles had black sap on them when they were nailed on the roof. The sap might have been green and bright when bunched up but they were not kept covered and lay ex- posed to wet before used. Sap is not very good under any circumstances, but unlesg the gum dries in the wood it is al- most worthless, No. 5’s shingles were sawed by the same man that cut No. 4s, These shinvles were made of nice pine saw-logs 12 to 15 inches in diameter, had laid in the water three years when the Sawyer sawed them All the gum spots on the side of the saw and the saw teeth became clean and bright. There was noth- ing in the wood to preserve the shingles; the sap was taken off but still they rotted in 12 years, Had they been cut before the gum had left the wood they would also have lasted 30 years. # No. 3’s roof lasted well because they were #in. thick. Cedar makes good shingles but they require to be thicker than pine. They don’t rot but wear out. . The nails rust and become loose in the wood more than 10 pine. Hemlock makes a good shingle if not too wide and laid 44 inches to the weather. TI don’t know the durability of hem- lock shingles, I have made and sold hemlock, ash and tamarac shingles and they have given good satisfaction. I had one man say to me once, ‘Hopping, your theory about the durability of shingles, depending on the way that the timber is handled before manufactured, is all wrong. My father and I made the shingles on our buildings and we made some of them out of pine that lay on the ground until the moss and vines had grown over top of the logs and 1t made good shingles and they have lasted as long as those that you say were cut green,” 4 “Yes sir,” said I, ‘there were no worm holes in that moss covered tree neither were there?” ‘‘No,” said he. Now this proves iny theory true more than not true. There is a kind of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. pine, which in this part of Ontario we call yellow pine or cork pine. It is not the common pine generally growing in our pineries, the sap 16 not over } inch thick, This kind of pine does not rot easily and it is very scarce. Not much of this kind of pine gets manufactured into shingles. As proof of that it is different from our common pine. The worms do not work in it My long and watchful experience in shingles con- vinces me that shingles cut out of good large pine and kept out of water are best, the durability 30 years ; cedar not much difference, whether kept out of water or not durability 20 years. Pine left in water for a couple of years 12 to 18 years; hemlock, tamarac and ash [ have not tested but I believe they will last 20 years. I erected two dwelling houses last year and put hemlock shingles on them, I intend to erect two more this year and will put hemlock shingles on them also, A. Hoppins. A FEW POINTS WORTH CONSIDERING. Toronto, Jan. 27th, 1887, To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. Srr,—As your journal is the only one devoted to the interests of the Lumber business of Ontario, I desire a short space in your columns in order to ventilate a few of the many griey- ances that for years past the lumbermen of Ontario have been enduring r First of all I take up the Insurance Question. As arule a saw mill is shut down for five months every year. The danger from fire, not only to the mill but also to the lumber piled in the yard, is very small, but notwithstanding this the Insurance Companies charge the same exorbitant rates as when the mill is running, and the risk from. fire correspondingly large, de- clining in all cases to make any rebate. Secondly, why should lumberman have to furnish car stakes ? Should not the Railway Companies be compelled to stake every car before it is loaded ? If not, why do they in- variably provide lumber for railing up the doors of grain cars? To ship one million feet of lumber requires an expenditure of at least seventy-five dollars for gar stakes Should the shipper or the Railway Company bear this expense ? These two questions and thé vexed one of weighing lumber have long been of interest to the trade in general. There is in my opinion, only one way by which justice and fair play can be obtained. I+ is by the h mbermen of Ontario forming a union and taking united action to avoid the heavy losses they have sustained in the past. T nM lumber section of the Toronto Board of Trade has proved itse f to be a distinct failure. Now is the time for action, Will not those who have millions in- vested in lumber limits, saw mills and lumber, take the in- itiative. . ( ! Yours truly, * A ULumBrer MANvUFACTURER. THE MAGUIRE FAILURE. FURTHER particulars, which have come to hand since our last issue, go to show that there has been something crooked in the matter of the Maguire failure, which took place in Montreal in December. At a meeting of the creditors of this firm recently held, the Messrs. Maguire presented a statement which lumps the liabilities at about $327.000, and the assets at $300.000. and undertakes to acéount for their suspension by the fact that eight of their vessels are locked up at Buenos Ayres in consequence of the cholera outbreak there. The statement and figures submitted were regarded as unsatisfactory by the chairman, Mr. R. R. Dobell, and others, in consequence of the absence of a proper set of books and of ordinary business en- tries with details of some of the firm’s transactions, After an adjournment of some hours the insolvents produced the books which had been kept by then. from which it appeared that the last entry in the day book was made in the early part of October. The creditors who had objected to the firm’s system of book-keeping pointed to the fact in justification of their complaints. The insolyents thereupon surrendered their estate to the creditors, and the meeting proceeded to appoint three trustees to take charge of it, The first two named were the Hon, James G. Ross and Mr. Kennedy, from the office of Messrs. R. R. Dobell & Co., and the third was appointed by the Bank of Montreal, in the person of Mr. Meredith, of Montreal. The trustees will make a full investigation into the affairs of the firm, and will report as to the best means of realizing upon the estate, /Meanwhile Mr. James Maguire continues to manage the egtate under instructions from the trustees, Since the date of the meeting above referred to, however, a new phase has oécurred in this matter, caused by the entry of an action in the Superior Court at Quebec. The action, we understand, is for $100,000, and is taken by Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co., of Boston, against Messrs. D, & J, Maguire, the Hon, James G. Ross, and the three trustees of the insolvent estate. Hon. James G. Ross. has mortgages amounting to $64,000 on nine of the Maguire ships, The action seeks to set aside these mortgages on the ground that they give Mr. Ross an undue preference as acreditor, It also applies for a writ of injunction to restrain Mr, Ross and the trustees of the estate from controlling the ships belonging to the firm, on the ground that the plaintiffs had no part in the appointment of the said trustees. Messrs. Kidder, Pea- body & Co., who are the American agents of the Barings, have a claim against the estate of about $90,000. - ; PERSONAL MENTION. (Contributions from or adigt our friende and patr ne are freely welcome to thie column, The name of the sender must always secom- pany such notices, } 2 Mr. E. B, Eddy, Jumberman, has been elected Mayor of Hull, Que. The Ottawa Board oe have elected Mr G. B Pattee, lumberman president for 1887. Mr. G. C. Pattee, of l erley & Pattee, lumber merchants of Ottawa, will make a ai California, where he has an orange plantation. | THE LUMBERMAN was favored by a calla few daye ago fror Mr. Geo, Cormack lumber merchant, of Whitby. He report @ prosperous business. t News has been received of the death of the well known lum: berman of the Mattawa, ig Noah Timmins, which sad event took place January 12th} Mr. Timmins wae obliged to go down to Montreal some time ago to have an operation per- formed, His system was donsiderably run down by the trying affliction and he succumb Mr. Timmins has been identified with the Upper Ottawa country for the last thirty yeare, residing at Mattawa where he carried on a large lumbering and mercantile business, is many friende in the business will miss him as he was one of the landmarks of the Upper Ottawa. The deceased gerttleman was about 65 years of age and leaves a numerous family. It is probable that Mr. Géorge Humphrey, lumber merchant, who ran Mr. McGreevy so dlosely in Quebec West at the last general election, will ss his opponent in the Liberal interest. Hon, H. W. Pratt, a Patry Sound, Ont., lumberman, re- cently received the nomination for a seat in the Ontario par- liament, but it was found that through some informality in hie naturalization papers, he is still a citizen of the United States, and therefore incapable of holding office inthe Dominion. He is a partner of A. N. Sprat, of Alpena, Mich, Mr. F. E. Bushwell, of Grand Haven, Mich., has returned home from a several weeks’ trip to the Spanish river, Georgian Bay, Ont., where his firm is, utting in a large sawmill plant, The Ottawa Kvening Journal thus compliments a well- known lumberman: It is @ pity that Mr. J. R. Booth will not stand for South Renfr Such men as Mr. Booth are needed in Parliament by thé country. The serious loss by fire ich fell to the lot of Mr. J. M. Irwin, of Peterborough, onthe 27th ult., isto be regretted. His fine residence was completely destroyed, as well as a con- siderable amount of valuabl¢ household effects. Mr. J. T. Lambert. lumber broker of Ottawa, has recently returned from a trip up the Colonge River. He reports the lumber trade in that distric& to be brisk, and states that the great quantity of snow up there has not effected operations in the least. The lakes are beginning to flood, however, owing to the large body of snow om them, and as a result traffic is difficult. : Mr, Alex Calley, at es engaged in the lumber busi- ness in Western Ontariv, has opened out business as general merchant and commission agent under the style of Calley & Co,, at 15 Merton Beane Roce street, Liverpool Eng. THE TIMBER LICENSES IN THE DISPUTED TERRITORY. The Minister of the Intérior has issued a fly sheet, contain- ing a statement regarding ‘the timber limits in the disputed territory. Licenses to cut: this timber were first granted by Mr. Mackenzie’s government. The form of lease was sanc- tioned by Mr. David Lairé, then Minister of the Interior, Mr. R, W. Scott, Secretary of State, and Mr. Edward Blake, Minister of Justice. In the case of the first lease a bonus of $20 a square mile was given, and in the case of others issued under that government, $1. But the leases were for twenty- one years ; and the bonus, spread over the term of the lease, would be about $3 a mile per annum. Under the present goy- ernment the system was” continued, but it was modified by substituting an annual for a twenty-one year’s lease, and making the rental $5 instead of $2 with $15 spread over twenty- one years. Under the wodified policy 121 orders-in-council were passed, but only twenty-two licenses were issued. Of twenty-one licenses issued timber was cut only underone. The last of the licenses expired on the 3lst December, 1885, and the government has persistently refused to renew them. Of the twenty-one years’ licenses four are still in existence, three o which were issued by the late government ; and the holders of these licenses are the only persons now cutting timber in the disputed territory. Six persons in whose favor orders-in- council were issued never received licenses Permits for cui ting cordwood, telegraph poles and railway stuff were issued, but they have all lapsed, and none of them has been renewed. It is very desirable thatsome arrangement should be made by which timber could be cut in the disputed territory. Send in your subscription for 1887. pulley making 120 revolutions per minute 6 “ ’ / THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. POWER AND ITS TRANSMISSION. N order to save considerable time and trouble in searching for information with regard to the transmission of power, says the Millers’ Journal, the following data have been col- lected from a mass of irrevalent matter. The reader will be able to find at a glance what he wants to k y jow in order to be able to makec acurate calculations. : BELTING, Belting is daily coming more and moré safe to say that at least 95 per cent. of t ted by it, while in Europe the greater transmitted by cog-wheels. 4 THE POWER OF BELTS is derived from the friction between the} surface of the belt and the pulley, and is governed by the safne laws as in friction between flat surfaces. The friction inc#eases regularly with the pressure, and the mors elastic the surface the greater the friction. The only fault to be found with the system of belt- ing is that a portion of the revolutions of |the motor are lost. The number of revolutions lost vary rith the load as it changes. Ordinary belts will safely sustain a working tension of 45 pounds per inch in width. ; WIDTH OF BELT, KTC.; The rule to determine the width of belt ‘and size of pulley required to transmit a given horse-power 1s easily found. Since a horse-power is 33,000 pounds raised one foot high per minute, we must adjust the width and veldcity of belts so as to effect the required result. Thus, if a bel moves with a velo- city of 733 feet per minute, a belt five Inches in width will transmit five horse power, provided the effective tension is 45 pounds per inch. If the velocity be incréased up to 1 466 feet per minute the same belt with the same ténsion will transmit ten horse-power, so that a five inch belt applied to a five foot would transmit ten horse-power when the effective tension 13/225 pounds, By taking the actual tension of the belf and multiplying it by the actual velocity, we get what may be called the indicat- ed horse power of the belt, which corres ponds to the indicated horse-power of the engine. By measuring the actual power transmitted, by a dynamometer, rules may be based upon the amount of belt surface in contact with the pulley. For. practical purposes, velocity and ppwer to resist tension are the only available elements of calculation. Actual tension, adhersion, friction, &., can all be varied at will and form no certain dependence fo scalculation. It may, however, be adopted as a rule that the : i hersion and capabil- ity of belts to transmit power isin the Fatio of their relative lengths and breadths. A belt double the length or breadth of another under the same circumstanc es will transmit more than double the power, and for this reason it is desirable to use long belts. By doubling the velocity of the same belt its effective capability for transmitting powér is also doubled. Belts which run vertically should al ways be drawn tight, or the weight may prevent its adhering clogely to the lower pul- ley, but in all other cases they should be, moderately slack. Tn order to obtain the greatest amoun bof power from belts the pulleys should be covered with lea ther, and more power can be obtained from the grain or har s dl e tothe pulley than the flesh side, as the belt adheres more closely. The most effectual remedy for preventing belts from running to one side of the pulley, would be to fm d out first if the face of the pulley is straight, if not to straighiten it. In some cases the shafts may not be in line. The re nedy in this case would be to slacken up the hanger bolts and drive the hangers out or in, as the case may be, until both ends tof the shaft become parallel. This can be determined by sh tad the centres of the shafts at both ends by means of a long strip of board. TIGHTENERS should be placed as close to the large or driving pulley as cir- cumstances will permit, as the loss of popver in the use of a tightener is equal to that required to bed the belt and carry the tightening pulley ; therefore, there ista greater loss of pow- er by placing it near the small pulley, asthe belt will be bent more than near the large one. Belts always run to the highest side of the pulley, because of centrifugal force, aad that part of the belt nearest to the highest part of the rounded pulley is mofe rapidly drawn, be- cause the circumference of the pulley is greater at that point, LENGTH OF BELTS The rule for finding the length of a belt desired is to add the diameter of the pulleys together, devide, the sums by 2, and multiply the quotient by 31; add thes product to twice the distance between the centres of the shafts, and the sum will be the length required. into use, and it is B power 18 transmit- fart of the power is WIDTH OF BELT. The rule for finding the width of be horse-power is to multiply 36,000 by thé number of horse pow- er; multiply the speod of the belt in fegt per minute by one- half the length in inches of belt in ‘contact with smaller pulley ; divide the first product by th second, the quotient will be the required width in inches. HORSE-POWER OF A BELT. Following is the rule for calculating! the number of horse- power a belt will transmit, its velocity ‘and number of inches in contact with the small pulley being given : Divide the num- ber of aquare inches in contact with the pulley by 2, multiply to transmit a given . this quotient by the velocity| of the belt in feet per minute, divide this amount by 32 000\and the quotient will be the num- ber of horse-power the belt wi . To ascertain the horse-power which belts will transmit, mul- tiply the width of the belt by|the diameter of the pulley (in inches), by revolutions of the pulley (per minute), by the num- ber in the following table corresponding to the pull the belt can exert per inch of width. (Example: 10 inch single horizon- tal belt, 36-inch pulley, 200 revolutions, pull taken at 50 Tbs. 10”x36”x200x6 0004—28.8 horse-power. The pulls which belts 1 inch will transmit are as follows: Single horizontal belts|.........-.+---+-: 50 lbs. Wouble |. s... keene te P enter ey eleer es ene LOOMS Single vertical.......).-.-.-----2++++0+- 40). Wowble’ sein: cop aye eee ee elie aac GOs Quarter-twist single befts..........-.---- 20 £9 double te freee eens aco AQ Horse-power— Pulley 1 inch di- ameter, one revolution per minute, belt 1 inch wide. Pull exerted by belt 1 in wide, in pounds. 10 00008 15 ‘00012 20 00016 25 00020 30 00024 35 00028 40 00032 45 | "00036 50 a 00040 55 | 00044 60 00048 65 | 00052 70 ‘ | "00056 15 00060 30 00064 85 ‘00068 90 00072 95 ‘00076 100 "00080 HOW TO T ON A BELT. Never try to put on a belt on the pulley in motion Always place it first on the loose pulley, or the pulley at rest, and then run it on the pulley in motion. DHESION. Adhesion of the belt with the pulley is found to exist most perfectly between surfaces that are coated with some semi- liquid. Castor vil has beer found to have an excellent effect, and it is claimed that a belt three inches wide impregnated with it will transmit as much power asa 4 inch belt without it, and, besides this, rats will ayoid castor oil, hence they will not touch a belt with it on. Printer’s ink has been se lice as a means of prevent- ing belts from slipping. 1 »atsfoot oil, with a little resm, has been found very useful when a belt becomes hard and dry, but castor oil and glycerine are best for this purpose. The power required to bend the belt from a straight line and cause it to lap tightly around the pulley would not at first sight appear to be worth cohsidering, but it will be found that where the belts are thick artd rigid this item becomes an im- portant one, and it becomes advisable to lessen it. The thicker the belt the more difficult it is to bend it It is therefore more economical to use broad, thin belts than narrow, thick ones, as it has been found a the resistance of the be!t to bending is inversely as the diameter of the pulley, large pul- leys being more economical,in this respect LACING A BELT. There are many ways of {making a lace joint or sewing a belt The following has been recommended: Suppose the belt to be $ inches wide, puach holes not larger than 3 16th, beginning at $ inch from the edge and one half inch from the end, making the holes { of : inch apart from centre to centre. This will give eleven holes. } Let the holes in either end of the belt be exactly opposite to ra other. Now piace the belt in position with a lace thong, hot to exceed in width the diameter of the holes cut from a thin side of lace leather, Begin at one edge to sew your belt exactfy in the same manner as you would lace your shoe, drawing th@ ends well together at each stitch. Having worked across the felt, secure the last edge with one end of the thong by sewin over and over, and repeat the oper- ation to the place of beginning, securing the ends of your thong by inserting them epee holes made by an awl. POWER OF BELTS. The smoother the ey of the belt and the pulley, the more friction is obtained. } The following ingredients when mixed can be put on the ingide of a belt, when the imside is put next to the pulley. They: will be found to have a very good effect. as they will keep “ surfaces cool, smooth and moist : 5 lbs of common tallow, 1 Ib of yellow wax, 2 lbs of common chalk, 1 lb of blacklead and 1 1b of resin. Dissolve together by gentle heat ; put upon nd belt when slightly warm. Keep well stirred while applying it; use a little at a time and fre- quently. It is better, hoe to put the hair side next the pulley for power and grip, t ut the belt will not last so long. THE COST OF SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER. | ian is nothing in GRY business that is exciting more interest at the ent time than the transmission of power over electrical wires, In the city of Boston there are over a dozen elevators now using this system, to say nothing of the different places where power is used to run printing presses, and for all kinds of manufacturing purposes. Thi power is now in practical use, not only in this city, but in Providence, Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Worcester, Portland and other places. Who can see the end of the advantages to be derived from this great improvement in transmitting power? Every floor of high buildings in cities can have power of the most economical kind. e publish below an estimate by the Sprague Railway and Electric Motor Company, of the cost of supplying this system using the Sprague motors run from electric light or power stations. The figures are of interest to any one interested in the eost of power. Estimate of the Cost o f supplying Electric power from a Station already Established, and the profits Therefrom. We will assume the station to be already in running order, and furnishing lights for both day and night service, and to be of the capacity of one hundred and fifty-horse power. Owing to the intermit nt use of power by consumers, 80 we 1 known t> steam power producers, if the power delivered to any one consumer be limited to say, ten-horse power, at least double the output of the engine, or three hundred-horse power, could be sold from this plant. were it transmitted by the ordinary methods, and, as the loss in transmission by wire is not nearly as great as by belting and shafting, especially where the distance exceeds one hundred feet, the same law of general average is truer in the case of electric power than in that of steam,—we therefore could base our calculations upon the well known practice of all power producers,— but to avoid any possibility of dispute, we will assume that only fifty per cent. above the actual output of the engine can be sold. INVESTMENT. Additional wires, structures and switches.......... $2,500 00 ten hours perday ...... fevteec tree teres ee) $2,200 00 Oil, additional...........%.-2--.-»«-smp eaen een 100 00 Moter inspector (can also attend to lamp inspection). 500 00 Water, incidentals, etc...4..-..--.+-----++++---+8 200 00 Other expenses which Pie be specified .........<--<.> 500 00 Total... cos. civoced Mle +X nleela ene $3,500 00 ROFITS. Income from 225-horse er at $125.00 per horse power per ANNUMD.......§-- +e eee eee eee eee anes $28 125 00 Less expenses per annumif.......-..-.-------+--- 3,500 00 ani eee ee $24,625 00 Income from 225-horse powér at $100.00 per annum.$22,500 00 Less expenses per ANDUM 4... ,...--+ +++ <4 e+e eee 3,500 00 Profits. ..¢. (0000s. 24g. ome een $19,000 00 Where the station is on profits are the same as abo tional expense for engineer all incandescent plants to during the day, and as su running during the night, the _after first deducting the addi_ d fireman for day service, but as a complete success must be run has been the experience of so many “plants, it hardly né@eds mention, and the additional profit from the day lighting will, in almost every instance, more than cover the extra expense. SMALLER PLANTS. In small cities and towns, where not more than 100-horse power can be sold within ar asonable time, it is often consid- ered advisable for the company to own the motors, and as the intermittent use in such small plants will not be so great, we will assume that only the optput of the engine can be sold ; the investments and profits therefrom, would be as follows :— INQESTMENT. Motors, various sizes, up to 10-horse power and ag- gregating 100 horse poweP........-+-+++++-++++- $10,000 00 Wires, structures and switches..... -.--+-.--.. .-- 1,000 00 Total investment’ ...9).-...seeeesme eee . -$11,000 00 RUNNING EXPENSES. Goal (as above).....-6-. 0 fesse e ee eee ss eeee renee $1,550 00 Oil (additional). ..........§ -++-s eres es ease sere ees 50 00 Inspector (lamp inspector fgr small plant can attend to motor inspection).....9-.--.--.+- cvee cee ne - 500 00 Water. incidentals, etc.... ee se Other expenses which cannot be specified......... - 50000 Total expences....4....+-- 3 dks SERRE ... $2,750,00 OF ITS, Income from 100-horse power at $125,00 per horse power per annum......- | POM $12,500 00 Less expenses. .......ee esp eres sent serene weseaee 2,750 08 Net profit....... j Pe ees ... $9,750 00 Income from 100 horse ie at $100.00 per horse power per annum...... | eee $10,000 00 Less expenses.......--. ‘ Bs a - Sees Sine wesee- 72 750 OO Net profit. .... 4 nicks Oe RR $7,250 00 The figures as given alove for expenses are not theoretical but are founded upon the actual expenses of running electric light and motor stations, using Armi and Sims engines and the Jarvis setting for boilers.—Boston Journat of Com- merce. ) 2 A be ee ee ‘tribution point than an _ building operations generat i ore Be AND THE WEST. REVIEW of the lumber trattic of the West for 1886 pre- sents some new featurers of interest, and shows an aver- age business compared with the preceding years. During the winter months a good(demand fcr lumber gave promise of increased business, and a full stock of logs was provided, and mills in all sections, with the exception of the Saginaw Valley, ‘hen the sain season opened in April and Minnesota, Few i w mills were built during 1886, but ‘ manufactured an average quantity of those in commission have lumber, estimated at over 7,000,000,000 of feet, ‘wo notable features relating to the 4 manufacturing interest are worthy of mention. First, the large demand for standing pine timber and an advance in value of 20 per cent. in the lumber States on sure was the steady and rapid growth the lakes. The other fea in the amount of lumber distributed by railways from the mills direct, whereby the large expense of handling so bulky an cets of cities iy avoided. All import- i @ towns are now connected by rail- roads with the markets Gf the entire country, and Saginaw, Muskegon, Manistee, Grand Haven, Oconto, Menominee, Hau Claire, Wausaw, 2nd Minneapolis are each to-day a better dis- ty to which lumber must be first ass through the expensive system towage, city taxes, insurance, and ays involves. snipped by lake and the of distribution which re more enpensive labor al During 1886 greater p of direct shipment from mills by rail than in any former ely due to the fact that trunk lines year. This increase is larg gir branches into the lumber-produc- of railway have pushed thi ing sections to obtain busfness. The St. Paul system by its connections extends throfighout Wisconsin. and the Chicago and Northwestern Company, together withits Omaha division. reaches every importanf lumber town in Wisconsin and Minnesota Following t Ve ir example, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincey, by construéting its Chicago, Burlington and Northern division and its onnections, is enabled to reach all the best lumber-producin& points. By these three lines of railway alone more than 5 ,000 miles of the best lumber-con- suming territory is made directly tributary to the points of manufacture. — 2 With all its advantages/of a large local business and the immense capital employedand its unequaled facilities for a general distribution of lumber, Chicago can not long retain its present position as the besflumber market in the West in all respects. While no othergity can hope to become a larger market, the combined shipments by railway from mills will materially reduce the lumber business of Chicago. Receipts of lumber in Chicago have ¢ eclined 20 per cent. since 1881, and the decline in 1886 compa ac to 1885 is 5 per cent. and if any change occurs hereafter, if is likely to be a gradual reduction annually. Hy. The sale and shipment of lum- ber has gradually increased, but the average sales of lumber for the year will show no important gain over 1835. The value of lumber has incre:ged full 10 per cent. during twelve months past. This increase was divided between the manu- factures and yard dealers, 4 Stocks at the mills for spring ship- ments are less than at opening of navigation, and ai Chicago, Memphis, and ~Suginaw the principal distributing points the stocks for sale are 10 per cent. less than one year ago. Eastern buyers have taken more than 6 per cent. of the lumber manufactured at the mills of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan during 1886, and will exceed that quantity in 1887. Five years ago such sales were not expected and seldom made beyond a few 3 inch deals ‘for export. Saginaw shows a reduced manufacture of nearly 20 per cent. compared to 1885, which a¢counts for the large purchases West for Buffalo and the East. .Capitalis ample to absorb all the desirable pine timber that is offered for sale in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and an increasing demand is likely to advance the price of lumber during 1887, and from present indications all engaged in conducting the lumber trade of the West may safely look a to a satisfactory business during the coming year. Lhe cargo business at the exchange docks, taken as a whole, was slightly better than in 1885, in spite of the fact that the , month of May was practically lost, as the labor troubles pre- vented manufacturers from shipping to this market, The cargo sales for the season ot 1886 were 260,731,592 feet of lum- ber, 444,474 250 shingles, 395 527.450 lath, and 31,502 cedar poste. Compared with 1885, there was a decrease of 8,445,- O91 feet of lumber, 9,992,975 lath, and 20,454 cedar posts, but @n increase of 117,463,750 shingles; reducing this excess of shingles to feet and the aggregate sales were 325,247,553 feet, an increase of 3,732 040 feet over 1885. The hardwood dealers have had a good average year, and with the two preceding ones sales show aslight gain. over-production the past three years has been disposed of, zress has been made in the direction cee CANADA LUMBERMAN and Paes throughout tle country are considerably lighter. There is, however, no s¢arcity of any grade of stock. The furniture manufacturers) have chiefly run on a cheaper grade of wood that will stain red and pass for cherry. In the last half of the year the makers of fine furniture turned their attention to oak, which was also used extensively for the interior of fine residences and office buildings. The coming year promises a big “boom” in this wood, but as it is not expensive, it is not expected to have the run that cherry and walnut did. Gume met a large sale. and were freely offered from the South at moderate prices The labor troubles in the spring greatly in- terrupted trade during May, but well informed dealers say the time lost was a benefit to them, for they were forced to hold cherry, walnut, oak and poplar, and that has advanced 5 per cent. the past six months, from which they have reaped a practical benefit. CaNADIAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. te committee authorizéd by the Civil Engineers who met in Montreallast Autumn to prepare a constitution and rules for a Canadian Association of Civil Engineers, have com pleted their work and a meeting of the members was held on January 11th to adopt them, The constitution as drafted, provides that the society shall be called ‘“The Canadian Society of Civil Engineers ” and be designated by the ietters ‘‘C. Soc. C.K.” The objects are set forth as being to facilitate the ac- quirement and interchange of professional knowledge among its members, and to encourage original investigation. The term ‘‘ Civil Engineer,” as used i in this Society shall mean all who are engaged in the designing or construction of railways, canals, harbors, light houses, bridges, roads, river improve- ments and other hydraulic work ; ; Sanitary, electrical, mining, mechanical or military works} navigation by water or air, or in directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. The society shall consist of “ronlpae members, members, associate members, associates, and students. Honorary mem- bers shall not be subject to fees or dues, nor be entitled to vote. Associates and students shall possess all the mghts and _privi- leges of members or associate members, except the right to vote or hold office. Honorary members must be men who, from their position are enabled to further the objects of the society or who are eminent in the sciefices connected with the profes- sion of civil engine2r, but whojare not engaged in the practice of the profession in Canada, Every check is provided to pre- vent undesirable members Being admitted. It is provided that every candidate eligible ;for election as member, must have’ been engaged in some branch of engineering for at least 10 years, which period ay inglude apprenticeship, or pupilage in a qualified engineer’s s office, or term of instruction in some school of engineering recognized by the Council, Two years will be allowed for any graduate who has passed with honors in his engineering course. 4 he candidate must have had re- sponsible charge of work asja Resident or Superintending Engineer, or a position of equivalent professional responsibility, for at least five years. Every candidate eligible ' Associate Member must have been engaged in some branchyof engineering for at least five years, which period shall include apprenticeship or pupilage in a qualified engineer’s offic¢or school of engineering. Associates must be persons; ot Civil Engineers by profes- sion, but whose pursuits. scié tific acquirements or practical experience qualify them to ¢o-operate with engineers in the advancement of ey see It is proposed to make of the society a widely ramified in- stitution, and a clause is inse#ted in the constitution providing for the establishment ot local branches of not less than ten members and not less than 190 away from the headquarters of the society or any existing biYanch. : NEW BRUN Swick STUMPAGE. New York Correspondent St. Johns Globe. The people of New Brunswick are only just now (when it has been so largely ac eae to discover that land covered by a growth of timber is of real value—the imposition of a decent stumpage has led them to see this matter in its true light, When $4 per mile was the upset price charged for the cutting of timber on crown land for the period of one year, and when lumbermen are owed to make such combinations that competition was virtually forbidden among them, and when the man that dared to bid against his neighbor was boy- cotted, it would be against'reason that one should think that that which brought us so low a sum could possibly be worth anything. Now when he is told that he must pay $1.25 for the right to cut from six to eight trees he looks at the matter in a different light. It hus been claimed by some that this rate is too high when in reality if is lower that the stumpage on pri- vate lands. The crown land stumpage on cedar is certainly too low, only 80 cents per M feet board measure. Now a thousand feet b. m., of cedar will make eight thousand of shingles; the stumpage therefore on athousand of shingles made out of the log will be but 10 per thousand. This rate of 80 cents per M feet b. m. ‘on cedar cannot under the conditions of the crown land leases, be raised until ten years from the date of their issuing be expired. So far from leaseholders on the Miramichi having anything to complain of, they have on 1 7 the contrary, very valuable properties since, to say nothing of know from persona) experience that they spruce and pine. | of cedar on very many of their leasce, and e a railway bridge over the St. John, they ducts of their forest direct to Bangor or mention in conclusion that have vast quantiti as there will soon can then run the p other shipping p' Mesers. Jas. Mure deals in their mill z waska, and shipping the rame by rail to St intelligent ey by the transaction, - done by those who thoro B 1 may je & Sons are cutting spruce Edmundston from loge got on the Stephen a firm would not do this if From thie one ughly under- boarde and Mada- I pre sume that so able a they were losing m can learn what may stand the lumber business How TO SELECT GOOD TIMBER. ROFESSOR RANKINE gays: ances which are charateristic ber, to whatsover clas$ it belongs. 1. timber that specimen will in general be the strongest and the There are certain appear- of strong and durable tim In the same species of most durable which ‘has grown the slowest, as shown by the narrowness of the annual rings. 2. ‘he cellular tissue, as seen in the medullary rays (when visible), should be hard and compact. 3. The vascular or fibrous tissue should adhere firmly together and should show no wooliness at a freshly cut surface, nor should it log the teeth of the saw with loose fibers. 4. If the woodpis colored, darkness of color is in general a sign of stre ngtlf and durability. 5. The freshly-cut surface of the wood shonld be firm and shining and should have somewhat of a tratelucent appearance. A dull chalky appearance is a sign of bad timber. 6. In wood of a given species the heaviest specifMens are in general the stronger and the more lasting. 7. which have least rosin in their pores, and among non-resinous woods these which have least sapor gum in them, are in general the strongest and most lastiny 8 Itis stated by some au hors that in fir wood that w ee has most sap wood, and in hard wood that which has the east, is the most durable; but the universality of this law it, doubtful. Timber should be free from such blemishes as clefts or cracks radiating from the cen- ter; ‘‘cup-shakes” or chacks which partially separate one annual Jayer from anothers ‘ “upsets,” bers have been crippled by compression ; ‘ ‘rindgalls,” or wounds in a layer of the wood which have been covered and concealed by the growth of subs quent layers over them and hollows or spongy places, in the center or elsewhere, indicating the com- mencement of decay. 3} RAT PORTAGE AND KEEWATIN CUT, The stock of logs and lumber on hand at Rat Portage and Keewatin, Ont., on the ‘@ of January will amount approxi- mately to the following: ONTARIO LU wet co. oe & Ryan.) Afpong resinous woods, those where the fi Logete 2. vee ees : es 12,000,000 Timbers... soe. oe 9 000,000 RAINEY LAKE LUMBER CO. Logs. 1... see eee been ee eee eee eee eee 1,600,000 Pmiber ses See eee eee ee. cose . 7,000,000 KEEWATIN LUMBER CO. & . 5,000,000 _ 11,000 000 5 000,600 8,000,000 SPREE, She 62,600,000 The sawing capacity ofthe mills aggregate 180,000,000 feet per season. ‘This year:one mill, belonging to the Toronto Lumber Co. (John Ross,” ‘Homer, Ont.), was not operated. All the stock sawed /dast year and what is being cut this winter is cut in Minnegota. There will probably be about 150,000,000 feet cut and.fun into Canada. SS THEY DON’T LIKE IT, The Grand Falls correspondent of the Canadian Journal of Commerce, writes as follows concerning the lumber business in Madawaska :—“ The cat of lumber will be about nineor ten million in Madaw aska and Victoria counties. Holmes & Hammond will have a: few shingle mill started in the spring, on the American side, to help the Vanluren mills in slaughter- ing our forests. No export duty is looked after in this section and it is not expected there will be before the Americans strip our lumber all off. Our mills are at a stand still. Men of capital, so far, prefer to build on the American side and slaughter the forests on the New Brunswick side to stock them; and itis hard to say how long the government are going to allow it Wecannot expect reciprocity in lumber so long as we are holding out a premium to manufacture our lumber ont of the country, and allow our mills to remain idle. Mr. G. N, Hammond is driving trade. He has lately branched out in the lumbering of spruce logs which gives a market for hay, oats, beef and employment. If the law was enforced and our lumber stopped froin being taken to the American side to be manufactured, he and others would soon start mills on this side of the line.” —= THE CANADA LUMBERMAN DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOD WORKING INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY A. G. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. Terms of Subscription : One copy, One year, in AAVANCE ....-. sees e eens nese rer eeeeeee $1 00 One copy, six months, in advance ......- cece see ese eeeesteeeere 0 50 Advertising rates furnished on application. All communications, orders and remittances should be addressed and made payable to A. G. Mortimer, Peterborough, Ont. Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for ublication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure insertion (if accepted) in the following number, should bein the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. Advertisements intended for insertion in any particular issue should reach the office of publication at least six clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Massrs S\MUEL DEACON & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive adver- tisements and subscriptions for this paper. Our Readers who write to Advertisers in this Journal, will oblige both the advertiser and Publisher by mention- ing the “Canada Lumberman.” PETERBOROUGH, ONT, FEBRUARY, 1887. Tuk experiment has been tried with success in England of painting the ends of logs and timber with glue to prevent them from checking while they are drying, Tur Southern Lumbe' too much of the ‘boom’ b at present for healthy bu an remarks that there is just a little iness in the central Southern States ness trade. THE business transacted in the patent branch (Department of Agriculture), Ottawa, during the past twelve months, shows an enormous increase over,preceding years. The revenue de- rived from patents was somewhat over $74,000. Ir has been decided by the authorities at Ottawa, that ma- terial and apparatus required in the construction of the St. Clair tunnel will be entitléd to come in duty free. These will include hoisting, elevating and pumping machinery, The work is international, and will be of equal advantage to the ¢wo countries which it will unite by means of a railway under the waters of Saint Clair A GENTLEMAN whose tine is devoted to the handling of Michigan pine, is reported to have said: ‘* The Canada pine does not possess those fine qualities that are found in the Michigan product. A black knot anda fine shake—a hair shake I call it—are characteristics of the Canada stock from the northern shore or Georgian Bay country. comes to this market is sale,” However, what stly select stock, and finds ready Mr. W. W. Johnson, lo¥al managerfor Messrs, Dunn, Wy- man & Co, has forwardedthe annual circular from which the following figures are gleaned: The total failures in the United States for 1886 were 9,834; for Canada in 1886 there were 1,252. In 1885 the failures in the United States were 10,637 ; in Canada 1,256. The liabilities of the Canadian failures for 1885 were $8,861,609 ; for} 1886, $10,386,884, The failures in the United States were, if 1881, 5,582; in 1882, 6,738 ; in 1883, 9,184; in 1884, 10,968, f Canada in 1881 the failures num- bered 635; in 1882, 787 a 1883, 1,884; in 1884, 1,327. Le WE know of no publication that is worth of greater praise by lovers of the beautiful jn art and floriculture than Vick’s Floral Guide, the 1887 edition of which is just to hand, We have been favored with the Guide for some years, but the last production seems to excel all others in general beauty, number and elegance of floral and ‘vegetable illustrations, and the large variety of subjects treated; The work is invaluable not only for its handsome chromo sketches, but also for the valuable practical articles intended both for amateur and practical gardeners, Mr. Vick has won for himself a world-wide repu- tation as a florist, and his immense business at Rochester, N.Y, is an indication of his success. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Axout the moat elaborate thing in the way of trade pub- lications that we have yet seemcame to hand a few days ago, in the shape of an extra holiday edition of the North- Weat- ern Lumberman. In louking) over its contents we find 79 pages (9x13 inches) of advertisements, 39 pages of lumber and logging railroad statistics, and 2 pages of general matter, making 120 pages in all. Its typographical appearance and general make up is in every way creditable, and its list of contents will doubtless prove of considerable value to the trade. CANADIANS have heard considerable of late concerning the crop-destroying rabbit of Australi “but this does not appear to be the only animal plagua of that country. The decay of the forests is traced by Rev. P. Macpherson, of the Royal Society of New South Wales, to the opossums. After much investigation it was ascertained that a single animal would devour about 200 leaves of the eucalyptus, or blue gum tree, in a night; proving that the 1,000 opossums killed annually in one county of Victoria were sufficignt to destroy upward of 13,000 trees and lay bare a space of 700 acres, or more than a square mile, Ong great mistake, says an exchabge, which inexperienced advertisers almost invariably make, fs to expect too much from an advertisement immediately afterjits insertion. A new ad- vertiser almost always thinks thaf large numbers of orders ought to follow the insertion of hi advertisement for, say, three or four months, He overlooks the fact that many read- ers do not at first feel acquainted with him and his wares, They want to see his name in paint tor a good while before they are willing to forward an order ' This is not the case with every one, but it is with a great many. The shrewdest adver- tisers keep their name and goods prominently before the trade all the time, so that when a man for/instance, wants to order any particular article, he will immedi ately think of them, and referring to the paper for their ak | will write for catalogue and prices. Wer have been favored by the piplishers of The Office, New York City, with a copy of ‘‘ Dutton’s Analytical Book- Keeping Chart.” This work is a and because of its pointed brevity and simple analysis, will be specially valuable to a numerous class, who may be designated ae self-made book- keepers, and who have neither the dine nor patience to un- ravel the long and intricate course of instruction given in most of the text »ooks, The work ‘shows the reasons for the laws of book-keeping by discovering the wants «nd re- quirements of business. It also shows the relation of every transaction to the required record and the relations of accounts to each other. The chart, which is inserted in the form of a folding plate, is complete in itself without the accompanying text, but the latter serves to increasé its usefulness and to ex- plain many points which might possibly be overlooked without such assistance. This little book is neatly bound incloth with gilt side title, and is of convenient size and shape for the pocket. Price $1.00, post paid. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—— WEATHER prognostications are not so common now as they used to be, owing to a scarcity of “ prophets.” Mr. Vennor. who caused quite a stir in this line for some years, has passed to the silent majority, leaving Professor Wiggins almost alone in the field. To make matters still worse (?) the Dominion Government is reported to have. informed the last-named “weather indicator” that he must either give up weather prophesying or lose his position as a government employee, and as he has not been heard from of late it is to be presumed that he chose the wiser course. Evidently the government in tak ing such a step wished to relieve itself of any responsibility which might arise should any difficulty be experienced through the non-fulfillment of the Professcr’s prophesies. In addition to this the government is wise in selecting for civil servants men only possessing fair comm sense. But if Professor Wiggins has been silent others have aspired to the position, and freely stated that the presentywinter would be a mild one. If the weather since Christmas has not been sufficient to dis- prove what they imagined to be their weather foresight, then we dont know what a severe winter is, They might, however, verify their assertions by visiting the lumber camps just now, where they would very likely get a ‘‘warm”’ reception. Tur LUMBERMAN made a call a = days ago on the William Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Peterborough. and found the works running to their fullest capacity. Extensive ad- ditions were made to these works during the past summer, and the facilities so far increased that to-day this company can boast of being as large, if not the largest, manufacturers of saw mill machinery in Canada. From the high enconimus passed upon the machinery turned out of these works by some of the leading saw mill men of the country, we are safe in say- ing that no firm has a better reputation among the trade than the one here referred to. In addition to saw mill machinery, this company also manufacture engines and boilers of different kinds, etc. We understand that orders have recently come in from British Columbia, for two boilers, 5 feet in diameter, 14 feet long, and with 58 four inch tubes ; for a tubular heater; a smokestack 75 feet in height; and for an engine. This ma- chinery is for the Royal City Planing Mills, New Weastminis- ter. From Fairhead, Toronto an order for an upright boiler and two hoisting engines has been received. A large marine boiler, containing 1 large amount of migcellaneous work, in which is a large con- tract for the supply}of the iron work to be used at the Trent Valley Canal Worka at Burleigh and Lovesick, In the course of an editorial article on the inertia of British manufacturers, the Hygineer says—‘‘We have on previous oc- casions spoken of the Joss to Britain which results from inertia amongst our bridge builders. Some of this is due to the out- of-date regulations of bur Board of Trade; but so far has the British bridge-building trade become wedded to old methods of manufacture and tom of business, that American and Canadian Bridges are now being bought by English civil en- gineers for railways in course of construction, though not in either of those countries ; but we need not say in which. The orders going to those countries because really satisfactory bridges can be obtained! to carry a given load, and witha guar- antee for ten years, fori a sum which is not more than 60 per cent. of the price demanded by English builders. The Ameri- can and Canadian bridges are well designed, pin structures, in every way satisfying the engineers of the railway; and the builder’s price is for the bridges placed upon the piers and fin- ished, the engineers having very little more trouble in the matter than to ordet them. and test them ; while for the bridges for the same places, if ordered in England, the engin- eers would have to proyide designs and specifications, follow the structures thronghdut their whole history to completion, and then pay about 40 per cent. more for them. In railway matters, again, the tfans-atlantic constructors will provide rolling stock for prices;and terms which afford facilities that probably not more ihay one English firm gives.” Tue H-rbor and Ferry Committee of the Belleville City Council, held a meeting on January 20th, for the purpose of discussing the term of & new agreement with the lumbermen with reference to tolls collected on logs passing through the harbor. Mr. David Gilmour, Trenton, Mr. W. R. Aylsworth, representing the Rathbun Company, and Mr. John Bell, Q.C., were present on hehalfof the lumbermen. The old contract which was made in 1879 expired last September. Under that agreement the lumbermen furnished all the booms and piers necessary, and sn all responsibility for the same. The city had to bear the expense of building any new booms required at a cost noti/to exceed $1,000, but the corporation having already spent $668 in that direction the city only had to pay a balance of $382, There was also a clause which pro- vided that the city should pay ten per cent. of the amount of tolls collected for n ary repairs to the booms, and in the seven years that amonnted to $214. But the city was relieved of all responsibility) against breakage of the booms. The present tariff, the lumbermen complain, is excessive, but they propose that if the city will assume all responsibility, they will pay the tolls in the dld schedule. If the corporation will not do this the lumbermen Will ask a reduction in the tariff. After discussing the question for some time the committee asked Mr. Bell to put the aes of the lumbermen in writing and submit it to the committee. The committee, however, is op- posed to the city uming any responsibility in the new contract. : THE recent change in the attitude of the Toronto Mail has caused such a stir me Fees ss ve ranks that the question of starting a new daily paper in Toronto, as the chief organ of the Macdonald Government, has been mooted for some weeks, and at last the project has assumed tangible shape by the appear- ance, on Monday, January 24th, of the daily Standard, with Mr. Louis P. Kribbs, better known as ‘* Pica,” at the helm. The new paper aspires to step into the Mail's shoes, and promises to give the Conservative party an undivided support. The proprietors of several other journals, notably the Hamilton Spectator and the ronto World, have sought to win the confidence of the party, but to all appearance Mr Kribbs has got the inside track. . Tar LumBERMAN heartily congratulates **Henery Pica, Esq.? on his step in advance, not because he is a Conservative, for we have nothing to do with politics, but because he is an old Iamberman, Mr. Kribs spent most of his younger days in an@ around asaw mill, and it was only through his becoming connected with a country debating club that his natural literary ability showed itself. Finding that practice enabled him to write a tolerably good “‘essay,” he gradually got tired of handling logs, and aspired to literary pursuits. THE LuMBERMAN first met him as the “ white- haired” young man of the Toronto News, and with many others soon became favorably impressed. After two or three years connection with this journal as city editor, he was of- fered the position of Ottawa correspondent of the Mail, which position he has filled with credit for some months, but during the present crisis he has taken a step higher, and it is to be hoped that his ambition may be handsomely rewarded. ————————— When opening correspondence with advertisers always mention that you saw their advertisement in the “Canada Lumberman.” three-inch tubes, is to be put under con- — struction soon for one of the lake vessels. Added to thisis 4 — A le ar te i % : ; é ee eee ‘EXCHANGE ECHOES. “Simber Trades Journal, Lo! don, Eng. eile ; Several sellers expresg the opinion that whitewood battens . are likely in some cases to be dearer than redwood, but we — scarcely understand the grounds on which this opinion is based. It is doubtless the fact that many buyers in Scotland have a much larger trade in whitewood than in redwood, but in tha southern districts we have little doubt that, prices being equal, redwood will always command a readier sale than whitewood. Timber, London, Eng, ; : It was generally thought that the consumption, which had been failing for the past qeveral years, had reached its lowest =in 1885, but the year which has just closed has again ex- “perienced a serious decrease. An idea, of this shortage may be vclearly obtained from the fact that the consumption of deals, battens, and boards in 1885 was 166,453 standards; from this total it has declined to 146 801 standards in 1886. The statis- \ties published by the Surrey Commercial Dock Company of their deliveries show 200,258 standards drawn from their yards n 1885, as against 177,439 in 1886—each succeeding year the “quantities growing smaller. These figures tell their own ex- ' pressive tale without ae eae Du'uth Herald, d Although Duluth has oe such severe losses of saw mill ‘Property by fire during the past few years, itis gratifying to be able to note a decided increase in the amount of lumber cut - during the past year, when compared with the cut of 1885. In 1885 the total amount of lumber sawed in the Duluth district was 81,000,000 feet ; last year the total sawed was over 171,- > 000,000 feet. Of this an more than 94,000,000 was sawed in the Duluth mills, 63,000,000 in the mills at Cloquet, about -4,000,000 at Tower and Two Harbors and about 9 000,000 at the Junction and Thomps The stock carried over to this season does not exceed 18,000,000 feet. The cut for the season of ‘86-7 is estimated at ,000,000, of which 70,000,000 is - credited to Cloquet, 45,000,000 to Duluth, 13,000 000 to the - Junction 4,000,000 to Tower and 2,000,000 to Two Harbors. ‘Northwestern Lumberman, | The view is frequently expressed that price lists, sanctioned by lumber associations, are made by the wrong men. The Proprietors of wholesale yards get together in wise conclave and formulats lists. Generally these proprietors are the money «bags of the concerns they represent, but know very little about the details of yard busines . They do not sell the lumber, or ‘meet competition in city or country. The men who handle +the business are generally: junior partners or salaried men. These know something about prices and the state of trade, As a general thing the salaried men in tha yards know more about stocks, the actual supply and demand » and real selling ‘values, than the proprietors themselves. There are a few - exceptions to this rule, but it will commonly apply. The men who do the talking by telephone from yard to yard are the individuals best informed about prices. So it will be seen that these men should formulate price lists. In order to make list “prices approximate selling values, a committee for the purpose should be compo ed of salesmen, shipping clerks and super- -intendents, with a few proprietors sprinkled in to advise and keep the boys steady. In that way 4 fairly intelligent con- _ clusion could be reached. Ottawa Evening Journal. , The results of the elections for the Local Legislature indicate - plainly how the contest forthe Dominion is likely to end. Mr, Bronson scored a victory, jot because he was a Government candidate, but by reason’ of his personal qualifications for public life. As a prominent, enterprising citizen, who had _ proved himself a faithful steward in every position which the public had called him to fill, he won the support and sympathy of all classes of the community. The city, though a recognized ’ Conservative stronghold, demanded an intelligent, public spirited representative a Toronto, and made its selection - accordingly, irrespective o party considerations, * * * In the Dominion contest on hich we are now entering, party lines will, no doubt, be moge clearly drawn, * * * Apart altogether from the grave issues presented to the people in this contest, there can be little doubt that their votes will be cast for the Conservative candidates. It is no reflection upon Mr, Mclatyre’s character to say that Mr. Perley is his superior in every way as a representative citizen. Every claim which was put forward by the Liberal party on behalf of Mr. Bronson for the Local Legislatu applies with equal force to Mr, +Perley for the Dominiod House, with this additional one, which should not be overlooked for a moment, that the Con- servative candidate is, besides, largely connected with the railway interest, which, next to the lumber trade, has done most to place the prosperity of Ottawa upon a safe and per- manent basis, To Mr. Perley and the enterprising men : sasociated with him in the Canada Atlantic Railway project we are indebted for the splendid facilities for travel and traffic which we jossess, One by one the other roads have dropped into the hands of the Pacific Railway Co., leaving the Canada Atlantic Railway as the only competing route to and from the Capital His enterprise and public spirit in connection with this one project alune entitle him to the gratitude of the THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Northwestern Lumberman, 4 At the beginning of the year, having ascertained from his books how he stands, it is proper for every business man to spend a little time in carefully considering what improvements in his ways of doing business he can make in 1887. It is probable that the majority of retail dealers will discover that they have too many accounts on their books. Some of these accounts are perfectly gooil and will be paid promptly, others will be paid to suit the dwn sweet will of the men against whom they are charged, 4 till others, in all probability, will never be paid. The average retail dealer will feel after look- ing over these accounts that he has given two much credit; that he has been too good ‘to his customers ; that in his efforts to roll up sales he has beén unfaithful to bis own interests. Every large business houg +shas its credit man whose duty it is to investigate the financial'standing of all who apply for goods on time. Honor is a jew pl, and there are poor men whose word can be depended on every time so far as it is in their power to make it good, bug no large concern gives but little credit where it does not think that collections can be forced if necessary. Thousands of ‘retailers po on another principle entirely. The impression seems to prevail with too many that the great point is to sell go ads regardless of whether they will ever be paid for. Right at this point is where the retail dealer of moderate means ‘an begin to reform his methods. He ought to learn that it is;better to have lumber in pile than to sell it where there is a doubt regarding the liability of the buyer, and even if the buyer is reliable, to sell for cash every time he possibly can. i The Bay City Lumberman Gaze Notwithstanding the $2 United States from the Di te. uty on lumber imported into the minion of Canada, the amount is not insignificant by any means, and this leads to the query, what would be the effect ifithis duty were removed? It would obviously result in flooding,the American market with Cana- dian lumber, and to that extent result disadvantageously not only to our own manufacturers, but to the labor element en- gaged in that industry og this side of the line. There is nothing in the list whigh demonstrates more clearly the disastrous results which " uld accrue to labor, as well as to industrial pursuits in the Waited States as the lumber business as at present conducted, ‘under a free trade policy; and it requires very little ee to understand that if the duty on lumber were removed, ofr lumbering establishments which have been built up under E governmental policy of protection, would soon begin to languish and exhibit signs of decay; in fact it must inevitable prove a blight on the business, and necessitate at once the reduction of the wages of the operatives in order to meet the competition of Canadian cheap labor, It seems incomprehensihle that there should be any consider- able element among the people who would desire such a re- sult. Ottawa is the center of the Canadian industry. More lumber was sold and exported from Ottawa to the United States during the first quarter of the past year than ever dur- ing the same period im history. The cut this season will be fully up to, if not ih excess of the average. The total amount of lumber manufactured by the Ottawa mills during the past season is placed at 288,000,000 feet. The principal destinations of the consignments sent from Ottawa to the United States were Burks gton, Albany, New York and Boston. The Timberman, Chicago. ee fi Some genius about a planing mill, has invented a device for unloading the wagons : which the lumber is hauled for dress- © ing, which is so simple and practical that it is a wonder, as it usually is in such cases,’that it was not thought of before. The platform on which the lumber is ordinarily piled as it comes into the mill, is raised ‘fo just about the height of a wagon, so tbat, as the load is bagked up, the rear end projects over it, A slight depression inthe roadway, just in front of the plat- form, permits the wan to drop a few inches, and allows the weight of the load to ¥est upon the edge of the platform. Close to this edge, a live roJl is placed, which is given a positive motion by a link belt‘tonnection, and behind it are put ordin- ary dead rolls at suitable distances. The operation of the de- vice will be apparent;without further explanation. As soon as the load of lumber rests upon the live roll, it begins moving into the mill, seemingly of its own accord, and sooner than a half dozen boards could be removed from the load by hand, the entire jag is quiétly rolled into the mill without handling, It is best to place réllers onthe wagon also, in order to make the load move easily and promptly as soon as it rests upon the live roll. Toa planing mill operator doing a large busines and who is compelled to employ a number of men and teams to handle the lumber that comes to be dressed, the value of this little device will be perceived at a glance. The saving in time makes it possible to do the same amount of work with a less number of teams, and with a notable economy of labor for the teamster It has beén applied to the new mill ot the Lud- ington, Wells & Van Schaick Company, at Menominee, Mich., where an Ordinary six-inch wrought iron pipe, polished, is used for the livé roll. being connected with the line shaft with suitable belts and pulleys to secure the proper speed, The beauty of the arrangement is that it is not patented, and may be used by any one. It is said to have been invented by & man at Hau Claire, who certainly deserves the thanks of the planing-mill fraternity for his ingenuity. » tend with) the export © TRADE. Ww. are in receipt of Mr. J. B. Snowball’s Miramichi Wood Trade Circular for the year 1886, dated Chatham, Mira- michi, January 3rd, 1887. It reads ax follows : The business of the past year has been on as restricted » scale as predicted, but although the export from the principal Spruce Ports has been, vurtailed, still it is worthy of note that from Nova Scotia, as well as from the smaller ports in New Brunswick (places not having our heavy stumpage tax to con- as been increased, This has brought up to that of last year. The business rofitable, and although freights ruled lower than in any previous season. the consumer and not the producer, received the benefit ; and it may be said that a feel- ing of depression still hangs over the trade here, The freight market Gpened at from 40/ to 45/ Miramichi to United Kingdom ports;~according to port—and closed at about 42/ to U. K., being a strong contrast to the rates paid in 1873, which ranged from 90/ t0 120/. The shipments from this port were, this year, less than half what they were in 1877, 1880 or 1883, and the smallest fince 1870. We do not, however, ex- pect a further decre in view of the fact that the sawing power has been mie | since the latter date and half that power has been idle durt g the past season, Last year I Rae? to the heavy tax imposed by the Province of New cl on all wood cut from Provincial or Crown lands. No reduction has so far been made, although individually, members of the Local Government promised » rebate previous to the last general election. To show the in- equality of this tax I may state that in Nova Scotia there is no direct stumpage charge levied by the government. The timber lands there are largely Owned by the operators; any lands owned by the Government are sold to the first applicant for forty cents, or one and eight pence (1/8) stg., per acre, giving an absolute title. The ; een sold in 1882—35,000 acres, 1884—37,000 acres, 1885 13,700 acres. In the Province of Quebec there is a lease charge of two dollars per square mile for each mile of timber limits held by the operator, and a stumpage tax, in addition, of six cents on each spruce log cut down, A log is computed to be 13} feet long ; this brings the tax to about 70 cents per thousand super. feet. or 4/ stg. per standard. In the Province of Ontario, timber lands are leased the same as in Quebec, at two dollars, or 8/ stg. per mile, the holder having a continuous lease—as in Quebec—without fear of molestation as long as the annual fees are paid. The stump- age in Ontario is ten cents per 200 feet board measure, or 50 cents per thousand super. feet, the same as in the Province of Quebec. } é } In New Brunswick, ti aber lands are Jeased at eight dollars per square mile and four dollars per square mile for subsequent annual renewals, and these renewals are limited to ten years from date of lease. The frst cost is thus four t mes, and re- newals double the rates of the highest of the other provinces, and a stumpage tax of $1 25 per thousand super. feet is collect- ed, against 50 cents, the highest for the other provinces. In Quebec and Ontario the quantities on which dues are pay- able are ascertained at the:place of sale, while in this Province, the scaling is done in the woods, thus subjecting the operator to all losses contingent upon transit. The operator in New Brunswick has, also, to dodge and board the Government scalers and their assistanta free of charge—an imposition un- known elsewhere in Canada ; and while payment of timber dues is required in New Brunswick on Ist August each year, the time of such payment in the other provinces is 30th Novy., a difference of four months. The Trade justly complains of the inequality of the govern- ment charges on this staple industry of the province, and the severity of the timber regulations in other respects—the main features above stated indicating the disadvantages resulting therefrom to New Brunswick operators—conditions which there is reason to believe will be somewhat modified in the near future. The stocks of both mantfactured and unmanufactured woods on hand are estimated at 25 million superficial feet, against 17 millions last year, 26 milfjons in 1884 and 40 millions in 1883. This winter’s operations in the forest are on quite as restricted a scale as those of last year. Last winter and spring were very favorable, both for logging and brook-driving, and all the stock got out came to market. Unless this season it equally favorable we will have a.smaller output. the total export nearl however, has not been SES The Montreal Star. THe Monrreat StaRis m-kiag a name as one of the news- Paper successes of the day, both in its daily and weekly issnes, The circulation of the a last year averaged over 25,000 copies and during the North-West rebellion resched close on 35,000, while the circulation of the weekly -has reached the enormous figure of 120.000.° THE Star claims to have attaio- ed this success through its merits as a first class family newsa- paper, as distinguished’ from a mere political or local organ, but although not pretending to be a political paper in any extreme sense of the term, its political news is second to none, and its circulation has given it a marked influence in national as well as local affairs, Its progress has been extraordinary, as ten or 12 years ago it had only a very limited circulation, ae ‘The saw, mill at Ompah, Ont., has lately changed hands. Tett Bros. are- rebuilding: Salmon Liake dam: which broke away last spring. F ‘British Columbia cedar shingles are being shipped eastward to Puget Sound. ; “Mr, Simmons has his new planing nill at Newcastle almost ready to be put in operation. E ‘ “A cooper shop and heading factory is to be established by Mr. John Matthews at Kendall, Ont _There was more lumber turne Ottawa mills than any previous year out this year by the The township of Ryde, Muskoka district, boasts of six saw- mille. Five of them are steam mills.) ‘The mill-owners of Turtle Creek, B., commenced stream- driving and sawing since the recent rains. The Windsor cotton factory, Windsor, N. 8., is working overtime until 9 oclock at night filling orders. _Mr. Kyle of Brockville, and J. E. Brown, of Delta, Ont., have started an iron pump factory at the latter place. The Enterprise, Ont., milling company is putting in a new water wheel. {t intends to saw shingles and lumber. ! Messrs. A. W. Parkin & Son, of Lindsay. are at work get: ting timbers ready to rebuild their saw and shingle mill. * John Heard & Co., Amherstburg, want $6,000 as a condition of removing their spoke and wheel works to St. Thomas. __W. B. Phelps & Son, of Philipsville, Ont , are putting up > shanty and getting ready to take out ties and shingle wood. _ The engine and boiler house of Woodward & Ishister, Pe. trolia, Ont., was totally destroyed by fire recently. Loss $1,000; partially insured. i A Kippewa correspondent says : ‘* Owing to the lack of en- eouragement for square timber, none ig being taken out this winter in this vicinity. i - * A Joad of lumber sleighs was shipped a few days ago from Gravenhurst to Lakefield, the first manufactured goods except lumber ever shipped from that point. — _ The Battleford Herald says the Prince Brothers have re- ynoved their saw mill machinery to the banks of the Saskatch-, ewan, to save the haulage of logs from their rafts. Mr. H. R. Archer, of Newbury, Ont., is reported to have sold two hundred acres of timber lands, concession one, Mosa, to saw mill men of Chatham, for eight thousand dollars. Mr. Menno Bechtel’s saw mill, planing mill, bolt heading ‘and cheese factory at Wellesley, Ont., was recently moved from its original site to a new one near the edge of the mill dam. B. Caldwe!l & Sons saw mill at hoe Station, Ont., has’ been shut down for afew weeks tor the purpose of having some repairs made before starting the shingle mill for the winter. i H. McCrae & Son, foundrymen and machinists, Tilsonburg, Ont . have received a large order from the London Pottery Co. for machinery for the pottery the Company is erecting 10 London : * One hundred and seventy vessels loaded with deals in Mira- michi this season, of which sixty were British, fifty-seven were Norwegian, and the balance were distributed among various nationalities. t Messrs Lord & Hurdman, lumber merchants, of Ottawa, shipped to their shanties on the Kippawa afew days ago two car loads of shanty teams, which will be used in’ finishing up the season’s work. : _ The Rathbun company having completed the work of sur- veying the Napanee and Tamworth Railway, Mr, Butler, the engineer, will at once commence the survey of the Gananoque and Perth railway. é . Messrs, John Bertram & Sons, | Dundas, lately cast a bed- plate thirty-six feet long for planing machine which is de- signed to take in work six feet square. Between eight and nine tons of iron were required for the casting. - Alex Fair’s saw and shingle mill, at Omemee, witha lot of shingles and lumber, was destroyed by fire recently. It was by sharp fighting that the flour mil} near by was saved, Thecause of the fire is unknown. Loss about $5 000; no insurance, The greatest portion of last season’s cut, at Ottawa, has been disposed of. Stocks are about the same as during the game period last year. Prices, if'anything, are a little stiffer and the sales to English dealers have somewhat increased. The outlook is regarded as favorable. A lumber mill owned by Warner, Purves & Snearer, located at Pleasant Point, N. B., above th» falls, has been burned with about 5 000 feet of lumber, The mill was valued at $20,- 000 and there was an insurance of $10,000 upon it A lamp upeet in the engine room end set fire to some shavings. Burns the watchman wascut off from all communication and was - yescued in a senseless condition. The mill was partly destroy- ed in 1872, _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, It is reported that a local syndicate has sold to an English syndicate the Hastings mill property at, Burrard Inlet, B.C.. for $300,000. . The property’ was three years ago purchased from Heateley & Co., of San Francisco, for $265,000, and now. includes a large portion of the Vancouver town site. _ A correspondent writes from Folger’s Switch, Ont : There is a good opening here for a steam saw mill, it being close to the railway with a large section of country lying north and west of this place, full of pine and cedar, that could be hauled to the switch in the winter if there was a mill there to cut it. In a discussion of the Port Arthur Board of Trade upon the beet means of saving the pine timber burned over in forest fires this year, it was stated by alarge lumber operator that one hundred million feet of pine had been so burned over and if not cut down the present winter, would be ruined by worms next summer. i Mr George H. Bailey late of the firm of J. R Booth, lum- ber merchants, of Ottawa, and Mr. V. Holbrooke, son of Mr. G. M. Holbrooke, of the same place, have opened extensive lumber yards in LeSuer, Minnesota, and are doing well. The many friends of Messrs. Holbrocke & Bailey will be pleased to hear of their success. 4 A gentleman down from the lumbering districts of the Up- per Ottawa says everything is rushing in the log-making and drawing line. The only complaint seems to be that the ice on the smaller lakes is anything but good. This is attributed to the heavy fall of snow which took ee immediately after the lakes were frozen over. : A veteran saw mill man remarks ‘that the more work you can put on a small piece of wood the more money you make. The man who cuts and hauls logs by wagon to the mill hardly earns feed for himself and team. he man who saws the log into rough lumber barely makes wages for the hands. The men who works the lumber up into finished stuff can have a pretty good chance to make a profit, ’ Permits to take out ties and wood in Ontario along the C P. R. have been granted by Crown timber agent Margach, of Port Arthur, to the following Winnipeg partirs: Dennison Bros., whose permit covers the district from the Manitoba liné east to Eagle River; Egan Bros, to cut 125 000 ties in the district extending from English River to Savanne. The H. B. Co. ‘aré also applying for a permit to take out a large number of ties. ; i ACalgary, N W. T., dispatch says: The Eau Lumber Company have given a contract for a million feet of logs to be cut on their limits by the proprietors of the Kanauaskis lime kilns. The company’s saw mill at this point is nearing com- pletion, but they will not likely begin sawing for the market till the spring comes in. Those who have visited the mill recently have been struck with fhe solid manner in which the structure has been put up. The large engine room is of sand. stone on a granite foundation, and is built to last no end of time. It gives accomodation for a large 120 horse power engine and three huge boilers. It is improbable the company will keep as many as fifty hands about the mill when active opera- tions begin. : Messrs Duncan McArthur, W. R. Allan, F. A. Fairchild, R. D. Bathgate, Archibald Wright and C. W. Betts all of Winnipeg, app y to the Governor-in-Council for letters patent incorporating them, a body corporate and politic under the corporate name of ‘‘ The Rocky Mountain Mining and Lumber Company (Limited),” for the purpose of carrying on a mining and lumbering business within th ‘Dominion of Canada, also for the purpose of the said company, to build, equip and oper- ate tramways, sailing and steam’ vessels for the carriage of lumber, timber, minerals or mineral ores or any other produc- tion by said company; to purchase build and erect stamp mil's, saw and planing mills, or any one or more thereof. The head office of the company will be at Winnipeg. A Point Wolf, N. B., correspondent of the Albert Maple Leaf writes: Perhaps a few items in reference to the lumber- ing operations carried on here by C. M. Botwick & Co., of St. John, would be acceptable. I would say that their mill com- menced sawing May 15 and shut down Dec. 3. In that time 5,000,000 feet of deals and boards were sawn and 4 000 000 lath cut. The deals have all been, shipped to St. John for re- shipment to Europe except 500,000 feet which aresnugly piled in the lumber yard. The boards. scantling aud lath were sold in Boston and New York. There are about 1,000,000 feet of old logs in the pond and streams, which would have been cut also if there had been good river driving in the early autumn. ‘Lhis mill, which is said to turn out as good lumber as any on the Bay shore, is driven during spring and autumn by water, and during the dry season by steam, having a 50-horse power engine for that purpose. The following are some of the effic- ient men employed : James Campbell, general manager ; W. Rattray, engineer; A. H. Nash, millwright; Nathan Cleve- land, filer, and William Hubbard surveyor: The company has a large atore here in connection with the business, over which W. M. Fowler has charge, Good wages are paid the millmen for which they can take goods out of the store or receive cash, Robert Connely has the contract for putting all the logs into the stream and he intends getting out 5,000,000 this winter for next summer’s sawing. Mr. Campbell, manager of Tilly’s saw mill at Kingeton, bad one of his fingers cut off a few day's since. Lin The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, intend lighting the steam. barge Resolute with electric light next srason. . 2 It is romoured: that Conroy’s mill at Deschenes will ‘be worked again next spring, It only operated about two weeks * of last season. 4 A man hamed Nomoenda, from New Brunswick, while en- gaged in felling a tree on the timber district of Booth and ~ Gordon, on the Indian ate was seriously injured by a falling ° branch, He was taken to the Pembroke Hospital. ; It is reported that several Tonawanda, N. Y,, parties have~ purchased a large tract of pine in Pennsylvania, with a view of railroading the logs to Tonawanda for sawing They think , they can save money on the cost of Michigan lumber. ' A number of teams recently left Ottawa for the shanties = to engage in drawing, the ruling price being $1 50 per day, They went to work for Messrs. Bronson, and Perley & Pattee, the teams for the latter going to the Montreal River. . Messrs. Grier & Co's new saw mill at the Chaudiere is pro- gressing very favorably. The stone work is almost completed. and work on the body of the building will shortly be com- menced. The mill will be finished for the spring and ready for work. : A terrible accident occurred on Lake St. John, Jan’y 18*h, : Saguenay County, A large gang of lumberers were crossing - the ice, when some twenty of them broke through, All were - saved but two men named Whitton and Ryan, who were drowned. : ; _ The lumbermen in northern New York say that this is the- best season for logging they have known for years. It began in November, and there had, up to recent date, been no in- terruption by bad weather. Some loggers will have their jobe- complete by February 1st. John M. Holliday, well known in the Chicago lumber trada, died very suddenly in New York on Wednesday, 19th Jan.’ He was connected with the firm of Cutler, White & Boice, and had been with that concern and its predecessors, Ferry «- Brother, for the last ten years. 2 A car-load of grist mill machinery was shipped, some little time ago, by Mr. W. H. Petrie, of Brantford, to Soda Creek. British Columbia. He is now about to fill an order for saw-mill machinery for the same neighborhood. This machi- nery is transported overland in waggons some 400 miles after it leaves the C. P. R. : It is understood that the prices paid for Messrs. W. G. Ross and Son's spruce deals by Messrs. Dobell, Beckett & Co are,. 840 for 1st, $22 for 2nd, and $20 for 3rd; it is not known whether charges and insurance are to be added. However, as these prices are net Ist May there would seem to be no charge for insurance on the buyets. . A Bay City firm is getting out oak timber in Huron county, which is being delivered at Kind station, and is destined for: - the Quebec market, and some of the pieces are of mammoth proportions, One stick recently delivered says the local paper, scaled 3,500 feet, and required five yoke of cattle to draw it. Very fuw people supposed that there was any oak timber in Huron county, which was worthy of mention. It is understood that Messrs. J R. Booth & Co. of Ottawa, have petitioned the Government to locate a light- house in South East Bay, Lake Nipissing. claiming that it would prove of great advantage to lubermen. No action in the matter has yet been taken, The Marine Department proposed to erect two lighthouses in South Bay, on the same lake in accordance with the report of the Chief Eogineer of the Department. ‘A Deseronto despatch says :—Continued cold weather since the first of December put the swamps in good condition fur seven inches of snow which fell in this section about December 20, and 10 inches more on January 1. Help is plentiful, and wages range from $11 to l6. Hay and grain are very cheap,. and logs should be put in at low figures this season About the average amount of logs will be got in. Dry lumber is scarce and prices firm for all grades. A dispatch from St Johr, N.B., under date, Jan’y 18th, says :—A number of disasters to St. John vessels are reported: to-day. The Schooner Speedwell ashore at Moosepeckieme is- full of water. She was bound from St. Jobn to New York with a cargo of 109,000 feet of boards, shipped by Messrs, Driscoll Bros. The schooner Afton, from St. John to Port- land, Me , went ashore during a storm at Cranberry Island, but there is a probability of her coming off again. Her cargo consists of 40,000 spruce boards. The barque Gunanilo, Capt. Oretto, which cleared at St, John, Nov. 13, for Penarth Roads, is supposed to have been lost. The Guanilo had on board 332,749 feet of deals, 33,562 feet ends and 47,096 scant ling, chipped by Messrs. Stewart. John McLeod, relates a terrible experience of his vessel in the China Sea in a typhoon for three days, The ship lost all her spars and nearly all her rigging. perfectly tight there were four feet of water in her hold when. the storm ceased, : Capt. Stuart, of the ship Although a new ship and. — se AY LINKS. GRAND UNE NEW SCHEMES. Te tunnelling of the St; Clair River and the building of the Sault Branch are two such important schemes in con- nection with the Grand| Trunk Railway that the following ex: tract from Sir Henry Tyler's address at the last half-yearly meeting, referring to thése subjects, will be read with inter- est :-— “There is another item of expenditure which I ought to mention, and which I haye already told you of, and that is the tannel under the St. Clair River, You are aware that we have a ferry at the foot.of Lake Huron between Point Edward and Fort Gratiot, near Sarnia, which works very well, where we have very large steamers and where we carry the trains over, but of course it would be better if we could carry them through a tunnel for many reasoné and it would save a very large amount every year. I told you we had found a point on the St. Clair River with Chicago and Lake Huron on one side, and opposite the Sarnia branch of the Great Western section on the other side, and it is comparatively a small work to join those two lines by a tunnel under the river. The river is only 36 feet deep, and according to boring the rock is 90 feet below the surface ‘of the water. The distance under water is only half a mile, andthe tunnel will only be a mile long altogether. in- eluding approaches on both sides, and the piece of line, includ- ing the tunnel for connecting the Chicago and Grand Trunk with the Great Western sa will be only 2% miles long. By making that line we shall save six miles in distance, and we shall save £10 000 a year, even if the tunnel cost as much ap £400 000 to make it. Itis, therefore a very desirable thing to do.’ We have taken borings at an expense of four or five hundred pounds upon it, but we now: propose to thoroughly test it before any expense is incurred, and to make’ a driftway six feet in diameter under ‘the river; and an American con- tractor, General Suez Smith, has seen Mr. Hickson. and he is ready to undertake that work for $59.000, assuring its comple- tion, because he is perf tly satisfied—having examined the spot, and being accustomed to work of that description—he is perfectly satisfied that he can do all we want in making the driftway and completing it in eight months for $59,000—some- thing under £12 000 —and we propose to expend that, but that will not make much of the three millions up. Now, there is another matter which I ought to mention to you, although it does not involve any immediate expenditure, I should mention that as far as that tunnel under the St. Clair River is concern- ed that we shall not come to ask you for the money for that. That is to say, 1t will not require tc be taken out of the Grand Trunk resources, because if the tunnel ismade it will be a very valuable property. It will ‘have its own traffic to depend upon, and, like the International Bridge, it will have its own revenue, and there will be no difficulty in raising the money to make that tunnel without going upon the resources of the Grand Trunk Company. The next thing is the line which has been proposed for some years to connect our Midland system with Sault Ste, Marie Sault Ste. Marie is a very interesting spot. The falls of Ste. Marie are those which take the waters from Lake Superior to Lake Huren. At the Sault there is a Yock to avid the rapids, by which steamers from Lake Super- for go to Lake Huron and vice versa. Therehas been a Cana- dian charter for making a bridge at the Sault for some years, and a charter for making the line of the Midland system up to that place, and both charters are in the hands and under the control of the Grand Trunk Railway. There are also indica- tions of lines being made to connect the Nortbern Pacific with the Sault Ste. Mane. Mr. McMillan, who is a friend of ours —a wealthy man in Detroit—had the line in his control there for a length of time, and by connecting the line. with the Canadian Pacific, and having Ashland at the other end, that will complete the communication between Sault and the North- érn Pacifle You will *understand that a line connecting the Northern Pacific with the Grand Trunk will be a line of very great importanee. Here you have, on the one side, the North- ern Pacific, with 2,000 miles of lines, connected with 1,500 thiles of the Grand Trunk on the other side Any connection between those systems must be 4 very important connection. You will be very glad to hear that the Northern Pacific looks upon it with greater favor than we do. They say that the Northern Pacific and the Grand Trunk are natural allies, and that before long we must manage to get communications made between them somehow or other. Do not suppose I am con- templating this in opposition to the Canadian Pacific. This is a matter which has been contemplated by us for years. We have not been able to atir in it in times of depression, but we have gone so far that surveys were made years ago. It is an old project, ahd a very important one, and I am not prepared to go further in it than to say that we are negotiating with the Northern Pacific, and they are considering the question of making a line on their side, and we shall have to consider the question of how to make a line on the other side, I do hope we shall be able, the line being such a very important one, to it with ite own resources and without troubling the Trunk with any guarantee. J am not prepared to say anything more at present.” LUMBERMAN. THE CANADA. The vote in Guelph on the by-law to grant $175,000 to the Guelph Junction Railway, which will afford the Koyal City competition, was carried by a vote of 745 to 144, The Manitoban thinks that sufficient evidence that the Hudson's Bay Railway is to be built is seen in the fact that several new freight cars have arrived at Winnipeg from Montreal, lettered ‘‘ Winnipeg & Hudson’s Bay Railway ” and loaded with steel rails for the company. The Railway Age, an American journal, saye:—'* The Canadian Pacific management has completed arrangements with the Boston and Lowell road, by which its cars will run to Boston, making that city, it is stated, its principal water ter- minus. Next summer it will probably reach down the coast into Florida, and perhaps throw a» bridge across from Key West to Caracas, from whence the occupation of South America will be easily accomplished.” The Maskinonge and Nipissing is chartered to build 350 miles from Louisville. Que., on the Canada Pacific Railway, westerly to @ point on the shore road, at or near Lake Nipiss- ing. This, it is said, will shorten the distance for North-West traffic to Quebec about 200 miles. The country through which the road will pass is, in 3 large measure, heavily timbered, and iron, plumbago and building stone are reported at various places in large quantities. The incorporators are Messrs, Thos. W. Ferry, Grand Haven, Mich; James J. White, Ottawa; John H. Verrall, and E. H. Talbott, Chicago, Judging by the number of applications for new charters and extensions of old ones, the Dominion Parliament will have a great deal of railway legislation to attend to at its next session. The Railway Committee of the House of Commons, to which is committed the work of examining the bills in de- tail and checking, where necessary, legislation calculated to interfere with existing rights,is one of the largest and most important of all the Standing Committees of the House. It is made up of the best representatives of all sections, and pro- bably meets oftener and works harder than any other com- mittee —Railway Life. The Oshawa Reformer says:—‘ The best railway project we have yet heard proposed in the interests of the town is that in which some of our citizens are now moving for the con- struction of a railway from the Oshawa harbor to Bobcaygeon, in the heart of the lumber region, with power of extension to Kinmount and thence in a due line north to Calendar station on the C. P. R. at Lake Nipissing. This line will cross the ridges and the C. P. R. at a very favorable point, a little east of Raglan and will run south and east of Lake Scugog, through Cartwright and Manvers, along the wide and fertile valley of Pigeon creek to Omemee and thence to Bobcaygeon. Tt will connect with the C. P. R. and Midland systems, and passing through good territory in the counties of Ontario, Durham, Victoria, Peterborough and Haliburton will enlist in its favor the parliamentary representatives of these counties and will receive municipal bonuses and command grants from hoth governments.” The Montreal Star says:—The decision of the Supreme Court in favor of the Canadian Pacific Railway regarding its ri ht to complete the extension between Port Moody and Vancouver has, according to the British Columbia papers, given a great impetus to the terminal city. The real estate market has gone up with a boom, and capitalists who were holding on until a decision was arrived at are now investing heavily. The company has already asked for tenders for the grading of the uncompleted portion between Port Moody and the terminus, and the early completion of the railway will doubtless increase the population and bring a large volume of trade, both transit and otherwise, to the terminal city. WOOD-WORKING PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the wood-working interests, granted by the U.S. Patent Office, January 11th, 1887, is specially reported by Franklin H. Hough, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, 925 F. Street, N, W., Wash- ington D. C., who will furnish copies of patents for 25 cents each :—: 356,066, —Moulding and stave machine,—C. L. Goehring, Allegheny, Pa. 355,704,—Saw Coping,—C. Morrow, Kansas City, Mo. 355,708,—Saw-Drag,—D. M. Omwake and W. P. McGee, Manchester, Iowa. _. 356,082,Saw-guide,—D. J. Murray, Wausau, Wis. 356,035,—Saw-mill Band,—M., Garland, Bay City, Mich. 355,692, Saw-set,—C. C. Harris, Denver, Colorado. 355,912, Saw- swaging machine—W.G, Baumgardner, Flier City, Michigan. 355,059,—Saws, device for dressing the teeth of,—G. W, Cutshaw, Bedford, Ky. 355,710,—Shingle-sawing machine,—W. J. Perkins, Grand Rapids, Mich. 356,098,—Boring wood or metal, machine for,—H. F. Bundy, Welcome, N, Y. $56,220,—Saw-mills, Saw-catcher for bsand,—G. H. Zschech, Indianapolis, Indiana. 356,086,—Sawing-machine, Scroll,—H. L. Beach, Montrose, Pa. . 11 356 280,—Bawi wooden gutters, Machine for,— EH. EB, Elder, Lynn, M 356,286, Wood Machine fur cutting across the grain, —F. Mankey, Williamsport. Pern. 354,256,—Chuck,|Lathe,—A. H. Steteon, Brookline, Mace. 354 ,266,—Log Rojler,—L. G. Orme, Paducah, Ky. 354,325,—Saws, R. Little and C. T. Stoddard, West Stewardstown, N. H. 354,407,—Saw-mill, Band,—J. L. Gage, Chicago, IIL 354,207,—Saw-mill dog.—J. C. Miller, Dunkirk, Ohio. 354 114,—Saw-swage,—J. E, Emerson, Beaver Falle, Pa. 354,167,—Saws, Device for setting, —C. Morrill, Jersey City, N. J. HOW T3 EIR MONEY Is SPENT. The Paper Trade table, showing how the official statistics a record in Canada: Liquor, $900,000, Tobacco, $600,000, rnal publishes the following illustratea ited States money is spent, ae shown by 1885. We would be sorry to see euch Bread, $505,000 000.5 : Meat $303,000 000. © 2 Iron and Steel, $290,600,000. Sawed Lumber, $223,000 000. Cotton Goods, $26,000,000. Boots and Shoes, $196 000,000. Sugar and Molasses, $155,000,000. “Public Education, $8,000,000. Home and Foreign Missions, $5,500,000. In round numbers three billion four hundred and eighty-two million five hundred thopeand dollars, ($3,482 500,000,) divided as above, - The above figures show that our liquors cost nine hundred million dollars ($900,000;000. ) Gne- eighth more than all our meat and bread. Three times as much ag our iron and steel. Ten times as much as our public education. Our tobacco costs six hundred million dollars ($600,000, 000,) 2 So r One-fifth more than our bread. Twice as much as our meat and iron. Three times as much a our boots and shoes. Seven times as much as our public education. Our liquors and tobacco cost one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000, ) or Three times as much ag our bread. Five times as much as 6ur meat and iron. Seven times as much agour meat and lumber. . Seventeen times as mu¢h as our public education, and these two items alone cost moréthan four-fifths of all the rest. OUTLOOK FOR THE LUMBER TRADE. HE local lumber market in Ottawa at present is very quiet, and for the past two weeks there have been no shipments of any account, The amount of dry lumber here is small in pro- portion to the cut. MillSowners are very firm in prices, all asking an advance and in Some cases a large advance in prices on last year’s prices. Onthe other hand buyers are holding back and do not seem at all anxious to buy. The amount of lumber sold of the new cut up to the present date is very much less than that at same date of the previous year’s cut. Buyers are not inclined to close at prices asked, and therefore ship- ments are slow. Another great hindrance is the scarcity of box cars. & OUTSIDE ADVICES, The Montreal Trade Review says: “‘There is a better feeling in New York than has prevailed for soms time past. Stocks are held firmly. Trade with the British West Indies is quiet, and with Africa and Australia itis dull. There is a marked improvement in the River Platetrade. There has been further charters. In White Pine the new year opened near the zero line, and Jack Frost holds a tight grip on boom stock. The demand is comparatively light, but as the season advances a good trade is anticipated.. Winter rail rates render it uncer- tain what the cost of es will be, for railroad com- panies have a happy faculty of weighing all the snow and ice which accumulates during a passage through several states; and, as this stock is necessarily shipped on open platform cars, the difference in weight is no inconsiderable factor. The ar- rivals of spruce have been light. There are but few cargoes on the way, and there é no orders; and will not be thrown upon the open market. Prices which remain unchanged are purely nominal, as there is little or nothing done. Laths show a decline of five cents since our last. The market for yellow pine is decidedly firm in tone. A better feeling prevails, and a further advance is not unlikely. For foreign shipment the inquiries continue to be large, and southern mulls are stiff in their holdings. Many ofthe railroads are in the market with schedules of all sizes, some of them for large quantities.” WANTED. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN The following is a statement showing tle The publisher of the Canapa Luusgrman desires ' value of lumber, ‘etc., exported from Montreal ¢horourhly reliable and competent correspondents at the foliowing named places :—= Kingston, Ontario. Quebec City, Quebec. St. John, New Brunswick. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Victoria, British Columbia. The duty of each correspondent will be to give a review of his local market for the month preceding the date of issue, and the ruling quotations for different kinds of lumber, d&cc. For terms and any other infor- mation, address A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. CRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. From Our Own}Correspondent. Toronto, Jan. 24th, 1887. Regarding the Toronto market, trade has hard- ly begun for the year. | The cold weather with so unuch snow has prevénted anything like out- door work and con:equently building has been almost entirely suspended. The recent thaw has, however, given a start to some work, and the indications in all gections of the city are such that just as soon as the weather permits there will be a consideyable amount of building done. The class of buildings to be erected this year are very various. Dwelling houses, factories, warehouses, banks, churches, possibly a City Hall and certainly thé Parliament Buildings, although the latter will not be completed for three or four years to gome. The feeling in prices is to firmness and possi- bly before very long an advance in some lines. Certainly bill stuff will be in demand, and in this connection hemlock should prove an im- portant factor. The N. & N. W. R. R. has, during the past tendays, been in rather a demoralized state. What with the burning of their round-house and several engines at Allandale, the snow blockade, and the searcity of coal, they have not been able to move much freight in the way of lumber These are items even the C. P. R could no say they are, or would be, proof against. The following are the ruling quotations in thi, city at present :— Mill cull boards and scantling............ «e+--- $10 00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths....... 12 00 BUOCKE. sean cces ce ubognonoacKoo seee 13 00 Scantling and joist, up TOMG Pea vew one sinieie sie 18 ft as cs ie Ps dieonad C Sf af 22ft.. vies ae ZAM aiatvialaiete(siaiale seveeee 17 00 “A wy ss 26 ft Reels ae “6 oe 98 ft M4 ae € 380 ft of ee ne 82 ft... «“e «“e oe 34 tue - d ) ss aw OL Gkrslelalcieterstersisieraieisiarare 24 00 “ oe “e 38 toes 27 ae : u 40 to 44 ft. niereienieiesstatels 30 0 Cutting up peu 1} and thicker dry ree 20 00@25 00 “6 OLAS EE Ny a eretele arerslercrescletsrsiviciele 20 00 Dressing stocks. ........e.er cece seeeee 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection..... ri SO OUDOTCONOGNO 80 00 Three uppers, Am. inspection...... S8nO0! Gonod0 40 00 B. M. ap ingh flooring, dressed... scavevesee 25 00@30 00 POUR Dns rcere SeaponnucdscS 14 00@15 00 i ss se dressed eievaiae ..23 00@25 00 $s cn MINMGNGSSEC sieiety sisleressinielereisivieremters 14 00 cr 0 dressed ...... elaciacaeltistereie 16 00@20 00 s OL MIMO LESSOC St wiceccleieisieciere 12 00@14 00 3 Beaded Sheeting, dressed .....0-..0.00- 18 00@20 00 Clapboarding, dressed ..,...ceecccessee secreee 12 50 XXX sawn abingles, de DMfycfereatensoteieisreiere . 2 75@ 2 90 BW TAG aie)0). oie oe sieieie minis cieiviejn viele seins cle his salen Pay} Red oak.....scccceseccces coral) 00@25 00 White ‘‘ 25 00@30 00 Basswood, aes 1 & 2. Cherry, No. 1 & 2. White ash 1 & 2... «25 00@30 00 Black ash 1 & 2....06. PI III 20 00@25 00 MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. MOonrTREAL, Jan. 25th, 1887. The year opened vefy satisfactorily for the lumber trade, and the distribution to date shows a considerable increas@ over the corresponding portion of last year. / Country business in the middle of the monthf#was very slow, owing to the heavy snow sto¥ms which blocked up the roads ; however i has improved somewhat latterly, and there@is a good demand at the yards, and for cawloads also. Prices remain steady and unchanged. during the past year :— Dogy oo Bessittcuccascemsr een Gou0 Deala. cc: cc cuses cle vnle seen COs oa al i cnaneaton ss #210 B88 Montreal has every reason-to congratulate itself on the! enormous proportions which its lumber businéss has assumed incomparison with past years, ‘At the first meeting of the new Board of Trade held on the 12th January, the report of the ee recommended to the atten- tion of their successors the necessity for an ex- tension of wharf accommodation and wharf facilities is, it was stated, would be greatly beneficial ta traders in the lumber business, which was : eee so rapidly, As an ex- ample of the ‘volume of this trade, it may be stated that the shipment of deals to Great Britain the y st season was largely in excess of any previous year. During open water of 1886, 45,594, St. Pétersburg standards were shipped, against 39,398 standards in 1885, and 23,368 standards in 1884. The shipments of sawn fum- ber which is principally to South America, was also very large, although not quite up to the year before in volume ; the figures being 28,912. - 376 feet last year, against 37,162,100 feet in 1885. It appears that in 1877 only ten vessela left port with 3,400,000 feet; in 1884 there left, for South America alone, 47 vessels carry- ing 24,386,373 feet, and for Europe over 100 vessels carrying 76,873,578 feet; and in 1885 there were 84,282,275 feet exported to Europe, Hence the necessity for something substantial in the way of increased wharfage to be done at once, { Messrs. ‘Dobell & Co., of Liverpool, in their monthly timber circular dated, Liverpool 1st January. say : : ‘We have had a heavier import during December than last year, but consider- ing the intervention of the holidays, the con- sumption may be regarded as satisfactory, and the stocks held, though ample for the trade doing, show a considerable reduction on previous years. If a satisfactory settlement of our home politics be arrived at without reverting to a general election. and the immediate future of the peace of Europe be re established, we think we may look forward to the year we have just entered upon with confidence.” The following are the quotations of the yards here :— Pine, 1st quality, # M.. + $00 00@40 00 Pine 2nd Chl Sa 00 00@30 00 Pine, shipping culls, ® M. sees eee 14 00@16 00 Pine 4th quality deals Pp M. Guna Riess larkien 10 00@12 00 Pine, mill culls, BM... sec cee oe eneneee 8 V0@10 00 Spruce, PM...... «- s/n nt ofefeleyejste st fs] Harstete sists 10 00@13 00 Hemlock, ®@ M......-seceesseeeee tipjeibieseie 9 00@10 00 Ash, run ‘ot. log culls out, B M.. AyaOdr eC 20 00@25 00 Bass, ®M..... «2... 18 OO@20 00 Oak, @ M.....ccceuee Siaieie oleate ein araiple = Quine 40 00@50 00 Walnut Eo EsGooscbbonodtoucaucnnabosne 60 00 100 00 Cherry, ® M ......- sinfclety a alitaiete Maecenas 80 00 100 00 Butternut, @ M........066 nn hfe vajeisit sTeaterh as 35 00@40 00 Birch 4) Mi. Giccw cise omatelv nsisinins sie sees. 20 00@25 00 Hard Map'e, # M........-0065 25 00@30 00 Lath, # M.... .... 1 50@ 0 00 Shing es, Ist, M.. 2 00@ 3 00 Shing es, 2nd, M.. 2 50@ 0 00 OSWEGO, N.Y. 0m Our Own Correspondent. Three UPPeLS.. 2 ose eceyeereessevencs «++ -$46 00@47 00 Picking, ....0--e008 eae. sWere.e vice oie sees 86 OU@37 00 Cutting up ........ avebutisbitceSawe tales e 26 00@27 00 Fine Common...........0s Muarelclebinieciciete 22 00@25 00 peo Nn SOURED sevccscseess © 14 OO@I1S 00 CO naaocaanouosnae 6G Necteaieeiient amtenle 12 00@15 00 Mill run lots srauhisintareiaiereiett Vernivielneye - 19 00@21 00 Sidings, (Selected, 1 ns sonebence eee eeeens 28 00@36 00 reac ceveeesesee 30 O0@3S 00 1} in Mill run, 1X10, 13 to 16 ft... .eeeeeeveeess 19 OO@21 00 Selected we ce ee teceeeeerecnnsceseces Lt OO@2Z6 00 SHIPPers cesivcecsscces svevecesecceeee 14 OO@1E 00 Mill run, 1}x10.. cccccceseees 16 OV@IT 00 Selected...... one 21 00@30 00 Shippers.. +. 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 1 al 1h i in, ’ strips ‘ sovees 29 OO@21 00 Selected. Upieienie vate ene tats Sin Siaikicie'sierap 32 00@34 00 OU US Si hoces tines vies oisvie crete Suwanee eee 12 0U@15 00 1x6 selected for clapboards eee Staikm een 32 00@34 00 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pine.............. 3 65@ 3 80 XXX Cedar 5 «a. 3 30@ 3 50 Lath ub No 1.. Jae ener MIRSD@-SH00. SD issareie siaialele, arn 'b/Giniereleleleieisieiiel sUNINiOe 1 60@ 1 80 Ash, a wii ond 1 to 4 in | mentee slerelevesivie sie 16. 00@20 O00 Bassw ood, Ist & 2ud, 1 & 1} inchieacancec 20 00@22 00 i) (ei 1} Meee ts LM PP «++ 11 00@12 00 Hard Maple, # wa eke seecvee. 23 00@25 00 Lath, # M.......... 1 60@ 0 00 Shingles, lst, @ M 2 00@ 3 00 Shingles, 2nd, WB Mvesiscccscccheteesess 2 OU@ 0°00 CORDWOOD. Long Maple, per wae: seeevereeeceeseres -$ 6 00@E 50 Long Birch nieeieViesienieR’ eee 6 00@0 00 Long Beech Duecceben 0 sees 6 00@5 50 Tamarack id acta nee «es 6 00@0 00 ALBANY. Pine, Clear, BM. cesses .ecccseeecersee ess 865 00@60 00 Pine, fourths. .i..s 0 ..-ceccesreverees oo 50 OO@H7 00 Pine, selects. . osvocccccsosccecee 45 O0@44 OD Pine, good hoessscasnies . Pine, common DOX........eeeeeeeeseceee Ve 00@15 00 Pine 10-in, plank, each..... 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each....... ««+.- 00 26@00 Eh Pine boards, 10-in,.......- sips Pine, 10-in. boards, culls...... Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., @ M. Pine, 12-in. boards, 16ft.... Pine, 12-in. boards, 13 ft... Pine, 1} in. siding, select.... Pine, 1}-in. siding, common... > Pine, 1-in. siding, select......+ee.++..... 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common.... ........-. 13 00@15 09 Spruce, boards, each. . Piaisie winipteioip' stein 00 00@00 16 Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each. ... sseeee 00 CO@OO 20 Spruce, plank, 2-in., eGR acs sates. -- 00 00@00 3¢ 8 ruce, wall strips, each AO seseversece» 00 00@00 12 emlock, boards, ¢ach.......... «++. 00 00@00 14 Hemloch, joist, 4x6, each....... . 00 00@00 32 Hemlock, joist, 2}x4, each ..... - 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each. . -. 00 00@00 11 Black walnut, good, @M...... ... 100 @120 00 Black waluut, etna Dean isle - 80 00@90 00 Black walnut, ANCHE ciency’! se teseetes ois 00 00@85 00 Scaymore, 1-inch.... . 28 00@30 00 Scaymore, §-inch.. White wood, 1-inch and thicke White wood, ai inch..... -.» 28 00@30 00 Ash, good, eM sare cee «seeee. 40 00@43 00 Ash, second quality, # Mi sees» 25 00@30 00 Cherry, good, @M..... ab aeisd eats oie my oe 60 00@85 00 Cherry, common, @ M... wsescceseeeees . 25 00@30 00 Oak, good, @ M..........+ Peaviladivien esas 40 00@43 00 Oak, second qealeys a Se Daehn nies 20 00@25 00 Basswood, @ M.....seseees seceesecesese 25 00@30 00 Hickory, @ M nemesis Abas ewe verece ap ae ..-. 00 00@40 00 Maovle, Canada, # M.. iv ainnsish vel Vic's s\n 23 00@30 00 Maple, American, per Mose ereeseseess 26 00@28 00 Chestnut, @M...csncccsceccccccess oe» 38 O0G40 00 Shingles, ’shaved, pine, # Me. seereees 0 00@ 6 50 2nd quality seein ols dinviomte sess. 0 00@ 5 50 «extra, sawed, pine.. 4 30@ 4 00 = clear, 2 . 0 00@ 3 0% we cedar, mixed - 000@ 313 a cedar, XXX. 0 00m 0 0¢ “hemlock... - 2 25@ 2 87 Lath,hemlock, # M... 0 00@ 2 35 Lath,spruce, ‘* 0 00@ 2 20 JAN. 22nd,—The trade at large is main ing of stocks, and ac is favorable for sprin in the way of sales aj confined to railway st strips from the yard sale dealers are now and lumber at the mi as do not depend on the sawing season opens. The season thus far has been very favorable for logging, and fromevery point, where active operations are being carried on, some predic- tions that this season’s input will be unusually large. There may conditions hereafter ad- verse to the successful finish of the logging sea- son, but the probabilities are that there will be no lack of food for the mills next season, and that the supply will be so large that it will in- duce the crowding of production. ndition of the lumber indicated by a firm hold- fidence that the outlook trade. Actual business d distribution is mostly ff fr m the mills, and car and mills. The whole- king after stocks of logs s—that is, such of them uying by the cargo after Piece Stuff, short green...... cy, baer $9 25@ 9 50 Piece stuff, short dry 10 50 11 00 Piece stuff, tong ...ccecensccnessce sees. 1100 14 00 Boards and strips, No. 2...... evecseeee. 11 OO@IS 00 Boards and strips, medium,.... gas Ria ax 1200 1500 Boards and strips, No. b....c0- © ....-- 15 00 20 00 Shingles, standard,...... 200 210 Shingles, extra......... 225 245 Shingles, cedar, standard........ Soe aa 165 4170 Shingles, cedar, eXtra...ceeresseeeeeeees 190 195 Lath, white pine......... Sa wieiebets iseevs WOU) lie Lath, Norway .......scerescsssesee veeee 140 1 50 RECEIPTS FOR WEBK ENDING JAN. 20. Lumber. Shingles. +t) easieeie sk seeceseeeees 6,455,000 343,000 TSG) os ye. 9 aig bicinavinis nin bine seeae--« 3,080,000 692,000 FROM JAN. 1, TO JAN. 20, INCLUSIVE. Lumber. Shingles. TSS Zé wisint ah aneniaciciete x eevee 15,113,000 2,724,000 ASSO. bocce. e cece eevee eee s 8,994,000 1,876,000 Increase...... isha manera 6,219,000 848,000 STOCK ON HAND JAN. L 1887. 1886. 1885. Lumber .......571,027,112 626,692,473 660,936,272 Shingles .......462,329,900 428,313,350 336,700,492 Lath........... 57,542,609 95,653,678 68,905, 506 Pickets......... 2,470,854 4,446,752 2,335,858 Cedar posts.... 203,096 1,962,947 $71,004 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LoT® OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. To Now Work wcccccvenes Sainnine acne’ niece necunens FROM Boston. iice. eweaae escent etececsee: «: vecee en BOG Philadelphia ............-. wie ccececeucs: vendeee .nte Baltimore.......... ober vweetececeenseenen eens cstele Washington: 26. cttenics cam swig ts s.0e sO uleenn Come ALDEN, Sikiecwiocnctss ROCCO EE ee TOY, <.tc.0s

_____ Span sina cease ite TRoroutes,.. sa 2, ee . ‘Ise. LAKB FREIG From Muskegon,green. ripe longer appear to have that anxiety to push sales which has been a marked feature in their tran- sactions during the past year. The public salesof whitewoods held by Messrs, Alfred Dobell & Co., on Friday last, the 7th inst., drew together a good company, many con- sumers from the country being present, and, taking the proceeding as a whole, the result must have proved satisfactory. The cargo of sawn pitch pine, per Pegasus, from Darien, was firmly held, although some prejudice might be held against it on account of it being the cargo of a vessel wrecked on the coast, but the timber itself had not been in any way injured. The balance withdrawn from the auction sale was readily placed by private treaty.—Timber Trades Journal. A oon eee TEs LONDON, ENGLAND. Timber says:—Our forecast regarding London trade we regret to say, has proved to be only too correct, as in addition to the troubles that have come to light between the above date and the end of the year, we have now to chronicle three further suspensions of considerable magni- tude. The first of these, that of Messrs. P. Wyndham & Co,, became known on Monday ; this was followed on Wednesday by that of Messrs. J. M. Ross & Co,, and yesterday Messrs. Esdaile & Co. issued notice of a meet- ing of creditors. Of the two latter named firms one member of each is on the Council of the Timber Trades Association, one being the Pres- ident, and the suspension of these firms natur- ally caused considerable excitement and comment inthe Trade, the like of which has not been known since the'sensation caused by the failure of Messrs. A. J. King & Co. some five years ago, It is, of course, more than probable that some minor suspensions may take place in connection with the three firms men- tioned. This series of disasters naturally has a very prejudicial effect on the trade, and busi- ness inthe meantime is well nigh ata stand- still, In unsettled times like the present many wild rumours get freely bandied about ; and al- though it is as well to treat all such gossip with the greatest circumspection, yet we fear we can hardly expect that we have not seen the end of the present troubles. Some firms must have difficulty in maintaining “their position, as financial facilities are certain to be greatly cur- tailed until the effect of the recent difficulties has had time to subside, —_——_>__—-_ GLasGow. General trade has this week got under way again after the pause for the new year holidays. No auctions are yet announced by timber brokers here, and business is felt to be quiet. 13 Some large railway contracts for oak planks were lately fixed: these goods arrived in parcels per steamers, from New York, weekly, form an increasing part of the wood trade, Last year’s import of sawn wood per steam liners from the States was much larger than that of 1885. The stock of spruce deals on hand at present is small, especially in Lower Port, and there have been inquiries lately for spruce; of some special sizes wanted there were none in stock. Deliveries of Ameri an deals and planks from Yorkhill Yards, Glasgow. in December last were 100 038 pieces ; in November, 89,128 pieces; and October, 93 420 pieces; the average monthly delivery over the whole year was 71,100 pieces, so that the foregoing figures show a marked in- crease during the last quarter of the year. A computation has been made of the tonnage of vessels at present being built in Clyde ship- yards, and th-~ total is stated to be 114,755 tons. Some very important contracts were made within the last few weeks, There have been no arrivals of wood goods to note at Greenock or Port Glasgow, and imports at Glasgow are only one Cargo, consisting of Dalhousie pine deals, &c., besides various parcels of wood per steamers from New York, ee When opening a correspondence with advertisers always mention that you saw their advertisementin the ‘(Canada Lumber- man. ” THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST. EO. W. HOTCHKISS, Secretary of the Lumberman’s Exchange, recently returned from a trip over the Canadian Pacific from Winnipeg to Vancouver, and makes a report regarding the same, which will create surprise among those who have beenin the habit of look- ing upon the Northwest territories as arid, deso- late plains—the home of the blizzard, and the manufactory of snow. Mr. H. speaks of popu- lous cities lining the route of this road, backed by a fertile wheat belt, already containing a very large population of prosperous, contented farmers, There are at least a dozen towns and cities with populations of from one to five thousand located on the first 300 miles of road west of Winnipeg. West of Qu’Appelle, three hundred miles out from Winnipeg, the country is better adapted to herding, and is the region into which many thousand of Texas and Mon- tana cattle have been driven during the last three or four months. The feed is rich and the climate is moderate. The temperature in this region is caused by a steady, warm breeze, known, localiy, as the Chinook wind, which rises near the headwaters of the Peace River, and blows steadily from the Northwest, through- out the length and breadth of the provinces of Alberta and Assinobia. during the winter months. The Canadian Pacific has been open to the public for about six months, and runs one pas- senger train daily each way. Hach train is fitted with Pullman sleepers, dining room cars, etc. The trip from Montreal to Vancouver is made in six days. Theroad does the bulk of tea carrying trade for the Canadas at very low rates, in order to divert the business in that dir- ection. The management has been beset with, ‘i will never pay,” “‘it is such folly,” and such like encouragement that was provoked contem- poraneous with the building of our own Union Pacific. Like our venture, this road, now that it is opened, promises from the start to be a monument to the enterprise of the syndicate who built it, and a gold mine to the stockhold- ers, Near Cochrane, seventy-five miles east of the Rocky Mountains, the Eau Claire Lumber Co, have just completed a circular saw-mill, gaining their supplies by Elbow river, from foot-hills south of the road. South of Cassils. twenty-five miles, is the mill of Louis Sands, of Manistee, which manufactured last year 2,000,000 feet of lumber. From the Rocky Mountains to the coast, a distance of four hundred miles, there is little timber that is of value to lumbermen. The mountain sides are covered with a dense growth of fir. The line of road near the coast presents very little attraction to the lumber trade. Vancouver island 1s covered with a dense for- est of Douglas fir, similar to that of Washing- ton Ter., and Oregon. This timber is intersper- sed with # small percentage of red cedar, of which Mr. Hotchkiss displays some beautiful saroples. All streams of the Western slope are gold- bearing, in connection with which will be re- membered the Carribou twenty yeare ago. excitement This field being reached by the new road, is attracting a large number of gold hunters. both in gold and silver, are being daily announ- ced. Vancouver, the Western terminus of the made up of the Hastings saw-mills and complement of shanties. June 12th it had a population of 2,000. June 13th it was totally destroyed by fire and -thir- teen lives lost, by December 1, 1886, the town was rebuilt, and contained a population of 5,000. Mr. Hotchkiss etates that the low tempera- ture of the Winnipeg region is accompanied by a dryness of atmosphere. which renders a forty- degree temperature more endurable than a zero atmosphere It is evident that the hitherto prevailing opinion regarding the British pos- sessions of the Northwest has been erroneous, and that this region is destined to reach a greater degree of development than has hereto- fore been considered possible. The railroad company received a grant from the British government of a strip five miles wide on each side of the road. They think much of the future of the country, as is evidenced by holding this land out of the market. All the improved farms are outside of this five mile limit. Timber land is worth from two and one- half to ten dollars per acre. The homestead laws are similar to those of the United States —Saw-mill Gazette mining Valuable quartz discoveries, road in January, 1886, was Esdaile & Co., extensive timber merchants and saw-mill proprietors, of London, Eng, have failed, When the Hudson’s Bay Railway is completed , it will reach latitude 593 degrees, making it the most northerly railway inAmerica, At present the Manitoba & North-Western claims that distinction, reaching almost to latitude 51, with @ promise of reaching higher than 53 in a short time when connection is made with Prince Albert. FOR THE RIGHT MAN. Wyanien4 trustworthy and pushing man to represent the CaNaDA LUMBERMAN on the road, capable of writing up the lumber and wood-working industries, solicit subscriptions and advertisements, and do general business. One acquainted with this branch of trade preferred. Must be perfectly sober and able to furnish good references. Apply personally, or address A. G MORTIMER, Publisher. Peterborough, On to be made. Cut this out and return to us, and we willsend you free something of g eat va ueand importance to you, that will start you in business which will bring you “in more money right away than anything else in this world, Any one can do the work and live at home. Either sex: all ages. Something new, that just coins money for all workers. We wil! start you; capital not needed. This is one of the genuine, important chances of a lifetime, Those who are ambitious and enterprising will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address Tauzk & Co.. Augusta, Maine. CHRISTIE, KERR & CO. LUMBER DEALERS, TORONTO, ONTARIO, Office No. 9 Victoria Street. WANTED. SITUATION AS SALESMAN, Inspector or in Office ip connection with the Wholessle or Retail Lumber Trade. Have had several years experience in the Retail Trade, also in the Export Trade to Britain, Acquainted with the detail of R. R. and Ocean Freignt and Shipping. Address Lock Box 33, INGERSOLL, ONT. can live at home, and make more money 0) lJ: work for us, than at anything else in this world, Capital not needed; you are started free, Both sexes;all ages, Any one can do the work, Large earnings sure from first start, Costly outfitand termsiree, Betternot delay, Costs:you nothing to send us your address and find out; if you are wise you will do so at once, H, Hatiett & Co,, Portland, Maine, a a 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. The HENDERSON LUMBER Go. gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Coy LIMITED. ; I Dav H. Henpzrsox, President ; Norman Henperson, Vice-President ; Cuas. H. Waters, Sec-T'reas. \° iT. McILROY, Jr}, Manager, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing P. O. Box 494. Cases and Boxes « Specialty. The largest Manufacturers in the world of Vulcanized” India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. 4 aN pope Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Cloth Insertion and ) thc tims pe aioe) | ure Tubing of all kinds. Rubber, Linen and Cotton Fire Hose. pp Leather Belting, Extra heavy American Oak Tanned. iL :) Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber+) main orricus end WAREHOUSE at the sf = T ‘ Factories, 185 to 155 West Ledge Avenue, O O N O OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. Q. a: 5: ae. WIC MANUFACTURER OF CHAMPION STOMP & STONE \ EXTRACTORS // # \ Cultivators, Hay Presses, Sales, &c., S/ cade, s77 CRAIG STREET Send for Circular. FO maneel at M O N ay R E A L. - EE AT LIES AEST ’ SORIBNER'S LUMBER and LOG BOOK, and the|QFF/CE AND YARD, Foot West 2ist Street, New York City A Full Stock always on hand. Write for Price Lists and Discounts. Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO. New York Lumber Auction Co, LIMITED. | i) B | fhe CANADA LUMBERMAN for one year, sent, post Meats Pees: NN q “ | f : iA paid, on receipt of $1.25. This book contains tables SGULAR SALES will be held during the year 1886, as follows: SH 6 «aq ff for finding the correct measurement of scantlings,| uesday, April 6th, | Tuesday, August 10th, EY alla B fm Yad hoards, planks, cubical contents of square and round do May 11th, | do September 7th, timber, saw-logs by Doyle’s rule, stave and heading bolt tables, cord wood, do June 8th, | do October Sth, prices of lumber per foot, speed of circular saws, weights of wood, strength do July 13th, | do November 2nd, of rope, felling of trees, growth of trees, tables of wages by the month, price and Tuesday, December 7th. of standard logs, interest tables, etc., ete,, to which is added 60 pages of : new tables, making 160 pages in all, It is the most complete book of the Sales commence promptly at 10.30 am. Wm.Norman,Auctioneer nd pare published. It is worth many times the price of the subscription, At each of these eales we shall offer a full and complete assortment of the best grades of and no lumberman or wood-worker can afford to be without it. IN ARDWOODS AND PINE LUMBER Dealers and consumers will find it to their profit and advantage to attend. Catalogues giving the FIRE PROTECTION oe Sess SSiSMiee emesis ae ee New York Lumber Auction Co. (Limited) Foot of West 2lst Street. New York City. AWTOMATIOC We are prepared to give estimates for equipping Mills, Factories and Warehouses, with the latest improvements in ATENTS FProcured in Canada, the United States, Po all Foreign Countrics, Caveats, Trade-Marks, Copyrights, Assignments, and all Documents selatiag to PATENTS prepared on the shortest notice. All infor- ining to Patents cheerfully given on appli- , PATENT ATTOBNEYS, and Ex- Patent Causes. Established 1667. idout & Co. 22 King St. East, Toronto a : é m Automatic Sprinklers Increased safety, and a reduction in Insurance Premiums is the result of protecting buildings in this manner. ag ; ROBERT MITORPLL & 00, MONTREAL The Ontario Canoe Co, Limited, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING mit it t —— Ly % Z PEERED ER GEORGE BRUSH, 14. to 84 King and Queen Streets, MONTREAL. MAKER OF STEAM BOILERS HOISTING ENGINES BARK MILLS CIRCULAR SAW MILLS SHINGLE MILLS ORE CRUSHERS MILL GEARING SHAFTING HANGERS AND PULLEYS, HAND AND POWER HOISTS FOR WAREHOUSES, &e., &e., And Agent for “Water's” Perfect Steam Engine Governor, and “Heald & Sisco’s” Centrifugal Pumps. STEAM ENGINES STEAM PUMPS | be the claimant’s authority to enter possession of the location applied for. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.-- WORKING CLASSES ‘™!™":|LUMBER DRIVER'S CALKS, prepared to furnish all clasees with employment at| For use im Stream Drivimg. Made from the home, the whole of the time, or for their spare} grap, BALE Best Refined Tool moments. Business new, light and profitable. Per- Steel and Forged. sons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5.00 = method used per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting all in tempering their time to the business Boys and girs earn| MED BALL leaves every one of the same tem- re rendering em stronger LARGE GALL and more durable than any other Ca'ks. 25 in Ball SVALL “EEL and 5 in Heel are = ; the numbers usu- neariy a8much as men. That a!] who see this may send their address, and test the business, we make this offer, To such as are not well satisfied we will send oe dollar to pay for the troubie of writing, Full particulars and outfit free, Address GEORGE STINSON & Co,, Portland, Maine, NAPANEE CEMENT CO'Y Manufacturers of HYDRAULIC CEMENT Particularly adapted for DAMS, ERECTION of CHIMNEYS: FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CISTERNS, CELLARS, ete. ally required, Ask for our make and advertisement of Cant Dog, Manufactured by T, McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N. B. MINING REGULATIONS Ee To Govern the Disposal of MINERAL LANDS OTHER THAN COAL LANDS, I886. eee ORONO CANT DOGS (All Steel ) The Dogs are made of the Best Cast Steel, by the drop forging process, which makes them very smooth, true and even. The point or hook is fashioned to a nice oval shape so as to catch all sizes of logs instantly, and enabling the Ta- tor easily to disen- gage. The picks are made also of Best Cast Steelandare of good length bothin- side and outside of the w Our handles are cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, petroleum, iron, or other mineral deposits of economic value, with the exception of coal. Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved by Govern” ment for other purposes, and may search therein, either by suriace or subterranean prospect” ing, for mineral deposits, with a view to obtaining under the Regulations a mining location for the same, hut no mining location or mining claim shall be granted until] the discovery of tho vein, lode, or deposit of mineral or metal within the limits of the location or claim. T vcinn REGULATIONS shall be applicable to all Dominion Lands containing gold, silver, QUARTZ MINING. Orders Solicited. ROCK MAPLE, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. — Pri- ces on application, See advertisement of Drivers Ca'ks. manufactured by J. McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N.B. GEORGE GALL WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots sold on Commission, railway switch im to yard and plenty of room for storage, Yard corner of Stachan and Wellineton Ave. Office, 9 Victoria S:. Telephone C :nnection. A location for mining, except for iron, on veins, lodes, or, ledges of quartz or other rock in lace, shall not exceed jorty acres in area, Its length shall not be more than three times its readth, and its surface boundary shall be four straight lines, the opposite sides of which shall be parallel, except where rior locations wrenid preven in which case it may beof sucha shape as may be approved of by the Superintendent of Mines. y Any person having discovered a mineral deposit may obtain a mining location therefor, in the manner set forth in the Regulations which provide for the character of the survey and the marks necessary to designate the location onthe ground. When the location has been marked conformably to the requirements of the Regulations; the claimant shall, within sixty days thereafter, file with the local agent in the Dominion Lands Office for the district, in which the location is situated, a declaration or oath settin forth the circumstances of his discovery, and describing, as nearly as may be, the locality an dimensions of the claim marked out by him as aforesaid; and shall, along with such declar- ation, pay to the said agent an entry fee of FIVE DOLLARS. The agent’s receipt for such fee will Napanee Cement Coy, LIMITED NAPANEE, ONTARIO. WANTED At any time before the expiration of FIVE years from the date of his obtaining the agent’s receipt, it shall be open to the claimant to purchase the location on filing with the local agent proot that he has expended not less than FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS in actual mining operation on the same; but the claimant is required before the expiration of each of the five years, to prove that he has performed not less than ONE HUNDRED DOLLARs’ worth of labor during the the year in the actual development of his claim, and at the same time obtain a renewal of his location receipt, for which he is required to pay a fee of FIVE DOLLARS, The price to be paid for a mining location shall be at the rate of FIVE DOLLARS PER ACRE; cash, and the sum ot FIFTY DOLLARS extra 1or the survey of same. : Not more than one mining location shall be granted to any individual claimant upon the same lode or vein. Jron.—The Minister of the In'erior may grant a location for the mining of iron, not ex- ceeding 160 acres in area, which shall be bounded by north and south, and east and west lines astronomically, and its breadth shall equalits length, Provided, that should any person making an application purporting to be for the purpose of mining iron thus obtain, whether in g: od faith or fraudulently, possession of a valuable mineral deposit other than iron, his right in such deposit shell be restricted to the area prescribed by the Regulations for other minerals, and the rest of the location shall revert tv the Crown for such disposition as the Minister may direct. The Regulations also provide fo: the manner in which landmay be acquired lor milling purposes, reduction works, or other works incidental to mining operations. Locations taken up prior to this date may, until the Ist ol August, 1885, be re-emarked ard The undersigned is prepared to purchase any quantity of RAILWAY TIES, TELEGRAPH POLES, FENCE POSTS, CEDAR TIMBER and CEDAR LUMBER. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS'$ COCOA ALSO re-entered in conformity with the Regulations without payment of new lees in cases where no existing interests would thereby be prejudicially affected : BREAKFAST. BLACK ASH, ‘ By a thorough knowledge of the natural 'awe } =. which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, PLACER MINING. RED BIRCH and by a careful application of the fine properties of ’ well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our /* ‘The Regulations laid down in respect of quartz mining sh»1l be applicable to placer mining RED OAK and breakfast table with a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills, It is by the judicious use of such articles ot diet that a consti- tution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of snbtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack where- ever there isa weak point, We may maoy & fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well forti with pure blood and a properly nourished frame "—“ Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus : JAS. EPPS & Co., Homeopathic Chemists. London, England as far as they relate to entrier, entry fees, ussignments, marking or locaiities, agents’ receipts, and generally where they can be applied. The nature and size of placer mining claims are provided tor in the Regulations, including bar, dry, bench, creek or hill diggings, and the RIGHIS AND DUTIES OF MINERS are fully set forth. The regulations apply also to BASSWOOD. —E Orders Solicited for Hose Building & Furnishing Goods. RED-RockK FLUMES, DRAINAGE OF MINES AND DITCHES, The GENERAL PROVISIONS of the Regulations include the interpretation of expressions used therein; how disputes shall be heard and adjudicated upon; under what circumstances miners shall be entitled to absent themselves trom their locations or diggings, etc., etc. THE SCHEDULE OF MINING REGULATIONS. SCRIBNER’S LUMBER Contain the forms to be observed in the drawing up of all documents, such as :—‘‘Application The attention ot Steam users is directed and affidavit of discoverer of quartz mine.” “Receipt for fee paid by applicant for mining location” “Heceipt tor fee on extension of time for purchase of a mining location.” “Patent ot a mining location.” ‘Certificate of the assignment of a mining location.” “Application tor grant tor placer mining and affidavit of applicant.” “Grant for placer mining.” ‘“Certifi- cate of the assignment of a placer mining claim.’’ “Grant to a bed-rock Flume Company.” “Grant for Drainage.” ‘Grant of right to divert water and construct ditches.” Since the publication, in 1884, of the Mining Regulation to govern the disposal of Dominion Mineral Lands, the same haye been carefully and thoroughly revised with a view to ensure ample protection to the public interests and at the same time to encourage the prospector and miner in order that the mineral resources may be made valuable by development. to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for REMOVING SCALE and SEDIMENT from BOILERS, 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 > cord-wood tables ; felling trees ; growth of trees; land. measure ; Wages, rent, board, interest, stave and head- ing bolts, ete. Standard bood throughout the Uni States and Canada, Get the new illustrated edition of COPIES OF THE REGULATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED UPON APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT lessening the quantity of fuel used, and oF THE INTERIOR. prolonging the life of the Boiler. The Rathbun Coy DESERONTO, ONT. A, M. BURGESS, Deputy Minister of the Interior, 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents, G. W. FISHER, Boz 288, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterb rough, Ont. — =] ee es { ’ @ ‘ wl i Notice to Contractors. Se TENDERS addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed “Tend. r for Sew Kxamin ng Ware- house, &c , Ortawa,”’ will be received at this office until TUESD«Y, 1st March, for the seveial works required in the erection and compietiun of the New Examining Warehouse, &c., —AaT OTTAWA. Plans and soecifications can be seen at the Depart- ment of Public Work-, Ottawa, on and after MONDAY 14th Fepruar.. Intending contract ra should persona'ly visit the site and make themselves fully cogniza t of the work tu be done. accor ing tothe said pans and specificavions, before puting in their te ders. Persons tendering are further votified that tenders wil! not be considered unless made o: the printed forms supplied, aid signed with their actua sign tures Each tender must be a companied by an accepted bak cheque, made pa) able t» the order of the Hou r- sble the Minis er of \’ublic Works, equal to jiive per cent. of the amountof the tender. which wil te foi- fe ted if the party decline to enter into a contat when cal ed upo: touo so o if he fail t» com le e the wo Kkcontracied ior. If the tenderbe not accepted the cheque will be return: d. The Vepartment does not bind itself to accept the lowest of any tencer. By order, A. GOBEIL, Secre ary, Department of Public Works, i Ottawa, January 27th, 1587. Notice to Contractors JEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned, S and endorse | ‘‘ Tender for D: edge Scows,” will be received until Monday, the 14th day of February next, inclusively, for the construction and d: livery of Two Side-Dumping Dredge Scows, jn accordance with a plan and specification to be seen on and after Monday, the 3lst day of Janu.ry inst., at the followig places, viz:—Office of Mr. James N elson, Montreal ; Public Works Department, Ottawa ; Custum House, Kirgeton; and at the Cu-tom House, St. Catharines, where printed forms of tender can be obtained. Persons desirous of tendering are notified that tenders will not be considered unless made on the printed forms supplied, the blanks properly filled in, aud signed with their actua’ signatures. Each tender must be accompanied by an aceepted bank cheque made payable to the order of the Hone orable the Minister of tublic Works, equal to five “se cent of the amount of the tender, which wil be lorfeited if the party decline to enter into a contract whea called upon to do 50, or if he fai) to complete the work contracted for. Ifthe tender be not accepted, the chequ- will be returned. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa, January 24 h, '887. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17 300 St. Fames Street, MONTREAL, OUE, DESK MAKERS 170 Different Styles to Choose from. Look out for Illustrations of some of our Desks in the next issue of the LUMBERMA N. Send for New Catalogue All sizes of Cotton and fs BELTING Rubber Belting. Orders filled promptly, ROBIN & SADLER MANUFACTURERS OF LEATHER BELTING AND LACE LEATHER 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St., 129 BAY STREET, MONTREAL ¢ TORONTO. 2 cane : = —— en 18 ‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a) STROUDSBURG. } MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, U5. MANUFACTURERS OF lid EMERY WHEELS 3 AND SHARPENING MACHINERY. The products of the Manufacture of the Tanite Company have, for almost 18 years, enjoyed a great reputation, and have been recognized fora long while, in all the countries of the world as a type of excellence in this class of work. In order to increase in Canada their already widely extended use, the Co’y has recently added to the liberality of its terms and conditions, and has chosen the following Houses, so extensively known, to be its Agents: BEAUDET & CHINIC 1 Qyppgo. | MONTREAL SAW WORKS. | oh F. H. ANDREWS & SON } -| MACHINERY SUPPLY Ass0clATO A. BR. WILLIAMS, . . Toronto.| R. H. BUCHANAN & CO. Dominion Saw Works! JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. 253 to 267 KING ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. : MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. ———= THURBERS ROYAL “A Anti-Friction Babbit Metals IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, Emery Wheels, _ Files, — | Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, EVERY SAW FULLY WARRANTED. Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, {ron Pipe, &. . Prices on Application. PUBLISHED MON IER. By A. G. MORTIMER. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the Dominion. VOEL..7. : PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MARCH, 1887. < , ING SEASON. F any value is to be placed on indications, an early and vigorous opening 6f.the:spring trade in lumber is one of the things that may fairly be ey pected of the near future. We find business starting up on every hand. Orders are beginning to flow in to the distributing markets, and these are but the precursors of the business g90n to result from the flood of inquiries which wholesale lumber merchants have been getting for weeks back. Everywhere there is an anxiety to know about stocks and values—to feel the pulse of trade, and to measure, as far as it can be done, the resources of the country in the way of present supplies The strong feeling among holders, and the manifest rising tendency of values, contribute to produce a feeling of anxiety among those who are or must be buyers, and to hasten the placing of orders. The situation has all the buoyancy and strength which comes with an ad- vancing market, and whole-ala merchants have all the sheer- fulness which comes from suchiconditions In the outlook now spread put to the view of the lumber trades there is one feature that is frequently spoken of, always with more or less appyehension—the possibility of labor disturbances. The present strike along the docks in New York is pointed at as thejprobable beginning of a dis- turbance likely to extend into various lines of industry, and by reason of that possibility, forming an element of uncertainty that is necessarily disturbing and annoying. All calculations must be made with this possibility of labor troubles in view, and it must therefore prove a factor, whether it turns out only a bugbear or not. No one will venture an undertaking with- out regarding it, and without so carefully restricting his ex: terprise as to avoid, as far as may be, the evil consequences of such disturbances if they come: To plan otherwise than ' this would be incautious and ever dangerous in the extreme, and would be without justification in a management ordinarily careful j “It is not improper to consider, however. whether the condi- tions actually existing may not bé such as to warrant a hope, at least of a practical escape from any: such upheaval of the labor element as occurred last year Experience seems to show that strikes ere less apt to occur when labor is generally em- ployed than when there is a large contingent of idlers, If this beltrue, as a principle, there/is some encouragement to be got from the fact that labor is pi etty likely to have plenty to do during the present season and to that extent may escape the temptation to mischief) which is always present when idleness abounds. Then the ‘rate of wages is likely to be fair, and should be satisfactory. That it will be satisfac- tory, unfortunately does not necessarily follow. But this fact - that men are averaging good pay, and stand in no peril of starvation, or of any hardship from insutficient means, will have some influence in keeping them from strikes, which Inany are beginning to learn are more costly to the working men than to their employers. If-it were not for the labor unions, for the demagogues that gontrol them, and for the principle they have established of ordering great strikes for merely revengeful and retaliatory ends, it might be safe to predict comparative immunity from labor uprisings during the present year. But these unlucky facts stand boldly out in the prospect, and makes the one gregt blot on the fair picture that would ctherwise present itse'f. _ Buteven with thie possibility of a whirl with the trades unions to interfere,with the perfect hopefulness of the outlook, the expectation of the business man, and especially the lum- berman, is justifiably of a busy and profitable season. It will not do to scan too carefully all the dark elements in the problem, and ignore all the bright ones The chances that the wrong will not come uppermost are at least even, so that in discounting the future half the probability must be given to the other side. The unexampled health of the country in a business way must be given its due weight, and it is not to be forgotton that in especial the lumber businsss is in a condi- tion of prosperity that has but few parallels in its history. It is to be remembered that there is in first and second hands but a limited supply of stock, and that among retail holders the supplies are proportionately even lighter. It cannot be therefore, but that every foot of dry lumber that is now in pile in the northwest, whether at mill points or in distributing yards, will be required to meet the actual consumptive de- mands of the spring and early summer. Such stock possesses for this very reason an intrinsic value that should be recog- nized and appreciated by every holder. Generally it is, and it is this fact that makes the present market so strong, and the rising tendency of prices so pronounced. If the trade does not take advantage of the presen: conditions, it will make the greatest mistake possible—one which the annals of the business have never recorded, and which it is to be hoped there will never be the necessity of placing therein.— Chicago Lumberman. FOREST RESOURCES OF THE NATION. bt egies following circular issued by the Chicago Lumberman’s Exchange and anproved by the Lumber Manufacturers’ association of the northwest, has been sent out: It 1s desired to enlist your sympathy and assistance in an endeavour to obtain an inventory of the forest resources of the nation. It is a work which can properly be accomplished only by the Forestry Division of the Bureau of Agriculture, and we learn from reliable sources that the amount allotted to that Division from the annual appropriation to the Bureau, 1s utterly inadequate to accomplish any useful purpose. It is desired that the Division of Forestry should place men in the various states, as rap dly as circumstances will permit, with instructions to asce:tain: Ist. The amount of the various kinds of standing timber, classified. 2nd. The extent of the improved farming land—with such other useful information as may suggest itself to the Chief of Division. And why is it desirable that this information should be obtained ? As a nation we are scarcely more than 100 years old, and yet in that time the forests of Maine, Vermont, New Hamp- spire, New York and Pennsylvannia have parted entirely with the vast supplies of white pine which once covered their forests, and their good oak is also gone. In these states only hemlock, spruce and hardwood, mainly of second growth, and of a vastly inferior grade as compared with the original timber growth, is to be found. Michigan which but 50 years ago was estimated to contain 150,000,000,000 (one hundred and fifty billion feet), is set down in the census report for 1880 at but 32,000,000,000 feet, while the annual manufacture equals 5,000, - 000,000 feet. Wisconsin in the same time has been reduced ‘from an original supply fully equal to Michigan, to an esti- mate of 44,000,000,000 feet in 1880. Minnesota with an original growth of perhaps 30,000,000,000 feet, was in 1880 estimated at but 11,000,000,000 remaining, These three last named states are supplying lumber at the ate of not far from 10,000,000,000 per year, and if the census estimates were reasonably correct, the year 1890 should show an almost entire extinction of the white pine supply of the northwest. While perhaps the estimates were far too low, the poorer grade of the supply of each succeeding year is speaking ag neo figures can do of the fact that the pine supply of the north west is drawing uncomfortably nigh to a period of utter ex- haustion. Of oak, which for many years was a staple pro- duction of Michig:n, it may truthfully be said that it has dis appeared, for a while a large amount of inferior timber suited only for saw logs may. yet remain, the seeker after staves and quare timber for ship) building is compelled to look to other and more remote regions The vast timber resources of states further south, as Ohio and Indiana, have been culled over until little is tobe found except that which but a few years ago was rejected as of no value, With an average consumption demand equaling 500 feet per capital the 60,000,000 people of the United States require 30,000,000, 000 feet per year of the sawed products of the forests, in addition to their fire wood. How long the now extensive forests of the south can stand the strain. which (with a smaller population) has so nearly exhausted the once supposed inexhaustable forests of the north is an interesting problem. Our Canadian neighbors who have been hitherto thonght the possessors of unlimited forests of pine have already taken the alarm, and ascertaining that in eight years the timber trade of Montreal has increa ed from 3,800 000 feet in 1878, to over 100,000,000 feet in 1886, now propose to increase the ex- port duty upon the manufactured product, in order to conserve and protect her forests from speedy extinction. Under these circumstances, is it not for the interest and advantage of every citizen of the United States, be he farmer, merchant, profes- sional man or laborer, that a reliable inventory of the present and still remaining forests resources of the country should be speedily andertaken, in order that with an intelligent ap- preciation of the facts waste may be prevented and the com- mercial, agricultural and manufacturing interests of the nation, may, to the fullest extent be benefitted. It is firmly believed that when the importance of the subject shall be appreciated by our legislators, there will be no delay in providing the bureau of forestry of the United States with ample means for inventoring the timber resources. To this end your influence and vote is requested. Importance of Thin-Blade Saws. The Germans use at the present day among their furniture- makers, carpenters and joiners, thirteen different varieties of saws, each one of which has its own peculiar size of the teeth, as well asa different relatlion of teeth to each other. How important the thin saw-blake is, not only as a means to save power, but also as a means to save wood, can be seen from the following: A log of walnut, four meteres long and one meter in diamet-r, cut into twenty pieces the new horizontal saw frame, saves thirty millimeters of wood when compared with the cutting of the old-fashioned vertical saw, This is equal te a profit of $9 to $12. For Germany, where annually 100,000 cubic meters of this wood is used in various industries, this would represent a saving of $37,500 to $50,000. a Se John W. Perry, Lumberman, Coles Island, has assigned. THE CANADA LUMBEKMAN. CANADIAN WOODS FOR CARRIAGE BUILDING. COUPLE of months ago T'uz LuMBERMAN briefly referr- & ed to a paper read at a meeting of the Institute of British Carriage Manufacturers, by Pr fessor John Macoun, Botan'st to the Canadian Government, on the “Timbers of Canada suitable for Carriage-making ” Through the c urtesy of Mr. Macoun, we are now enabled to produce his remarks almost in full, and coming as it does at a time when the excite- of an election contest precludes any great amount of news con- cerning the lumber trade, we haye no doubt but that one and all of our readers will feel a personal interest in the remarks of this talanted gentleman. Among those present at tlie meeting above referred tc was Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen, K. C. M. G., cha‘rman), the Hon G. Quinett, (Canada,) Messrs. A Ran- some, L. Ransome, Ira Cornwall, J. Burn, Bishop & Son, Allison, F. Joplin. C Chapman, A W. Wright, (General Commercial Agent for Dominion Government,) E. B Biggar, (New Brunswick,) G N. Hooper, and many others. Professor Macoun, on rising, said : Gentlemen, although my remarks will chiefly refer to woods used in carriage building, I feel convinced that my audience will bear with me while I make a rapid sketch of the lumb ring business and point out on the accompanying map the localities where it is chiefly carried on. New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario are the chief seats of the timber trade, and there is not a river in these three provin- ces where a saw log will float but has its sawmills or its lum- bering firms. In northern New Brunswick there are still ex- tensive forests of maple beech, ash, basswood, birch, oak, poplar and elm, of very Gail size, besides lage tracts covered with hemlock, black and white spruce, red and white pine, as well as swamps of larch andicedar. Owin: to their positions these forests remain untouched, and when a projected line of railway is built, large supplies of timber for every branch of business will be laid open commerce. I particularize this region because it is nearer the seaboard than any other un- touched locality. At present spruce and pine, with a little ash, are the only woods exported. Quebec has been exporting pine timber for generations, and still has very large quantities, but it is chiefly confined to the upper waters of the various streams entering the St. Lawrence. The same hardwoods which occur in New Brunswick are still in abundance, but are getting more difficult of access owing to the advance of settlement. abundant, and were the produced. Northern Ontario possesses the most extensive pine forests now existing in Canada, pérhaps in America. These extend from the Ottawa river onthe east to Lake Superior on the west, and lie on both sided of the Cana tian Pacific Railway. West of Lake Superior there are extensive tracts covered with pine, spruce, larch and cedar, part of which is being utilized, while the greater portion is}being destroyed by fire. ‘The hard- woods mentioned as growing in the other provinces are more abundant in Ontario, and the species are in much greater var- iety. In the Ontario forest sixty-five species of trees yrow in profusion, while in England only fourteen are found native. A belt of timber composed of poplar, spruce and larch, and one species of pine (Pinus Banksiana), extend. from the meri- dian of Lake Superior westward to the Rocky Mountains, with a depth of about t n degrees of latitude, ‘This belt con- tains much fine timber, especially in the river valleys, part of which will find an outlet by Hudson Bay 7 The Rocky Mountains and British Columbia contam in their recesses the finest coniferous forest on the continent. This, if properly looked after, would: be a source of profit for centuries ‘but past experience tells me that a few short years will see only iblackened stumps and fire-scathed trees, where the stately fir _and cedar show their crowns) of waving green as the breeze pass s throagh their tops two hundred feet above the earth. From the data just given, it can be easily shown that there can be no uncertainty about the supply. Iam afraid that our people would cut down too much and have no profit on their labor. Were there a timber bureau or exchaoge organized in connection with the contemplated Imperial In-titute, dealers might be made aware of the anticipated wants of consumers, and producers could be instructed accordingly. There ueed be no fear of the supply of spruce and larch, and of the courser kinds of pine lumber, giving out, as we have immense tracts, unfitted for agriculture, covered with this class of timber. It is true that fires do great damage every year, but that applies more particularly to pine forests, as these grow on dry and generally sandy soil. Fire passing through a Canadian forest sim, ly means the re-covering of the land with a different variety of tree, as pine lands, if the soil be fairly good, seldom become covered with pines again. I may be permiited at this stage to make a few practical remarks on forest conservation and practical forestry in gener- al. The Imperial Parliam-nt has taken up the matter of a School of Forestry for England, and much discussion has taken place regarding it, and much useful. information, has been elicited by the Parliamentary Committee appointed two years ‘since, In looking over the evidence I was struck with the clear-sightedness of a number of the witnesses, though I could see that their environment was rather restricted, and their Cedaz, larch, and spruce are mand greater there would be more views partook of their surroundings. AsI am acquainted with the conditions under which the 110 species of Canadian forest trees exist, flourish and mature, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, I may be permitted | just here to make one or two broad statements. Before doing so, however, I may state that, should any gentleman desire it, I will give him, at another time, the soils, localities and atmospheric conditions under which each and every species flourishes in Canada. For over thirty years I have studied the ficra and climate of Canada, and collected every species of tree in its native habitat. so that answering questions as above requires no preparation, H E Mixed forests are always the best in Canada when size of trunk is considered. Lumbermen prefer the pine to be in groves, as it costs less to get it to ‘the water. No two -pecies of tree have ashes containing the same constituents, hence the more diverse the ashes the better suited to , lant together. Conifers produce little »sh, but deciduous trees much ; there- fore I would mix by having say, 4 pine and an oak. The pine has a pyramidal top and grows faster than an oak, while the latter has a broad top and is slow of growth. Pine (Pinus strobus) and oak. (Quercus alba ani rubra) gro to- gether in many districts of Canada, and both are very healthy. Larch requires undrained soil, and can thus resist a hot climate. but a constant supply of moisture at the roots or a cool moist atmosphere are its essentials. (Let me give you an actual forest picture, as seen in many districts in Canada, You st nd on a hummock in the centre of a tamarac (larch) swamp, all around you are small larches, scarcely rising twenty feet abovethe swamp, which is com- posed of species of sphagnum an d hypnum, and interspersed with ericaceous shrubs. Far injthe distance you see trees of other kinds, and you walk towards them As you proceed the trees become larger and are soon of a merchantable size. Soon cedar (Thuja occidentalis) begins to mix with the larch, the soil gets firmer, the sphagnum disappears and you are in acedar swamp. The larches ate now very large. Still pass- ing outwa-ds a few black ash { Fraxinus sambucifolia) are met, and these soon predominate, and you arein a black ash swamp. Reaching almost dry ground you meet with soft maple (Acer rubrum) and American or swamp elm (Ulmus americana). These extend t@ the margin of the wet ground, and you now meet with beech, birch, maple, white ash, rock elm, and the various other hardwood species of dry aud a able soils. In many cases this g¢ dland is traversed by ridges of gravel or gravel and sand, @nd here you will find oak and pine growing together, seldom the one to the exclusion of the other, in the central parts of O.tario; but north, only pine is found, and south, only oak i ditions under which a fews their roand of existence, It is now time to come elbser to the real obj-ct of the lecture and introduce what is esténsibly the subject of my discourse— ‘Canadian Timbers suitable for Carriage-building.’ I have been permitted, however at a later stage, to make syme remarks on species suited for other purposes. List of elastic woods These are the con- fof our trees live and go through such places. Valuable for carriage building : — Shell bark hickory (Carya alba). Bitter-nut hickory (Carya amara). White heart Hickory (Carya tomentosa). Pig nut hi¢kory (Carya porcina) White ash (Hraxinus americana). . Black as» (Fraxvinus sambucifolia). _ Rim or red ash (F'raxinus pubescens). . Chestnut (Castanea vulgaris). Cherry orjblack birch (Betula lenta). * 1 ELASTICITY. Ash and hickory are noted everywhere f r this property, but in commerce only two species +re taken into account— White ash (Hraxinus americana) and shell-bark hickory (Carya aiba). 1t ir well known, however, that all the Cana- dian species of ash possess this property in an eminent degree, and both black an-« re ash have been used from time immem- orial by the American Indians in the manufacture of baskets, on account of it. | Red ash, or Rim ash obtained the latter name trom the early settler in Canada, becanse, when hammer- ed, each year’s growth separated from its fellow ani enabled the Indians to get:the thin :ibbon like pieces which they use in their basket work. Much has been spoken and even written on the great value of ‘second growth’ ash a d hickory, yet a clear conception of what is meant seldom ent rs the mind. In Englavd I have heard of the superiority of English ash as a species, but this I deny, and assert asa fact that it is du+ to the conditions under which it is grown. English ash is grown on lawns and in the hedge-row ; ours, which reaches England in square logs, in the close forest, where it is protected from both storm and sunshine. Second-growth ash, on the other hand, is young timber grown in the corners of fences in the old settlements, or young forest growth which has sprung into existence since the old was cut or burnt away, and has been produced under the same condit ons. The same remarks are applicable to hickory, and the wood grown in the old forest bears no comparison with the second growth. I consider elasticity a property of young wood, and the gr ater the exposure the more it is produced Should this be a fact—and Ihave no doubt of it—there is no reason why canracnrtwn Pr Can:da could not produce all the ash and hickory for every variety of agricultural implement and vehicle required in Eng_ land. We have millions of acres of waste lands growing up with young wood, which to-day are of no value, but which in twenty years, if merely let al ne, would fully supply the English market as well as our own. LIST OF WOODS NOTED FOR TOUGHNESS. . Basswood (Zilia americana). Common or white elm (Ulmus americana). Rock elm (Ulmus racemosa). . Slippery elm (Ulmus fulva), Beech (Fagus ferruginea) . Hornbeam (Carpinus americana). . Ironwood (Ostrya virginica). Walnut (Juglans nigra) . Butter-nut(Juglans cinerea). White oak (Quercus alba). . Blue oak (Quercus bicolor). . Pin oak (Quercus palustris) . Grey oak (Quercus macrocarpa). Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). a . Red maple (A cer rubrum). . Whitewood (Liriodendron tulipifera). . Whitewood, Cottonwo d (Populus monilifera). ‘II. TOUGHNESS. Toughness and elasticity, although often combined in the same wood, as in the various species of elm, are not necessarily produced under the same conditions. Elasticity, as I men- tioned above, is a youthiul state, while toughness is produced from the interlacing of the fibres, and is found at all ages. Our three elms, common or swamp elm (Ulmus americana), rock elm (U. racemosa), and slippery elm (U. fulva), are in their young state so tough that in many cases it is impossible to splitthem. I have seen thousands of young elms ranging from six inches to eighteen inches cut down close to our rail- ways and burned up on the ground because they were so tough that they were almost useless for firewood, and not worth the labour of converting into firewood. Did English purchas- ers and Canadian producers understand their business better these small trees would be cut up in Canada of the required size, or merely cut into plank and shipped to England when partly dried. Or, better still, English capital, managed by BEBoaraapwner el al i ell aed SIH orp & competent men in the interest of the manufacturer or dealers , in England, could produce just what was wanted and forward direct, so that the heavy charges now paid to middlemen could be dispensed with. I see no reason why Englishmen cannot look upon Canada as an integral part of the Empire, and place their money there with the same freedom they do in this little island. : Another tough and invaluable wood to the carriage builder is basswood (Tila americana). Besides its lightness and easiness to work, it possesses the valuable property of retain- ing any shape required by the builder, and for the bodies and panels of carriages is unsurpassed. In bith Canada and the United States it if considered a valuable wood for every purpose requiring lightness and strength. Our manufacturers use it for sounding-boards for pianos, as it will not warp, for chair bottoms. sleighs, fanning mills, and other purposes of a like nature. Bowls and woodenware generally are made from it, besides many toys and various little articles To the cabinetmaker it is also valuable, as it can be stained any color, and often passes for muuch more costly wood. White- wood is also a valuable wood, but is becoming scarce in Canada as it is confined to the western part of Ontario, chiefly along Lake Erie. It has been asserted with much truth that Cana- dian oak is far inferior to English, but the fault lies more in the conditions of growth th in any specific distinction. English elm, ash, and oak are grown in the open ground, and hence are as tough as they possibly can be, while only the “ 4 these genera are cut for export in our forests, except those that will -quare a certain size, a d therefore the timber ex- ported is our most brittle and weak. We have now in Canada around the old settlements, in fence corners, and in the forest, does not produce enough of it. wood and say it is of second-cl. ass woods are far inferior to yours. you can get the wood you desire t purchase an a lot of young oak, ash, elm, and of the size you want, let it be pa shipped direct to the manufacturer} Then you will get cheap raw material, and with your machinery and workmen there is no reason why you cannot build carriages better quality more cheaply than you do at present, So that you may understand the ignorance that pr-vails ix Canada regarding our own woods, I will relate « ne or two i stances of this character. Last autumn I was é samples of wood for the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, went for that purpose to the Niagara peninsula. At Qu town He'ghts I purchased a lot of second-growth hickory for hammer handles for the use of the Geological Survey, and at BP oebaninn eaters Town, Clifton, and St. Catherines I found hickory alincst the principal firewood, and piled up in every person’s yard At the manufactories in St Catharines I learn they u e imported hickory, and put their own in the fire, while west of them, on the line of th nada Southeru Railway, numerous sawmills were at work cutting hickory into spokes and hubs for the American market. visited the mills myself, and saw them at work. One of the chief causes of our gross ignorance is the want of a Forestry Department and staff of competent men to enlighten the people. Each province owns its wild lands, and each settler hi. farm, and reckless waste and wanton destruction are the order of the day. The people are gradu- ally becoming aware of the alarming waste caused by fire and the permanent change taking place in the climate. The pro- babilit es are that the Domin ion Government may take the matter up at an early day, and at least the worst features of the constant burnings be soméwhat curtailed. Ill. HARDNESS. Nearly all the woods mentioned in the lists are hard when dry. Some of them are so mh that in daylight fire will be seen to fly from the axe when they are being cut for firewood. Ash, hickory, all the oaks, bee¢h, hornbeam and ironwood be- come very hard when dry. Basswood, elm of the various kinds, willow, poplar, and some other woods, do not become so hard? but they are very difficult to cut, as the axe will indent them but not start a chip, owing to Beir toughness. IV. WOODS SUITED FOR CABINETMAKING AND FURNITURE. In the foregoing remarks I have abstained from saying any- thing about the beauty of many of our woods and their great value for cabivetmaking and all kinds of furniture. Many woods, of great beauty for panels of doors and inside work in rooms, are to be had at a small cost in Canada. The more abundant of these woods are black ash, Douglas fir, black wal- nut, butternut, cherry, pine, =i birch, tulip-tree or white- wood, chestnut, white ash, maple, oak, sycamore, and some others. An examination of the articles of furniture, doors, &e., in the Exhibit on will illustrate this part of the subject better than I can, Lut these billets, which I now show you, will give you at least a faint idea of their varied appearance ond contrast of colours. The Douglas fir, ig easily worked, and has that warmth of colour so admired in’pitch pine, but is free from the resin that interferes with its we rking. Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), black walnut, maple and ash are well known, and need only be mentioned ; but one fact should not be lost sight of—that all these are easily worked, and of more value on that account. We have had logs of black birch, black walnut, black ash, basswood and slippefy elm exposed to the English climate since spring, and there ds not the least appearance of checkin, up to date in any one pf them. ‘his to me is a fact that should not be lost sight of S as wood that dries without a flaw ought to be good.” V. COOPERAGE. Oak seem: to have the first place for wine and beer barrels, and Quebec staves have held their own for many years Birch staves are found to be an excellent substitute for vinegar and many other barrels, and Mr. Ransome proved the other day that black ash is well adapted for the same purpose. Pine, cedar, and many other woods suitable for dry barrels. In this line of business our easily warked wcodsare unapproachable, VI. PULP FOR. PAPERMAKING. In conversation with a gent! man the other day, I discovered that large importations of wo a6 puip were being made from Norway and Sweden isto England. Now, it may not be a surprise to any of my audience when I say that we have in Canada more land covered with poplar a!one than the whole area of Norway, Sweden and Finland ; that these poplar lands are in every province, and with the exception of the Northwest, are the poorest of the lands, As poplar (Populus tremuloides) grows rapidly, we can fill any orders that may be made upon us without exhausting the supply. Much of the spruce required for common purposes comes now from these sam2 countries; aud this, too, we can furnish, as a belt of spruce crosses the watersheds of all the rivers flowing into the Gulf and River St Lawrence and Hudson’s Bay. VII, DETERIORATION AFTER CUTTING. Many trees, under certain conditions, rot easily, while under other conditions, they are almost imperishable, Basswood was early considered a poor wood for fencing, as it rotted so easily. Observation showed tkat with the bark on it soon rotted, but without the bark it remain«d sound. The same thing is true of elm, but in a lesser degrre, Beech rots very quick if ex- posed to the elements, but under shelter remains sound, If covered by water it will remain sound for along time. Oak, if exposed to the weath r, loses its sap wood, but the old wood remains sound for many years. i believe all young timber should either be put in water immediately after it is cut or put under shelter, as the young wood begins to rot very quickly if it is alternately wetted and dried. It follows, then, that deterior- ation takes place to a far grea er extent than we imagine by letting young trees lie out in all weathers with their bark on, as they can: ot resist wet without having been first dried, I helieve that any attempt to ship our hardwoods to this country without a proper understanding of the subject will re- gult in failure. Basswood sent to England in the usual way would be both an unsightly and an inferior wood, but if sawed into boards at once in Canada and dried would be both beauti- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ful and of excellent quality. Its natural colour is a light yellow, bu’ it takes a stain so easily that it can be made of any colour. Our practical men know the great beauty of our com- mon woods. but few know how to treat them to preserve their strength and colour My own opinion is that only two plans can be adopted—souking in water long enough to remove or change the character of the sap, or sawing up the wood into planks or boards and drying at once Unless this is done you cannot expect to get such stock as our local manufacturers use. Deterioration by discoloration or incipient decay, or even by fungus growth; can easily be proved to arise from decomposi- tion or ferm ntation of the sap or the albuminious matter laid up in the wood cells for the next year’s growth All the maples, birches, poplars, and lindens are nuted for their loss of colour owing to these changes. The action of the winter's frost in the case of the maple changes the albuminous matter into cane sugar, while in the sap of the birch it produces grape sugar. This would seem to indicate that the sap also undergoes fer- mentation when the tree is cut down and the logs are exposed to the weather. In removing the starchy matter from the c lls we remove the chief cause of decay and of weakness, and must ha:e a closer-grained, Ugnter, tougher, and more elastic wood. By the present method of Eipping square legs, one-fourth of the best part of the tree is left on the ground and another seventh is lost before it passes ‘into the hands of the mechanic’ In this way over one-third of the wood is wasted, and the old overgrown trees, with very inferior heartwood, are the only ones that reach the English tharket If the plan indicated above were adopted, half- grownt rees, aS well as old ones, would be taken and sawed at once to: mn he required thickness or size. After rejecting the heartwood, bark, and other useless portions, a material would be left which all practical men can see must far excel that now sold on the English market. Beauty of grain, toughness, and elasticity ‘are combined in the wood of young trees and hence such o' ught to be chosen, and their 2 supply in Canada is practically it exhaustible. dience composed of practical In speaking to an English au men, I feel bound to show that the superiority of English , woods is not due to any inherent quality, but merely to the fact that you take the best of you's and get the worst of ours, Give our woods, grown under the same conditions, and of the same age as yours, the same treatment, and I have no fear for the results. The ash and oak IT saw in Mr. Lucas’s factory told their own tale, the bark being just as sound as the wood, showing the application of lime is found to work well. The Dian is to -pile the planks in a tank, and to put over all a layer of quicklime, which is gradually slaked with water. Timber for mines requires about a week to be thoroughly impregnated, and other wood more or less titne according to its thickness. The material acquires remarkable consistencs and hardness it is stated, on being subjected to this simple process, and the assertion is made that it will never rot. Beachwood prepared in this way for hammers and other tools for iron work is found to acquire the hardness of oak, without parting with any of its well known elasticity and toughness, and it also lasts longer. An English Journal enumerates the following as among the- inventions which are specially needed at the present time -— Macaroni machinery, good red lead pencils, type writers that will work on account books and record books indelible stamp cancelling ink, a practical car starter. a good railway car ventilator, better horse shoes, locomotive headlights, an in- strument for measuring the velocity of wind currents, appar- atus for measuring the depth of the sea without sounding by line, piano-lid hinge which shall be flush on the outside, good fluid India ink for draughtsmen, a good metallic railway tie, an effective cut off for locomotives, a method of alloying copper and iron, anda molding material for iron and brass casting, capable of giving a mold that can be used over and over again. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOD WORKING INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION, ES SS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY A. G. 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The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Mmssrs SAMUEL DEACON & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive adver- tisements and subscriptions for this paper. Ea Our Readers who write to Advertisers in this Journal, will oblige both the advertiser and Publisher by mention- ing the “Canada Lumberman.” a PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MARCH, 1887. SSS ee Tr is authoritively stated that the Export Lumber Company, of New York, has contracted for 41,000,000 feet of timber in Canada, involving a consideration of nearly $700,000. Mr. ALEXANDER MeEwan, timber merchant, Caithness Steam Saw mills, Wick, N. B., has taken into partnership his son, John McEwen and his son Alexander James McEwen, both of them having been for many years associated with him in the business, and hgnceforth the style of the firm will be Alexander McEwen & Sons, timber merchants, Wick, N. B. Tar Lieutenant-Governor of Vatario, in his speech from the Throne, on the occasion of the opening of the Ontario Legis- lature, February 10th, said that the question of the right to the timber and minerals in the territory awarded to Ontario by the Privy Council, has been carried to the Supreme Court where it stands for judgment. Will the people ever hear the last of this question ? THE heavy tax impdped by the Province of New Brunswick on all wood cut from ‘Provincial or Crown Lands, seems to have had a bad effect on the trade, Every influence has been brought to bear on the fepresentatives of the Local Legislature to make a reduction on this tax, but so far nothing has been _done in the matter, It is to be hoped that something satisfac- tory to the lumbermen will be done in this matter at the next session of the Provincial Parliament. Tue Journal of Commerce, Montreal, lately presented figures showing the decline of Quebec’s lumber and timber shipping interests, and a corresponding increase at Montreal. The decline at Quebee is seen in this, that in 1877, vessels to the number of 796 cleared from that port, loaded with an aggregate of 670,627 tons of lumber and timber, while in 1886 the number of vessels was only 325, with cargoes aggregating 250,635 tons, In 1877 only 10 vessels cleared from Montreal, with 3,400,000 feet af lumber and timber; but in 1886 the amount of superficial! feet of lumber and timber shipments amounted to 98,277,000 feet. “ Book- KEEPING fot Country Storekeepers” is the suggest- ive title of an article published in the February issue of The Offi ‘from the penof Mr, EH. R. C. Clarkson, of Toronto, Ont. Mr. Clarkson's effort is to show how country store keepers may keep eir accounts so as to know how they stand at all times, and steer clear of the shoals of insolvency. His paper is accompanied by some illustrations of journal. forms differing in some of their features from the conventional book-keeping of the schools, but the use of which would facilitate the commendable results that he has in view. The Office is published at 205 Broadway, New York, and every issue is replete with articles of interest and importance to accountants and business men. THE CANADA LUMBEKMAN. Tur projected bridge across the St, Lawrence river, at Quebec, has been the cause of much discussion among the members of the city council of the ancient capital, but from latest accounts it seems that the resolutions on the subject have now received the sanction of that body. It is estimated that to erect a bridge of a character desired, that three millions of dollars will have to be raised. The harbor commissioner of Quebec proposes to submit the trade of the port to a tax sufficent to pay the intezest on this sum of money, but it is not likely that his idea will be carried out, for the reason that it is not entirely a local work. —————————— Our American contemporeries are discussing the merits and demerits of a new company which has lately been organized by some of the Pacific coast lumbermen, to test the efficacy of a plan of controlling the market for their output—that of actually marketing the eutire mill product through a special corporation. The new “company will purchase the lumber from the mills, and distribute it wherever a market may be found, either local or export. It is expected that by this method competition will be avoided, expenses lightened, and profits increased. The ‘prospects are that the new idea will prove a success, so long as the business retains manageable proportions, but no longer. a On pages 4 and 5 of this issue of the LumBeRMaN we pub}! lish an almost complete report of the lecture delivered by Prof. John Macoun, F. L. S., F. R. S C., before the Carriage Makers Institute, in London, Eng. It is so full of interest and vital importance to Canadian lumbermen, that we have no doubt but that all our readers will give it a careful reading. We are pretty safe in asserting that no other man in Canada is better posted in ‘ lumber lore » than Mr. Macoun, and it is a pleasure to note that he is bringing his knowledge into practical use. It is a satisfaction to be able to inform our readers that this gentleman will hereafter be a regular con- tributor to the LUMBERMAN. Amone the many i .ctions at the late ice carnival in Mon- treal was the Lumbermen’s Camp, which was appropriately placed under large trees on Phillips Square, Within the camp the scene was a typical one, true to life in every particular. In the centre blazed & large fire of logs, while over this was 818- pended the chandleres, in which are concocked the soupe aux pois and other such delicacies. At one end are arranged the sleeping bunks, aay room for ten men. In the rear ex- tension is the cook’s shanty, and the dining table. Here a regular bill-of-fare was provided at a nominal figure, and from all accounts a large nutnber of people availed themselves of the novelty provided. Mr. W. Parker acted as chef de cuixine. ————— TT So far as can be learned from different sources throughout the Dominion, the lumber trade has had no reason to complain of the amount of business done, and the probabilities are that trade will continue to increase. During January there was an advance of 50 per cent. over the business of the corres- ponding year. Prices rule about the same, with a prospect of an advance in certain quarters. In the Ottawa district it is said that lumbermen are indifferent about having more logs cut this season until a better opportunity offers to have them taken out. In all probability the cut will be large during the coming season, and with the already perceptible improvement in the English market, it can fairly be conceded that the export will far exceed that of last year. ———_—_—_——————— Ir is expected that the Provincial Governments of Ontario and Quebec will withdraw from the existing arrangement for the collection of the timber dues in the Ottawa district. At present the Dominion slide dues, and Ontario and Quebec timber duties are collected by the Ottawa Crown timber office, the expense of maintaining the same being borne jointly by the Dominion Governm-nt and the Governments of the two Provinces, the appointment of the officials resting with the Dominion authorities. The Provincial Governments seem to think that a more economical arrangement might be made, by which the Crown timber revenues of the two Provinces may be collected joi tly without reference to the Federal Govern- ment. —— SS An English exchange in reviewing the lumber trade of that country during the year 1886, points out that a deficiency existed of 803,787 loads of timber, compared with the year previous. eee as the leviathan of the trade, fell short by 170,000 loads ; Liverpool, which is unrivalled for second place, 87,000 ; Barrow gave way 22,000 loads ; Bristol, 36,000 ; Car- diff, only 15,000 ; Gloucester 37,000 ; Grimsby, 66,000 ; Hartle- pool, 48,000 ; and Hull, the capital of the east coast, only 19,000; Lynn, 13,000 ; Neweastle, 20,000 ; Newport (Mon.), 59,000 (a very fluctuating market) ; Plymouth, 8,000 ; Shields (N. & S.), 22,000; Sunderland, 29,000; Swansea, 14,000; Wisbech, 16,000. 'I'hen Sccttish ports: Aberdeen, 41,000 ; Alloa, 10,000 ; Dundee, 7,000 ; Grangemouth, 56,000 ; Granton, 19,000 ; and Greenock, 17,000 loads, Then in Ireland: Bel- fast is 12,000 ; Dublia, 19,000; Waterford, 3,000 loads short of their supply in 1885. A HALF century's/incessant onslaught by saw mills and tanneries on the once dense forests of pine and hemlock in the counties of Northwestern Pennsylvania and the adjoining counties of New York State, has at last virtually exhausted them. Out of 150 iramense tanneries in operation fifteen years ago, it is said that there is not enough bark left to keep more than half a dozen in operation to-day, and not more than one of these can be run over three years longer. The same state of affai's exists in yne County, which, ten years ago, sent annually to market 125,000,000 feet of hemlock lumber. To- day not more than one-quarter of that amount is cut. In Canada we find vn in a similar position, an‘? the fact is be regretted for the reason that it is only of late that the true value of hemlock has been recognized by cabinet makers and others engaged in the utilization of wood. Apvices from Miramichi ports indicate that although the export from the principal spruce ports has been curtailed, that from Nova Scotia, as well as from the smaller ports in New Brunswick—placés not having the heavy stumpage tax to contend with—the export has been increased. This has brought the total export for 1886 nearly up to that of 1885. Notwithstanding this, and also the fact that freights ruled lower than in any previous season, the business has been an- profitable, the consumer and not the producer receiving the benefit. The shipments from this port during 1886 were less than half what that they were in 1877, 1880 or 1883, but it is not expected that any further decrease will take place, in view of the fact that the sawing power has lately been doubled, and only part of this was utilized during the past season. The stocks of both manufactured and unmanufactured woods on hand are estimated at twenty-five millions superficial feet. AN investigation was lately undertaken in the Michigan legislature looking to the abolishment of those dens of iniquity called ‘‘ stockades,” which abound in the lumber and mining regions of the northern peniD sula of that state An exchange in commenting on this subject uses the following strong but expressive language: ‘‘Ordmmary debauchery, when under the eye of municipal police, is sshocking enough, but when the lowest order of brutes, in thesemblance of men, seek the seclu- sion of the almost illimitable forest, and there establish houses of prostitution, into which they entice the dissolute of both sexes, and where horrors and ruelties too deep for conception can be perpetrated without scrutiny of law, it becomes a damnable disgrace to any clas§ of men who wink at it, and a double-dyed stain on the state that permits it. And when ignorant or unsuspecting girls, whether wholly innocent or not, are inveigled from their city homes, and spirited away to be- come slaves in such dens, as has m several instances been proved, the outrage becomes § intense and stupendous that words are impotent to adequately characterize it.” England, we have undertaken 1st April, next, a special edi ion of six thousand copies. Every effort is being made to fake this edition, both in size and nature of contents. in advange of anything yet introduced ” by the trade press of Canada. me of the best authorities on the lumber trade, in every Pro vince of the Dominion, will contribute to make this specia effort a success, and one worthy of the great industry whése interests it is intended to represent. By reference to the ptospectus to be found on page 18 of this issue, full particulars Beg arding advertising space, etc., are make known. At no other season of the year will an investment in advertising pay 80 well as at present, and it is to be hoped that wholesale lumber merchants, manufacturers and others, will make free use of the pages of THE LUMBERMAN © next issue. It is intended that) every man engaged in the lumbering and wood-working bra nches of trade in Canada, will recaive a copy of this isspe. The wants of anyone making application by letter will be promptly attended to. ed since the last issue of THE ong be remembered by Can moil second to none in the THE month that has interve’ LuMBERMAN, is one which will dians asa period of political day business was practically ® left to indulge to their heart's vital issues before the country this country are hurried th piecemeal and periodical elee when officials and lezislators enter on their duties, as is case in the United States. The one great issue of the campaign was that of the National Policy, and notwithstan ing Mr. Blake’s expressions of friendship towards a protect tariff, the issue became none the less interesting and on th the electors cast their vo The question of secession 1 Nova Scotia came in for a nsiderable amount of discuss from both sides, and it is p' ing to note that a large majorit of the people of that dake v98 still loyal to confede! 100 The Nova Scotian difficulty will doubtless be settled by com, cession and possibly a re-arrangement of the tariff. ii province has as much Home Rule as Ireland would glad ) | ough in a few weeks, instead of ions months ahead of the time eS " ooo accept, and more freedom to talk secession than would be allowed her as onejof the United States. From among the successful candidates we find more than one prominent lum berman, while there are also to be found others who fought the fight, but came out less victorious After the election of representatives to the Ontario Legislature Too LUMBERMAN had the pleasure of congratulating Mr Brouson, of Ottawa, on his success. It is now an equal pleasure to extend to Mr. Perley, the Conservative candidate, our congratulations also, with the hope that both he and the other members of the fraternity he represents, may successfully watch the interests of the lumber trade feo! any measure effecting the same may arise in the House. 2 In a letter to the Si ww Mill Gazette, on the cause of fires in wood-working establishments, Mr. A. Christofel, of Brook- lyn, N.Y.., calls particular attention to what he calls ‘* draft- back,” which, he says, ¢‘is nothing more nor less than a gas explosion. This has caused the destruction by fire of a great many mills. and is the result of improper stocking. Shavings have to burn from the top and never from the bottom, as a smouldering fire only kes smoke with very little heat. Wood or shavings contain many insidious vapors which, com- bining with the carbon of the charred shavings and the oxygen of the air, are likely to produce a violent explosion at any time. Whenever the fire is allowed to become too low and a large lot of shavings have been thrown into the furnace, do not leave the boiler before the flames and draft are fully es- tablished, and remove all het combustible materials to a safe i distance, and then there will be no danger.” Logs are coming over t quantities. Saginaw’s rail shipments amounted to $132,000,000 in round figures last year. The bock-keeper in murdered a fortnight ag’ The cedar mill at Deseronto, is again running, men and boys are employed. The Georgian Bay Lumber Company are taking out a quantity of square timber on Black River this season. The Minneapolis an Bay of Quinte Railway in large cMillan’s mill at Winnipeg, was About 100 Ontario Lumber Co. has purchased fifteen hundred million feet of timber in British Columbia. Operations in the woods around Quebec are going on briskly and a large output of logs will be the result when spring opens. The season’s cut of legs and lumber that will come down French River in the spring is 74,000,000 feet of the former and 250,000 feet of the latter. Quarter-sawed lumber has become so popular with customers throughout the country, that a great many mills are devoting considerable attention to that class of work, The well known firm of Messrs. Hall Bros. & Co., of Quebec, has been dissolved, Mr. Lewis F. Peters going out. The busi ness is continued by the remaining partners. A. Hirtle, the proprietor of a planing mill in Berlin has effected a compromise at 50 per cent, secured on liabilities of $3,000. His assets were covered by a chattel mortgage. In bridging the Echo river for the Sault Ste. Marie branch of the Canadian Pacific railway. in the Algoma district, 9 000 piles will be required, instead of 2,000 that were first contract- ed for Mr. Grier's new proportions. The of an oval shape is a very substantial fhe number of was 699, with a val year with a value and valuation of w mill at the Chaudiere is assuming goodly ame work is erected, and the roof which is laced. The structure is a large one and of ature. w buildings erected in Montreal last year e of $2,131 834 against 429 for previous $1,728,945, the increase being 270 buildings 2,889, The recent wood dust explosions seem to have awakened a general interest in the matter. We trust wood dust expl sions will not come to be of such common, every-day occurrence as saw 1 ll boiler explosions. The mill-owners at the Chaudiere have gangs of men employ- ed in making all necessary repairs and getting the mills in perfect running order. It is reported that the cut at the mille this year will be larger than last. Peter Watt, Ompah, Ont., while working in one of McLaren’s shanties was struck by a f-lling tree. He met with severe injuries, the bones of his shoulder being crushed and his hand pierced through with a knot. Tt is stated in 4 Kingston exchange that the swamps and lumber district out on the Kingston and Pembroke Railway are covered with water ; also that the country is in a bad state, and that the an trade is materially affected. The Upper Ottawa Improvement Company have nearly compl ted the annual repairs on their booms and other works up the Ottawa. They are in readiness to stand the high floods which are expected this season owing to the great quantity of enow. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Sawdust thrown on a circular-saw table will render the hanl- ing of heavy planks quite easy. The grains act a6 small rollers and reduce friction. fe The last season’s cut of lumber in the White Lake district is being shipped now ‘Twenty eight teams are engaged in draw- ing it to Pakenham. eight of which are drawing for J. R. & J. Gillies. About 2,000 feet constitut 8s a load, and one trip 4 day is made. ti Mr, J. R. Booth, has a gangh of men employed in making repairs and improvements in his large saw mill at the Chau- diere. A busy season is expected by the lumbermen as there will be no delay for logs, as large reserves have been left over from last season. : A large number of lumber shipments were unable to be made la ely owing to the scarcity of gars. Prices are not quite so firm as they were a mo \th ago and buyers are not investing 60 freely as last year. At this date last year the quantity of luniber sold far exceeded this year. Mr. David Edgar, a well-kcown resident of Hamilton, passed away during the month. Deceased was for many years a builder, but for the last ten years or more gave his attention to his lumbering business at Mitchell. Mr. Edgar was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. Reports from the Dumoine and Kippawa lumber shanties state that tie cut this year has been much interfered with by the immense amount of snow jn the bush which has render- ed the drawing of lumber to the i¢e very difficult and tedious, as it is almost impossible to keep the roads open. It is understood that Messrs. | Dobell, Beckett & Co., of Quebec, have purchased Mr. Littles Three Rivers deals, 4th quality, being the balance of his 386 cut. The price paid was $27 and all charges. Messrs McArthur Bros. & Co., of the same place are reported to have purchased H. EH. Hall’s 1886 spruce, Some 65,000 q.s.s. at $41 $24.50, $22, and all charges, Mr. J. Bell, formerly of Cavan, has located in the township of Cartwright, Ont., and has put ‘. a saw mill, which works well. He intends building a bank barn, 70 x 40, and a house 24 x 34, during the coming summer. He will a'so have a boat in which to give his friends, who may wander tnat way, a treat. i The Rathbun Company have at present 475 employes at their works in Deseronto alone, a larger number than were ever engaged at this time of year. | All told, in their different agencies. lumbering operations, &e., they have at present over 2,000 men in their employment. This vast army gives some idea of the magnitude of the Cémpany’s operations. There will soon be an end tothe far-famed redwood forest of California. There are no fewer than nineteen lumber.com- panies now engaged in cutting down the ‘‘big trees,” and all the mills are in constant work, as the demand for the wood is practically unlimited. The’ country will, therefore, be cleared in a very few years, for nobody makes even an attempt at replanting z There is considerable work under way in the shipyard depart- ment at Deseronto this winter ‘The yacht Norah is being com- pletely rebuilt | The engine and boilers have been removed from the steamer Puritan-and she has been otherwise disman- tled with a view of converting her into a lumber and wood barge. The Rescue will be fitted out with a new engine, so as to enable Capt. Murray to beat, if possible, his record of last year. The Quinte is also receiving a new boiler and other craft are receiving a complete overhauling. A White Lake correspondent says:—The lumber that was sawed here last summer in the two mills owned by Gillies and Paris respectively, is being drawa to Pakenham, preparatory to its being shipped on the train. Gillies employs eight teams, while six are drawing from Paris’ lumber yard for Marshall & Co,. of Brockville. There are also fourteen teams drawing from Stewart’s mill at Waba Brook to Pakenham. The average loads are over two thousand feet some being over three thous- and. These are rot bad loads considering the state of the roads lately. : The total number of miles of timber licenses issued at the New Brunswick Crown Land Otfice during 1886 was 4,1163, consisting of 1,068 applicatiofis, as against 1,625 of the year previous. In nearly every case applications for renewal were made, while about 475 miles of new berths were taken, making the total number of miles of timber licenses renewed 3,641, and the number of miles of ne~ fimber applications sold 375. The total average of licenses issued during the year is considerably in advance of previous years. Of this extent of timber lands under licenses J. B. Snowball has 406 square miles; John McLaggan, 3094 ; Kennedy Burns, 265; Geo. McLeod, 218 ; Allan Ritchie, 2134 ; JohnStewart, 1453 ; Wm. Richards, 140; G. C. King, 110; Hugh McLean, 109. The following clipped from the East Saginaw Courier, refers 40 Wm. Merrill, of Norwith, Ont. The Courier several weeks ago gave a history of thease of Wm. Merrill against Joseph Wilson et al. It has been decided by Hon. J. H. Steere, Cir- cuit Judge of Alger County. The Judge decides that the complainant is entitled) to the relief prayed for in his bill, This gives Mr. Merrill title to 320 acres of pine land in Alger County under a deed given by him October 3, 1885, As 9 —$—_——— previously stated, Mr. Merril) had placed in the bands of his agent 1000 acres of pine landin Alger County for sale, and as he claims, the 320 acres of land were held by Wilson and others through fraud, and file | his bill to set aside the pretend: ed title held by them, The caxe will be carried to the Supreme Court. ; J. S. H. Clark, of J. 8. H. Clark & Co., wholesale and retail lumber dealers, Newark, N. J., has been in the valley. This firm handles about 15 000,000 feet of lumber from the Saginaw valley annually, shipping larg ly by rail. Asked his « pinion as to the probable effect of the In er State Commerce law, he said it was an unknown quantity, but he did not believe that it would seriously effect the lumber traffic. He hae recently returned from a visit to British Columbia, having been interest- ed with an English syndicate in a vast tract of pine timber on the Shuswap Lake, about 300 miles east of Port Moody, near the Canadian Pacific railroad. Mr. Clark disposed of his in- terest in the timber, regarding it as too much of a future, In other works there was too little market and too much com- petition for the cheaper grades of white pine. A correspondent writing from Duluth furnishes some in- teresting figures in regard to the lumber business in the Zenith city. Hesays: Arshort time ago, a local paper of this city, the News, gave a very general report on the lumber industry of the city, and amang the interesting matters mentioned was the fact that the cutof the Duluth district, including the mille of the St. Louis rivér and Tower has been 161,000,000 feet in the past year, besides 43,000,000 shingles and 22,000,000, OF this total, a very small amount, probably not more than 50.- 000,000 feet, is now yards, and of this only 20,000,000 feet is in this city itself, "The cut of the coming summer promises to be slightly larger / as 165,000,000 feet is being cut in the woods, and 10,000, more will be driven down in the spring. The depression in the Duluth lumber trade seems to be over, and the lumbermen ‘of this district are looking for a good business during 1887~ The National Butlder gives the following items for the use of nails :—For 1,000 shingles allow 3} to 5 pounds fourpenny nails ; or 3 to 3} pounds threepenuy nails. For 1,000 laths allow about 6 pounds threepenny fine nails. For 1,000 feet clapboards about 18 ‘pounds sixpenny box. For 1,000 feet boarding boards, 20 pounds of eightpenny common. For 1,000 feet boarding boards, 25 pounds tenpenny common. For 1,000 feet top floors, square edge, 38 pounds tenpenny floor. For 1,000 feet top floors, square edge, 41 twelvepenny floor. For 1,000 feet top floors, matched, blind nailed, 35 pounds ten- penny floor. For 1,090 feet top floors, matched, blind nailed, 42 pounds twelvepenny floor. For 1,000 feet furring, 1x3, 45 pounds tenpenny common. For 1,000 feet furring, 1x2, 65 pounds tenpenny common, For 1,000 feet pine finished, about 30 pounds eightpenny finish. The New Brunswick Trading Company are well to the front for the new year's business, and although little over a year in existence, have, during the past season, done a very large business, Our readers will recollect that this company recently paid to their shareholders a dividend of 8 per cent., which we consider very good as times go. Though chiefly representing the spruce interest, the New Brunswick Trading Company are also largely engaged in the pitch-pine trade. The shipments of New Brunswick spruce during the past season have shown a marked falling off. From St. John, the shipments in 1884 amounted to 165,000,000 ft,, but in 1885 they dropped to 152,- 000,000, and last year they only amounted to 156,000 000, From Miramichi, the decrease as shown in Mr. Snowball’s circular has been even greater; for while in 1883 the total shipments amounted to 149,000,000 it., in 1886 they were only 72,000,000 ft.,.less than one half. This shows that the recent advance of spruce prices on the west coast was not without justification, Were the North of Europe whitewood does not enter into prejudicial competition with spruce, as in London. Hull, Leith, &c., the advance recently established is likely to be maintained.—Finglish Ex. Mr, Hiram Robinson, general manager for Messrs. Hamilton Bros.. lumber merchants, has just returned from an extensive visit to the Gatineau district where he was looking after the working of the shanties of the firm, Mr. Robinson said that the output of lumber this season on the Gatineau, was not as large as it would have been had there been good weather. The fore part of the season was splendid weather for lumbering and consequently a great many logs were made before the heavy snow storms set in. These storms rendered the roads in every direction “almost impassible as there was a depth of five or six feet of snow, and in many places the roads were drifted to a much greater depth. Later on, ‘consequent upom a heavy rain storm, a thick crust was formed which was another impediment, as it was very hard for horses to work in this crust while hauling logs and timber. None of the shanties of any of the lumber firms hed to shut up, but many of the small jobbers were unable to continue their work, and conse- quently had to send their men down the river. ‘‘ What is the quality and size of the lumber being turned out this season ?” ‘* Well, the quality is fair, and the size large. I think that on the whole, the quality is nearly as good as last. year’s cut.”—Journal, Sin quantity. Many of the ca :. for another season, when it is expected they will recoup them- . selves by an increase in the 1 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1886. N the New Year’s issue of the Victoria Daily Times, which © consists of ten pages, we find a voluminous account of the progress and position of British Golumbia and its principal gowns. Never before in the history; of British Columbia, says that journal, were the prospects so favorable for the develop- ment of the quartz mines; the coal trade is improving and the umber export finding new markets. The Esquimalt and Wanaimo railway was finished and begun to be operated and the dry dock was practically completed. The estimate of revenues and expenditures of that province for the current financial year cf 1884-7, puts the reverue at “$576,161 05, and the proposed expendjture at $710,524 50. Of the receipts, the Dominion pays $100,000 for lands conveyed in trust ; $48,000 in a per capita grant; $35,000 by way of subsidy and $29,000 as annual intérest at 5 per cent. The provincial land sales are estimated at $100,000 ; free miners’ certificates $24,000 ; licenses $30,000); provincial revenue tax 1d personal property tax neluded) ; civil government $62,000, hospita's and charities $21,000.; legislation $19 800. ; The exports of British Columbia 4 mainly of coal, coin, furs, skins, salmon, fish oil, The list is as under : 4 Et eee ee ae eg Re | eae $ 896,312 84 Treasures, 00 PEP Se Ue BO ee ae 693,815 36 Furs, hides and skins............. eR 299 721 95 Seal skins (undressed)............. q, Breen 218,452 61 ‘(Canned salmon and fish oil........ Maite cette s ee 53,676 60 Tobacco and liquors..............4) TRS See an ee 21,055 01 “Opium, rice and Chinese goods....j1............ 18,973 03 Miscellaneous ..............0.06 BL FaiceYovsnan sa es 46,934 14 PRotallztcrs srciss ts suieidiesepesshesti nats eMenen ionic res $2,248,941 54 all ports of the last fifteen ; it am dunted to $3,345,000, and of this total $1,333,000 was from he fisheries. For the year ending June, 1886, the exports were : SD He Mines ic chiacs seinaisecnesicd tet cisreoamacies seta costert $1,720,336 OD MISHOLIES ba sie ssieaers Cacieis ‘HEC RN 633,110 RMEIOROSG stn: ctcrstevnashsvole/cfstares estes BD sah eor atu x stargrasaravaterage 200,178 SMO da auaaisnciige re aeeean _ BIRR Rare eared 1,917 Animals......... PTnahins liar el Ss teed oe oa ekoben Sea eeeene esses riots 329,248 PEanutactures’ sess cers sss Mes cette. vars ase orsee 1,035 JH) re eee Ee err ney, eee $2,885,824 The salmon pack for 1886 of the 17 canneries in the province amounted to 163,004 cases, The prices realizad were regarded .as satisfactory. The English, market was reduced in the supply on hand carried over from previous seasons, thereby enabling shippers to place their pack of the coast to advantage, “The run in this province,” says the Times, especially on the Wrazer River, was slight, disappointing in fa.t, Nevertheless _the prices realized will in a measure make up for the shortness eries are carrying over supplies ick, Of the quantity mentioned above, there were sent: to ‘the United Kingdom, 102,091 eases ; Hastern Canada, 47,228 cases; Australia, 12,700 ; local vdealers, 900 cases ; total 163,004 cases. These were caught principally (103 000 cases) in Fraser River, the remainder in rivers Inlet, the Skeena, the Duncan and the Alert. The city of Victoria is growing rapidly. In the year 1884, “some $750,000 was expended ‘in new buildings, in 1885 about » $500,000, and last year a hundred and fifty structures were erected at a cost of $550, 00g A list of something over a ‘hundred of the largest tax payers shows their assessment to reach $2,892,000. The reventie of the city, which in 1876 was but $57,000 was in 1886 $134 000, a sum of $14,000 in excess of .the previous year’s revenue. From the port of Sean in the fiscal year ending June 71886 there was exported $975,000 worth of coal, iron ore, Aumber and dogfish oil to the. United States, Sandwich Islands, Mexico and Asiatic Russia. The imports of the same period amounted to $300,000, ‘ Some figures relating to the city of Vancouver will prove of interest. This city, situated on a peninsula formed by the » waters of Burrard Inlet and False Creek, possesses great ad- . vantages in extensive water frontage. Coal Harbor extends . along its northern front three miles, and the noble roadstead of English Bay is beyond. ‘The city limits embrace an area of six miles in length by two and a half in breadth. Since the disastrous fire of June last, buildings valued at $521,000 have been erected, which added to the assessment of the real estate, makes a total value of over $3 000,000. The city has put down fire protection pipes at a cost of $12,000. ‘There are three saw-mills in the city having an annual capacity of 40,000,000 feet. The C. P. R. Co. has expended $200,000 in clearing and atreet-making, and will expend some hundreds of thousands more in round-houses and other buildings. The assessed value of the company’s property in the city is about $1,000,000 while some twenty-five other owners are taxed on an assess- ment of another million, On Burrard Inlet is the Hastings saw-mill, which cuts fifteen million feet per Spar, and during 1886 shipped seven million feet to Valparaiso, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sidney, Adelaide, Callao and Iquique, or other ports in Australia, South America and Mexico. The Chemainus mill is on the east coast of the Island, and cuts say twelve million feet per year, three-fourths of which was last year used for the Esqui- malt and Nanaimo Railway. At New Westminster and at Vancouver are the Royal City mills, consisting of two concerns which have a capacity of some twenty millions yearly and also make sashes and doors, shingles, laths and boxes. They have three steamers, fifteen barges, and employ over 400 men. At the mouth of the Brunette River, on the west bank of the Fraser are the Brunette mills, which cut six mill- ion feet last year. The Moodyville Saw-mill Co. shipped during 1886 twenty cargoes of rough and dressed lumber, spars, pickets and laths, to Australia China, Japan, the Sandwich Islands and South, America. Their total carriage was 11,605 000 feet rough boards; 824 000 dressed boards. The Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co., limited, incor porated in 1862, took over mines and lands from the Hudson’s Bay Co., and has since produced nearly two million tons of coal, the yearly production ranging from 21,000 tons in 1883 to 238,000 tons in 1885. It employs sume 300 men at from $2 to $3.50 per day. The Wellington mines near Departure Bay, to which their railway, five miles in length, runs, employ some 600 hands, and their ptont last year reached 180,000 tons, TERRA COTTA LUMBER. i a new discovery, whi¢éh promises to revolutionize house construction, is but little known so far in Canada, although steps are now being takén to introduce it manufacture in Montreal. In an interview with Mr. W. C. Evans, of the latter city, who is the Canadian representative of the [nter- national Terra Cotta Lumber Co., of Chicago, Taz Lum- BERMAN gleaned some valuable information regarding this new and important industry, Porous EKarthenwares is the generic name given to these com- postions, which afford four distinct bricken products, speci- fically termed by the invehtor in the order of their discovery ‘TERRA COTTA LUMBER,” “ BRICKWOOD,” *‘ CELLULAR POTTERY,” and ‘‘ HOLSTEIN,” Or WOODSTONE. As a manufacture the industry may be fairly started as yet jo its infancy, ten plant i nly hay ng been established, but it is calculated by the managers of the company, that the erec- tion of twenty-four mofe in different parts of the world will follow during the coming season, ‘‘ Terra Cotta Lumber” is composed of gritless kaolinic clays and sawdust in such pro- portions a3 to affo d a dexree of porosity to the burned product as enables its easy rking with tools commonly used in carpentry. Its expe imental mahufacture, and its ap;lication as *' fire- proofing” was introdaced in 1882, and has ever since found increasing favor at thé hands of-architects and bu Iders. The other inventions are af later origin. ‘* Brickwocd” is a com- position of clays, or clayey l:ams, and sawdu-t so intimately mixed and worked into fom by heavy steam or hydraulic power as to render its‘burned p odu t one-third the weight of common builjiog bricks. ‘’ Cellular pottery ” is a mixture of surface cliys, with fibrous vegetable matter, as straw, or its equivalent, in such prop r ions as to enable the safe drying and burning of hollow blocks pressed into te shape of joist and timber in lengths as great as ten or twelve feet, * Holste.n,” «r woodstone, is so called hecause compositions of clay and sawdu t, with sufficient -traw added to furni-h the required amount of fiber in their green pressed state, to over- come the tendency ofjthe wares to crack, while drying, will safely yield 1 rge holigw blocks, for the outside walls ot huuses, in the place and imitation of ston+ weighing ¢s much as two or three hund:ed pounds} All of these wa es ate of coutse incombu tible and as resist- ance to the action of fire as bricks, for the final process of their firing is identical. Unlike bricks, however, their great poros- ity confers rem .rkab'e non-cond»ction properties of heat, cold, and sound. It is claimed that teir p oduction can be had of any sort of clays or clayey ioams; that t ei first cost is cheaper than ‘‘ sloppe 1 ” bricks ; that wooden f amed build- ings, at no enhanced cost, may be eo sheathed and pr. tected by their application as to be as secure against iacipient fires, as the usuul fire-proofed structures of iron; and that such construction affords the comfort of houses of brick in northern countries and of woodey in bot climates, The compounding with clays, of vegetable and carbon- acious matter, to a moderate degre, which by t'e firmg pro- cess assists io fueling or to lighten the weight of the burned product, is not an hl but the invention of pro- cesses of manipulation which allows the introduction of veget - able matters in such portions, as to themselves after ignition serve as fuel without . ther to properly bake the clay ; or to create a product of brick, that may be wrought with wood working tools ; or to tie together green clay wares with fibres so effectually as to overcome ¢racking tendencies in dry- ing, the most trying stage of their manufacture; or to work clays from th ir original place of deposit to delivery to the wares in the drying-room by machine proce-ses without the intervention of hand labor undoubtedly is new to the clay- workers of all countries, and cgfnbized will unque-tionably form he basis for an industry, may outrank even brick-makin In the illustrated little wor this company, and descriptive Of the novel manufacture and application of the wares for! arch*tectural and fire proofing liberal establishment of ms#ket towns of competing railroad systems, a business which’would aff rd employment to its citizens and keep the mo¢y usualy spent abroad for build- ing mat rial at home. “Thus from the naturejof things the industry can not be chea;ened by new inveitions, or by improvements on old ones. Wherever new buildings are erected, and burned ones are r-placed, there exists the market. The mt rialis made at home, sold at home, and the demand for it never satiated, “Tn forest countries ‘a saw-mill may be found in every settlement. sometimes two or three. Its presence assures the nucleus of a future town ; ; its pine lumber productions are utilized in the building of it ; its employes ar2 citizens, The forest which supplies terra cotta lumber lies out of sight, beneath the feet. “The dirt which the builder throws out in the excavation of his cellar will build the house which is to surmount it. If the making of pine lumber be a profitable manufacture, why not of porous earthenwares under like circumstances? A twenty-five tone plant, the smallest: which can be ecoaomic- ally operated, may bs erected with the facility and cost of a portable saw-mill. Twenty-five men are required to run it; twenty-five townsmen, neighbors, men with families—men who make homes for themselves, and spend their earnings at home. If a reasonable porportion only of what is at present claimed in favor of this new manunfacture prove true, the introduction of the art as a new industry will confer benefits incalculable upon communities in vastly more ways than one, The pine forests of our country are rapidly disappearing. With their eradiction follows the race of lumbermen, and the wide spread traflic subsidary to their labors, Will the hybrid production of brick and wood here spoken of, measurably take the place of lumber? Will its manufacture comyensate idle hands, the losses sustained by the abolish- ment of their former occupations ? The invert on of new material or composition of matter, is of rare occurrence. Still rarer where its supply tothe world even requires an output greater than the capacity of one or t«o manufactories, But if for the interior of bu Idings are re- quired, as seems to be the case, more bricks for partitions, wa ls, and floors, if used for that purpose, than is demanded for the erection of outer or weather walls, the substitution of porous enathenw res for lathed and plastered constructions alone, being lighter in weight, cheaper, and every way pre- ferable would cau-e the building of a factory in every town which now supports a brick yard. WOOD-WOREIN G PATENTS. The following list of patents relating to the Wood- -Working — granted by tie U.s. Patent os ce, February 25th, 1887, is portei by Franklin H. Hough, So icitor of American and Foreign Pat. ents, 925 F street, N.W., 4 ington, D.C., who will furnish copies of patents for 25 ceuts each 356 460,—Saw-set, _H. Flater & A. L. Davis, Findlay, Ohio. 356 462.—Saws, Adjustable Guide for band,—C. Gail, Chicago, Til. 356,482, — Planing- Machine,—H. A. Lee, Worcester, Mass, 356 509,—Lathe,—L. W. Spencer, Hoosjack Falls, N.Y. 356,583, —Sawing-machine,—T, E. Goodwin, Nashville, Tenn. 356,678,—Lathe,—J. J. Brewlis, Minneapolis, Minn. 356,693, —Stump- extractor,—R, B. Montgomery, a Towa. 356,820,—Saw handle,—C. W. Boynton, Brooklyn, N.Y, 356,920,—Saw-mill, Band,—J E. Emerson, Beaver Falls, Pa. 356,931,—Saws. Machine for setting and truing band,—J. E. Emerson, Beaver Sore. 356.973,—Log-dog,—E. H. Aldmen, Mobile, Ala. 357,032,—Saw-mill net-works, — —W. L. Raynes, Montezuma, Ind. 357,087,—Saw mill feed- mechanism —A. B, Landis, Waynes-— borough, Pa ; 357,091,—Saw-filing machine,—R. Nolon, R. W. Bishop & J. Waltemeyer, Colorado, Texas, 356,182,—_Sawing-machine, Circular.—H. M. Darling, Seneca Falls, NYY 356,336,—Saw-gummer,—E. Rogers, Fulton County, Ind. 357,487 — “huck, Lathe,—J. H. Westcott, Oneida, N.Y. 357,454,—Plane, Bench,—J. Brice, Sandy Hill, N.Y. It will pay you to advertise in The Canada Lumberman. hich in future importance , &-ven free distribution by — ‘THE WHITE AND CHESTNUT OAKS OF THE ATLANTIC FORESTS. No AMERICA is the headquarters of the oak genus, No less than thirty-seven species occur within the limits -of the United States, and about fourteen of these can be found ‘in Pennsylvania and Naw J ersey. The lumber yielded by these varieties is by no means of equal quality. This fact is well known to all lumbermen and lumber dealers and workers, but not all of these classes are acquainted with the growing strees of various ages, so as to be able to tell them apart, By the characters of their leaves the oaks of the United States may be divided inte (1) white oaks, which have leaves cut up into rounded lobes ; (2) chestnut oaks with toothed but not ‘lobed leaves ; (3) live oaks, the leaves of which are evergreen ; (4) willow oaks, with entire, narrow deciduous leaves; and (5) black and red oaks, in which the veins of the lobed leaves pro- ject beyond the end of the green lobes as so many bristles, Six distinct species of white and chestnut oaks, destitute of bristle points to their leaves, are found in Pennsylvania and ‘New Jersey, but the live or evergreen oaks have their habitat ‘further south. A Among the oak of the eastern states none exceed the white oak (Quercus alba) in anaverage of all the qualities which make a tree desirable, Pieces of the wood of this tree, four -centime tres (14 in.) square, and eight times that length, were ‘found to have an ultimate Tesistance to longitudinal compres- sion of 8183 kilograms, and to transverse strain of 386 kilo- grams 7 Tn strength, hardness and durability, few oaks surpass this, and the economic value of the tree is enhanced by its wide distribution and large size. From Maine and Ontario to the St. John’s river and Tampa bay, Florida ; and from the ocean to Missouri, western Arkabhes and the Brazos river, Texas, the white oak is abundant on all soils, and attains large dimensions. It is most abundant, and reaches its greatest development along the western slopes of the Alleghanies and in the valley of the Ohio, where it often forms more than half the forest growth, and reaches a height of from 80 to 140 feet, with a diameter of from 4 to 8 feet. The acorn cup is hemispherical much shorter than the ovide acorn, which is edible, and about an inch long, and the leaves are cut into either from th ‘de to five board lobes, or into five to nine narrow ones. ° It must not be forgot that there are in the United States four other quite distinct kinds of oak which bear the name of white oak. Two of these are, however, confined to the coast region of the Pacific; a third, Q. oblongifolia ex- tends in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico ; while the fourth is peculiar to the latter regions. The post oak or iron oak (Q. obtuesiloba) belongs to the same section with the white oak, and its lumber exceeds that -of that species in specific gravity and resistance to indentation, but is inferior in elasticity, and slightly so in resistance to transverse strain and longitudinal compression. But the tree is comparatively small, at its best rarely exceeding eighty feet in height and three to four in diameter, and usually much -smaller. The wood checks badly in drying, but is very dur- -able in contact with the soil, whence, probably, its name of post-o2k. It is the most common and widely-distributed oak of the Gulf states wrosfh of the Mississippi, ranges north to Massachusetts, south to Florida, and west through southern Ontario and Michigan to eastern Nebraska, Kansas and to the hundredth meridan in Texas. The acorns are very much smaller than those of white oak, not exceeding two-thirds of an inch in length, and the acorn cups cover only about one‘ third of the fruit. The upper and larger lobes of the leaves -are broad, and are often slightly notched. The burr, mossy cup or over-cup oak is a tree equal in size to the white oak, to which its lumber, from the experiments made upon it in 1881, is superior in resistance to indentation and to transverse strain, but inferior in elasticity and resistance to compression Its specific gravity is about equal to that of white oak, and it is said to be of all oaks the most durable in contact with the soil The lobes of the leaves are often tooth- -ed, but the characters by which the tree may most readily be distinguished are the depth of the acorncups and their cover- ing of printed scales, the uppermost of which are prolonged into awns, forming a mossy fringed border. Northward this oak ranges to Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick, but it does not appear to extend further south than Lancaster county, i tenia Northwest it ranges along among the Atlantic oaks to the foothills of the Rocky mountains of Montana, and southwest to the valley of the Nueces river, Texas. 1t loves rich bottoms and prairies, and ‘in the prairie region is the principal growth of the *‘ oak openings,” : Another oak which attains dimensions equal to those of the white oak is the swamp white oak (@Q birolor) a tree which loves deep alluvial soil upon the borders of streams and swamps, By the older botanists, it was confounded with the chestnut oak. From southern Maine and the most southern part of Ontario this tree ranges south to Delaware and west to southwestern Iowa and western Missouri, while along the Alleghanies it extends even into Georgia. The wood isslightly heavier than that of the white oak, which it very nearly equals in elasticity, hardn-+ss, and transverse and longitudinal THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 11 strength. The leaves of thia tree are broader, and are un- qually and more deeply toothed than those of the chestnut oak, and the scales upon the acorn cups are more pointed, Quercus Prinus, the chestnut or rock chestnut oak, is one of the most valuable timber trees in Pennsylvania. Its range is from the Blue Hills of eastern Massachusetts to Delaware, and along the Alleghanies to Northern Alabama. In size it is inferior on the whole to the white oak, yet occas- ionally reaches nearly 100 feet in height, with a diameter of three to four feet. In the southern Alleghany region it forms a large portion of the forest growth. Slightly inferior to that of the white oak in transverse strength and hardness the lum- ber is superior to the latter in transverse strength and hard- ness. The wood is durable in contact with the soil; and the brick is rich in tannin. The leaves of this oak are uniformly dontate, with rounded teeth, a character by which they may be known from those of the chestnut which have pointed teeth. The acorns are large and thick, with thick hemispherical cups, Very nearly allied to the chestnut oak is the yellow chest- nut oak or chinquapin. This tree has been described under two names, as two distinct pieces, owing to the fact that, east of the Alleghanies, it is seldom found except in the form of a low shrub, the slender branches of which are often stretched flat upon the ground by the weight of the clustering acorns, West cf the Alleghanies this oak attains a height of 80 to 100 feet, or occasionally even more, and a diameter of from two to three feet. It is found upon low, rich bottoms? and also upon dry hillsides, The presence of the dwarf form, which often frows in company with the Bear oak, a dwarf oak with bristle- pointed leaves, is proof of the barrenness of the soil. The leaves of the yellow oak are narrower than those of the rock chestnut oak, and the téeth are pointed instead of rounded, thus rendering the resemblance to those of the chestnut still closer. : This species ranges ffom the shores of Lake Champlain to the Delaware, and along the Alleghanies to Alabama and Mississippi, while westward it extends to eastern Kansas and Nebraska, and southw est to the Gua dalupe mountains, ‘Texas It reaches its greatest de velopment in southen Arkansas, and is very common in the Mississippi basin. Although this tree is comparatively little known, its wood, according to the experiments made for the purposes of the census, is, in fuel value, hardness and both transverse and longitudinal strength, greatly superior to that of any of the oaks mentioned, while in elasticity it is inferior only to the rock chestnut oak. It is very heavy and exceedingly durable in contact with the soil, but checks badly in drying.— W. N. Lockington, in Journal of Progress. —_—_— ESTIMATED LOG CROP. Careful estimates of the log crop of the streams tributary to the booms, which furnish logs to Bay City and the Saginaws, the present winter place the amount at nearly 600 000,000 feet, Of course it is not presumed that the figures are absolutely correct ; but it is thought they will approximate very nearly to the actual amount when the figures are all reported officially: Feet, Tittabawassee and tributaries,............. ...... 400,000,000 Gass, Bad and, Wlint. & oc... 22% 6eednooss ccc... 8,000,000 Kawkawlin......... ACO RIS OCI. ORS IO 3.0 Lecter 20 000,000 Saginin and shore pine........................... 10,000,000 RGREMTIV ET HEMT AL Ce eR.) NP OMAR 90,000,000 ALY GER Cire atta etl dae dee on at woke teen 55,000,000 Otel Sue ana. Savihcemee ato” 583,000,000 SS THE LUMBER TRADE, A G. VAN SCHAICK, the well known Chicago lumber merchant, has been unburdening himself to a reporter of the Chicago News, and we make some yery interesting extracts from his remarks which follow. They embracefalmost every phase of the lumber trade : ““ Why, the local consumption of pine and hardwood lumber alone in Chicago is 700,000,000 feet annually, and jsojlong as this is a railroad center there will be anZoutside'trade. *‘Some of the largest lumber manufacturers are removing their business from Chicago to their mills. Thattis, the manu- facturers live and sell their product here, but have it forwarded direct from the mills by rail to the purchaser. Thus they save the expense of maintaining yards and handling,the stuff in the city. “The lumber question does not cut any figure in the change that is going on. I have not met a dealer who is grumbling about strikes. Those that occurred last summer of course de- layed business at the yards, but they lasted only a few days, and after they were over every merchantgwent to work and soon caught up with his orders. In a large city, where there are always men out of employment, a strike cannot last many days. And, as matters are shaping“themselves now, pressing orders can be filled direct from the mills when labor troubles interfere with the work here. “The capital invested by Chicago lumbermen exceeds $60, - 000 000. This includesjthe money putzinto pine lands, mills and machinery. vessels, and the hundred and one ramifications of the trade, Tie Chicago yard trade alone represents about $30,000,000 capital, and employs 14,000 workmen on an average for the year round and 17,000 in the busy season. including the crews of the vessels that bring the lumber here, The local sales, however, only reach about $22,090,000 a year a little more than the largest dry-goods merchant in the city sells in the same time. ‘* Notice the changes in the lumber industry at other points. In 1886 the shipments from Green Bay porte directly to the east were 80,000,000 feet This season they will reach 100, 000,000 feet or more. All this pine product is. diverted from the Chicago market, where it would ordinarily be sold. A few years ago nearly all the stuff manufactured in the Green Pay district came here, and it was a rare thing to hear of a cargo going east every year. The same is true of all lake ports from Manistee to Duluth. Why? are no longer able to sup, ly the eastern demand. Timber is getting scarce in the Saginaw river The primeval forests of standing pine in eastern Michigan have been cut off, and there is to-day an excess of saw nery at Lake Huron ports. Sales of standing pine in the Saginaw river region are quoted at $5 to $8 per thousand feet, This is a very high price. A resident of Detroit told me he paid $12 for stumpage near the Saginaw ri ver, but that is an exceptional case. In two instances last year log-run lumber sold for $23.50 and over per thousand feet in Saginaw. That is very dear. Last season logs were towed from Marquette, Lake Superior, to the Saginaw river, to be manufactured into lumber. “The Saginaw river is still the largest manufacturing market in the northwest. It produces and ships nearly 800,000 feet annually, The merchants there see, though, that this cannot last. ‘lhey are already reaching out into other sections. More than $1,000,000 of Bay City and Saginaw capital was invested in standing timber in the Menominee district, Green Bay, last year. One lumberman paid $712,000 for a single tract and has built a saw mill at Green Bay City. “On the east shore of Lake Michigan standing timber or stumpage is now selling at $4 at Traverse City to $8 per thous- and feet at Manistee or Muskegon, the range being governed by the location and quality of the pine. On the west shore of the lake and along Lake Superior prices range from $3 to $6, the first in northern Wisconson and the last in the Green Bay region. These are just about double the prices uf three years ago.” ’**What is the prospect for the lumber trade this coming season ? ‘ The outlook altogether is very satisfactory. The winter has been a fine one for work in the pineries. There is plenty of snow all through the timber country and the men in the camps are actively at work. The reports indicate that the log supply will be a little excessive. Against this large stock of logs is the fact that the supply of oldgjlumber on hand is less than a year ago. It is 10 per eent. less in two of the largest distributing markets—Minneapolis and Chicago—and a little less on the Saginaw river. There were also few logs left over last autumn. The probable liberal demand for lumber and the smallest stocks led the trade to think that prices will not fall below the present range. The average sales of lumber the last year show an average of 10 per cent. above the prices of the previous year, and in thissame time standing timber advanced 20 per cent., or $1 per thousand feet, which about equals the rise in the manufactured product. “The manufacturers of the western district which includes Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesvta, will probably reach 8,000,000,000 feet this season. This would wholly remove their timber from 1,000 square miles of territory.” This movement from that quarter ix increasing Because the Saginaw river and Cansda section. great mill machi- THE WASTE OF, WOOD, It has been estimated by competent persons that, comparing the dead weight of a tree as it stands in’ the forest with the dead weight of the lumber that is obtained therefrom, not more than 25 er cent. is actually deliveredZin the timber market. The remainder consists of limbs and slabs, roots and edgings, and buttings and waste in general, in the forest and at the saw- mill, However extravagant andgwasteful the timber trade may have been in time past, it may now be noted with satis faction that, owing to the increased demand in various direct- ions for these so-called waste products, it is likely that the proportion utilized will be reversed, and the loss not exceed 25 per cent., even if it reaches that amount. This is especially due to the growing uses for wood pulp, which now enters not only into the manufacture of paper,—in itself a vast industry, but also finds employment in many other directions of almost equal magnitude. The lumber dealers of New York have formed a corporation under the name and style of ‘‘ The New York Lumber Trade Association,” the objects of which are: ‘‘ To foster trade and commerce, to reform abuses in trade,; to protect trade and commerce from unjust and unlawful ex-ctions, to diffuse accurate and reliable information among its members as to the standing of merchants, to acquire, preserve and disseminate valuable information relating to the lumber interests of tt is and the surrounding cities, to produce uniformity and cer- tainty in the custon s and usages of trade, to settle differences between its members, to establish rules for inspection, and to pro- mote a more large and f ieudlyintercourse between merchants.’ 12 WANTED. The publisher of the CANADA LUMBERMAN desires thoroughly reliable and competent correspondents at the foliowing named places :— Kingston, Ontario. Quebec City, Quebec. St. John, New Brunswick. Plalifax, Nova Scotia. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Victoria, British Columbia. The duty of each correspondent will be to give a review of his local market for the month preceding the date of issue, and the ruling quotations for different kinds of lumber, &c. For terms and any other infor- mation, address A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. TRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. Toronto, Fes. 26.—The state of the lumber trade in this city is much the same as at the time of last report. There will be nothing new to report unt‘l the br aking up of winter, and building operations commence. Prospects are good for the coming season’s operations, and should the large number of public and private buildings, for which contracts are being let, be pushed ahead early in the spring, our lumber merchants may safely look forward toa good trade. Prices rule the same, but itis thought by some that an ad ance may be expected in certain classes of building materials. The following the ruling quotations in this city at present: \ Mill cull boards and scantling....++---ss+see0++ $10 00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths. ...... 12 00 HH SHOCKS .. cee esereeererosee nreearaceiits%a) 13 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 13 00 oe oe oe 18 ft sé ace “ 2) tt Ae ae Las 22, ft { OG 24 ft a“ oe “e 26 ft ee ae “fe 28 ft ae a ‘ 30 tt “ee “ “ce 32 {t gs Se B B4 th. .... . ae oe oe 36 tb OG ue et 38 ft... eo isyerettaets 27 00 : ‘ 49 1044 fbi. cee een eee 30 00 Cutting up planks 14 and thicker nyc 20 00@25 00 cs boards ‘* A RL Area SE CAUSE) Dressing stocks ....--: 16 00@18 00 Picks Am. inspection... . HPS So ecto RON 30 00 Three uppers, AM. iNSpectiON. 6. ee ors reese 40, 00 ; BK. OM. 14-inch flooring, GPSASetl ae af ee 24 00@30 00 da Le: rough Pec . ....14 00@15 00 a eae dressed ¢ @ fs “s vndressc | ba ea de epg 91818) a ‘ dresse | : We ety LG ROO 20700) Ch he wnidtossct ee ee eos 00 % Beaded Sheeting A 1s 0uW20 00 Clapboarding, dr 12 60 RXX sawn shingles, { : .. 2 TH@ 2.90 Sawn Lath : ; ee ar Red oak ... Lo 20 25 00 White “ . 4 VOWS OO Basswood, No, 1 X 2 mer20 00 Cherry, No. 1&2 abr Oo White ash 1 & 2% Rese .. 25 Ou“esd OO Black ash l & 2... ; ee eee 200th" 00 -———-- = ne > MARKET. Veburary 24th MONTREAW L235 NM VERE AL Business in the Buiter tes dean been slack during quotations have r been nothing of a mation, while ther for the dullness ‘Unfavorable country roads, caused by snow blovkade+ the general holiday time of our carn val, and the absorbing interest centered in election affairs have all had their quieting effect upon business. The general out- look for the spring, however, is bright, and there are rumours that several factories are to be put up, which had been held in abeyance, pending the result of the elections. The following are the imports of lumber into Montreal during 18386 :— Per River St. Lawrence... .15,703 907 feet. “© Lachine Canal .... ...61,732 000 * “ Grand Trunk Railway. .16,512 600 * “ Ganadian Pacific Ry...18 266,000 * PVN Gel eae asm enc fol careers 107. 213,908 The following are the quotations of the yards here :— outreal has Le month of February, but There has welal mterest to give it ani” naine | steady. lias been sufficient taaccount Pine, Ist quality, B M.....eueeseer ees $00 VO@10 00 Pine 2nd ss Wy Bo sague) Hoduuipert 00 00@30 00 Pine, shipping culls, @ M.......++. 14 00@16 00 Pine 4th quality deals ® M.........+.+. 10 00@12 00 Pine, mill culls, ® M....-. ss eee eee eee 8 v0@10 00 Spruce, BM...... 0 csseeseeeee ro ret sees 10 00@13 00 Hemlock, ® M....-. sees eeees ricentageS 9 00@10 00 “THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. .-- 20 00@25 00 . 18 00@20 00 ass, 5 Oak, @ M.....--e0re .. 40 00@50 00 Walnut #% M .. 60 00 100 00 Cherry, ® M ., 80 00 100 00 Butternut, #@ M.......-+ Abs COANOAC veeee BD 00@40 00 Birch, @M...-.-.+eeceeereeeeseere wese» 20 00@25 00 Hard Maple, # M,....-+++++++* erg teine 25 00@30 00 Lath, % M...- 0 -seeee reer ptr emer SURESH Xy): (aft) Shing es, Ist, # M......++- cL alten. Me OO@ Manon Shing'es, 2nd, MW M.....6eseeee vee ee eee 2 50@ 0 00 —<—<——<—$—$—<$— OSWEGO, N.Y. From Our Own Correspondent. hree Uppers....--2e+ese ces ee essere $46 00@47 00 Picking,,....- -sseeser © uate 86 00@37 00 Cutting up....-.- deena . 26 00@27 00 Fine Common......++essertrtereeeerers 22 00@25 00 Common ....ee-eeeerercsseeeceret veee « 14 00@18 00 Culls....- cielbabehueteiealetielee depts elas ale elevaueinia 12 00@15 00 Mill run lots ....-...s+e+s Ween eeteriane Le urers! ay Sidings, selected, 1 in.......-+ Shiterancets 28 00@36 90 Af. Wdin....... aisle) plarelsiatnts 80 00@38 00 Mill run, 1X10, 13 t0 16 ft...+eeeses sere 19 00@21 00 Selected ....6- «++ Beenie Ae 24 00@26 00 Shippers..... seseeeeee 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 1}4x10...... .., 15 00@17 00 Selected....+++- -+++-> . 21 00@30 00 Shippers.....-...-+ssesereeeeeers .-. 14 00@16 00 Mill run, 1 & 1} in, stripS «+-+++s+-s+ee- 19 00@21 00 Selected!) 9 Piaaiiedewinwiamsila | almwteiges eater 82 00@34 00 (Ohne Code motarbon ron noddyOn0 I00.cG 12 00@15 Ov 32 00@24 00 3 65@ 3 80 3 30@ 3 50 1 50@ 2 00 1 60@ 1 80 Ash, Ist & 2nd1t. 4 Inky alae . 16 00@20 00 Basswood, Ist & 2nd, 1 & 1} inch... . 20 00@22 00 as culls. as ae Dave .. 11 00@12 00 Hard Maple, #@M.....-++--+++ sesesvveces 23 00@26 00 Lath, #M.......... Ainbeicsanuo none oe 1 60@ 0 00 Shingles, Ist, @M .... cs.++es RCH ETO 2 00@ 3 00 Shingles, 2nd, #@M...-+-+..+.+++ Biainialayoveie 2 50@ 0 00 CORDWOOD. ececce sees -G 6 00@6 50 Long Maple, per cord......- Long Birch ce bene Sse one OO@UOn Long Beech ss pasts einisied ajeeratamin .. 5 00@5 50 Tamarack ue sheath ax italeealaeiins ee BOD 0200. ———_—_—_@—_—_-_—-_—_ ALBANY. Pine, clear, ® M...+. «-+-- nal pRip wp ta ip eke Te $55 00@60 00 Pine, fourths.....+6--++++eees rere wees ee 00 OO@AT 00 Pine, selects......++ A sicfarereinterttaleleepeivie ina 42 00@44 00 Pine, GOOd DOXs seers seeeeeereeeseseesee 22 00@383 00 Pine, common bOX..-...-++eeeeeee reser 13 00@15 00 Pine 10-in. plank, each... sere serrees 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each....... «+++» 00 25@00 27 Pine boards, 1O-in.......ereereeee reese . 00 30@00 32 Pine, 10-in. boards, Cll Sete clelene fot raise 00 16@00 20 Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., ®@M. ... 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 16 fusjetuereieras . 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13 £0... .++++++++ dite 28 00 Pine, 1} in. siding, select.....++++++s+++- 40 00@43 00 Pine, 1}-in. siding, Common. +.+ ++ +++++++ 15 00@18 00 Pine, 1-in. siding, Select. .ccvctesrevesess 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common.... «.--+++-++ 18 00@15 00 Spruce, boards, CRONE. vie meiaie cislne mien cens 00 00@00 16 Spruce, plank, 1}-in., CACH. vevecceeeseees 00 00@00 20 Spruce, plank, 2-in., EACH. verevevee voeee 00 00@00 8c Spruce, wall strips, CACH... er eeceeeneenes 00 00@00 12 Hemlock, boards, each .. 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each......- .. 00 00@00 32 Hemlock, joist, 2x4, each «...seeeeee ees 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, wall Pha a 9x4, each. ....+.+.- 00 00@00 11 Black walnut, good, @ M..sevs seen eee ees 100 @120 00 Black waluut, § inch .... 80 00@90 00 Black walnut, { inch. .eiseee ce eeeeeeee eee 00 00@85 00 Scaymore, L-inch......++sseeeererereeees 28 00@30 00 Scaymore, §-inch-.....+- 5 serecereeeeee 21 00@23 00 White wood, 1-inch and thicker.....-...- 88 00@40 00 White wood, 8-inch..... seereeeeeres cee 28 00@30 00 Ash, good, ®@ M......++.+5+ 40 00@43 00 Ash, second quality, @ M.. 00@30 00 Cherry, good, 4 M........ 00@s85 00 Cherry, common, @M... .-.eeeeee sees 25 00@30 00 Oak, good, #M...... ipere Meee eres .. sees 40 00@43 00 Oak, second quality, ®M.....+..seee sees 20 00@25 00 Basswood, ® M ......++-5- Rioratee seeee 25 00@30 00 Hickory, BM... . ce cece eee erent tenes 00 00@40 00 Manle, Canada, BM. ee seveese ees see es 28 00@30 00 Maple, American, per M....- . -++++++++ 26 00@28 00 Chestnut, WM .....eeeee eee eee ce ee. BS 0O@40 00 Shingles, shaved, pine, BM... . ++++-+-- 0 00@ 6 50 < 2nd quality...... ss+essesse 0 00@ & 50 ‘ extra, sawed, pime....--..---++ 4 B0@ 4 OL ty clear, ai Be biases oats, 5m onsen 0 00@ 3 OL ss cedar, mixed.........-.+.+e+ 0 We@ 38 1 ue Memlock. ee) skew vctee aces 2 25@ 2 37 Lath, hemlock, ©... ...esee eres eee eee eee 0 00@ 2 35 Lath, spruce, St hs Sieve manaleierersine 0 00@ 2 20 2 NEW YORK CITY. SPECIAL CONTRACTS. Pine, ver choice and ex. drv.....- 00@70 (0 Pipe, KOO voc esee ee eeeees deisty's & c 0: @60 00 Pive, shipping DOX ......eesee seer eee 21 00@z2 50 Pine, CommMOD BOX ~.ee esses ee seers sees 00@2) 00 Pine common box § ese sees eeees Welcats (O@18 00 Pine, tally plank 1} 10 in... ....ee eee eee 44@0v 50 Pine, tally plank 1} 2nd qual ......... 35@00 35 Pine, tally plank 1} cv Is. ...yeseee eee eee 30@U0 32 Pine, tary boards distd good ........-+ 32@00 35 Pine, tally boards vressed common 28@00 30 Pine, step boards culls ......-+-- 1s@00 20 Pine, strip boards merc’table...... . 20@00 22 Pinc, strip boards Clear... ....++ss.ese-++- 00 25@00 26 Pine, strip plank, dc clear ...--.-+++++++ 0 58@00 35 Spruce boarcs dressed ....-.--.eesee sees 00 25@00 28 Spruce, plank, 1} inch ech O00 28@ 0 30 Sproce, plank 2 in eacn .......-- 00 88@00 40 Spruce p wk 1} in dressed GO 22@00 30 Spruce pla k 2in dressed .........+-+555 0 438@0) 45 Spruce wall st ips .... . ake shins icsic Q0 15@00 18 Spruce timber. ......... esas sees ese 20 LO@22 00 Hemlock boards each .....+--seeeee eee 00 18@00 20 Hemlock joist, 2X4 20... seen eee eeeees 00 16@00 18 Hemlock Joist 8x4 0.6... eee eee eee ener 00 18@00 20 Hemloc! joist 4x6 ....++-+ Roa ccgiate sR, 00 40@00 44 Ash, good ......+++ 45 0V@58 00 Marg bien refeitigtess wets Sees 50 00 @60 00 Maple cull... 2... 6. +e seee esses secre ees Cargo rates 10 per cent. off, KXTRA SELECTIONS. - 20 00@25 00 Maple good .....---sesseeseees awene sean 40 00@48 09 Chestnut .....005 2 cee e eee cee eees .. 40 00@50 00 Cyprus, 1, 14,2 and 2h im. ..... eee sees 35 00@40 00 Black Walnut good to choice .......---140 00@160 00 We pepe cicaiele ns isuctesiscelen +++. 85 00@100 00 Black Walnut counter® ....---+--ee reer 22@28 Pla k Walnut 5x5 ......0---eseceveees 150 00@160 00 Black Walnut 6x6. ....++. --++-> Severe 160 00@170 00 Black Walnut 7x7...--.-++++- AP ee ene 175 00@180 00 Black Walnut 8x8....-----ese rere veeeelTd 00@I180 00 Cherry wide.... Oe acre 100 0U@12 00 Chery, OFGINATY ..--.ecesrecere corres 70 00@30 00 Whitewood inch.....-..++ 45 00@50 00 Whitewood § in...... aeaaee eel 35 00@10 90 Whi ewood § panel...-.+..--++* =A .. 45 00@50 00 Shingles ex, shaved pive 18 in......---- 8 00@ 9 50 Shin zles ex. sawed pine 18 in,.... wee, 5 T@ 6 00 Shi yvlee clear sawes pine 16 in....--++++ 4 50@ 5 00 Shinyles cypres 24x7....-+++++++ Shingles cypres® 20X6 ..-.----+- Yellow pine dressed flooring...-- Ve'low pine girder......--+-eereecreeres Locust posts, 8 ft.. do 10ft .« ot do L2f6 .....008 Chestnut posts ...---sseceeceresreecees —_——_—_—__—_———" TONAWANDA. CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Three uppers...++-.+-- $42 00@44 00 Common.....+« Hiaiaiesala =A 18 00@24 00 CUS. cope ccc serensece Sew selec e mae ele 10 00@13 00 YARD PRICES—CAR LOTS. 3 uppers, inch .....-+-- ; seeveee S44 00G@46 00 3 uppers, plank.....-.-- .. 45 00@50 00 Pickings, inch.......+++++ecre+s* 36 00@38 00 Pickings, 1} in. to 2 in... . 88 00@42 00 Fine Common......-+-+--+++++ seceesesce 32 00@34 00 Fine Common, thicker..... Seweedviie cnc 35 00 Cutting Ups. <.b scoseeseesm ss coh 25 00@3u 00 Shelving, 12 in, and UP «eeereeseee sees 27 00@30 00 Coffin boards, 12 in. and up «.++ «+++-++ 16 00@18 00 Dressing stockS ...- s++rereresereeeees 17 00@20 00 Dressing sidingS....+++++sesereerereees 19 00@22 00 Common Sstock8....erersceeseresereree: 14 00@15 00 Common sidings..-.++++ 15 00@17 00 Common box .-+++-+++-+++ oe wee 12 OO@13 00 Shingles, XXX, 18 in. pawed..cocse---- 3 40@38 60 Do. clear butts, sawed...--+++--++* vesee 2 20@ 2 30 Shingles, XXX 16 in, cut YP Sq. avecceeee @ 3 00 Do, KR dO sens pein amnion se” conve @ 2 75 Lath... .cccecece aececercnnacsecens aie 1 90 From Out Own Correspondent. We hace had a hard winter up to the present time, the weather being either extremly cold or very stormy, for the lumber trade, but still the output will equal if not exceed that of last win- ter, and prices a quite firm, especially on coarse lumber. The outlook for the coming spring is promising, and unless we have 4 general strike of the bor classes I am of the opinion we will have a good spring trade Chicago as a lumber market is gradually losing ground year after year, and a great many of the dealers are of the opinion that it will never regain its lost trade The principal causes seem to be the gradual growing trade of South- ern Yellow Pine and the extension of railroads into the manufacturing districts, so that lumber can be piled and seasoned at the mill and ship- ped direct, which, of course, is a saving, as expenses of handling, piling yard, rents, Xc., are much higher in Chi¢ago than they would be at the manufacturing point. Last season was about the worst one Chigago has seen for some years, and I predict thaf two more such years as last following right along would drive from 25 to 50 per cent. of the holesale dealers out of the yard business here. s itis we have had something like half a dagen firms go out last spring, and there will be as many more 40 out the coming spring in all obability. The lumber trade is done somewhat different here from what it is in the ea-t We have here what is called the ‘lumber market » which is simply a district near the outh of the Chicago River where the cargoes, arrive and are n signed to commission men to be sold, All you can see of it is a portion of the deck load and the ‘tally sheet” which is simply straight measurement, consequently you can’t tell whet? er you have made Upocticions purchase of any cargo you may buy until you have it sor ted up in your yard, as nol mber is sold here by the m nufactures by insp ction. The lumber for this market, mostly course, comes from Muskegon, Mich., Ludington, Mich. and Manistee, Mich. A very small quantity also comes from the Saginaw District as the freight comes too high from that point. The lumber designed for this market is manufactured dif- ‘erent from what is demanded by the eastern market and as the Canada cut is all marketed in the east I am not capable of giving you any- « pointers ” that would be of any use to Canad- ian manufacturers. There are a great amount of sirips sold here and the grading is entirely different from Canada and the east. The South Branch Lumber Go, of this city now have a yard at Tonawanda, where they have under- taken to run Chicago ¢ des, but how it works ‘ S - I do not know; Lut I imagine they will have to change things somewhat to conform with the eastern ways. Piece Stuff, short sreen....... pphaeee oem Piece stuff, short dry.......-.--++« oe 0 Pgs in 4 Piece stuff, }ONng .-.--srcesservecs 1100 14 00 Boards and strips, No. 2,.....«+.- . 11 00@12 00 Boards and strips, medium.......-. -. 1200 15 60 Boards and strips, No. L. - 1500 2000 Shingles, standard.. 200 210 Shingles, extra......-++++---- cv owse 2 Ce Zi shingles, cedar, standard..... Aer ee 165 170 Shingles, cedar, extra. .... ...sc.esseee 190 195 Lath, white pine........++---.... pncaan th HO DOP Lath, Norway .....-.-- en ee eee eee le RECEIPTS FOR WEEK ENDING FEB. 17. Lumber. Shingles. 6,843,000 431,000 ssee--- 5,275,000 1,300,000 RECEIPTS FROM JAN. 1, TO FEB. 17, INCLUSIVE. seers Lumber. Shingles. (fe7? fo eee -eee- 43,106,000 4,726,000 SSR6 sn. 5 TUEIILIIIT] 95%840,000 Saar poe STOCK ON HAND FEB. a5 INCLUDING SOUTH CHICAGO. 1887. 1886. 1885. Lumber ....... 540,591,073 630,587,620 610, Shingles . ..409,282,578 450,947,455 uate a oe a Migeenke 992, 5,511,763 064 Cedar posts 275,728 "500,454 OO 708 EASTERN FREIGHT RATES. FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LoTS OF HARD AND SOFT LUMBER. To New York SO aR oe Philadelphia ......c..Jc:sceseaee <1. eeaeRe le. Baltimore ......v#tsiasmers ve sanvewe ee ne it sie e aia eae ere te ee Salamanca.... Fe Eee rere FEViG...'5 500 da sin wa roe Toronto LAKE FREIGHTS. wee From Ludington ,.. From Manistee......... From Menominee, dry .... ....- From Menominee, green ....-. From Cheboyan ......-«.00-+ss00 From Bay City,....- 3 From Oscoda, dry..... BISssssAage : . whoewrnwr ———>+———_ SAGINAW VALLEY. {AN’s GAZETTE OFFICE, ty, Mich., Feb. 21, 1887. e to be said in regard to the e Saginaw Valley; and s expressive a word as can o it just at present. Some assage of the inter-state There is very lit lumber market of “dullness,” is about: be written in regard attribute this to the commerce bill ; but tively insignificant s trade is not up toexp sold 700,000 feet of 1 at $12 $24 and $40, arties at $9.50, $19 and $38. C. L Grant & Co., sold a bill of lumber week amounting to $3, i vanced, and are selling City and East Sagina but there are few on CARGO QUOTATIONS, Shipping culls..ese+ ecee-esseeee Bill stuff........ che Noses? bil pone i = Under straight Measure ...........- «... 15 W@2M Shingles, XXX . Shingles clear butts ....... White pine ath......-.0--0es.eee seen E YARD TRADB, 3 uppers wide and thick............-- .. 43 00@45 Dol. in; «heeee ee eee are. Lodices £0 O02 f Selects.....- . 35 00@38 Fencing, Coarse COMMON «...+.sessenee Fencing, mill culls.......0+++ No. 1 stock 12 in... Wide common....-.«.+- Piece stuff and timber. 12, 14, 16, 18 fb. .....00- Do. do. 20 ft ......0. Lath No. 2 (cull). ...+ Shingles XXX wring et EE RTE A DRESSING. ; Surfacing .....--- Sa Shin, Sent \saceeene® Dressing and matching .....: Making drop siding...... assneeeeesarets Making bevel siding ant eeiling ee eee SS —————— ADVERTISEMENTS Those wishing to BUY or SELL TIM- BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find THE CanapA LuMBERMAN an excellent medium in which to make known their wants. Advertise- ments of this character will be inserted at the low rate of 1 CHNT A WORD, cash to accompany the order in every case. Address. A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, Peterborough, Ont. DETROIT, MICH. (ppers, 4x4.....-65 Deieeieisisieisiefa\sie/els\n(els efericiste +. $48 00 PP 6x4 & 8x4 ..... ein visine aduacandad So ondgood 50 00 BAIN. ce eee eee eee pak ictaistele (alefaispsiotenrerereist® 50 00 Selects, 4x4. . Beictasis elsieelelsioisieiysieise Stodnpend 42 00 5x4, 6x4 & 8x4 pierebcstaietelats= Se eae meieiselsin sistas 45 00 Fine common, 1X4 ....e0-+seeere cieleletniateteral odes 35 00 5x4, 6x4 a Sx4.....- aoaeraietels wlala}siuisial elviel= 50 38 00 Shop, 4x ~ Acie: 2 JoODONIG agp onde. H00 22 60 5x4, 6x4 & 8X4. ....0eee eee eas ccerne 25 00 Flooring, select COMMON «+++ sees 20 00 No, 1 COMMON. .... cere sees 18 00 No. 1 fencing........+. aiate 16 50 Roofing, D. & M .....++ etsiete can wee A es 21 90 2 ee ; 19 00 Bosc 11 00 ¢. ct common p Ceiling, select B00 Ceiling, No, 1 common. No, 1 fencing.....+++: 20 00 Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, Nol. 18 00 Tx12 & 1X10, NO, 2. .seesceeseeeeereseeeers® 14 00 1xi2 & 1xt0, No. 3. 11 00 Ship culls.... .- 10 00 Mill Se au eR OSE - 8 00 Bill s ordinary 12 to 16it. oe 11 00 18 to 20 ft.. we 12 00 22 to 24 ft .-. 13 00 2G to Wit... ceereeerssersreee 14 00 30 to 34 ft... Eereicicnie sisjncisisieetaie eee 16 00 Shingles, clear, 1 18 in. EX.. se soumaoddo 3 30 10i in, clear, 18in.....-- Bee ciatielelaisyetsielere noone 4 St 6 in, clear, 18 iM.....++e+e noraconao Sosodnod 2 00 es in stocks clear, PK oc ccctiecn anise wince-nn scene 400 Ferree AS Mmcne eS Ta iwlajeeininie! @/sinie s'0 e'0e ecoeces 4 80 Lath, per Mpcd,..cs.-seersee- ne crensne stg tats 2 50 TIMBER TRADE OF CANADA. The special issue of the Timber Trades Journal, of L mdon, Eng., contains a lengthy review of the timber trade, 1886, from corres- pondents at every port of importance in the United Kingdom as well as from the leading timber producing countries, the Continent and the Colonies We herewith reproduce the statements and figures furnished from Canada. The season of 1886 has been another in the series of bad years which our Quebec timber trade has been for some time undergoing— one year worse than “another, the past one worst of all. : The supplies got out pine in the Ottawa reg districts of the St La fair supply was got wintering stocks, enab of our shipping houses themselves befure your} of all classes of wood goods. It is to be regretted, however, that sales could only be effected to a Jimited extent, and at close out prices in most cases. It was evident that the selling season of 1886 was not going to be any improvement on that of 1885. ; The Afghan dispute with Russia, which for a time assumed a very c tical appearance, gave the wood trade a moméntary spirt. Buyers, fearing the cutting off the supplies from the Baltic, took heart of grace, and made con- siderable purchases at fairly full prices. As, however, the war-cloud broke and gradually disappeared, the re-action set in, and it became almost impossible to effect sales. The “‘ drives” in the Ottawa regions were, on the whole, good, and the logs reached the different mills in regular and full supply during ‘the season. In the spruce districts*the drives were not so good; in fact, on the tmbutaries of the south shore of the St. Lawrence the drives were almost a complete failure. On many of the streams the logs only gotdown with the heavy “freshets of September. © Owing to the sluggish state of your markets, thie does not seem, however, to have had much, last winter were full in on, and in the spruce rence and Saguenay 2 out. These with the led the representatives last spring to present nuyers with ample lines THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. if any, effect on the demand or price» of spruce deals, The spring and summer brought us no cheer from your side ; it was struggling, up hill work all through the season to effect sales with your buyers, although almost all classes of goods could be offered at low prices, and freights were unprecedentedly low. It is a blessing the stocks here were held by strong houses, who could carry them over to another season, without being forced to sacrifice them, so prices have not been allowed to fall to any great extent, as otherwise would doubtless have occurred, owing to the deplorable state of your markets, diminis’ ed consumption, and the large competing supplies from the north of Europe. Large lines of Michigan first—pine—were purchased the past summer at high prices by some of our Canadiau houses; this was un- fortunate, as your markets did not need them ; it has caused a glut ot firsts, which, for the first time in many years, cannot be moved at your side. They must now, of course, be held until your market can absorb them, or be sold at loss, This will, however, prevent a rejetition next year, and by next spring or summer, if any vitality is shown in your markets, things should right themselves, as the supply of first quality pue deals is year by year decreasing. For the sake of the good old port of Quebec, we regret to have to record again a still further decrease this year in our already reduced trade in export of wood goods. We append a comparative statement of the clearances for the past 10 years, which tells the lamentable tale. UOloacccons 796 Vessels 670 627 Tons UWSissceocce 476 399 833 IWEWeoocecoe 433 ry 364,628 ‘ IGOAscondse 634 mY Bapi4ol <* Use cooonas 459 se 380186 ** Ieee Soeccon 426 s 859.925 ** UGEB)- 460 ones 487 vi 416,169 “* Ue coe hasn 366 os 2918393 an Uses eaooe0e 369 oe 294,789“ UI, geome su 325 ‘6 250,635 =“ It must, however, be confessed that this does not mean that the total exports of wood goods from the St. Lawrence his fallen off in above proportion. Many mills above Quebec, whose deals used to be brought down and shipped from here, are now delivered to ships and ste:mers direct at the mills, there being plenty of water and good anchorage all along the St, Lawrence, from Queb:c¢ to Montreal. The cause especially of a considerable falling off in our Quebec shipments on this head is the fact that the great bulk of the pine dea's which came from the Ottawa districts are now shipped from Montreal, Whether exporters have made money on their deal shipments for 1886 is questionable ; there can be no doubt whatever but that for our pine deal manufacturers it must have been one of the most profitable years they have ever had. They sold large lines of their cuttings to the United States, and also considerable lines of deals to European exporting houses, who were com elled to pay the mill-owners’ prices or go without stocks, as the favourable state of the United States’ m irkets rendered manufacturers completely indepen ijent of the deal buyers. Whilst on this subject we cannot refrain from expressing the hope, in the interest of trade, that our exporting houses would in future regulate the business of the future with Great Britain to meet the reduced demand and con- sumption of Canadian woods in that country. This would place it on a healthy basis, and permit a legitimate profit to all concerned. Any attempt to force on the markets of Great Britain the quantities of wood goods which were possible to be shipped in the halcyon days of the past, at living profit—because the demand and consumption were there where these latter no longer exist—cannot end other- wise than disastrously. — The log cutting this year in the Ottawa district will, from all accounts, be even more extensive than last year’s, as the mill-owners look forward for a large and more prosperous year’s business with oe United States than. even 1886, a ———— There seems to be no halt in the onward progress of our big néighbour. Each year the volume of the trad@ exceeds that of the pre- ceding year. There were probably the largest supplies of lumber from manufac- turers, and including supplies from Can-da, the past year than in any previous year in the United States; but notwithstanding drawbacks labour strikes causes, there seems to be consumption for all ; her own m ny from and other and with some vibrations in prices during the season, it closes with reports of moderate stocks from all sides, g od prices, and brilliant out- look. In view of our declining trade with Great Britain, which we cannot but deeply regret, the advantages of a new market such as that of the United States at our doors, are such as we cannot help congratulating ourselves on. In spruce deals it is pr bable that the new cut will about equal that of last winter. We cannot, however, see how spruce deals can be made to sell at the miserable prices now ruling in your markets. No doubt the low prices ruling with you are due, first, to diminished consumption; and next, to the abundant sup- plies at low prices of North of Europe white- wood We fear our spru¢e manufacturers will eventually have to give up trying to compete with the Baltic, and seek other markets for the disposal of their deals i The winter all over Canada has been very severe, extremely cold, and snow in abundance, rather too abundent for working to advantage in the woods; but, on the whole, it may be called a very favourable winter for log making and hauling, and we have no doubt the most will be made of it by our lumbermen. —————__# OTTAWA. The shipments of lumber which take place yearly from Ottawa value far up into the millions. The outlook for the coming season is most flattering. All the lumbermen are unani- nous in stating that the cut this season will not be below the average, while two expect to double their cut. The amount of lumber manu- factured during the past Season was in advance of that manufactured during any previous year, and it is clear that the amount manufactured next year will show another large increase. The amount of lumber manufactured by the Ottawa mills during the past season is as nearly as possible 288 000 000 cubic feet, The greater quantity shipped has been sent to the United States, but almost all the coarsest grades were consigned to Montreal for home consumption. The principal destinations of the consignments to the United States were Burlington, Vt. Albany, New York and Boston. Excepting in afew cases where consignments were ship- ped via Montreal direct to England, but little export trade was done irom Ottawa, save to the United States. A large proportion of the lumber sent to the United States has been exported thence to South America, the West Indies, Africa, and other foreign markets The prices of lumber in the various markets fluctuate according to the freight charged from Ottawa, the lumber being sold there on a basis of about 16 dollars per thousand superficial feet, to be delivered on the cars or barges, all freight charges to be borne by the purchaser. During the past season nothing has been done in square timber. Hardwood is not touched by Ottawa lumbermen except occasionally for private use. ee ST. JOHN, N. B. I have nothing to add to my last communica- tion to your Journal. There has so far been very little snow along the bay shore, and operators are unable to do much in the way of getting out logs ;in the upper part of the pro- vince there is I understand, an abundance of snow, and work in that section is progressing very favourably, : T hand you below a statement of the entire shipment from the New Brunswick ports for the year. I am indebted to the Si. John’s Globe for the figures, and you will notice they are so arranged as to show the shipment for 1885 as well as 1886. WOOD EXPORTS. The total export of deals &c., from St John trans Atlantic ports in 1886 shows a large fall- ing off compared with last year. The figures are as follows, showing the porteto which the lumber was sent and the names of the ship- pers :- Years Port No of Su p feet Ves. Tons. deals, & 1486 Liverpoo] 2 5D 62,628 51.768,613 1555 do ’ ny) 65 221 51 421 742 1856 London 3 4 4163 1729 Hb 1885 do “ . le 9 7 5 295.221 1846 Bristol C ‘hantel 33 ys RR =LDRT2Z,450 LS85 do 30,328 29 394 1446 Continent 1] 5, 955 5 DOL 517 LABS do } ; 2,026 2,100 446 1886 Africa 3 i 2,758 2 556,176 1885 do a2 RE 4.05 4 476.705 1886 Australia - 1485 do ] 916 5/96, 155 1546 Avonmouth... hie 1,183 1 042,445 1885 do ’ ] 616 56 909 1886 Aberystwith. . =A j % L885 do < ; ] 267 274,10 1586 B rrow 6 5.773 5 490 862 1885 do waeeesee ot 9 12,069 11,312,751 1886 Belfast. . a 5 4.510 4,338,176 18k5 =6do - i;5-a 9 4 944 4 594,123 1886 Ballyshann noo.. 1885 do 1 117 101 762 1886 Bantry.. 1 425 482,129 1885 do ] 441 489,070 1886 Carnarvon... ] 5Y5 116,944 1885 do 4 2,170 707,224 1886 Clonakilty j 270 1885 do 1 283 1886 Clare C astle.. 1 495 365 402 1885 do pits aie 1 298 32. 5J 534A 1886 Cork... & 4.576 4471 "189 1885 dors... 280 eee 5 2517 2393,109 1886 Crookhave ee 1 638 586,149 1885 ON IOS te 2,820 2,832,813 1886 Cole:aine..... ; 2 56D 603.713 1885 1 igs oie L 263 298.665 1886 Drogheda....... 13 314 341,793 1885 dor) 2.2684 1 314 358,986 1886 Dundalk...... 4 1365 1,592,756 1885 Royer vescsse 4 1,393 1,654.666 1886 Dungarvan. .... 1 196 210 431 1885 gqo-7 Se 1 94 89.379 1886 Dub’in-....... 7 7 4.876 4540,702 1885 do 7 4761 4,514.874 1886 F leetwood . aes, 8 5,399 4 297.988 1885 OGpa sec see 5 4,676 3 802,769 1886 Foynes ... 1 450 348,204 1885 do Be! 256 244,820 1886 Garston Dock... " - 1885 do I 1,031 883,636 1886 Galway ..... 3 1.460 1439 136 1885 do 1 499 475 028 1886 Glasgow. 2 1,262 772,318 1895 do ‘ao ae 2.047 1,787,660 1886 Hare Island..... 1 395 372,812 1885 do 1 395 366,941 1886 Irvine ..... =e kf ASS Mdow GW Wr: Satee 1 276 250,361 1886 Lianelly .......- 2 765 708 208 sea) lie ee WE oct 1 290 297,232 1886 Limerick .....-- 4 2518 2,288,125 1885 do Eee. - 3) 1.678 1.618 239 1886 Londonderry .. 6 3.841 3 549,054 1885 do ; : 2,477 2,272,526 1886 Mersey River... © - 1885 do “3 2.802 1,924 488 1886 Mailford Haven... 1 314 246.90) 1885 do. sckescg w 4 1886 Newry.... ...-- 2 885 915 366 1885) do) © = skcee 2 791 794 391 1886 Plymouth....... 5 — 1885 do. e226 1 361 397 659 1886 Port Madock ... st > 1885 Ol wees 1 298 314 746 1886 Queenstown..... 5 4,128 3,762,880 1885 MD, Passo 10 7,511 6 330,561 IRN Seis sn6 5s ae = 1885 do 1 343 392,912 1886 Rotterdam. ae. = E on 1885 AO.6 - as.338 2 892 813 85d 1886 Sligo ....2. 3 996 1,098,212 ASshiidos "22-9 u 313. 396,315 1886 Tralee .......--- 3 1211 1,220 243 Toy Clos Sse = x E4 1886 Valentia.......- = 7 1885 do BAC 1 545 443,832 1886 Warrenpunt,. Sc =< 1885) “del -.--8a at die 533,077 1886 Waterford cos ieee 406 406,041 1885 do) ~~ ... J2eg8 3 1,150 1,005 803 1886 Wicklow ...... ee 1SSh5a dos, “--.sae 1 332 338 245 ASG Totalce. oc cee 191 154.659 134 123 207 1885. Oy, Soe se2ee 221 177,514 152,543,026 Years. Shippers. Ne. of Deals in Ves. Tons. Sup. feet. 1886 A. Gibson.......- 54 54,160 48 674319 1885 do. 81 81,319 77,245,320 1886 R. A. &J ‘Stewart 41 32,240 29,619,139 1885 Osos s=saee 32 25,325 20,018,626 1886 W. M. Mackay.. 46 33, 439 26,458 213 1885 =. ee 39 32997 22314 060 1886 Guy, Beven & Co. 15 14851 18,312,795 1885 GO; c6= Says:—‘* There are not many transactions taking place in timber, and although ing at the The Quebec merchants are finding it rather uphill deals are moving pretty freely, prices are still kee; low level. as I can learn. To the Clyde little or nothing has yet been done, and work in making business of it this year, so far it does ship- Coast not appear as if there will be much bus for ment at least. ness, Spring The usual contracts = cargoes to the ¢ ports have mostly been fixed, and they are pretty well spread amongst the shippers. As one or two contracts are still open, it is premature to say who has been most successful.” 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | = The Canada Dumberman DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOD WORKING INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION, A. 6, MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT Terms of Subscription ; One copy, one year, in advance ............ oo odo dagans nnndodns One copy, six months, in advance ............seeeeseseeeees ses Advertising rates furnished on application. All communications, orders and remittances should be addressed and made payable to A. G. Mortimer, Peterborough, Ont. Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure insertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. Advertisements intended for insertion in any particular issue should reach the office of publication at least six clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of MaS8RS SAMUEL DEACON & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive adver- tisements and subscriptions for this paper. ANNUAL SPECIAL EDITION. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., APRIL, 1887. A LARGE amount of editorial, correspondence and illustrated matter, has unavoidably been held over until the next issue. Fae te RE LS Stewart & Co., of London, Eng., and St. John, N..B., have entered an action against the Sta newspaper for $100,- 000 damages for an alleged libelous article in connection with the Maritime Bank, of St. John, N. B., and for halfa million dollars damages against the Bank of British North America, for alleged damages sustained by the bank refusing to accept one of their checks. THE New York Lamber Trade Journal is one of the latest additions to our exchange list. It is a semi-monthly publica- tion of thirty pages, and is full of interesting matter pertinent to the Notwithstanding the fact that this journal is only in its second year, and has opposition to fight in every direction, it seems to be holding its own and enjoys a lumber trade. large advertising patronage. No trade journal published in the South has made greater progress than the Sozthern Lumberman, of Nashville, Tenn. Being the only paper in the Southern States devoted to the -saw mill, lumber and machinery interests, it has a wide field to cover, and it is making the most of its opportunities. Pub- lished semi-monthly at $2 per year. be sent to any address on application. Free sample copies will i oncteateminaeremmentl Tue Maguire failure has, it is claimed, turned out much more serious than was at first expected, and has now been thrown into court. The assets are pretty well included in the securities given to cover secured claims, therefore the balance of the creditors will not likely get a cent. It is generally stated that two or three Canadian banks are greatly to blame for the way this firm has been allowed to carry on business. aan In view of the success of the experiment made in the direc- tion of preventing such immense losses of timber by fires as have occurred in past years and the strong pressure to con- tinue the service and make it more effective, the Crown Lands Department of Ontario has determined to do so and extend it, which will necessitate an increased vote. It is confidently assumed, however, that any judicious expenditure in this direction will meet the approval of the Province at large. Tue Wm. Hamitvon M’r’G Co., of Peterborough, Ont., have arranged with Wm. M. Wilkin, of Erie, Pa., to build his patent Compensating Balance Gang, for the Dominion of Canada, of which a full description will be given in our next igsue. They have built and are now shipping one of their New Improved Oscillating Iron Gangs, with gate 54 inches wide and 8 inch crank, for the Charlemagne & LacOuareau L, Co., Charlemagne, Que. This is the same style of gang that they put in last season at Three Rivers, Que., Little Current and French River, Ont., and which gave such good satisfaction. It is said that Mr. Peter McLaren, the well known lumber- man, retires, after a business career of about twenty-five years, with a fortune of a million and a half of dollars. He will probably take up his residence in Toronto, where, it is said he purchased a handsome residence some time ago. It is stated by the Perth Cowrier that he is willing to invest some of his money ina blanket factory in that town. The sale of his property includes everything except the lumber in the yards at Carleton Place. THE past month has been a disastrous one in certain lumber circles in New Brunswick, as in addition to the failures re- ported in another column of this paper, we are also called up- on to add the name of Geo. McLeod, ex-M. P. for Restigouche, which took place on March 25th. Mr. McLeod was one of New Brunswick’s largest lumber operators, but the failure was not unexpected. No statement of liabilities or assets are yet The official reason of the failure is said to be the suspension of T. C. Jones & Co., of Liverpool, which firm held all Mr. McLeod’s freight moneys, and large sums of his also, to accruing liabili- ties. The suspension of this business will be a heavy blow to St. John, where he employed a large number of laborers on his vessels. His lumber operations were chiefly on the North Shore, which will suffer heavily. to hand, nor the names of the heaviest creditors. A CURRENT newspaper telegram from Ottawa, Ont., chroni- cles the fact that assurances have been made that the federal government proposes to liberally subsidize the Ottawa ship canal scheme. The project is to shorten the distance between the west and the seaboard, by a direct and continuous water route, by the utilization of Lake Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, North Passage, Georgian Bay, French river, Lake Nippising, connecting and neighboring lakes, and the Ottawa river to the St. Lawrence and the ocean. The plan requires some im- provements on the upper Ottawa, and the digging of about 21 miles of canal. Take a look at the map and see what a short cut from the west to the Atlantic the proposed route makes. Of course it is only a summer route, but it will stay open as many months as the ‘‘Soo.” It is said that this project is origin- al with C. H. Plummer, of East Saginaw, Mich., who at one time was admitted to the Canadian Parliament and there pre- sented his plans. DuRING the past month an extensive sale has been effected between Mr. Peter McLaren, of Perth, one of the most ex- tensive and best known lumbermen in Canada, and Mr. W. E. Edwards, M. P., Mr. James McLaren, president of the Bank of Ottawa, and a number of other gentlemen. The whole property belonging to Mr. McLaren was transferred to the new company, which will be known as McLaren & Edwards. The bill of sale included limits, mills, ete. The limits, which are situated in the counties of Lanark, Frontenac and Ad- dington consist of about three hundred square miles. There is one mill on the K. & P. railway, besides the mills in Carle- ton Place. of $900,000. tive lumbermen of the country, and his resolve to go into | The price paid is said to be in the neighborhood Mr. Peter McLaren was one of the representa- private life has caused considerable surprise. His successers, however, are also well known among the trade, and the in- dications are that the business will not suffer under the new management. We herewith present our readers with the first annual special edition of THE LUMBERMAN, which although by no means as large as we had hoped to have made it, nevertheless contains a very large amount of carefully prepared matter of interest to the trade in general. It was not until after our an- nouncement had appeared concerning this special edition that we fully realized that the same should have been issued earlier in the season. Toa great extent this accounts for a much larger number of pages not having been added, and for this reason in particular, and also from the fact that the time al- lotted us was too short to allow of the preparation of many reports which were intended for this issue, that many omissions may be noticed. We take pleasure, however, in drawing attention to the extensive improvements we have made in the typographical and general appearance of the paper. The pew dress of type used for the first time on this issue is from the well-known foundry of Miller & Richard, Edinburgh, Scot- land, while the fine toned paper now used is furnished by Messrs. Buntin, Reid & Co., of Toronto. Improvements necessarily come slowly, but by persistent effort, and through the kind assistance of the trade, we hope to fully carry out the prospectus published last fall on our assuming control of THE LUMBERMAN. This issue is intended to find every lumber- man and mill-owner in Canada whose name appears on the commercial reports, and we would respectfully ask thata care- ful reading be given it in every case. We believe that we are not asking too much when we solicit from every man in the trade his subscription to this the only lumber journal published | can press, everyone of which, on investigation, turns out in Canada. It may not be out of place here to ment: : the annual special edition of this paper will hereafter be sued on the first of February of each year, and that before that time next year it is hoped that the young un of to-day may have grown to a healthy child. F From the official reports issued by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Ontario, we learn that the accounts for tim- ber dues, bonus, ground rents, etc., for the year 1886, amount to $742,029.64, and the total collections under same heads amount to $715,804.61. The total collections during the year from woods and forests is $715,304-61, which includes $147,471.00, payment of bonuses on sale of timber berths of 22nd October, 1885, which became due in 1886. This x being deducted leaves $568,333.61 as revenue proper from timber dues, ground rents, etc. The amount collected is in excess of 1885, and of the estimated receipts for the year, am i may fairly be taken as indicating that transactions in sav mn lumber in 1886 have been of increased volume ; that sales have been more readily effected, and on improved terms, z compared with the previous year. For the year 1887 the fore z cast is an increase in the cut of saw logs, and a diminuation the manufacture of square and waney pine. The market in ~ the latter has -been dull for the past year or two, sales of any importance being confined solely to the largest and finest — timber, small sized and inferior pine being almost unsaleable except at greatly reduced prices. WESTERN papers in the States are publishing a special des- patch from Ottawa stating that a story of ‘‘inhuman brutality and damnable wrong ” done to women in the lumber camps of the Upper Ottawa has come to light from Desert. It is — alleged that ‘a gentleman from Pembroke Ont., two or three weeks ago made a trip into the lumber region to investigate” the report,” and found it true. Every-one who knows any- thing of the lumber camps will know the story to be a wretched — lie. The Pembroke Standard takes the trouble however to deny it categorically, and continues :—‘‘ Very likely the despatch is the work of a journalistic scamp at Ottawa, who for months past has been making a disreputable living by sending sensational despatches from that city to the Ameri- to be lies. This is no doubt the fellow who invented the story some months ago about a famine in Labrador, who later got up a report about an Indian rebellion in the North-West, and in November last put in circulation the story about the murder of a whole family at White River, on the C. P.R. Even many respectable Canadian papers were deceived by the White River story, so circumstantial was it, and com- — plete in all its details ; but the whole thing was. nevertheless — a fiction pure and simple. This Desert iniquity, we are con- vinced, is another of the same sort, viz., a pack of lies.” —————— ¢ WE desire just here to have a few words withthe old-time _ readers of THE LUMBERMAN, and also the three thousand new ones whom we expect to peruse this issue. We desire to- become acquainted not only with the business workings of every lumber manufacturer and dealer, and planing mill man of the country, but also make ourselves acquainted personally with all with whom we do business in any way. In other words we want to make the CANADA LUMBERMAN the mouth-piece of every man engaged in the trade, and take pleasure in re-_ peating our oft-repeated invitation to the trade in general to use these columns. No matter how diligently we may work to make this journal a success, we cannot expect to make it thoroughly representative without the individual and combined assistance of our friends throughout every province of the Dominion. Every Canadian manufacturer who has a spark of ambition, is working at the present moment with the object — of making his manufacture second to none, and especially equal, if not superior, to that produced by our neighbors across the border. We have the same object in view, and desire in the near future to see this journal the acceffed organ of the great lumber trade of Canada, and on a par with an of our big American exchanges. This can be done if even limited support is given it by the great bulk of the lumbermer of the country. The question “‘ What are we expected do?” may present itself to some of our readers. That ques tion is easily answered. In the first place we want your nam on our subscription list. The commodity will only cost dollar per year. In the second place we want to receive a lines from you occasionally letting us know what you are ¢ ‘and the general state of trade. Now how many of those are not now regular subcribers will send in one dollar, with few lines of news? We do not believe in repeatedly makin appeals to the trade for support, and therefore hope that may have the desired effect. We want your assistance, and return we promise to do our share towards making THE BERMAN a journal of which the Canadian trade will jus proud. : : ¥ a ind / ity Seat At ype oy ym EXPORT OF SAWLOGS. “Manifestly it is not to the advantage of either the lum- herman or the people of Canada that sawlogs should be’ -cut in our forests and then be conveyed to the United States to It is not fair to our mill be there manufactured into timber. “owners, workingmen and others who thus lose the profit of +this business, and the competition is especially unequal as our “neighbors impose an import duty upon our lumber. Our re- “marks apply more especially to the pine of the Muskoka and Algoma districts, as it is here that there are symptons of an intention to carry on these operations on a large scale; here “they are especially obnoxious and here they ought to be ‘ccapable of being checked. On our south east frontiers, where ‘logs, especialiy spruce, are taken down small rivers to mills across the border, there may be more difficulty in checking _ “the practice and in some cases it may be less objectionable, so "that it might even be tacitly permitted. * The Dominion authorities moved in the right direction last “session when they raised the export duty on sawlogs. Having jprovided the remedy every effort should be made to see that it ds applied. It is quite as much the affair of the Provincial Government to see that the local industries are not starved and ruined by “unfair foreign competitlon, that the resources of the country ‘are not used to enrich foreigners in preference to our own people. ‘It is time that the Province, as such, has nothing to ~.do with export duties but it has jurisdiction in another way, for it is the property of the Province that is in question. Our timber limits are held by lumbermen who are licensed to cut the timber on certain conditions. - There should be no insuper- ~ able difficulty in the way of divising an agreement of which one condition should be that the sawlogs should be manufac- = tured into lumber in this country and not abroad. Of course . it would have to be drawn carefully * ‘so as not on the one hand sto restrict the export 9 of square timber, spars, &c., nor on the other hand to leave® a loophole open for the evasion of the prohibition to export sawlogs.- The penalty for non-compliance might be either the exaction of increased dues if the logs were -manufactured, abroad, or even the forfeiture of the limit. The officials who now see to ascertaining and collecting the «dues, might without additional cost see to the observance of this condition. The only objection that could be raised to such action on the part of the Province, is that it might be prejudicial to the Provincial revenue by preventing the competition of foreign smillowners fer the limits, and so having a tendency to lowet their value when put up to auction. But this would not bea sufficient reason, since the increased bonus would be dearly purchased, for the benefit of the home manufacture would far outweigh any gain from this source. The Province when dis- posing of its property would clearly have both the power and the moral right to make such a stipulation, so no objection could be raised under that head. It is obvious from the official returns that the export duties previously imposed have not been very rigorously collected. Now that the necessity for action is recognized, as is manifest “from the step taken last year of increasing the duty, there is Jess likelihood of neglect in this respect. - It has been said that the great extent of our lake shores and the sparse habitation of the timbered districts would render the collection of the export duty almost impossible and very costly. In this opinion we cannot agree; both governments have various officials who might be instructed to protect the common interests in this re- spect. Any limit holder breaking the law would run the risk, or rather would face the certainty of incuring the penalty, for his limit would be there as securety for the payment. Then to convey the logs across. ‘the lake a tug would be necessary. If it were rendered liable to forfeiture for towing logs from our “territory without reporting to the proper authority, its first 2rip would have to be its-last. It is only right that our forests should not be ‘depleted for the benefit of foreigners at the cost of our own people, and if -. a little energy is displayed such an anyrious practice can be ; checked. reg . a PLEASE “MENTION THIS PAPER.” A recent issue of our, sprightly exchange, The Builder and Woodworker, contains some excellent advice to advertisers Mi Iti is $0 good that i bearing the significant.title given. above. we present it in full below < ey “Please mention this.paper.” This line stares. the reader inthe face in many advertisements, in all classes of papers and periodicals, andthe request is, jn the majority of cases, mot complied with. Why should it be? Many advertisers _ get the idea that no better scheme was ever devised to ‘test the real value of any paper as an advertising medium than this ' ntly simple request, and yet as an index of value it is tically valueless. Why? Well, think back and see how | you have neglected compliance with similar requests, . senmeplected them. That will be an excel- cad > are is lent reason. There is no obligation mee upon the reader to comply with such requests and as time, which to the busy man is money, may be saved by neglecting them, why, they go un- noticed, Business is like a river with many tributaries, and in which it is impossible to trace every individual drop of But if a journal is selected for,advertising purposes..that reaches time and again the persons, most likely to be interested in the solicitation, that paper is certainly a sure fountain-head of profitable trade in the stream of patronage far below. water to the spring from whence it came. Temporary advertising in a small way will not produce an immediate or permanent in- crease of}. business any more than.a slight shower will affect the depth of water.in.a well, but: by. persistency in the use of printer’s ink in. the right direction the results sought will be gained'in the end with interest. ,._,,, FREE ENTRY OF FOREIGN-SAWED LUMBER. (Bangor Whig. ) Memorials setting forth that great frauds upon the’revenue have been committed under the guise of the laws granting free entry of lumber manufactured in the-British provinces by American citizens from logs cut in the State of Maine, have been numerously signed by the principal Jumbermen of the Penobscot...and Kennebec’Rivers and forwarded to the Secre- tary of the Treasury through our | members of Congress, with request that the department set in motion effective agencies for the prevention of the violations of law complained of. Representative Boutelle recently received a number of these memorials signed by the most prominent lumber manufacturers of Bango, Old Town, Orono, Milford and the yicinity re- presenting the business on the Penobscot River, forwarded to him by Messrs. W. T. Pearson & Co., and on Tuesday he called personally on Secretary Fairchild with the papers and had an interview with him in regard to this important matter. The secretary expressed avery éarnest desire to do anything in the power of the department to remedy the evils represented, but stated some of the difficulties encountered, and thee amport- ance of having the co-operation of American lumber manufac- turers with the revenue authorities in the matter of discover- ing and punishing fraudulent importation, resulted in the following correspondence :— TREASURY DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 15th, 1887. U.S. House of Representatives, The interview Hon. C. A. Boutelle, Washington, D.C. Sirs—Referring to the petition of Messrs. Wm. T. Pearson & Co., Adams & Co., and others of Bangor, Maine, submit- ted by you to the Department, concerning alleged frauds in™ the importation of sawed lumber from New Brunswick, claimed to be the productions of the forests of the State of Maine, I transmit herewith a letter this day addressed to the. said parties, which I will thank you, after perusal, to cause to be forwarded to the proper address. Respectfully yours, C. S. FAIRCHILD, Acting Secretary. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 15th, 1887. Messrs. Wm. T. Pearson & Co., Adams & Co., and others, Bangor, Maine: GENTLEMEN,—The department is in receipt through the Hon. C. A. Boutellé, of your petition without date, concern- ing alleged frauds in the importation of sawed lumber from New Brunswick, which is claimed to be the production of logs cut in the State of Maine, and sawn in the Province of New Brunswick by American citizens, and to be entitled to free entry under the provisions of section 2,505 and 2,506 of the Revised Statutes, as contained in the Act of March 3rd, 1883. The petition represents that great frauds exist in such im- portation in that a comparatively small amount of ‘Maine tim- ber is mingled with the great drives of the St. John, River in New Brunswick, which are floated to the mills in that Pro- vince and there: manufactured, and that the product, consisting principally of foreign lumber, » is then imported’-into the United States, and admitted to‘free entry as of the produc- tions of the State of Maine, manwioctures | in New Brunswick by American citizens. s The deparment is unable to take any definite action upon the general statement made in said petition. Ifyou will, how- ever, forward particulars concerning any transactions. of which you have knowledge, specifying the names of importers, and importing vessels, dates of importations, and other data, the ‘department will cause careful investigation to be made with a view to detect such frauds, and’ to prevent their recurrence in the future. pe yeu ; : im Neg, oeSae! . FAIRCHILD, Acting Secretary. Sle. E FOREST FIRES. Bol The annual report of the Ontario Commissioner of Crown Lands will be found to contain much that is of interest to our readers. It is very ‘satisfactory to find that the wise measures taken by the Mowat Administration with the view of preventing or checking forest fires have been so successful’ in attaining the desired end. It has been repeatedly said that fire has done more than the axe to deplete our forests, and any mitigation ot this evil is therefore a most important con- sideration alike for the lumbermen, the public treasury and ELE) ‘CANADA LUMBERMAN. mh Sik, 9 the country at large. From the departmental report it will be seen that fires last year were Jess frequent, less destructive and that when they occurred’ their speed was checked. This was largely due to the precautionary regulations that have been enacted and still more to the employment of officials whose special duty it is to see them enforced: How valuable has been the service rendered by these fire preventive officials is proved beyond cavil by the fact that the ermen have shown their appreciation in the yery practical way of cheer fully bearing half the expense. In answer to a departmental circular the leading lumbermen have urged the continuence of the service, have expressed their willingness to continue to | bear half the expense, and even advdeate:an extension of the | system. Thus encouraged the Governnrent. has arranged to | increase the number of these officials and to extend t area under their protective care Ewen better results may fore be expected in the future than those which have al proved so gratifying. It appears from the Commi | report that he has some natural hesitation to incur the expense | of doing all that is asked ‘or all that he thinks advisable. | While economy is of course desirable and even necessary, | parsimony in such a matter would be as ‘economical as insuffi- cient insurance of property exposed to risk of a conflagration. | The prevention or even the keeping within narrow bounds of these forest fires will save from destruction an enormous amount of property belonging not only to the lumbermen interested but also to the public treasury which has no less at stake. And besides the question of revenue, the whole com- munity has an interest in the preservation of such valuable resources which form a large part of the national wealth. Apart from the actual destruction of the forests by fire the mere dread of such devastation has an injurious effect. It often happens that limit owners hasten the cut of certain por- tions oftheir territory though it may be neither convenient nor expedient thus to hasten their operations, because they would rather submit to some loss and inconvenience than run the risk of the total destruction of property which for some reason .|. they believe to be particulary _exposed to danger. When a fire has 1un through the forest this urgency becomes an im- perious necessity, for their ciitting within a very limited period’ is absolutely necessary to prevent extensive deterioration and soon total loss, from the ravages of boring insects. So too with the public treasury, there is not only the risk of loss by fire, but the very dread of that risk acts prejudicially. Thus Provincial authorities have sometimes placed limits on the market in excess of requirements, and when circumstances were not altogether propituous, for the avowed reason that it was better to do so even at some sacrifice than to lose all by fire, of which there was danger through advancing settlement, explorations for minerals, hunting and trapping, &c. Such forced sales‘are ‘cléarly‘not to the advantage of the Province, and are not always convenient for lumbermen, who may not care thus to add to théir limits in advance of their require- ments. With a reduction of the fire risk, these evils would be diminished. In view of the mischief wrought -by forest fires, the regula- tions for’giarding against them should be maintained and even made more strict if necessary, they should be rigidly en- forced, and an efficient: staff should be employed not only to see them’ carried out, but also to prevent the spread of such firés as may occur. Our New Brunswick correspondents have repegtedly com- plained of the injustice ‘being done the trade of that province by the government allowing Americen lumbermen to make freé use of their timbér resources, and the question is certainly worthy of careful and immediate attention. The geographical position of the provinee of ‘New Brunswick is such that unless the most stringent protective measures are adopted a continua- tion ’ of forest destruction by~ Americans will not only be practiced asin the past but will be pushed with increased vigor. The principal support of the people of this province comes directly or indirectly from its extensive timber opera- tions;and now that this revenue is being cut off, the people are led to enquire ‘‘ What-are we going to do?” Some posi- “tive move should be made, and that at once, to impress upon the Government the importance of restricting Americans from engaging “in- such a wholesale slaughter. If United States lumberman desire to operate in Canada, let them open out their miliSon the Canadian side, and enter into fair competi- tion with our-own people. No one will object to this, as ‘i American enterprise and capital will always be found accept- able in this country, but when- they cross the lines for the ex- ’ press purpose of cutting and carrying away our timber to be nianufaétured in their mills aeross the border, it is quite time we should call.a halt.. The export duty seems to be a dead letter in this province, aud no time should be lost in drawing the attention of the local members of parliament to the rob- bery now going on. The question is of too serious a nature to allow of delay. |e) THE CANADA SAW MILLS FOR PROFIT. N order to make a saw mill a success, or in other words a source of profit, it must not only be well managed, but must also be planned and arranged with a view to the handling of the stock from the pond or bank to the piling ground in the most expeditious manner and with the smallest practicable number of hands. The day is passed in which it was neces- sary to keep as many men in the mill as it cut thousand feet a day, and the man who tries to run a mill of that sort will soon get left. We present herewith a plan for a saw mill of moderate cost to build and operate in proportion to the amount of its daily output... We have only shown in detail the usual and neces- sary machines, in order to bring the cost down to the mini- mum, but those who may desire something of greater capacity can readily add the usual appliances. The writer has seen a mill built after this plan with the addition of steam nigger, steam feed, and lumber trimmer,—the trimmer was placed between the edger and the tramway,—with a daily capacity of fifty thousand feet, requiring but fifteen men from the log jacker to the lumber car, including the inspector and lath hands. In this plan it is intended that the mill building shall be two-stories except the house, which may be one storey. The saw mill, of course, is to be located on the second floor, it being much cheaper to haul the logs up into the mill by steam, than it is to hire men to lift the lumber and refuse boiler up from the ground and place_it on the pile or cart. The man | ah reACIK Skid $$ Kid eJofe fr Ria] RY who runs a ground floor mill of ten thousand feet daily capa- city or over is doing an uphill business in more than one sense. The dotted lines are intended to show the location of the engine on the ground floor, also the shafting and belts sus- pended from the middle joist. The saw mill is intended to be driven by a belt direct from the pulley on engine shaft ; another pulley is placed on the crank shaft which drives the line shaft, to which the edger and other machinery is belted. The slab saw should be a swing saw, and may be either sus- pended from above or supported from below. We prefer the latter, on account of the tendency which a suspended saw has to feed in too fast and choke up. The slab saw is driven by a quarter turn belt from the short shaft shown near the corner of the drawing. The two main belts should be provided with gravity tightener pulleys, so arranged that either one may be thrown off quickly from the sawing floor, in case of accident to the machinery, or for the purpos of examining or changing saws. In cases where it is desired to dress the lumber before shipment, the planer can be placed on the ground floor under the tramway, and driven by a belt from line shaft ; but it will not be satisfactory to run the planing machine and saw mill at the same time, as unless the power is ample, the motion is too unsteady for the planer. The dust carrier is an open box or trough, with a chain belt running through it. The bottom of the trough should be provided with slides for the purpose of discharging at any desired point in the boiler room. The carrier may be extend- ed outside the boiler house, and the surplus dust carried out and deposited in the dump cart. A tramway should also be provided from the slab saw to some convenient dumping place at a safe distance from the mill. While the small mill man may not fell able to have a steam nigger, he should provide some better means for log turning than by the use of cant hooks. A geared windlass driven by a belt from some con- yenient point and provided with a strong rope and hook, will 4e found to answer for a small mill, and will save much time and hard lifting. —Chicago Timberman. —Another saw mill is in course of erection in Calgary, N. W. T., with a cutting capacity of from 40,000 to 50,000 feet per day. This establishment is owned by Wisconsin men, who recently had extensive timber berths surveyed along the eastern slope of the foot hills. They are known as the Au Clair Lumber Co., under the management of Mr. Prince. THE TIMBER OF THE PACIFIC. CORRESPONDENT, signing himself “‘G. W. H.,” has been writing a series of articles tothe Vorthwestern Lum- berman, and as his last production has special reference to the timber of Western Canada, we reproduce the same. Our readers will readily pereeive how cautious this writer is in his remarks, and how he inclines to write purely from an American point of view. Even though much that he says may be open to criticism, his version, right or wrong, will not be read without interest:— From Winnipeg to the Rockies there is not a stick of tim- ber to be seen which a lumberman would esteem worth cutting. From Winnipeg to the foot hills it would puzzle the wayfaring man to find a staff. South of Cassils are the Cypress hills, 25 miles distant, where is a timber tract estimated at 15,000, - 000 to 20,000,000 feet of jack pine, running 40 logs to the thousand. I did not visit it, nor yet the splendid mill erected for cutting it, but have my information from reliable sources. A few miles west of Calgary is the new mill of the Alberti Lumber Company, obtaining stock from a timber limit in the BOILER BOILER BOILER LUMBERMAN. ee OO | rather hillsides, of Shuswap lake. FOR CARRIAGE,» ~ LOG This stock is not much From the summit of foot hills, by way of the Elbow river. different from that of the Cypress hills. the Rockies to the coast, the Canadian Pacific runs through a densely wooded, mountainous country, and the novice would exclaim, ‘‘ What worlds of timber!” but the lumberman would, with a more practical eye, discover nothing but ‘* fence rails.” An occasional exception must be noted as we pass the limited valleys of the Ilecillewaet and Beaver, where, mixed with the predominant small ‘jack pine,” may be seen a patch of larger size, even to trees of two and three feet; and at Donald we heard of a limit of a couple of thousand acres a And in ce few miles up the river, said to be ‘‘ good timber.” this neighborhood the company obtained 25,000,000 feet of mainly 12x12, with which to build the snow sheds. The flats along some portions of Eagle river looked as though there might be some fair-sized timber mixed through the saplings. Passing these we did not see a good-sized tree on the line of The sides of the mountains are dense with tall forest growth, from 6 to 10 inchies in diameter; ‘but if there was a world of good timber among it, the character of the steep mountain sides, and of the streams at their base, would forbid its utilization by the lumberman. At Yale (head of Navigation on Fraser river), however, we begin to see some timber and to observe stumps: alongside the track, which would measure from 4 to 10 feet across. From all we could learn the whole of the interior, or mountainous portions of the province, is correctly judged by that portion traversed by the railroad. road until we neared Yale, 90 miles from the coast. There is an occasional lake, in fact many of them, in the mountains, hemmed in by cliffs whose precipitous sides extend from thousands of feet above to hundreds if not thousands of feet below the surface of the water, but it is difficult to find any shores, and the timber growth on the hillsides is of the small stuff before mentioned. Some of these lakes are fed by rivers, and where the river empties into the lake an area ‘of a few thousand acres of good timber can be found. We visited one such river, and found a valley of from two to five miles in width, densely wooded with the red cedar of the Pacific, trees from two feet to ro and 12 in diameter, with trunks 150 to 200 feet to the fitst limbs. We counted the trees on one acre, and figuring out the contents of an average tree, we estimated 597,- 090 feet to the acre. We could hear of but one other such tract in the province. There is, however, a tract of excellent white pine (Pinus monticola), about 55,000 acres in extent, - - a= oe said to average 100,000 feet to the acre, in the region of Mable — lake, which with a drive of 138 miles down the Spullmcheen river could reach the railroad. It is needless to say that these tracts have been taken up. Aside from those mentioned we could learn of no timber in the interior which could be made available by lumbermen. When we reached the coast, how~— ever, we must tell a different tale. As near as we could learn, — the available timber resources of British Columbia are confined to a belt on the main land not more than 50 miles in width at , the outside (in many cases but two or three miles), and this So broken by mountain ranges as to greatly reduce the timber area. The island of Vancouver, however, isa vast forest of : timber of most excellent quality. The island is about 300 — miles long, averaging 100 miles in width ; its shores are broken — by bays and inlets, often running many miles inland, and it would be difficult to find one of them which did not offer a fine quality of fir to the seeker. Smaller islands abound, all of which are well timbered. On the main land I inquired in vain for any variety of hardwood, and was told that the first — governor of the province (the honored Douglas, after whom the fir was named) offered $100 dollars for a hard wood tree from the main land, but did not find any one tc claim the money Subsequently we learned that on the Kootenay river a fair article of white birch was found in limited quantity, and I can personally vouch for an occasional birch on the banks, or On the island, however, may be found limited quantities of ‘‘ island maple,” black oak, alder (of sawing size), arbutus, birch, crab apple, yellow cyp- ress, fir, hemlock, white pine (very little), spruce, white thorn and yew. Of these the Douglas fir predominates, with a mixture of 10 to 1§ per cent. of red cedar, an occasional white pine (finus monticola), and spruce. “The fir grows to im- mense size, and, so far as I can could judge, was esteemed fit for the saw mill only when from four feet diameter upward. We endeavored to obtain estimates from those we esteemed most competent to judge as to the aggregate timber resources of the province, but out of half a dozen timber rangers, mill men and government officials, the highest estimate given was £*7 000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000.” From a knowledge of earlier customs in the east, and a conviction that when the four foot timber became scarce smaller growths would be in request, we placed an estimate of from 40,000,000,000 to 50,000,000, - 000 feet as nearer the correct figure. The fir has a height of from 150 to 250 feet, its leaf more nearly resembles the hemlock than the pine, and its wood is akin to the fat pine of the south. _ It is said to be no infrequent occurrence for the saw to strike into a “pocket” of liquid pitch from which one or two gallons may be strewn promiscuously over the mill. The butt logs are very similar to long leaf or Georgia pine, while we saw top logs which appeared more like white pine than like the “loblolly” of the interior of the southern states. An end section of fir laying upon your desk would be pronounced ‘‘southern pine” by a majority of your visitors, if they did not examine the face before giving their opinion. It is a pecularity of this timber that it may be used green from the saw (in that climate) without danger of either shrinking or swelling. It would probably need acclimating by means 0} kiln drying in other climates. _ I was told by a carpenter whom I saw working in it that when bone dry it was frequent ly necessary to bore for the nail, and that when once driven, the nail could not be withdrawn without breaking. These pecu- larities no doubt account for the fact that in every mill we visit. ed we found a pony planer at the rear of the mill through which the lumber was passed as it left the saw. A piece a foot long, one inch square, supported at the ends, will show a breaking load of from 650 pounds at the highest, to 600 pounds at the lowest, or a mean of 638 pounds as shown by govern- ment tables. Its mean crushing load is 7,000 pounds to he square inch endwise, and 1,750 pounds sidewise. Its we dry is 33¢ pounds to the foot. Itis a timber which will any place where strength is required, being stronger in every respect than oak or maple. It is largely used also for . - ~ yi [7 Tee CANADA LUMBERMAN. _ finishing purposes, although its pitch prevents it from becoming the trade however is decreasing in operations year by year and :a favorite. The red cedar is the finishing wood of the.coast, taking the place which in the east is monopolized by white pine. It is not the pencil cedar of Tennessee or Florida, nor the red cedar with which we are familar. It is of more open grain ; in fact ‘its grain is no more dense than the white cedar of Michigan. It is however a beautiful wood, and finished aw natural is no whit inferior in appearance to cherry, and in many instances equal to mahogany. It is almost exclusively employed in the smanufacture of doors, sash, blinds and mouldings, while for ceiling and wainscotting it is unequalled. It takes paint like pine, but is so much more beautiful in natural finish, that it is seldom defaced with paint. It is often used in connection with the redwood of California, and like it sells at about $35 to $40 -a thousand. It is somewhat gritty in working and in this re- ‘spect resembles redwood, but of the two was most commended by carpenters. Like the fir it may be used direct from the saw without danger from warping or twisting. Several of the fin- est buildings at Victoria, notably the Victoria theater and Driard hotel, are finished in cedar, and no one could ask a richer doz ensemble. tis not plentiful even at Victoria, and the coast cedar does not equal in quality that of the mountains. While upon the subject of cedar, we must not forget to mention the beautiful yellow cedar, or cypress, of the northern part of Vancouver island, and I have never heard of it else- where. It is of a beautiful creamy color, very dense in texture, taking a high polish and with a specific gravity of 31.21 as compared with fir at 34, red cedar, 24.95, maple, 37.41, white pine 27.79. For strength it will carry a mean breaking load of 693 as compared with fir at 638, maple, 580; oak 550. It crushes endwise at 5,900 as compared with red cedar at 5,500, fir at 7,000, oak, 6,500, white pine, 5,500, and sidewise at I,- 400, as compared with red cedar at 1 ,500, fir, 1,750, hemlock, 1,000, maple, 1,500, and white pine, 1,000. As an ornamen- tal panel with red cedar, mahogany or cherry, it shows a rich contrast, and is altogether a most desirable wood. I could hear of but limited quantities, in patches of 160 acres or so, but its value may be assumed from the readiness with which it finds market at $60 per thousand on the coast. OTTAWA LETTER. From Oux Own Correstondent. Orrawa, March 24th, 1887. The leading industry of the Ottawa Valley and the one with the most capital embarked, is undoubtedly the taking out and manufacture of lumber. Perhaps it may bea fact unknown, but it is a fact nevertheless, that sixty millions of dollars are invested in the lumber business of the Ottawa Valley, and this is almost, if not equal, to the whole of the capital invested in manufacturing in the Dominion. _ firms engaged in lumbering are timber limits, saw mills, im- proyements on rivers and creeks, to facilitate driving stocks of lumber on hand, piling grounds and machinery. The area of timber limits under license on the Ottawa and its tributaries in the Province of Quebec is 9,732 square miles, and in Ontario 7,153 square miles. In 1886 there were logs cut to the enor- tMmous quantity of 496,000,000 feet board measure, the getting out of which furnished employment to thousands of men and teams in the woods, at the mills and on theriver. In addition ‘to the saw logs about twenty millions of dimension timber were taken out last year. WHO ARE OPERATING. The greater portion of the vast era of limits in the two Provinces mentioned above is worked by firms whose head- ‘quarters are at Ottawa. The following operate in the Province of Quebec: Gilmour & Co., Hamilton Bros. J. R. Booth, James McLaren, Ross & Co., Bronson & Grier, Alex. Fraser, Bronson & Weston, J. &. G. Bryson, Gillies Bros., Perley & Pattee, E. B. Eddy, Hurdman & Co., W. C. Edwards, Bron- son, Weston & Edwards, David Moore, McLaughlin Bros., Latour Estate, John Ross, Bryson & Charlton, Thomas Glover, Thompson & McKay, R. White, Peter McLaren, Martineau Estate, Rochester & Doherty,,McLaren & Edwards, James Cotton, D. Murphy, J. B. Dickson, John Roche, H. U. Noel, _ John Smith, Estate Sir F. Hincks, Estate A. Grant, R. White. The names of the principal limit holders in the Province of Ontario are :— J. R. Booth, Perley & Pattee, Bronson & Weston, McLaugh- lin Bros., Bronson, Weston and, Grier & Co., Gillies and McLaren, Barnet & Mackay, E. B. Eddy, Wm. McKay, McClyment & Co., James McLaren, Alex. Fraser, Thistle, The principal assets of the ‘Carswell & Co., Boyd, Caldwell & Son, R. Klock, Hurdman : “& Co., R. Ryan, N. E. Cormier, Gillies Bros., O. Latour, A&P. White, A. Barnet, H. M. McLean, Emery Bros.,- A. S. McLean, Ontario Lumber Co. and McCarthy & Co. here are about 13 firms engaged in the manufacture of square umber inte Ottawa dad ‘ipissing district. This branch of ' Railway of square lumber from the district of Nipissing. * work. _ prior to that date. this year will not go more than 5,000,000, SAWN LUMBER cut at the mills in Ottawa is shipped principally to the United States and to other points in Canada. Last year, however, quite a quantity was shipped to England and found a ready market. but first class stuff. The manner of shipping to the United States is chiefly by barges which are towed down the Ottawa and St. Lawrence and through the canals to Sorel, thence up the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain to Whitehall and down the Hudson to Albany and New York. quantities of lumber are also shipped by the Rideau Canal and Canadian Pacific and Canada Atlantic Railways, and lately some heavy shipments have been made by the Canadian Pacific The entire output of sawn lumber from the Ottawa district in 1886 was between 700,000,000 and 800,000,000, but this year that quantity will be lessened owing to the difficulty with the log drawing, the unprecedented snowfall curtailing and in many cases preventing the drawing. TOTAL VALUE. The total value of sawn and manufactured lumber exported from this district to the United States was: In 1884, $2,843,- 5753 1885, $2,254,801 ; 1886, $2,170,814. It is estimated that there will be a considerable falling away in the latter figures in 1887. Nothing, however, was shipped to the latter point Considerable OTTAWA MILLS. The immense water power furnished by the Chaudieur and Rideau Falls runs a great number of lumber mills, many of which, at the present moment of writing, are being fitted up for the summer’s operations. The Messrs. Grier have during the course of the winter erected a new mill which it is expected will be ready to begin operations about June Ist. The saw- mills in this district are of large capacity and are equipped with all modern appliances for rapid, smooth and economical These are all ‘‘gangs” and contain from four to eight gangs of from thirty-six to forty-two saws each with all the necessary edging tables, all lumber being made parallel and passed over chain butting tables. The lumber manufacturers of Ottawa are fully alive to the necessity of keeping abreast of the times and the necessity of the industry. night and day for between six and seven months of the year or from the time the river opens till the Canadian Sovereign, Jack The mills are run Frost, stretches his scyptre over the waters. The mills in general are lighted by electricity which aids materially in night work. About two-thirds of the sawn lumber of this district is pro- duced at the Chaudiere and Rideau Falls mills. Eleven hours a day constitute a days work for mill hands and others con- nected with the manufacture and handling of lumber, and wages are paid weekly to mill hands. The number of men who find employment in connection with the lumbering busi- ness in the Ottawa district is very large and variously estimated at from ten to 12 thousand. There is no fixed rates for work- men but the following gives an approximate idea: Foremen $50 per month, choppers $24, road cutters $17, teamsters $20, cooks $35, log measurers $35, head sawyer for gangs $40 to $50, for circulars $40 to $60, tail sawyers $30 to $35, edgers and trimmers $35 to $40, filers $40 to $50, ordinary laborers $1.25 per day. TIMBER DUES. The timber dues in the Province of Quebec are, generally speaking, higher than in Ontario, For oak and walnut the dues are four cents per cubic foot in Quebec and three cents in Ontario, red pine, white pine, cedar and other square timber two cents in Quebec and 1¥ cents in Ontario, fine logs 13% feet long, 17 inches diameter, 22 cents each in Quebec, 15 cents each in Ontario. Less than 17 inches II cents in Quebec 15 cents in Ontario. Spruce logs 5% cents in Quebec, 10 cts. in Ontario. White and Norway pine saw-logs per 1,000 board measure $2.00, hemlock logs same measurement $1.00. _ SLIDES AND BOOMS. In connection with the immense timber and lumber traffic of the Ottawa Valley an extensive system of slides and booms has been constructed on the Ottawa and its tributaries. The total length of the Ottawa River is about 700 miles. tion of the river descends from the. north-west to Lake Temis- caminque and then turns to the southeast, which general direct- ion it follows to its confluence with the St. Lawrence at treal. The most important tributaries of the Ottawa are the Gatineau, Mississippi, North Nation, South Nation, Lievre, Rid- eau, Madawaska, Bonchere, Coulonge, Black River, Petewawa, Chalk, Mattawa, Dumoine and Magnasippi. On allthese streams extensive timber limits are worked by Ottawa capitalists and improvements have been made by. public and private enter- prise to facilitate the passage of square timber and logs. The first public slides and’booms constructed on the Ottawa were begun in 1841, but private enterprise had constructed slides at the Chaudiere, Portage du_ _ Fort, Calumet and at Arnprior Philomon Wright, an. American pioneer The upper por- . Mon-— | Saginaw country it was among the largest shippers. would be much lessened from last year’s returns. [f who settled at the Chaudiere shortly after the war of 1812, built a slide on the Hull side which was purchased by the Canadian Government in 1849 for $40,000. In 1843 Mr. David Moore built a slide at Calumet. The first important slide on the Ottawa is that at Carillon, 68 miles below Ottawa. The total amount expended by the Government of Canada in erecting slides and booms on the Ottawa river was $339,204. For repairs, staff and operation $275,113 were expended between the years 1867 and 1882. The total receipts for slides and booms on the Ottawa and its tributaries for 1886 was $107,- 328. In 1886 269,504 pieces of square timber and 3,550,698 logs passed through the Ottawa slides. THE TRADE FOR 1887. The trade for 1887 promises to be brisk but the heavy snow fall will materially lessen the log cut. In conversation with the different lumbermen of the Chaudiere they expressed them- selves like this : MR. J. said that the difficulty experienced this winter by the lumber- ing firms in the Ottawa district in the logs have the effect of lessening the cut by from 20 to 25 per cent. This reduction will affect the amount of lumber sawn the coming summer and unless the mills have a R. BOOTH getting out will during large reserve of logs from last season the mills can hardly run their usual full time. In cases where lumbermen sell their whole season’s cut before they begin to saw this state of affairs may prevent those who do so from keeping their contracts, but most of the large firms only sell a portion of their season’s cut before hand. To all appearances, he added, the floods of this season would equal ago if the the memorable ones of seven years snow and ice went with a rush. Floods, as far as the lumbermen were con- cerned, would make a splendid drive but might also do damage by preventing mills from running owing to raising the back water on the Ottawa. MR. E. B. EDDY said the depth of snow in the bush was unprecedented in the history of lumbering in Canada and would have the effect of lessening materially the season’s cut. The amount of sawn lumber turned out from the mills this coming summer would, he thought, be much smaller than last year. MESSRS. PERLEY AND PATTEES, said the cut at the mills this year would be much less than last year. He thought injury would be done to the mill business by the hight water which seemed to be inevitable. MR. BRONSON of Bronson & Weston, said the state of affairs in the shanties MANAGER was most unsatisfactory. The number of logs cut this season His own firm, he said, would have sufficient logs to keep them running all summer. He anticipated bad flooding. MESSRS. GILMOUR & CO. who are carrying on an extensive operation on the Gatineau river, state that the depth of snow would lessen the log cut I5 to 20 per cent. season would wind up. from but much depended on how the MR. HIRAM ROBINSON of the frm of Hamilton Bros. considered that the cut would be materially reduced owing to the depth of the snow. The probable reduction will be 15 to 20 per cent. MR. J. HENDERSON. of the firm.of. James McLaren & Co., said there was a likeli- hood that the reduction would be 25 per cent. The markets are steady at present but he thought it likely judging from the dimunition in the cut. that prices would go up considerably. G. B, GRIER & CO's. MANAGER thought that the firms would be ab’e to keep their contracts with buyers, but owing “to the reduction in the log cut there would be no reserve logs for next fall. He feared bad floods. Other lumbermen seen on the subject coincided in the view that fewer logs would be cut this season than last, all agreed that prices would feel more or less of a boom. The date for opening the mills is fixed all the way from April 20th but to May Ist, but all depends on the season, and whether or not operations will be carried on between the 20th of May and the 2oth of June, depends on the rise in the waters of the Ottawa. competition 600,000,000 feet will cover the output of the entire Ottawa district for the year 1887. From careful _LUMBERING. McARTHUR Bros. very nice pine timber, It is timber that has occasion. of only eight miles from the city of Toronto. , of Toronto, are cutting a quantity been- saved apparently for this special This firm is also putting in a quantity of legs and board pine in upper Michigan .and in the Georgian bay dis- trict. sum of money in knowing orthodox style. well as at Toronto, and in the palmy day of oak timber in the It owns large tracts_of timber, and has made a large how to. do business in a strictly The firm, maintains an office in Saginaw as ~ 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NOTES FROM THE MILLS. ONTARIO. __A sash and door factory is likely to be built at Portage du Fort this spring. —Loggers are hopeful that wages for the pa drive will be high this spring. —Wiork is to be commenced on Tait & Wylie’s saw mill at Midland at once. —Mr. Mat. Sierra, of Norwood, while skidding logs a few days ago, had his leg broken. —Messrs. Swackhammer and Busters of Acton, have pur- chased the Ballinafad saw mill. Mr. Bechler is erecting a new mill on the 6th concession of Greenock township, Bruce county. —William Mitchell, of Deseronto, is making some extensive improvements in what is known as the Big Mill. Mr. C. J. Rykert, of timber limit fame, is spoken of as the probable Speaker in the new Parliament at Ottawa. —The Minneapolis & Ontario Lumber Company has pur- chased 1,500,000,000 feet of timber in British Columbia. —Mr. J. B. Coates, of Picton, lately purchased Andrew Irwin’ saw mill at Blenheim, and has taken up his residence there. —A. Hirtle, the orontielar of a planing mill in Berlin, has effected a compromise at 50 per cent. secured, on liabilities of $3,000. —A large crotched tree was recently felled in one of Boyd & Co’s shanties in Monmouth which measured 5 ft. 4 in. at the butt. —Loggers from all parts of the country are rapidly return- ing from the shanties and the work in the woods is practically at an end. —Mr. J. Watson of Czesarea, has put up a large addition to his shingle mill, and is putting in a lath machine and other machinery. __—Messrs. Bronson & Weston are making numerous im- provements in their mills at the Chaudiere in preparation for the coming season. j —At Little Current, Manitoulin Island, Ont., railway ties and logs are coming out of the woods rapidly, and business of all kinds is good as a consequence. ~ __Mr. Bowerman of Brooklyn has purchased the saw mill on Sawyer’s Lake. He will be prepared to cut on the Ist April, and talks of putting up a woollen mill. —Jas. Keenan, of Huntley township, while drawing logs recently, the binding pole slipped and knocked him off the load. He fell under the sleigh and was crushed to death. —Messrs. Grier & Co., have placed a complete plant of machinery in their new mill at Ottawa, and will soon com- mence cutting. The new mill is built after the style of E. B. Eddy’s. The Midland /ee Press says there will be a big boom in The Ontario Lumber Ross and Devonport’s lumbering in that region this summer. Company have closed with Messrs. tender for the building of their new mill. —Mr. J. R. Booth has a gang. of 50 men engaged in mak- ing repairs to his saw m'Ils at the Chaudiere, in anticipation of the coming season. Mr. Booth expects to be able to com- mence sawing as soon as the river is clear of ice. —John Shaw, of Forest, and Simon Fraser, of Amherstburg, have closed with the Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co. for the entire cut of their Dyng Inlet lumber mills, amounting to 12,000,000 feet of lumber and 4,000,000 pieces of lath. —More than 40o American and 130 Canadian barges are employed in the Ottawa river and Lake Champlain lumber trade. This immense fleet would be thrown into ordinary if the President should enforce the retaliatory law lately passed by congress. —The amount of snow in the Parry Sound district the past winter has been deeper than for years past, and as a result, logging operations has been difficult. Notwithstanding this, however, it is said that the cut of logs will be one of the largest for years. The last season’s cut of lumber in the White Lake dis- trict is being shipped now. Twenty-eight teams are engaged jn drawing to Pakenham, eight of which are drawing for J. R. & J. Gillies. About 2,000 feet constitute a load, and one trip a day is made. —A correspondent at Kingston writes that there is not much lumber on the Kingston & Pembroke railway unpurchas- ed. Operators worked at railway ties as a rule. Limit holders get out their usual supply this winter. Most of the ties are | pounds and the skin 113. —Messrs. Grier & Co., of Ottawa, intend making a road- way under Broad street for transferring the lumber cut in the mill to the sorting ground,” ‘This change will be a great improvem nt, as by the transfér of lumber in the ordinary way the streets would run a risk of being blocked up. —An immense moose having been seen by several men belonging to the lumber shanties on the Schyan River, near Pembroke, Messrs. G. B. Moore, J. A. Angus and J. F. Inglee started in pursuit. Getting on the trail they soon sighted the object of the chase, a truly noble animal, and kill- The dressed carcass weighed 900 The animal is said to have been the ed him after some trouble. largest ever seen in the district. —From Ottawa reports it is surmised there will be a full cut at least, and if the winter had been a good one for lumbering, many more logs than the mills could have cut up, which is limited, would have been made. This is accounted for by many square timber men having taken contracts for sawn logs instead of cutting square timber. If anything will be short next season it will be square timber, which is being cut in very small qtantities compared with former years. —Mr. George A. Loud, of the Oscoda Salt and Lumber Company, Mich., has returned from the Georgian Bay district, where he is banking several million feet of long timber and short logs for the American market. When the south exten- sion of the Algoma branch of the Canadian Pacific is com- pleted next summer it will be quite easy for Michigan lumber- men ‘to reach the pine forests of the Serpent, Spanish and French rivers, going via Mackinaw and the Sault in place of via Toronto. —Mr. J. C. Ottawa a few day’s ago, endeavoring to obtain a supply of lumber, but is reported to have announced his ill-success as “ Nearly every plank in the Ottawa market has been I visited five firms here to-day, and at each place In one or Robert, lumber merchant of Montreal, was in follows:— purchased. was told that the entire cut has been disposed of. two instances I was offered a few thousand feet by way of eee aaa a week. A car contains from 1,800 to 2,000 tubs. ' ber, lath, shingles, etc., | vessel loads will be thus shipped, it is said. | pointed sole agents in France, Spain, Portugal, and Algeria accommodation. The manufacturers certainly can’t com- plain as the last ten or twelve months has witnessed an advance in prices of about 15 per cent. Dealers won't figure upon next season’s cut.” —Repairs have been going on nearly all winter at the vari- ous booms, slides and piers along the Ottawa River. At Des Joachims, about fifty miles above Pembroke, the slide and booms are being repaired, at. Mountain Station, near Portage du Fort, a gang of men are re-constructing the side piers on the dock, which were damaged at the breaking up of the ice last spring. The ordinary winter repairs are going on at the Chaudiere and Hull stations, while on the tributaries such as the Dumoine, Pettewawa, Black River, Coulonge, Mada- waska, and Gatineau repairs are going on in preparation for the opening of navigation, and also the anticipated ice shoves in the spring. The largest operation is on the Coulonge, the damage being effected last year by the heavy masses of ice coming in contact with the booms and completely demoralizing them. The Ottawa River works have taken precaution this year and will be in readiness for the break-up. It is said that if the ice breaks up in the solid masses, as last year, there will be no saving the wharfs, booms, boats and other works, not- withstanding their extra fastenings. QUEBEC. The roads are blockaded by snow in every direction. —Owing to the heavy snow lumbering operations in the district of Quebec are being abandoned in every direction. —A fairy supply of pine logs has been cut in Quebec, and if they can all be driven to the mills there will be no stoppage. —Business is very dull in the lumber business. No sales chants are holding off. ——Messrs. Dobell, Beckett & Co. are credited with the pur- chasg of Stokes and Kelley’s elm, about 60,000 feet at 28c. This lot is stated to be two years old, and 45 to §0 feet average. The British Admiralty has awarded contracts for pine and spruce deals to Messrs. Smith, Wade & Co., and for Canada pipe staves to Messrs. R. R. Dobell & Co., both Quebec firms. —A correspondent from Montreal says that the arrivals from the lumbering district around Three Rivers report an immense quantity of snow in the woods. There is fifteen feet in some places. There is certain to be a great dearth of logs in the spring, and the lumber trade will sustain great loss. —Preparations are being made in the Hull lumber yards for the opening of the season. As soon as ever ‘the ice suffi- ciently breaks up great activity may be anticipated in this department as the supply of logs at the boom is sufficient to purchased by the Rathbun Co. — Hemlock is becoming very * scarce in this vicinity. keep the mills going six weeks without any additional sup- plies from the shanties. | Robert Conners, F. W. Giberson, Wm. Tidlie, and Darius | caquimic to boom limits; 7th, Maduxinkeag to boom limits.- are being made in the American market, and Quebec mer- —Messrs. Fuller & Hill, of Bolton Center, Que., are turni out all the butter tubs it is possible for them to make. They have an order from Scotland for two car-loads of tubs per —An American firm who possess a patent for manufacturing a fireproof composition out of sawdust and clay are considering” the advisability of opening a branch establishment at Hull. The immense quantities of sawdust which can be obtained at an-almost nominal price greatly favors such an enterprise, and — its establishment will be a.decided boon to Hull. If this. scheme be carried out it will certainly develop a new industry in the Ottawa Valley and one which would employ a large number of hands, and furnish a considerable export trade to- this district. If water power should be required Ottawa in- — stead of Hull may be selected. 5 NEW BRUNSWICK. _ —A man named Joseph Miller, employed in a fcumealil St. John, N.B., recently had his arm split by a circular saw from wrist to elbow. —St. John, N. B., exported $22,048 worth of timber, lum- during the month of February, against — $36,596 during the same time last year. ee —A large quantity of pulp wood concentrated at Moncton, — New Brunswick, for shipment to the United States. Several —Messrs. Simson & Mason, Limited, have just been ap- for the New Brunswick Trading Company of London, Limit- ed. The New Brunswick Company handle the entire well- known stocks of Messrs. R. & J. Stewart and Messrs. Guy & Co., who ship spruce from St. John, Miramichi, Bathurst and Shediac, besides pitch pine from Mobile and Pensacola._ These classes of wood goods are being sold more and more each succeeding year on the continent. —Wn. H. Murray, Isaac H. Page, John Kilburn, Franklin Stetson, Walter S. Stevens, George B. Dunn, Whitfield Giberson, J. Fraser Richardson, Edward L. Jewett, David. Keswick, Jarvis Hayward, Chas. F. Woodman, Darius Vixon,. Wm. H. Cunliffe, Archibald F. Randolph, Geo. T. Baird, John S. Leighton, Adam J. Beveridge, Israel Merritt, James- Yerxa, Cornelius Hagerman, Matthias Nadeau, Bedford Hume, Frederick Moore, Thomas H. Phair, and Wm. F. Fowler have petitioned the Main legislature to be incorporated into» ‘The St. John Log Driving Company.” —Messrs. Weldon, McLean & Devlin, solicitors for the People’s Bank of New Brunswick, have obtained an injunction from Judge Palmer, prohibiting the New Brunswick Trading Company of London from conveying to any person the real estate lands and premises described in certain deeds from one John Stewart to them executed upon the 8th inst., and record- ‘ed on the oth in the county of Gloucester ; also prohibiting the same company from disposing or removing any of the pro- perty described in a certain bill of sale dated Aug. 7, 1884, from Robert and John Steward to the People’s Bank, and reg- istered March 10, 1887. —The St. John River Log-Driving Company held its an-- nual meeting in Fredericton on the 13th ult., when directors were appointed in the persons of Frank Stetson, president ;- Nixon. The secretary-treasurer is J. Fraser Gregory. _ For~ driving purposes the river is divided into seven districts ; Ist, from Grand Falls to boom limits ; 2nd, Salmon Falls to boom limits ; 3rd, Aroostook Falls to boom limits : qth, Tobique to © boom limits ; 5th, Big Presque Isle to boom limits ; 6th, Be- The driving was sold at the following rates ; district No. 1, 18c. per thousand ; No, 2, 11c.; No. 3, 15.3 No. 45 1ac Nos. 5, 6, and 7, 9c. per thousand. MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. Alex. McIsaacs was brought in from Cameron & Kennedy’s- camp at Rat Portage a few days ago having his back broken by a tree falling upon him, The whole lower part of his body- is completely paralyzed. Very little hope is entertained. : —QOn account of the recent increase of freight rates from. the Mountains to Calgary, all the lumber merchants have can-- celled the orders they had placed with the Mill-owners in the west, and have appealed to General Manager Whyte for a reduction in the tariff. ‘ —Thirty-eight thousand shingles were cut, cael and p ed recently in a day of ten hours at McFadden’s mill, 3 inne- % dosa, by the Orr boys. It is stated that if it had wal favorable day the cut would have reached forty-five thou The men at the mill claim this to be the best day’s cutting ever done in Manitoba, and want to know who can beat it. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —Victorio, B. C., has three saw mills which have an an capacity of 40,000,000 feet. There are numerous small mills in operation near the city, and all doing well, 7 — ~ 4 S - ' ee ee : - CHIPS FROM YANKEELAND. The railroads are hustling the logs to the Saginaw river at a lively rate. be The Detroit and Bay City railroad will have hauled at the close of the present season 230,000,000 feet of logs. The project for a winter bridge across Detroit river has taken » definite form. The first stages of the work has been, begun. Hamilton, Mass., is to have a planing and saw mill run by power furnished by a wind mill. new application of such power. A Buffalo, N.Y., paper says that the lumber trade of that city and Tonawanda leaves more money in local hands in the two places than the grain trade, large as that is. Careful estimates of the log crop of the streams tributary to booms, will furnish logs to Bay City and the Saginaws, the present winter, place the amount at nearly 600,000,000 feet. In Michigan the value of lumber, per 1,000 feet, has only It is believed that this is a increased from $12 in 1866, to $13 in 1886, while stumpage | has jumped from $1.25 to $5.50 per 1,000 feet during the same period. Baird & Robins, of Big Rapids, Mich., are about to erecta large steam saw mill at Rhinelander, Wis. _The Her ‘ald says the mill will have a capacity of from 80,000 to 100,000 feet per day. The question of inspection and straight measure still continue to agitate lumber circles, and their seems to be a rather decided front in opposition to the plan of selling by straight measure. The proposed building of the Aipena & northern Michigan, is likely to promote other enterprises with the object of opening out the timber resources of the northern counties. The Lumberman’s Gazette claims that ‘the dark, dened Saginaw river still continues to float out more lumber than any other sree in the world that we know of ; Muskeg- on comes next.’ : The logging business is being pushed for all it is worth in Alpena county, as well as in other parts of the state ; and the outlook at present is favorable for the full realization of the an- - ticipated log crop. Petoskey railway, in | sand-bur- , New York hardwood men are agitating the subject of uni- » form inspection throughout the country, or at least the adoption ’ by the various exchanges at principal points, of a system which shall be common to all the leading: markets. Down in Maine the law makers have become exercised over -the waste of forest wealth going on in that state, and the re- sult is a bill now pending before the legislature providing for the appointment of a commission to look the matter up. Lumbermen in New York are taking considerable interest in the proposed national inspection system for hardwood lumber, and it is not unlikely that a call will shortly emanate from their new exchange for a convention at some central point to consider the matter. The American Forestry Congress has addressed a memorial to the Congress of the United States on the necessity of pre- serving from depredation and fire the forests that now exist on the Government domain, and on the desirability of encourag- ing tree-planting on the great plains. It is evident that the mill capacity of the northwest, especi- ally that of Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan, will be greatly increased during the current year. In both the sections indicated there is to be a wonderful development of “resources by reason of the building of railroads and the open- ing of mines. As these regions are largely timbered with pine, mills will be erected simultaneously with the building of railroads. Flatt, Bradley & Co., of East Saginaw, Mich., have a con- tract to supply the British Navy with masts.. They are at present getting out spars on the Pinconning branch of the Michigan Central railroad, and lately shipped a quantity to Nova Scotia, a new departure in the method of forwarding masts to the seaboard, as hitherto they have gone down the lakes by water. There must be some urgency in British naval affairs, since the builders cannot wait till the opening of navigation. s The exports of lumber from New York have been much larger so far in 1887 than in 1886... The shipments of pine in January amounted to 5,905,000 feet, as compared with 5,181,- coo feet in January, 1886. About three-sevenths of this year’s «exports went to South America, and one-third to the West Indies. A successful effort to establish rail shipments is in progress in the Saginaw Valley. In 1880 that district sent out 27,000,000 feet of lumber by rail, and 770,000,000 feet by . Last year the rail movement amounted to 176,000,000 and that by water to only 591,000,000 feet. The princi- al gain in the former direction has occurred since 1884. |, for the year 1882, 1883 and 1884. The Minor Lumber Co., Alpena, Mich., is said to have recovered $9,200 of the $11,000 appropriated by the default- ing salesman, W. J. Miller. ‘Phe latter is now in Canada. An Associated Press dispatch from Chicago says : The grand total of themwhite pine lumber product ofthe Northwest for 1886 was 7,426, 368,000 feet. ” the preceding year, and is only slightly short of the total cut This is 870,000,000 feet in excess of The greatest gains were in the older milling districts. product of the Northwest was 4,575,531,000 shingles, which The grand total of the shingle is the largest showing in any preceding year. ‘These figures are cited as showing that the maximum annual lumber product of the white pine districts has probably not yet been reached. The of lumber hand the close of the year is placed at 3,068,093,000 feet, or 170,000,- 000 less than at the close of 1885, and 450,000,000 feet less than in 1884. The stock of shingles were 350,000,000 more than in 1885, and 10,000,000 less than in 1884. stock on at mills at the Every indication at present points unmistakeably to the belief heretofore expressed by this paper that unless some en- tirely unexpected event happens, the lumber business will open encouragingly, and continue prosperous during 1887. Our opinion is seconded in this wise by Lumber, one of our ex- changes: ‘‘The trade outlook is very favorable at present although the actual business is not quite so heavy as at this time last year on account of bad weather. The arrangements for building this season are quite as extensive as at this time last year, possibly more. (Quite a number of solid business men are contemplating extensive building operations the coming season. If the general business of the country is not interfered with by legislation or other outside causes, everything points to an extremely brisk season. Lumber seems to be holding firm in all markets with a slight prospect of an advance in some articles, particularly hemlock and yellow pine.” Gazette. —Lumberman’s EUROPEAN LUMBER NOTES. The English lumber market is gradually improving. The stock of lumber in the Liverpool market is very much reduced. It is generally apprehended that timber freights will be ad- vanced in England shortly. A correspondent writing to the Z%mber Trades Journal, wants to know why it is that the ends of Quebec Birch are Painted red. Two cargoes of lumber shipped by Messrs. D. & J. Maguire & Co., insolvents of Quebec, to the English market, were seized at a London port recently, Considerable discussion is at present going on among the members of the trade regarding the advisability of establish- ing a Lumber Exchange in England. Liverpool trade is still in a stagnant condition, with very few orders in the market, and no disposition to enter in arrival business, in which, so far, there’ has been very little done, es- pecially in Quebec goods. The failure of Messrs. R. A. & J. Stewart has naturally given rise to considerable comment. Rumours having been circulated as to the New Brunswick Trading Company, Limited, being affected by the reported difficulties at St. John, N.B., we made direct enquiries, says Timber, and were assured by one of the directors ‘‘that even had the rumours been true there would have been no loss to the Company, who are quite prepared to meet their engage- ments.” The prevailing impression in England is that very little is doing in business for the new season for the Baltic, but it is said that considerable transactions are constantly taking place in a quiet way, and that more sales have been made than many are aware of. The Quebec shipping houses have also done a large amount of business for f.o.w. shipment to United King- dom ; but very little of it for London. The competition be- tween sellers has been keener than usual this season, especially during the last few weeks. The London Board of Trade returns for last month were issued on the 9th March. They are very favorable, particularly as regards the exports, which show an increase under all the leading heads. The declared value of the imports was £28,- 513,994, against £26,621,869 in February, 1886, the items which have augmented most being articles of food and drink, raw materials for textiles, and manufactured articles. For’the two months to date the increase is £4,256,508. The value of the exports last month was £17,255,133, against 416,384,007 in February, 1886—an improvement of £871,126, which is mainly in yarns and textile fabrics, metals, machinery, and ap- parel. The gain for the two monthsis £1,567,080. The great expansion in yarns and textile fabrics continues to be chi fly due to the extended scale of shipments of cotton goods to the Eastern market, more especially India. , THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 The shipbuilding industry at Tyne is looking up. Many of the yards are better employed, and two of the yards which have done nothing for some time, are commencing active operations. This will favorably affect the log trade, anc the stocks of (Quebec goods are becoming very light, it should stiffen price Some of the Quebec shippers have been here trying to place cargoes for spring shipment ; but so far, only one Tyne firm is reported to have bought. 21s to 22s, Quebec to Tyne is quoted for spring shipment. Canadian woods to t e Live rpool markets are report vy Farnworth & Jardine as follows :—Yellow pine timber: The deliveries as is ustial at this season of i EN small; the stock is very moderate, but7there is no improve- ment either in the demand or value. Ked pine is seldom inquired for, and prices rule Jow. Oak logs :—There has been a moderate enquiry for prime wood, but inferior quality Oak been is neglected. planks have importec ly ; the demand continues good, and _ price er, and the stock remaining over is light. Ash is ix Kid eque the stock is low. Pine deals are in dull deman the stock is far to heavy, and prices nnchanged. Quebec staves are seldom inquired for. From New Brunswick the following is reported —The import has consisted of two small cargoes; there has been a fair demand throughout the month, and the stock is now reduced to a more healthy condition ; notwithstanding this, prices do not improve, aud several sales have been made on contract for the season’s shipment at very low rates. Pine deals are in dull demand, and the stock is silfficient. Birch : Only one parcel has been imported, whichihas chiefly gone direct from the quay into consumption ; there has been a fair demand, but late sales show a slignt decline in value, and the stock is ample. Birch planks:—Several sales have been made on contract but at rather lower prices. THE LUMBER WORLD. A scheme is being worked up by Mr. E. H. Bronson, M.P. P., for the purpose of building at the Chaudiere mills for the manufacture of pulp out of sawdust. Mr. Bronson has been encouraging the scheme for some time and it is expected that before long a company will be formed with a large capital, a powerful water power at the Chaudiere purchased and extensive mills erected for the manufacture of pulp from the sawdust which has for so long been a nuisance to both lumbermen and forwarders. This idea of manufacturing paper from sawdust has several times been attempted in this city and very favorable results obtained, but the want of capital caused the abandon- ment of the enterprise. Should Mr. Bronson’s idea be carried out and a company formed with a sufficient capital to start the work of manufacture there is little doubt but that success will aftend the efforts of the company, as paper is now being manufactured in many places throughout the United States from sawdust, at a great profit to the manufacturers. Be- sides, if this idea was carried out we would get rid of a vast amount of that sawdust against which so many protest. A Journal reporter called upon Mr. Bronson’s manager but could obtain no furter informajion beyond the confirmation of the fact, as Mr. Bronson is himself in Toronto and the scheme is not as yet sufficiently matured for publication. Mr. it is said, has purchased Thompson’s grist mill at the Chau- diere, and his firm intend to convert it into a paper pulp fac- tory. —Ottawa Journal. Bronson, BOBCAYGEON /7dependent :—The immense territory to the north of this village is still in a great measure clothed with the primeval forest, for settlement is so slight and scattered that no material change has been made in. the original condition of the country. It is true that a large proportion of the pine has been cut and removed, but the forest has been but little changed in its character and thousands of square miles are yet untouched by the axe of the settler. Throughout ths mense territory the best, most thrifty and largest timber is that of the black birch which grows everywhere in rich profusion. Up to the present time but little of this timber has been used but it valuable qualities are at length beginning to be recognised. *m- for other purposes than fuel, would seem that its There is probably some exageration in the price mentioned, for black birch universal a growth throughout the Canadian forest to permit of so rapid a rise in price, but a general increase in its value may be safely calculat- ed upon in the future. It is a beautiful furniture wood and becomes of exceeding hardness with age. Its present value is probably not more than $14 or $15 per thousand, but as soon as the price advances to $18 or $20 there will be an opening for an enormous trade. The supply is unlimited but as the logs cannot be floated in water, they have to be trans- ported on the railway, and at a less price than that mentioned they can not be profitably handled. Those settlers in the back country who possess black birch within handling dis- tance of a railway would do well to hold them, for their value is certain to become greater. is a wood of too 14 THE CANADA L =a? VALUE OF CANADIAN WOODS FOR EXPORT. By Pror. JOHN MACOUN. Nese culled from the Indian and Colonial Exhibitions and a few practical observations founded thereon, may not be in appropriate in the coming issues of THE LUMBERMAN. At the present time much attention is given in England to woods of every description for the purpose of getting new material for both house decoration and carriage building. The Colonial and Indian Exhibition held out inducements to the various experts and wood-workers in London and the Provinces, to come up to the Exhibition and examine the woods from the various Colonies and India. This was soon taken advantage of and numbers came daily to examine and criticise. General- ly speaking the woods from the other colonies claimed more attention at first, as they were brighter colored, closer grained, and more attractive looking, but as the novelty wore away it was discovered that these woods were very heavy, hard to work and in many cases so scarce that their introduction to the English market was an impossibility. Following closely on the opening of the Exhibition came the reporters of the various scientific publications, and these found much to admire and to praise in our timber exhibits. We were kept busy from morning until night giving notes and answering questions. parties soon came forward to make enquiries as to the best means to be employed in opening up a trade with Canada for the various species of hardwood which we have so abundant n many districts. These in a short time bore fruit as * % % The senior partner of the largest chair manufacturing com- pany in England, located at High Wycombe, called upon me and after talking the matter over and examining our specimens asked me to put him in communication with some parties in Canada, which I did. He would guarantee to take $35,000 worth every year, but not in the form of square timber, but just in the round log and short lengths. | My discussion with him brought out the fact that there is much difficulty ex- perienced in England, from overcharges on railways than in Canada, and that the great cause of a want of success in the timber trade is the middlemen in combination with the rail- ways. It costs as much to carry a single barrel of apples from Liverpool to London and deliver it as it does to purchase it in Canada, carry it 1000 miles on land and 2500 miles by sea to Liverpool. Dealers g t more /ébera/ rates, and the business by this means is kept in the hands of a few. * me * When it is considered that English beech is getting scarce, and that there are at least 20,000,000 of people in England who sit on common chairs, the importance of this trade can- not be over estimated. My advice to Englishmen was always the same: open up communication with our lumbermen, get them to cut all kinds of timber to the sizes required, im- mediately after being felled, and ship nothing that would by any possibility become waste or would be difficult to handle. I had a double object in this advice, one was to employ our own people and the, other to prevent deteriora- tion by rotting, caused by the decomposition of the sap. * * * This naturally leads to the all-important question of cut- ting and drying. Pine timber, cut in winter and put in the water in spring and floated down to the mill and only taken out of the water to be sawed into lumber, remains perfectly Hardwoods and pine, but especially the former, are drawn to the various local mills and perhaps allowed to lie all summer exposed to the sound, and the sapwood often quite white. heat and rain without apparently a thought being given to the injury already done or any attempt made to protect it from further injury. A careful perusal of that section of my paper, read before the Coachmaker’s Institute in London, which deals with the ‘deterioration of woods after cutting,” will make clear to any one the absolute necessity of a complete change in our present mode of procedure in this respect. * * Following closely on the footsteps of the Chair-makers came the Coach-builders with their multifarious wants. Some _ wanted spokes, others hubs, shafts, or materials for bodies, but With the permission of the various leading coachmakers in London, I examined their stocks and saw their modes of seasoning and of course heard the praises of English oak and ash, and soon became convinced. that our plan of shipping hardwood to England was altogether at fault. a none seemed to know anything of Canadian wood, * * Ransome & Co., of Chelsea, experimented on fourty-five different species of woods from India and the Colonies, and A few days after in conversation with an eminent engineer he amongst others who addressed the meeting was the writer. remarked that: our wood—ash and oak—bore no comparison to theirs as regards toughness and elasticity. Further en- quiries showed me why our wood was condemned by practical men, and this subject I also took up in the paper read before the last issue of your paper,) in the section on “ toughness.” Conversations following the reading of the paper showed me that I had made an impression on the general public and that many of my hearers believed my statements. j % a % One dealer came to see me about elm hubs, who supplies” many of the omnibus builders with the material for wheels. He told me the young tough elm which grew so plentifully with us was just the material he wanted, and he was prepared to take immense quantities either in the round log with the bark off or sawed the proper lengths for a hub. I found that the American Rock elm in London, was chiefly our common elm, and much of that which came as square timber was gray elm or common elm grown on dry soil. Large white oak spokes are wanted by the same firm, but many complaints are made of the unreliability of the dealers. Only a few weeks before our conversation a large consignment of spokes had been received and a cablegram despatched to repeat the order. UMBERMAN. ne the Coach-builders Institute, (the report of which appeared in | When the latter lot arrived they were much inferior to those sent at first. The first lot were real white oak (Quercus alba) but the second while still white oak, was the more brittle species (Quercus Macrocarpa). % % * A very profitable business could be done in these lines by men with a little capital, getting a portable sawmill and just cutting up on the ground, where people are clearing land, all the smaller of the valuable trees that are now worse than wasted. It is now high time that our farmers and others, owning tracts of half grown trees, should realize their great yalue as permanent remunerative property. Owing to the increase of population and the ever increasing demand for agricultural implements, suitable timber will become more anq more difficult to obtain, and when this time arrives the man who has a tract of young hickery, ash, oak or elm, or all inter- At pre- sent the Americans are seeing the end approaching, and are The timely export duty on logs will do something to retard the mixed, will have a mine of wealth of untold value. looking with longing eyes at our wealth of forest lands. the wholesale destruction of our pine forests, but to these as to everything else there is a limit and the end will surely come. * a * Passing from wheels to bodies I found that mahogany was the chief wood used. White wood (Lirtodendron Qulipifera) (Platanus occtdintalis) or Button wood. When I-asked about Basswood no one seemed to know much about it, but the tests we subjected it to showed them its valuable properties, and make it the coming rival of mahogany when color is not a requisite. At present mahogany is eighteen cents the square foot inch measure, and basswood could be deliveredat less than one third the cost. Before I left London I introduced Mr. Bennett, of the ‘‘ Bennett Furnishing Company,” of London, (Canada), and Glasgow, Scotland, toa number of gentlemen engaged in the business, and before I left he had taken a num- ber of orders for sample lots of oak, ash, hickory, basswood, then he has obtained the contract of furnishing all the city schools of and elm at eight cents a foot per small orders. Since London with desks for three years. I mention this to show what may be.done by coming in contact with men who are desirous of doing business in the changed conditions of the present active age. * * * Yellow pine deals as our ‘‘ White Pine” is called, hardly I made numerous enquiries about it and never succeeded in finding any except what came by rail. Arnold & Co., of the Royal Dockyard Wharf, Woolwich informed me that the present mode of shipping timber from Canada, greatly curtailed the trade and in‘many cases stopped it altogether. This ‘firm receives square timber from Quebec, and on its arrival it is and lies there until it is wanted if the tide suit, Should the tide not suit, Norwegian or Archangel deal or scantling is sold in- stead, as it is always cut before shipment, in Norway, to the size the London market requires. Having noticed the various Ottawa lumber merchants cutting from six inches to two feet off the ends of most of their deal, I enquired if that were necessary, and was answered by being shown Norwegian deal from six feet to twenty-eight feet long. In Norway they take all they can out of the tree and do the sawing in their own country. I was informed by the foreman that in the five years he had charge of the yard a whole log of ash or black birch had never been bought. He wondered with me why we cut away so much of the tree and then sent the heart, which every one knew was the poorest. While in conversation he counted reaches London at all except by way of Liverpool. thrown into the water for a customer, when it is drawn out, and is sawed up as the customer may desire. up the cost of sawing 750 feet of ash out of the square log as eee LJ x it lay in the pond. The sum total was £1.17.6 or 50 in our currency. about $9.= * * naa 7 I am quite convinced that the days of squared timber have departed, and that the sensible, economical, and profitable plan is to have an intelligent agent who knows the require- ments of the market, and have all lumber manufactured to suit the wants 2f the purchasers. If this be done it would place lumbering on a more certain basis and give a far wider market for one of our most important industries. Squaring timber belongs to the time when sawmills were not in exist- ence and as it has served its purpose the sooner such work ceases the better. | Quebec has filled her cup to the brim by being ruled by the Longshoremen. The middle-men in Eng- land are in the same positions and the producers and consum- ers are looking forward to a closer union which will be of mutual advantage. By doing business like merchantile men lumbermen can get a share of the profit by shipping direct from Montreal to London. The Tilbury Docks, twenty miles be- low London, are now open and Canadian lumber can go direct to London without being re-shipped at Quebec and Liverpool as much of it is now. ‘ - * * Another most important product is the pulp that has become such an article of trade in a few years. At present England imports immense quantities from the North of Europe, but the matter has only to be taken up in an energetic manner in Canada and a valuable business will soon be established. It is “only a matter of time, perhaps in the near future, when balsam, spruce and the refuse of pine and even sawdust will be made into pulp, and no prophetic powers are needed to fortell the thousand and one uses to which such material will be put. was used for a variety of purposes and so was Sycamore | CANADIAN PACIFIC ACQUISITION. That the Canadian Pacific railroad will one of these days raise Cain with some of its American competitors may be seen in the following despatch from Boston :—Quickly and surely the Canadian Pacific is completing its control of access to the Eastern seaboard. The latest move on the checker-board is the lease of the Connecticut and Passumpsic rivers railroad to the Boston and Lowell, which, though not yet consummated, has progressed so far as to become a practical certainty. The Directors of the Passumpsic road considered the matter to-day, | and it is understood that they talked very favorably of the Lowell proposition. Whatever conclusion they reached will be indorsed by a good majority of the stockholders. The Pas- sumpsic line is something over 100 miles long, and runs from White River Junction, Vt., north to Sherbrooke, Canada, thus forming the connecting link between_the Boston and Lowell at White River Junction, or Well river, and the Cana- | dian Pacific at Newport. Obviously its acquisition will be of great importance to the Canadian Pacific and the Boston and Lowell in carrying out their far reaching plans. — THE MANUFACTURE OF EMERY WHEELS. Among the outfits of saw mills there seems to be one article _ that of late years has proved itself indispensible. Both for gumming and sharpening saws, Emery Wheels are in great | request. No makers of these goods have a higher or more ex- | tended reputation than the manufacturers of the “Hart” Wheel. It has become well known in Australia, India is a customer, France and England are steadily-using them, while in the United States and Canada, probably as many are used as of all other makes together. Besides a large factory in Detroit there has been for the lasst even years an establishment in Hamilton, Canada, where the Hart Wheel is made. In the latter place besides manufacturing emery wheels a large number of mechani- cal devices for running emery wheels are turned out every year. Prominent among these and of interest to our readers is the line of RogersPatent Saw Gummers and Sharpeners. Mr. S. C. Rogers, one of the directors of the Hart Emery Wheel Co., of Hamilton, has invented a very complete yet low | priced devise for grinding circular saws, and also three machines for sharpening them. One of these is illustrated in an adver- | tisement on another page. These circular saw filers will take respectfully 36 up to 48 and 72 in. circular saws, and will | sharpen cross-cut Saws also. There is in addition a device, (forming an attachment if needed) for the three machines which sharpens up to 72, for sharpening gang saws. These files although not autematic may claim to be semi automatic, for the shape of the teeth and the degree of filing they need are fixed by positive stops and guides, at the will of the operator in such a way that all the teeth are filed Any part of 2 tooth can be filed, the throat, back, breast, or point only: Having set the machine to do the work, the oper- ator has nothing more to do than to move a lever back and forth. - This motion works both the saw and emery wheel so that the-latter comes in contact with just that part of any tooth _ that requires sharpening: The work is done wholly with emery | wheels, no files are needed as the saw is finished ly the m: ine ready for use. pee CANADA LUMBERMAN. NEW BAND SAW MILL. i uke economical production of lumber is a point to which lumbermen have been giving considerable attention lately. The introduction of Band Saw Mills into mills in the U. S. has been attended with considerable difficulty. Lumbermen admitted the economy of the Band Mill, but doubted its efficiency and utility. Consequently the tests that band mills have had to undergo, have been in many instances severe. The Egan Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., sold a Band Mill to a lumberman of that city and he set it just across the logway from a circular, so that the cut and general be- havior, figuratively speaking, of the two mills could be closely watched and compared. Of course the circular mill cut the most lumber, but it was evident that the great saving of the band mill, together with the finer quality of lumber it pro- duced, overcame by far, the difference in the amount cut, and at the end of thirty days, the circular mill was taken out anda band mill put in its place. Egan Company’s latest Band Mill, embodying many new and advantageous improvements over any other band mill now built. The following detailed description of this mill is taken from the Company’s Catalogue, which will be mailed to lum- bermen and wood-workers on application, and mentioning the CANADA LUMBERMAN : The column is cored out, and is the stiffest that mechan- ical skill can construct of iron. The base is also cored, and is braced for great strength and strain. The axles or shafts, both above and below, are of steel and large in diameter ; both shafts can be lined up, and the lower shaft boxes are not on the base, but in separate, independent adjustable boxes. The outside bearings on both upper and lower shafts are adjustable. The upper shaft has boxes and bearings almost five feet in length, and in the solidity and construction of this shaft we excel all other manufacturers. The wheels are $ feet in diameter and 10% inch face. They have staggered spokes, and are very stiff, with extra heavy rims and hubs, and wil! stand a speed of 1,000 revol_ without We illustrate on this page, the N See | I ¥ Z and bearings utions per minute springing, and will carry a 1o-inch saw blade. The guides are very perfect; and have a “‘throw”’ of about ¥ inch so as to clear the log in gigging back. The patent rollers at back of saw are much improved in their ar- rangement, and prevent the saw from becoming crystaliz- edand cracking. The last plank can be cut to 1 inch without raising the guide above the knees. Head blocks of any special manufacture will be furnished to suit purchasers, or they can buy what suits them, and we can make the carriage to order. If desired we can adapt the mill to suit any carriage parties may have. The feed can be either friction feed, rope feed, or steam feed. Many of our latest mills have been furnished with rope feed, and it has given general satisfaction, working very easy and without a jar. The steam feed has also given good satis- faction on our new mill, and where the carriage and logs are heavy and fast sawing is wanted, it is a great improvement. The mill is built in the most perfect manner. The best materials are used throughout, and we test and run the mill in our works before shipping, and will warrant it in every way. For farther information, prices of this or cuts and _ prices of any other Improved Wood-Working Machinery, address the manufacturers, The Egan Company, 176 to 196 W. Front St, Cincinnati, O., U. S. A. » \e a ps om co J ” == x I int ‘is eel —The saw-mill at South River, formerly owned by Mr. Erb, has been purchased by a firm of Americans who intend extending and refitting it. The price paid is said to be in the neighborhood of $3,000 == REDUCTION IN THE OTTAWA LUMBER CUT. T is a common subject of remark that the present winter’s | ous parts of the country speak of the great depth of snow in the snow-fall has been almost unparalleled. Reports from vari- woods, the consequent bad roads and general unsatisfactory state of affairs in the country. The following information, kindly given by representatives of the big Ottawa Valley lumber firms to a Journal reporter, show how the snow is affecting them. MR. J. said that the difficulty experienced this winter by the lumbering R. BOOTH firms in the Ottawa districts in cutting and getting out logs and timber will have the effect of lessening the cut by at least one- fourth. This reduction in the amount of timber cut will of course lessen the amount of lumber sawn during the summer and unless all the firms have a large reserve of logs from last spring many of the mills will have to shut down before the summer is over. In cases where Jumbermen sell their whole season’s cut before | they begin to saw it this state of affairs may prevent those who do so from keeping their contracts, but most of the large firms sell only a part of the season’s cut beforehand. To all appearances, he added, the floods this season would the seven years ago, if the spring Floods as equal memorable ones of came with a rush. far as the lumbermen were con cerned, would make a splendid drive, but “might also do im- mense damage in preventing the to the mills from running, owing raising the backwater in Ottawa. MR. E, B. EDDY said that the depth of snow in the bush and on the open was almost unparalleled in the his- ; Al tory of lumbering in Canada, and would have the effect of re- ducing considerably the season’s | cut. Besides the depth ofsnow, the thickness of the crust on it did great damage to trains. Should spring come with a ush 15 ed out. His own firm, he said, we ywever, have fhi- cient Supt ply of reserve log to keep them r icT Fy Peticniotit hous aiipee urances that bad floods were probable ‘ that some damage might be dons he being prevents from running until the water lowerec MESSRS. GILMOUR & Cr who have extensive lumber operations on the Gatinez Ki er, state that the depth of snow in the Gatin« var alleled in the remembrance of the olde er | was the work of cutting and getting out retarde Nearly all choppers had been set to work } ng and bre roads for the teams in order to get hauled all the logs w had been cut during the on. This we ‘ ‘ ‘ least 25 per cent., and will have some effec > he « oO | timber at the mills. - MR. HIRAM ROBINSON, general manager for Messrs. Hamilton Br« “Lumber operations have been going on by our firm this season on the Gatineau and Des Moines rivers, and hat the output will be considerably reduced. ve been cutting are now shovelling snow and bre:z for the teams, hauling logs that are cut and pilingup. The probable reduction in the cut will be from 15 to 20 per cent. ; it will, however, depend much upon how the season may_wind up. MR. JOHN HENDERSON, of the firm of Messrs. McLaren & Co., who ha Gatineau and Des Moines rivers says that there would be a con- ve limits on the siderable diminution in the output of lumber. There was a likelihood that there would be a decrease of about 25 per cent. in their own cut. y, but judging from the general diminution in the cut this year, it is The de- mand for lumber at the present time is very much less than it was at the same period last year. B. GRIER & CO’S MANAGER, The markets at present are very steady not unlikely that there will be a rise in the prices. G. said the cut of logs and lumber would less than usual, and unless firms had a good supply of reserve logs they He thought that the firms would be able to keep their contracts with buy- ers, but said that there would be no reserve logs for next fall. He feared bad floods this spring. MR. GEO. HURDMAN be 25 per cent. would be unable to run their mills all summer. of R. Hurdman & Co., said there would not be nearly the quantity of logs got out this last. ‘‘We have stopped most of season as there was our choppers and have them engaged in getting out the This short- logs already cut. li | ‘} cc ZZ li nm ~ MI Mi \ i ‘i ih y i) the floods would be terrible and might do much damage in stopping some of the mills from working till late in the season owing to the height of the backwater. The amount of sawn lumber that will be turned out during the summer was sure to be much smaller than for years previous. MESSRS. PERLEY & PATTEE’S MANAGER said the lumber cut would be reduced one-fourth. all hands were engaged in cutting roads and hauling the logs to the creeks chopping being to a great extent stopped. Last fall was splendid for log making, and large quantities were made and piled in the bush, so that notwithstanding the reduced cut there was plenty to do. Lessening the cut at least a quar- ter, and where firms have notia good reserve of: logs, it will effect the amount sawn. Big floods, he thought, were inevitable, and injury wi ould be done to the mill business, especially to those mills whose wheels are low, by the water in the Ottawa rising and prevent- ing some of them from running for a month or so. MR. BRONSON of Bronson & Weston, said that the state of affairs in the shan- ties was very unsatisfactory. The great depth of snow which had only been equalled by the spring of seven years ago, would At present | | | Stocks, would warrant them in advancing prices. have the effect of very much lessening the number of logs turn- ness in the cut will not effect the as we have a large I bad our cut of lumber at mills reserve of logs on hand. will have expect we =< floods if spring opens early. This will ofcourse make a good drive and enable lum- berman to get their logs very early.” MANITOBA AND THE NORTH WEST. —The annual report of the Trade places the business done in Winnipeg Board of lumber last year at $1,342,- 000. —J. A. Christie, lumber dealer, Brandon, talks of giving up the retail trade at that place. —Mr. T. E. Martin, of Regina, N. W. T., has commenc- ed importing lumber from the mills at Vancouver B. C._ If satisfactory rates of freights and terms of purchase can be secured, he expects to do a large trade. —Frank Dick, lumber dealer, Calgary, N. W. T., has sold | out his stock and business at that place to Fred Robinson, pro- prietor of the Beaver saw mills, B. C. as manager of the yard at Calgary. F. Dick will continue —Manitoba advices state that the immediate- demand for lumber is almost nil at the present time, and very little busi- ness expected before the first of April. cut will be in excess of last year. It is probable that the Dealers feel that prices are too low, and think they should have an advance of from $1 to $3 per M. They furthermore think that the improved condition of the trade, consequent upon the reduction of old The only trouble in the way is the lack of union among mill men, and the apparent suspicion with which they regard each other. It is hoped that some arrangement may be come to whereby a regular schedule of prices may be arranged, on a common sense, business basis. 4 Cee 16 yt a 1 THE CANADA LUMBE PERRDA e Aig inne a9" . RMAN. — ity ADVERTISEMENTS J HOSE wishing to BUY or SELL TIM- © BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find THE CANADA LUMBERMAN an excellent medium in which to make known their wants. Advertisements of this character will be inserted at the low rate of ONE CENT: A WORD, cash to accompany the order in every case. Address A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, Peterborough, Ont. TRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. March 28th, 1887. From our Own Correspondent. With the opening of spring the lumber busi- ness is beginning to assume a degree of activity, and the outlook for the coming season is being vegarded as decidedly encouraging. » Prices r¢- nain unchanged, a tendency towards an advance bill’ stuff being about the only noticeable alter- ation. ‘There seems to be a scarcity at present, of dry lumber, several dealers reporting their This will make a demand for green lumber as soon as stock as lighter than for years past. the mills commence operations. The only thing that may interfere with what promises to be a good season’s trade is strikes, but from present indications such is not likely to occur. Building operations are going on here as rapidly as ever, and this will not only make a boom in the lumber trade, but also furnish plenty of em- Those of our lumbermen who operate or are interested’ ployment to mechanics and laborers. in mills in Simcoe and Muskoka {territory report, that their cut will be from 25 to 50 per cent. heavier than is customery. The output will therefore be considerably larger. F The following are the ruling quotations in this city at present :— Mill cull boards and scantling...........s.s.e0s $LO O00 Shipping cull boards, promiscuous widths. ...... 12 00 ro Stocks ......+.+6 iste 13 00 Scantling and joist, wp to 16 ft>. ce “e “ec 18 fie fe Lt sf ae PAVLGIN ayn ieeatainserefateleierersiery 15 00 Ss ia Sf 22 ft an eiceieinisiels LOS OU! nS ES tiednoboane Do ony 17 00 . re ZGEEG isis carexe‘eisakephelteluyavers 18 co al se of DRUEGK eererainrerais erties eees 10°00 “ “ Mou earSOIR Geant aicutncciearn eens 20 00 a8 Sh gt B2ZiG..cceseee Sonobooos Pat OW) a us ue 34 ft.. 50@22 50 a of « 36 ft.. ... 24 00 St os a BEV oiogs 6 pea 7200) u g AOVGO 44 Lbs eisieissteleiercistcle 30 00 Cutting up planks 14 and thicker dry..... 20 00@25 00 m3 HORUS ipa ee svetelifejelatelsteieierelarela)eiei Pine, 12-in. boards, 13 ft Pine, 1} in. siding, select Pine, a a - ied SN ee | i) | Maple good .....-...++- puts Black Walont % ...:-...-ssees nanan esos SD Black Walnut selected and seasoned....150 wer o Black Walnut counters .....2..-..---- 00 22@28 00 Klack Walnut 5x5 ............-+.++---150 OO@L60 00 Black Walnut 6x6....0005 -2+.-0ewecees 00 Back Walnut 7x7..... ~ae vane eovceresne 00 Black Walnut 8X8.....¢-..--+-4- : 180 00 Cherry wide. ....sesstevpyoene “sens 100 00@120 00 wherry, ordinary ...-..+4..s0000 speees 70 00@30 00 Whitewood inch. . 45 10@H 00 Whitewood @ in... 35 00@40 00 Whi'ee ood Sparel............- ‘ 45 W@50 00 + shingles ex, shaved pire 18 in.......... 8 00@ 9 50 Shin, les ex. sawed pine 18 in.....-...... 5 73@ 6 OO -Shi: gles clear sawe : pine 16 in.....--..- 450@ 500 Shingles cypres 24X7...-..++--+ 22 0':@24 00 Shingles cypress 20x6°......--.:.0+-+--- 00 W@I14 00 Yellow pie «dressed flooring...........- 30 00@40 00 Ye!low pine girder.......... tevecsseeess 26 00@35 00 Locust posts, 8 ft.... 00 18@00 20 do 10ft .. - 00 24@00 25 do 12ft ... 00 29@00 34 Chestnut post+....:.. Keres aris cial ooue 00 02 @00 3+ FROM CHICAGO AND COMMON POINTS ON CAR LOAD LOTS | pret ath ame id ant E« Feat a ee fe eae rey / md chal cation . NEW YORK CITY. “/- SPECIAL CONTRACTS, ‘Pine, very choice and ex. drv...,.. Pine, good......-.. Fi ; 5 f: LJ Pire, shipping box ... Sar oe Pine, common;box .......... 00@2: 60 Pine common box @ ..... Sate ue 0@18 00 Pine, taily plank-23 10in:, 2.0204... 2. 44@0u 50 Pine, tally plaok 14 2nd qual ......... 00 33@00 28 Pine, taliy plank 1} cwls....3.2-0...5.0. 30@00 32 Pine, ta'ly beards die’d good ....,,.... 32@00 35 Pine, tally, boards dressed common. 23@00 30 | Pine, str’p boards culls ........2....... 1°@00 20° Pine, strip toards mere’fable...... a aeaite 20@00 22 Pin, strip boardsclear.......+........-- 25@00 26 Pine, strip plank, de clear .............. 0 23@00 35 Spruce boarcs dreesed....,.-.4:..-...++ 00 25@00 2B Spruce, plant, 1} inch exch ..3:...... 0C 28@ 0 30 ‘prece, plank 2 in each ..., - 00 28@00 40 | Spruce p ark 1} in dressed 00 25@00 30 Spruce plark 2in dressed .. 110 43@0 45 — Spruce wall st ips ..... -. 00 15@00 18 Spruce timber......... - 20 WO@22 00 ‘Hemlock. boards each 00 18@00 20 Hemlock joist, 24x4 00 16400 18 Hemlock joist 3x4 /..-.-.... 00 18@00 20 Hem!oc joist- 4X6...i¢4p-esesce+ceseeee 00 40@00 44 — Ash, good ........- Be ee He 45 W@58 00 s Po ibaa Sie Sane ee ote po 00@60 60 Cargo :ates10 per cent. off, MERE FXTRA SELECTIONS. Cyprus, 1, 14, 2 and 24 in... Black “ alnut good to choice . OSWEGO, N.Y. . Philadelphity'%. ..<¢ivei——___ aceuiaea ee «eee 00@12 00 e, eeleeen ane 23 60@25 ALBANY. Sea SS v5 on tap dan ons = > Pine, clear, @M..... -.n@ te aas .$55 00@60 00 | Shingtes, 7860 ranean @s Pine, fourths. ....+-.--+6+++ see aive.+ .« 50 00@57 00 Shingles, 2nd, @ M «...-+..-++-- 50E 0 00 Lada, seer et Or ee webyeree ss 00@44 . -CORDWOOD. ime, FOOd DOXs + +ee eres ee eeeee seen reese 2 00@33 Pine, common box....-..-+ +++: r Lone Turi per cord. ....-.. secanneedl s mes 0 Pine 10-in. plank, each. “sss. Laue Beech Sane 5 00@5 50 Pine, 10-in. plank, culls, each. ~...... - ++» areca ot nse Sh SO See 5 00@0 00 Pine boards, L0dnss,.:\.. acerccastue>+< (00 COCO DEEN seo ces ae ca Pine, 10-in. boards, culls ae DETROIT, MICH. Uppers, $X4. 0... cece eee ew eeen en neneer nc ceeee Pine, 1}-in. siding, common. ... ..+++++ . Pine, l-in. siding, select......-..++++++-- Pine, inch siding, common.... ...+..--++ ’ Spruce, boards, each Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each .. Spruce, plank, 2-in., each. . Spruce, wall strips, each.... Hemlock, boards, each f Hemlock, joist, 4x6, each........-++++-+-+ Hemlock, joist, 24x4, each .... 250-05 Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each Black walnut, good, * M.... Black waluut, Sinch...........--+--0es Black walntit, $ inch. .....-5 0 ©. sees ees Seaymore, L-inch........++. s+ +s: Seaymore, §-inch ... a ee eee White wood, l-inch and thicker . ©. .. 38,60@40 _.Q0 White wood, S-inch..... . 2. 62... eee ee 28 00@30 od ‘Ash, good, ® M.....csceeesses woes . 40 00@43 00 Ash, second quality, ® M Cherry, goad, ®@ M..,.--..+5 +55 Cherry, common, #@M... -. Oak, good, @M..... Sis SR ee 5 Oak, second quality, 8 M ‘Basswood, BM. ...cseeeeee cee ee ee is Higkory, 8 M.. 20... ese eee eee eee ‘Mavle, Canada, ® M Maple, American, per M things prevails at the mills, consequently we Chestnut, B M.....-.seee seen ee bs Shingles, shaved, pine, MS ccs 0 00@ 6 50 2 Qnd quality... .... 0 cece wees 6 50 NN extra, sawed, pine.....-.----- - 4 30@ 4% is clear, Renae PONS ch alee ean 0 00@ 3 1% ot cedar, Mixed... ..6. 25.66. seen 0w@ 318 x hemlock ....+ «5.5 gighh=- bE Bacon, Groceries, Ammunition, Twime Oxen, | Cows, Bulls, Agricultural Implemegts, Tools, | &e., duty paid) at various points infManitoba SASS Secon QHRISTIB, KERR & CO S | Forms of tender containing , No Chim 1€y | No Smoke ! No Odor ! | metatien te theS lies required,dates of deli- | o | very, &c., may ba had by applyjhg to the un- 7. These Schedules must not be mutila << \ Nxt AW WW EMS SC pw HUNK UT RT 9p ff Aca AHH | y ae ik ‘Wuniki Patented at Home and Abroad, 1886. ~ N E leg ' dersigned, or = t Re Eee Sees ad at. | LUMBER DEALERS, Positively on-Explosive! | Regina, or to the Indian I i y t r fore description of | ane fase on ore h mace pd TS RON TO, ONTARIO, - | 8) § ly or fer a goods called for ; No Heat around the Oil Well ! a tHe Sehenitee and the d@partment reserves | Office No. 9 Victoria Street. to itself the right to r@ject/the whole or apy | 7 der. ab a ompanied by an ac- Each tender must be agg | H @ LA R | cepted Cheque on a Cangdiian Bank in favour " “ of the Superintendent @@neral of Indian Af : fairs for at least five peg c@nt. of the amountof Wholesale Deale ; a SE the tender,which will Be fayfeited ifthe party based on euch tender frhen & ied upon to do'so TIMBER, eo duce, Clear 20 @) UR LAMP is all we claim for it, being’ for It ihe tender by not aced ted, the cheque | AND SHING — See ee of positively non;explosive, the oil being kept | ‘Tenderers must shake up in \he Money col. | BABRTE, . re O a continually cool, consuming only half a pint of ordinary coal oil during | the goods they offt a | six hours burning ; using only an inch wick, and producing a fine clear| | Each tender r er’ be etgned e) jhe TO SHIPPERS. 50 Candle Power light. No chimneys are required, but ordinary globes| peers theeont acts ea. | a or shades may be adjusted to it. No smoke or offensive odor. Water mecnonedait he Sete oF Der ea ate. | JAN Sheil aes pee ie te can be heated in a few minutes. Tea or Coffe made, and Oysters Cook- | pated,sult thy deparoniens Gn such cays the | responcence—with a view to permanent busi ed, &c., without obstructing the light. Reflectors of entirely new designs | {2% h"the transportation to the place'pt de- | Rata ake ue oe = melds for both out-door and in-door use are furnished. at low figures. Made in| "yan cakes where transportation mai be | porticnlarty io Witte Pease ee all styles—Table, Hanging, Library, attach to Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures» proper rangements or supplies to be r- mee ie Cnet Kingdom “Th les etc, Agents wanted where territory has not already been taken. dentinatfon in the Government Warehouse at pee Ba i cohen HS Gs eer 1 Tenderers will please note carefully the foF | ness need apply. Address in first instance, R M WANZER & C0 ; i F a Hamilton, Ont. lowing conditions :— A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, On . Wt. : THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 21 \ / MINING REGULATIONS To Govern the Disposal of / MINERAL LANDS OTHER THAN COAL LANDS, } I886. } Nh / | HESE REGULATIONS shall be app’icable to all Dominion Lands containing gold, silver, TF cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, petroleum, iron, or other mineraj deposits of economic value, with the exception of coal. / Any person may explore yacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved by Govern- ment for other purposes, and'may search therein, either by surface or subterranean prospect- ing, for mineral deposits, with a view.to obtaining under the /Regulations a mining location for the same, but no mining location or mining claim shall be granted until the discovery of tho vein, lode, or deposit of mineral or metal within the limits of the location or claim. QUARTZ MINING. / A location for mining, except for iron, on veins, lodes, or ledges of quartz or other rock in jace. shall not exceed forty acresin area, Its length shall not be more than three times its readiie and its surtace boundary, shall be four straight lines, the opposite sides of which shall be parallel, except where prior locations would prevent, in which case it may be of sucha shape as may be approved of by the Superintendent of Mines. WbKle Any person having discovered a mineral deposit may obtain a mining location therefor, in the manner set forth in the Regulations which provide for the character of the survey and the marks necessary to de-ignate the location on the ground. E When the location has been marked conformably to the requirements of the Regulations thezclaimant shall, within sixty days thereafter, file with the local agent in the Dominion Lands Office for the district, in which the location ig situated, a declaration or oath setting forth the circumstances of his discovery, and describing, as nearly as may be, the locality and dimensions of the claim marked out by him as aforesaid ; and shall, along with such declar- ation, pay to the said agent an entry fee of FIVE DOLLARS. The agent’s receipt for such fee will be the claimant’s authority to enter possession ofthe location applied for.) At any time before the expiration of FIVE years from the date of his obtaining the agent’s receipt, it shall be open to the claimant to purchase the location on filing with the local agent proof that he has expended not less than FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS in actual mining operation on the same; but the claimant is required before the expiration of each of the five years, to prove that he has performed not less than ONE/HUNDRED DOLLARS’ worth of labor during the the year in the actual development of his claim, and at the same time obtain a renewal of his location receipt, for which he is required to pay a fee of FIVE DOLLARS, The price to be paid for a mining location shall be at the rate of FIVE DOLLARS PER ACRE cash, and the sum of FIFTY DOLLARS extra for the survey of same. Not more than one mining location shall be granted to any individual claimant upon the same lode or vein. j Trnon.—The Minister of the In erior may grant alocation forthe mining of iron, not ex- ceeding 160 acres in area, which shall be bounded by north aud south, and east and west lines astronomically, and its breadth Shall equalits length, Provided, that should any person making an application purporting to be for the purpose of mining iron thus obtain, whether in g od faith or fraudulently, possessiou of a valuable mineral deposit other than iron, his right in such deposit shell be restricted, to ihe area prescribed by the Regulations for other minerals, and the rest of the location shall revert to the Crown for such disposition as the Minister may direct. { \ The Regulations also provide for the manner in which landmay be acquired for milling purposes, reduction works, or other works incideutal to mining operations. Locations taken up prior to thi ‘dute may, until the Ist.of August, 1883, be re-marked and re-enter: d in conformity with the Regulations without payment of new tees, in cases where no existing interests would thereby be prejudicially affected, f PLACER MINING. / ri The Regulations laid down{n respect of quartz mining sh+1l be applicable to placer mining rf and generally where they cam be applied. \ The nature and size of placer mining claims are provided forjinthe Regulations, including forth. j The regulations apply Also to / % ReEb-R@ck FLUMES, DRAINAGE OF MINES AND DITEHES. f . j ‘ The GENERAL Proyisions of the Regulations include the interpretation of expressions used therein; how disputes shall be heard and adjudicated upon; under jwhat circumstances miners shall be entitl¢d to absent themselves from their locations or diggings, etc., etc. ‘ / / THE SCHEDULE OF MINING REGULATIONS. , \ Contain the forms ‘to be observed in the drawing up of all documents, such as :—“Application and affidavit of discoverer of quartz mine.” “Receipt for fee paid by applicant for mining location” “Re t for fee on extension of time for purchase of a mining location.” ‘Patent ol! a mining location.” “Certificate of the assignment of a mining location.’”, “Application lor grant for plater mining and affidavit of applicant.” “Grant for placer mining.” “Certifi- cate of the assignment of a placer mining claim.” “Grant to a bed-rock Flume Company.” “Grant for Drainage.” “Grant of right to divert water and construct ditches.” ; Since the publication, in 1884, of the Mining Regulation to govern the disposal of Dominion Mineral Lande, the same have been carefully and thoroughly revised with a view to ensure ample prote¢tion to the public interests and at the same time to encourage the prospector and miner in order that the mineral resources may be made valuable by development. 4% 4 Cories oF THE REGULATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED UPON APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT ‘ OF THE INTERIOR. A..M.. BURGESS, |. \ . - Deputy Minister of the Interior. LUMBER DRIVER'S CALKS, Por use in Stream Driving. Mate from the test Refined Too SMALL BALL E Refined To WORKING CLASSES.” We are now prepared to furnish all classes with employment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments, Business new, light and profitable, Per Steeland Forged. sons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5.00 2 The method used per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting all intempering their time to the business Boys and girs earn MED BALL leaves every one near y 48much as men. Thatal who see this may - as ee ; of the ine tetie send their address, and test the business, we make this mea per re offer, To such as are not well satisfied we will send he one dollar to pay for the particulars and outfit free, & Co,, Portland, Maine, NAPANEE CEMENT CO'Y Manufacturers of troub e of writing, Full Address GKORGE STIXBON B. T., McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N. ORONO CANT DOGS (All Steel ) as far as they relate to entries,entry fees, assignments, marking of localities, agents’ receipts, | bar, dry, bench, creek or hill diggings, and the RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MINERS are fully set | of the HYDRAULIC CEMENT Steel by the forging pr which makes them very true and even. The point or hook is fashioned to a nice oval shape so as to drop ,cess, smooth, Particularly adapted for DAMS, ERECTION of CHIMNEYS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CISTERNS, CELLARS, ete. catch all sizes of logs instantly, and enabling the opera- tor easi’'y to disen- gage. The picks are made also of Best Cast Steeland are of good length both in- side and outside of the word Our handles are made of best quale ity straight grained splitand turned ROCK MAPLE, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Pri- ces on application, See advertisement of Drivers Caks. manufactured by J. McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N. B. GEORGE GALL WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER eRe CE ANS Car Lots cold on Commission, railway switch in to yard and plenty «f-room for storage, Yard corner of Stachan and Wellington Ave. ~ Office, 9 Victoria Ss. T+rlephone C innection. Orders Solicited. Napanee Cement Co’y, LIMITED NAPANEE, ONTARIO. | WANTED The undersigned is prepared to purchase any quantity of RAILWAY TIES, TELEGRAPH POLES, FENCE POSTS, GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. CEDAR TIMBER and CEDAR LUMBER. "wan EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. BLACK ASH * By a thorough knowledge of the natural ‘aws ’ which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and bya careful application of the fine properties of RED BIRCH, well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast table with a delicately fiavored beverage RED OAK and which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills, It is by the judicious usc of such articles of diet that a consti- tution may be gradually built up until strong enongh to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack where- ever there isa weak point, We may escape many a fatal shaft by kee; ing ourselves ¥ ell fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame ”—* Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with-boiling water or milk. only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus : JAS. EPPS & Co., Homceopathic Chemists. London, England BASSWOOD. Orders Solicited for House Building & Furnishing Goods, Sold SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AND LOG BOOK. Over One*Million Sold. Most complete book of its kind everpublished. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber,“Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubica contents of square and round Timber ; hints to lumber dea’ers; The attention ot Steam users is directed to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for REMOVING SCALE and SEDIMENT from BOILERS, lessening the quantity of fuel used, and wood measure ; speed of circular saws; care of saws, cord-woou tables ; felling trees ; growth of trees ; land measure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and head- ing bolts, e°c. Standard hood 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. 4 G. W. FISHER, Boz 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterb rough, Ont. prolonging the life of the Boiler. The Rathbun Coy DESERONTO, ONT, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. PN Dominion Saw Work JAMES ROBERTSON & CO. ST, TORONTO, ONT. MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, CrossCut, \ Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. \ .=2 ae al 253 semcsmes SS S XI \\ THURBERS ROYAL Anti-Friction Babbit Metal IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Y yi y IH} Z Uy V7 Y Ze Vee i Gy Band Saws, Emery Wheels, Files, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, SAW FULLY WARRANTED. Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Iron Pipe, &c. Prices on Application. EVERY WE ARE THE ONLY MANUFACTURERS in AMERICA OF TAPER PIKE POLES Made of the best White Maple, and turned in a Machine con- structed especially for this work. These Poles are 13 feet long and measure If in, at the pike end. being parallel for about 5 ft., — after which they taper down to { in. to the small end. sae Price, F.O.B. CARS at Peterborough, $25 per hundred. =a W. FORSYTH, Peterborough, Ont. FE. DIXON & COS Manufacturers of Patent Lap-Joint Star Rivet LEATHER BELTING 40 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO. Sample Pole sent on application. To Mill Owners, Manufacturers & others requiring Leather Belting Do not buy any Bealtin: unless with DIXON’S PATENT LAP JOINT. It will last longer and do more service than any other. Please note the address, 70 KING ST. EAST, and send for Circulars and Latest Discounts. FIRE PROTECTION =~ AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHERS We are prepared to give estimates for equipping Mills, Factories and Warehouses, with the latest improvements in Automatic Sprinklers. Increased safety, and a reduction in Insurance Premiums is the result of protecting buildings in this manner. MITCHELL & CO., MONTREAL. ROBERT | Send for Circular. Dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, ri CHAMPION STUMP & STONE = /f\ S\ ~=6 EXTRACTORS lt sec fegpgy illivators, Hay Presses, Salbs, 8c, ZeSwagar\ a 577 CRAIG STREET P.O. BOX 945, J ONTREA | : The HENDERSON LUMBER Co. LIMITED. “he Ne Davin H. Henperson, President ; NorMAN Henpgrson, Vice-President ; Cuas. H. Waurers, Sec-Treas. Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes « Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. Qe | il | UBLISHED Ment By A. G. MORTIMER. P The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the Dominion. IN UM. SUBSCRIPT FOIL. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MAY, 1887. BAND AND SCROOL SAWS. VERY useful tool ina pattern shop is a good band saw. The more it is used the better it is liked, and one is con- tinually being surprised It will do nearly everything that a circular saw can do, and a great many things that can’t be done by a circular saw. The band saw, if kept in good order will do nice work, but if the guides are allowed to get.worn out of shape, leaving the edge of saw loose, the saw so badly set and filed that each and every tooth strikes it in a new place on the stuff being sawed, and then the hole through the table so large that you can stick your finger down through the table all around the saw, it won’t be likely to do very nice work, and it wouldn't be safe to get very close to the - line in sawing, because you never would be sure of where the saw was cutting on the bottom side of the stuff. With a saw that is set and filed accurately, you may safely cut right up to the line, when necessary, if it don’t crowd the saw, but allow its capabilities. it time to cut free and clean. © : In sawing short curves it is very easy to cramp the saw by feeding too fast, or in the wrong direction. It is hard to give any explicit directions in regard to feeding when sawing curves, but let the feeding be so done that all the power exerted will tend to force the saw against the collar or plate behind it. You should not twist the stuff so that the saw is pressed hard _ against the sides of the guide, as this causes great friction and consequently throws a great strain on the saw, also heating it. If you persist in doing this you will break a great many saws, _ besides wearing out the guides Seay fast. The rubber covering on the wheels will alsc come in for an excessive amount of wear. A When the saw needs setting oy filing, before you take it off the wheels, brush the dirt and gum out of the teeth. A file card does this first-rate ; then@joint the saw with an emery - stone, taking care to hold the%stone square across the saw. Take off the saw and if it needs: setting, set it just as little as possible. Don’t try to make a wide saw do the work for which you should use a narrow saw by setting it very wide, for it won't work nice, and it is = OA the wheel covering. In filing, it is customary to file all from one side and square across, although the saw would cut better if filed partly from each side. Z After the saw is replaced om the wheels, and the guides adjusted to the saw, not the saw made to run in the guides, just as they are, because it runs so before filing, unless both the top and bottom guides aréjust right to fit and hold the saw. Make sure that they are just right. exactly in line with the saw, amd take in the whole width of saw except the teeth. Then adjust the upper wheel. This will usually, and I presume always, be provided with means for tilting it over toward the front or back as may be necessary so that the saw won't run off. — It should run against the back of the guide very lightly when not doing any work. This saves the guides and also prevents any unnecessary heating of the saw. Now joint off both sides of the saw in this way, use an emery stone having a flat surface, then holding the stone | azainst the side of the saw touching the back edge, first keep- ing it in contact with the back edge, swing it around until it 1 the’ sides of the teeth. This method will prevent possibility of cutting off the front corners of teeth, and efore the saw will cut to its full width. They should be The saw should run straight and true when in motion and not squirm around like a snake, as I have seen some do. You can perhaps imagine how close to the line it would be advis- able to get with a saw that runs back and forth sidewise, three or four times in each revolution. Of course this sidewise motion should be controlled by the guides, but the same saw that has the most need of the controlling influence of the guides doesn’t get it, because the guides are in no better shape than the saw itself. A saw that has been broken and mended a number of times is very apt to run crooked not only on account of the joints, but because the soft places which the brazing of the joints make, are very apt to get bent. When your saw gets broken and you wish to mend it, begin by filing down the ends you Make the‘joint from one-half to one inch long, taking care to file theends toa straight taper, so that the joint will fit closely together without springing and also to be of the same thickness as the rest of the saw. This is im- portant, as you will find thatif you have to spring the joint together when you braze it, you will spring the saw on each side of the joint. Then when~you are ready to braze the joint, take care to clamp it down straight, and don’t get more wish to join. thickness of brass, silver or whatever solder you use than there will be of steel after the joint is finished. | Put the saw on the machine, adjust the guides and try it. If the edge runs in a straight line, and-the new joint passes the guide without being heard, you have done a géod job, and you will be repaid for all your troubles by the quality of work turned off. If I should try to tell all that might be done by a band saw I should wear out the patience of the reader, and perhaps not tell him anything new after all. ‘The best job I ever heard of as being accomplished on a band saw was the sawing of gear teeth, right to the line, so that they only required sandpapering to complete them. I didn’t see'the gear teeth, but I always thought they must have been finished before the sandpaper touched them. Seriously, about the only thing in the line of | sawing that can’t be done on a band saw is making holes. This is where the band saw has This machine (th shops, makes more noise than all'the rest of the machinery Pe yield to the jig saw, its older relative. jig saw) as in use in most z together, and does comparatively little work. It is just the opposite with the band saw, which: makes very little noise, but does a great deal of work. bd There are, of course, some exceptions to the kind of jig saw noted, but even the best of them réquire constant care and a good deal of it. The saw wants pling very often, and why shouldn’t it when you remember that about five inches in length of it does all the work, and consequently gets dull very quickly? Then the guides for the cross heads—perhaps there are two cross heads—must be kept snug, and the connecting rod or pitman mustn’t be allowed to get loose, and there is usually trouble in keeping the machine oiled, as the sawdust, more or less of it (generally more) falls directly on the cross- head and pitman, and soon obsorbs the oil from these parts and from the guides. But we must put up with all their faults, because we can’t saw holes with a band saw, until some genius (?) makes a band saw with a joint in it. One great difficulty in the way of a smooth running jig saw is a little too much speed ; they run too fast. If the pitman and crosshead are very heavy, and are not well balanced, you ( $1.00 PER ANN Sr ~ NO. 5. can easily see what a little too much speed will do. Then there are jig saws that are not provided with any appliance to ease the shock of reversing the motion at the end of stroke. The spring commonly used atthe top to strain the saw |} the reversing at the lower end of the stroke, but hinders i the upper end. Another point where the jig saw has the advan- tage of band saw is in the size of work which may bed On the band saw the size is limited to the diameter of the wheels which carry the saw, but with the jig saw the only limit to size of stuff sawed is the size of room where the saw is located. A good jig saw should have its crosshead and pitmana as is consistent with the necessary strength, and well balance with good tension for saw at the top end. This is a sure method of holding the saw, and one that can be yperated neither should quickly. The pitman mist not be too short ; it be too long, as this will add unnecessary weig rocating parts: Not less'than three, or more than I the length of stroke will put the length within rea limits. The tension spring helps the reversing at lower en stroke. Then if the blower for removing the sawdust could be located at the top end of stroke; but the difficulty in the way of this is the pipe necessary to convey the compressed air from the blower to the upper surface of work. Still an might be utilized to keep the sawdust off the cr guides, and it would cerfainly make the saw Then, to bring out the goof points, and make t the best advaiitage, thej saw should stand on a good foundation. ; It is not a good plan to use much oil on the saw, or guides, because the sawdust sticks to it, and t gets on your work, and it makes things dirty and d reeable. Thi applies equally as well to the band saw. It is much better t he saw in such good order that it will need no oiling at I recollect reading in the dmerican MWachi fluence poor tools, dirty machines, and the poor work resulti therefrom, had upon the character of the workman. Where these things are chronic, the men’s work will soon become lke the shop, poor and dirty a and whoever saw a dirty machine do a good job? : = x - == Take, for example, a bandsaw that hasn't had the « dirt wip d off in six months,and this too, where it has the rule to oil the saw and saw guide as of ten as any thought necessary. will stick to it : the saw itself I should ing with the machine, The oil#will collect all the sawdust tl every:tooth set t¢ filed to a length of its own. + This saw won’t and the man who has the care of it won't b sleep on this account.—F/. IB. Barrows 72 American ——————— A new lumber tariff hag been published by the C. P. R. which fixes rates from Shuswap and all shipping points east of Shuswap to all points from Banff to Emerson. On the longer distances the rates in, comparison with those in force are slightly lower, but on shorter hauls rates are doubled. The new tariff is regarded with great displeasure by dealers in Calgary and by mill men in the naighborhood. of Donald calculated to destroy their trade. deprived of all advantages from their proximity to timber, and as Calgary and Banff are will have to pay as much for lumber brought 150 miles as they would have to pay if it was 600 miles distant. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NOTES FROM THE MILLS. ONTARIO. The Rathbun Co. has established an agency at Smith’s Falls. —Scrimgeour Bros., sash and door manufacturers, Stratford, have admitted Jas. Bennock a partner. —The firm of Hastings & Peterkin, planing mill, Toronto, has dissolved, Wm. Hastings retiring. —-Maunder’s sash, door and shingle factory at Little Britain, Ont., is being overhauled and improved. —Mr. Ed. Bradley has been repairing his saw-mill at Kil- gorie, Ont., and has put in a new engine. —Mr. Wm. Hall, late of Stanton, has leased the Shelburne planing mills, and has commenced operations. —Messrs. Hamilton & McGowan, of Laurel, Ont., moved their saw-mill to lot 26, con. 5, Amaranth. have —Messrs. John and Thomas Cross, of Chesley, Ont., have purchased Gardner’s saw mill at Dobbington, Ont. —-One million feet of oak Jumber on Walpole Island has been purchased by the St. Clair steamship company. —The estimated, cut of logs for Mr. J. R. Booth, in the Nipissing District this season is put down at 174,000. —TLewis and Hiram Vanest have purchased from W. Estis one half interest in the saw and feed crushing mills at Parkham® Ont. —Pocock & Haynes, sawmakers, recently of Hamilton, have been voted a bonus of $5,000 to establish their works at Oshawa. i —Work on the new steamer to be constructed at the Rath- bun Company shipyard will be commenced in the course of a few wecks. : —Mr. John N. Stewart, an old resident of Ashton, Ont., has removed to Eastman’s Springs, where he has purchased a valuable mill. i —The bulkheads and booms at the Chaudiere, protecting the saw mills and slides, have been completely repaired in an- ticipation of the spring floods. | Messrs. Gilmour & Co., in addition to trer improvements, have built a fine new saw mill at Chelse ready to begin the season’s sawing. oS , and will soon be —A gang of 28 shantymen were recently sent to the Geor- gian Bay lumbering district by the Grand ‘Trunk railway to work on the drive and in the mills. ii ; ae ' —The Kingston and Pembroke Tron with a capital of $5,000,000, has been iron ore district along the K. & P. Ry. —Messrs. J. R. nd Mining company, rmed to develop the Booth & Co., of Ganada, shipped in one week recently over one hundred and fifty car loads of lumber | to various points in the Kastern States. —The Terra Cotta Lumber Company are making prepara- tions for the erection of extensive buildings, &c., in the so-call- ed hospital field in the east end cf Deseronto. —Messrs. Perley & Pattee, lumber merchants of Ottawa, have extended their docks around Blyth’s Point on the Ottawa river. The extension entailed great labor and expense. —-Mr. D. McLeod, of Marsden, Ont., got out about 20,000 ties and a large quantity of birch this year. Morrison & Co., of the same place, expect to have their saw mill running soon. —The Ontario Lumber Company are making extensive shipments of lumber from Burk’s Falls this spring. They have hundreds of thousands of feet piled in the station yard awaiting cars. 4 —Says the Orillia Packet, lumbermen agree that the shanties will yield a very good average cut this spring as the result of the winter’s work, potnaisianding the praloneed and severely bad weather. 2 —The new Paper Pulp Company, at Ottawa. have a large gang of men employed in fixing up the old Thompson mill on the Chaudiere. The ola driving water-wheels are being re- moved and heavy iron ones put 2 their place. —Mr. John Ellison, of Port Stanley, has been granted a bonus of $6,000 by that town on account of the wood bending and turning works which he is | Gees there. It is expected that these works will be in oper: ition about April Ist. —Mr. James, of Pickering, Ont., is opening a large ‘lumber yard in Toronto. He has 25 men at work near Gambridge, Ont., getting out cedar for fence posts, paving blocks, etc., for shipment via the Midland railway to this city. —One of the largest turbine wheels ever imported into Can- ada passed through Ottawa last month. It was purchased in Holyoke, Mass., by the Du Lievre Milling and Manufacturing Co., and will be utilized in increasing the power of their phos- —Mr. J. Dovey has ce to at once build at Lindsay a large shingle mill. The site selected i is on the east side of the river, where the Thurston mill stood some years ago. _ The mill is expected to be in operation by the end of May. —A consignment of sixteen é r loads of laths was shipped the other day to the New England states by Messrs. Bronson, Weston and Dunham, lumbermen of the Chaudiere. The shipments of laths to the other side this spring have been large. —-Messrs. Fox & Co., Toronto, manufacturers and dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, ete. , inform us that an unusual amount of building in Toronto is in contemplation for the coming season, and that nothing short of an earthquake or a strike among the building trades, which terms are synonymous, can retard or prevent the boom. — —The splendid new iron tug ich the Upper Ottawa Tow- ing Company is building at Pembroke is fast nearing comple- tion and will be ready for launching when the ice goes off the river. After the engine and boilers are placed she will be taken to the Lower Allumette Jake by way of the Culbute canal, to engage in the season’s towing. —Mr. W. P. Sweatman, for many years manager of the lumber firm of Messrs. A. & P. White, at Pembroke, is leaving with his family to enter the on of the celebrated Massey | menced sawing on the 21st Marth. —Commencing this date the extensive Saiiberte all ae manu facturing business so long conducted by Mr. E. B. with headquarters at Hall, becomes merged into and will b conducted as a compan Mr. Eddy remains at the head of the concern, with Mr. S. S. Cushman (long connected with the establishment) as vice-president, and Mr. Bye H. Rowley, formerly nager of the Merchants’ Bank, < secretary-treasurer. | The company is incorporated by Ae f Parliament, and starts oug with a capital ofa million and a half. The business, which has now assumed very extensive proportions, was established in 1854, just thirty-three year ago. The house has always enjoyed a first-class reputation for business enterprise and integrity, and in its new relati will doubtless hold the valuable connections already es! throughout Canada, the United States and abroad.—0O. Journal. 2 NEW BRUNSWICK. —Spruce logs are worth “$9.25 for American, Canadian. —Freights to. New York 1 Suspension Bridge, $2.75 below. —Miller & Woodman’s and water are $3 to load abore =" A . Cushing & Co’s mills com- Mfg. company at Winnipeg. He was presented recently with a handsome silver tea service and a most feeling address by the congregation of Holy Trinity ‘Church at that place. The workingmen also presented: him with an address and a gold chain and locket, also a case of silver dinner knives. A depu- tation of clergymen waited upon him, presenting a beautiful address and valuable present of hooks as a recognition of their appreciation of his untiring and faithful labors in all good works. -—Messrs. Train & Son are thoroughly overhauling the saw mill at Burk’s Falls. The buildihg is being enlarged by the addition of 30 ft. in length, and ro ft. in width along the whole structure, making the mill to cover 40x100 ft., affording an increased power of 4 ft. two Leffell Wheels nearer their work. in a new saw rig and carriage, independent rope feed, trim- mers, burner, slish chains andj live rolls. This is being supplied by the well known firin of The William Hamilton Manufacturing Company, of Peterborough. The drag saw, shingle machine and lath cutter have been removed to the head, and bringing the They are also putting mill when completed will cut 30,000 ft. per diem of lumber, and about 25,000 shingles. a half million feet to cut, and are arranging for an additional Cutting will begin about the 15th of May, when 25 “Mr. W. H. Train has the general management of the’ work at Burk’s Falls. QUEBEC. The firm have now about two and amount. or 30 hands will be employed. —A gentleman, who has recently arrived from River Desert on the Gatineau, states that the roads to the lumber shanties are now impassable by teams, ang that it is impossible to take provisions to the shanties. —An immense iron gang for cutting lumber, with a 54 inch sash, and taking saws 3 feet 8 inches long, weighing in all about 25 tons, was loaded the other day for shipment to the Charle- magne Lumber Co., below Montreal. This monster machine, was made at the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company’ s Works, at Peterboro’ Ont., whose invention it is. —Messrs. James MacLaren, of Buckingham, lumber manu- facturer ; Albrech T. Pagenstether, of the city of New York, Warren Curtis, of Corinth, state of New York, paper manufacturer ; John Edward Doyle, and John Forman, of Montreal, merchants ; will apply to the Quebec Legislature . to be incorporated as the Laurentides Pulp Company (Limited), with a capital of $200,000. A factory is proposed to be built in Montreal. —LElecteur defends the Mercier Government’s action in increasing from two dollars to five dollars the ground rent pay- able by lumber merchants on their timber limits. It does so on the ground :—1r. That the Government requires $125,000 a year additional revenue to put an end to deficits and meet the interest on the new loan. 2. That for twenty years owing to the low rent, the lumber merchants have been gradually getting into their hands all the best timber lands to the detri- ment of the settlers, and holding them, not so much to work them as to sell them on the first chance at enormous profits, paying little or no stumpage, and thus robbing the Province of the revenue which it has a right to- ‘expect from its forest re- sources. 3. That it is desirable to protect these resources against speculation ; and 4. That it is time the lumber mer- chants should contribute their proper share of the revenue, and that all the public burdens should not fall on the people. LElecteur adds that there are actually 4,000 square miles un- der license, and that the increase from $2 to $5 per acre will merchant 3 phate crushing mill at the Du Lievre Basin. yield an additional revenue of about $138,000., a Se Eee oe thus | mill floor for convenience of the frorkmen : and oversight. This | —The ice in the St. John River and lakes i is not a a there is every prospect of good dfiving. ~ # The cut is probably f snow ieee anythin —Operations in the woods aredone. | one fifth short, as the great depth _ like good work. —Mr. Jordan foreman for Hayford & Stetson will build a shingle and rotary mill on the sit@of the Warner mill destroyed — by fire in December last. —Hayford & Stetson have lime kilns close to their Indian propose to fire with their refuse. —The annual meeting of the St, John nds Log Bkiving Company will be held in the-city © April. The driving rights and auction the same day to the lowestbi —The St. Croix, (N.B.) Courte® says thé authorities of the United States have sent men to the upper waters of the St- account of marks and th soil with a view of stop lumber into Maine iit during the winter seven [own saw mill, which they Croix and Saint John rivers to tal c quantity of logs got out on America ping the alleged smuggling of ports. —Advices from St. John’s, N.By on the St. Croix river the past about 50,000,000 feet, but in reality i than 30,000,000 feet, or less than B early break-up of the ice in the $ driving operations are likely to be ve states that the cut of log —A Springfield correspondent of “*Chas. Perkins, of Norto quite a large number of men. During the winte cords of pulp, which is now at 3 to the contractors in the United $ lath wood, and expects to ship sé winter in our country has been ver MANITOBA AND T —The Minnesota & Ontario B, has given employment to has now under his employ he has got out some 150 m station ready to ship ates. He is now getting 7 yme 100,000: He says the favorable for his business.” NORTH-WEST. amber -Co., of Rat Po writes : some 22 men. —The contract for supplying tamarac poles for the telegraph _ line between Battleford and Clarke’s Crossing has been award- ed to Mr. Tupper, of Victoria ; and for the line betwee | —Winnipeg Free Press: Tt regions of Lake of the Woods w fet. The Keewatin Lumber had five camps established all Wi ; > million feet saw logs and 150, ties. Some 30 million e of logs are reported. Imme quantities of ties have bee taken out this winter. A Selkirk estimate of the lumber whie will be brought in from Lake Winnipeg during the cc swmmer is :—Wood & Co., million feet ; Brown, | ford and Neilson, fifteen hun thousand feet ; | ber Company, four million ; ae Robinson, two Drake & Rutherford, two million : Jonasson, Frederic Walkley, fifteen hundred thousand ; J, Woods, one 1 an aggregate ‘of fifteen millions. Apart from this J. will bring in fifteen hundred thousand shingles, 2 Howell & Scarry about pre railway ties. make the total lumber output for the winter about _ feet—probably an outside estimate. There is, b doubt but that the output this year is con si vance of previous years, 7 the eo business are ay bright. a fi gd | E CANA 5, oi LUMBERMAN. A STANDARD GANG SAW MILL. E noted in our Jast issue that the Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co. of Peterborough, Ont., had just made arrangements with : Wm. M. Wilkin, o z Erie, Pa., to manufacture his improved ____ patent Compensating Balance Gang, and now give description i and cut which very clearly shows its general construction and operation. The radical departure in this machine from pre- vious practice consist$ in the device adopted for preventing the excessive vibrations ¢ which the ordinary gang mill has Veen subject. The immense weight ofa heavy sash full of saws, re- _ciprocating at the rate of 200 to 300 strokes a minute required an absolutely stable foundation ; and even then many gangs tore themselves to piéces. The shaft of the compensating gang here illustrated is pro- vided with three cranks, the centre one operating the main pitman and the sash. © The other two carry inverted pitmans attached to a counterweight sliding in vertical ways. The counterweight is exactly equal to the sash and its saws. The three cranks have the same throw, the two inverted pitmans are of the same weight as the driving pitman, and as the motions of the sash and the counterweight are in exactly oppo- site directions, it will % seen that the reciprocating parts are self-balanced, the opposing shocks and vibrations will thorough- ly neutralize each other, and the machine will run at any speed without jar. Such are, in brief, the claims of its makers. Moreover, it will be seen that the vertical throw of the mechanism being absorbed within itself, the journal boxes are required to bear only the uniform weight of the sash, rods and counterweight. The sash is made of one casting of steel, and is oscillated by long inverted pendulims pivoted at the bottom, and * oscillated near the top by means of an eccentric rod and rock-shaft, so timed with reference to the stroke that the saws enter the cut without shock, leave it when stroke is complete and rise clear 6f the log, being again thrown into action near the tup of the down stroke. The feed is continuous, and variable at the will of the operator. In the machine shown the rolls open high enough to take in a 14 inch cant 32 inches wide, or the rolls may be filled with several smaller cants or ‘‘ flitches,” piled in tiers, so that flooring may be rapidly made. The ordinary _ feed carried is % inch per revolution of shaft, and the — number of revolutions perfminute is 300. The saws are held by tabs and buckles keyed at the top. They may be placed any distance apart for making lumber of any desired %. thickness by the insertiontof guage blocks between the _ buckles. The capacity claimed for this gang is about _ 40,000 feet of inch boards 4 day, with but one attendant _ aside from the saw filer. Pt catall LATEST NEWS NOTES. Messrs. Sherwin & Keb _ shingle mill at that place. 2 , Allanwick, have started a Winnipeg, Manitoba, doffe a business in lumber last year amounting to $1,342,000. 3 The Rat Portage News réports that the Keewatin Lum- ber Co. will open a yard ateWinnipeg. Carswell, Thistle & Mackay, Calabogie, expect to cut 8,000,000 feet of lumber this season. Alpena, Mich., parties are reported to have recently _ sold 1,000,000 feet of lumber to Buffalo parties at $8, 50, _ $17 and $37. 3 4 Mr. H. T. Pierce, of Martinville; is now associated with the management of the Flint Saw Mills at Three Lakes Quebec. Thisconcern will now manufacture bobbins and & ‘spools in the rough for Meésrs. Thompson & Co.; Sherbrooke. The Eliza Cook, lumber laden, from Halifax, N. S., for Bermuda, encountered bad weather April 2n4, in which she Jost her deck load of lumber, and stfbsequently became a total + wreck. The crew were rescued by the steamer Concordia, of < Glasgow, the hulk and cargo bein _~ Messrs, McLachlin plating the erection of a to the Madawaska, in’ord carriage of their lumber, unc the annoying delay of towing. abandoned. rmprior, are said to be contem- ay from their Pettewawa limits that they may have more: rapid their own control, and free from wn the Ottawa. _ When the south extension of the Algoma branch of the _ Canadian Pacific railway is finished, it will be easier than now for Michigan lumbermen to reach the pine forests on the _ Serpent, Spanish and French rivers, for then they can go by _ the way of Mackinaw and the Sault instead of Toronto. According to the Halifax Herald quite an extensive business has been done at Minudieand River Hebert, N.S., in lumber- ing and piling. The vessels at both places are putting on their ex robes and preparing for loading, but the depression med by St. John ilures has seriously affected the deal | duty. ‘mass of logs and timber The following tariff of tolls to be charged by the Rouge Boom Company during the season of 1887 has been approved: Pine logs 3 cts. each, $pruce logs, 2 cts., long, round or flat timber 5 cts., square tifnber 10 cts. Railway ties 1 cent. A duty of 10 per cent. adgvalorem has been imposed upon mold ed celluloid balls and cWinders, coated with tinfoil or not, but not finished or further ranufactured, The lumbermen at th Chaudiere state that no difficulty will be experienced by ther) in securing the required number of hands to work in the njills during the summer. ummer from $1.20 to $2.75 per day. : the pay of their hands according to the success of the seasof. pay of the men is raised The wages will be the same as last Most of the firms regul Ifa season is unusually good the 5 or 50 cents a day as the case may be. Chaudiere lumbermen two or three wealthy Mi large quanities of Pine quantity during this year, A single raft of Georgian Bay Jast autum the opening of navigation be removed whenever lumber is put on the free list of the American tariff, ave been apprized of the fact that higan lumber companies which own Ontario will import a considerable notwithstanding the Canadian export 000,000 feet was put together in , and will be started for Saginaw on The Dominion tax will, it is said, | THE STANDARD GANG SAW MILL. | | The projectors and builders of the great Joggins log raft that came to such an ignominious end last summer are again | at work rebuilding the minster, and instead of curtailing its Umensions are making it Boo feet longer, Mr. Robinson, the designer and ‘constructorgis confident of success at the next trial, and as the unsuccesgful past will give experience for the future, it is thought not unlikely the next launch will have a | successful termination. he saving of freight on the immense vill be very considerable, in fact it amounts to a moderate fértune. ‘Messrs. Smith & % some’ time past been ne ell, of Thornbury, Ont., ‘have for lating with Mr. J. Ferguson and the shure a site for a saw and planing Ontario Government, mill, sash and door are about complete market for all the that can be furnished, secure from the Goverpment will be limited, and in order to | keep the mills going the whole season a larger quantity of | hardwood would he required than the sett'ers at present in the | township of Shadowfield can furnish. > ctory at North Bay, and arrangements They will also opena local ood timber such as birch and maple | satisfactorily, 1arc s the quantity of pine which they will | | board measure. 7 The New Brun ading Co., ramichi Ad VANCE, is removing 1d off ey Gr | continue to occ i The i fine new building it cady large share of Black Brook village, which is fitted upa a counting-room, store, et Pr parations are being mad@at the mill for 1 ng season's sawing, and the indicatidfis are that the con ny intend to push busines 1] nétwithstanding 1 reverse f firms lately connected with it inan indirect w: y- Lumber operations at Figher River, Man., a correspondent :—The lumber « mps are breaking up for thi season. C. W. Bubar fini d last Saturday ar tarted for Selkirk on Jast Monday mor ing to bring in suf for the summer. We hag had - ccessful winter's work Messrs. Brown, Rutherfordt& Neilson’s teams will start for Winnipeg on Monday, the 6th ir I take tan excellent stock of logs thigi season, The y are the largest average I have ever seen infany camp during any season on this lake. The Selkirk Lu at work, but will soon be b ber Company e still we teame y I y aking camp also. They have the largest cut of any on the lake, having about 60,000 logs. The lumbering interests extensive and the equipmemts complefe which has both circula 350,000 feet of lumber and gang rery ten Hours, and is d engine of 1,500 horse fower, with sixteen boilers. The timber mill turns ou 50,000 feet of ordered stuff for builders, and the shimple mill equipped with the best machinery, cuts 125, shingles per day by means of a 250 horse engine. F these mills.“ A line of e hundred men are employed in of the ilway runs the entire length firm’s property, through its lumber yard. These yards have storage capacity f@r 40,000,000 feet of lumber. planing millis run by yeater power. At present it has four modern planers and t The mill has agcapacity for planing 80,000 feet of 4% with the mills is a complete A conimodious brick fire shed has = erected at the water’s €dge, between the two largest re is room in the building for fi ve more. ] fire amber per day. system. been mills, with stables, engine rdom and quarters for the 25 men who constitute the fire company. They have charge of an Amoskeag steam fire €ngine. Then there is a force pump nnected with a12 inch pipe which leads around the aberent mills and through the yards. : This pump can throw There are 10 hydrants outside the mills and 18 inside. -An electric fire system, 16 bells connects the several principal parts in the engine house 15,000 gallons per minute. of the yard with the fire department. At the head waters of the Moira and Otonabee rivers there are extensive timber limits. The Central Ontario Railway also taps one of Gilmour & Company’s limits. HOW TO CLEAT LUMBER. Something may be said &s to the advisability of cleating hardwood lumber, especially ash, oak and hickory, when sawed rough edged. ; Cleating is beneficial if done at the proj when the plank comes fron®the saw and 1 split by handling. After a split has opened a plan or three feet, a cleat cannot be put on securely eno prevent the split from extending the first t h The prope is for the mill hands or foreman to select the j is handled or ‘‘ dumped ” from a truck. erally the ones coming froM the center of the indicate by their appearange a tendency, by small or free, straight grain, to fe liable to spli whole length of the plank, andéat once nail or tough, strong wood. Oak or ‘elm is best. = I _ Care should be taken that the cleat does not extend as lO the edges of the plant or lap o¥er the sides so ; pulled off in handling, or take up extra room in stowing is shipped where freight is charged by the cubic foot instead o Plenty of nails should be used. For two inch 6d or Sd plank, the cleats should be 34 inch thick used. Nailing on strips of laths is only a waste of time and material. > Ash splits more readily thas any other plank, and _ the better the quality and the freer fromedefects, the easier it splits. i Ass Inspectors usually take thisefact into consideratior plank is otherwise perfect, will measure down in width one or two inches, and grade it as fifsts when it would be classed as seconds if ordinary square edged plank. Most of the best ash, oak and hickory is used for carriage material, and consequently cut into small and short pieces, and the quality is more im- portant than the width and length. - In such kinds of lumber, knots are a much more serigus defect than splits. Cleats will help much to prevent the latter if put on as suggested. — New York Lumber Trade Sournd. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. en The Canada Humberman DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOD WORKING INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION. 1. ( MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. 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PETERBOROUGH, ONT., ee 1887. NEW MARKETS. ' Tue passage of the Retaliation Bill of the United States, makes it possible, though not very probable, that the chief foreign market for our lumber may be closed against us. This possibly, makes additionally necessary what | was already highly expedient, that we should extend or open new markets. This as a matter concerning our commerce is et with the juris- diction of the Dominion authorities. As the Parliament of Canada is now in session the Government should be urged to take such steps as may assist in bringing about the desired result. Among the markets which force themselves, upon attention as being easily accessible, important and capable of receiving far more largely from us, the foremost in all these respects is the West Indies. We already export to them the products of our forests but the amount is by no means what it ought to be, or what it might be made. The great share of this trade is enjoyed by our neighbors of the United States, though Canada is as well situated for conducting it an is as well en- dowed with the supplies required by the islanders. is certain that much of the export to the West Indies from the ports of the United States consists of Canadian Jumber. There is no reason why we should allow our neighbors to be middle- men and to deprive us of much of the profit éf a commerce which we could quite as well conduct at first hand. We ought to be able to extend our supplies to the West Indies by replac- ing toa considerable extent the lumber sent Northwestern States. Indeed it there from the It must be remembered also that a large proportion of the exports to this market consist of goods ina more highly manufactured condition than mere as sashes, doors, &c. 2 lumber, such this trade is a matter of importance, not only to our.owners of timber limits and sawmills, but also to our numerous planing mills and kin- dred industries. One circumstance that facilit sion of this trade is the fact that Canada is receiving large quantities of raw sugar from the islands, and the vessels bring- ing it are seeking return cargoes. Why should they not be afforded by the products of our forests, the freights for which would thus be made reasonable ? ‘ Thus the extension of es the exten- Another important market which is attracting tion of late is that of the Australian colonies. abundance of excellent hardwoods, but are d and kindred timber. Their imports in this line ly large and are mainly drawn “from the United States and Europe, much from England having been fi st imported by that country from Norway or Russia. Now Br dtish Columbia should be able to compete advantageously for this trade with the Pacific Coast of the United States, and oth¢r parts of Can- ada must be at least as well situated for it as Hngland or othe, European countries. The proposed great Australian exhibition would afford an opportunity for making a display of the produce more atten- ‘They have an ‘icient in pine e consequent- of our Canadian forest, which should not bey neglected. There are other available markets which either have not been tried at all or have not been adequately tested. The Canadian authorities should be urgéd to make renewed and greater efforts to open these markets.. But they can only aid, and it is upon the exertions of enterprising men of the trade that the chief dependance must be placed. ‘necessity existing for the forn ‘ A LUMBER ORGANIZATION. Wer have on several previous occasions referred to the nation of some organization calcu- lated to benefit the lumbermeén, and from which both the large and small operators would be equally benefitted. In the past organization among lumbermen has received but little atten- Even among the largest dealers the opinion seemed to exist that mutual assistance was not required. Every man ns, and keep his system as much as possible from his neighborsg This feeling of independence, however, is giving way, and to-day there are lumber exchanges, or similar organizations, in most of the prominent markets. At a meeting held in Toronto/during the past month, at which many of the representative luibermen were in attendance, the question of forming a trade ranch or lumber section of the discussed. The chair was occu- pied by Mr. A. H. Campbellf of Toronto. By invitation Mr. Henry W. Darling, Ex-President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Willis, Secretary, were tion. wanted to lay out his own pl Toronto Board of Trade was Mr. Darling explained nd also set forth the advantages vith the Board. The meeting re- sulted in a unanimous expréssion in favor of taking advantage of the facilities offered by the Board. Messrs. A.H. Campbell, of Toronto ; David Gilmour, Trenton; J. L. Barton, Barrie; and Jas. M. Irwin, Peterborough, were appointed a committee to prepare an address to the ‘Council for permission to organize and also to prepare the meeery by-laws. It is indeed satisfactory to now that at last there is a pros- pect of bringing the lumbermen into closer business (and social) relations with each other, a step which must undoubted- ly have a tendency towards bettering the condition of this ex- tensive industry, but the question may arise in the minds of some of our readers, as it has to us, whether or not an alliance with the Board of Trade is going to have the beneficial results that most of those who are taking the initiative in this matter imagine. By introducing this question we have no intention of casting a reflection on the orkings of the Toronto Board of Trade. On the contrary we bélieve it is a very necessary in- stitution and is doing a good wérk, but we think it possible to overdo almost everything, and @n these grounds we are of the opinion that an entirely separaté organization would result in more work and.far more satisfactory results. present. the method of organization, to be gained by connection While possessing a large amount of influence, which if properly used in the in- terest of any branch of trade, this lable service, but when its inte Board could be of incalcu- fests are so varied, intricacies one or other of the industries This has been thi sentative industries, and we mug) arise which often tend to injure represented. experience of other repre- fear that should the lumber- that in the no distant future our forecast may be found to beftrue. To more fully explain our argument we mean that the/ Toronto Board of Trade has already assumed more work thaf it can successfully carry out, and in consequence some one mist suffer. men ally themselves to this bod The man who at- tempts to carry on a dozen diffefent branches of trade usually goes to the wall, but he who cepters his mind on one object is the man who, generally speakirig, winds up with a good bank What is applies also to the largest indus account and reputation. good for an individual, try of the country, therefore we say let the lumbermen have a s€parate organization, look after their own interests without klepending upon disinterested parties to do it for them, and with the extensive influence they can bring to bear, the organization will be a success and they can claim credit to themselves alone. Tue suggestion that a map*should be prepared by the On- tario Department of Crown Lands showing not only the timber limits now under license, but: also those still unappropriated, is one that should not be lightly rejected, for the adoption of it gives promise of great useftillness. tration would do well to congider whether the objections it saw to complying w ith this je are of sufficient moment to be prohibitory. On second thought they may probably admit that their main objection, namely the expense, is hard- Even if it were to cost $10,000, a hasty estimate which is probably largely excessive, that sum would be well expended in affording such yaluable information. It could hardly fail to bring into the Provincial treasury an amount of money that would far more than compensate for the expendi- ture, besides its other advantz To the lumbermen it would ly sufficient. S. e very useful to have such an authoritative indication, not only of the extent of timber limits that are already appropriated, but also of that area that re- mains available, with the localities in which it is situated. This information could hardly fail to stimulate their biddings and to produce an effect in augmented: receipts at the next sale of ——— The Ontario Adminis-- that the Province shonld know as nearly as possible what amount of this class of property it possesses. By such means it would be better able to form an idea of the extent of its resourses and their probable duration, while it would at the same time be enabled moré intelligently to turn them to ad- vantage. It would be dwell, too, that the whole community should be better informed as to the quantity of timbered lands still remaining. The-Province of Quebec could, without much difficulty, be induced to follow the goofl example. The other Provinces of Canada, and the Dominign authorities for Manitoba and the Territories, might be expected to fall into line, and then there would be presented at least an approximate idea of our existing forest wealth,’ and the périod within which it would be ex- hausted. These maps might by degrees be rendered more complete as information was obtained as to the quantity and kinds of timber on the différent areas. Already there must be much of such material available in the field notes of the Pro- vincial Land Surveyors wh@ have been engaged in laying out townships, &c. Such information, even though imperfect, would be of immense assistance to lumbermen wishing to ex- Of course it would not supercede that personal inspection which myst always precede a purchase, but it would at least indicate thelikely locality in which to institute the search. The knowledgeialso of the limited amount of tim- ber left in certain localities would have a beneficial tendency in promoting economy in the operations of the lumbermen. Even the best informed are apt to exaggerate an imperfectly known quantity and to assume without sufficient reflection that large resources are practically inexhaustible. There would be another a@vantage in such maps, that they would encourage the adoption of the system of not opening forest areas for settlement, while better lands for agricultural purposes are available. It ig no kindness to the agricultural settler to set him to grow wheat on land far better fitted to produce timber, while it has aprejudicial effect upon lumbering operations. | Oftentimes a luinberman is hurried on to cut in some portions of his limits thrgugh fear of the consequences of settlement, when otherwise would not have been so hasty in his operations. tend their operations. By all means let us have these maps, for they will well re- pay the cost and trouble of producing them. EDITOR'AL COMMENTS. Tue Government has decided to reimpose, for the coming season, on the St. Lawrence fanals, the same tolls that pre- vailed in 1885 and 1886, viz., two cents per ton. ATTENTION is directed to the new advertisement of Mr. Peter Hay, of the Galt Machige Knife Works, which will be found on another page of this igsue. Those of our readers who are at any time in need of mathine knives should remember that no better article is turned Sut than that furnished from the Galt works. THE Official Gasette of a forthight since, contained an order- in- council to the effect that clatise No. 2 of the timber regula- tions of 1868, for the Provincesof Quebec, which established a uniform ground rent of $2 per Square mile for each mile under license for cutting timber is moflified, and the imposition of a fixed rent of $5 per square mile tee cutting timber is substitut- ed therefor. Tue PATENT REVIEW, a deat and tidy little paper, de- voted exclusively to matters fieging patents, has recently made its appearance in Otta Mr. A. Harvey, C. E., is the publisher, and from the amoysfi b energy he has already shown in its arrangement we hg¥e good. reason to believe that the venture will be a success. Thg public at large are more or less interested in a journal of this discription and should extend it a liberal support. ‘ MATTER for publication in THE LUMBERMAN to be in time for any specified issue, should reach us not later than the 20th of the month. If something of importance is to reach us later than that date we should have notice of it, so as to make our calculations accordingly. We trust our correspondents will make a note of this. Changes of advertisements must be in by the 22nd of the month to insite attention, and new advertise- ments not later than the agth.! ————oe WE have to thank our co: ae throughout Canada and the United States for — nany kindly greetings extended the LUMBERMAN during the past few a as also the kind words of encouragement which daily ‘réach us from subscribers from all over the country. ye are not so far above flattery timber limits that would be mos satisfactory to the Provincial | that we can fail to appreciate such expressions of good-will, — Treasurer. It would obviously be most ah tt hee ai a | oe 7 mae P eful, nay it is indispensable, | of the good opinions of our and shall continue to do all in our sige to merit a continuance ge * _— , 9 at 7 SRT |w regs ’ : furniture, doors, sashes THE CANADA LUMBERMA Es SAULT STE. Manis peopl are delighted in the anticipation ofan unusual boom: this year. Two great American trunk railroads are to be built to that point from the west, and two from the Canadian side. The Hay lake channel is to be deep- ened, and the canal. enlrvet for vessels of heavy tonnage. Building operations will be carried on with great vigor and real estate is going up rapidly. From present indications the ** Soo ” is likely to become a place of no mean importance. ——$————————————— AN unusual amount of changes and improvements are going on this spring amoung the saw mills, which of itself indicates that the lumber trade ; as prospering. New mills are being erected in different parts of the country, while many others are being overhauled and the latest improved machinery added. In this. as in all other branches of trade, operators are continually tearing down and building, in order to keep pace with the de- mands of the trade, and as a consequence manufacturers of the laf€@st style of machinery ie reaping a harvest. ONE evil effect of the proposed enormous ground rents of Quebec timber limits is that it would drive the limit owners to strip them as speedily a _possible, so as to free themselves quickly from the heavy a This would for the moment help to fill the Quebec treasury through an artificial influx of anticipated income, but thi§ would be no gain as 1t will only be robbing the revenue of future years of the receipts that would vould be equivalent to the case of a wasting” the timber on the property naturally accrue then. It tenant for life, or for a term ‘ NoTWITHSTANDING the Very sensational reports concerning the financial crisis in New Brunswick, which have been pub- lished in Canadian and Américan papers, it Is now evident that the state of affairs is not by any means as serious as was at first generally supposed. The after results of the failure of the Maritime Bank, the private bank cf McLennan & Co., the lumber firms of Stewart Bros. and Geo. McLeod, while cer- tainly affecting to a greater or less extent the operations of other firms, did not result nearly 4s disastrous as the public at first imagined. Confidence is now being restored, and it is not an improvement on preceding years, but it can hardly be supposed that the duty was véry closely collected especially on pine logs or the sum would be larger. This was before the increase of the duty, which? will make an increase for the current year. Every effort should be made to collect these duties in all cases, so as to ; owners from the unfair compefition of our neighbors. xotect our lumbermen and mill igan are getting played out. Al- though lumbering is carried §n to a large extent there is not nearly as much timber exportéd as ten years ago. inate chopping “has done its#work. The men would cut a sapling down rather than rup No thought was given to the future, and Mow the lumbermen have to be content with timber that a fe thought worth cutting. T men played among the youngttrees is that the State Legislature is being petitioned to pass a#orestry Act making it unlawful to cut down trees under a ce Indiscrim- a log around it. years ago they would not have result of the havoc which the WE take pleasure in draw ing attention to the full page dis- play in this issue of the Canadian Rubber Co., of Montreal and Toronto. This extensive company recently made large additions to their factory, a1 ready large capital of $1,0 to more fully keep pace wit} their rapidly growing trade from every point throughout th& Dominion. The many friends of Mr. Walker, manager of thg Toronto branch, will be pleased to learn that he has fully reepyered from his recent severe ill- ness, and is again-in his old quarters, better than ever pre- pared to attend to the wants of his customers. and are about increasing their al- 6,000 to double that sum, in order An idea of the magnitude and relative importance of the timber trade industries of Trade and Navigation table exports of ‘‘ Produce of the mous sum of $22,865,087. place, ‘‘ Animals and the $23,077,513, ** Agricultura) 441,317. And in the amo not included carts and anada may be obtained from the for the last financial year. The Forest ” amounted to the enor- This ranks in almost the foremost ir Products” coming first with Products” being next with $21,- t thus given for forest products is arriages $25,992, ships $266,363, d other manufactures of wood "hae besides other items. Thus it will be seen that as Bur few names in Cahada are more familiar to the general public than that of Mr. Ey Be Edd j—the great match man— who first established himself at Hull, (Que., in 1854. of late years been among ‘the heaviest lumber operators’ in Canada, in addition to which his extensive wood- working es- tablishment is acknowledged to be one of the largest on the During the past montl acquainted with a change in name, - Eddy having associat- ed with himself a number of other gentlemen of capital and standing, who have formed themselves into what will hereafter be known as the ‘‘ E. B, Eddy Manufacturing Co., Limited,” a body corporate duly incorporated by. an Act of Parliament, with a capital of one anda half million dollars. Mr. Eddy has been elected President of the company and also Managing Director ; Mr. S. S. Cushman is the Vice- President, and Mr. W. H. Rowley, Secretary-Treasurer. = He has continent. we have been made FRoM the official report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the Province of Quebec, for the twelve months ending 30th June, 1886, we find that the total revenue for that period was $630,475.82, made up as follows: of the lands specially designated Crown Lands, there were--99,019 acres sold for the price of $45,851.27 ; and the sum of $52, 450.35 was col- lected on account of these sales, and those of previous years ; $46,252.10 being derived from sales of land for agricultural purposes, and $6,198.25 from those of mineral lands. The revenue derived from timber dues, ground rents, bonus, etc., is given as $528,574.80. The result of the transactions of the Department of Crown Lands for the twélve months as stated above, is almost the same as that obtained in the preceding fiscal year. The figures show a slight decrease, but this is at- tributed to the fact that during this last period no extraordinary sale of either timber limits or mining locations took place, while in the year 1884-5, a sum of $68 5145.41 was derived from a very important sale of timber limits. a arts NI and VAI of ‘* Architectural » Ola Com tock, of New York. all ard low-priced country We have before u Studies,” just issued by The first of these is devoted to houses, giving among theéfn a number of # lesigns that can be ex- ecuted for $1,000 or less. One is impréssed, in looking over these designs, at seeing how much a litde good taste can do for the improvement of houses where: only a small sum of money is to be expended, The secondof the two, part VII, is devoted to the interiors of moderate cost houses, giving a large number of examples of window finish, wainscoting, win- dow seats, staircases, hall and library* finish, s, with full working book shelves, china closets, mantels, bath room fittins details drawn to large scale, carrying out the idea of good, tasteful, but moderate-cost interior fittings, as part VI does that of good planning and well prop§rtioned exteriors, the whole scheme being to furnish suggestions for building a good comfortable home, after a well thought the lim’ts of a moderate purse. They @re published in paper, portfolio, at the cost of $1 each. = ———____—__— THE Southern Lumberman being asked its sentiment regard- ing the admission of Canadian lumber into the United States, says :—‘* We favor a tariff on all lumber or timber brought out plan and within into our ports, except such woods as do not grow in the United States. When we say tariff, we don’ only, but a frotect?ve, or if you please a frohzbitory tariff. We don’t want any money sent from our country to pay for any kind of timber or lumber that we have for sale ourselves.” Our contemporary very courteously acknowledges its selfish- ness, and when we reflect on the améunt of grumbling that is mean a tariff for revenue going on among the trade across the lines because the Canadian Government has seen fit to prote slaughter of our forests in favor of the Americans, we cannot help but think that the average Yankee is indeed very selfish. Canadians don’t grumble because ;the Americans choose to adopt a prohibitory tariff, on the “s hand we rather like it, and consider that what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the our people against the is one of most serious consequence gander. We propose to make our cousins fay for the woods that do not grow in the United States. We hold the trump card. THERE are expressions of discontent in 3ritish Columb——— ~ rt and a portion of the Northwest Territories in regard to th THE SPANISH BAY TIMBER. freights charged for the carriage of lumber by the C. P. J : ; Hitherto the C. P. R. has earned a favorable reputation fi LANDLOOKER who has lately been examining some of reasonable freights, and it should take care not to forfeit i” Pe aan h river Umber, in the Georgian Bay region good character in this respect. Jts monopoly of transport cz } amo, rcports, on lis return, that the pine he saw only. be endured through its acting fairly and even liberally ere 1s not of a very high ayerage grade. It will run bu such matters. It is also for its own permanent abvantage th Ow percentage to upper$, but makes comm excellent it should aid in building up the country fom which it ran SEN, free from black knotkand s} s. Tt ry he seek its customers if such a gigamitic ees to pro iad - well drained, but with treams that are il lastingly and progressively remunekative. The C. . shou the driving of logs. In cons@quence, logging is much more carefully revise its rates for lumbet, so as to remove any occ Fi an il di an the average of Sich work in Michigar sion for discontent. By a liberal: spolicy it will best serve its | rails have to be shifted. ‘reosoted efi dnd“ birch did well, own interests as well as those of the trade and of the public. | and are to be recommended, Chestnut was unfortunately not -~ included in the experiment, although it is considered one of The e of the most interesting features of the case, all the best woods for ties. behavior of the catz a was one wood being sound, except just under the rails, where they are crushed nearly toa pulp. * ns THE intention of the new» Administration of Quebec to in- crease the provincial revenue’at the expense of the lumbermen for the Hitherto that Province has been disposed to foster rather than so that the trade in Quebec. to discourage its greatest indistry, new policy is as startling as it is ill-advised. Even as an expedient for aug- menting the revenue, Mr. Mercier may find that he has made a false calculation in adopting this step. For the moment it may raise the receipts, but in the long run the effect the very contrary. rents as that from $2 to $5, must have a crushing effect upon the industry. Ifso it would be the old story of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. If the business is rendered stagnant the receipts of rents, &e. , may fall off instead of in- may be Such an efiormous increase in the ground crease. Limits placed in the market would find bidders shy of property depreciated not only by heavy additional burden but also by the uncertainty whether there And the de- pression and impoverishment ofa great industry cannot have its baleful effects confined to these who have their capital in- imposed upon it, might not be another sudden turn of the screw. vested init. The vast army of men employed would also share in the loss and indeed its influence would pervade the whole community. It is to be hoped that the Quebec Ministry will yet reconsider a decision which must be so injurious if carried out. As has been previously stated in THE LUMBERMAN it is quite probable that a still higher export duty on Canadian logs will be imposed during the present session of the Dominion Parliament. The lumbermen are asking for the change, in order to more fully diminish the shipments of forest produce in its unmannfactured state. It is to the interest of not only the lumber trade but the public in géneral, that whatever of our forest products finds a market fm the United States, or any other country, should be sent ip the shape of sawn lumber, thus securing additional employment for Canadians. Ovr , thinks American contemporary, the Northwester Lu that the policy of the DominionSGovernment in regard to the =o--= Says, export duty is of doubtful wisdem, for the reason, as it that it has the effect of checking the movement of Canadian logs to Lake Huron mills, on: the American side, that had begun to assume important proportions. We are also called upon to reflect that ‘‘ but for a can enterprise and capztal the lumber industry of Algoma 41nd Muskoka would be of slow growth.” We would remind o&r cont emporary that Canadians are not as anxious to have thei seems to imagine. Our object s to prol as possible, so that in future years we will, unlike our cousins No at- Americans from cutting forest wealth slaughtered as it ect our forests as much across the border, have something > to fall back on. tempt has been made to prev ent timber in this country, but when this privilege has been al- lowed we claim that i should be manufactured here also, or the alternative of a Canadian lumbermen are sufficiently wide awake and have the capital necessary to do full justice to the lumber trade of Canada, but at the same time a welcome is extended:to any outsider to open out oper high expert duty. ations here, provided they will comply with the just de- mands laid down by our government. It may fairly be open to question whether even if is advisable that we should export considerable quantities of-saw logs or lumber to the States, seeing that in a very few years we may need all that we can produce for our own use. é If Americans complain so bitterly now about the auty on aw logs, what would be the result were our government to:further restrict the output of forest productions, by putting an export duty on sawn lumber also? In consideration of the fact that Americans are so eager for our fish, forests, minerals, coal and other natural products we would suggest that they forsake that es forsaken country, emigrate to Canada, pad take the oath ‘‘ For Queen and Country.’ magnificent stations of the,Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway. TTHE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | ae ae NEW YORK CITY. SPECIAL CONTRACTS. n / ‘ F 1; Phe following are the quotations of the yards here :— Fines Ee TERN aD eee hada ka sie strip plank, de ~ a a eee Ory og hae «+++ (0 23@00 35 Pine, 1st quality,# M $00 00@40 00) B.ss, run of log culls Pine, good........,. 55 0' @60 00 | Spruce boardsdressed 00 Pine 2nd, '* 99 00@30 00| out, @M.... .-+. #18 00@20 00 | Piuve, shipping box.. 21 00@z2 00 Sproce, plank, 1} inch ene o Pine, shipping culls, # Oak, BoM. si aiereace 40 00@50 00 Pine, common box.. 18 00@20 00 rai iee oes 00 28@ 0 30 bo Mighereemieetnys 14 00@16 00 | Walnut#M ........ 60 00 100 00 Pine common box £ 16 (0@18 00 ope ce,plank 2in eac 00 38@00 40 t] Pine ae quality | deals Cherry, @ M .....+. 80 00 100 e Fane Pige: plank )} | Spruce p ark 1} inch Be oe eoncerinnvacignr 10 00@12 00} Butternut, #M...... 35 re fo | Pt gh cane : 00 44@00 50| dressed... 00 28@00 306 ; Pine, mill culls, #M. 8 00@10 00) Birch, ® Mics c soca 20 0 @ 5) hs ally plank 14 Spruce pla-k 2 inch v Spruce, #@M ...... 10 00@13 00| Hard Map e, %M.... 25 00@30 00 2nd quatity ... 00 35@00 38| dressed...... ..._. ‘0 43@00 45 The Canada num erman Hemlock, ® M..«... 9 00@10 00} lath, @M....... ... 150@ 000 | Pine, tally plank 1} Spruce wall st’ips.... 00 15@00 18 4 Ash, run of log culls Shing es, 1g', # M... 2 00@ 3 00 CUB vosesecsceeee 00 30@00 32 | Spruce timber....._. 00 ORKING 1p Gti SW se erinnan 20 00@25 00| Shing!es, 2nd, & M.. 250@ 0.00 | Pine, ta'ly boardsdre’d Hem!ock boards each 00 | 2 DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOD W food eee 00 32@00 35 | Hem'ock joist, 24x4.. 00 a Ed INTERESTS OF THER eM Pie, So 0d ‘28@00 30| Hemlock Jolst ac6,, OC snegn 20 we eee € ee CHICAGO. eae OR Hemlocs fast 436. wo $000 44 4 : = 21, Pa ER he oe a 0 18@00 20 Sees ahien azine ae Qo a RA D € RE W I € (Ah) i RECEIPTS FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL A ' sated Ping, chip’ toahia @ a see aes 50 oon al f 1BG7 i'esisitra nis Oe wecy van ceeen eats 7,598,000 539,000 poppe otis apes 0) 20@00 22) Cargo rates 10 per cent, off. 1886 srcst arene eee PEARS 50: ye ee OD 28,811,000 2,874,000 *,t11p boards clear 00 25@00 26 | RECEIPTS FROM JAN. L TO APRIL 21, INCLUSIVE. ¥XTEA SELECTIONS. TORGNTO. Taya Shingl Maple good....... . ~ 40 00@48 00 | Whitewond £i>.. Bua OPES.) | SCHSAUNN aoe mee 40 00@50 00 | Whi e+001 & panel... 1 le _ Trade, which for some time back WES WaNdace Rb, Saas |) We noqnaenoacecens GADD DE Hn indeambon AE +++ 130,857,000 9,841,000 | Cyprus, 1, 13,2 and panel... 45 ASR el proved: itll tat sisdat ese Heiner Sano Leo ee ere Saat ec ec acerca a 122,576,000 21,204,000 | “pity 7 142 and sigan ad Sivek. E 2 sue Brean eS yale ata Dgspe al ssohaine ns eed STOCK ON HAND APRIL J, INCLUDING SOLTH CHICAGO. Black “ alnut good to Shins les ex. sawed 0@ 9 50 provided no untoward circumstances occur. There is a scar- 1887. 1886 1885. os fit ee ae 140 00@160 00| pine 18 in.....- 575@ 600 : vo : : ( Black Walnnt g..... 85 00@100 00 | Shi gles el od “oe <10., fi if 2 TUM DOL eraieisacietsi iti settee 295,' 63,682 429,650,022 454,053,007 00@100 00 i gles clear sawed city of 18 and 20 feet joists, b thy 2x8 and Bo , few, 1f any Shinolesee cue "903,858,250 33,847,250 242,084,250 Black Walnut selecte: pine 16 in..... -ese 4 50@ 6 00 yards, have enough to fill an érdinary bill. Mill cull boards | Lath...... 20,161,190 47,709,453 36,555,645 ais woe ‘ ae 00 | Shingl-s cypres 24x7. 22 0° @24 00 4 y 1 y Pickets, . 1,406,278 1,975,986 1,977,411 utc unt’rs 00 22@00 28 | Shing’es cy press 20x6 00@1 are fetching better prices than usual. The Grand Trunk, R.R. Cadan posts, ieee haaenn A 161, "204 988'541 "178,241 a Walnns 5x5.. 150 00@160 00 | Yellow ce aressed wa - has issued a circular to lumbermen notifying them that on and FINISHING LUMBER ROUGH. B — bth 6x6. _ es 4 Yellow wine cian 2 00@40 ~ after May Ist, rent will be charged for piling ground at the | 1st and 2d clear,1inch.. $46 00] A select, 2inch .... .. | 00 | Black Walnut 8x8..175 00@180 00 | Locust t posts, 8 ft.... 00 Teo 20 f ae : ; 1st and 2d clear, 14 and Ibi in 47 00'| B selccet, 14 in.......-.-06 - 3100 | Cherry wide........ Be 00@120 00 10ft 00 24@00 25 rate of 5c. per M. ft. for each’ week or any part thereof. This | jo¢; and 2d clear, 2inch...... 47 00| B ellen? Pape er ree “= om ‘herry, erdinary.... 70 00@80 00 re 12ft 00 29@00 24 is 2 i i li i Ist and 2d clear, 3 inch 48 00 | Clear and select 2x4.. Whitewood inch..... 45 00 00! Ch posts ; goepeucie sn emehtadinecsion: Sd lear, Hand 2 inch... 44 00] “2x6 essecsseenersenesen - 34 00 ar cotnnt posts .--.--\00 Galen Bs The following are the ruling quotations in this city at present;— | 3d clear, 1} inch ...... asiate eA ODN a. 2XBee.atiar sale eieeteeate saa a ae 8 pe ductationsnitlus\etty at present A se ect, ONO ainannaco +. 88 00 all ae length $1 ex’ ra, Mill cull boards &scantling ..$10 00; Dressing stocks.......16 00@18 00 | Ase ect, Ifinch ........... 39 00 ; OSWEGO, N.Y. Shipping cull boards, promis- Picks Am. inspection....... 30 00 STOCK BOARDS Three wu cuous widths............. 12 00 | Three uppers ao inspection 40 00 ; . i PP AIB oases as $46 00@47 00 190° ‘i nies 13 00 DEE RAG. 12in, A, 12 t0 16 ft. .<...400842 00| 12 in, 20. ft.....0-nseere-e-- 23 00 poring att 2 ; i ndessr 00 1 50 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 13 Ov 1 fl d ano 00 12in. B +» 87 00/ 10in, A...... 37 0 ators § up, ~ 00@27 00 ees 170 18 ft 14 00 i ia ooring, dressed 25 00@30 . 33 00] 10 in, B.... 33 00 iting up, No, 2.... 18 00@20 00 | Pickers, 54x 5aixd, ; “ “ “ 9) ft 15 00 i rough .14 00@16 00 a 2 ODN ALON, C..7. cn'elesacnap amie 2600 | Dressitg .... .. ++ 16 00@20 00] No,1........ s+eees 14 00@15 00 ‘ “ “ 99 ft 16 00 if +3 7 oresed 23 00@25 00 23 00 =: 5 Gal 16 00@17 00 1x3x4,No 1.. 00@20 00 “ “ “94 ft 17 00 nih Gzpeundeeseed is ie atA 100 FLOORING--DRESSED AND MATCHED, ee 13 00@14 0 1x3x4,No 2. se soaps 10 co be ‘ “ 96 ft 18 00 dressed 16 00@20 00 ; : i Sidings, | selected, 1 in 30 00@38 00 see - d 2nd biack ash ash, de hig “ 98 ft 19 Ou “ “* undres’d 12 00@14 00 A flooring ......660%+. .-- $34 00 | B flooring 4 in..........+...29 00 ‘Ui in 33 00@41 00 eee --. 23 00@25 00 a ie “© 80 ft 20 09 {Beaded Sheeting, dressed B flooring. .......... gata’ 81 00 | C fl.oring 4in......... see 25 00 - run, 1x10, 13 to ay and thicker.... 24 00@26 00 a Me “39 ft 21 00 Ci RR . 18) 00@20 00: | C flooring....*****")....... 24 00 | Norway clearand A..... eee 22 00 ft.. : - 19 00@22 00] Culls ...s:....... 10 00 ae a “94 tt Jlapboarding, dressed. . 12 50 | Fenci) g flooring..... ...... 1b 50s) “By dior Bndns © ss ec avons 2000 |_ Drossiait and better.. 24 0U-@27 00 | Basswood, se ected 4-4 tans aera vesee22 50@22 50 Feed sawn shingles, @M 2 78@2 90 Clear and A, 4in......... .. 82 00 a a ing culs 16 00@17 00 and 6-4 5.2...s./508 20 (0@22 00 “ “ “ 36 ft 24 00 ae Soluce stuleyya rare Sees a SIDING—TIED. Sesced fin. strips a. ‘ogni be — selectid i-and -* % i fo” £88 ft) 27400 ree eee 55 00@80 0p | let and 2d clear, 12'ft....... 21 00 [PB iciG ike «oes rsleate meee 17.60: |. 136 nelacted for eacs = iden ae 00@18 00 Bee 40 to 4d fF 30100 | Bae saa “ie 1 ee. in comen on. | Letand 2iiclemn dd aact6 teS8 (00 (000 ea sec ates ees A oeee eae 13 50 | "hoards P52 oo@es 00 Bir i onl smgioueeee Cutting up planks J+ and Cherry Nae &2 "50 00@60 00 Ba carrecstataa arate td recat ota v2 19) D0)|SRencing —sespiatcun ris epees 10 50 Clear butt cedar shin: ns i 2d. 293 oo 4 7 » , » wae sae 00@25 thicker ere nae nee) anges a Wihiteashill a omen lee 25 ov@30 00 BRADED ae TIED. d aie 1si som -sese 2 60@270/M aati strips,.... $xl } Ps; Black ash1 & 2...... 20 00@25 00 | Clear, §x4@Gin............. $22 00 | Ce lig, §xGi ines eeees sss. 14 50 ingles, 18 in = sghaee oe per a ay me (APURGANI cies viciaclrnen see. 20 00 | Clear and A, § or 9x6....... 32 00 PING ses wesw e . Or 1 ane iv., Fe p.r doo s . Br AXGiin aide ce kccameuns coe .. 19 00] B, 8 or 4x6 in........ ..... 29 00 ao ecaary 3 40@ 360] Tin hdo l6e : : HAMILTON. “: COMMON BOARDS—ROVGII. | ath No riper — : * Blind s ate, 4x2x4, 6c per M. piece APRIE, 25th, 1887. Com boards, lyin. 18 to 20ft $13 00 | 12, 14, 16 and 18 ft.....,.... 13 00 : : ; : OFLA LORLOM tre erreten teens 13 00 | land 1} common ...,. ... 13 60 ae . Wie is nothing of any umyporlance to note CSUN market, FENCING—DRY, TONAWANDA. Prices are firm and bill stuff isin good demand.. Considerable | No. 1 all lene eae aie avers $14 50] 4in. common............... “3 00 Z ose . . : to oe ° No. 2, 12, 14, 16& 18ft...... EL GOs "Norway os ose coca wanks «seam 300 | CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. difficulty is experienced in obtaining long bill stuff. miaruaie eh iceman weiss gic gaz o0@es co| Onl 50 cs oe eo The following are the ruling prices in the retail yards: | Joist and scantling, 2x4, 12, 12, 1dand 16 f6..........4 $13 00 | Common...... --- 18 00@24 CO ; 1 CSTGCRits.:. caeeehnteere $12.00 | 2x4, to 8x8, 18 ft. ............ $ P - Mill cull boards and 1} flooring, rough. 16 00 to 18 60 | 9x6, 9x8 2x10, 12, 14'an0'I6 te 12 00 | 2x4? axa, 20 ft BGs i 14 00 Buoparsten aoa +6 oh ee rae scanilicgs ...... $ 9 00 to $10 00 | 1 floo ing, ro yn. 16 00 to 18 00 | Pimber, 4x4 10 8x8 inclusive bet oe Sys ER B44 @ res-ing stocks .... 17 00@20 00 Shipping cull boards, 1} flooring, dressed : ' ee Pp a mgs’ 45 0 @50 00 | Dressing sidings .... 19 CO@22 00 promiscuous face measure ... 32 00 > | Pickinns. one ee 36 00@38 00 honey stocks..... 14 OU@15 00 Wiulbhiewentey.. . 10 00 to 12 00| 1} flooring dressed ies noe in. to 2 sor wie lnmon.sivirgs .. 15 00@17 00 Shipping cull stocks 13 00 i face measure ,.. 25 00 ALBANY. Fine Oaahaat). See oo@sa a cabeten xx isk 12 & @13 00 Beene. ie 13 00 face me sine 23 00 | Pine, clear, @M..... $55 00@60 00 | Beck walnut, good, Fine ee thicker E.. 00 pry see. 3 40@ : £0 Scan ling and joist Beed sheeting 1,.. 28 00 to 30 00 Pine, fourths...... : 50 00@57 00 Rp. Mss ewe eee $100 @120 00 xs ing up... .... 25 00@3u 00 oa tts,sawed 2 20@ 2 30 up to 18ft....... 13 50| Picks A M. Pine, selects......... 42 00@44 00} Black waluut, §inch. 80 00@90 00 Ss meer as l2in. ard Shing es, XXX 16 in, Scant ing and jois: Inspection...... 30 00 Pine, good box...... 22 00@33 00 Black walnut, finch. 90 00@85 00 |. Up © .....cecce 27 00@30 00 CUE HF Ohiccac souk @ 300 up to 20ft ...... 14 00] Three Uppers A. M. Pine, commonbox... 13 00@15 00 | Scaymore, l-inch.... 28 00@30 00 | Coffin boards, 12 in. q do @275 ‘Scantling’ and joist Inspection 40 00 ine 10-in. plank,each 00 45@00 47 | Scaymore, §-inch.... 21 00@23 00 | and up.... ...... 16 00@18 00 190 up to Dole 15 00} XXX sawn s ‘ingles Pine, 10-in. plank, x White wood, l-inch 3 Scantling and joist per M 260to 270 culls, each... teens « 00 25@00 27 and thicker. s+sssee 38 00@40 00 up to Dip en 16 00| Sawn Lath 2 25 Pine boards, 10-in.... 00 80@00 32 | White wood, §-inch... 28 00@30 00 SAGINAW VALLEY Scantling yar joist Red oak, .. 20 00 to 25 00 Pine, L0in. boards, culls 00 16@00 20} Ash, good, @M...... 40 00@43 00 = up to 26ft .. ... 17 00) White oak . 25 00 to 30 CO rine aan boards, ones ee Ash, second romae ie cee | CARGO QUOTATIONS. p ling ssw 4 ny Mew ees eeenee PA (@Sz Moaeee... a Nes ae et 18 00 pee tt oe . 18 00 to 20 00 | Pine,12-in. boards, 16ft 28 00@32 00 | Cherry, good, WM... 60 00@S5 00 parece culls ..... ae oes ot f Uniier i a ba Scantling and joi t Chary No. Land 2 60 00 to 60 00 | Pine,12-in.boards,13ft 28 00@32 00 | Cherry, common, BM 25 00@30 00 OMDMIOD swans Is Case s+++ 15 00@24 jois 2 gasses sen bi 2 Oak, good, @ M ‘ 3-uppers ... ... 37 00@40 00 hingles, XXX ...... 285@ 300 up to 30ft...... 10 00] White Asi No. 1 Pn ps See ee eee good, % Tait ee eee 8 50@10 00, Shingles’ cear butts 1 85@ 2 00 pee ae Sp rplink as 00t) 25 00 a ENaaot : 1 Se poe: c Sia 15 00@18 00 4 Ge ae 20 00@25 00 | Norway bi 1 stuff - 8 £0@10 00 | White pine ath,.... 175 Cutting tp teas 20 00| ond2........ ©. 20 00 to 25 00 | Pine,1-in.siding,solect 40 00@42 00 | Basswood, # M.. 25 00@30 00 | YARD TRADB, , Dressine stocks... 16 09to 18 00 Pine, inch siding, ; ‘ Hickory, B Raya : Ty) 00@40 00 Schnee ie ene. rebein re COMMON sistelon ects 13 00@15 00 | Mavle, Canada, ® M. 28 00@30 00 ppe iS, Coarse Com 8 00 Spruce, boards, each. 00 00@00 16 | Maple American,perM 26 00@28 00 Bg oie aged sca , one - Ferieting ail iit’ cui’s -. 4 00@ 6 00 k a e ,@ MM. ms = a LAM weewwnnneres 2 . MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. aU SAME EEN ciao Preece ecnecat on ebk ah 35 00@38 00 | No. 1 stock 12 in .... 14 00@15 00 ; ‘ Spruce, plank, 2-in., ; BM... ” 0 00@ 650 | Fine common ..... 27 00@30 00 | No.2 stocks ........ 11 Qu@12 00 MONTR#AL, April 25th, 1887. Neach’ =... 00 00@00 30 | sbingles 2nd quality. 0 00@ 5 £0 | 1.14 "4, 2in. cut ups 20 00@25 00] Wide common <--> 12 Oo@15 00 ; é 5 3 : Sane ail strips, "extra, sawed, No. 1 base, 7, 8 and 9 Piece stuff ard During the early part of this month,, business in the lumber etesed ae ue puboeeod ied egediianee ed hee peseeree Aare 35 00 a < land measure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and head ing bolts, ec. Standard hood 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. G. W. FISHER, Boz 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. The HENDERSON LUMBER Co. LIMITED. Daviw H. Henpersox, President; Norman Henperson, Vice-President ; Cass. H. Waurens, See-Treas. dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes «u Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: S.S, rw sSsA tar MANUFACTURER OF CHAMPION STUMP & STONE EXTRACTORS / Ciltivators, Hay Presses, Safes, &¢., 2423 577 CRAIG STREET P.O. BOX 945, M O NTR WE ARE THE ONLY MANUFACTURERS in AMERICA OF TAPER PIKE POLES |Made of the best White Maple, and turned in a Machine con- structed especially for this work. These Poles are 13 feet long, and measure 12 in, at the pike end. being parallel for about 5 ft., after which they taper down to { in. to the small end. raz Price, F.O.B. CARS at Peterborough, $25 per hundred. “sa W. FORSYTH, Peterborough, Ont. FIRE PROTECTION xy AUTOMATIC 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. @ Send for Circular. Sample Pole sent on application. EPPS S COCOA «By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws our | tution may be gradually built up until strong enough | to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle | fata) shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified wi-h pure | nourished frame.’?—‘' Civil | Sold | FIRE EXTINGUISHERS We are prepared to give estimates for equipping Mills, Factories and Warehouses, with the latest improvements in Automatic Sprinklers. Increased safety, and a reduction in Insurance Premiums is the result of protecting buildings in this manner. ROBEKI MITCHELL & CO. MONTREAL. BE ce Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Coy | T. McILROY, Jr., Manager, } eee as TORONTO | The largest Manufacturers in the world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. | Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. | Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Cloth Insertion and pure Zubing of all kinds. Rubber, Linen and Cotton Fire Hose. Leather Belting, Extra heavy American Oak Tanned. | MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the Factories, 185 to 155 West Ledge Avenue, A Full Stock always on hand. Write for Price Lists and Discounts. Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO. a ele THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17 SMITEH’S Mercantile & Land Reporting Agency BaNK&RS—DOMINION BANK. General Solicitor, JNo. Leys, Esq., Barrister, Toronto. Secretary, JOHN SMILEY, M,A. MaNAGER- WILLIAM SMITH, General Offices—Court St., Toronto, Ont. Steam Enein¢-s, Bark Mills, S'eam Pumrs, Ore Crushers, Felegraph Address--Agency, Toronto. j yy Ti, Ly : . Shingle Mills Mill Gearing, Having for its special objects the furnishing to 34 Gow : Hoistine Eneines, shafiing subscribers of reliable information on the finan- g , . ae @s cial standivg or otherwise of tradesmen and Y : ‘ Henge s and Pulleys, others, the collection of outstanding accounts y ; Circular Saw Mills, and the procuring of the most reliable informa- z Steam Boilers, Hand and tion from independent sources of the value and \ P 2 f : eondition of landed and otber properties in any ower Hoists for Ware- part of Canada and the United States, with cor- houses. &c., &c. respondents in Great Britain and other parts of Wi And Agent for “Water's” Per eles Y fct Steam Engi | Our method of procuring for our subscribers \ re eam Engine Governor, | the most reliable artormarion is ero solicit \ and ‘He:«li & Sisco’s” Cen- ! ors of the highest standing, and from olher \ - Day } equally reliable sources in the ssveral localities . : trifugal Pumps. | ! | WY Manufacturers of indieated, who are under contract with us to supply the necessary information prom ply. The Landed Enquiry Department of this Agency, the only institution of this kiod known, is invaluable to Solicitors, Loan, Investment, and Insurance Companies, Estate Agents, and € others, preventing fraudulent lend transactions i resu'ting from mi-representations. The Department for the ¢ lection of ou!stand- ing accounts is conducted on an entire change of the system ustvally followed by Collec tng Agencies, viz.:—Subscribers may have their collections paid either direct to themselves, or to the offices of the Agency, in which latter case remittances will be deposited to an account pro- vided for that purpose, and immediately remit- ted to the partie~ to Whom it is due, and will not be applied to any other purpose. Another important feature in connection with this department is, that subscribers depositing accounts for cellection will, if requested, be fur- nished witb a Form of Script, on which will be entered the name of each debtor, the amount owing, and a full report of the prospects of col- lection, and providi:g that the receipts thereof be paid to bexrer only, thus enabling subscribers to realize on their outstanding accounts. - ' The Agency will forward at ieast once in three months, or oftener if desired, a report and | statement of all accoutts in hana. Nore.—The offices of the Agency are open to the Solicitors aud subse ibers for reference to our numerous maps, atlasses, directories and eorrespondenuce, aud for the transaction of business with their clients and customers when | CANADA LUMBER MAN™ | in Toronto. W. SMITH, Manager. a j J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. 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We have had a very strange season, so far, in our section. No rains in the upland district, and in the low-lying sections of the St. John river there has been a regular flood. The tele- graph has doubtless informed your readers of the vast extent of this unprecedented freshet, and of the enormous amount of damage occasioned by the overflowing waters. Other sections of the country are very much in need of rain, although it is certainly a great mercy that we have had none lately, for, had we been visited by our usual spring rains, the damage caused by the waters of the St. John and its tributaries would have been almost incalculable. : Lumber remains very quiet, indeed as far as the English market is concerned, it is dull to the extreme. The latest re- ports from London and Liverpool are to the effect that while - the consumption since the first of the year has been fair, the stock is lighter than for many years, and the import much less than for a long time, still there is no life in the market. Prices still remain at a very low figure, and dealers will not put in stock but simply buy from hand to mouth. All this is very discouraging to manufacturers and shippers on this side of the water, who were in hopes that this\season would open with something near remunerative prices for our great staple. The American market on the other hand seems to present a brighter and more buoyant appearance, and prices there opened well and still maintain a good position. Laths are selling well in New York at this writing, bringing $2.50 per thousand, and in the Boston market and at the Sound ports, clear boards and good random cargoes command paying prices. It is to be hoped for the sake of the coasting trade of these lower Provinces that no friction will occur between the Do- minion Government and that of the United States, causing the enforcement of the Non-Intercourse Bill; for there is no denying the fact that were this bill to come into operation very serious fanancial trouble would follow in this and other mari- time lacalities ; perhaps I may be somewhat pessimistic in my views on this matter, but I know what a large industry our coasting trade with the United States is, and I would be sorry indeed to have any action on the part of our own government place this industry in any jeopardy. I trust that no trouble may arise, and I am inclined to think from recent action on the part of the Government that calmer counsels have prevailed and that peace and good will between neighbors will be maintained. MADAWASKA, N.B., May 25th, 1887. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. D£AR S1x,—Your valuable journal deserves the greatest of credit for the interest taken to stir up and show the fraud practised by allowing Americans to slaughter our forests and use it as if it were their own. At the eleventh hour Dame Rumor says that the export duty on raw lumber is about to be exacted on the head waters of the River St. John, whereas if it had been put in force years ago Brother Jonathan and New Brunswick capitalists never would have laid out a hundred thousand dollars on the Ameri- can side to manufacture the lumber they have taken out of our forests for years back. The American duty saved by floating our lumber on their side, and there manufactured, was equal to allowing Americans a premium of $3 per M. superficial feet on all the cedar they have robbed our forest out of, besides reaping the benefit of manufacturing the same. Our politicians pay too little attention to protect the small channels of our resources, which swell up the large ones, and the sooner they learn to’protect all the small feeders lead- ing to our Treasury the sooner our revenue will be able to stand the heavy drain public demand makes on it daily. Some say it s only a make believe, and others say its the in- tention to make American’s pay all back export duty on lumber they have robbed and stole away. No doubt the latter would be harsh and not doing as we would wish be done by, as we failed in our duty to enforce the tariff in time, before New Brunswick and American capital built mills on the American side to manufacture our lumber, but, on. the other hand, they had to run their own risk of getting clear of paying. We can blame our local Parliament more than the Dominion for it’s the former’s duty to see that our Province resources are not tampered with by Americans. But capitalists and mono- polist carry the N. B. House of Assembly in one pocket, and the Legislative Council in the other, and if I am called on to show it, I shall do so with pleasure, by referring to acts they endorsed, now disgracing our statutes. It is already rumoured that by the enforcement of the export duty new shingle mills will be in operation this summer. All we want is a fair deal with foreigners to manufacture our lumber. Place us on an equal footing with them, to manufac- ture our own lumber, by exacting an export equal to their import, and we ask no favours, but to do as we have been doing, giving Americans $3 per M. feet of a premium over us to slaugh- ter and manufacture our lumber, no wonder us New Brunswick- ers have to leave the country daily to seek a living abroad. Next month we will know more about the new energy the export duty will create. Respectfuly yours, O. P. Byram. THE QUEBEC TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED. The report of the Quebec Timber Company, Limited, to be submitted to the annual meeting on the 4th inst., isas under :— The balance-sheet and revenue account for the year ending 31st December, 1886, with the auditor’s report, are herewith submitted. : The Quebec accounts have been audited and certified as correct by Mr. William Walker, the Canadian auditor. The revenue accounts for the year 1885 showed a profit of 42,232 18s 1d., and it was expected that the profit for 1886 would have largely exceeded that sum. A large quantity of logs had been got out, and a sale had been arranged at remunerative prices. Owing, however, to an exceptionally dry season, and conscquent scarcity of water in the rivers, comparatively few of the logs reached the mills. In the annexed revenue account credit has been taken for a sum of £11,700 8s. 2d., as the cost of the logs got out and in the rivers at 31st December, 1886, and the same sum appears in the balance-sheet as an asset. The logs are all so situated that it is confidently expected they will reach the mills shortly after the rivers open this spring. There is every reason to believe that a considerable profit will be ‘realized by their sale. The directors have arranged for remittances ffom Canada to meet the interest due to the company’s creditors at Whitsunday, and they hope, at or prior to the term of Martinmas, to receive remittances from Canada which will enable them considerably to reduce the indebtedness of the company, and to meet the in- terest due at Martinmas. The manager of the company has been in this country for a few weeks, but-he has returned to Quebec, in order to have everything ready at the mills for the arrival of the logs in April. One of the directors Mr. James Tait, retires by rotation. _ Mr. Moncrieffand Mr, Walker, the auditors, also retire, and their reappointment is recommended. 4 6 . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ———- THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —A steam saw mill has lately been fitted up in Owen Sound. —Mr. A. Oetzel is building a new planing mill at Waterloo, Ontario. _—Mr. R. B. Armstrong is talking about erecting a large shingle mill at Parry Sound. ; —One of A. Caldwell & Co.’s men was drowned in the first drive of lumber on the Clyde. : —The fires in the pineries along the Central Ontario Rail- way are still burning furiously. —The Cedar Mill at Deseronto is now in full blast and everything points to a busy season. —The Longford Lumber Company’s new shingle mill near Orillia, is now running at full capacity. —Park’s new planing mill at Stouffville, Ont., is in oper- ation and employs a large gang of men. —The L Original saw mills have already closed down, having sawed up all the legs and timber on hand. } —The firm of Waft & Carr, planing mill proprietors, Wing- ham, has been succeeded by Watt & Little. —James Bemrock has been admitted as a partner to the firm of Scrimgeour Bros., sash and door manufacturers, Stratford. —Mr. John Knight’s mill at Hobart has commenced opera- tions, and will cut about 31 million feet of logs this season. —Mr. Joseph Maunder has placed a new twenty- -five horse power boiler in his planing and shingle mill Ati Little Britton, Ontario. —Some of the drives on the creeks and smaller streams of the Upper Ottawa have commenced and high water is antici- pated. ; 4 —A meeting of creditors has been called to consider the affairs of Wm. Latch, wholesale lumber merchant of Toronto, who is in difficulties. 4 —The lumbermen at the Chaudiere have now begun running full blast night and day, and if the logs hold out will continue to do so from now out. ; —Mr. A. Wing is running the Lynden, Ont., saw mill full blast on custom and bill lumber. He intends shipping princi- pally to Brantford this summer. —The Rathbun Company’s mill at Campbellford has re- sumed work. New coal and lumber sheds will be built on their property in that town. } —The different saw mills on. the Penetanguishéne bay are being put in trim for an early start. A big cut will be made here during the ensuing season. e —Booth and Gordon’s saw log drive on Tad river has been in progress for some time. The first of the dave reached Pembroke about the tenth of May. —Mr. O. J. Phelps, lumberman, member for West Simcoe in the Local Legislature, is, it is said, likely to be made sheriff of Lincoln. He formerly lived in Merritton. j —The steam barge Kincardine has been bought by P. C. & J. J. Pearson, and will be used with the schooner Phoebe Catharine in the Georgian Bay lumber trade. —No definite approximate idea can yet be obtained of the total log cut of the Ottawa river and its tributaries, but 600, - 000,000 feet is the figure generally put down. § —Mr. George Smith, contractor, with a large gene of men is busy at the foundation of the new building for the Terra Cotta Lumber Company’s works at Deseronto. —Amongst others who will use the railway ‘to facilitate shipment will be Timmins and Gorman, who neg this season made a large timber cut on the Whanapitee river. : —Shipments of square timber by the C.P.R. to Papineau- ville will shortly begin. The timber will be dumped off at Papineauville, and there rafted for he Quebec market, —A new tug has been built by the Owen Sound Dry Dock Company for the Michael’ s Bay Lumber Co. She is strongly built, well fitted up, and will be known by the name of Rover’. —Bronson & Weston’s saw log drive on the Schyan i is in full blast. The number of logs made by the firm on this stream this year will about equal last season, but the quality will be superior. . —The Manotick mills are again running, affer being closed for some time on account of the spring floods, during which time the mill hands were busily engaged in fitting up for a good summer work. é —Large quantities of saw logs are now being shipped over Mr. J. R. Booth’s Nosbousing Railway between Nipissing and Norbousing lake. Thence they go by water to the mouth of the Mattawa River. j —Messrs. Bronson & Weston, bf Ottawa, have engaged a gang of men employed at their lumber yards at the Deep Cut, completing the lines of tramway over the entire yard which were commenced last summer. —The saw mill belonging to the estate of Henry Bros., Randwick, Ont., was recently sold for $1,800 to Mr. J. B. Smith, of Toronto, who will remove the machinery to North Bay where he has timber limits. r —A correspondent writing frag Wickham says that the mills thereabouts are now nearly L Rene but the usual cut will be reduced about one-quarter, owing to the deep snow of last winter and the prevailing low prices. —Messrs. McArthur & Thompson, of Fenelon Falls, who have been heavy buyers of timbér of various descriptions in the back country during the past winter, have already got their drive of logs under way of their ips at Fenelon. —Stratford Beacon : Mr. Peter Megan has taken the contract to cut logs for Mr. Corcoran at Beaver Creek, about 90 miles northeast of Selkirk, on Lake Winnipeg. He expects the contract—about five million feet—will occupy about two years. —The new iron steam boat built at Pembroke last winter for the Upper Ottawa Towing Co. has been launched. The steamer has been christened the ‘* G. B. Pattee,” which does not look quite so handy as the boat herself, but we suppose will do. —Fifteen doors, fine specimens i workmanship, were ship- ed from the Rathbun Company’s door factory recently for Manchester, England, where they ‘will be placed on view at the great Queen’s Jubilee Exhibition to be held in that city during the coming summer. " —The Upper Ottawa Improvement Co. have submitted to the Government their tariff of rates for the ensuing year. It is understood that the rates this season for towing and passing timber through the company’s works on the Upper Ottawa River will be considerably lower than last year. —The great mill of Gilmour & Co., Trenton, Ont., is cap- able of cutting 350,000 feet of luniber inten hours. The mill turns out 50,000 feet of ordered stuff for builders every day. The shingle mill attached cuts 125,000 daily. mill has a daily capacity for 80,000 feet of lumber. The planing —The ice in going out of the lake broke the boom at Thistle & Co.’s mill, Pembroke, and somé three or four thousand logs escaped. caught by a boom lower down. Thistle & Co. to other lumbermert farther down the river. —‘ The Longford Relief ae is the name of a The logs were carried over the rapids but were hey will be disposed of by society lately organized by the employes of the Longford Lum- ber Co. Its object is to extend a helping hand and relieve all members, who from sickness or éther misfortune may require pecuniary or medical aid. The idea is a good one and should be adopted elsewhere. 4 —The mill of the Conger a Co., at Parry Sound, com- menced the season’s operations the same date as last year. The mill of the Parry Sound Lumber Co. has also commenced cutting. The Midland and North Shore Lumber Co’s mill will commence about the first of June. season are reported as encouraging. Prospects for the —The Fawkham correspondent of the Orillia Packet says : This place has at last settled down to the usual bustle of its milling activity, and by the appearance of the large stock which Trenouth Bros. have boomed in the river it promises to be a busy season for them at ck They have started their shingle mill and are doing good work for the outset. —A serious accident occurred a few days since to the work- men employed building the Ontario Lumber Company’s new mill at Midland. The scaffold fell, throwing Thos. Gowan, Baker, and a young man named Hawkins to the ground. The former two fell on their heads and Gowan is dangerously in- Baker is also seriously hurt, but will recover. recovery is doubtful. : jured. Gowan’s —Bush fires have been raging in the timber limits along the Mississippi and Clyde rivers. The hands at A. Caldwell & Son’s mill, Clyde Forks, had to remain up all night to prevent the building from being destroyed. The fire swept over the trees to the river’s edge, and only the water intervening saved the property. This is a bad season for fires, as the leaves have not appeared, and every wood is dry and partially dead. It is said that Edwards & Co. will be oc losers. —Mr. O. E. Comstock, of Amprior, is reported as saying that the past season has been very unprofitable to the lumber- men. The snow has been so deep that it was impossible to get the logs out and many thousand feet of valuable timber will lie in the woods all the summer, simply because it could not be moved. Many of the lumbermen who had engaged their men by the week sent them home early in the season. The loss will amount to a good round figure, and many of the lumbermen will be almost stranded. | vicinity of Ragged Chute, b 3 the Quyon river. —Within the corporate limits of the town of Trenton a substantial dam has lately been built at a cost of $70,000, Gilmour & Co., lumbermen, and the town, each expending © half that sum. The dam gives a head of 17 feet. The cor- poration intends to utilize a portion of the power for water works, and will offer the rest to manufacturers on advantageous terms to locate there and establish various industries. —The estimate of square timber made in the Nipissing and Ottawa districts during the past season is, white pine 530,000 - feet, waney white pine 355,000 feet, red pine 485,000 feet ; total 1,370,000 feet. The export of Canadian timber to Michi- gan is expected to be heavy this year. From the Nipissing district it is computed that about 75,000 standards of logs will go into Michigan. The district lumbermen unite in protest- ing against the increase made by thc Quebec Government in the ground rents of timber lands. They claim the new rents to be exorbitant. It is said to be their intention to strip the timber from the areas in Quebec in as brief a space as possible in order that they may thus cease to pay the increase. —In the afternoon of May 11th, a serious fire broke out in the lath mill of Perley & Pattee, at Ottawa, which at one time threatened to be a very serious conflagration. By the timely arrival of the city fire brigade, however, and a favorable wind, the flames were confined to the building in which the fire originated, which was in a very short space of time reduced to- ashes. The fire raged with great fury and the large mill be- longing to Perley & Pattee as well as Mr. J. R. Booth’s mill was at one time in great danger. The fire originated amongst some tar rope in the store room. The loss is estimated at about $15.000. The burned mill was nearly new, being only erected a few years ago. It was insured. —The improvements going on at Messrs. Train & Son’s saw mill at Burk’s Falls, are advancing towards completion. The two Leffel Wheels have been set in the bulkhead which is compact and strongly built. The change of location of the Leffel’s to the middle of the building and directly under the saw, gives an increased power and a saving of time in the work. The flume has been extended to accommodate the new order of things and also adds to the motive power of the mill. They are getting in the tinfbers and preparing for the machin- ery which is now here and on the way. A large number of logs are already at the a awaiting the starting up, among them are a fine lot of hardwood logs for Messrs. Knight Bros. —During the winter Mr. James Agret and Geo. Campbell have had a quantity of white pine timber take out in the In the cnt ainly deserving of note, says the Equity. It stood on the property of U. Keeler, near the bank of the stream, and was a well-known monarch of the forest. Mr. Wm. Somerville, of Shawville, having been sent off 20 years ago to purchasé it. Unfortunately when cut down last winter, the tree broke off 37 feet from the stump, and again at 55 feet ; this middle s section (18 feet) of the tree was shattered to atoms, and rendered useless, but the remaining sections were manufactured into blocks of timber of the follow- ing dimensions : Butt—37x37 inches, feet long. Top—2ox30- inches, 22 feet long. Thee is stid to have been the largest on the Ottawa. With the breaking up of the i in Deschennes Lake, one of the- large cakes struck the reserye boom at Thompson's Bay and broke it. The ice passed apt again and went on towards the falls near the Chaudiere. again took a swerve and struck. the boom where some 40. reserve logs belonging to the Upper Ottawa Improvem Company were stored and broke it in two places. The boom irfmediately opened and some 5,000 logs at the outside calculation, escaped and passed ove the falls. The logs which escaped will be collected by men ail along the river and handed over to the Lower Ottawa Boom Co., and stored at their reserve boom near Carillon. Mr. Green of the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company states that the ice on the Deschennes lake this spring was the heaviest and firmest since the year 1876, when the whole of the Chau-- diere was flooded. —The steamer Kincardine,which arrived in the port of Owen Sound, recently, lumber laden from Dyer’s Bay, brings the news of a terrible ride a young fellow had at Lymburne’s mill, The mill is built on the shore of the Georgian Bay, at the base of a hill which rises perpendicularly at its back to a height of some 300 feet. Down this hill runs a chute connecting the- waters of a spring lake on the top of the hill with those of the Georgian Bay. This shute is used for running logs from the mountain lake to the bay below, and down which they plunge” > with terrible swiftness, the angle of descension being fully 45. degrees. The young fellow at the time of the accident was_ stationed at the mouth of the chute starting logs on their mad_ race, when he slipped, and, falling into the swift-running water ; was carried with a mass of logs down the fearful course of the- chute to the lake below, where he was picked up almost dead_ His injuries are so severe that he cannot recover. Z was one tree which is ce —McDonald’s planing mill at Oakville, Ont., was burned on May 18th. Loss, $3000 ; partly insured. —Mr. J. H. Bowman, of Dundas, is erecting an addition to his planing factory, in which to manufacture furniture. —The Dominion Terra Cotta Lumber Co., Deseronto, have _ applied for incorporation. The capital of this company will be $200,000. —The large planing mill belonging to W. H. Baldwin & Co., Ottawa, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on May 13th. The bursting of a coal oil lamp was the cause. Damage very slight. : —Mr. Harvey Francis, of the firm of Francis, Carswell & Co., lumbermen of Calabogie, Ont., has severed his connection with that firm. His successor in business is Mr. E. McKay, of Renfrew. f -—Extensive repairs have taken place on the upper reaches of the Madawaska and the dams repaired between the High Falls and Arnprior. The slide at Arnprior has also been attended to. j —The slides, piers and boom at Des Joachim have been care- fully looked after, considerable improvements have been put on the South Chaudiere slides and also to the piers. The aprons of the slides have been replaced. —The river improvements this year have been extensive. At the Roche Captaine the slides have been repaired as well as the slide piers and the same done to the mountain slide at Portage du Fort. The long slide on the Coulonge has also received attention as well as the booms at the mouth of Black River. The slides-near the mouth of the Pettewawa have been repaired and the aprons replaced and the boom at the mouth strengthened. —The men engaged at Chew Bros. mill at Midland having made up their minds that ten hours was sufficient to constitute a day’s work, asked that they be allowed to go on at seven in- stead of six o’clock. Not getting a satisfactory answer im- mediately they went out on strike, ‘resulting in the shutting down of the mill for a few hours only, as enough of the men went back to work to allow of the mill running as usual. The proprietors say that if the other mills are willing to adopt the ten hour system they will do the same. —The lumbermen and the City of Belleville, through the Harbor Committee, have arrived at an amicable understanding as to the terms of the new agreement, re harbor tolls. The Harbor Committee have reported the following as the text of the agreement entered into for the next five years, and recom- mend that the Solicitor be authorized to draw an agreement as follows :—That $100 be allowed the lumbermen annually for swinging the booms. That a reduction of I-16 of a cent be made on saw logs. That up to 12% per cent. be allowed for repairs and renewals. That the city put in piers. —The Upper Ottawa Towing Company are making active preparations for the season’s work. Tugs Hirman Robinson and Bronson, and the Str. C. O’Keley will manage the ppulllzs between Pembroke and Des Joachim. The two former will ply between the Des Joachim boom and Fort William boom, while the latter will handle the logs between Fort William and the head of Allumette rapids. In the lower Allumette lake the company wi!] place a new iron boat which is now being finished at Pembroke. The boats will ply night and day dur- ing the towing season. Operations in this line will, it is ex- pected, be later this season than it has been since 1884. —A large number of lumbermen were present at Coate & Co’s auction rooms in the city of Toronto, on April 28th, when the executors of the estate of the late R. C. Smith, of Port Hope, offered for sale the timber limits and saw mills owned by the deceased. Parcel 1—On the White Fish River, Georgian Bay, area 36 square miles. Parcel 2—situate on the White Fish River, Georgian Bay, area 27 square miles, were disposed of by private sale to a gentleman representing a syndicate of Michigan lumbermen. Parcel 3—Dominion Government Indian Reserve, No. 8, situated at the mouth of White Fish _ river, Georgian Bay, area 14 square miles, was withdrawn at $3,900. Four lots in the township of Sherbourne, estimated to produce 7,000,000 of merchantable timber went to Joseph Adams for $19,000. Six lots in the township of Stanhope, watered by streams tributary to the Gull river waters, all of which are navigable for saw logs and timber, and within 30 to 35 miles of stations on the Victoria Railway, with an area of 254 sq. miles, were not sold, the highest bid, which was $57,- 100, falling short of the reserve. Bidding on this lot started at $5,000. Messrs. M. Boyd & Co., Bobcaygeon, by private sale secured 16 lots in the township of Glamorgan. The price paid was not made public. Three parcels in the township of Lutterworth were offered but withdrawn at $2, 500. A bid of $2,100 secured the transfer of two lots in Monmouth township 9 Sadler, Dundas & Co., of Lindsay. Nine sections in herbourne and Digby townships were withdrawn at $26, 500, and again withdrawn at $27,500. —Large bush fires are in progress northeast of Quebec. —W. J. Brown’s large lumber yard, at (Quebec, was de- stroyed by fire on the 14th May. —The offices being erected at the Chaudiere by Messrs. Hurdman & Co, are fast approaching completion. —The saw mill at Island Brook, belonging to G. W. French, was burned recently. Loss, $2,200 ; insurance, $1,000, —Messrs. W. J. Hunt and John B. Paddon, have purchased the Wilson farm and saw mill at Milby, Que., for $4,000. Messrs. McNevin & Co’s saw mill was completely inundated during the recent Montreal floods, and $2,000 worth of timber floated away. —The Quebec Chronicle notes that large quantities of square timber, round maple, firewood and other lumber are now com- ing into the city daily over the Lake St. John Railway. —Messrs. Gilmour & Co. have given Father Paradis per- mission to cut on their limits 600 pine logs, to be used in the construction of a new church at Ste. Philomene de Montcerf. —It is stated that pine deals in the province of Quebec and elsewhere are likely to be much under last years, heavy sales having been made for the United States markets at high prices, and there are prospects of still further considerable sales for the latter market, which is in exceptionally good condition. —The principal timber on which crown dues were paid during the last fiscal year, in the Province of Quebec, was as follows :—Saw logs, 861,339 white pine 17 in. and over ; do. 1,325,759 under 17 inches. Spruce, 1,038,957 ; hardwood, 491 ; ash, hemlock and tamarac, 9,190—all logs ; boom tim- ber, 9,037 pieces; firewood, about 8,000 cords ; shingles, 6,833 M.; railway ties and sleepers, 123,946 ; and some smaller items. The dues paid by timber men amounted to $41 1,220, ground rents $100,548. The timber manufactured in the province in 1884-5 was; saw logs, pine, 2,187,098 ; Spruce, 1,038,957 ; square timber, white and red pine, 6,148, pes., 222,552 ft., (a vast shrinkage from 111,529 pcs. and 5,453,890 ft. in 1875-6 ;) birch elm and maples, 5,784 pes. or 148,526 ft., (a shrinkage from 36,595 pcs. or 913,713 ft. in 1874-5) ; small tamarac, pine, spruce, boom timber and flat timber, 14,650 pes. or 603,012 lineal feet, (a shrinkage from 25,952 pes, ot 4,849,402 lineal feet in 1882-3); knees, buttocks, ties, pickets, etc., 155,587 pieces, or less than one third of 1881-2 ; firewood, lathwood, bark, etc., 12,699 cords, or less than half of 1883-4. The totals of dues, ground rents, bonus, interest and fines collected since Confederation are as follows — MSIASOV/e can abo nee $ 95,115 1876-77... 05)... . $351,323 TSO7-OSis ee ee 331,751 Wppeloec sce ccee as 314,880 MOSH) 2. SW have 362,868 Mt /Se7Oae owe eek 342,881 MSOs, Omen 406,480 i OSOvss Jeb aeers 543,518 WHOL riots moo nae 444,752 TRS 0: Olena 668,596 MEV /UG/De oot meet 518,682 WIM ob us seco 684,743 MWAH ooosee eben 527,976 WA o5 ons basen 660,757 SY/ Sey faks Bot ha eee 532,734 NpSG- OA ene an 530,115 YATES 6 wn wlohe aoe 386,774 NSSA-Sheee eee. 528,574 3757 Ome 391,618. i —————— NEW BRUNSWICK. —Business men in Sackville, N. B., are consulting as to the establishment of a wood-working factory at that point. —Ritchie’s mill and the Hickson mill at Newcastle have commenced operations. Both have undergone extensive im- provements this spring. —Messrs. B. Toombs & Co., Moncton, N. B., have six ship loads of pulp wood and 30,000 railroad ‘cross-ties ready for shipment, the most of which will go to Philadelphia. —Upwards of six million feet of lumber is reported to have floated through the Fredericton Bridge one day recently. Some of the logs came all the way from se —Last winter’s crop of logs at Sackville, N. B., is numbered by the Chignecto Post at 437,500. = At Joggin’s store the quantity got out’ was 23,000,000 feet, 36, 500 pieces piling and 500 cords of pulp wood. The latter will be shipped to Provi- dence, R. I., for paper making. The Post says that a greater amount of logging was done last season than in any previous year. ———_—_______ MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. —The Selkirk Lumber Company, of Manitoba, have the largest cut of any on the lake, about 60,000 logs. —Wyatt & Co. are thinking of establishing a sash and door factory in connection with their lumber yard at Virden, Man. —Major Walker, of Calgary, will open a branch lumber yard at Banff, which will be supplied from his mill at Kananaskis. —Howell & Scarry have about finished a contract for cutting | 50,000 ties, at Black Island, in Lake Winnipeg, for the Hudson Bay railway. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 7 The Fau Clair Milling Co. are buildix g an immense saw mill on the Bow River, and are anticipatis g 2 healthy business 45 500N as It gets in operation KR. & J. Watson have purchased t property at Portage la Prairie, which has been idle for some time, and will put it in shape for beginning operz The Keewatin Lumber ( ompany intend opening up a yard at Winnipeg, under the management of Mr. R. E. Souter. That gentleman will be succeeded at Keewatin by drew McNeil, of Vermillion Bay. —At Chatham, N.B., on May 12th, J. B. Snowball motive shops, blacksmith shop and 50,000 feet of lumber was overed in Greenwich Insur ance Co., of New York, and Sun, of London. destroyed by fire. Luss, partly of Trade waited on —A deputation of the Calgary Board Supt. Whyte of the Canadian Pacific Railway the in regard to freight rates on lumber, and asked for a redu other day ction of the now practically prohibitory rates from the west. An exchange says that he agreed with the deputation and said that he would endeavour to have the rates reduced. —Application is made by the Moore & Macdowall Lumber- ing Company (limited) for an act of incorporation empowering them to purchase and hold timber limits and to transact a The capital stock is $200,000. The chief place of business is Prince Albert settlement, and the in- are Messrs. H. S. Albert ; Day Hoyt McDonald, Prince Albert ; A. Lewden, Albert ; R. Blanchard, Winnipeg ; Ottawa, Ont. general lumber business. corporators Moore, Prince Prince A. Waldo and F. Newby, —The Winnipeg Fee Press says:—British Columbia lumber is taking quite a hold in the city and is becoming a prime favorite with carpenters and cabinet makers for certain classes of work. Large quantities of pine and cedar are being im- ported and the trade gives promise of developing into quite a business. Its advantage over our local timber is that much larger boards can be obtained. For instance a consignment to hand the other day contained a board three feet broad and sixteen long without a flaw or knot in it. —The saw mill owners at Keewatin, believing that they were paying more taxes than they should, got up a petition to the Government, asking that Keewatin be declared a separate municipality. The Rat Portage people objected strongly to the withdrawal of the mill men from the municipality, and a deputation was sent to Foronto to look after the interests of the council. The matter has been compromised by the Rat Portage council agreeing to exempt logs and lumber from taxation ; remit one-half of taxes on mill building, plant, etc., except school rates ; and exempt all mill property from any debenture by-laws which may in future be passed by the majority of the people in the western part of the municipality. The arrangement will apply to all mill property in the town- ship of Rat Portage. —Application has been made to the Dominion Parliament for incorporation of a company under the name of ‘“‘ Moore & Macdowall, (Limited).” Incorporation is sought for the pur- poses of purchasing and holding and selling timber lands and other lands, in fee or otherwise, and also timber and timber limits by lease, license or otherwise, and for the manufacture and purchase and sale of saw logs, timber and lumber, and the carrying on of the business of lumbering in all its branches, including the building of dams, piers, docks and timber slides, and the making of improvements in the channels of rivers ; also the erecting or acquiring by purchase, lease or otherwise of sawmills, planing mills and other mills for the manufacture of doors sashes and any other articles of which wood shall form a component part ; also the building and opening of grist mills and flour mills and the cartying on of all business incident thereto or usually connected therewith, with power to purchase and sell and deal in grain and flour and breadstufis generally. Also the building, acquiring, owning, chartering, navigating and using steam and other vessels and craft and other works and means of transport necessary or convenient for carrying on the operations of the company generally, all within the Dominion of Canada. The chief place of business of the com- pany is to be situated in Prince Albert Settlement in the Dis- trict of Saskatchewan. The capital stock of the company is to be $200,000, divided into 4,000 shares of fifty dollars each. The names in full of the applicants and their addresses and calling are as follows:—Henry Stewart Moore, of Prince Albert, Lumberman ; Day Hort Macdowall, of the same place, Lumberman ; Alexander Loudoun, of the same place, Lumber- man ; Robert Blanchard, of the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Doctor of Medicine ; Edward Waldo, of the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, Insurance Agent, and Frank Newby, of the said City of Ottawa, clerk in the Civil Service of Canada, who will be the first or provis ional directors of said company, and all of whom are resident in Canada. The | Canada Dumberman DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOD WORKING INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION, PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 4. G. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. Terms of Subscription : jue copy, one year, in advance ....-. +... eserves eres ec teeneress $1 00 One copy, six months, in advance .......-.+++eeesseerereeeee es Advertising rates furnished on application. AW communications, orders and remittances should be addressed and made payable to A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure insertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. Advertisements intended for insertion in any particular issue should weach the office of publication at least six clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Mrssrs SAMUEL DEACON * & Ge., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive adver- fiisements and subscriptions for this paper. SS EE eee PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JUNF, 1887. Sn EE SS et EDITORIAL COMMENT. WE are indebted to the courtesy of the New York Lumber Trade Journal for a copy of the New York Inspection Rules for the inspection of hardwoods adopted by the Lumber Trade Association of that city on April 12th last. It is gotten up in pamphlet form, and will prove handy for reference. : * e * Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN published monthly by A. G. Mortimer, Peterborough, Ont., and the only paper devoted to the trade in the Dominion, has issued its first annual special The LUMBERMAN is full of interesting and valuable information and must be read with extreme satisfaction by Canadian dealers in the products of the forest. finued prosperity. —A7nzgston Mews. * % * THE request of manufacturers of barrels and staves that an edition in new type and on fine paper. Moreover, it is well printed. We wish it con- export duty should be imposed upon elm logs should receive the favorable consideration of the Finance Minister, as no doubt it will. creased duty upon saw logs last year and the duty placed upon It is but carrying out the principle of the in- shingle bolts in the present season. There is no reason why manufacturers in the United States should be privileged to ob- tain elm logs from Canada free of duty, while they have the Countervailing protection is due #o our own manufacturers and mechanics in order to do them justice. Such is the policy we have adopted, and there is no good reason why an exception should be made in this case. * * 3 benefit of a protective duty. * WNotwitHSTANDING the present export duty on logs enter- ing. the United States, it is computed that fully 75,000 stan- dards will leave the Nipissing District this season to be manu- factured across the border. Instead of the export decreasing ander ithe lately imposed duty, a considerable increase is per- ceptible, which is being brought about principally by the depletion of the Michigan forests. THE LUMBERMAN agrees with the many Canadian lumbermen who are advocating a further increase in the duty, in order to prevent our native woods being slaughtered for the benefit of foreign manu- facturers. If Americans refuse to build mills in this country and employ Canadian labor, they should be made to pay handsomely for the privilege of manufacturing our logs on the other side. It is hoped that the Dominion Government will take further action in this matter before the close of the present session. * * * “THE newly announced tariff changes include the following : = PRESIDENT CLEVELAND seems so far to be anything but eager to avail himself of the power given to him by Congress of retaliating against our commerce, for our maintenance of our rights in regard to our fisheries. Neither do the people of the United States seem very anxious to press upon him to take immediate action in the matter. ; It looks indeed very much as though the Representatives and} Senators had been influenced in their course by a spirit of brag combined with political wire- pulling, and that they were more eager to make the threat than to see it carried out. Ovr lumbermen however should not allow themselves to be lulled into a feeling of security that may prove fallacious. Should any collision occur through our protection of our fisheries, as may well happen, public feeling in the States may be aroused and such pressure may be put upon the President as to force him to act, even though it may This possibility should therefore be faced, and our lumbermen should prepare themselves to open new The necessity may not arise, but it is well to be ready for it. It may be with reluctance. channels for disposing of the produce of their mills. appear to be unlikely ; but we know that some shrewd business men in the United States have’ prepared for this eventuality, and we may therefore conclude that there is some risk. * ] * * ON another page will be fou d the report of a meeting held in Montreal during the past month, at which the question of increased timber dues and ground rents was discussed by the leading lumber operators of the country. It was resolved, that the timber trade as recently as the year 1880 assented to a large increase in dues, and for this reason the further increase It was also resolved by the bankers present that any considerable increase of charges on the trade would so deteriorate the security in timber licenses as to deter the banks from making the necessary was considered a gross injustice. advances for the carrying on of the trade. The deputation appointed at the meeting referred to waited on Mr. Mercier and Mr. Garveau, Minister of Crown Lands, urging that the Government re-consider their action. Mr. Mereier in reply stated that it was the fixed policy of the Government to increase the timber rents, as the financial condition of the province demanded it, and for this reasou he could not ae- cede to their request. This decision on the part of the Quebec Legislature will, without doubt, be a crushing blow to the - greatest industry of that province. In Quebec at present large areas are unmarketed because itcosts too much already to get the timber out. It has been stated by one of the leading operators that lumbermen have not been making money for some years past ; that they have not cut more than a third of their ordinary stock, and this increase will prove disastrous and likely result in bankruptcy to many engaged in large operations. Mr. Mercier’s argument that the necessities of the revenue are great is doubtless correct, but if by his present action the leading industry of the province is crip- pled, we fear he will realize when too late how unwise his present course has been. * * * OF very great importance to lumbermen is a measure passed in the last session of the Ontario Legislature to be known as the Saw Logs Driving Act, 1887, which we republish at length for the information of our readers. No doubt it was framed and enacted with a desire to benefit the trade, to prevent in- convenient delays, to obviate disputes and to afford a means of adjusting them fairly and equitably should they arise. Whether it will have the intended result is far less certain. It cannot be denied that there have been many disputes arising from the unintentional or wilful obstruction of drives by others ahead of them, or from the accidental or deliberate mingling of - drives belonging to different owners. It was therefore obvious- ly to be desired that there should be means readily available to remove such evils as far aS possible, and to give redress in case of damage being inflicted. But we cannot help fearing that this measure may be found to conduce to disputes, ill-will and litigation. It seems to offer inducements to the reckless, the over-zealous or the litigiaus to exercise little care in avoiding causes of disagreement, of to show little conciliation in the case of any difficulty. : very fact that hitherto the settle- ment of such questions was difficult and costly, has had a re- straining influence, me aweluctance to give occasion for dispute and a willingness to adopt any reasonable compromise. The very increase of facilities for trying such questions and for taking action ifincommoded, may have a tendency to aggravate the very evil the Act was intended to remedy. We hope however that it may not bé so. At all events, now that this Act is the law of the land it should have a fair trial, so that if it is not found to work well in any respect it may be amended next year, or as any weak points may be discovered by practical experience. It would be useless now that the Act is passed to criticise any of the details, which may be left to the test of time and experience of its operation. ee call A NUMBER of important changes have taken place among the lumber journals in the United States during the month of May. The Chicago Lumber Trade Journal has been sold by Mr. S. D. Morgan, the late proprietor and founder, to a com- pany which is now seeking incorporation. Thenames of those interested are: Messrs. Ge@. W. Hotchkiss, Walter C. Wright, E. S. Hotchkiss, and W. W. Hogle, all of whom are already well known in lumber circte Following this change comes the suspension of the oldest lumber journal in the United — States, the Zumberman’s Gasette, of Bay City, Mich., which closes its career after an existence of thirty-two years. The subscription list and good-will have been purchased by the pro- prietors of the progressive and ably conducted 7iméerman, Chicago, which undertakeg to supply the news of the Saginaw Valley in a crispy and entertaining style. The Timberman has thrown off its baby clothesiand become aged so quick that we hardly expect to know it hereafter. However, if it continues to prosper as it has during: the past year, we will soon expect to see it standing on the top rail looking down upon its con temporaries, not in the same spirit as does its big city contem porary to-day, but in the happy knowledge of superior skill and enterprise. We wishdt all the success possible in its ex tended field. The last, But not least, of the changes to is in the Mississippi Valley Laméerman and Manufacturer, the publication of which has been transferred from Mr. Plat B. Walker, to Messrs. J. Newton Nind, Platt B. Walker, jr Wm. R. Gregory and W. C. Edgar, who are seeking incorp oration under the name of the ‘‘Lumberman Publishing Com pany.”” This journal has been established for about eleven year and has won for itself the will of the trade anda liberal sup port. The new proprietors are said to be first-class journ: and thoroughly conversant with the needs of the trade. TH LUMBERMAN extends tothe new management its best wish for the future success of this already valuable publica jerrec << e na - THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE. THERE has appeared in the Canada Gazette since our last issue a despatch from Downing Street regarding the propos- ed Jubilee International Exhibition to be held this year in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, which is celebrat- ing its fiftieth year as a colony. After the Royal Commission, the Colonial proclamation and the list of officers there comes a full detailed classification of the exhibits. Those that are of most special interest for our readers we give as follows :— DEPARTMENT II. Section D.—Furniture and Objects’ of General Use Constructions and in Dwellings. Class 217.—Heavy Furniture—Chairs, Tables &c., Suites for Drawing, Dining, aed other Rooms, Cham- ber Suites, Bedsteads, Office and Library Furni- ture, Vestibule Furniture, Church Furniture and Decoration. : Class 228.—Manufactured Parts of Buildings—Sash, Blinds, Mantels, Metalwork, &c. DEPARTMENT V. Section B.—Machines and Tools for Working Metal, Wood and Stone. Class 510.—Machines and Tools for Working Wood :— Planing, Sawing, Turning, Veneering, Grooving, in Mortising, Tongueing, Cutting, Moulding, Stamping, Carving, Cask-making and Cork- cutting, &c. 511.—Machines for direct-acting Steam-sawing, &c. 519.—Tools, Implemenss, &c., for working Metal, Wood and Stone, not before enumerated. DEPARTMENT VI. Section A.—Arboriculture and Forest Products. Class 600.—Timber and Trunks of Trees, entire or in trans- verse Sections, with specimens of Barks,. Leaves, Flowers, Seed Vessels, and Seeds, Masts, Spars, Knees, Longitudinal Sections of Trees, Railway Ties, Ship Timber, Lumber roughly sawed as Planks. : i Shingles, Laths and Staves, split or sawn. 601.—Timber and Lumber prepared in various ways to resist Decay and Combustion, as by injectlon of salts of copper and zinc, &c. 602.—-Ornamental Woods used in Decorating and for Furniture, as Veneers of Mahogany, Rosewood, Ebony, Walnut, Maple and Madrona, Cedar Huon Pine, Blackwood (Acacéa Melanoxylon), &c. ““ 603.—Dyewoods, Barks, Galls and other Vegetable Substances, for Coloring and Tanning. In the long list there are other classes which might be of some interest to our readers, but we have given the more im- portant. Appended to the classification is the following :— Memo.—Should any proposed exhibit be unprovided for in the foregoing classification, entries: may be made under the head of ‘‘ Unenumerated.” @ ' As the dates for making applications for space and for re- ceiving articles for exhibition are both now passed, the exhibition being opened on June 20th, to last _for six months, this information comes too late for Canadians to avail them- selves of it. We publish it, however, because it forcibly draws attention to the existence of a too much neglected market ‘in Australia, and throws some light upon the articles that are there considered of importance. _ The advantages of this market for the products of our forest are not sufficiently known, and most certainly are not utilized as they might be. The mainland of Australia possesses a great _ Variety and quantity of hardwoods (very hard indeed most of* them are) but of pine and woods of that nature in which Canadian forests are so rich, Australian forests may be said for all practical purposes to be destitute. Consequently for their supply of such material they have to rely upon New Zealand, “Oregon” and ‘‘ Norway.” New Zealand pine is excellent Dut the supply is not unlimited and there is a large home de- mand. ‘* Oregon” may be looked upon as a general trade term applicable to importations from the Pacific Coast of North ; America, including British Columbia, which should be fully as _ well able to supply the demand as our neighbors in the States, _ The same remark may partially apply to ‘‘ Norway,” which includes other countries of Northern Europe, and even tran- _ shipments from Canada as being of much the same class. - There seems no sufficient reason why Eastern Canada should _ Rot now doa portion of this trade direct. This is the more _ feasible as Australia does not require so much rough timber _ as more highly manufactured goods, and therefor of greater _ value in proportion to bulk or weight and better able to stand _ freight charges. As an instance of this the Australian Colonies ___ besides largely consuming sashes, doors, &c., have imported 3 wooden Houses ready framed and fitted for erection without the _ employment of skilled labour upon them. As to their de- _ mand for smaller wooden wares, they must be obvious under __ their peculiar circumstances and we will not now particularize them though they are well worth the attention of the Canadian -—6trad _ There is a great market for Canadian forests products in ustralia, and steps should be taken to develop this trade h has hardly been touched hitherto. 74 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 9 HARD ON THE LUMBERMEN. THE following letter received from the Department of Crown Lands for Ontario explains itself :-— : TORONTO, 4th May, 1887. Liditor CANADA LUMBERMAN. 51k,—An order in Council was passed 27th ulto., increasing the rate of ground rent on Jand under timber license in Ontario from $2 to $3 per square mile per annum, and also increasing the rate of dues on pine timber, square or waney, and on pine saw logs, from 1% cents to 2 cents per cubic foot on the timber, and from 75 cents to $1 per thousand feet board measure on logs. The increase on ground rent to take place on and after the first day of May, 1887, and the increased dues on pine timber and saw logs to be payable on all such timber cut under license on and after the date last mentioned. As many of your readers take an interest in mattcrs connect- ed with the above, the information is sent to you for your use as an item for your paper. Your obedient servant, ; AUBREY WHITE. Assistant Commissioner. The feeling of the lumbermen, so far as we are able to learn, regarding the order in Council referred to above, is one of uni- versal disappointment and alarm. It was not to be wondered at that the Ontario Government, after learning of the action taken by Mr. Mercier in the Quebec Legislature, in raising the ground rents on timber limits, should take a similar stand. With this, however, they were not satisfied, but have dealt a far more serious blow by increasing the Crown dues on all lumber cut in the Province of Ontario from 1% to 2 cents per cubic foot on timber, and 25 cents per M. feet board measure on logs. From a casual look at these figures one would imagine that the increase was so small that little harm would result from the change. But instead of this the matter is of momen- tous concern to all engaged in the trade, and we are safe in saying that no greater injustice has ever before been perpetrated on the lumber operators of this Province. The statement is authoritively made by our Ottawa correspondent that the larger operators, such as Mr. J. R. Booth, Messrs. Perley & Pattee and others, will, under this increased tax, lose annually in the neighborhood of $20,000. It is therefore not to be wondered at that the lumbermen are seriously alarmed and chagrined at this quite unexpected legislation on the part of the Ontario Government, and are combining together with the object of bettering their condition. E The Government, of course, defends its action in this matter by claiming the necessity of increased revenue. Evidently the manner in which additional revenue is secured, or whether the obtaining of the same is calculated to demoralize any branch of trade, are matters, the consideration of which has had but little weight. We doubt very much if the financial condition of the Province is in such an unsatisfactory condition as to make this step necessary. From the Provincial Treasurer’s last annual report we learn that the finances of the Province are in an unusually satisfactory condition, and that it has a large balance to its credit. As to the exact amount of that balance there is considerable difference of opinion, but a fair estimate would place it at about four million dollars. This certainly does not look as if the exigencies of the case demand- ed this unjust treatment of the lumbermen. There is probably no other government which is in so comfortable a pecuniary condition. About one-sixth of the whole revenue of this Province is already derived from the gale of the Crown timber, and by present indications it would seem that a sufficient ad- ditional tax is to be levied to cause a: stagnation, and make it almost impossible for any timber operator to do a_ successful business. z The lumbermen seem disinclined to make any serious protest against the slight increase in ground rents, but will oppose the increase of Crown dues to the utmost. It is their desire to make some kind of an arrangement, if possible, similar to the twenty years’ agreement which has just elapsed, and it is to be hoped that sufficient influence can be brought to bear on the Mowat Government as to ae ie in withdrawing, or at least amending, the order issued during the past month. WEST INDIAN TRADE. THERE appears to be every prospect that the Dominion Authorities will take steps to promote the increase of direct trade with the West Indies, both the British Islands and those under a foreign flag. The proposed lines of steamships if established, as seems likely, cannot fail to have a good effect in this direction. The valuable report of Mr. J. J. Wylde, the agent of the Dominion in the West Indies throws addition- al light upon this subject, which had already attracted consid- erable attention. He shows the magnitude of the trade that can thus be thrown open, the ease with which it may be aug- mented, and the adaptability of Canadian produce for the requirements of the West Indian Islands. The timber trades of the Dominion have an interest second tc none in this question. These Islands require a large quant- ity of just such material as our forests are calculated to supply. Indeed they already import largely through the ports of the United States of lumber and wooden goods of various kinds that come cither from Canada or from the Northwestern States having similar forests. Why should we not establish a dixecs trade with them in these articles that would give us at least a share in the profit of supplying them? There is the advantage of their requiring not only such lumber as we can produce but much of it in a further manufactured conditions, so that our jlaning mills and kindred industries would fed the benefit as £ well as the saw mills. The trade as a body should use any influence it can ring to bear upon the Dominion Authorities to induce them to grant a subsidy to the proposed lines of steamer And when this is accomplished they should as individual prepare to avail themselves as far as possible of this virt ually new opening, which is capable of being so largely developed if the require- ments of the marketare duly considered and steps are taken \ to suit it. ' , —————— THE INCREASE IN GROUND RENTS. Since our last issue owners of Quebec timber limits have not been slow in condemning the action of the Mercier Gow- $5 pex A meeting of lumbermen and those interested ernment in increasing the ground rents from $2 to square mile. in the lumber trade, held in Montreal during the month, was very largely attended. : Mr. James McLaren occupied the chair, Mr. H. E. Bron- son acting as secretary. Among those present were Messrs. Andrew Thomson, president of the Union Bank ; James King, J. R. Booth, H. Atkinson, R. R. Grindley, general manager Bank of British North America ; Jos. Kavanagh, Wm. Mackay, George Grinnell, F. Wolferstan Thomas, general manager Molson’s bank ; Geo. Hague, general manager Merchants bank ; W. J. Buchanan, of the Bank of Montreal ; A. Thom- son, Jacques Grenier, president Banque du Peuple; E. S Clouston, local manager Bank of Montreal ; H. A. Price, T Nash, manager Union bank ; C. A. Vallee, manager Banque Nationale ; W. Weir, president, Banque Ville Marie raf St Lafreniere, W. W. L. Chipman, manager Ontario bank = Montreal ; E. H. Grandbois, J. Charlton, M. P., James King, H. A. Coulston, J. S. Murphy, John Walker, G. B. Hall, W. C. Edwards, M.P., George Bryson, H. Robinson, O. Latour, James Gillies, E. D. Moore, the Hon. John Hamilten, AL Gilmour, R. R. Ross, J. G. Johnston, T. E. Kelley, RL White, William Little, John Roache, W. G. Perley, W. R- Thistle, W. E. Thompson, E. B. Eddy, Robt. Gill, manager Bank of Commerce, Ottawa; Thos. Murray, M.P.P., Tohn Bryson, M.P., Robert Hurdman, W. H. Hurdman, Robert Reford, J. Murray Smith, manager Bank of Toronto, Mon- treal ; Alex. Baptist, Jas. Dean, E. H. Bronson, G. A. Grier and Mr. Girouard, Quebec. After considerable discussion the following resolutions were passed. Moved by Mr. John Charlton, M.P., seconded by Mr. J. R. Booth, That this meeting desires to give expression to the followmge considerations in connection with the recent advance made by the Government of the Province of Quebec on the groun@ rent upon timber limits. ; That the lumber industry is the leading industry im the Provinee, inasmuch as it is the principal source of Provincial revenue apart from the Dominion subsidy, and touches direetly or indirectly every commercial interest in the community ; that the lumber trade as recently as in the year 1880, having m view the then financial position of the Quebec Government. assented to a large incréase in dues; that at the present price of timber lands, the profits arising from the prosecution of lumber manufacture are not commensurate with the risk im- volved, and the large amount of capital required. That this meeting, representing the lumber industry of the Province, would deprecate any increase in charges, which walk be so burdensome as to cripple the trade and thereby in the same degree injure the laboring, farming, banking and general commercial interests of the Province. Moved by Mr. W. J. Buchanan, Bank of Montreal, second- ed by Mr. George Hague, Merchants’ Bank : That the banking interests of the Province of Quebec. being largely interested directly and indirectly in the lumber industry, in common with all the other commercial interests in the Province, and being fully conversant with the fact that the profits derived from the lumber trade are small in comparisom with the risks involved and the capital employed, believe that any considerable increase in charges upon the trade would se impair the security in timber licenses as to deter the banks from making the advances from time to time necessary for the efficient carrying on of the trade, and that any serious car tailment of such advances would reduce the output of lumber and thereby diminish the Provincial revenue. As this might further result in impairing the credit of the province they venture to express the hope that the Government of Quebec will be induced to reconsider their recent action im increasing to so serious an extent the charges upon timber Hmits_ Moved by Mr. W. G. Perley, M.P., seconded by Mn HL Atkinson :— : . That Messrs. Ward, Thompson, McLaren, Roache, Latons, Charlton, Booth, King, Edwards, Powell, Robinson and Bren- son be a deputation appointed to wait upon the Quebec Ger- ernment to urge upon it the opinions of this meeting upor the question of Crown timber charges. = = 2» oe ee 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ee THE HAMILTON LUMBER TRADE. dependent upon Canadian lumbermen because the lumbering | interest in the company, There are two circulars and one regions of Michigan and Wisconsin are so much farther away | gang saw in the mill, and when running to its full extent, cuts lowing information regarding the recent changes in the lum- bo they pie ims Stra with us er bie a abe 150,000 pe day. Owing to the lowness of the water in ber trade at that port. The other day a Spectator reporter oe in reig at rates. ; t would bemceessaty ort e Vankees the lake they will not be able to keep all the saws going. The called on Mr. John Bradley, of the firm of Flatt & Bradley, to to take such points as that into their serious consideration be- | government has commenced the construction of a dam at the HE Hamilton Sfectator of a recent date contains the fol- find out something about the lumber trade and the business fore putting any retaliation bill into force.” Eecons quplet of the late, des the intention of raising it to prospects for the coming season. In former years the reporter 3 | ere sufficient weiter for this mill. In that case their cut for noticed large quantities of square timber floating in the bay off A GREAT FLOOD IN NEW BRUNSWICK. | this season will Be large. All these mills have planing mills the Grand Trunk railway docks, enclosed by large floating HE floods along the valley of the St. John River in New | attached which are kept running most of thetime. There are booms to keep the logs from drifting away, and generally about Brunswick, which are ‘stated as being the greatest since | Brae yee tHe present time about 25,000,000 feet of lumber. the end of April an old black steam barge with a high forecas- | 1834, indicates that an immense section of the finest part of | The anticipated cut fer the sawing season from all the mills tle and poop something like the pictures you sce of the ships | the province is threatened with a terrible disaster. The water \eomnesie 75 million feet, making a total amount of lumber in of Sir Walter Raleigh, only not half so much style about her, | reached a height all along the river from St. John to the Grand | the yards this'seagpn of nearly 100 million feet. To do this used to puff importantly up the bay towing a line of chuckle- | Falls, a distance of nearly 250 miles, unequaled in the history enn ae of eae is employed, and a great amount of headed, stumpy-masted barges much larger than herself. An- | of the province. The damage done is incalculable, 10,000,000 | money put in circulation. The town is now full of men, some other fleet used to come from Kingston towed by a fine steam | of lumber having been swept out of the booms in the vicinity of | from the camps and some from the outside, and all to be em-— barge called the D. D. Calvin, and as they all anchored in a | Frederickton, and much of it has gone out tosea. The booms ployed in making the lumber to supply the prairie section of cluster off the old emigrant wharf near the Grand Trunk station | have been swept away like straws, and before they could be our Dominion, for it is from here that the principal supply they presented a very picturesque appearance. The fleets were | yeplaced nearly all the lumber cut on the St. John and its pag ‘The logs & supply these mills are cut during the win- manned by descendants of the old French Canadian voyageurs | tributaries had been carried down or spread over the immense | ter season in the Rainy Lake and Rainy River district, floated with bristly black moustaches and wearing red tuques, blue | tracts of flooded country below Frederickton, or passing through | down these waters and their tributaries to the Lake of the — shirts, corduroy pants and big rubber boots coming up to their | the falls at St. John and driven to sea. This loss coming upon Woods, and thence towed by a fleet of tugs to their destina- thighs. The barges were anchored with their sterns towards | the lumbermen after the Maritime Bank crash, which fell par- tion —Wanenpey Page Press: the booms, two large trap doors on either side of the rudder | ticularly heavy upon them, will tax their resourcesto the utmost. : 3 - down near the surface of the water were pulled open by a pul- Bad as matters now are, worse is feared. The snow all | THE YUKAN TERRITORY. ley and ropes from above, and the logs were coaxed up to these | over the upper country—the sources of the St. John—is from An exploring expedition is on foot under the Dicaiiion apertures by some of the bristly whiskered brigands, who bal- | two to five feet deep in the woods, while in nearly all the lake Government auspices, from which there seems every reason to expansions of the river the ice is still firm. The weather is | believe many important discoveries will result regarding the getting hot, and should a heavy rain come on a disaster un- | mineral resources of the Dominion. The object of this enter- paralleled in the history of the country will overtake the valley | prise organized by the Hon. Thos. White, Minister of the of the St. John. In 1854 there was the greatest flood on record, | Interior, is for the exploration of the Yukan River, undoubted- but in height of water and extent of country submerged the ly one of the finest eo pee: the continent. The river is present flood exceeds even that. That flood was followed by | computed to be over 2,000 miles in length and for 783 miles the cholera, and the connection of the two made 1854 a mark- | Passes through the northwestern part of British Columbia. ed year in New Brunswick. The present great flood, coupled | There is every indication that the region abounds in gold, with the fact that cholera is abroad, has caused already the dis- silver, coal, lead, cinnabar and other precious metals and cussion of the effect on thé health of the people.in the flooded surface gold mines havealready been worked with great suc- country. The water has backed up the Oromocto river, a dis- C&S nearly 2,000 men having been employed in this work tance of nearly 50 miles, covering the track of the N. B. railway during the past season. § The Government have deemed the for miles, and blocking traffic. At Westfield, 15 miles from discoveries thus far of sufficient importance to warrant an St. John, the Nerepis bridge, erected in 1874 at a cost of official investigation, d a joint topographical and geo- $200,000, was carried away on Wednesday. The railway logical expedition has been organized, which will be under the track here is under water, and at Rothesay the Intercolonial direction of Dr. Dawsons The expedition starts early in May, has been undermined, and transfer of passengers ee mails , and the result of its operations will be awaited with "general is necessary. : interest in mining circlesin British Columbia, Alaska and the Owing to the narrow outlet at St. John, it will be w eeks yet Pacific States having already become much agitated over the before the water drains off to its usual level. In the meantime prospective disclosures. : the loss and suffering will be incalculable. . anced themselves on the rolling logs with marvelous dexterity as a rule—and occasionally went souse into the iced water as an exception—until the heads of the logs were tilted up with a block and tackle, then a chain was brought from the interior of the vessel’s hold and grappled on to them. A direct descend- ant of Jacques Cartier stood at the port hole and when he yelled something in Frene and jabbed his long pike pole fiercely the big log was yanked bodily into the bowels of the barge, if the vessels happened to have a pony engine on board, or boosed slowly in by the power afforded by a couple of angular mules that promenaded sleepily around the big capstan away up for- ward on the forecastle, and waved their big ears with graceful langour as if to impress the beholder with the fact that they cou'd understand the voluminous and gaudy article of French talked by their sailor Jehu with one hand behind their backs. When all the fleet had filled their intestinal parts with squared timber, the little black steam barge marshalled them in line and the tow looked even a trifle majestic as it started off and the sinuous procession swept round in a graceful curve and head- ed for the canal. 4 This year, however, their does not appear to be any square timber in the docks at all, and the reporter ae round to RAFTING LOGS. | see Mr. Bradley and inquire the whyness thereo} RAT PORTACE MILLS. The attempt to float lags from Nova Scotia to New York, “Well,” said Mr. Bradley in answer to the inguiry, “‘hefore HE mills around the head of the lake have completed their | which so signally failed in the case of the famous ‘‘ cigar ™ raft he amalgamation of the Grand Trunk and Great Western large preparations for the summer’s work and some of them have | of Amherst, even before the structure had been launched, was quantities of square timber and logs used to come down on the | commenced cutting. At this time a look at the mills, their considered a remarkable.enterprise, That method of trans- latter road and then be rafted or shipped on tiniber barges to | capacity for work, and the expected cut of the season might be | porting raw forest product may yet become a success, though Montreal and Quebec for shipment to the old country. After | interesting. it is considered doubtfu - The rafting of logs on the great the building of the Canadian Pacific railway ank the amalga- The Rainy Lake Lumber C ier periods of lumbering in Michigan has been a hazardous undertaking. learned by experience, so that they inst the danger of breaking up in heavy boom sticks, etc., and losses equent than formerly. A large ~ contain two rotary saws, V vill be run to its utmost capacity | amount of logs have, within the past two years, been floated antic prefer now to receive it in the shape of sawed lumber, as | until September. The output will be about 100,000 feet long | from Lake Superior to Lake Huron and Saginaw river mills. in that way they pay freight simply on what they can use while | timber, 30,000 lath, and about the same of shingles per day, | Other large quantities ha¥e been floated to Alpena and Bay when importing the square timber they had to pay for the car- | making for the season about 12,000,000 feet of lumber besides City from the Canadian shores of Georgian bay. But probably — s mill is situated immediately | lakes, though from the e mation of the other two roads this mode of shipment became | jn the town, and when fully nies has the greatest cutting | practiced to some extent ess popular or was to a great extent diverted ta Toronto and | capacity of all. It is in liquidation at the present time, and | Of.late years raftsmen ha Brockville. The shipment of square timber by water from | Jast season was not working until the fall. This season the | are now able to guard this harbor has almost entirely ceased this year (though I under- | jiquidator has instructed the manager, Mr. Hall, to run the |, turbulent seas, by the use stand there is a small lot at the N. & N. W. elevator) and the | mill and cut up the logs on hand. To do this the mills, which | from such cause are less reason is that that the consignees on the other fide of the At- riage of a lot of waste material. As a matter of fact they find | Jath and shingles. _ few Michigan, or even Canadian lumbermen are aware that an it cheaper and better to get their lumber cut is instead of About a mile west from the v illage is the settlement around | attempt was ever made to float a raft across the Atlantic ocean ; importing the timber or logs and cutting it overthere. Before | Norman Mills. Here are three large mills. The first owned | yet such was the fact. In its issue of February 19, the Zim- long English buyers will send their orders with) instructions to have the material cut to the proper sizes for oa they require | we understand, be run to its full capacity and with its one cir- to use it. Another reason is that the demand for rock elm | cylar will turn out about 50,000 feet per day. lumber has fallen off in England owing to the depression in Next to this is the mill and plant owned by the Minnesota the ship building trade, and this used to be the chief variety | and Ontario Lumber Co. — This is a one rotary and one gang | and was named the Baron of Renfrew, was jury rigged and exported from points on the line of the Wellington, Grey and | saw mill, and will turn out about 125,000 feet per day, and crossed the ocean under sale. She contained 5,000 English Bruce via Hamilton. The timber is nearly all cut out up that | will run the full season, making for the summer about 16,000,- , loads of timber. Unfortunately, just as the voyage was being way, anyhow. ooo feet of lumber. completed the mast was caught by a gale in the Irish cl “The source from which the lumber comes which is used Occupying almost the same yard is the mill owned by Cam- | became unmanageable, and went ashore somewhere b ees here, or shipped from this city, is the Muskoka district, though | eron & Kennedy. It is a one circular mill and runs night and | Liverpool and Glasgow, and broke up. It is thought that th there is also quite a quantity rafted down from the north shore | day, turning out about 80,000 feet per day. | experiment has never been repeated. At the time, the timber- to Collingwood and Meaford. That is ¢ mee all the trade that These are all steam mills, but at Keewatin about one and a | men of Great Britain were “somewhat uneasy for fear that is tributary to Hamilton to any extent, and a good deal of that | half miles farther west along the C. P. R. are two water mills, | attempt would be a success, which naturally would have h goes to Toronto and ,Brockville. The Ottawa river and the | one owned by Dick & Banning, and the other by the Keewatin | the effect to change the order of existing business, and reduce district about Lake Nipissing is the great timber producing | Lumber Company. The former is a smalf mill with only one | values and profits. Now the scheme of rafting pine from U region of Canada. circular. They having a drying kiln attached for seasoning southern states to ports in Great britain is being cece “The prospects for trade this year are very good. We are | jumber and do a good business. The prospects for this season _ is thought by some that the powerful steam tugs of la shipping quite a lot to England and the eastern states. The | are good and the mill will be taxed to its utmost, but what will | should be sufficient to handle such a float as the nena eastern states are depending more upon us for the lumber they | be the amount we cannot say. frew in a gale, and that thus the hazard that attende use every day, and in the course of a few years when the re- The Mather mill is one of the most prosperous mills on the | voyage in that instance would not pertain to a similar expe mainder of their timber is cut out they wil be almost entirely | lake, and is managed by the Mathers, who have a controlling ment now. But the doubters as yet are in — vast t majo j : : ; ne tee Se by Henry Bulwer was not run last season, but will this season, | der Zrades’ Journal, of don, England, contained a letter from a gentleman, who stated that a so-called raft of timber made a voyage from British North America to Great Britain about the year 1812. The'structure was in the form of a ship, — tes,| ADVERTISEMENTS. HOSE wishing to BUY or SELL TIMBER LANDS, © LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY wil] find THE CANADA LUMBERMAN an excellent medium in which to make knowrf their wants. Advertisements of this character will be inserted at the low rate of ONE CENT A WORD, cash to accompany the order in every case. 25 per cent. TELE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 11 HAMILTON. ried should not be allowed to exceed two-thirc of the capac ity / om ; : of the cars on which the load rests, and particular care must b According to the Dundas Banner, Wamilton will not be PA ontte prevenfover! yee akKeCn J PIevent ovenioading, the scene of very extensive lumbering operations this year. N ; - ; NO Cars must be uscd lor such trattic nit iy cy are in good The cut of timber in the Muskoka district has fallen off about . \ ; ; repair, have good iron trucks, not I han siz yury The chief reason for the light cut is the great , f and are of equal height, and on he Unitec depth of snow all winter. In some places roads three miles | States the wheeldimust stand the limit tate “ cls must stand the limit gauge ong have been made throug =: : ¢ 8 through the snow to get out the timber. lhe following are the quotations of the yards her English orders, Mr. Flatt says, are running more largely to | ping Ist quality,#% M 200 ocio 00) Bes, run of log eulle boards and deals, and the result will be that more timber will | Pine2nd “ * 09 6042000! our.@M.... #16 O0@2 00 Pine, shipping culls, 7 Oak, # M 40 W0G59 00 be sawed in Canada and less exported in the log. Flatt & Me, 14 00@16 00 | Walnut # M 6 09 100 00 Bradley are filling an order the like of which has not been | tue ” quality de: mee 00212 00 arid ut, ¥ - M ee mn a7 ‘ . G ZU 4 A i *ewee by YUC fo) y) given in Canada for many years. It is a shipment of pine | Pine, mill culls, @M. % 00@10 00 Birch. ® M. 20 00@25 00 Spruce, #? M 10 00@12 00 | Hard Maple, ra M. masts for the English Navy, which has been in other years sup- | Hemlock, @ M...... 9 00@10 00) Lath, # M Address A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, Peterborough, Ont. TRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. During the former part of the month of May trade was good. A steadily increasing demand for lumber of all grades gave evidence that we might expect a more than ordinary summer’s work. Toward the latter part of the month a falling off, true a slight one, was noticed, owing doubtless to the nearness of June. Long joists are beginning to arrive in quantity, but still the supply is not equal to the demand. Hemlock, much abused hemlock, is coming more and more into use. (Quantities of scantling and joists are finding ready sale and enquiries are Mill run boards, as well as dressing and _ better, Pine numerous. dry, are disposed of quickly, and at very good figues. bill stuffis very scarce and a shade firmer at the yards, prices being from $13 in some yards to $14 in others. A quantity of elm and ash square timber for export is now being rafted. Some of the sticks are remarkably fine. Since the G.T.R. is charging storage the quantity of lum- ber piled in R.R. yards has greatly diminished, very little fresh taking the place of the old piles. Excepting the changes rated above, the quotations remain about the same. From conversation with builders, planing mill men, &c., learn that all expect a strike, after which the usual miserable consequences will follow. Judging from what we hear the strike will be fought out by both sides, to the bitter end, each party employing the customary tactics to enlist public sym- pathy, &c. The stone masons being on strike for some time, has to a certain extent retarded buliding operations, as no work of any consequence could be begun previous to the laying of the foundation, At present writing there are no indications that a speedy settlement will be had. If boycotting is to be the order, we need not look for a peaceable solution of the annual difficulty. It is not necessary to add to grievances, real or supposed. The least said and done the better, and the more easy to unite parties apparently discordant. Neither masters nor men are in a position to prolong any dispute. The former have their bills for material purchase maturing, as well as in some cases, notes for new machinery falling due, to say nothing about the hundred and one other expenses‘to be met. Nor can the lat- ter stand idle for any time. The past winter was long, and many good mechanics were out of work, glad to take any job, even that very unpleasant one of cutting ice. In view of a busy season, beneficial to all, masters and men should try and prevent a strike. Some concessions must be made by both sides, and the sooner this is done the better. It is worse than childish for either or both sides to stand out for some fancied grievance, and after weeks, perhaps months, of strife and mutual recrimination, and enforced idleness, agree _ on some scale of wages and hours which could have been as- sented to at the beginning. The following are the ruling quotations in this city at present :— we Mill cull boards &scantling..#10 0) ; Mressing stocks....... 16 00@18 00 Shipping cull boards, promis- Picks Am. inspection....... 30 00 cuous WES r oss x oe ons - 12 00 | Three uppers, Am. inspection 40 00 stock na pew pias 13 00 Seantling and joist, be aed 4 i rf ini in flooring, Hea 25 00@30 00 “ “ “ 2)ft 15 00 f- rough . 14 00@156 00 Pe “ ‘ if ef “dressed 23 00@25 00 “ “ “ ze ad 7 a WN ‘* undressed. ... 14 00 “ “ “ 96 ft 18 C0 og “dressed 16 00@20 ou ““ “ “ 98 {t 19 0) *% “« “undres’d 12 00@14 00 “ “ “ es, Sheeting, dressed mene 1," BO 6 00 5 ceed: 13 00@20 00 “ “ “ 34 ft lapboarding, dressed.. .. 12 50 22 5u@22 50 ape T, ingles, aM 2 75@2 90 Mana ga ce.” nto 00 sare PAM asisidacesdweh L226 “ “ “ ft 2 ed oak --20 00@25 00 4h ta as op | White. .527....-25 00280 0p p planks J+ and Basswood, No, 1 &2..18 00@20 00 dry. .....20 2 00 Cherry, No, 1 &2 ...50 00G60 00 boards “ _.. |, 29 00 Whiteash 1] & 2.......25 00@30 00 Black ash1 & 2......20 00@25 00 ~ loads a large business has also been done. plied from the forests of } Norway. The masts are cut in Beverly township in this County, and in the neighborhood of Weston, Woodbridge and Saginaw, Mich. They are magnifi- cent sticks, some of them 110 feét long. Those cut in Canada will be rafted at Toronto and go fo England from Halifax. The following are the ruling prices in the retail yards : Mill cull boards and flooring, rough. 16 00 to 18 60 Scantlings ....., $ 9 00 to $10 00 ace ing, rough. 16 00 to 18 00 Shipping cull bvarde, 14 fleoring, dressed promiscuous face measure .,. 32 00 nya HN Sinyeye ent etateee 10 00 to 12 00/ 1} flooring dressed Shipping cull stocks 13 90 lace measure ,.. 25 00 Scantling and joist 1 flooring dressed DipyvonnGheseen.. 13 00 face mMeasnre ... 23 00 Scan:ling and joist - Beed sheeting 1,.. 28 00 to 30 00 up to 18ft....... 13 50] Picks A M. Scant ing and jois; Inspection...... 30 00 up to 20ft ...... 14 00 | Three Uppers A. M. Scantlirg and joist Insoection...... 40 00 Upito 22frs.. J. .: 15 00 | XXX sawn shingles Scantling and joist DOP WS coon. ood 260to 2 7¢ up to 24fr,...... 16 00} Sawn Lath ........ * 2 25 Scantling and joist Redioakenn ences 20 00 to 25 00 up to 26ft.. ... 17 00 | White oak......... 25 00 to 30 CO Scantiing and joist Basswood No. 1 up to 28fc 18 00 ANU Welee neantba 18 00 to 20 00 Scantling and joist Ch-rry No.1 ad 2 50 00 to 60 00 up to 30ft ...... 10 00] White Asa No. 1 Cutting up plank 1} BLO een ornbes 25 00 to 30 00 and thicker, dry 20 00 to 25 00| B'ack Ash No, 1 Cutti: g up boards 20 00 EAOXe is aoe OOO 20 00 to 25 00 Dressing stocks... 16 00 to 18 00 ————— MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. MonTREAL, May 25th. Activity has characterized the lumber trade in Montreal during the past month, anda brisk business both in city and country orders has been transacted at: the yards; and in car Although there is a large amount of building under way here, and the prospects for the future still bright, dealers do Hot anticipate any radical change in prices. f There have been large arrivals per barges via. the Lachine Canal, and a good number are reported to be also on the way. Shipments to Europe have now begun, and the first cargoes for South America will be despatched about the beginning of June. t The Grand Trunk Railway have issued a circular to those concerned in the shipment of timber, telegraph poles, masts &c., in regard to the manner of loading on flat cars, of which the following is a synopsis :— k “When the material is so long, that two cars are required, one good sound bearing piece or saddle of sufficient thickness to keep the timber clear of the car fidor must be placed on each car near the trucks next the end of the load ; but if the timbers are too short for the saddles to be so placed, they may be brought to any point between thé trucks sufficiently near to each other to prevent the shortest: from working out between stakes ; two good stakes being fixed on both sides of each car in pockets near to saddle or bearing piece, and tied across with telegraph wire to keep the load from spreading ; one wire being over the top of the load and another about one-third down so as to prevent the stakes working out. When a few long poles have to be loaded on the top cf two cars of short ones, a bearing piece must be securely fixed across each car on the top of the short poles to keep the long ones clear. Only two of the stakes_on each side of such cars must run up so as to allow them to éurye freely. When the timbers are too lode to be safely carried on two cars, a third must in all cases be used, the load to be kept entirely clear of the centre car by one bearing piece being placed on end cars and the whole tied and staked as before described. Should there be sufficient timber for two loads, either of which would require a third’car, but the total length of which will not be equal to more than five cars, each load may be _ placed upon two cars with bearing pieces or saddles of sufficient thickness to keep the timber clear of the car floor throughout, at a point between the trueks of each car, and near to those next to the end of the load, the fifth car being placed between the two loads so as to coyer the projecting ends. |The timber in this as in all other cases must be tied with wire in the man- ner before described. H The cars must be so loaded as to leave the breaks easily accessible and operativ When the load ae more than one car, the weight car- Ash, run of log culls Shing 5 es, lst, & M 2 W@ CAT De. Cae 20 00@25 00 | Shinyles, 2n 4, ? M 2 0@ 0 oO ALBANY. The lumber business here is reported good, while a scarcity of stock exists in several yards. Prices are inclined lightly downwards, although the opinion seems to be that there really no necessity for any break. The season in all | Manufacturers were three weeks bility will be a short one. late in starting their mills, logs being scarce owing to scarcity of water and forest fires. The following are the ruling prices - Pine, clear, #@ M..... $55 00@60 00 | Black walnut, good, Pine, 50 00@57 00 eM #100 @120 00 fourths...... . Pine, - 42 00@44 00 | Black waluut, ginch. 80 00@90 O90 Pine, g 22 00@33 00 | Black walnut, % inch. 90 00@85 00 Pine, common box... 13 00@15 00 |S aymore, 1-i inch... 28 00@30 00 Pine 10-in. plank, each 00 45@00 47 | Scaymore, €-inch.... 21 00@23 00 Pine, 10-in. plank, White ¥ ood, l-inch culls, EACH: \c.cn ctenele 00 24@00 27 and thicke r. 38 00@40 00 Pine boards, 10-in. 00 30@00 32 | White wood, -inch.. | 28 00@30 00 Pine, 10in. boards, culls 00 16@00 20 | Ash, good, # att se 40 00@42 00 Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 Ash, second quality, Sir aaiMiett.../. sae 3 28 00@32 on Oe Bi -- 25 00@20 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 16ft 28 00@32 00 good, # M. - 60 0O@S5 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13ft 28 00@32 00 Cherry, ; common, @M 25 00@30 00 Pine, ‘thin. siding, select 40 00@43 00 | Oak, good, @ M. - 40 00@43 00 Pine, I}-in. siding, Oak, “second quality, common......... - 15 00@18 00 pt | IE eee 20 00@25 80 Pine, 1-in.siding,select 40 00@42 00 | Basswood, ® M...... 25 00 230 00 Pine, inch siding, Hickory, @ M....... 00 00@40 00 common.......... 13 00@15 00 | Mavle, Canada, @M. 28 00@30 00 Spruce, boards, each. Spruce, plank, 1}-in., each Spruce, plank, 2-in., each . 00 00@00 16 | Maple "American Lee 26 Chestnut, #@ M.. 38 | Shingles, shav ed, pine, OM Ae se eaeeen 0 - 00 00@00 3c | Shing gles 2nd quality. 0 series! wall, ‘strips, « extra, sawed, 00@28 00 00G@40 00 Seieiaataieieei ee 00 00@00 20 | | 00@ 6 50 edchfestueastenctten 00 00@00 12] pine.............. 4 30@ 4 00 Hemlock, boards, each 00 00@00 14 | shing es clear,sawed. 0 00@ 3 00 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, “« eedar, mixed 0 00@ 2 13 sadenacto: JoAe3 00 00@00 32 *« hemlock .... 25@ 2 37 Hemlock, joist, 24x4, Lath, hemlock . a 3 Sue ASnonnase 00 00@00 14 | Lath, spruce, Healoce! wall strips, | 2x4, each aS HOS 00 00@00 11 | See = GL VALLEY, The market here is fairly active. Prices are somewhat firmer and lumbermen are cheerful. The call is for the coarser grades chiefly. The correspondent of the JV. nishes the following information : Buyers have been here from Rochester, Brocklyn, Albany, Cleveland, Buffalo, Akron, and Cincinnati, and they have taken large blocks of lumber. I note sales of 2,000,000 feet at $10, $20, and $38 ; 600,000 at $11, $22, and $40 ; 700,000 feet at $10, $20, and $38 ; 400,- 000 feet at $9.50, $19 and $38 ; 2,300,000 feet at $10, $20 and $38 ; 600,000 straight, and it is said this lot sold better than $10, $20 and $38 under inspection. E, Hall, of Bay City, has closed out all of his dry white pine and reports Norway in good demand. Rust Bros. & Co. have sold all on their South Saginaw dock but 500,000 feet. Sibley & Bearinger sold 4,000, - ooo Norway piece stuff and stripes, cut at Cheboygan, to Chic- ago parties. The price waS-not reported. A number of sales have been made, the details regarding which are not obtain- able being purposely suppressed. Fully 25,000,000 feet have changed hands during the week. Nearly all that has been sold straight during the week has gone at $14.50 to $16. ber meets a ready sale at $10 to $10.50. There is very active demand for shingles, and stocks scarce.- River brands are quoted strong at $2.25 to $3.25, interior mills at $2.10, $3 and $3.10. The yard trade is active and healthy, although occassional complaints are made of discriminating rates to some points. W. Lumberman fuar- Box lum- are and CARGO QUOTATIONS. Shipping culls .....-.8 8 CO@11 00 | Under straight Common ...........- 15 00@22 00 Measure .... 16 00@25 00 3-uppers .. . 36 00@38 00 | Shingles, XXX ...... 2 85@ 310 Bill stuff 8 50@10 00 Shingles clear butts 1 85@ 2 60 Norway bi | stu: § 50@10 00 White pine ath,.... 1 75 YARD TRADE, : 3 uppers wide and Fencing, coarse com- ERICKA wai inre sRioaee 45 00@45 00 MON OS sec c ase 8 00 DOSE fence ere tee 40 00@42 00 | Fencing, mill culls... 4 00@ 6 00 Selects...... « ++«. 35 00@38 00 | No. 1 stock 12 in .... 14 Q0@15 00 Fine common ..... 27 00@32 00} No. 2 stocks ..... ..- 11 QU@12 00 1, 14, 14, 2 in. cut ups 20 00@25 00 Wide common ...... 12 00@15 00 No. 1 base, 7, Sand 9 Piece stuff and in selects.......... 35 00 LTT CS pee 9 00@10 00 ‘No. 2do. (fine com- | 12! 14, 16, 18 ft ...... 9 00@12 00 TON) Persone eeericen 27 00 | Do. do. 20/86 cantare 12 00 No. : floor eS 40 o CES: Geena seers - 150@1 75 No. 2 aS 5 27 00 | Lath No. 2 (cull)... 1 00 No.3 ss ase 17 00} Shingles XXX ...... 3 15@ 3 25 Fencing ..... wecv ete AE ON@io oe Clear butts ...... eeee 190@ 215 DRESSING. Surfacing :...... .. 1 (0 |} Making drop siding... 2 25 Dressing and match- Making bevel siding His Goose dossetan 200[ and ceiling........ 3 00 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a Ee Sr OO NEW YORK CITY. The wholesale market is only fairly active. sport facilities being now fully arriving to fill up and complete stocks. The water tran-. available considerable lumber is The new Inter-State Law is being felt hére to a considerable extent, and the opinion seems to prevail that it is calculated to do the lumber trade much injury. The handlers of certain classes of wood, pitch pine for instance; are, however, it is said, in a fair way to benefit by the néw law. good business. but receivers are! positive that receipts and are rather anxious t forward. Her principally Perjnsylvannia. . ock is in good demand, Dealers in white pine are doing a pruce is in active demand and firm in tone, there will be a shortage in the o work off everything that comes with the supply Laths are coming in sparingly. Shingles are mbving slowly except cedars which are active. Hardwood dealers are reportin tion takes placé. weak, Plain oak, when well seasoned, demand. -wood and mahpgany. oak is in activ g trade dull, but a fair distribu- Poplar is still in active demand and prices Ash istin active demand, and all thickness are wanted. is easily disposed of. (uartered Cherry is in demand, as are hazle- SPECIAL CONTRACTS. Pine, very choice and OX ONVis. ss seid epars $65 00@70 00 Bine, good.......-.. 55 Ov@60 00 Pine, shipping box.. 21 00@22 50 Pine, common box.. 18 00@20 00 Pine common box § 16 U0@18 00 Pine, tally plank 14 10 in Pine, tally plank 14 2nd quality . Pine, tally plank 14 00 44@00 50 00 35@00 40 @N Sooncosonco our 00 80@00 32 ates tally boards drs’d nameounoooeHae 00 32@00 35 Pine, tally boards dressed common..... 00 28@00 30 Pine, strip boards culls Biri stare Peterstalt fevsietaisiziets 0) 18@00 20 Pine, strip boards emerc’table......... 0) 20@00 22 Pine, strip boards clear 00 25@00 26 Pine, strip plank, dr clears. aacrne «-. (0 32@00 35 Spruce boardsdressed 00 25@00 25 Spruce, plank, 14 inch each 00 28@10 30 Spruce,plank 2in each 00 38@00 48 Spruce p'ank 14 inch dressed............ 00 28@00 30 Spruce plank 2 inch ressedirrssttmererie (0 43@00 45 Spruce wall strips.... 00 15@00 18 Spruce timber....... 20 V0@22 00 Hemlock boards each 00 18@00 20 Hemlock joist, 24x4.. 00 16@00 18 Hemlock joist 3x4... 00 18@00 20 Hemlock joist 4x6,. 00 40@00 44 Ash, good . . 45 00@53 00 Oakes: . 50 00@60 00 Maple ‘cull 20 00@25 00 Cargo rates 10 per cent. off, EXTRA SELECTIONS. Maple good.......... Chestnut ........... PvETUs: 1, 14, 2 an 40 00@48 00 ee 00@50 00 2% in O55 o0@40 00 Black Walnut good to choice...........- 140 00@160 00 Black Walnut Bese 85 00@100 00 Black Walnut selected and seasoned ....150 00@175 00 Black Walnut count’re 00 22@00 28 Black Walnut5x5.. 150 00@160 00 Whitewood § in..... 35 00@40 00 Whitewood § panel... 45 00@50 00 Shingles ex, shaved pine 18in......... 8 00@ 9 50 Shingles ex. saw Pine LSet 5 75@ 6 00 Shingles elger sawed pine 16 in........ . 4 50@ 500 Shingles conibe 24x7. 22 00@24 00 Shingles cypress 20x6 00 00@14 00 Yellow pine dressed Black Walnut 6x6..160 00@170 00 flooring ........... 30 00@40 00 Black Walnut 7x7..175 00@180 00 | Yellow pine ginger,» . 26 00@35 00 Black Walnut 8x8..175 00@180 00 | Locust posts, 8 ft.... 00 18@00 20 Cherry wide. cori 00@120 00 do 10ft .... 00 24@00 25 ‘herry, ordinary. . . 70 00@80 00 do 12ft .. 00 29@00 34 Whitewood inch..... 45 00@50 00 | Chestnut posts...... 00 03@00 34 —$<$ 9 ————— OSWEGO, N.Y. Three uppersi....... $46 00@47 00} No, 2,5-4.......45 $ 1 80 Pickings ........ 6... 36 00@37 00| No, 1,4-4.......... 1 50 Cutting up, No.1.... 26 00@27 00 Cedar, 4-4 ........ 1 70 Cutting up, No. 2.... 18 00@20 00 | Pickets, 54x b-4x4, Dressing Fee . 19 00@21 00 INOPLita en seine .. 14 00@15 00 No, 1 Culls 16 00@17 00 1x8x4,No 1........ 18 00@20 00 No. 2 Culls 13 00@14 00 1x8x4,No2........ 10 00 Sidings, | selected, 1 in 30 00@38 00 | 1st ad 2nd black ash, ‘Whi in 33 00@41 00 Wire are crosscortame eral seat 23 00@25 00 Mill run, 1x10, 13 to 5-4 and ‘thicker... 24 00@26 00 UG) AiitenodobsaLeaene 19 00@22 00 COWUNE? de nodanooncc 10 vO Dressing and better.. 25 00:@27 00 | Basswood, selected 4-4 1x 10 shipping cul's 16 00@17 00 Aas Was: oer chorea 20 00@22 00 Mill run, 14 in. strips 15 00@18 00 32 Selected! 205.5 00.5 00@34 00 1x6 selected for clap- ORNS Hei mcrm ines 2 00@34 00 Clear butt cedar shin- PIES CUSANN aes 2 70@ 2 80 Speneies, XXX, 18 ‘in (Sine per Bhone mauape 3 00@ 3 20 XXX 18 in Cedar..... 3 60@ 8 75 XX 18 in cedar...... 2 80@ 2 40 Lath INOSIGND= directs Uppers, 4xd os... 5“ 6x4 & 8x4. Seis eocosnud Selects, 4x4.... 5x4, 6x4 & 8x4 ames ISHIOD peace cieleceleteiele sie were erste 22 C0 5x4x 6x4 « SX4Ve Feat <5 00 Fine common, 4X4.......... 35 00 5x4, 6x4 & 8X4...,0-0 0 38 00 Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, No 1.. 19 00 PDO LON NOW 29 hie 16 00) DAS LON NOs Siri a 13 00 Flooring, select c mmon,... 19 00 No, 1 common........ oe No.. 1 fencing...... Ceiling, select common . Ceiling, No, 1 common No. 1 fencing Roofing, D. & M pipe selected 4-4 and 5 RDS QUO nee 16 00@18 00 culls, 4-4 and 5-4, 11 00@12 00 Birch and maple Ist CULT iays centers oie ser 23 00@25 00 M ulding strips,.... §x1 4 P4; $6 per M. pieces Door Heelies e in., lEc per doors 7inch do 1 Blind s ats, ee 6c per M. piece Cc Bill stuff ordinary sizes : l2 to 6 ft 18 to 20 ft...... 0.06 22, to 24 ft..... 26 to 28 ft...... | 30 to 34 ft Ship culis Mill Cuils.. ihistes Shingles clear, 18° in. See tapviein 3 30 10 in, clear, 18 in Ex.. 2 30 6 in. clear, 18 in........ a in stocks clear, Ex... in Lath, per M pcs.......-++ Add. for 8, 1 or 2 . 318M TONAWANDA. Orders for large Trade is excellent and rates fpSsecton s arg lots are coming in rapidly, while orders for white pine are in demand, the greatest enquiry limited. Norway is reported common selling well. Shingles are scarce. s for box, but the supply is active, dressing and better and Laths are in de- mand, but the stock is limited. CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Three uppers........346 00@47 00 COMMON. sic ewlees 20 00@25 00 | Culls Riiewlany sieheweteu Teisiefe 12 00@13 00 { YARD PRICBS—CAR LOTS. 3 uppers, inch. + . .$44 00@46 00| Dressing stocks...... 18 00@22 00 3 uppers, plank. see 45 00@46 00 | Dressing sidings 19 00@22 00 Pickings, inch...... 88 00@40 00 | Common stocks... ++ 12 50@13 00 Pickings, 1} in. to 1 Common, sidings..... 15 00@17 00 inch ......+++.++++ 89 00@40 00 | Common box........ 12 00@13 00 Fine Common...... . 32 00@34 00 | Shingles, XXX, 18 in. Fine Common, thicker 34 00@40 00| sawed,......-+--.. 3 40@ 3 50 Cutting up:....... .. 25 00@28 00! Do, clear butts,sawed 2 40@ 2 45 sete: 12 in. and Shingles, XXX 16 in, Mabie Sree 27 00@30 00 Cut Y 8Y4...60..---- @ 310 Coffin ‘boards, 12 in. We, RRO). ep ces = @ 2 75 ER Olio crn Snaade 16 00@18 00 | Lath......... Pirie 1 90 — ree ‘ CHICAGO From Our Own Correspondent. Business in the lumber trade here still continues to be good but of course shipments are not so large as they were in March for the reason that western buyers took advantage of the Rail- way rates, prior to April ist, which was considerably lower than now, and laid in a good stock. Still yard men here have this months trade, and in fact there would have been a good deal more lumber sold if the stocks on hand had not been. broken up so badly, as a good many orders have been declined on that account. Common and cull lumber is very scarce, and although navigation is well opened, there has been very little if any low grade lumber received as yet, and as there ig not much on hand at the mills we may expect to be short of that kind of stock until this year’s cut becomes seasoned. There are six firms going out of the yard business here, and ong new firm going in; several yards will change locations, “my firm among the number. Speaking of yards changing locations brings to mind the fact that there is to-day a good mF thousand feet of vacant dock property suitable for lumber business, ‘‘to let” in this city and at reduced rates from former years. This is quite a change from 10 years ago when it was almost impossible to get dock property at any price. The catse, is quite apparent to men in the business; which is the very small margin on which lumber is handled here. The carpenters have been ona strike here for some time, which has hurt city trade somewhat, but they have settled down again and the world still moves. This is a “striking” city and some one of the numerous unions here are on a strike all the time. The newest and latest strike talked of now is the brick layers, laborers and hod carriers union strike. Of course all these strikes have a bad effect on trade generally, and I venture to predict that if this state of things continues a few more years Chicago will have to ‘‘step down and out” in one of her greatest industries, viz., the Cattle and Hog Packing business. She will still have the Board of Trade though, which is without a doubt the most extensive *‘gamb- ling house” in the world, as they rake in the sheckles from every nation and every clime, and strikes have no direct effect and the good work still goes on. had no reason to complain The following are the ruling quotations at present :— RECEIPTS FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 19, Lumber. Shingles. MSR Zs seincarsladetncse 0 :n/oa ate Acura Durer ere 48,759,000 17,866,000 TRC iiwecsannee este Cesc Neiisis eiiwelvie eek ve ele ee ».--. 26,057,000 15,693,000 RECEIPTS FROM JAN. 1, TO MAY 19, INCLUSIVE. Lumber. Shingles. LUSTY fis Gagcho Sucrose. eh pis'inie ss wrellfeturece.e\ein” wiemiens 302,480,000 74,916,000 LSS C Fi. Sioa erence meee RS tee ER © MNS 224,959,000 64,193,000 STOCK ON HAND APRIL 1, INCLUDING SOUTH CHICAGO. 1887. 1886. 1885. Lumber aleietete Mine Wary Wefere sera + «+++ 229,730,803 344,430,064 454,053,007 .-161, 903, 450 258,619,200 242,084,250 10,781,335 50,668,525 36,555,645 824,402 3,897,468 1,977,411 112,059 137,930 178,241 FINISHING LUMBER ROUGH. 1st and 2d clear, 1 inch... $47 00] A select, 2inch.............341 00 1st and 2d clear, 1} and 14 in 45 00 1st and 2d clear, 2 inch...... B select, 14 in 48 00 | B select, lin.......... Ist and 2d clear, 3 inch ..... 48 00] Clear and select 2x4.. 26 00 3d clear, 7 and 2 inch..... 43 00 DXG eawumac un ah aicenln eh 32 00 3d clear, 1} inch....... weeee 44 00 SEG «5 xcicce: ara 5ik Ciena 34 00 A se.ect, linch......... +++. 38 00] All one length $1 extra, Aseiect, 1} inch ........... 39 00 STOCR BOARDS. waneswee OOl[ USN 20) Tussin. can it) «S65 00)| 10 inijAves < > hy hy 4_y = o<_y -d Ke DA CO % SN oe ae TAD) Chane ne Ae nc oteotororovetes SELON OO eS Ee: one: 5o% “0 ‘e oy 6: SKC xO 2 Ww SOV SPOOLS esarcguce ¥ POP QAesAescesdes WS0Y 29, Neoe REG fo SENIOR ¥ rea) tara a © SO Ao sax SAPSAPSALYAY SALIALIALOTAY APIAIGAFIAOSACYAPSALPIA PIA, SAP SALSA SAPIAS SAS SACIAL SAL SAP IAPSAL IAS IAS OPS OOP OE Or O One Or OFO-Ors O56 1 ALIE LR OEE KER SOIT IEE OLIOLSYREOE ED LILI ELSE OIE EERE © SEES OG oe res vt OW TEES & CO., montreat : aj MONTREAL. 3 y DAP SA IAP SAP Save DAE SAP SAKE FAP SANE KP yee 4 JACI APIA PIAL IAP TAKE GASP FASO SLO Y Ke ANP SAP VAP SAE VAS ORO +ROGRY IRD SAU ORD GAS SAP TAO TROT Uae SRP SRC SCADUAPIAD AAS BCUBCLL SEE OLIOLIOE © SOE SOC OIE EIEIO IA SSIES EE EME DO: HMA OEE OES Oe EEE Dominion Saw Works! Ie a bo . % JAS. ROBERTSON & CO.| JAMES ROBERTSON 253 to 267 King St. West, Dathousie and William Streets NTO, ONT... |MONTREAL, QUE., MANUFACTURERS OF SAWS Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, XS Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. X = THURBERS ROYAL Anti-Friction Babbit Metals IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Band Saws, Emery Wheels, Files, <——S / Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Saw Sets, = eve BAW FOLEY eee Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, lronPipe,&. | Prices on Application. = aE i\ “ LFPFPW\Wo L_.-\S x i A ‘ ZS = SSS B S \ SSS NYS ee Uji 7-A=WN .. DSTO SEASENNN NY ) Minn) NY D ya ( ( | Z WINN SEE Be 4 hn : ’ \—, y N S SS SSS PUBLISHED MONTHLY By A. G. MORTIMER. The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the CPO ; SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER ANNUM. VOL. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., a 1K 1887 THE LUMBER INTEREST IN CANADA. A RECENT printed report of U. S. Consul Hotchkiss at Ottawa, Ont., gives some interesting details as to the lum- ber interests of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.’ When Americans began to cut the pine and take it out in the log to saw it in Michigan, the export duty of $2 per thousand board measure “was put on, with the expectation that it would be prohibitory of log exports. Had it been sawed in Canada, there would have been only the $2 per M United States tariff. The old rate was $1 per M ; $2 is now the nominal rate, but the Provincial Governments have the right to increase to $3, and that soon will be the mgt the log export continues in any considerable volume. ] The title to standing crown timber is in the Provincial (not he Dominion) Governments, and t e right to cut it is sold by auction, a minimun price being fy ed, and the highest bidder securing the privilege of cutting fora year all the timber in a “berth,” or ‘‘limit,” which usuallysis 640 acres, or a square mile. For the product he must pay/according to a fixed tariff. Parties securing berths for one year havea prior right to annual renewals, subject to regulations. ‘The license is in a form fixed by the Department of Crown a and gives the holder the right to cut timber and saw logs* within specified bounds, together with power to seize and Hecover anywhere in the Dominion whatever any trespasser may cut during the time off the berth. But any other party may cut trees under 10 inches in diameter for ‘‘floats, traverses, oars or wythes,” for use in rafting timber cut in the province and being rafted near by. Also, timber may be cut for making roads and bridges. Any lands within the berth previously sold to settlers are excepting, and lands sold after date of lease are ‘to be excluded from its operation and from that of renewal lease. But when sales to settlers are canceled, the land returng to area covered by the lease. All timber cut must be paid for according to a pro- vincial tariff fixed by the province. The Dominion also levies an export duty on white and Norway = saw logs, per 1,000 feet board measure of $2. On similar spruce and hemlock logs, $1 per 1,000 feet. On shingle Uplts, $1.50 per cord, 128 feet. The Governor in council may increase the duty on $3 per 1,000 feet. The ground rent, pér square mile, payable annually, is $2. Logs are cut 13% feet long, six inches being allowed for brooming in rafting. Renewals of license are conditioned upon full payment of all dues and rents for the previous year, a cording to sworn state- “ment gf number and description of tintber and logs cut. Public officials have the right to test and verify these statements ; if found incorrect there may be forfeitures of material and other penalties. Defaulted other dues comptitute a first lien on any timber, cut under license, belonging 1 © defaulter. The tariff on saw logs will in all probability be raised till the prohibitory point is reached. g Much of the pine now being lumbered has been once con- demned, or the choice timber has been taken from it, for the English market. Mills in the Ottawa district are all “‘ gangs,” running from four to eight gangs of from 36 to 42 saws each. They are run night and day during the short season of seven months, using electric lights. Those at Ottawa use power from the Chaudi- re Falls, which also operate the electric light system of Ottawa. The machinery used in the saw mills is much of it made in the Fe United States, and is of the best quality. Eleven hours is the tule for a day’s work, wages in the woods being about the following, including board : Horemenss pensmonthi yee aris sense ae $40 to $60 Choppers and skidderse..............., 15 to 20 IRoadtcutterst mera ae a) ae I2to 15 Weamsters and loaders@............... 16 to 18 Cook swirl: aterm tate RE ie sable. vteias 30 to 40 [og gmeasurers mie ieee ym sol..i . » Oe. hn [July, 1887.) 7, handle it. The best machine made will not show its worth, or do one-half the work it might under such conditions ; nor can it be expected to last nearly as long as it would if skill- fully operated and properly cared for. The loss falls upon the user, of course, though the maker suffers, too, in the reputation of his work, which is damaged through no fault of his or of his machine. But it should be apparent to any mill owner that to employ unskilled labor to handle a mill equipment which represents an investment of thousands of dollars, is a piece of folly that is wholly without reasonable excuse. There is not only the liability that the machinery will be damaged, but the certainty that it will not do nearly the work of which it is capable. What does the difference of, say, a dollar a day, or three hundred dollars a year, amount to in the attendance for a machine representing anjinvestment of ten to twenty times as much? One breakage sayed would pay it all, and the gain in work performed would, in most cases, be more than the entire amount of a capable man’s wages. The importance of the skillful operation of machinery is so manifest that it seems strange that it should be necessary to call attention to it ; but the experience of machinery men, and the admissions of machinery users, evidence the fact that the need of reform in his respect is widespread ‘and urgent.—Chicayo Timberman. wae WEIGHTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIAN WOODS. The following table shows the weights, specific gravities, deflections and breaking leads of nine different woods of the Province of British Columbia. The results have been obtained from experiments made by; Mr. Edward Mohun, of Victoria. The pieces tested were 1 1 being supported at both en specimens selected were fa timber, partly seasoned, but ifree from knots and flaws. results given by exceptionall in preparing the Table. Fo: fir only broke under a load o square, and had a span of 1 ft., s and loaded in the centre. The average specimens of building The good specimens were eliminated instance, one piece of Douglas 660 tb. :— *spunog Ul ae | a 3 s = 88 be os Nema a 25 SSSSS85 82) SS8hse5 “AgIeiy oyroeds | SA Smainisin wo AO 19 1D SH OH wo ad 222 8E5CEhs Sulyraig uvayy | BSS SHssuHs ‘peoy Sur 2 SS2e55e -yeaig IsaMo7qT | 2382 Sseessss ean 222 2eeeSse -yeeig 4:eyuSiy SES SUoaass 1 “lose | Semis eloet 2 % “q1. 009 | as *, be | A | ‘arose | %, AL 00¢ MEAN DEFLECTION IN INCIIES. / | a re nD 1 LQ Hh bee lh} & te - -ne > Sg , : “q1 0€@ RSs ES Sa < SA~ 8 = j %. 3.2 = -3 ; 2 S-2as-:s SO ss = = Seo = 3 “= 2 = § -8e :2 ess & PE -Sh S&S s0 &, = =~ 225 NR ° Ors Deke ce 22 Sho scx z SF 55255 ° A SSSR A Z—aae SLRS ogd a P2esenrk og ets fy Bess SUESS = Besonseorssy = S555 SVE o SRS De EQ SI NaS os =] suvcs SOS ZS @ j a ee S25Ss554 : =e Sc Qecasss } oT EHNA SERS A Ae ade oun THE OPENING OF NAVIGATION. Coes coming season promises to be a very successful one for the boat forwarders on oth the Rideau and Ottawa River routes. Owing to the et of the Inter-State Commerce Bill by the American Cong, ress the rates by rail to Burlington and other American ats which our Canadian lumber is shipped are considerably higher than they were last season, and even last season rates by rail were one-third higher than the tates by water, the only difference being that the shipments could be made in less time by rail than by boat. 4: The further increase of these rates by rail this season will 1 in fact has taken all or nearly all of the carrying out of the THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. hands of the Railroad Companies and in consequence of this it is impossible for'shippers to secure enough barges to supply the demand notwithstanding that a dozen new ones were built during the winter It is difficult to get at the amount of Jumber shipped during a season from Ottawa y boat, but the following isacalculation made by a prominent forwarder and is as nearly correct as possible : All the mills last year at the Chaudiere, including J. Booth, Bronson & Weston, Grier & Co., E. B. Eddy, Perley & Pattee, and Hurdman & Co., turned out on an average 600, - ooo feet of lumber per day each, making a total output for all the mills for a day! of 3,600,000 feet. The total output for all the mills for the séason, which was about 210 days, was about 756,000,000 feet. § Of this amount about 252,000,000 feet was carried in American bottoms. The remainder, about 404,000, - 000 feet, was carried in Canadian bottomsand by rail. Of this timated that at the very least 200,000,000 feet was carried by rail. As this cannot be carried by rail on account of the rise in the freight rates it will have to be carried by boat and the forwarders state that every foot of it will be carried in Canadian bottoms. If this be the case it will easily account for the great demand which there is at present for Canadian barges. © The forwarders have completed the repairs to their boats and are now engaged ia placing their barges and loading tows. Messrs. Blanchard & Co. are now engaged in loading a tow of 30 barges with lumber for Burlington. Messrs. Murphy & Co., are loading tows of 60 barges with lumber for Burlington. Messrs. Kirby & Bangs’ tow of 6 barges will load with lumber for Buckingham on Monday. Messrs. Blanchard & Co., have leased all the barges and steamers of the Sincennes, McNaugh- ton Line, and will run them in connection with their own line. Geo. Harris’ line, of six barges, loads lumber for Buckingham on Monday. S. T. Easton’s line of five barges will also load lumber on Monday next, besides these are many other smaller The for- warders on the Rideau route are confident of a splendid season, and state that fully a third more freight will be carried this season than last owing ta the high railroad rates between Mon- treal and Ottawa and Ottawa and Kingston, and also that for- warders this year refuse to make yearly contracts. Mr. Wise, the engineet of the Rideau Canal, has notified all the forwarders having crafts on the Rideau route that the water will be let in to-day, andjthat navigation will be open on Mon- last amount it is tows and crafts loading for intermediate points. day. The Steamer Olive, of the Merchants’ Despatch Line, will arrive down from Smith’s Falls on Monday, going to Montreal. z On Wednesday néxt the steamer Ida, of the Merchants’ Despatch Line, will arrive down with a load of freight on her way to Montreal. The wharf of the Olive and Ida, S. T. Eastman’s is now open to receive freight. The steamer Ella Ross will not begin running until the first of June, as she will only carry passengers. All the other lines will begin running on their old route as soon as navigation is fully opened.—O¢éawa Journal. STILL IN THE TREE. A. G. Van Schaick, who is pretty generally considered able to make as reasonable a guess as any one, has summed up the standing pine in Michigan and Wisconsin. Mr. Van Schaick does more than jump at conclusions ; he has maps and charts and charts of eachection, and has for years kept a tab on ex- perts, reports, and noted what the oytput has been. He gives his figures in the Northwestern Lzmzberman as follows ; Feet. lat nes Sakermeniy Gls’ CL cob oe Sco ase eeracunse 6,000,000,000 | Other Wake EitromgdistnictS 6. sass. 0. see: 12,000,000,000 Mackinac to Manistee, west shore........... 5,000,000,000 Manistee er teeane Ole Sees cin tek 2 ales 5, 000,000,000 ManistecitopMuskazonny ern ee tee 10,000,000,000 Muskegon'andisough:.).c..a-c0> sn Okt ote oat 7,000,000,000 WMenomimnees ime ViEchicaneyre- neem. + ati. «soc 4,000,000,000 South shore of DS (SIE, Aine ernest hase Goes 3,000,000, 000 Lake Superior, in3Michigan ................ 5,000,000,000 Railway lands: caer stcksnts 858 aah ee Botte 12,000,000,000 PR OLAIEE . siee MO aia eR ORLA os kines 70,000,000,000 . 5 . e. He estimates the amount in Wisconsin as about the same as in Michigan and locates it as follows : Green Bay Shore}......... SEPIA eR NS occ es CE 8,000,000,000 Wolf and Wisconpin rivers.................. 8,000,000,000 Blacksanditsy branches: siamese sek seecees ol 4,000,000,000 Chippewa and its branches)... .0.-.:2....'-. 10,000,000,000 St Crow and itsibranches... savas « 24 ours ae 4,000,000,000 LAO Side [eamer ins clan Uso aSete eheetee 6,000,000,000 Railway. dandis gs ott leash. «Bese. fey Stteke tects 30,000,000,000 MOTAlGrA VW IS@ONSIN. es eeeies 2. sie 70,000,000,000 Mr. Van Schalick estimates the amount in Minnesota at about 30,000,000,000 feet, and believes the whole amount will be required for home use. If consumers of lumber can see anything in the outlook that promises any permanent decline in lumber I cannot, and when the consumption of the past 20 years has advanced the price of pine in the West from $1.25 per acre to $4 per thousand, and from $1.50 per thousand, in 1880, to $5 for the ne timber in Michigan, in 1886, with a demand for lumber tt ouble every 15 years, nothing can, in my opinion, prevent the val of pine stumpagé from advancing 10 per cent. per annum on its present value juntil the whole supply is exhausted. The time has already frome when it is difficult pine timber and manufactureand sell it at a profit ; and such being the fact timber owners must look with more favo shape their businkss to cut it with a view to securing the profit it should pay under such circumstances. E SAGINAW OUTPUT. The output offthe streams in the Saginaw district is as fol J £ Y lows : | Tittabawassee and tributaries . . Cass, Flint and Bad river. . Kowkawlin....).. Rifle river. . Au Gres river. . 2 Saginaw and Shore pine 410,000,000 10,000,000 20,000,000 $0,000,000 40,000,000 10,000,000 ohne Motale: =a . etodess 570,000,000 The railroadsthauled aqeony to the Saginaw river last year 149,555,557 feets and as near as can be ascertained ie) will handle direct to the river 170,000,000 feet, and about 30,000, - 000 feet will be towed here from the Upper Michigan and Georgian Bay paints. 33:190,- ooo feet. This giv es a total stock for the mills : Streams in Saginaw District . ; . 570,000,000 RailroadiGeses—e see cues 2s. se Jere ree 170,000,000 Rafted from up er lake, ete’. 22. 22-. 30,000,000 In mill booms * ; 33> 190,000 There is now in the mill booms Wofale Sebdadaieinict a . . . 803,190,000 To the foregoing may be added Avon 40,000,000 ek that will be put in dufing the summer. = At Escanaba the log output of that river is estimated 000,000 feet. : at 25,- . DECAY OF LUMBER. Beech, says the to the elements, bgt under shelter remains sound. If covered Oak, if exposed to the weather, loses its sapwood, but the old wood remains ndustrial World, rots very easily if exposed by water it will remain sound for a long time. sound for many yéars. All young timber should either be put in water immediately after it is cut or put under shelter, as the young wood begins to rot very quickly if it is alternately wetted and dried. It follows, then, that deterioration takes place to a far greater extent than we imagine by letting young trees lie out in all weathers with their bark on, as they can not resist wet without having been first dried. All wood should be either put in water immediately after being cut, or at least when spring comes; as it is absolutely necessary that all timber should be water-soaked before any attempt is made to Ary it. d fact that boards dry much quicker if the logs have previously lain in water. Another fact record is that waterssoaked lumber is never attacked by insects and hence plank treated in this way can stand for many years without injury. It is a well establis worthy of LUMBERING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. The general estimate of the lumber that would be cut on the the past winter, outside of Mr. Gibson’s y of 150,000,000 feet B.M. It is ill be a falling off one-third or St. John river durin cut, was in the vici now supposed that there more in this quantity. Th would average 5 fee§ on the level, was a great drawback to the woodsmen. The w The snow not packigg, made the hauling very hard. Shoveling to the standing trees} which in ordinary years begins late in February or early injMarch, had to be begun about the middle york of getting to yarded logs was as great depth of snow, which above Fredericton ter was a succession of cold snow storms: of January, and the as the chopping, ha in any ordinary yea the most expensive has been known for ing and yarding of them would have been Thus the last winter has been one of the log handler in New Brunswick that nany years. Then the cost of portaging, always a heavy itemg was increased by the frequent snows, so that it may with cogfidence be affirmed that few of our log handlers will make @nuch out of their winter's work, while many will be losers.; The prospect for a successful drive is good. —The Messrs. cluded this year that all the logs they got out, about 40,000, will be sawed in Canada, and they have rented a mill on the Georgian Bay for that purpose. This is a result of the high The probabilities are that as they own e Nipissing and Georgian Bay territory, Emery Bros., of Saginaw, Mich., have con- export duty on log extensive limits in they will build mills of their own to saw their Canadian log Cute THESN EXVs. ONTARIO. —The Toronto wholesale lumber trade is reported good. —On an average one hundred million feet of lumber is con- sumed in building operations in Toronto yearly. —About 60,000 logs will be stuck in the Gatineau this winter, some of which belong to Mr. Jas. McLaren. —A lad engaged in McClymont’s saw mill at New Edin- burgh, had his hand cut off recently while running a saw. - _News from the Gatineau lumber district states that the lumber drive has arrived at the mouth of the Gatineau river. . —Messrs. Jull & Stearns, not having succeeded in making money by their planing mill at Port Rowan, have assigned. —William Latch, wholesale lumber merchant, Toronto, has assigned. The cause is principa!ly attributed to business neglect. —-Considerable activity prevails around the docks at Parry Sound these days. Lumber is the staple article, and is being shipped freely. —Mr. J. R. Booth has placed some new shingle machines in his Ottawa mill, which enables him to turn out pine as well as cedar shingles. ht two He will keep them for young moose on the French River. a driving team. eaving Ottawa and vicinity for Michigan to work in the bush and mills for the lumbermen throughout that State. —Mr. Hall, an Ottawa lumberman, thinks that no better class of logs can be got out anywhere than on the Whanapitae and around that district. —Mr. John T, Brown the well known farmer and lumber- man, formerly of the township of Ramsay, died at Burlington, Ont., during the past month. —The shingle mill owned and run by Mr. George Cummins, on the 7th con. of Beverly township, was recently destroyed by fire, nothing being saved, —The Minden £cho gays that the last of Strickland’s logs have already passed through that place, and that Mr. Irwin’s drive will pass sometime in July. —McArthur Brothers, of Cheboygan, Mich. and Toronto, will ship about 6,000,000 feet of lumber and board pine from the Georgian Bay district this season. —George Taylor aged 22, while fixing machinery in a mill near Port Elgin, was struck by a saw which cut off the top of his head and threw him into the river. —MeArthur Bros. have about 6,000,000 feet of lumber and board pine in the Georgian Bay district, which will be shipped on their own boats to lower lake points. —A washout occurred on the milJ-race at Whitevale lately, destroying the pipes leading to the water-wheel in the saw mill, and taking the embankment around it. —Mr. W. F. Whitney, of Bay City, Mich., intends rafting about 10,000,000 feet of logs from the Georgian Bay district this season to be maniffactured into lumber across the border. —This year’s drive af sawlogs on the Ottawa is now down and the lumbermen are sawing on last winters cut. The quality of the new logs is pretty much the same as other years. —A young man named John Hunt, of Mt. St. Patrick, had his hand crushed between a block of wood and a rapidly re- volving saw in Carswell, Thistle & Mackay’s mill at Calabogie. —Messrs. Bronson & Weston, Ottawa, have put a new steamer, the Transfer, on duty to facilitate the passage of lumber from the mills to the piling ground on the canal banks. —Messrs. Taylor & Lount, of Whitevale, propose to remove their saw mill to the site of the old grist mill, and to use the second storey as a brush factory, running both by water power. —Mr. Thos. Jennings has purchased from Messrs. Falconer & Hamilton the new planing mill and furniture factory lately belonging to the estate of Messrs. Irwin Bros., at Shelburne. —Mr. A. C. Dallas has leased the premises owned by the Pike & Richardson Cooperage Co., near Chatham, and will continue there the manufacture of patent coiled hoops, staves, heading and liner hoops. —Messrs. Perley & Pattee, of Ottawa, have a large number of men engaged in putting downa trestle foundation for the new lathe mill which is being erected in the place of the one recently destroyed by fire. —The boiler of a portahle saw mill engine which was at work near the old Crawford mill, about three miles north-west of Culloden, burst recently, killing the two men (father and son) who were operating it. at? Se f 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. —The Canada Lumber Company, lately incorporated, will operate principally at Buckingham, Ontario. It is understood that the capital stock will be $500,000, which will cover the lumber business, stock-raising and merchandizing. —The tug ‘‘Gladiator ” recently brought in a tow of logs for Mr. Miscampbell’s mill at Midland, sufficient to make two and a half millions of lumber. Owing to this mill making a late start it will run day and night during the balance of the season. f —The lumbering firm of Francis Bros. & Co., Pembroke, have purchased from Messrs. Reopelle & McGuire a timber limit on White Fish Lake in the Indian Reserve, Algoma Dis- trict. The price paid was somewhere in the neighborhood of $55,000 ; —Reports from the Parry Sound district go to show that the drives of the different lumber companies are going down the rivers in fairly good shape; most of them are now safe and but few logs will be ‘“‘hung up” this year, notwithstanding low water. —Ald. Bingham, who has charge of the log drive on the Gatineau river, states that he has 60,000 logs high and dry on the banks of the river at different points, asa result of the river subsiding. He will use horses. to have them rolled into the stream. —McLean Bros., of French River, propose manufacturing about 4,000, 000 feet of lumber this year. Next fall they in- tend erecting a Aarge gang and band mill at the same point. They are also doing a large amount of rafting and towing for the Oscoda Lumber Co., this year. —A company with a capital of $25,000 is being founded at Brantford for the manufacture of patent asphalt paving The Holmes, and blocks, tyling, roofing, and materials of a like nature. promoters are S. J. Aaken, D...J.. Conger, R: Wm. Smith Burton, of Boston, Mass. —The Rat Portage council has decided to sell the property of the insolvent Rainy Lake Lumber Co., located at that place, for taxes, The property consists of a saw mill, logs, etc eltus understood the liquidators have refused to pay the taxes, which now amount to a total of $2,526.47, accrued during the past three years. —Messrs. McKinnon: & Walsh have purchased the limits and mill of Charles Anderson, at Little Current. |The price paid was in the neighborhood of $112,000. Mr. McKinnon is from Philadelphia, and Mr. Walsh is an old resident of Toronto. Both gentlemen are well up in the business and are well and favorably known throughout Canada. —The quantity of material in the shape of lumber, iron, etc., consumed at the Canadian Pacific railway Perth carshops dur- ing the past six months has been very large, owing to the erec- tion of box cars, of which three and four per day are being built. At present there are about fifty cars loaded with shop material, steed lumber, at the station. —The Bobcaygeon /ndefendent says:—The water in the lakes has kept up well, and the navigation is excellent. It has been an exceptionally good year for the drives of logs The dams put up by the Provincial Govern- ment in the back country work admirably, and the high level of the water will pre coming down. ably be maintained during the season. —Lumbering operations have not had all their hindrances during the late severe winter. Rafts passing through minor McLaren een compelled to abandon 8,000 of his logs, one-fourth of his*entire raft. He brought the whole to ke Dore, but could only get 24,000 through. & —McLaren’s drive streams find the supply of water extremely short. on Black Creek, has within four miles of Black Creek, inlet of Lake Dore, has, iver. It was found necessary to leave a quarter of the drive, 8,000 logs, up the creek, four miles from its mouth.» Low* water is seriously interfering with the forwarding of timber on all the smaller streams. A small drive belonging to Johnston Bros., of Ottawa, is now passing through the slide at Calumet. in part entered Snake —TIn Montreal an active business is being done in lumber, owing to the extensivé building operations which are now being conducted. There are no changes to note in prices al- though the mills have made an advance in some descriptions. The present briskness has every appearance of continuing. Shipments in bulk have so far been in very limited compass ; but the trade of the season is not expected to manifest any diminution, if, indeed, it does not show an advance. —A Detroit dealer business of his model ci ave his views on the future lumber y recently as follows: ‘‘Michigan pine is growing very scarce ahd in five years we will have to draw from Canada. Detroit is accessible to Georgian Bay and other large timber tracts. All the waste ofa saw mill can be utilized in a city like this and the good lumber easily distributed. We will have big mills on the river in a few years.” The same might be said of the Lake cities. — ‘ aT wr ae iam oe: : > ch a a a See me ' —The C. P. R. have got all omen Timmins & o 5 Whanapitae square timber conveyed to Pipineauyille where it is now being rafted up to be taken to the Quebec market. M aS Thomas Hall, who has charge of taking the timber from Pap- ineauville to Quebec, -in speaking of the lumber business of the Nipissing district, said that nearly all the logs got out in that district will be got safely to the mills. Out of the whole season’s cut only about 20,000 will be stuck in South River, — As five of Gilmour & Co.’ s men were proceeding down the river below Ranney’s Falls, near Trenton, a few days ago, their boat struck a swell dnd upset, and they were thrown into the water. Three of their number were carried < the river about half a mile, and reached the shore. The maining two grabbed the boat when it went over and clu to it, and landed safely on Meyer’ Island, about one mile a’ 1d a half distant. 4 —Whilst a youth named Edward Henry was removing some saw-dust from a place near the belt which drove the ‘shin machine of Messrs. Berney’s saw mill at Thompsonville, a shor time ago, he was caught by the belt and his leg broken at torn from his body. His brother found him shortly. after in state of sensibility and able to speak to him. Doctors Arm- strong and Cheffey removed the broken part of the thigh-bone from the socket, and shortly after death put an end to his" sufferings. - —Thos. W. Hotchkiss, U.S. Consul, at Ottawa, aie re ports that the supply of oak timber in Canada is practically exhausted and that for some time past special lots of oak lum- ber have been obtained from the United States for Canadian uses. Oak is scheduled in the Canadian tariff among “free goods” but a recent customs decision is to the effect that all — oak sawn to a special size, or for any special use is—dutiable. Practically, there is a duty of 25 per cent. on oak lumber going into Canada. —The old Toronto wholesale lumber firm of McCool, Boyle & Wilson has been dissolved, and in its stead a new firm — under the name of McCraney & McCool will conduct the busi- ness in the future. Mr. McCraney hails from Oakville, and is a thoroughly experienced and well known lumberman. Mr. McCool has been engaged in the business since his boyhood, and evidently what he does not know about lumber is hardly worth finding out. Tie LuMBERMAN bespeaks for the new firm a liberal support. es —The Canadian Pacific Railroad Company carried out of Ottawa last year 75,000,000 feet of lumber and the Canadian Atlantic Railroad Company about a similar amount, making the amount carried out of the Ottawa by rail last year about 150,000,000 feet out of a total cut of somewhat over 350,000, - ooo feet. Two-thirds of this amount shipped by rail went to” the United States. The C.P.R. have secured several large contracts for carrying. lumber from Ottawa to points in nas United States this season. —Various tales come back from the Georgian Bay country to the effect that Lawton Bros. are cutting some pretty slick pine from their Blind river holdings. The old concern of Lawton Bros., of Toledo, the senior member of which died last fall, has been reorganized under the same name and will be continued by J. R. and S. H. Lawten. The former is now over at the Canadian mill, arranging for forwarding the out- — put to the Toledo yards. J. R. says: “*You just wait, and Pll — show you some cord pine that didn’t grow on the Cass river.” —Chicago Timberman. nbers called upon Sir John Macdonald n the Government the desirability of — placing a duty upon Elm logs :—Messrs. Moncreifi, Brown, McKay, Roome, Sproule, Ferguson (Welland), Porter, Cock- burn, Wright, Perley, Ward, White (Renfrew), Gordon, — Bergin, Coughlin, Stevenson and Guillett. The case was — presented by Mr. Adam Brown, and several members of the deputation spoke in support of the duty. The Premier pro-— mised to consider the matter. proved of wonderful service in getting and logs on the different streams. It ctte’s drive of Perley & Pattee’s on the stuck, and the recent heavy rains at all fears have been dissipated.” one of i Bi en logs. exal —The following m recently to impress u —The late rains out the square tim was feared that Ch Black River would so raised the water drive is an extensi Fraser's 40,000 sa nicely, the recent dimentions. Fea J. White’s two the head of Big of Mr. Lalonde. of this year will recent copious swelled the ri = : - . x {July, 1887.] —The Canadian Paciffe Railway Company carried out of Ottawa, last year, 75,000,000 feet of lumber, and the Canada Atlantic Railway about a similar amount, making the amount carried out of the Ottawa by rail last year about 150,000,000 feet of out of a total cut, of somewhat over 350,000,000 feet. Two-thirds of this amount shipp States. The C. P. R. have secured several large contracts for carrying lumber from Ottawa to points in the United States this season. —While McLaren & Edwards’ gang of rivermen were work- ing at a big dam at an exceedingly dangerous point on the Falls at No. 1 Mill, the jam suddenly broke away, precipitat- ing half-a-dozen men into the water—right in the middle of the jam. One strapping fellow, and among the best of the gang, named David Saiyen, was killed almost instantly, his head being cut open. He came from Ripon, Que., and was about 30 years of age. His body got entangled beneath the logs, and was not got out for half an_ hour afterwards. Another man named John sa of Carleton Place, was very badly crushed between two logs, and would undoubtedly have shared the same fate as poor Saigen but for the timely assistance of Mr. John Anable, who kept the logs apart with his pole. Ferguson was taken to the tents and medical aid summoned. Saiyen’s body was taken to Mr. Donaldson’s, coffned, and sent to his friends. is comrades felt their loss keenly. It was a miracle more them were not killed.— Gazette. f —The two mills of the Langford Lumber Company located at Langford, 100 miles north of Toronto, are both in full blast with a cutting capacity of 120,000 a day. The stock of 16,- 000,000 feet is now all down out of Black river into Lake St. John, at the mills. The Black ri jer and Head river drives have all got out earlier than former years by about to days. Water for driving and sorting purposes isample. The stock wintered here and also this year’s eut has all been sold to the Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes Lumber Company, of Ogdens- burg, N. Y. The stock held over is being shipped very rapid- ly, a full train of 22 cars having left the yards every day during . the last ten. William Thompson, President of the Langdon Lumber Company, has been making extensive improvements “and purchases during the spring 6n his own account. He has built a fine shingle mill in Orillia, and a handsome steamer to ply on Lake Couchiching, between Orillia, Langford and Washago. Healso purchased a mill and limit of the estate of the late R. C. Smith, a he purposes stocking next season. —The lumbermen of the € haudiere have, through Mr. Perley, M.P., represented to the Government the necessity of - replacing the present suspension bridge across the Ottawa river, at the Chaudiere Falls, vith a more substantial structure better able to accommodate the greatly increased amount of traffic which passes over it daily. The lumbermen represent that the roadways leading to the bridge, and in fact, all the roadways on the Chaudiere have been repaired and recon- structed to accommodate the greatly increased traffic, while the bridge across the river is totally inadequate for the heavy traffic over it. They represent that the bridge has now been in use about thirty years and is not in good repair, and al- though plenty wide enough i= the trafic which passed over it at the time of its construction, it is now far too narrow and should be replaced by a more substantial and wider bridge. It is understood that the demands of the lumbermen are being favorably considered by the Gov ernment, and that ere long a new iron bridge will span the Ottawa in the place of the old Suspension Bridge.—/ournal. — —Robt. Campbell, M.P., died at his residence, Eganville, on June 14th, of disease of the liver, complicated with kidney affections. Mr. Campbell was the eldest son of Dugald Campbell, an Argyleshire man, and was born at Glenurquhart, Argyleshire, Scotland, March 20th, 1818. He was therefore over sixty-nine years of age. Practically he was a Canadian as he came with his parents to Canada when but two years old. His parents settled in ‘Lochiel, Glengarry, in 1820. Mr. Campbell began business life as a clerk in the employ of the late John Egan, the lumber king of the Bonnechere, and was one of his most ag He married at Hawkesbury in 1845, Miss After Mr. Egan’s death, Mr. Campbell and finally started in the lumbe what has been up to now the fir He ran for South Renfrew in 1878, but was defeated by Mr. William Bannerman, by something over 200 majority. In 1882 he was successful, being dected over Mr. Bannerman by 154 votes, and in February last was again returned, defeating Mr. Ferguson by 125 majori Mr. Campbell was not an active parliamentarian, but was much respected personally by his fellow-members. employees. Iizabeth Lothian. became manager of his estate, business himself, establishing of Robert Campbell & Sons. Please mention this paper when writing to advertisers. by rail went to the United — EBEC. —G. W. L. French, is r€-erecting his saw mill at Island Brook. —Dunbar Beaudry, sash ahd door factory, Montreal, has as- signed in trust. —An international congtess of Canadian and Boards of Trade will be naiten Montreal in June. American Quebec market is showing a little more life, not seem to be in want of mitch tonnage; one or two ships have been placed to load timber at $4.60 and $4.70. —The Cookshire Mill Co.,jat Cookshire, are running their mill day and night. The ri completely covered from ban but shippers do r for a mile above the mill is to bank with floating logs. —The Fddy Manufacturing Company’s new paper pail factory back of their match factory, Hull, is being rushed up. The contractor expects to complete the stone works by the end of June. roofs on the company’s saw mills. —G. W. L. French, of Island Brook, who had the ill luck to lose his saw mill by fire a short time ago, is just now com- mencing to rebuild. His logs is a very severe one, as his in- surance was not more than two-fifths of its value, and then loss of this year’s work will add still more to his loss, The roof, it is understood, will be similar to the —The Supervisor of Timber Cullers at Quebec gives the fol- lowing statement of timber, ‘staves, masts and spars culled at that port this season and lastup to Ist June. Basswood, but- ternut and tamarac are a s which are left blank in both years :— : 1886. 1887. Waney White Pine........ Boyt wvave « 45,358 127,965 Winitege einerserey a tewee. ee Sao 11,049 15,840 ECM PIN eisrenctencae nce vehe rer: ; re austere 179 269 Oalkins ork far ol sai eo) + oe aldose 165,012 174,295 ites clo ieee seme ao Ein che eee ‘Bee co 'SOSOO7” ATI Ga Bed: INST Gee Oe oe ee | 2s 4,707 18,274 LEAR OOClG aueocsuotoeusos § variceal Shen cto loge tS gt TUSISANDE be bcc awe on cous er sey akin aise fea?) 2 Lads Mapztecesiene ANamaraceiiner.nbtal. Ace eet. bs Bee Sinbret Buti fF Obi) woe ey Birch and Maple......... aes 147,742 43.462 Masts and Bowsprits.............. ——pces. pes S Pats aac segere snacee ten hA ee Teese —pcs —pcs ShiGls SIANISS 3 | searghoronal omnenctes re reomtin o Ser 20 crn) An eae Wisse Staivesracath, enue. Ai BLL? Shine TO SP TOe. aie ew NOVA SCOTIA. —D. Wright & Co. manufactured a large number of spars this winter at their camp in Ogemaw county. Several car loads will be shipped to Halifax, N.S. They are the full length of two cars, and the largest of them are fully 18 inches in diameter at the top. —-The projectors of the big timber raft in Nova Scotia, which it is proposed to tow to Boston or New York, and there- by avoid both the duty on manufactured lumber and the freights by vessels, have not lost courage, it appears, on account of their failure to launch the huge craft from the ways on which it was built last season. In fact, they are building it some 200 feet longer, with something like 500,000 feet more logs than before. The only hitch in the launching last year was the weakness of ways, which could not support the immense weight resting on them. As this will be amply guarded against next time, there is but little doubt but that the levia- thian will be successfully floated. The matter of towing it 400 or 500 miles in the open sea is, however, an unsolved problem. If it should happen to strike one of the storms that sweep this coast at frequent intervals, even in the summer season, the sticks would likely soon be piled up on the beaches from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod. __ NEW BRUNSWICK. —About 80,000,000 feet of logs will be hung up in the upper St. John in New Brunswick« —St. John, N. B., exported for May, deals, lumber and tim- ber to the value of $382,598. —Edgar Taylor, aged 33 years, was killed in a saw mill at Botsford Parish, June Ist. His head came in contact with a saw and was cut in'two, — —Mr. Thos. W. Flett has made an arrangement to start the Flett saw mill at Nelson this season, andiis now busily engaged with a large gang of men ee her up —Very few logs are in the boom on the Restigouche near Campbellton. The freshet is yet very high and lumbermen are afraid to drive. The boom is being run by Mr. Wm. Bryenton, of Derby. f —Of an anticipated ent of 150,000,000 on the St. John River it is improbable that over 110,000,000 feet will be realiz- ed, although this st will no doubt be increased by the 17,000,000 old logs held| over. - THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | inet makers in that city for clapboard machine and shingle machine. cf ’ Nearly all the lumber expected has come into the north- west boom, at Newcastl4 only one drive having stuck. There will be about twelve million rafted this year. The logs are said to be of better quality than last year Advices from the Ardostook state that there is a big jam of logs at Aroostook Falls, 4nd between twenty and twenty-five million feet of logs will be hung up for the season in conse- quence, as the water is falling very fast. This will seriously inconvenience some of tha@St. John millmen and will materi- ally reduce the season’s cu. On the upper waters of the St. John about eight million es will be hung up. MANITOBA AND NORTH- WEST Mr. McArthur report seeing a quantity of white on the North Fork of the Saskatch« It is stated that the Narmor an during his Mills’ cut fora week recently was}75,000 feet of lumber, of lath and 34,000 shingles daily. The new C.P.R. hotel at centexplorine recentexploring (Kat Portage) average s being pushed aheac Banff, rapidly. About 750,000 feet of lumber and 300,000 s will be used in the construction. —Messrs. Hoyt and Sage, of the Alberta Lumber Co., report disastrous results to settlers from fire which have been raging north and west of the Crossing. Two settlers were burnt out and barely escaped with their lives. —Dennis Shea, foreman of a pile driver, while releasing some logs in a jam at Banff, N. W. T., fell into the river, and was drowned in sight of hismen, who were unable to reach him. He was 28 years of age and unmarried. —The Winnipeg Free Press states that British Columbia lumber is becoming a prime favorite with carpenters and cab- Quantities Its advantage over the rtain classes of work. of pine and cedar are beingamported. Manitoba timber is that much larger boards can be obtained. For instance a board three feet broad and sixteen long without a flaw or knot in it, was found in a consignment from British Columbia. —The Calgary N.W. ticulars regarding the ne Claire & Bow River Lu , Herald gives the following par- saw mills just erected by the Eau mber Co., at that place: It splendid structure. The; boiler house and engine room is of solid stone 32x 46, wallg two feet thick. The engine is 75 The most.conspictous thing about the place is a is a horse power. | very substantial structure, 23x122, and its capacity is 40,000 feet per day, though with large timber it would run 100,000. lath mill, The intention is to The machinery consists of a rotary saw, gang saw, manufacture every kind of building lumber and woodwork, so that it will not be necéssary to import any manufactured Mr. though they may be ableto make a slight reduction on present lumber. Prince thinks prices will remain pretty firm, prices and there will be no danger of the supply giving out. The Company intend manufacturing 2,000,000 feet this sum- mer. Rough lumber will be sold at about $20; shingles $3 ; lath $3. The Company have invested about $40,000 and they want to get some of it baek this year. ployment to about 50 mén. The company have ten timber . . . = . limits, equalling 500 square miles. They have had gangs of men at work in the woods for a year and two million feet of logs have been taken outy The gangs have been working at Canmore and Silver Citys about 60 men being employed. The The mill will give em- company’s booms and agrangements for utilizing the Bow are on a large and most complete scale, and it is more than likely that they will utilize the fine water power at no distant day, not only for the mand epee but for flouring and woollen mills. The members of the company are as follows: Presi- dent, J. G. Thorp ; Viée-President, O. H. Ingram ; Secre- tary-Treas., V. W. Bayless ; ass.-sec.-treas., E. B. Putnam ; P. A. Prince, Manager. The headquarters of the Company is San Claire, Wis., wie re the officers reside. : ——— UNITED STATES. Gercene, —Eastern spruce is reported very scarce in New York. al —There is a mill Tacoma W. T. which cuts 400,000 feet a day. | —The loss by there sent fires in Michigan is estimated 7,000, - ooo dollars. i —A good deal of simmer logging is going on this year in the Saginaw Valley. — —FEastern demand br lumber is good and commercial men have litile difficulty in Securing favorable orders. —Something of a famine of shingles is reported. There has been a shortage in this Jine in the Eastern markets all the spring. —The lumber receipts at Toledo, Ohio, for the season of 1886-87 were 30,000, ¢ feet more than the previous season. 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | ae eee: The Canada Humberman DEVOTED TO THE LUMBER AND WOOO WORKING INTERESTS OF THE DOMINION, PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY A. G. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. Terms of Subscription ; One copy, One year, in advance .... 1... sere cece seers reece eenee $1 00 One copy, six months, in advance .......-.sseeeeereee cere sees 0 50 Advertising rates furnished on application. All communications, orders and remittances should be addressed and made payable to A. G. Mortimer, Peterborough, Ont. Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to insure insertion (if accepted) in the following number, should be in the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. Advertisements intended for insertion in any particular issue should reach the office of publication at least six clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. 4 The CANADA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Mnssrs SAMUEL DEACON & Co., 154 Leadenhall Street, London, England, who also receive adver- tisements and subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JULY, 1887. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Tue Zimber Trades Journal of London, Eng., says :—‘‘The CANADA LUMBERMEN has v Mr. A. G. Mortimer has take * tly improved in every way since it in hand.” FRooM out the list of goods brought into Canada last year free of duty we find the following :—Woods manufactured, in- cluding walnut, pitch pine, cedar, oak, mahogany, $226,000 ; logs, $493,200. * * * Ture Timber Trades Journd{, of Chicago, has presented ‘itself in new and enlarged shape, and from present appear- ances the new proprietors are gding to make it second to no ere trade publications are becoming as numerous as flies in July. Chicago is one of the leading lumber centres of the wofld, and can claim credit for having three of the ablest representative papers to be found anywhere. class journal in that country, THE Mississippi Valley Lzmbéynan comes to hand in an entirely new dress and now presepts a very handsome appear- The new management eviflently not only understand how to turn out a sound and pragetical trade paper, but also demonstrate their knowledge of the ‘‘Art Preservative” in a way that does them credit. Thé American papers do put on a great deal of style typographically, but the CANADA LumM- BERMAN is not going to fall behind as will soon be demonstrat- ed. Success to the 47, V. L. * s 5 * THE increased export duty on pine logs does not seem to prevent exportation to the mills in the United States, though it has undoubtedly put a strong ¢heck upon such operations. The export, we learn, is still taking place, especially from the ance. Nipissing District. This trade should be carefully watched, both to make sure that the payment of duty is not evaded and If it is found that the present duties do not suffice to confine this practice also to obtain accurate statistics ‘of its extent. within narrow limits a further advance should be made when Parliament next meets. 1 * : * * THE value of the lumber exported by Canada from 1873 to 1886 inclusive, exceeded 310,000,000. Of this amount the United States bought about $110,000,000 worth, while the exports to Great Britain were valued at $177,000,000. But the Eastern States in ie a prohibitory revenue tax of $2 per 1,000 feet, is gradually becoming Canada’s chief market, particularly for lumber upon which labor is expended, and which, therefore, is the more valuable to Canada. In years prior to 1880 Great Bris purchase of lumber exceeded that of the United States from Canada by over $12,000,000, while in 1885 Great Britain’s purchases amounted to $8,577,581, against $9,355,591 by thé United States. t } . * Bit NYE takes occasion to express himself in a soul-stirring manner in a recent letter on the subject of forest denuding. In- one of his erudite paragraphs he says: ‘Driven from my quarters by the heat, andj the torturing remorse which some- times comes to a man who has fished not wisely but too well, me beneath the gathering wings of the great quiet night, and finally backed wp against a softly- sighing pine, to scratch my blotched and corrugated back be- tween the shoulder blades, where no human hand could reach. I look forward with horror to the day when our forest trees I strolled forth for some shall be utterly swept from the face of the earth, and when, with all the agony shed over our race by the mosquito, we will not have a forest tree to our backs.” * _ ue ANOTHER dispute seems to have arisen between the Domin- ion and Ontario Governments dick will in all probability be fought out in the courts. It appears that some years ago the Crown Lands Department of Ontario sold a number of timber limits on the Georgian Bay, which the purchasers have failed to develop, preferring to hold them on speculation. Of late, however, a move has been made to sell off these limits, but it has recently transpired that the Dominion government had laid out eighty square miles of this country as an Indian reserve, and sold the pine on the same to certain lumbermen. The treaty under which the limits were converted into In- dian reserves was made in 1850, so that in all probability those who have bought these limits will find that they have no legal right to hold them. : * - * + WE cannot congratulate the Dominion Government on having yielded to the opposition against the proposed export duty on elm logs. It is not perhapsea matter of great im- portance to many of our friends, but it is a bad precedent, and a reversal of the salutary principle that has apparently been adopted, so that it has an importance reaching far beyond the interests of those immediately concerned. F-ven in its more restricted aspect it is an unfortunate step backward. There are Canadian manufacturers buying elm to convert into staves, &c., and it is not a wise policy to allow this raw material to be taken freely abroad to be there manufactured, while the article manufactured by our own people is subject to animport duty. Nor will the farmers and others having elm logs to sell flnd themselves gainers in the long run by this policy, for if their home factoles were free from one-sided competition they would be able to give the best price for the raw material. This mistake should be rectified next scssion. * » * SPEAKING of the steady advance in pine lumber a Toronto operator made a true remark when he said that while all other material could be reproduced pine when once exhausted could never be replaced. At the present rapid encroaches on this class of timber it will only be a matter of a few years before the supply will become exhausted, and then the question which has already arisen regarding a substitute will become a live question indeed. What this substitute will be is hard to determine, but we venture the opinion that iron will be brought into requisition in building operations just as rapidly as the supply of pine becomes exhausted. Of course this will make the cost of building increase, but in the adoption of iron in many places where pine is ni used, we may safely look forward to more durable and substantial structures, and the value of property built in that Way will be proportionately in- The progress of this'change, no matter what shape it way assume, will be slow, and as it gradually comes about, it will be observed to have manyjpeculiar and interesting features. creased. WE have heard numerousicomplaints of late from Toronto scarcity of cars for the shipment r which demands the immediate way companies interested. One s about the middle of June that eks behind with their orders, and and elsewhere regarding th of lumber, and it is a matt attention of the different ra firm in particular informed they were then nearly five v p their stock customers were com- It is said that this state of affairs ss extent, since January, and as through not being able to s pelled to cancel their orders has existed, to a greater or there is still a busier season near at hand, it is feared that the difficulty now experienced anay increase instead of diminish. From what we can learn’the greatest difficulty is found in Grand Trunk shipments, @nd the feeling is freely expressed that too little attention is paid to this matter by the authorities of that line. In proof offthis statement it is claimed that it is no uncommon occurrenge to see a half dozen or more loaded cars of lumber standing for days on sidings awaiting the con- venience of the company before unloading, while at the same time other shippers are urging their claim for cars, and are told t at there are none to be had. We trust that this mild hint may have its desired effect, and that this serious inconvenience may hereafter be averted. * * In conversation with about a score of Toronto wholesale lumbermen a fortnight ago THE LUMBERMAN found that trade in the Queen City was just about all that could be desired, and that the then proposed strike of the carpenters and brick- layers was the only thing calculated to cause a feeling of un- “Let the dispute between master and workman be amicably settled and we can take care of our selves in good shape,” was the opinion expressed by a leading dealer, and endorsed by many others. But from later accounts it has become apparent that the hope then expressed has not heen realized. The strike which is now going on is calculated easiness among the trade. ee Oe ee > ~ > i to impede, in fact almost cease, building operations in Toronto for some time to come, and as a consequence the lumbermer will be heavy losers. It is indeed unfortunate that hardly a season can pass by without disputes arising between capital and labor, and through nearsightedness, often on the part of both employer and workman, a city’s trade is seriously injured, and those who are in no way to blame are forced to suffer, and in more cases than one driven to the wall in consequence. The sooner some improved method is adopted to remove dis- affections in the labor market, and compromise disputes, the sooner will stagnant money and enterprise be brought out and utilized to build up our naturally prosperous country. > * * THE establishment of a new ‘department in the Government of the Dominion, that of Trade and Commerce, will be regard- ed by the lumber trade as having great possibilities for good, of course till it is put in operation and its scope and duties are deened by practical experience, the effect of its action can only be conjectured. It can hardly fail to do some good to the lumbering and kindred industries, and if eneigetically but judiciously conducted it may be made of very great benefit. By facilitating the opening of new channels of commerce, by collecting and disseminating information as to the special re-— quirements of foreign markets, by establishing commercial relations with other countries and in a variety of similar ways, the Department of Trade and Commerce may give a great im- petus to the trade of the Dominion, and there is no Canadian industry that is more susceptible of expansion by such means than lumbering and the timber trades of various kind. Except at London and Paris the Dominion has no officials from whom — such reports can be obtained as are supplied by the Imperial « consular service. These valuable reports are however open to the ublic. It is true they are seldom seen in Canada, and the new department could ensure them greater publicity, could no doubt obtain them in advance and probably would find no difficulty in ha ing the attention of consuls and agents called to such branches of trade as are of especial importance to us. They could also collect within Canada itself information and statistics bearing on trade matters, compile them ina useful form and give them publicity. In many ways which might be — suggested and which practical experience will point out, the new Department > rade and Commerce can be made of” material service in the extension of our industries and not least of those which we represent. * * * In the May issue of this journal we pointed out the advan- tages to be derived from opening out new markets in the West Indies and Australia for the products of the Canadian forests. We then realized that our remarks only covered a limited held, and that equally as much could be said regarding the induce- ments held out by other countries for the utilization of our lumber and manufactured products. From the official report of the Canadian representatives to the late Colonial Exhibition we have been particularly impressed with the suggestions thrown out referring to the advantages of commercial trade with South Africa. Doubtless at first thought this may appear to many to be looking altogether too far away for a desirable market, but on reflection we think that the scheme will prove to be a feasable one. The South African Colonies, including the Cape of Good Hope, cover an area of over 500,000 square miles, and have a ulation of white and colored races amounting to about ,000, but about 800,000 square miles are directly tributary to British trade and influence, and the total population of this would be considerably over 3,000,- ooo. It the modern history of the African continent is studied it will be seen that civilization has extended more rapidly and steadily from the Southern, or temperate regions, than from any other quarter, so that the trade of Africa can be best cultivated for the future by making the Cape or Natal the chief base of operations. There can be little doubt but that in the future the American continent will supply a large quantity of goods to Africa, and as manufactured and unman- ufactured woods is one of. the greatest necessities of that country we cannot help But think that a large and profitable trade might be worked up by Canadians in this market. From the Baltic ports lumber i§ already being largely shipped, and from the United States we also find large shipments of various manufactured goods. A-return cargo of wool can readily be obtained for the return trip, which makes such an enterprise doubly remunerative. Africa is not now, and will not be for a long time to come, if ever, a great manufacturing country, and there are certain manufactures wanted there, building materials, which this country can produce to b advantage than any other. The Americans, stimulated the reports of their consuls, have for some years recognize this and have been pushing trade to good effect. It is to ke hoped that Canada will not lose the advantages of an earl start in this direction. If such a direct trade were opened tht Dominion Government would, we have no doubt, suppor tu line of steamers or vessels with a sudsidy, notabh THE CANADA Ir is a pity that there should not appear in the estimates an appropriation for subsidizing a, line of steamers to the West Indies, for the encouragement ‘of such commerce would have the undoubted effect of increasing the export of lumber and wooden goods to the Islands. ‘The reason given by Sir Chas. Tupper for delay was that it would be premature and possibly injurious to take any action in the matter until the pending ne- gotiations with Spain are completed, as he hoped would short- ly be the case. We trust that by next year such satisfactory commercial treaties will have been concluded with Spain and possibly with France, as to open up new channels of trade for the Canadian lumber interest, and at the same time that the obstacle to establishing a line of steamers to the West Indies may be removed. * * THE decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of the St. Catharines Milling and Lumber Company is one of considerable interest- It will be remembered that the com- pany obtained from the Dominion'Government timber land in the disputed territory of Canada, the Canada authorities claim- ing to deal with the property because they had acquired the Indian title. The Ontario courts, have upheld the right of the Province and now by a majority of four to two judges, the Supreme Court, the highest tribunal in the Dominion, has confirmed their judgment, maintaining that the Indian title is only extinguished not acquired and that the Province, not the Dominion, represents the Crown and enjoys its rights. It is said, and is probably true, that the case will be taken to “the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council. This is the last resort and must settle the question definitely and finally. Thus an end must soon be put to a state of uncertain- ty from disputed title that has been very inconvenient to the lumbermen of Northwestern Ontario. PROTECTION, COMMERCIAL UNION, OR LIM- ITED RECIPROCITY, WHICH ? THERE has arisen lately considerable discussion as regards commercial relations between Canada and the United States. Some are advocating absolute commercial union between the two countries with no custom houses on the international boundary, and the same tariff as against the rest of the world. Some on the other hand would maintain, and even push still further, the policy adopted both at Ottawa and Washington of protecting home productior against foreign competition even between the two countries. The advocates of both plans are doing their utmost to advance their views and gain converts to their opinions. And between the two extremes there are many who without going the length of unrestricted commercial interchange between the two countries, would be glad to see some of the restrictions removed and mutual trade fostered and encouraged. With the object of ascertaining the views of the lumber trade on this important issue, a representative of this journal has during the past month, interviewed a number of representative lumbermen in Ontario. The original intention was to publish the substance of each interview separately, but after inspecting Our note book it was found that the opinion of one was in reality the opinion of all, therefore it only becomes necessary to set forth the views as expressed in a general way. From among the wholesale lumbermen of Toronto an expres- sion of opinion was given by, the following well-known gentle- m2n: Messrs, J. M. Dollar, manager Ontario Lumber Co. ; Tennant & Co.; F. N. Tennant ; A. H. Campbell, of A. H. Campbell & Co. ; William Kerr, of Christie, Kerr & Co.; Mr. Willmott, of Willmott & McIntosh; Mr. Scott, of Scott, Scott & Co.; Mr. Donagh, of Donagh & Oliver; Mr. Har- greaves, of Paleseaves & Co. ; Frank Thorpe ; Mr. McCraney, of McCraney & McCool, and Wm. Leak. In Hamilton we called upon Messrs. Flatt fae ; R. Cruickshank ; Robt. Thomson and Patterson member of the trade visited expressed himself in favor of com- _ mercial union, we mean that they were unanimous in the opin- ion that from a lumberman’s standpoint such a treaty would be of incalculable advantage to the trade in general. The views as expressed on tis question can be summed up ina few words. The rapid destruction of United States forests has made it nesessary for Americans to look to Canada for a large percentage of their mip The production in this country is €ven now much larger than the home market requires, and naturally enough we turn our attention to the most contiguous outside market. This market is foundin the Eastern States. Under the present protective tariff there is an import duty of $2 per thousand on manufactured lumber going into the United States, and an export duty of $2 per thousand feet on pine logs. This import duty, it is claimed, comes oot of the pockets pf the Canadian manufacturers, for reason that gCanadian shippers are compelled to lay n their Jumber on the other side as cheap as the same article can Sbe dbtained at Tonawanda or any other If both the import and export duties were removed it t natural to conclifle that a much larger and more profit- ros. When we say that every. able market would be 4 Ae out, an advantage alike to the American as wellas the Canadian. Such an arrangement would at once enhance the value of timber lands, and would induce capitalists from both sidés of the line to make heavy invest ments. It would, toa great extent at least, do away with the export of saw logs, as it woul: | be found far more profitable to bring the saw mill to thé timber than the timber to the saw mill, New mills would spring up rapidly, and additional em; ployment would be found for thousands of men who are com- pelled to seek work elsewhere, and in a word it would give an incentive to the lumber business of Canada such as has yet Under a commercial treaty such as is here referred to the probability is that Manitoba and the Northwest would be largely supplied from Minneapolis and other contiguous points; the Western peninsula of Ontario from Michigan ; and the eastern markets from Ontario, (Quebec i Then also would be found a ready market for our course lumber and mill culls, which at never been realized. and the other eastern Provinces. the present time are a drug on the market, as owing to the import duty it is impossible to profitably ship them abroad. The opinion seems to be general that such a step would net materially, if at all, affect the present price of lumber. It might have a tendency towards slightly higher rates, but not enough to influence the market to any extent. Till the year 1867 there had been in force since 1854 a treaty establishing limited reciprocity between Canada and the United States. But this arrangement was then terminated by our neighbors for reasons which they deemed sufficient. Under this reciprocity as it then existed there were no duties but freedom of interchange between the two countries as regards the products of the forests, the farm, the fisheries and the mine— the raw materials as they may be called for the food, the clothing and the habitations of the people. While we do not assume to voice the whole lumber trade of Canada, from what we can learn from those with whom we have conversed, the conclusion arrived at is that a treaty similar in every respect to the one just referred to, is all that is really required by the lumbermen of this country, as we have been repeatedly in- formed that the trade was never so prosperous as during the existence of the old treaty. | The advocates of the protection of native industries and the advocates of a zollverein, however much they differ, may unite in accepting a return to reciprocity as it existed from 1854 to 1867. Many. in both countries are in favor of such interchange of produce and would gladly see it revived whether it went further or not. To the lumbermen it would be of as much advantage as unrestricted commercial union ; removing the duties on what they export to the other side of the line and the duties they have to pay on any food, such as pork for instance, that they import. Such limited re- ciprocity might be adopted without difficulty or much delay. Indeed the Canadian statute book already contains a measure authorizing the executive to adopt it. One objection made to “commercial union” does not apply to this more limited ar- rangement, for both countries import little of such goods except from each other and may easily make them free of duty, so that the question of Canada discriminating against the mother country is not involved. Neither would the other difficulty arise as to the equitable division of the custom receipts between the two countries. In fact there is no serious obstacle in the way of a speedy return to a limited reciprocity, while on the other hand there are strong barriers to surmount before the people of either country will care to express themselves fayor- ably on the question of commercial union. eS BUSINESS ‘NOTICES. One of the neatest machine catalogues issued this year is that of the Tanite Company, Stroudsburg, Pa., describing its specialties in Emery wheels, grinding machinery, gummers, &c. We have received from Meso Butterworth & Lowe, Grand Rapids, Mich., their new catalogue of cars for logging roads. It is a neat production and not only contains descriptions and illustrations of all the latest productions in logging cars, but also some valuable tables, rules, data, etc., which we have no doubt will be of value to lumbermen and others. This cata- logue will be cheerfully mailed to any of our readers who are contemplating a purchase in this line. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. H. Walker. manager of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Rubber Company, we were recently shown through the various departments of the Toronto house, and was much interested not only in the large and varied stock of goods there s formation given us concerning business. We were informec by this company aggregate wn but also in the valuable in- he extensive proportions of this hat the business done last year $2,000,000, whi’e employment was given to nearly 1000 operatives. The Toronto branch alone, through the indefatigable efforts of the Company’s popu- lar manager, done a business of one half million dollars. We have pleasure in again dire€ting attention to the Company’s advt. on another page. LUMBERMAN. Wi have m cn ple isuré ret nouncement made in ; representative whole nouncement will increase fr to have a cl fied list af all or mer firms in Canad: The ment of special interest. ¥ of Canada} car ir r this issue, and shall be In every part ply ‘ to jurr nq ’ y On another page Milne, time in this issue. will lig found an adver Mr of Peterborough, which appears for the firet This gentleman has con facture of Milne’s Oscillating Steam ng Zand Mill. new device in saw milling and consider it a valuable improve James T. We have examined m« yUCI na ment on anything of the kind yet introduced This machine has a substantial straight éolumn frame, containing the founda- tion, engine-power, The rods and slides, which not.only ove sawing resistance and ox ment. sawing movement does away entirely th side rcomes oreal ty © ana expense, but also increases the power and speed. I ng the engine under the saw frame is also a great < niage, in giving steam and steam-cushion to t} the self-acting press rolls, and are each of themselvds an Mr. Milne is 4 practical taking their power from main column under saw floor, the device for cutting crox logs, improvement on anything yet introduced. millwright man, and the merits of his machine are worthy of his long and practical experience. EUROPEAN NOTES. The subject of an exchange for the timber trade is again re- ceiving considerable attention in London. Glasgow trade is reportedas being in a very unsatisfactory condition. ‘* Nothing doin. almost every turn. is the report that meets one at At at auction sale held in Glasgow, on the 18th May, Quebec deals realized the following figures according to Brown’s Exfort List : Quebec ist yellow deals— 12 ft. 7/10 x3 3s ir d 12 ft. 7/10 x 3 2s 1%d II ft. ite es) 2s ol%d 10 ft. 7/10 x 3 Is 11%d 9 ft. 7/10 x 3 Is 9 d Q ft. HI x3 2s o%d 10/14 ft. 6x2 2s 1%d On the same occasion, Quebec second yellow pine deals ten by fourteen feet, six by two inches, half penny. brought one and four pence The English import of hewn timber for May was 174,477 loads, as compared with 145,041 loads for the corresponding month of 1886. For the fivé months ending May 31st, the statistics give 572,066 loads for ‘87 as compared 1G loads for ‘86. Taking sawn= timber for May the still larger, the figures being 315,7 221,983. give 655,855 loads, as compared with 499,825, 156,030 loads for 1887. i goes from Russia, Norway, and Sweden, the former getting For the m« f onth of staves show a larger importation by 5,700 23 loads, as compa For the five months ending the 31st ult., th The i increase in sawn the larger portion of the inerease. May, ieces than in May of the previous year, and for the five months the large increase of 9,642 pieces must be credited to them. Mahogany, on the other hand, is the only item showing a lessened quantity, the 1887, as against 4,431 Forfthe five months ending the jist importation being 3,815 ton§ for May, for the previous year. ult., 19,835 tons have been r€ceived, as compared with 21,589 tons for 1886. ; The Timber Trades Journal speaking of London trade pros- pects and other things, says :—While prices of the limited quantity of sale goods offered at the ‘‘Baltic” each week appear to be hardening, complaints of dull succeeding trade, or rather no trade at all, aré certainly not diminishing ; but rather on the increase, if that were possibler. Now, how to fit these two things together is the puzzle. Nobody can point to a scarcity of any one commodity, and give an illustration of } ne the stagnation on one hand, ance on other, for all, or nearly all, the goods sold last Can it be Baltic stocks, or a colonial demand that has been under cover and the seeming adv = 1 waver lata eat — week €xnibitea an improvement. the continental drain on the of the low freights restoriag the level? Fortunately, accord- ing to Canadian reports, there is a strong demand < the Southern States for whitewood, and spruce of the grades is already beginning to feel the effects of thi demand, so that as it goes out of cons market may possibly be found for it. if will sell here, it should be the better class, which is also the ‘‘States” are apparently enquiring for. IO TRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. From Our Own Correspondent. The retail trade is fairly active with room for improvement. Car lots are somewhat slow in moving as builders are chary of purchasing more than will supply their immediate wants. The strike of the carpenters along with that of the plasterers, lath- ers and plasterers’ laborers, Have somewhat unsettled trade. the whole well maintained— very little cutting being do qe. Dry lumber is fast disap- pearing. Our market is almost omnivorous, nearly every de- scription of lumber finding a buyer. What is badly required in, this city are extensive piling ground affording every facility to the lumberman jin) the hand- ling of his lumber, and to which mill men can ship stocks to The growth of Toronto in the past In ng ground now afforded by the or other purposes than piling Prices remain firm and are be sold on commission. and its present rapid strides wa a few years the very limited pi R. R. Co.’s, will be required lumber, and, lumber dealers will find thems ors to transact business. Th lumber alang the Esplanade rant such an undertaking. unless a district be set apart for lumber, our ves hampered in their endeav- present very slow handling of revents the R. R. Co.’s from getting greater use of their roll hindrance to traffic generally. in Toronto over 600 cars of g stock, as well as causing a At the present time there are nerchandize of all kinds under standing since May. Officials iries as to the cause of deten- Limited space at the In the railroads and the city at large, load, some of which have bee from Montreal are making enq They are not difficult t disposal of the R. R. and an éver increasing traffic. tion. find. interests of the lumbermen, th lumber must leave the Esplandde and go elsewhere. The following are present pfices:— Mill cull boards &scantling..$10 00 | Dressing stocks....... 16 00@18 00 Shipping cull boards, promis- Picks Am. inspection....... 30 00 cuous widths............. 12 00 | Three uppers, Am.inspection 40 0. i stockS........ 13 00 B. M. Scantling and!joist, apo ee a a L}- in flooring, dressed 25 00@30 00 ‘ ly rough .14 00@15 00 et 29 tt 15 001 77 ee dressed 28 00@25 00 Baka G 00 au «« undressed. ... 14 00 a i eee * «dressed 16 00@20 00 r & males ‘ eae “ « —_undres’d 12 00@14 00 “ “ 1 5 iBoaded Sheeting, dressed i i a cat has) ahcenpe pags 18 00@20 00 “ “ 1) att Sapbberding, dressed... 12 50 XXX sawn shingles, @M “2 75@2 90 Saramben ree a es eae ine nS Sawn ath cwseenetes a eee Dee “ “ “ 38 ft 27 00 Red oak . 20 00@25 00 “ce “ “40 to 44 ft 30 00 | White 25 00@30 00 Getting Noplane ly and Basswood, No, 1 & 2..18 00@20 00 Cherry, No. 1 & 2 ...50 00@60 00 Bile ek ey bs vay 3,20 RNG 240" | wituaeh lrg Beess oe: 25 00@30 00 coer Black ash 1 & 2......20 00@25 00 —__ —_-—————— HAMILTON. The following are the quotations of the yards here :— Mill cull boards and 1} flooring, rough. 16 00 to 18 60 scantlir gs ...... $9 00 to $10 00 | 14 floo ing, rorgh. 16 00 to 18 00 Shipping cull bards, 14 flooring, dressed promiscuous face m asure ... 32 00 (NN Sbacopo dan 10 00 to 12 00} 1} flooring dressed Shipping cull stocks 13 00 fae measure ,.. 25 00 Scantling and joist 1 flooring dressed DIU. a coonse 13 00 face measnre ... 23 00 Scan ling and joist Beed sheeting 1,.. 28 00 to 380 00 Upto USith coon 13 50| Picks A M. Scant ing and joiss Inspection...... 30 00 up to 20ft ...... 14 00 | Three Uppers A. M. Scantling and joist Inspection.,.... 40 00 up to D2tre... 15 00 | XXX sawn s’ ingles Scantling and joist epee inn ge 2 .6Uito’ 2.76 up to 24f*,.....+ 16 00 | Sawn Lath....... 225 Scantling and joist RU (anne awsr ents 20 00 to 25 00 up to Gite ae 17 00 | Whitecak......... 25 QOto 30 C0 Seant.ing and joist Basswood No, 1 up to 28ft , 18 00 Eiike MAR emeuc aco ac 18 00 to 20 00 Scantling and joi- t Chorry No. Lavd 2 50 00 to 60 00 Tpstor Often seer 10 00] White Asi No, 1 Cutting up plink 14 SNUMoe wigs naoisisie 25 00 to 80 00 and thicker, dry 20 00 to 25 00] B'ack Ash No, 1 Cutting up boards 20 00 BGA) yale caisos or 20 00 to 25 00 Dressing stocks. 6 00 to 18 00 MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. bs all | Monrreat, 25th June, 1887. Trade in Montreal since lastreport has generally been active, and some large lines, principally for export account have changed hands. Contractors have also been extensive buyers as a large amount of building is likely to continue all summer. Dealers here haye enough to do to fill all their orders ; in fact they have ome difficulty in doing so on ac- Prices in this market are still steady, but advices from Ottawa afe strong, and the advance that has taken place at the mills om some kinds of lumber will likely be felt here before long. Last season of navigati@n opened very favorably, the arrivals from sea exceeding those bf 1885, as did the exports generally. Pessimists predicted that’the figures of 1886 would hardly be reached this year, but alfeady the shewing is an excellent one, as will b> seen from the following statement :— count of short stocks. | Spruce, boards, each. 00 00@00 17 ° from the opening of navigation, up to and including June 1fth, arriving at the port of Mon- Statement of ocean tonna treal :— 1887. 1886. No. Tons. No. Tons. S feamishiyStetsemcn a tremens, 82 139,708 61 111,105 Barks). eek Pas seeee 10 6,593 7 53759 Brig: .chares tpretgreh ae tng eer 4 1,299 Motalss.*: sare ck: g2 146, 301 72 118,163 The shipments from the port of Montreal up to date include 11,000 deals, and 750,000 feet of sawn lumber, as against about 5,000 deals and 1,500, feet of lumber for the corres- ponding portion of last year, the freights on which are quoted at $11 to $11.50 per M. to South America, and 40s. to 47s., 6d. per standard to the United|Kingdom. The following are the quotations at the yards here :— Pine, is quality, J M $00 00@40,00 ; B.ss, rus of log culls Pine 2n 00 00@30 00 out, # M.... ....-$18 00@20 00 Pine, shipping culls, ® Oak, # M........ ... 40 00@50 00 ‘Mievatriststeisete .. 14 00@16 00 Walnut ® 0 rine 60 00 100 00 Pine 4th quality ‘deals Cherry, # M........ 80 00100 00 Me Naer saieescisien 10 00@12 00| Butternut, # M...... 35 00@40 00 Pine, mill culls, @M. 8 00@10 00| Birch, ® M.......... 20 00@25 00 Spruce, # M ...... 10 00@13 00 | Hard lg e, YW M.... 25 00@30 00 Hemlock, # M...... 9 00@10 00 | Lath, # M........-.- 1 50@ 0 00 Ash, run of log culls Shing es, Ist, & Macte2 00@ 3 00 OU, SP ML, .5 catetea are 20 00@25 00 | Shing!es, 2nd, ? M.. 2 50@ 0 00 OSWEGO, N.Y. Three Dppere atria ear 00@47 00 RO, 2,504, vcceans $ 1 80 Pickings . . .. 86 00@37 00 INO Nip Sedrewists stele cole 1 50 Cutting up, No. 1.... 26 00@27 00 Cedar, a8) ote... 1 70 Cutting up, No. 2.... 18 00@20 00} Vickets, 5 4 x 5=4x4, Dresri' g ... 19 00@21 00 INO ns eema tes «ee. 14 00@15 00 No, 1 Culls.... . 16 00@17 00 1x3x4,No 1,....... 18 00@29 00 No, 2 Culls 13 00@14 00 WxBxd NGA: sine ee 10 00 Sidings, se'ected, 1 in 3) 00@38 90 | 1st : d 2nd b'ack ash; hi in 33 00@41 00 GMUIE ieee aieusin aetna inte 23 00@25 00 Mill run, 1x10, 13 to 5- oe and ‘thicker... 24 00@26 00 16) ift:,3005 19 00@22 00 GUA a0. 5s ais ctetcietle 10 U0 Dressing and better.. 25 00:@27 00! Basswood, se ected 4-4 1x 10 ship,ing culs 16 00@17 00 and 6-4 sis... wees 20 (0@22 00 Mill run, 1} in. strips 15 00@18 00 Baan: select d 4-4.and Selected) «2a sees 32 CO@34 OO} S-4 «1. eee s eres eee 16 00@18 06 1x6 selected for clap- culls, 4-4and 5-4, 11 00@12 00 DOATOS. 5 ca uns 32 00@34 00] Birch and maple Ist | Clear butt cedar shin- and 2d...... ..... 23 00@25 v0 yles, 18in ........, 2 70@ 2 80|M ulding Strips,.... 8x1 4 P4; Shingles, XXX, 18 in | $6 per M. pieces Pinecone hee 3 00@ 3 20} Decor panels, 6 ir., L'e p rdoos XXX 18 in Cedar 3 60@ 3 75 7in hdo l6e XX 18 in cedar... 2 30@ 2 40 | Blind s ats, }x2x4, 6c per M. piece Lath No 1, 5-4...... 2 00) ae ALBANY. ALBANY, N.-Y., June 24th, 1887. The lumber market here is very quiet at present, shipments being light and lumber coming in slowly. It is stated that there is less lumber in the yards by 25 per cent. than for the past 20 years. Notwithstanding this prices are weak. The principal change in prices is jan advance in spruce. Pine is quiet, as are also hardwoods. Pine, clear, ®@ M..... $55 00@60 00 | Black walnut, good, Pine, fourths..... . . 58 00@60 00 We! Mise Ne dkccceas woe a $95 0@120 00 Pine, selects......... 48 00@:3 00 | Black waluut, ginch. 75 00@s0 00 Pine, good box....#. 22 00@33 00 | Black walnut, } inch. 90 00@85 00 Pine, common box... 13 00@15 00 | Scaymore, l-inch.... 26 00@29 00 Pine 10-in. plank, each 00 45@00 47 | Scaymore, §-inch.... 21 00@23 00 Pine, 10-in. plank, White wood, l-inch culls, each ... ...- 00 24@00 27 and thicker........ 32 00@38 00 Pine boards, 10-in. 00 30@00 32 | White wood, §-inch... 28 00@30 00 Pine, 10in. boards, culls 00 16@00 20 | Ash, good, #M...... 38 00@42 00 Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 Ash, second soso Ci Oeton a aee 28 00@382 00 Cl) Cae Ba foro. 00@30 00 pine 12- in. boards, L6ft 28 00@32 00 | Cherry, good, # M.. “a 00@s0 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13ft 28 00@32 00 | Cherry, common, v M 25 00@30 00 Pine, l fin. siding, select 40 00@43 00 | Oak, good, BM. 40 00@43 00 Pine, l}-in. siding, Oak; second quality, common... 15 00@18 00 Pucks cae --.-. 20 00@25 00 Pine,1-in.siding, select 40 00@42 00 | Basswood, # M + 25 00@30 00 Pine, inch _ siding, Hickory, @ M....... 38 00@40 00 common.... .. 6.5 13 00@15 00 | Mavle, Canada, @ M. 25 00@30 00 Maple American,perM 26 00@28 00 Spruce, plank, iyi in., Chestnut; ® M...... 38 00@40 00 each ... . 00 00@00. 20 | Shingles, shaved, pine, Spruce, plank, 2 -in., ne OE Se Nineties 0 00@ 6 50 each ... eves. 00 00@00 8C | shingles 2nd quality, 0 00@ 6 G0 Spruce, wall strips, “extra, sawed, ORGNartrasient srs: ce 00 00@00 12 PING esses pce sce cs 4 15@ 4 25 Hemlock, boards, cach 00 00@00 14 | shing es clear,sawed. 2 80@ 3 90 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, “cedar, mixed 0 00@ 2 60 cca ts ees aula 00 00@00 32 “ hemlock.... 2 0O@ 2 00 epee joist, 24x4, Lath, hemlock ..... 0 00@ 2 00 GBC sigemtausihesys 00 00@00 14 | Lath, spruce, 0 00@ 2 2 Hemlock, wall strips, 2x4, each. .... ..... 00 00@00 11 ———_>—___—_- NEW YORK CITY. New York, June 22nd, 1887. The wholesale people are doing a good business with prices fairly firm, although not The receipts of spruce fr and the canal and river afe sending down northern and western The coastwise s strong as they were some time ago. m the East are looking up in amount lumber. eceipts of hard pine and Virginia are is in short supply and in active de- or building. There is still a lack of ards and everything offered is readily The only weakness is in hard pine, and that is more the result offoverstocking in a few lines as the dis- tributive demand was ne¥er better. At the retail yards thejdistribution is quite general and the outlook good. Hardwodds are in especial demand, the call being for walnut, cherry ahd quartered oak. Good old quart- good. Eastern hemloc mand from all quarters some assortments in the placed at fair prices. ea eee. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. oly, 2885-3. is wanted for the high priced houses going up on the , while ash is the trim used in the lower priced build- eams are kept busy all the time. North of Broadway ; wick axenue building is generalon almost every block. to build. The sale of improved property continues nd this keeps up speculative building. Those who per dent. SPECIAL CONTRACTS. Pite, very choice aud , Pine, strip plank, de eX, AIV....052----- $65 00@70 10, clear............ .. '0 32@00 3 Pine, good.......... 55 0' @60 00 Spruce boarce dressed 00 25@00 25 Pine, shipping box.. 21 00@22 50 | Spruce, plank, 14 inch ; Pine, common box.. 18 00@20 00 eich . vo eee sass OD 23@ 0 30 Pine common box £ 16 (0@18 00 Spruce,plank 2in each 00 38@00 48 Fe tally plank 1 A | Spruce p avk 14 inch IN sche ae ee 00 44@00 50, dressed ........... 00 23400 30 Pine, tally plank 1} | Spruce plank 2 ineh 2nd quality .... 0035@0040 dressed...... ..... +0 43@00 45 Pine, tally plank 1}4 | Spruce wall strips.... 69 15@00 Is CUB... ..e eee. eee 00 30@00 32 Spruce timber. 20 U0@22 00 Pine, tally boards dre’d ' Hemlock boards each 00 18@00 20 GOO ass aa 00 32@00 35 Hem'ock joist, 2px4.. 00 1600 18 Pine, tally boards | Hemlock j 3x4... 00 18@00 20 dressed common. .... 0) 23@00. 30. Hemloc< joist-4a6.. 00 40@00 44 Pine, strip boards culls Ash, ¢ seneense-- 45 O1@53 00 “anil Stet. Ee 0 18@00 20 Oak. ........ 00@60 00 Pine, +trip boards | Maple cull.........-. 20 00@25 00 merc’table......... 0: 20@00 22. Cargo rates 10 jer cent. off. Pins strip boards clear 00 25@00 26 FXTRA SELECTIONS. Maple good....... .. 40 00@48 00; Whitewood § in..... 35 W@w OO Chestnut ........... 40 00@50 0 Whi-e»ooi 45 WG) 00 cy a 1, 14, 2 and Shingles ex, shaved oe Ae 35 00@40 00 ~—so pire 18in......... 83WA@9 Bineke alee good to Shin, les ex. sawed Choke .~cesiesv 22 a: 140 (0@160 00 ~—s pine 18 in......... 5 7:5@6W Black "Walnut EERE 85 00@100 00 | Shi gles clear sawe! Black Walnut selectet pine 16 in....-.... 4 50@ 5 00 and seasoned ....150 01G175 00 | Shingl-s evpres 24x7. 22 0 @24 00 Black Walnut c-unt’r- 00 22@00 28 | Shir g es ec: press 20x6 00 WW@1s 00 Plack Walnut 5x5.. 150 0@160 00 Yellow pire ure-sed Black Walnut 6x6..1°0 00@170 00 _ floorinw +... 30 0@s0 00 Black Walnut 7x7..175 00@180 00 | Ye'low pine girder... 26 00235 00 Black Walnut 8x8..175 0O@IS0 00 Locurt poste, 8ft .. 00 15@00 3 Che-ry wide....... 100 00@120 00 | do 10ft . .. 00 24@00 25 Cherry, crdinary ... 70 (0@S0 00) do 12f . 00 2@00 34 Whitewood iuch..... 45 00@50 00 | Chestnut poets ...... 00 O@U0 33 ——————— SAGINAW VALLEY, Bay City, Mich. June 25th. Shipments for the past week or two have been a little more lively than heretofore, although the cargo market is by no means up to the average of past years, caused principally, it is said, through the scarcity of vessels. A dealer, says the Northwestern Lumberman, who usually handles large quantities of lumber for Ohio says that} Ohio men have bought sparingly in the Saginaw Valley this seasan. Ed. McCarty reiterated that he had not bought a board, and Rose and Mason, who handle millions of feet, tell the same story. It is nevertheless true, however, that lumber is being sold quietly in considerable quantities. George V. Selden, who spent two elegant weeks in the Valley and left for home on Saturday, bought 1,500,000 feet to be cut, chiefly stock boards and strips ; and 200,000 feet of Norway bill stuff, but he would not divulge the’ price ; neither would the settler. Moshet & Fisher report having sold 5, 300, - ooo feet during the week. The lot contained 1,300,000 feet of box at $10, and the figures forsthe remainder could not be ob- tained. The sale is also reported of 500,000 feet at $19 straight, 400,000 feet of box lumber at $10.50 ; 100,000 feet of good stock at $10, $20 and $38 ; ,000 feet of coarse boards at $11.50 ; 150,000 feet, at $12 § 600,000 feet of bill stuff, 12, 14 and 16 feet, at $8.50 ; 120, feet of sap boards at $20 ; So,- ooo feet of Norway bill stuff af $1o ; and 280,000 feet of hem- lock at $7. Talso hear of the sale of 300,000 lath at $1.15. A dealer from Grand Rapids was in the city yesterday looking for stocks. He said Chicago had cleaned up the west shore closely, and he was of the opinion he could buy on this river and ship to advantage, the rail rate being only 6 cents. The call is chiefly for common lumber, stocks, stripsand box. Up- pers drag a little and prices for really good stock have been shaded. Norway strips are held at $11. CARGO QUOTATIONS, Shipping culls ..... .§ § (O@12 00 Under straight Common ......-s5:- “1B 00@19 00; Measure .... .... 16 00@22 00 S-uppers w... 0. esses 36 VO@SS 00 | Shingles, XXX ...... 3 00@ 3 25 Bill stuff .....- .... § 30@10 00; Shingles c'ear a 2 00@ 2 25 Norway bil stuff ...- 8 50@10 00 | White pine ath, . 140” YARD TRADS, 3 uppers wide and Foncing, coarse com- EHIGH Wen.» aaas se 45 00@45 00 mon ..... wnees ee $0 Dadi ia Goes te 40 00@45 00 | Fencing, mill culls... 4 0@ 6 00. Selects k. ces sm eves 37 OO@3S 00 | No. 1 stock 12 in .... 214 O@I15 00° FineZ common 00 00@32 00 | No. 2 stocks ........ 1] Qu@12 00_ 1, 14.12, 2 in, cut ups 20 00@25 00 | Wide common ..... 12 00@15 oe. No. 1 base, 7, Sand 9 Piece stuff ard ~ in Selects .cask one * 30 Tie timber ...... aesss 9 00@10 CO- No.2 do. (fine com- 12, 14, 16, 18 ft 9 Q0@12 00 TMOUP i easks ck RAs " 27 00 11. do. 20 ft 12 00: No. 1 floor — 40 00 | Lath.... ..... vel No 2 35 00 Taek No. 2 oul) . 1 Nels. “ots +. 29 00 | Shingles XI a ‘ 3 15@ Hi 3 Feneing ..... vasccee 12 ON@15 00 | Clear butts .......... 1 90@ 2 It Maki drop sidi 2 : Surfacing ....... .. 10 ing <= as : Dressing and ma‘ch : Maing be’ siding : pede ee zco] and ceiling... : {July, 1887.) TONAWANDA. - Prices unchanged as follows:— CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION, “Three uppers .......$46 00@47 00 | Culls......... se veees 12 00@13 00 ~Common...... -++-- 20 00@25 00 YARD PRIC#S—CAR LOTS. ~ 3 uppers, inch....... uti 0v@46 00 | Dres-ing stocks..... 18 00@22 00 3 uppers, plank ..... 45 00@46 00] Dressing sidings .... 19 00@22 00 Pickings, inch ...... 38 00@40 00 | Common stocks e.... 12 50@138 00 Pickings, 1} in. to 1 Common, sidings .. . 15 00@17 00 inch ........ -.. 39 00@40 00 | Common box...... es 112 09@13 00 Fine Common....... 32 00@34 00 | Shingles, XXX, 18 in. Fine Common, thicker 34 00@40 00 SaWwed....seeeeoee- 3 40@ 3 50 “Cutting up -........ 25 00@28 00 ' Do. clear biitts,sawed 2 40@ 2 45 aD 12 in. and Shing'es, XXX 16 in, C oTGe risks 27 00@30 00} cut # sq.....----- @ 3 10 Coffin ‘boards, 12 in. Do. XX do..... chat @ 275 BLE UIED) lnis's) <= 3. 16 00@18 00} Lath......... ApooNe 1 90 ——_>___— DETROIT, MICH. gisart «20.948 00 | Siding, clear . 5 A. Uppers, 4x4 . aie 5“ 6x4 & . 50 00 3 & din. . 50 00 Se ects, 4x4.. 350 42 00 5x4, 6x4 & 8x4. Secene 43. 00K9Rill stuff ‘ordinary § sizes : F ‘Shop, amet 2S .. 22 00 12 to 16 ft Be Rama eda IN 00 5x4$x 6x4 & 8x4......... 25 00 18 to 20 ft..........e006 12 00 Fine common, 4x4...... see. 39 00 22'\to 24 ft......00.--20, Ld 00 5x4, 6x4 & 8x4... . 38 00 26 to28 ft.....c-.see0 14 00 Stocks, ‘1x12 & 1x10, No. he . 19 00 | 30 to 34 ft......66, poong, LOWY) 1x12 & 1x10, No, 2 Baas 16) OO) SNIP-CUNIS. «00. «+ erse areca L200 1x12 & 1x10, No. 3 Revetara thes OO) ANAL CAMS Gere io. ease aceievareis etna 4 co Flo ring, se’ect.csmmon.... 19 00 Shingles, clear, WS inh sone oL8e No, l common.......... 18 00 10 in, clear, 18 in EX..... No.. 1 fenci:g..... . 16 50 6 in. clear, 18 in.. Ceiling, select common ..... 25 00 6 in stocks clear, Ex Ceiling, No. 1 common..... . 22 00 pial eremces c So. 1 fencing ........ 20 00] Lath, per M pca.. Poone Roofing, D. @& M.......... -. 16 00], Add for 8. 1 or 2 - 318M —_——_—___——_——_—_ CHICAGO. We extract the following from Zhe Timberman’s review of June 25th :—There has beef so little abatement in the activity of the general lumber market, that it may practically be re, ‘corded as without notablq change. Reports of a slightly diminished volume of sales %at some points are met by advice ofa contrary nature from others, so that it would be hazardous to affirm that there has bee less lumber distributed this week than last. The situation of the trade is very satisfactory, ex- cept, perhaps, in respect to$ome of the conditions of the dis- tributing business which aré the natural forerunners of the im- pending rise in values. Lumber is moving very easily and free- ly. In all quarters sales arg making without difficulty,and ina good many cases without effort on the part of jobbers. Lumber sells itself, almo§t, and sometimes fades away more rapidly than suits the fancy of the dealer who feels sure that he can get more for it in the near future. It isa notable and most significant fact, that {nowhere are jobbers making any Special effort to push sales, and it is frequently mentioned that they are at some pains to fell no more than they are obliged to to keep up their trade This is doubtless, however, a transient condition, growing mainly out of the relative cheap- ness of lumber in car lots. §To keep their stocks in motion to the degree that is essential to the proper manipulation of a lumber yard, it will shortly? be desirable for dealers to offer them freely, though there %is nothing in the outlook now to Warrant the expectation thaf the forcing process will be neces- Sary at any time thisseasong The market for lumber by cargo here has maintained its strength, and possibly gained a little on,dimensions, but so far stock at the mills is merely steady. Indeed, there are rumours that con- cessions are not wholly unk The extreme reticence of sellers in respect to the: price that will give them more than they could have got otherwise. as can be learned, THE CANADA PUMBERMAN, i Shingles continue to ae al deal of attention. They are very active to the extent of the supply, which falls con- siderably below the demanc Producers are very firm in their views, though they are apparently making no great effort at present to advance prices. They usually refuse offers to contract on the basis of present figures for future delivery, which indicates a hope and belief that they will be able to do a trifle better by and by. In respect to prices, the chlinge this week has been very slight. One hears nothing of any !ower price for short green piece stuff than $10.25. A few lots may have sold a notch below this but the commission men profess to be getting it for anything reasonably good, and! $10.50 for loads showing any considerable sprinkling of 18 and 20 feet stuff in the tallies. Most of the cargoes, however, Which run a fair percentage of 18 feet and over are sold on a separate basis for long and short, the figures being usually $10.45 and $11@12.50. Cull di- mensions sells at $7@8 according to what it happens to be. There has been no special change in inch lumber, which maintains all its former strength and may have even gained a trifle in this respect, though this fact is not to be shown in quotations. The demand is largely for common stuff, which is extraordinary firm and high. As high as $13, and even $13.25 is paid for cargoes in which the pickings hardly balance the culls, so that they average no more than flat common. Lath comes forward in rather small quantities and are quickly taken up at $1.50@1.60 for green. The following are the ruling quotations at present :— RECEIPTS FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 23, Lumber. Shingles. LSS eerste tentacle oye Rae eNotes Ge ids 76,584,0L0 23,887,000 IRE Ceooee ane ade nogonde OncocnagOUsds seeterees- . 77,192,000 37,431,000 RECEIPTS FROM JAN, 1, TO JUNE 23, INCLUSIVE. Lumber. Shingles. NSSR irritate tnerieireates(ae aitfeleleys pein ateie »» »£ 84,950,00u 166,094,000 USBG i, trate Sesvacwenteleabststere j0ounc somo goo Ys! . 502, 532,000 231,838,000 STOCK ON HAND JUN# 1, INCLUDING SOUTH CHICAGO. USSise ue 1886. MMA Der sattstesecin eee se risk ee ek doses 285,767,940 361,008,670 Shingles dean SeANS GOS 70 COs AMOR OG aCG 167,996,000 269,701,250 Lath enooaan aohdoonousg 16,749,758 36,337,385 Pickets. Sarat 473,292 5,705,033 CELE DOSER cdoovodnan momedeaasduabadsaaune 88,022 131,266 FINISHING LUMBER ROUGH Ist and 2d clear, 1 inch.. $47 00] A select, 2inch . . $41 00 1st and 2d clear, 1} and 14 in 45 00| Bselect, 14 in. . 31 00 1st and 2d clear, 2 inch....., 46 00| B select, 1 in. - 30-00 Ist and 2d clear, 3 inch ..... 48 00] Clear and select ‘x4.. 26 00 3d clear, 1}, and 2 inch..... 43 00 033). sa ogemaenGBoHONUeeOsHe 32 00 etloleary, 1b) ta) Goeesooonon YY OD\) Ot) coin es eaoedsne chose -. 34 00 Ase ect, linch.......... - 38 00| All one length $1 ex: ra, Ajselectilpinchis scene 39 00 STOCK BOARDS. 12 in, A, 12 to 16 ft........ $42 00 | 12 in. 20 ft..... alsiele[w elena) 2OL00 Line Bes area oak 2 seeees 39 00/10in, A..... A2nnwCw to. Ait, Ne ... 82 00] 10 in, B...... 12 in. D, 12, 14 ard 16. Sango AO) Osis OB Apescdenanndencdsne 12 in. D, 18 ft. assess 23 00 FLOORING—DRESSBD AND MATCHED, A flooring ............ .... $32 00 | B flooring 4 in.... seeee. 29 00 B flooring......,.......... 30 00|C flcoring 4in......... 25 00 Cc POT OB ES eae 23 00 | Norway clearand A........ 22 00 Fenci:: '§ flooring..... ...... 15 00 By Acon6 cink, ) sce. eee 20 00 Clear and A, 4in........... 31 00 SIDING—TIED.’ Ist and 2d clear, 12 ft....:.. 21000) Breidingemee ene sceeeoene 18 50 oe 2dicleary 147 andi6itt).22800) (© -eeeeene seeske neces ouse -. 13 50 ER sPaies acoApone nase arr Pl) aN) Fencing. ogersato ceaeeasaese CON) BBADED CEILING— TIED. Clear, $x4@6in............. $22 00 | C cli: g, 3x6in,............ 14 50 Ay ex GbMecenc te eerern ++... 20 60 | Clear and A, $ or 3x6....... 32 00 BrexG ines dnc cebanes seeee 19 0O| B, 3 or 3x6 in........ tyeee 29 00 COMMON BOARDS—ROUGH. Com boards, 1 in. 18 t) 20ft $12 00 | 12, 14, 16 and 18ft.......... 14 59 Ok SAO LIGAEN Bo goean nee 15 00 | 1}and 14 common...... ... 13 50 FENCING—DRY, No. lall lengths. ........... $14 50] 4 in. common............... 12 50 No, 2, 12, 14,16 & 18ft..... eh O0}] NOrway ee cast Gosdcu cece.» 14 00 TIMBER AND DIMENSION—D2Y. Joist and secrausteuten 2x4, 12, 12; 1fand 16)it.....-- ... 513 00 14 and 16 ft.. es ’$12 00 2x4, to 8x8, 18 ft. Jk els 00 2x6, 2x8 2x10, 12. l4and 16 ft 12 00 | 2x4, 4x4, 20 ftam ec acarcinigis 14 00 Timber, 4x4 10 8x8 inclusive, holt Fg john. MADAWASKA LETTER. MADAWASKA, N. B., June 15th, 1887. From Our Own oe I don’t think I can add anything you have not already heard about the unusual high water this spring. Most everywhere the _ damage has been more or less severe but no worse than was generally expected. The drives are about all out in the main river, and the water rapidly falling leaves lumber high up on the banks. P No doubt you have seen that the export duty on shingles, bolts, and cedar and j ‘pine logs capable of being made into shingle bolts, has been placed at $1.50 per cord of 128 cubic feet. I cannot see how those parties having hauled logs of pine and cedar for shingles can very well cut them up into shingle bolts and cord them soas to come at the duty ; nor can I see how they can figure logs into cords unless they do, to be correct. Suppose we take 128 cubic feet, which makes one cord, and see how many superficial feet there is in it. We will find it contains 1536 superficial feet of lumber. So far so good. Now we will saw one cord of shingle bolts into shingles, and we will bee shingles out of it. Then we will measure 1536 superficial feet of cedar logs, which makes one cord of 128 cubie feet, and we will get 15,000 shingle So by measuring the logs into superficial feet instead of sawing them into bolts and cording them, we lose the export. duty on 12,000 shingles on every cord of 1536 superficial feet, which makes one cord of 128 cubic feet. The great difference is in measurement. When we scale logs we take the top end, square it up and take the contents allowing nothing for the i wood thrown off to make the log square from top to butt, and 4 . the taper on cedar lops is by no means mall considera in measurement. It ig perfectly absurd to take 1536 « feet of logs to make ope cord of 128 cubic feet. The press should post the department regarding this matter If they adopt a scale charging $1.50 per cord’ of 128 cubic feet, and count the same into superficial feet, take 1536 feet for one cord of 128 cubic feet, and collect the export duty of $1.50 per cord, the superficial feet of cedar logs will be 15,000, and fifty cents per thousand will amount to $7.50 for 1536 superficial feet. On the other hand if we saw one cord of 128 cubic feet of cedar into shingles we only get 3,000, which makes the export duty fifty cents per thousand. cord measured superficial feet we have 15,000 shingles, and one cord cubic feet we have 3,000, losing 12,000 export on every cord, superficial measure instead of bolts. ator on the 30,000,000 of shingles besides other lumber, the raw material being taken out of our forests. one dollar export duty, whereas if our government had exacted the same there would have been $15,000 yearly coming in to replenish the provincial treasury. I hope that here expressed may Have their desired shingles which can be taken out of 1536 Now mark the difference. In one One oper Americafe side manufactures each about season This man has never paid the views as effect, and that our representatives may se@this important matter in a new light. I see that Messrs. Bréwn, Masson, Guellet, Hesson, and Dawson, are urging that a high export duty be imp upon logs and a of all kinds, but Mr. McMildon protested against it, sayihg it was a scheme to reduce the Perley sed timb price of logs to mill owners. “The mill owners of St. John who sup- ported him must feel thankful to him for advocating no export duty, and encouraging Americans to continue our forest des- He isa however, and, doubtless,has an axe to grind, which doubtless truction, to the detriment of our own people. lawyer, accounts for his discrimination against his own country in the interests of Americans. — NEWS NOTES. —The building trades in Chicago are gradually recovering from the annual spring strike and lock-out, and the men are going back to work. 3 —A cargo of 300, 000 feet of black and white ash lumber is being loaded at Bay City. It goes by water the entire distance. ~ —The firm of J. J. Howe & Co., is credited with the in- tention of putting in a lumber yard at every town on the Duluth and Manitoba road, —The lumbermen of south-western Pennsylvania are getting up an organization to be known as the Lumbermen’s Protective Association of South-western Pennsylvania. destined for Africa. —Twenty vessels which ‘cleared from Alpena, Mich., for a week ending on a late datey carried 6,355,000 feet of lumber, 5,600 cedar posts, 114,000/shingles and 600 ties. —Since the opening of navigation Alpena has shipped by lake 27,707,000 feet of lumber, 614,000 shingles, 49,600 railway ties, 26,400 cedar posts, and 40 cords of match timber. —The Inter-State Commerce law has had the effect of changing a large volume of the carrying trade from the rail- roads to the water routes. a This is seen in a number of sections. —J. S. Chase, a well-Enown commission lumber dealer of Chicago, after a six-months’ in the forests of Columbia, has returned te Chicago and resumed charge of his sojourn British eDae business interests. —The mills at Cheboygan, Mich., are making a good record this year. The probable: cut during the season will be about 100,000,000. The estimated product of shingles for the pre- sent year is 21,900,000. © —Scores of camps ha¥e begun work in Clare county, Mich., to. save the burned-over? timber, which must be-cut at once. Thousands Logs are already moving in considerable volume. of trees have been killed. —An American paper says that the new Canadian tariff, now ds to the free list Redwood, planks and This is intended under consideration, boards, sawn, but nof further manufactured, to encourage the ie ivhe of cigar boxes. A log jam on the Menominee river, in Michigan, reaching from Little Quinneséc falls to Big Quinnesec falls, and contain- ing 100,000,000 feef, is called the biggest ever known on that stream. It fills the river full, aud at some points is filled 30 feet high. 2 THE NEW LINE FOR MANITOBA. HE St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitobarail- T road which is extending its system with marvelous rapidity is destined to play an impor- tant part in the lumber business in the very near future. Since the boom: days of 1882 the trade along the Manitoba lines has been neither lager or important. Dealers have found that the con- sumptive demand, of farmers struggling to get out from under a load of debt could not be large, and the growth has not been conspicuous in any of the towns along the lines. But besides the extension the Manitoba is pushing west-ward from the Minot to the Great falls of the Missouri and Halena at the rate of five miles a day, the oad promises soon to be a competitor for some of the southwestern carrying trade. At least the direction of some ofits lines so indicate. One of these branches has already reached Watertown, D.T., and it is understood is to be pushed to Huron and how far beyond only President Hill probably knows. Another branch has reached Aberdeen, and is the confessed plan of President Hill to push one of these lines sooner or later to the Black Hills country and on to Denver. These lines already tap points heretofore reached only by the Chicago roads, and open markets for the Northwestern manu- facturers which have belonged to Chicago and the manufacturers at Winona, Lacrosse . and middle: Mississippi points. These various ex- tensions mean a large increase in the consump- tive demand but it has been no part of the policy of the Manitoba thus far to foster the St. Paul and Minneapolis market. The greater part of all the lumber consumed along the Manitoba lines has been drawn from Duluth, from railroad on the St. Paul & Duluth line, the Hinckley branch and mills at St. Cloud, and in that vicinity. Presumptively Mr. T. B. Walker with his mills at’ Grand Forks and Crookston, and his virtual monopoly upon the lumber supply of the Red Lake region, holds the gateway to the line stretching westward to- wards the Pacific Slope. But the Manitoba has already begun to extend its lines into the pine region lying north of the northern Pacific, and it is part of the present rapidly developing plan to build the St. Paul, Brainard & North- western along the Rum river and Mille Lac to Brainard and thence to a point of Juncture with the line building east from Crookston somewhere near Leech Lake. All this means 4 multiplication of railroad mills, as well as an increase of consumption and under the most favorable conditions the manufacturer of Minne- apolis and of North Wisconsin can reasonably expect sharp competition from these newer fields of supply. expectancy upon these new fields, but may as They may cast an eye of covetous well make up their mind first as last that they will have to fight fora share of the trade.—J/ess- isstppe Valley Lumberman. LUMBER IN THE UNITED STATES. HE New York Lumber Trade Journal of the Ist June reports the West India market fairly active, with prices firm. For Rio a 1,- 000 ton barque, now loading general cargo, will take half a million feet. Another cargo is also being loaded. This will about clean out the Rio shippers and for future shipments lumber to arrive will have to be depended on. There is very little being done for Para, Aus- tralia, or Africa. For the west coast of South America, a few shipments are being made. For the River Plate, two cargoes have been ordered to go forward, The general tendency of the White Pine export trade is toward an advance and a better outlook for business. The demand for North Carolina pine is heavy in ‘ One firm have six mills runnihg steadily to fill orders consequence of the scarcity of Spruce. now on their books. Quotations are not changed, but higher figures are }more easily obtained than heretofore. Dressed stocks is growing steadily in demand. The market for Yellow Pine is steady at present quotations, with a fair demand for export. The stock of heart | -has caused serious'delay to the mills, and they THE CANADA face boards is large and accumulating. There has been a falling off in the car trade. The local demand is good, and is freely supplied. The local demand for White Pine continues light with no immediate prospect of any large increase, while a fair market is found in the coal mining regions and far bridges on northern railroads, Very few mills are running on hem- lock for want of water to bring the logs down. They will be fully thirty days late in starting, consequently there is little or no Hemlock coming from the north. It isin full supply, however, from Pennsylvania. The market is very active and firm, and agood business is being done. The heavy freshets in the east are only now starting up, nearly a month later than they expected. As a result, orders for Spruce have accumulated. They are very firm in prices. Almost any kind of a cargo will bring $16, and from that up to $18 can be called the range of the market. There are but two mills running in St. Tohn, and very few on the Kennebec, consequently there cannot be much Spruce lumber before the middle of June. The market is very active and prices have an up- ward tendency. The market for lath is steady and strong. All sales have been made at $2.05, except one lot was sold as high as $2.75. Some few winter sawn are coming to hand, but are hard to place, as the slab sawn stock has the call every time. These are selling at $2.25 to $2.30. Canadian lath, the Ottawa, are offered at $2.50, but no amounts have been placed, as they come 50 ina bundle, which does not suit our dealers, as it entails too much handling. -The hardwood goods are in accord that business never was so dull, All good lumber, however, arriving finds ready pur- chasers at the yards. Prices have not advanced, but are firm at our outside quotations, necessarily with some few exceptions, The local dealers are beginning to realize that the sources of Choice lumber cannot be replaced except at a marked advance. Those that have any such are aware of this, and are naturally firmer in theirs. While the demand increases the supply does not. i cost of all kinds of hardwoods will be greatly from supply are being rapidly reduced. The time is drawing very close when the enhanced. Business has been fairly active and steady in the log market, a good regular trade having been done. particularly Walnut. Inferior logs are very dull of sale. Good Walnut logs, running on an average, say 25 inches, straight grained and Good logs are still scarce, smooth, sale. 1§ LUMBERMAN. —William F. Whitney, Bay City, Mich., has just sold his Canadian timber holdings. with all his outfit for operating, to Hon. Joseph Jackson, of Simcoe, Ont., for $130,000, The purchaser will get out long timber for the Tona- wanda, N.Y., market. It is said Edward Lynn, who made the sale, received $25,000 as his commission, © —The announcement is made that Torrrent & Co. have put into the Muskegon Milla machine for converting slabs intolumber. The slabs are cut four feet long, and such as are worth re-sawing fed to the machine, and five-eights inch lumber of good average width secured. Twenty-five per cent. of clear lumber is secured, suitable for mak ing panel stock for cheap doors, while more goes into good box stuff. —A Canadian named Boulette was drowned Kennebec river, Me., while working on a drive for Thales Spaulding, 14 miles below the forks. He wag riding a log in the drive, fell off and drowned. He had hid $175 before starting out with the so the money would not get. wet, but his friends were un- able to find it after his death. drive, —A considérable conflagration broke out in the island lumber district of Buffalo, N.Y., June 8, which would have been much more disas- or the efficient work of the fire department. {About 1,000,000 feet of lumber owned by Hurd & Hauenstein, Hurd Bros., Noyes & Sawyer, W. S. Crostwaite, W. W, Tyler, Albus & Co., and others, together with Playter’s planing mill, Austin’s sash factory, shops of the! Union Dry Dock Company and buildings belonging to R. Wills & Co., ship- builders. Playter’s loss was about $20,000 on mill and considerable on lumber; G. W. Austin, $16,000, ope-half insured; R. Mills & Co., ops, which were insured, also con- lumber ; also upward of $4,000 ns who had car loads of lumber burned-on track. The total-less was about $100,000. nS ADVERTISEMENTS. HOSE wishing to BUY or SELL TIM_ BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find THe Can- ADA LUMBERMAN an excellent trous except medium in which to make known their wants. Advertise- ments of this character will be inserted at the low rate of 1%4c. A WORD, cash to accom- pany the order in every case. A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, | | | Address : defects, would find a ready Poplar logs are in fair demand. A car | or two of logs running 20 to 30 inches could | be sold without difficulty. The arrivals of | Mahogany and Cedar have been considerable. | A number of the cargoes have been promptly sold, leaving the stocks in first hands about the same; the demand continues fairly active and The market for Spanish Cedar e demand is fair, and prospects for a good business are rather more favorable than they have been. but are much firmer, with an upward tendency, % prices firme is quiet. Prices remain the same, LATEST NEWS NOTES. —Forests cover twenty-four per cent. of the entire area ofNorway. —The lossés by the Michigan forest fires including the destruction of Lake Linden, are estimated at about $7,000,000. —The drives;on the Androscoggin in Maine, have been only partially successful, and the out- look is reported bad. No logs were cut this On the Sandy, how- big cut, and all the logs came out easily and early. season on the Swift river. ever, there was —The operations of the Inter-State Law have played sz of Oswego, N leading firms t d havoe with the lumber trade go out of business, as on the same freights as those from Buffalo and Tona- wanda competition cannot be had on equal terms Peterborough, Ont. | FOR SALE. ECOND-HAND Stave, Heading, Shingle | Churn, Hoop and Ice Machines, Box 110, Cleveland Ohio. | ; FOR SALE. STEARNS No. 2 Circular Mill, Friction | Feed, with five head blocks, carriage and | track for long timber ; two 60-inch Hoe patent | and one solid saw, all in first-class condition. Address HENRY HOWARD & C@Q., Port Huron, Mich. | FLATT & All kinds of Hardt Y., compelling several of the | White and Red Oak, Hickory, Hard and Soft Maple, Cherry, Whitewood, Ash, Chestnut, Walnut, Butternut, Sycamore and Elm in Stock. Vessel Masts of all sizes a specialty. MILLS AT CASSELMAN, ONT. CANADA AND ATLANTIS RAILWAY. WHOLESALE DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS. TIMBER, LUMBE BILL STUFF, SHINGLES, LATH. [July, 1887.] TIMBER LIMIT FOR SALE—WOUL take property in part payment. Box 2, LU MBERMAN office. q EADING and Shingle Mill—Running in good shape; near railway station; timber abundant. D. SPENCE, Guelph. OR SALE — SAW, SHINGLE AND PLANING mill—stave and heading factory also good residence. Address Box 7, LUMBER- MAN Office. IMBER Lands and Timber Limits for sale in Muskoka and on the Georgian Bay. For further particulars apply to GORDON & SAMPSON, Solicitors, 28 Scott St., Toronto. | oee5 Lands by Tender—Tenders will be received up to roth July for purchase of valuable section of timber lands in Bruce—no Government dues. For rticulars I - Box 38, Jaz! Office. ve tc 4 ASH AND DOOR FACTORY—FULLY | ) equipped ; in running order ; adjoining two railways ; liveliest town in Ontario; splendid opportunity for a business or practical man. Address Box 13. LUMBERMAN office. TTENTION—THREE HUNDRED ACRES timber land—one mile from station North Simcoe railway—will sell cheap or ex- change for good general store and stock ; timber will pay for property twice over. Box 16, Lum- BERMAN Office. ea? MBERMEN and Speculators Attention— |. For Sale—half interest in fifty square miles bes ioe on Turtle Lake, near Battleford ; North-Western railway will pass the property ; timber estimated at twenty-five fnilliags feet ; to- raise money ; will sell cheap or take other pro- perty in Ontario for part. GEO. COOTE & SON, Dundas. ~ TEAM SAWMILL AND 1,250 ACRES” land—of which goo acres are in one block— timbered with pine, cedar, tamarac, hemlock and hardwood—mill only up about six months >. new engine with locomotive boiler, all in running crder ; only three miles to water where lumber can be shipped. Address Timer, LUMBERMAN Office. FOR SALE. ECOND-HAND Tight Barrel Stave and! Heading Outfit, Cheap. Address BOX 110, CLEVELAND, O. TIMBER AND LAND SALE. ERTAIN lots an 1 the timber thereon situste in the a of Alan, Assiginack, Bidwell, Billings, Carnarvon, Campbell, Howland, Sheguiandah, Ten- kunmah and Mills on the Manitoulin Island,'in the District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, will be offered for sale at Public Auction in blocks of 200 acres, more or less, on the first day of September next, # 10- o’clock A,.M., at the Indi-n Land Office in the Vilage of Manitomaning. Tcrms of Sale—Bonus for timber payable in cash, price of lan! payable in cash, a license fee also payab’e in cash and dues to be paid according to Tariff upon the timber when cut, The land on which the timber grows to be sold with the timber without conditions of settlement. For full particulars ; lease apply to Ja+. C. Phi: Esq., Indian Supt. Manitowaning, or to the undersi No other paper to insert this advertisement authority through the Queen’s Printer. L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Su; of Indian Affai Gen". Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, 2nd June, 1887. BRADLEY, 4 » ¥ ittien be vook Cut to Order. HAMILTON, O! ‘ pee 1887.) THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 REPRESEN TATINE WHOLESALE ah () R () N ih () un LUMBER FIRMS. CHRISTIE, KERR & C0. ONTARIO LUMBER (‘0 Erni: OF HEAD OFFICE :—Room H, Yon Pine and Hardwood Lumber “Ta ON id Opti) vera Sec, MILLS AT MIDLAND, FRENCH RIVER AND GRAVENHURST. mero VO. - -4CANA DA. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. DONOGH & OLIVER =| % M. Tennant . WHOLESALE Wholesale Dealer in ( LUMBER DEALERS) Prvz LUMBER OFFICE : NOS. 16 AND 1:7 IMPERIAL BANK BUILDING, Office Room E. Victoria Chambers WELLINGTON STREET East, Z ’ s y Ground Flat, 9 Victoria Street, / O R O /V / QO. Dock, foot of Church Street. : TO RO N TO. ae HARGREAVES & CO. FRANK THORPE, WHOLESALE | Wholesale Lumber Merchants, Pine « Hardwood Lumber. TORONTO, ONTARIO. Corner King and Toronto Streets, | TORONTO, ONT. OFFICE—Cor. Front and Lorne Streets. 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IF we are to soo the statement of the Vorthwestern Lumberman the - of lumber must have increased to a fabulous price in Canada lately, as that journal furnishes the startling intelligence abe a loss of $10,000 was incurred by the destruction by fire “of 60,000 feet of lumber in Ottawa. Surely $166 per thousand should leave,the manufacturer at least a living margin of profit. ; EDI SHIPMENTS to Europe from Montreal, Quebec, St. John and Chatham, N.B., and: other ports, are, according to latest reports, increasing daily¢ The English trade journals are chronicling almost daily jarrivals from this side of the water, and although trade in that country is generally considered at low ebb, the consumption’to all appearances is nevertheless large. Our news columng this month contain considerable information regarding the arrivals and sale of Canadian woods in Europe. y- * A NEw lumber cutter, a description of which is given on another page, has recently been tested in Toronto, and pro- mises great results. This Gutter substitutes a knife for a saw and does its work at one stroke. It cuts anything from a slab to a veneer and that without the slightest waste. Steps are already being taken for the ofganization of a strong company to go into the manufacture of this machine for the Canadian trade, and it is therefore quite probable that our readers will soon become familiar with the-new process. + THE dispute between the Dominion and Ontario Govern- ments in re the title to the timber land and minerals in north-western Opgario has been going on for some time, and although the Supreme Court has sustained Mr. Mowat in his views, the probability is that it will yet go before the Privy Council for final decision. Sir John Macdonald contends that the title resides inthe Dominion Government as acquirers of the Indian title, while Mr. Mowat on the other hand holds that the Indian title was extinguished, not acquired. will tell who is right. Time * “We should not loose sight of the fact,” said G. W. Warren, the pine land dealer, ‘‘that the greater part of the pine to be manufaétured at Rat Portage and Winnipeg, for use in the British passessions, must come from this side of the line. The bulk of the stumpage is owned by Minnesota men, and so the condition of the market up there, and what is being done, is of a gieat deal of importance and interest. I look for a very important development up that way. More men are interested inthe Northern slope development than is generally supposed.” ONE hundred in thé shade is a temperature seldom experi- enced in this part of the world, but for the past month it has been no uncommon oceurrence to see the thermometer sizzling around that number. ‘ By donning our airy linen coat and trousers, with a nicely -starched unmentionable, we caz stand ninety-nine, but when the thing gets up to a hundred and over a line has to be drawn somewhere. We drew the line and went over to see some of our American cousins, but the scheme didn t seem to work. The further we went the hotter it got, and after bunkinig on the floor for several nights with our head in close proximity to a refrigerator, we made up our mind that Canada was not such a mean place after all and ac- cordingly packed our valise and took the first train for home. To get the lumbermen to talk business these days is just about out of the question. Efen a newspaper man can’t draw them out. Their main ambition now-a-days seems to be directed to some sylvan resort where sweet breezes can lull them into a feeling of security against the heat of the office, and where by the aid of the lemon—and something else—they can keep in a somewhat natural physical and mental condition. Pips ic News has recently come from Washington that the Treasury Department has decided that sawed elm boards 6% feet in length, 1% inches in thickness, the edges of which follow the natural shape of the tree; used in the manufacture of hoops, are dutiable at the rate of $2 per thousand feet, board measure, under the tariff provisions for sawed elm lumber. And this decision, aimed at our Canadian mills, comes just after the resolution of our own Parliament, at the instigation of the friends of foreign: industries, not to impose an export duty on elm logs. The manufacturers i in the United States want our elm, but they are s so greedy as to grudge Canadians the profit even of this primary stave manufacture, wishing to obtain at small cost our yaw material that they may reap all the advantage of turning’ ‘out the manufactured article. Well may the Toronto /Vorld remark that our Parliament has com- mitted ‘fa grave blunder” in allowing hardwood logs to be exported free of duty, and add that we are offering encourage- ment to carry off out of the country valuahle raw material, which we onght to hold at home with a firm grip, in order that the wealth it is converted into may remain with the country to which it belongs. This decision of the Washing- ton Treasury Board supplies another strong reason why the export duty should be exacted and our Parliament should reconsider the matter as soon as it again meets. AN important meeting of the represent ] g } Ontario was held in Toronto the end of J important matters of peculiar interest to the trade in general came up for discussion. The meeting was of that for the present no public statement can be work done. Suffice it to say that live questior lation were freely talked over and trade in every case where an undue advantage by the government, calculated to prove injurious to the 1 ber industry. The question of the immediate organization of ated, a Provincial Lumberman’s Association was ag scheme. 1 of resulting in positive steps being taken to further t THE LUMBERMAN is pleased to accept this as an in unity among the trade, and the overthrow of the barriers which in the past have tended to destroy the unanimity of action which should characterize so important a body of manu facturers. In union is strength, and at no time in the tory of the lumber trade of Canada is organization more required than at the present time. The vital interests of the trade are threatened ‘by the late action of both the Ontario and Quebec governments, and the strongest influence must be brought to bear if the lumbermen are to be protected from serious loss. We hope at an early date to be ina position to give our readers ee proof of the work now under way, and to announce asa matter of fact the successful organization of a Lumberman’s Exchange for Ontario, to be followed no doubt, by similar action on the part of the trade in the other provinces of the Dominion. * * A Goop deal has been said’ for and against the timber on the Canadian side that grows in the Georgian Bay region, but those who have put their money in there appear to be fairly well satisfied that they will have a chance to turn it again, notwithstanding the restrictions which the Dominion Government has seen fit to put upon the exportation of logs. A gentleman who has lately been in the Spanish river di says that the quality of the timber there is very s It is not cork pine, nor the soft, black knot timber, sort of medium size, red-knot variety that makes a over average. It does not run remarkably high to uppers, | said that it does yield a satisfactory low percentage of culls, It is not which perhaps makes it worth quite as much. parently a class of stock that is either very choice or else good for nothing, but a sort that may nearly all be marketed at a The Detroit gentlemen who favors The T¥s fair price. man With some facts about that country this week, figures a very good profit on it at present rates of cost and m: value. that will average, say, $17 for about $3, and with $2 duty will cost $14 in market, There is, the bo in it there would be if there were no $2 to pay the Govern- He makes its:net cost in pile at the mill $o fo in the market. It can be frei ing $3 as the net profit. of course, not ment, but there is still a chance on this showing for those who have invested there to make a profit on what they have put in. They are likely also to profit later by the removal of the duty, which is pretty sure to come off within a few years on both sides. The fact of the matter is, the natural market for the pine standing in western Ontario is through the distributing points on the lakes, and the inevitable tendency of trade will carry it where there is a demand for it, and in time break down any barriers that stand in the way of its free movement. —Chicago Timberman. 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAI Ir is reported that an effort is being made in Michigan to enforce the prohibition of the importation of foreign contract labor against the French-Canadians who go oyer there to If this movement should be successful it would have a tendency to increase the ex- work in the woods in the winter. penses of the Michigan operators, and at the same time to increase the supply of labour and make wages easier for Can- adian lumbermen. * * * Dr. Rogr. BELL, of the Geological Survey, in a paper re- cently read before the British Association, states that the amount of timber which has keen lost through forest fires in Canada is almost incredible, and can only be appreciated by those who have travelled much in the northern districts. The proportion of red and white pine which has thus been swept away in the Ottawa Walley and in the St. Maurice and Geor- gian bay districts is estimated by the lumbermen as many times greater than all that has been cut by the axe. ‘Yet all this is insignificant in quantity compared with the pine, spruce, cedar, balsam, etc., which have teen destroyed by this means in the more northern latitudes al] the way frcm the Gulf of St. Law- | The total quantities which haye disappeared are almost incalculable, but even a rough estimate of the amount for each hundred or thou- sand square miles shows it to have been enormous and of This is all the more to be de- plored that these forest fires are usually the result of careless- ness, and any laws existing on the subject seem.to be a dead letter. i rence to Nelson River and thence northwards. serious national importance. * * PREPARATIONS are already being made for an Inter- national Exhibition at Glasgow in the summer of 1888. The fact that the corporation has given a site of 60 acres whereon will Le erected buildings covering 10 acres, shows the scale of this enterprise, promises to support which have even now keen received from all quarters, the guarantee fund already exceed- ing $1,250,cco. ccmmercial enterprise ly inviting all nations to exhibit their One of its stated objects is ‘“‘to stimulate Our timber It is true thatthe woods from Canadian forests are already well known and appreciated in the Glasgow market, but there should be such a display as will ensure our not suffering by compari- And those Canadian mills that carry the manufacture of our lumber to a more advanced stage, might find their inter- est in trying to extend their market in this direction. We are ahead of Great Britain in wood working machinery, and ought to be able to obtain custcm for doors, sashes, &c. ufacturers of machinery } preducts, Loth in the raw and finished state.” trades should be adequately represented on this occasion. son. Our man- sould also be represented. Pectin pox THE city of Mellourne, the most populous and most enter- prising ccmmunity of Australasia, has announced that it will hold a Centennial International Exhibition next year to cele- brate the hundredth anniversary of the first settlcment of the ‘great Island-continent. With the impetus that the C. P. R. and its associated line of steamers has given to the trade of the Dominion, and the facilities for transport thus afforded, the Australian market has acquired increased importance, and this is especially the case with the products of our forests. The documents we have received in relation to it show that the management of the exhibition is in good hands and that every arrangement is being made for the conyenience of exhibitors and spectators. We will quote one useful suggestion :—‘‘Ex- hibitors are particularly requested to mark the trade price of the articles exhibited, so as to facilitate the judgment of the jury as well as the information of visitors.” It is intended to keep the exhibition open from the 1st of August, 1888, to the end of January, 1889. We will give further information as we receive it, to our readers, but those of them proposing to ex- hibit would do well to communicate with the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, as applications for space should be made by the end of August, 1887. . * y * BRADs?REE?’s, usually well informed in trade matters, speaks of the increased export duty on saw logs as having suc- ceeded in its objects of retaliating for the duty on our lumber and frustrating those Michigan lumbermen who while enjoying this protection bought pine lands in Canada, in order to get a cheap supply of logs. This importation of logs has, it says, been abandoned, and it mentions a concern, which owning 1, 000,000,000 of Canadian pine, put in 12,c00,000 feet of logs last winter in order to tow them to Tarvos and Saginaw, a project which has been abandoned. This is satisfactory and it is still more satisfactory to learn that these logs, sold to a Boston concern, are being sawn at Midland. According to the same authority other lumbermen from the States are with- drawing from these attempts to carry off Canadian logs. Bradstreet’s, as might be expected, is better informed cs to the real position of affairs than many who are laying down the law with more confidence than knowledge. It places the re- sponsibility on the right shoulders by remarking that ‘‘mean- while the Canadian Government is ready to permit free ex- portation of logs whenever the United States allows free im- portation of lumber.” And until the United States sees fit to accept our standing offer, the export duty, which seems to work as was intended, will be retained. ———— EFFECTS OF RECIPROCITY. Is it so certain that reciprocity would be all gain to the Canadian lumberman? There are two sides to every question and it is always as well to see what there is to be said on the other side. It is claimed by those in the United States who favor reciprocity that Canadian lumbe1men would not obtain the amount of the duty for their own profit, but that the pur- chaser would secure the benefit of cheaper lumber. Though there is some difference of opinion of this point the majority of the lumbermen of the States more immediate affected, do not secm to fear that reciprocity would seriously reduce prices, and as they ought to be well qualified to form a reasonable conjecture, our lumbermen may fairly hope to pocket at least a considerable portion of the amount’ of the remitted duty. Again the advocates of reciprocity in the United States claim that their pine is being fast exhausted in the Northern States, and that free access to the forests of Canada would spare their own from such rapid destruction. In this some of the lumber- men of Michigan, Wisconsin and other States secm to concur, for it is notorious that some of those who have extensive limits in their own country have obtained others in Canada with hardly any concealment of their intention to work these and spare their home timber for the present. If there is any profit for United States lumbermen in reserving their limits till timber becomes scarcer and therefore more valuable, it seems as if such a policy must be equally advantageous for Canadians. “ ; Another point to be taken into consideration is that with reciprocity the export duty on Canadian saw logs must go with the import duty imposed by the United States on our lumber. Would the increased competition of citizens of the United States for Canadian limits materially increase the price And would the drain of logs out of the country to be sawn in mills across the our lumbermen would have to pay for them ? international Loundary prejudice the Canadian trade? Another question is whether reciprocity would materially cheapen the lumbermen’s supplies. corn could then be obtained at a price that would make it an economical substitute for oats purchased near at hand. Possi- bly, too, pork might be obtained more cheaply from the States than from the home market, though the abolition of the duty might not always have this effect, as there is little doubt that the great pork men of the Western States have in times of a glutted market sold in large quantities to our lumbermen at a reduction to cover the duty, thus reducing their surplus stock and maintaining prices at home. A further question is what the effect of reciprocity would be upon our home markets for lumber. If, as is asserted by protectionists, Canadian industries would suffer from the com- petition thus facilitated, it is evident that the home market- which some of our lumbermen have assiduously cultivated and which they find most remunerative, would be prejudicially affected, but on the other hand the friends of reciprocity main- tain that it would give an impetus to our Canadian towns and increase business. Weighing the different considerations, it seems that recipro- city would in some respects benefit the Canadian lumberman, but that this advantage would not be without some drawbacks. The relative importance of these drawbacks it would be diffi- cult to estimate. tances from markets, facilities for conveyance and other local It is at least certain that the trade should not be too sanguine as to the efiect of reciprocity or exaggerate its They would vary considerably with dis- influences. benefits so as to be led into disappointment and perhaps in- convenient miscalculations- There will, however, be time for further consideration be- fore reciprocity is adopted. The United States does not seem to be eager to accept the Canadian offer of a renewal of the old restricted reciprocity, nor does Canada seem more eager to snatch at the suggestion of unrestricted reciprocity. If either bargain is made it cannot be concluded ina day. THE N. & N. W. R. AND ITS MANAGEMENT. OUR attention has been frequently drawn to the manner in which the Northern and Northwestern Railway Company is treating the lumber merchants in Toronto and vicinity, and during a recent visit to that city we made enquiries of every lumber dealer we called upon, and found the dissatisfaction universal. To rightly understand the grounds of complaint it may be briefly mentioned that for many years Toronto, by its Perhays in some localities | position as the terminus of a number of roads running th lumbering districts, has been practically made a slaug' market for the lower grades of lumber. For instance: Sale ; are frequently made by Toronto merchants of, say, 75 per cent. of a certain stock of lumber at the mills to goto the ~ United States, and during the shipping of which the or 25 per cent. is forwarded to Toronto to be sold for what- ever it will bring. In this way an immense quantity of lumber is thrown on that market, and the builders and their consumers of lumber reap a great benefit in low prices. Much | of this lumber has, however, either to be unloaded on the railway docks and yards, or has to be held on the cars for a few days until a market can be made for it. Certain rules in regard to demurrage on these cars have been laid down by all the roads coming into Toronto. The Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific railways have always treated their lum- ber shippers in a liberal spirit in this regard, and have shown themselves reluctant to add to the difficulties of the dealer by making charges for demurrage if unloaded in anything like a reasonable time. The management of the N. & N. W., however, has construed ji rules in the harshest manner. and most unyielding manner. The agents are allowed no discretionary power and ee only satisfaction consignees can get is to be told to pl their case before Mr. Barker, and perhaps he may do something for them, which remark is generally accompanied by a smile of doubtful portent. These charges for demurrage by the Northern have become so onerous that customers in a of such charges are reluctant to purchase lumber coming Le this road, and so make matters worse for the wholesaler. Several of the leading merchants of the city stated in the most positive manner that they would not buy any lumber to come over the Northern railway if they could get it by any other route. Practically the severe rules put into effect by Mr. Barkér are provoking a. ‘* boycot ” most injurious to the road. The Grand Trunk and C. P. R. are often spoken of as huge ntonopolies, but their treatment of their Toronto customers is} in marked contrast to the road which of all others should act in the fairest spirit towards its Toronto patrons. This question of demurrage is by no means the only grouud of complaint against the Northern, and we certainly found in our interview with the Toronto lumber dealers an irritation and prejudice against Mr. Barker's man- agement that must in the-end act most detrimentally to the road, WHER: The annual draft on the’ outside of the ordinary 1] IT GOES. Tnited States forests for purposes nber supply, is as follows: Shoe pegs require 100,coo cordspf timber annually in their manu- facture ; matches 300,cco ; Jasts and boot trees, 500,000. All this is of the most superioriquality. straight grained and clear of knots and gnarls. To mise the telegraph poles of the coun- try require 8co,coo trees, and 300,cco more are required for The railway ties of the country annually con- sume 75,CCOo acres of timber at least thirty years old, and the ts $45,000,000 and the annual re- pair $15,000,000. These fre but a moiety of what is required of the United States forest supply. The burning of brick alone requires 2,000,000 rds of wood annually. annual repair. fencing of railways repres THE VENEE % CUTTING MACHINE. a) A Brooklyn, N. Y., ma has invented an improved veneer cutting machine, and has applied it to the cutting of logs into lumber, claiming that it will effect a complete revolution in Phe invention is a large steel plate with essing roller and ingenius applianc s fove the lumber when cut—all operat- ed by steam power. The log is held stationary in a horizontal The knife-lfke plate, capable of from 20 to 30 strokes per minute, strike the log at an angle of 45 degrees at each stroke, passing through its entire length and cutting off a board of perfectly sm@oth surface and uniform thickness. It is claimed that any degree of thickness can be cut, even to the hundredth part of ah inch. A machine adapted for cutting logs four feet long agd averaging two feet in diameter will cut in one day 37,500 féet of inch, 60,000 feét of half-inch, or So,- 000 feet of quarter-tnch lumber. Besides the present process of sawing, planinggs also done away with, as the operation of cutting renders sniboth the surface of the board. In material alone a saving igfefiected of from 37 per cent. in the manu- facture of half-i to 233 per cent in the manufacture of sixteenth inch Inmber. It is the expectation of the inv that in the caseof thin lumber, at all events, which comp 66 per cent. of United States consumption, his machine wil superspede saws and planing mills. He shows barrel staves: made from lymber manufactured by his machine. He says that from 1,600 feet of lumber 1,800 of such staves is the high est number how obtainable, whereas by the use of his machine 4,500 can We got. a ae lumber manufacture. knife-like edge, a com to serve the log and re position. Angust, 1887. THE CANADA LUMB ERMAN. ——— THE NEW CHICAGO LIST. HE lumber dealers of Chicago, says Tie Tinrberman, have yielded to the inevitable and advanced their prices. At least they have made a new list. Perhaps strict exactness re- quires it should be said that they have not so much raised the figures they were getting, as they have made a basis for future advances ; for it is certainly a fact that on many grades the meeting attempted to do nothing more than to put into shape prices that have been asked and received for some time back. The item of No. 1 fencing, forsexample, was not really advan- ced, though admitted to be the strongest thing on the list. The figure established—$15.§0—has been current in this market for a couple of weeks, and in its last issue The 7%m- éerman noted the fact that this Stock was held by some yards at $16. 4 So far as fencing goes, the new list merely brings the prices up to the plane that had been reached some days ago by houses that lead the market. them that can long obtain. Th cargo, including a liberal percenta handling bill for the yards of an even dollar. be handled on such a margin. The piece stuff list 1s put in rather better shape. The advance of short lengths to $12.50 gives the yards about $2 margin, which will let them out, though it will give them no great profit. But they have not been in the habit of making much*money on their dimension stock, and it is probable that mostof them will feel very well pleased for the present, to be assur ed that when they fill a bill of two-inch lumber they are getting back the money they invested in it. 3 It is well known that the ‘‘ offi ge of culls, which leaves a Lumber cannot ” Chicago price lists, so They have been known led entirely in the business of selling. But there is reason to order of things has, for the time at any rate, passed away, and *s have become new. The the new list which has prices can really be advanced by a price list meeting is explod- ed. A price list meeting has no such fact. It cannot make values. It can by inquiry ascertain what values are, and through consultation and by agreement can secure concert of action to the end that the price of lumber and its actual value may be made t When it un- dertakes to go beyond this, and stra’ above a natural and healthy level; its deliberations become farcial and its resolutions come to nought. It is fortunate that in their a this week the Chicago function, as a matter of ‘correspond. dealers kept carefully within the limits set by prudence and good judgment. They have made t the rim of a circular saw should travel about nine thousand feet or nearly two miles a minwte. Following is a table com- piled to show the number of reyolutions a minute saws of dif- . G e ferent sizes should make to rea@h an average speed of 9,000 > I 7 feet a minute : Fd Size Revs. a Size Revs. a Size Revs. a of Saw. minute. of Saw. “minute. of Saw. minute. Cp aaan 4,500 30 in. . &.1,200 52 Ie oye 700 10 in 3,600 32 in. . 1,125 54, a, pee 675 : ; z : NAM 56 58 oc 3,000 34 in.. 4 .1,058 56 in. .650 DARIN 2 se 2,585 36 in. . % .1,000 LW hep r= 625 HOM soe oe 1,222 38 in... 950 60)-3n! oe fife hols 3 woe 2,000 40 in. -—-- 900 62 in. 575 20M ee. 1,800 42in..%.. 870 64°. = ee 550 D2Min sts ee 1,636 44in..&.. 840 66 in,..---. 545 PUM ees) 8 OB 1,500 46 in. .&.. 800 689 ine Se 529 26 in 1,384 48 in..g.. 750 FOUL see 514, 28h isc 1,285 50 in... 725 FDA Joao 500 « These calculations are basgd on the assumption that the circumference is just three timés the diameter. This assump- tion is for ease in computation,zand the reader of course under- stands that, as the circumfere the diameter, by a small fraction, will in each ‘case run a e is more than three times — e Saw ‘ on demands. little faster than this comput The speeds are rposes. near enough for all practical —Says a traveller who has fecently visited the Pacific coast: curiosities and wonder that con- the North Pacific ocean, nothing impressed me so deeply as the gigantic forests of Puget Sound. That arm of the Pacific is 2 irregular and indented s Among the myriads of nature front the visitor to the coast miles in length, with a shore so plentifully with bays and deep harbors that its measurement is over 1,800 miles in extent. Along this whole shore ling and extending thence on both sides miles and miles farther than the eye can see, is one vast un- broken area of forest trees§ the like of which I never saw. A few saw mills have been efected along the sound, and although for several years they ha¥e ripped 509,000,090 feet of lumber from these forests annually, these spaces made by what seeni like tremendous inroads gn the timber, appear like little garden patches. The markets for this product of these mills in the depths of the Washingten territory wilderness is South Ameri- ca, Australia, Central America, and the Pacific ocean islands. The great belt of virgin timber covers 30,000,000 acres, an area equal to that of the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire. The forests are of fir, cedar, maple and other valuable wood. The firs comprise two-thirds of the timber. An official estimate places the amount of tim- ber on this belt at 500,000,009 feet, enough to last the mills now there for more than 1,099 years. The fir trees grow to the enormous height of 250 feet, and I have seen piles of boards cut from them, not one board -in which was less than 10 feet long and six * wide, without a knot from one end to the other. EUROPEAN NOTES. Baltic timber is at present selling well in England. . Wholesale business is not active and the complaint is that things are quiet. The arrivals of timber from Canada are increasing in im- portance, the principal commodity being pine. The trade in Grimsby is firm in its character, but there is no great amount of business doing from quay or yard. The first arrivals in Liverpool of the spring fleet from ‘Quebec will make the quays appear more lively than for some time past. ; i An important reduction is being made in the London dock rates of timber. This will be good news to shippers, im- porters and the tradé generally. The importation of wood goods into the port of London still continues to be restricted within much narrower limits than are usual for this period of the season. Steamers are pushing themselves into every branch of the wood trade in England, and it is said that they will largely pervade the pitch pine trade this year, with consequent reduc- tion in freights. 4 Things are very quiet at the London timber docks, and the absence of the bustle ugually expected at this period of the year is very noticeable. , It is evident the undercurrent of activity which brought to the surface the advance in flooring, and some other descriptions, was not sufficient to keep the volume of trade at its ordinary level, and stagnation has again become a marked feature. Messrs. A. F. & D. Mackay say :—‘‘ The importation from Quebec has not yet commenced, the amount of consumption falling wholly on the stock @n hand, which has now got to a very low ebb. Of Quebec :square pine the stock is 28,000 cubic feet, of waney pine 62,000, and of St. John and other ports pine 12,000 feet, making a total of 102,000 cubic feet, against a like total of 346,o00\cubic feet twelve months ago. The bulk of the present stock is (Quebec waney board pine.” ublic docks in London on the 30th June, 1887, was: Foreign deals and battens, 3,211,000 pieces; pine and spruce batt@ns, 1,705,000 pieces ; boards, 5,894,000 pieces ; total, 10,810,000 pieces. The deliveries for the first six months have been: Foreign deals and battens, 4,319,000 pieces ; pine and spriice battens, 1,058,000 pieces : boards, rough, 854,000 pieces; boards, prepared, 4,903,000 pieces ; total, 11,134,000. These figures will do much to account for the very depressed a of the market. There have been considerable arrivals of deals at Glasgow lately, comprising Quebec deals and Pictou, N.S., spruce deals and a small cargo of NamSos deals and battens. have alsé been a number of The stock of wood in the There sindry imports of wood goods per steam liners, and American. walnut logs and oak planks, &c. The first sailing vessel with timber from Quebec had arrived at Greenock last year of 23rd June. There is a quiet demand, and imports of Quebec log timber this season are expected to be small. ; Messrs. Churchill & Sim, o circular, report the following ar past half year :—Pine deals, &€., 265,000 pieces, against 86,- 000 pieces in 1886; spruce,” pieces in 1886. And from New Brunswick, &c.: deals, 15,000 pieces, against $3,000 pieces in 1886. There is little market business to report in pine deals, such sales as have been made are at last m@nth’s quotations. Spruce have the trade, but at no improvement For timberthe demand has been very feeble London, in their last wood ivals from Canada during the Spruce been more freely taken by on recent rates. and prices lower. 32,000 pieces, against 86,000 | From the accounts relatifig to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for thgé month of May, we learn that the difference between the valte of the imports and exports to that country for the first 4 round numbers to about ve months of the year amounts in £62,000,000, or, in other words we receive value for our goods to the extent of 490,000,000, and pay to foreign countrie§ and our colonies something like 4152,000,000. The quéstion of how this enormous difference is made up is left to the political economist. There can be no question but that there has not been anything like a balance between the exports and imports for a considerable time past, the former being uniformly downward. Messrs. Dobell & change to note in our shown a lack of animation. 0., report as follows :—‘‘ We have rade, which has throughout the month The import from Quebec has been confined to pine deals, and though it has not been excessive it has beenfconsiderably beyond the requirements of our trade, and an unfluly large proportion of the arrivals have had to be yarded. ruce deals are down to a very low point, in fact the stock now held is not equal to the consumption of ast month. Pitch /pine has been arriving freely but the con- no | tion of December, | 6d. per acre ; 673 acres which sumption has also been on a liberal scale, and in view of the season being about over, the stocks cannot be considered ex- cessive. All other goods are lower in stock than we have known them for some time, but, unfortunately, this has so far not had the beneficial effects on values which might have been expected.” ; Particulars of Glasgow stocks at 30th June are appended :— Teak timber shows about 2,600 loads less on hand than at corresponding date last year; about 3,000 loads of teak have gone into consumers’ hands during the past quarter. Pitch pine is less by about 8,000 loads than the stock of a year ago, but at that time it was far in excess of requirements ; the quantity now on hand is about the same as at 30th June, 1885, and is ample. The consumption of pitch pine during the past three months (say about 8,000 logs hewn and sawn) shows a falling off compared with corresponding quarter last year. Of Quebec log timber there is, on the whole, a smaller stock than at this time last year, to the extent over all of about 3,000 loads. There has ;been a moderate consumption during the past quarter. In the Clyde import list for this week the first of this season’s ithport of timber from Quebec to Greenock is included, the cargo per Arizona from viz. (Quebec. “London, report as follows nada ;—Yellow pine timber : uare pine is now reduced to a very low compass, the consumption has been small, and very little will now be done until the arrival of the new season’s wood now shortly due. Red ‘pine is seldom inquired for ; there has been no consumption and the stock is only nominal. Oak : The consumption of Canadian has been moderate and the stock is small. From the States the import of both logs and planks has been large ; it has gone freely into consymp- tion at rather lower prices, and the market is now very lightly stocked. In elm nothing has been doing, and the stock is very limited. Ash is fiers request, but prices Farnworth & Jardine, of regarding the imports from The stock of both waney and s rule low, and the market is almost bare. Pine deals are heavy in-stock, and, although the consumption has fairly kept pace | with the import, sales are most difficult to effect ; prices have had a downward tendency, and prospects are not encouraging for future In Quebee staves nothing has been Regarding New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals, they say: imports. doing. The import has been unusually light, and almost entirely by steamer; the consumption has been satisfactory, leaving the market with the lightest stock held for many years past at this period. Prices have been fairly steady throughout the at iy but it has not been pos- sible to obtain any advance on the low prices now ruling. Birch is arriving freely, and, although the consumption has been large, the market has h stock, however, is moderate. for, and prices are low. e deals are seldom inquired The half-yearly general court company was held in London, No. 1, Robert Gillespie presided, and i the proprietors of the Canada the 30th June, at the offices, adenhall Street, E.C. Mr. moving the adoption of the report—which recommended a dividend at the rate of £2 per share—said that after the distribution a sum of £4,076 8s. remained to be carried forward. The results for the half year ending the 30th June had been, i. thought, on the the whole The land sold and leased compared favorably with what had been done in the previous year, and though the rule receipts had been less than in the corresponding period of 1886, they would observe that the falling off had been in rents and interest, and also in the receipts from timber and sundries. He had analysed the transactions of the year considered up to the end of March, and he thought the proprietors would con- cur with him in thinking that the expectation he had at the last meeting expressed had been fairly realized. The trans- actions had resulted in a satisfactory advance upon the valua- 1886. The total lands disposed of represented 1,936 acres, of which 883 acres, which were valued in December last at £1%4s. 11d., had realized £1 9s. ad been valued at £5 6s. 7d. re, and 380 acres, which had East India Avenue, satisfactory. had realized £7 12s. 10. per a reverted to the company at £3 acre. The general result was tl at the rate of 20 per cent. ove 1886. This verified the conten might be slow in effecting its s: t there had been an increase the valuation of December, on that though the company S, it realized very advantage- The ghairman concluded by reading extracts from the report of fhe Commissioners in Canada, which extracts testified emphatically to the satisfactory condi- tion of the company.—The rgport was adopted. ously on its property. Canada has at least one representative lumber journal. THE CaNnApA LUMBERMAN,, /published monthly at Peterbor- ough, Ontario, is one of th a downward tendency ; the | ad realized £3 3s. 2d. per | most readable of our exchanges :— New York Lumber Trade Journal. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | other duties would not admit of his -GENERAL NEWS NOTES. —Quebec freight market is dull. * : —Edmund C. Spencer, Parrsboro’, lumber aicecbnl: has assigned. —The Export Lumber Co., of Montreal, is doing a large shipping trade this season. —A large number of mills commenced ed sawing operations in the province of Quebec during the month of July. —Reports from Three Rivers (Que.)\district state business in the shipping line from there has veen very brisk this season. —Montreal freight market remains*weak, 37/6 for deals being about the rate, and even at this fate it is now easy to get shippers. —A man named Arthur Prenovost was accidentally drowned July 15th at Hall, Neilson & Co’s saw mill, Three Rivers, | Que., where he was employed. : a —A. L. Wright & Co. are building @ steam saw mill at Cloverdale river, near Salisbury, N.B., which will haye a circular and gang, with accessories. —The drives on the St. Maurice have not yet got in, and it 3 is rumoured quite a number of logs rapid fall of the water in the creeks. e stuck owing to the —John Paterson’s mill at Hollin, Onf., was struck by light- ning and totally destroyed by fire, fogether with a large quantity of lumber. Loss, about $3,000 ; no insurance. —Messrs. Hall, Neilson and Co., who operate in the pro- vince of Quebec, are reported to havea number of logs hung up on the Wattawin, which will now probably remain there until next spring. . —Disastrous forest fires have been Yavaging Cape Breton. A tract of one hundred square miles of country, between Syd- ney and Cow Bay, has been completely devastated. It is said to be the worst fire known in the island. —Mr. William Little, of Three Rivers, has been a heavy purchaser of laths and No. 1 cull piné deals, and it is rmmour- ed he has badly burned his fingers, the market having broken and he has been left with large stocks on hand. —At a recent meeting of the Quebec Board of Trade a successor was elected to fill the post of President of the Board in lieu of Mr. T. Beckett (Dobell, Beckett and Co.), whose taining the office. —The Canadian Pacific road is likely to have a suit on its | hands for not having built bridges*over Bow river, west of Canmore, Ont., such as will not intérfere with log navigation. The company owning the Eau Claire mills at Calgary will seek damages because of a jam aleve the railroad bridges, having given the railroad company dne notice of the require- ment for a log passage. —-The employees in the Bu Columbia, went out on strike rece demand for.a reduction in the hours’ of labor to ten hours per day. The men have been working eleven and a half hours per day. The mills were very busy? at the time of the strike, no less than six vessels being in waiting for lumber for foreign ports. The strike has since ended by the proprietors accord- ing to the demands of the men. —Mr. T. Butler has succeeded /in getting all his drive of 100,000 pieces down the Salmon ri¥er and all has been rafted and towed to Deseronto. On the Moira, the tail of the drive is at Cannifton with very little water. On that river over 150,- 000 pieces have been left behind aWing to low water, in the dead water between Plainfield an@ the railway bridge. Of this stuff about 35,000 pieces belongjto the Rathbun Company, the rest belonging to the Messrs. Gilmour, Flint & Holton, Wm. Sutherland, and Job Linghan§ They may be got down should heavy rains occur in the fal Inlet saw mills, British tly in order to enforce a —From the best information ob polis Lumberman, it appears tha about come up to the expectatio of the Minneapolis exchange, who tention to the subject, although notan possession of full statis- tics, is of the opinion that the cut jvill aggregate about 275,- 000,000 feet, and this figure is genefally accepted by the lum- In addition there are 25j000,000 to 30,000,000 of old logs in the river, making a total log supply of about 300, - 000,000 feet. The prospects are that all of this will be sawed this The present condition of the lumber piles throughout the Northwest warrants the full cut. Stocks have not been so low since 1882 as the lower in Minneapolis, in proportion, than they are at other _ principal manufacturing and shippigg points. According to figures compiled for the lumber exchange the stock in Minne- apolis was about 130,000,000 on Apfil 1, against 200,000,000 in the spring of 1886, and a similar supply in the spring of 1885. In Chicago there is about 100,000,000 feet less this spring than last. inable, says the Minnea- the season’s log cut has B. E. Nelson, secretary as given considerable at- bermen. season. are to-day, and they are August, 1887. IMPERIAL TARIFF POLICY. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. DEAR SIR,—At present the movement in favor of Imperial Federation seems to be i in the stage of a general policy, the cultivation of a sentiment for unity, and opposition to the adoption of anything leading to disintegration, rather than of a definite proposal of any immediate practical measure. As to the exact shape any modification of the present status of the difierent portions of the Empire shall take, it seems to be at present undetermined and left an open question even for members of the Imperial Federation League. A suggestion, not yet officially adopted, lias however -been-thade by the Canadian branch that all por rtions of the empire should agree to discriminate in favour af importations from each other and against foreign imports, an ilea which has also found some acceptance among the members in Great Britain. The pro- posal is not to form an Impefial Zollverein with free trade, or a similar tariff for all parts ; meither the principal Colonies nor the mother country are at all’ inclined to such a step, which indeed would be contrary to the constitution of the League re- serving as it does to the self-governing colonies their right to frame their local tariffs. The idea briefly sketched is that the different portions of the Empire whether their tariff calls for high duties, low duties or no= uties at all, should maintain other, but that they should a certain amount against for- them unchanged as against eaél all add a discriminating duty of eign importations, thus whether protectionists or freetrade, favoring their fellow subjects against foreigners. Though this idea is still undeveloped, and has not become a practical question, it may be of interest to your readers in H of our fiscal policy and pro- consider how such a policy of the rest of the world would fades. Our two great markets apart from home consumption are the United States and the United Kingdom. It would be impossible to estimate the Is the trade with the States, be- cause it would depend greatlysupon the action taken at Wash- ington in consequence of it, afd thus is an unknown factor in the problem. As to the trade with the United Kingdom it would undoubtedly give it an impetus for it would give our posed amendments of it, to Imperial discrimination aga: effect the Canadian timber t Europe and the Southern States of jhe Union, both strong competitors with Canada for @ e custom of Great Britain. In the British West Indies it woiild secure us almost a monopoly of the market, for a very mo@erate discriminating duty would transfer from the United Stafes to Canada this vaJuable busi- ness of which the former has 0 far had the lion’s share. The same would be true of Australia, which has hitherto drawn largely from Norway and Sweden and from the Pacific Coast States of the Union, neither of which in the face of any adverse discrimination should be able to hold their own against the splendid timber of British Columbia. It would be useless to extend this view to the markets of smaller or more distant portions of the Empire, thpugh their aggregate trade might be worthy of considerations Though as I have said this is not at present a practical question of the day, it is not without interest for our lumber- men and others connected with the trade, who may watch, as I shall, to see what progress is made with this movement. It is a matter of curiosity ndéw, but some day, perhaps in a modified shape, it may bedome a live issue. Events march rapidly in these times, and 3 here is change in the air. ‘ Yours truly, Te Bile LOGGING THE OTTAWA. OrTrawa, CANn., July ao the beautiful seat of the Dominion Government, ig also the great entrepot of the Ottawa River. Draining 4 heavily wooded district containing 100,000 square miles, the Ottawa is the greatest logging river of Canada, and its timber mdustry is the most important in the Dominien. Each year the lumbermen work their way further back into the interior, logs now travelling as far as 200 miles before reaching the mills. The number of saw mills in the Province of Quebec is stated at 1,729, employing 12,461 hands. The estimated value of the rough products of the forest annually exported from the province is about $10,000, - oo, The number of logs that will be brought down this year will be about 2,500, In former years great cdnfusion and loss resulted from the mixing up of the logs, ag well as their being left along the banks after the subsidencéof high water. These annoyances are now reduced to a minifMum, under the marvellous system adopted and carried on by the Upper Ottawa Improvement Co., popularly known as; the ‘‘ boom company.” Extensive a booms have been constructed, distributing stations established, and with the powerful st tugs, and large body of experienced men at work, the losses amount to comparatively nothing. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. The most important distributing station is near the town of Quyon, about forty miles above Ottawa. sorted with reference to the side of the river on which they Here the logs are are to be delivered, as well as by certain groups of mills, a further sorting taking place below. The logs are brought down into a narrow passage called the gap, and are distributed according to their axe marks. the north side of the river are known. Hamilton ; and those on the south side as Booth, Mason, Young and Bronson. owners as they are pushed through the ‘‘ gap” by the stalwart loggers, who sing out the particular pocket into which they The principal sawmill men on Eddy, Conroy and Perley, are to be floated, by very singular, and to the uninitiated, in- comprehensible terms. ; CALL. “ Eddy, I roll!” Here are a few of the calls : MEANING. A log belonging to Eddy is rolled over in the water so as to bring the private mark to the surface, and is sent down the gap, being seized by the proper man and pushed into the appropriate pocket. Three logs for the Eddy pocket. A log for the Perley pocket. A Conroy log is shoved down the gap. A playful tribute to the greenness of a former employee who described the plat- form or dock on which the company’s quarters are located as ‘‘the hustings” having © reference to the Canadian or English term for what is known in American politics as the speaking plat- form at a political meeting. Thus the monotony of work is greatly relieved and the natural witty exuberance of the French and Irish loggers finds “Eddy, 3 times !” palzerleyseleseen **Conroy, I shove.”’ ** Bronson at the hustings !” expression. On the piling grounds aun the Chaudiere Falls at Ottawa, there is always a stock of lumber estimated at 125,- 000,000 feet. To keep these filled to their utmost capacity, a large number of mills cluster around the falls, some of them employing over a thousand men. They are supplied with the finest machinery and lighted with the most powerful electric light, by the aid of which, work during the season is main- tained without ceasing both day and night.—C/eveland Tron Trade Review. U. S. LUMBER TRADE. ae White Pine lumber market is generally .fairly active. Prices continue firm. Since our last report about one and a half million feet has gone forward to the West Indies. Trade with Cuba is very quiet.. For the River Plate several small lots have gone forward and two cargoes are loading. The demand seems to keep up’ in moderate degree. For Rio Janiero, 500,000 feet have been shipped recently. This will no doubt meet immediate demands. Small lots are being shipped to Australia to complete vessels landing on berth. For Africa and the West Coast of South America, there is nothing being shipped to speak of. Inquiries for North Caro- lina Pine continue in excess of the available supply, particularly kiln-dried boards, both rough and worked. Prices are firm and with a decided tendency to. advance. Mills are so over- run with orders that they refuse point blank to bid on time bills which call for delivery by a specified date. Air-dried lumber is in good supply, but for many purposes this cannot be used to advantage. The scarcity and high price of Spruce has induced an increased demand for timber and large quanti- ties are being placed. The trade in Yellow Pine continues fairly active, the yards reporting a good business, which is becoming restricted for forward delivery, the lumber for most of the buildings to be erected having been contracted for. Boards are still dull, with an over supply. There is an im- provement in the export trade, especially for the River Plate, and for Europe, especially for continental ports ; but Brazil seems to be suffering from over-importation of Pitch Pine, and the only orders received frond there now are to postpone de- liveries. There is a very moderate inquiry from the West Indies, the Windward Islands and Central America. for Spruce continue firm and without change. Arrivals have been comparatively heavy, but not sufficient to cause any weakness in values. Yard stocks had been so bably broken that holders can afford to be ‘stiff in their askings. There is considerable now on the way and it is possible, but not prob- able, that a slight shading in figures may occur within the next two weeks. Laths continue without change and with light receipts. The Hemlock mills are mostly busy with orders, and the retail yards are complaining that they cannot get stock as fast as they desire. There seems to be a feeling among them that they will soon have to pay an advanced price. A number of mills report that they are behind from two to three weeks in filling orders that they are usually able to ship in from a week to ten days. Should the preseut demand continue there must be an advance of from 50 cents to $1 per M., be- fore September. Business in Hardwoods at the yards has been a little quieter. The demand has not been so steady Prices The logs take the names of } and the moderate activity has not been kept up. Trade fully up to what it generally is season of the lightly are fairly firm, buyers are not Manufacturers and assortments, that were broken, have be at this particular Arrivals are on the increase and while price a few are offering Jumber more freely year. anxious as ine y were weeks ago. fhicier itly re plenished for present needs. from first hanc (uotatior ‘ unchanged, but there js apparently more eagerr stocks. Rough edge Eastern Second Growth Ash anc It first rate lot of either in large would be difficult to secu The ial mid nd Cedar r ory are in steady demand. quantity. mer quiet prevails in the Mahogany a as stocks, remain very muoh as at last ’ There is now a demand for such as barrel st f Sia stocks are firm and unchanged. more particularly for the light West India light hogsheads and light is a ready salé for these. Mar as the export, grades pipes, There should watch the mark closely, facturers oO demand fiuctuates 2 great deal. To-day anjaccumulation of heavy stock with no light next week the reverse is just as likely as not to be the case. demand make it undesirable, while stock is wanted DISAPPEARANCE OF OAK TIMBER. It is stated that oak timber especially is :apidly disappearing from Europe, although half of the area of Sweden, one-fourth of Norway, one sixth that of Switzerland, and 780,000 square miles in Russia are said to be yet in forest. The consumption of oak in France has doubled during the last fifty years; she requires 15,000,000 cubic feet yearly for wine casks alone, 72,- 600,000 cubic feet for her fleet, and 150,000 cubic feet for railway carriages; £800,000 worth of 45,900,000 worth Since losing Alsace and Lorraine, France 150,000,000 acres, 20,000,000 of this surface is covered with of timber, 000 for building purposes, staves were imported in 41852; are now needed. contains forest. Holland and Belgium are nearly denuded and are large importers. North Germany is rich in forest, but within half a century has commenced to cut down young trees. Austria has sold her forests since railroads have been introduc- ed. In Italy no forests remain. woodless. The southern coast of the Mediteranean forestless.— Ax. Spain and Greece are almost is almost BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N. Y. BUFFALO, July 19.—With all due respect to dealers in pine _lumber here; says Zhe Téberman correspondent, I am in- clined to suspect a slight dullness in the trade, notwithstand- ing the assurance of the ‘majority of them that business is good. There are several feasons why the demand is not as good as during the past three or four weeks. cause of complaint is that smaller markets are being drummed to death by a few representative houses here and particularly That small lumber hamlet, judging from reports received, contains a large number of very weak-kneed sellers. One from there with a heavy stock of dry lumber on hand, has by his over-amxiety to dispose of it, created a widespread feeling of distrust and weakness in future prices. The trail left by one of them has furnished a large sized wedge to split prices in every town struck by him. It is also said that drummers are more. numerous this year than last, and “tally a round dozen” or ‘‘ fifteen for this morning,” seems to be the greeting most agents meet on the road. The best bids are taken by agents outside, and in most cases the price is lower than would be. accepted for the same stock here. There is no real change in the market at present, but the out- look for future trade, in my opinion, is very favorable. Shingles and lath are in the same condition as reported heretofore, viz., demand good, supply light and prices strong. The principal at Tonawanda. OuR esteemed contemporary, Z7éer, of London, Eng., recently devoted considerable space to a criticism of Prof. John Macoun’s article on ‘‘ The Value of Canadian Woods for Export,” which appeared in these columns some months ago. Owing to Prof. Macoun’s absence in British Columbia at the present time we have not been favored with his views on the subject, but we can at least conjecture that he will have something to say in substantiation of his statements at no very distant date. ~ For the next issue of THE LUMBERMAN we would like to secure as many reports from individual lumbermen in all parts of Canada as possible, concerning the state of trade ; how the cut is progressing ; the condition of the drives; the probable output, and any other information concerning their business that can be furnished. It is these items of news which go to make up an interesting paper, and as a post card will furnish all the necessary information, we trust that the request here- with may bring in hundreds of replies. Let each of our readers consider this a personal invitation, intended In the interest of the trade. Replies should reach this office by August 15th if possible. THE NEWS. —_— ONTARIO. —Kingston is to have a new dry dock. Bell & Co., —John Patterson’s saw mill at Hollen has been burned. —kR. Toronto, builders, have assigned. —The making of egg barrels is anewenterprise at Fergus, Ont. —The Government is being petitioned to increase the duty on axes. : —Perley & Pattee’s saw mills at the Chaudiere commenced running July 12th. —Mr. James Benor is about erecting a new sash and door factory at Campbellford. —Robert Campbell, of the no of R. Campbell & Son, Eganville, Ont., is dead. —The Parry Sound Lumber 0; ’s tramway recently fell, in- juring several emp'oyees. & —Charles Conrad, lumberman, of St. Thomas, has com- promised with his creditors. al —The sash and door factory belonging to Hunter & Ezard, Milton, was recently damaged by fire. —Large quantities of square timber are coming over the Grand Junction for shipment at Belleville. —The saw mills at Crow Bay, owned by Messrs. Gilmour & Co., have a capacity of 14,000 feet per day. —Jones & Beaudet succeed A. Gy Jones as owners of the sash and door factory at Rochesterville, Ont. —Joseph B. Weller, a lumber merchant, been committed to gaol as a dangerous lunatic. Belleville, has —An immense amount of property has been destroyed by a fierce bush fire at Wilmur, Addington County. —Mr. Wm. Smith, of Beaverton, has atlded a new planer and matcher to the wood-working department of his business. —Mr. John Goodman, of Minden, is putting new machinery in his mill and expects to have it again 1m operation this season. —About 60,000 feet of lumber belonging to Mr. Grier, of Ottawa, was burned on July 4th. at $1,000. he loss is estimated eee —Fred Pual, a young fellow we | the Cedar Mill, at Deseronto, had three fingers of his left hand lacerated by a A saw recently. of —Henry Bros., Randwick, have sold their saw mill to Mr. J. D. Smith, Toronto, who intends a ies the machinery to North Bay. —The saw mills owned by McLaren i Edwards, Carleton Place, are running at full force, and expect to cut 25,000,000 feet this year. - —On July 18th Suttaby’s steam joiner and planing mill, at Gravenhurst, caught fire, and in a very short time a loss of from $4,000 to $8,000 was incurred. The amounts passed in the estimates for slides and booms in the Pembroke district were: River Coulonge and Black River, $2,800, River Ottawa, $4,000 —At Brockville, Manhard & Co., lurhber, have admitted Thos. Doddridge a special partner, contributing $10,000, from May, 30, 1887, to May 30, 1890. '-—The schooner Aurora landed at Owen Sound the first consignment of the twelve million feet of lumber which will be brought there for shipment over the C.P.R. —The milling company, at Medonte, under the manage- ment of Mr. John Knight, will cut four million feet of lumber this season. This is about the average output. —The Str. E. B. Eddy left the Chaudiere recently with a tow of twelve barges loaded with lumber for Quebec. This is considered one of the heaviest tows of the season. —The planing mill owned by Mr. George Cormack, of Whitby, was recently destroyed by fire, together with most of the machinery, patterns ete. Mr. Cormack’ s loss is about $9,000 —Pine drives on the Gatineau and Ottawa are progressing favourably, and the mills are all cutting up in full time. The demand for the lower grades of lumber is good in the U.S. market. x Dowd & Co., of Oscoda, Michigan, lost a large quantity of square timber by fire recently on the Pickerel River, supposed to be the result of carel —Messrs. sness on the part of the employees. —Martin Hanmore, an employee in the saw mill of R. Traux & Co., Walkerton, met with an accident a few days since, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. It appears that the man who works be rip saw allowed a piece of wood to fall against the saw, which flew with terrific force, striking Hanmore in the ribs burying them into his lungs, —Messrs. McLachlin Bros. and Mohr Bros. are putting their drives of saw logs and dimension timber through the slide at Eganville. The drives consist of nearly one hundred thousand pieces. —Every department of the Cedar Mills, at Deseronto, is reported as enjoying a boom. Large shipments of ties, lum- ber and shingles are daily made to all parts of Canada and the United States. t —Chew’s lumber mill, at West Gravenhurst, was burned June 30th. ® The weather was calm and consequently the fire did not extend to the lumber or other buildings. The mill was insured for $2,500. — —Great quantities of telegraph poles, hoops and staves, are being shipped from the einity of St. Thomas to the United States the present season, the value of the exports from that city exceeding $62,000. % —All the drives in the Parry Sound district are coming down slowly and none of them will be ‘‘ hung up” this year. Some of the companies are still cutting logs in the bush and | intend to keep their camps going all summer. —-The Terra Cotta Lumber Company, of Deseronto, cele- — brated the Queen’s Jubilee by starting their works on that day. They have already commenced the manufacture of their pro- ducts. The new industry will give employment to many hands. —The Jntelligencer says that the Rathbun Company have constructed a simple, yet effective machine on their property adjoining the Grand Junction dock at Belleville, for loading railway ties on flat cars. With this machine, which is oper- ated by steam power, a car can be loaded in fifteen minutes. —Prices of pine lumber at Ottawa do not vary much from last quotations, good lumber of all kinds but strips rating about $2, and strips from $1 to $1.50 less than last fall. For ordinary and coarse lumber prices remain about the same. Freights by boat to Albany $3 and to New York, Ge heap The steam-barge Scotia, fron Kingston, Canada, with its consorts Gaskin and Oriental, loaded about 40,000 cubic teet, or 480,000 feet, board measure, Montague, Mich., recently. T quently put on a raft, sent down ped to England. f timber for shipbuilding at timber was to be subse- e St. Lawrence, and ship- —TuHE LUMBERMAN regrets to-announce the failure during the past month of the well-kne Toronto lumber firm of Hargreay yn and popular wholesate & Co., which was brought The d a surplus of $4,000 is about, it is said, by the depression in the lumber trade. liabilities are placed at $15,000 claimed by the firm. A. & P. White of Pémbroke, have opened the steam saw mill purchased from Mr,.W. B. McAllister. The mill has been thoroughly overhauledjand the old machinery re- A made to the building and on the wi —Messrs. placed by new or made over. extension has also been ole it is now one of the best saw mills in this section. q —aAttorney-General Mowat left for New York on July 13th, sailing from there by the Sardinian. It is understood his principal business in the old country is to settle whether pany regarding timber in the disputed territory shall be carried before the Privy Council or not. —Mr, W. H. Sicsmith, of Ottawa, is having built two large barges capable of carrying 300,000 feet of lumber at McRae’s ship yard, opposite the Queen’s wharf. be two of the largest on the river. The new barges will Mr. Sicsmith, who has been for a number of years connected with the forwarding frm of Blanchard & Co., intends establishing a new and independent line of barges and tugs. —The Terra Cotta Lumber ‘Company, of Deseronto, manufactured their first lot of materials three weeks ago. Experts pronounced them ish and indeed supericr to any they had seen elsewhere. This is most encouraging. The Company have made contratts with several parties for their wares. The works attract crowds of visitors who seek to satisfy their curosity about the new lumber. —The Burk’s Falls drow say§ :—Mr. Monroe of William Hamilton Machine Works, Peterborough, called upon us on Monday. He was on his way heme from North Bay, where he had concluded a contract for @ large steam saw mill which they are to build and turn overcomplete for operations. He inspected the W. Train & Son’s mill here, and was much pleased with the manner in which the millrights had put in the machinery. § —The William Sere Manufacturing Company, of Peterborough, is building ban¢- -mill machinery for the Victoria Lumber Company, at Victoria Harbor, in the Georgian Bay region. The mill is the Allington patent, an invention of D. K. Allington, of Saginaw, four of which are now being put THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. | The shortage in last winter’s cut _ the main stream. Des Joachims by the 15th of Ai _ of a like character to join in the case of Queen vs. St. Catherines Mill and Lumber Com- | set by the above company ? §& | MacKay, R. H. Klock, A. 2 | ment Company, says there is*not a particle of danger Pe: into mills on that river. The Victoria (CoB will have two. gangs and a band-mill in its establi shment, and a be pre- pared to do business in the latest style. —The lumbering firm of J. R. Booth at the Chaudiere, ot pect, at the end of this year’s cutting in the mills, to have a reserve of logs of at least 40,000, while Messrs. Bronson & Weston expect to have a reserve of 50,000 pieces to begin sawing on next spring, Messrs. Perley & Pattee as well as E. B. Eddy, will have sufficient over to carry on sawing opera- tions in the spring until the first of their drive comes down. ll only average about five at no great scarcity of logs per cent. more than last year, so t is anticipated. a —The drive on the Ottawa above Des Joachims is all on : It is expected: that it will be swept into gust. The drive on the f" ill not be out of the lake ate for the main drive and © estate of D. Moore, on Kippewa, for some time yet. It will be too will very likely be laid up for this year, on Kippewa lake. J. R. Booth and Grier’s drives on Mattawa are all out of the - Mattawa river. The Dumoine drive is coming along slowly it is just possible some part of it Will not get out — The Black river drive is all swept obt. —lIt is rumored in lumber circles t which has ever taken place in the trade is about completed, being the sale of McLaughlin Brog. large mills at Amprior, and extensive limits on the Upper Ottawa, to Hon. J. G. Ross of Quebec, and E. B. Eddy, fhe Match King, of Hull. The consideration is $2,500,000. e cause of selling is the ill-health of the managing partner, who has been advised by his physician to seek rest. In the €vent of the purchase being completed if is said Messrs. Ross hd Eddy contemplate build- ing a short line railway from Arnptior through the Towhelitps of Fitzroy, Huntley, March and Napier to Ottawa. at — —A dispatch from Ottawa says # The lateness of the timber drive this spring, owing to the log winter, is now becoming apparent. Several of the leading/millers have recently had | to shut down their mills temporarily Several times during the last month or so owing to the scarcityjof logs, as many supplies ex- pected have not yet arrived. Experienced old lumber work- ers also declare their opinion thatthe lumber cut of last winter will soon prove to have been smadller than supposed, and the mills will not work nearly so long this season as in the past years. If they do they will havéto use up the reserve supply of logs ordinarily kept over to begin work in early spring. ed Lumber Co. at Waubau- notice : ‘‘This Company ap- ave taken during the recent —The Georgian Bay Consolida shene, have issued the following preciating the stand their men strikes in the neighbourhood, a§ well as their loyalty to the Company’s interests at all times, and desiring to acknowledge the same, propose until further notice to cease work in con- nection with the Severn and Waubaushene Mills, at three o'clock on Saturday. While soéme of the men might prefer half an hour daily, this Company believe the interests of the greatest number will be served by allowing the whole reduction of time on Saturday.”” Would if not be well for other concerns trying out the good example _—At the Russell House, Ottawa, on July 2nd, Mr. W. H. Lewis, auctioneer, sold three ¥aluable timber limits on the North Shore of Lake Huron,"No. 40, 46 and 47, each con- taining thirty-six square miles. " The river Wahnapitus waters all three, and the C. P. R. COmpany have a station near at hand. Among the lumbermeh present were Messrs. Wm. Cormack, P. H. Colton, O. Latour and R. Hurdman, h 40 was knocked down to _ Mr. Colton for $25,000. Berths 46 and 47 were sold to Mr. Joseph Riopelle of Ottawa for $13,000 and $7,000 respect- tively. The terms of the salé were one half cash down and balance in one year. This is the first sale of limits that has taken place in this district this Fear. Lumber is bigheucw ned owners of limits are not anxiou s to sell. —Mr. G. ; of Upper Ottawa Inprove- B. Greene, secret there would be any shortness in the lumber this summer. the mill-owners with perhaps the exception of one, had da. ent logs to keep their mills bu8y all summer. Asked if ther would be any trouble next spring from want of legs. Greene said there might be some of the himbermen who ha not a sufficient reserve. Messrs. Perley & Pattee had a dri 7 of some 30,000 logs on the Kippewa River which would ees reach Ottawa this summer owing to the lowness of the on that river making the drive float very slowly. This of course, leave them short on reserve logs for next year, he thought if they had enough reserve logs to keep their till the rst of June next year this drive would be down would keep them till that year’s drive was in, _ i ris ai. mi pes — e -* August, 1887. THE CANADA LUMBE RMAN. 9 | z an & Co., —Reports from the Upper Ottawa state that the lumber drive this summer would be considerably earlier than it was last year. The logs are taken at the head of the Long Sault by Mr. Alex. Lumsden, who has the contract for drawing the logs from the Long Sault to the commencement of the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company at Schewyn. Mr. Lumsden states that when he gets the tail of the drive into the company’s booms the drive will make rapid progress to Ottawa. —The Minden Zcho of a late date says:—Our village has been visited during the ‘present week by one of J. M. Irwin’s drives under the superintendence of Mr. G. 5S. Thompson with Messrs. Preston & Johnston as foremen. The drive consists of some 32,000 pieces of pine and ash, a large num- ber of which are 25 to 60 feet in length, having been got out specially for to meet the demands of bill timber trade. Mr. Thompson informs us that he is changing the base of his operations in the woods this year and building a new depot in the township of Harbun. The building consists of an office, storehouse, blacksmith shop, stable and dwelling, built in the form of a square, with a yard enclosed of 100 yards either way. He is also clearing a farm of some 200 acres, where he proposes raising hay and roots for the use of the shanties. The front of his dwellings surmounted by a flag pole, sixty feet high, beating a large jubilee Union Jack, on which is in- scribed ‘‘ Port Irwin,” by which name the depot is known in the district. Three more drives are expected in the course of the next few weeks containing in all some 60,000 logs. —Mr. Cook wants to know what compensation the Govern- ment intend to allow the Indians of Christian Islands for tim- ber cut by licensees of the Crown on their lands on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay ; how have the moneys arising from the sales of the Indian lands on Georgian Bay, Lakes Couchiching, Huron and Simcoe, and £ the Coldwater reserve, been ap- plied ; what disposition has been made of the £1,200 annuity payable to the Chippawa Indians under the surrender of 1818; and what compensation will the Government make to the Indians or the Christian Islands for the lands comprised in what is known as the Penetanguishene purchase, which the Indians allege was never surrendered by the tribe to the Gov- ernment. Replying to the above Sir John Macdonald inform- ed Mr. Cook that the money arising from sales of Indian lands on the Georgian Bay, Lakes Couchiching, Huron and Simcoe, and from the Coldwater reserve, had gone to the credit of the Indians in the Chippawa reserve. With regard to the claim of the Christian Island Indians for timber cut by licensees of the Crown on lands on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, that matter would be settled when the commissioners met to settle the claims against the old Province of Canada. —A Canadian writing to the Montreal Herald from the Eng- lish metropolis, among other valuable suggestions makes the following pertinent remarks anent tree planting in Canada, which are worthy of every consideration :—‘‘The question of protecting your country against a timber famine and all its attendant evils is becoming a pressing one in Canada, and is one which your Government might judiciously take in hand—at least negatively, by being less lib ral in the granting of timber limits. That the planting of a country with trees is a work in which individuals may largely share, your institution of Arbor Day is a practical proof. It may interest your readers to know of one or two “‘big things” in the way of tree planting by individuals which have been done in the Old Country. Lord Dalhousie has planted on his Brechin estate since 1884 nearly two millions of trees, and has im the nursery over another million of young first trees ready for planting. If Lord Dalhousie goes on like this he may before long beat the Duke of Athole, who, between 1774 and 1826, planted more than fourteen millions of trees at Dunkeld and Blair Athole. Scottish pro- prietors have for a good while past recognized the value of thousands and scores of thousands of barren acres as planting ground for hardy, marketable timber. Think what a gift to posterity such men bequeatg. ” QU EBEC. —Local prices in lumber at Montreal are reported good, but for exportation the great competition has brought prices low. —There seems to be every prospect this year of increased shipments of Ottawa pine deals from Montreal to Europe, chiefly by steamers. : —Very little chartering has been done in this Province so far this year, as most véssels arriving have been previously chartered in England. —The supply of white pine logs in the Ottawa valley—- which is now the almost exclusive source of supply for white pine—is variously estimated at between 600 and 700 million feet, board measure. Spme square timber, which was wont, years ago, to figure for 10 to 15 million cubic feet, is reduced _ this year to under one million feet. —The lumbermen, a Quebec despatch says, did not succeed in getting the Quebec Government to promise to reduce the tax on timber limits, but some modifications in regard to great- er fixity of tenure, etc., were made. —In the spruce districts, from Montreal down to Gaspe, operations in some parts were either suspended altogether or considerably reduced; in others, they were materially increased over those of previoug§ years. On the whole a full average supply of spruce will be forthcorning. —Reports from cint@ent points in Quebec state that there have been the cleanest drives this season than for years past, This is generally attributed to the fact that the winter’s snow passed away slowly, giving plenty of water in the rivers and streams for floating with great advantage. —No doubt owing to the small sales, comparatively speak- ing, made by Quebec exporting houses last winter in Europe, the vessels so far arrived since opening of navigation have not been numerous. Up to June 25th, the arrivals this year have been 97 ships, 75,480 tonnage, as compared with 120 ships, 103,090 tonnage, in 1886. However it is expected that by Ist August there will have been loaded fully as many vessels as last year at same daté, —The Quebec ship labourers are again trying to obstruct the trade of the port. They have, through some petty spite against a batteau owner, passed a resolution boycotting his batteau for the season, The result, however, has not turned out exactly as they would have wished, as the first vessel boycotted turned: to with her own crew, and is now loaded. The consequence is that other captains will now do the same and it is hoped Quebec will soon be free of the ob- noxious rules of the Quebec Ship Labourers’ Society. —Mr. Andrew Thompson, of Quebec, who has been in London for some time in connection with the floating of the Montmorency Milling property as a limited company, has re- turned home. We have not learned the result of his mission. —The spruce-mills in the vicinity of Quebec have now all secured their logs, and are cutting on full time. Spruce lum- ber is in fair demand front the U. S., and several mills have made considerable sales. ~One mill in this vicinity is in nego- tiation for the sale of all they can cut into boards. If this sale is made, the cut of sprucé deals will be reduced some 200,000 to 300,000 q.s. B _—A correspondent of an English exchange, speaking of Quebec trade, says :—The present state of our market is one of complete stagnation. “Our shipping houses, with few ex- ceptions, find themselves with pretty heavy stocks ; in face of a demoralized market at your side, with sales difficult, almost impossible to make, they very naturally have ceased purchas- ing here. There are, therefore, still some spruce cuttings un- sold. The pine manufacturers of the Ottawa Valley have the advantage, however, of Sawing into boards for the United States, and those who have not yet made contracts to saw deals are now sawing into-boards. The markets in the United States show great ee and our pine manufacturers will find a good market, and good prices therein, for all they can make. We are sorry to say the present aspect of your mar- kets does not warrant similar expectations. We wish we could see some ray of hoping better things for the future, but we fail in any direction to see it. = As we often in past years brought to the notice of your cs we look each succeeding year for a constantly decreasing yolume of our wood exports to the United Kingdom, and a- constantly increasing augmentation with the United States. In the latter country their magnifi- cent pine forests of the West are giving out, as those of the East have given out many years ago. ment of wood has grown to vast proportions, and is every suc- ceeding year growing to still greater volume. Looking on the other hand, to the United Kingdom, the future outlook seems to us as if the requirements of wood goods are decreasing year by year. Another factor is the supplies coming from the Baltic, to which there seems to be no practical limit, and with which in prices it is becoming less and less possible for us to compete, more especially in spruce or whitewood. Their annual require- NEW BRUNSWICK. —A\ll the drives are down the Restigouche. —Freight rates still rule low from New Erunswick to British and Continental ports. ~ —The output of lumber from the port of St. John for the first six months of this year will fall very far short of that for the corresponding period of last year. —The lumber mill and some lumber owned by Hilyard Bros., Portland, were destroyed by fire July 13th. The mill was valued at $30,000, and insured for $13,000. —-Last year 95,000,000 feet B. M. of logs passed through the Fredrickton boom. It is estimated that there will be roo, - 000,000 feet pass Fredrickton this season. The cut of logs below that city is unimportant. At a meeting of the English creditors of Guy, Bev: lumber merchants, of $t. John, N.B., held in London recently, the liabilities of the firm was found to be £180,000, of which £106,000 is unsecured. The assetsare £25,000. Mr. E. J. Smith’s saw mill Shediac, N. B., wa thoroughly repaired last winter and a new foundation put in, and is now capable of sawing 50,000 to 60,000 feet a day. About 2,500,000 feet of logs were brought down the Scadouc this spring, and the mill is now running full blast, sawing deals, boards, laths and shingles. The St. now in the vicinity of the forks of the Yenobscot z One h Croix Courier says the drive from Katahdin is about 18,000,000 feet of logs. ndred men anc horses are employed on the drive. All last winter's c wit the exception of about a million feet, and the previous season’s cut have been successfully brough Wissatiquoik. Mr. Tracey expects to reach his at Greenbush boom about July 2oth. —The big jam of 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 feet of logs still hangs on the Aroostock Falls, and unless there are very heavy rains it will remain thereall summer. The Dechaine drive, of three and. one-half millions, is hung up in Big Black river, about 60 miles above Fort Kent. These logs are owned by Hayford & Stetson, Bangor City. The Sewall & Mcllvaney drive, which was hung up at the falls in the Allegash about a fortnight was started by the rise of water caused by the recent rains, and is now coming along well with every prospect of getting into St. John in good season. Allegash enters the St. John 30 miles above Fort Kent. The last the water in the river sevén feet. rains brought up A New Brunswicker writes: The American market for our staple continues very good, and were it not for the that the shipper has to meet in the United States Custom houses the returns would be highly satisfactory; as it is, the prices received on lumber. shipments to American ports com- duty pare very favourably with those received for lumber cut for the British consumer ; and I am of opinion that it is only a matter of time when by far the greater quantity of the lumber cut in this section will be Shipped to the United States, simply because that country is our natural market, and, besides that, we cannot shut our eyes t6 the fact that the Baltic wood, which is taking the place of ours in many ways, can be laid down in the British market in much quicker time and for much less expense than can the wood from this side of the water. Con- sequently the consumer invests in that article which, other things being equal, he can get for the least money, and the Canadian lumber has to suffer. MANITOB4 AND NORTHWEST. tes of lumber is being shipped from America. —Considerable quan British Columbia to South —Gangs of men are taking out saw logs along the Saskatch- ewan from Pitt to Saddle lake for Prince Bros., of Battleford. —Messrs. Leamy & Kyle have the ground staked off and ar- rangements made for thé erection of a large sash and door fac- tory at Vancouver, B. C. —The Alberta Lumber Company are establishing a saw mill at Red Deer, Alberta. -They have lumber limits on the Red Deer and Saskatchewan rivers. —The Royal City Planing Mills Co., of Vancouver, are sending to Yokohama, via the Abyssinia, samples of their windows, sashes. doors, blinds and lumber. —Latest reports from the Lake of the Woods lumber dis- trict, go to show that a portion of the “‘ hung up” logs have been got out. It is said, however, that the supply of logs for mills in this vicinity will be very limited. —The logs being floated down the Bow river to the Eau Claire mills at Calgary, has been jamed up at the C.P.R. bridges west of Canmore. It is stated the the Eau Claire Co. will claim damages against the C.P.R. for the detention of their logs. —The Northwest town of Calgary boasts of a 75-horse power saw mill, with a capacity of 100,000 feet per day, a 25- horse power planing, sash and door factory, the largest in Manitoba or the Northwest, and a smaller planing, sawing and grinding mill. —A lot of sash, door and window ware from Vancouver, B. C., manufacturers, is being taken on board the S.S. Abyssinia consigned to Yokohama and Hong Kong. It is likely that the future will develop an important trade between those places in a few years. —The Moodyyille saw mills are working night and day at present to keep up with the demand for lumber and to hasten the loading of the vessels now taking in cargo at their wharf. This is rendered absolutely necessary, as a number of vessels are now under charter and are on their way to this port to load at the company’s mills. TRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. TorRONTO, July 27, 1887. Lumber trade in this city is dull. The striks of the carpenters and the season of the year both contribute to the existing state of the market. Even in the present condition the demand for bill stuff is in excess of the supply. Some of the principal dealers refusing bills, not being in a position to fill them. Shipments to the United States are not numerous. Prices are well maintained and have an upward tendency. No indications point to an early settlement of the difficulties between tee master carpenter and men. Each side seems re- solved to starve the other into subjection. In view of the fact that seven of the best weeks for building purposes have gone by it might be as well dida general strike take place, or a lockout of the various trades, and the balance of the year be spent in effecting a solution of the questions between the in- terested parties. It is amazing that in this the end of the 19th century men can be found who will surrender their free- dom of action to the keeping of irresponsible beings, curtailing misery on those depending on them for the necessaries of life ; compelling children of tender age to go to work in factories, their wives to take in washing, or tramp the streets begging, cheat the grocer, butcher and all who furnish them with supplies of any kind. From all such assemblies good Lord deliver us ! Mill cull boards &scantling ..$10 00 Shipping cull boards, promis- cuous VWisli Wjounosaacerood BLOCKS ister eels 13 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 13 0) 18 ft 14 00 G anitt 150029 ic) 2 a 22ttie00|/'t i 24 ft 17 00 “ “ 26 ft 18 00 «“ iG 28 ft 19 Ou 30 ft 20 09 382 ft 21 00 34 ft . 22 50@22 50 36 ft 24 00 38 ft 27 00 40 to 44 ft 30 00 Cutting up planks 1} and thicker dry........ 25 00@26 00 Ou boards ‘* 18 00”20 00 Dressing stocks....... 14 00@15 00 Picks Am. inspection....... 30 00 Three See et 40 00 M. 1}-i in flooring, Rea 25 00@30 00 rough .14 00@15 00 dressed 23 00@25 00 undressed.... 14 00 dressed 16 00@20 00 undres’d 12 00@14 00 {Beaded Sheeting, dressed Saticararseatenetehstontetete ste 18 00@20 00 Slapboarding, dressed...... 12 50 XXX sawn shingles, #M 2 ibe 90 SAW MWe eteteststel ele interels 25 . 20 0025 00 25 00@30 00 Basswood, No, 1&2..18 00@20 00 Cherry, No. 1 & 2 ....50 00@60 00 Whiteash 1 & 2....... 25 00@30 00 Black ashl & 2......20 00@25 00 —_— —_ HAMILTON. “ “ “cc cn “ “ “ce 17 19 “ 6c oe oc 0G 6c “ “ 66 “ae 19 oe “cc 66 oe sé “ec The following are the quotations of the yards here :— Mill cull boards and 1} flooring, rough. 16 00 to 18 60~ scantlings ......$ 9 00 to $10 00 | 14 flooring, rough. 16 00 to 18 00 Shipping cull boards, 14 flooring, dressed promiscuous face measure ... 82 00 wilths......... 10 00 to 12 00] 1} flooring dressed Shipping cull stocks 13 90 face measure ,.. 25 00 Scantling and joist 1 flooring dressed upto 6ft 13 00 face measnre ... 23 00 Scantling and joist Beed sheeting 1,.. 28 00 to 30 00 up to 18ft....... 13 50] Picks A M. Scant ing and jois‘ Inspection...... 30 00 up to 20ft ...... 14 00| Three Uppers A. M. Scantling and joist Inspection,..... 40 00 up to 22ft....... 15 00 | XXX sawn s} ingles Scantling and joist ORS ap ono oe ato 260to 276 up to 24ff,...... 16 00 | Sawn Lath........ 2 25 Scantling and joist Red oak,.... anu ac 20 00 to 25 00 up to 26ft.. ... 17 00 | White oak......... 25 00 to 30 C0 Scantling and joist Basswood No, L up to 28ft ...... GRO} amanda rerctccreretates 18 00 to 20 00 Scantling and joist Charry No. land 2 50 00 to 60 00 up to 30ft ...... 10 00} White Asi No. 1 Cutting up plink 1} Oil) Marnqencaes 25 00 to 30 00 and thicker, dry 20 00 t> 25 00| B'ack Ash No, 1 . Cutting up boards 20 00 Ek) BP nvaogeSonen 20 00 to 25 00 Dressing stocks... 6 00to 18 00 MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. . MONTREAL, July 25, 1887. Since our last report prices in the lumber market here have been firm and well maintained, although for exportation the great competition has brought them somewhat lower. There has been an active business done at the yards for city consump- tion as well as for country trade, but contractors seem to be pretty well supplied for some time now. A good export trade is being done, and shipments so far this year include 1,372,- 200 pieces of deals, ends and battens to Europe, and 484,- 638 pieces lumber to South America. Rates for freight to both South America and Europe continue unchanged. The Quebec Local Government has received another strong protest from lumbermen against their recent increase of the Provincial tax on timber. It is understood that while the Government refused to reduce, the tax, they promised some . . . 1 . modifications in regard to pay fixity of tenure, etc. The following are the quotations at the yards here :— Pine, Ist quality,#8 M $00 00@40 00) Bass, run of log culls ee ia Pine ond 00 00@30 00 out, 8 M.... .....$18 00@20 00 Pine, shipping culls, ® Oak, ARUN. ec sn cath 40 00@50 00 M..ce.ssee sess 14 00@16 00 | Walnut®M ..:..... 60 00 100 00 Pine 4th quality deals Cherry, ® M..... «+. 80 00 100 00 Mer etnitevy arias 10 00@12 00} Butternut, 8 M...... 35 00@40 00 Pine, mill culls, 9M. 8 00@10 00} Birch, ® M..... . 20 00@25 00 Spruce, #M ...... 10 00@13 00 | Hard Map'e, # M 25 00@30 00 Hemlock, ® M...... 9 00@10 00 | Lath, #M........... 1 50@ 0 00 Ash, run of log culls Shing es, Ist, # M... 2 00@ 3 00 out, Funk ateets alice’ else 20 00@25 00} Shing’es, 2nd, #& M.. 2 50@ 0 00 NEW YORK CITY. New York, July 25, 1887. Trade in this city at present is rather at low ebb, but the prospects are that in a short time an improvement will be percepitble. The yards are all well stocked but distribution is slow. Sellers are talking higher prices, but the probabilities are that rates will remain about the same as at present. North Carolina pine is cutting a prominent figure in this and other eastern markets. Its growth in popularity during the last year is astonishing. Its sale has affected spruce, yellow pine and Norway pine. é Export trade is moderate. The River Platte business is now being carried on largely from Montreal, Trade with the West Indies is fair. The Australian business is in small lots. Orders for Africa are few and small. The lumber exported for the week ending July 16, amounted to 1,375,577 feet, in addition to which five lots of shingles, amounting to 171,586 were forwarded. The shipments were all small, running from 8,000 to 150,000 feet, with one exception, a lot of 240,000 feet consigned to Demarara. Spruce is still scarce and high priced. moving moderately. Yellow pine is Eastern spruce offerings for the past week have been somewhat heavier, considerable of which comes from St. John. Northern spruce sells faster than it can be manufactured, and as a result prices are firm. Pennsyl- vania hemlock is active, while Northern hemlock continues to be offered in moderate amounts. active. Lath and shingles are fairly Prices are firm and the demand as good as it was last year at a corresponding date. SPECIAL CONTRACTS, Pitre, very choice aud PKs OEY cigteiniats sin's\she's 365 00@70 10 Pine, good.......... 55 0(@60 00 Pine, shipping box.. 21 00@22 50 Pine, common box.. 18 00@20 00 Pine common tox § 16 (0@18 00 Pine, strip plank, dr ClEAK::\.(.. sees weeies (0 32@00 35 Spruce boardsdressed 00 25@00 25 Spruce, plank, 1} inch er ch 00 28@°0 30 Spruce, plank 2in each 00 38@00 48 Ene sfally plank 14 Spruce p avk 1} inch Minteete a teteens 00 44@00 50 dressed ........... 00 28@00 30 Pine, ently plank 1} Spruce plank 2 inch 2od quality ..... 00 35@00 40 GrGsssdly. ecm, use me +0 43@00 45 Pine, tally plank 1} Spruce wall strips.... 00 15@00 18 RUN Bins castes ee sure 00 30@00 32 | Spruce timber....... 20 VO@22 00 Pine, tally boards drs’d Hemlock boards each 00 18@00 20 Pil Geemaauarcnar 00 32@00 35 | Hemlock joist, 24x4.. 00 16@00 18 Pine, tally boards Hemlock joist 3x4... 00 18@00 20 dressed common..... 00 28@00 30 | Hemlock joist 4x6.. 00 40@00 44 Pine, strip boards culls Ash, good .......... 45 00@53 00 AVIA PORT DOr a ao QO 18@00 20 | Oak. .......+.-.-... 50 00@60 00 Pine, ctrip toards Maple cull........... 20 00@25 00 merc’table......... 0) 20@00 22 Cargo rates 10 } er cent. off. Pine sinp boards clear 00 25@00 26 | ¥XTRA SELECTIONS. Maple good.......-.. 40 00@48 00; Whitewood § in..... 35 00@40 00 Chestnut ........... 40 00@50 00 | Whi:ewoo! g panel... 45 00@50 00 Cy Pao 1, 14, 2 and Shingles ex, shaved Del Diiccwentca Geese 35 00@40 00| pire 18in......... 8 00@ 9 50 Black ‘ alnut good to Shinsles ex. sawed CHOWCOun werent 140 00@160 00| pine 18 in..... -... 5 75@ 6 00 Black Walnut ..... 85 00@100 00 | Shingles clear sawet Black Walnut selected | Spine Sines... 4 50@ 5 00 and seasoned ....150 006175 00 | Shingles cypres 24x7. 22 00 @24 00 Black Walnut count’rs 00 22@00 28 | Shing!es cypress 20x6 00 00@14 00 Plack Walnut 5x5.. 150 00@160 00 Yellow pire curessed Black Walnut 6x6..160 00@170 00 flooring. coc eek swe 80 00@40 00 Black Walnut 7x7..175 00@180 00 | Yellow pine girder... 26 00@35 00 Black Walnut 8x8..175 0O@IX0 00 | Locust posts, 8 ft.... 00 18@00 20 Cherry wide. - 100 00@120 00 do 10ft .... 00 24@00 25 Cherry, ordinary. . . 70 00@80 00 do 12ft .. 00 29@00 34 Whitewood inch..... 45 00@50 00 | Chestnut posts ...... 00 0e@00 34 _—__——_—_—_. OSWEGO, N.Y. Three uppers........ $46 00@47 00 NO 26-405. .2p00 D 1 80 Pickings...... .... 386 OU@37 00 ING. USGHey tensa = one 1 50 Cutting up, No.L.... 26 00@27 00 Cedar, 4-4. ...00vus 1 70 Cutting up, No. 2.... 18 00@20 00 | Pickets, 5 4x 5-ix4, : DYessiie Pe cia. 20. eee 19 00@21 00 NOdL jciewk et ene .-» 14 00@15 00 INOMUIOUNIAS sci esiee 13 00@14 00 1x8x4,No 1. .0<« «+» 18 00@20 00 INOse URAL cctess esis 11 00@12 00 Ix8x4;Noay...c.< 5 10 00 Sidings, | selected, 1 in 31 00@39 00 | Ist - at 2nd black ash, Ld in 33 00@41 00] Lin.....0. -..seeee 23 00@25 00 Mill run, 1x10, 13 to 5- 4 aad ‘thicker.... %4 00@26 00 NIGER chee mane 19 00@22 00 Gulls; nckevecacens 10 00 Dressing and better.. 24 00:@27 00 | Basswood, se ected 4-4 1x 10 shipping cul's 16 00@17 00 fd | G8 20ft $14 00 | 12, 14, 16 and 18 ft.......... 14 09 20,33 to 1G fe... sete Oe 14 00 | 1} and 14 common.......... 13 3 FENCING—DRY, No. Lall lengths...........«. $14 50 | 4 in. common............... 12 50 No. 2, 12, 14,16 & 18fs...... 11 60.| Norway .2.5.iygeemteeese -- LO TIMBER AND DIMENSION—DRY. Joist and scantling, 2x4, 12, 12, ldand 16 f¢...........813 00 14 and 16 ft.. ae "312 00 2x4, to SxS, 18 ft... 13 00 2x6, 2x8 2x10, 12. 14 ‘and 16 ft 12 00 | 2x4, 4x4, 20 ft . 14 00 Timber, 4x4 to 8x8 inclusive? —— ALBANY. Pine, clear, @ M..... $55 00@60 00 Black walnut, good, Pine, fourths...... . 58 00@60 00 eo M.... --e-- $95 0@120 Pine, selects......... 50 0O@E4 OV Black waluut, inch. 75 00@80 Pine, good box...... 22 00@33 00 | Black walnut, } inch. 30 00@85 Pine, common box... 13 50@16 00 | Scaymore, l-inch.... 26 00@29 Pinc 10-in. plank,each 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. plank, White wood, 1-i culls, each........ . 00 24@00 27 and kt ae 32 00@3S Pine boards, 10-in.... 00 30@00 32 | White ae wy — oonso Pine, 10in. boards,culls 00 16@00 2u | Ash, good, +++... 38 00@42 Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 Ash. Th, OS Bh ixesnve 28 00@32 00 Pine,1 12-in. boards, 16ft 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13ft 28 00@32 00 Pine, 1 fin. siding, select 40 00@43 00 Pine, l}-in. siding, common. ........- - 15 00@18 00 Pine, l-in. siding, select 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch siding, common.... ...... 13 00@15 00 r a if Spruce, Sacrame — hy z MMM WH Shingles,shaved,pine, — ag ‘plank, 3 in., m z sbingles 2nd quality. extra, sa GACH 2.52 ce cucteess 00 00@00 12 Fieuilocks , boards, each 00 00@00 14 Hemlock, joist, 4x6, 5 ee ea RSSZSR SS BBSSSS 3833 BE 223838 5 ee 528856 Fe 2x4, caus SAGINAW VALLEY, East SAGINAW, July|20.—A large quantity of lumber has been sold in a quiet way: during the past 10 days. Opinions differ as to prices. Much of the stock sold has not been re- ported, and details of sales are daily suppressed, Buyers in- variably claim that the valley pine lumber holders have made concessions, and I am inclined to believe this holds good as to the better grades, but cgmmon stock is firm. There is likely to be some trouble in moving by water lumber that has been recently sold and which will be wanted for the fall trade at th east. One vessel man informed me that he could keep a toy August, 1887. -of 2,000,000 feet capacity busy until navigation closes, and this in addition to the present available tonnage, Sibley & Bearinger have sold 7,500,000 feet to Noyes & Sawyer, of Buffalo ; 2,000,000 to Lay, Hurlburt & Co., Sandusky ; 1,000,- 000 to Craig, of Rochester, and 1,500,000 feet to other parties. The prices ranged from $10.50 upward. This stock is cut at East Tawas and on the Saginaw river. In addition to the _ foregoing I hear of sales of 200,600 feet at $8.50, $17 and $37 ; 400,000 feet at $9, $18 ar $10,50 ; 1,400,000 feet at $19% 50 straight ; 300,000 feet at cone of 700,000 the other 8c tions are $2. for the XXX lumber trade keeps up well, the movement being the season of the year. Prices are firm. Lath are Eepl-35- CARGO QUOTATIONS. Shipping culls .......$ 8 CO@10 50 | Under straight Common ,.....-+-+-- 15 00@21 00 Measure .... .... 10 00@25 00 S-uppers..--++s. +--+ 38 00@40 00 | Shingles, XXX... 171 3 00@ 3 25 Bill stuff ............ 8 50@10 00; Shingles. clear butts 5 00@ 2 23 Norway bil stuff .... 8 60@10 50 | White pine ath,.... 1 40 YARD TRADE, 3 Pred wide and Fencing, coarse com- Ick.......+.+---. 44 00@46 60 TON nis el=1- 6 8 00 De 1 in............ 43 00@45 00 | Fencing, mill” cuils . 4 00@ 6 00 Selects...... see-eees 35 00@36 00 | No. 1 stock 12 in ,... .14 00@15 00 Fine common ..... 28 00@31 00| No. 2 stocks ........ 11 0u@12 00 1, 14, 13, 2 in. eutups 00 00@32 00 | Wide common...... 12 00@15 00 No, 1 base,7, 8 and 9 Piece stuff and RBCIEEES soteels wala 40 2 | timber ..... eeee--- 9 00@10 00 No. 2 do. (fine com- 12, 14, 16, 18 ft ...... 9 00@12 00 Tao) agate sseqone 5 30 00 | Do. do. DOCS meas 12 00 No. 1 floor strips .. 40 00 | Lath........ 1 40@ 1 75 No.2 BS 35 00 | Lath No. 2 (cul’) : 1 00 No.3 <- 29 00} Shingles XXX ..... 3 15@ 3 23 BenGine 5... scccn err 12 0°C@15 00 | Clear butts....... --- 0 00@ 2 23 DRESSING. Surfacing ..... 1 CO | Making drop siding.. — 2 25 Dressing and match- Mahing bevel siding RIES 27> <0 oceodaBs 200| and ceiling........ 3 00 TONAWANDA. Prices unchanged as follows:— CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION. Three uppers........$46 00@47 00| Culls...... SUI NIT 12 00@13 00 Common ......------ 20 00@25 00 YARD PRIC&S—CAR LOTS. 3 uppers, inch........$43 00@45 00 | Dressing stocks .... 18 00@22 00 3 uppers, plank...... 45 00@46 00 | Dressing sidings .... 19 00@22 00 Pickings, inch ...... 38 00@40 00] Common stocks..... 12 50@13 00 Pickings, 1} in. to 1 Common, sidings... . 15 00@17 00 inch ......+.+.-+++- 39 00@40 00 | Common box........ 12 0C@13 00 Fine Common....... 32 00@34 00 | Shingles, XXX, 18 in. Fine Common, thicker 34 00@40 00 sawed,......++++»- 3 40@ 3 50 Cutting up ......... 25 00@28 00! Do. clear butts,sawed 2 40@ 2 45 snes ing, 12 in. and Shing'es, XXX 16 in, Tern ean J 27 00@30 00 cut sq. donsere sc @ 3 00 Cofin boards, 12 in. 1D}. 8:0-GC GaaaBe Bede @ 2 75 ABHOUP osiet sc z TIMBER AND LAND SALE. ERTAIN lots and the timber thereon situate in the Townships of A lan, Assiginack, Bidwell, Billings, | Carnarvon, Campbell, Howland, Sheguiandah, Teh- kummah and Mills on the Manitoulin IsJand,’in the- District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, will be offered for sale at Public Auction in blocks of 200 acres, more or less, on the first day of September next, at 10 o’clock. A.M., at the Indian Land Office in the Village of Manitomaning. Terms of Sale—Bonus for timber payable in cash, price of Jand payable in cash, a license fee also payab’e- in cash and dues to be paid according to Tariff upon | the-timber when cut, The land on which the timber grows to be sold with the timber without conditions of settlement At the same tiae and plave the Merchantable Timber of not less than nine inches in diameter at the butt, on the Spanish Kiver reserve and French Riverlower Re- serve will be offered for sale for a cash bonus and annual ground rent of $1,00 per square mile, and dues to be paid on timber as cut, according t Tariff of this. Di partment. For full particulars please apply to Jas, C. Phipps, Esq.,Indiau Supt. Manitowaning, or to the undersigned No other paper to insert this advertisement without authority through the Queen’s Printer, L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Supt. Gen’l. of Indian Affairs. Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, 2nd June, 1887. cubical contents of square and round timber, saw-logs by Doyle's rule, stave and heading bolt tables, cord wood, prices of lumber per foot, speed of circular saws, weights of wood, strength of rope, felling of trees, growth of trees, tables of wages by the month, price of standard logs, interest tables, etc., new tables, making 160 pages in all. ete.,, to which is added 60 pages of It is the most complete book of the kind ever published. It is worth many times the price of the subscription, and no lumberman or wood-worker can afford to be without it. JAS, LACY & COMPANY, LEVEREeootk CANADA DOCK, HINGULAWD Are prepared to buy all classes of HARDWOOD LUMBER Either in the Log or Dimension Stuff, for prompt cash. OFFERS INVITED. BUTTERWORTH & LOWE Manufacturers of Logging Cars, Logging Trucks, Pole Road Cars, Wheels, Chilled and Unchilled, Flat-faced and Concave, for every description of Logging Road. August, 1887. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ; 15 A. ALLAN, PRESIDENT. F. SCHOLES, MANaGInG Direcror. J. O. GRAVEL, Secnrrvany TREASURE CRAVE Tel AEs e— ~— $1,000;000. CANADIAN RUBBER COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF RUBBER SHOES, FELT BOOTS, - : ier Se = nnn nn TR Wt le he ae ye - Engine, Hydrant Suction and Fire Hose Valves of Superior Quality and Make, Car Springs, Wringer Rolls, Tubing, Gaskets. Corrugated Matting, Mats, Carriage Cloths, Rubber Horse Clothing, Fire Department Supplies, Flexible Branch Pipes, Salvage Covers, Screw Couplings and Nozzles, all designs, Rubber Blankets, Stopples, etc., etc. flead Office : 333 & 335 St. Paul St, Montreel. CANADIAN RUBBER COMPANY: ‘BRANCH : COR. YONGE @ FRONT STS, TORONTO. J. H. WALKER, Manag er FLATT & BRADLEY, | JAMES T. MILNE. . WHOLESALE DEALERS AND MANUFACTUR : MILLWRIGHT AND DRAUGHTSMAN. TIM BER, LU Mi BER ‘Milne’s Oscillating Steam Gang and | oo ES a on Solid Wheel Band Mill, . . ral . —~ . . ~ . ~ . 7 . | These Mills, in Strong Timber Frames, containing Foundation, Engine, and Sawing >] Movements, and all improvements so long desired by the Lumber Trade, All kinds of Hardwood Cut to Order. eet Plans, Specifications, Estimates and Frices, on application. White and Red Oak, Hickory, Hard and Soft Maple, Cherry, Whitewood, Ash, Chestnut, Walnut, Butternut, Sycamore and Elm in Stock. Vessel Masts of all sizes a specialty. CSG AESMEA aware HAMILTON, ONT, || PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. WM. POLSON, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. J. F, MACKLEM, Vice-Pres. ¥, B, POLSON, Sec.-Treas. ——— TE & — - Polson Iron Works Co y eas TORONTO, ONT, “™F=>> y | Mauulactorers of Steam Boilers of Every Description, The BROWN and ALLAN Automatic Engines, Slide Valve Engines, Marine Engines, Hoisting and Vertical Engines and Boilers, Builders of Steam Yachts, Launches and Tugs. General Machinery Dealers .onc®22%cE:ccm:TORONTO, ONTARIO. YY y 4 _- il \ Go | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. August, 1887- REPRESENTATIVE wows’ | () R () N oh () LUMBER FIRMS. CH RISTIE KERR & CO. ONTARIO LUMBER Co, HEAD OFFICE :—Room H, Yonge Street, Arcade, Pine ana Hardwood Lumber =..." "= Office :—9 Victoria Street, LORONLO, <5 owe Ae Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in all kinds of MILLS AT MIDLAND, FRENCH RIVER AND GRAVENHURST. BILL SPOFF “CUTS TOS ORDER: -_-+ DONOGH & OLIVER = FN. Tennant, WHOLESALE Wholesale Dealer in CLUMBER DEALERS) Pav LUMBER OFFICE NOS. 16 ae ues eee BANK BUILDIN( Office, Room E, Victoria Chambers, EA ; Ground Flat, 9 Victoria Street, TO R O NT . a Dock, foot of Church Street. “TO RO N ALC), LORONTO. HARGREAVES & C0. FRANK THORPE, WHOLESALE Wholesale Lumber Merchants, Pine « Hardwood Lumber. TORONTO, ONTARIO. Corner King and Toronto Streets, | TORONTO, ONT. OFFICE—Cor. Front and Lorne Streets, Quebec Bank Buildings, Timber Shipped to all parts. /McCraney eS MaiGocks JOHN A. MCBEAN, Mar me ctu AA ae ts Ne eit ras of Wholesale Dealer : Pine & Hardwood Lumber, 228, Lath, Shongles, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles, Cherry, CEDAR POSTS. Butternut, Brown and White Ash, Hickory, Beech, Maple, Birch, Whitewood and E/m. MILLS AT EDGAR AND BRONTE, ONT. BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. OFFICE :—16 Union Block, Corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., eo OR ONT 0, ONT. Office :—20 Yonge Street, Arcade, Toronto. — August, 1887. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17 REPRESENTATIVE vaougsuin” | () R () | \ ai () LUMBER FIRMS. EL _ THOS. H. WILLMOTT. A. K. McINTOSH. WILLMOTT & McINTOSH TENNANT & CO. WELOL, SAT. Ea WHOLESALE DEALERS IN LUMBER DEALERS | Lumber, Lath and Shingles 86 and 88 King Street East, DRESSING AND BETTER PINE FOR ONTO, E = = ONTA okO) Also Hemlock in all sizes a specialty. Lumber shipped to all parts by rail or vessel. Correspondence Solicited. Agents for the Celebrated Lufkin Board OFFICE : and Log Rule, No. 9 VICTORIA STREET, Te RONTO. A. H.CAMPBELL & CO |MCARTHUR BROS. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in WHOLESALE DEALERS IN LUMBER LUMBER MANNING ARCADE, EASE A NYS PNG es, King Street West, TORONTO. . Reese cokes ASE LORON 10. The soma sal Meeaiie no LU M B ER M E N iS CAR DS. 15,000 p-tterns, in Wood, Iron and Brass, covering almost every requisite for the mo:t extensive a age Foundries in the Duminin, for — THE LUMBERMAN respectfully solicits correspondence from the Bil"asaEangy cance wholesale Lumbermen from all points im Canada, who are desirous Tagme and Boller Work,” of- making their business known through the classified list of Lum- Enquirers will p ease send descriptions of what they | aay r quire, for prices and terms to bermen’ Yr } d y JOHN LIVINGSTONE, Trustee. s_ Cards in this Journal. Ihe lowest rates promptly furnished on application to DAVID ROSS, . A. G. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH. ONT._- WHITEMOUTH LUMBER MILLS Whitemouth, Man. Every Description of Seasoned Lumber on Hand. RS Es MQW EME ‘ : a= Patented at Home and Abroad, 1886. ( 50 CANDLE POWER ) °° “Pestively Non expose! No Heat around the Oil Well! KVERY LAMP GUARANTEED. Cras LAMP is all we claim for it, being positively non-explosive, the oil being D : > kept continually cool, consuming only half a pint of ordinary coal oil during six c . - = . 5 - > wie hours burning ; using only an inch wick, and producing a fine clear 50 Candle Power ae AZ a a CAPE BRETON RAILWAY. : | '8EC.—STRAIT oF CANSO TO GRAND NARROWS. | Tender for the Works of Construction Y,EALED TENDEBS, addressed to the under- signed and endorsed “Tender for Cape Breton Rallway,’’ will be received at this office up to noou on WEDNESDAY, THE 6th DAY OF JULY. 1887, for certain works of con struction. y Pians and profiles will be open for inspection = = 1 p Se : at the Office of the Chief Eucinecr and Gove, | Msesocesaeessm light. No chimneys are required, but ordinary globes or shades may be adjusted to it al Manager of Government Railways at =. a — ; > : Glam andaleo ai the heat Offles of the Ca No.1 Table LAMP | No smoke or offensive odor. Water can be heated in a few minutes. Tea or Coffee > , u Breton Railway, at Port Hawkesbury, C, B. ~ : . % on and after thé 6th day of June, 181, when | C@ndle-power light, Con- made, and Oysters Cooked, &c., without obstructing the light. Reflectors of entirely the general specification and form of tender | ®¥ming vnly Half Pint of ; J : may be Obtained upon application. Gil during 6 Hours. new designs for both out-door and in-door use are furnished at low figures. Made ji o tender will be entertained unless on one ll ] Table. H : Lib ; 5S Ss. iMlade in ofthe printed torms and all the conditions all styles—lable, Hanging, Library, attach to Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, etc. Agents wanted where territo are com ed with. > va OV “i By order. has not already been taken. 4 A. P. BRADLEY, Secretary. momen nese RM. WANZER & CO., -. - HAMILTON, ONTARIO. 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. August, 1887. to be made. Cut this out and return to us, and we willsend you free so1 ething of g eat va ueand importance to you, that will start you in business which will bring you in more money right away than anything else in this world, Any one can do the work and live at home. Hither sex: all ages. Something new, that just coins money for all workers. We will start you; capital not needed. This is one of the genuine, important chances of a lifetime, Those who are ambitious and eterprising will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address Trux & Ov. Augusta, Maine. CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L.S. Frederickton, New Brunswick. Surveys and reports upon Timber Lands in any section. Can effect sale of properties occasional- ly ifdesired. References from former employees. 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Communications intended for insertion in the CANADA LUMBERMAN, must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Communications to Insure insertion (if accepted) in the following number, should bein the hands of the publishers a week before the date of the next issue. Advertisements intended for insertion in any particular issue should reach the office of publication at least six clear days before the day of publication, to insure insertion. The CanapA LUMBERMAN is filed at the Offices of Mzssrs SAMUEL DEACON & Co , 154 Leadenhall Street, Londen, England, who also receive adver- - tisements and subscriptions for this paper. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1887. EDITORIAL COMMENT. THE evil results of the labor troubles in the building trades at Toronto have not been confined to the immediate locality or to those directly concerned. The amount of building in hat city has been greatly reduced by this obstacle with the effect that there has been an appreciable reduction of the consumption of timber and lumber. * ie * ELSEWHERE in this issue we publish full details of the ex- amination of Stewart Bros., insolvents, which took place in the London courts during the past month. Ever since the Maritime Bank failed in New Brunswick, in which this firm was implicated, no small amount of criticism and censure have been lavished on the Messrs. Stewart. From the evidence taken it now appears that Mr. Registrar Linklater was per- fectly satisfied with Mr. R. A. Stewart’s explanations to the questions put, and Mr. John Stewart having replied to the only question put to him the examination closed. Those who have endeavored to make a mountain out of a mole hill will now have time to reflect on the old maxim: ‘‘ Be sure you are right, and then go ahead.” % & * THE big Nova Scotia raft is again assuming its natural proportions, and the owners have made up their minds that it is going to be launched some time this month. The length of the structure has been increased 160 feet, and it has veen entirely rebuilt. The ways will be made of pitch pine, im- ported from Pensacola, and an experienced launcher will be brought from New York to guide the raft in the bay. Mr. Robertson, the inventor, it is said, feels certain of success, and the owners are laying out large sums to test the merits of the invention. If this one proves successful there are several places on the bay that have been spotted for like ventures by the same parties. The owners of coasters are naturally much concerned at the progress made in rebuilding the raft, and it is said that several offers have been made to Mr. Robertson, making it worth his while to forgo the project. * % * THE Chaudiere lumbermen holding limits in the province of Quebec have appointed a committee to wait upon the Quebec Government with a view to arriving at some satisfactory un- derstanding in reference to the increase in the ground rents re- cently made by the Government. The object of the lumber- men is said to be principally to make some arrangement or agreement by which they may know what advance in crown dues and ground rents they may expect for a certain number of years. L?£lectewr, of Quebec, publishes the semi-official announcement that Premier Mercier is at last disposed to fa- vorably regard their representations asking that the ground rents be reduced from $5 to $2 per square mile. men were represented by Mr. Lemieux, Q.C., a warm person- al friend of the Prime Minister. * * % The lumber- THE Dominion Exhibition is to be held at Toronto from the 5th tothe 17th of September, in conjunction with the Indus- trial Fair, and the two exhibitions combined will without doubt be one of the grandest things of the kind we have had in Canada. The prizes offered amount to $30,000. The To- ronto people are marking great preparations, and although their exhibition grounds and buildings are regarded as the most extensive in the country, they are adding $40,000 worth of additional buildings. Large special prizes offered for horses, cattle, sheep and pigs, to be shown during the first week of the exhibition in addition to the regular prizes to be awarded the second week. Superior special attractions will be distributed throughout the entire time, so that the show the first week will be equally as attractive as during the second. rates and excursions will be given and every one will be afforded an opportunity of visiting the show. * * * THE Montreal W2tness says :—‘‘ One effect of Unrestricted Reciprocity would be a decided and beneficial change in the lumber trade. At present the forest products of Canada are mainly exported in the roughest state compatible with cheap shipment, as the American duty on rough lumber is much lower than the duty on dressed lumber and the manufactures of wood. The removal of the American duties would enable our saw mills to combine the business of sawing with that of planing and dressing lumber, the manufacture of mouldings, beadings, doors, window sashes, and several other kinds of finished woodwork, all of which can be made more economi- cally direct from the log than they can from the standard lum- ber. The increase in the number of men who would be em- ployed in this natural and legitimate industry, of which Canada is now largely deprived by tariff laws, would alone probably more than counterbalance the decrease in the number em- ployed in these hot-house industries which would suffer from the lack of protection.” * * * Ir the Mercier Government carry out their proposal to in- crease the ground rents on timber limit holders the new arrangement will come into force on the first of September. The rise in the ground rents from $2 to $5 may be wise or it may be otherwise. If the rise in the ground rents is a matter Cheap railway of reform there are other reforms in connection with the forests which are pressing on the attention of the pt amongst these is forest protection. In all the vast territory or the Quebec side of the Upper Ottawa the lumbermen say never see a fire ranger. The whole country is left to the1 of chance. This is a matter that concerns the limit holders primarily, but it goes further than that. The forests are the chief wealth of this part of the Dominion, and all is c forests from fire. Ih 1870 over ten millions of d« of timber was destroyed by fire in Michigan and the igniting spark in this case being the remains of fire fanned by the wind. Such a conflagration is liabl break out in the woods of the Upper Ottawa at any time. This season has been one of protracted draught, a woods are like tinder. ober are as barren of rain as the summer months that are gone, If the months of September and Oct- It isa matter of the danger will remain until the snowfall. the most vital importance that the great staple of this country should receive adegate protection, by the appointment of fire rangers in sufficient numbers to reduce this danger to a mini- mum. It is opportune that the lumber manufacturers, whose interest are directly at stake, should urge this matter on the Mercier Government now that the increased prices are about being levied.—O/stawa Journal * * * THE Gilmour-Paradis case, or rather series of cases, for there seems to be no end to the proceedings in which the t parties, or one or the other of them, are concerned, much d especially from those interested in operations in the forests of the Province of Quebec. property are now or will shortly come before the courts, we attracted attention from the general public, As the various disputed questions of reserve any discussion regarding them, for we believe that it is neither expedient nor right that matter swé judice should be prejudged. It would have been well if all had _ loyally observed this rule, but, unfortunately, some individuak, and especially certain journals, either from being too impetuous or from a desire to obtain lhe applause of the unthinking, have improperly imported into the case questions of race, tongue and creed. Now the Messrs. Gilmour have a high reputation for fair dealing, and for an honorable impartiality never influenced by such considerations. They have done much to develop the resources of the Province, and have given employment to thousands of French Canadians. They cer- tainly might expect to escape any imputation of being unfairly actuated by prejudices of race and creed ; not only, however, have they been thus assailed, but even their counsel has been attacked for daring to act for them. It would be a bad thing for the trade and for the Province itself should lumbermen or others be subject to such charges whenever they may appeal to the law courts to determine rights of property. Besides the Gilmours other English speaking lumbermen are large oper- ators in the Quebec forests and public as well as private interests would suffer, if they were exposed to having such prejudices excited against them. We do not believe, however, that the people of Quebec as a body will sanction the unjustifiable outcry raised by some hotheads, but will give fair play to all without bringing questions of race or creed into the determination of Icgal rights. a 4 THE war cloud, or clouds, in the old world, appear to have blown over for a time, and each day peace seems more likely to endure for this year at least, as the season grows more un- favorable for commencing warlike operations. There is thus. little prospect of the increased demand for timber, coupled with a diminished supply from some European localities, that had been anticipated to arise from a conflict between some of the great powers. * * * LUMBERMEN throughout the country are already engaging men for the shanties, and the big hiring boom will be on by the first of October. Wages are likaly to range from $16 to $22 per month. From present indications it would seem as if there is likely to be a dearth of men, and the large operators will, it is thought, experience some difficulty in this regard. So tar as can be loarned at this early date the prospects are that the cut of logs the coming winter will be one of the heaviest on record. * * * Here is a hint which might be noted with profit by many concerns. The manager of a large southern company says: “« By dressing and drying we reduce the weight of our lumber from 4,800 to 2,600 pounds per thousand, which gives us a big advantage in freight. Besides, we save insurance, rehandling and wharfage, and gain dispatch, which is oftentimes a big item in shipping by car. All things considered, we can put dressed yellow pine into your northern markets as cheaply as can otherwise get there, in less time.” * e % THE Montreal Minerve does not place implicit confidence in the disinterestedness of those in the United States who favor annexation or commercial union. It says :—‘* Our forests are disappearing much too fast, and it has become necessary and urgent to find some means of conserving them. Our neighbors who have ruined this portion of their capital, would not be sorry to come into our Provinces in order to find again new resources which they would not fail to work to complete extinction.” There are at least two sides to every question, ” * * * THE general opinion of the people of Buffalo appears to be voiced in the following editorial paragraph from the Commercial Advertiser relating to the proceedings of the Canal Convention at Rochester some time ago :—‘‘ The Con- vention over-reached itself when it called upon the Canadian If the Con- vention wants to intensify the competition for business on the Government to abolish the tolls upon its canals. Erie it is a good idea to induce a reduction of expense by the Canadian route, business from the Ottawa river might be benefitted a very little by an abolition of Canadian tolls, but that is all. not otherwise. The Champlain lumber * * THE editor of Tuk LUMBERMAN on any subject which will interest those engaged in the lum- invites communications bering or wood-working branches of trade. Nearly every one of our readers could, if he would, contribute something of in- terest, be it either a suggestion or item of news, and while it entails but little work to each individually, taken together such items would make a paper of which the trade would We have to thank several readers this month for ‘ first contributions,” and hope that scores of others may follow the good example, as the invitation is intended for all, So many people think that they cannot write anything suitable for publication, and perhaps, to a certain extent this justly feel proud. is true, for it takes years of hard study and practical exper- ience to become an adapt as a newspaper writer. But one thing a@// can do, and that is to give us the benefit of their practical ideas, and the editor will readily do his share to- wards not only making it readable but interesting. How many of our readers will send in something for the next issue ? * * From all over come reports of extensive forest fires, and although a limited amount of rain has fallen in some localities, the destruction has been but little checked. While the public are calling out against the hasty denudation of our forests by the lumbermen, would it not be as well also to give a share of attention to the disastrous work of the fiery element which every year destroys such a fabulous amount of our wealth, and see if something cannot be done to stop its progress? The damage they do is beyond calculation, as the property destroyed is that which carries no insurance. Much of this destruction at the present season of the year is attributable to the carelessness of campers, Jandlookers, surveying parties and those who build fires without regard to the consequences which may ensue. Some stringent meaures should . be adopted, calculated to put a stop to what is now considered everybody’s privilege to build fires when and where they like, and until this is done the present rapid destruction will con- tinue. But we fear that by the time the slow-moying law makers of the country get around to the subject of forest protection there will be little left to care for. A CERTAIN commercial journal is credited with having said that R. A. & J. Stewart, of St. John, New Brunswick, are reported to have arrived at a satisfactory understanding with their friends in Great Britain. The Montreal Trade Journal takes exception to this statement and retorts as follows :—‘‘ So far from Messrs. R. A. & J. Stewart having arrived at a satisfactory understanding with their creditors in Great Britain, it is a notorious fact that the latter have been waiting a long time for the promised appearance of Mr. R. A. Stewart on the other side, who, according to Mr. John Stewart, knows everything and will explain the whole matter to them, which by the bye up to the present isa puzzle. Whilst Mr. John Stewart in London has been promising the creditors that his brother Robert would be over to straighten matters the latter has postponed his trip to England on the ground that more important business of the firm’s affairs re- quired his presence on this continent. We are therefore authorized to contradict in the most positive terms the state- ment above referred to.” * * * THE International Exhibition will open in Melbourne on August Ist, 1888, to celebrate the centenary of the founding of New South Wales, the first Australian Colony. Aside from the growth of America there is nothing more remarkable than the growth of Australia in all that relates to population, production and the general distribution of wealth. From a penal colony it has developed into a great nation, in which the arts, commerce and education are in hopeful process of devel- ment. Some slight idea of its marvellous growth may be gained when it is known that during the year 1885 Austral- asia, with a population of 3,500,000, imported from Great Britain alone goods to the amount of $165,000,000 ; that the aggregate length of railroads opened for traffic amounts to 7,700 miles, and that when the lines of rail now in course of construction shall have been completed they will total length of 10,000 miles. Australia is a large purchaser of Pacific Coast supplies and communication between this country and Australia is also rapidly growing, and a number of Canadian industrial and manufacturing establishments have now agencies in its chief cities ; so that reach a THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. the proposed exhibition will doubtless be taken advantage of | by many of our manufacturers as offering an opportunity for making the people of the antipodes better acquainted with our natural resources and with the products of our inventive skill and general progress. * * Many of our exchanges are at the present time advocating a conservation of our forest wealth, being of the opinion that the present rapid destruction will so denude our forests that in a few years we will lack enough timber to supply the needs of THE LUWBERMAN has than one occasion referred to this matter and considers it a our growing population. on more question worthy of the closest consideration. There are many, we have no doubt, who hold the opinion that it would be det- rimental to those engaged in the lumber business to legislate in favor of checking the unnecessary denudation of our timber But in this we do not agree. We believe that the lum- bermen, as well as the public at large, are anxious for the preservation of our forests, realizing the fact that before a very maintenance, to say nothing of an ac- celleration, of the present system must result in an absolute The history of the past year goes to show that the lumbermen holding large limits and having large capital in- vested in them, have been compelled, through the hasty legis- lation of our governments in imposing exorbitant ground dues, to enter into a hasty slaughter of our timber lands in order to save themselves from bankruptcy. land. great lapse of time a scarcity. This high tax was levied for the purpose of replenishing the provincial exchequers, but while it may have its desired effect for a few years, the country will suffer to a far greater extent in the future. So long as our Provincial Governments legislate in such a way as to force the lumbermen to strip their limits, with the utmost possible ra= pidity, instead of encouraging them to exercise a wise providence, we may expect the cry against forest denudation to continue. QUEBEC GROUND RENTS. A MEETING of limit holders in the Province of Quebec has been held in order te appoint a deputation to wait upon the Provincial authorities and endeavor to obtain a reversal of the Order-in-Council increasing the ground rents of timber limits, or at least to secure a reduction of the amount. This deputa- tion has had an interview with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, before whom the case was plainly laid, but he gave them distinctly to understand that the Government would not change its policy. This adherence to a mistaken step is greatly to be regretted. From every point of view except that of an immediate, but temporary increase of receipts in the Provincial Treasury from this source, it is a mischievous change. The lumbermen of the Province of Quebec are by no means deriving such ig | and they are subjected to a special class impost, after they | defended morally or equitably, any more than if the Govern- men show a warm interest in forestry, and took an active part | borne, since profits are not great enough to bear it, and the ‘as possible will thus be coerced into the opposite policy. _ of our forests, but rather the contrary, so this step is decidedly | rents is a mistaken policy from every point of view. The bad aa =. ‘a enormous prota from their business as to be able to afford to deduct from them the amount of this special class taxation. It must to a serious extent tend to hamper and cripple them in their operations, and force upon them parsimonious reductions, which they will be loath to adopt. Thus the great army of their employees will share with them in the loss, this being the only source from which the imposts can be price of lumber cannot be raised except for local sales. In some localities the local consumer can be called upon to | shoulder part of the burden by paying more for his lumber, but though unpleasant for the home purchaser this will not greatly aid the lumberman, who must seek a distant market for much of his cut. From the point of view of the public interest the change is no more to be approved. This heavy increase of ground rent will in many cases force the limit holders to hasten premature- ly their operations in portions of their limits, stripping them as quickly as they can and thus releasing themselves from the burden. Those who are now conserving their timber as much It is not in the interest of the community to hasten the depletion retrogressive in that respect. Even from the Treasury point of view the prospective gain is quite fallacious. It is true that for a brief period the receipts from ground rents wil] be augmented, but this cannot continue. The lumbermen, eager to terminate the burdensome rental, will hasten to strip portions of their limits, thus terminating as quickly as possible their liability, and at the same time the Treasury receipts of rent. In any future sales of public lands the increased rental will be discounted, for bidding will be lowered in consideration of it, and thus no gain will be effected. The Government is simply killing the goose to obtain at once some golden eggs. It will be seen on reflection that this increase of ground effects will not be confined to the limit owner, though they strike him in the first place and most severely. We must say that in this treatment of the limit owners the Government is acting most inequitably. Their property is suddenly depreciated have in good faith invested their capital in their business and have acquired public property on the conditions asked by the Government and which were with good reason understood to be permanent. The increase may be legal but it cannot be ment were to rack rent a tenant of public land as soon as he had built a factory on it and could not refuse to submit, except at the sacrifice of his capital and his prospects. We yet hope that the Quebec Government may see the impolicy and injustice of its course, and yield to the remon- strances of an industry which is one of the most important in the Province and does so much for its development. A reduction of the increased rental would be both just and expedient. THE FORESTRY CONGRESS. THE annual meeting of the American Forestry Congress is to be held at Springfield, Illinois, from the 14th to the 16th of September. This is practically an international organization, and there should be a good representation from Canada. Some- times it is supposed by lumbermen that forestry associations with their desire for the conservation of forests are in more or less direct conflict with the interests of the trade. That such an idea is erroneous is proved by the fact that leading lumber- in the proceedings of the congress when it was held at Mon- treal. Many lumbermen indeed would gladly see better pro- visions made for the preservation of the forest, and regret any_ governmental management or regulations tending to induce a hastened cut. Unfortunately in more than one Province recent changes have had an increased tendency in this direction. There is one branch of information certain to be offered to the meeting at Springfield avhich cannot fail to be interesting and useful to our lumbermen. Estimates of the extent and probable duration of the forests of this continent, especial in the United States, give valuable indications for the guida of Canadian lumbermen, throwing light upon the question of the expediency of forcing lumber into the market or sp the limits as much as possible. It is undoubtedly the fact th the forests are rapidly diminishing, while the oasis lumber and the demand for it are steadily increasing. One subject that is sure to be discussed, with the result o yielding increased information on a debateable question, i the suggestion of reciprocal trade, as it may effect the lumbe interests, and the economy of forest wealth. The discussio of this point alone should be sufficient to induce the atten ance of representative Canadians and to compensate — the time, trouble and expense of a visit to Springfield. nce al - September, 1887. AN AMERICAN VIEW OF COMMERCIAL UNION. st ae Chicago 7imberman of a recent date says :—Canadian newspapers are stirring up the subject of reciprocity with the United States with considerable persistence, which is not surprising considering that that so many of their readers are in full sympathy with the project and are anxious that it should be carried out as early as possible. The interest which the Canadian lumbermen has in commercial union is frequently pointed out, and the advantage there would be to him in a free market on this side urged as a reason why he should give his influence to securing this result. The argument is made, though perhaps unnecessarily in his case, that besides opening a larger outlet for his mill products, free trade would also give the lumber producer prices considerable higher than he can now get, which is assuming that the unrestricted importation of lumber would not make that commodity any lower, or at least not much lower, here than it isnow. Probably this view of the case is measurably correct. At any rate it is not generally thought by lumbermen here that any possible inflow of stock from Canada could prove sufficient to overstock the American markets. This contingency used to be something of a bugbear, and years ago it was common for Michigan and Pennsylvania manufacturers to spend their moffey and time rather freely in fighting the notion of re-establishing reciprocity between the two countries. But pine timber has so strengthened jn value, and is becoming so evidently scarce in proportion to the constantly increasing demand for it, that this possibility has no longer the frightening power it once possessed. Doubtless a good many mill men whose stock of pine is drawing near its end would rather welcome an arrangement that would enable them to stock their mills from the Canadian forests, and so obtain the means of continuing the lumber business that they cannot secure on sufficiently advantageous terms on this side. The number of these is increasing all the time, and it cannot be many years before they will form an eminently respectable proportion of the whole. As they are forced from time to time into new fields, they will be com- pelled to go south or west or north, and, other things being equal, there is not much question but that a good many would prefer operating in Canadian white pine, under conditions to which they are accustomed, than to striking out wholly afresh where not only the timber, but the conditions of the trade, the markets, and indeed everything pertaining to the business is to them entirely new and unfamiliar.” The Northwestern Lumberman says :—‘‘ Just why so many people would be pleased to have the Lumberman commit itself on the tariff question as relating to lumber is an enigma. It is difficult to understand how such an opinion, whether for or against free lumber from Canada, would affect favorably or otherwise a single individual. Southern operators do not want the duty removed ; on the other hand they would like it to be made higher than it now is. They argue that they are but getting fairly established in business, that their markets must be largely in the north, and that competition with free lumber from Canada would work to their detriment. Michi- gan lumbermen, with the exception of a few who are largely interested in Canadian stumpage are not for free lumber. Many of the Wisconsin and Minnesota operators would be willing the duty should be removed, providing the Canadian laws were so changed that these operators could put lumber free of import duty in Canadian territory. The spruce men of Maine would of course fight tooth and nail any movement to admit spruce from the mills of Canada into the eastern seaboard markets free. The Pacific coast lumbermen, so far as we are informed, have not, as yet, bothered their heads oyer the question. Very briefly, such is the standing of the American lumbermen on the subject. “ Seeing that it would evidently be some sort of satisfaction to a hundred and one correspondents to know how the Lumberman regards the subject, it will repeat, in effect, what has before been said in these columns. Frankly, it does not pretend to know much about it. This free trade question has been handled by politicians mostly, who by one stroke of the pen, or one oratorical flourish, have settled the whole thing. But in the minds of thinking people they have not settled it. There are two sides to nearly every question. The subject of protection is one which covers a good deal of ter- ritory, and although the lumber side of it is but a small por- tion of the whole, without doubt the experiment of free lumber would have to be made before any mortal man could tell what the result would be. “The Lumberman has expressed the opinion that if the duty on Canadian lumber were removed the lumber business of America would not go to eternal smash by any means. There might for a time be an unsettling of values to some extent, but the ultimate result would be an advance in the price of Canadian stumpage. This opinion is given for what it is worth ; the Lumberman asks nobody to tie to it. ** One correspondent is wrong in his statement that if lumber from Canada were admitted free the lumber trade of the north- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 5 west would languish. If free trade were declared, and as a result the price of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota white pine lumber were to decline in price, the lumber business would go right on as of old. This phase of the subject is to be looked at from a business standpoint. If the American lumberman had to compete with free lumber from Canada he The merchant who has his warehouse full of goods, and those goods decline in value, he is not going to shut up shop. The business man accepts the inevitable. He likes to obtain good prices. but, if unable to do so, he gets the best prices possible. If free lumber materially affected the price of American pine lumber there would be business would do it. failures, but the saw mills would not be shut down perman- ently by any means.” THE H. S. SMITH LUMBER MACHINE. FEW days ago the Canadian Lumber Cutting Machine Company of Toronto (whose offices are at Room 7 No. 49 King street east), made a public test of their new lumber cutting machine at the works of the John Abell Engine and Machine Works in this city. This machine consists of a large steel plate with knife-like edge, accompanied by a compressing roller and ingenious appliances to serve the log and remove the lumber when cut ; all operated by steam power. The log is held ina stationary horizontal position, and the knife, which should be operated to make from forty to sixty strokes per minute, strikes the log at an angle of forty-five degrees, pass- ing through the entire length of the log at each stroke, and cutting off a board or veneer of any desired thickness, of per- fectly smooth surface and uniform throughout. It is capable of cutting veneers perfectly true and uniform, the hundredth of an inch thick, and it is claimed for them that they are sur- perior in all respects to any made on rotary or other machines. At the exhibition the cutter was operated on ash and elm logs, the lumber sliced off being perfectly smooth and solid. The power is applied to the knite directly from the cylinder of the machine, the knife being arranged to work between guides, and acts as a cross-head to the piston rod, the motion being steadied and regulated by a suitable balance wheel, and there is neither wheel, belt, crank, or pulley, nor any other contrivance intervening between the steam cylinder and the cutting knife, the simplicity and effectiveness of the arrangement being perfect. For certain sorts of work, such as making barrel staves, etc., where curved forms are required, a dryer is used in connection with the cutting machine. This dryer consists of a series of suitably shaped hollow castings, so arranged that the lumber can be introduced and subjected to a tremendous pressure, causing it to conform to the shape of the castings. Steam at a high pressure is then introduced into the hollow castings, the effect of which is to season the lumber, which, when removed, retains its shape and is ready to be made into barrels, saving the necessity of steaming, seasoning and firing, the dryer shown accommodating about 300 staves at a time, and the operation consuming about fifteen minutes. The dryer can be enlarged and modified to meet any requirement as to capacity and shape. Both the lumber cutter and dryer are the invention of Mr. H. S. Smith of Geneva, N.Y., who obtained patents on them only a few monthsago. . The Canada Lumber Cutting Machine Company have obtained the right to manufacture and operate these machines in Canada, the provincial directors being Messrs. Robert Hay, David Blain, Hon. J. B. Robinson, John Abell and J. W. Hughes. It is proposed that the Company manufacture staves, boxing, veneers and other material ; also construct the machines and sell or lease them, subject to royalty. The process of sawing and planing by the present method of manufacturing lumber, independent of the labor expended, en- tails a loss of material varying from 37% per cent. in the pro- duction of half inch lumber, to 233% per cent. in lumber one- sixteenth of an inch thick. This percentage of loss, as well as the labor involved in planing, is saved in the use of this cut- ting machine, as no sawdust or other loss of material results from its operation, and planing is unnecessary, for the boards cut with this machine are perfectly smooth. In view of the enormous saving of material here alluded to, it is claimed that this lumber cutting machine will quickly supersede the use of saws and planing machines in the manu- facture of such lumber as it is best calculated to produce ; and as such lumber is estimated to comprise two-thirds of all that is manufactured, it would seem that those who control this machine will soon have a monopoly of this branch of the lum- ber cutting business. The magnitude of sucha monopoly cannot be overestimated. The manufacture of barrels for containing flour, sugar, oils and other liquids, and for all other purposes ; of packing and other boxes, and of veneers for all purposes are a few of the industries which will be largely affected by the introduction of this far reaching invention. Succcessful competiton by means of the present most improved machinery would seem practic- ally hopeless. In the manufacture of barrel staves for instance, the best machinery now in use can produce only alx 2,000 staves of certain dimensions from each 1,000 feet of lux ber, while with the Smith machine here alluded to the same quantity of lumber can be made to produce over 4,000 staves. Packing and other boxes can be produced by the : ’ the Smith machine for one-half the cost of similar boxes may in the ordinary way. In almost all other manuf: the relative cost of production will be about as here le A tabular statement has been prepared by whicl howr that the average loss in material by saw kerf in sawing ar planing is as follows, the stuff being dressed on two side Half-inch stuff, 37% per cent.; % inch, 50 per cent.; % 777% per cent.; 4% inch, 11674 per cent.; 1% inch, 233 per cent.; all of which is saved in the use of the Smith Lumber cutting machine, and there is also saved the cost of j ng which amounts to from $1.50 to $2 per thousaad feet. The vast saving in time, labor and material effected by use of this machine will be more fully appreciated by observ- ing the facts that a single machine adapted to cutting lumber of certain deminsions will cut in a working day of ten hours, 37,500 feet of inch boards or 60,000 feet of half-inch or 80,- ooo feet of quarter-inch boards.—Canadian Manufacturer. THE DEBT OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. The total gross debt of the Dominion of Canada on June 30, 1887, amounted to $270,200, 373. Against this there were assets, including investments for sinking fund, etc., province accounts and banking accounts, amounting to $45,173,611, leaving the net debt on that date at $225,025,762. The statement in detail is as follows : Funded, payable in England................. $171,763,439 Funded, payable in Canada................ 18,675,102 a ne ee en ee Plintistprands@ yy - Bite a Es om ~~ a) 2 set 7 *- the part of the sixth range of Egan that is hg oe At the time of Father Paradis’ advent in that locality there was one squatter there, the now notorious Francis Brouillard. This man squatted there in the midst of a thick pinery, and as this proceeding was against the interest of the firm as well as against the law of the land, as it now stands, it was our inten- tion to take legal means to have him removed, but as he was not clearing the land to any extent, and as he was selling the firm all the logs he made, they decided to let him pass. All the other ‘‘ poor settlers” who ‘‘ duly entered their names” are bogus from beginning to end. The whole trouble arose in this way: Father Paradis has a brother whom he wishes to establish in a woodenware busi- ness in the adjoining settlement. To do this successfully he - must have a reserve of timber, and the most successful way of securing it was to obtain possession of some good timbered lands near by. But there must be no partnership in the busi- ness. He wanted the timber for his brother only, and the land could not be bought from the Government with condi- tions of settlement in the legitimate way. Accordingly our enterprising missionary borrowed the names of men on whom he could depend for this purpose, such as the priest of the ad- joining parish, several members of the order of Christian Brotherhood, his own brothers, etc., and duly ‘‘ entercd their names for a block of 1,700 consecutive acres, upon which were standing about 25,000 saw logs. This block of land was all on the limits of Messrs. Gilmour & Co., and the location tick- ets were appfled for in the last days of April before the annual — renewal of licenses, so as to proclude the possibility of the tim ber being cut by the lawful owners. Father Paradis pretends that there was no timber left on the lots in question, and that we had no intention of working on them the past winter, until he refused to be guided by me at the last elections,.and that the sending of men to work on them at all was an after- thought, and only a measure of retaliation ; but the fact thata depot was built there in March, 1886, and a large quantity of supplies stored there with the view to cutting the timber dur- ing the following autumn will be sufficient refutation for this statement. I did not know the lots were sold until the job- bers were at work in the woods in October. I did not know it because the selling of lands in that locality was altogether illegal and I never suspected it would be done by the Quebec Government. With the real settlers we have no trouble. On the contrary we get on very well together ; they want employment and a market for their produce, and the firm wants all the logs they can cut, but when the manipulator comes along the case is dif- ferent. There is a conflict of interests and trouble begins, and Father Paradis is a manipulator. As regards the election can- ard, I can only say that during the last elections I remained strictly neutral, as I did not consider myself authorized by the firm to interfere in the matter. I did not vote myself, neither did I solicit a single vote. Father Paradis’ explanation of the reason why he was arrested does not contain a word of truth. He employed a gang of men to deface the marks and replace them with his own marks on 1,250 logs belonging to Gilmour & Co. that were cut outside of the disputed land altogether ; and a more outrageous proceeding I never heard of, and it was for trying to recover possession of these 1,250 logs, with an- other man’s mark on them, that Messrs. John and Allan Gil- mour have been arrested. The penalty described by law for doing what he did on this occasion is 7 to 14 years in the pen- itentiary. During my connection with the firm of Gilmour & Co., which now dates back about 41 years, it has been my lot to come in contact with the Roman Catholic clergy in many ways, and during all that time I fail to remember a single instance where our intercourse has been attended by the least unpleasantness, and I think the exception only proves the rule. With regard to the forgery business I know no- thing, but I do know that a good deal of money that has been granted lately by the Quebec Governntent for colonization roads has not been spent on the roads, and of this any resident on the Gatineau has a right to complain. GILMOUR’S ATTORNEY SPEARS. “* As these cases, which being in litigation before the courts should until finally decided have been exempt from comment from the press, have nevertheless been made the subject of articles extremely unfair to Messrs. Gilmour, I deem it my duty as their attorney in all the civil cases and one of their counsel in the criminal charges to ask your insertion of a correct statement of the facts which gave rise to the present difficulties. Every person acquainted with the lumber business knows that on the confines of the settlement there has for many years existed a class of persons who might not unappopriately be called timber sharks. These people make a practise of obtain- ing, under pretense of settlement, location tickets for the best timbered lots they can find in 4 limit. Having thus obtained for a trifle, say an instalment of six cents per acre, possession under a title which gives them legal possession and enables them to exercise the rights and actions of proprietors, they ostensibly for the purpose of clearing the land, slash down all the pine they can find, and after having ina year or two cut. and sold all the merchantable timber they can find on the lots, having completely spoiled them, and made a veritable tinder box and perennial source of danger to the surrounding country, abandon and then take up other lots and repeat the same proceedings. In order to put a stop to this systimatic devasta- tion of public domain, the Legislature of the Province of Quebec in the session of 1883, passed an Act authorizing the Leutenant-Govenor-in-Council to set apart as a forest reserve all the ungranted lands of the Crown under license to cut tim- ber, except such parts as are «destitute of timber and fit for cultivation, and that from the date of the publication of such order in the Quebec Official Gazette no lands included in such reserve should be sold or appropriated for settlement until after the expiration often years. Under the authority of thisact an Order-in-Council was passed on the roth of September of the same year and published in the Official Gazette on the 22nd of that month setting apart as forest reserve certain ter- ritory defined in the Order-in-Council. In the month of October, 1886, the Rev. C. A. M. Paradis, the Rev. Hector not now and there neyer has Ween @ single bona THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. - Maurais and seven others of whom two belong to the Christian Brotherhood and one or two others are theological students, obtained writs of injunction to restrain Messrs. Gilmour & Co. from cutting timber on a dozen lots of land on the south range of the township of Egan, some of the most richly timbered lots in the limit. The complainants based their damand on location tickets obtained from the Crown Land Agent at the Desert in the month of April previous. These lots were with- in the boundaries of a timber berth, then and now held under license by Messrs Gilmour & Co,, and were also within the boundaries of the forest reserve. The petitioner alleged that they had had the lands inspected by a bushranger and they fyled the report in which he stated that their was a large quantity of merchantable pine growing on the Jots and that about 35 per cent of the land was fit for cultivation. Being consulted by Messrs. Gilmour & Co., I gave it as my opinion that, as the law said the land in the forest reserve could not be sold for settlement the location ticket was null ; but foreseeing that there would probably be an expensive batch of law suits I told my clients that in a matter involving such serious consequence I would like them to take additional advice, and it was agreed to get the opinion of the Hon. Mr. Irwin, Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Quebec. Mr. Irwin was as decidedly as I was of opinion that the sale was null, and Gilmour & Co. had the right to cut the timber, and I accordingly contested the injunctions. It was admitted by the petitioners that the lots were within the boundaries of the forest reserve. At the hearing Judge Wurtell raised a question as to whether the act should be construed as depriving the Gov- ernment of the power of selling or merely as giving directions for the observence of which they were responsible to Parlia- ment, upon this point however I found a decision of the Privy Council which settled that question in our favour, but the judge discovered a technical reason on which he based a judg- ment in favor of the petitioners, viz., that as the Order-in- Council excepted from the forest reserve such lands as might thereafter, on the examination of competent and authorized persons, be found destitute of timber and fit for cultivation ; this was a question of proof and therefore, although the lands in question were admitted to be clothed with timber, the sale was not null, although possible annullable on the seal of the Crown. Mr. Irwin, as well as I, failed to see the force of this rea- soning, and the cases are now beforethe Court of Appeal in Montreal. The Ross Government had given notice that the location tic- kets would be cancelled, but Mr. Mercier refused to carry it out. The saw logs, the marks on which the Rev. Mr. Paradis is accused of defacing, where not cut on the lots in dispute, but on other lands, and it is for taking these very same logs out on lots with respect to which there is no dispute that Messrs. Allan and John Gilmour have been arrested on a charge of larceny on the information of one of their vexatious litigants. And although I have heard of many strange cases I cannot recollect any case of a man being arrested for the larceny of property, off his own property, in his own possession. If there be anything in the facts above related to justify the opprobium which certain journals have attempted to cast on Messrs. Gilmour & Co., I must confess I am unable to see it. CORRESPONDENCE. THE CHANGE OF EIGHTY YEARS. MADAWASKA, N. B., August roth, 1887. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman : DeEaR Sir,—I begin to feel a streak of guilt for not reporting before this, but the fact of the matter is that there is so little new to report from these parts that I imagined that anything I could say would be insignificant. In my travels a few days ago I chanced to fall in company with an old respected gentleman by the name of Clark, a resident of Andover, Victoria County, and was much inter- ested in hearing him relate his experience as one of the pioneers of this Province. The old gentleman is now in his 88th year, but is still quite robust, and has a very retentive memory. Thinking that your readers might feel an interest in reading the reminiscenses of the past eighty years as related to me, I will, as near as possible, use Mr. Clark’s own words. He says :— *«Samuel Lee came out to this country from England about the year 1792, and located at Restigouche, where he engaged in the salmon fishing business. Shortly after he went back to the old country and brought out a few more with him, who also started in the same business. My father comprised one of the party. I was born in the year 1800. ** Alexander R. Ferguson was the first man who did any lumbering on the Restigouche. His lumber business at that period was considered large. He was also engaged in ship- building. Frank Peabody was the first man who shipped lum- ber out of the Miramichi. Then Gilmour & Rankin came from Glasgow aud opened up a large business, and, strange to say, one Dick McLauchlin, who was formerly a hostler for Peabody, got into Gilmour & Rankin’s good graces, and they employed him to get out lumber for them. He was freely supplied with money and for a time did well, but finally overshot the mark. His last year’s operation was a noted one and excelled any of his previous efforts. He put forty span of horses and 150 yoke ot oxen in the woods. On Christmas day he brought out all the horses from the woods and hired 60 span more, and loaded them up with 400 pounds | of corn meal, 300 pounds of pork, and 300 pounds of flour. When they got all ready for a start he mounted his grey charger with the Union Jack floating in the air, and called on the rest to follow. With three cheers they moved forward their long cavalcade for the camps. Mclauchlin had forty parties in the woods, and in all they got out 60,000 tons of timber. “My father was appointed a Magistrate, and for 20 years he had to tramp on snow shoes to Frederickton, a distance of about 300 miles, and report to the Government. He would take his pack of possessions, and sometimes he employed an Indian to go with him. I remember well going to Montreal 77 years ago, when only ten years old. I saw a little steamt- boat try to go through the rapids at Moson’s Brewery. She was compelled to drop back five or six times and at last had to give up the attempt. of oxen were attached to it and succeeded in taking it through. This was the first steamer that ever run the St. Lawrence. In 1832 I was there again, and saw a tug take two brigs through at once without the slightest trouble. In 1833, I, with some others, went up the Restigouche in canoes, and struck the Grand River which empties into the St. John. One week after this five or six yoke - When we got to Grand Falls there were only two log houses with two old couples to occupy them ; children there were none. From there we went to Tobique. I stopped at Murphies, which at that time consisted of but four families. Not one stick of timber had been cut above this at that time, or above Grand Falls either, except at Baker Brook. John Baker had an old-fashioned saw mill those days which had dropped into his hands through marrying the widow of his deceased brother. The lumber and other product of this mill was floated down to Grand Falls, a distance of fifty miles, and from there hauled to Frederickton.” I shall intrude here and add the following taken from the Bangor Whzg, which will, doubtless, be of interest : “Mrs. Sophia Baker, who recently died at Fort Fairfield, at the age of 89 years, had a somewhat interesting history. Sixty years ago a party left the town of Moscow, in Somerset County, consisting of Nathan Baker, his wife Scphia Baker, and Mr. Simpson, for the purpose of lumbering on the river St. John. Their journey was through a wilderness country, a distance of two hundred and fifty miles. They carried their household goods in ten birch bark canoes, crossing lakes and carrying their canoes on their backs from river to river and from lake to lake, until they reached what is now called Baker Brook, on the north side of the St. John river, some six miles below Fort Kent. They were 15 days on the jour- ney, having no other shelter than a tent. Some years after Mr. Baker’s settlement the boundary question created consider- able excitement, and as he lived on the disputed territory he naturally became very much interested in it. He and his wife believed they were on United States land, and Mrs. Baker was determined to stand by her supposed rights. On the approach of Independence Day she went a long distance in a canoe to procure material for a flag, and with her own hands fashioned a banner bearing the stars and stripes of her beloved country. When the fourth of July came she flung it to the breeze, notwithstanding the threats of her neighbors who were under the King. For this act Mr. Baker was arrested and confined in jai! for a year, and the story is that when they came to arrest Mrs. Baker she drove them off with a broom. The boundary having happily been settled by the Ashburten Treaty, Mr. Baker was released, and with his wife continued to reside for many years at the place where they suffered persecution for the sake of patriotism. Mrs. Baker spent the last year of her life with her daughter, Mrs. Slocomb, of Fort Fairfield village. Several years ago ex-Governor John D. Long,* of Massachusetts, wrote a poem on Mrs. Baker, suggested by an article in the Worth Star, entitled: ‘‘ The Barbara Fritchie of Aristooke.’ Now we will again take up the thread of Mr. Clark’s remin- iscensis where we left off. He says : “‘T went to Frederickton and engaged to rum a raft to St. John, and on the completion of this undertaking returned on the first steamer that ever run from St. John to Frederickton. If my memory serves me right this boat was known as the ‘Old St. George.’ “© Tom Gardner was then in his prime, and considered the I was well acquainted b) strongest man in New Brunswick. with him. We happened to meet one day in Indiantown, and he told me there were three Yankees who had sent him a challenge to wrestle, one at a backhold, one at collar and elbow, and one at arms length. He had accepted the challenge and invited me then to accompany him. I went with Tom to the place chosen, and there was quite a large crowd gathered. When the Yankees saw Tom they asked if he was the man to face them. He said he was. They told him to step out, and a large raw-boned Yankee, looking as smart as a steel trap, stepped back and looked at Tom, and said: ‘Well, I guess that will do me,’ and the rest dared not take hold of him. , sources are leaving us. . duty on our spruce and pine logs ? This little experience had the eflect of. putting a stop to any further crowing on the part of the three worthies referred to Why I have seen Tom Gardner take a barrel of flour under each arm and walk off with them without a strugg! “In the year 1825 I was present at the laying of the corner stone of the new Government House. After the de po had been placed into the hole in the stone cut for the purpose I threw in a seven-pence half- penny, commonly Mer york shilling. Then Sir Howard Douglas took his wife's hand and kissed her, then assisted her to Jay the ston About this time was issued about the first paper money I had ever seen. It was handed me as part payment for wag¢ I asked what it was and was told paper money. IJ shoved it } told the man that I would not take anything ct, and I got it too. *T worked on Tobique river in the year ‘23 for Mr. Greenlow, who was engaged in lumbering. No timber red pine was allowed to be cut. Mr. Greenlow purchased ten tons of hay in Woodstock to be delivered to his camp, for which he paid I remember see- my sworth £1 and the haudsome sum of £10, or $40, per ton. ing a fine white pine close to the stream, and intimated intention of cutting it, when Mr. G. said no, it we red pine was worth £1.7.6; but towards spring I and made five tons of timber out of it, all sound as a nut too. Whether he put it in or not I never knew. In 1835 a company was formed, and several large mills were erected at the red rapids on the Tobique, but they failed and were soon destroyed. This was a death blow to Tobique. John Caldwell also built extensive mills at Grand Falls, in He floated them to which he sawed nothing but pine deals. St. John and shipped to England. men in his employ, who settled above the Falls, many of whom He had a large number of are yet living.” The above brief history shows how rapidly our lumber re- I can recollect about 36 years ago I came to Madawaska, and at that time there was nothing but pine timber cut above the Grand Falls. Now, but little, if any pine timber is left, and nothing but small sized spruce. For the last few years Americans have taken the cream off of our cedar to manufacture into shingles on the American side. But at last it seems as if our Gevernment had awakened—Rip Van Winkle like—from a long sleep, and discovered t here was an export duty on cedar, and had made up its mind to inforce it. But how are they going to doit? As I mentioned ina former communication it is simply folly to tax cedar logs at the rate of $1.50 per cord of 128 cubic feet, instead of cutting the same into shingle bolts on the Canadian side and taxing the Now I suppose Brother John same as so much per cord. un with our Ministers’ consent, will have our cedar for telegraph poles, posts, wharfing, etc., as usual free of export duty, for another year at least. Where can be our officials excuse for not collecting export I suppose by the same token there is no duty on clapboard logs—its only on spruce and pine logs for boards. The wisdom (?) of our officials is something extraordinary. Inside of 25 years our lumber business will be one of the things of the past, and we will have to import instead of export. Yours truly, P. O. BYRANE. ————— anne LoNGForD Mitts, Ont., Aug. 19—Our mills are both run- ning to their full capacity, 125 thousand per day. Bush fires in the vicinity of our limits in Longford are well under con- trol. Fire has done a large damage in townships of Dalton and Rama, reducing many poor settlers to penury, sweeping Fully se two-townships. nstances. away all their crop and buildings in many i fifty families have suffered more or less in th LONGEORD LUMBER Co. ec of the Pro- m of fraud, THE Montreal Herald attacks the lumbermen vince of Quebec with much asperity, acct c dishonesty, blustering and greed. It espe es them nf the dnec oi the aues with aiming at fixing for themselves the amount It remarks :— payable by them on mileage and stum} UAN NS Province if they fail to secure a proj Government will be n for the immense ped from the public quantity of timber that is yearly The lumbermen are not fixing the amount of rental, lands.” but are protesting against an arbitrary increa f the amount =d to be stable, already fixed. This amount has been consi so that limit-holders have been able to sell the limit or pledge it as security to the banks, have thus acted in confidence that the Government would observe good faith, now find their property or security sud- This great industry has contributed very thelr property in but those who denly depreciated. largely to the revenue and to the development of the Province, s0 the Herala’s censure is undeserved. As to stripping timber from the public lands, nothing could do more to hasten this than the heavy increase of rental. ee) aE EY CINE ES ONTARIO. —A large furniture factory is to be erected at Burlington, Ont. —Van Allen & Son purpose moving their -planing factory from Aurora to North Bay. —R. Hurdman & Co., of Ottawa, are making arrange- ments for the construction of a new circular saw mill. —The water in the Ottawa river is said to be lower than for years past. The drives on all the small streams are com- pleted. 3 —The Rathbun Company are slackening speed at their Campbellford mill, having got through the heaviest part of the season’s cut. —The Berlin, Ont., council, at a late meeting, decided to exempt Mr. Kaufman’s planing factory from any higher taxes for ten years. —-The Terra Cotta Lumber Co., of Deseronto, are enlarg- ing their works to keep pace with the increasing business of the establishment. —Mr. Henry Cargill, of Cargill, Ont., informs the Lum- BERMAN that the price of lumber in Bruce county is firm, witha very active demand. Mr. Chas. Vickery has opened a lumber yard in Whitby for J. M. Irwin, of Peterboro’. The lumber will be shipped from the latter’s mills at Nassau. —Mr. Robert Bickle has commenced the manufacture of cheese boxes in Peterborough, his works having a capacity to. produce 2,000 boxes per week. —Messrs. Hurdman & Co., lumber merchants, Ottawa, have exchanged limits with Messrs. Gilmour & Co., receiving from the latter their Kippewa limits. —Messrs. G. A. Grier & Co., Ottawa, have just completed one of the finest mills on the continent, and are now turning out a superior quality of lumber in splendid style. —An apprentice boy opened one of the valves of the steam pipes too fast’ on starting up in Dorman’s mill at Mitchell, and in consequence a general smash-up occurred. —Mr. Hurdman, the Ottawa lumberman, is already send- up a large number of men to work on his Kippewa limit, seventy have been sent there in one day recently. —A considerable quantity of lumber was burned at Chew’s mill, Midland, August 19th. The fire spread to the railway station and baggage room, which were entirely destroyed. —Suttaby’s steam joining and planing mills at Gravenhurst, Ont., were destroyed by fire on Sunday July 17th, together with a large quantity of lumber. The loss ranges from $5,000 to $8,000. —The water in the Ottawa river at Ottawa is lower than it has been at the sam etime in any previous year for the past seven years, and the bargem n_ find considerable difficulty in avoid- ing the sawdust banks. —Mr. J. M. Irwin, proprietor of the ‘‘ Red Mills,” Nassau, near Peterborough, has plans ready for the erection of an extensive and costly residence at that point. mill is now running in good shape. Mr. Irwin’s new —There is now in the Ottawa Improvement Company’s works, between Des Joachims and Ottawa, a million anda quarter of saw logs, which will be supplemented later on by the Madawaska river drive which is not yet out. —The lumbering firm of Hurdman & Co., have purchased from Messrs. Gilmour & Co., their fine pine limit on the Kip- pawa for $186,000, Messrs. Hurdman & Co. intend working this new limit extensively this winter, and expect to nearly double their cut. —All the logs have been released from the upper boom at Buckingham, but large numbers still remain on the river’s banks, and the river is still gorged. Two or three weeks more will about see the end of the sawing season. The Pulp mill is still silent, —The outlook for lumber at Ottawa is said to be very favorable. There has been a gradual advance in prices during the past couple of months. An outside dealer states that three-inch deals now sell at $7 per thousand, being an increase of one dollar. —The Upper Ottawa Boom Company are making extensive improvements in their booms and works on the Upper Ottawa. Some four miles of new boom is being put in near the Schyan. The addition will very much lessen the difficulty in passing the logs through the company’s booms in stormy weather. As it is now, rafts of logs have to wait a considerable time in stormy weather until the water is calm, and the logs can be passed into the boom without danger of scattering. THE CANADA LUMBEI —-McLachlin Bros. have a large drive hung up in the Madawaska for the winter and part of the last drive on that river which is about 30 miles up will also have to be tied up, but on the other streams and main river there are very few more logs than usual stuck. Tutton & Sons, of the Orillia foundry, have received the contract for building a new engine and supplying the entire machinery to refit Chew’s mill, Gravenhurst, lately destroyed by fire. The whole work is to be done within six weeks from the time it was undertaken. —Messrs. —The tai] of the timber drive on the Ottawa river is now a few miles below Fort Eddy, and the Upper Ottawa Improve- ment company expect to have the tail into the booms at the Chaudiere by the 1st of October. The timber is moving very slowly owing to the shallowness of the water. —The Gatineau Valley railroad is now located definitely as far as the Peche and ready to have the work of construction tendered for. The road runs in a direct line with the maca- damized road as far as the Peche, at which point the company already have eighteen or twenty thousand ties. —Nearly all the square timber to be sent out of the North Bay district this season has been loaded and shipped. There are, however, about 2,000 pieces yet, 800 of which will be loaded at North Bay. There is a large decrease each year in the quantity of square timber which is being taken out. —Messrs. J. Hadden & Sons, of Foxmead, write that the lumber trade in that section is very brisk this season. They state that they have been unable to supply the demand for long length bill stuff, of which they make a specialty. Next fall they intend adding three-quarters of a mile to their logging railway. —Messrs. Dean & Baptie of Three Rivers, have commenc- ed the construction of extensive mills opposite the village of L’Original where they expect to turn out an annual cut of 25,7 000 feet of lumber. The former limits are situated on the Nation River. The mills will not be ready for operation be- fore next spring. —A gentleman who has recently returned from the Gatineau district says :—‘‘ There is one thing I noticed up the Gatineau: whiskey selling seems to be the chief occupation of a large number of people, and the Maniwaki Indians are suffering from it. The Government ought to take some steps to pre- vent the sale of liquor to these Indians.” —The statement has been published that there is a difficulty between the lumbermen and the settlers on the Gatineau, but this is authoritively stated to be untrue. It is simply a diffi- culty between the firm of Gilmour & Co. and Father Paradis, and not with settlers. The other lumbermen and the settlers are taking no action in the matter, —The cut of square timber in the Ottawa district this sea- son has been small, and a large quantity of this has been ship- ped by the Canadian Pacific Railway from points between Mattawa and Sudbury to Papineauville and from there taken by water to Quebec. In all some two million feet have The principal shippers by rail have been Barnet and Mackay, Timmins & Gorman and Alex. Fraser. been manufactured. —The tail of Bingham’s big drive has passed out of the Gatineau into the Ottawa river. There was an accident last spring which somewhat delayed this drive. A large pier in what is known as the Big-Eddy twenty miles above the Desert on the Gatineau river and which was used to direct the logs out of the eddy gave way, and all the logs had to be pulled out by hand. The pier will be rebuilt this fall. —The timber limit berths, 2 and 4, township of Laurier, in in the Nipissing district, owned by Mr. Thomas Mackay, of Ottawa, were recently auctioned at the Russell House in that city by I. B. Tackaberry. There was a fair attendance of of lumbermen ; amongst those present were Thomas Mackie, Robert Booth, Thomas Hale, and Robert Gorman. The limit is conveniently situated on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the lumber cut can be taken to market either by the Georgian Bay route or down the Ottawa. The dimensions of both berths are 3434 square miles, held under license from the Ontario Government. The bidding was not at all lively. The first figure offered was $30,000, and after that it climbed by a slow process upward, until it reached $60,000, when the limit was knocked down to Mr. John Mackay, son of Wm. Mackay, of Renfrew. Lumbermen present were chary of bidding, as many of them believe the territory was run over by fire. The purchaser, Mr. Mackay, has saw mills on the Amable du Fore river, and within convenient distance of the limit. —A large raft of white pine from the Petewawa, the pro- perty of Mr, Barnard, commenced running the rapids at Britannia a fortnight ago. The job was a troublesome one for the raftsmen, as the water is now less than two feet deep in some places, and thus the cribs stick in their descent. The men on this raft are of Indian, French, Irish and in one case, ee African origin. When the timber “ hangs” on the rocks men take to the water to get it off and considerable fun for the _ boys, and girls, too, who take passage down the run-way, fol- lows, for there is a medley of loud language among the hardy raftsmen as they ply their oars and handspikes, standing in the water to their waists or shoulders. —The Pembroke Observer, of August 12, says :—** The cut of square timber this season has been small and a large portion has been shipped per Canadian Pacific railway from points be- tween Mattawa and Sudbury to Papineauville and from thence taken down to Quebec by water. Some 2,000,000 feet in all have been manufactured. The principal shippers by rail have been Barnet & Mackay, Timmons & Gorman and Alex. Fraser. Mr. Richard White’s square timber drive on the the Du Moine > has been ‘hung up’ for the want of water, owing to the un- usual want of spring and summer rain and the great length of the drive. Within the last two or three weeks the water diminished very fast in the Du Moine which caused the timber to stick.” , —-The Peterboro’ Review furnishes the following figures showing the rise and fall of the lumber business in the Peter- borough district. Speaking of the Midland railway it says that in its early history the chief staple for shipment was lum- ber. In 1858 12,000,000 feet was taken from Peterborough ; in 1860, 15,000,000 ; in 1863, 34,000,000 ; in 1865, 46,000,- ooo ; and in 1868, the amount had risen to the large figure of 72,500,000. At this time the Midland was operafing about 100 miles of road and it was paying well. Each year the receipts swelled larger and larger. In 1873, on Mr. A. Hugell’s appointment to the Presidency of the road misfortune overtook it. Owing to the lumber crisis there was only a small increase over the earnings of the previous year. In 1874 the lumber trade was in a bad condition and a decrease in the earnings of $14,000 was shown. The running expenses as compared with the receipts rose as the receipts fell. In 1875 there was a further decrease in the earnings of 19,000 and in 1876 of $11,000 more. These decreases were caused principally by the falling off in the lumber trade, from 142,- 000,000 in 1871 to 58,000,000 in 1876. From that time to the present, although the road has been doing a prosperous business the lumber shipments have not been nearly as great as during the years above mentioned. 7 —The Yard Department of the Rathbun Company are hav- ing a very busy season and have already got through an amount of work most creditable to all concerned. More work has been accomplished than during any former season. Some idea of the work performed may be gained from the fact that the steamers Resolute and Reliance have been each making four trips a week to Oswego, for the greater part of the season. The Xesolute carries on an average 300,000 ft. of lumber and the Xe/iance about 200,000 feet each trip. The loading of these vessels, it can be easily seen, involves a very great amount of labor. In addition to these steamers a large num- ber of barges, schooners and other craft are loaded every week for Oswego, Charlotte and other ports, and heavy shipments are made daily by the Bay of Quinte and Grand Trunk rail- ways. As a specimen of the rapid despatch which is made by the department, we may mention that on Monday night the veliance was loaded with 4,576 railway ties in the short space of five hours and ten minntes, and that by a crew consisting largely of green hands. It is doubtful if this feat was ever. equalled on the lakes. Michael Marrigan and three hands also accomplished the feat the other day of loading the barge ‘* Anglin” with 125 cords of woods in two hours and forty-six minutes. The department intend some of these coming cool nights to beat the record in loading the Resolute and Reliance and thus for once satisfy Capts. Gowan and Bartley who still pace the quarter deck muttering at being delayed so long in port.- Each of these mariners will remain discontented until he can make daily trips to and from Oswego.—Deseronto Tribune. . QUEBEC. —A man named Deslaurier, residing in Hull, and employed in Messrs. G. A. Grier’s new mill on the Chaudiere, had one of his fingers taken off by an edging saw. —The E. B. Eddy manufacturing company of Hull are making numerous improvements and putting a considerable amount of new machinery into their sash factory. —The rumor is current among the Iumbermen at the Chau- _ diere that the new iron bridge to replace the present Suspension Bridge across the Ottawa River just below the Chaudiere Falls, will be commenced early next spring. ; —J. F. Tessier, proprietor of Cowrvter Federal, has been arrested charged by Thos. P. Foran, advocate, with criminal libel. Tessier, who is a Catholic, acted as counsel for Gilmour & Co., in an action against Father Paradis. The article com plained of said Foran sold his services to priest-eaters. o September, 1887. —Reports from Three Rivers state that most of the drives being in things are taking on a lively appearance. —A. Baptist’s mill has commenced sawing on both pine and spruce logs, and it is estimated that the cut will amount to 150,000 to 200,000 (Juebee standards 3 in. pine, and from 60,000 to 75,000 3-in. spruce, besides about 250,000 feet of red pine, principally 11-in. x by 3-in. This mill would have begun to run sooner, had not the Government booms stopped the logs to pick out a small quantity for an up river mill, and in consequence of which, owing to the falling of the water, a considerable number were hung on the banks, necessitating their having to be rolled off at great expense. ————————— NOVA SCOTIA. —There has been a big jump in the price of lumber in the West Indies, and two Cubans are now in Nova Scotia making extensive purchases. —W. J. St. Clair, of Bridgetwon, N. S., has sought a compromise with creditors at 50 cents, payable in eight months and unsecured. Se NEW BRUNSWICK. —TLLeithead Bros., a saw mill firm of West River Station, have assigned. ~ —Most of the mills at St. John are cutting deals for the American market. Very few charters are being made for England. —A. L. Wright & Co., Salisbury, N.B.are building a large steam power mill on the Cloverdale River, near that place. This mill is being fitted with the best maehinery of Canadian manufacture. : —Hayford & Stetson, of St. John, stand in the front rank of spruce manufacturers, and have a reputation of the old school conservative order. worthy of respect,.and in commenting upon the spruce mar- ket they say, ‘“‘ The supply of logs in the St. John river this season is very light. On account of deep snow the cut was about 30 per cent. less than estimated, and although there was a flood of water early in the driving season it soon ran off, and as no rain fell for about three weeks we have 25,000,000 feet of logs hung up. If the demand which has prevailed for the Jast few months continues, we do not see why spruce lumber will not bring as high prices in New York as it did in 1882, when it sold for $17 to $21. There isa heavy demand all along the coast, and all the information we get points to the fact that yard dealers have been buying sparingly, and that stocks on hand are light and must soon be replenished. These comments refer to logs cut on the American side of the St. John river. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —The new mill of the Eau Claire company has been com- pleted. —Badgley & Hamilton has opened a lumber yard at Emerson, M.T. —A lumber yard will be opened in Emerson, Man., by Messrs. Badgely & Hamilton. —Davis & Co., lumbermen, with headquarters at Winni- peg, have been succeeded by the Manitoba Lumber and Fuel Company. —Davis & Co., wholesale and retail lumber merchants of Winnipeg, Man., has been succeeded by the Manitoba Lum- ber and Fuel Co. —Lumbermen on the North Saskatchewan are said to be having considerable trouble in floating their rafts this season, owing to low water. ? —The new C.P.R. Hotel now being erected at Banff, in the Canadian National Park, will require about 1,000,000 feet of lumber, which will mainly be supplied by the mountain mills. —Already it is said the business which the Rat Portage and Keewatin mills had in shipping lumber to the far west, has been considerably curtailed, by the competition from the mountain mills, and the former are now being confined to Manitoba and the eastern portion of the territories. —The latest news from the Lake of the Woods is to the effect that the Rainy Lake mill has been obliged to close down, hav- ing run out of logs. It is not likely that the mill will be put in operation again for some time, perhaps not this season. A new mill will be established in the Lake of the Woods district by Hughes & Kennedy. They have selected a site on the Rainy River, whence the lumber will be carried by water to the railway at Rat Portage, awaiting shipment. From Cal- gary comes the news that S. J. Hogg & Co., lumber dealers, have brought suit against the Calgary Lumber Company for breach of contract, claiming damages for $1,200. An opinion from such a firm is —The Minneapolis lumbermen are at present making very vigorous kicking about lumber rates to the Southwest. They point out that lumber is taken from Chicago to Omaha, 500 miles, for 20 cents a hundred ; while they are charged to the same place, 380 miles, 22 cents. On the C.P.R. from Kee- watin to Winnipeg, 130 miles, the charge is 1534 cents per hundred and for 504 miles 33 cents. —The Rainy Lake mill at Rat Portage has resumed cutting, but will not be run regularly in all probability. Enough logs had been got together, however, to commence operations. There are about 3,000,000 feet of logs belonging to the estate yet to be cut, but the difficulty is that they are scattered about the lake, the booms in which the logs were confined having been broken away by the spring freshet and the logs carried down to the lake. —Mr. Peter McLaren, of Perth, Ont., arrived in the city on Saturday. Mr. McLaren was for many years one of the largest lumbermen in the Ottawa Valley carrying on an extensive business on the Upper Mississippi. He became widely known as one of the litigants in the famous suits of Caldwell vs. McLaren and wice versa. Some time ago he sold his entire Ontario limits for $900,000. ain mill near Maclead, operated by his brother-in-law, Mr. Lees, and he left Sunday morning to pay a visit to that dis- trict. He is accompanied in his trip by Miss McLaren, Miss Lees and John G. Haggart, M.P. for South Lanark. Banff and possibly the Pacific coast will be visited before they return. — Winnipeg Free Press. He owns the Mount- BRITISH COLUMBIA. —British Columbia advices state that considerable valuable timber is being destroyed by fire in that Province this season. —The recent rise in the price of rough lumber at Vancou- ver, B. C., including building, wharf and street planks, was 25 per cent. The advance on dressed flooring, rustic and double-dressed finishing lumber was from 5 to Io per cent. Shingles and lath are ro per cent higher. —Messrs Buchanan & Ferguson, of Illecillewact, have a large number of men employed in their mill at present getting out material for the construction of snow sheds on the railway. Altogether about three miles of snow sheds will be built in the mountains this season, requiring 7,000,000 feet of timber, and giving employment to 2,000 men. —It is rumoured that the Hastings Saw Mill at Vancouver will be started to work again in a very short time and that negotiations between the owners and the late lessee have end- ed in a combination between the two parties, and after a thorough repair has been made the mill will be kept running to its utmost capacity. with the railway. Sidings are to be run in to connect —The Vancouver ews says:—There appears to be good grounds for expecting that the next twelve months will wit- ness the development of a large trade from Vancouver in the shipments of manfifactured articles such as sashes and doors, and other goods of a like nature. One factory of this kind is already in operation here, and another one is now in course of construction. —Fred Robinson has just about completed a new saw mill at Beaver, in the Selkirk range of mountains. It is 70x30 feet, and will be run by water power. About all the mills in the mountains are supplied with water power from the many rapid streams with which the region abounds. The water for the new mill mentioned has a fall of 27 feet. The mill will have a capacity of 30,000 feet, to which is added lath, shingle and planing machinery. Mr. Robinson owns another mill at Beaver, which he intends.moving to another point further west. —It is quite common to fell trees in British Columbia, yielding 15,000 feet, board measure, or a log 50 feet long and four feet square at the smallend. These immense trees are saw- ed down, wedges being used to make them fall in the desired direction, and the sawyers become so expert that two of them will in one hour cut down a tree six feet in diameter. When downed, three men with single saws cut it up into lengths from 16 to 40 feet, or longer as required. A saw mill man from Columbia told me that trees six feet through showed an average of 175 rings or annual growths. —A considerable lumber industry has been established on the line of the C.P. Railway in this province during the past two or three years. These mills have been mainly utilized in preparing material for the construction of the road, such as bridging, and cutting lumber and timber for snow sheds on the railway. There has also been a considerable local demand for lumber for building up the numerous little towns which have sprung into existence of late. Lumber from the moun- tain mills has been shipped eastward as far as Calgary, at which _place yards have been established to handle the product of these mills. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 9 UNITED STATES. y million fee of logs are hung up in the tributaries of the Tittabawasee. Muskegon mills are afflicted with a scarcity of men, especially for night crews. It is said that there are many people at S t Ste. Marie who have never seen a train of Cars. —A_ lot of saw mill machinery w: lately st ed from Gangor, Maine, to Valparaiso, Chili. —Canal freights on lumber have touched bot , Viz.: $1.50 to Albany and $2 to New York from Tonawar Joseph Campain, a Canadian, was drowned while work- ing on Butters & Peters’ boom, Ludington, Mich., August 4th. —The price of stumpage in Michigan is causing to be thrown on the market several tracts of pine which have been held for years. —Saginaw and Detroit parties are reported to have bought 30,000,000 feet of standing timber on the Point River, Me ominee district. —The Calkins planing mil] at Tonawanda, N. Y., disposes of its surplus shavings by pressing them inte bales, in which shape it finds a market for them at some eastern point. —The New York lumbermen embraced I as the New York Lumber Trade Association, are mz heroic endeavor to prevent the jobber from selling to the con- sumer within a radius of 20 miles from New York —A Chicago lumber firm has contracted to fur 1 of over 9,000,000 feet of lumber for a gle bui —a grain elevator to be built by Armour. The contract price for the material furnished by the company is over $100,000. —A raft of logs from Au Train, Lake Superior, reached Bay City recently, in tow of the tugs ‘‘ Gladiator” and “* Mockingbird.” It contained 8,000,000 feet, and is said to be the largest raft of pine logs ever towed in the world. —The aggregate movement of lumber and shingles from Saginaw River ports from the opening of navigation to August I, was 236,553,627 feet of lumber, 34,993,000 shingles and 13,- 666,000 lath, a decrease of about Io per cent. over 1886. —The Duluth mills are busy at work, and are finding all The five mills running are turning out lumber to their full capacity, and at they can do to keep up with the demand. present have about half finished their prospective cut for the year. —One of the most prominent timber land buyers in the South says that take the South all through, meaning the yellow pine belt, the timber will average not more than three thousand feet to the acre. He thinks the timber very freely cut in Alabama. —The receipts of lumber at Tonawanda by lake for the first three months of the season—May, June and July—foot up the handsome total of 229,689,000 feet. With four months yet to hear from, it is very probable that she will reach last year’s astounding figures. —The mills of M. & J. O’Donell, situated east of Brigden, Ont., on the ignited by brush fires August 9th, and with two million feet of matched staves, were burned. loss is $150,000. of Jersey City, N. J., St. Clair branch, were all the sheds, together The —The burning of John G. Owen saw mill, at Saginaw, Mich., takes 14,000,000 feet out of the sawing capacity of that historic lumber producing section. It is undecided whether the mill will be rebuilt, but the probability is that if recon- structed at all, it will be much smaller than the old one. —Reports from Boston say there isa scarcity of small light- draught vessels, and rates on lumber from St. John N.B., are well maintained at the advance last reported. At Eastern ports the advance in freight rates is well sustained. From St. John, N. B., the rate is $1 per ton higher than a year ago, and vessels are very scarce. —During the first half of the last four years, beginning with 1887, the number of buildings erected in New York were repectively 2,923, 2,458, 1,804 and 1,739, and the sums in- vested were, in round figures, $47,000,000, $38,000,000, $27,000,000 and $29,000,000. This year’s investments are 28 per cent. ahead of last year. —A deal is now being consumated by which Henry C. Jewell, Seymour Hollister, and Senator Sawyer, of Oshkosh, and other local parties, will come into possession of land con- taining about 75,000,000 feet of pine in the Province of Ont., near Sault Ste. Marie, the purchase price being $150,000, one- half to be paid on delivery of deeds and one-half when the timber is cut, which will be shipped to Quebec as lumber, because the $2 duty operates against marketing it in the United States. — ae 10 TRADE REVIEW. TORONTO. Toronto, Aug. 19th. Appearances point to a good trade to be done this fall. Buildings, which have been in an unfinished state since the strike began, are now being hurried to completion, and an in- creased activity is to be seen in the building line, over the city. The scarcity of long lengths of bill stuff is greater as the season advances, in fact bill stuff of even short lengths is get- ting more and more scarce. As a consequence prices are well maintained by the mill men, necessitating an advance in the retail Jine. The diversity of prices among retailers is some- ~ thing passing the ken of ordinary mortals, yards afew blocks from each other differing from 50c. to $1.00 per thousand, in price, all things apparently equal. It is useless to quote prices but while not altering the usual quotation it is safe to say that these prices may be understood to be not less than 50c. per thousand higher in some, if not the majority, of yards. Shingles XXX are quoted in one yard at $2.75 per thousand, and in another not over three blocks away at $2.60. Whence the difference? That there is an advance in prices all must admit. The strike has ended, lastingto weeks. Cz bon ? Not the strikers, not the employers, except the negative one of not hay- ing to pay large amounts in wages. strikes. Some must benefit by Who are they ? Possibly the rank speculation of the impecunious dealer in real estate may have received a check. It is to be hoped that such is the case, and that fewer compromised accounts will stare at the lumber dealer from the pay office ledger. The speculative builder is, as a rule, a very unsavory mortal, and should the strike just ended be the means of pre- venting any more buildings of the class usually erected by the speculative creature, being offered for sale, that if nothing more would be a decided gain to this city— the foundation whereof is sand. With the remarks above borne in mind the quotations are as follows :— Mill cull boards &scantling..$10 09 | Dressing stocks....... 14 00@15 00 Shipping cull boards, promis- Picks Am. inspection....... 30 00 cuous widths............. 12 00 | Three uppers, Am.inspection 40 0) ES SHOCKS ...4.0.. 13 00 B. M. Scantling and joist, MP ee a ns Le in flooring, dressed 25 00@30 00 “ «“ “ 99 ft 15 00 G rough .14 00@15 00 re “ « 99 ft 16 00 a a “dressed 23 00@25 00 “ “ “ 94 ft 17 00 eS se renee ee 14 00 “ “ “ 96 ft 18 00 ae «dressed 16 00@20 00 “ “ “ 98 fb 19 01 « & “undres’d 12 00@14 00 te ce “ 30 ft 20 00 {Beaded Sheeting, dressed — “ “ Gi) 0\fH Iv 001 /naeuet oe nzeinee oakie las 18 00@20 00 “ “ «34 ft Slapboarding, dressed...... 12 50 cet NRA a 22 50@22 50 XXX sawn shingles, ee 2 ieee 90 ie cie ae eo "36 te 24 00 | SAWN Lath. .... cscs eeeeeees 225 “ “ “ 38 ft 27 00 Red Od certs ete Sateralt “20° 00@25 00 i cc 40 to 44.f6 30 00. | White ‘ ..eteersees 25 00@30 00 Cutting up planks 1+ and Basswood, No, 1 &2..18 00@20 00 thicker dry........ RB NOUG@RE CON crema aL Anmatier DOPDUaIORTY : ‘ Whiteash 1 &2....... 25 00@30 00 Bt boards ‘‘ 18 00%20 00 Black ash 1 & 2......20 00@25 00 er rs HAMILTON. The following are the quotations of the yards here :— Mill cull boards and if flooring, rough. 16 00 to J8 60 scantlings ..... .$ 9 00 to $10 00 | 14 floo ing, rough. 16 00 to 18 00 Shipping cull boarde, 1, flooring, dressed promiscuous face measure .. . 32 00 wilths....... .. 10 00 to 12 00} 1} flooring dressed Shipping cull stocks 13 00 face measure ,.. 25 00 Scantling and joist 1 flooring dressed upto 6ft..... oe 13 00] face measnre ... 23 00 Scan liog and joist Beed sheeting 1,.. 28 00 to 30 00 up to 1Sft..... D0 13 50| Picks A M. Scant ing and joiss Inspection, .... . 30 00 up to 20ft...... 14 00} Three Uppers A. M. Seantlirg and joist Inspection,..... 40 00 up to 22ft....... 15 00) XXX sawn s ingles Scantling and joist rene aye casita 60 to 27 (Up bore itera 16 00) Sawn Lath ........ 2 25 Scantling and joist ECOG neavierdsts aie 20 00 to 25 00 toZ6fs i... 17 00] White oak......... 25 00 to 30 CO Scantling and joist Basswood No. lL up to 28ft -..... 18 00 AG CE no cagce nan . 18 00 to 20 00 Scantling and joi:t Ch-rry No. 1a d2 50 00 to 60 00 up to 30ft ...... 10 00} White Asi No. 1 Catting up plank 1} ANUS D oreyeigvesescim 25 00 to 30 00 and thicker, dry 20 00t> 25 00| Back Ash No, 1 Cutti g up boards 20 00 BA Ciear tepenafansiss ele = 20 00 to 26 00 Dressing stocks... 6 00 to 18 00 MONTREAL LUMBER MARKET. MONTREAL, 25th Aug, Business in the lumber market in Montreal has slackened off somewhat since our last report ; no great importance however need be attached to this fact, as it is usual at this season of the year. The amount of business done so far this month shows - a decrease over that done in the corresponding period of last year, and dealers do not expect much improvement until next month. ___—_ OSWEGO, N.Y. Osweco, N.Y., the year. Aug. 27.—Trade is good for this season of Prices show but little change. The following are the quotations of the yards here : Three uppers........345 00@46 00 N0,.2) 1}. nc vce $ 170 Pickings............ 86 00@37 00 No, 14540 sea nes 1 50 Cutting up, No.L.... 26 00@27 00 Cedar, 4-4 ........ 1 70 Cutting up, No, 2.... 20 00@22 00 | Pickets, 54x 5eixd, SD YESEU MOU Toiee serrate 19 00@21 00 NOM tascietetsets «ee. 14 00@15 00 No.1 Culls hOmatOODe 13 00@14 00 1x8x4,No\ 1... «-. 18 00@20 00 M05 Zee on arn 11 00@12 00 UxXSxA Nc een 10 GO Sidings, selected, lin 31 00@39 90 | 1st me d 2nd b'ack ash, U4 in 33 00@41 00| Lin.....0. -....00 23 00@25 00 Mill run, 1x10, 13 to 5 a and ‘thicker. . 24 00@26 00 NGI | Brcrerpre. ob cific 19 00@22 00 CMe Sie orcs oan 10 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00-427 00 | Basswood, se ected 4-4 1x 10 ship;ing cul’s 16 00@17 00 Ee (We): Wr 20 CO@22 00 Mill run, 14 in. strips 15 00@18 60 strips select. d 4-4 an Selected...........5. 33 O0@41 00] 6-4 ....--2000-0... 16 00@18 00 1x6 selected for clap- culls, 4-4 and 5-4.... 11 00@13 00 HOSLGB iets asta 32 00@34 00 Birch and maple Ist Clear butt cedar shin- has Wg WBE ae aes 23 00@25 00 gles, 18in ..... ssse 2 80@ 3 00|M ulding strips,.... 6x14 P4; Shingles, XXX, 18 in $6 per M. pieces ih eeoronacadaand 8 60@ 4 00] Dcor panels, 6 ir., lic p r doos XXX 18 in Cedar..... 3 60@ 8 75 Tinch do lée XX 18 in cedar...:.. 2 30@ 2 40] Blind s‘ats, }x2x4, 6c per M. piece Lath No 1,1} ...... 1 89 —_——____@—_____ NEW YORK CITY. NEw York, August 23rd, 1887. The back-bone of the torrid wave seems to be broken, and already new life has been instilled into the market. Around the yards the dealers have braced up and evince a disposition to push trade for allit is worth. Taking the market asa whole At probably consumed as much lumber during June and July as last year, but somehow the average dealer expects such succeed- ing season tou yield a distinct increase of business over the pre- vious one, and if it falis to materialize they cry, ‘‘dull times.” To all appearances trade this fall will be heavy. In the upper part of the city there is an immense amount of building going The situation at Long Island points is encouraging, while the New Jersey trade, although persistently drummed, is still in good shape. At points along the Hudson River, as far as Peekskill, there is a steady demand, and not only the yards but manufacturers are preparing for an active fall demand. on, and the same statement applies to Brooklyn. A casual glance at many yards would give one an idea that stocks were large and com- plete, but a careful inventory would show that few are in con- dition to stand much of a drain without speedy replenishment. Undoubtedly many dealers have more or less stock purchased which is yet to arrive, but it is by no means probable that enough lumber is thus secured to meet the demand likely to arise ; hence purchases will have to be made, and already we hear of dealers and large manufacturers making enquiries, that undoubtedly mean heavy purchases in the near future. Aside from poplar, the market is not at present overstocked with consignments. Mill men, jobbers and brokers are strain- ing every muscle to secure orders for direct shipment ; failing in that endeavor, we may then expect to see an avalanche of | consignments, the result ot which can only prove detrimental to the interests of all concerned, except the final purchaser. The general disposition of visiting as well as local wholesalers is to sustain values ; but in the face of a restricted consumption, purchases being made only as against future demand, it is an easy task to convert buyers to the ideas of sellers, and that phase of the business will not undergo much change until the demand becomes imperative. Walnut continues in the same old rut. The market does not present favorable opportunities for disposing of good stock in regular widths. Poplar is consumed in large quantities, and the new uses to which the wood will be put are almost numberless. Ash is steadily increasing in sale. Arrivals on the market are small, and all such stock is readily absorbed. The call is principally for boards and 1% inch. Thick stock is not in active demand. Oak, both plain and quartered, is destined to sell in large amounts before the snow flies. Cherry shows up better as the season progresses. Few dealers have complete stocks, and as the wood is still popular with architects, it must be had. There is a small request for com- mon and culls, due to a revival of small manufacturers. In good stock, the call for plank is better than boards. Strips sell fairly well. . Balusters remain unchanged. The best trade is in walnut. Ash are a close second ; but cherry are slow. Poplar squares have.a moderate sale. Miscellaneous woods are fairly steady. In a general way, we can advise steady shipments of really good stock, as such will always sell ; but off color stock had better remain at the mill. Logs are quiet, from the fact that good stock is a minus factor. Mahogany is beginning to show life, and our local dealers are well prepared to meet any emergency.—W. W. Lumberman. The following are the quotations : SPECIAL CONTRACTS. Pine, strip plank, d a iz , 00@70 4 ) Crs. screenees ine, good... a5 be 0: @60 Spruce boars dressed 3 pee Pine, shipping box.. 21 00@z2 50 Spruce, plank, 1} inch 2 Pine, common box.. 4: 00@2) OU) - ee giew sae. ce she OC 28@°0 20 Pine common box £ 16 (0@18 00 | Spruce,plank 2in eae’: 00 38@00 48 P, a Hao plank 1} | Spruce p auk 1} inch oe Rane se 00 44@09 50 ~— dressed Pine, “pal plank 1} ls Pire, ver, choice aud ex, dry., . -$65 Spruce plank 2 inch dressed iif 2ud quality ..... 00 35@0040| dressed...... ..... ‘0 43@00 45 Pine, tal:y plank iy | Spruce wall st-ips.... 00 15@00 1s (| eerie aa 00 30@00 32 Spruce timber..... - 20 WO@22 00 Pine, ta!ly boardsdrs’d Hemlock boards each 00 18@00 20 GOO ceeenace acs 00 32@00 35 | Hem!ock joist, 24x4.. 00 16@00 18 Pine, tally boards | Hemlock joist 3x4... 00 18@00 90 dressed common..... 00 28@00 20 | pega joist 4x6.. 00 40@00 44 Pine, strip boards culls Ash, good ....... --- 45 @53 00 eer te - 18@00 20| Oak. ...... 50 00@60 00 Pine, strip Loards | Maple ‘cull....- - 20 00@25 00 merc'table......... 00 20@00 22) Cargo rates 10 yer cent. off, Pin: ,strip boards clear 00 25@00 26 | 3 FXTRA SELECTIONS. Maple good.... - 40 00@48 00 | Whitewood £ in..... 35 00@40 Chestnut ........... 40 00@50 00 | Whi'ewood H panel... 45 onaed oo Cyprus, 1, 14, 2 and Shingles ex, shaved OF Wises vcsenceres 35 00@40 00 | pire 18in......... 830@9 Black * alnut good to | Shin,les ex. sawed Choices. psecees 140 00@160 00 ~—s pine 18 in.....-... 5 75@ 6 00 Black Walnut 3..... 85 00@100 00 Shi: gles clear sawed Black Walnut selected | pine 16 in..... «+s. 450@ 5 00 and seasoned ....150 00@175 00 Shingles eypres 24x7. 22 0°@24 00 Black Walnut count’rs 00 22@00 28 | Shing'es cy press 20x6 00 00@14 00 Black Walnut5x5.. 150 00@160 00 Yellow pire dre-sed Black Walnut 6x6. .160 00@170 00— flooring ........... 30 00@40 00 Black Walnut 7x7..175 00@180 00 Yeilow pine girder... Black Walnut 8x8..175 00@180 00 Locu-t Pees: 8 ft.... 00 18@00 Cherry wide. ...... 100 00@120 00 10ft .... 00 24@00 Cherry, crdivary.... 70 00@80 00 Pe 12ft .. 00 2@00 Whitewood inch..... 45 00@50 00 | Chestnut posts ...... 00 &@0O0 + —— ALBANY. The quotations are as follows : Pine, clear, @ M..... $55 00@60 00 — walnut, good, Pine, fourths...... . 58 00@60 00 ert $95 Pine, sclects......... Pine, good box...... 2 Pine, common box... 13 £0@16 00 Pine 10-in. plank,each 00 45@00 47 Pine, 10-in. culls, each.... Pine boards, 10-in.... 00 30@00 32 Pine, L0in. boards, culls 00 16@00 2u Pine, 10-in. boards, 16 ft., @M... aa 28 00@32 on Pine, 12-in. boards, 16ft 28 00@32 00 Pine, 12-in. boards, 13ft 28 00@32 00 Pine, l}in.siding, select 40 00@43 00 Pine, lj-in. siding, common.........- - 15 00@18 00 Pine, l-in.siding,select 40 00@42 00 Pine, inch _ sidin; Spruce, boards, each. 00 00@00 17 Bleek. waluut, inch. Black walnut, j inch. a nea ore, §-inch.... White wood, 1l-inch and thicker........ White big a fino Ash, good N , > BM. . sivas nbaueeee states > , MM... ccccnessee Basswood, connne Hickory, @ M....... Meple'Ainarhenaall Chestnut, 2 eee Spruce, plank, 1}-in. Pp’ P , a 2 each . Spruce, each cata Santee awe 00@00 12 pine .....-........ Hemlock ‘boards, each 00 00@00 14 shing es clear, sawed. Hemlock, joist, as cedar, mixed each 00 00@00 32 = ea * 00 00@00 14 Lath, spruce, Hemlock, ‘wall strips, 2x4, each. seeeeees. 00 00@00 11 ——_>—____—— DETROIT, MICH. i HH i cowcer co BERBERS SRA BRE Be Detroit, Aug. 27-—The market here is generally quiet, with prices steady and fairly firm. The lower grades are chiefly called for, and are the firmest items on the list, upper grades being in plentiful supply and a little inclined to weak- ness. Thick selects, it is said can be got for something less than full list prices, and so can clears, but shop stock, common — and cull lumber are stiff, and it is claimed in some cases even higher. Most of the yards here are getting in lumber rapidly, and the present outlook is that they will go into the fall season — with a pretty fair stock in pile. > The following are the quotations : Uppers. 4x4 ......c000..000.945-00 | Siding, clear £0... J...00.2 2050) 5 © 6x4 & 8xi.. eeuwiassim (A000 A ne ecee sate «sae 20 Gi 3 GAIN... cece eee eee 50 00 B ces sseees - 18s Se'ecta, 4X4. wccseaveecsecees 88:00 Sages saaceanngs ceeene = ee 6x4, 6xd & Sxd..,....,, 40 00 | Bill stuff ordinary sizes : Shop, Be Reset 5x4x 6x4 & Sx4.., 18 to 20 ft..... Fine common, 4x4..... execs 22 to 24 >) (BRA, yee ae a Stocks, 1x12 & 1x1 ° * 1x12 & 1x10, No.2 .... Ship culls .........0+ 1x2 & 1x10, NG Bicen Mill Cuts, ... - scess cceewse Flooring, setect ¢ mmon Bes es, Clear, 18 im....... in, clear, 18 in Ex..... No, L common...... d in clear, 18 in........ No.. 1 fenci: g...... Ceiling, select common . Ceiling, No, 1 common. . No. 1 fencing _ .......4 Roofing, D. & M..........0+ L ies ries mee SSS22SSSSS2SSE a September, 1887 TONAWANDA. TONAWANDA, Aug. 27.—The past week has held its own, the record, as far as can be ascertained, being just about the same as that of the seven days previous. Car trade is active, and shipments by canal have been a little in advance. The table of receipts shows an increase of about 4,000,000 over last week. A brisk demand continues for lumber of all common grades, for shingles and for lath. Norway is very popular with many buyers, and really seems to grow more in favor each year. Prices unchanged as follows:— CARGO LOTS—MICHIGAN INSPECTION, Three uppers .......$46 00@47 00] Culls...... nana sadn 12 00@13 00 Common...... ----- 20 00@25 00 YARD PRICES—CAR LOTS. 3 uppers, inch. .......$44 00@46 00 | Dres-ing stocks .... 3 uppers, plank ..... 45 00@47 00 | Dressing sidings .... Pickings, inch ...... 88 00@40 00] Common stocks..... 16 00@20 00 19 00@22 00 12 50@13 00 Pickings, 1d in. to 1 Common, siuings..... 15.00@17 00 inch .«». 35 00@52 00 | Common box........ 12 0 @13 00 Hea Common 30 00@40 00 | Shingles, XXX, 18 in. Fine Common, thicker 34 00@40 00 saw CORee eer Gisiejaistels @ 4 00 Cutting up ......... 25 00@28 00 ' Do. clear bs tts, sawed 2 40@ 2 45 dee! ing, 12 iv. a.d Shingles, XXX 16 in, ae5e © Sh Qeene ere 27 00@20 00 Cut % Sq vs... @ 38 25 Coffin boards, 12 in. Or SON Oe s ox @ 2 50 ABGUP) veins). ni6:0 <1 16 00@18 00 | Lath......... oneD 1 90 SS ee SAGINAW VALLEY, Sacinaw, Micu., Aug. 28.—The cargo market is by no means active, although sales are made ina quiet way daily. There is a fair request for common grades, and Norway strips are firm at $11. Box stock is quoted active at $10.50, anda number of mills are cutting on contracts made some time ago at the quotation named. There has been some speculation as as to the probable effect of the long draught on the consump- tion of lumber, but the idea obtains that all the lumber will be sold that lake and rail transportation can provide for. Some mill docks are pretty well cleared of stock that is in the market, and this strengthens the situation here. in values have taken place, nor is any likely to take place. Shingles are active, and good brands sell readily at $2.50 for clear butts and $3.50 for XXX. Mills in the interior are selling stocks at $2.20@2.25, and $3.20@3.35. Really choice country made shingles may bring a slight advance on these figures. Some mill men expect that there will be a scarcity of logs the rest of the season that will restrict production. The yard lumber trade ‘is fairly active, and dealers report a good inquiry. Prices are as follows : No changes CARGO QUOTATIONS. Shipping culls .......$ 9 (0@10 00 , Under straight Common ......-+-+5- 15 00@19 00' Measure .... .-«. 16 00@21 00 B-UPPers -seses sss s. 36 00@38 00| Shingles, XXX...... 3 00@ 3 50 Bill stuff ........ +... 8 50@10 00 Shingles. clear aed 2 50@ 2 60 Norway bil stuff .... 9 00@10 50 | White pine lath, 1 40 YARD TRADE, 3 uppers wide and Fencing, coarse come TANCK one aiersippiarc sc 44 00@46 00 TOD s sisi « 8 00 Do. 1 in - 43 00@45 00 | Fencing, mill culls . 4 00@ 6 00 Selects...... . 35 00@37 00| No. 1stock 12 in ,... 14 00@15 00 Fine common. «+++ 30 00@32 00 | No. 2 stocks ........ 11 0u@12 00 1, 14, 14, 2 in. cut ups 00 00@33 00 | Wide common ..... 12 00@15 00 No. 1 base, 7, 8and 9 Piece stuff ee I Selects: 5. cncsmme 30 | timber’. 6.1016 -» 9 00@10 00 No. 2 do. (fine com- 12, 14, 16, 18 ft. -eoses 9 00@12 00 NION) co segnateiteane ° 32 00 | Do. do. DOE sto 236 12 00 No. 1 fi-or strips .... 40 00 [ Lath.......... aeas, LA0@1E75 No.2 = miateie 35 00| Lath No. 2 (cul ) a 1 00 No.3 acces 19 00'| B, 3 or 3x6\in........ ..... 29 00 COMMON BOARDS— ROUGH. Com, boards, 1:in. ets ty 20% $13 50 | 12, 14, 16 and 18 ft.......... 13 50 10, 12 to 16 ft Melratastete verses 13 50 1}and 14 common,......... 14 00 FENCING—DRY, No. 1 all CURBS Ea senoco000dD $15 50| 4 in. common...;........... 13 00 No. 2, 12, 14, 16 & 18ft...... USLOOENOnwaygensricevociseisceis vs ... 15 00 TIMBER AND DIMENSION—Day. Joist and scantling, 2x4, 12, 1 SVG WG scoop aubone sete 00 14 and 16 ft.. Bi, MVP ESID 25 | 2x4, "to 8x8, 18 ft.. . 13 00 2x6, 2x8 2x10, 12. 14 and 16 ft 12 25 2x4, 4x4, 20 hu PRonectcontte . 14 50 Timber, 4x4 10 8x8 inclusive, CORRESPONDENCE. MUSKOKA MILLs, AUG To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman : DEAR S1R,—No doubt there are a great number of your readers who do not know where the Muskoka Mills are, and for the benefit of such permit me to inform them. The mills are situated on the North shore of the Georgian Bay, at the mouth of the Muskoka river, about eighteen miles from Pene- tanguishene. The entire place is owned by the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., of Toronto, A. H. Campbell, Esq., being the President. They own at this place three mills, the principal one being the lumber mill which has two large stock gangs, one pony and a large circular, one band mill, two sets of trimmers, double edger and slab table. They use the electric light when the days are short in the fall. The timber mill is used for cutting bill stuff only ; they are able to cut a stick 60 feet long and almost any size. The demand for bill stuff at the present time is very great.. The shingle mill has a 14 block machine and does good work. The mills cut from 12 to 15 million feet each season. All the lumber is shipped by the Company’s own vessels. The following vessels com- prise the fleet: Tug ‘‘ Wales, ” barge ‘‘ L. Hotchkiss, ” barge “Wales,” barge ‘‘Minnie,” schooner ‘‘Otonabee.”’ The ca- pacity of the barge “Hotchkiss” is 1,400,000 feet of dry lumber ; 12th, 1887. II she is 1,001 tons burthen. The fleet generally goes to Buffalo or Oswego. The firm also own the tug ‘*Tender” which cars plies to the mills and tows scows to Penet: nguishene and Mid- land, The vesselsare loaded by the Indians frem Christian Isl It takes from three to three-and-a-half < ays to load the whe fleet. The company gen rally has from 40 to 50 braves at work for which they bay them a a) - The Indias are under the directors hip of J. d, who possesses great skill in handling the ‘‘ noble red men. The staff of officer follows: A. H. Camy o manager; F. W. Wilcox, salesman ; J. M. Bird, st EX; James Wood, foreman; D. J. Carmichael, book-ke« : paymaster, The mills have been running st M continue to run till cold weather. The dr ri nearly finished. There have been no logs } : the Muskoka river. The principal part of riving w: by the M. M. & S. Co., under the perintendenc Webster who always does his work is on oldest veterans in the business. Several h fires are raging and if we do not get rain soon great damz ge will be done An accident occurred here last week. Jos ph Pozey foolishly undertook to cut a rubber belt in two on one of the lath saws As soon as the belt touched the saw it jerked his hand on the saw and he lost two fingers of the right hand. Dr. Campbell was speedily summoned and dressed the y and the patient is now doing well. Yours truly, SAWDI ———— UTTERSON, Ont., Aug. 15.—I have been in receipt of your valuable publication for a month or two now, and as I recog nize its value in the object you desire to attain, I do not wish to benefit by it without paying the small price of subscription, therefore please find enclosed one dollar the price named. 1 am engaged here in the manufacture of a shingles, the only kind I will put upon the market, and sit ed in the centre of a large tract of valuable pine limits I am enabled to do so. My capacity is from 45 to 50 thousand per day of eleven hours, and am cutting both 16 and 18 incl shingles for the Canadian and American markets respectively and find a ready sale for all my cut. I contemplate enlarging my capacity at an early date. Yours Respectfully, L. WILson EEE STRATHROY, Aug. 17.—There is not any pine lumber m here. We have to import all such by rail, and the commu lity around are our only customers, and according to their pros- perity ability to pay, is the demand for lumber. The very low prices for grain, the equally low prices for cattle, and the very large falling off in the production of chesse owing to the draught, and the consequent falling off of feed for cows, is seriously injuring the pockets of the farmers and their ability to build, thus lessening the demand for lumber. R. NICHOLSON. ———— OWEN Sounp, Ont., Aug. 23rd, 1887. To the Edztor of the Canada Lumberman : DEAR S1R,—-Building is lively in this town and houses are going up in every direction. Dry dressing and cutting up lum- ber are scarce and in good demand. Messrs. Tennant & Co., Willmott & McIntosh and Donogh & Oliver are shipping from here this season. They get their lumber from the north shore of the Georgian Bay, and fetch it here by vessel and then ship on cars to different points west. There isa large quantity of freight coming here intended for upper lake points, which gives abundance of empty cars, while a yard engine is always on hand. Mr. J. R. Taylor, the Agent, is a very obliging official, and is always ready to show a favor to shippers if at all possible. Mr. Wm. Foster is also on hand at all times,- with an efficient staff of assistants, to give a vessel good despatch. So taking everything into consideration this is one of the best points on the Georgian Bay to handle lumber. LUMBERMAN. ee FRENCH RIVER MILLs, Aug. 25th, 1887. Editor Canada Lumberman : We have little to report from this section, but I may mention that our mill has had a hand saw put in and works well. This is said to be the only hand saw. that has gone ‘off without trouble from the word go, in this country. Our mill is averag- ing 100 M per day. Shipments are going on lively. This place is improving fast, a large number of logs being rafted here this season for the south shore of the Georgian Bay. We have three passenger boats in and out every week, and a large fish- ing trade is done by an American firm who have a boat regularly running vetween here and Metegan every week with fish. There are two mills of a combined capacity of 150 M per day. Yours truly, ONTARIO LUMBER Co. THE STEWART FAILURE. HE adjourned meeting for public examination under this bankruptcy was held in London, Eng., on Tuesday, Aug. 2nd, before Mr. Registrar Linklater. The joint accounts which have now been filed show total liabilities £399,817, of which £160,378 are expected to rank, and assets estimated at £19,- 977, leaving a deficiency of £140,400. The following is a summary of the liabilities and assets in New Brunswick, as taken from accounts forwarded by Mr. R. A. Stewart : Liabili- ties, £39,570; assets, £68,766. The separate liabilities of John Stewart are returned at £2,500, and assets £250. The following is taken from the observations of the Official Ke- ceiver, which have just been prepared :—The Debtor R. A. Stewart is stated to be in Canada, and the statement of affairs has only been sworn to by the debtor John Stewart, who has attended for examination thereon. He states that he entered into partnership with his brother, R. A. Stewart, in May, 1878, their joint capital then being about 440,000, and that, about two years ago, they entered into an arrangement with R. T. Gibbs to purchase a half share of the Llnir Valley Colliery, Glamorganshire, in respect of which they have sustained a loss of £7,663 16s. 7d. He further states that about eighteen months since his brother arranged to purchase for the firm a half share in a lumbering estate at Ottawa, Canada, a Mr. Grier, being entitled to the other half; that last autumn the latter’s share was sold to the New Brunswick Trading Com- pany (Limited), and the business is now being carried on for the joint interest of the debtors and the aforesaid company under the style of G. A. Grier & Co., and Guy, Bevan & Co., but that the arrangement was never carried out. It appears doubtful, howéver, whether such business was not in fact the property of the debtors, but the statement of affairs is made out on the supposition that they were independent firms. The above is a summary of the statement of the joint affairs so far as they are disclosed by the London books, together with the Canadian assets and liabilities as shown by the accounts for- warded by R, A. Stewart. The debtor John Stewart attri- butes the failure partly to loss on the trading during the last three years, but chiefly to the refusal of certain Canadian bankers to honor the firm’s cheques against funds in their hands, in consequence of which he states a telegram was pub- lished in the newspapers stating that the St. John’s house had failed, which had the effect of cutting off their credit, causing the stoppage and transfer to other hands of cargoes coming forward to them, and also stopping negotiations then in pro- gress for certain credits which they usually got in Canada dur- ing the winter season. The books of account produced relate only to the London business. They have been well kept and balanced, and balance sheets and profit and loss accounts pre- pared annually which show that at 30th April, 1883, there was an apparent surplus of £51,271 14s. 9d., namely, £22,237 gs. 2d. to the credit of R. A. Stewart, and £29,034 5s. 7d. to the credit of John Stewart. On 30th April, 1884, there was a surplus of £48,607 5s. 1d ; on 3oth April, 1885, a sur- plus of £41,582 4s. 11d; and on 30th April, 1886, of £46,- 401 13s. 4d. The loss of that surplus, and the contracting of the deficiency of £138,124 now shown on the statement of aftairs, is explained in an account furnished by John Stewart, the loss on the trading since 30th April, 1886, being put down at £12,270 13s. 9d., and the estimated loss by doubtful and bad debts at £40,156 4s. Sd. Other losses and liabilities, amounting to £23,909 8s. Id., include an estimated deprecia- tion of £8,000 in certain ships. The securities held by credi- tors treated as fully secured are stated to consist of the follow- ing :—Cargoes of timber, 46,526 13s. 2d.; liens on debtors’ interest in G. A. Grier & Co., £26,041 13s. 4d.; mortgage on debtors’ interest in ships and shares of freights, 425,725 ; shares in the New Brunswick Trading Company, Limited, £9,100 ; mortgage on premises in Albany Road, Camberwell, £2,000 ; and sundry bills of exchange, 4725. The securities held by creditors treated as partly secured are stated to consist of a mortgage on the property at Bathurst, Canada, estimated at £10,000 ; sundry bills of exchange estimated to be worth 45,125: and mortgage on the debtors’ interest in the ship Nellie Wase, valued at £1,450. The ‘‘other liabilities, £29,- 022 os. 8d., expected to rank,” are stated to consist of £15,- 500, in respect of guarantees, £7,522 os. 8d., bills accepted for account of George Guy & Co., and £6,000 for liabilitics on calls on shares in the North Atlantic Steamship Company, Limited (in liquidation). Mr. H. Reed, Mr. S. Woolf, arid Mr. Tanner appeared in the case. It was stated that R. A. Stewart was on his way from Canada, and his arrival in Eng- land was shortly expected. It was hoped that he would have arrived before, but he had been detained by illness. A short adjournment was requested in order that the examination of the bankrupts might be proceeded with as soon as possible, Mr. Reed stating that a scheme of arrangement was pending, and that it was, therefore, desirable to avoid delay. His Honour accordingly ordered a further adjournment to Tuesday next, LATER. AuG, 9th.—Adjournsd meeting for public examination of these debtors, was held before Mr. Registrar Linklater. The debtor, R. A. Stewart, was now present and was examined as follows :—By Mr. Tanner, on behalf of the Official Receiver : I have seen my brother’s examination and am prepared to swear to the facts contained therein. The firm had an interest in a company at New Brunswick, which was the joint property of Guy, Bevan & Co., and Messrs. Stewart Brothers, and also had an interest in the North Atlantic Steam Shipping Company, but I do not know the value of the shares. The chief cause of the failure is the loss on trading during the last two years, amounting to £12,270. Since 1876 we lost a surplus of £46,400, and have made the deficiency as stated. A great many liabilities crop up when a firm is about to be wound up—things crop up that would not otherwise doso. A very large portion of the loss is partly owing to the change of policy in the Government of New Brunswick ; and the mile- age charge is also increased. The causes of failure will be ully explained in a deficiency account which is about to be THE CANADA LUMBERMA filed by Mr. Gore. My firm had an interest in the firm of Guy, Bevan & Co. The memorandum dated the 21st March, 1882, was written by them to me; Mr. R. G. Guy was a part- ner. The preposal mentioned in the memorandum was sub- sequently accepted. The agreement dated 22nd March, 1882, was for the purpose of carrying on the business. The books of the firm will show that the agreements were cancelled. By the Registrar : The agreements were never acted upon ; the money mentioned in the agreement—lI refer to the Lie was used for another purpose. By Mr. Gore: An agreement of February, 1885, was also entered into, that is the only agreement subsequent to March, 1882. ‘The first time I com- municated with Guy, Bevan & Co. was in 1884, suggesting the repudiation of the agreement. The whole thing depended on their books, and their books did not show their position. I communicated with Bevan on the 7th Febuary, 1884, suggest- ing the repudiation of the agreement. I have now no books at all, they were taken by the trustee. We found no money ,after 1882 in respect of Guy, Bevan and & Co’s. liabilities. We never paid anything for them, they were perfectly solvent. The agreement of March, 1882, was not carried out because their books would not justify it. They wrote a letter, which was concealed from us, in which they said, it would be well to press us to buy them out at any sacrifice ; I never knew their position until I went out in 1885 ; they were engaged in mines, &c. We simply said it was impossible to carry out the first agreement. Mr. Richard Lee Bevan was also a party to the agreement. After the agreement I never received any assets of the firm—that is the agreement of 1882; 1 never received any assets after that date, not did my firm. Iam, of course, only speaking to the best of my knowledge. By the Registrar: We never paid them interest, and never thought of taking the transfer. Mr. Richard Guy did not receive £250 a year for assistance. By. Mr. Gore: My firm hada half interest in the firm of A. Grier and Co., of Ottawa, Canada, and we assigned our share and interest in that firm to Mr. Wm. Tucker. The agreement is dated 5th April, 1886. The bill dated 17th December, 1886, isin respect ofa ship, of which we were mortgagees in possession ; two of the bills were current at the time of the bankruptcy, I saw in the newspaper a statement in December, 1886, our firm had telegraphed to Holt, the cap- tain of the ship, asking him to sign bills, forms of exchange, but I know nothing of the telegram. I know nothing of the bills dated November 16th, 26th, 24th, 29th, and December 17th. Mr. Donald was in charge there in December, 1886, and he attended to those matters. I went to Boston in Novy- ember or December, 1886, and left in charge the person who endorsed the bills. Holt’s bill does not appear to be accepted by the London house. I do not know anything about the matter. The cashier informed me that only one draft was filled up for the ship’s account, at St. John’s. My firm had made large disbursements for the Clifton, and the balance sheet shows the company owed us over £4,000. The myo bills dated 30th December, 1886 (£836 and £940) I see were drawn by a young gentleman named Dill, who was buta short time in our office. The disbursement was actually made ; it was for freight and disbursements. These bills were negotiated by the Maritime Bank. The bills were for general indebted- ness of the ship, and were drawn by. the master of it. I know the firm of T. C. Jones & Co., of Liverpool. I can’t say whether they accepted bills just before our failure. T. C. Jones & Co, were largely indebted to us. We had balance sheets made out for each year, our books are well kept. I do not think our firm would have become insolvent, as Grier & Co. were realizing us a large profit when the Maritime Bank failed. We had certain cheques dishonoured by the Bank of British North. America when there was money at our credit, and that ruined our credit. The business was realizing a profit of from £12,000 to £15,000. Two days after the action of the Bank of British North America we found out that we should fail, and we are now suing the Bank for £100,000 damages, in Canada. The bill of sale given to the People’s Bank was upon certain lumber and other property belonging to us—it was a lien on our Bathurst property. When the company in New Brunswick was formed, Richard Guy sent over £25,000 shares. I have not got the shares now. Guy, Bevan & Co. passed them over to the Bank ; they were given as security in order to settle with Bank of Montreal for Guy, Bevan & Co.’s indebtedness. The Maritime Bank have £15,- 000 and £10,000 of shares. The examination was then order- ed to be concluded. REBUILDING THE RAFT. St. John Zelegram : Quietly, but steadily and surely, the mammoth raft on the Joggins shore is being rebuilt. When the public read of this venture last year, the progress made in the construction of the raft, and subsequent failures to launch it, it was thought that the scheme was impracticable, or could not be successfully carried out in that place, and under the same conditions. Winter set in and operations on the structure ceased ; but this spring the inventor of the method and superintendent of the work began again with a gang of men, not only with the intention of rebuilding the old raft but of making it larger in every way. There can be no doubt that Mr. Robertson has every faith in his invention, and that this feeling is possessed by the owner of the raft is assured, from the fact that they are spending thousands of dollars in the attempt to successfully transport lumber to the United States by this method. When work was begun this spring the prospect was a dreary one. Debris on all hands, a mass of lumber partly under water at high tide, held from the mud and earth by crushed ways and timbers, were not encouraging to a man with a handful of men to work upon. To make matters worse, the rain and melted snow of the preceding fall and winter had penetrated the raft, and every timber was embedded in and bound to its fellow by solid ice. The winter’s frosts had taken less time to solidify the mass than the summer ‘ eet —< ~~ Pe ees ee —~7 q —s - SS; sun would to undo its work. A gentleman who has k spending some time near the raft was interviewed by a Te raph reporter yesterday. He reports excellent progress being made upon the raft. When work was begun this spring, he said, it was carried on according to the original plans of Mr. Hugh R. Robertson, the inventor, which, Jast year were diverged from somewhat. The first thing that was built the foundation, which was made as solid as possible—so solid, indeed, that there can be no possible sinking of the raft, or any portion of it, in its descent upon the way, Although the raft is longer by 106 feet than last year, the grade of the launching ways will only be 34 inch to the foot or 1-16 of ar inch less than at that time. Part of the additional length of the raft is placed upon its lower and part upon its upper end. One of the first jobs was the erection of a huge crane about go feet high and with a boom go feet long, capable of lifting 20 tons or more. Of gourse such a lift as that is rarely if ever taken, the usual load being from 15 to 20 sticks of timber. The crane erected and a powerful engine to hoist, the g: began to empty the old cradle of its logs and to place them the brows close at hand. This took some time, June well spent before the cradle was clear. When the logs wer all out the rebuilding of the cradle was commenced, z nd when it was completed it had been improved in many ways from the former structure. July the 4th they began to rebu the raft, placing 300 sticks a day in the crib at first and after- wards increasing the number to 400 and more. The crane would lift a number of the logs clear of everything and her would be guided upon a car placed upon a track laid through the centre of the raft. The moment they are secure the signal is given the engineer and the car traverses the whole lengtt of the raft, dropping a log here and a log there as the forem may direct. The surveyor and his assistant follow on keepin track of the unsurveyed lumber and surveying it while anoth me load is being procured. The railroad is ascending and car would descend the 560 feet in a short time, but the work is pushed along with such celerity that its descent is assisted, and in less than 30 seconds from the time that it stops at th . upper end it arrives again at the lower portion of the structure to receive the timber alrgady dangling in the slings ready to b placed upon it. At the present time the raft is nearing com: pletion, and the last of this month or the first of next will probably see it finished. In order that there may be no di in launching, such as occurred last year, the owners have taken the precaution to import pitch pine timber from Pensacolz Georgia, 12x14 inches, and in sticks fifty feet long which wi be used for the ways. The intention is, if the raft goes off well, to use the pine again. A number of the lumbermen in. the vicinity of Three Rivers have lumber ready to sell to fill out the raft, but want big prices for it, or they did some time ago. It was thought that they would accept a fair figure rathe than lose the sale of it. There are between 20 and 30 men at work, all of which are boarded at the raft—a substantia! and comfortable building being erected and a good cook obtained. The roads to the shore, which last year were practically impassable, have been improved greatly, and although the work is being done as quietly possible, large numbers go to see the huge structure, and, of course, talk about it. The launching will take place sometime during September if the conditions are favorable. A NEW LABOR-SAVING DEVICE. Messrs. G. A. Grier & Co., of Ottawa, have introduced | new labor saving feature into"their new saw mill at the Chau diere which is the means of saving thousands of dollars wortho labor every year. Grier & Co’s new saw mill is situated north of their old mill and there is no way of getting into it with a horse and cart except through the the old mill. In conse quence of this, some device had to be thought of whereby th lumber cut could be removed from the mill after sawing to th platform south of the old mill, or to the sorting sheds wher the lumber is sorted. e The method in which this lumber is removed is a simp! and ingenious one. The lumber after leaving the saws wheeled a short distance on rollers, then shoved on to a stant ing table which is covered with projecting iron spikes attach to three rows of iron cable, which is always revolving. Th lumber, when placed on this table, is taken board by boar each board getting caught in order on these projecting spike and the entire cut of both mills is taken down underneath t mill on this table. After descending about 20 feet, the h ber passes on to another table of the same description, } three endless iron chains working in the same manner. second table runs in an upward direction under the old 1 where the cut from that mill is received, and the wh continues a distance of about 100 yards to the sorting sh Here the table extends for a distance of some 200 feet, and the lumber moves past, each board being caught on respective iron spike is taken of by a number of mer placed in that part of the sorting shed to which it belongs a i © | aa September, 1887. ATTENTION WORKING CLASSES vo. prepared to furnish all classes with employment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments. Business new, light and profitable. Per- sons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5.00 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting all their time to the business. Boys and giris earn nearly asmuch as men, That all who see this may send their address, and test the business, we make this offer, To such as are not well satisfied we will send 9ne dollar to pay for the trouble of writing, Full particulars and outfit free, Address GEORGE STINSON & Co,, Portland, Maine, CHRISTIE, KERR & CO. LUMBER DEALERS, TORONTO, ONTARIO, Office No, 9 Victoria Street. NAPANEE CEMENT G0’Y Manufacturers ot HYDRAULIC CEMENT Particularly adapted for DAMS, ERECTION of CHIMNEYS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CISTERNS, CELLARS, ete. Orders Solicited. Napanee Cement Co’y, LIMITED NAPANEE, ONTARIO. WANTED The undersigned is prepared to purchase any quantity of BLACK ASH, RED BIRCH, RED OAK and BASSWOOD. Orders Solicited for House Building & Furnishing Goods, CROWN JEWEL FLOUR Unexcelled for Family use. If your Grocer does not keep it, order direct from us. The attention of Steam users is directed to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for REMOVING SCALE and SEDIMENT from BOILERS, lessening the quantity of fuel used, and prolonging the life of the Boiler. The Rathbun Co’y DESERONTO, ONT, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 1 3 LUMBER DRIVER'S CALKS, For use in Stream Driving. Made from the SMALL BALL Best Refined Too Steeland Forged. The method used intempering leaves every one of the same tem- perrendering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks, 25 in Wall and 5 in Hee) are the numbers usu- for our make and take no other, See m advertisement of Cant Dog, Manufactured by T, McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N. B. ORONO CANT DOGS (All Steel ) The Dogs are made of the Best Cast Steel, by the drop forging process, which makes them very smooth, true and even. The point or hook is fashioned to a nice oval shape so as to catch all sizes of logs instantly, and enabling the opera- tor easily to disen- gage. The picks are made also of Best Cast Steeland are of good length bothin- side and outside of the wood. Our handles are made of best. qual- ity straight grained splitand turned ROCK MAPLE, 5 to 6 feet in length, bored specially to suit the pick. Pri- ces on application, See advertisement of Drivers Calks. manufactured by J. McAVITY & SONS, ST. JOHN, N. B. GHORGE GALL WHOLESALE and RETAIL HARDWOOD LUMBER MERCHANT Car Lots sold on Commission, railway switch in Yard corner of Stachan and Wellington Ave, Office, Sono St. TORONTO. Telephone Connection. to yard and plenty of room ior storage, GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS $ COCOA BREAKFAST. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural aws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables witha delicately fiavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills, It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a consti- tution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack where. ever there isa weak point, We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame ?—‘ Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk. only in packets by Grocers, labelled thus: JAS. EPPS & Co., Homeopathic Chemists. London, England. SCRIBNER’S LUMBER Sold Prt Over One Million Sold. Most complete book of its kind ever published. Giyes 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, cord-wood tables; felling trees ; growth of trees ; land nreasure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and head ing bolts, ete. Standard bood 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, G. W. FISHER, Boz 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. ally required, Ask | The HENDERSON LUMBER Co. LIMITED. Davin H. Henperson, President ; Norman Henperson, Vice-President ; Cuan. H. Wavrers, Sec-T'rea dealers in, and manufacturers of, Dimension and Bridge Timber, Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. Packing Cases and Boxes a Specialty. OFFICE, MILLS AND YARDS: 342 to 396 William Street, MONTREAL, and at ROXTON FALLS, P. ¢ MANUFACTURER OF CHAMPION STUMP & STONE EXTRACTORS , Caltivators, Hay Presses, Safes, &c,, 22 577 CRAIG STREET Price, F.O.B. CARS at Peterborough, $25 per hundred. =a Sample Pole sent on application. - Y. FORSYTH, Peter borough, Out FIRE PROTECTION =~ Ae OWE ATP LS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS We are prepared to give estimates for equipping Mills, Factories and Warehouses, with the latest improvements in Automatic Sprinklers. Increased safety, and a reduction in Insurance Premiums is the result of protecting buildings in this manner, Send for Circular. ROBERT MITCHELL & CO.. MONTREAL. ya i oe Be Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co'y T. McILROY, Jr., Manager, MAIN OFFICES and WAREHOUSE at the 185 to 155 West Ledge Avenue, O RO N O P. O. Box 494. Factories, The largest Manufacturers in the world of Vulcanized India Rubber Goods for mechanical purposes. Rubber Belting from ONE to SEVENTY-TWO inches wide. Hose, for conducting, suction and steam. Packing, Cloth Insertion and pure Tubing of allkinds. Rubber, Linen and Cotion Fire Hose. Leather Belting, Extra heavy American Oak Tanned. A Full Stock always on hand. Write for Price Lists and Discounts. Works also at NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO. -_ 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. EUROPEAN NOTES. The mahogany trade, which the last year or two had assumed very large proportions, has latterly become dull, and business with the cabinet-makers seems, figuratively speaking, at a standstill. During the past month there has been con- siderable activity in selling, especially by auctions. The quantity thus disposed of has considerably exceeded the quantity arriving. The market for all kinds has been considerably depressed ; but at the last auction there was some improve- ment in competition and a better tone prewailing. Amongst the passengers by the Allan liner Parisian, which arrived at Liverpool on Satur- day, Aug. 6th, were Mr. J. Burstall (Burstall & Co.), Mr. C. G. Davies (agent at Quebec for Messrs. Bryant, Powis & Bryant, Limited), and Mr. R. A. Stewart (R. A. & J. Stewart). Mr. Beckett (Dobell, Beckett & Co.), who was also a passenger landed at Londonderry. The (London) Board of Trade returns for July are as a whole satisfactory. There is an increase in the exports for July, and a decrease in im- ports. Turning to the department of wood goods we find that the import of hewn timber for July was 188,467 loads, as compared with 193,223 for the corresponding month of 1886, a decrease of 4,756 loads. For the seven months ending July 31st, the figures give 893,243 loads for 1887, as compared with 847,913 loads for 1886, an increase of 45,330 loads. Taking sawn timber for July, the increase is still larger, the figures being 636,897 loads, as compared with 621,114 loads for last year, an increase of 15,- 783 loads. , For the seven months ending the 3Ist ult., the returns give 1,686,814 loads, as compared with 1,521,835 loads for 1386, an in- crease of 165,079 loads. The increase in sawn ‘timber is mainly with Russia, Norway and Sweden. For July, staves show a larger im- portation than in the same month of the previous year. Mahogany on the other hand shows a lessened quantity, the importation being 2,573 loads, as compared with 3,876 loads in 1887. For the seven months ending 31st ult., the total import of the latter has been 25,824 loads, as compared with 29,906 loads for 1886, a decrease of 4,071 loads. ADVERTISEMENTS. HOSE wishing to BUY or SELL TIM- BER LANDS, LUMBER or SECOND HAND MACHINERY will find THe Can- in ADA LUMBERMAN an excellent medium which to make known their wants. Advertise- ments of this character will be inserted at the low rate of 1%c. A WORD, cash to accom- pany the order in every case. Address A. G. MORTIMER, Publisher, Peterborough, Ont. FOR SALE. ECOND-HAND Stave, Heading, Churn, Hoop and Ice Machines, Box 110, Cleveland Ohio. Shingle EADING and Shingle Mill—Running in good shape ; near railway station ; timber abundant. D. SPENCE, Guelph. OR SALE — SAW, SHINGLE AND PLANING mill—stave and heading factory also good residence. Address Box 7, LUMBER- MAN office. IMBER Lands and Timber Limits for sale in Muskoka and on the Georgian Bay. For further particulars apply to GORDON & SAMPSON, Solicitors, 28 Scott St., Toronto. IMBER Lands by Tender—Tenders will be received up to 10th July for purchase of valuable section of timber lands in Bruce—no Government dues. For particulars apply to Box 38, (Jail Office. ASH AND DOOR FACTORY—FULLY equipped ; in running order ; adjoining two railways ; liveliest town in Ontario; splendid opportunity for a business or practical man. Address Box 13. LUMBERMAN office. TTENTION— THREE HUNDRED ACRES timber land—one mile from station North Simcoe railway—will sell cheap qr ex- change for good general store and stock ; timber will pay for property twice over. Box 16, LuM- BERMAN Office. TEAM SAWMILL AND 1,250 ACRES land—of which 900 acres are in ene block timbered with pine, cedar, tamarac, hemlock and hardwood—mill only up about six months ; new engine with locomotive boiler, all in good running crder ; only three miles to water where IMBER LIMIT FOR SALE—WOULD take property in part payment. Box 2, LUMBERMAN office, can live at home, and make more mone) OU: work for us, than at anything else in this world, Capital not needed; you are started free, Both sexes; all ages, Any one can do the work, Large earnings sure “from. first start, Costly outfitand termsfree, Better not de'ay, Costs you nothing to send us your address and find out; if you are wise you will do so at once, H Hatnerr &Co,. Portland, Maine, lumber can be shipped. Address Zier, LUMBERMAN Office. | UMBERMEN and Speculators Attention 4 For Sale—half interest in fifty square miles timber limit en Turtle Lake, near Battleford ; North-Western railway will pass the property ; timber estimated at twenty-five million feet ; to raise money ; will sell cee a) Ralce other Ves perty in Ontario for part. SON, Dundas. Send for Price Lists and Discounts. Cotton and , Rubber Belting. FOR SALE. ECOND-HAND Tight Barrel Stave and Heading Outfit, Cheap. Address BOX 110, CLEVELAND, O. IRON AND STEEL RAILS. A QUANTITY of Second-hand Rails 20, 30 and 40 ths tothe yard. For Sale Cheap— In good order for re-laying. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, TORONTO. FOR SALE. STEARNS No. 2 Circular Mill, Friction Feed, with five head blocks, carriage and track for long timbér ; two 60-inch Hoe patent and one solid saw, all in first-class condition. Address HENRY HOWARD & CO., Port Huron, Mich. CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L.S. Frederickton, New Brunswick. Surveys and reports upon Timber Lands in any section. Can effect sale of properties occasional- ly ifdesired. References from former employees. TORONTO MILLING EXCHANGE IF you want to Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent a Saw or Grist Mill, send full particulars tome, Iam a practical miil man. I advertise extensively, and my facilities for handling mills an unsurpassed by any in the Dominion _ I also furnish contractors, sawiniliers, and others with men. Allorders by mai promptly attended v Write for particulare. so. JOSEPH TUER, 101 York Street, Toronto, East, Toronto get up the Neatest, most Comp'e’e and Best Selling Needle Package in America. Send 25 cents for sample of New No, 4, finished in Fine Plush. Particulars sent when stamps are enclosed for reply. Tuk CANADIAN N REDLE Co., 46 Don’t worry if you are out of employment write to Send Mr. Kowdy, 41 Wellington Street East, Toronto. =e "1 stamps for rep'y. GALe PLANING, MOULDING SEND FOR PRICE LIST. , MAY, GALT, ONTARTO. ROB, ast LeATALS SS, BELT) ROBIN & MANUFACTURERS OF LATHERS BELTING AND LACE LEATHER CTEM. SAWMILL—Carriage Steamfeed, on the Ottawa River, east of Pembroke 4 miles, fitted up with improved machinery, run 10 months ; siding from C.P.R. into;yard about 10 acrés of land in connection ; seven dwelling houses ; boarding house and blacksmith shop ; limit well timbered, white and red pine, tama- rack, square miles. to be made. return to us, and we willsend you free so7 ething of g cat va ueand importance to you, that will start you in business which will bring you in more money right away than anything else in this world. Any one can do the work and live at home. Either sex: ages. workers. We wil! start you ; capital not n is one of the genuine, important chances of a lif a who are ambitious and e :terprisins will elay, Augusta, Maine, = scnrnE Exe WORKS Of Every Description for FOR SALE. Capacity 60,000 feet day and night, situated” cedar, hardwood, &c.; area of limit 25 Apply to JAS. B. DICKSON, Pembroke, P.O., Ontario. Cut this out and all Something new, that just coins money for all eeded. Grand outfit free. Address Tack & Co,. MERCHANTS, BANKERS AND MANUFACTURERS SHOULD READ BRADSTREETS A Weekly Journal of Trade Finance, and Public Economy. Sixteen Pages every Saturday. Often Twenty Pages. Sometimes Twenty-four Pages. FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. The foremost purpose of BR ADSTREET’S is to be of practical servi-e to business men. It specia’ trade 2 industrial reports and its synops’s of recent legal cisions are exceedingly valuable. 4s commercial tran-— sactions, in the wider sense, are c>ming to be mo-e and more conducted on a statistical basis, the info-m:tion contai: ed in BRADSTREET’S is of first import nce to all. THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION THROCGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA I5 REPORTED BY TELEGRAPH TO BRADSTREET’S TP TO THE HOUK OF PUBLICATION. SINGLE COPIES TEN CENTS. THE BRADSTREET CO’, 279, 231, 283 Broapwar, Send fcr Samp'e Copy. NEW YORK CITY. AND STAVE CUTTING. All sizes 0 ; BELTING 4 page stoe, Orders fi filled promptly 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St., MONTREAL ¢ TORON TO. 129 BAY. STREET, l=. —) es September, 1887. THE CANA SMITE’S Mercantile & Land Reporting Agency BANKKERS—DOMINION BANK, General Solicitor, Jno. Leys, Esq., Barrister, Toronto, Secretary, JOHN SMILEY, M,A. MANAGER-— WILLIAM SMITH, General Offices—Court St., Toronto, Ont. Telegraph Address--Agency, Toronto, Having for its special objects the furnishing to subscribers of reliable information on the finan- wial standing or otherwise of tradesmen and others, the collection of outstanding accounts and the procuring of the most reliable informa tion from independent sources of the value and condition of landed and other properties in any part of Canada and the United States, with cor- respondénts in Great Britain and other parts of Europe. Our method of procuring for our subscribers the most reliable information is through solicit ors of the highest standing, and from other equally reliable sources ip the several localities indicated, who are under contract with us to supply the necessary information promptly. The Landed Enquiry Department of this Agency, the only institution of this kind known, fis invaluable to Solicitors, Loan, Investment, and Insurance Companies, Estate Agents, and others, preventing fraudulent land transactions resu'ting from misrepresentations. The Department for the collection of outstand- , ing accounts is conducted on an entire change | of the system usually followed by Collec’ing Agencies, viz.:—Subscribers may have their collections paid either direct to themselves, or to the offices of the Agency, in which latter case remittances will be deposited to an account pro- vided for tbat purpose, and immediately remit- ted to the parties to whom it is due, and will not be applied to any other purpose. | Another important feature in connection with | this department is, that subscribers depositing accounts for collection will, if requested, be fur- nished with a Form of Soript, on which will be entered the name of each debtor, the amount owing, and a full report of the prospects of co!- | lection, and providirg that the receipts thereof | be paid to bearer only, thus enabling subscribers | to realize on their outstanding accounts. | The Agency will forward at least once in three months, or oftener if desired, a report and | statement of all accounts in hana. | Norte.—The offices of the Agency are open to the Solicitors and subscribers for reference to our numerous maps, atlasses, directories and correspondence, and for the transaction of business with their clients and customers when in Toronto. W. SMITH, Manager. The American Contractor. A BUREAU OF INFORMATION. The only Publication of its kind. The object of this publication is to furnish in- formation in advance of contracts, to Architects, Builders. Contractors, Decorators, Painters, Roofers, Manufacturers, Producers, Investors, Bankers, Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Sewer Build- ers, Bridge Builders, Insurance Men, Real Estate Men, Lumbermen, Foundrymen, Hard- ware Men, Iron Men, Railroad Men, Supply- men, etc. No one of the above named can afford to do. without this Advance Information. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, — ee B-HDW ARDS & Co. Times Building, Chicago, Illinois. We have ana’ le corps of Editors, Special Correspon- dents and Reporters throughout the U. S. and Canad ; receive news Caily by lett r or wire, and besides, we receive daily about 1,000 papers ; tise alone are valued at over $20,000 per annum. We furnish Special Information to yearly Subscribers only. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TO ANY PART OF TILE UNITED STATES OR CANADA. Weekly Edition: One Copy, one year, postpail. in Advance $5 00 | “a + ‘ox months, 4 3 00 “ “ three “ ‘ “ee 2 00 Monthly Edition: | First Saturday in each Month. One Copy, one Year, po tpaid, in Adva::ce, $2 00 Foreign Countries : BELONGING TO THE POSTAL UNION, One Copy, one Year, postpaid, in adva ce, $6 00 “6” six Months, “ 225 3 50 Fresh samp’e copies zot for sale. Sample Copy, 3 or 5 weeks old, free. Were it not for our valuitle advertising space, the | ° (i atone era) intending to tender. for price of this publicati»n would be 350. TO SHIPPERS. N influential and well-known firm of British b Timber Merchants desire to open out'cor- | respondence—with a view to permanent busi- | ness relations—with some reputable lumber firm | in Canada, who are doing an export business, particularly in White Pineand White Oak, with the object of securing the sole agency for the | whole of the United Kingdom. The fullest justice can be done to such an agency. None but those doing a large trade and meaning busi- ness need apply. Address in first instance, | A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont.! | famed DA LUMBERMAN. . 1: Manufacturers ot Steam Engines, Bark Mills Sieam Pumps, Ore Crushers, Shingle Mills, Mill Gearing, Hoisting Engines, Shafting, Hange s and Pulleys, Circular Saw Mills, Steam Boilers, Hand and Power Hoists for Ware- houses, &c., &c. And Agent for “‘Water’s” Per fect Steam Engine Governor, and ‘Heald & Sisco’s” Cen- trifugal Pumps. TIMBER AND LAND SALE. ERTAIN lots and the timber thereon situate in the Townships of A lan, Assiginack, Bidwell, Billings, Carnarvon, Campbell, Howland, Sheguiandah, Teh- Kummah and Mills on the Manitoulin Island, in the District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, will be offered for sale at Public Auction in blocks of 200 acres, more or le < A Z London, England, / y antl | N ml A SA ANZ 7 St. John, N.B., Dublin, Ireland, THe CANADIAN cath we LY, SA 1 Paris, France. 10 AG ENTSz2%3ee"" NON 7 se | 46 and 48 Front St..| Pr r f } GAR —- East, T to, t | ui Z y LAWN 5g A LOZ . ast, Toronto, ge | s fae Ba S AGE American Rubber and Chegapeake i High awards at Montreal, Toronto, up a ee commit’ and Best Selling 2 Needle Package in America. Send 25 cents for TS we a \ - Vien< n Itin inside Prices. sample of New No. 4, finished in Fine Plush. Par- Be at Z OOF GanpayfBelling abiperde : ticulars sent when stamps are enclosed for reply. Se ae EEE Don’t worry if you are out of employment, write to Mr. Kowdy, 41 Wellington St. East, Toronto. | ; : z fea are : Send stamps for reply. SW Es 3 é it) : CANAUA 1 ypBERMAN TORONTO MILLING EXCHANGE | — - = a MEN from all parts of Canada who are doing a Wholesale trade should see that Coca antt man T savertive extenavely-and their business announcement regularly appears in the columns of THE CANADA my facilities for handling mills are unsurpassed by LUMBERMAN. This journal circulates extensively among the Retailers of lumber any in the Dominion. I also furnish tractors, i H H ‘ cadcikess andichors ed Ma Abotders ee throughout the different Provinces and is therefore the best medium for the Wholesale trade. The lowest rates promptly fur- mail promptly attended to. Write for particulars. | nished on application. Address the publisher, A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. JOS. TUER, 101 York Street, Toronto, Ont. can liveat home, and make more money | at work for us, than at anything elsein | this world. Capital not needed; you | are started free. Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large earnings sure from first start. Costly outfit and terms free. Bet- F you want to Buy, Sell, Trade or Renta Saw or Grist Mill, send full particulars tome. Iam ter not delay. Costs you nothing to send us your UMA YY fp address and find out ; if youare wise you will doso ii atonce. H. Hattett & Co., Portland, Maine. Yj j Sea a Be : ce CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L. S. j RR ee eck aa . : a gines, Bar Ss, Frederickton, New Brunswick. y 4 Steam Pumps, Ore Crushers, GURVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER Shingle Mills, Mill Gearing, Lands in any section. Can effect sale of pro- Hoisting Engines, Shafting. perties occasionally if desired. References from E , 5 Hange sand Pulleys former employers. Circular Saw Mills, SHINGLE MACHINES 2 | (Neer houses, &c., &c. E oe : And Agent for ““Water’s” Pe - Best in the Market for Sawing Shingles, ¥ f-ct Steam EngineG overn:3 Heading or Box Stock. No complicated ( : ‘ and ‘Heald = Siscors” Ce re parts to get out of order. 36-inch saw. Send for circular ine buying. : trifugal Pumps. B. WATERMAN & SON, | Taberg, New York. Notice to Contractors. SAULT STE MARIE CANAL. ONTRACTORS intending to tender for works of construcuion of the canal proposed to ha formed on the Canadian side of the Saint Mary’s River, are hereby informed that Tenders will be received about JANUARY next, and thatthe most orable time to examine the locality will be \ \< \ een the present time and the early part of \ \ \ z 2 side sedge ecificati $ SQ GG \\ Wy . -P § comeraan| | Sein” oe dered ges \ MAK IWC \\ SG SS mess [MONT T will then have an opportunity of examining them = and be furnished with blank forms of fedaec, etc. By order, A. P. BRADLEY, Secretary. Department of Railways and Canals, } Ottawa, 2gth August, 1387. 16 Title CANADA LUMBERM AIT. October, 1887 HL EPRESENTATIVE T O K QO N 1 O~ |. UMBER FIRMS TENNANT < GO. WILLMOTT & McINTOSH, Wholesale Dealers in Wholesale Dealers in | caEE, Ez: & CoINGLES Dressing and Better Pine. 44 and 46 Front Street East, Ce SS ee ae - - CON LAs Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. Agents for the Celebrated Prompt Delivery in all Cases, OFFICE = TORONTO. “LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. ‘No. O VictoRIA STREET, ~| TxHos. H. Witimorr. A. K. McIntosx. 3 SANE eK FRANK THORPE, —-e> WHOLESALE~»-.—— PINE & HARD WO0D3 LUMBER Quebec Bank Buildings, corner King and Toronto Sts. TORONTO. HEAD OFFICE: Room H, Yonge Street Arcade, NNN TREN NZNIZNZEN EES NNZSZS NZNZN, ASAT RoR ASANANANANANARAN ZN ZS MILLS AT Midland, French River mbes ae Abe Sic resi and Gravenhurst. BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. ids Sol DON OS EOE. VER. SCOTT. SCOTT & Co. Wholesale Dealers in | LUMBER Timber Shipped to all parts. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER OPE ICE : ILS AT MEDONTE, SIMCOE CO. Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, WELLINGTON STREET Easr. Office: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 30 Toronto St. TORONTO, ONT, a CHRISTIE, KERR & CO, McCRANEY & McCOOL, [Successors to McCool, Boyle & Wilson.] : Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in all Kinds of | a ae U MTSE amy PE and HARDVOOD LUMBER STMT Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles, Walnut, Cherry, Butternut, Brown | and White Ash, Hickory, Beech, Maple, Birch, Elm, &c. —+e Mills at Edgar and Bronte, Ont. —»-— Offiice: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Streets, ONTARIO. i TORONTO. Office: 9 Victoria Street, TORONTO, = Py a) <= October, 1887 TEE CANADA LUIMEERItAL. 17 CEORGE GALL, HARDWOOD-+LUMBER . Merchant. Car Lots sold on Commission. Railway switch into yard and plenty room for Storage. Vard, Corner Strachan and Wellington Ave. OFFICE : SOHO STREET, TORONTO, - - ONTARIO. MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER C0. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO, - - - ONTARIO. IRON AND STEEL RAILS: A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND RAILS, 20. 30 and 40 tbs. to the yard, for sale Cheap. In good order for re-laying. JOHN if GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. TET MANUFACTURERS Life Insurance Company. Head Office, - - 38 King Street East, TORONTO, ONT. Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion Parliament. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. Full Deposit with the Dominion Government. PRESIDENT:—RT. HON. SIR JOHN A. MAC- DONALD; P.CG.C:B. VICE-PRESIDENTS :—S1R ALEX. CAMPBELL, K.C. M.G.. Lieut.-Governor of Ontario; GEORGE GOODERHAM, Esg.. President of the Bank of Toronto ; WILLIAM BELL, Esq., Manufacturer, Guelph. Aupirors:—H. J. Hitt, Secretary of the Indus- trial Exhibition Association, Toronto; EDGAR A. Wits, Chartered Accountant, Secretary Board of Trade, Toronto. Mevicat Direcrors:—P. J. Srratruy, M.D., M_R.C.S., Toronto; Jas. F. W. Ross, M.B., L.R.C.P., Toronto. SoLicitors :—Messrs. McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin & Creelman. : J. B. CARLILE, Managing Director. % King Street East, Toronto, of whom all infor- mation may be obtained. P.O. Box 2699. Agents Wanted in Unrepresented Districts. MESSKS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. PDO OE Cotton aud Rubber BELTING. ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK. a coLeER. /b poe 4¢ yo Py he oF ROBIN & SADLER MANUFACTURERS OF ORDERS + PROMPTLY + FILLED. 3 LEATHER a TEDEUO CECE E EEE ee BELTING — ows PUUESOO UOTE TEEPE EEEEE EEE EE TEEPE EEE LACE TEATHER Send for Price Lists and Discounts. 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St. 129 Bay Street, MONTREXL. TORONTO. Loc BAND SAW MILL, SEMEMEM IME IMSE MESES SLE SES SESE SESE SESS SES AP AP AP AP AS AS AS AS AS AP AS AP AS AS AS AS AP AP AP AP AS AS \ N JE present to the trade of Canada our New |mproved Band Saw Mill, and as we are the pioneer manufacturers of Band Mills, having been building them for the past ten years, and have more Band Mills in active operation throughout the United States than almost any other manufacturer, we present this new millto the consideration of lumber manufacturers, and know an investigation of its merits and advantages will show us to be still in the lead. The mill is built in the most perfect manner. The best materials are used throughout, and we test and run the mill in our works be- fore shipping, and will warrant it in every way. For prices of this, or cuts and prices of any other Improved Wood Working Machinery address us direct. AP AS AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AS AP AY AP AP AS AP AP AP AY AY AP A RAN AN AN INNIS NN ENN NNN NUNES oo i MN _ Se tml il SS ‘in tanh yoded siy, uoluawu aseajd {IM sjuapuodsass0g UHiNin \ | fl | UL) ep il THE EGAN Go., 176 to 196 W. Front St,, CINCINNATI, 0. = co TEE CANADA DLUDMMBERALAN- HART: EMERY WHEEL Hamilton, = = Canada. WEA USA STU Rams ©" ART’S IELEBRATED MERY [ireeis A ox * a {=e The Coolest Cutting Wheels in Use; Safe and Durable. For Grinding EDGE TOOLS. sige ee vue NEM NE NE NESE SESE NESE NE NENENENESE Sib SE SIE NENESENENENES ESS SS SS SS SCN IS IS sz ARAB A AREER ZZ GP ATP AS AS AS AS AT AL AP AY AS AY AY AS AY AS ASAP AP APS AP AS AS AS AP AS AP AS AP 7 ROGERS PATENT+SAW-FILER SEMI-AUTOMATIC. ROGERS’ SAW GUMMER — oe — WILL KEEP ALL KINDS OF . -* = Circular Saws to 72 in. Diameter. Circular Saws,Rip or Gross-cut In perfect order without the use of Files. The Emery Wheel in this Machine moves to the Saw, while the latter remains stationary, ex- cept a revolving motion given by the operator to bring the teeth successively before the wheel. The operator being close to the wheel has perfect control of the work. The Saw need not be lined off to be gummed; the stops and guides keep all the téeth the same size. Send for 40-page Catalogue, containing cuts, description and prices of this and all other machines. MADE IN THREE SIZES: No. 1—(See cut) for Saws to 36 in. diameter. No. 2—For Saws to 48 in. diameter. No. 3—For Saws to 72 in, diameter. A GANG SAW ATTACHMENT Can be Supplied with No. 1 to No. 3 if Required. (— Send for Prices. ALAIN NESE SE SESE SESE NE Vis ov 0 4, SASS Sees oem | Y IZ 3 PRVAN ISIS SECIS SCSI \\ SEK eS SE SSE SERS THE WANZER LAMP! PATENTED AT Efom=E anwp ABROAD, 18586. roam: 44 G0) CANULE POWER pe “See Positively Non-Euplosive ! EVERY LAMP GUARANTEED. No Heat around the Oil Well. NU me [] UR LAMP is all we claim for it, being positively non-explosive, the oil being kept continually cool, consuming only half a pint of ordinary coal oil using only an inch wick, and producing a fine clear Fifty Candle Power Light. No chimneys are required, but ordinary No smoke or offensive odor.» Water can be heated in a few minutes. Tea or Coffee made, and Oysters cooked, Made in all styles—Table, during six hours burning ; globes or shades may be adjusted to it. etc., without obstructing the light. Reflectors of entirely new designs for both out-door and in-door use are furnished at low figures. Hanging, Library, attach to Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, etc. psvee ooe sicls/sesiunel) Agents Wanted where Territory has not Already been Taken. R M. WANZER & CO., Manufacturers, HAMILTON, ONT, BUTTERWORTH & LOWE, l : MICH., U.S.A. HULUTTEEELEETI TUE GRAND RAPIDS, TOO = S ~t " — — Manufacturers of Logging Cars, Logeing [rucks, Pole Road Cars, Wheels, Chilled and Unchilled,, Flat Faced and Concave, for every description of Logeing Road. Send for Circulars and Mention this Paper. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. VotuME VII. ; NUMBER II. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY JZ I= ISOS Se Average Sas OFFICE: OPERA House BLock, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. = —,— THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion, being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. 3 Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition cf the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance individually, they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers wil] receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN with its special 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 at- tention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and ‘‘ For SALE” advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. OTH from Great Britain and Quebec the reports as to square timber show some improvements. Prices are a little better and the market is by no means glutted, especially when the revival of trade in Great Britain is taken into con- sideration. ] EWS comes from New Westminster, B.C., of a large ship- ment of timber from that port for Shanghai, China. This is only one instance of the possibilities of the trade on our Pacific coast. There are extensive markets that can be served from that quarter and are susceptible of being developed with a little shrewdness and energy. WING to the scarcity of ship building timber in San Francisco and the dearness of Oregon pine, yellow fur from British Columbia is in demand in that city and seems to he wellappreciated. The lumbermen of the Canadian Pacific coast seem to have excellent prospects before them. For the impor- tant Australian market they have every advantage over com- petitors. E learn from the Northwestern Lumberman that in the Southern States there is a feeling of hostility to the efforts that are being made by the Northern lumbermen to ob- tain sawlogs and square timber from Canada to supply their mills. For the same reason it is likely that the South will be “ opposed to a repeal of the duty on Canadian lumber. They do not want competition. CCORDING to the opinion of Mr. Durant of the Timber Manufacturers’ Association of the Northwest, the lumber- men of the northwestern States are limiting the output of their mills so as toavoid overproduction and are carefully husbanding _ their standing timber. Canadian lumbermen should note this _ tendency and be cautious how they play into the hands of their itors. others Messrs. Timmins and Gorman, who hold limits bor- dering on Georgian Bay, are not going to ship their winter cut by rail toQuebec. They propose utilizing the water route, by way of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron for reaching the market. It is said there will be a great deal more square timber busi- ness done next season than last. T appears that in the Boston market the pine of Canada and the Northwestern States is being in a large measure sup- planted by poplar and cypress from the South. This is one of the indications that our lumbermen should be active in securing new markets and developing those that may be more fully sup- plied from the Dominion. There is much trade that can thus be done by us directly, which is now in the hands of foreign middlemen, who reap an unduly large share of the profit. HE British Board of Trade returns for September and the first nine months of this year are not unsatisfactory. There seems to be some revival in trade and the timber interests have participated in the general improvement. Importations have not been very heavy, in square timber less than last year, and the immediate prospect is brighter. There has been no sudden advance but the situation is improved with every prospect of its maintenance. EPORT states that Sir Alexander Galt, who is the mov- ing spirit in the construction of the Port Arthur & Duluth railway, has been successful in his financial negotiations and that the road will be constructed. This is the line which is to be built from a connection at Port Arthur on the Canadian Pacific to a connection in Minnesota with the Duluth & Iron Range. Ore and lumber are the things which the line would make accessible and at the same time afford a very direct and available connection between Duluth and the Canadian Pacific. E make the same offer to new subscribers this fall that I we did a year since, namely, that any one remitting us a dollar now will be entered for the twelve numbers of the CANADA LUMBERMAN for 1888, and, in addition, for the re- maining issues of this year free. As the great majority of readers prefer to have their subscriptions commence and end with the year this is one of the most attractive premiums that can be offered. The paper 1s still growing in popularity, and, we believe, our subscribers will bear us out in usefulness and influence also. We shall be glad to have a large addition to our list based upon this offer. NUMBER of Canadian capitalists have purchased a mill 4 \ anda large tract of timber land on the St. John River, Florida, and having formed the Satsuma Lumber Company, recently incorporated, with a paid up capital of $150,000, will manufacture Cypress lumber extensively. Vessels that can cross the St. John River bar can load full cargoes at the mill. The officers of the new Company are: F. C. McIndoe, presi- dent ; F. Vaughan, treasurer ; Samuel Hatt, secretary; E. A. Bates, manager and E. O. Parsons, superintendent. John W. Russel, of 200 Broadway, will be the New York agent. HERE has been revived at Ottawa the project of forming a Lumber Board of Trade, or Exchange. In the past each firm has made sales independently, has acquired its own inform- ation as to the markets, and so forth, as best it could, and has been shy about communicating any knowledge it possessed to the others. Far from anything being gained by such secrecy and isolation, the system, if it could beso termed, has been neither convenient nor advantageous. It is proposed to have a build- ing where the latest market quotations from various points will be received and where sale can be made without inconvenient and expensive journeys. pense will be saved, sales can be made with fuller knowledge and therefore more advantageously, and the necessity will be obviated for reduplicated trouble by each firm. When it is well started the lumbermen of the Chaudiere will have no in- clination to go back to the old plan with its waste of labor and money. ; By this means much unnecessery ex- § TERMS, $1.00 PEK YEAR ( SINGLE Copies, 10 CENTS HE commission that has been appointed to make enquiries regarding the Trent Valley Canal has a considerable in- terest from the lumber trade. There are extensive limits in the counties of Peterborough, Victoria, Hastings, Haliburton, Sim- coe and others that are served by these waters, and there are very large mills operated by its water power. Much lumber and timber is already carried by means of barges on the Trent, the Otonabee and the chain of lakes on this route, and the quantity would be greatly augmented if this cheap means of carriage were extended. The opening of the locks at Fenelon Falls, Buckhorn and Burleigh, which will be open for navigation to several service next spring, will in itself be of considerable large mills. |B eee WIMAN & CO. state that in the quarter ending with September, 308 failures occurred, a considerable increase over the corresponding period last year. The liabilities were $2,996,000, considerably over those of last year. petition and the long existence of declining prices, are said to have affected the stability of trading firms. the totals of the failures in the Dominion of Canada and New- foundland for three quarters of 1887: Ontario, $3,906,225 ; Quebec, $3,341,359; New Brunswick, $5,253,515; Nova Scotia, $527,160 ; Prince Edward Island, $115,600 ; Manitoba, $213,505 ; Victoria, $160,900 ; Total for the provinces, $13,- 458,264; Newfoundland, $232,250; Grand total, $13,690,514 Keen com- The following are T is only in a very general way that the common law makes it alarceny to take a newspaper and refuse to pay for it. Just how the law is inforced is something with which people generally are not very well acquainted. According to an ex- change the publishers of a paper in Illinois, a short time since, brought suit against forty-three men who would not pay their subscriptions, with the result that it obtained judgment in every case for the amount of the claim. Of these judgment debtors, twenty-eight made affidavit that they owned no more than the law allowed, and accordingly, attachments were This, however, did not end the case. Under a de- cision of the Supreme Court, our contemporary continues, they were arrested for petty larceny and bound over in the sum of three hundred dollars each. In Canada the law pro- vides that anyone taking a newspaper or other periodical from the post office three times in succession is held liable to sub- scription to the same whether he has subscribed or not. We regret to say that quite a number have been regular readers of THE LUMBERMAN for some years, and when billed for their account either do not respond at all, or when they do endeavor to evade payment. adopted by our American contemporary, but must gently hint to those to whom this matter applies that it takes money to run a paper, and the same must be forthcoming, otherwise we may have to adopt stringent measures to secure our rights. How many will take the hint ? avoided. We have no desire to follow the course T is with satisfaction, not unattended with a little modest pride, that we present the current number of the CANADA LUMBERMAN in new attire and thorougly remodeled in every way. of a year, and no better indication of the appreciation of our Improvements have steadily been going on for upwards efforts could be found than the rapidly increasing support given it, not only by the lumbermen and wood-workers of the country, but also the advertising public. month ago an order was placed in the hands of Mr. J. T-. Johnston, of the Toronto Type Foundry, for a carefully select- ed and complete new printing outfit. facilities, we have spared no pains to give THE LUMBERMAN Something over one Possessing the best of as handsome a typographical effect as any trade journal on the continent. Whether or not we have succeeded our readers are left to judge. ance of the paper we have also endeavored to elevate it in a literary sense, and while yet open for many improvements, we hope to make it more and more valuable to the trade through- out the Dominion. Though we have to thank many of our readers for their efforts in the past towards furnishing infor- mation, we think that more interest should be taken by the trade in the matter of correspondence on relevant topics, and Whilst transforming the mechanical appear- THE CANADA LUMBE Te IVLAIN. . the furnishing of news regarding operations. A journal of this nature, which is supposed to furnish the news of the trade throughout the Dominion, must of necessity seek the co-opera- tion of all interested parties towards this end. As has often been stated in the past, the columns of THE LUMBERMAN are always open for the free and fair discussion of all matters re- lating to the lumber and kindred trades. Will not those who have ideas and opinions to express endeavor to pay more at- tention to this department, and by so doing assist us in making the CANADA LUMBERMAN on a par with any similar publica- tion? We cordially invite criticism and suggestions from all regarding matter for publication, and will try to benefit by such and allow our readers to do likewise. Those not already subscribers who may receive a copy of this issue, will be kind enough to give it a careful reading, and if they think it worth the price of subscription—$1 per year-—a remittance of that amount will do us more good than any amount of praise. 6 Ba project of forming at Toronto a Provincial Lumber- men’s Association, of a special division of the Board of Trade, seemed to be regra cd wih favor, and there was some movement towards carrying out the idea. But the matter has been allowed to sleep and no progress has been made, to our knowledge. It would be unfortunate if the attempt should be allowed to fall through, for such an organization would be very beneficial to the timber trade of the country, Union is strength, and such an important industry has many interests that might be furthered by concerted action. Individual lumbermen, how- ever influential, when acting separately and without unison, cannot have the same weight as their claims would possess if pressed on behalf of the whole trade by those speaking author- itively in their name. There are also many points as to which they would do well to develop a common policy after consul- tation and discussion. The matter should not be permitted to remain dormant, but now that some interest has been excited practical steps should be taken without delay for the permanent organization of the timber trades. HE rain that fell early last month had the good effect of extinguishing the forest fires that were being vainly com- batted. Unfortunately before the ravages were stayed there had been much destruction of our forest wealth. Not only did the owners of standing timber see much of their property thus destroyed, but there has been another bad result. On some imits where the destruction was not total the trees have been killed by the scorching to which they were exposed, These lifeless trees must be cut at once or they will be rendered valu- less by the various boring worms. By this necessity the plan of operations of many lumbermen will be disarranged, they will be driven to cut prematurely with a tendency to glut the mar- ket. Though greater precautions have been taken lately to preserve the forest from destruction by fire the damage that has been done this year shows that still more is required in the way of prevention. It is true that the season was exceptional with its prolonged drought, but there are few years when there is not a period of danger. The lesson should be learned that even greater precautions are not only desirable but would be profitable. INCE our last issue the Mercier Administration has come to a decision regarding the ground rents for timber limits in the Province of Quebec. They have decided not to carry out their proposed increase from $2 to $5, but to make it $3, being an increase of $1 a square mile over the old rental. But while thus seeming to yield to the protest of the lumbermen, the relief thus given is deceptive. Since they have adopted the expedient of drawing larger sums from the trade in another way. The regulation for collecting the dues has been changed, and in future the charge, instead of being by the log, will be by the thousand feet board measure, $1.30 for pine and 65 cents for spruce. It is calculated that the receipts from this source will thus be increased by 20 per cent., the total increase being al- together more than the additional $138,000 estimated by the Provincial Treasurer from the increase of the rental to $5. It appears that the Quebec Government is determined to exact by some means a heavy contribution from this important in- dustry, which was by no means so remunerative as to warrant this addition to its burdens. Another new regulation will be even more obnoxious to many lumbermen and others interested in timber limits. In future the leases are only to be for one year and the tariff is to be subject to annual revision. This will not only reduce the value of such property, but what is of even greater consequence it will deprive the value of stability. One effect of this will be to render it of less credit asa security, so it may be more difficult and will certainly be more costly to obtain advances. This will have a tendency to cripple opera- ‘tions and curtail these operations to the loss not only of them- ‘selves but of the whole community. The only mitigating cir- ccumstance attending this change of base, is that the smaller advance of the ground rent, will obviate the pressure that would have been put upon the lumbermen to strip part of their limits prematurely in order to relieve themselves of so much of their ground rent. This, however, is partially counteracted by the instability of the tenure. Altogether the new regulations are for the benefit neither of the trade nor of the community. N official report has been presented to the Secretary of the Interior at Washington by his own request, which, if adopted, will effect a complete revolution in the management of the forests of the United States, and by the force of example very possibly of those of Canada. The head of the Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture, having been re- quested to prepare a scheme for the organization of a forestry department, has done so in a very thorough manner. Having graduated in a German forestry university, he adopts the scien- tific system of forest culture and management in that country with such modifications as his long experience on the continent suggests as suited to local requirements. He lays stress upon the principal that no more timber should be cut from a forest that is replaced by growth, that renewal by planting should at once follow, and that the enormous devastation by fires should be checked. To attain the objects he suggests, that the forests should be withdrawn from sale and settlement, that the forest reserves should be divided into great blocks, further subdivided into districts. Over these he would place trained inspectors with a staff of foresters, a bureau of commissioners having the general control. limits, but the right to fell the trees selected by the inspectors would be sold. This is a modified form of the system in vogue in the countries of the continent of Europe where the manage- ment of forests is a science. It would be a total change from the system that prevails in North America with minor variations in different portions. It is obvious that such a system if adopt- ed in the United States, and this is far from improbable, would have important effects upon the lumber industry of Canada. For a time the cut in the United States would be likely to be diminished, and there would bea greater demand which might be supplied from Canada. But when the system was fully es- tablished among our neighbors there would be a steady supply and that prolonged in a manner which does not seem hopeful under present circumstances. If the system should prove suc- cessful in the United States there would no doubt be a strong tendency to imitate itin Canada. In our country we differ from our neighbor, the forests not being controlled by the central authority but by the Provinces. This, however, would not pre- vent the change being made piece meal, forif one Province moved in this direction the others would be likely to follow. The rights of private holders would undoubtedly be respected, but European experience goes to show that individual propri- etors would be led to follow the public system. The lumber- men of Canada and others connected with our forest wealth, will watch with interest to see what action is taken by the Washing- ton cabinet and by Congress in regard to this very important re- port. BRITISH COLUMBIA TIMBER LANDS. In the Canada Gazette of Oct. 15th is to be found the amend- ed regulations for the survey, administration and disposal of Dominion Lands within the forty-mile railway belt, in the Pro- vince of British Columbia. Among other changes which have taken place we find that sub-clauses 4, 5, 6 and 7 of clause 13 are new, and are intended to facilitate the settlement of timber- ed lands, which would not otherwise be opened for homestead entry. The regulations are copied from the Timber Regula- tions of the Province of Ontario, and the object is, while per- mitting such lands as contain merchantable timber to be taken up and cleared for agricultural purposes, to prevent persons who merely desire to obtain the timber, from getting possession of land under cover of a homestead entry, stripping the land of its timber without paying any dues, and then leaving the land much less valuable for all natural purposes, than if it had re- mained in its natural state. read as follows :— The sub-clauses referred to above (q.) All merchantable timber growing or being upon any land en- tered or sold within the limits of Dominion lands in British Colum- bia, and all gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, petroleum, coal or other mines or minerals shall be considered reserved from the said land, and shall be the property of Her Majesty, except that the homestead- er or purchaser, or those claiming under him, may cut and use such merchantable timber as may be necessary for the purpose of build- ing, fencing or road-making on the land so entered or sold, and may also, under the authority of the Crown Timber Agent, cut and dis- pose of all timber required to be removed in the actual clearing of the said land for cultivation, but no merchantable timber (except for the necessary building, fencing or road-making as aforesaid) shall be cut beyond the limit of such actual clearing; and all merchant- able timber cut in the process of clearing, and disposed of, shall be subject to the same dues as are at the time payable by the holders of licenses to cut timber: (5.) The patents on all lands, hereafter entered or sold as afore- said, shall contain a reservation of all merchantable timber growing or being on the said lands, which merchantable timber shall continue = on prea pn 2) by ~*~ There would then be no further leasing of | | enormous. ceeds the length of road. The report assumes that it is 187,500 | ial. mands of the railroads, assuming that every acre wil to be the property of Her Majesty; and any person or persons now or hereafter holding a license to cut timber on such land, may at all times during the continuance of such license enter upon the unclear- ed portion of such lands, and cut and remove such timber, and make all necessary roads or water-ways for that purpose, and for the pur- pose of hauling in supplies, doing no unnecessary damage thereby : but the patentees or those claiming under them may cut and use such timber as may be necessary for the purpose of building, fencing or road-making on the lands so patented, and may also, under the authority of the Crown Timber Agent, cut and dispose of such tim- ber to be removed in actually clearing the said land for cultivation, but no merchantable timber (except for the necessary building, fenc- ing or road-making as aforesaid) shall be cut beyond the limit of such actual clearing ; and all merchantable timber so cut and dis- posed of shall be subject to the payment of the same dues as are at the time payable by the holders of licenses to cut timber: (6.) Holders of timber licenses, their servants and agents, shall have the right to haul their timber over the uncleared portion of any land entered as a homestead or purchased as hereinbefore provided, and to make such roads or waterways thereon as may be necessary for that purpose, doing no unnecessary damage, and to use all slides, portages, roads, waterways, or other works previously constructed or existing on any land so entered, sold or leased, and the right of access to, and free use of all streams and lakes theretofore used, or that may be necessary for the passage of timber; and all land neces- sary for such work is hereby reserved : (7.) All merchantable timber growing or being upon any land hereafter entered as a homestead or sold under these Regulations, shall be subject to any timber license in force at the time of such en- try or sale, and may, at any time during the currency of any license or licenses to be issued during such period be cut and removed under the authority thereof RAILWAYS AND FORESTS. The report of the Forestry Division of the United States Department of Agriculture gives information respecting ‘* The relation of Railroads to Forest Supply and Forestry,” which should be of much value to the people of Canada. The total length of railroads in the United States was at close of 1840. ..i0.0i052.> «+50 sakes a eee - 2,795 miles. FESO. << «raisie)s § =e nein aisle 9,021 . 5 T1360... uinni+ [nie man bee ee ee +... $035 ae t.¥ (0 SE A , §2,014. == 1880... nar - © « «sins es vetoes 93,349 ‘ TSS8Oci0:5 eons oe sso ee 137,615 ‘ It is estimated that about 12,000 miles will be completed in 1887. The quantity of timber required for ties, bridges, station buildings and other structures over these roads is much greater than most persons suppose. It may, indeed, be justly called In many of the districts in which railroads have been built timber was so abundant that it was used for every conceivable purpose, as being the cheapest of all materials. The length of track, it will be understood, considerably ex- miles. Allowing 2,640 ties for each mile, the whole number would be 495 millions, and as each contains three cubic feet of timber on the average, the whole quantity embedded under the entire mileage is 1,485,000,000 cubic feet. It is difficult to ascertain the quantity used in bridges, tres- tles and piles ; 2,000 feet per mile is considered a fair average. The total at that estimate is 375 million cubic feet. Telegraph poles number 30 to the mile and in all about five million. At an average of ten cubic feet for each they require 50 million feet more. But for every cubic foot ready for use in ties, bridges, etc., 17% feet of round timber is used. The total quantity cut is therefore 3,150,000,000 cubic feet. It is almost impossible to conceive what these figures mean. The average life of ties is about seven years; the average life of bridge timber and poles about ten years. To maintain the present roads requires therefore 70,714,286 new ties every year. Allowing for renewals of bridges, trestles, etc., the total quantity required is nearly 255 million cubic feet per year. Then putting the construction of new roads at the low aver- age of 5,000 miles each year, 13,200,000 new ties and ten mil- lion feet of timber, bridges, etc., are required for this purpose. The total annual demand is now 305,712,858 cubic feet. The demand must increase every year if nothing be done to prevent it. The waste in getting out ties and railway timber is very great. The railroad managers require the best mater- When wood is so abundant that much is burned in order to clear the land, the farmers who generally get out ties and timber do not feel the necessity of care or economy. Young oak, larch and pine trees, which furnish but a single tie each, are recklessly cut down, and the means of restoring the forests from which the larger trees have been taken for other purpos are thus destroyed. The effects of this recklessness are now very perceptible, es- pecially in the wooded districts from which supplies for the prairie roads have been taken. In vast districts what were y uable forests are now mere wastes of brush and firewood. It is calculated that all the valuable timber on 206,847 of well wooded land is required each year to meet the November, 1887 ties. Vast as is the supply it must soon be exhausted if the consumption continue at this rate ever increasing. In Europe, where timber of all kinds is comparatively scarce and dear, steel ties are used by some roads and are found sat- isfactory. It is hardly to be supposed that steel ties will come much into use on this continent for many years to come. Other European roads use antiseptics to prolong the life of ties and to render wood hitherto not used suitable for this purpose. Antiseptic preparations, it is suggested, could be profitably used in those parts of America in which suitable wood is scarce. The Union Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe roads have established works at which soft woods are treated to make them suitable for ties, piling, etc. In Canada the scarcity of wood for railway purposes has not yet been much felt. But there are some districts to which ties and timber must be hauled fora considerable distance even now, not to speak of the prairie roads, for which in most cases only soft wood can be got. The report urges the owners of land, and especially those railroad companies which have obtained great land subsidies from the Government, to provide against future want by plant- ing extensively now. It tells ofinstances in which aboriculture has been carried on profitably and satisfactorily on a large scale, as well as of the great success which has crowned the labors of those who have planted trees for farm and homestead purposes on the treeless prairie. It is asserted that farmers who sell hardwood or pine ties at 30 to 35 cents each waste what must be very valuable in a few years—what indeed is worth now much more than the price they get, and farmers are urged to combine wherever they can to obtain better prices. QUEBEC TIMBER DUES. The following is the text of the official circular recently issu- ed by the Quebec Government regulating the timber dues: EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, Quebec, 6th October, 1887. Present—His Honor the Administrator In Council : His Honor the Administrator has been pleased to order that the regulations based on the Order-in-Council, No. 160, of the 7th of April last (1887), establishing the ground rent per square mile, on all the limits for the cutting of timber, and those in- cluding the tariff of stumpage dues, in so far as they relate to pine and spruce logs, as established by the Order-in Council, No. 39 (Crown Lands), of the 7th of April, 1881, be rescinded, and that from this date the following be substituted therefor. The ground rent payable on all limits under license to cut timber, granted up to the present, or to be granted in the future, shall be three dollars ($3.00) per square mile, payable in cash on or before the first day of September in each year. Default of payment in this case, at the proper time, will entail the for- feiture of the right of renewal of said license. The stumpage dues imposed on pine logs, of which the con- tents shall be reduced to a standard of two hundred feet, board measure, shall be one dollar and thirty-six cents ($1.36) per thousand feet, on all timber cut after the first of September of this year. The dues on spruce logs, cut after this same date, reduced to the same standard of two hundred feet, board measure, shall be sixty-five cents per thousand feet. The payment of those dues shall be made in conformity with the affidavits of the cullers and foremen employed in the forest operations by the lumber merchants, proprietors of limits, or their representatives, also according to the affidavit of said pro- prietors, the whole to be revised and verified by the written report of the forest ranger. The statement of measurements affected by those cullers must be sworn to before the Crown Timber Agent or forest ranger ; and shall be subject to any inspection and verification that the Commissioner of the Crown Lands may judge it advis- able to order. Those annual statements of forest operations must be transmitted to the aforesaid agents, on or before the 30th of Sebtember, following the season in which the said oper- ations took place. It is further ordered that the regulations based on the Order- in-Council No. 36, (Crown Lands), of the 6th of December, 1883, concerning the dues liable to be imposed on culls and pieces of small dimensions, be abrogated. EXCHANGE ECHOES, Timber Trades Journal, London. Eng. On the continent we understand that pitch pine, both deals and timber, is selling freely at full prices. The reason for the decline in prices on this side of the Channel is, rightly or wrongly, attributed to a falling off in the actual consumption ; and, as the stocks are not abnormally large, there is very fair ground for the assumption, not that the wood is going out of use, but that not so much of it is now required as for- merly, Southern Lumberman. | It is intimated in a good many directions that lumber will be advanced next year. The reasons for this belief are not | easily given. but on the other hand the amount of new lumber territory con- stantly being opened up and the enterprise displayed by saw- mill builders as an off-setting factor which is well worth while to keep in sight. tive fever at work. It is true the demand for lumber may advance, Even in the far Northwest there is specula- We are constantly reminded by forestry congresses of the rapid depletion of American forests. This possibly is encouraging and stimulating a great many to make purchases of desirable timber territory and hold for future exi- gencies. Hamilton Times. The Toronto G/ode ascertains from the records of recent sales that the price of Ontario timber lands is on the advance. A square mile that was sold for $160 in 1881 has since been with- drawn at $539. The Globe thinks that commercial union would still further advance prices. Mr. Mowat can hardly be blind to the fact that these values belong by right to the people of Ontario, and not to speculators. Ifa lumberman can afford to pay such a price to a speculator for the right to cut, he can afford to pay the same price to the Provincial Government. There is an easy way of diverting the ‘‘ boodle” into the Pro- vincial treasury, and Mr. Mowat should promptly adopt it. Mr. Mercier has set the example in (Quebec. Caicago Timberman. It is practically settled thus early that logging operations this winter, are going to be expensive. supplies are slightly higher than they were last year, and there are no important items cheaper. Many kinds of camp Labor is not plenty and while prices are nominally about the same, the existing con- ditions point to a higher average during the season. In gen- eral, the difficulty of getting logs to water and the amount of labor required to accomplish it increases slightly every year, because it is natural that the more accessible timber should be first cut. In the older sections, there will be a good deal of clearing up work done. A good many logs put in over long hauls, the added expense of which there is nothing to coun- terbalance. apparently unimportant, but the sum of them is likely to be considerable, and to make the aggregate as well as the per thousand cost of logging the coming season, greater by an appreciable percentage than it was last year. The differences in every case may be small and Southern Lumberman, It seems a hard fate that a mill man, after having his mill blown to pieces, should have to pay out large sums of money to assuage the grief of the surviving relatives of the man whose carelessness was the cause of the destruction of life and proper- ty. Nevertheless, there is both justice and mercy in this ruling of the law. The prime cause of the accident was the placing of an inexperienced fireman in charge of the boilers. Gener- ally a negro is selected who possesses the ability to toss a cord of wood or a load of sawdust per hour, and who will manage to keep up steam sufficient to move the saws properly. The negro is so interested in the contest thus engaged in that he fails to keep up enough water, and presently there is a crash and everything goes to pieces, taking his boiled remains with it. Both the damage that is thus occasioned and the suits that follow should teach the mill owner that it is cheaper in the end to employ a competent engineer. We think that the number of accidents that are occurring in various parts of the country are doing a great deal in educating the mill owners to a proper sense of the responsibility resting upon them. Unfortunately the experience of one man does not seem to teach another man anything. Mississippi Valley Lumberman. There are indications that there are better things in store for the lumber trade in the Canadian northwest, as elsewhere. The trade up that way, since the disastrous boom of 1882 has been even more badly in the dumps than it has elsewhere. Mills have been idle and lumber has blackened in the pile. Owners of pine lands tributary to that market have been with- out a market and demoralization has been supreme. But there is again inquiry for pine lands and our advices from that local- ity bring the information that mills which have been idle are to be operated next season. Minnesotians have an interest in this renewal of business, because much of the timber which is tributary to Rat Portage—the chief source of supply for Mani- toba and the territory west—will be cut from Minnesota soil. New railroads may make some of this timber tributary to the Minnesota markets, but the large and valuable tracts of pine lying on the north slope are naturally tributary to the Canadian markets. It is likely to be some time before a large consump- tive demand on the other side of the line will make very serious inroads into this almost virgin timber, but how great a propor- tion of the whole amount will find its way into the Minnesota markets will depend somewhat upon the extent of consumption in the Northwest and the amount of development in the rail- road building line which is accomplished in the northern part of this state. Minnesota men are large holders of pine on the northern slope and they therefore have more than a passing interest in the development up that way. _ well as it should be. Pp po Nia 7 ig wo Vi i Ja ar dn wx 5 CHIPS AND SHAVINGS. —Resin is frequently used for producing an immediate adhe- sion of the belt to the pulley, and for this it is well suitec t if the owner has any regard for the consequences he will soon learn that while the resin will give an instant grip to the slip- ping belt, it will soon be ground into the leather, stiffen the material and make the last state of that belt worse than its first. A manufacturer who uses considerable oak, get oak into which the worms have not worked one gradually go further south. The reason for thi to him, though he believes that the more the country i up the wormier the oak becomes. To get oak absolutely from worm holes he must now go to those sections of the coun- try south where the forests have been but little molested. —Happening to want a place to strike a parlor match to light a gas stove, saysa writer in the Chicago Journal of Com- merce, 1 struck the match on the top of the stove over the The gas ignited but the match did not. I laid the aside, and as the gas burner was wanted I used the same match until I had lighted it twenty-three times, and the match is ap- parently as good asever. Cannot some one invent an improv- ed lighter from this suggestion ? —A sash, door and blind maker says there is more waste of lumber in the business than is always taken into account. Says he: ‘‘ A man figures that his lumber costs him so much, his labor so much, and interest, taxes, insurance and what not so much more, and that there ought to be so much left for profit ; but when he comes to figure up at the end of the year, he has to inventory his plant at all it cost him to make his books balance.” This will apply to others besides the sash, door and blind makers. —Prof. D. P. Penhallow, having studied the relation of an- nual rings to the age of trees, concludes that the formation of rings of growth is chiefly determined by whatever operat produce alternate periods of physiological rest and a ty. In cold climates the rings are an approximately correct, but not always certain, index of age; but, in warm climates, they are of little value in this respect. logical conditions in determining the growth of each scason is most important, particularly with reference to rainfall. odicity in rainfall corresponds with periodicity in growth. The influence of meteoro- Peri- —The brick saw mili of the Kirby-Carpenter Lumber Co., at Menominee, Mich., is as near fire proof as a saw mill can well be. It is so much so that not a dollar of insurance has ever been placed upon it. truss roof, leaving the sawing floor entirely free from posts or The walls are of brick with an iron any sort of obstruction. A very heavy brick bearing partition runs lengthwise through the middle of the lower storey, dcing away with the great number of posts and beams necessary to supportthe floor and shafting of an ordinary mill. The com- pany’s total sawing capacity is about 450,000 feet a day of ten hours. —The largest manufacturers in the country, says an ex- change, are the most diligent and constant students of the question of supply and demand. for such persons. No educator is too expensive The mill man operating at remote points, with an outfit of the most primitive character, superintended by sawyers that, ten chances to one, never set foot outside the county limits, in his own estimation knows more about lumber matters in general than all the veterans in the business put together—in fact such men know so much that it keeps them constantly poor. is large; it has a powerful influence, and it refuses, yes even spurns, well meant advice. Their labors overcrowd the mar- kets with undesirable stock, and they whine and kick at settle- ments which are monuments to the shrewdness of the seller who made them, albeit the mill man brands the transaction as “*a cold blooded steal.” —In nearly every case of a boiler explosion a trifling cost would have saved the lives of one to three men. In all seri- ousness, we think the suggestion we made recently, that the offices should be situated directly over the boiler, would be the best preventative of boiler explosions in the present laxity of all reasonable precautions. exposed to the folly of using boilers unfit for service, controlled by ignorance, it would not be worth while to plead for inspec- tion laws. But unfortunately, as a rule, they are not exposed at all. Boiler insurance has done a good deal to lessen ex- plosions, yet the principal of insurance is not understood as We heard this exemplified during the past week in a way that would be amusing if it were not some- thing worse. ers. Said he, ‘‘I am about tired of paying for insurance on boilers ; I have paid regularly for nine years, and there hasn't been an accident from the results of which I could collect a cent ; besides this I have been forced to make repairs at a cost of nearly four hundred dollars!” Comment on the above would be superfluous.—4 merican Machinist. The class deserving of these comments If the owners were the only ones It was the case of a man owning two large boil- 6 (DET CAIN A739 2A da D2 ey Db ae * THE NEWS. ONTARIO. A lumber exchange is being talked of at Ottawa. The timber slides at the Chaudiere have been closed for the season. Spence & Kuhlman, a planing mill firm of Cobourg, have assigned. Quite a large quantity of hemlock logs will be cut at Deser- onto this winter. . Grant & Ranger have the job of cutting 50,000 logs on Fraser & Co.’s Black River limit. Fraser & Co.’s limit bordering cn Sheenboro’ township is con- siderably damaged by fire. Fraser & Co., of Ottawa, have decided to employ jobbers henceforth instead of concern shanties. Mr. john Mills, Merrickville, has recently made considerable enlargement of his cabinet factory in that place. The Otonabee river has been filled for some time with J. M. Irwin’s drive. They are getting down in good shape. The water has risen about six inches in the River du Lievre, but is still far too low to run the lumber mills full power. Messrs. Grier & Co.’s saw mill at the Chaudiere was closed down, temporarily, on the 19th ult., owing to lack of water. Emery Bros., of Saginaw, intend doing some heavy log cut- ting this winter on their limits in the Georgian Bay district. On the Spanish river the Spanish Lumber Co, are going to ex- ceed all their previous efforts in log cutting the coming winter. J. O. Long, an employee in Mickle’s saw mill, Gravenhurst, recently had his left leg and collar bone broken by a tram-car running over him. A shantyman named John Ryan had his legs broken recent- ly by the falling of a tree while engaged in cutting in the upper Ottawa lumber district, The Rathbun Company’s mill at Campbellford has all ties cut for this season and is now cutting lumber, and will finish operations about November Ist. As the last block for the season was being cut in Thompson’s shingle mill, Orillia, G. W. Brown, who was operating the saw, had a thumb and four fingers taken off. Bronson & Weston’s Schyan limit was seriously threatened by fire, but hard work and care averted the danger till rain came. Heavy local showers have killed most of the fires. Building operations are very brisk at the works of the Terra Cotta Lumber Company, Deseronto, Large extensions are being made to the buildings which now enclose a large space. The Upper Ottawa Improvement Company have purchased fifteen hundred pieces of boom timber to be used this winter in making the nec ssary repairs to their works on the Upper Ottawa. Lumberman Bingham, of Ottawa, states that his drive on the Gatineau river has been laid up at Gilmour’s mills, Chelsea, for over a month past. This stoppage of the drive is owing to a dam built across the river. The Georgian Bay Lumber Company will cut 200,000 feet of square timber this season, and Messrs. Timmins & Gorman 100,000 feet. The former firm will cut ten million feet of timber on the Wanipite river this season. The new furniture factory of the Lincsay-Seldon Furniture Company at Peterboro’ is rapidly approaching completion. It covers an area of 80x40 feet, and is four stories high. It is located close to the river and adjoins the railroad track. Bronson & Weston, of Ottawa, have two company shanties and three jobbers. J. F. Inglee has two shanties and expects to get out about 10,000 logs this season. Benjamin Moore and Rk. W. Eady are also jobbing for Bronson & Weston on Schyan limit. It is rumored that Thomas Mackie, is negotiating for the purchase of Messrs. A. & P. White’s steam saw mill at Pem- broke, along with their mill and limits at Deux Rivieres. The Messrs. White are said to be willing to sell either prop- erty separately or both together. In the Keepawa District there was recently some uneasiness among the log makers, owing to an outbreak of typhoid fever in one of Hurdman’s camps, from which, fortunately, being isolated, the disease has been kept from spreading. Such cases as did occur, were, however, of a very mild type. The Orillia Packet says that considerable difficulty is being experienced by the lumbermen operating back north in pro- curing the required number of men to carry on the work upon the enlarged scale rendered necessary in consequence of the limits being so overrun by the bush fires, many dams and sluice- ways being also destroyed, and which will have to be replaced this fall so as to be ready for the spring freshets. , canal. November, 1887 Mr. Rowen, C. E., has discovered what is thought to be a forest of petrified trees on the Storrington side of the Rideau The columns are among sandstone, and while the latter splits horizontally the former splits perpendicularly, thus proving the contention that a forest has been discovered. The discovery will create a sensation among the geologists. The Parry Sound and Conger Lumber Companies are mak- ing some extensive additions to their fire extinguishing appar- _ atus by laying pipes from their engines and other ways. One very pleasing feature in connection with these arrangements is the spirit of reciprocity shown between the Companies in allow- ing a mutual use of the appliances for the benefit of both. J. R. Eaton of Orillia has his planing mill in operation again, after a thorough overhauling, which renders it ‘‘as good as new.” He is procuring a drying kiln, which will enable him to trans- form green timber into seasoned, within five days. This has been much needed in Orillia, where seasoned lumber is more difficult to obain than in places distant from the mills. —Vacket. The mill owners at the Chaudiere have to pay for driving, towing and boomage, as well as for passing their logs through Government works, it does not pay them to bring down logs of 12 inches and under in diameter, apart from the fact that their slabbers, nearly all our mills being fitted up with upright gangs, are never set for less than ten inch stock ; such small logs cost more than they are worth when sawed up. Lumber cutting as well as lumber shipping in Ottawa is now at low water mark. Numerous barges are lying about waiting for a load and there is nothing to load with. It is said that up till August the shipping interest was a booming one, but since then there is difficulty in moving the boats about at the lum- ber wharves, for their bottoms scrape and bump on the rocks to a troublesome extent. Never since the mills were erected at the Chaudiere has the water been so low. Mr. A. J. Maxwell, of Mattawan, states that the Mattawan is a lively place just now. Every day shantymen are pouring in from Ottawa on their way to the various lumber shanties, and the lumbermen are shipping large quantities of supplies to the All the firms this year expect to do fully as much as they did last year, a little more perhaps, to make up the shortage in the cut last winter owing to the depth of the snow. Mattawan to be taken by teams to their various shanties. A large lumber operator on the Whanapitae is reported as saying: ‘‘ I think we'll get our square timber to Quebee by on their Bonchere limits. Hamilton Bros. will cut a little more than usual on the Dominion limits, and Moore & Co. will turn out a large quantity of square timber from their Kip- pawa limits. The prospect for Ottawa securing the mills of the Canada Lumber Company, of Carleton Place, does not appear certain after all. There will be a change in the location of the big establishment, but the advantages of half-a-dozen sites have not been fully considered. This was in effect the information given by Mr. W. C. Edwards, M. P., to a Journal reporter. Said Mr. Edwards: ‘‘ The firm has come to the conclusion that the sawing capacity of the mills will have to be increased. This cannot be done at Carleton Place, where the water-power, for one thing, is not sufficient for our requirements. Then again better shipping facilities ean be secured elsewhere, the railways not allowing competitive rates from Carleton Place. Ottawa is among the list of available sites. Mr. Folger of the Kingston & Pembroke railway has also brought before our notice the advantages of Mississippi, which is west of Carleton Place. Different points down the river, such as Point Claire, sixteen miles above Montreal, and St. Anne’s, a few miles further up, are available. The proximity of these latter places to market is considerable advantage, and we think logs can be towed that distance and sawn there at a greater profit than to saw | the lumber at Carleton Place and freight from there. The | nearer we are to Montreal, too, the better chance we stand of disposing of the cuttings and refuse. No decision has been reached regarding the use of steam or water power. According to present indications the mills, wherever they are located, will be running next spring. About three hundred men are em- ployed now at Carleton Place, and work is kept up night and day.”” Mr. Edwards added that exemption from taxation was not as great a consideration as the attainment of the best ship- ping facilities. QUFBEC. The lumber firm of Malo & Thomas, Montreal, has been dissolved. The Lachute mills are again running full time owing to the | raise of water in the river. the water ways just as speedily and as cheaply as by way of | the C. P. R. to Papineauville, and then taking the Ottawa river. As for water there is no better river in Ontario to drive than the Whanapitae, there is always plenty of water and the river is not broken up by rapids and the timber can be rushed into the Georgian Bay in double quick time.” A few days ago men belonging to the firm of McLaren & Edwards, saw-mill owners, of Carleton Place, were in Almonte | inspecting the slide, taking measurements of necessary repairs, etc. It is their intention to float down their logs anyway, whether the slide is repaired or not, taking the falls for the highway, as they did last summer. It is said to be their pres- ent intention to close their Carleton Place mills and remove the plant to Rockland, on the Ottawa river, where mills will be erected to receive the machinery. The Midhurst grist and saw mills recently burnt, said to be the oldest in the country, were erected by George Oliver on the site granted by Government in 1$19. In the year.1841, Mr, Boys, the late County Treasurer, purchased them, improy- ed them and worked them for several years, doing a large busi- ness. At this timea distillery was attached to the mills, which supplied all the hotels north of Bradford, and the grist mill did the grinding for all the settlers between Barrie and Lake Huron. The bush fires around Eganville are all out and reports come from all sides of the great amount of valuable lands cleared by the fire. Hundreds of acres of beaver meadows and alder bushes were burnt over so that they are entirely cleared, and people are commencing to plow them just like prairies, only they are a lot richer than most prairies. Thousands of acres of fine swamp land is laid flat, that is a tract of fifteen square miles was burnt, that will undoubtedly ere long make the finest valley of farming land in the country. Most of the men in this county who were determined on going to the shanties this fall have now to remain at home clearing land. In this instance, at all events, the bush fire has resulted in doing good instead of harm. Messrs R. W. Thistle & Co. expect to cut a larger num- ber of saw logs on the Kippawa this year on their limits, which have only been worked to a very small extent for the past two or three years, and it is probable that Messrs. Grier & Co. will cut about double what they did last year in order to keep both their mills at Ottawa working. J. R. Booth will cut more logs this year on his Temiscaming limits, than ever before, and Bronson & Weston will cut extensively a = OP. a The Quebec Official Gazette advertises the ground rent on timber licenses at $3; stumpage dues, $1.30 per 1000, ani the dues on spruce logs 65 cents per thousand feet. The Canada Paper Company propose cutting some 25,000 cords of wood the coming winter for grinding into paper pulp at their pulp milis at Windsor Mills, Ont. The Upper Ottawa Drive Association is constructing dams in the Cascades Rapids, at Portage du Fort, for the purpose of facilitating the driving of logs through that part of the Ottawa river. There will probably be a scarcity of lumber vessels at Mont- real this autumn, in the opinion-of the Herald. There are | about eight cargoes yet on the Export Lumber Company's wharf waiting transportation. The rate now offered is $12, an in- crease of $1.50 over that given in the spring. There are still some vessels unchartered at Quebec and no doubt several of these will come to Montreal to load. We learn from the Quebec Chronicle that the timber market has been pretty quiet, and no sales were reported last week ; though, since we last gave a report of the market, we under- stand three large Ottawa rafts changed hands at 24 cents for 35 feet ; 26 and 28 cents for 58 feet, and 22 to 22% for 50 feet ; the former being 1886 timber and the latter being 1887 wood. The demand for old wood is sluggish, and the stock at present on hand comes under that category. Owing to the fire in its premises, the Montreal Furniture Company is in financial trouble. Bulmer, jr., & Bro., and Kerr Bros., large creditors presented a petition in Court, asking for an order to wind up the company, to avoid useless litigation, as the company was now unable to meet its liabilities, and a number of actions had already been instituted. The applica- tion was not opposed, and the order was granted, Mr. H. Bul- mer being appointed provisional liquidator. The following comparative statement of timber, spars, staves, etc., measured and culled to Oct. 26th, is furnished by the Quebec Supervisor :-— 1885. 1886. 1887. Waney White Pine....... 2,830,048 3,047,480 2,020,004 White Pint. dees << tate = 2,711,467 2,941,158 1,168,1 Red Pine. Seige: <.ceees 70,758 271,693 591, Oaletes chews 00@27 50) _ up, good wide, Ind. 3250 3600 TANS tne ewes 2800 32 5o0/Columns, 5x5 & up ClOSE cece 35.00 35.00 Oak. Nos. 1 & 2,1 in., good Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & western, straight.. 32 50@35 00] up, good western, quartered ....... 4750 §200| straight ........... 35.00 37 So quartered ....... 45 00 5000 Ash. Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Nos. 1 & 2, 1 in, & western ....5. 5-555 37 50@4o0 00! up, good western.. 40 00 4250 Yellow Pine—Yard and Wholesale. Sc’tlg, 2x4 to 12x14 . 22 50 @25 oo|Flooring, 1 in., Va. .17 00 1900 Plank, 1% to2 in. . 2300 2750 1& 1X in,, Ga.& Fl’g, 1 & 1 in. No.1 30 00 32 $0 Fla. cargorun . 22 00 2400 Cherry. Nos. 1 & 2, 1in.,good 62 50 70 00\Nos.1 & 2, 1% in. & UP; BOG ca eeen cen 7yooo S000 —— New York City. Oct. 29.—There is an active business, as the dealers are filling up their winter stocks. White pine is steady, with good sale. The export trade has been somewhat dull, one of the largest shipments recently being over 200,000 feet of Mel- bourne. Spruce and hemlock are in good demand, and the market is strong. Lath is in light supply and held firmly. Black Wainut. % in., allclear...... $82 o0@ 85 oolCulls,rinch........ 1and 1% inches.... 4 00 «(97 ootCulls thick: $¥ ae Z <4 1¥% and thicker..... 98 00 103 oo Counter tops, 18 in. Rejects eect esrsitee 5200 55.00, andover.......... 110 00 150 00 Poplar, or White Wood. % in. 10 inches 2nd (134 to 2 inch.......5% OVETer ee eee 22 00@ 00286 and thicker...... os aoe aA % in. coffin boards... 27 00 s0Common 1 to2 inch 21 00 22 50 1 inch, 10 inch an ans I pee ns 23.00 a fore) OVEr, eee 27 00 oo|Culls, all thi 5 1inch, 8in. and over 26 00 a 00 ated hs < Dressed Poplar. ¥% inch panel........ 24 50@25 001% in. cle. 4to6in... 21 oo@a21 5 ¥% inch panel........ 27 00 28 00! in. clg. 4to6 in... 24 00 Psa % inch panel........ 29 00 30 oo % in. clg. 4 to6 in 27 00 Ps 4,5, 6inchcasing.... 30 00 31 00% in. clg.4to6in... 29300 3000 7, 3,9, 10 inch casing 32 00 33 oo|%in. clg.4to6in... 300 31 om Ash. 1 inch, white ....... 38 oo@ 40 oo|Strips, clear........ 28 cof 1% to2 inch........ 39 00 40 oo|Black ash, good.... 26 00 pag 2% to 4 inch........ 40 00 642 oc|Black ash, culls.... 1000 12 0 Oak, 1 inch plain sawed, 37 00@ 39 «| inches and over... 50 cof ae ae <8 detaielns 2 os 43 oo Eee ope wee an IGKEY.< Joo eee 41 00 42 oo|Strips under 6in.... 00 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6- 5 % ad Cherry %in., white « clear.. 65 0o@ 70 | 234 and thicker..... 85 00@ 90 00 I ae Ree 76.00 79 ogee tops, 18 in. 1 inch strips........ 0 00 4300, and over..........100 00 115 00 yy to. 2.10Ch. 46s f 00 % oo Culls, all thickness 18 00 24 00 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear..... 35 00@ 38 oo'Redwood California Chestnut common.. 22 00 2300 plank............. 55 00@ <8 00 Basswood white.... 28 00 32 ooHickery, old growth 50 oo z 00 Basswood common.. 18 00 23 oo Hickery, 2nd growth 7o 00 ©6- Ba. 00 Maple, clear........ 25 00 30 OOF Im... .. ...2 JRY JT J, JK) &} *& COMPOUND CuT Especially adapted to Lance Tooth and Patent Cross-Cut Saws. GEORGE STETHEM, + + + PETERBOROUGH, onT. Dealer in Lumbermen's Hardware and Tools. November, 1887 Lg pa pl rl to pt pl SA SCRIBNER’S | | | Over One Million Sold. OST complete book of its kind ever ublished. 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; | cord-wood 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 illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for if. | Sent post-paid for 35 cents. | G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. | GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. | EPPS'S COCOA, WICH Pe OK eee “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nu- trition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately favored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet ae a pomeHesion may be gradual- | i £ i \ Z ly built up until strong enough to resist every | i MAN Ae| (ERT A WA in \\\\ e tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies i 1 A AAW We can supply the best are floating around us ready to attack wherever i ml A = ay | \ ( } \\\ \\ \ \ A } there is a weak point. We may escape many a ; ses : A a | XN A\ canst IMPORTED#0AK# BELTING r X " \ Z S v v fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with | pure blood and a properly nourished frame.’’— | Civil Service Gazette. : AT CANADIAN PRICES. Made Se a boiling water or milk. Sold | : A iN \ \ Sf Oe * en Se only in packets by Grocers, labeled thus: - | A \\ ae Z p ¢ JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chemists, ) digh awards at Montreal, Toronto St. John, N.B., Dublin, Ireland, London, England. fi il : i gg S : Wy Fe Paris, France f N | y Wy SE ; a THE CANADIAN | \ | NEEDLE COMPANY | l | 46 and 48 Front St. mn lt East, Toronto, get yi wl TNS re 7 up the Neatest, most Complete and Best Selling f —— Ba ee ddl CV Bhs American Rubber and Chesapeake iH 3 Needle Package in America. Send 25 cents for | ul sample of New No. 4, finished in Fine Plush. Par- a ticulars sent when stamps are enclosed for reply. Gandy Belting at inside Prices. Eo a SS SS SS Don’t worry if you are out of employment, write to Mr. Kowdy, 41 Wellington St. East, Toronto. \ i 2 Send stamps for reply. \ . : a, Cannon LumaeRman TORONTO MILLING EXCHANGE | TE vou want to Bu, Sel eivadevorRemtaSat,| MEN from all parts of Canada who are doing a Wholesale trade should see that or Grist Mill, send full particulars tome. I am thei> business announcement regularly appears in the columns of THE CANADA a practical mill man. I advertise extensively, and “ LUMBERMAN. This i Ici . ; my facilities for handling mills are unsurpassed by s : is journal circulates extensively among the Retailers of lumber any 1n the Dominion. also furnish contractors, uz + adj i H rs = f- ae 3 Be ee ecu wk ordee be throughou: th e different Provinces and is there ore the best medium for the Wholesale trade. The lowest rates promptly fur- mail promptly attended to. Write for particulars. | nished on application. Address the publisher, A. G. MORTIMER, Peterborough, Ont. JOS. TUER, 101 York Street, Toronto, Ont. Cee EEE EE can live at home, and make more money at work for us, than at anythingelsein | this world. Capital not needed; you | are started free. Both sexes ; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large earnings sure from first start. Costly outfit and terms free. Bet- | ter not delay. Costs you nothing to send us your Yy address and find out ; if youare wise you will do so : * Eee atonce. H. HALLETT & Co., Portland, Maine. V7 - ‘ Auanire A DIF nice. Ue G7 bY MANUFACTURER OF CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L.S. |i) (2Q/7 33 ) steam rnzines, Frederickton, New Brunswick. Steam Pumps, Bark Mills, <5 URVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER : Ore Crushers Lands in any section. Can effect sale of pro- | Shingle Mills perties occasionally if desired. References from former employers. Steam Boilers, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, é Th Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, E ’ Hand and Power Hoists for ‘ Warehouses, &>. ALSO AGENT FOR Best in the Market for Sawing Shingles Waters’ Perfect Steam Engine Heading or Box Stock. No comp icated 4 * Governor, and parts to get out of order. 36-inch saw. Send for Fe Heald & Sisco’s circular before buying. CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS B. WATERMAN & SON, Taberg, New York. Pam Dry: Notice to Contractors. SAULT STE MARIE CANAL. [CONTRACTORS intending to tender for works | of comstrucuion of the canal proposed to be formed on the Canadian side of the Saint Mary’s River. are hereby informed that Tenders will be received about JANUARY next, and that the most favorable time to examine the locality will be between the present time and the early part of November next. When plans, specifications and other documents | are prepared due notice will begiven. Contractors | will then have an opportunity of examining them and be furnished with blank forms of tender, etc. By order, A. P. BRADLEY, | ‘ ; Secretary. | Vepartment of Railways and Canals, } | Ottawa, 2gth August, 1337. | | | | | : | | | | CANADA LUMBER MAN - TEE CANADA DLUMBERMAN. Se a () R 2 NX ¥ QO fe FIRMS November, bi THNNANT < GO. | Wholesale Dealers in | te es HINGLEsS [macsen, [ree Sh Dressing and Better Pine. Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. OFEICE : Nico. S VireroRraA EEE | ESSE CASAS ONTARIO LUMBER COMPANY | STREET, ERES LATH, SHINGLES, i ZENE NIN NN EX SERRE My NUN UINZINZIN TORONTO, Seine SESS GSES BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. DONOGH & OLIVER, Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER ZR IN ZN ZISZSIN HEAD OFFICE: Room H, Yonge Street ZS Pye Wd) Se) <7 MILLS AT Midland, French River and Gravenhurst. Sn[ see s=5 = | Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, | WELLINGTON STREET EAsT, | TORONTO, ONT. CHRISTIE, KERR: &-CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in TT LU MBER @innowoun} 5 MT J PINE AND HARDWOOD 3 | Office: 9 Victoria Street, | ‘TORONTO, ONTARIO. TORONTO, | 5 TORONTO. “LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. SCOTT. SCOTT & CGo. WILLMOTT & McINTOSH, Wholesale Dealers in IP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AP AS AP AS AS AS AS AS AS ASE ace 44 and 46 Front Street East, ONL Ate res S"Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. & Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. WH Tuos. H. WILLMorT. A. K. McInToOsH. FRANK THORPE, —_e> WHOLESALE—~—>-——_ PINE#&# HARDWOOD + LUMBER Quebec Bank Buildings, corner King and Toronto Sts. TORONTO. Timber Shipped to all parts. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in LU MNMBEKK MILLIS AT MEDONTE, SIMCOE CO. OHO AHI Office: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 30 Toronto St. AVA NA * TORONTO. % M cCRANEY & McCOOL, [Successors to McCool, Boyle & Wilson.] Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in all Kinds of toon PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles, Walnut, Cherry, Butternut, Brown and White Ash, Hickory, Beech, Maple, Birch, Elm, &c. —.e Mills at Edgar and Bronte, Ont. —»-+— Offiice: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Streets, = TORGINTO_ November, 1887. Tene SAIN AL A TSO MBEAN. GEORGE GALL, Wholesale and Retail HARD WO0D-LUMBER Mrerchant. Car Lots sold on Commission. Railway switch into yard and plenty room for Storage. Vard, Corner Strachan and Wellington Ave. OFFICE: SOHO STREET, TORONTO, - - ONTARIO. MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER C0. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO, ONTARIO. IRON AND STEEL RAILS. A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND RAILS, 20, 30 and 40 tbs. to the yard, for sale Cheap. In good order for re-laying. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. Bossa MANUFACTURERS Life Insurance Company. Head Office, - - 38 King Street East, SESESTSRN AR Sena Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion Parliament. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. Full Deposit with the Dominion Government. PRESIDENT :—RT. HON. SIR JOHN A. MAC- DONALD, P.C.,G.C.B. VICE-PRESIDENTs :—SIR ALEX. CAMPBELL, K.C. M.G., Lieut.-Governor of Ontario; GEORGE GoopERHAM, Esq., President of the Bank of Toronto ; WILLIAM BELL, Esqg., Manufacturer, Guelph. Avupitors:—H. J. Hitt, Secretary of the Indus- trial Exhibition Association, Toronto; EDGAR A. Wits, Chartered Accountant, Secretary Board of Trade, Toronto. MepicaLt Directors :—P. J. Srratuy, M.D., M.R.C.S., Toronto; JAs. F. W. Ross, M.B., L.R.C.P., Toronto. Soxicirors :—Messrs. McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin & Creelman. J. B. CARLILE, Managing Director %Y King Street East, Toronto, ‘ of whom all infor- mation may be obtained. ae P.O. Box 2699. Agents Wanted in Unrepresented Districts. MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. Gotton and Rubber BELTING. ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK. Py PX es Ol a) V2 “a> WM 46% “\ 4 y ORDERS ++ PROMPTLY + FILLED. er: TE Tenn h 8G ROBIN & SADLER MANUFACTURERS OF LEATHER SU UETECUE EEE EEEUEEEE REECE EEE OEE E OE ENA T TOOT AT EETETETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BELTING Ec —_—_— 5 TEL LACE LEATHER Send for Price Lists and Discounts. 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St. MONTREXAXL. IMPROVED Log 129 Bay Street, TORONTO. = S mq , NAN ANN NIN AN NN ARNON NINN AES NESESSESSOS a AP AP AP AS AS AS AP AP AS AS AS AS AS AS AS AS AS AP AS AP AP Ae \ , JE present to the trade of Canada our New Improved Band Saw Mill, and as we are the pioneer manufacturers of Band Mills, having been building them for the past ten years, and have more Band Mills in active operation throughout the United States than almost any other manufacturer, we present this new millto the consideration of lumber manufacturers, and know an lpvestization of its merits and advantages will show us to be still in the lead. EAE IEEZ The mill is built in the most perfect manner. The best materials are used throughout, and we test and run the mill in our works be- fore shipping, and will warrant it in every way. For prices of this, or cuts and prices of any other Improved Wood Working Machinery address us direct. 0 0 So 0 Se 0 Sow 0 0 0 me 0 en 0 ee 0 ee 0 ee 0 0 eo HT ce IN ‘ a SS \ == Zi Ay 0., 176 to 196 W TOES), CAIN ASA} Oy eS Sear. November, 1887 DOMINION SAW WORKS! JAS.ROBERTSON & CO, JAS, ROBERTSON 253 to 267 King Street West, Dalhousie and William Streets, Toronto, - - Ontario. Montreal, - - lue.S== s CEE g : ZS ANUFACTURERS OF AWS a0 ==> iS ~ \\ I ee ee oe eee Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. = Ba —= == SS. SSS S SS SS eS) SSS ME Thurber’s Royal ANTI-FRICTION: BABBIT:METAL, © IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN S= LL SSlVVTa“Nqaaz SS>> p Band Saws, Emery Wheels Saw Sets, = Saw Swages Rubber Beltin Iron Pipe EVERY SAW FULLY WARRANTED. oe 5 ; : Pe, I r . & ; PATENTED AT EiomEe anyD ABROAD, 1886. LON A ll el ll Lal lll al lel el al ll all all al al al bh alae SU CLANULE POWER “ae KINE 2a NZS /\ —— — — — eS" Positively Non-Euplosive ! EVERY LAMP GUARANTEED. No Heat around the Oi Well, UR LAMP is all we claim for it, being positively non-explosive, the oil being kept continually cool, consuming only half a pint of ordinary coal oil [ during six hours burning ; using only an inch wick, and producing a fine clear Fifty Candle Power Light. No chimneys are required, but ordinary | globes or shades may be adjusted to it. No smoke or offensive odor. Water can be heated in a few minutes. Tea or Coffee made, and Oysters cooked, il | = ctc., without obstructing the light. Reflectors of entirely new designs for both out-door and in-door use are furnished at low figures. Made in all styles—Table, E O} Ilanging, Library, attach to Chandeliers, Gas Fixtures, ete. COSCON Agents Wanted where Territory has not, Already been Taken. R. M. WANZER & CO., Manufacturers, HAMILTON, ONT. ae errr ee rece e eer eee enr reer e ——————— i : es Ss = ~ aM A aimee HAUNAUAUUTUENAUNUINY - : es ee \ |) \eurrennoe tu i | | HSS ! “ ji | : | i iN \) A GRAND RAPIDS, _ @ / Fs Hie alll H., 1 1 ! ne | ns _——TMMnnn TOOT es | i} 1a tl tl =alll Eel! Ih i Am A FS Se SS SS SS ————— . Send for Circulars and Mention tl is Paper. . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. VOLUME VII. ? NUMBER 12. § THE LANAUA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTHUR G MORTIMER, OrricE: OPERA House Brock, PETERBOROUGH, ON’. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion, being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directed to ““ WANTED” and “‘ For SALE” advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. \ ] HILE the timber supply of the Northern States is grad- ually and surely giving out, dealers are watching for the From casual most contiguous markets for future supplies. observation many would come to the conclusion that Canada, with its boundless forests and excellent water-ways, would prove a tempting field for Northern capitalists, but while quite a number have taken advantage of the forests of this country, by far the greater number have gone into the South. That is not only the nearest field, but the vexatious customs duties which would be experienced by Americans operating in Canada are avoided. For the past three years or more there has been go- ing on a very quiet, but enormous traffic in Southern timber, and this will increase in volume and strength each succeeding year. The South abounds in cheap timber, the choice pur- chases, it is said, being now already taken up. It is only a question of time before Southern timber will have a stumpage value that will be counted in dollars instead of as now in cents. Er the 7imber Trades Journal we find two items of inform- ation that should have an interest for the trade on this side ofthe Atlantic. Our contemporary’s Stockholm correspondent says: “There are several orders in the market for Australia from both the Gefli and Soderhamn districts, and good pay- able rates are being offered.” Again in its letter from its correspondent in Christiania we read as follows: ‘‘ The im- proved prospects for shipments to Australia (principally of white flooring)—.” Now why should this important Austra- lian trade be left to Norway and Sweden when Canada is even better able to supply the market. The Atlantic coast of the Dominion is at least as well situated for the trade as the Scan- dinavian countries, and the Pacific coast is far better situated especially as regards distance and time of transit. We observe also that the United States secure a large portion of this profit- able trade, of which Canada might surely obtain the lion’s share ‘not a virtual monopoly. It should be remembered that there » a large demand for coniferous lumber in Australia, where, h there i there may be said to punaance OF Nar’ wood, be no pine, and though New Zealand is better provided in this respect the supply there is not in excess of local requirements. It is a market that Canadians should develop, giving due atten- tion to the kind of goods that suit the Australians. That the chief demand is for goods more highly manufactured than when they come from the saw mills makes care in shipping advisable, but adds to the value of the trade. puted ? —— —— UEBEC, where so much timber has been handled for the \, last half century, has seen many changes of late years, notably in the rapidly decreasing traffic in square timber, deals and staves. service for so long are now going to ruin, and adding to the Many of the extensive docks which have done many other signs of decay which abound throughout the an- cient Capital. A recent visit among the timbermen of (Quebec convinced THE LUMBERMAN of the fact that the wood trade was demoralized in the extreme, with little prospect of future revival. It may be said that the trade here depends entirely on the European markets, and partially through the depression in the old country, and also the fact that Norway pitch pine has come into such strong competition with Canadian timber, the outlook is of the gloomiest description. is not only placed on the English market at a lower price than the Canadian, but is also considered a more suitable wood for the purposes for which it is required. In addition to this there are other things militating against the Quebec dealers. A few years ago a very large trade in deals was carried on, but gradu- ally this branch of the timber trade has been transferred to Montreal, the latter city, it is said, affording cheaper dockage Then again, the Quebec operators have only to look back to find an extensive and prosperous stave trade, now almost, if not quite, 7/7. All these things considered the prospects for the future do not look very en- couraging. Still, while such a state of affairs exists, we have not yet heard of any financial embarrassments of a serious nature, The Norway pine and improved facilities. and all to whom we conversed, while seriously lamenting the depression, showed, so to speak, a ‘‘stiff upper lip” and were waiting, Micawber like, for something better to turn up. Doubt- less before very long a different and more profitable branch of the wood trade may assume sufficient proportions to compen- sate the timbermen of Quebec for the losses sustained in the withdrawal of the trade above enumerated. UR Toronto contemporary, the W/echanical and Milling News, has evidently not studied the question of Commer- cial Union from a lumberman’s standpoint, as the following paragraph will demonstrate : “ How often we find the news columns of our daily papers contra- dicting most effectually the arguments advanced in their editorial columns. Asa case in point, the AZai/ gives as one reason for its advocacy of Commercial Union that it would benefit Canadian lum- bermen, while the Ottawa correspondent of that journal, who is coming in contact constantly with leading lumbermen, states that ‘of late years the demand for Canadian lumber has been very great in the United States, and as the supply is gradually becoming limited, the lumbermen at Ottawa know that they can have a good market for all the lumber they can cut.’ In view of the above satisfactory condition of affairs, it would be interesting to know what use our lumbermen would have for Commercial Union.” In reply to the query contained in the above paragraph, “* what use would our lumbermen have for commercial union?” the answer is not hard to find. As our contemporary is doubt- less aware there is at the present time a duty of $2 per thous- and feet on all lumber entering the United States from Canada. This duty virtually comes out of the pockets of the Canadian manufacturer, for the reason that lumber from this country has to be placed on the American market at the same price as it can be obtained for at Buffalo, Tonawanda or any other point. If the Americans pay the duty in the first instance it is deducted in the price of the lumber and the Canadian shipper finds him- self this much short on every thousand feet of lumber exported. Not only would Commercial Union be a great saving to the trade in this way, but it would also open up a greater market for coarse lumber, the production of which is too great for the home market, and cannot be exported owing to the high duty referred to. We are quite aware that the demand across the lines for Canadian lumber is great, but it would be considerably greater were the custom houses along the frontier abolished. Not only this, but a fair margin of profit would then be realized by the manufacturer, instead of allowing this money to go into ne exchea i \\ hin OD | | another of the centres of the tra: EF ROM various quarters there come r ent railway accommodation to 1 j this is by no means general. The lumber ler Canada may well be thankful as the y cl ré I tior this respect with that of their neighbor fter complaints of lack of cars to move the seems universal. Crowded piling ders, and other difficulties affecting i | It must of course be admitted in fair ness that the railway companies should be allowe: season, are the result. sideration if in a busy season they do not have cars rez the moment they are wanted at every point on their and complex system. Such a period is the fall when th: are clearing off their heaviest summer cut, vessels are delivering all they possibly can before navigation closes, and dealers ar: stocking their yards for the winter, while the If, however, some consi ation and a few days’ delay should be accorded, t} great movement of the crops is also taking place. cuse for a shortage of rolling stock causing a serious and pro- longed check to business. The evi] is so much greater than customary that it is impossible to avoid the concl y Olad while there has been a great and rapid extensir ] mileage, undue parsamony has prevented the supp al rolling stock in proportion to the increased work. Itis not sufficient for the companies to allege that if they supplied cars and staff sufficient to meet on the instant all the demands of the briskest season much of it would be idle at other periods. By their charters they have been granted almost a m¢ mopoly of the carrying business, and this and other privileges have been giv on the understanding that they meet the business requirements } of the public. They are not at liberty to consider merely what stock and what staff they may most profitably maintain. The Canadian lines as a rule are giving less cause for complaint in this respect than are those of the United States, and hope not only that readiness for the service of the public will be con- tinued but that any present shortcomings may be remedied. NE of the most striking features of the lumber industry of this continent is the great and rapidly increasing develop- ment of operations in the Southern States. This extraordinary activity in the southern forests is making its mark not only Jocally but in distant places. The industrial progress on the spot is of course adding greatly to the demand on the spot, but from Chicago and other northern cities of the trade comes the cry that the South is becoming a formidable competitor in neutral markets,—that in States where the white pine was formerly the main timber of commerce, the yellow pine is fast Nor is the increased demand for the product of the southern forests con- growing in favor and increasing in consumption. fined to this continent ; it is more and more gaining a hold in the European market. This isa movement which Canadian lumbermen will naturally watch with interest, but there is other aspect of the question with which they are fully as much concerned. Not only have the forest products of the South been greatly augmented of late, but equally marked has been the demand for their timbered lands by operators at a distance. The lumbermen of the Northwestern States have been and are investing heavily in the yellow pine forests, and the area thus held in the South by northwestern lumbermen must aggregate an enormous average From these facts Canadian lumbermen may draw the conclusion that their brethren of the northwest- ern pine States, however contradictory may be the reports as to the extirpation of their forests, are looking forward to a scarcity of standing timber as an event of a not far distant fu- It tells the same tale as their efforts to obtain timber The lesson that our limit holders and mill ture. limits in Ontario. owners may learn from these indications is that before very long the supply of pine in this country will be in greater demand and of greater value. With such a prospect they will do well to cut cautiously and not bein too great haste to sacrifice valu- able property without obtaining adequate remuneration. To force their goods too rashly on the market may be a losing policy in the long run for more reasons than one. It will be wise to consider the future as well as the present, and in this way be guided by the experience of the past in other States of es 1) See le e ay ROM more than one locality in the United States there come accounts of the adoption of the practice of baling sawdust. At Manistee the machine used is an ordinary power hay press worked by steam. In Canada there are not such large cities near the mills to afford a good market, but surely a certain quantity could be sold. It would be worth the while of some of our millowners conveniently situated to see if they What is now a source of expense cannot adopt this process. and the complaints might be made to produce a revenue, would be avoided of the effect of the mill refuse in the rivers. FICHE Ottawa Journal is very much chagrined because THE Lumperman failed last month to give credit for an article journal, eminating from an the Journal ed- as the which was reproduced from that Ottawa lumber manufacturer. We can assure itor that we had no intention of hurting his feelings, Were we to use ‘* cuss words’ this journal without due climbing up the golden sympathize omission was not intended. every time an article was stolen from credit, we think our prospects Olan, stairs” would be slim indeed. Dear Journal, we with you. T length the great Nova Scotian log raft has been success- This time the ways, which last year fully launched. the reconstruction yielded to the enormous weight, necessitating of the raft, did their duty and the large mass was floated. Mr. Robertson, the patentee, has so much confidence in the success of the tow to New York, that he has already commenced the construction of another raft on the same ways. If his hopes are verified, a revolution of no slight importance will be effect- ed in the trade, for the example will no doubt be followed with the advantage gained from the experience of the costly prelim- inary failures. The conveyance of three million feet of timber by means of one tug would certainly be economical, if the risk should be shown not to be too great. Log rafts on this prin- ciple may perhaps be used on the great lakes to enable United States mill owners to carry out their desire of supplying their mills from Ontario forests. Ape merchants of St. John and Halifax are making re- newed attempts to induce the Dominion authorities to foster trade with the West Indies and South America by grant- There is every appearance ing subsidies to steamship lines. This matter has that their efforts are likely to be successful. a considerable interest. for the lumbermen of our Dominion. A deputation from St. John, N. B. while recently addressing the Montreal Board of Trade to obtain its co-operation, point- ed out that not only was there at present an export of Canadian lumber and other wooden goods from the Maritime Provinces to the countries in question but that also there was a far larger export from the United States a considerable portion of which was the product of Canada. The deputation urged very reason- ably that this trade ifcarried on direct would be more profitable to Canada. The trade should use its influence to support this movement. N addition to the immediate destruction of property caused by the forest fires which have wrought devastation in so many limits this year, an indirect bad effect has been produced. From geveral quarters we hear of lumbermen making prepar- ations for getting out an unusual quantity of logs, because their limits having been burned over the trees have been killed and must be at once felled to escape the ravages of the ‘‘ borer.” This must have a tendency towards a glutted supply, besides the calculations of mill owners, who had aimed at supply of logs for their disturbing sparing their forests so as to reserve a mills as long as possible. The loss and inconvenience thus caused will be an additional incentive to maintain and’ even the means that have been adopted for guarding against The laws on this subject should also be rigorously improve forest fires. enforced. + EFFRRING to our remarks on the increased mileage and I stumpage tax in the province of Quebec, the AMZrra- micht Advance, of Chatham, N. B., asks :—‘* What would the LUMBERMAN say if Quebec operators had to pay $8 per square mile as rental and. $1.25 per M. for spruce as the New Brunswick government forces our lumbermen to do?” It cer- tainly appears on the face of it, that these demands upon the lumbermen are excessive, and that our contemporary has to say ‘¢ The Quebec government is moderate and mer- To compare the two systems reason ciful in comparison with ours.” with exactitude it would be necessary, however, to take other circumstances into consideration. One of the worst features of the Quebec increase is that it prejudicially effects property that was acquired, has changed hands and has been accepted as security on the basis of the old dues, the value being sud- denly and unexpectedly diminished by the increased tax. TEE CANADA LUMBERMAN. bec will not be subject to this wrong, for they will value the limit with reference to the amount of the rental and dues. Not having immediate access to information as to the dues formerly exacted in New Brunswick, we cannot say whether the same injustice has been done there. It would seem’ so {rom the language used by the Advance, which says :—‘‘ Our government knows that its victims cannot at once withdraw their capital, and they seem determined to secure as much as possible of it while it is within their reach.” This is where the injustice comes in ; it 1s no valid excuse to say that the leases are only for the year, since relying on the established practice and custom, men have in good faith invested capital for their operations, have bought limits, or have advanced and now find that their confidenee in receiv- We would be glad to learn there have money on them, ing fair play has been misplaced. from our contemporary what changes, and when, been made in the New Brunswick timber dues. HE market reports and other information have shown that there has been generally an active business in shing- les. Though there has certainly been no diminution in the output, values have been fully maintained, sales have been readily effected, and there has been a steady demand. With a few local exceptions such has been the satisfactory condition generally of this branch of the trade. The natural result has followed ; from many different qnarters we hear of orders for new machinery, the erection of new mills and enlarged opera- tions among the shingle manufacturers. There is evidently room for expansion and it is well that advantage should be taken of the opportunity. It should, however, be borne in mind that the business may be overdone, and that any exaggerated of production must weaken the market even if it does The steady demand for shingles that has prevailed increase not glut it. seems to speak of increased building operations, more especially in residences of the class for which this kind of roofing is used, and therefore is an indication of progress and industrial pros- perity. ESIDES their general interest as Canadians, the lumber- men of the Dominion have a special interest in the pro- ceedings of the Joint Fishery Commission now in session at Washington. Even if not adopted, it is certain that recipro- city will be considered as a means of settling the long-pending controversy as to the enjoyment of our fisheries. Whatever restrictions may be established, lumber would undoubtedly be included in the articles on the free list as it is already in the standing offer in our statutes. Such a change must necessarily effect the trade materially, though the extent of the benefit isa matter as to which there is some difference of opinion. Then besides the remission of the United States duty on lumber, any reciprocity even in natural products only would largely effect our lumbermen by their being able to import pork, beef, coarse grains and other supplies without paying the present Canadian duties, which with the prices now ruling would be advantageous to them. As the Commission is conducting its deliberations in private some little time must elapse before the results are made public. Our readers will await their publication with very natural interest. Ne this season it is necessarily impossible to form even an approximate estimate of the log cut for the coming win- ter, and the amount that will be brought to the mills. Much must depend upon the snowfall, which may be either too large or too small, and much also upon the supply of water for driving. Last winter many operators found that the work in the woods did not come up to their expectations, and an un- usually large quantity of logs were detained by a deficiency of waters which also, in some water-power mills, diminished their cut of lumber. But though the result cannot be predicted, it is at least certain that preparations have been made for a large cut this season. The reports from different centres show that generally extensive operations are contemplated. Another strong indication to the same effect is the fact that men for the camps are in demand and there is even some difficulty in ob- taining the required number, the common notice on the office door, ‘‘ No more men wanted,” having been rarely seen. With a favorable winter in the woods and spring on the streams and rivers, a large supply of logs may be anticipated, the cut being augmented also by the numerous logs ‘* hung up ” this year. A fairly prosperous season, with anticipations of a further improvement of general business, have contributed to this activity. Though there was nothing that could be called a boom, prices were well maintained, there was a steady de- mand, and a healthy, if not very active, business. The official returns for ths Dominion show that the exports of * produce of the forest ” amounted in October to a value of $2,534,855. The home consumption also has been considerable. Alto- gether the results of the season's business have been satisfa . ne ANG 1) are Lavo ble an Ons ee is shortly to take place an important sale of timber limits by the province of Ontario, including forests in the heart of the Province that have not hitherto been opened to the lumberman, almost the last in a virgin state in that re- gion. There should be a keen competition for these limits, for they are well timbered, well situated, and are almost the — last in the settled portion of the province to be obtained at first hand. It is, however, very desirable that before the sale there should be authorative information as to the conditions on which the purchasers are to hold the limits, as to the stumpage and other dues to which they may be liable. It has been ex- tensively rumored that the Mowat administration contemplated following the example of Mr. Mercier in asking increased — payments from the lumbermen. It has even been surmised — that Mr. Mowat would avail himself of the opportunity of the ‘ meeting at Quebec to consider this subject with a view to simi- If there was any such consultation its results have not transpired. In view, however, of these rumors and of the — action of the Governments of Quebec and other Provinces it is only natural that some incertitude and anxiety should prevail among the Ontario lumbermen. Under these circumstances it is very expedient that before the sale, which is to take place on December 15th, full information should be given as to the terms on which the property is to be held, and as to the rentals and royalties reserved by the vendors. These terms should even be embodied in the conditions of sale. This is the only fair course alike to the purchasers and the vendors. The lum- bermen acquiring the property would know exactly what they were buying, and could not have their calculations vitiated by demands for increased payments which they did not contemplate. The province would gain by obtaining the full value of the property by competition unrestrained by the belief that the purchase was a lottery. Business nen would not dream of selling property on such loose terms as to make bidders uncer- tain and therefore timid, and the provincial authorities should adopt the same business-like policy. V E find that the London, (Eng.) Board of Trade returns for October are more favorable, both as regards im- ports and exports, which have swollen considerably. The to- tal declared value of the imports is £30,550,307, against £29,- 054,399 for the corresponding month of last year, or £1,495,- go8 more. The increase is chiefly in raw materials for textile manufactures, but is also striking in articles of food and drink, dutiable, metals, tobacco, and manufactured articles. The re- ceipts of cereals from the United States have fallen off largely, and those from the British East Indies and North America are also less. On the other hand, consignments from Russia have about doubled, and those from Australasia are rather larger. For the ten months the total imports are valued at £294,953,- 817, against £285,468,148 last year, showing an increase of £9,485,669. The exports for the month amounted to £18,- 736,201, as compared with £18,224,823 last year—an in- crease of £511,378. Nearly all the items are larger, but the growth of business is largely seen in metals and articles manu- factured therefrom (except machinery), and in machinery and millwork. The shipments of cotton piece goods to India con- tinue to diminish, and there is also a decline in those to Egypt, Turkey, and Greece, while to China and Ja- pan and to the European continent the quantities are more important. For the ten months the total ex- ports are valued at £181,835,615, against £177,749,- 793 last year, being an augmentation of £4,0904,822. Turning our attention to that department with which we are more directly associated, says 7imber, we find that the import of hewn timber for October was 164,085 loads, as compared with 149,150 loads for the corresponding month of 1886, an increase of 15,835 loads. For the ten months ending October gist, the figures give 1,476,460 loads for 1887, as compared with 1,368,275 loads for 1886, an increase of 108,185 loads. Taking sawn timber for October, the figures give 475,177 loads for 1887, as compared with 605,849 loads for 1886, a decrease of 130,672 loads for the present year. For the ten © months ending October 31st, the returns give 3,380,038 loads for 1887, as compared with 3,244,657 loads for last year, an increase of 85,381 loads. The falling off in sawn timber is general in all districts from which we draw our supplies ; th only exception to the statement being the United States, which gives a slight increase. For October the importation of staves has been smaller than last year at corresponding date, and the returns for the ten months show an importation less than half the quantity imported in 1886 up to the same date. The im- portation of mahogany shows a much lessened quantity, the return for October giving 2,197 tons less than in the sam month of last year, while of the ten months, the statistics are. 31,684 tons for 1887 as compared with 41,010 tons for 1886, a decrease of 9,326 tons, or a decl value of £20,000 his lar action. : December, 1887. Erastus Wyman and the Lumber Trade. Mr. Erastus Wyman—or Sir Erastus Wyman as some Can- ’ adians hope hy-and-by to hail him—has been down to the An- cient Capital, in Quebec, giving his views on the question of Commercial Union. From a report of his speech, comprising several columns, THE LUMBERMAN has extracted the following views as expressed by him regarding the timber interests : <‘Tn the matter of lumber no greater boom could happen to Canada than to break down the barrier which shuts her out from fair competition with the neighboring Republic. The lumber question in the United States was rapidly assuming great inportance. It was alleged by some that within twenty- five years almost the entire stock of available lumber would dis- appear. The protection which had been afforded to the lumber interest in that country had been practically destruction, be- cause they could in no sense replace the rapidly disappearing forests. lars a thousand had been a serious impediment, and, if for no other thing, unrestricted Reciprocity should be encouraged. The demand for lumber was likely to be very great. The growth of the great cities absorbed yearly more and more, aside from the treeless prairies, and the activity in providing The charge against Canadian lumbermen of two dol- homes and the necessity for enlarged building operations at al- most every point in the neighboring republic made it the very best, asit was the nearest, market for the products of the forests of Quebec. There was not a lumber merchant in the city of Quebec, there was not a holder of lumber land throughout the Dominion, but would be benefited by an open market at a point so contiguous, so cheaply reached, as the points of receipt in the United States. If this was true with regard to lumber, what might not be the result in regard to all manufactures of which wood forms the bulk of the raw material. In the article of furniture Canada aught to be the greatest producing region on the Continent. She possesses no less than sixty-nine differ- ent varieties of wood, and throughout Quebec there is an in- finite supply of the most attractive kinds of wood for interior decoration. The beautiful birdseye maple, the black ash, the oak and basswood, are all in abundant supply. Is there any- thing in the matter of furniture, the shape or form, taste or color, which the American possesses that the Canadian does not possess? Is there any device in beauty of construction, in strength, in skill, or in excellence, that could not be imitated in Quebec for the supply of the wants of the United States? Plenty of manufactories in the United States employ French Canadians, Germans, and foreign labor, in the production of the most elegant furniture, and it is safe to say to-day that in the large establishments of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, where could be found the most elegant furniture in the world, that seven-tenths of the labor employed is foreign labor, and that twenty-five per cent. of that is French-Canadian labor. The cheapness with which the furniture could be shipped West and distributed throughout the North-Western States and Ter- ritories, as compared with the cost of shipment from other Atlantic ports, would give us an enormous advantage at this point, while the cost of labor, of raw material, and the cheap- ness of power would be an advantage of the greatest possible value. It might not be that in the finest grades of furniture (Quebec could compete, although in that it is difficult to see what barrier there is, but for the bulk of the supply of Western needs in furniture Quebec would have a great advantage. If in lumber and in furniture Quebec possessed advantages from her lecation and abundant supplies of wood, what would pre- vent her from being the greatest ship-building port of the Continent. A Monster Raft. The great raft that was launched at Two Rivers, N. S., No- vember 15th, is 585 feet long, 62 feet wide and 37 feet deep, and weighs 9,000 tons. There were four ways 1,200 feet long, and the raft went slowly at first, but gathering speed ran a thousand feet, until she floated. She made the run in thirty- four seconds without the slightest strain, did not part a sin- gle chain nor spring the vast structure an inch. She was taken in tow by the tug Neptune, and the cradle removed at once. ‘The raft draws 19% feet, or six feet less than was ex- pected. It was in 1883 that Hugh R. Robertson, of Two Kivers, conceived the idea of building a raft somewhat in the form of a ship, composed of logs cut in full lengths and firmly secured by chains. In the following year Mr. Robertson drew a plan of the proposed raft and patented it in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden. Early in 1885 Mr. Kobertson visited New York and contrac:ed with Wilson Godfrey, of 91 Wall street, for the construction of a raft afloat on the shore of the Bay of Fundy. In November of the same year LB. B. Barnhill, of Two Rivers, N. S., contract- ed to furnish the lumber required for the raft and to build it _ ready for launching, according to plans and specifications pre- _pared by Mr. Robertson. Mr. Barnhill began at once to pre- ce for the raft near the head of the bay—a place pected that she was deserted without sufficient cause. ° TEE CANADA. LUMBERILAMN. called ‘‘ Finger Board,” about six miles down the bay from the Joggins and about three from Shulee. mirably adapted for the purpose, and soon workmen were en- gaged in the construction of the raft. The raft was completed in August, 1886, and was almost as large as the Great East- ern, and full a third heavier. The spot was ad- It contained over two million feet of lumber, being over 400 feet in length, 50 in width at the centre and 33 in depth, and 25 in diameter at either end. On the 31st of July, 1886, the first attempt was made to launch the raft, but it did not move. made the following day and the large mass ran down the ways nearly two hundred feet. A second attempt was There it remained, owing to the breaking of the ways. Several other attempts were made to launch the raft but without success. Then Mr. Robertson, who felt satisfied of the practicability of the scheme, decided to tear it apart and rebuild it. This was done and the new raft was finished a few days since. It is much larger than the first structure, being over 500 feet in length and containing about three million feet of timber. Its general form resembles that of a fat cigar, somewhat fastened at its upper and lower sides, with the pointed end cut off. It is one solid mass with the exception of movable interstices necessary in the packing of round lumber, in trees cut as long as they grow, from 30 to nearly 100 feet in length. The timber has been stowed with its small ends generally towards the end of the raft, which helps to give the proper taper, and it is so interlapped that great strength is attained to hinder the structure breaking in two. The patentable point in this system of rafting is the ad- justment of the chains which bind the whole together. The main or centre chain runs from one end of the raft to the other, and it is that by which the structure is to be towed. The lateral chains are used to prevent the raft from working apart longitudinally by the action of the waves. The encir- cling chains are attached to the lateral chains, and are to pre- vent the raft from flattening out while afloat. The Hon. William Goold, of Portland, the historian, has unearthed some ancient records showing that the timber raft above referred to has had some predecessors, says the Zzdzstvzal Journal, of Bangor, Me. All of them were successfully launched but came to grief before reaching their destination. In 1792 a raft containing about 1,000 tons of timber was built at Swan island, in the Kenebec, by Dr. Tupper, a somewhat noted eccentric character. It was made by treenailing square timber together in the form ofa ship’s hull, and was ship rigged, the intention being to send her across to England. At that time no manufactured lumber was admitted into Great Britain ; hence the timber in the raft was simply squared with the axe, to make it stow well. The ship or raft lay at Bath for some time, it being difficult to get men to goin her. She finally went to sea, however, carrying a small vessel on her deck. But off the Labrador coast her crew got frightened by bad weather and abandoned her. She was afterwards boarded by men from a passing vessel and found to be in good order, and it was sus- Two other similar attempts were made from the Kennebec, and both vessels went safely across, but foundered on the English coast, under the same suspicions of fraud as in the case of the Tupper ship. In 1825 the ship Baron of Renfrew was launched at Quebec, having made a previous unsuccessful attempt when she stopped on her ways, owing to the grease being consumed by fire from friction. She was towed down to the island of Orleans and anchored. Her dimensions are given as follows : Length, 309 feet ; breadth, 60, feet ; depth, 38 feet internally and 57 feet externally ; tonnage, 5,888 tons ; draft when launch- ed, 24 feet; cargo on board when launched, 4,000 of timber. She was ship rigged, with four masts, and was perfectly flat bottom, and with a keel of about 12 inches ; wall sided, sharp forward and rather lean aft, and looked more like a block of buildings thanaship. She sailed in August 1825, in command of a Scotchman, a half pay lieutenant in the British navy. October 27 the Baron of Renfrew drove on shore on the coast of France, near Calais, and went to pieces. And thus closes the record of ocean timber ships up to the Nova Scotia raft. The Motive Power of the Future. It is a recognized fact that the steam engine makes use of only a small fraction of the amount of fuel that is burned to run it. The nature of the machine is suck that this fact is a necessary one. The fault does not lie in the workmanship, for the actual loss of power from imperfections in this respect is found (by the indicator) to be only about twelve or fifteen per cent. The cause of the low efficiency lies too deep to be overcome by any mechanical device, and it has often been remarked that the motor of the future must work on an entire- ly different principle. Mr. Edison has invented a motor which transforms heat _into mechanical energy without the intervention of either _ boilers, pistons or cylinders, and he is very hopeful of improv- _ ing it so that it may become of practical use. We have ex- amined drawings of it, however, and have become The motor is electrical in nature, anc it is necessary to heat and cool a piece of iron very rapidly We doubt if this can be satisfactorily done The hot-air engine is very inviting, i ke Er yu and Siemens, after years of thought, have not brought it int« successful competition with steam, although they were well acquainted with the theory of its action, and were yelter prepared to make experiments than the fathers of the ste engines were. The wind mill is too uncertain 1n its action t I steam, though the fact that it consumes nothing m ‘ a very weighty consideration in its favor wher ron ply gives out. The tide mill has never been very widely ado ar anyone thinks of it seriously as a riva n r theless possible to construct one that can produce power enough for the entire United States. )Y throughout and presents an exceedingly at does one good to turn over its pages and admire the exc« its typography. It gives a es mass of information.—/ict Times. It is always POPE in giving full and timely nz 2 subjects touching the lumber interests, and presents as handsome a ee effect as any trade journal in the country.—Canadias Manufacturer. It presents a most creditable appearance. Editorially is as ably conducted as usual, and is a welcome exchange.—Sherbrooke (Oue Examiner. In addition to making a very fine appearance typos graphically several new departments have been added. and pe of the journal enlarged. On the whole it is an exceedingly creditable publication, and reflects great credit on the ability energy the proprietor.—Peterborough Daily Review. The handsomest trade journal in Canada. The advertisements are the neatest we have seen except in specimen sheets from type foundries.—Peterborough Morning Time It is well and carefully written, and as bright and neat as new type can make it.—S?. Catharines Daily News. _It is one of the handsomest and best publications on the con- tinent.—Bruce Reporter. Its typographical appearance is a delight to a careful prin eye, and a credit to Canadian journalism in every way.—Gridge- town (NV. S.) Monitor. ters _ Everything about it appears neat, clean, and in every way a cred- it to the publisher.—Weaford Monitor. The trade journal of Canada’s staple trade ought to commend it- self. It bears evidence of being carefully conducted.—FPatent Ke- view. It comes out in a beautiful new dress of type, and is worthy of commendation both in an artistic and literary sense.—Peferbora Daily Examiner. up Always full of news and looking well.—Brockville Evening Re- corder. Beautifully printed on fine paper, and full of information of inter- est to all engaged in the lumber business.—Fenelon Falls Gazette. It is gotten up with a taste and skill highly creditable to its man- agement. Replete with news and ably written.— 7venton Advocate. Its mechanical appearance is second to that of no paper of the class on the continent, and it is an excellently edited and compiled journal.—Fssex Centre Liberal. It has made solid advance in prosperity as well as literary excel- ce In typography it is a credit to home craft.—A7gston Daily hig. It may be said to be typographically faultless, aud has reached a point in the art of typography attained by few journals and sur- passed by none on the continent. Its editorial matter compares tavorably with its typographical appearance.—Lakefield Chronicle. It compares favorably with any trade publication on the conti- nent.—Nifissing Times. Its general appearance, as well as in the range and quality of its contents, is a credit to the special interest in which it is published. Miramichi Advance. It is an excellert journal and should be patronized liberally by the trade generally —Parry Sound Star. _ It is well printed and brim full of interesting reading matter. and is a journal which should be in the hands of every manufacturer, contractor and mechanic.—Canningion Gleaner. It looks very handsome.—A4 wrvora Borealis. It is as pretty a journal as can be seen anywhere, and its contents are such as to deserve all the aid which a good typographical ap- pearance can give.—Duzdas Standard. Nous accusons reception du dernier numero du CANADA LUMBER- MAN, publie a Peterborough, Ont. Ce journal s*occupe exclusive- ment du commerce de bois. Il contient les prix du bois et donne beaucoup de renseignements sur la qualite du bois dans differentes places. Ce journal annonce qu’il a des correspondants particuliers dans toutes iS localites importantes, afin de mettre le lecteur au courant de tout ce qui se passe dans le commerce de bois.—Za VESSE. The attention it gives to the interests of the class for which it is published deserves the success it is achieving. —Arockville Daily Times. Well printed ; ably written —Gladstone (Man.) Age. Its mechanical make-up is excellent. and altogether it is a worthy representative of an important interest.—Bodcaygeon Independent. It is eee improved ; isa live publication. and carries several carefully edited departments.—4/éert (.V. B.) Mafgle Leaf. Nous accusons reception du CANADA LUMBERMAN, journal in- dustriel publie a Peterborough, Ontario. C’est un journal d'une grande importance pour la classe a laquelle il s’adresse et tres bien fait. Nous le recommandons a ceux qui ont des interets dans le commerce de bois, et aussi a ceux qui veulent se tenir au courantdes maahineries nouvelles offertes aux industriels. L’abonnement n’en est que de $1 par annee. Pour plus amples informations s’ad- resser a M. A. G. Mortimer, editeur, a Peterborough, Ontario.— L’ Union, St. Hyacinthe, Que. Notre estimable confrere de Peterborough, le CANADA LUMBER- MAN, nous arrive cette semaine avec une toilette tout a fait nouvelle et tres elegante, l’indice d’un excellent etat de prosperite, ce dont nous le felicitons cordialement. Le CANADA LUMBERMAN, est publie dans les interets du commerce des bois et des diverses in- dustries qui en decoulent. Il est le seul journal du pays qui traite exclusivement de cette branche si importante. En souhaitant longue vie au confrere, nous exprimonsl’ opinion que tous les com- mercants de bois du pays devraient etre ses abonnes.—Le Monifeur du Commerce. It is a valuable publication to all who take an interest in lumber- ing and manufacturing, and is a credit to the publisher—Penefan- guishene Herald. A handsome publication, of wiich the lumber and kindred trades have every reason to feel proud. May its light ever shine.—Port NEWS NOTES. —The building in Calgary during last season aggregates $270,000, largely in residences. __The season’s cut in McGibbon’s mill, Penetanguishene, amounted to 3,000,000 feet. They ran from 15th April to 12th November. —September showed a fire waste of over $8,000,000 in the United States and Canada. Lumber interests contributed something like $1,000,000 to the total. —At Tay Creek, N. B., an elm tree was recently blown down which was four feet in diameter, and measured 36 feet to the first limb. The trunk contained 4,000 feet board measure. Messrs. Miller & Woodman are building what is said to be the largest shingle mill in New Brunswick. It will be 165 feet long and 80 feet wide, and there will be 20 shingle machines in it. —Messrs. J. R. Booth & Co. have completed laying the side tracks through their new piling grounds on the line of the ex- tension of the Canada Atlantic Railway and the grounds are now ready for use as soon as the extension is completed. —Alexander White, aged 19, son of Mrs. A. White, of Alice, while engaged in raising a scoop bearer on a building in Smith’s shanty, Pettewawa, was instantly killed. The bearer slipped, striking him on the side of the head. He lived for about half an hour, bleeding to death, and never spoke. __A saw mill at Rochesterville, a suburb of Ottawa, owned by Mr. A. G. Jones, and many thousand feet of lumber, the property of Mr. J. R. Booth, have been destroyed by fire. The loss on the mills and building, with planed lumber, will amount to $8,000. There is insurance, but only to a third of the amount. The loss on the lumber will be heavy. An extensive fire has taken place in the saw mills belong- ing to Messrs. Hurdman & Co., at Ottawa. Both mills were completely destroyed. Eddy’s mill had anarrow escape. No :dea can be formed of how the fire originated. The loss is put at $75,000, with an insurance of about $35,000. The burned buildings were not of great value, the chief loss arising from the valuable machinery they contained. —An occasional correspondent from Madawaska, N. B., writes : The rush for the woods has started in full blast. There will be more extensive operations in long and short lumber this season than usual. Men are scarce. Oats, hay, and beef rule in price about the same as last year. G. V. Ham- mond is making things lively in his parish just now. Mr. Ward has started his new steam mill and it works like a charm. He is erecting a track above Grand Falls bridge to the mill, in order to better facilitate the moving of lumber. —In fitting up mills and workshops, one of the most import- ant items to be considered is the belting, and upon this portion of the plant depends, toa great extent, the satisfactory working of the machinery, for if the belting is good all will run smooth and evenly. We hear that Messrs. Robin & Sadler, of Mont- real and Toronto, are to supply the entire outfit of leather belting for the immense flour mill at Keewatin, now being com- pleted by the contractors, E. P. Allis & Co. of Milwaukee, who have without doubt, placed their belting order in good hands for execution. —A large colored map, 6 feet by 9, showing the canals of Canada and the connecting and competing canals of the United States, as well as the Canadian water power, will shortly be issued by the Department of Inland Revenue. The main map is planned on a scale of three miles to the inch, there being shown in addition an enlarged map of each canal. Tables and other smaller maps in the main map also show canals proposed as well as defunct, profiles, lockages, and tables of comparative sizes of locks. The map was designed by Mr. F. K. Blatch, of the Department, who has been engaged on the work for three years. --The following revised estimate of the amount of lumber cut by different lumber firms at the Chaudiere during the past season, furnished by the d/aé/ correspondent, which is about fifteen per cent. less than the cut of 1886, the latter, however, being the largest turned out at the Chaudiere for twenty years previous :—Bronson & Weston, 65,000,000; J. R. Booth, 70,000,000; E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company, 69,000, - 000 ; Perley & Pattee, 70,000,000 ; Hurdman & Co., 56,000, - 000 ; Grier & Co., 35,000,000. Although the cut this season is almost up to the cuts of former seasons, the disadvantages in the shortness of the log cut during last winter have had the ef- fect of leaving most of the firms without a customary reserve fund of logs to begin work next summer, and should the sup- ply of logs secured this winter be not up te the standard there will undoubtedly be a considerable shortness felt next sum- mer. The lumbermen are, however, very confident of the coming season being a prosperous one, and have placed unus- ually large gangs of men in the woods, with the intention Bnet a= of | CANADA LUMBERMAN. European Financial Statistics. Americans will see in the following financial tables some powerful reasons why European producers emigrate from Furope by hundreds of thousands annually. Enormous govy- ernmental expenditures and national debts make the burdens of taxation unendurable and force the citizens of European countries to seek work and homes in other lands where wars are fewer and taxes lighter. Here is the showing from official records : Annual Armyand Interest on National Expenditure. Navy. National Debt. Debt. Austro-Hungary £97,337,071 £13,867.743 £23,066,909 £523,908.381 Belgium......... 12,652,396 1,964,716 4,140,502 84,677,042 Denmark........ 2,734,432 914.701 567,431 10,845,755 BanlGe smectite: 147,417,410 34,201,118 50,697,092 1,435,011,000 German Empire 34,830,775 22,660,123 915,175 28,407,000 German States.. 94,917;042 ........ 14,246,565 352,727,179 Great Britain.... 92,223,884 39,388,594 23,449.78 748,282,411 Greece .......... 3,521,919 1,282.496 919,915 19,419,092 Holland....... - 10,011,070 2,589,084 2,782,440 88,545,242 Italy ............ 68,009,166 13,704,934 21,213,147 449,262,660 MOSER, nonansnas 2,392,621 447,252 261,751 5,953,806 Portucaleresenn: 8,470,731 1,512,234 3,208,353 115,384,009 Roumania....... 5,369,786 1,130,110 1,987,215 28,966,865 Russia .........- 130,792,309 36,839,353 38,946,774 586,323,803 Servidiee. nen castss 1,839,825 648,451 403,353 8,851,000 Spaltteee spec SOs OSTsONe 8,013,404 9,522,857 254.425,140 Sweden ......... 4,712,777 1,464,125 396,000 13,726,088 Switzerland ..... 2,102,160 686,613 74,710 1,428,539 TIMKEV a ete crite 12,894,213 5,628,911 1,006,437 104,897,217 Is Steam the Best for Power ? The conversion of water into steam absorbs such a large amount of latent heat that many persons have endeavored to obtain some substitute which produces a vapor by absorption of less heat. Such attempts, to obtain economy of fuel, are not likely to be successful, not on nccount of mechanical de- fect, but because of the inherent physical properities of the va- pors produced. The mechanical value of the expansive force of different va- pors, depends upon the bulks produced from equal bulks of different liquids, and although water absorbs in its conversion into steam a greater amount of latent heat than any other li- quid, the amount of vapor produced, bulk for bulk, is greater than it is with other liquids. There still might be some gain were it not that for the equal volumes of these vapors, experi- ments have shown that the latent heat is very nearly equal. There would, therefore, be no economy in using other li- On the contrary, there are reasons to expect that there would be a quids in place of water, even if they cost no more. loss. The engine would take a definite volume, and hence a definite amount of latent heat, to keep it running in either case. In addition there would be to charge up against any other liquid the increased volume necessarily pumped into the boiler, against the boiler pressure, to keep up this definite vol- Were it not for the fact that this great differ- ence in volume, between water and steam, is of immense im- ume of vapor. portance in the economy of power, then there would be no economy in using steam over pumping cold air into the boiler THE WESTERN STATES. Special Correspondence to THE LUMBRMAN: Sr. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1, 1887. Under favorable weather conditions the hunber interests of the Middle and Western States was equal in all respects to the anticipations during the month just ended. Prices all through the section of country I write from have No change of importance either way Col. Philip Gruner & Bros’. Lum- been firmly maintained. is looked for until spring. ber Co. will increase their rafting business next season to 14,- 000,000 feet. The total receipts of white pine in raft this sea- son has reached 209,000,000 feet. The hardwood trade is falling off some. FRANK R. BIGNEY. TAKE time to do repairs thoroughly. It will pay in the long run, although it will seem almost time wasted now. London, Eng. Nov. 19th.—There was a rather full room on Wednesday, at Messrs. Simson & Mason’s sale, considering the limited quantity of unreserved goods to be submitted, which certainly seems to indicate more disposition on the merchants’ side to acquire stock. The close of the season without any heavy increase to the stocks is evidently having a healthy influence on the trade here. The big rise in freights, coupled with the appearance of an early closing of the shipping ports, makes any heavy consignments now very unlikely. induce speculation, although, if tonnage had | plentifu Tot. of all Europe£770,068.447 £186,944,562 £198,072,304 £4,861,042,250~ There has been nothing in the state of the market here to _ season. There is a marked absence of Swedish deals from sales lately. We do not know whether we may take this as’ an indication of any scarcity ; but it, anyhow, is pretty plain” proof that those who are stocked have no occasion to go tothe sales to realize. Beyond a few odd lots here and there, the moderate quantity of Gulf red deals was a noticeable feature. Spruce went low, but the 3rd pine was a bit better treated ; gto 10 ft. planks at £8 10s. was certainly low, but sellers” could hardly complain of some 13 feet that realized 20 better. The shipment, per “‘ Jarlen,” from Quebec. consisting of 24 lots of pine and spruce of the lower qualities, sold fairly well, being old stock. The four lots of unsorted Miramichi sp ex “Finland,” offered without reserve, luckily enab the auctioneer to dispose of five succeeding lots that had a holding price upon them. . * ce. The expected re-action which long before this period would in the ordinary fluctuations of trade have supervened on the severe depression from which the wood market has suffered seems as far off as ever. We are not alluding merely to a re- covery of the market in respect to certain goods, which may have been only moderately traded in, with a consequent de-— cline in the importation which has sunk below the demand, but in a general uprising in the demand for building timber throughout the country ; not some large works here and noth- | ing doing in another direction, but universal activity all over the kingdom. Such a return to prosperity of the building trade as would make itself felt on all and every description of imported timber. Before we can hope for such a happy result we shall have to witness a revival of the staple industries of England. We do not notice any particular alteration in the dock de- liveries except that flooring keeps active. The importation is gradually thinning off and the cargoes at the tail end of the season are at present far short of the aver- age quantity.— 7imber Trades Journal. : Liverpool, Eng. Nov. 17th.—The better feeling still prevails, and the gen- eral impression seems to be that there are good times in store for the timber trade. We are not too sanguine, but sincerely hope it may be so; up town and on ‘change there is a still stronger tone, and many articles of produce have gone up con- siderably. Outward freights are better, and homeward freights from many places much improved ; there is a good demand for shipping, and some of the large shipbuilders here, on the Clyde, and elsewhere, have recently received good orders. All these things help trade and are encouraging. The arrivals have been few, there being only eight vessels, three of which are steamers with pine deals and boards from Montreal, two cargoes of spruce deals from Lower ports, one with mining timber to Garston, and two or three parcels of ash, maple, oak, teak, ete. There have been several transactions in timber during the week. A parcel of common pine, per Narwhal, was sold at 1Sd., and some of better quality but smaller averaged 19%2d.; a parcel of elm, per Abana., at 20d., and the oak, per same vessel, large and of good quality, to the Midland Railway Co. at 3/-. A parcel of Halifax birch has been placed at 16d., and I understand, this price was paid some little time since for the St. John’s wood now landing. The cargoes of spruce deals, per Volkfora and MacLeod, now discharging, are, I believe, still unsold, and the importers are asking high prices for them. Low-Priced Boilers. Low-priced boilers are not generally the cheapest that can be bought, although there is an almost universal opinion that — On the contrary they are, in the majority of cases, the dearest that can be bought. _ First-class boilers at the pres- ent time do not command an excessive price, no fancy profits are made on them, nor have been made for some years past. What then does it avail a man to buy a boiler for say $500, get an article made of the poorest material that can be work. ed, put together in the slouchiest possible manner, gene! ly be stopped several times during the first year to have repairs made which never ought to have been needed, and would not have been required had the boiler been made properly, when by paying $200 more in the beginning he would have avoided all trouble, actually have expended less money at the close of the first year and probably have run his business uninte ruptedly. It is needless to say that some manufacturers al- ways buy the very best of everything they can get to do their work with, Such men always have the best of boilers an engines, they are cared for in the best possible 1 it is generally noticed that sag they are. ' December, 1887. LD ApS EE GAAS ps NE LUMBERLILAI-~ 9 i EXCHANGE ECHOES. The Timberman, Chicago. Whether the log stock that is to be put in this winter will be equal to or exceed that gathered last year, is a question already exciting interest and comment among lumber makers and lumber dealers. Up to this time, all the signs point to the conclusion that there will be no decline in the output, not- withstanding there are in many of the districts in which large operations are carried on, a good many old logs that still await sawing, having, unluckily for their owners, been held back by low water in the streams until past the time for conversion into lumber this season. All over the pine territory, it is reported that extensive preparations are making for the input of logs, the news evidencing the fact that the sum of the loggers’ in- tentions is, as it usually has been, to get in all that he possibly can, with the time, timber and means he has at command. Mississippi Valley Lumberman. A despatch from Calais, Me., recounts a curious complica- tion that has arisen at Baring, in that state, over lumbering. The custom house officials there have seized a large amount of hemlock lumber, owned by H. F. Eaton & Sons, for alleged violation of the revenue laws. The lumber was manufactured and planed in mills now situated on the Canadian side of the river, but the owners claim that when the mills were built they were on the American side, and that time, dams and im- provements have changed the course of the river. Some six- teen years ago the question of location arose and the authori- ties decided that the mills were American, and the present move is a great surprise. The mills have been shut down un- til a treasury decision can be obtained. If the present tactics of the customs officials continue it is the opinion of the best in- formed citizens that it will ruin the business of the American side of the St. Croix river. Timber Trades Journal, London, Nov. 19th. Up to the present we hear of nothing of consequence having been done in the f. o. b. trade in the English market for next open water. We expect London importers, who have been a bit cautious this year, will be encouraged to buy, owing to the moderate consignments which the closing season brings. The Opinion seems to be that the first transactions for next year will be in flooring to the outports ; but in the London markets are excessive, and buyers will certainly have no need to hurry into cargo transactions. It is expected that there will be a scarcity of whitewood—though this is an unusual thing at the European ports—which, coupled with the advance in freights, will lead to a corresponding advance in the delivered price of flooring. It is possible that with the opening of the season lower freights may be quoted, notwithstanding the serious loss of Norwegian ships caused by the recent gales; but the large quantity of goods wintering will stimulate the demand for ton- nage as soon as the shipping season begins. A Cheap Steam Box. In nearly every shop, some form of apparatus for bending wood would be often used were it available. Where steam is at hand, there is not the slightest excuse for not having a steam box for use in wood bending. Steam is so scarce in some shops, where the work is too great, and the boiler and engine too small, that the exhaust steam must be utilized. In a number of cases the writer has successfully used the exhaust for this purpose, by building a perpendicular box of plank and making doors for the introduc- tion of the wood to be steamed. In many shops the exhaust steam is allowed to escape from the end of a horizontal pipe and no notice is taken of what the steam comes in contact with during its absorption into the atmosphere. In all such cases the steam box will be a benefit in the preservation of surrounding buildings alone. The steam-box in question was built of two-inch white pine planks, each 14 inches wide, two of them rebated upon their edges 34 by two inches to receive the edges of the remaining two planks. This steam-box was 16 feetlong. One foot from the bottom, a head of two-inch plank was cut in and finally nailed. This head was bored three or four times with a 34 -in. bit, to allow the water of condensation to escape. Just above the head, as the box stood on end, a hole was cut to receive the end of the exhaust steam pipe. A cast-iron flange was bolted to the steam-box and the pipe screwed into the flange, but if the exhaust pipe be of cast iron, the threaded flange may be dispensed with, and the cast-iron pipe bolted or lag screwed direct to the wood. The plank forming one side of the box is not nailed into its rebate. Instead, it is cut into three feet lengths, excepting the top length, which is four feet long, and together with the bot-_ tom piece is nailed in place, leaving three loose sections of three feet length each. These sections were hinged on one edge and made fast when closed, by pins of wood, one to each section, which were placed in holes bored through the rebated plank, into the hinged section. The box in question was fitted with iron hinges—common eight-inch hinges, the end of each hinge being bent around the corner of the rabated plank. If the writer ever constructs another steam box of this kind he willuse brass hinges, so they will not rust out, a thing the iron hinges will do in six months unless they are kept well greased or tarred. Suppose the stop moulding of a big circular window is so be made. place by sawing into one side at regular intervals. This moulding can be got out straight, and bent into With the steam box this moulding can be got out straight, steamed half an hour, and forced upon a form there to remain until cold. A convenient way to make a form or mould is to cut out of plank, with a band saw, the shape desired. Now, nail pieces of board upon each side of the plank, letting the ends of the boards project six or eight inches, and placing them directly opposite each other. at the parts of the mould requiring pressure to be applied, and These bits of board must be distributed the location of these boards will call for the exercise of consid- erable judgment. Get a supply of common framing pins, and bore holes through the bits of wood large enough to allow the pins to pass freely. 14-inch holes should be made for one inch pins, which are large enough for any ordinary work. Bore the holes just far enough from the form to allow the pin to go in, after the piece to be bended is in place. For %-inch stock place the worm of the bit 15-16-inch from the edge of the plank form. Stock to be bent should be left considerably longer than its finished length to allow plenty of room at the ends for the re- moval of poorly bent material. It is very hard to bend the extreme ends of the work, especially where the work is placed upon the convex surface of a mould. The convex side is usu- ally used because the work can be easily forced into position thereon. To force work into the concave or hollow side of a mould requires enormous leverage and much time. It can sometimes be profitably done in the case of small, light work, and when the stock zest be bended close to the ends of the various pieces. When concave moulds are employed, it will pay to make a follower, or convex mould to fit the hollow mould. This is forced against the stock to be bended, and when both molds are in contact with the work, sufficient’ pins are inserted to hold the moulds firmly together until the work is cold. A cheap and efficient mould can be quickly made by sketch- ing the desired shape on a plank, then boring holes at certain points and inserting pins therein. The steamed stock can be sprung between three of the pins, then others inserted until the work is brought to the desired shape. This method answers well for thick, heavy pieces, but with thin delicate stock it does not give satisfaction owing to the liability to £2774 or bend abrubtly where the pins engage the stock. The several doors in the above described steam box, are for putting in different lengths of stock, one or more of them being opened as necessary. A fine box nearly like the above, was seen by the writer in an eastern shop, but instead of standing vertical it lay upon its side, and the stock was inserted and removed at one end. In this case, the steam entered and was removed through wrought iron pipes five inches in diameter. Small shops in which steam is not employed, make good use of the above described steam-box and generate steam in a 10 or 12 gallon iron kettle or pot. A wooden top is fitted to the kettle and cemented therein with ‘‘ elastic cement.” ruce, per M...... 1000 1300|Birch, per M....... 2000 2500 acmlock, sper M.. 900 10 00)Hard “Maple, per M 2500 3000 Ash, run 0 Oe culls -atryperi Ml carci. 150 0000 OutpernMin sn, ee 2000 25 00 Shing a ist, perM 200 300 Shingles, and, perM 100 200 Ottawa; Ont. Orrawa, Nov. 28.—It is now estimated that the lumber cut at the Chaudiere for this season will be about 360,000,000 feet, a falling off of about 10 per cent. from last year’s cut, which was the largest for many years. The short supply of logs, owing to the low water in the Ottawa, has caused the lumbermen to use up most of their reserve logs, and there is a possibility of a very short cut next season unless the winter is a good one and the water keeps high long enough in the spring to get down all the logs now stuck at various points and a good share of the winter’s logs. The quantity taken out this year will be considerably above the average, unless the weather is unfavorable, as nearly all the lumbermen have sent larger gangs than usual in the woods. The following is a statement of the movement of forest product from this city for October, being the declared export to the United States, in feet, pieces, cords and value : Sawed lumber, feet..........:-.-++- 18,473,443 $255,257.07 oath DLC COS sen ates aceite cit 4,473,700 5,635.65 Railroad ties, pieces. hte 13,239 2,770.00 Hemlock bark, cords.. ase: 344 1,720.00 Telegraph poles, pieces. A 450 284.25 Fence posts, pieces. . “viele 4,000 120.00 Dota tits: lta «steele $266,784.97 This shows a decrease in values as compared with October, 1886, of $28,000. The distribution of the lumber was as follows : For consumption, feet.............. 14,777,974 $185,048.95 In bond for export.... 0... ..-0s022 0 3,695,469 69,208.12 18,473443 $255,257.07 Of the lumber 10,426,876 feet was shipped by water and 8,046,567 by rail. Dimensions, Inches. Per M. MAlliGallsith reside imine bins sami Cvoete core a i ooh eee SO pceae7 VeROLG ork c - 12xX1 oa “ 12x 1% | $3.00 m4 Rue een asec ia 2") ** selected 16 ft. long, ‘above dimensions 8.50 to 9.00 Cull strips, 1 in. el B to7 wide, cB 7.00 to 8.00 Mill cut outs.. ah SAMIR SC Oo r wwe heitts a Kedah GLAee tie «Bebe, « s Sare a OU 4.00 tO 5.00 0 es Ser cee onan. eee ee J Scaring aes ite rae oneness olvisuout orotnre break ey eA tes Oa Re Fetus: eae Nok aie 12.00 WU ACUI S icc che aitiere ee nts acetone eee Rae ~ Laths.. AN A gy ti ae 1.25 Stock shorts, Ta RO Ne, aa oko De 10.00 I inch siding outs, 1%, 1%, 2. Ry is cates Weenie 15.00 6 TOUTS TrOMeSNOrtS, Tag, Ledeimees. ve uveicew wen te 6.50 to 7.00 i shorts, M% 1% Outs from stocks : I2X1 r : I2x1&% 10.00 to 12.00 ss MEP fa AR ee. .12X1% Shimelesjahircun truv sree shyroiss avait cote ie 1.25 i cedar, No. 1 Aenea 2.00 to 2.75 oe cedar, culls. . 1.25 Difference in planed lumber, in waste and planing 5.00 Ditto, on average good stock.. 20.00 to 25.00 This good stock is not for local trade ‘ana cannot be pur- chased except by the million feet. Small quantities of good stock and good siding are sold locally by McLaren & Co. only as high as $40 per thousand feet. Hamilton, Ont. The followlng are the ruling prices of the yards here : Mill cull boards and Dressing stocks. ..... $ 600 1800 scantlings.. .$ 9 oo@10 00|1% flooring, rough... 1600 18 00 Shipping cull boards, 146 flooring, rough... 1600 1800 romiscuous widths. 10 00 12 00 1% flooring, dressed . 25 00 Shipping cull stocks. 13 00/14 flooring, dressed 32 00 Scantling and joist up 1 flooring, dressed 23 00 toloifeGteenmn sue. 13 00/Beaded sheeting 1. .. 2800 3000 do up to 18 feet ...... 13 50|Picks,Am. inspection 30 00 do up to 20 feet ...... 14 00/ Three uppers Am, In. 4c 00 do up to 22 feet ...... 1§ oo} XXX sawn coe 260 270 do up to 24 feet ...... 16 oo|Sawn Lath.. fk 225 do up to 26 feet ...... 17 00/Red Oak...... ..-..- 2000 25 00 do up to 28 feet ...... 18 00] White Oak........... 25.00 3000 do up to Ke feet . 20 00/Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1800 2000 Cuttin: plank 1% Cherry No. 1 & 2..... 5000 6000 and t ite cer, dry.... 2000 25 00/White Ash No. 1 & 2. 2500 3000 Cutting up boards.... 20 00/Black Ash, No. 1 & 2. 2000 2500 Goderich, Ont. PRICES IN CAR LOTS. 1, inch MillNGullss 0.1. oe spec « Gees ee $8 co@ § 50 TRO-SakON Les COMMON yas ieer is hieteie stoi 12 00 TXO-S-LOMC M2) GLESSING) ) ae Ae me 1 25,Norway . 1 60 oiisee. 16 in. XXX 3 00|Hemlock 1 60 2, Oe a eee ae 2 10 x go Duluth. Dututu, Nov. 28.—The lumber cut of the season is now about determined, though one mill is yet running and detailed statistics are not yet in. The cut of the various Duluth mills has been about as follows : R. A. aes (for Duncan, Gamble & Co.)... .. 17,000,000 Peyton, Kimball & Barber....... .. .10,000,000 EPMO GUSH, s oojeiss.2s oie nn 000 . 10,000,000 Hubbard & Vincent... se -...... 8,000,000 Gras AVIOO ICO. cee ees caeees 7,500,000 Exact figures may make the total somewhat larger than this. The estimate at the beginning of the season was from 5 5,000, - 000 to 60,000,000 feet. Duncan, Gamble & Co. have about 8,000,000 feet on hand, and Bradley, Hanford and Co. 3,000,- 000 feet, and the stock in other yards will probably make the total on hand here about 20,000,000 feet. J. P. White & Co. have leased the Tower mill of Sellers & Owens, which cuts about 5,000,000 feet a year. New York City. Noy. 28.—The date is fast drawing near when the river and canals will be closed to navigation, and for that reason sup- plies are rushed forward as fast as possible. At many of the yards the piles are high and close together, and one cannot readily see where more stock can be cared for; but distribu- _ tion is fairly active, and lumber goes nearly as fast as it comes. In a great city like this there are myriads of uses for pine be- sides house building, and while that industry consumes an im- mense quantity of lumber, it is only a fraction of the total con- sumption. The salesmen who do a car trade entirely seem to have been instilled with new life, since it became pretty well understood that freight rates would not advance the usual 5 cents a hundred pounds. It cannot last long, as the dealers have already bought about enough stock to carry them through the winter. From this on, sales will be made in a small way, and consist of such stock as dealers may not care to carry any amount of. The extra inducements may lead to more than an ordinary sale, but taking the market as a whole, it is not rea- sonable to expect any very active business during the ensuing three months. At near-by points much the same condition of affairs exists, and unless extraordinary good weather prevails, thus extending building operations, that, too, must soon show no special features concerning prices. The same Tlie CANADA LUMBERIALAD. quotations covering the market for the last three months still exist, and the decline in orders is certainly not conducive to an advance, Export trade is still quiet, and the condition of affairs is at least annoying to shippers. While a few vessels are loading for ports in various directions, much of the stock is for filling out cargoes, and not on actual order. Shipments to the River Platte are still going on from the St. Lawrence ; these ship- ments will cease before long, and thus throw a certain amount of business into this market. It is probably possible to shade a few of the grades, say 50 cents a thousand, still we do not think it necessary to change quotations. Black Walnut. % in., allclear...... $82 oo@ 85 oolCulls, rinch........ $36 cof 38 00 tand1¥% inches.... 94 00 97 oolCulls, thick......... 38 00 39 00 1% and thicker..... 95 00 105 oo|Counter tops, 18 in. ING} ECLS Meee ern S200 5§ 00] andover.......... 110 00 150 00 ‘ Poplar, or White Wood. % in. Io inches and eA tOmmnichin ae eee 29 00@30 00 ONO Borns enotdeos ann 22 00@24 oo|2% and thicker...... 31 00 33 00 % in. coffin boards... 27 00 25 so\Common 1 to 2 inch 21 00 22 50 1 inch, 10 inch and Saps inches ese ie 23.00 25 00 PNWOS. Gor Bhde an céue 27 00 29 So0/Culls, all thickness... 15 00 18 00 1inch, 8in. and over 26 00 28 60 Dressed Poplar. % inch panel........ 24 50@25 00/% in. clg. 4 to6 in... 21 oo@ar 50 ¥% inch panel........ 27 00 28 00|% in. clg. 4 to6 in... 24 00 24 50 eA his pane lees 29 00 30 00/% in. clg. 4 to6 in... 27 00 28 o0 4, 5, 6inch casing.... 30 00 31 00/34 in. clg. 4 to 6 in... 29 00 30 00 7, 8, 9, 10 inch casing 32 00 33 00% in. clg. 4 to 6 in... 3000 31 00 Ash. I inch, white ....... 37 00@ 39 oo|Strips, clear........ 28 00@ 30 00 A OCW Naaeangoe 38 00 © 40 ooBlack ash, good.... 26 00 28 oo 2% to 4 inch........ 40 00 41 oojBlack ash, culls.... 10 00 ~©=12 00 Oak. 1 inch plain sawed, 37 00@ 39 00 inches and over... 50 oo@ 53 00 IANO) Bw le — oncoen 3Z 00 40 oo|Thicker............. 52 00 54 00 AN MONE? oan neegeeos 38 00 go oo|Strips under 6 in.... 38 00 40 00 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6- Cherry %in., white « clear.. 65 00@ 70 00|2% and thicker..... 85 00@ 90 00 TEINGHVE pester eases 76 00 80 ocjCounter tops, 18 in. Iinch strips........ He 00 43 00/ and over.......... 100 00 115 00 i iO) 2 WEN cos onan (0 00 5 ooj/Culls, all thickness 18 00 20 00 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear..... 35 00@ 38 00o/Redwood California Chestnut common.. 20 00 2300 plank.............. 55 00@ 58 oo Basswood white.... 28 00 32 00 Hickery, old growth 50 00 60 a0 Basswood common., 18 00 23 00 Hickery, znd growth 70 00 ~—-80 00 Maplevclear. cee... ZR CORsE ORO! cae hee een ezorao! 22) 00 Binchiicleareer seas 33 00 36 oofSycamore........ .. 25 00 28 00 Birch, 1s anda2s..... 28 00 30 oo|/Sycamore quartered 35 00 40 00 Cottonwood........ 1900 2roiGum ... . . 3800 41 00 Redwood, California Butternut... . . 45 00 0 00 boardstet eee son aomN s3)o0 Philadelphia, Pa. White Pine. 1% to 2 in. plank, itl. GIAY Sabo sea one $48 00@50 00) barn quality....... 22 50@25 oo 2%, 3 &4in ..... 55 00 60 o0\Common plank ..... 20 00 22 00 S’Icts, 1% to 2in. 42 50 45 001% box boards, wide.. 14 00 16 50 Mich. uppers, 1 to 2 electsam imee. 41 00 43 00% siding, selected .. 27 50 3000 12in. flooring quality 30 00 32 50/Culls, 12 in......... 15 50 1700 ENS iat caeonnua ia 49100 23 00 Wide 15 00 1600 Edge barn, all widths 18 00 20 oo Narrow ......... 13 50 No. 1 moulding ..... 36.00 38 50 Cargo Lots. Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 oo) Scantling and plank 20 00 Heart face boards... 19 00 21 oo! Hemlock Boards and Scantling. Edge boards........ 10 50@11 50 een line: 2x3 & 2x4, TZERISLOG kane ee ON TKo) | TH AOYo)| afeyete TES Te gee 12 00@13 00 Fencing, 6in., 16 ft.. 11 50 12 00! 3x4,to 12,12to20ft. 1100 11 50 Shingles and Posts. Cypress shingles, 24 Cedar shingles, 30 in. in. heart, d & b .. 13 00@18 00] hand dressed... .. 35.00 4000 24 in. sap, d & b. 10 00 12 00/Chestnut posts, 9 ft. 32 00 iit: Sawa oeo 28 00 HARDWOOD Walnut. Nos. 1& 2, rin., good Reject or common, r dry, Indiana......$87 50@ 95 00] in., 1% and up..... 6000 6500 ie CONV D eee ore 92 50 100 oo|Culls, 1 in........... 35 00 37 50 Nos. 1 & 2, %in..... 7250 7750 GL tite (82 TN) a oe ae 35 00 4000 Poplar. Nos. 1 & 2, 4in. good Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & wide, Indiana..... 2 00@27 50] _up, good wide, Ind. 3250 3600 PIN:.,..7. eee 2800 32 50 plums: 5x5 & up Clear’ Bsa cB Bean 5.00 3500 Oak. 3 - Nos. 1 & 2,1 in., good Nos. 1 & 2,1% in. & western, straight.. 32 50@35 oo up, good western, quartered 2.0... 49 co 50 oo] Straight !........ |. 35.00 37 50 quartered ....... 42 30 55 00 Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & WeEStELI eee. : 35 00@40 oo! up, good western.. 32 50 4250 Yellow Pine—Yard and Wholesale. Sc’tlg, 2x4 to 12x14 . 22 00 @23 00|Flooring, 1 in., Va. . 17 00 19 00 Plank, 1% to2 in. . 2300 2750 1&1 in., Ga.& Fl’g, 1 & 14% in. No.1 27 50 3000 Fla. cargorun . 2200 240 Cherry. Nos. 1 & 2,1in.,good 62 50 70 0o\Nos.1 & 2, 1% in. & Wp, FOOdss ee. ee 500 7500 Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 28.—The Lumberman of the 25th says: The last saw mill shut down on Saturday as was anticipated, the cold snap of Friday filling most of the mill ponds with ice and _pro- hibiting any further operation. Hall & Ducey would have sawed a few days this week had it been possible, but gave up an attempt which was made in that direction on Monday. The total cut of the different mills very closely approximates the estimate of 225,000,000 made last week. The mills in this city manufactured less lumber during the past season than in any year since 1880 when the cut was 195,452,182. There are no new features in the local market. Trade is gradually reaching the winter level ¢ record fr wees to week shows a teady decline in the « tput by rail This statement applies equally to Minneapolis and to the north Wisconsin points, the movement from wi ndicatec the shipments from St. Paul. Detroit, Mich. Uppers, Selects, Stocks, et Uppers, $4, $45 oo/Shop, 5-4, 6-4 & Bs $25 09 5x4, 6x4 & 3x4 45 00\Fine common, 4x4 ix 3 & gin 50 00 Sx4, 6x4 & bxs C Selects, 4x4 % oo Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, No.1... 19 . 5%4, 0x4 & 8x4 49 oO 1X12, & 1x10, No. 2 16 60 Shop, 4x4 22 00 1x12, & 1x10, Ne 13 00 Flooring, Siding. ¢ ceiling, els Flooring, select common M 16 © No. 1 common zi _ No. 1 fencing x Ceiling, select common 7: No. 1 common i No. 1 fencing Bill Stuff and Cull Bill stuff, ordinary sizes 2H to 2 ft 14 o 12 to 16 ft... I2 00 _ yp to 34 ft 16 00 18 to 20 ft. , 12 50 Ship culls 12 00 22 to 24 ft.. 13 00/Mill culls 19 00 Shingles and Lath Shingles, clear, 18 in. Ex 375 6 in. stocks clear. Ex... 4 00 10 in. clear. 18 in.... 3 00 5 in. stocks clear, Ex 0 6 in. clear, 18 in.. -.. .2 75\Lath , 246 Add for surfacing one or two sides. = Glasgow, Scotland. Nov. 17.—Nothing of very great importance has transpired during the past week. The import list is a very small one, comprising two small parcels of deals from Montreal, and staves and oak lumber from New York. I understand, says the correspondent of Ziméer, that, with the exception of one steamer cargo, the import of deals from Quebec is all but closed. This being so, merchants will soon be ‘‘ comparing notes” with stocks at the wharf and their own in view of requirements for the next six months of close time. Only one auction sale has been held since last writing, Messrs. Allison, Cousland and Hamilton’s at Yorkhill Wharf on Wednesday. There wasa fairly good company present, but the business done at auction was moderate, the brokers hold- ing firm for better prices. In some instances this was yielded to on the part of buyers, but in most cases it was not, conse- quently a large portion of the catalogue was passed over. I understand, however, that a considerable amount of business was put through privately. Prices on the whole are firm, and although several old lots are reported to have been sold cheap, newly-imported goods are evidently not parted with unless at an advance in prices. This augurs well for business in the beginning of the year. Note of Messrs. Allison, Cousland and Hamilton’s public sale at Yorkhill, November 16th: IST QUEBEC PINE DEALS. Pes. Ft. In. 26 (oa en PE 2/1 GME See ee i ae 2/9 48ie>% Soe - ET) To eet erste 6x3 2/2% 220 rr 2] T ex -1<, tepsiee IIx3 2/8 TOO): ses Ski O/ TGR eee 733 2/2% Eo) One ee (2) (:l! ee Se 5x3 2/o% Ends OS) ates ORS Ae Ae. Bee. Be 4/7x3 224d 2ND QUEBEC PINE DEALS Pes. 2OAL, sacueee TOTO" veers corse 71 ZORS’ eee eee ee TOS" Wee

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ONT. i bi M B AES CHAMPI( ON STUMP i STONE NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY — MANUFACTURERS OF be ~ 5 | » Hy draulic Gement i EXTRACTORS, | 2 Cultivators, Hay Presses, Ete. (pee adapted for Dams, Erection of Chimneys, Foundations, SAFES A SPECIALTY. Culverts, Cisierns, Cellars, etc. VAPANRE, ONT, 7ORNS STREET WON TREAL, QUE. NAPANEE CEMENT (C0., Limited, = == AMERIGAN=-CHOPPING--AXES, JAS. LACY & CO., CANADA DOCK, From the AA teen oe & BLAKE MFG. CO., DUNN EDGE TOOL CO., and LANT BROS., warranted to be the best in the as, | LIVERPOOL, # z. A ,: ENGLAND, THE ‘RUNNER CROSS-CUT SAW Are prepared to buy all classes of " Each Saw of Warranted Temper and Fast Cutting. ‘ MACHELL & TOMPKIN’S #RILES* COMPOUND CUT : AARHU WOOO LUMBER © Especially adapted to Lance Tooth and Patent Cross-Cut Saws Either in Log or Dimension Stuff for Prompt Cash. GRORGE STETHEM, * * * PETERBOROUGH, ONT. “pe OFFERS INVITED. Dealer in Lumbermen’s Hardware and Tools. MPORTANT#NOTICE:10-THE: PUBLIC. Jam patentee and owner of Canada patent, No. 42,357, Improvement in Band Saw Mills, which covers a Band Mill with two columns. 1 am also patentee and owner of Canada patent, No. 42,377, Improvement in Band Saw Guides, which covers wheel guides fora Band Saw. 1 am informed that a Band Mill ts being offered to mill men in the Dominion, containing two columns that ts an infringement of the above patent. The public is hereby warned against purchasing such Band Mill, as I shall hold the purchaser respon- sible for the infringement of my said patents, and for all damages which [ may have, or may hereafter sustain, on account of any unlawful use of said patents. The Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co., of Peterborough, ( dnt. ts authorized to build and sell Band Mills under my patents. + tr + 8 * | ayy }UA AUUAUEAUVAUOAQUGOUEGCUUUOUOOUOOOUEOUAGOOAUAOUAUUOOEQOUAGOUOUEOUOGUUOUEOUUOGUOGUOOUEGUOOOOQOUOQEOQEOGUOOUOOUOOOEOOEOUEOOEOUOOEOOUOOUOOD EGU COU EET CORO ENE EET EeT EET EET EATEN & FRANK W. WHEELER, - [A TRUE COPY.] SHIP BUILDER, Be aye ps and Rernates Buroshed West Bay City, Mich., June 26th, 1886. Mr. D. K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. I have been running your Pat. Band Saw Mill in my new ship yard mill for over one month, squaring up large and long hewn oak timber which has been hewn a sufficient time to be dry and hard on the surface and sawing long plank from same kind of timber. The timber or Keelsons squared was laid up in a vessel, one on top of the other, and fitted as well as could be done by hand, it being square, straight and out of wind. I have had a large amount of this plank and timber sawn, and have not yet found a bad cut. I have squared timber where the saw here and there barely cut the thickness of the saw kerf, yet the saw did not deviate the least from a straight line. | From the nature of my work I cannot give any idea of the amount cut in a given time, but the speed of cut should be satisfactory to any one. The most difficult part of my work is in sawing tamarac ship knees, yet the machine has given me entire satisfaction in this respect, sawing a root having a cut of from 2 to 4 feet, making in every case a true cut. I do not believe that a saw has been put on the machine in good order, as I have not a sufficient number of saws to give time to dress them well’and keep the mill running, yet there has not been one broken or disabled, in fact, a saw must be in bad order that will not run in a straight line when run over your guide wheels. Yours, truly, F. W. WHEELER. THT i > r ST r a IHUUUAONOUOUNOUOOEOUEGUOOEUUOUADOOUAGEOUEOUODOUEDEOUODOONOOUOQEGOOUOONOUNOUOGROEOUEOOUUCOEOOEOUEGEOUQOCOOOUQUOOUOOEOUOQUOUOQOUCOUEGCULEOUOUEOEOUEOEOCOUEOEOLEGEOUEG EEO EG EOE EA eT En OE SUUTTLVEUOUUGQOQOQUUEUGGUU CCU UETETETEETEOUEUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEREEEEEE ESOT TEE EEEEEEEEEEEET Bay Ciry, Mich., Nov. 15th, 1887. Ur. D. K. Allington, Saginaw, Mich. DEAR Sik :— Having had considerable experience with Band Mills, I consider my- self competent to judge the merits of the same. I started and run one of your Band Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ontario, which was manufactured by the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterborough, Ont. I also started and run your two Band Mills in William Peters’ mill, at Bay City, Mich., and must confess they are superior to any Band Mill I have ever seen, for quality and quantity of lumber produced. LE DUTT ECC ooh fA TRUE-COPY.] F. W. WHEELER’S SHIP YARD. \ West Bay Ciry, Mich., June 25th, 1886. f Mr. D. K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. Dear Sir:—I have been engaged in running band saws for the past five years, and I never before found anything equal to the Band Mill built by you, that I am now filing for. I must say that it is almost impossible to made a bad line if [A TRUE, COPY.) F. W. WHEELER’S SHIP YARD. \ West Bay City, Mich., June 24th, 1886. f Mr. D. K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. DEAR Sir :—I have been sawing on your Band Saw Mill for the last month, making plank from long square oak timber, the saw is in any kind of order. We are cutting hardwood, partially seasoned, and being short of saws, do not have time principally long oak, and on account of being scarce of saws to have them put in in the best of order, and have torun them we have run our saws for five hours and cut as fast as we could five hours without changing, yet I have not broken a saw or conveniently handle, without making any perceptible variation made a bad cut, the machine running smoothly, and not hav- in the cut. I have run various kinds of mills, but never before ; ‘ saw anything to equal it. There has been quite a number of millmen examining it, and all give it up to be the best and Respectfully, yours, W. A. McCLENATHAN, Filer. ing cause to stop for any reason but to change saws, and cut- BABB PPB DPB PIPPPnrm4EPP PPD PPP PPP DD SU UTUDAUUCUOEUUAVODEEOO UEP E DEON CUEUOOOUODEO OG OUU OT TTTEUCODEEOTSTE AUTO TAL TOP EE OE TEEE OT OEEE EE ting as fast as other band saws I have run. Yours truly, THOMAS GRAHAM. truest cutting mill they ever saw. rARARRIeSwe eesneaeaeas ee sess ea Respectfully yours, JOHN A. GREGG. ee I BULLE 4 Fr STO | D. K. ALUIUINGTON. MANUFACTURER OF IMPROVED BAND SAW MILLS STUAUUAUUVUNUEEECUUEUERUEUEVEAUUEERDEEOGEEEEUECUOUEEEECUUUEEECOLECOU EE EUELEEEEEEELEATEEEEEEEELE ‘ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 14 The Ontario Ganoe Company, Limited. PETERBOROUGH,, ONTARIO. Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING CANOES GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. 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Frederickton, New Brunswick. alu tl ie Foa2Za x > si , \ CURVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER AY WA eal BZ \ AW \ \ \\ x De iy a Ee: al dD or 3 \ SAN — [MPORTED?0AK# BELTING Lands in any section. NY \ Ny . AT CANADIAN PRICES. perties occasionally if desired. References from | THE. 6) DP z ai | ! I) High awards at Montreal, Toronto: Y f i : ‘ey : SS Ai 4 St. John, N.B., Dublin, Ireland, gy ANADA 9 |hiXe We eat ae We can supply the best te i \ de | me Wueer \ . pt : a % ‘ ys fe J Lo American Rubber and Chesapeake Gandy Belting at inside Prices. THE. | DS \ + Enc Co - TORONTO - © ONLY OURNAL A DEVOTED TO THE E MEN from all parts of Canada who are doing a Wholesale trade should see that LuMBERING & Wap WORKING their business announcement regularly appears in the columns of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. This journal circulates extensively among the Retailers of lumber -_ INDUSTRI ES OF THE =a throughout the different Provinces and is therefore the best medium for the Wholesale trade. 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Fair Comments, Reliable Commercial News, Interesting Sporting Intelligence. And all other Departments well sustained. In short, THE EMPIRE will be a Bright, Readable, and Reliable Paper. Everybody Looks for it. All should Read it. DAILY EMPIRE, WEEKLY EMPIRE, $5 per Annum. $1 per Annum. Send in your Subscriptions now, accompanied by the cash, so as to commence with the first issue. Address D. CREIGHTON, Tire oA AA LOD Sm RDLAM 7 ZR REMEe CREE RE SESE eee Crane S EKSPLIN —f a y MILLWRIGHT + AND ~ ( ECHANICAL + ENGINEER, Patentee December, eel AN A X\ ZNIZA WS XY ri SUA INIZ ZING IZ AWAY and Builder of the SPLIN BAND SAW MIL The Only Perfect Mill in Use. HE following statement of Dimensions will give some idea of its proportions: Diameter of Wheels, 8 feet ; diameter of lower and top Wheel Shafts, 536 inches ; length of Lower Shaft, 8 feet 6 inches ; length of Top Wheel Shaft, 8 feet 4 inches; length of Bearings for Wheel Shafts, 18 . NYA Weight of Mill alone, 22,000 Pounds. =< N ~ aN WA aX ~ ZINZI Ps INSZINS i SLIM, ; QUNUOUUUUUUOUUO OOOO DTUTEEEEDEEEEEEE EEE c2S0 EETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EERE AAT EEAEUATEAET i PPP RO Orns mS SancnneSsacSaeeeaeeeee_coceeeeeea_aeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ENDORSEMENTS IN ABUNUANGE, Be 4 ‘4 \ " maa EK LA ANIL, \) é) 4) ~\ ‘ Late \! The Following is Only a Sample: ye ASHLAND, Wis., Nov. roth, 7886. CHAS. ESPLIN, ESOQ., ZY | Minneapolis, Minn., U. S. A. j h DEAR SIR,—The band mill placed i our saz : a 15] } you we consider the best and most complete band mill we las of. It has advantageous features 7 ney eed FS eh WHICH WE HAVE || any other mil. | demand upon it. The strength of all its Lt ts massive. The guide parts ts ample AICS proportions and adjustments seem beyond improvement. se \ Z, drive wheel by taking up the tension of the saw from below z. S | great advantage gained. The long distance between the b | Se i = —— = iy, || zgs of the upper wheel shaft steadzes the motion and ¢ f | machine moves with ease and steadiness. We have never seen lumber so perfectly manufactured as FS made by this band mill. The mechanic that planned it and § zis the company that manufactured zt deserves the 4d wind Sz and thanks of all manufacturers of lumber N | =~ Very respectfully, Za = d SUPERIOR LUMBER CO. | John H. Knight, Secretary-Treas.; D. A. Kennedy, Supt. and General Manager. ey H) RCA Ao od Y/ WY Hy 7 i; Mf} Y] jj iff PREZ iA \S ae = SSI Ss SSS Address, CHAS. ESPLIN, care of f Wm, Hamilton I Mfg, Co, aerhorough Ont. OR FO MY AMERICAN OFFICE: RY NY Q G23 Franklin Ave. Minneapolis. Minn. § K UDEOEVEVEO SUSE ZSIESIENENENENENENENENENENEN ZENZA AANA AEN EN TSE ME SSSI AS ISAS CISASISASASASASASASASASASASASASASASASASASASASZASTA » > 7 a q i, ai SSS 18 Yo = to OD RAB OSA Sa et aE ep CEORGE GALL, Wholesale and Retail HARDWO0D-LUMBER Merchant. Car Lots sold on Commission. Railway switch into yard and plenty room for Storage. Yard, Corner Strachan and Wellington Ave. OFFICE : TORONTO, - - MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, SOHO STREET, ONTARIO. TORONTO, - - - ONTARIO. IRON AND STEEL RAILS. A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND RAILS, 20, 30 and q4o Ibs. to the yard, for sale Cheap In good order for re-laying. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. EE St Jes MANUFACTURERS Lile Insurance Company. Head Office, - - 38 King Street East; Lncorporated by Special Act of the Dominion Parliament. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. Full Deposit with the Dominion Government. PRESIDENT :—RT. HON. SIR JOHN A. MAC- DONALD, PAC.) (Gc B ViCE-PRESIDENTS :—SIR ALEX. CAMPBELL, K.C. M.G., Lieut.-Governor of Ontario; GEORGE GOODERHAM, Esoa., President of the Bank of Toronto ; WILLIAM BELL, Eso., Manufacturer, Guelph. Aupirors :—H. J. Hirt, Secretary of the Indus- | trial Exhibition Association, Toronto; EDGAR A. Wits, Chartered Accountant, Secretary Board of Trade, Toronto. MEpIcAL DirEcCTORS:—P. J. M.R.C.S., Toronto ; ike Gy ieee Orono, SOLICITORS :—Messrs. McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin & Creelman. STRATHY, M.D., JAs. F. W. Ross, M.B., jn By GCARLILE, Managing Director 38 King Street East, Toronto, of whom all infor- mation may be obte ined. P.O. Box 2699. Agents Wanted in Ll /nrepresented Districts. MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. D. OWN LOT TORN, ~ issue. Address, Cotton and Rubber BELTING. ab er oe s2\S \ J Neat * tenia “ SSO ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK. ~~! POP PD LP AS. ORDERS + PROMPTLY + LY FILLED, § LEATHER es ey" ; SUT Uee BELTING. CCT eee eee LACE LEATHER Send for Price Lists and Discounts. MANUFACTURERS OF 2522 Notre Dame St. 129 Bay Street, TORONTO. IMPROVED LOG BAND Saw MILL. \\" JE present to the trade of Canada our New Improved Band 2518, 2520 and MONTREAL. Saw Mill, and as we are the pioneer manufacturers of Band Mills, having been building them for the past ten years, and have more Band Mills in active operation throughout the United States than almost any other manufacturer, we present this new mill to the consideration of lumber manufacturers, and know an investigation of its merits and advantages will show us to be stil! in the lead. The mill is built in the most perfect manner. The best materials are used throughout, and we test and run the mill in our works Be- fore shipping, and will warrant it in every way. For prices of this, or cuts and prices of any other Improved Wood Working Machinery address us direct. Wi unity iM uni -- 220.22 emeen 10,306 25 Butt tp.—Berth 1, 16% sq. m. at $go0, Alex. Fraser, Westmeath .-...-... obs sue ee 13.725 00 Chisholm tp.-—Berth 1, 22 sq. m. at $3,000, Robt. Thompson.........:7--:. .-s8e eee 66,000 00 Canisbay tp.—-Berth 1 25g sq. m. at $500, Alex. Barnett, Renfrew. .'.. >... 2): See 1,312 50 Devine tp.—Berth 1, 17 sq. m. at $4,300, Alex. Fraser, Westmeath .. ...... 773 eee 73,100 00 Devine tp.—Berth 2, 13% sq. m. at $2,100, Alex. Fraser, Westmeath: >’, {.... 1. /.) eee eee 28,350 00 Devine tp.—Berth 3, 11 sq. m at $4,200, Alex. Fraser, Westmeath . ...':.5 |. 1 Snes eee 46,200 00 Devine tp.—Berth 4, 115g sq. m. at $3,000, Alex. Fraser, Westmeath .. /..1..s)sc. Use aa 34,875 00 Hunter tp.—Berth 1, 1614 sq. m. at $3,500, Alex. Barnett, Renfrew... oc. pees eee 57.550 00 Hunter tp.—Berth 2 12% sq. m. at $4,600, Alex. Fraser, Westmeath. . ... 5). 4: sme ee eee 55,775 oo Liv ingstone tp.—Berth 1, 8 sq. m. at $6,350, Cal- lahan & Montrose, Alpena, Mich ji 42 net - 50,800 00 Livingstone tp.—-Berth 2, 1314 sq. m. at $4,200 Albert Pack, Osceola, Mich.........-++s+«ee 55,650 00 Livingstone tp.—Berth 3, 114g sq. m. at $3,400 P. H. Spohn... . ..:5.--5.. 010 iene 37,3825 00 Livingstone tp.—Berth 4, 9 sq. m at $2,100 N. Dy ment. ....5 «:o)2:+'- 21+ »ie:a\egese 18,900 00 Livingstone tp.—Berth 5, 836 sq. m. at $800, W. J.. Smith... .....:.... » +» «+51 3 nen 6,700 00 Livingstone tp.—Berth 6, 9 sq. m. at $800, N. Dyment . ; .. ... + » «i= sis) nisisptn 7.200 00 Livingstone tp.—Berth 7, 734 sq. m. at $1,350, N. Dyment.......-sg0—=* +> 5 ie 10,462 50 Lawrence tp.—-Berth 1, 15 sq. m. at$ 3,300, Alex. McArthur, Toronfo.! . ... #5. See 49,500 00 McLaughlin tp.—Berth 1, 174% sq. m. at $3,400 Alex. Barnett, Renfrew... .....-.:ss5-40e5m 58,650 00 McLaughlin tp.—B 2, 12% sq. m. at $4,400, Alex. Barnett; Renfrew 2. 222.2 722i see 55,000 00 McClintock tp.—Berth 1, 14 sq. m. at $2,500, Isaac Cockburn, Gravenhurst..............-. 35,000 oc McClintock tp.—Berth 2, 12 sq. m. at $500, Longford Lumber Go......... .- ssn 30,000 00 McClintock tp.—Berth 3, 834 sq. m. at $2,300, Longford Lumber Co, .... . 255. 5ueeeneee 20,125 00 McClintock tp.—Berth 4, 1044 sq. m. at $2,000, Isaac Cockburn, Gravenhurst..............- 20,500 00 McClintock tp.—Berth 5, 94 sq. m. at $1, 600, Isaac Cockburn, Gravenhurst .............. 14,800 00 McClintock tp.—Berth 1, 13¢ sq. m. at $1,050, Longford Lumber Co)... ..5. . scene 11,550 00 Pentland tp.—Berth 6, 11 sq. m. Wm. Mackie, Ottawa ........ 05 seus a. «= one 4 400 00 Wilkes tp.—Berth 1, 1334 sq. m. at $a00, Wm Mackie, Ottawa... -.05. techs ee 12,375 00 Wilkes tp..—Berth 2, 1534 sq. m. as $1,700, Wm. Mackie, Ottawa. ..<. ..« ¢én oh ss Gene ene 26,350 00 Wilkes tp.—Berth 3, 173, sq. m. at $4,000, T. H. Moffatt, Pembroke .« ........ <0). .5R enn 71,000 00 Nightingale tp.—Berth 1, 15s sq. m. at $600, Thos. Murray, Pembroke. .. .....saneeeee ee 975 G0 Grand total. ,< sc. +s «0.00 ae $1,312,712 50 —The cabinet and fuvsitider Kiveor) of Mr. Phillippe Valliere, Quebec. was destroyed by fire Dec. 4th, entailing a loss of over $100,000. The works were well equipped with valuable machinery and tools, and there was a large lot of walnut and mahogany lumber, and some 30,000 chairs, all of which was destroyed. The extensive stores and showrooms adjoining, containing about $200,000 worth of goods, were saved, but considerably damaged. Mr. Valliere‘ who is one of the wealth- iest citizens of Quebec and does probably the largest marie in his line there, will commence rebuilding his ops As ately. ¢ , January, 1888. The Art of Sorting Lumber. People unacquainted with the lumber business usually think that it is the handling of a coarse, bulky commodity, that re- quires little knowledge of details, or skill in management. It is the common notion that any man can be a lumberman after a short experience. Surely the buying and selling of boards, scantling, timbers, shingles and lath must be a simple and easy matter. Such a business, in the common view, has no comparison, in detail and minutiz, to the dry goods, grocery or hardware trade. This opinion may have some application to the business of a small retail yard, at a railway station in a farming district, in which half a million feet of common lumber would be a large stock, and the list of sorts would not comprise more than a dozen. But when we come to one of the great wholesale yards, such as are to be found in this city, and other leading markets, the common notion is wide of the correct one. A wholesale yard has come to be the depository of a vast list of articles of wood, in which is embraced coarse and manufactured lumber, from a stick of 12x12 to a picket with an ornamental head on it, or a shingle with a hexagonal butt. Ifa yard price list that lies under the eye of the writer were to be thrust into the visual range of a dry goods merchant, he would be astonished at the multiplicity of articles named therein, and the wide divergence of value attached to them. He would make up his mind that a novice would have to re- ceive a long and painstaking tuition before he could engage successfully in such a business. Let us take a glance at the list in question. It embraces nearly 60 different classes of rough and dressed ‘‘ wood goods,” as the English say. Included in this classification are fully goo different grades, sizes or styles of manufacture. In white, or soft pine flooring, there are 4r grades or items, with as many different prices. There are 13 grades of Norway flooring ; 71 of hardwood flooring, including maple, red oak, white oak, walnut, cherry, ash and southern pine. Ship lap has a list of 22 items. There are patent sheathing and lath, soft and Nor- way pine partition, German siding, o. g. drop siding, soft pine ceiling, Norway ceiling, wainscoting, corrugated ceiling and well tubing, each with from one to twenty grades, sizes or de- scriptions. There are a dozen different makes of “fence rails” —not the kind that Indiana and Ohio farmers use, that are split out of logs, but-fancy rails, that are priced at $10 to $40 a thousand, measured in lumber feet. There is a class of lum- ber denominated ‘‘saps,” which comprises seven items; a style of lumber that is much esteemed at the east because it is clear and cheap, and just as good as any when inside and covered with paint. Stock boards, 10 and 12-inch, have 36 items on the list. Finishing lumber and thick uppers include nearly a hundred items. Panel stock has 20 grades ; rough pine strips, 34 ; Norway, 12; pickets and palings, 16 sizes and grades; short lumber, rough, 42; car builders’ stock, 32. Then, there are commonand cull boards, N orway boards, com- mon and cull fencing, and Norway fencing ; mill culls, rough maple strips, timber, joists and scantling, each class with a numerous list. There is beveled corn cribbing, bridging and furring which the novice should know is not stuff with which to build bridges, or anything that pertains to beltries taken from the backs of animals, but simply little sticks with which to brace joists in floors, and strips to nail lath on. In plain shingles there are 22 kinds and grades, and there are 14 de- descriptions of dimension and ornamental makes, with geomet- rical terms—squares, diamond, hexagon, octagon, circle and segment applied to them. Enough has already been mentioned to bewilder the ordinary merchant ; but the list further includes building paper, lath, battens, poplar eave troughs, sidewalk plank, porch post stock, turning timber, turned hitching and stable posts, cedar posts, etc. All the different kinds of lumber are sold rough or dressed, as desired. Much of it has to be manufactured into stuff ready to be put into place in buildings, articles of use, fences, or what not. It can be easily seen that this involves a large and varied amount of mill work. Hence we find attached to this trade list a schedule of prices for dressing, making, kiln drying, etc. There is also a sash, door and blind list, with the cus- tomary discounts. All the rough, dressed and manufactured material referred to in this list is offered for sale, at specified prices, by one house. The job is undertaken to supply any customer in the United States, with any item on the list, on short notice. It does not require a strong imagination to reach the conclusion that there can be no seeds in the wool, moss on the back, or hair on the teeth of the man or men who devise and main- tain such a complex business as this. Though a wooden trade, there can be no wood in the head of the men who keep all these details in proper arrangement, so that there shall not only be no loss in the business, but handsome profit at the year’s end. There are several wholesale yards in this city, the stock of ich takes a wide range, but perhaps the one referred to is TEI CANADA LUMBERILZAN. 5 the most complete. The successful conduct of such a trade is enough to show that the lumber business can be made to em- ploy the ablest and brightest mercantile faculty of the country. As the years pass, raw material diminishes in supply, and for- est resources have to be gathered from a widening reach of territory ; as the necessities and tastes of community shall require the use of a greater variety of woods, the wholesale collector and distributer of stocks will become more and more a man of extended and minute knowledge pertaining to his vocation.—WVorthwestern Lumberman. Tension in Saws. Tension is the principle in hammering a high speeded saw. In the lower speed the tension is not such an item, and many saws are now running that require no tension at all only the natural stiffness of the steel. This term tension is new to many saw hammerers, and a great many so-called experts and instructors in hammering saws do not understand the proper relation of the tension ina high speeded saw. They can make the average saw do good work. In this way many men get up their ‘‘rep.” and are ready to tackle anything in the shape of asaw, knowing that the saw requires to be opened in the centre to the required speed. This may be done and yet the saw won’t go. The unequal tension is corrected, but of no avail. I have seen such men hammer a high speeded saw until the centre would dish back and forth as it should apparently, and he never did make that saw run, hammering it half a dozen times, opening and stiffening 1t to the extreme both ways, Remember The trouble was the saw was not opened in the proper relation to the action of centrifugal force, saw hammerers do not understand, that a saw can be hammer- ed to be as stiff at any required speed as the metal in the plate will allow. They do not know the extent of the centrifugal strain on the rim. versa”’ line in a circular saw? We often see men hammer a saw trying to get at the limit and the saw got worse. this man could correct unequal tension fairly. This is something that nine-tenths of the How many know the maximum or ‘‘vice in segments from centre to rim, no matter what the condition of the saw is. The first thing is to sledge hammer the saw for a while to “‘liven up the steel,” and then goabout to regulate it to the speed. By the time this is done there has been ten times as much work done as was necessary, and the saw will soon be in worse condition than ever, as the tight and loose lines bring about more buckles from rim to center than all his hammering can get out ; the rim at regular intervals gradually assumes the shape of the letter S. Years of experience in average speed does not make a man proficient for a speed of 12,000 feet rim speed. The trouble with such men is this, as above stated, they can make an aver- age saw go very well, have hammered saws that so many have failed on, that the man naturally is led to believe that he is chief. He can talk about the saw makers and what he can learn them, knows it all and don’t care to learn any more, but talk to him about a saw running on 12 and 14-inch feed, and you will catch his jack, and he won’t believe it then, says it’s some newspaper talk, and a trick. As a man of this kind remarked to me, it is “scalping,” the saw being allowed to rub the log while gig- ging, to display the feed marks, etc. Saw makers are not very old on heavy feeds. The best saw maker in the United States to-day claimed 15 years ago that no saw could be made to stand the strain of a 10-inch feed in a 12-inch cut. At the Centennial in 1876, 1014-inch feed was all that was aimed at. The same saw cut 21 4-inch feed at the World’s Fair, at New Orleans in 1885. Why could not 21% inch feed be cut just as well 11 years ago as now? The steel in the saw to-day is undoubtedly the same asthen. This shows that there has been a wonderful increase in the capacity of the circular saw, all brought about in the hammering of it, getting the tension in the exact relation to the centrifugal force, and feed strain. Saws are sometimes bursted on heavy feed, but my exper- ience has been that when a saw was adapted to the work and in a first-class condition, they have never been broken by heavy feeds. There are but very few men who can put a saw in that condition, and it being so far above the calibre of the average saw hammerer, it is folly to attempt to explain here the sensi- Perfection has not yet been attained by any man, but the difference between a botch and a good job ona circular saw, comes very near tive and most essential parts of a perfect saw. demonstrating perfection. The adjustment of a saw is more essential than the most vital part of a watch. so near alike that the average man can not tell which is in the Two saws may be fixed up and appear best condition, and yet one saw will cut twice as much lumber as the other and equally as good. My limited experience has taught me that the best results are obtained by not hammering near the center or rim of a saw.—V/oreman, in Woodworker. —There is very little doing just‘now in the Quebec market. What is Forestry 7 What is forestry ? It is the ame thing as agriculture—a business. The difference is only in the kind of crop and in the manner of treating the crop. It is the pro a wood crop we are after. This is the crop which grows, or can be made to grow, on those part of the far wt are useless for all other crops. It is a slow growing crop, to be sure, but it grows while you are asleep, and you need put he ground but once, where it will thrive without further care for many years ; and, if properly started, it needs no hoeing, no cultiva- ting, no worrying about the weather. And wher you come to reap it, it will prove to yield a profit from grounc would otherwise have been left not only unpro nsightly in addition. If only for the looks of it a piece of young ti f yer thriftily growing enhances the value of the farm. ore plant the unsightly waste places to trees, remove those ugly spots from the farm that spoils its good looks. It costs but litth than an occasional day of enjoyable work. Don’t figure on the profit of sticks that you are there is profit indirectly accruing from such planting, defies all strict financial calculation, besides your owr tion which will surely reflect from such work beyond any direct money gain, though this will not be lac proper time. It has been proved over and over wood-lot will sell the farm—if sold it must be than it would have brought without it. And you who are the happy owner of a wood-lot treat it as the goose that lays the golden eggs ; the eggs will soon be high in price, the goose is worth caring for! If you cut, don’t cut the good trees only and leave the bad ones to spoil the looks of the lot and to injure the young growth, that would be better off if the gnarly old fellow over head did not stand in its way with shade and drip. Always give some light and room to the young folks ! Forestry means more than tree planting; it is the art of managing a wood crop so that it will reproduce itself sponta- neously by the seed from old trees and afterwards helping the young growth to make the best timber in the shortest time. Nature will reproduce the forest and grow timber without care if allowed by man, but she takes time, and time is money—at least to a careful manager. Then use your odd moments in improving your crop ; the axe, too; is a cultivator—in judicious hands.—-&. F. Fernow, Chief of Forestry Division U. S. Department of Agriculture. A Curious Bill-~Head. - A correspondant of the dmtiguary says that recently, in turning over a bundle of London tradesman’s accounts of nearly a couple of centuries ago, he came across the following, which is certainly curious, and seems to be a sort of cross between a bill-head and a book-plate. The plate-mark has a margin of half an inch all round, the full size of the sheet itself being 6% by 414 inches. WILLIAM GARDNER at the Sign of the one Cane-Chair, on the South Side of St. Pauls- Church, London, maketh and selleth Cane- Chairs, Couches, and Cane-Sashes at reason- OF dry Wood. At the back of this is Mr. Gardner’s account, as follows :— able Rates. Mr. Duglas bill for cheres Nov. ye 6, 1700. £2" Sd § walnut Cheres, fine moulding, the finest Caine. ofall pat T2s556 pc omece es ae 4-16 Oo 2 Elbow Cheres suttable at 15s.......... I 10 O vii opie neal ee ae Reced Nov. ye 8 1709, of Mr. Duglas the full contents of this bill and all demands, I say Reced by me WM. GARDNER. Gardner must have been a celebrated chair-maker, from the fact of the goods having been sent all the way to Newcastle- on-Tyne, where the Mr. Duglas referred to in his bill resided. They Paid for the Mistake. Northwestern Lumberman. A Bangor Me., lumber dealer recovered -10 cents a thous- and on 800,000 lath from the Western Union Telegraph Co., because a telegraphic offer to a Philadelphia dealer had been delivered making the price 10 cents less than that written by the sender. The waiving clause in the telegraph blank, releas- ing the company’s liability for error or non-delivery, and the ground that plaintiff was not bound by the erroneous message, The supreme judicial court of Maine decided against the company on both grounds, holding that the printed stipulation did not bind the sender, but was void, because the public good de- furnished the strong points in the company’s defense. manded the use of care and dilligence by the company, and that the sender of the message was bound by it in the form delivered, but that he had remedy against the company. TEE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —Mr. Van, of Foxmead, is about starting a new shingie mill. —Joseph Wheeler has erected his shingle mill in Freetton. It is now in full swing. The Macklem saw mill, at Kincardine, will shortly re- commence operations. Wilson Little and Alex. Morrison, of Donegal, will engage in lumbering at Wiarton. —The Georgian Bay Lumber Co., are putting in a new engine and other machinery. —Taurin & Capistrand, planing mill operators, Penetan- guishene, have dissolved partnership. Hamilton Bros. of Ottawa are sending an unusually large number of men to the woods this winter. The sash and door factory belonging to A. J. Jones, Rochesterville, was recently destroyed by fire. —-Robert Harrison, of Cavan, is adding to his saw mill a chair factory and sash, door and blind factory. It is stated that McLaughlan Bros., of Arnprior, intend to take out about 400,000 logs this winter. —-A jobber for the Conger Lumber Co. has skidded over 1,000,000 feet of logs since July, with two teams. A former resident of Peterborough, Mr. Perchard, is running the mill for Mr. Sills, at Meyersburg. Mr. S. Cummer is building a new saw mill at Arranville, on the site of the old mill that stood for thirty years. An Ottawa newspaper estimates the output of logs on the Ottawa region alone at about a thousand million of feet. ——Manhard & Co., lumber dealers and brokers, of Brock- ville, have decided to remove to Cape Vincent, N. Y. __The loss occasioned by the recent burning of the Gilmour shingle mill, at Trenton, will be $12,000. It was insured. —Mr. Hadden, of Foxmead, has his planing machinery ready for operation, He also intends erecting a shingle mill during the present winter. —Perley & Pattee, lumber merchants, are the leading pro- moters of the new company for supplying Ottawa with natural gas. —A wood pulp mill is being built at Kingtson, on the Hudson river, to draw on the supply of pine in the Ottawa region, —The Parry Sound Lumber Co.’s barge, Corisande, met with a mishap recently, which has rendered it unfit for use until repaired. —-The Canada Pacific Railway is now practically finished from Algoma Mills to Ste. Marie. The men on the contract have all returned east. —The firm of Christie, Kerr & Co, has several camps at Oakley, and in order to feed the men send herds of cattle there. They intend getting out 12,000,000 feet this winter. —The mills of Messrs. B. Caldwell & Son, at Carleton Place, Their cut this year amounts to 9,000,000 feet, the largest for some years. closed down for the season last week. —A large quantity of wrecked timber has been shored on Lake Huron, near Kincardine, and the Goverment has in- structed the local Costoms collecter, to protect the same. —Apbout a million feet of lumber has been washed ashore on Lake Huron, between Point Clark and Inverhuron, and it is reported that the farmers in that vicinity have been confiscat- ing it. —There was an auction sale of lumber and shingles at Young’s Point, on Dec. 13th, comprising pine, oak, elm, ash, basswood, maple and hemlock also a large quantity of dimen- sion timber. —The lumber laden barges Hinckley and Harmon, which were wrecked on Point Albion, Ont., have proved a total loss. The outfits were lately taken to Port Colbourne and all hope of releasing them given up. —The machinery for the new mills of the Parry Sound lum- ber Co. and the Midland and North Shore Co. has been received at Parry Sound, and the work of erecting the millS is being pushed forward rapidly. —Itis reported that Mr. Horace Shaver, and Henry Shaver, of Ancaster, have been making extensive purchases in the dis- trict of Muskoka, wood shipped to Hamilton station. It is their intention to have the lumber and —Peter McLean, of Pembroke, has been appointed detec- tive officer to look after the persons who steal logs along the Ottawa. The Sfandard says Peter is the right man for the place, and that he will make matters hot for the harpies. __Mr. Thos. Greenlaw, of Vasey, Midland district, having rented his farm is going to build on his swamp lot in Tay and commence the manufacture of shingles. He has the lumber on the ground and will commence operations at once. We also hear that some parties from Penetang. have purchased the timber on the Simpson-Mealey lot and are going to build a shingle mill at once. The lumber manufacturers interested in the Madawaska river and its tributaries, held a meeting in Ottawa, Dec. 14th, for the purpose of taking into consideration the improving of that stream from Bark Lake to Chain Rapids. It was decided to proceed with the necessary improvements at once, John Harvey, of Arnprior, being appointed as superintendent. This work will give employment to a large number of men during this winter. —Very considerable transactions in deals are reported. The Gilmour stock on hand and the cutting for 1888 is sold to Messrs. Smith, Wade & Co., of London, Eng., the balance of the Hamilton stock on hand and about half of the produc- tion for next year has also been bought by the same firm, the remainder being sold to Messrs. Dobell, Beckett & Co., Messrs. R. M. Cox & Co., of Liverpool, are reported to have purchased Messrs. Perley & Pattee’s productions for next year. Prices have not transpired, but are understood to be about the same as ruled for this year’s cuttings. —A company composed of Messrs. FE. H. Bronson, E. B. Eddy, H. F. McLaughlin, J. R. Booth, Alex. Fraser, and W. G. Perley, under the name of the Madawaska Improvement Company, have applied for an act of incorporation. The capital of the company is $60,000, and the object of the pro- posed company will be to construct dams, slides, piers, booms, and other works necessary to facilitate the rapid transmission of logs down the Madawaska river and its tributaries, and also to improve the navigation and telegraphic connections in the district. The head office of the company will be at Ottawa. The Emery Lumber Company is composed of the Emery Bros., of East Tawas, and the members of the Saginaw Lum- ber and Salt Company, of East Saginaw. This concern owns about 100,000,000 feet of pine in the Georgian Bay district. Two years ago they conceived the idea of bringing the timber from that tract to the mills of the company at East Tawas, and Crow Island, on the Saginaw River, for manufacture, the ex- port duty exacted by the Canadian authorities on logs in the rough being only $1 per thousand feet. It was finally decided to construct a barge sufficiently large to carry 500,000 feet of logs at one cargo, with appliances for loading and unloading the logs by steam. Accordingly the contract was let for the construction of a craft at Bay City, and she was com- pleted a year ago last spring and called the Mahnapite, after ariver in the Georgian Bay region. This craft is 275 feet long, and 51 feet breadth of beam. Her cost was $30,000, and she was put into the log carrying business between the points named, the company having cut 13,000 pieces on their Canadian limits. Several trips were made, but during the season the Canadian authorities increased the export duty on logs to $2 per thousand feet, and it was found that they could lumber more profitably by manufacturing the log stock cut on the Canadian side. Last spring the Wahnapite was put into the lumber carrying trade in which she has proved a bonanza. Her trips have all been made from the Lake Super- ior country, and had the monster craft been ten inches wider she could not have passed through the Sault canal. She has made six round trips, carrying an average of 2,000,000 feet of lumber at a load, the freight averaging $4. She is now down from Ashland to Tonawanda with a cargo of about 2,000,000 feet. Her up freights amounted to $7,800 on ties carried into Duluth. Her largest cargo was was 2,409,800 feet—the largest ever carried by a lake craft—which was load- ed at Duluth and carried to Tonawanda. On one trip between the same points she carried 2,181,000 feet. This cargo was piled 22 feet high and she drew only 11 feet of water. —Saginaw bound Courter. c QUEBEC. —Lake Magentic and vicinity boasts of at least seven saw mills. —Contractors are getting out about 40,000 sleepers for the C.P.R. in Saguenay County. —The lumber mill belonging to E. F. Todd & Son, Mill- town, has been damaged by fire. —James Burbank, of Hatley, has put a saw and planing mill in operation in the basement of his grist mill. —A Quebec despatch says news received from England points to an advance in the timber market on account of the low stock in hand. —The barque Peerless, reported some time ago as water- logged and towed into Gaspe Basin, has been pumped out, and her cargo of timber and deals discharged and secured for the winter, —J. B. Scott, Nicolet, lumber dealer and speculator in logs, ties and bark, has assigned, due, it is said, to the recent failure of Plamonden & Augur, Quebec lumbermen. His liabilities are given at from between $50,000 and $60,000. —Here is a modicum of interesting news for Canadian saw mill owners and others. The Papineauville, Que., Council has stated that no tax shall be levied for fifteen years on any person or persons whe erect saw mills or other manufactories in that locality. An Amprior firm, Messrs. McLaughlin, and a Braeside firm, Messrs Gillies Bros., it is rumored, intend to take advantage of this promise. —Ross & Co., of Quebec, have purchased of Hon. Timothy Nester, Hon. H. C. Thurber and Jacob Selegman, 14,000 acres of land in Baraga, Menominee, Delta, Alger and Marguette, Mich., which comprise a vast portion of the vast tract purchas- ed by Mr. Selegman and Mr. Nester from an England syndi- cate a few months ago. Ross & Co. will cut such lumber as they won’t export, and put the rest of the timber on the market. —Lumber operators on the Lake St. John Railway route during the present winter promise to be very active. Large numbers of men are being sent up to work in the different lumber shantes along theline. Mr. J. S. Murphy will employ about 150 men in his shanties getting out spruce logs to supply his new steam mill which has lately been completed on the Riviere a Pierre, and several other operators will also employ a large number of men. A new spool factory has also been established at Pearl Lake by Messrs Shroder & Son of Three Rivers, and is expected to commence operations shortly. —A correspondent writing from Springfield to the Sher- brooke Gazette, among other items of interest concerning that section, advocates the establishment of a lumber mill in the following words: A mill for the manufacture of lumber to meet the demands of a local, and other markets, and for other purposes, on the stream known as Black River, three miles from Springhill railway station, on the main road leading to the village of Stornaway is much needed. If such saw mill were built and in operation on the stream aforesaid, local resi- dents would have a market for their lumber, and other farm productions. In the vicinity of Black River there is an end- less quantity of sound spruce and a variety of other timber within a radius of four miles, which would last a good running saw mill a quarter of acentury. Recently the residents have commenced subscribing to a fund to be laid out in building such a saw mill on Black River, and put the same into first class running order, with the intention of forming and estab- lishing a company for the manufacture of all kinds of timber, and this fund is increasing with astonishing rapidity. I should not be surprised to see within two years hence a company in- corporated by an act of the Provincial Legislature in Spring- hill, which will do a profitable business in an honest and industrious pursuit. NEW BRUNSWICK. —Shipments for the season are about over at Bangor, Me. —Smith Bros., of Centreville, have their steam saw mill at work. —Adams & Gregory’s mill, St. John, will, it is said, run most of the winter. _—About fifteen mills have been built in the province during the current year. | —All the mills in the vicinity of St. John were closed for | the season before Christmas. —Carr & Shaw will build a steam mill near Hartland, this winter, and Chase & Sons will rebuild in the same town. _-W. H. Murray, of Indiantown, is building an addition to his mill and will put in several stave and clapboard machines. —Shipments of deals, etc., to the United Kingdom, from | the port of Richmond and output of Buctouche, for the season, amount to 14,751,000. —The shingle mills throughout New Brunswick have had "an extra good season. Nearly all of them are piling cedar so as to be able to run all winter. —The lumbermen had plenty of snow during the first part | of the season, but the woods are now reported bare and oper- ations practically suspended. —J. W. Clark & Son are making boxes. A member of the firm is now in the United States buying planing and door-bail- ing machines, which will be placed about the middle of January. —The shipment of deals, etc., for the year, from the port of Miramichi, amount tq 68,121,029 superficial feet. From Richi- bucto and its outport, Buctouche, the shipment amounted to 14,751,000 superficial feet. _The Grangers on the Arostook are reported to be hold- ing large meetings and passing strong resolutions against ‘Arostook lumber being driven into New Brunswick, and manufactured there. January, 1888. —The value of the lumber exports from St. John during November was less than half of that for the same month last year, the amount being $66,772, as against $143,143. —Fairfield lumbermen will cut about 8,000,000 feet this year. Estimates of cuts in other sections are hard to get at, but it is believed that the coming season will show the largest cut for years. —At Baring, Dec. 12th, H. F. Eaton & Son lost three gang muleys, two planing machines, lath and shingle machines, and a quantity of lumber by fire. The loss is placed at $15,000 ; insurance, $8,000. —Business in St. John and vicinity, so far as lumber is con- cerned, has kept up well so far, and the prospect for the winter is decidedly encouraging. An advance in certain kinds of lumber is being talked of, although no particulars are yet to hand. —In an old volume entitled, Sketches of New Brunswick, I find these figures given as the market quotations of New Bruns- wick lumber, etc., in 1825 : Pine and Birch timber, 20s. sterl- ing per ton ; lumber and plank, 40s sterling per M ; shingles, 12s. 6d. per M ; lathwood, 20s. per cord ; staves, 60s. per M. —Lumbermen say there will not be so much lumbering done in the Miramichi region this season as in former years, on account of the stumpage tax. Besides that, lumber is scarcer and more difficult to get at, the hauls are longer and, with the work of building dams and cleaning out streams, the expenses lap over the profits. Reduction of stumpage is now an issue in the local election there. —The lumber mills of Messrs. H. F. Eaton & Sons, St. Stephen, N. B., known as the ‘‘Upper Mills,”’ were destroyed by fire Dec. 5th. Loss about $12,000. These are the mills about which there was a dispute as to which side of the river they were on. A few weeks since the United States customs officers seized some of the lumber manufactured there, contend- ing it was from Canadian mills and liable to duty on going into the United States. The owners claimed that the mills were in Maine. It is probable that the mills will not be rebuilt un- less it is decided that their site is on the Baring side of the boundary line. —Maine dealers say that the past season has been a prosper- ous one for everybody interested in the lumber business and that the trade, both foreign and domestic, has been limited only by the supply. I gather from lumbermen and correspon- dence, says a writerin the N. Y. Leber Trade Journal, some interesting notes. The tide mills of the lower Kennebec, which had hard luck from 1884 to 1886, sawed ,over 5,000,000 feet this season, most of which went to the Boston market at $14 to $14.50 per M. Theamount of lumber handled by Portland houses during the year will be about 150,000,000 feet. The South American export trade this year will probably amount to 50,000,000 feet, a large advance over any previous year. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —Minnedosa saw mills are reaping a profit from the sale of their sawdust. —Jeffrey Bros., of Laggan, are getting out 20,000 poles and some flat timber for the Galt Mining Company. —From twelve to fifteen cars of lumber are being sent week- ly from Selkirk to Winnipeg and other western parts. —Fraser & Co. have sawed about eight hundred and fifty thousand feet of lumber this season and have about seventy-five thousand feet of logs up the river yet. They wil! take out half a million feet this winter. —Seven thousand railway ties were sold in Brandon recent- ly for timber dues. They only brought $5200, or just about enough to cover the dues and the wages of the men who brought them down the river to Brandon. —Mr. W.’B. Fotheringham is building a saw mill and grist mill on the island at the head of the Sault rapids of the Rainy River. He has already got in his camp and is taking out logs and will have about 600,000 feet by the time the mill is ready. The roads are cut to the mill and everything isin good running order for this time of the year, in fact he has got out these supplies fora year. The mill site selected is exactly midway between Rainy River and Lake of the Woods so that as it is in the middle of the settlement on the banks of the Rainy River it must naturally follow that it will be the headquarters for the settlement on the river. The placc has been called Jubilee. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —From the Seztinel we learn that Wm. Fortune, of Tran- quille, has completed the building of his new mill and com- menced cutting lumber. —Knight Bros., Popcum, write THE LuMBERMAN that they have some choice timber in that Province, and that they had the pleasure a short time ago of examining a grove of tim- ber containing about one hundred and sixty acres. There was no underbrush, and the trees did not stand more than ten feet apart on the average, sometimes three or four would be almost touching at the roots. —The Dominion Government has completed an arrange- ment for the transportation of mails on the new route between Great Britain and Japan, via the Canadian Pacific railway. Vancouver will be made a postal centre under the new arrange- ment, and all foreign mails coming east, and destined morf poins in the United States and Canada will be distributed rom there, AMERICAN NOTES. —There will be a heavy accumulation of lumber in the Philadelphia market this winter. —A large number of Michigan lumbermen will operate this winter in California and the south. —Saginaw lumbermen are making heavy investments in pine timber in the Duluth districts. —The total cut of lumber for the season of 1887 by the Ash- land saw mills has been 69,774,024 feet. —The Chicago market is virtually at an end for the season. There will be no further sales worthy of note until next spring. —The forest lands of the United States, excluding Alaska, embrace 500,000,000 acres, or 28 per cent Of the entire area. —The devastation caused 'by fire on the Saginaw river has been extensive the past season; it is estimated that nearly $200,000 has gone up in smoke. —An approximate estimate of the amount of lumber hauled by the principal railway lines of eastern Michigan, for the year just closed, is placed at 200,000,000 feet. —The white cedar movement on the lakes, as well as by rail, have been enormous this year, Chicago dealers have hand- led the larger portion of this year’s products. —A change in the editorial management of the 7%zberman is announced in its last issue, A. H. Hitchcock retiring from the editorial chair, which is assumed by J. E. Defebaugh. —The mills at the mouth of Menominee river have closed down for the year 1887. During the past season there has been about 217,000,000 feet of lumber cut by these mills be- sides a large quantity of lath, shingles and picket. —The lake receipts at Buffalo for the season amount to 258,000,000 against 285,000,000 feet the previous year, a slight falling off, and the canal shipments amount to only 56,000,000 in round numbers against 83,000,000 the previous year. —About 100,000,000 feet ‘of lumber was cut at Cheboygan, Mich., the last season, the largest ever recorded. It falls about 25,000,000 feet short of the amount anticipated at the start, but is about 20,000,000 feet in excess of the cut of 1886. —The Tonawanda and Buffalo dealers have, the past season, labored under the serious difficulty of a short supply of cars. Some dealers in the two markers declare that they could have shipped a third more lumber if they had been furnished a sufficiency of cars. —From New York we learn that the export demand con- tinues light in all directions. reaction, as several features of the market are undergoing a change that will benefit us. The River Platte trade is about to begin from this port, and things look brighter in the direction of the West Indies. Trade with Australia and Africa is dull. The near future may produce a —Wages in the Michigan woods, it is believed, will average two or three dollars per month the coming winter better than last. In some portions of Wisconsin, it is reported, there is a larger increase than the above. In the vicinity of Wausau, Wis., men who received $26 last winter are getting from $3 to $33, and teamsters, loaders and choppers are offered $40, and some very desirable men are even offered $45. This rate of wages is about equal to the years 1871 and 1872, previous to the panic. EUROPEAN NOTES. —The London timber market is unusually heavily stocked this winter. -——The London mahogany and hardwood market shows signs of increased firmness every week. —There will likely be an advance in London shipping rates at the opening of navigation next spring. —Advices from Glasgow go to show that the outlook for the winter’s work on the Clyde is pretty good. —The preparatory works for the commencement of the Manchester Ship Canal are being pushed on vigorously. —The timber trade throughout England and Scotland is showing very satisfactory signs of improvement, especially as regards hardwoods. —FPrivate transactions in the lumber world are becoming more numerous than heretofore, and as a result auctions are not as well patronized. TELE CANADA LUMBERMADRD. | “I John H. Burrell has retired from the firm of Alfred Dobell & Co., Liverpool, Eng., timber merchants and brokers, but business will be continued under the old There has been a rise in mz hogany on th de of the water, and principally owing to this fact cedar has gone up also. The stocks in the latter line are very much reduced, and consumers are showing a better disposition to purchase. Deals from Quebec and Montreal, to the Glasgow market, imports of which were large in the earlier part of the seasor and ran considerably ahead of last year’s at corresponding period, are now in total quantity rather behind that of last year. The vessel New Brunswick, tx r OQuebr Liver pool with a cargo of timber, etc., for Messrs. Gilbert Harrisor & Brothers, has again been passed derelict in the Atlantic, and from her position is a source of danger 1 transatlantic steamers, as she is in the customary by them when bound for New York. Messrs. Singleton, Dunn & Co.’s circular, dated Glasgow. ‘ nettneeiols yeialenee 12) 2 selected 16 ft. long, above dimensions 8.50 to 9.00 Cull strips, 1 in. thick, 5 to7 wilde... .....-....-.. 7.00 tos Mill cut outs. A. glo eon oe eiaeiii’ TA? edge tat ee aaa II vss 4.00 to 5.00 , fe adele otereae sss severe ree Ze 2 Scant seat cee cea oa 12.00 ef culls 224 + ce § 7.00 LE atts vitiele 1.25 Stock shorts, “ok ty OE, TEE a) 8. IR 10.00 I inch siding outs, 1%. 1%, 2..... 15.00 ‘outs from shorts, 1%, ks Wee asin aie 6.50 to 7.00 Outs from stocks.. oh 2X1 l Bera lass x, ib'elnin «binky eee 12 1% 10.00 tO 12.00 Ste sd e synuaaaeiey ein Meuenee 1%) Shingles, x. ne cece hc oe ere eee meee _ 1.25 Ke 3.00 cedar, No. I. 2.00 to 2.75 cedar, culls. 1.25 5.00 Difference in planed lumber, in waste and planing 5 a ‘ ions 20.00 tO 23.00 Ditto, on average good stock.. Hamilton, Ont. Mill cull boards and Dressing stocks...... $ 600 1800 scantlings.. ....$ 9 00@10 00\1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800 Shipping cull boards, 1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800 promiscuous widths. 10 00 1200 1% flooring. dressed . 25 oo Shipping cull stocks. 13 00146 flooring, dressed . 32 00 Scantling and sites up \1 flooring, dressed . 23 00 to 6 feet.. 13 00| Beaded sheeting 1. .. 2800 3000 do up to 18 ‘feet . 13 50| Picks, Am. inspection 30 00 do up to 20 feet ...... 14 00/ Three uppers Am. In. 4c 00 do up to 22 feet ...... 15 00|X XX sawn shingles.. 2 60 270 do up to 24 feet ...... fe oo|Sawn Lath........... 225 do up to 26 feet ...... 7 oo|Red Oak.. -.-++. 2000 2500 do up to 28 feet ...... 18 oo| White Oak......-.... 2500 3000 do up to 30 feet . : 20 00] Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1800 20060 Cutting up plank p 4 Cherry No. 1 & 2..... 5000 6000 and thicker, dry.... 2000 23 00|\White Ash No.1 & 2. 2500 300 Cutting up boards 20 o0| Black Ash, No. 1 & 2. 2000 2500 Saginaw Valley. CARGO LOTS. Uppers . . . 36 00@38 oo Norway....-.-- g 00 10 $0 Commo” :7. 37. . s 15 00 20 of Box... eee 10 00 10 50 Shipping Culls . . . 800 10 50 Straight measure . . 12 00 23 00 Mill Culls Jat 6 oo ¥ ARD QU OTATIONS—CAR LOTS DRY. Drop Siding. Clear, 36 in) sede 44 00446 oo C, % in 30 co es wee 3 oo 41 00 y <<: ° 19 00 Bias! Wo « 36 00 F looring and Siding—Dressed. Flooring, clear, d & m 40 00 Sica § clear, Kale in. 22 00 No.1 Sele 31 00 f 20 00 No. 2 * on} b 17 00 No. 3 Cc 14 00 No. 4 B oe D 12 00 ‘i — oe Lumber—Rough. Three uppers, 1 in. . 43 00@45 00 Fine common, rin. . 2800 31 00 1% & 1% . 44.00 4600 14 & 2in. 32 00 Selects, rin. 35 00 36 oo C, 7, S&gin, ? 25 oo 1% &2in. . 36 oo Base, 2 to gin. No.1 42 00 — : o1% 30 00 20 00 Cc offen ieahde 16 in. and over 16 00 Joist, Scantling and Timber, 12 to 18 feet 10 00 22 feet . om ee= 3 50), MO. T= Se Sos Sa BS a Gears ee 3 oojPine = = - - 29- - ~ = jy 25 a No. rextra - - - 225 Clapboards. . Pine, extra - = - - - - §0 00 |Spruce, CXiUL a eens OG) “ty ‘clears = - - = - - 45 00 clearsp=) = 2 P-"23'00 ‘S vadiclearss= = = |=) -..35 00] .‘ he 0.1 = = =T5 00 i OPIN SS = SFO) lo) Flooring, Dressed. 6iny Nost > -9="- - - '- 12 oo/4 in., NON fst = =i 4=. = 17200 aN peat) og INO: 2 = 4 =, )=).- +=. 2) =.10 G0 Miscellaneous. Staves - - - =- 3 00@ 4 E Waphsy=s-e-— *- 1 80 Heading, 17in. per pr. Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00 rSan., 04% ons Railway ties - - 15 Ks 22in, .** 04% Buffala and Tonawanda, N. Y. Norway Pine—Rough. No. 1,1 &1% in. . . 19 00@20 oo\Stocks No. 1,1 & 1 in 21 00 No.2,1&14% in. ..1500 15 50 No. 2,1 & 14in. 17 00 No. 2,1 &14% in. ..1150 12 00 No. 3,1 & 1X in. 12 00 Scantling 2x4 to 2x12 12 to 16ft1300 Timber, 4x6 to 12x12 1600 2000 White Pine—Rough. Uppers, 1 in. -$44 00@46 oo|Shelving, No. 1, 13in. 1%,1% and 2 in. 4400 4700) andup . S50 Loo" A 24%,3and4in. . 5590 6000 No. 2, 13 in. & up 2200 2900 Selects,1 in. . . . 3900 40 00\/Fine common, tin. . 32 00 1%, 1% and 2 in. 3900 4000 14%,1% and 2 in. 3200 35 00 24%,3and4in. . 4500 5000\Common,rin. . .1600 1900 Cuts, No. I,tin.. . 2500 2800 1% and 1%in. .1700 2000 1%, 1% and2 in. 3200 3300 eat) % . . 2000 2200 2%,3and4in. . 3700 40 oo\Coffin boards 17 50 No. 2, 1 in. - 1500 17 00|Box, 1. in. athe 12 00 U4: 1¥% and 2 in. 2100 2200 1% in. & thicker 13 50 Mou ding, Tin. . . 2800 3200j)Astocks,1xIo ... 29 00 1%.1¥% and 2in. 2800 3200 DIZ oS ys 29 00 Siding strips, rin. . 38 00|B stocks, 1x6 to 16 17 50 C stocks, 1x6 to 16 13 50 Dressed Lumber. Nor 1/9 Nos2s “Nor Base and Casing underGinches. . . . .$33 00 $2300 $1600 Base and Casing, 6inches . . 258400) 25/00, § 17700 Base and Casing, 6, 7 and 8 inches - 4000 2900 1800 Flooring, 1 and 1% inches, 2% to 5 in. wide - 3000 2000 1500 Ceiling, % in., 2% to § 5 inches wide - 3300 2300 16 00 Ceiling, % in., 2% to § 5 inches wide . 2800 2200 £1400 Ceiling, % in., 2% to § inches wide - 2400 1800 1300 Philadelphia # Fencing Pare yc - 3900 3000 2100 Bevel Siding, 6 inches 22300 2100 XL .00 Bevel Siding, § inches . . 2350 2100 £41700 Bevel Siding, 6inches . . ; - 2300 1900 1400 Novelty Sidi ing, 6 inches and over » 4000 2300 1600 Shingles and ee — iin.XXX 3 85@ 3 90\Lath, pine No.1 .. 210 215 eet is 2 85 2 90| No. 2 A Hite 170 1 25|Norway ot 1 60 onaee les, 16 in. KXKX 3 00o|Hemlock Me: I 60 xx ers, . 2 10) 90 Wetroit, Mich. Uppers, Selects, Stocks, etc. Uppers, 4- £4 Sct eae icacat $45 oofShop, 5-4, 6-4 & 8-4......... $25 00 5x4, 6x4 & 8X4....-.....- 45 00|Fine corm ens 770.0 tse DpABCIO ae 31 00 a eain tg ad iia ne ot /< 50 00 5x4, 6x4 & BEA sere 33 50 Sabre Nat yr a's o'a o's 2's 38 oo/Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, No. 1.. 19 00 5x4, A a ae 40 00! 1x12, & 1xio, No.2...... : 16 00 hy Lo een Re eee 22 00| 1X12, & 1x10, No. 3...... 13 00 Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, etc. Flooring, select common... 22 od Roofing, D&M . 16 00 No.1 common........ x 78 oo Siding, clear 21 50 No. 1 fencing.. Wt LOG SO! Pa CLM ce De Mey: ue oon one 7a ito) Ceiling, select common .... 25 00 | Baa 45.50. OCOMICABED Go ten 18 50 No.1common.......... 22 00 EE, SO dt ans EE 13 50 No, 1 fencing........... - Bill Stiff and Culls. Bill stuff. ordinary sizes: 26 to 28 ft.. RR ner wee 30 to 34 Boe 18 to 20 ft..............- 12 So\Ship culls . : 22 to 24 ft..........---++ 13 Oo|Mil enlle Se reo ae Shingles and Lath. lear, 13 in. Ex... 3 75 6 in. stocks clear, Ex... oii clear, LOAN 55 72 477 3 0 in. stocks clear, Ex... 4 80 plea, 18.10; so00> 22> LH tae ri aaa Shee Add for Gitaotnas one or two sides, $1. Burlington, Vt. Canada Pine Cs 1x8 tn. and up, 120 1611. d 207 4 5 Select & shelving . . .$46 oo|Finish.. . . : $38 00 Pickings. . 37 oolDressing......... . 2800 Pickings & better. . .40 oo@ 42 oo|\Common..,.. . 20 00425 00 Canada Pine Stachs 1410 nN, 12 10 10 ft., d 2 oY 4 Selects (clear)... . - 55 oo\Pickings & better... . . 4000 ist shelving. 42 oo|As run, common out..28 00@% oo PINEDA), Sloe Atoll cmeEES) oo|No.1 barn boards .... . 25 00 KEG! ecuourgliwes So dupda 7 SOrOOlCONUMOMmen ses +s) eae 2000 Pickings . . Cioeth ove Bc ely Canada Pine Stock—rxr2 in. 12 to 16 fl. d 2 07 4s Selects (clear). ..... . 57 oo\Pickings & better..... 44 00 ee ner ++. «.. 47 00/Asrun, common out... 3300 and. ree Th ee 41 oo\No 1 barn boards... . . . 26 00 GOL, Bey Gap eto pen tee 32 0oo|\ Common . 21 00422 00 ECKIMOS HR, cian A ales 38 co! Canada Pine Stock—rgin. 12 lo 16 ft. d 2 07 4s. Pickings & better. .... 45 oofgd shelving. ....... . 3300 AS HUny COMMONOUt .)..2) 33 co\Common i... 4... 22 00 Canada Pine S. B’ds-rx8 in. & up, rr ft. and under, d 2s or 7. Pickings & better . . 33 00@35 oo\Dressing & common,d 2s or As run, common out . - 3000) dzs&m.... . 20 o0@21 00 \Comam ois enn 18 00@19 00 Canada Pine Sheathing, d.m. & b.-1," 4 to 7", 5" &up.ch Hy. ae anaury, 12tor16ft .. . 46 oojist & aN quality, 9 to 11 ft. 33 00 5 etic eek Om cas 37 oo] 7 & 34 00 Col cc Nee Cee ae eae 27 cae, Guality, 11 feet & under 22 00 4th (selected Common) . 22 00} 4th sichee 523800 Canada ( Quebec) yen e & Clean; To to 16 feet . iii Ve eee d25n. oe oo|No 2, to to 16 ft. - 15 00@16 00 00 Above prices sdehnered on a rate of $30 per car load. Boston, Mass. Western Pine—by car load. Uppers, 1 in -.$46 00@48 oo|No. 1 strips, 4 to 6 pint ie 00@44 00 1%, 1% & ain... 47 00 49 oo No.i....... .. 34 00 3200 3&4in........... 58 00 6000] No.3. Sys sh231 80 27 00 SACHS, I Wlysaceeode 43 00 44 oojCut ups, 1 to2in. 26 00 30 00 1%, WA & 2in. 44 00 46 oo\Coffin boards... .... 20 00 22 00 3 | 50 00 53 oo/No. 1 com. Io & 12 in. 24 00 26 00 Moulding boards, 7 to , 8in. 2300 24 00 11 inch clear.. 38 00 39 oo|No. 2 com. ro & 12 in. 19 50 21 00 60 per cent ‘clear 35 CONS 7HOOlS ANG ere a cece es 1O00) 18) 50 Fine common 1 inch 37 00 38 o0|No. 3 common, 8, 10 1%, 1% & 2inch... 38 00 41 oo] and 12inch.. I5 30 16 50 Fine com.. 3 & 4in.. 46 00 50 oo/Shipping culls, inch I5 00 16 00 No 2, 1 in. Fine com. 26 oo 31 oo/Shipping culls, 14% in 15 50 16 50 Te ee eo 2hine es 30 00 32 00} Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load. Nos. 1, 2 & 3 - 40 00@43 00| Sap, 2nd clear .. .. 35 00@37 oo ibnce Bord oo oo sa a 4) GO) <0) Ol] ISlERNAH Sac) oan oo 50 00 55 00 Bate aysa8 - 23 00 26 00| Heartclear... .. 45 00 50 00 Ship’g bds ‘& coarse 16 00 17 oo|Bevel siding 6 inch, Refuse .. ... I2 00 1300] clear 5 21 00 2300 West’rn pine clapbds INO 76 Ga ese 20 00 21 00 4 ft. sap extra... .. 45 00 50 00/ No.2..... » - 19 00 20 00 Clapboards, dts Sop clearer . 40 00 45 00 Spruce—by Cargo. Scantling and plank, Clear floor boards . . 19 00@20 oo random cargoes . . 12 50@14 00/ No.2....... 16 00 18 00 Yard orders, ordin- Coarse, rough. . . . 9 50 10 50 ALYVISIZeSHeey ene 14 00 I4 50 Hemlock bds., rough 10 50 II 00 Yard orders, extra “dressed 12 00 12 50 SIZOSH a PP eleva eet fe 500 15 So/Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 28 00 30 00 Frames, to order, ClearsAuite 920000) 25100 SmalistzeSee 04100) ede so Second clear. . . 2000 22 00 Frames, to order ex- IN@, 6 6 6 eo ote (lo) He) lo) tra sizes - . 15 00 15 50) Lath. SHINES Ser, eG an el oe Oe es On eet Ge - « 2 00@ 2 05 Shingles. Spruce. . I 25@1 5o\Cedar, sawed, extra 3 50@3 62% Pine, 18 in. “extra . “Oy ci yell Clie 5 an ee 6 Be eke Pine, clear Butts . . . 3 40 3 50 Extra, No. riage 2 30 250 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in. 5 00 Philadeiphia, Pa. White Pine. Mich, appers; Teton 1% to 2 in. in., dry ? . .. $48 00@50 00} barn quality.. 2%, ey & 4 ite toe 55 00 60 oo|\Common plank S’lcts, 1% to 2in. 42 50 45 00\% box boards, wide.. planks; ... 22 50@25 00 20 00 22 00 I4 00 16050 Selects, 1 WM osne 41 00 43 00/5¢ siding, selected .. 27 50 3000 I2in. flooring quality 30 00 32 5o/Culls, 12 in......... 15 50 17 00 Datneretnserstec. 19 00 23 00 Wide ee erea.. 05)00) 1600 Edge barn all widths 18 00 20 oo INanrOWs ie ceeee: 13 50 3600 38 50 Cargo Lots. Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 00|Scantling and plank 2000 2200 Heart face boards... 19 00 21 00! Hemlock Boards and Scantling. Bidgel boards. ee... os 10 50@11 50 Scantling: ease: 2X4, L2eStOCK enero a, ID) 500) 12/00|) 16) Se reiting oe 12 00@13 00 Fencing, 6in., 16 ft.. 11 50 1200 Bete vs Hare ft. 1100 11 50 Shingles and Posts. Cypress shingles, 24 Cedar shingles, 30 in. in. heart, d & b .. 13 00@18 00} hand dressed...... 500 4000 24in. sap, d & b. 1000 12 00\Chestnut posts, 9 ft. 32 00 7 Tete eee te ars sicin oe 28 00 HARDWOOD d Walnut. Nos, 1& 2, 1in., good Reject or SEED I dry, Indiana...... $87 50@ 9500) _in., 1% and up..... 6000 6500 ACE NN oan 92 50 100 oo|Culls, 1 in........... 35 00 37 50 Nos. 1& 2, %in..... 7250 7750 Tal COUP ys ocee 35 00 4000 Poplar. Nos. 1 & 2, % in. good Nos. 1& 2,1% in. & wide, Indiana..... 25 00@27 $0) _up, good wide, Ind. 3250 3600 GUT. Sa es eee 2800 32 50/Columns, 5x5 & up HeCleATy. te pointe gee 35.00 35 00 . Oak. . Nos. 1 & 2,1 in., good Nos. 1 & 2 1% in. & western, straight.. 32 50@35 00} up, Gand western, quartered ....... 49 00 50 oo| straight........... 3500 37 50 quartered ....... 52 50 §5 00 Ash. . Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & westerns) 72.08 . 35 0o@40 00! up, good western.. 32 50 4250 Yellow Pine—Yard and Wholesale." Se’tlg, 2x4 to 12x14 . 22 00 @23 00|Flooring, 1 in., Va. . 17 00 1900 Plank, oes - 23.00 27-50 1&1% in., Ga. & Fl’g, 1 &ry in. No.1 27 50 3000 Fla. cargorun . 22 00 2400 Cherry. Nos. 1 & 2,1in.,good 62 50 70 oo\Nos.1 & 2, 1% in. & up, good .......... 65 00 75 00 New York City. Black Walnut. % in., all clear 73 AD B2 oCu 1 inc $35 wo 27 tand 1% inche gz 00 697 o8Cu thick 50 Wow 1; and thicker gs 00 105 oo Counter tops, 18 is Kejects 52 00 $00 and over 110 09 150 00 Poplar, or White Wood %, in. 10 inches and 1% to 2 inch 29 CAL OF over. + 22 0024 002% and thicker 1 00 oo ¥% in. coffin board .270 @% toCommon 1 toz 21 @w 22 $0 1 inch, 10 inch and Saps, 1 incl 2100 2 00 over.. - Bo 29 soiCulls, all thickne I$ a 1800 inch, 8 in. and over 203 200 Dressed Poplar % inch panel 24 5025 00% in. cle. 4 tof 21 o0h21 50 S% inch pane 27 00 25 oo '% in. clg. 4t 2400 24% % inch panel 970 yw oow%in. clg. 4tos ir Fo Ba 4, 5, 6 inch casing yw OO I 00% in. cig. 4 r ao yo 00 7,%, 9,10 inch casing 22 00 00 clg. 4 tof 1 00 Ash 1 inch, white .... 36 00o@ 39 oo/Strips, clear 2 co 25 oo 1% to 2 inch 35 00 40 oo Black ash, good Ha 0 2% to 4 inch 4000 «841 OnjBlach fi i iz¢ Oak. I inch plain sawed, 37 00@ 39 oof inche d« a0 1% to’2inch... 37 00 «= 40 08'| Thicker oO Pilclkere si ees 2 38 00 ©6490 oo Strip der 6 ir 00 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6 % in., white « clear.. 65 o0@ 7 5 00 99 90 LAR CR ES cic laren dace - 75 00 1 inch strips...... .. §0 00 and ove 100 00 155 00 1% toz2 inch... . 8000 $3 o0Culls, all thickness 18 00 ©6620 00 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear..... 35 00@ 38 oo|Redwood California Chestnut common.. 20 00 3 00) plank «+e 55 00@ 58 00 Basswood white.... 28 00 32 oo\Hickery, oldgrowth 50 00 60 00 Basswood common.. 20 00 23 oo\Hickery, 2nd growth 70 00 © 8 00 Maple, clear........ 2500 30 0o|/Flm................ 2000 2200 BITC en Cleats sene-isee 33 00 636 oo'Sycamore.......... 24.00 27 00 Birch, 1s and 2s..... 26 00 30 oo|Sycamore quartered 35 00 40 00 Cottonwood........ 2000 2r00Gum .... . 360 4100 Redwood, California Butternut. . . . 4500 40900 boards, ..... 50 00) §=53 00} Chicago, IIl. CARGO PRICES. Dimensions, short ereen. ee $10.00@ 10.25 WON NOIStSe ase see c ee eee eeeee treo enee aot kaa ammnn aes Cull piece Btu tees 7.5 NWohwinch 5. pean ese Medium... ti Sass, -taack Se eee es oe i No. 2. SES Soa aa A ee 555 3.5 Selected. . SEN oe ane oes bee A OR a Shingles, standard.. sereaeotetene. Napoli) GuaT Be extra....... w'nlaa‘nislanlwnjapiajesmels Serb n pea LORD 2285 if choice.. E SS ee ina a ee 2.00@ 2.10 cedar... THD OSOD Ads ~Sea Co e Lath, dry.. Pre whe weet haat oo See eee: 1.70 . green. Bee T.50@ 1.60 Receipts of lunaber and! shingles for ‘the Ww week ending Dec- ember 22, as reported by the Lumbermen’s Exchange : a LUMBER. SHINGLES. 1887 RajavNarsetal oi Nsiaths svolevetetan lace a oaee ee 7.449.000 527,000 1886. 6,045,000 208.000 Increase. . 1,404,000 319.000 FROM JANUARY I TO DECEMBER 22, INCLUSIVE. . LUMBER. SHINGLES. LOOT sce eee Cee eee . .1,836,969,000 608,816,000 KSS6 SNS 702 re Le ae 1,580,672,000 747,042,000 MiCreaSee.. qe sasker oes ce 156,297,000 WDECTEASE ewe eee eee 138,223,000 STOCK ON HAND DECEMBER I. 1887. 18386. Dumber tj.. ewes cc- reece - 623,434,984 377.339,746 Shingles. bate See 2e a ee ade 428,049,700 399.674,750 That hotest wed tna ace 48.550, 480 49,770,900 Pickelsusec. cess cnetec cnet come 307,434 899,017 Gedarspostsa--ee-ee eee cece tee 156,034 161, 649 Hardwood 3... js acs x. se sue. 60,785,179 j NEWS NOTES. —Mr. John Readhead is building a new mill at St. Am’s near Lowville, Ont —McKinney Bros., of Melrose, propose cutting cedar ex- tensively this winter. —The planing mill belonging to Johnston Bros., Essex Centre, has been destroyed by fire. —Messrs. Phelps Bros., Welland, Ont., have just completed a raceway from the Welland canal through their lumber mills at a cost of $5,000 —Mr. W. Welbanks, of South Bay, is going out of the lumber business, and the people of that berg are looking for somebody to take his place. —The Manitoulin Zxfosztor wants the export duty on logs increased from $3 to $5 per thousand. It says, Americans cut the timber, export it to Michigan in large quantities, and in cutting it give employment to a great many Michiganders. During the past six years the value of the products of the forest shipped to the United States out of Wallaceburg, Ont., was for firewood, $808,698 ; stave bolts, $520,370 : saw logs, $636,633 ; pine lumber, 205,008 ; oak lumber, $20,483 railroad ties $63,201, and other products, such as hoops, staves, axe handles, ect., $226,378, aggregating a grand total of exports from the Sydenham Valley of $2,480,824.. The local mills there furnish the cooperage stock for nearly the whole Dominion, and at least $100,000 should be added to this, which would make the aggregate sum larger and place the yearly average about half a million dollars, or sufficient to buy 25,000 acres of timbered lands at the going prices of $20 per acre. ) | ] 10 TETE CANAD THE LUMBER REGIONS OF ONTARIO. BY R. W. PHIPPS. In all plans for improving our methods of forest management, which are frequently proposed, such as starting schools of for- estry, introducing the scientific methods of Europe, and so on, one point has to be considered, that is, the system of forestry in the Old and the New World are totally distinct. In Europe, generally, lumber is felled or marked to be felled by the forest owners ; the lumber merchant buys what is pointed out for sale. Here, he purchases from the government of a state or province the right to take such trees as suit his purpose. There, it is generally the case that the peasant will clear the refuse for fuel, if not, it is used in manufactures, or cared for that it shall be no source of danger. Here, it is left to lie as chance throws it. This is and has ever been the case in all North America, as far as I have known or learned. The con- sequence has been the destruction of many fine pine forests in the United States, for fire follows the lumberman, who is forced by this method to further wastefulness, for he cuts many young trees which would otherwise grow to large ones lest the fire take them off hishands. In Europe the forests, many of them, have been planted for the purpose, the trees stand as regularly as vegetables in a garden, and are sown, reared, and cut at stated intervals. Immense damage has been done in Ontario, as elsewhere, by our American system, but in this Province of late years, measures have been taken to check it. Astringent fire act has been passed, demanding great care in the use of fire for camp- ing and clearing purposes, and for the last two years a num- ber of rangers, half paid by the government, half by the lumbermen, have traversed the country during the summer months to enforce it. They are employed on the application of lumbermen, who then become responsible for their share of the expense. These efforts are well spoken of. The plan is as yet not fully in operation, many lumbermen not having as yet applied for men, nevertheless, its success seems to have been considerable, for even through this last dry summer no fires at all so destructive asin former years have been reported. Ontario has taken the lead in this matter. I do not know in America of such another Fire Act, nor of any body of rang- ers appointed to enforce one. Both have been faverably com- mented on in the Washington forestry reports, and their imi- tation pressed on the various state governments. Though these steps will save much timber and far overpay their cost, yet we cannot say that they will effectually preserve our forests. Time must tell. The next, if any further step be taken, must be the compulsory destruction of the refuse by the lumbermen. This is a matter for careful experiment, our climate being quite different from that of Europe, and even from that of Maine and Massachusetts. For these reasons I have recommended that this be tried on a Government reser- vation, where its possibility and cost can both be ascertained. The next and final step, namely, the management, replanting, and care of Ontario forests on the European system, resolves itself into a question of expense. Such a vast reform—a re- form unprecedented in America, could not be expected without the sacrifice of a very considerable portion of yearly revenue, fully, I should say, one-half of what we now draw from the forests. If the people of Ontario are willing to incur this, there is no reason why the object should not be attained. There are many reasons, climatic, as far as the present gener- ation is concerned, economic, as regards their successors, to be urged in favor of such a course. In this article will be sketched the condition and method adopted for dealing with the lumber regions of Ontario, show- ing which may be called the American, as differing from the European manner of lumbering and managing the territory where the merchantable timber is found. These lands form- erly included the whole Province, but the timber near the frontier being naturally the first exhausted, it may be said that in the Ontario peninsula west of Collingwood and Toronto there is little left, and that in private hands. East of this line the lumber regions extend as far as Ottawa, and passing up the Ottawa, westward, they extend along the north shore of Lake Huron (where are dense pine forests) to the Bruce Mines and Rainy River neighborhood, at the extreme west of the Province, where is still found much valuable timber. In fact, north of Lake Huron, there is much which has never been lumbered over, though a great deal of it has been overrun by fire. The method of working these is by holding periodical sales of lumber districts, at which the highest bidder obtains the right to cut timber on certain portions, called limits, for a term which is renewable at the pleasure of the Government yearly, and practically is always renewed. On the timber cut the Government afterwards levy dues each year, in proportion to the amount cut. This, it will be seen, often gives the settler, if the land has been taken up for settlement, a joint interest in the Jot with the lumberman, whose interest only extends to the timber. The lumberman camps on the limit (if a large firm he will have many camps, and central farms and depots). He cuts such of the trees as he chooses, takes what portion of the trunk suits him, cuts it into logs, leaves the tops and branches lying in the woods, and draws the logs on sledges to the nearest water, down which they are floated to the mills, if for boards ; or if square timber, continue to raft to their chosen sea-port, generally Quebec. What is sent to the mills is generally for Canada or the States, the square timber is for Europe. What has been commonly the method practiced by lumber- men is to cut as soon as passible, the merchantable timber from all portions of their limit which are nearest to settlement, or, in other words, in most danger from fire. They will often do this, as far as they intend, in two or three cuttings, in suc- cessive years. They will then sell the right to cut toa smaller firm or jobber, who will glean what they have left. What portions they have in dense green forest, more distant from woe - rr settlement, they leave till the last, or cut over it at long inter- vals. I was shown some which had been gone over but three times in twenty years. I have procured during the past year, opinions from a great number of gentlemen, long resident in these districts, and in- timately acquainted with the lumber traffic, as to the present position of affairs. From various portions of the country the opinion was expressed that in fourteen or fifteen years the merchantable pine would be gone. In other parts, where for- ests had been, for various reasons, not so accessible, many years’ cut still remained. But the same principle governed all, of which I am about to speak. When a forest is lumbered over on the above plan, vast amuunts of resinous tops, branches, and portions of trunks, as well as many young trees cut down to clear the way, are left lying in the forest. Then, the continual passage of campers, hunters, fishermen and lumbermen, causes the lighting of many fires, which in a dry season are likely to set fire to the refuse above mentioned. This being very inflammable, spreads the fire through the forest, and wide-spread conflagrations are often the result. This pine refuse is the great block in the way of good management of our pine forests, and many plans have been proposed for using or getting rid of it. Among the former it has been proposed to make wood oil from it, as is done in Sweden, and wood wool, as made there and in other parts of Europe ; also to use them for cattle bedding. But there are reasons against these being the true definitions sought after. In the first place, the cause of the use of forest refuse in Europe is simple and plain. The user cannot get the forest to use; that is in the hands of some great proprietor who will not have it cut down. Next, labor is cheap and plenty, and the refuse can be gathered without great cost, or, it may be in some places, at no cost, by allowing the peasants a share for firewood of what they collect. In Canada, were an oil factory or a wood fiber factory started, its proprietors would probably find it much cheaper to buy four or five hundred acres with the forest but little touched, and to manufacture them, than they would, at our prices for labor and transport, be able to search over a large extent of forest for refuse. It would, there is no doubt, be well that these experiments were tried here, since new industries which consume previously worthless products are always valuable. But as to the point in question, they could not solve it. Say the oil produced (it is a product not nearly as well known to the world as is the fiber) competed with our own petroleum to the extent of one- half, would the cost of half our petroleum collect and manu- facture our lumber refuse? But a small part of it. Add what the wood fiber might give. Mattress and cushion filling would be its principal use, and for these purposes we now im- port the southern moss, which serves for the chief part of such work. Of this Canada imports about 200 tons. The wood fiber would scarcely displace more in these days of spring beds. That would take but little of our timber. I have seen as much burnt in one logging field. The proposal to use pine refuse as litter for animals has been frequently made, but, in the first place, it could not be transported with sufficient cheapness to compete with straw, except, as in the case with our planing mills in the cities, where it is a waste product. In the next it would not be well to use it largely for that purpose, as the pine refuse injures land, and therefore renders the manure on many soils inferior or worth- less. The state of affairs spoken of above is now, as stated, much changed for the better by the action of the Government, which, in combination with the lumbermen, have for the past two summers had a large number of fire rangers engaged in en- forcing the Fire Act, long a dead letter, which demands extreme carefullness in setting out and extinguishing fires. I find from the above mentioned correspondence that this has in many parts of the lumbering districts had an excellent effect. Some letters received mention that the lumbermen in their districts have not yet secured the services of fire rangers, as offered by Government, but that they are expected to do so. A frequent cause of forest fires which should be especially guarded against is mentioned in a letter from Peterboro’, con- cerning people who cut marsh hay. _*‘I donot think the settlers are the cause of many of the bush fires that destroy so much of our valuable forests; in fact they are interested in fires not spreading, as they are in great danger of being burned out themselves. The fires that have done most damage in this section are not from settlers clearing, but fires from camping parties and people who cut marsh hay. When everything be- comes dry in summer they will set fire to the old grass in.these marshes to clean the bottom and produce a better crop. These marshes being largely in the pine forest, the fire gets into a large tract of timbered land, destroying wealth untold. I know where- of I speak in this matter. During my seventeen years’ residence in this section I have frequently seen, at a great distance, large volumes of black smoke rise up. At once I have enquired where the large fire was, and invariably the answer was, * QO, it is in such a marsh; there is a lot of hay that was not cut last year and some one is burning it.” It is true the marsh burns over, and so does the pine adjoining. The settlers get the blame, although in most cases there is not one within miles of where the fire started.” The question having been asked whether persons found it possible to obtain land ostensibly for settlement, but really to take pine, bark, etc., for sale, and abandon the lots. About 30 answers state it impracticable, in their localities, to any ex- tent, owing to the action of the regulations ; but letters from Vic- toria, Renfrew, Hastings, Peterboro’, Parry Sound, Muskoka and Algoma, state that it is yet to some extent carried on—some- times for bark, sometimes for pine—the settler being allowed to sell what he cuts down in the course of clearing. Under- brushing has been interpreted to be the course of clearing, as it no doubt is, but the idea given is that the parties never intend to complete it ; but leave when the pine is sold. The situation throughout the lumber districts may be stated in this manner, so far as the method of cutting previously spoken of is concerned —that is, cutting all merchantable timber in exposed localities lest fire ran through it. The fire rangers have been out but two seasons, and not in all localities, or a considerable number of lumberman have not yet availed A LUMBERMAN. January, 1888. themselves of the offer of the Government to pay half the cost, if the lumbermen apply for men. The lumbermen therefore, generally, are not in a position to judge whether their claims are now sufficiently secure to warrant them in leaving the small and medium trees to grow to large timber. As soon as this is the case they will undoubtedly do it, for there is little profit in small trees. But there is no doubt, even with the men now out, much good has been done, and the forests are immensely more secure. As soon as the rest of the Jumbermen adopt the plan, which will be, I should judge, almost immediately, so ardently did many of them express themselves in its favor to myself, it is highly probable that an entirely different state of affairs will be inaugurated in our forests. Without some security against fire, the lumberman has no inducement to preserve the forest. In good forest economy, he should leave his medium sized pines till they grow to be large, and then cut them. But if he did, in the inter- vening years, they were very liable to be swept off by fire, set by careless settlers, hunters, or by even his own men. There were—and are, it is feared—men even unprincipled enough to fire valuable pineries that they might get a little work in saving what pine could be secured from the wreck before the borers got at it. All areund hima lumberman’s limits are insecure— what was a forest to-day might be a évw/e in a fortnight. It was no wonder he too often took what he could, irrespective of growth. But, with a sufficient number of caretakers during the ‘‘ fire months,” the cost of which is trifling, compared with the property saved, a different state of things will arise. The lumberman will be careful both to leave uncut what will pay him better in future years, and will endeavor so to use what refuse is unsaleable or saleable, so that it shall not constitute a source of danger. Many expedients hitherto impossible will then be tried. There is much to be done, but in the appointment of fire rangers a great step in advance has been taken, and an important experiment attempted. In forest as in ordinary police matters, it is not because the individual inclined to offend has himself been previously punish- ed for offending, and therefore abstains from repeating the of- fence, that property remains tolerably secure. It is that some individuals are known to have been punished, and that the offic- ers are known to be on the watch to detect others. Itis not too much to say that in past years the Fire Act has been a dead letter. Lumbermen, settlers, hunters, fishers, set fires as they please and extinguished them if they chose, which last was seldom the case. The resultant damage was, as might be expected, immense. Fires smouldered in logs till drought and high winds excited them to action, and there was no one to stay their ravages except the immediately interested lumbermen, who thus are always interested in ‘‘ cutting clean” and leaving nothing, in which case the fire, when it followed, although it destroyed many thousand fine saplings, the hope of future for- ests, yet did not injure themselves, they having taken all which was saleable before. But now what may be expected is as fol- lows : Word will, after a few convictions and punishments, go through all these districts, indeed through some it has already gone. The fisher, the hunter, the geologist (sometimes the worst ofall) will be warned at the taverns where they stop. ‘“Youmust mind your fires; so-and-so left theirs, and were tracked, summoned and fined.” For fire isa thing that leaves its plaintraces, and if the rangers follow out the instructions care- fully, affords every opportunity of proving the effects of their ‘carelessness against those who misuse it. The effect will be that thosewho set fire at their camps will extinguish them (they are always near water), and that those settlers who burn fallows will notify their neighbors before doing so, and will take far greater pains to prevent the spread of the flames into the forest beyond their clearing. ‘A suggestion is made in a letter from Nipissing concerning the danger of pine rubbish left in the bush. He thinks that much of the evil is owing to part of the top of the tree con- taining one, or sometimes more, knotty but still merchantable logs, being left lying, the lower part of the tree being taken. He proposes that all logs so found should be charged dues, and says: ‘*If lumbermen knew that they were to pay a duty on that left, which competent men could easily proveand could not be gainsaid, there would be removed the very thing which causes bush fires; the top logs being resinous or pitch, and which would be considered valuable timber on the second or third cut, but it is useless then as the worm has got into it. Perhaps the lumbermen may say they could not afford to pile the brush tops ; I say it will pay them. As has before been noticed, Ontario is now trying through- out her lumber territories the experiment of stationing dur- ing the dry summer months a large number of fire rangers to enforce the Fire Act passed some years ago. This step was advised by many people throughout the Province long acquaint- ed with lumbering operations, and its results are now being observed. There is no doubt whatever that this will save an- nually a large amount of valuable timber, and prevent many fires. The question now to be anxiously considered is, whether it will prevent them to such an extent as to give practical security to the lumberman in leaving the smaller pines to grow to a large size. It has been the practice hitherto-in all outlying forests or those considered in danger of fire, to cut every tree from which a tolerable log could be taken, as there was very little likelihood that, if spared, the fire, which frequently followed the lumberman’s operations in consequence of the quantity of refuse he leaves on the ground, would allow it to grow. It is to be hoped that the appointment of fire rangers will effect a total change in this. This experiment is, as before remarked, in America, unique. The habit of the North American lumberman has ever been to cut the trees, leave the refuse, and risk the fire. Under this system, we may say, the northern States of the American Union have practically destroyed their pine forests, Having been in communication lately with officials of most of the States on the subject, I have not been informed of a single state maintaining any fire rangers whatever ; I have therefore great hopes from this experiment here. Without it the chances were that in from twelve to twenty years many of our present limits would be valueless for pine ; with its aid the pine will last much longer than otherwise. A f * ‘ p | January, 1888. TELE CANADA LUMBERMAN. The Gutta Percha and Rubber ees Company of Toronto, Offices: 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. Sole Manufacturers of “ Monarch,” BUBDER Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. ‘Red Strip,” and “© Lion” srands of BELTING Particular attention given to special Belts for Lumber Mills. 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Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. é Wo. © --$- 3:5 4 Re SON HE@r Agents for the Celebrated te Prompt Delivery in all Cases, 4 | LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. | FRANK THORPE, em \\V HOLESALE—~@ FINE HARD WOOD: LUMBER HEAD OFFICE: , tee, Room H, Yonge Street | Quebec Bank Buildings, corner King and Toronto St Areade, TORONTO. Timber Shipped to all parts. MILLS AT Midland, French River and Gravenhurst. Dao OGH COLIVER, Sscorr. Scorr « Co. Wholesale Dealers in LUMBEK {| Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in (1S 15i(e1>— : mie MILLIS AT MEDONTE, SIMCOE CoO. Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, | WELLINGTON STREET East, Office: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 80 Toronto St. Bhs. a Ne *% TORONTO. % CHRISTIE, KERR & CO. WoCRANEY McCOOL & WILSON Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in ceeaeebrateliccatuinihd PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER PINE AND iid UMBER: COD LATE AND SHINGLES STM Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. | Sti «+ Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Office: 9 Victoria Street Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. } ‘ Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. POON COs ne wy, SONTARIO. LORONTO aud OTTAWA. Se | NZ ASAIN, NNY aN (INT, NN Ny aN a Address, CHAS ESPLIN. care eal Wm, Hamilton Mig bo, Peterborough, Ont., NVA ZINN NZ ZS RDN CISC TEE CANADA LUMBERIAN. January, 1888. SSRIS ISIS Re ee ener — ER ENNENIENIENENIENN NINES NANNIES RIK TINY, SASASASASASASA CHARLES ESPLIN, MILLWRIGHT + AND ae ae MECH ANICAL+ -ENGINEER, Patentee and Builder of the The Only Perfect Mill in Use. Tes following statement of Dimensions will give some idea of its proportions: Diameter of Wheels, 8 feet ; diameter of lower and top Wheel Shafts, 53% inches ; length of Lower Shaft, 8 feet 6 inches ; Weight of Mill alone, 22,000 Pounds. OR’ (LG Mis length of Top Wheel Shaft, 8 feet 4 inches; length of Bearings for Wheel Shafts, 18 inches, —ew—ornerensrn 0 OOOO eee eee eeeeee_ere eee Tee eee —_—onrernarneoraeaeaeaeaeeaeeaeeaee_ae_e_eeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ENDORSEMENTS TN MBC NTANCE of ot The Following is Only a Sample: ASHLAND, Wis., Now. roth, 1886. CHAS. ESPLIN, ESQ.; Minneapolis, Minn., YY, S=A: DEAR SIR, -The band mill placed in our saw mill by nsider the best and most complete band mill we know you we co of. It has advantageous features which we have not seen in any other mill. The strength of all its parts is ample. on demand upon it. It is massive. The guide arms in thet? proportions and adjustments seem beyond improvement. The drive wheel by taking up the tensio a saw from below ts @ creat advantage gained. The long a nce be D @ bea ings of the upper wheel shaft steadtes the motion and the whole vachine moves with ease and steadiness. We have never seen lumber so perfectly manufactured as made by this band mill. The mechantc that planned it and the company that manufactured it deserves the congratulation i thanks of all manufacturers of lumber, Very respectfully, SUPERIOR LUMBER CO. John H. Knight, Secretary-Treas.; D. A. Kennedy, Supt. and General Manasi PE EAE EO PUTTER EEE EE ESS Ee I TE ENN Te A TL AF OIL SS 7S SPLIN BAND SAW MILL) | INIZINNIZINN ZINN. ZINN. ZINN. ZINN ZINN. ZX fi A AMERICAN OFF EF: 623 Franklin uve. Minneapolis, Minn. wf ZNZNEN AS SKSIK EN ZN me: Ze ZNIZNIENIENIENIENIENIENIES. NIN ZN ZN ZS ZINN ZINN ZINN ZINN, i —_ ZSZNENENE NES NO, wi r NVANVANVARY ZN ZINN INN NZNVZ ANSON 7. | > ZISNiZ : ee eee ee ee ee oi = aw Po) January, 1888. DEE CANADA LUMBERMAW. M OST complete book of its kind ever published. | Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square nd round Timber ; hints to lumber dealers ; wood measure ; speed of circular saws; care of saws; | cord-wood 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 illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for if. | Sent post-paid for 35 cents. - | G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. | THE CANADIAN NEEDLE COMPANY 46 and 48 Front St. | East, Toronto, get | up the Neatest, most Complete and Best Selling Needle Package in America. Send 25 cents foi sample of New No. 4, finished in Fine Plush. Par- | ticulars sent when stamps are enclosed for reply. to Mr. Kowdy, 41 Wellington St. East, Toronto. 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Sf. <= se is: “. / am patentee and owner of Canada patent, No. 42,357, [Improvement in Band Saw Mills, which covers a Band Mill with two columns. L am also patentee and owner of Canada patent, No. 42,377, Improvement in Band Saw Guides, which covers wheel guides for a Band Saw. 1 am informed that a Band Mill vs being offered to mill men im the Dominion, containing two columns that is an infringement of the above patent. The public 7s hereby warned against purchasing such Band Mill, as 1 shalt hold the purchaser respon- stble for the infringement of my said patents, and for all damages which [ may have, or may hereafter sustain, on account of any unlawful use of said patents. The Wm. Hamilton Mfe. Co. of Peterborough, ¢ Int.. 1s authorized to build and sell Band Mills under my patents. + + * “a + =) E FRANK W. WHEELER, [A TRUE COPY.] SHIP BUILDER, Specifications and Estimates Furnished on application. Mr. D. K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. j I have been running your Pat. Band Saw Mill in my new ship yard mill for over one month, squaring up large and long hewn oak timber which has been hewn a sufficient time to be dry and hard on the surface and sawing long plank from/same kind of timber. The timber or Keelsons squared was laid up in a vessel, one on top of the other, and fitted as well as could be done by hand, it being square, straight and out of wind. I have had a large amount of this plank and timber sawn, and have not yet found a bad cut. I have squared timber where the saw here and there barely cut the thickness of the saw kerf, yet the saw did not deviate the least from a straight line. From the nature of my work I cannot give any idea of the, amount cut ina given time, but the speed of cut should be satisfactory to any one. The most difficult part of my work 1s in sawing tamarac ship knees, yet the machine has given me entire satisfaction in this respect, sawing a root having a cut West Bay Ciry, Mich., June 26th, 1886. eee of from 2 to 4 feet, making in every case a true cut. " I do not believe that a saw has been put on the machine in good order, as I have not a sufficient number of saws to give time to dress them well and keep the mill running, yet there has not been one broken or disabled, in fact, a saw must be in pad order that will not run in a straight line when run oyer your guide wheels. Yours, truly, F. W. WHEELER. PUT es f, ~ = d ST 5 MTT TTT TTT UCC ULC LLOLLL LLL LLL) LA r bs [A TRUE COPY.] Bay City, Mich., Nov. 15th, 1887. Mr. D. K. Allington, Saginaw, Mich. DEAR Str :— Having had considerable L SAUVUUAATUOUMAOUNEQUUEAUUEQUUAUUCNOUOOQONGQOOOOUNOOUROOUQOOUOOOUUOOUUUOUUOOUEOUUEOUHUOOEONOEUHIEELE SJUUUUULEUAEEAA EAU EEEA EEA EUA EEUU TUTE eee [ A) PRUE COPY. | F. W. WHEELER’S SHIP YARD. .\ Wesr Bay Ciry, Mich., June 25th, 1886. f Mr. D, K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. Dear Str:—I have been engaged in running band saws {A TRUE COPY,.} F. W. WHEELER'S SHIP YARD. \- West Bay City, Mich., June 24th, 1886. J Mr. D, K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. experience with Band Mills, I consider my- self competent to judge the merits of the same. I started and run one of your Band Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ontario, which was manufactured by the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterborough, Ont. for the past five years, and I never before found anything DEAR Sik :—I have been sawing on your Band Saw Mill equal to the Band Mill built by you, that I am now filing for. 3 ; for the last month, making plank from long square oak timber, T also started and run your two Band Mills 5 § in William Peters’ mill, at Bay City, Mich., and must confess they are superior to any Band Mill I have ever seen, for quality and I must say that it is almost impossible to made a bad line if ' ; 2 lis a 5 partially seasoned, and being short of saws, do not have time the saw is in any kind of order. We are cutting hardwood, ° = principally long oak, and on account of being scarce of saws to have them put in in the best of order, and have torun them we have run our saws for five hours and cut as fast as we could five hours without changing, yet I have ‘not broken @ saw or conveniently handle, without making any perceptible variation quantity of lumber produced. made a bad cut, the machine running smoothly, and not hay- in the cut. I have run various kinds of mills, but never before Respectfully, yours, ing cause to stop for any reason but to change saws, and cut- W. A. McCLENATHAN, Filer. saw anything to equal it. There has been quite a number of d - ‘ Hunan“: A ic ting as fast as other band saws I have run. millmen examining it, and all give it up to be the best and : truest cutting mill they ever saw. Yours truly, THOMAS GRAHAM, ee ee ee Respectfully yours, JOHN A, GREGG, TUTTMTELE PEELE EEUU PELE ERECT p ST EUEE HEEL LUELUELCE CULE CUL LCE CUL CLC CCLRC bD. K. ALLINGTON, MANUFACTURER OF IMPROVED BAND SAW MILLS No. 24 Foyt Block, East Saginaxy, Mich. U.S, ae Sey ae . — a Dy ap = Mas 3) UPLAEEUUAOUULUOUTUCAULODEACEDOCUOUCUOOOEOOOSUOUOOCCEOSESUOOTOETEOOTOOEEO OEE OOTO EOE EET 5 | a a) a January, 1888. TEIE CANADA LUDMBERILAD. eve ORONO CGOANT DOGS. Strongest and Lightest in the Market, — | ing NEW STYLE--COM PLETE Socket is in one piece and extends above hook, adding strength. Drop Forged Hook and Round Bill; easily disengaged. Pick, with shoulder. Maple Handle, specially bored. OLD STYLE--COMPLETE _\ Wrought Norway Iron Socket and Band. Steel Hook. Long Pick \Forged Hook, Round Bill. Rock Maple Handle. TWO HANDLES — Selected Straight-Grained, Split and Turned Rock Maple Handles. Extra Fine Quality; 5, 5% and 6 feet lon 1g, LUMBER DRIVER S BOOT CALKS sb Made from the best Refined Tool Steel and Jorsed. The method used in tempering leaves every one of the same temper, rendering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks, Ask your dealer for our make, and see that our Labels are on the boxes. Sa aS Jake eo IS zr ~ We-tvin Sonus, S¢ ohm, Nu, The undersigned is prepared to purchase any TIC Gain | —ak SPOONER’S a Vis: Black Ash, Red Birch, Red Oak and Basswood. GCG COP PH Iz I NE. LARG E_ HEEL ORDERS SOLICITED FOR HOUSE* BUILDING ¥ AND FURNISHING + GOODS pa NON-FIBROUS, ANTI-FRIC a2ON pox me T — S rt Machinery Journal Bearings Crown Jewel etae”” Uae netted for Family Use. ay Guaranteed Copper Mixed, and to do work that no other metal can. Hardwar Stores all Keen it; if not or de : Cte ct pe egemoter does not keep it, order direct from us ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. THE attention of Steam Users is directed to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for removing DAvip H. HENDERSON, President ; NORMAN HENDERSON. Vi Make 1: arses Seale and Sediment from Boilers, lessening the quantity of fuel used, and prolonging the life of the Boiler. THe RATHEUN Conce’y, THE* - HENDERSON: . -LUMBER-- COMPANY, DESERONTO, ONTARIO. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERG IN Ott BRIDGE AND ‘TIMBER DIMENSION EEE eee LOGS WA N i a D Sawn Lumber, Clapboards, Shingles and Lath. PoeeNINS CASES AND BOXES A SPECIALTY. “Obi lice and Mill: William Street, - - MONTREAL, QUE. ONE MILLION FEET oF WHITE PINE, G It*Machine- Knife+ Wor ks ou") AAs to Lake ieee eee OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR AIso Norway Pine. een in Ih Hi ia Persons having such will address, LAKE SHORE SAW MILL LUMBER COMPANY, |JJ&Qy ntsc ae C. A. KRAUSS & SONS, Props. ao pate ee Cheveland, Olio, U.S. A.|\PETER HAY, - - - GALT. January, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAIN- —— fj) = W. R. THISTLE & CO. Having started their Winter Saw Mill at Chalk | River, for supplying DIMENSION TIMBER in | White and Red Pine; CAR LUMBER, SPIES | and LHIN LUMBER, solicit orders. And in connection with their large stock of Building Material at their Pembroke mills are en- abled to quote prices and fill orders to the satisfac- tion of purchasers. Address, W. R. THISTLE & CO., Pembroke, Ont. WINTER SAWING. | BELTING. ~( ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK. ni and Rubber , Q ORDERS + PROMPTLY ~ FILLED. Ottawa Office : 25 Sparks Street. 6a gaa ae MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER (CO.. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, : MANUFACTURERS OF Lee Ae PITT CELUI ~ BELTING TTT ELLE LULL MT LACE LEATHE® J Sh Bem ty A TORONTO, - - - ONTARIO. IRON AND STEEL RAILS. Send for Price Lists and Discounts. QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND RAILS, 25 18, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St. 129 Bay Street, Be MONTREAL. TORONTO. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto T= JAMES T. MILNE, MANUFACTURERS Millucvight and Draughtsman, and Builder of won Milne’s Oscillating Steam Gang SOLID WHEEL BAND MILLS AND GANG EDGERS. ation, Engine and Sawing Movements, built at any point. These Mills in Strong Timber Frames, containing Found LONGFORD MILLS, Ont., May 26th, 1887. | JAMES T. MILNE, Esq., Peterborough, Ont. DEAR Sik,—In reply to yours, I wish to say t | just as you put them in in 1874, not having cost us a cent for repairs. hat the Feed Works on our Iron Gang are giving the best of satisfaction. They are running We prefer the wooden pulleys to iron cores. I have examined Models and Drawings of your Oscillating Steam Gang, and Timber Frames. This is just what is wanted ; a stronger straight column frame, contain- ing the foundation, engine-power, sawing resistance and oscillating movement. Your sawing movement has been tested, and in doing away | with side rods and slides you have overcome a great trouble and expense, at a like gain of power and speed. Placing the engine under the saw frame is also a great advantage, in giving speed and steam-cushion to ends of stroke. The upper valve in the engine giving more steam on the | downward or cutting stroke, is also in the right direction. I like your Self-Acting Rolls, taking their power from main column under saw-fioor. and less slabs and cut-offs. Iam glad your Gang | | Your device for cutting crooked logs is also good. It will give us better lumber, more of it, Yours truly, one is better pleased to see you still ahead than, ROBERT CALDERWOOD, Foreman Longford Mills. \seq 1e41g Bury Be - - ‘99WO PkPH | is a success, and no Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion arliament. Plans, Specifications, Estimates and Prices, on application to AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS J AM ES T. MI LNE, Peterboro’, Ont. | oer szoove The Ontario Canoe Company, Limited, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. Full Deposit with the Dominion Government. PRESIDENT:—RT. HON. SIR JOHN A. MAC- DONALD, P.C., G.C.B. VICE-PRESIDENTS :—SIR ALEX. CAMPBELL, K.C M.G., Lieut.-Governor of Ontario; GEORGE GoobDERHAM, Eso., President of the Bank of Toronto ; WILLIAM BELL, Eso., Manufacturer, | Guelph. Aupirors :—H.. J. Hitt, Secretary of the Indus- | trial Exhibition Association, Toronto; EDGAR A. Wixts, Chartered Accountant, Secretary Board of Trade, Toronto. : MepicAL Direcrors:—P. J. STRATHY, NUN | i 4 = acs <= ar ATE a peronics Jas. F.W. Ross, M.B., | Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING _.R.C.P., Toronto. SoLscrtoRs Messrs. McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin & | : Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Eatery ij ANOES 2c 88 TORONTO MILLING EXCHANGE jc BY CAREICE, Oars, Tents, etc., etc. REECE F you want to Buy, Sed/, Trade or Reni a Saw . 6~@ TORONTO tf SEND:FOR-PRICES - Managing Director | 38 King Street East, Toronto, of whom all infor- | GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERTES EXHIBITION, 1883. you WANE to SM rade 01 mation may be obtained. P.O. Box 2699. % | J Z RO GERS P id t d M > D >, t a eS ee ak La wget F oo a . . , Presiaen an anaging srector. my facilities for handling mills are unsurpassed by any in the Dominion. I also furnish contractors, any amount of Goods and C hattles, and | Sawmillers and others with men. All orders by Agents Wanted in Unrepresented Districts. Pe 1 designed to carry t L MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, CANOES FOR LUMBERMEN Strongly Built, made to order on Short Notice. | mail promptly attended to. Write tor particulars. | Send 3 Cent Stamp for Tilustrated Catalogue, | FOS, TUER, 101 York Street, Toronto, Ont, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. STATISTICAL EDITION. pee YUL. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., FEBRUARY, 1888. } Sancan ioaenrotaeee THE LANADA LU MBERMAN Mr. FRENCH, Ii Le es 3 for Leeds and Grenville, has intro- | ment include the estate of J. D. Smith, Balfour & Menzies, duced a bill into the Ontario Legislature for the appointment | Klock & Co. and others who have i PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY of fire guardians for the prevention of bush fires. It is founded | Crown Lands Department, the necessity of protecting their ARTHUR G MORTIMER, on legislation in force in the Western States and Manitoba, | rights. In consequence an application has been made by the OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. which has been found to work beneficially in those localities. | Government, to restrain the cutting of timber by the present It delegates to the township councils the power to appoint fire | holders of limits granted by the Dominion. The re of the TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: guardians who may be either pathmasters, fence viewers, or | suit will be watched with much interest. The doubt as to the pas ops ete in Adoote, pee ns i008 other competent persons. No person is to be allowed to start validity of the title granted by the respectivé governments has a bush fire for the purpose of clearing lands without the writ- | been a serious drawback to the development of the timber Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the jJumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. 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We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN with its special class of readers is not only an exceptionally good imedium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special at- tention is directed to *‘ WANTED” and *‘ FoR SALE”? advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an indiyidual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. Mr. Hotchkiss, U.S. Consul at Ottawa, who was en- gaged for many years in the lumbering business in the United States and Canada, has received a number of letters from pub- lishers of lumber trade newspapers and gentlemen engaged in the lumber business in Michigan and Wisconsin asking him what the probable effect would be if the American duty of $2 per thousand feet on Canadian lumber was removed. He has sent an answer to all such inquiries to the effect that, in his opinion, the price of lumber in the American markets would not be affected by the free admission of the Canadian product, and that the removal of the duty would simply mean $2 a thousand feet in the pockets of the Canadian lumbermen. Mr. Hotchkiss does not believe that the export of lumber from Canada would be sufficient to reduce the price of lumber at any point in the United States. The output from Ottawa, no doubt the greatest lumber centre in Canada, is not probally over 300,000,000 feet annually—not more than enough to sup- ply the wants of one good-sized American city. In the last issue of this journal was given particulars of the loss of the noted Joggins timber raft, the whereabouts of which was at that time unknown. It has since transpired that the United States steamer Enterprise found the huge mass broken up about 250 miles south-southwest of Sandy Hook, and about 135 miles from the place where the steamer Miranda left it. Immense quantities of logs were found float- ing in every direction, and the fact was soon learned that the great raft was an entire wreck. Something more than $50,000 has been expended in this experiment, and the attention of the whole lumber world has been attracted to it. The loss is almost, if not quite, a total one, and the failure is so com- plete that the probabilities are that no similar attempt will again be made. Even should this prophesy not prove correct there will, in all probability, be steps taken by both Congress and the Dominion Government to prevent another raft be- coming a danger to commerce. ten permission of the guardian after he has viewed the locality. The guardian will be paid by fees to be collected from those | requiring his permission. loss caused by bush fires it is often difficult to prove negli- gence. Mr. French’s bill makes the omission to procure the fire guardian’s consent a prima facie evidence of negligence. The measure is another step in a good direction and ought to be adopted. much to prevent those destructive bush fires which have des- troyed so much valuable timber. SINCE the late Government sale of timber limits there has been a brisk demand on the part of American operators for Canadian limits, chiefly in the Nipissing and Algoma Districts. There have been some sales but holders of limits are disposed to ask high prices, and the tendency is to hold in the expecta- tion of a considerable advance in values, owing to the growing needs of Americans and the rapid exhaustion of their supplies. The possibility of the speedy removal of the American duty which would, of course, result in an enormous expansion of the export trade to the United States has a decided influence in stiffening prices. Many Michigan lumber operators are turning their attention towards the timber resources of Ontario, and negotiating or prospecting with a view to the purchase of limits in the province. A number of estimators in the interest of these wealthy firms have lately gone into the bush to make investigations and important transactions are likely to be re- ported before long. THE Provincial Legislature of Ontario was, opened on the 25th ult. by Lieut.-Governor Campbell. The speech from the throne, which was of unusual length, contained the following reference to the lumber trade, and the recent increase in tim- ber dues :—- “The value of our timber limits having greatly increased of late years, it was recently thought that the time had come for making such advances in ground rents and timber dues as should bring to the provincial revenue a substantial increase without being unfair or oppressive to persons engaged in the lumber trade. Certain in- creases were accordingly made ; and that they were not unreason- able or inopportune has been shown by the large prices obtained for limits at the timber sale which was afterwards held.” It is proposed to increase the number of ministers by sepa- rating the Department of Agriculture from that of the Pro- vincial Treasurer. Mr. Dryden, of South Ontario, a practical farmer, and one of the old-time members of the Legislature will, in all probability, be the new Minister of Agriculture. Hon. Mr. Pardee, whose health has been very poor for some time, is not expected to be present in the House during the session, as it is understood that he will shortly leave for Florida. Among the bills foreshadowed by the speech is one for the separation of Parry Sound and Muskoka from the ad- joining counties for certain purposes. A CASE of special interest to the holders of timber limits, and which forcibly illustrates the evils of the present uncer- tainty of jurisdiction as between the Dominion and Ontario Governments is among the subjects now before the Ontario gov- ernment for action. It affects the title of extensive limits, com- prised in townships Nos. 75, 76 and 83 in the Algoma District, which were sold by the Ontario Government in 1872, and since that time have changed hands two or three times. In 1884 the territory was claimed by the Indian Department under the Robinson treaty, for the purpose of an Indian reserve. The timber rights were sold by the Dominion Govy- ernment for $316, to Honore Robillard, now M.P. for Ottawa, who resold them shortly afterwards for about $55,000, to parties by whom lumbering operations are now being carried on. The holders of timber limits from the Ontario Govern- In bringing actions for damages for | If such a scheme were carried out it would do | resources of North-western Ontario. THE name of Congressman Nelson seems to be coming | prominently before Congress during the present session, through | his introduction of at least two bills effecting the lumber inter- | ests. In addition to the one referred to elsewhere in this issue which proposed to abolish the duty on lumber, we find that for the fourth time he intends to introduce his bill to open what is known as the Red Lake reservation. This tract of land is a part of the original Louisiana purchase which the Indians have never ceded to the United States. likely to be very strong opposition to the measure. It is conceded that there is The Michigan delegation in the House is solid against it while the members who have The reason assigned for this strong opposition is the idea of open- Wisconsin, New York, and Pennsylvania constituencies are ready to work desperately against it. ing up two million acres of pine country to Canadian lumber- men. Half of this lake reservation lies on the northern slope of the Rainy Lake region, and its pine would have to be floated over the international boundary to the saw mills already at work there. All that lumber would come right straight down the lakes and be sold in competition with American. Interest- ed Canadians will watch the result of the movement, and hope to secure their bread with the butter side up. Ir what is being written by our lumber contemporaries across the lines be true, it is quite evident that wholesalers in lumber, at least in some sections, are not accumulating the “root” to an extent consistent with their inclinations. _ Fol- lowing the balancing of ledgers for the year 1887 come up from numerious quarters a wail of dissatisfaction, telling the tale of small profits or no profits at all. An experience such as this for a period of two or three years, is not one of the pleasantest things in this life, and accordingly many of the class referred to are asking the question: ‘‘ Where should I be located ?” Various are the reasons assigned for this unsatisfactory state of affairs. New railroads or freight combinations let in a com- petition which cannot be met, compressing prices down to bare cost; competitive markets opening up in new quarters, struggling to gain the mastery. These and other reasons seem to be the secret of such disturbing influences in the wholesale trade, and they prove obstacles hard to surmount. To those who have settled down to investigate the different locations for probable successful business enterprises in lumber, we would advise the men of capital and energy, not alone to seek new fields of labor among the forty-two states of the Republic, but also to look to the different provinces of the Dominion where there will be abundance of room for the profitable in- vestment of their capital in supplying their own people with the products of Canadian forests. Many have already come among us, and others are sure to follow. CERTAINLY the fate of the big raft is not calculated to en- courage further attempts to convey logs to the markets of the neighbouring republic in this manner. stances more propituous to it, success might have been achieved, but the fates seem to have been against the venture from the beginning. The insufficient strength of the ways preventing the first attempt at launching the huge mass, the compulsory relinquishing by the tug of the reconstucted raft, and its break- ing up at sea before it could be recovered, gave one heavy blow after another to the enterprise. Anyone of them might be possibly avoided with suitable precautions, even the whole of them might be escaped, but altogether, they point to an aggregate risk that must have a deterring-effect... The loss in material, in labor and other expenses and in.time, must have been very heavy, amounting to far-more-that several success- ful ventures would recoup. The risk of heavy loss seems dis- Under-other circum- EEE eee eee 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1888. proportionate to the saving that might be made. The exact whereabouts of the remains of the raft seems uncertain. Various vessels report seeing portions of it in different localities and some of the widely scattered logs have already travelled long distances. ' Fortunately they do not seem to have caused any damage or even serious inconvenience to vessels. There is now some talk of building up timber into roughly construct- ed vessels, to be broken up on reaching their destination. This, however, 1s not a new device. It has been tried before and the fact that the experiment was not repeated by those who made it, would go to show that it was not very successful or remunerative. The cost of construction, of navigation and of breaking up and preparing for market with the deterioration of the timber thus treated, probably left little if any saving as compared with the usual means of conveyance. WE have to apologize to our readers for the lateness of the present number. casioned by the refitting of our office with new presses and The delay was unavoidable, being oc- steam power, in aoeordance with the increased requirements of our business. There is every prospect that we shall be able to issue the LUMBERMAN on time in the future. Hon. BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH, of Ohio, has introduced his Reciprocity bill into the Washington Congress. Its pro- visions are very simple, and are to the effect that whenever Canada throws off the duty upon “‘all articles of trade and commerce, of whatever name or nature, whether products of the soil or the waters of the United States, or manufactured articles, live stock of all kinds, and all minerals or products of the United States,” the American government will remove the duty on Canadian imports. The stiffest protectionist in the country can support a bill like that unreservedly, the con- tingency upon which it will become operative being so exceed- ingly remote. Ir is understood that the Dominion and Ontario Govern- ments have agreed upon a bill to be submitted to the Imperial Government, fixing the boundary between Ontario and Mani- toba. As regarding the northern boundary of Ontario, it is estimated that propositions have been made which are likely to result in fixing conventional lines, as the boundaries of both Ontario and Quebec, as well as the line between the northern portions of those provinces. The vexed question of provincial boundaries has been the source of much trouble and uncer- tainty to the holders of timber limits, and its speedy settlement one way or another is much to be desired. THE current issue of THE LUMBERMAN is intended to find every man engaged in the lumber and wood-working branches of trade in the Dominion, and as the time has not yet arrived when all can be classed as regular subscribers, we would re- spectfully invite each and every one to fill in the blank subscription order herewith enclosed, and remit one dollar, which will secure the paper to them for one year. Every man directly, or indirectly, interested in lumber will find that such a small investment is money well spent. The larger our subscription list the better the paper will become. — Let every man show his interest at-least to the extent of one dollar. Mr. PuHILLips THOMPSON, for many years connected with the editorial staffs of the Toronto Globe and News, is now filling the onerous duties of travelling correspondent and general busi- ness agent of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, and will shortly visit some of the larger business centres with the view of advancing the interests of the paper, and holding interviews with all with whom he comes in contact. We bespeak for Mr. Thompson a continuance of that courtesy hitherto shown by the trade to previous representatives of this journal, and can assure them that their personal and combined interests will be as closely advocated in the future as in the past. The Toronto branch of THE LUMBERMAN is at No. 37 Yonge street Arcade. P. O. Byram, of Madawaska, N. B., sends us a letter pro- testing in strong terms against the fashion in which the coun- try is being stripped of its forests by the present lumber policy of our Dominion and Provincial governments. He urges that much might be done to avert the exhaustion of our timber supply, if the exportation of the raw or half-manufactured material were prohibited, and wood were only allowed to be exported in ‘the shape of the fully manufactured article. “From the Atlantic to the Pacific” he says ‘‘ we don’t want to ship one foot: before it is manufactured to meet the domestic wants of ‘all!ountries. It could be manufactured in the Dominion -ahéfput together at the place of destination. There would be no Agas.in paying freight on waste lumber, and it would employ.at army of laborers and boom our industries.” Mr, Byram’s: idea is well worthy of thoughtful consideration. Tue United States Secretary of the Treasury recently re- ceived a letter requesting that persons engaged in the lumber- ing business in the Counties of St. Lawrence and Franklin, N. Y. may be permitted to import from. Canada for temporary use, and without payment of duty, teams of animals and articles for use in the lumbering camps, which teams and animals are to be brought in by Canadians. The question was submitted to the collector of customs at Ogdensburg, in order to ascertain the necessity for such action, and that officer has reported that during the past year many horses suitable for use in lumber- He has also expressed the opinion that the bringing in of Canadians with their teams for the purpose indicated would be in contravention of the Contract Labor Act. He said further that there was no im- mediate necessity for granting the request, for the reason that animals needed in the lumbering business can be readily ob- tained in the United States. Assistant Secretary Maynard has therefore informed the persons interested that as there is no legal authority for granting the request the department declines to interfere in the matter. ing have been imported from Canada. Tue American fire record for 1887 as affecting saw, shingle and planing mills, lumber-yards and other wood-working establishments, according to the Morthwestern Lumberman, discloses a total of 398 losses. This includes 221 saw mills, of which 25 were in connection with planing mills, and five in connection with shingle mills. There are 78 other planing mills and 13 other shingle mills shown ; also 18 dry kiln fires, 13 sash, door and blind factory losses, eight of box factories, 87 cases were lumber losses were reported, and 11 of shingles, the remainder being fires which consumed cooperage works, stave and heading factories, and similar wood-working estab- lishments. The totals of fires shown in previous years were as follows: 1886, 207; 1885, 223; 1884, 310; 1883, 349; that for 1887 being the largest yet reported. In 292 cases where the losses were reported, the aggregate for 1887 is $7,- 021,100, as compared with $5,913,600 in “86, $4,079,950 in 85, $6,742,500 in ’84, and $5,913,600 in 83. The aggregate insurance reported is $1,998,650, as against $1,574,675 in ’86, and $1,780,975 in 85. Making allowance for 105 cases the losses in which amounted to $2,105,000, where no information was obtained as to the insurance, the total reported insurance TuE press of the United States is at the present time devoting a great deal of attention to the proposed removal of In most instances we find that there is a The opinion is freely expressed that the lumber industry has never duty on lumber. strong opposition to the measure now before Congress. received sufficient protection to pamper its growth. It is pointed out that there is now annually imported about 500,- 000,000 feet of lumber, chiefly of the better grades, because the specific duty of $2 per. thousand can be better borne by lumber of a hign valne than the course grades. Because this is so, and that there is an annual increase in the shipments of good grade lumber from Menomivll and other points to the eastern market, free lumber would mean a loss of this trade which would otherwise find its way to the Canadian mill men. There are various other reasons assigned for the United States lumbermen opposing the scheme. Ot course these objections only hold good throughout a certain section of the Union, other sections being equally enthustastic in pronouncing in favor of the bill, believing that the indirect advantages which might accrue from direct competition from Canadian lumber, would redound to the commerce of the United States. At Washington the great question of the day seems to be tariff reform. Public interest is awake on the subject and not only the journals but the politicians and legislators are mov- ing. Not only is the protectionist and free trade controversy revived again with considerable energy, but many thorough advocates of protection, in view of the surplus that is growing to an inconvenient extent, are in favor of a repeal or reduc- tion of the duties on raw materials and natural products so as to diminish this excessive revenue. Lumber is among the articles generally named in this connection, and indeed it al- ready figures in some of the propositions made in Congress to extend the free list. Then there is always a chance of some reciprocal arrangement, growing out of the fishery negoti- ations and if so lumber would almost certainly be included. So closely, however, have the Commissioners hitherto kept the secret of their proceedings that so far nothing authoritative is known of their progress, and the rumors that are circulated appear to be merely more or less happy guesses by ingenious newspaper correspondents and politicians who have to appear to be in the secret whether they are or not. Whether by in- ternational diplomacy or tariff legislation lumber is placed on the United States free list, the same treatment would result in Canada, for in the one case there would be a bargain for reciprocity and in the other case the standing offer in our statute book would come into operation. This, however, would. not materially effect Canadian lumbermen, as little lumber from the States is likely to come in, excépt perhaps. in Manitoba and the Northwest which take a comparatively small amount at present from Ontario and British Columbia. The effect on prices is not so certain. Some talk of a conse- quent reduction of prices in the United States, but the general opinion is that little, if any, fall would be caused. If so the Canadian lumbermen would benefit almost to the extent of the duty on their exports to the States. At present there is uncertainty on all these points, but a few weeks more will probably tell the tale and give the guessers a rest. CONGRESSMAN Nelson, a gentleman considerably interested in lumber, and well known among the fraternity, has introduc- ed a bill in Congress which proposes to abolish the duty on that very necessary commodity. Whether or not he will succeed in convincing his fellow Congressmen that his ideas regarding the tariff on lumber are in accord with the best interests of the trade and country, will be determined in due time. So far as we can learn of American public sentiment as depicted in the press of that country, there are some grounds on which to base the opinion that the measure will at least receive the closest consideration, and perhaps be found to merit adoption. There seems to be, however, a still wider measure affecting the tariff of the country also before Congress at the present time. It is a bill introduced by Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, to promote the establishment of free commercial* intercourse among the nations of America and the Dominion of Canada by the creation of an American Customs Union or Zollverein. This bill seeks to secure free commerce on this continent and the increase of the American merchant marine, a common system of weights and measures, a common system of silver coins in all American countries, and a plan of arbitration of all questions, disputes and differences among those countries that now exists or may arise. Both of these measures will receive bitter opposition from many States of the Union. Leaving out the question of Commercial Union altogether —and we doubt if it will be seriously considered by Congress. —there is no question but that ifthe United States government did sanction the bill of Mr. Nelson that it would be done with the proviso that the Canadian government also abolish the present export duty on Canadian logs entering United States ports. We venture the statement that our home government would readily accede to such a reasonable demand. The same offer would, we think, hold good not only in the free inter- change of the products of the forest, but also in all other raw materials, fish, etc. The Reciprocity treaty existing from 1854 to 1867 was supported almost unanimously by the electorate of this country, and as the law still remains on our statute books, our American cousins have only to say the word and in a sense both countries will have all the free commercial inter- course that circumstances would justify, THE mill saw and other files made by Messrs. Thos. Turton & Sons, (Limited), of Sheffield, England, havea well deserved reputation for excellence combined with cheapness. The at- tention of those requiring these articles is called to their adver- tisement. THE demand for tents for camping-out purposes has greatly increased of late years. Mr. J.J. Turner, of the Peterborough Tent and Awning Factory, Brock street, has a great variety of goods in this line which lumbermen and others going into the bush for business or pleasure would do well to examine. Chas. Esplin, of Minneapolis, whose advertisement appears regularly in THE LUMBERMAN, has invented another band mill. The latest device does away entirely with the central columns which is the main feature of all the existing band saw” mills. He hangs the upper wheel from a frame work large enough to admit of the steam carriage and all passing through between the upright supports and leaves the entire space clear. The device is so simple as almost to suggest the enquiry why the same thing has not been attempted before. The chief impediment has been in the direction of getting rid of the guide which is so imported a feature of all the successful band mills, and the mechanism of which is more or less con- nected with the upright column. Mr. Esplin has not dispens- ed with the guide but he has, by an ingenious device, applied it without the use of the column. This is the third band mill Mr. Esplin has invented and the last of the series was un- doubtedly suggested by necessity for such a change in the general device as to make it possible to saw big logs without. “ breaking down” with the circular. Col. F. A. Boyle, who. was in the north searching for the best band mill, suggested these features as essential to the best results in any band saw designed to be used in cypress timber in which he is operat- ing. Mr. Esplin went to work on the suggestion with the: result as stated. ? Paid - at < g “ . ——_ ‘ : February, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 7 : = = e CANADIAN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Timber, square, viz.— Bank with foolhardy recklessne had been trying to carry, . < d } i, ‘ ¢ r £ ¢ Customs valuations upon goods imported subject to ad pee PEARS ae yt Belle PNG. ee . h ~ ar a “ : rae ey A EST ean ee ee OR |) ae ANCE es nie tare eee, siseves ss ¢ ¥ 13 yension of McLellz ept away valorem duties are made at the fair market value thereof when FA ee Bae mer 2 257,108 3,316 250,768 123,163 J : ; oe IcLellan ar I pt awa sold for home consumption in the principal markets of the Miaplen ns ustur: sacs 3,001 — 1,799 PEE. PARDEE DOP es vate Uns eee country whence they were exported. The value of good sub- wee bt ae er 575,575 66,078 704,986 123,103 Geperye: us late and, bat, for (he, Sextor Cal prevees ae ; 2 4 - he awe < eA thaieAesot , " ject to export duty are to be their ncthal cost ‘omethen value Pine, Fed vss. eseeee 101,210 2,412 131,043 0,3 Te) time, might have pull hrough I for a : . ; ; Hohe Gon hope 2019310 21,450 1750529 137,291 leadine bank was strongls , Blair out which they truly bear at the port and time of exportation. FAlbothen ener einen. 100,221 5,476 75,732 9,712 yoy ee ee bs" 2 a The following table is a comparative statement of the value | Other articles of the and the facts that the creditors hav W gay pe oa or articles imported in the years 1885 and 1886 :— forest ...+-.++5, 144,253 182 150,212 696 ane ee liquidators, and that Mr. Bl oe with the confidence of the lic, got t rove that the IMPORTS. Motaleenne. 20989708 1383597 21034611 1830476 | banker was right ARTICLES. \ es. OF Dae The proportion of exports from British Possessions to the The bottom did not suddenly dr C , J ie i. : United Kingdom to the total exports was, in 1885, not so | those firms which breathed t er anal Tore ee ain (alle ase a Ree NOOSE 150,507 134,650 Jarge as that of imports, it having been 42°78 per cent., and last winter and spring had been long in articu 7 he Carriages, wagons, sleighs, &c ..... 150,724 137,500 | the amount per head was only $1.81 as compared with $2.43 | end of two, if not three, was only delay. Leesly *Otare 2 a : parts of .............05. 69,150 70;307 per head of exports to other countries. The proportion of im- Mr MeLellan: bank manaver etithemitioe Me sears hates 100 fe) ne ; : ; ED ID AM ie er gamete neh uae ee = eg o Ee Sasi ie eS ies Bee ports from British Possessions to the total imports into the | of hic depositors. The weeding out process has on the whole Corkwood «ot ee eae 12,083 19,609 United Kingdom has remained much about the same for a increased public confidence, and it ¢ a ee Pea cai! Lakh: ails tee 205,431 | number of years, as shown by the following figures :— munity is better off than it was thi Felt roofing and other............. 20,920 : : , Felt tee Poy? DOSES. wn ae ae ey ace PROPORTION OF IMPORTS FROM BRsH POSSESSIONS TO 3ut the lumber business has not improved. The sales last Furniture, including hair and spring ToTaL IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. year to transatlantic points were smaller by a t ten per _ Ee ee 172,543 185,633 TS AM VE So s)5 ata vey. 22'03 per cent. cent. than in 1886. It is believed that the export to the “ara aimnel GeinGl Sgeee ee oe Seo eee 19,972 24,141 aCe. Nate nl Sail a eae aD Pe Tt Serco een: os ete =) © ose: Gulagg a ean Ooi 7 || ei 230 nS PLAT Ea Ee a LLOgW GG! eB pdooo go sgE ump eoob esa 31,906 58,045 ICRI. poe ¢ oct ae ee oe 24°56 “ yet available. The greater part of the New Brunswick expor Lumber, sawn, not manufactured ... 374,632 313,770 LSC. hee a een Sm ae aa 22°75 ce of lumber to the Republic is of United States produce. It is Machines and machinery..........- 1,154,8 THIOL (OM, |) 1 ee te SESE ie ge ane i OO matey Aa ee PT teen ae us ; Worle Y : eee : 38 ies But the proportion of exports to Great Britain to the total | °¢”” from logs cut on the St. John Kiy PMUN EMRE ou -ciai fav Cela (eflcr.cl oy/e:(e\eiie at. 5 9 . af as : 11 eae ed at St =) Giemanuiactures of 2... 6 21,519 23,410 | Colonial exports has decreased during the same period :— | eee ES wren neste gt rites : sare i e nit States s s residing here. Sy oe ihe ee eae PROPORTION OF EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM TO | eS ; ae + along ; ie < pads iss: Se P Sie ptcleilatlsisesieliefe jase. « is jumbe S ac oC c United States duty iree, a pri- “« coud Mars Fecap ee ee 1 = THE TOTAL Exports FROM BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ae. Shep age +(e ole gee mens IS KZ ee eee ee S// SICICCIO.CIOIOR ICAO "608 »520 | vilege which has not as yet been accorded to Minnesota logs NGPUEPELAIMICS Ho 0s .levsie.cfeleiel'vicjone sos» » ; . : ; a Pissier of “Paris 5,986 seats ee CBEENC IOS GO COREE Se aaa Soaae poe CSR manufactured in Ontario. The exports of “‘ non-produce =) TPT OCs CeCe OO Ne) iii ’ “) Soo neo Coo O00 0 0.0 oo OOo Oro oi ’ « . ss a: . Ships and other vessels built in any BORA oer a) oe Tees « | from the port of St. John is altogether comprised in this item. . foreign country, except machin- fictVicace cde God ocd ome Cnet Cerner toe 42°33 ot | Returns received from the Custom House show that the value Gey needs Mee Nate «tae clavage aya 68 91,503 26,611 188 o0a.0 2°8 6 | in 1886 w 8 1 in 1887 $1.403.¢ Ata , ee eerie. repairs on. ccs “SIGE See eee ee ate aia ai He eae ay 4 ; | in 1886 was $1,874,000 and in 1887 $1,403,000. Ata recent Slate, mantle ad roofing .......... a ABD 9,610 The total foreign trade of British Possessions has increased commercial union debate in the board of trade the great ad- , mantle and roofing .......... ; ; ; : : +r = eee Stonerebutlding yas ado acdentee's v's 30,491 Any |) “OSy largely since 1871, but, as will be seen from the following | vance and prosperity of this Aroostook free lumber business 3 SMUG ANG MAG «oo a/- 2s, shoe eres 17,862 22,207 | figures, the trade with foreign countries has increased in a | was cited as evidence in favor of the scheme. But these 2 manufactures of settee eens 39,422 39, 362 greater ratio than that with the United Kingdom :— | figures do not appear to point to much increase. ‘Timber, lumber and shingles ....... 224,190 456,320 Fs | “ unmanufactured........... 609,872 499,192 | PROPORTION OF THE TRADE WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM | Trees, oe peer e Paks si iherers stellt, esaieys 363 634 | To THE TOTAL FOREIGN TRADE OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS. | New Timber Limits. Tile O02 9 SRO 2,2 2,12 an oye : 3 : ‘* ornamental, shrubs and plants eee Tan 871 EIS OI IDIOI OIC CIO ICECIC ICICI ION OIE CIRCE ICID suas per Coa: The Winnipeg /7ee Press is authority for the statement that ‘Veneers of wood and ivory......... ,700 2,66 De aaa fr og aka atc 52°33 the present surveyors are engaged in examining the timber y 4757 52,004 880 49°36 6 | Pp y lone manwiactires:Dt 62)... 636,052 674,477 188. TEESE DS, cet, tay RCE ea a Oe Hees “ limits to the north of the Riding mountains, along the rivers Pr omeiea ree ebeds Sera Don Wet cities : mae a SIRI SUSE 0 BN a 27,998 315675 Uae dudaco coonpoomocompenE adc 48°44 e | that flow into Lake Dauphin and Lake Winnipegosis, in the WALUE OF EXPpoRTS, DISTINGUISHING CANADIAN PROo- DUCE AND MANUFACTURES FROM THOSE OF OTHER CouNTRIES, 1505. 5 ARTICLES. Domestic. Foreign See TUT. Ae Sais eS 11,005 — 18,638 — VEEN, totais ras. 2i= 86,163 23,607 80,455 34,207 Sand and Gravel..... 23,590 -- 23,195 — SEO St nen 4,642 — 4,552 = Stone and marble, un- wrought ........ 52,206 700 61,950 — Stone ( wrought ) and Mariela... 17,235 I,125 17,801 658 Wood, viz.— Household furniture. 169,115 2,967 225,023 5,973 Door, Sashes and Bindsoos 2 Uae: . 46,678 — 33,070 — Other manufacts. of 470,296 16,574 379;498 41,902 The Forest. Ashes, potandpearl.. 156,322 927 131,163 — ce WMeaehed 7. 5.../. 16,613 “= 16,106 — ie AUOLGES. 4... <.. 7,179 -- 14,978 — Bark for tanning..... 364,053 — 221,815 — Basswood, butternut and hickory .... 26,474 — 18,611 48 Werewoods 6.2.5 .>-- 316,647 — 313,480 = Hop, hoop, telegraph and ofher poles.. 84,789 — 106,745 — Knees and futtocks .. 9,619 — 6,031 — Lathwood...... 1,843 a 1,785 — Logs, hemlock...... 14,890 — 28,885 — OO a a ee 15,671 -- 14,417 — ERVIN oo. 620 iar 2,300 os 24,452 — PEEGDERCE. 2 cies ¢ 5,- 49,474 — 82,016 — Eomalb OMMeTs «5... 143,523 _ 164,195 154 Lumber, viz.— RECN ESS l=. 22%» 12,640 — 10,979 — Li 3 ae 6385277 693,370 7652828 826,348 Deal ends...... .. 265,039 845 302,035 332 Laths, pailings and fcketS 1b... 270,227 124,118 258,2 143,8 Planks, boards and age ge CR OS 8053878 287,720 6637878 327,703 DARIUS - 2... 119,575 26,027 151,370 33,826 Staves standard .... 13,705 55,174 14,521 41,699 * all other and headings...... 345,796 20,259 330,686 36,479 all other lumber.... 201,907 1,344 357,344 34,910 Masts and spars ..... 42,691 300 37,454 — ME Soe ss er 2 - _ — = LL, Se 183,732 72,030 142,347 68,478 Shingle bolts........ 2,906 — 936 — Sleepers and railway egies MES >. Kes, 1975 — 367,457 20,670 ave bolts......... 97,863 — 116,900 — be iy ake 1,555 86,106 4,875 28,710 It has been shown that the Colonies buy considerably more from England that England buys from them, and that the quantity is steadily increasing. | This fact, which is probably at present more particularly the consequence of the numerous financial transactions that take place between them, shows that the greater portion of the wants of the Colonies can be supplied by the United Kingdom. It has also been shown that, in proportion to their total exports, the exports to Great Britain are not keeping place with those of foreign countries. The Permanent Exhibition. Every visitor to Toronto should spend an hour or two at the Permanent Exhibition of Manufactures, open free to the public. It occupies a spacous building specially constructed for the purpose on Front Street West, opposite the Queen’s hotel. All who have seen it are surprised and delighted with the comprehensiveness of the display and the system and elegance of the arrangement. The benefits of such a scheme to the manufacturer, the merchant and the retailer are obvious at a glance. It saves a vast amount of expense and trouble by bringing sellers and customers into closer relations. The Permanent Exhibition offers to firms ontside the large centres of distribution the advantages of a branch office at a much less cost. Their goods are seen by thousands who might not other- wise take the trouble to make special enquiry after them. To a public familiarized with the benefits of yearly exhibitions the idea of a permanent exhibition where the advantages, instead of being temporary, will be continuous, need only be stated to be appreciated. Messrs. Nicholls & Howland deserve great credit for the enterprise they have shown in successfully carry- ing out this useful project. New Brunswick Matters. The New Brunswick correspondent of Zhe Zypzve has the following to say regarding the trade of that province :—The feeling in business circles in New Brunswick is astonishingly cheerful in view ofthe commercial disasters which befell the province during the first six months of the past year. During that holy year the failures aggregated $5,000,000 liabilities. The returns for the past six months indicate a return to normal conditions, the total liabilities being $300,000. Nearly all the later disasters are the heritage of the Maritime Bank collapse. To get back to the beginning of things, every failure of any consequence was caused directly or indirectly by lumber. Lumber brought down the firms which the Maritime ih interest of Mr. P. McLaren, of Perth, Ont., who having dis- posed of his Ontario timber limits, is now turning hjs attention towards the Northwest. Hitherto the timber limits in that district have been regarded inaccessible, but McLaren, with long experience in the lumbering regions in the Ottawa valley, evidently considers himself capable to wrestle with the difficulty. The Birtle Odservev observes : ways of getting at those great northern forests. Any course will be difficult and expensive. One plan is to float the logs down the rivers to Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba and then follow the connecting rivers to Lake Winnipeg. In this way all the timber on the various streams could be secur- ed, steam tugs being used to convey the rafts of logs through the lakes. There is also fine and extensive groves of spruce on the islands and shores of Lake Winnipegosis that could be Judging from maps There may be two or three cut and removed in the same manner. there seems to be a roundabout and difficult connection be- tween Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba, from which overcome Lake secure the great io Water Hen river issues, but there is some way A railway from Portage la Prairie to this obstacle. Manitoba, eighteen miles distance, would lumber trade which will be developed in There is still another way of getting at considerable of the the near future. spruce timber of the north. Some of the most extensive and valuable forests are on the Swan river : proaches the Assiniboine to within a distance the neighborhood of Fort Pelly. The land between the rivers is level and is mostly covered by scrub. creeks that flow north to south into the Assiniboine nearly join and with a little cutting this large stream ap- ht miles in of e1 In some places the Swan river and others that flow to form a connection, a dam on Swan river would send a flow of water through to the Assiniboine. Should Mr. McLaren connect Swan river w&h the Assiniboine near Fort Pelly a vast timber trade would find its way down the Assiniboine river, and would most likely leave the water at the crossing of the M. &.N. W. Railway at Millwood, where there are already extensive saw mills which could no doubt be secured. —It is said that Mr. Hugh Robertson, projector of the big timber raft, which recently came to grief, is about commenc- ing the construction of a timber ship, with spars and steering It is not the intention to sail the ship to her des- The apparatus. tination unless circumstances compel them to do so. ship will be erected at the Finger Board, Joggins CANADIAN CHEAP LUMBER. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 20, 1887. Epiror LUMBER TRADE JoURNAL :—The question raised in the President’s message so far as it effects the lumber interest is naturally exciting considerable attention among those interested inthe trade. We hear arguments both in favor of and adverse to a removal of the tariff of lumber, and in the multitude of assertions we find confusion rather than wisdom. Those who are in favor of free lumber assert that a removal of the duty would have little or no effect upon lumber values in this country; but the volume of manufacture in Canada is insignificant as compared with that of the United States, and that if the whole of that volume was turned into this country its effects would be hardly noticed. Some assert that the original cost in Canada is greater that the United States, and that this alone would prevent such a reduction in price as would seriously effect American manufacturers. The advocates of a tariff assert that lumber is cheaper in Canada than in the States, that it can be produced cheaper, and would flood the coun- try to the injury of American Iumbermen if the duty were removed. ney assert that the injury to manufacturers would more than offset the advantages to the many million of consumers, while arguing that the country would be flooded with cheap lumber. Can you throw any light upon the subject that will enable your readers to form a reasonable correct opinion as to which is right, and as what would be the effect upon He lumber trade if the duties were to be taken off, and oblige an INTERESTED READER. Replying to the above the Chicago Lumber Trade Journal submits the following statistics which it claims should throw considerable light on the subject. Regarding the ‘‘cheap” labor theory, it reproduces the particulars of the sale of Ontario timber berths, which appeared in the last issue of Tue LUMBERMAN, with the object of comparing the cost of timber lands in Canada with that of the United States. It says i— This shows an average cost to the purchaser of $4.62 per acre, for the privilege of cutting the timber and of paying a further stumpage duty to the government of $1.00 per thou- sand feet for all that he may cut, and in addition a yearly direct tax of $2 per square mile. If we average the cut at 1o0,- 000 feet per acre, we shall find the cost of the stumpage to be License cost $4.62 per acre is pee CIOUS A Clene enn iter 46.2 Duty on cut logs pfere (elooWSPhal Go oonoea con oboe 1.00 Yearly taxes allowing but:one year.................... .20 Abtonreil jofeWKel, Wo) xoH Essa ollB, 54 BuconoU opto boGU.o. oe $1.66 2-10 With a proposition under consideration to increase the stump- age duty on logs to $2, which would bring the stumpage cost up to $2.66 2-10 per thousand feet, with no fee in the land. The United States government sold its pine lands at $2.50 per acre giving atitle in fee simple. Averaging these at 10,000 . feet to the acre which is as near the mark as the estimate on Canada lands, the stumpage cost to the purchaser was 25 cents per thousand as compared with say $1.66 paid by the purchaser of Canada timber. We will not insult the intelli- gence of our readers by asking which government furnishes the cheapest stumpage. But while the government values are the only ones on which a proper computation of stumpage cost should be es- timated, we are not unmindful of the fact that the United States has parted with nearly, if not quite, all of its valuable pine lands, and that stumpage in the hands of present holders isa different thing from that which is offered by the govern- ment ; nor of the still further fact that Canadian limit holders know how, and have just as selfish an interest to hold stump- age at all it will bring, as holders of United States timber, and American buyers of Canadian logs to be towed to Ameri- can mills do not find themselves able to buy these logs in Canada at a cost delivered in mill boom enough below what they would pay for the same grade of American logs, to get very rich from the difference. But if the customs duty of $2 be removed, would not the lumber be sold that much cheaper? 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Rielejole| & | 8! F [S| @1 55 | S| BS! 2) & a Fy 5 = 5 ao go "SAAOD = eS Pg | Dale *pavpur)}s ‘pavpuryg =| & Olslels 8. S | o| 8 OR = os S = : F am = Sy ay ~ S a 5 p. 5 n|8 sjeaq] sonadg | ‘sjvaq ourg EIS || ” ; | alte 8 B ‘ ‘ rs a 2 AON ‘SAAVIS pall A pee: cls eee 5 ed 2 eee By 4881 NACNAOAd AO 181 FHL NO—STINO GNV ATAVLINVHOMAW ONIGATONI—OddaNO YO LNOd AHL NI WAINAT gO WO MOOLS } ee) A A 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NEW BRUNSWICK. | The Lumber and Timber Export Trade of the Province for 1887. There has been a very considerable falling off in the lumber and timber export trade of New Brunswick for 1887 as com- pared with previous years. A comparison of last year’s ship- ment of deals from St. John to the trans-Atlantic ports with that of 1886 shows a decrease of ten million feet. As compared with the export of 1885 the falling off amounts to twenty-eight million feet. According to J. B. Snowball’s Miramichi Wood Trade circular the lumber exports for the province have de- creased about 26,000,000 sup. feet as against those of last year. The season’s shipments of square timber were about one-half those of 1886.. The circular also notes the circumstance that for the first time the United States has taken the larger portion of the wood product shipped from St. John. Of a total of 300,000,000 superficial feet in round numbers for the year ending September 30th, 1887, 170,000,000 went over the lines and only 130,000,000 to Europe and elsewhere. feature is noticeable with regard to wood products from other parts of the province. market and the trade has declined owing toits being unremun- erative. / future. /- The stock of woods, manufactured and unmanufactur- ed, being wintered is estimated at 25,000,000 sup. feet. The The same Prices have ruled low in the European There are indications of a better feeling in the near season’s production is on a very restricted scale, and while it | cannot possibly exceed that of last year may possibly be much | less should the remainder of the season prove unfavorable. ee operators have retired from the business. ‘the total lumber shipments of New Brunswick in 1886 as com- pared with 1887, were as follows : The extent of- | 1886.. Ports. No. Tons. Sup. ft. Tons Vessels. deals, etc. timber. MManamrchier seme dar 144 85,205 72,103,391 1,784 Sits Oni poveehessegee 201 161,221 138,934,392 11,067 [Batinuns target cs 31 18,469 16,392,183 IDaiINoWSS aseanoRonodr 39 ©21,454 + 18,205,895 1,154 Nin) anaoeoedaoe 33 14,119 13,119,800 SlillaG yoon oveneseooo ites yfalse%5} 7,139,360 (CocapMNeM isn. ye: Garaguettyeciy chose I 1,197 1,004,377 Salclowill eben hs cre. «fester 22 9,834 9,421,000 WORAIS aha des one ore 489 319,084 276,320,398 14,605 1887. Nihal g Cans eneanc 126 75,548 68,121,629 Tey || Sits, OMY faa meoey eae 155 136,107 118,450,590 6,784 | IbkwWvoWNGY poo gum eHeO nee 2 15,676 13,589,769 | ID ANNAN 5 ws Glow © Vo 41 20,976 18,059,828 928 IRIGHIDUGtO. sae ns = 37. +15,956 14,751,000 SMCCMIC Ht. ctr a. satan 20 8,769 8,122,882 COREG s 6 ay oo oteoeaen 2 595 635,530 (CANIN oh sg pow ON Included in Bathurst. Solas 5 o550 coe oon 19 8,393 8,555,000 Motalsns ee . 429 282,020 250,286,278 7,869 | ST. JOHN SHIPMENTS. The following statement gives a comparison of the export trade in lumber from the port of St. John for 1887 with that of | 1886. Year. Port. No. of ves’ls. Tons. Deals,etc. sup. ft. LS TLELV.eL POO UN eis 2 57,941 50,645,485 *86 Oh gp! hate eae 55 62,638 51,768,613 SSP MEONCON ites as <4 6 6,934 2,237,474 86 CaM eae cn cacy sh Lethe 4 4,163 1,739,566 87 British Channel... 31 25,604 23,355,400 86 33 28,588 25,872,450 | 87 Com inant Sooo a 6 3,084. 3,376,307 *86 Geen siatene eney hr II 5,958 5,501,517 EOP CD acer recs or pyatas I 506 493,444. 86 G0" Wee Sno cae 4 2,758 2,586,176 87 poumou th Bayes ie ae) Pe Le Naa os *86= Seererey Ueieptere s I 1,183 1,042,445 87 Arklow Ss Vente ME I 267 273,816 86 G0. Sa cates Aen bs cai ORD padi seetramartes CSO ARKOW. edger wie. «1s 4 5,667 Ss 543>483 86 Gare) MR cerrlicis thats 6 Bess 5,490,862 gee DelaStcn cw was 6 5,612 5,283,638 *86 BBAW Raat ile cea 5 4,810 4,338,776 ee Ballyshannon ..... I 204. 198,856 EST BANtLY: Mets: cio sete € I 429 482,129 86 WOT 3 Sei Soo I 428 482,129 POT @ATNALVON cs cise a 2 1,568 681,596 86 USS Oe tana I 595 116,944 ‘S87 s Glonakiltyen....).- I 288 316,975 86 LOK Si Lever aes I 270 2375752 187 1iGlareiGastle i... 2. ae Roos Hiab 86 PA Withee ees.c1s ot.8 I 395 365,402 a Gone ee evans cus I 25 308, 587 BOSON Key. (aratures fe sreo6 7 45255 4,028,541 PREM br orl Leeaa sci sesconcye 8 4,576 4,471,189 $87) (GOLEGAINE sins cones 2 680 741,956 LICE ARE SIP. Speer a sone oe 565 603,773 °87 Crookhaven ...... I 313 375,196 *86 heise Se ee I 638 586,149. '87 Droghedas <2... I 281 345,960 86 Oo) Be Sevier sis I 314 341,793 PS 7m Dun dally inion 4 1,520 1,763,056 Year. Port. No. of ves’ls. Tons. Deals,etc. sup.ft. 86 Se Maneeten ant oes 4 1,365 1,592,750 ’°87. Dungarvon...... ee cee Apia 86 i pameerns susie I 196 210,431 187, SDwblitia suis eek 6 4,115 3,888,352 86 Ce asco pee 7 4,876 4,540,702 87 Pleetwood... 5... 7 6,501 5053-433 86 Ae ior. oko ae 8 5,399 4,493,001 Toph © NOES an ns boas me eis stata 86 th Dae, Gee I 450 348,204 87 Garston Dock..... I 686 695,580 86 SAL tay anor Aves i a fey MEH ERG Gel loon. 6 2 859 931,269 86 Co te aiebes toot 3 1,460 1,439,136 TOT GASCOW ahem teietennale 4 2,373 2,552,997 {SO gods witbae apie viene 2 1,262 772,318 187 Ware Island:..2).- ; HS RHE, 86 eee Berrien I 395 372,812 tehyp Minot yo aaah: 2 1,293 1,219,652 80 Ss er ors 87 4 2,518 2,288,125 "87 Wlanelliv’ ej eee 3 971 921,074 86 ee reat a aie 2 765 708,208 87. Londonderry ..... 3 2,106 1,880,768 | 86 Re nico gion 6 3,841 3,549,454 ae Mersey River..... 3 2070 1,902,959 87 Milford Haven.... .. aye Saat 86 Ly fecal 314 246,765 87. SNE WiINene eran te I 348 393,209 "86 | Ae ean ntete: 2 385 915,366 87, ~(ueenstown....... 3 1,735 1,595,743 86 ny Shee |S 4,128 3,762,880 87) Ol Oma a eure te I 331 513,854 186s) (Oe A ec eeee 3 996 1,098,212 *O7;° Tralees...; | ce .e sere 2 613 699, 304 86 LEP og erste rata ts 3 I, 200 1,220,243 "87 Waterford. .:..... a ee ae *86 SN Gl RAY st teen I 406 406,041 aeyf MNGHPRMME ano ooh I 220 231,109 *86 Li arso cists I 192 210,666 iS7) Wexford) oar I 411 339,939 CSS a I 348 397,484 87 Youghal rcs I 375 305,564 *86 mney, fey Sc Bir ans 237) a sPalmasce seek « 3 1,056 $19,078 86 Spr coy eink ies Motal MISS 7) 2-lne . 162 142,032 124, 361,389 Oral Lecomte IQI 154,059 134,123,207 +85 JAG. (Gibson. cena ete 87 90, 349 $1,088,611 *86 AGiIN hilo ieee 54 54,160 48,674,319 287, W. Mi. Mackey... .. 45 35,311 29,565,430 86 dos) eee 46 33,429 26,458,213 87 George McKean..... 16 9.255 8,238,207 86 do Se yee 12,910 11,231,579 ‘S70 ISmiphit i Gonerens ees! 5,370 2,160, 323 *86 do Jemtc ane ate 1,501 1,375,530 87 6A. Cushing. . 3 1,056 $19,078 *S6 Go: ane ee Le Rl he ore 87. McLachlan & Wilson. 2 1,568 681,596 86 do , a er. 87, ~R. A. & J. Steward I 509 500,726 86 ‘do 41 32,240 29,619,139 ‘87 W. M. P. McL achlan I 506 493,444 *S6 do te : ee, « *87 +N. BY DradingiCo <). 1 532 308, 587 SO do ; ae: bys 87 C. McL suatiene Sons 1 325 492,529 86 do 5 at eae 87 Su pchotield' x= cannn I 1,161 42,858 *S6 GO) 0 Sats fa hens 9 5,114 3,017,016 87 Guy wBevane GO. ue. ve hs *86 do 15 14,851 13,342,755 87. Chas. Hamilton & Co. Sigua nth oe 96 do I 385 334,618 Moral, Logi... oe Stes 162 142,032 124, 361,380 Totaly, TS86.; si... ce e% 191 154,059 134,123,207 The export of timber also shows a decline, as will be seen by the following figures : 1887 1886 Tons Tons Tons Tons birch pine birch pine Miverpoolay. niece iene teers 4,240 683 5,950 2,322 Continente eo. oe hota cas Pree ye II oe AVONMOULNRA See os acai oe macs cers 76 GaMALVOME. woe wren sie re 5 957 SOO es ae apes Dulblingaen. sats oct ck nace oro BANS 125 nis oe be PICCEWOOUS Caincs awit oN om ace baie go4 400 706 Glascowetg ts thse ee te es 512 9 Wextordiin. 02 7.3.3 SAM oeN res fms ee he 8 sek Total: 3 os fe 35 eetecs 5,197 1,587 7,512 -3,113 1 1887. 1886. o —\ a. Tons Tons Tons Tons birch pine birch pine W. M. Mackay.... 3,360 1,586 4,172 2,82 Ass Gibson t8) sac) See aie 880 I 1,056 M’Lachlan & Wilson. ...... 957 Bi, cae Se Schofieldiek wu caucke- ikea meee 2,265 202 Geo Me Kean ase an os. teres 8 on RGA Cea is SLEWEN Urns uiciecsfon reese II 76 Totallivernitcc vincent penne Ss1Oy7- Ay5S7 MeGis) Ayers DIST RIBUTION, BY PORTS, OF MIRAMICHI SHIPMENTS. - GREAT BRITAIN. Port “© > No. ves’ls. Tons. Sup. ft. deals, scantling, : ends and boards. BatrOw Sr-ke ins I 454 421,370 Birkenhead....... I 584 514,961 Bowling) onc. cece I 405 381,176 Ports. No. ves’ls. Casdiien oer se 6 4,038 Fleetwood........ I 551 Garston]: . tomate 6 4,236 GlasSgOW nine cnet 1 537 Glasson Dock.... I 584 Liverpool ... 9 5,590 [Loudon).2 cb yaree 5 2,932 Mersey’... eee 6 4,678 Miumbless. 372.7 4 2,970 Mary porte ac ceee = I 454 Newport -. commun > 2 + T0857, | Penarth Roads... . 4-4 25185 | Plymouthieee.-o I 609 Sharpness........ 6 4,796 | Swansea S seiecss I 645 Silloth Eock...... I 445 Whitehaven .... 2 932 Totalsiaeenees 60 38,682 ITALY. Genoa’. »s22 eee: 2 1,017 Naples’. 2. “ceeeaee I 496 Totals sewer 3 3513 IRELAND. Belfast=. 5.6 tee ZIP AS NGs Dubim:. .< .- heen 12 7;553 | Dandram*:ses-- I 238 Kinmore ...... I 281 LAIMe < «+05 wees 4 1,724 Limericks... > «aceite 3. 1,740 Londonderry 2 1,142 Votals) 5. 44 25,853 AFRICA. Bougie: jo... Te otalsis:+s2 <> 126 675,548 ) February, 1888, Tons. Sup. ft. decals, scantling, P ends and ‘ars igs 3,763,674 §20,1 3,032, 167 452,079 539,022 4,705,114 2,670,418 4,381,521 2,258,804 429,531 1,997,987 664,032 4,537,654 587.540 426,731 901,064 34-234,849 918,414 426,173 1,344,587 12,737,868 6,877,587 246,876 333,843 1,702,329 1,483,540 1,041,384 24,423,927 453,923 920,022 1,373,945 718,467 1,018,078 556,406 3,252,107 660, 376 6,205,434 538,887 OF MIRAMICHI, SEASON OF 1887. Sup. ft. deals, scantling, ends and boards. 21,681, 392 11, 363,836 10,237.569 8,928, 163 7,760,926 3,068,000 2,877,200 967, 500 687,043 520,000 68,121,629 Sup. ft. deals, scantling, ends and oeerte 34.234,849 24,423,927 6,205,434 1,373,955 538,887 1,344,587 68,121,629 OTHER N, B. SHIPPERS. DALHOUSIE (INCLUDING OUT-PORT OF CAMPBELLTON.) Shippers. No. Geo. Moffatt & Co. Henry. O*’Leary.... N. B. Trading Co. . W. M.. Mackay.... J.P. Mowat Wm: Richards See : jobs McNair ....: S. D. Sowerby :.:-. Geo. Dutth.. & =. E. C. Gooden Copp Bros Geo. McKeen Jaseph Read ...... J. dog Black oS. skex ar ‘M.-Wood & Sons... - Totals, | W. M. Seay Bp ry> ves’ls. Tons. 6,110 6,036 1,971 1,601 1,238 1,058 1,026 825 622 399 20,976 SACKVILLE, 2,164 1,794 1,602 1,235 1,045 463 ~ _ ~ | te Roo NNO a - COCAGNE, 2 8,393 Se 393, Sup. ft. deals, scantling. oe ends and Hamed: 5,336,000, 4,072,147 1,828,000 1,659,636 910,879 960,802 1,019,000 720,000 543,364 410,000 18,050,828 2,110,000 1,730,000 1,909,000 1,208,000- 1,062,000. 518,000 8,555,000 _ compared with those of 1886 manifest a falling off of about February, 1888. ; RICHIBUCTO (INCLUDING BUCTOUCHE ) Geo. K. McLeod . 18 7,271 6,566,000 Bd) Walker ....5.:.... ip Dap 2,450,000 Mipoa be Jardine... : . 4a 3g lOe. 2,947,000 een wtolit.. 2... 4 1,297 1,230,000 Henry O’Leary.... 2 628 527,000 13) (OME) 4 aemeencnae I 743 695,000 | Mera) Baits, 4 I 300 330,000 Bhotallse cemcye se 37. 15,956 14,751,000 | SHEDIAC. Geo. McKean ..... 8 83314 3,180, 114 Henle Black, 28..98 6 2,512 2,206,036 W. M. Mackay .... HB 2 ee 2,230,438 1S). |e Svervtd sees I 28 446,293 BOPAIS es se 20 8, 60 8,112,882 | BATHURST. K. F Burns & Co... 19 9,421 8,043,769 | N. B. Trading Co... 10 6,255 5,546,000 | Mota Siaenid 5c. 29 15,676 13,589,769 | NOVA SCOTIA. Owing to the same causes which have so seriously affected | the lumber and timber export trade in New Brunswick the shipments of forest products from Nova Scotia for 1887 as¥ four million and a quarter superficial feet. The outlook cannot be regarded as satisfactory unless on the principle of the old adage that when things are at the worst they begin to mend. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Montreal, Que. MONTREAL, Vy Pine,1st qual’ y v M $38 00 40 00| Basswood,run of log Pine,znd ** 00 3000) Culls out per M.., $18 00 Pine. shipping culls Oak, per M 40 00 YP teeeeeee 1400 1600| Walnut, per M 60 00 Pine, qth quality Cherry, per M 80 00 deals 4 1000 1200|Butternut, per M. 25 00 Pine, mail culls, cy M 800 10 00\Butternut, per M. 35 00 Snruce, per My AA... 1000 1300 Birch, per M... 20 00 Hemlock, per M.... 900 1000\Hard Maple, per M 25 00 Ash, run of log culls Lath, per M.. 150 Out per Mice... 2000 25 00 jphinetes. Ist, perM 200 |Shingles, 2nd,perM 100 Mia) CUS. eee ee eee eee veer eine uc “ Pa selected 16 ft. Cull strips, 1 in. thick, § to 7 wilde... Mill cut outs.. aaah Me tassh ee “a Scantling... uc et ae ee LMI Sl PI EMIU Ps SOULE oat Laths.. Stock shorts, 2x1. T inch siding outs, 1%. 1%, 2. “outs from shorts, faye Outs from stocks... Ab bh SlhijgeileseConadut gare caeig tee Seo aoe ae nee ee eS Ottawa, Ont. OTTAWA, Dimensions, Inches. long, above dimensions I2X1 12 1h 12 1% ) FEB. v25) so 100 100 40 40 2. ~O 00 3 2 M. 5.00 B. 4th, 1888. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5th, 1888. Per §.50 to 9.00 7.00 to 3.00 4.00 to5 12.00 7-00 1.25 10.00 I 6.50 5.00 to 7. -00 00 10,00 tO 12.00 to There is feeling that prices abroad are likely to look up shortly | and that the export trade may be expected to improve in consequence. SHIPMENTS FROM NOVA SCOTIA, 1887. Ports. ae tN PRUONLCIS ES et ahve ssa AmMapolsy os: Guysborough........ IHN Ch ee ee eee Weddores =... oo Jordan. River... : ....... AGISE GRU Satay «0k =, Pickart. 026 he = Port Medway ..-.... Sheet Harbor. -... :.. Shipsiarkor. 0... St. Margaret's Bay... pois evar pSHE RiP SMES ‘Yarmouth . Totals... etc. o. of ves‘ls. Tons. Sup. ft. deals, 34 16,538 11,454,300 I 908 54,000 2 730 56,500 57 26,488 23,247,877 I 36 235,809 I 342 306,637 5 2,487 2,245,906 2 625 550,000 7 3;799 —- 1,851,920 53 34,900 31,681,475 2 878 $25,064 14 6,264 5,726,099 2 975 878,716 i 1,290 1,221,637 2 656 605,389 5 2,215 2,018,260 191 99,331 $2,959,589 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOR THE YEARS 1882-1887. The shipments of deals from Nova Scotia to Trans-Atlantic Ports 1882 were ........ stag) 22 ae ee MAN oa, csnss Tio 2 ae Rost oe IU, Ce ce ere 85,752,000 77,918,000 69,159,000 79,647,765 87,280,125 82,959,589 TeAne REVIEW. Toronto, Ont. Toronto, FEB. 6th, 1888. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 14% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. . -- $34 0o@ 1% and thicker, three uppers, American inspection. . 1% and thicker, pickings, American inspection........ PREG MLeSSIne ANG WELEr. socio. eek ck ieee eee oe Ix1o & 12 mill PMA ews 5 es aye S| ec aaa ne he acne Ix1o & 12 common. IX1O & 12 spruce culls... 1x10 & 12 maple cuils.. 1 inch clear and picks... eee ES aoa ae 1 inch dressing and as a inch siding mill run. 1 inch siding common...... a inch siding ship culls..... i inch siding mill culls.... . Gailecantling:............. 1 inch strips, common. 1% inch flooring... 1¥% and thicker cutting up plank.. : Ef inch strips 4in to 8in ee PU never Kx g eg X shingles, sawn. eneies, 3 sawn. ee Sawn.. res QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards & scantling$1o 09 Shipping cull boards, pro- miscuous: WAtHS: * 3. be, stocks.... Scantling | & joist, up to = e t “ 20 ft “ ” 22 ft as - 2 ft . a hy ft x ” “ 28 ft ” -“ 3) ft “ “ ‘ lank |Dressing stocks.. |Picks Am. inspection epee 12 00 Three uppers, ghia. inspect. 13 00) .M. 13 00/134- in, flooring, dres’ d25 00 14 00) eZ rough .. 14 00 15 00 1% * e ‘* dres’d .. 23 00 16 00 “ undres’d fs “ dres’d... 16 00 “ iT 00 undres’d 12 00 19 ea Beaded sheeting, dress- 20 00 te. eee Cee, is eee 17 oo) ed Kd BRL EE hy Basswood a es aa eo 22 00 16 00 16 00 1300 II 00 . 14 00@1I5 00 30 00 1.25 " MOOG 6 GH, BBE Oo DDL CREE eco eee 3.00 u cedar, No. 1. 2.00 tO 2.75 Pe cedar, culls. . 1.25 Difference in planed lumber, in waste and d planing 5.00 Ditto, on average good stock... co He oma oom 20.00 tO 23.00 Hamilton, Ont. HamMiLTon, FEB. 6th, 1888. Mill cull boards and Dressing stocks...... $ 600 1800 scantlings. . .$ 9 oo@10 00)1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800 Shipping cull boards, \144 flooring, rough... 1600 1§00 promiscuous widths. 1000 12 00)1% flooring, dressed . 25 00 Shipping cull stocks. 13 00|1% flooring, dressed . 32 00 Scantling and joist up 1 flooring, dressed . 23 00 110) AWS ee ton spor 13 00, Beaded sheeting I. .. 2800 3000 do up to 18 feet ...... 13 50|Picks,Am. inspection 30 00 (Glo) (hije) tio) Ao) EAE Ge oe oe 14 00) Three uppers Am. In. 4c 00 doupito 22 feet ...... 15 00| XXX sawn shingles. 260 270 do up to 24 feet ...... 16 oo|Sawn Lath ‘ do up to 26 feet ...... 17 00/Red Oak.. do up to 28 feet .. 18 00/ White Oak.. do up to 30 feet . 20 00|/Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1800 2000 Cutting up plank 4 Cherry No. 1 & 2..... 5000 6009 and thicker, dry.... 2000 25 00/White Ash No.1 «2. 2500 3000 Cutting up boards. ... 20 00|/Black Ash, No. 1 & 2. 2000 25 00 Goderich, Ont. GODERICH, FEB. 7th, 1888. PRICES IN CAR LOTS. iS ia IGUL(OMUIS: Sando dSaon0cs saoue dae $8 00@ 8 50 OLSAO) 62 WA, COMMING MW 5 boacccaccosooae 12 00 PAOHEMO Se Wy ChESSING gooacsacenocan 16 00 1x14, and wider, common ........... 4 I2 00 jciiZiy MON GOS Schreiber a ooo ob coe aene 16 00 1H GUESS Yoosagovensdrou conse apo uD 16 00 1% TN rs cB IGe aN A UATE P ECS E ay outs SUE 8 is 16 00 1% Norway pine flooring nite chine een cer tn 14 00 oe. os Ea Oc aint o.d Octo 14 00 Eenchiclearandy picks perryrt ee sett 26 00 1 inch clear and picks 4 to 8 inch........ : 25 00 WK ainel wh Cleave ail jOKSG36accecsosend 35 00 Wath ei pxauleetonemmmee re tacts ari: I 85 Saginaw Valley. SAGINAW, FEB. 4th, 1888. CARGO LOTS. WWPSDErSie ent eee 36 00@38 0o;Norway . . 900 10 50 Gomimon) se eet 0020 oo\Box.. . . + = « 10,00) I0)50 Shipping Culls ... 800 10 59)Straight measure . . 12 00 23 00 MulkCulls) > yess: 6 00, YARD QUOTATIONS—CAR LOTS DRY. Drop Siding. Clear, % ran . 44 00@46 oo Cann 4 30 00 A : 35 00 41 00 ce Ig 00 Bian fe 5 : 36 00 Flooring and Siding—Dressed. Flooring, clear, d = m 46 00 Steanes clear, #8 is is 22 00 INONIE ve 3I 00 A , 20 00 No. 2 30 09 Be: 17 00 No. 3 20 09 Cc I4 00 No. 4 I3 09 loos I2 00 “Erte Lumber—Rough. Three et 1in. . 43 00@45 oo pine common, I in. . 28 00 31 00 i%& - 44.00 46 00 Ki C2iia aes 32 00 Selects, 1 ace . 35 00 36 00C, 7, r¢ & gin. cae 25 00 1% &2in. . 36 00 Base, 2 to gin. No.1 40 00 | INOS Mr ueENa 30 00 {ANZ oo a ao es 20 00 Coffin boards 16 in. and over 16 co Joist, Scantling and Timber. T2atONeeet, 9 10 00 DAA AT oy eee 12 00 20 feet Tames) 224) feet. 13 00 Wide Select and C (No. 1 com.) 13in. and up 28 00, Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra. Common—Rough. D (common) 14 in. and up . Lath, Shingles and Pickets. ath gee Cyn tints LNo. I 40 I 25 Shingles,river r brands ce Sato ns pr extra - «(———iae = Gears = -_- - -45 00 clears - - - 2360 2d clears - = i=l 5 09 = No.t - - -1§ oo < * No.2 s- 1000 Flooring, Dressed 61in.,No,1 - - - - - - 12 00\¢1in., No.1 09 wNG. 2.= yan 4. === ood”) Noie 10 99 Miscellaneou Staves - - - - 300@ 4 La 1 & Heading. 17 in. per pr. 04 Pickets - - - 6 to0@15 09 yin. “ 04% 03% Kailway ties - - 15 4 2240) 04% Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y. TONAWANDA, FER. 6th. 1588. Norway Pine—Rough. No. 1, 1 & 1% in 19 00@20 t sh Q in 21 00 No. 2,1 & 14% in 1300 15 17 00 No. 3,1 & 1% in 1150 120 in. 1200 2x12 12to 16it1300 2x12 1800 2000 Uppers. 1 in. ae 1%,1¥% and 2 in. 4 2%, 3 and 4 1n. Selects.1 in. . 3 40 1%, 1% and 2 in. x 40 2%, 3.and 4 in. 50 Cuts, No. 1, I in. 28 1%, 1% and 2 in. 33 2%, 3. and 4 in No. 2, I in. : 1%, 1% and 2 in. Moulding, 1 in. me Whw hs => Aly Ww 14.1% and 2in. 00 1X12 , i 00 Siding strips, 1 in. 00\B stocks, 1x6 to 16. 17 50 C stocks, 1x6 to 1 13 50 Dressed Lumber. No. 1 No.2. No.3 Base and Casing under 6inches. . .$33.00 $2300 $1600 Base and Casing, 6inches_ . ; WO 2 3peo” 2yee 17 00 Base and Casing, 6, 7 and 8 inches - 40 00 29 00 18 00 Blooring, - 1 and 1% inches, 2% to 3 in. wide . 3060 2000 1500 Ceiling, % in., 2% to § inches wide - 3300 2300 16 00 Ceiling, 5% in., 2% to 5 inches wide . 2800 2200 1400 Ceiling, % in., 2% to 5 inches wide .2400 00 1300 Philadelphia | Fencing ee = - 3900 3000 2100 Bevel Siding, 6 inches . 2300 2100 41100 Bevel Siding, 5 5 inches . - 2350 2100 1700 Bevel Siding, 6 inches 3 . 2300 1900 1400 Novelty Siding, 6 inches and over . 4000 2300 1600 Shingles and fan Shine eS a8 in.XXX 3 85@ 3 go\Lath, pine No.1 .. 210- 215 XX ee) 2' 855 2/90 No: 2a ae 170 x z 2,\Norway. . =<)... = 1 60 Shingles, 16 in. XXX 300\Hemlock . .... 1 60 V0.9. Beis aes 2 10 NORCO ep go} Burlington, Vt. BURLINGTON, FEB. 4th, 1888. Canada Pine Sidings—1x8 in. and up, 12 to 16 #t. d 207 45. Select & shelving . . -$46 oo/Finish ... . Pickings. . 37 oo| Dressing . . . Pickings & better. 40 ‘o0@ 42 oiCommon..... .. Canada Pine Stacks—1xto in, 12 to 16 ft., d 207 gS. Selects (clear). .... . . 55 oo\Pickings & better . . 40 00 ist shelving. ....... 4200 Asrun. common out. 28 S 2030 00 Cat Maen ye eel na . .. + « 39 oo\No. 1 barn boards . - 25 00 ard «ett is, Spies. =) oy 9000] COmmmON | CLS Saar ee 21 00 Pickings. . . . - 38 og) Canada Pine “Stock k—rxr2 in. 12to 16 ft.d20r £5. Selects (clear)... .. . . 57 00\Pickings & better . 4400 istshelving........ 47 ojASTun, common out... 3309 ond. <. .. sc + + « «+ « « 41 09\NO'r barn (boards: > \s.b eee Brus tes on TeNeLS -» Seico|Conimonn. fo. fee 21 o0@22 oo Pickings . a no . . 38-ce Canada Pi ne Eee ae in. 1210 16 jt. d 207 45. Pickings & better. . . . . 45 ooj3d Shelving... ... . - (33/0 As run, common out 33 eolConimon) + 5) 7S 22 09 > & up, 11 ft. and under, d 250r7r. Canada Pine S, B’ds—1x8 in. Pickings & better . . 33 00@ As run, common out . 5 09) Dressing & common,d2s or moa Go's. c& m —) > 7 Leyes Common . S & 6-1," 4107", 5 Sup.ch KR. Canada Pine Sheathing, d. m. Ist quality, 12 to 16 ft 46 oolst & 2nd quality, 9 to 11 it. 33 a9 Ai at is Bg oo heats Seay, 7&Sht. . - 34 09 RO en aa rs. vs aed 27 00,3rd quality, 11 feet & under 32 09 4th (selected Common) . 22.00) ‘ath 25° 0° ae Canada ( Quebec) Spruce—r & 14 in., g4t0 7 in. d 255 mM. Clear, 10 to 16 feet oo\No 2, ro to 16 ft. 15 00@76 00 NO me) Above pric es G delivered on a rate of $30 —Mr. J. B. Charleson of Quebec, appointed overseer of lumbering operations.on the Upper and Lower Ottawa by the His divisik n The necessity for his appointment arose from assimilation of the Quebec to the Ontario system under which instead of collecting dues on two sizes of logs stumpage will be charged by board measure at the rate of $1.30 per 1,000 feet. Mr. Charleson expects that the provincial revenue from lumber will now reach $500,000 an- Quebec Government has commenced his duties. includes the Montreal and Ottawa agencies. _nually, an increase of about $150,000. oa 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1888. AMONG THE MANUFACTURERS. Messrs. Geo. F. HAwortH & Co., Toronto, in addition to their manufacturing business, have been appointed exclusive agents in Canada for the sale of Hoyt’s pure American oak tanned leather belting, known the world over for its superior quality, and which has been used by some of the largest mill owners in Canada for the past thirty years. Messrs. J. P. WAGNER & Co., of Toronto, the old estab- lished sash and door manufacturing firm, are retiring from business after a successful career of nearly 33 years. They commenced in a very small way and have seen their business increase with the growth of the city until at one time they had in their employ about 100 men. The jobbing business of the firm will be continued by Mr. William Munro. The Canada Lumber Cutting Machine Co., of Toronto, which was recently organized with a capital stock of $350,000, are erecting a mill at Belleville, Ont., in which will be placed the lumber cutting machinery the operation of which, in Toronto, was described in these pages in September last. The works will probably be in operation this month, and the products will consist of box veneers, barrel staves, etc. It is the intention of the company to add several other machines when their Belleville works are fairly in operation. Mr. W. W. Parsons of McLaren’s Depot, claims to have had an economical run in saw sharpening since he has been using the Rogers’ Saw Filer. He did all the filing for a circular mill and changed saws every four hours (no pointing up be- tween shifts) cutting 2,500,000 feet of lumber, nearly all inch boards, and 9,000 railroad ties, without the use of a file and with the consumption of just fifty cents worth of emery wheel. The machine used was a No. 3 Rogers’ saw filer, manufactur- ed by the Hart Emery Wheel Co., Hamilton, and the emery wheel was one of the celebrated Hart’s Patent made by the same firm. The average daily output was 25,000 feet. AMONG the new firms whose advertisement appears in the current issue of THE LUMBERMAN will be found The Polson Iron Works Co., of Toronto, a name already quite familiar to the majority of our readers. The manufactures of this com- pany comprise the ‘‘ Brown ” and ‘‘Allan” automatic engines, vertical, hoisting and marine engines, steam yachts and launches, iron tools and boilers of all descriptions, etc. They are also extensive dealers in nearly every kind of second-hand machinery, and extend a welcome to all intending buyers to call either at their works, Esplanade street, or at their show rooms, 38 Yonge street, Toronto, and inspect their stock on hand. ‘We have pleasure in directing the attention of our lumber- men readers to the advertisement on another page of this issue of Taper Pike Poles, Peevie Stocks and Cant-Hook Handles, manufactured by Mr. Wm. Forsyth, Peterborough, Ont. turning out a pike pole which is generally considered by all who have used them superior in every way to anything here- tofore introduced to the trade. They are made of the best straight rock maple, turned in a machine specially constructed for the purpose, and measure twelve and thirteen feet long. Anyone doubting the superiority of these poles over others are invited to correspond with the gentlemen whose names are This gentleman has for the past two or three years been furnished in Mr. Forsyth’s advertising space. AMoNG the callers at THE LUMBERMAN office during the past month was Mr. Alonzo W. Spooner, patentee and man- ufacturer of Spooner’s Copperine, a purely non-fibrous, anti- friction metal, for use by engineers in fitting axle boxes. This gentleman has recently issued a handy pocket catalogue He informs us that this new metal is being rapidly introduced into all the leading manufacturing establishments both in Canada and the United States, and from the host of testimonials published it is evident that Copperine is becoming fully setting forth the merits of his invention. a positive favorite. Saw and planing mill owners, who are not already using this metal, can obtain samples and full particulars by addressing A. W. Spooner, Port Hope, Ont. Messrs. F. E. Dixon & Co., Toronto, manufacturers of patent lap-joint star rivet leather belting, address themselves through these pages to mill owners, manufacturers, and all who use leather belting, proclaiming the excellence of their They speak of their belting as that which will run straight on the pulleys, thoroughly well stretched, will not tear at the lace products and the great variety in which they are made. holes, and. which will give entire satisfaction. facture their leather belting from the very best Canadian and American genuine oak-tanned leather, and they are also large They manu- dealers in rubber and cotton belting, lace leather and Phenix oil, which they say is the only perfect belt dress They ask that any interested will write to them for their price lists and discounts, and for their pamphtiet on belting, which The pamphlet allud- ed to, in addition to other valuable matter relating to the sub- ing made. they will take great pleasure in sending. ject, contains some useful hints to users of belting, in which is shown the per cent. of resistance on different pulleys, etc.; value of rubber and canvas belts as compared with leather ; strength of belts; care of belts; directions for calculating the width of belts required for transmitting different amounts of power under different circumstances, and for calculating the amount of power which a belt will transmit ; general maxims in regard to belts, etc. The Sturtevant Patent Progressive Lumber Dry-Kiln, which appears for the first time among our advertisements in this issue, has been extensively introduced throughout the United States. The designer and builder has had an experience of twenty five years in this line, has sold over 5,000 of his Hot Blast Steam Heating Apparatus, and over 40,000 of his blowers for various uses. The ultimate object in all dry-kilns has been to secure a circulation of the heated air. By making the system positive by causing such a circulation by means of a fan, Mr. Sturtevant has made a great stride in the matter of drying lumber. The entire apparatus is so entirely under control that any temperature, humidity or quantity of air may be had at a minutes notice. The apparatus is conveniently placed in a building adjacent to the kiln. No steam pipes are to be found in the latter and the risk from fire is avoided with a consequeit reduction in insurance. The same apparatus is employed for the ventilation and heating of buildings. The Houses of Parliament at Ottawa and many public buildings in the United States are furnished with it. By its use a comfort- able healthy atmosphere is maintained, and the employes in manufacturing establishments to which it is applied do 15 to 20 per cent. more work. The same party also manufactures exhausting fans for removing chips and shavings from wood working machinery, smoke from forges, fumes and bad air from rooms, and dust from polishing furnaces, for ventilation and the like ; forges, lumber trucks, lumber dry-kiln apparatus, steam heating apparatus, etc. It is a constant surprise to many to learn of the thousand and one uses to which a blower is put in every day practice. Catalogues descriptive of the various styles of apparatuses and their applications can be obtained by writing to B. F. Sturtevant, Boston, Mass. U. S. NEW BRUNSWICK BUDGET. Sr. Joun, N. B. Feb. 1st, 1888. To summarize the operations of New Brunswick lumber- men is no easy task. The nearest estimate that can be made is to say that the North Shore operators cut, last season, about 140,009,000 sp. ft., and operators in all other parts of the province about the same quantity. This covers the logs obtained in New Brunswick only. Take in those cut in Quebec and Maine, the total quantity handled in New Bruns- wick sums up about 430,000,000 sp. ft. The cut this season will not exceed this, if it comes up to it, for while the American millmen hope to increase their output, most of those who are engaged in the trans-Atlantic trade are limiting their productions and several heavy shippers have gone out of the business altogether. The lumber shipments of New Brunswick in 1887 as com- pared with 1886 are as follows :— TRANS-ATLANTIC. Port S.ft.deals, etc. Tons tim’r. S.ft.deals,etc. Tons timber. 1887 1887 1886 1886 St. John 124,361,389 6,384 34,123,207 10,625 Miramichi 68,121,629 157 72,276,391 1,784 Dalhousie 18,059,828 928 18,615,319 1,154 Bathurst 13,589,769 16, 392,183 Richibucto 14,751,000 13,117,800 Sackville 8,555,090 9,421,000 Shediac 8,322,882 7,209,370 Cocaque 635,580 Caraquet 1,004,377 246,397,077 272,159,647 The trans-Atlantic exports in 1885 amounted to 291,081,759 feet ; 1884, 331,000,000 feet ; 1883, 404,287,676 feet. TO THE UNITED STATES. (FROM THE PORT OF ST, JOHN.) 1887 1886 Long lumber § 185,224.33 $ 107,877.02 Short up 123,755:54 107,416.29 Round timber 22,357.81 18,932.53 Piling 1,909.00 American long lumber 1,O11,957.85 1, 186,593.29 WG Short es 252,726.38 247,692.94 $1,577,969.91 $1,668, 512.07 It will be seen that, while the export of American lumber has lessened, the export of our owa product increased about $100,090. It may be noted here that last year, for the first time, the volume of our exports to the United States exceed- ed the amount of the trans-Atlantic trade. The export from other portions of the Province to the United States, has also shown a marked increase, whilst the export to Europe is- diminishing. The operations of our 15 local mills supply a fair criterion for judging of the business of the province. They have sawed about 155,000,000 sp. ft. of lumber. Our six shingle mills have manufactured about 65,000,000 shingles. These figures. fall below those of last year, for the reason that the heavy spring freshets shut down all the mills about the harbor. The business in most lines has been only fair, but the shingle business has boomed. Improvements and additions which are now going on, indicate that our millmen expect great things from the coming season. Miller & Woodman’s new shingle mill—165 feet long and 80 feet wide—will run eight shingler, with clapboard and stave machines, and probably a rotary. W.H. Murray will put several stave and clapboard machines into his new edition. D. W. Clark & Son will add planing and dovetailing machines. Edward Gewett & Co. are putting in new boilers, and shingle, stave, clapboard and heading machines. Moses Cowan will add shingle, stave and clapboard machines. As nearly as I can judge, about 15 new mills have been built in the province during the year, or are now building. G. B. Snowball estimates the stock of woods manufactured and unmanufactured, being wintered, at 25,000,000 sp. ft— the same as last year. The wages of men in the woods are higher than they were last season, and the contract figures have correspondingly advanced. MONEY LOST BY WASTE OF POWER. Below are some figures by a New England Cotton Mill Engineer of high reputation, and large experience, showing the power it takes to average modern mills’ with first class. shafting, to drive the shafting alone. Mill No. Whole Load, Shafting alone, Per Cent. of Whole- a I Se ae I 190 51 25.6 2 472 I1I.5 23.6 3 486 134 27.5 4 677 190 28.1 5 750 174.6 22.7 6 235 84.8 36.1 7 670 262.9 39-2 8 677 182 26.8 These may be taken as a fair showing of the power that is required in many of our best (not worst) mills and factories to drive shafting. It will be seen that the percentage is large— from 22 per cent upwards. It is unreasonable to think that all that power is consumed by a legitimate amount of friction of bearings and belts. It is out of all reason, and we know of no cause for such a loss of power but fight belts and heavy slippery iron pulleys. According to the best scientific authority it costs one-horse power to keep in motion one ton of metal or weight ; thus every unnecessary 2000 pounds weight on your line shaft, cost you one-horse power. To maintain a horse power costs from $25 to $125 per year. Any manufacturer who will take the pains to investigate the unnecessary weight by heavy iron pulleys, too tight belts, etc., will be surprised to find the enor- mous waste of power caused in this manner—to say nothing about the loss resulting from the shortened life of the entire equipment. In order to avoid this great loss of power use the Dodge Wood Separable Pulleys, they are 70 per cent. lighter than iron and are in more perfect balance than is possible for any iron pulley to be made. Asa material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the fact that it holds a belt much better. Most good mechanics are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the results of two tests made and published by two of the most eminent mechanical authorities :— : “S & = |Rel.value ofleatherbelt)/ 2 £ = /Rel.value of leather belt O39 = |O'a 2 a oS y a 8 Ss Poms = Ps 5 an ea) S25 oe | eo) Se 2S D es — | a) — BRS SS lsc \553| a es Be 3 | a& Om e238 Oe 6a SEE| Opa |Se8| 0 .20 ‘1.80 1.42 }| .20 1.90 1.40 .jo 2.43 | 1.69 |} .30 2.40 170 40 | 3386 2.02 || .40 3-30 2.00 550° 1] Sango | 240 |) .50 | 4.40 2.40 .60 | 5.88 2.87 I .60 | 5-90 2.90 .70 7.90 | 3.43 || 70 7.90 3-40 Morin.—Appleton’s Ency clopedia) Haswell.—Engineers’ and Mech- GE wiccherieal Arts. iH anics’ Pocket Book. A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction, The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of ee down shafting alr or the purpose of pu ti dy up February, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and expense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley made not having these advantages. The Compression Fastening whether used with keys in iron center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance as the compression on the shaft, and key is always towards the center. The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown from the center, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are: It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. A pulley fastened with key or set screw in the ordinary way, cannot be screwed without lifting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key or set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set screw fastening for shaft ; also a key, unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bushing system isa great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry pullys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every pul- ley will fit 22 different sizes of shafts. Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by American mechanics, summarizes thus: The ratis of friction to pressure for leather belts, when worn over wooden pulleys is 47, over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the aver- age advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. While on the subject of transmitting power effectually and economically we would respectfully draw the attention of all interested to the system of grooved hardwood pulleys manilla rope as advertised by the Dodge Wood Split Pully Cot on another page of this paper. The transmission of power by ropes is not new but the Dodge patent system of adjusting the pulleys applying the ropes, taking care of the slack and stretch is new and most effectual, and is giving the best of satisfaction, as certified by the testimonials of numerous well known manu- facturers who are using this method of transmission. Illustrated cataloges of belt pulleys and the rope transmission system will be furnished on application to the Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., 81 to 89 Adelaid Street West, Toronto. FIREWOOD IN ONTARIO. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman. SIR.—Perhaps you can afford me room for a reflection on the above subject, which the following paragraph has suggest- ed :— SCARCITY OF FUEL IN KANSAS. There was last week great suffering in Kansas for want of fuel. Much of that state is treeless, and wood is not to be had. Corn is sometimes used there for fuel, but the corn was a failure this year, and the unfortunate settlers were deprived of that resource against the inclemency ofthe winter weather. In some counties the inhab- itants had nothing to depend upon but a scanty and uncertain sup- ply of coal. Some of them had to travel thirty, forty and fifty miles to a railway station for coal, only to find that there was none tobe had. The roads were working to their utmost capacity, yet they could not supply all who needed fuel. In one place the cars were stopped by the citizens, who were ready to perish, and they helped themselves to what they wanted. Many persons have been frozen to death, and many who have not actually perished with cold have endured great suffering.—Motnreal Star. This was two weeks before the late windstorms in the west. Returns from a great number of Ontario townships have brought out the fact that, throughout settled Ontario, the average amount of firewood standing is but fifteen years’ con- sumption, at the present rate of using, when most of our best farming sections will be in the same position, as far as fuel is concerned, as Kansas, which has great forests near her, as Ontario would still have, but in both cases they are so distant that carriage costs more than would purchase coal. When in Kansas last year, I found people doing as they do here. The wise were planting groves of maple, hickory, and ash, the others were not—they were even cutting down, dragging long distances and burning the few great trees which fringe the river banks. The moral to Ontario is obvious. Why should not the coming spring witness a great tree-planting movement ? Yours truly, R. W. PHIPPS. Toronto, January 27, 1888. —Mr. W. P. Sayward, Victoria, B.C., proprietor of the Kock Bay Saw Mull, has the only saw mill in that place. _ It has the capacity to cut 6,000,000 feet of lumber per annum. —Toronto dealers report a large demand for big bill stuff and red pine for car building purposes. J. B. Smith & Co. have had an enquiry from Montreal for 200,000 feet 16x8 inches, and 16 feet in length, for the construction of a Howe Truss budge. The same firm last year filled an unusually large contract of this character, supplying 300,000 feet 3x14, and averaging 40 feet in length, for the building of the istian Brothers College, Montreal. The stuff was cut on an a -. LETTERS FROM CORRESPONDENTS. What the Millmen are Doing, Here, There and Every- where--Prospects for Next Season’s Operations, BRYSON, (JUE.—The shipments of lumber from Canada past Rouse’s Point last year, the great bulk of which went from this section of the country, were as follows:—Pine lum- ber, 138,017,880 feet; spruce, 24,007,168; hemlock, 9,502,- 7573; basswood, 553,662; ash, 1,348,294; birch, 76,445; elm, 63,749; maple, 240,006; lath, 45,103,530 pcs.; shingles, 4,389,500; pickets, 2,630,177 feet; match blocks, 745% cords; hemlock bark, 6,415; wood (fine), 1,360; R. R. ties, 243,750; telegraph poles, 9,550; cedar posts, 13,987; wooden doors, 10,458; reel stock, 396,000 feet; shooks, 4,314,000; match splints, 140,220 gross. The above does not include the ex- ports by Burlington in barges, say 60,000,000 feet. The approximate value of the exports is as follows:—-Lumber, pine, spruce and hardwood, $3,644,000; shingles, $15,000; pickets, $32,000; match blocks, $4,500; hemlock bark, 36,000; fire- wood; $3,000; R. R. ties. $75,000; telegraph poles, $15,000; cedar posts, $1,100; wooden doors, $13,072; shooks, $50,- 200; match splints, say $5,000, or say in round figures, $4,- 000,000. McKELLAR.—Lumbering operations are brisk in this neigh- borhood this winter, and the weather has favored the work so far. The snow is now only about 22 inches deep and com- paratively loose, so that operations go on in the woods without the need of shovelling roads. S. & J. Armstrong will get out three million feet of saw logs for The Georgian Bay Consoli- dated Lumber Company on Maganetawan river, and two million feet for Mr. Richard Power, of Barrie, on Parry Island. They are also taking out some saw logs in McKeller for C. Beck & Co., of Penetanguishene, and have some three thous- and pieces of cedar out for telegraph poles. These last are the result of a new venture and they expect to get market for them next summer at Parry Sound or Midland. Cedar in some parts of this district is very good, and ifa market can be got there will likely be large quantities of it got out hereafter. The Parry Sound Lumber Company, Midland, and North Shore Lumber Company, and Conger Lumber Company, of Parry Sound, are all stocking up heavy for next summer’s cut. The Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Company, of Wau- baushene, will stock their Byng Inlet mills by way of the Maganetawan river. They are also taking out some board pine in Croft. Chew Brothers, of Midland, are getting out stock in Burpes, and there are numerous lumber concerns operating heavily in the northern portion of the district toward French river. Oats are in good demand at 40 cents; hay plentiful at $8 to $10 ; teams are in demand at $1.50 to $1.75 per Gay, and men’s wages are very good, $20 to $22. NIPISSING DistRicT.—A correspondent writes from Wah- napitae as follows:—I am much surprised to find such a centre of business among the mountains of Nipissing as I find here. At Wahnapitae there are quite a number of new buildings— a hotel or boarding house, a post office, a general store, kept by Messrs. Simard & Roy. The Emery Lumber Company’s buildings make quite a show in the embryotic town. The Georgian Bay Lumber Company has also built a magnificent storehouse and office alongside the C. P. R. track, and in zlose proximity to the Emery buildings. These two companies ure lumbering extensively on the Wahnapitae river, principally saw logs. I took a trip up through the lumber woods, and I was very much pleased to see how these Americans conducted their work. To see their teams moving away from the skid- ways with their loads of logs was a grand sight. But they spare no expense in grading their roads and using sprinklers, making a solid ice road in a very short time. Mr. Robert Gorman, of the firm of Timmins & Gorman, is also logging in this locality. His camp is only two miles from the railway. All these firms have now got pretty well into the hauling, and As a rule they cut and take out smaller logs than we do on the Ottawa river. their logs are all of a superior quality. BRUSSELS, ONT.—There is a large falling off in the cut of logs from year to year, in this section. Timber is about ex- hausted and in a very short time saw mills can be dispensed with. Local demand uses the greater part of Inmber manu- factured here, except perhaps a little hardwood. We do not saw much till spring opens up, generally. CHIPPAWA, ONT.—There will. probably be about three millions of oak and as much of elm, ash and basswood banked on the Chippawa creek canal feeder and Grand river. No pine to speak of. PARRY SOUND LUMBER Co., Parry Sound, Ont.—We are getting out about 9,000 feet to saw, which, with 4,000 ft wintered over, will give us 13,000 feet to cut next summer. We are building a shingle mill of about ten million capacity, and are taking out a full stock for it. We expect to start the mill early in April, and expect to see business good this com- ing season. 7% Sr rire = = 15 OTTAWA, OnT.-—-The lumber cut in this section was much maller than usual, owing to the lowness of the water, but we expect the cut for 1888 will be of normal proportions. The winter has thus far been favorable for logging operations, and we look for an advance in all the lower grades of lumber, and possibly a decline in the better grades. GOODEYE & BRIGHAM, ALLEN PARK—Logs are coming in freely. We expect to get this winter about 1,000,000, feet, principally hardwood, such as maple, rock and soft elm, bass- wood and a quantity of cedar and hemlock. The demand i better this season so far than last, but prices are not muct better, We keep our mills running all the time. ALLAN’s MILLS, Onr.—The local demand for lumber dull, owing to a scarcity of money amongst the farming com munity, on account of slight grain crops. During the last se ery throughout, of modern design, made by the Waterous uf g ; g cipal lumber Engine Works Company, of Brantford. The p exported from here is ash and basswood. Very little pine goes across the lines now. JosEpyH P. WALLIS, Port Carling, Ont.—The lumber busi- ness in this vicinity is fairly active, and the prospects for the coming season are good. Next season, all being well, I will have a small steam tug on the water, and my shingle mill, which I sold some time ago, but have re-purchased, will be in operation, as well as the saw mill and planer which I have been running for some years. FENELON FALLS, Ont.—There are only two lumber firms operating here at present. Their combined cut for the coming season will be about 10,000,000 feet, made up as follows : Thomson & Co., 5 to 5% million, Green & Ellis, 4% to 5 million. the purchase of the large gang saw mill belonging to the R.C. Smith estate. If he succeeds in buying he will cut a large stock here this season. Report says Mr. Mossom Boyd is negotiating for KINGSBURY, Que.—Lumberers are busy getting out logs in this vicinity. The Pierreville Mills Co. are getting out 45,000 logs on Salmon Creek. 30,000 logs put in same stream. quantity of cedar out, and propose going into the manufacture of shingles. This firm also do a large business in butter tubs and spruce clapboards. The New Rockland Slate Company, who have a saw mill for cutting their own lumber, are also getting out a supply of logs. Spruce and hemlock are the kind of logs made here, pine is exhausted. The Quebec Government are supplying blank books, to be filled in by the lumbermen, with the quantity of logs cut by them The cut of Jogs in this vicinity will be nearly as follows :—-Pierrevill2 Mills Co., 45,000 logs; Williamson and Crombie, 30,000 ; New Rockland Slate Co., 3,000. The above will be nearly all spruce logs, no pine of any amount down here. H. L. Loverinc & Co., Coldwater, Ont.—Lumbering operations in this section are unusually brisk this season. Owing to the extensive bush fires last summer large quantities of timber has to be taken out to keep it from spoiling. Our output this season in lumber and shingles will be between three and four million feet. Our shingle mill will start about the first of February and will continue running until the open- ing of navigation, at which time the lumber mill will be started. Most of the mills here will start as soon as the lakes open in the spring and all anticipate a busy season. Our mill is especially adapted for cutting bill stuff, and we have over- hauled it this winter, putting it in first-class shape. We expect to do a good trade in that line next season. Williamson & Crombie are having The latter are also getting a TORONTO.—Were it not for various causes, some remote and others near, trade might be better. Of course the truth of the above is apparent. To state as briefly as possible the condition of the lumber trade, it may be said to be non-exist- ent. Dealers are engaged in ° the pleasant pastime of taking stock, closing their books and looking for profits or losses. No sales of any censequence. Prices about as usual. J. E. Murpuy, Hepworth, Ont.—I am operating two mills this winter, and will cut from two to two and a-half millions of mixed stock : hemlock, maple, beech, bass, cedar and pine, principally hemlock. The hemlock and hardwood shipped from this station during the season will probably amount to six millions. PONTYPOOL, Ont.—The following isa rough estimate of the proposed output of lumber in this neighborhood during the coming sawing season: John Kennedy, saw and shingle mill, 1,500,000 feet ; W. C. Irvin, saw and shingle mill, 2,000,000 feet ; Charles Ashby, saw mill, 800,000 feet; H. Staples, in his new saw mill, about 2,000,000 feet; George Lapp, saw mill, 400,000 ; John Barnick, saw mill, 1,500,000 feet. Logs for these mills are secured entirely from local forests. Mr. W. C. Irvin, is about the only one who is doing any consider- able stocking. : | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1888. . PerLEY.& ParTEE, Ottawa.—Weare doing about the same We look for a prosperous year in 1888, and think prices of all pine lumber, except the very best, | will be stiffer than in 1887. quantity of work as usual. A. & P. Wuite, Pembroke, Ont.—We are cutting about 40,000 pieces of logs and dimension timber, half of which will be sawed at Pembroke and the balance at Deux Riviere. Ship- ments to all points v@a C. P. R. J. P. Batpwin & Son, Baldwin's Mills, Que.—We are Going the usual amount of lumbering, and the prospects are fair for good prices. tection for lumbermen in this vicinity if logs were not allowed There would, however, be better pro- to be taken across the border to be sawed free of duty, and returned, and also if the export duty was always paid. It ought to be $2 per M. feet. Grorce GALE & Sons, Waterville, Que.—We have got out about 1,000,000 feet per year for the past three years, but are not operating at this point this season. We are just start- ing a steam mill at D2 Roches, but do not expect to get in more than 500,000 feet. EASTMAN SPRINGS, Ont.—John N. Stewart is running | his mill at full blast and turning out 10,000 feet per cay. Between Messrs. Stewart, Hager, Flat & Bradley and others, there will be about 30,000 logs taken out in this section this winter, besides a quantity that will be got out by Messrs. Sterns & Rainbow, and driven to their mills at Duncanville. Mr. George Perley has a large force of men taking out logs to be cut into bill lumber next season at Stewart’s mill. MeEArForp, Ont.—The prospects for the season's trade are good. It is anticipated that business will be about equal to that of last year. T. E. Butters expects to cut about 250,000 | feet of maple, bass and elm, and 350,000 feet of hemlock. WIcKHAM, Que.—Some of the mills here are stocking Mr, TT: He manufac- | lighter than usual owing to the scarcity of logs. Barrie expects to cut 15,000 logs this. season. tures dimension timber to supply the home trade, also stock boards planed or rough. JAMES COCKBURN, Edgar Ont.—The season is fairly good in this locality, and I will cut about 1,200,000 feet of pine and bass, principally the former. | HAMILTON, Ont.—At this season of the year the lumber trade in this city asin all other places, is, comparatively, at a standstill. Building, from which source the principal revenue is derived, being now almost, if not quite, 72/. During the season of 1887 there was considerable building done in Hamil- ton, with good expectations for the coming season’s trade. We | receive the lumber which is used here principally by the N. & N. W. and the G. T. railways, they being the only lines runn- | ing into this city. Very little lumber now comes by boat. There is a large quantity of logs being cut in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts which will find its way to this market in its finished state. / West Lorne, Onv.—In all respects this season, thus far, has been one of unprecedented activity in the timber business in and throughout these parts. has for 30 years been the home of the lumberman and has each winter since their first entrance into its stately woods, The township of Aldborough yielded a bountiful tribute to their courage and energy, but though a large portion of the valuable timber lands have been bereft, still we venture to say that in its palmiest days in the log season it has never seen a buisier one than at present. The | village of West Lorne is crowded with teams bringing in the logs that are destined to supply the trade for the summer of J. C. Schleihauf, J. H. Greerand McWNillop & Sons mills. Though barely two weeks of sleighing have passed since they began freely to moye, the yards are nearly full, and there is some talk already of a fall in prices consequent on the large amount of timber offered over and above amount necessary to supply the mills which have already begun cutting. The prospects for the year just opening are good and prices will remain about the same as last year, with a slightly increased demand, but the quality will in some of the softer kinds be a little in- ferior to last season’s cut. | A, CALDWELL & Son, ALMONTE.—As we only drive logs | to this mill every alternate season, we will have no drive dur- | ing the coming season, but will cut about 1,500,000 feet of | lumber. There has been some good sales made recently in | the Ottawa Valley and the prospects encouraging. We expect to commence sawing about the heginning of April. Tue GrorGian BAY ConsoLIpATED LumMBEeR Co.—Our cut of sawlogs this winter will be about 60,000,000 feet in addition to about 350,000,000 feet board pine. Our probable cut in our five mills will be about from 55,000,000 to 60,000, - ooo feet, as the nature of the season permits. It is very hard to say at what time the mills will begin sawing, as their beginning depends to some extent on the time of the ice going away. The Ist of May is about as soon as may be expected. J. Happen & Sons, Foxmead.—Trade has heen fairly good in our estimation. Lumber has been all sold, and also one- half of next season’s cut at $1 advance of last year’s prices. We will cut during the coming season 2,000,000 feet, one-third long lengths to Our motto is, never refuse a fair offer. forty feet, which is promptly taken up. We are anxious to know how the railway companies propose treating us this year ; may it be more liberal than in the past. QueEBEC. —No transactions in timber or deals have transpir- ed since the commencement of the new year, business being at a ctandstill. Reports from England foreshadow a good busi- The Quebec mercnants are now on their way over and in a short time several ness in the shipping and export line next season. contracts are likely to be placed for spring shipments, stocks now being very low on the other side of the water. SAWYERVILLE, (QQUE.—The prospect of a railroad is giving an impetus to the lumber trade here. A considerable amount has been brought into requisition for local building purposes. The mill yards are crowded and the streams filled with lumber. Many teams are employed in hauling lumber, ties and posts and taking supplies to the camps in the neighborhood. PENETANGUISHENE, ONT.—Messrs. Marchildon & Lalonde are engaged on Mr. Brady’s contract in getting out logs in the Vent setflement for Mr. McGibbon. They will take out half a million feet. Mr. Davidson has eight jobbers at work taking out timber for him this winter besides the camp under his own supervision. Messrs. Belyea & Robertson are engaged getting out wood for the railway as well as buying large quantities, paying as high as $800’ weekly. PARRY SouND, OntT.—Lumbering operations are very brisk throughout the District at present. Drawing is being rapidly pushed forward and the season’s cut promises to be very large. The Parry Sound Lumber Compuny are getting outa large quantity of shingle bolts for their new mill, which will be ready to commence cutting when the spring opens. CARLETON PLACE, ON?T.—Much speculation has been in- dulged in as to where the Canada Lumber Co., otherwise Messrs. McLaren, Edwards & Co., would establish their mills. It was feared that Carleton Place, in which the leading. man of the concern, Mr. Peter McLaren, had his mill, would be abandoned in favor of Ottawa or some other point, but the question was settled by the company buying out the Carleton Place site. They are now enlarging and refitting the mill, which, when completed, will be one of the finest in the country with all the latest improvements. VANCOUVER, B,. C.—The lumber trade at this point is very active and prospects bright. The Hastings saw mill, one of the largest in the country, underwent considerable repairs last summer. During last season the company loaded 13 ships. They employ about 100 men, besides 70 ~vho work in the camps, and devote themselves entirely to supplying the foreign trade especially that of South America. Three large barges, each of which will carry 1,000,000 feet of lumber, are loading and will shortly sail, one to Chili and two to Australia. A vessel capable of carrying 1,500,000 will shortly arrive for a cargo, when the mill will run night and day, turning out 50,- The Royal City Mills have largely increased their business during the past 000 a day on this contract besides other work. year. They have 95 men in their employ, and saw about 35,000 ft. of lumber per day. They have built a large sash and door factory which gives employment to twenty men. The pay roll of this establishment amounts to $4,500 per The mills of McKay & Co. and the Brunette Saw Mill Co. are also doing a rushing trade. These mills and that of the Moodyville Co., who have the largest lumber business month. in the province, give employment to a large number of men not directly connected with them, as the greater part of the logs come from different parts of the coast and rivers, and much of the lumber is transported in lighters, to do which tug- boats must be employed. H. CarGiL1, Cargill, Ont.—The lumber trade the past seascn has been the best in my experience, but is, as usual, at ths time of the year, a little slack. usual stock of logs this winter, provided the snow holds out. I intend getting out my Burn’s Fats, ON?.—Train & Son are taking out 3,000, - ovo feet of pine this season and have contracted with Messrs. Flatt & Bradley, of Hamilton, to saw and ship their cut of about 2,500,000 feet. Train & Sons expect to put electric light in their mill and run night and day which will enable them to cut about 60,000 feet per day, including shingles. Mr. W. W. Belding is taking something like 5,000,000 feet out of the Thompson limit which he will cut at his new saw mill now in course of erection at Katrine. Hosson & Wirson, Huntsville, Ont.—We do a small business, our stock of logs this season is 10,000 feet, and we have our last years cut of Soo feet on hand. Our mill is on Fairy Lake three miles from Huntsville, to which point we ae ship by barge. Z THE TORONTO OUTLOOK. ,_. ., The failure of the large Jumber firm of S. C. Kanady & Co. has been the principal subject of interest in lumber circles lately. It is understood that a compromise is likely to be arrived at by which on paying 40 cents on the dollar the firm will be able to resume business. The affair has directed at- tention to the great evil of over-trading, and extensive credits, and some of the dealers are very outspoken in their denunci- ation of the system. ‘Why should there be any failures in the lumber business,” said one operator, ‘It is not subject to the disabilities of many other trades. We have no losses from dead stock or shop worn goods. The article in which we deal is not liable to become unsaleable by reason of a change in fashions, or be superseded by newer styles. We are not forced to sell at any price the goods will fetch for the fear of their becoming a drug in the market. There need be no lumber failures if men were not anxious to do too much business and launch out beyond Too much credit causes all the trouble. There is plenty of money to be made for all of us by domg a steady quiet trade in accordance with the legitimate demands Why we could all live on one-quarter of the present trade if it were done on sound business principles. ‘‘ Trade is quiet” said Mr. Kerr of the firm of Christie Kerr & Co., ‘‘very quiet, I have no important transactions to report. I may say that there is considerable enquiry from the United States for good lumber for cutting up. Yes, I think trade prospects promise fairly when the season opens up, but it is not anticipated that there will be the same amount of speculative building that there was last year. The wholesale men are not disposed to grant credit as easily as they have been doing.” Mr. Tennant of the firm of Tennant & Co., expressed similar views. ‘* The prospects ” he said, ** are good if money gets somewhat easier. At present there are nfore enquiries for good lumber for factory purposes than in any other depart- There is some demand from the Western section of the province. As to speculative building I may say that the demand for lumber for building purposes has dropped off more than 50 per cent., on account of the loan companies closing down on speculators.” their resources. of the market. ment. ‘The outlook is good” said Mr. John Waldie of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. ‘‘ The enhanced value of stump- age seems to have stiffened the prices of manufacturers and a better feeling prevails. | There is some American demand for good lumber.” ; Mr. F. Hammet, of the Ontario Lumber Co., said that the great difficulty in the way of a good season’s business was the recent failures, but he nevertheless regarded the prospects hope fully. Operations in the woods had so far been favorable. Not so much board pine was being taken out for Quebec as usual. In other respects the output was about the same as last year. The United States’ demand for the upper grades of lumber was about an average one. ENGLISH TIMBER CIRCULARS. The circular of Farnworth & Jardine notes only a moderate demand for Canadian forest products, though the deliveries have been in excess of the usual business at this season. Both waney and square yellow pine timber have maintained their value. Market is almost bare, but there is little enquiry and only for large sized wood. Oak in the log has been more in demand but there are few transactions t> report, and no change in value. The arrivals of both pine and spruce deals have been in excess of the average. There is no change in value, and the present stock is much too heavy. Denny Mott & Dickson in their circular state that the market is cleared of first class waney pine. The wintering stocks in Quebec of both square and waney board pine, fall far short of the previous years’ light stocks, and lighter prices are confidently anticipated for next season’s imports. In the meantime there will be great difficulty in buying this timber on the English market. Prices for oak have advanced and are firm. For pitch pine timber better prices are predicted, asa steady demand has dimiminished the slender stocks on hand. Simson & Mason’s circulars note that stocks in deals and battens are heavy, but looks for an improvement in the trade consequent upon a general business revival. Dock stocks of timber are lower than for some years past. The supply of pitch pine planks and board, though moderate, have been ample to meet the lessened requirements. - Churchill & Sims point out that the principal difficulty in the Canadian export trade is due to the want of attention on the part of shippers to the state of the English market, “ shippers in Canada” they say, “pay no great attention to what takes place here, and their market seldom acts in sympathy with ours. As they transfer their stocks to this side prices will rise with them, while here the market staggers under the weight ~ of a supply which will not pass into consumption unless sold below its cost. It is of great importance that only small ship- ments should be made Ses this port during the forthcoming February, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. BF. STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER An d75 5 Bape El ee seep eels, GRANANTEED TO DR Y (im nO TAT —IN— | i LOTTA Ta Sc \ in al \ \ \ \ \ N NY Uy Best Manner Possible ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT WOOD LUMBER. (0) WRITE*++FOR*+-CATALOGUE. meee OI OURITE LV ANT. Patentee and nye Mandi pie: BOS TO, V, DRY KILN. NO WARPING, CHECKING AND BLUEING STURTEVANT Patent Hot Blast oteam Heating Apparatus. MASS. Cia NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY THOS. TURTON & SONS, Lr. — MANUFACTURERS OF — POOP PD Pe OP AP AP AI I Hy jJdraulic Gement POPOL OI OPO AP LOLOL A ADL OD ARTICULARLY adapted for Dams, Erection of Chimneys, Foundations, I Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. NAPANEE CEMENT C0., Limited, = == NAPANEE, ONT. The Ontario Canoe Company, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. aS ‘3 8 BPA PP PPB IES PIII IF SF Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUN CANOES YTING Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Longitudinal Rib Canoes, Basswood Canoes, Folding Canoes, Paddles, Oars, Tents, etc., etc. GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. CANOES FOR LUMBERMEN designed to carry any amount of Goods and Chattles, and Strongly Built, made to order on Short Notice. Send 3 Cent Stamp for Lllustrated Catalogue. IMPORTANT NOVICE. Large Sale of J.P. WAGNER & COWS First-class Wood- working Machinery. 3 As we are retiring from the manufacturing business on the first day of March next, we wish to express our hearty thanks to all our numerous customers for the kind patronage with which they have favored us for the past thirty-three years, and we wish them all a happy and pr osperous and successful future. All our machinery and plant, which is first-class, will be sold cheap after the first day of March next by private sale up.to the 15th of March, after that date what is not sold privately will be sold on the 16th and 17th of March by Public Auction. Any one wishing to buy can inspect the same at any time. P.S. Wm. Munro, who has been with us for the last thirty- two years, will attend to any of our customers’ work, if they apply to him, after the first day of March next. J.P. WAGNER & CO., 65 Adelaide Street, W., Toronto. THE++BOILER-+INSPECTION+ AND-+INSURANCE-+ COMPANY, Consulting Piiboos at “Soltitars of Patents. Head Office: 2 Toronto St., Toronto. G C. Roee, Asch sain teed A. FRASER, Sec.’Treas. Best Warranted | prices for honest goods, Successors to Wm. Greaves & Son, Sheffield, Eng. Sy Mill other Saw and BS On ae Quality unsurpassed by any File, and prices lower than most. Delivered in any quantity at ary point duty and freight paid. Wanen ican and Canadian Office: AD Kitpy STREET, Boston, MAss. ALAN ARTHUR, Agent. | For 1888 is better than ey er, aga But be in the hands of every person contemplating buying PLANTS or BULBS. It _con- $ E E D Ss; tains 3 Colored plates, thousands of Illustrations, and nearly 150 pages, telling what to buy, and where to gct it, and naming lowest Price of GUIDE only 10 cents, including a Certificate ‘good for 10 cents worth of Seeds, JAMES VICK, SEEDS AND s Rochester, N. Y. SCRIBNER'S yy LUMBER 25 K Over One Million Sold. OST complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds ot Lumber, s, Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square Sand Timber ; hints to lumber dealers ; wood measure ; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cord-wood tables: felling trees ; M and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout | the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated édition of 1882. - Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. 10 AG ENTS: oe i nee East, Toronto, get up the Neatest, most Complete and Best Selling Needle Package in America. Send 25 cents for sample of New No 4, finished in Fine Plush. Par- ticulars sent w hen peice are enclosed for reply. EEDLE COMPANY Don’t worry if you are out of employment, write | to Mr. Kowdy, 4r Wellington St. East, Toronto. | Send stamps for reply. CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L. S. Frederickton, New Brunswick. GURVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER Lands in any section. Can effect sale of pro- pextics occasionally if desired. References from ormer employers. growth of trees; | land measure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave | THE CANADIAN 10:KING ST-EAST = G*@ TORONTO ep, SEND-FOR-PRICES- them from are large many have any ORE, - which we mail free. land, Maine. DEEP: able work t should at o1 Portland, Mai how either sex. of all per day and upwards w eae free. Capi made over $50 in succeed. INVENTION: of inventive pro work that can be per without sep aIEEASE: the Ww Pay liberal: any c young orold: no spec mot needed; you are startec return to us and we will of great importance to y« business. which will brir more m away, than anything else in the wor fit free. Address TRUE & Co., August GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST, ‘By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine proper of the well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Ep has provided our breakfast tables with | eUhhencs flavoured beverage which may save | us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious | use of such articles of diet that a constitution may | be gradually built up until strong enough to resist | every tendency to thers se. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack | wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood’ and a properly | nourished frame.’’—** Crvz Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold | only in packets, by Grocers, labelled thus: | JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chemists, | London, England. WANTED AND FOR SALE. Announcements in this department will | be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents | per line, each insertion, payable in advance. For three or more consecutive insertions of | the same advertisement a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Eight words should be counted as one line. ¢ ney Grand out a, Maine. TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO, uebec and Manitoba. W.J. FENTon & Co., so Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. ee CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1888. Manuiacturers Lite Insurance CO. F Jae) fagassea=) MANUFACTURERS’ ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY . . . . ~ * | Are two separate and distinct Companies with full Government Deposits. | 000,000 AUTHORIZED CAPITAL| ** AND OTHER ASSETS | PRESIDENT: RIGHT-HON. SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, P.C., G.C.B. VICH-PRESIDENTS: GEORGE GOODERHAM, Esq., President of the Bank of Toronto; WILLIAM | BELL, Esq., Manufacturer, Guelph. RESPECTIVELY. AUDITORS : H. J. HILL, Secretary of the Industrial Exhibition Association, Toronto, EDGAR A. WILLS, Secretary Boar|.of Trade, Toronto. J. B. CARLILE, Managing Director, Toronto. =» POLICIES = ISSUED = ON ® ALL = THE * APPROVED ® PLANS < Life Interests Purchased and Annuities Granted. PIONEERS OF LIBERAL ACCIDENT INS URANCE. | Issues Policies of all kinds at moderate rates. Policies covering Em- ployers’ Liability for Accidents to their workmen, under the W prlemen: s | Compensation for Injuries’ Act, 1886. Best and most liberal form of Workmen’s Accident Policies. Premium payable by easy instalments, which meets a long felt want. AGENTS WANTED IN UNREPRESENTED DISTRICTS. TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING wee ee Lee ee nee LEATHER - BELTING FEES EE EE aa aaa ae aa EEE EE EE EE Ea rf > : W. . ‘ S 4 ‘ 4 H 3 ‘ > fe 2 ates SSNS Wwe alan! aS PSNe {aesTINc, Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, — SfND TO — F. KE. DIXON & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET ‘LEATHER? HELTING 70 King Street East, Toronto. VA ak sk be Sole Agents in Canada for the CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL The Only Perfect Belt Uressing. a SEND FOR CIRCUPAR, All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. fore purchasing. Please compare be- Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. and $1,000,000 | Galt+ * Machine “Knife + ats fl Aa ie : " ae ll i rill a Vi Ve | MACHINE KNIVES " Ml OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR | Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting. PLRitcs -LIst. CALT, SEND FOr PETER eee, —~a: SPOONER’S su COPPERINE N-FIBROUS, ANTI-F RICTION BOX METAL, for hinery Journal Bearings. Guar anteec d Cc »pper-Mixed, and to do work that no She metal can. Hardware s all keep it; if not order direct | ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, “TAS LACY & CO, CANADA DOCK, PORT HOPE, ONT. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, Are prepared to buy all classes of HARDWOOD LUOMAER Either in Log or Dimension Stuff for Prompt Cash. y OFFERS INVITED. LoGs WANTED | Tributary to Lake Huron. ONE MILLION FeeT oF WHITE PINE, xmxIso Norxyway Pine. Persons having such will address, LAKE SHORE SAW MILL LUMBER COMPANY, C. A. KRAUSS & SONS, Props. Cleveland, Ohio., U. S. A. ye LES The eee is prepared to purchase any quantity of i] : JANTED! pick ch Red Bich, Red Oak and Basswood, ORDERS SOLICITED Fok HOUSE$ BUILDING + AND FURNISHING ¢ GOODS Crown Jewel Flour—Unexcelled for Family Use. If your Grocer does not keep it, order direct from us. HE attention of Steam Users is directed to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for removing Scale and Sediment from Boilers, lessening the quantity of fuel used, and prolongi e life of the Boiler. TEE] RATES BUN CoM: Zz, DESERONTO, ONTARIO. February, 1888. A ile CANADA LUMBERMAN. ig The Permanent Exhibition of Manufactures SND COMMERCIAL EHACHANGE. emeos.<07 and Og 1° ront Street West., Toronto, Canada. Ore Nee it 1O7 THE PUBLIC. a el NZ NL MV NB t V be 7/\SI 7/3 7/3 7 AS We are special agents for leading manufacturers of Mill Machinery, Mill Supplies, Belting, Hose, Packing, &c., and will be glad to quote prices and discount to intending purchasers. Samples of the following lines may be seen in our Permanent Exhibition : WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, Cree Cir sas, MILE SAWS, ©. Gn NERS “GOMM ZS, PILES, oc. Bis LING, tIOST, (PACKING aa Meee OPS, POWER PUMPS, CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, ce. eee S STEAM and WATER GAUGES, AMERY WHEELS, WEAN KNIVES PLATFORM SCALES, Gt, The Permanent Exhibition of Manufactures and Commercial Exchange. NIGHOLLS & HOWLAND. The ORONO CANT DOGS. | Strongest and Lightest in the Market. NEW STYLE--COMPLETE Socket is in one piece and extends above hook, adding strength. Drop Forged Hook and Round Bill; easily disengaged. Pick, with shoulder. Maple Handle, specially bored. OLD STYLE--COMPLETE Wrought Norway Iron Socket and Band. Steel Hook. Long Pick. Drop Forged Hook, Round Bill. Rock Maple Handle. HANDLES = Selected Straight-Grained, Split and Turned Rock Maple = Handles. Extra Fine Quality; 5, 5% and 6 feet long, LUMBER DRIVER 3 BOOT CALKS oo a Made from the best Refined Tool Steel and forged. The method used in MED BALL OLD STYLE. . BAN tempering leaves every one of the same temper, rendering them stronger and LARGE GALL more durable than any other Calks. Ask your dealer for our make, and see that our Labels are on the boxes. SII) ye OR ae ee all gee SS 7” Med vity & Sons, St Fohn, N.B. 20 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1888. J)ODGE : PATENT : WOOD é SEPARABLE OR $ SPLIT : PULLEYS. BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BALANCED AND MOST CONVENIENT PULLEY IN THE WORLD. \f a leas, ae =; WITH OUR PATENT BUSHING SYSTEM © eh grenessasesy be SS Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or steel pulley. Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per cent. lighter than cast iron, and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. Strong enough for any ZZ power required. Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. “#THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER BY ROPES AND THE DODGE PATENT WOOD PULLEYS HE ereat advantage of Wood over Iron as a material for belt pulleys (or drums) to transmit power economically, has induced the DopGE W oop Sprit Puttey Co., of Toronto, to introduce grooved hardwood pulleys for the special purpose of transmitting power by ropes (manilla tallow laid) and in this connection Mr. Dodge has taken out Canadian Letters Patent for a system of applying the ropes, adjusting the pulleys, and taking up slack, that is giving the most unqualified satisfaction. This system of transmitting power by ropes is cheaper and superior to belts in many cases, such as where the driven shaft is at right angles with the driver, also where the drive is perpendicular, particularly when it is quarter twist and perpendicular; also where the driver and driven are close together; also for long drives, such as across a street, or a stream, etc. For transmitting power from an engine to the line shaft this system is unequalled; steady all the time, not like a heavy belt, which is always more or less flapping, jerking and stretching, then slipping and losing power. “It is safe to say that an engine hitched up by the Dodge Rope System will do 25 per cent. more work on the same consumption of fuel than the same engine would do with a belt. We have put up a number of the Dodge Patent Rope transmissions during the past year, all of which are in most successful and satisfactory operation, as certified by the testimonials published in our cata- logue of well-known manufacturers who have them in use. WITH OUR SYSTEM OF MANILLA ROPE TRANSMISSION is overcome the objection to Wire Rope (because of crystallizing ) and gearing, (because of loss of friction) and shafting (because of the liability to get out of alignment, hence loss of power by friction), and a separ- ate engine plant (because of its great expense); on the contrary, with the Manilla Rope System, under the Dodge patents, the power is transmitted with the same efficiency as though the shafts were close together, there being no loss of power by excessive tension, or bad alignment, but simply the friction of the journals to overcome at the carriers, which have a strain of weight of the rope to carry. ROPE TRANSMISSION. A—Main Driving on Line Shaft. B—Main Driven on R. A. Line Shaft. C C—Carriers for carrying Rope around cnrner. D—Carriage Pulley for Slack. E—Travelling Carriage on Wheels G—Impelling or Tension Weight, 60 pounds. Rope Travel, 3.140 FPM. Power Transmifted, 3o-h.p. > Y > ~ IN SUPERIOR LUMBER CO. ZI pi 5 : VA John H. Knight, Secretary- Treas.; D. A. Kennedy, Supt. < and General Manager. NZ ZINx NZ ZN eer ereren ns eee VUNETUETREL UT ETU TEU ELE ETUDE TET ET S22290 EEE g Address, CHAS. ESPLIN, care of Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co., Peterborough, Ont. OR TO MY AMERICAN OFFICE: ZINZINZINZINZINZINZINZINAINS N NZANVNUNIINVNIZ NNZNIZENIENIZNIZENIZNIZNIZNIZNZENIENZENIES F/I AS ASAI AISA SA SA SAI SA SAW SA SA SA SAS AS AS AS ASA ASAIN February, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Cotton and Rubber BELTING. a ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK. a8) ORDERS + PROMPTLY ~ FILLED. PALAIS wT LOPLI LEATHER FODAOEOUOCUUEPOOOOOOOOVEOOOOCCUTPAUOUOOUCCDPOGEUOCCOPOOUOOECUDPEE EET ET PEEP ETT LE BELTING HUUUEUUEAUENNUOTOQUNOQUETOGUAQUOOQUUOOUUGOUEOOGEOOUEOOQEOOQUCOUUEOOUEOOOEOOAEEOIUENII FE LACE LEATHER MANUFACTURERS OF 4 FT Send for Price Lists and Discounts. 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St. 129 Bay Street, MONTREAL. TORONTO. PETERBOROUGH TENT AND AWNING FACTORY. J... TURNER, Proprietor. The subscriber would call particular attention of Surveyors, Lumbermen and Prospecting Parties, to his facilities for the manufacture of every des- cription of commodious Waterproof Tents, Awnings, Horse and Wagon Covers, Tarpaulins, Rick Cloths, Portable Store and Private Window Awnings, from English, French and American Stripes and White Duck. az Lawn ahd Camping Tents, in every variety of Style and Color. Refresh- ment Tents, Photographers’ Tents, and all kinds of Waterproof Clothing in stock and made to order. American and English Oakum. All kinds of Rope: spliced. Orders by mail promptly filled. Tents of every description to rent. TTF. TURNER, HPETrERBORO’,, ONT. E “SIMONDS” SAWS R. H. SMITH & CO.,, St. Catharines, Ont. Sole Manufacturers for Dominion of Canada. BAY + )y UR Circular Saws, manufactured by the above patent process, having been in use by a large number of Millmen and Manufacturers for the past ten years, have won a reputation never attained by any other make in the Dominion. WE ATTRIBUTE THIS SUCCESS First—To the superior quality of the srEEL, which is of a finer texture than is or can be used by any other process, and for which we pay a far higher price, being manufactured expressly for us. Second—Our patented process of TREATING the steel, producing a uniformity | and quality of temper never before attained. Third—To our patented method of apjustTiNG, which insures a perfect run- ning saw when correct cutting speed is given. IF YOU WANT THE BEST CIRCULAR SAW MADE, One that will stand up to its work better, and run longer without hammering than any other make, buy the + STIVLON DS OUR NEW CROSS-CUT SAW—“THE LEADER,’ Four gauges thinner on the back than teeth, ahead of all others, will be on the market shortly. Hardware men for them. Ask your 4“ A\\ Communications or Orders will receive prompt attention. Ww we) WINTER SAWING. W. R. THISTLE & CO, H MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER C0, LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO, ONTARIO. IRON AND STEEL RAILS. QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND RAILS, A 20, 30 and 40 ibs. to the yard, for heap. In good order for re-laying JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. MANUFACTURERS Life Insurance Company, Head Office, - - 38 King Street East, TOES) GENE SE (SES hE Ls saie Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion Parliament. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. Full Deposit with the Dominion Government. The following is taken from the Monetary Times, of Jan. 20th. ‘* When the announcement was made thata life assurance company was being formed under the above title, with the Premier of the Dominion as its president, and influential manufacturers and capitalists as its vice-presidents and directors, it was natural that considering the | espritde corps of our manufacturers and the bonds which hold them together ; considering, too, the prestige of the names at its head, a liberal support would be accorded the new company and a large business would be done. “The result of some five months’ business of this company shows even greater success in secur- ing business than the most sanguine of its friends deemed likely. In that period no less than $2,564,- ooo of insurance has been written, the premiums on which amount to $62,000. The amount of stock subscribed reaches $621,000, and of this $126,000 has been paid up. It is clear that extraordinary energy has been put into the work of securing business, and the result justifies the effort. The agencies of the company are spread over all Can- ada and the volume of business secured surpasses | anything done, to our knowledge, by a Canadian company under like conditions. The low ratio of cost of which the Manufacturers can point isin part accounted for by the large proportion—one- fifth—done at the head office, whic. either came unsolicited or was secured under circumstances which lessened its cost tothe Company. Offered such a volume of risks for approval, it is of the avest importance that the actuarial and medical ASS aa of a new company shall be adequate to their task. It was made evident at the annual meeting that care and discrimination have been shown by the medical men and it is testimony to the reasonableness of the company’s plans that they are approved by Mr. Standen, a New York actuary. F he Manufacturers’ has what is known in the States as ‘“‘a good send off,” it does not lack for enthusiastic workers and able directors, and it has great reason to look for continued success. Agents Wanted in Unrepresented Districts. MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. 24 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1888. AE eee T A EPRESENTATIVE ORON () [ ,UMBER FIRMS TENNANT sx CO. Wholesale Dealers in (eae are x Grinenes 7d A Dressing and Better Pine. Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. TO Gin ae: OFFICE =: No. S VictoRiaA STREET, EIR KOK EG NZIS HEAD OFFICE: Room H, Yonge Street Arcade, NZNZNZNZSZNENE ZARA LSE BE DRUK AND RIK SINTINZINTING, ZINZINZNZSNZINI MILLS AT Midland, French River and Gravenhurst. USISISS BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. DONOGH & OLIVER, SSS sssess< Wholesale Dealers in | LUMBER OFFICE: Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, | WELLINGTON STREET EAsT. Or ONO. Ore SaaS IN | LUMBER TORONTO, ONT. CHRISTIE, AERR & CO, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in a & Vy i i SPN AN HARDWOOD VODDOURUGDGOOEUDDONDEOUOTURDOOUDUERONDDOOODUAUDOOUOUEERODROOODONSUDORD OE = LUMBER, STUEDUODUDDOO DOH UOOUUOUNDDONLOROOOADOOUUOOO OOD OUNDDADROBEENDDONOROUDOOD Ee: Office: 9 Victoria Street, TORONTO, ONTARIO. | Tuos. H. WILLMOTT. A. K. McInToOsH. WILLMOTT & MeINTOSH, Wholesale Dealers in Z INV ZARA RNAI ZEN ZENZA ZERNZEN ZENSZINZEN ZEN ZENE, ZA, ZENIZIN ZEN IZINZINIZINIZIN ZENIZINIZINIZZS s LUMBER® WAP APA AS ASAP AS AS AS AS As Ar Ae Ae Ae Ae Ae Ae Ae Ae 7 a 44 and 46 Front Street East, ONT a Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. SH ok of \\ > = 7 d| | Agents for the Celebrated Prompt Delivery in all Cases. | LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. WM. LEAK & GO, —+> WHOLESALE—»-—_ PINE*& HARD WOOD$ LUMBER DUNDAS SiR aw TORONTO. Lumber Shipped to all parts. SCOTT. SCOTT & GO. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in MILLS AT MEDONTE, SIMCOE CoO. Ojjice: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 30 Toronto St. * TORONTO. % McCRANEY, McCOOL & WILSON, Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER DATEL AND . SECOCNGOIES. Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. —-e Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. TORONTO and OTTAWA. Vo.umeE VIII. ' NUMBER 3. THE GANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTHUR G MORTIMER, OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. 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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 encouraging us to render it even more complete. THAT phase of the complex Paradis embroglzo relating to his charges against the late Quebec Administration of acting corruptly and unfairly against the settlers in favor of Messrs. Gilmour, has resulted in the removal of the reverend father to the United States by his ecclesiastic superiors. The Provincial journals are making an ecclesiastical and political squabble of the matter, some upholding the changes and some maintaining that the Ross Administration was falsely accused ; some - defending the priest and others supporting the authority of his superiors. The action of the ecclesiastical authorities in re- moving Father Paradis is a strong indication of the opinion formed by independent judges. Tue provisions of the new tariff bill as presented to Con- gress, by which it is proposed to place timber on the free list, are gladly welcomed by Canadian lumber operators, but we fear it will never pass its third reading. Should this bill pass the House Canada will be benefitted by the free admissicn of the following products:— Timber, hewn and sawed and timber used for spars and in building wharves ; timber, squared or sided ; wood, unmanufactured, not specially enumerated or provided for ; sawed boards, planks, deals and all other articles of sawed lumber ; hubs, for wheels, posts, last blocks, wagon blocks, oar blocks, heading blocks and all like blocks or sticks 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 coutnry whence imported, all said articles imported from this country shall be subject to duty as now provided by law. Tue Ontario Government may thank the lumbermen for the good showing that Mr. Ross, their Provincial Treasurer, was able to make in his budget speech. The great success of the gale of timber limits which Mr. Pardee, the Commissioner of Crown lands, offered for competition in December, must have been highly satisfactory to him and his collegues, especially in iew of the fact that there were circumstances, to which we need not now recur, that might have been expected to operate prejudicially to a certain extent. The receipts from the lum- bermen were so large as to meet not only the liabilities for the year for aid to railways but also a large portion of the contem- plated expenditure on the proposed new Parliamentary build- ing. Not only is the capital account thus kept down through the large purchases by the lumbermen of provincial property, but.their extended operations will continue to add largely for rental and stumpage dues to the current revenue for some years to come. It will therefore be seen that Ontario is largely indebted to the lumbermen for her prosperity. Ar Washington there is still much talk of reducing the ex- cessive revenue receipts by a modification, if not a total abro- gation, of the customs duties on raw materials. Lumber is one of the articles that has been generally mentioned as coming within this category. Indeed several projects looking in this direction have been submitted to Congress, but their fate is altogether uncertain. Just now the two great political parties in the United States are looking to the approaching Presiden- tal election, and every movement is considered chiefly with reference to its probable effect upon that event. The fact that they are thus watching each other tends to neutralize all their efforts and to make any action less likely through the fear of its affording a chance of its being used prejudicially to those making the movement. However, though Presidental elec- tions occur very often they do not happen every year, and next year a mutual arrangement may be more feasible. It is useless to talk business while men are thinking more of elections than of the ordinary affairs of the country. From the fact that the Fishery Commissioners at Washing- ton declined to enter upon any arrangements for reciprocal trade between Canada and the United States, the prospect of any remission through that means of the duty on lumber can be considered atanend. There is evidently to be no reciprocity by treaty at least, whatever other means there may be of attaining the same end. Those who looked to diplomacy to secure the desired result will therefore be disappointed, but few have supposed of late that the Commissioners would seriously entertain the project. It was generally understood that the representative of Canada would not consent to a more exten- sive exchange of free goods, and that the representatives of the United States were not willing to renew the Reciprocity Treaty, which, rightly or wrongly, they deemed not to have been advantageous totheircountry. The difference of opinion was too great to be easily adjusted, and they did not deal with this branch of the matters in discussion between the two coun- tries. The publication of the text has put an end to all con- jectures on this subject, showing that it provides for no reciprocity, except conditionally as regards fish. Any such free exchange or reduction of duties is left at present to the sphere of legislative action in the two countries. THE Montreal Journal of Commerce attributes the decadence of Quebec, as a lumber port, to the arbitrary interference of the Ship Laborer’s Unioh, since its exorbitant demands forced the shipping trade to ports where these obstacles were not met. On the other hand, Montreal has been built up, it is asserted, by a freedom in stevedorage, in spite of the superior national advantages of Quebec, where the policy pursued has had the effect of turning business over to Montreal. A com- parative statement is made in the lumber shipments by sailing vessels from Quebec, from 1877 to 1887, inclusive, showing a decrease of from 796 vessels, with a total of 670,627 tons in 1877, to 721, and 206,172 tons in 1887. The year 1880, with 634 vessels and 555,451 tons, was the second largest, with a continued drop since then, excepting a spurt in 1883, when 487 vessels cleared, with 416,169 tons. decrease has been that many mills which formerly sent deals to Quebec now deliver them direct to the ships and steamers. This most marked falling off is seen in the amounts exported from Quebec in £886 and 1887,—2,271,069 feet, and 1,365,- 510 feet respectively. Montreal’s lumber shipments were 3,500,000 in 1877, and 98,250,000 feet in 1886, with a pro- bable increase for 1887. The competition of Baltic timber in the English markets has affected the export trade, and the One reason for the PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MARCH, 1888. eerie ene outlook is not altogether bright, though a limited production of lumber has left light stocks. Mill concerns are said tobe turning their attention more to the United States nd less to the Quebec buyers. The late half prices realized or timber limits suggests a general advar age, induced by the decr and the most difficulty is said to be experienced im getting first class white pine. The p ing is ample. Oak is of stronger feeling, the av been moderate and the export demand fairly ree Other hardwoods show fairly. This winter’s log production promises to be small, and prices are now good. A GENTLEMAN writing form St. John, N. B., to THe Lum- BERMAN, calls attention to the following special the New Brunswick lumber trade. “‘ The trade here is totally different from that of Upper Can- He says: ada for many reasons. (1) Our stock is nine-tenths spruce, cut full length of tree, and manufactured as far as possible into three and four inch lumber ; (2) Such a thing as stock boards is unknown, because we have very little pine and it would not pay to cut it in even lengths, either in the woods or mill; (3) Our stumpage dues are collected on a different principle (Que- bec has now adopted our style, but not our log scale); (4) Our lumber is classed differently ; (5) On account of the St. John being an international river there are two distinct classes of lumbermen and mill owners here. The American who has the right (by the treaty of Washington and resolution of Con- gress) fo manufacture lumber here cut in the State of Maine, and ship the same to the American market free of duty, and the provincial millman who, no matter where his lumber is cut, would have to pay duty if exported to the United States, and therefore is forced to make England his market. The manu- facture for the two markets, too, is very different.” We will at some future time dwell on this matter at further length, and shall be pleased in the meantime to receive any ‘‘ points ” which any of our readers may be able to furnish. Now that the Government of Ontario is forming a new Ministry of Agriculture and is consequently making minor re- arrangements in other departments, advantage might be taken of these changes to make certain improvements in our system which would be very beneficial both to the country and the lumber trade. If a sub. department, or bureau of Forestry, were formed, the Crown Lands might be divided, after proper examination and survey, into forest lands and land open for agricultural settlement. This would avoid much friction, waste and even destruction of property. On the one hand the settlers would not be grumbling at the lumbermen taking the pine from their farms, for settlement need not be allowed on the limits when there is elsewhere plenty of better land for agriculture. Nor would there be any encouragement for bogus settlers having no object but to secure the pine under pretence of homesteading. On the other hand the lumbermen would not be hurried to cut the timber from those portions of their limits that are settled or avout to be settled, such haste often leading to want of economy in their operations or to premature Again the lumber- men would not be exposed to the increased risk of fire which much follow partial settlement with its burnings to prepare the land for the plow; nor would they have their property des- cutting when delay would be expedient. troyed by actual forest fires, involving much ‘complete or partial destruction and the necessity for the immediate felling of With the Crown Lands properly classified much of these evils might be obviated burnt timber to save it from destruction. or greatly lessened. And there need be no restriction upon agricultural settlement, for as more farm land was required, former forests where the soil is suitable to agriculture, might be transferred and opened to settlers. Such a system would also have the incidental advantage of determining the extent of the remaining forests of Ontario, thus affording valuable infor- mation to the lumber trade, economising our forests resources, and improving the revenue of the Province from the source which even now contributes to it so largely. Sometimes the lumbermen are blamed for the too rapid destruction of our forests, but in many cases haste is forced upon them by the present system. There isnowa good chance for its modification. ! | A THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. March, 1888. ee ee —— THE SAFETY OF STATIONARY BOILERS. A measure very closely affecting the interests of saw-mill © proprietors, as well as other manufacturers, has been introduced into the Provincial Legislature by Mr. Garson, M.P.P. It provides for a yearly examination of boilers in connection with stationary engines by a duly appointed government inspector, and also that all engineers and firemen shall be obliged to pass examination as to their competency. The bill establishes four grades of ability and defines the class of engine which the holders of certificates of these respective grades shall be quali- fied to take charge of as follows : A first-class engineer shall require a thorough knowledge of steam and its uses, of the use of the steam engine indicator, the principles of combustion, the details of the construction of boilersand engines, the strength of materials used in such construction, general mech- anics, the principles of steam heating and the working of con- densers and feed pumps, and such certificate shall entitle the holder to operate any steam plant. A second-class engineer shall require a thorough knowledge of steam and its uses, general mechanics, the principles of steam heating and the working of condensers and feed pumps, and such certificate shall entitle the holder to take charge of and operate any steam plant of one hundred horse-power or less. A third-class engineer or fireman shall have a fair knowledge of steam and its uses andthe principles of steam heating and the working of feed pumps, and such certificate shall entitle the holder to take charge of and operate any steam plant of fifty horse-power or under. ; A fourth or special class engineer shall require a fair knowledge of the working of feed pumps and be thoroughly capable of taking care of any boiler under his charge, and such certificate shall entitle the holder to take charge of any steam plant or portable engine of fifteen horse-power or under. Those at present in charge of engines or boilers are allowed to operate them for one year on payment of $2 for a permit, after which they must pass the examination and apply for a certificate. Certificates will run for one year, and the fee of $5 will be charged to all applying for the first examination, renewals costing $1. Owners of boilers are required to pay $5 for each annual inspection. Owners or managers of boilers who entrust them to persons not duly qualified under the Act are subject to a fine of not less than $10 or more then $250. Licensed engineers who discover that the boilers they are operating are unsafe are to notify the manager and demand that they be repaired. In case of refusal or neglect the respon- sible party is liable to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500. The bill came up for a second reading on the 24th ult., and was referred to a special committee. There is a fear on the part of some engaged in manufacturing industries that the passage of the measure will entail undue trouble and expense upon them. Considering the large number of those employed to manage stationary engines, the fee, $5, seems unduly large. The same remark applies to the charge for inspecting boilers. As the object of the measure is to provide for the safety of the general public as well as of those employed about engines, it would only be reasonable that the burden of the necessary expense involved should be partly borne by the public. The startling statistics quoted by the introducer of the bill leave no room for doubt that the present system of allowing boilers to be operated by persons who may be entirely ignorant of engin- eering is a glaring abuse and causes an appalling loss of life every year. There is just as much need for regulations with a view to secure the safety of steam boilers and the competency of engineers in connection with stationary engines as in regard to marine boilers. The statement that according to the reports of insurance companies 700 of the 6,000 stationary engine boilers in Ontario are unsafe shows the urgent need for govern- ment supervision. The principle of the measure is sound and just, but in working out its details we trust that every care will be taken to render it as little oppressive as possible in its bearing upon the important interests with which it deals. NEW TIMBER REGULATIONS. Anextra of the Quelec Official Gazette contains the new reg- ulations recently adopted in respect to the management of Crown and timber lands. They provide that newly acquired licenses and renewals of licenses to cut timber shall be subject to a yearly ground rent charged at the rate of three dollars for each square mile or fraction thereof, and establish the following scale of dues to be levied on all timber cut ; Oak and walnut, per cubic foot, 4 cents; pine, birch, basswood, cedar, spruce, elm, ash, tamarac and all other square timber, per cubic foot, 2 cents; pine saw logs, boom and dimension timber and all other logs or woods intended for sawing, except spruce, hem- lock, cypress and balsam, per standard of 200 feet board measure, (equivalent to $1.30 per thousand feet,) 26 cents; spruce, hemlock, cypress and balsam saw logs, per standard of 200 feet, board measure, (equivalent to 65 cents per thousand feet), 13 cents ; cordwood, hard, per cord of 128 cubic feet, 20 cents ; cordwood, soft, per cord of 128 cubic feet, ro cents ; cedar rails, not exceeding 12 feet long, per 100, 30 cents ; cedar pick- ets, per 100, 15 cents ; rails of other wood than cedar and not exceeding 12 feet long, per 100, rocts.; cedar and pine shingles, short, per 1,000, 10 cents ; cedar and pine shingles, long, per 1,000, 15 cents ; cedar or other telegraph, telephone or electric light poles, not exceeding 10in diameter at the butt or large end, per lineal foot, 14 cent ; ditto, exceeding 10 inches at the | butt, per lineal foot, 4% cent ; railroad ties of all kinds of wood, each, 2 cents; hemlock lathwood, per cord of 128 cubic feet, 20 cents; hemlock bark, ditto, 32 cents ; pine, cedar, spruce, birch or other small logs, not exceeding 10 feet in length, nor 10 inches in diameter at the smaller end, for shingles, spools, small board stuff, or paper pulp, per cord, 128 cubic feet, 25 cents ; futtocks, knees, floors of birch and other shipbuilding | material, and all wood goods not enumerated in the forthgoing list, an ad valorem duty on the invoice or bill of 10 per cent. PERSONAL NOTES. Mr. A. LECH, secretary-treasurer of the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., Peterborough, who has been confined to his home through sickness for some months, has, we are pleased to know, fully recovered, and is again attending to his onerous duties. WE are pleased to learn that Mr. T. G. Hazlett, one of Peterborough’s most extensive lumbermen, who has been ill for some time is now convalescent. THE LUMBERMAN had the pleasure of a call a short time ago from Mr. John A. McAvity, of the well-known firm of T. McAvity & Sons, St, John, N. B. He was pushing business for the firm in this section of the country and meeting with good.success. The Orono Cant Dogs and Boot Calks manu- factured by the company are meeting with ready sale wher- ever introduced. Mr. ELBRIDGE G. MERRICK, for many years engaged at shipping square timber to England from Canada, at which business he grew very wealthy, and of late years engaged in the vessel and lumber business at Detroit, Mich, died Feb. 11th. Gro. MCWILLIAMS, late of the firm of Kincaid & McWilliams, Peterboro’, has accepted the position of mech- anical supertendant of the Ontario Canoe Co., of the same place. Martin A. RYERSON, aged 33, heir of the millionaire, lumber- man Martin Ryerson, of Chicago, who died recently, has given in trust property worth $250,000 to eight charitable institu- tions, four Protestant and four Catholic. The gift was a free one on the part of young Ryerson, though in line with his father’s oft-expressed wishes. PUBLICATIONS. Lumber, a very neat 16-page weekly, under the able editor- ship of A. H. Hitchcock, late of the 7%derman, has made its appearance in Chicago. A paper of the same name was previously published in New York, but it was far from being a credit co the influential industry it aspired to represent. Under Mr. Hitchcock’s management, however, it ought to command at least a fair share of trade, notwithstanding the fact that Chicago already has three other papers of a similar nature. Lzmber has our best wishes. The Toronto Saturday Night, edited by Mr. E. E. Sheppard, is one of the best gotten up and most entertaining literary publications on the continent. The latest issue always seems to be the best, and if it keeps this up much longer Saturday Night will be a necessity inevery home. Those of our readers who have any desire to see a all-round Canadian literary paper should address the Sheppard Publishing Co. Toronto, for a copy of the above. ‘Scientific Diary Practice; or Profitable Diary Agriculture for Canadian Farmers” is the title of a new work just completed by W. H. Lynch and issued by the Dominion Government. Its contents are such as to be of incalculable benefit to every Canadian farmer and owner of cattle. It treats scientifically on the methods necessary for the successful carrying on of a diary, and will prove an invaluable help to all such engaged. The book is well gotten up and contains several illustrations. TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE. ToroNTO, Feb 29.—Business still continues dull. There are some enquiries for bill stuff and the commoner grades of lumber, and prices continue steady with the prospect of an advance. There is some demand from the United States for cutting up lumber. With the opening of spring it is probable that there will be considerable activity in the building trade in Toronto, and at several points in Western Ontario. The demand for house accommodation, consequent upon the con- tinued influx into the city, and the fact that owing to the labor troubles, many building enterprises contemplated last year were postponed, encourages the expectation of a particularly busy season. Lath is moving at good figures and is in quite a demand. Credit will not be so easily obtained this year as was the case | order. in the past. This is a good thing, the less of that the better for all. There is no necessity that any dealer should sell to parties about whom there is the slightest doubt. It is not very difficult to obtain information respecting any individual builder, and to any one at all doubtful a positive refusal should be given. The recent bank suspensions and the unsatisfactory state of financial investments, have turned the attention of investors in the direction of real estate. | Making every allowance for too sanguine anticipations, the outlook for the building trade is favorable, provided strikes and labor troubles can be avoided. Much, however, depends on the money market and the action of the loan companies. _It is regarded as probable that some of the larger loan companies will shorty have to look for re- investments in the direction of loans on city real estate, though more caution and discrimination is likely to be exercised than has hitherto been the case. The amalgamation of the Northern Railway with the Grand Trunk, is viewed approvingly by some of the lumber dealers, on the ground that it is likely to be helpful to the trade. There have been frequent complaints as to the difficulty of obtaining adequate shipping accommodation at points along the Northern. It is hoped that the change will result in the removal of this grievance. Can any of your Toronto readers give any information regarding what has been done by the inspection committee of the lumber branch of the Board of Trade ? NOTES. —Messrs. Train & Son of Burk’s Falls, Ont., are about to introduce the Electric light and run their mills night and day. —John Forsyth, Pakenham, Ont., will commence to cut about the middle of April, and expects to cut about 400,000 or 500,000 feet. —W. S. Ramsay & Co., of Sutton, Ont., write that their saw mill and sash and door factory are in full swing and have been so all winter, they having large orders on hand. —A fire took place on the morning of Feb. 26th in James Shearer’s lumber yard. The saw-mill was burned and loss to the amount of $14,000 was sustained ; covered by insurance. —Messrs. J. S. Ainslie & Bros., Comber, Ont., manu- factured 2,000,000 staves in their works last summer, nearly all of which were shipped to English markets. They employed about 60 hands. —It is understood that G. A. Grier & Co., the big lumber firm of Ottawa, have sold their concern, limits, mills, etc., to Pierce & Co., of London, England, the price named being in the vicinity of a million and a quarter of dollars. —The Chatham Wagon Company, of Chatham, Ont., have acquired a large tract of heavily timbered land near Thames- ville, Ont., the timber upon which will be utilized for the purposes of their business. —Reports from the vicinity of Doaktown, N. B., state that the weather has been cold and the winter a very favorable one for all kinds of work. The output of logs will be very good as the shoal snow enables lumbermen to gather up scattering logs which could not be got in deeper snow. MAny fatal and destructive accidents would be prevented if those employing steam power in manufacturing took adequate precautions to see that their machinery was always in good The Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada, the card of which appears in another column, is an institution which should commend itself to all manufacturers. —It is expected that a post office will be opened at the station at Hepworth, Ont. It will be a great accommodation to lumbermen. Lumbering operations were never so brisk before as they are at this point this year. It is estimated that the output of lumber will total 7,000,000 feet, and this will be | supplemented by the usual immense quantities of timber, poles, ties and tan bark. Hepworth is said to down any inland station in Ontario in its output of forest products. —It is estimated that Michigan railways used last year three and three-quarters millions of ties, amounting to 131,250,000 feet, and that they used lumber for piling, bridges, etc., to the extent of one-third the forgoing amount ; and further, that at least one and one-half millions ties were sent out from the State. This heavy lumber consumption by the railroads should incline the railroad ear to the suggestion of the forestry convention held at Grand Rapids recently. NorTH ONsLow, ONT.—Mr. John O*Donnell has a gang of men at work cutting logs at Wilson’s Lake. The timber is being hauled to Mr. P. Madden’s mills. MARTINVILLE, QuE.—Messrs. Cass Bros. are getting in a lot of saw logs. They are doing a large lumbering business this season. March, 1888. THE WILLIAM HAMILTON MFG. COMPANY OF PETERBOROUGH. In this issue of THE CANADA LUMBERNAN we would call special attention to the establishment of The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterboro’, Ont. This company are entirely engaged in the manufacture of the highest class of saw mill machinery, also engines and boilers for saw mills. They have now been established in the above line over 30 years and their main study has been and is to have, besides their own improvements and patents, all the latest improved machinery in the market that will be profitable to the manufacturer of lumber. They were the first to introduce the manufacture of band mills in Canada and have spared neither time nor expense to have the best machine of the kind. Their first Band Mill has one column and as a proof of its merits we are shown a letter from J. M. Dollar, Esq., of the Ontario Lumber Company, Toronto, Ont. who has one of these mills, from which we quote an extract as follows : Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co. : Gentlemen :—The band saw still continues to run well, there is no mistake about it. We have no trouble with it in any way. The make of the lumber is perfect, and it will cut large or small, sound, rotten, rough or any kind of logs. It is a pleasure to look at it. I don’t know that we have the best band saw in the world, but none of the Americans that come around ever saw any better, so they say. Yours truly, J. M. DoLiar. Manager Ontario Lumber Co. They are also building a double column Band Saw Mill, patented by D. K. Allington, of East Saginaw, Mich., a cut of which can be seen on page 16 of this issue. Some of the specialties of this mill is the Double Column. By this device it gives a long shaft for the top wheel which takes away all side vibration. This top shaft is also bolted to the lower wheel shaft which keeps the top wheel from overrunning the lower wheel in entering the cut and preventing the breaking of the saw. Another very important feature is the roll- er guides. These are placed for the saw to run over at about 3/” past the line of the top and bottom wheel when cutting ; when gigging back these rollers move back and let the saw back from the log in place of throwing the log back on the carriage to clear the saw, also leaving the saw slack when not working and tightening it up when entering the cut. The top roller guide is moved up and down by a rack and pinion to suit the different sized logs to be cut, and the saw running over the rollers requires nothing in front of the roller between it and the log on carriage, thus avoiding all friction as on the other guides. This mill, all well fitted with heavy steel shafts and heavy iron lower wheel, weighs 24,000 Ibs. We would recommend any who are in want of band saw mills to give this Company acall. They have also a full assortment of patterns and have built a great many of the most improved heavy iron frame oscilla- ting gang mills. We give a cut of the latest design of a small compensating balance gang which is patent- ed by Wm. M. Wilkins, of the Stearns Mfg. Co., of Erie,Pa., for which they are the sole agents and It is taking the lead in the United States and Canada, requiring no heavy foun- dation but can be placed in themill as easily as a circular. o> IUI77, Ma manufacturers in Canada. b> SY << LETTERS FROM CORRESPONDENTS. What the Millmen are Doing Throughout the Country. Outlook for the Season’s Operations. EASTMAN, Que., Feb. 27th.—Our cut of logs this winter will be about 4,000,c00 ft., spruce and hem- lock. Willcommence sawing about April Ist. Pros- pects for coming season are good for fair prices on account of light log cut last winter. There is likely to be a shortage of logs in this vicinity this winter on account of heavy fall of snow. We will get out this winter 350 ft. of birch logs for clothes pins. Yours truly, ELDRIDGE, PHELPs & Co. WIARTON, Ont,. Feb. 18.—As this section of the country depends largely upon its timber, your correspondent being anxious to ascertain the probable output, interviewed the sawmill owners and timber dealers who make their head- quarters here and secured the following figures as the result of their operations last year. Square timber, cedar, 2,100,000 feet valued at $178,500; ties, 775,000 feet valued at $175,- mo; paving, 400,000 pieces valued at $32,000; telegraph poles, 30,000 valued at $30,000 ; tanbark, 4,000 cords, $16,- 000 ; shingles, 3,000,000 valued at $5,400. As this com- prises a comparatively small area, it will be seen that the timber industry is a very important one on the peninsula. This winter has been a very favorable one for shanting, and it is almost certain that the cut for the present year will be greater than last. Yours truly, LUMBER. VUELEp te ssoy eee S« =4 TT {WQ Ay THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Gorpon, Ont., Feb. 20.—The probable output of logs in the counties of Essex and Kent for the present season’s cut is as follows :—In hardwood, to be manufactured into lumber at the different mills, I think between 25 and 30 million feet, including oak, ash, cottonwood and maple, sycamore, hickory. There is probably 45 to 50 million feet of elm logs put out in these two counties, being for export and home manu- facture. I think there is a larger stock of logs put out this year than at any one time during the past ten years. Prices are fair, in some instances inclining downwards, while in others, a little higher, but of about same average as last year’s prices. Business is good with a fair demand ; seemingly a good many orders are already placed. THOMAS OUELLETTE. WALKERTON, Ont., Feb. 24.—In this locality a very large amount of timber is being got out this season. This is caused, So far, our stock of logs, consisting principally of maple, beech, birch, to some extent, by the shortage in last year’s crops. basswood, ash, hemlock, cedar, rock and soft elm, is very much larger than any previous year. We have also a large stock of logs, posts, ties and telegraph poles on the bank of When this is brought down we will have one of the largest stocks ever cut in this locality. day, having disposed of a large amount of hardwood for early R. TRuAXx & Co. the river Saugeen, fifty miles from our mill. We are at present running our mill night and shipment. Yours truly, GEES aS a ll lags y FENELON FALLS, Ont, Feb. zo.—We cannot give you a detailed statement of cut till about the 15th of March. At present we have about two million feet of bill timber fit for bridges and all other capacity of bill timber ; also four million feet of merchantable lumber. spruce and hemlock timber. We will also have a quantity of Our timber mill will commence We will also be manufacturing a large quantity of shingles and lath. JOHN THOMSON & Co, operations on the opening of navigation. MONTREAL, Feb. 22.—I am getting out the present winter (which is a very favorable one for logging) say from five to six million feet of pine logs, with a little spruce. Our oper- ations are confined to the River Rouge, a tributary of the Ottawa on the Quebec side, where good pine, as in many We make all the deals we can for the English or Quebec market, where most of our manu- facturers have sold their next season’s cut at good prices. The local market for common and cull lumber is good. Yours truly, J. K. Warp. other places, is getting scarce. ALGOMA M the C.P.R. Company. A xpect to 1 h pril, H. F. Cobur plying logs for Will pro bably take out Ist of A have five or six ca f out logs for the Compar ~~ her W r yy take out seven or eight operations here are confine ’ er 1 few miles down the and board pine. the Boswell Co. are operating ; Messrs. Cook Br re work ing on the French River; the Bli J near Algoma Mill Kloks have a big gang in We township, up on the $ extension at Wahnipit and the Georgian Bay Co. are carrying on exter Cannot of course give you any ide f what shanties are doing, but give you their names that you may get reports from them. Yours truly, OrTrawa, Feb. 8.—With reference to last season’s cut I may say on the whole the season’s output of lumber for my mill was very satisfactory—about 5,000,000 feet—the greate | part of which was sold for about the pr same description the previous year. about 3,000,000, were slow of sale, the stocked in this locality, our stock now being about 2,000,000 still on hand. Iam now engaged putting on to the ice about gaged | £ 7,000,000 feet of logs and long timber for dimension purposes, and should the snow not inconvenience operations, expect to put out about 9,000,000 feet. one season with the mill in its present shape, but am obliged This is more than I can cut in to cut as much as possible owing to the fires of last September having killed the timber on portions of my limits, all of which burnt timber I expect will be cut this winter. _in the County of Hastings, the Madawaska River. My limits are branch of the Wa. MASON. on York Yours truly, GODERICH, Ont., Feb. 17.—I enclose one dollar in pay- ment of the LUMBERMAN for 1888. Please change the address to Joseph Williams. There isa w onderful improvement in the LUMBERMAN of late. It is a real lumberman’s paper now, and I consider very little, if anything, behind the best of the Jos. WILLIAMS. American publications. Yours truly, Toronto Feb., 25th.—During my absence last week in western Ontario selling lumber your valuable journal was re- ceived. I enclose my cheque for $1; kindly place my name The Dealers are more cheerful on your list of subscription for one year. stocks in the western retail yards are very light. thana month ago. They anticipatea good trade for the coming season, and are placing their orders quite liberal. During my trip of five days Isold 40 cars. This is not bad The G. T. R. have reduced the freight The This will have the effect of reducing for the time of year. froin Sarnia to Petrolia to 3% cents per 100 pounds. old rate was 5 cents. shipments from Gravenhurst to Petrolia unless better rates can be had than now exist, viz., I5 cents per 100 pounds. The stocks at Sarnia are not large. If the spring opens early very little lumber will be there at the opening of navigation. The mills on the line of the M. C. R. R. are well stocked with hardwood logs, and I learn the cut is mostly sold at fair prices to go to the States. this line, and if the duty is removed off lumber there would be There are several new mils building on a perfect ‘‘ boom ” among the hardwood men. There is very little of last season’s cut remaining at the mills. Manufacturers handling seasoned iumber experience difficulty in supplying their wants, and have to resort to artificial drying. DRUMMER. Yours truly, Eau CLarre, Ont., Feb. 28th.—There are three rafts of | square and waney timber being taken out on the Amable Du | Fond River this year, viz: Wm. Mackey, Booth & Hale and | John Mackay, all fine rafts, Booth & Hale being of No. 3 (Wilkes township) sold at Ontario Government limit sale on 15th Dec. There mill with fine water power, owned by Wm. Mackey, which | last. is one saw mill at Eau Claire, a two-circular was not run last season, although he had 3 to 4 million feet of | logs at his mill; and it is not known whether it will be run is a one circular mill a little east of the C. P. R., owned by John supply of logs (3 to 4 million feet) this summer or not. There of Eau Claire on the line Mackay. He is taking his from a township down the Amable du Fond, and he intends to cut them at his mills this coming season. The drawing is well on in these parts ; the winter has been very favorable, the snow being about three feet deep. It is expected that Eau Claire will be a busy station next year as the parties who bought limits in Petewawa at the late Government sale are putting in supplies from Mattawa this year, and it is thought they will use Eau Claire next year on account of its being the nearest point to their operations. | ‘ | Yours truly, OPERATOR, THE CANADA | LUMBERMAN. THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY-KILN. The accompanying cuts very clearly represent the construc- tion and method of operation of the kiln and the apparatus required for it. The designer and builder of the apparatus has been before the public for over*a quarter of a century asa manufacturer of blowers and heating apparatus. His extended experience, and a careful consideration of the wants of his cus- tomers, has enabled him to present to them, not only an ap- paratus which is unequalled, but in connection with it the com- plete drawings for a first class dry-kiln of any given capacity. The principle which he has adopted is undeniably the best and only one that can secure satisfactory results. Every one is perfectly well aware of the necessity of the circulation of the heated air coming in contact with the lumber in the process of drying. The great question always is how to secure such circulation most cheaply and satisfactorily. Of all methods of generating currents of air, the most expensive is that of causing a movement by heating the air and thereby changing its density. Changes in the condition of the atmosphere produce reversed currents, or worse still, sometimes prevent currents altogether, rendering for days such an apparatus ineffectual. The action must be positive and this condition can only be secured by the use of a Fan for impelling the air. The objec- tion has often been raised that it costs too much to run a Fan, but in connection with a heater it in reality costs nothing, for a heater must necessarily be used in connection with a kilis, and the exhaust from the engine can be entirely utilized in the heat. It is well known that exhaust steam has only three per cent. less heat in it than live steam at 70 tbs. Hence the exhaust from the engine can be utilized in the heater in place of three per cent. less live steam. Actually the engine cylinder is but an enlargement of the steam pipe on its way to the heater. The first patent on B. F. Sturtevant’s Steam Hot Blast Apparatus was issued about twenty yearsago. Since that time the apparatus has been greatly improved both in efficiency and construction. The fact that over 5000 of the Sturtevant apparatus have been sold is sufficient evidence that he knows what the trade requires, and that he has succeeded in supply- ing it. The apparatus here represented consists of a fan and heater placed side by side, making a very compact arrangement and occupying but little floor space. The fan is known as the steel plate, and is the latest and most approved pattern, designed espec- ially for handling large volumes of air with the expenditure of a minimum amount of power. Fans above fifteen feet in. height are usually con- structed with half brick and half steel housings and provided with horizontal steam engines. The advantage of a direct connected engine are evident ; it does away with bolts and pulleys, is indepen- dent of any other source of power, and can be run at any speed desired day and night. The engines are directly connected to the Fans and are built in a superior manner and will show the best attainable economy. They are especially designed for this work. It must not be supposed that blowing engines are not, when properly adapted to their work, superior to the ordinary run of mill engines in point of strength and workmanship. They must be the heaviest, strongest and fastest engines that can be made. be made to stand twenty-four hours’ work, six days in the They must week, frequently in the midst of dirt, and neglected by the engineer. They must be made to run without getting out of order at any speed, and, if possible, live longer and on harder fare than any other engines. Direct connected, or independent engines, either upright or horizontal, are furnished as the re- quirements of the case demand. The sizes vary from three to one hundred-horse power. The heaters are made of the heaviest lap-welded wrought iron pipe on improved patent sectional bases. These sectional bases vary in length, and the height and floor space of the heaters can be proportioned to any situation. The heaters are arrang- ed for perfect circulation and drainage, and every square foot They are designed with special Each heater section is tested with 150 pounds hydraulic pressure and of heating surface is utilized. reference to the use of exhaust as well as of live steam. one hundred pounds steam pressure. The heaters are furnished with substantial wrought iron foundation, and are encased in a jacket of steel plate. From careful experiment it has been demonstrated that a given quantity of pipe in one of the Sturtevant heaters will im- part four to six times more heat units to a given quantity of air than will an equal amount of pipe arranged in the ordinary form. Single heaters vary in size from 300 to 20,000 lineal feet, and in design and style are proportioned to the situation and work to be performed. The Sturtevant kilns are arranged on either of two plans, the apartment or the full length kiln. In the former rooms of any desired number are constructed to suit some particular size of lumber to be dried. Whether the lumber is piled length- wise or crosswise of the apartment, the apparatus is so arranged that the air passes through the lumber lengthwise of the piling sticks, and dries it uniformly throughout. By this arrange- ment the lumber in any apartment may be seasoned to any extent, independently of that contained in another apartment, or the heat may be tempered to different degrees in the differ- ent rooms by the manipulation of dampers in the ducts and ventilators. The apartment plan offers advantages where limited quantities of different kinds and thicknesses of lumber are to be seasoned. The ‘‘Sturtevant Progressive Lumber Dry-kiln” which is illustrated herewith is, however, the most popular form where large quantities are to be dried. This style may of course be constructed of various sizes, but the ‘‘ Sturtevant Standard ” is designed to meet the average conditions. The Sturtevant Standard Kiln of this type is 85 feet long, 17 feet wide and 9 feet high, and will contain twelve cars, each car holding about 4000 feet of lumber. Two additional cars are required for each kiln for the loading and unloading platforms. The holding capacity of a Standard kiln is about 50,000 feet, and the daily drying capacity is about 8,000 to 12,000 feet, depending upon the nature and condition of the lumber. The lumber loaded upon cars, is run into the kiln on trucks, two or more cars each day, then slowly. passes through against a constant current of air. In this manner the lumber is subjected to an even hot air draught, gradually in- creasing in intensity as the cars gradually advance to the hot end of the kiln. The difference in temperature between the two ends of the kiln varies from 70 to 100 degrees. The kiln should be provided with curtains at the top, bottom and sides, so that the hot air shall be forced through the lumber. The piling sticks for 1-inch lumber should be 7%-inch thick, and the lumber carefully piled onthe car. In the kiln 17 feet wide, three rows of tracks are used, thus giving the lumber three in- dependent supports. Additional capacity is best secured by increasing the number of the rooms, instead of increasing the size. The cuts show the apparatus located in a small room adja- cent to the kiln, and it is advisable to locate the fan as near the dry room as possible. Where it is necessary, the hot air can be carried through several hundred feet of pipe when it is well protected. It is immeterial whether the hot blast is ad- mitted at the top or bottom of the dry-kiln, although it is usually admitted at the bottom. The vantilation is always at the bottom. Green and air dried lumber, dense and porous lumber, lum- ber of different thicknesses, all require different treatment ; for instance, Southern Yellow Pine, when cut green from the log, will stand a very high temperature—say 200 degrees F.—and, in fact, this high temperature is necessary, together with the rapid circulation of a large volume of air, in order to neutralize the asidity of the pitch, which causes the lumber to blue and discolor. The treatment of oak, walnut and hickory, and dense lumber of this nature, calls for a large amount of air at a lower temperature ; otherwise the lumber would dry too rapidly upon the outside, the pores close, and the lumber be- comes honeycombed and checked. Again, air dried oak and walnut calls for the use of the return duct or its equivalent, the sweating process, in order to open the pores and soften he outside of the timber, so that the moisture can work its way out to the surface. The Sturtevant process meets the requirements of every case ; as by the use of the steam Fan, a greater or less quantity of air can be admitted into the dry room, and the temperature can be perfectly regulated. The apparatus may be applied with advantage to ordinary dry-kilns where steam pipes are used in the bottom, in which case smaller heaters are required. In dry-kilns thus heated without forced circulation, the application ofa fan has increased It is even more important to have the capacity 50 per cent. perfect circulation, which only a fan can give, than a faultless heating apparatus; for the best heating apparatus, without such circulation, may give the poorest results. The want of circulation in ordinary dry-kilns causes the Jumber to blue and discolor. Attention has already been called to the fact that the fans can be driven either by a belt or by a direct connected engine. Important advantages are gained by the use of the steam fan, enabling the temperature and volume of air to be controlled at all times, and causing the drying operation to be continuous. By the use of a steam fan, the temperature can be raised grad- ually and maintained at a uniform safe degree, until the process of seasoning is complete. Sudden and marked changes of temperature in the kiln are fruitful sources of warping, check- ing, case-hardening, etc. If the drying apparatus is operated but twelve hours in the twenty-four, and the kiln is allowed to cool down in the night, then the time of drying will be more than doubled, as several hours are lost in the morning in heat- ing the kiln up to the temperature of the night before. The Sturtevant heaters are designed with special reference to using exhaust steam in the day time from the engine and live steam at night. Experiment shows that the air does not become saturated with moisture and rendered incapable of further use in passing through the lumber once ; but that it may be passed over the lumber many times before becoming saturated. The effect of the return duct is not only to increase the temperature of the air ; but its relative humidity is changed so continuously and gradually, that warping, checking and case-hardening are en- tirely prevented, a result which is practically impossible with other systems of drying. This is a result which other processes have endeavored to effect by means of a steam jet which is introduced into the dry room in the early stages of drying. In rare instances, where the lumber to be seasoned is air dried and does not contain a great amount of moisture to effect the sweating and opening of pores, the steaming room is recom- mended. The apparatus is especially designed for utilizing the exhaust steam from the main engine, and where it may be desirable, live steam can be used in the heater at night. The exhaust steam from the engine which drives the fan is also utilized in the heater. Of course it is well understood that there is no cheaper artificial medium for drying lumber than exhaust steam. All kinds and thicknesses of lumber cannot be dried at the same time ; but as each require different treatment, it follows that different periods of time are required. One inch air dried lumber (by air dried is meant lumber that has stood out from three to six months) can be seasoned in from 36 to 60 hours, while perfectly green inch lumber calls for from three to six days and lumber of different thickness in like proportion. One of the greatest advantages which the Sturtevant system offers is freedom from fire risk. The steam pipes are encased in a steel jacket, and placed in an apartment distinct from the dry room, and do not come in contact with any wood work whatever. No pipe whatever isused in thedry room. Parties who are using this kiln are getting a less rate of insurance upon the kiln than upon the mill itself. The ordinary dry- kilns with steam pipe in the bottom are fire traps; and, where it is possible to insure them at all, they are considered a very hazardous risk. Annoyance from steam pipes leaking and freezing is also obviated. This process offers, not only the most efficient lumber dryer, but the most essential feature of combining cheapness of first cost with low running expense. It also affords the still further advantage of being portable ; and, like any other machine in the mill, can be moved from point to point with no other ex- pense than the erection of a new building. This house is prepared to fit our complete dry-kilns of all descriptions, furnishing the engines, boilers, entire heating apparatus, rails, trucks, complete working drawing for building the kiln, in fact everything pertaining to the perfect drying of lumber. Parties are envited to send to B. F. Sturtevant, Boston, Mass., for the ‘‘ Illustrated Catalogue of B. F. Sturte- | vant’s Steam Hot Blast Drying and Heating Apparatus,” which contains full descriptions of the apparatus and method of application. Baltic timber is likely to be scarce this season, and sellers are reluctant to quote prices until the maket has become some- what more settled, while, on the other hand, buyers eagerly contract for all parcels offered then at a slight increase on last springs prices. —The lumber firm of Allison, Cousland & Hamilton of Glasgow has ceased to exist, Mr. Robert Hamilton having re- tired from it for the purpose of carrying on business under the style of Robert Hamilton & Co., while Messrs Allison and Cousland contines in business togather under the name of Alli- son, Cousland & Co. = a A) ® : : > March, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. / LUMBERMEN IN THE LEGISLATURE. In case this is not done he favors stricter 1neans for protecting | Phelps does not favor Commercial Union, ling the =a the forests from destruction by bush fires. scheme now advocated Erast Vimar an impossible How the Industry is Represented in the Ontario House. Mr. James Clancy, of West Kent, occupies a seat about | one. He would like to see reciprocity in natural products, but midway down the front row of the opposite benches. He has | regards the prospect as visionary, because the Americans would Ever since the organization of the Ontario Legisiature, the lumber interest has been well and ably represented in its mem- bership, as is only reasonable in the case of so important an industry and one from which so large a share of the public revenue is derived. Latterly questions affecting the trade have not been so prominent as during the earlier years of Con- federation, and the more recent struggle over the Rivers and Streams bill, but though the lumbermen of the present House may be less conspicuously brought under the public attention than formerly, they are none the less an important and useful factor in legislation. The member most extensively engaged in the lumber trade is Mr. Erskine H. Bronson, of the firm of Bronson & Weston. Mr. Bronson is anew member of the House, having been first returned for Ottawa at the general election of 1886. He is an American py birth but has been a resident in Ottawa for many years. His father H. T. Bronson in the year 1853 manufac- tured the first lumber cut in Ottawa for the American market, and since that period the Bronsons have been continuously engaged in the business. Mr. E. H. Bronson has been actively identified with the industry for about twenty years. The firm own extensive mills at the Chaudiere, and are among the largest limit-holders in the country. They operate on about half a dozen of the tributaries of the Ottawa River, and their total output amounts to about 55,000,000 feet per year. Mr. Bronson has always taken an active part in public affairs, having been a member of the Ottawa city council for seven years and occupied a seat at the School Board for twice that period. He contested :Carleton for the Commons in 1882, but was unsuccessful. His return as a supporter of the Mowat government for Ottawa, a constituency previously supposed to be a forlorn hope, was one of the most remarkable features of the contest of 86. Mr. Bronsons long municipal and business experience make him a valuable acquisition to the House. He expresses himself satisfied with the present timber policy of the administration. He is in favor of unrestricted free trade as between Canada and the United States, but opposed to Commercial Union, that is any arrangement which would give the Americans power to regulate our tarift as against other nations. Mr. Bronson is a member of the special com- mittee asked for by Mr. Meredith’s motion respecting timber preservation and mineral development. He occupies a seat at the end of the first row of government benches. Immediately next to Mr. Bronson sits Mr. Thomas Murray, of North Renfrew. Mr. Murray is a veteran politician on the Liberal side, and a representative Irish-Canadian, He was first returned to the Provincial legislature in 1869, since which he has fought several hard contests with varying success in both Dominion and local elections. He has represented North Renfrew almost constantly since 79. Mr. Murray is a member of the firm of T. & W. Murray, whose headquarters are at Pembroke. In addition to mercantile business they are largely interested in lumbering, owning and operating limits on Black River, on the Northern side of the Ottawa. They purchased at the late government timber sale berth No. I, in Biggar township, one of the most valuable sold, and intend to operate there next season. — Mr. Murray has been engaged in lumbering more or less during the last twenty years, and has a thorough practical acquaintance with the industry in all its phases. Last session he introduced the bill for the better regulation of mixed drives, which became law and _ has proved a useful measure. Another legislator and lumberman of long standing on the government side of the House is Mr. Robert Adam Lyon, of East Algoma, a Scotchman by birth but a resident in Canada since boyhood. Mr. Lyon resides at Michael’s Bay, on the south side of Manitoulin Island. He is manager of the Michael’s Bay Lumber Co., which has from $100,000 to $150,000 invested in lumbering on Manitoulin. They ship a large amount of cedar to Chicago in addition to manufacturing pine lumber for the Canadian market. The annual output of lumber is from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 feet of sawn pine, 200,000 ties, 200,000 block paving posts and 10,000 telegraph poles. Mr. Lyon was first returned for Algoma in ’78, and since the constituency was divided he has represented the Eastern riding. Before the extension of the railway system Mr. Lyon was obliged annually to make a journey of 300 miles on snow-shoes, in order to reach the nearest point of railroad connection which would bring him to Toronto, and regularly undertook his long tramp every winter for eight years. Mr. Lyon states that the supply of timber at Michael’s Bay is nearly exhausted, owing more, however, to the ravages of fire than any other cause. His view is that the soundest economy which could be pursued by the government would be to sell he timber as rapidly as possible, invest the money and let the ake measures to protect their property from fire. been operating in Kent since 1879, in getting out hardwood timber for the American and Quebec markets, but the supply in that section is now practically exhausted. Oak and walnut were lately shipped in large quantities from Kent, but little hardwood timber of.a merchantable character remains except elm and hickory. Mr. Clancy’s other interests now occupy most of his attention. Mr. James Rayside who represents Glengarry, and, as it is almost superfluous to add, isa Scotch-Canadian, is an extensive sawmill proprietor and lumber operator. He was until lately a member of the firm of McArthur & Rayside, who owned a mill at Lancaster, in addition one at Coteau Station, at the junction of the Canada Atlantic and Grand Trunk. On the dissolution of the company one yearago, Mr. Rayside retained the Coteau mill. The output is from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 feet, principally basswood and ash. Mr. Rayside also supplies the mills up the line of Canada Atlantic. There are few if any members of the Provincial Legislature who have had a wider or more varied knowledge of public and commercial affairs than Col. Alpheus F. Wood, of North Hastings. He sits well up in the second row on the Conserv- Cols lumbering, and owned a saw mill in Flzevir, Hastings county. ative side. Wood was for many years engaged in He was reeve of Madoc for 19 years, and warden of the county of Hastings for a term of ten years, in addition to hold- ing other responsible positions. Hon. S. Casey Wood, formerly provincial treasurer. He is president of the recently organized Hastings Lumber Manu- facturing Co., the headquarters of which is at Madoc. In addition to purchasing logs and manufacturing lumber, the company buys lumber manufactured by portable engines, which reach many localities that are not served by stationary saw- mills. They will operate extensively in the Northern portion of the County of Hastings. Col: Wood regards the policy of the administration in regard to the timber as a mistaken one He thinks that the House should be con- sulted before timber limits are disposed of, and regards the increased prices received at the recent timber sales as an evi- dence that greater caution in disposing of so valuable a source of revenue should be exercised. in some respects. Even were the government in want of money, he considers that it might be good economy to borrow rather than to part with timber-cutting privileges likely to increase enormously in value before many years. Apart from this the most important change in the system, he thinks, would be the adoption of some system whereby the timber upon many thousands of acres which have been burned over might be saved. The lumber injured by fire in this manner is not sufficiently valuable to make it worth while for the lumbermen to pay full due upon it and float it to market. Col. Wood’s opinion is that there should be some provision by which this partly damaged timber, not valuable to the licensee, should pass into the hands of the settler at a low figure, other- wise it will soon become absolutely worthless. Local saw mills should have greater facilities than at present. Col. Wood is a member of the Committee proposed by Mr. Meredith, to enquire into forest preservation and mineral development, and should the resolution carry his practical ex- perience in lumbering operations will prove of invaluable service. Though not a brilliant speaker, he is undoubtedly one of the mosi useful members of the House, and whenever he speaks it is directly to the point and he is consequently always listened to attentively. Orson J. Phelps, of Centre Simcoe, is the oldest lumberman in the Legislature, having been engaged in the industry for 35 years. Mr. Phelps is an American but came to Canada while quite young. of 1837. Mr. Phelps has filled numerous municipal offices, and in 1881 was warden of the County of Simcoe. He was first returned for the Legislature for West Simcoe in 1883, and was chosen for his present constituency at the last general election. | He is a member of the lumbering firm of N. & O. J. Phelps, who some eighteen years ago purchased extensive timber limits and real estate in Simcoe county, and have since that time carried on an extensive business in lumber manufacturing. They have two mills, one at Phelptson, in thc township of Flos, Simcoe county, and the other at Merritton, on the Welland Canal. Their output of lumber amounts to between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 feet per year. Mr. Phelps is a Liberal. He approves of the government’s timber policy. He does not think it is possible to preserve the timber effectively from fire, holding that with the advance of settlement the danger must be an ever-increasing one, and that the best thing to be done is to realize on the timber as quickly as possible and let limit-holders take their chances. He is disposed, however, to favor a stringent law imposing a fine upon all campers who do not extinguish their fires. Mr. He served as a volunteer in the rebellion In politics Col. Wood is a brother of | | never be disposed to grant it. Mr. Phelps expects shortly to retire from active lumbering operations, as the supply in the neighborhood of his Simcoe mill is about exhausted. Mr. James Conmee, of West Algoma, who has been a mem- ber of the House since 1885, is extensively engaged in Jumber- ing operations in that territory. He is an ardent Liberal and a ready, fluent speaker. Among others who are or have been Mr. mill-owner ; Mr. Isaac James Gould, of North Ontario, who is also engag- Mr. John Fell, of East Victoria, who was for about sixteen years operating at Fenelon it JUrSUILS Jumbermen, though also engaged in other j William Lees, of South Lanark, a farmer and are ed in agriculture and milling ; and Falls, but gave up the business some two years since. The Wood Trade in Germany. According to a Berlin report an enormous trade was done during the year 1886 in wood for building purposes and in building material. Very large quantities of wood had been imported in 1885, before the raised customs duties came into force, and large additional importations of foreign wood added to the stock At the beginning of 1886 the prices were consequently low, but very soon all this changed, for never before has there been a year in which so many new build- ings were constructed. on hand. An unexampled activity prevailed at Berlin, Hamburg, Kiel, Cologne, Munich, and numerous towns in Baden, &c., and the almost innumerable saw mills of Ger- many were so fully occupied that they could hardly supply the demand. Kiel alone imported no less than 104,000 cubic metres of wood, worth four million marks. At the close of the third quarter of the year nearly the whole of the immense stock had been used up. But wood was not only in demand for building purposes, a great deal was required for railway sleepers, and more particular for cask staves, on account of the exceptionally large production of spirits : cask staves is imported from Hungary. the wood for these In consequence of the unusual demand the sales of wood from the State forests yield- ed handsome results, the prices realised having exceeded the limits of the sale prices by 5 to 10 per cent. At the close of 1886 there was still the greatest activity prevailing, the saw mills being fully and uninterruptedly occupied. Many forests in the interior, hitherto inaccessible to trade, have been utilized by the making of good roads and by laying down temporary rails ; saw mills have been constructed in the midst of forests, where the boards are now beitig prepared ready for use, all of which naturally saves time and money. It is quite ex- pected that it will be found at the end of the year 1887 that it rivals its predecessors in the way of building operations, which, if piece only continues to reign, will subsequently take still grander proportions. The tile and cement factories of Germany display, of course, an equal amount of activity, and prices become gradually very remunerative. Of cement, Germany exported very considerable quantities in 1886, which, in consequence of the low sea freights, rose to no less than 3,659,915 double centners. America and the Indies are vast consumers of German cement. The lime and mortar works likewise did a very good business.— Zhe Chamber of Commerce Journal. Canadian Shipments. The Ottawa district of Canada is by far the largest and most important shipping point for the lumber of the Dominion, and the following figures corroborate the statistics heretofore published as to the extent of Canadian shipments, and show that the exports to the United States for 1887 did not exceed the average for the past ten years, viz., 500,000,000 feet. The average value of the lumber shipped in 1887 was $13.17 at the ports of shipment, so far as the Ottawa district was con- cerned. We are under obligations to the United States Consul at Ottawa for the following figures : Total exports of sawed pine lumber to the United States from the Ottawa Valley district for the calander year of 1887 as declared through the following consulates : é All other wood Feet. Value products value. Ottawalcenec.-c se] 183,847,633 $2,628, 444.45 $155.45 Greenville..........| 30,695,339 263,393.21 30,41 Brescote recs] 9.497.803 116,513.23 4,102 Brockville ......... 30,747,472 429,679.64 33.152 260,788,307| __ $3,438,030.53 $223,299 Of the above 33,648,348 feet, value, $610,796, was export- ed in bond for re-exportation. —Negotiations are said to be in progress by which the creditors of R. J. Stewart propose to buy out the lumber mills, limits, etc., of Grier & Co., of Ottawa, which are said to be worth in the neighborhood of one million dollars. eet THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. + March, 1888. THE NEWS. —J. R. Warrens has started a new shingle mill at Colden, Ont. —Chattanooga Tenn. lumber last year. saw mills, cut 42,000,000 feet of —Jn the district about Kinmount there are 3,000 men at work in the woods. —About 170,000,000 feet of logs remain in the Menominee above the lower dam. —Richard Nagle has 720 square miles of timber limits on the Kippewa in the market. —Thirty inches of snow on the Kippewa interferes greatly with lumbering operations. Richard Bell, of Glenwilliams, Ont., fractured his leg when teaming logs in the bush lately. — At the annual sale at the Nassau mills, Peterboro, over 1,000,000 feet of lumber was sold. Messrs. Gilmour & Co. are building a large sash, door and blind factory, at Trenton, Ont. —Messrs. Mason & Morgan, Springbrook, Ont., have put in operation their new shingle mull. -—John Smith, of Marmoria, had his leg broken by a falling tree while chopping in a cedar swamp. —Edward Beuoit, of Wallaceburg, Ont., has been killed by a falling branch when sawing down a tree. —H. F. McLaughlin, of Arnprior, Ont., limit near Papineauville, Que., on which he will build a saw has bought a timber mill. —Mr. J. C. Bedard, Hardwood Hull, Que., has finished his new steam saw mill and put it in oper- near Sherbrooke, ation. —Over 60,000,000 feet of lumber, 35,000,000 shingles, and 25,000,000 lath, were handled at St. Joseph, Mo., during 1887. —Col. Talbot,the pioneer who cut the first tree where Lon- don, Canada, now stands, is 90 years of age, but still hale and hearty. —Mr. Stearns’ steam mill at Lake Megantic, where he had about 40 men employed taking out pulp wood, was recently burned. —Mr. Raymond, Mitchell’s Bay, Ont., lumber mill and also add machinery for the manufacture of will rebuild his staves. 5 —-Messrs. Hamilton Bros., lumber merchants of Ottawa, are operating near Desert and have to send supplies by team 100 miles from Ottawa. —Messrs. Wait & Spear have completed their siding on the C. P. R. near Wood Station, Ont. cedar posts and cordwood. and are getting out ties, —Mr. James Drake, Selkirk, Man., is moving his saw mills from that town to Broken Head River, on Lake Winnipeg, and will manufacture oak lumber principally. —Mr. W. H. Murray, Indiantown, N.B., addition to his lumber mill, in which he will place machinery for the manufacture of staves and clapboards. is building an —The cut in the woods this winter on the upper Ottawa, will be large. In the camp of Louis Carisse alone 32,500 logs and 425 pieces of square timber were cut this winter. & Co., St. Margaret’s Bay, N.B., have one of the largest and finest saw mills in the Province, having capacity to cut 8,000,000 feet of lumber a year. —There are in California, Washington and Oregon 190 sawmills, employing over 3,000 men, without counting the crews of the many vessels engaged in freighting lumber. —Mr. R. White, lumber merchant of Ottawa, has recently sold, on bank account, some $100,000 worth of timber, held by the Bank Nationale. It is understood that good prices were obtained. —Last year, 1887, the Flint and Pere Marguette hauled 215,291,134 feet of logs, the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena an amount nearly as great, and the Mackinac Division of the Michigan Central hauled 148,000,000 feet. —Messrs Bronson, Weston & Co., lumber merchants of Ottawa, have disposed of 5,000,000 feet of lumber to the Export Lumber Co., of Montreal, for shipment to South America, for which upwards of $75,000 was realized. —During 1887 there was received at the Port of New York the enormous quantity of 220,599,289 feet of Southern Yellow Pine. This is an increase of nearly thirty per cent. over 1886, or, to be exact, 66,060,469 feet and an increase over 1885 of 91,409,854 feet. The greater part of this lumber went into consumption in this city and its immediate vicinity. —The largest cut on the Saginaw River was in fs, when the mills cut 1,012,000,000 feet. The estimated cut for 1887 is 700,000,000, which is the smallest cut since 1878, and the probabillities are that it will never be increased. —The tariff of rates to be charged by the Rouge Boom Co. for 1888 has been fixed by the Privy Council as follows :—Pine logs, 5 cents per piece; spruce logs, 2 cents; round timber, 5 cents; square timber, 10 cents ; railway ties, 1 cent. —Mr. Wm. Sutton, of Walkerton, Ont., is the owner of an extensive saw mill plant located at Cowichan, Vancouver Island, B.C., which has a capacity to cut from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 feet of lumber a year, and which has been idle for about two years. Some heavy transactions have recently taken place in the Quebec timber market, Messrs. McArthur Bros., W. & J. Sharples & Dobell, Beckett & Co., being the principal pur- chasers to the extent of about $7,000,009. Very little spruce remains in the hands of manufacturers. —The Americans are waking up to the necessity of preserv- ing what is left of their forests. Congressman White, of New York, has introduced a bill containing stringent provisions for the protection of the public forests, and also for setting aside timber land to be reserved as perpetual forests. —Mr Yates Ferguson, of Almonte, has a curiosity in the shape of a limb of an ironwood tree, on which two twigs, on opposite sides, having grown out and upward a distance of | about twenty inches when they decided to enter the tree at points directly opposite to each other, forming a loop on either sides. -—While two men named Narcisse Fournier and Joseph Leclaire were engaged falling trees in Gilmour & Co.’s limits, in the township of Bethune, the tree they were felling struck a dry one close by which caused part of it to fall in an opposite direction, instantly killing Fournier and badly injuring Le- claire. —The repairs and improvements to the Saginaw river mills which are in progress or inycontemplation at this time, pre- sages activity in the manufacture of the pine product in the season of 1888. ditional capacity is announced as being introduced to some of Besides improvements, very material ad- the mills. —The Ottawa Government has received valuable informa- ‘tion from the director of a government survey on the Spellum- chern River, B. C., concerning this new district. The soil is vich, game and fish plenty and the timber is reported as very large, much of it too large to handle, one hundred feet being the ordinary length of logs. —A chestnut at the foot of Mount /Etna is believed to be the largest and the oldest tree in Europe. It is hollow and large enough to admit two carriages driving abreast to pass through it. The main trunk has a circumference of 212 feet. This grizzly giant is said to measure 92 feet in height. That certain- ly is a ‘regular old chestnut.” —Quite extensive lumber operations are being carried no for Messrs. A. L. Wright and A. J. Babang of Moncton, N. B., whose mill is at Little River. Charles McAnulty, who has leased the mill at Albert from Jardine & Co. of St. John, has already contracted with parties to put in about 1,000,000 of lumber for sawing next season. Superior region in the U.S., proving a serious drawback to of the —Reports from the Lake state that the depth of snow is lumbering operations. Most Wis., have been abandoned. Logging is very slow and ex- pensive in the neighborhood of Marquette, Mich. feet of snow is reported at Ashland, Mich. camps near Bayfeld, Four —The proportion of water held by different woods varies According to Scheubler and Hartig, freshly-cut horn-beam contains 18.6 per cent. of water ; willow, 26 per cent ; ash, 28.7 per cent ; birch, 30.8 per cent ; oak, 34.7 per cent ; pme, 39.7 per cent; red beech, 39.7 per cent; larch, 48.6 per cent ; and white poplar, 50.6 per cent. greatly. —The finest collection of maple logs ever brought to Luck- now, Ont., may now be seen at Mitchell Bros. saw mill, and which are being manufactured into ‘‘rollers” 27 inches in length for shipment to the Old Country. Messrs. McDonald have also received a large consignment of very fine logs, both hard and soft wood, for the manufacture of lumber. —As an evidence of the prosperous condition of Southern mill men and wood-workers generally, it is stated that: 90 per cent. of the sales of saw mill and wood-working machinery in that section during the past year, have be on a cash basis. Five or six years ago nearly all such sales were made on credit. This state of affairs is taken as conclusive evidence that the Southern states are making profitable progress in the lumber and wood-working business, and at the same time as a result of purchasing improved machinery turning out a better class of lumber products than ever before. —Messrs Jas. R. Donnel and H. C. Stabler have purchased the planing mill business formerly conducted by Messrs. Kin- caid & McWilliams, Peterborough, and have taken possession. The new proprietors are both practical men of long experience in the business ; they are also pushing, and we have no doubt that they will secure a fair share of the trade in their line. —The consumption of lumber in Chicago is estimated to reach 690,000,000 per annum. The receipts of lumber in Chicago the past year reached 2,493,050, 592 feet, which allow- ing for the local consumption would make the shipments exceed 1,800,000,000 feet. The receipts of lumber in Chicago the past year exceeded those of the preceding year by 137,744.- 210. —Cypress lumber has entered more largely into commen tion during the last five years than ever known before. This fact is partly owing to the advance in the prices of Northern timb r and lumber, but more especially to the facts that the merits of cypress lumber are just beginning to be found out. A considerable advance in the price of this material is pre- dicted. —The cut of the Saginaw river mills in 1887 aggregating 779,661,265 feet pine and hardwood, considerably exceeds early estimates, and shows that while the capacity of the river has been reduced 100,000,000 feet in two years, there has been but a slight decrease in production. It was only 19,000,- 000 feet less than 1886, and exceeds the cut of 1885 about 51,- 000,000 feet. --An appropriation of $200,000, made by the state of Min- nesota for the payment of forestry improvements, has been ex- hausted, and a portion of the accounts will have to remain over unpaid fora year. The bounty is $3 for every acre of cultivated forest, the tax to meet it being one-tenth mill During the past two years, over 13,000 acres of forest trees have been planted in Minnesota. —A resolution was recently adopted by the United States senate, directing the Secretary of the Interior to report a plan of legislation for the disposition of the public timber lands so as to secure the preservation of the national forest lands at the headwaters of navigable rivers, and so make it a right of settlers, attainable by legal means, that they shall provide themselves with timber for building their homes. —The contracts for clearing lands at Vancouver, which was the cause of so much trouble early last year on the account of the employment of Chinese, is only about one-third finished. There are altogether 400 acres to be cleared, and the cost of the same will total about $80,000. Contracter McDougall states that during the past month, owing to the cold and dis- agreeable weather, only nine days were put in by his force. —Hon. M. Engelmatn, of Manistee Mich., president of the Manistee salt and Jumber company, is dead. He was a self- made man and a prominent and public-spirited citizen. He began life by working in the woods, and after his first start in business met with serious reverses but finally overcome his ad- verse circumstances by his energy and determination, and realized a large fortune. He leaves a widow and seven children. —Mr. Samuel Gray, Victoria, B.C., is the proprietor of a large establishment employed in the manufacture of sash, doors, mantels, mouldings, hand rails, newel posts, etc. He is the patentee and manufacturer of an improved self-support- ing stairs, in which is embraced a stair, elevator, light shaft and ventilator, a unique contrivance for economizing room, and in the sale of which he is doing a prosperous business in Oregon and California. —The Ottawa Auxiliary Bible Society are prosecuting mission work among the lumber shanties. Four colporteurs were appointed for the Ottawa district, J. L. McCullough to the Gatineau, A. Toshack to Desmoines and Black River, j. B. Terrnant to the Bonnechere and Petewawa, and A. Stewart to Madawaska and Mississippi. Four missionaries Messrs. McKechney, Somerville, Hewitt and Ellis were appointed to work in the Nipissing District. —A continued improvement in the demand for American walnut is reported at London, Eng. The stock of logs is said to be somewhat light, but lumber is in good supply, and recent arrivals are said to have shown an improvement in manufacture, indicating that shippers are reaching a better un- derstanding of the requirements of the trade. _ Choice planks and boards have gone off freely, and it is believed good stuff. will find ready sale at full prices. ; —Prospects for a good output of lumber on the Gatineau are not as good as was anticipated at the beginning of the season, There was too little snow in the early part of the winter and considerably too much latterly, so much so that work was much impeded. The lumbermen as it happened put unusally heavy gangs into the bush and by dint of large numbers will be to make the cut Sufficient 4 keep os = most of the March, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. —John Barclay, lumber dealer, Springfield, has assigned. —G. A. Grier & Co., —Scrimgeour & Rennock, who have been operating a plan- ing mill at Stratford, Ont., have assigned. lumbermen of Ottawa, haye sold out. —The Ontario Lumbermen’s Association lately raised the price of bill stuff on Georgian Bay from $9 to $10. —American lumbermen are invading the leading lumber centres in Canada, purchasing stock for the American markets. —Wnm. Attig has disposed of his property near Milverton, Ont., and purchased the Pasmore & Whaley saw mill at that place. He will commence sawing about the Ist inst. —Jos. Kidd & Sons, of Dublin, Ont., have failed to make a compromise with their creditors, and the stock was sold by the sherriff some days ago. Geo. Kidd talks of going to British Columbia. —The firm of Humphries, Richardson & Humphries, who have run a planing mill at St. Marys, Ont., years, have decided to go out of the business on account of lack of patronage. for a number of —The Young’s Point, Ont, saw mills are running full time. Mr. C. Young has received the contract for supplying the material for the Jock gates coffer dam and bulk-head. —lIt is said that the cut of logs in the Kippawa district this winter will he unusually large, and that it is nearly all of the best class of timber. A great deal now depends on the water supply. Ifthe thaw is gradual the logs may be expected to reach the mills in good shape. —tThe lumber stock at. Albany aggregated 90,602,000 feet, about 6,000,000 feet less than the quantity on hand:a year ago. —Messrs Kearns & Marshall, of Brockville, Ont., have dis- posed of their lumber business at that place to the Rathbun Co. Mr. Calquhoun, late of Gananoque, has been placed in charge. —Messrs. Gilmour & Co. have a large force of men at work building an extensive wharf on the Gatineau river near Alonzo Wright’s residence. Mr. Gilmour has invented a slide by which he can run his lumber from his mills to the new wharf and the river has been made navigable for steamers up to the wharf so that the new construction will very materially im- prove his shipping facilities. —A general survey of lumbering operations in the Bonne- chere Valley clearly indicates a very large cut—especially by the McLachlin Bros., the kings of the Bonnechere—and this amid the serious drawbacks of a scarcity of oats in the districts naturally supplying this valley ; but the North-West has been drawn upon, and farmers who have not sold will find them- selves considerably out. —A sale has been made of five million feet of lumber by a fontreal firm at about $15 per thousand. tended for shipment to South America. The price of lumber shows an upward tendency and a good export demand is expected in the spring. The cut this winter in the woods will probably be much larger than last year, and if the drive is successful there will be no scarcity of logs next summer and fall. —Mr. J. Lambert, of Ottawa, has contracted with the follow- ing gentlemen for a supply of ash timber for a Montreal firm, its destination being Liverpool, England. Messrs. James Mulligan, Aylmer, 300 pieces; W. & R. Allen, 150 pieces ; J. Fulford, Aylmer road, 70 pieces; Wm. McConnell, Aylmer road, 100 pieces; D. Irwin, Eardly, 100. This timber is to be all of At quality, and will be delivered at the nearest station along the line of the C. P. R. and P. P. J. railway. —Michigan lumberers have been working this season under difficulties owing to the unfrozen condition of the swamps. In some cases they set to work and built corduroy roads along the swamps, and then ‘‘snowed” them by a free use of shovels and baskets, thus enabling them to transport their logs from the skidways to the banking grounds, and thereby relieving the skidways from their immense loads, under which they were pressed excessively, and then the work of skidding was proceeded with. The lumber is in- —Representative Rice of Minnesota, has introduced a bill amending the statue so as to admit into the United States free of duty the produce of the forests on the Rainy Lake River and the Lake of the Woods and their tributaries, owned by American citizens, and sawed in the province of Ontario and Manitoba by American citizens, the same being in part manu- factured. He also introduced a bill constituting three collect- ion districts in Minnesota, and providing for the appointment of a collector at St. Paul. -—The total shipments of lumber from Portland, Oregon, to _ the Argentine Republic and Uruguay for the year 1887, were 43,587,630 feet. Of this, 37,108,493 feet were spruce, 5,980, - den nad rts Ler 190 feet of various kinds, mostly hard-. ; lis dara, 49,740, 552 eu went Puff to ports in Argentine Republic,*mainly to Buenos Ayers, while This lumber trade gives employment to 65 vessels, the largest single cargo being that of the ship Euphemia, 1,118,254 feet, in July last. The value of these shipments was about $700,000. to ports in Uruguay only 2,847,078 feet were exported. The credit- R. J. Stewart, the well-known lumberman, with a —A big lumber deal is pending at the Chaudiere. ors of Mr. view to hastening a settlement have made Mr. G. A. Grier, of the firm of Stewart & Grier, an offer for the purchase of Mr. Grier’s interests. No arrangement has yet been reached. Mr. Grier, it is understood, offered to sell his interest for an advance of $100,000 on the market value of his interest. value of the former’s mills and limits is understood to be nearly The market a million dollars. —Messrs. J. C. Kidd and Duncan McLaren recently felled a giant oak on the farm of the late G. McLaren, lot No. 20, Beckwith, the extreme length of which was 103 ft.; from ground to first limb, 51 ft.; girth, two feet from ground, 11 ft.; girth, fifty feet from ground, 9 ft. Canada Lumber Company, of Carleton Place, and will be It was purchased by thie used in repairs in their mills there. The company despatched their foreman with four men and two teams to cut and convey it into town. It is said that the tree cost the firm $50. —The immense consumption of wood for railway ties and the growing scarcity of material has set inventors thinking as to the possibility of finding more durable substitute. The average length of service of a wooden cross tie is about six years. Some do not last even for one year. This requires a constant renewal and much work in changing, and it is estimated the railroads of the country spend at least $35,000,000 annually on wooden cross-ties. A Philadelphia mechanic of some ingenuity has invented a hollow iron tie, and if his claims prove correct there will b2 a revolution in the railroad cross-tie business, with a great saying to the companies. —The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Midland and North Shore’ Lumber Company was held at Peterborough during the past month. There were present, Messrs. Geo. A. Cox, D. Ullyott, J. W. Fitzgerald and John Bertram. After reports of a satisfactory nature were read and approved, the following officers were elected :—President, Mr. Ullyott ; Vice- President, Mr. Bertram; Sec.-Treas., Mr. Cox. The Com- pany’s mills are situated at Parry Harbor and do one of the largest lumbering business in Ontario. It is expected a line of the C. P. R. will be run to the mills form Claremont this summer, when the shipping facilities will be greatly in- creased. —The record of casualties during 1887 compiled by the Northwestern Lumberman, comprises 341 deaths, and serious injuries, including the loss of one or more limbs, fractures of various kinds, and maiming in a variety of frightful ways, in- volving 215 persons—all in connection with operations in the and the running of saw, shingle, planing and stave mills, and other wood-working establishments engaged in manufacturing raw material direct from the stump ; also box and sash, The aggregate—556 persons killed or maimed—is an appalling testimonial to the woods, door and blind factories. great danger incident to the various processes through which wood passes from the tree to its introduction as a finished commodity. —The high hills of San Domingo are vast forests of mahog- any. snow, owing to the tropical location, and not a railroad in the republic, they cannot get the mahogany down. untold quantities of it, worth big money, but bringing nothing. From other islands of the West Indies a great deal of mahog- any is exported at a big profit. Europe, principally London, while the other fourth goes to New York. It is largely shipped in the log in sailing vessels. There isn’t a single saw mill in all San Domingo. Some of the hills are 3,000 feet high, but there being no So there it is, Three-fourths of it goes to The lumber they do manage to get out is manufactured by hand, by the slow whip saw process. —Logging operations are unusually brisk at Hepworth, Ont. this winter, and men and teams «re very plentiful. The output here of lumber next season will amount to about seven million feet, composed principally of hemlock, also maple, beech, black ash, elm, cedar and pine. large quantity of cedar ties, telegraph poles and cordwood coming out. In fact we know of no other little place in Ontario where there is as much business being done and so The mills are running every day, and shipping of lumber is ac tively carried on during the whole winter. The quality shipped is principally hemlock, dimension stuff for builders’ use in the early spring. There are three good sawmills in the village, and several more in the outlying neighborhood, as well as three or four shingle mills, all of which will be fully stocked this winter. The shingle mills manufacture a good brand of cedar shingles and some pine. There is also a very much money in circulation as there is here at present. 9 -There is increased interest in the timber districts of the Puget sound region, and Wisconsin and Michigan manufac- turers are rapidly adding to their investments in fir and cedar timber. In a report to the Olyn board of trade with reference to building a log railro from Buc Inlet to Chehalis river, Mr. F. W. Brown, z i gineer, states that the largest part of the coun and tributary to it, is a dense forest of very valuable fir and cedar timber, the quantity of which it would be impossible to estimate, but it is safe to say that there is enough lumber within two miles of a line extending in the v inity of the one proposed to equal 50.- 000,000 feet per mile for the whole road. Twenty trees per acre and 10,000 fect to the tree are not ncommon or hard to find in this immense forest ; 200,000 feet per acre, or 1,536 000,000 in a distance of one mile along the road. and a tract twelve miles wide. This amount is, perhaps, the highest ex treme, and not the average ; but < 150,000,000 feet is not too high. ~The lumber committee of the } Buffalo, N. Y., have reported that the busi while large, was not as much soa of high lake freights. Building efforts made to advance prices on lu on lake freights had the effect of checking building enterprises, and while the business done compared favorably with that of the years previous, the margins w There ere smaller and the profits correspondingly less. was a slight decrease in the receipts of lumber as compared with 1886, but they would have been 25,000,0c0 feet more had there been ample carry- The estimated amount on 20,- In arge and is ing capacity and lower freights. 1888, was about 000,000 feet less than was estimated on hand January Ist, t 140,000,000 of stock, addition the amuunt of business dene |} constantly increasing in volume is estimated that 125,- d at Buffalo by rail alone, and that 1,700 cars of lumber were ship; 000,000 feet of lumber was re ed during the past year. —The lumbering operations of M. Boyd are something as & Co., says the ? J Bobcaygeon Jidependent, tonishing this sea- son, and the woods for miles around are moving with life, like a colony of ants. Over six hundred men are engaged in the ten shanties, each shanty having a cob-web of roads around it, and the cob-webs over lapping each other. So confusing was the labyrinth of roads to new comers, and so much time was wasted in teams getting lost that finger boards have been So far, the weather has been all that could be wished Drawing has and let me tell you that the drawing that is done nowadays, is With their cat teams, narrow sledges and narrow runners, three logs placed. and the work has gone on merrily. been boss, nothing like the drawing thet was done in the old days. were a load. Now, they have powerful teams, broad sleighs and broad runners and the way they pile up the logs is a marvel. Why to give you an idea of a load, Chas. Reynolds boss of a shanty over the way here, has a team that walked away with 32 logs, that would make an average of I2 inches, and make fully ten standards. And-the team were not feeling anyway or was it to say any such a banged fine satisfied with the draw, and are waiting to see it beaten, before they really show extra well that day, day for drawing, either. Still the boys were their oats. —While passing through Trenton, Ontario, recently, a Timblerman yepresentative had his attention called to the Gil- mour sawmilll located at the month of the Trent River, near the head of the Bay of Quinte. Being in company with one of the McLean Bros., of French river mills, with office at big mill” referred the mill **You think,” said Mr. McLean, ‘‘that you have big mills in the United States, but Owen Sound, a question in regard to the ‘ to, elicited the information from that gentleman that was a monster in size nad capacity. the best of them dwindle into comparative insignificance along- side of the Gilmour mill which has a capacity of 900,000 feet per day, with sixteen engines that furnish the motive power for the circulars, gangs and other paraphernalia of the establish- that ‘‘the mill, for some time past has not been run to anything near its full capacity, and ment.” He added, however, that several mills at Ottawa turned out more lumber last season The Trent River, away back in ye olden time, thirty years ago, had several water power mills along its banks, most of which have gone tnto decay ; and at the time referred to the mouth of the river, adjacent to where the Gilmour mill is now located, was the scene each spring of lively and exciting times, with the small army of French Can- adians rafting the timber which was harvested on the Trent; and when the rafts were completed, with the requisite buildings on them for the accommodation of the men, they were floated past Belleville and Kingston enroute to their destination at Quebec. A large proportion of the timber, however, harvested on the Trent in the form of sawlogs in these latter days is converted into lumber at the ‘‘ big mill.” — Chicago Timberman. than the one alluded to. Co., of Quebec. Io THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. March, 1888. Waterloo, Que., complains of a short supply of cordwood. —Lumbermen in the Eastern townships are beginning to | complain of too much snow in the woods. The various lumber firms at Fishers river, in the North- west, are getting out logs in large quantities. —Lumbermen in the vicinity of Nickesport, Ont., are very busy, and expect to do a large amount of work this winter. —Joseph Gagnon, from Piopolis, is getting out two million feet for the Nantais Mill. Archibald is getting out a million feet for Major McAuley. —The Minister of Customs has decided that teams when going from Canada to work in the lumber woods in Maine or Michi- gan cannot be remitted into Canada free of duty. —Hess Bros., of Listowel, Ont., the well-known furniture manufacturers, are about erecting a new factory, 110x60 feet, four stories high, in order to keep pace with their largely in- creasing trade. —The firm of G. A. Dougherty & Sons, planing mill, etc., Leamington, Ont., has dissolved, Mr. G. A. Dougherty re- tiring. Mr. Sam Fuller enters the firm and the style is now Dougherty & Fuller. —Reports from Lake Megantic states that lumbering is going on briskly, but notwithstanding a good demand, no more is paid in log than last year, although men get from three to four dollars a month more, and are scarce at that. —Wyle’s new saw mill at Midland was destroyed by fire on the 23rd Feb. There is little doubt but that it is a case of in- cendiarism. The lcss will amount to something over $8,000. | He was insured in the British American to the extent of $4,000. Messrs. BRYANT, Powis & BRYANT, the well known and reliable frm of timber dealers of London, England, are now represented in the Dominion by Messrs. Chas, G. Davies & —A project is on foot at St. John, N. B., to construct a canal around the Grand Falls for the passage of logs down the river, thereby preventing the heavy loss to lumbermen resulting from the hanging up annually of large quantities of logs at the falls. —Parry Sound lumber operators report five camps in full blast this winter to every one in operation during the past two winters; although a large number of men were hired in Toronto for the camp, the demand was not satisfied. Good wages were offered. —The workmen at Messrs J. R. Booth & Co’s saw mill have finished the work of blasting out the roadway underneath the large saw mill as well as the foundation for the new lath mill. Several thousand toise of splendid building stone have been taken out, and will be used in the construction of the new mill and the repairing of the old ones. THE manufacture of Terra Cotta Lumber is an industry that can be worked to great advantage in connection with lumber mills. It is composed of a mixture of clay and sawdust and burned in kilns after the manner of brick, the sawdust furnish- ing the fuel in the process, burns out leaving a porous ware that can be worked with tools, retains nails equal to wood, is light in weight, and fireproof; cheap as pine and eminently adapted for even ordinary house building, and can be used advantageous- ly both in new construction and in repairing, not only as an economical building material but as a safeguard against fire. The Dominion Terra Cotta Co., whose headquarters are at Deseronto control the patents for Canada and have arranged witn the Rathbun Co. who have erected pioneer works which are now in active operation. THE international meeting of commissioners to suggest meth- ods of adjustment of our trade relations with Canada has call- ed forth some protests from some parties, as they are opposed to making any concessions whatever. Why there should be any objections is something approaching a mystery. If we had nothing to sell Canada, that might be a fair foundation upon which to ground an objection, but we have as much to sell Canada as that country has to sell us. Every nation that has had an exchange of commerce with other nations has profited thereby, and largely, too. Advantages are generally mutual. Germany and France possess many ships and are doing a large shipping trade. Their citizens, it may be noted, have been permitted to buy their ships in England, or where they pleased. Both the sellers and purchasers of vessels are gainers. An in- terchange of commodities between the United States and Can- ada can but result favorably to both countries. The competi- tion they give in pine is more than balanced by what they want in some of our products. We do not propose to enter upon the discussion of free trade and the removal of the revenue tax on lumber, but while it might cause a temporary loss to a few lumber dealers in the North and Northwest, there is a probability that it would b2 an advantage to some of our people.—A merican Exchange. Judicious Advertising. A lumber dealer at Marshalltown, Iowa, says the WV. W. Lumberman, strikes a key-note, when he mildly upbraids the manufacturers for failing to advertise in representative trade There is The most persistent advertisers in various lines of business adopt a journals in a consistent and persistent manner. method in advertising just as there is in selling lumber. plan of presenting their business that is unique, catchy and profitable. forming the buying public that such and such articles are for sale at sucha location. Applying this to the lumber business, we find a firm in upper Michigan making a specialty of thick Effective advertising is an intelligent way of in- uppers, another in Wisconsin devoting especial attention to wide pine, common and selects, and another, say at Manistee, All these firms may be will- ing advertisers, all representing themselves merely as ‘“‘manu- The yard dealers, doing a heavy business in strips. facturers and wholesale lumber dealers.” who up to this time, is always on the alert for bargains or specialties, and in looking over advertising pages he finds plenty of firms represented, but not one in a dozen indicate by the make-up of the advertisement that any attention has been paid to it since its initial issue. Yard dealers, and buyers generally, desire to know exactly what manufacturers have to offer and the latter can inform thousands of such in an inex- pensive and intelligent manner, by a judicious use of printer’s ink and a few direct statements. advertising even more valuable than at present. would make The middle man now secures a profit that might go elsewhere if manu- of the middle man to hunt up stocks at the mulls and orders of the Such a course facturers advertised judiciously. It is the business yard dealers, and by an acquaintance at both ends of the route, the shipper loses a profit, and the dealer pays more for his lumber than he need to. vast difference in the lumber trade, and lead to better results Scientific advertising would make a to all concerned. Timber Measurement In Quebec. Mr. J. B. Charleson, recently appointed overseer of the timber operations on the Upper and Lower Ottawa by the Mercier Government, has, in conjunction with Mr. J. McKay, of the Crown Lands Department, recently returned from Toronto where they were collecting information from the Ontario Government as to the method of collecting timber dues. Up to a month ago the Dominion Government collected tim- ber dues in the Ottawa valley, and Mr. Charleson thus ex- plains his new duties: ‘‘ The (Quebec Government,” he said, ‘formerly collected stumpage dues upon two sizes of logs. Those seventeen inches and upwards were taxed twenty-two cents. Logs under maximum were rated ateleven cents. In fu- ture the stumpage will be collected by board measure. The new rate being $1. 30 per thousand feet. The Quebec Government is simply assimilating their system with that of Ontario. In each shanty the logs will be measured, the lumbermen being obliged to submit sworn statements regarding the quantity, size and length of logs. On this basis the average size of the logs will be estimated and thus also the amount of dues deter- mined by reducing it to board measure.” Meeting of Ontario Lumbermen’s Association. The first annual meeting of the lumbermen’s association of | Ontario, which was held in the council chamber of the Board of Trade, Toronto, the early part of February, was attended by a fairly large number of members from different parts of Ontario. The chair was occupied by Mr. A. H. Campbell, of Toronto, and the press were not admitted. After the regular business of the meeting, which was not given to the press, had been transacted, the following resolution was moved by Mr. John Charlton, M. P., and seconded by Mr. Charles Beck and carried : “© That the Lumbermen’s Association of Ontario appreciates the great importance to the lumbering interests as well as to the agricultural, mining, fishing and other interests of the Dominion, of obtaining free access to our natural market, the United States, for the products of Canada and that we cordially endorse and sustain the movement for obtaining free commercial in- tercourse between the United States and Canada by means of | Commercial Union or unrestricted reciprocity to be secured by treaty arrangement that will duly guard and protect the interests of the great producing class of the country.” It was also decided to raise the price of common bill stuff on the Georgian Bay to $10 per thousand feet at the mills. The following gentlemen were appointed on Executive Board : M. M. Boyd, Bobcaygeon; J. M. Irwin, Peterboro’; D. Gilmour, Trenton; A. H. Campbell, Toronto ; James McLaren, Buckingham ; John Waldie, Toronto ; John Charl- ton, M. P., Lyndoch; J. L. Burton, Barrie; E. H. Bronson, M. P. P., Ottawa; W. C. Caldwell, Lanark; H. H. Cook, Toronto ; N. Dyment, Barrie. A. H. Campbell was re-elected president, and Mr. J. B. Millar, of Parry Sound, was re-elected secretary-tre surer. Material Wasted. There are many industries for which we have abundant material, which cannot flourish, or perhaps be established at all, in our limited market. One of these is the cutting of veneers for furniture. We do not know that there is a veneer- ing factory in all Canada and are pretty certain that there is not one in this district. At all events most of our veneers are imported—-some even from Europe. Now the Western Peninsula is full of the best material for this purpose. Black walnut stumps, for example, in the Lake Erie counties will neither rot nor burn, but would be worth many times the present cost of destroying them if there was anyone ready to slice them into veneers. Stumps, roots and knots of cherry, butternut, oak, black birch, chestnut and many other woods—the very portions that are good for nothing else—make the best of veneering. Across the border there are many large furniture shops which we could supply more cheaply than anyone else, while making handsome profits out of what is pow waste material. Free trade in veneering would put hundreds of thousands of do'lars in the pockets of our farmers and manufacturers. — London Advertiser. Albany Favors Free Lumber. It is apparently the opinion of the Albany dealers that to abolish the duty on lumber would not have any marked effect either on wages or on the price of lumber. The Argus of that city interviewed twenty out of twenty-six dealers in the District. Of the number ten were in favor of the repeal of the tariff on lumber. Four dealers opposed the abolition of the tax but only one of the number expressed the opinion that a low rate of wages would result from the introduction of free lumber. EXCHANGE ECHOES. Chicago Timberman. SENATOR WILSON, of Iowa, seems to have made a “ fist ” of it by attacking the railroads running through Canada into the United States, by suggesting the closing of our roads from delivering to or receiving freight from them. What will Minnesota and Wisconsin say to this, after laboring many years to secure an outlet via the ‘Soo’ for their lumber and flour on rates equal to those from Chicago and Saginaw, to New York and New England, and then have such an outrageous proposition passed as has been made to the Senate Inter-State Commerce Committee, and thus wipe out the untold benefit the ‘* Soo ” route will give to the northwest. Every shipper of lumber can be thankful that such a road as the Grand Trunk is in existence. It has done more to develop and cheapen lumber transportation than all the other trunk lines combined. There is but one conclusion to be drawn from the Senator’s remarks, and that is that the gentleman is not posted as to the wants of the northwest and the American people in general, or is lending his influence to the roads in opposition to the “Soo” route. Southern Lumberman. THE CANADIAN lumbermen who accidently get into conversation with reporters, or even with people interested in lumber in the United States, claim that the removal of the export duty would be of very little advantage to them, and still it is well known that they are greatly in favor of this reduction. There is undoubtedly some truth in the statement which they make, that every year it is more expensive to deliver the product, as the sources of supply are re- ceding from the present lines of transportation. But two dollars per thousand is something of a bonus, and a well conducted lumber- ing force can remove logs and lumber some distance for this sum. Where there are large tracts, a logging railroad can be built and worked to excellent advantage. All this, of course, is on the as- sumption that the removal of the duty will not depreciate the price of lumber. The lumbermen of the United States naturally fear that the prices will go down. The Canadians just as naturally hope that the removal of the duty will accrue so much to his advantage. While both sides are ventilating their ideas, it yet remains to be seen whether the tariff-tinkers at Washington will bring lumber into the question. Of course a lot of articles will be put on the free list, but it seems as though some might be selected that would be more reasonable and beneficial to this country than to invite a general free competition in the manufacture of lumber. If other things can be made equal, so that our manufacturers here can pro- duce as cheaply as our Canadian friends, it would give a different color to the matter. At present lumbermen can be fed and clothed at a less cost in Canada than here. The luxuries—which even lum- bermen claim they must have—are much cheaper there, especially for chewers, smokers and drinkers. Lumber isa commodity of little consideration, however, among congressmen. From lack of thought and interest it may not receive the consideration to which it is entitled. The question simply is: Who will be benefitted by a removal of the duty? Legislation should be in favor of ourselves every time. If it were a question of annexation it might be different, but while the Canadian lumberman has the benefit of cheaper living than our own people. why should we give him more at a great risk of hurting ourselves ? ; THE need of insurance against death and accident especially on the part of those whose occupation is of a hazardous char- acter is now generally recognized. There are no better com- panies in the field than the Manufacturers’ Life and the — Manufacturers’ Accident. They have done an enormous busi- ness and gained the confidence of the public. A special feature of the Manufacturers’ Accident Insurance Co. is that it issues — policies covering the employer's liability for accidents sustained by their workmen. as i r _ , a* ons 4% March, 1888. _THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 11 VIEW, Hamilton, Ont. Saginaw V a Toronto, Ont Mill cull boards and ee TON, Mar. 2nd, 1888. lley. scantli . ressir SAGINAW, Mz , ‘ 3 aaa ee ee Mar. 2nd, 1888. Shipping cull eat $ 9 0o@10 00\1% ahokoe, vecee: , nh he? rd U CARGO LOTS , Mar. 2nd, 1585. rY¥%and th ‘S) rom 1% fic x a 9 1900 | Uppers a Srogs aad aoe chee picks, American inspection. . 8 Ss NONE Sot widths. 1000 1200 14 AoCrnE! Aron gh... 1600 1800 | Common fh OAL oo|Norwas ox 14% and thicker, kin uppers, American inspection. . 34 pee pd Scantling ands el a 13 00/1% Agouine. aueraes 2500 | Shipping Culls gaps rs apy oe ricki s, American epechone.. 4 oo ae ig n 1st uy lz Apne. Pikes f 32 00 Mill C ulls I] Bog 10 SoStraight me ve + oo ” Avis 5 F 2 O¢ 5x 530 1x10 & 12 mill a 22 00 de up to 18 feet... 13 00, Beaded sheeting 1. .. 28 00 ea a YARD QUOTATIC ee ee 22,00 | do up to 20 feet ...... 13:30 ‘Picks,Am. ins spection aio IONS—CAR LOTS DF 0 Sol ee A 16 00 Be up to22feet...... ye ae (Three uppers Am. In, 4c oo | Clear, % Drop Siding eee anruce culls: ai He do up to 24 feet... i) 00 rs XX sawn shingles.. 260 2 oo | Clear, %in . . 44 00@4b 0 7 1x10 12 ce Sse tego | OUP to 26 feet... .. 4 ee Wathhi.;.s.0. pe : Be ce tay are oe we SoniGh Aiees ANd pickske nk: cca os 9 00 Ho up to 28 feet...... 18 00 Wi t ae ea eN Gs 2000 2500 1H 00 . 19 99 z inch eee betters a. orn Mannan 26 00 Paine a geet k 20 00 White Oak... aes 25 09 3000 | Flooring and Sidir J J Se et Cue . . 4 7 Is | - cf j o yi od 4 z val Ah ce pemersiding gil Ee Ee ea ae Bo and caval ey 1% 2 __|Cherry No. rm 4 as e 20 00 FI Daring, clear,d &m (6foo Siding Welear : ee eis 13.00 Cutting up boards. ... 00 25 00/White Ash No. 1 «& a ee ee 50 09 ae I ts aa ng, clear, 72 it 2% 1 inch siding mill culls II 00 20 00|Black Ash, No. 1 & 2. 20 0c ane Roa 3000 «OK pa sent Pr Se ae eas 9 00 =e — iat ee | No. Al : ao C 57400 1% and t ieker cutting u RUateveatcrsiote rays tomirtate te Bote Cea ——— | NO. 1 14 00 p plank.. 9 00 | . D 4 1 inch strips gin to 8in mill run.. x 25 00 St. eam N. B. lips = Whine R 12 00 GEMGUASERIAS, COMMON :. 0... -... ssc ssecc seus gases 15 00 | Three uppers, 1 2 pies ME 1% inch floorin Sn EE € UPPETS, Lin. . 43 00/45 00 Fine common, 1 ix Dons Ale DOPRIOODC 1200 te Joun M Sh orl ace Y%&e1% oc 7 nmon, 1 Bo 4s AROMAOOLINS ooh. .scc, cere keens 14 00 N, Mar. 3rd, 1888. | Selects, 1 in. seeing aie 1% & 210 ‘ ae Shinoles| sawn.......--.....0.c0s 15 00 Deals, Boards, Scnating, ete. | 1% &2in. . 5160) 3 ak. a Pe Ae x shingles, aT Tie SS 6 en RW Bae Spruce deals _ see es Ney, Z 36 00 Base, 2togin. No.1 ath, Sawn.. ToS SSR ORGS SUSE a aaa 150 ane ‘f 2G. Sh aoe sabes boards - + - - 1200 sides ee ee @allends) | 7S eee So ne SS aloo Wann No. 3 Mill cull boards — OOO TONS: Searing) ae y= See oP . a Rak ke Nae “Jo a Joist, S Coffin boards 16 in. and over 16 $0 in F an ai aries v Gig Scaling asl lane nd over 16 09 pe cull boards, pro- Ao BAe AGN impsctis 14 00@15 2 evsulloz ee ae oo@25 00 | 12 to 18 feet : ‘i Geiger dc B ' z ; a NL aa ae Ee 00 22 feet ous Beene a z oo} Three uppers, piamuteoecs rae oO Spruce, ext SY es | ga tee Plankand 160 ye. Iz 99 Scantling & eee 2 2 ig Sas = a Ge gals | ank and timber, Pe - aco joist, up t B. M. A $3 50 No.1 - - i2 inches wide, $1 extra * N OR tt 2 00|174-in. flooring, dres’d 25 00 30 00 weet 2 2 SS 212) Coli = ROS ey Say OE 2) Wide Select and Commi ives it *, rs 4 00|1% * warieain g Textra - - - 2 26 =e ee ue C (No. 1 com.) n—Rough re saga ft 15 00/1 “ ma sReoue I4 00 15 00 a7425 5 13in. and up 28 oo|D (common) 14 in. and = we 22 ft 16 00 “ Curindcectd 23 00 25 00 Pi Clapboards. Lath, Shingles and FP: 4in. and up . 16 00 “ 24ft 1700; ‘ “ dres’d I4 vo ‘ins Gere | Lath, No.1 EPEAT ee = 26 ft 18 00 “ mn eee 16 00 20 00 ve Gitamy = =o a oiaos 5 eiSpruce, Oils = es A sae np No. 1 ieineiaaline 1 40\Country brands XXX 3 25 “ “ z ft 19 00 Seg deel syeeling Gece th ee adclears- - - - - 3500) © Cee eal eae river brands * 3p seas 2 25 “ rs 20 00 Gf be Mar are eas XX) care REA aes to 2% in rough 12 sie = ape? tt 2r oo|Clapboarding, dres’d uSroom zone Flops Now WE 2 30 'Go Cen pits. wee _ 2 sat . . ara Dov ae 2 ome Ea XXX tea shingles 12 50 Oe coring, Dressed. 4 50\1%%4 in. square,dre ssed 1400 19 00 a ee a ee Wil oe secu in, No.r = - - - - - - 12 ool4in., N a ft 2400 aes tee ee 275 290 INO ea faves? Ne: Let ean “ wn Lath.... : - See 7 i “ . 3 ft 27 oo|Red oak............. 2 25 seas INC a eet a 10 55 New VYork*City, Cutting up pl ee to 44 ft 30 00}White “.. oe 0 a0 2500 | « Miscellaneous. New Y thicker “i aoe ae and Basswood, ae ai & 25 peace Headi pee eg ,00@4 5 {Lath New York, Mar. 3rd, 1888 Bear aoa I a see Chen ROS e, “ee 00 Gs = ms Peak hee Pickets ea4-FEplR6 1,80 % in., all clea Bie Meant . wee 20 00 ite ash, 1&2. 3c ue in ee 04% ee Rar BY os ek EP ee 50@15 00 +9 “ A I $78 oo@ 82 oolCul ‘ 25 00 30 “ 5%4|Railway ties - - g rand 1% i oo|Culls, 1 incl $35 00@ 37 0 Black ash, 1 & 2..... 20 00 Ss ee 22in. Dee Ga y 15 1 and thicker Df BB 2 Bo enlis, thick: $35 ae 37 90 ee ejects... 05 oo\Counter tops, 18 in Of) OE = ae cE aha ballon cx oo 2 Se oe Montreal, Que. } Detroit, Mich ian We Wes 110 09 150 00 ich. % in. 10 inch ( ee MONTREAL, M om 4 es and 1% t Pine,1 ’ , Mar. 3rd, 188 EEE: 4, to 2 inch... 29 0030 Pine, hee ie 3 Boeaee Basswood,run of log SRR DeErRoIT, Mar. 2nd, 1888 a ae scone boards. 27 oe 2 50 Coram ae . 3t 00 33 © aa ’ r in so0\Common 1 to 2 inch 21 90 av = Ping, shipping culls ak ae me M... $1800 2000 Uppeee Uppers, Selects, Stocks, etc. Bree Io inch and 5 saps, TOES eee pa ae = ra @M.............. 1400 1600|Walnut, per M..... SK RCOrGON ls Deki Can RRO ee 5 e 00 30 oc) ~ulls SS. pecs se Pine, | ere 3 1400 1600 ee per M he ey oe se ge Sx, Gee ae pabhon, 5-4, 6-4 & 84... a i Ha@ee, lie, uh Oma Pe ca culls, all thickness.. 15 00 15 090 7 Se RAN SCOXAC eer rte rs GOTO TIN Ada oe | aes es ans 4 10 00 1200 Bapieeont ae M... 80 00 100 00 Selene pe 5x4 Cae Sen SERA SECO 75 Dressed Poplar. Snruce ores 800 1000 Butternut, per M... 35 00 40 00 5x4, 6 bx & 8 SiGe a a Ne 29 SD | BAR ene aero oa 24 50@25 00/34 | a Heralon per a 10 00° 13 00 Birch, per M oe 35 ge 40 00 Sea, ea 4 DU haocc cope 40 00 SG. ESO one ae ie “1% 00 | 3, Bue panel HASUOR CAG oR oolse a ae 4 to 6 in... 21 co@2r 50 Ash, run of. 13 - goo 10 00\Hard Maple, ae 25 00 sereess 22 00 awe. hea Nea 16 00 4 inch panel........ 29 00 Gia -4to6 in... 2400 24 io e culls Lath, per M 2500 3000 Mand : BION NOS - I3 0 4, §, 6 inch casi oi) a ee 7 G 7 0 h casing.... 3 6 in... 27 00 2 out per M.... .... 2000 25 00! Biers, SES 150 6000 | Flooring, select c g, Siding, Ceiling, etc. 7, 8, 9, 10 inch ane 25 oe 31 00|% in. clg. 4 to6 in... 29 09 3o ee , NN a ao ‘ HILL POR ROT 0 33 00/% in. clg. 4 to61 ae » Shingl 3.00 No. 1 co oofing, D&M. O18 wk ingles, and, perM 100 200 Nous Sane cpon scene 18 00 SEE lear aces 548) (070) een wt Ash. s 31 00 Se wcausan ite), Bel y Be ey 2180 inch, white ....... ae Ceiling, select common .... 25 25 AS. sete 2 1% to 2 inch... 36 00@ 39 o0|Strips, clear. ... 26 00@ 28 re IB Se ceetg ae Sea aes Peete aren aces 38 00 40 oolBlack ash, good.... 26 00 dies Nowutencine sees 20 0c De ER SER Reg ee a 40 00 41 oc|Black ash, culls 70 eee OTtTawa, M ll Oak ‘- j ? : , Mar. 3rd, 18 Bill St I ae Dimensions, Inches. os ls Bill stuff, oudineryis: sizes: LI aa Ra sawed, 37 0o@ 39 oo inches and ove 8 er M. ce to 16 ft.. 12 00 26 eS Asa itomencc te Tatoo | anicker Pala Toe he? 00 6.40 00) Thicker ers xs ots 52 00 18 to 20 ft.. sae 30 to 34 ft. Sige Oras sesinech GR 3 40 oo|Strips under 6 i 5100 53 00 ’ i SER saw : 6in.... 38 22 to 24 ft . 12 50/Ship culls .... 49 C9) er-sawed, white, all clear, 6- os a $8.00 jon TQ OA CHS.065 asesoorisedenne 12 1a) 4 sore 4 anG aesINCGE /, a selected 16 ft. lo Ss Shingles and --++++- 1000 | Sgin., white & Ce Cull strips, 1 in. . thick, 5 to onde. dimensions 8.50 to 9.00 Shingles, clear, 18 in. Ex eats rinch white & clear.. 65 0o@ 7o oo|2¥4 and thicker..... 85 oo@ Mutant EE ccs 2,..12 x1) Sa) HD ee noan Se, Tobit mae: 3 2 6 ae piogks Cea iene eres lh eae Since ne ee ue - So oc\Counter tops, 18 in. 5 ere SBS 3 io clears Shee eee Z stocks clear, Ex... 4 8 1% to2 inch........ oe oo| and over. ‘s Nadie Sacks ape \eavhieeer tec ay ture Ba eOONd die a ire reac ae 8000 $3 oo Cul SAEED ABS OE Scantling 4.00 to 5.00 dglitor suntacineoneloritwolsides! G49 2 10 Misc peers thickness 18 00 20 00 “ Se Chestnut, cle x pie eee “ — culis 12.00 Se ees ate cominone 2 ee 3 | Re pou California © Phi : asswood white... 2 plan 52 00@ 55 tet epee er oe oe 7.00 iladelphia, Pa. Basswood common.. e fo oe cid growth 20 00 60 00 So ds sotto, 1.25 PEs Maple, clear...... sob sedate oo|Hickery, 2nd growth 70 00 80 = J inch sidin outs, 1%. 1%, 2 amen or oS 10.00 DECEHTA, Mar. 3rd, 1888 Birch, clear... ae 3 [ele) 33 og Elm.. a ---- 20 00 22 00 outs from shorts, 1%, 1! 15.00 White Pine - | Birch, 1s and 2s. 2.00 oo Sycamore. 24.00 27 00 Outs from pice - Ss DS EAP eae 6.50 to a0 Mich. poet 1 to 2 1% re: Redwood, € LS hap, pease te 2 ogy camore quartered 35 00 40 00 ie : in dryeecteeee 80 0 2 in. plank, edwood Cato gue 36e0 641 a4 Pe aeareks* 5 ae ak 2%, 3&4in..... Ke one se oo} _ barn quality....... 22 50@25 boards. . - 47 < Butternut . 45 00 pas Shingles, hte ete Oo | Siicts, 1% to ain. 42 so 45 60 a0 pommen plank . 20 00 = se | 47 00 50 oO eee) 1, Re ee Selects, r in a0|% box boards, wide.. Om) ae a “KX eee ee si oe oe 1-25 -:;.- 41 00 43 00/56 S rg: aetee 16 50 | Be eae We “ae rr Bere s tis 2.00 gee sss quality 30 00 32 50 Gia peected > BF 3D SO | Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y “ eer, MEN Se oS: 3.00 tisrasseeese. IQ 00 23 00) (anv 13 50 17 00 a eae : nde. confess they are superior to any Band Mill I The most difficult part of my work is in saw- ever seen, for quality and quantity of lumber ing tamarac ship knees, yet the machine has given me entire satisfaction in this respect, sawing a root having a cut of from 2 to q feet, quite a number of millmen e) all give it up to be the best and truest cu mill they ever saw. Respectfully yours, JOHN A. GREGG. [A TRUE COPY. ] produced. Respectfully yours, W. A. McCLENATHAN, Filer. [A TRUE COPY. ] F. W. WHEELER’S SHIP YARD. ) WeEsT Bay City, Mich., June 24th, 1886. Mr. D. K. Allington, E Mich DEAR SIR :—I have be Band Saw Mill for the last m plank from long square oak timbe seasoned, and being short of saws, d« time to have them put in in the] and have to run them five changing, yet I have not br made a bad cut, the machine runn ly, and not having cause to s but to change saws, and cu other band saws I have run. Yours truly, D. K. SLLINGTON. _ MANUFACTURER OF IMPROVED BAND SAW MILLS No. 24 Hoyt Block, East Saginar. Mich. U.S. making in every case a true cut. I do not believe that a saw has been put on the machine in good order, as I have not a sufficient number of saws to give time to dress them well and keep the mill running, yet there has not been one broken or disabled, in fact, a saw must be in bad order that will not run in a straight line when run over your guide wheels. Yours, truly, F. W. WHEELER. * : ) TEE “OANA Die LUMBERMAN. March, 1888. BF STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILN. RELIABIE ! I= ALB) | = a ! GRANANTEED rat NO WARPING, TO DRY eee CHECKING ane BIHAN) iAi'al AND BLUEING \GY N VAN \ ul i —WITH THE— Best Manner Possible Mob as STUR PES ALL KINDS OF sounan : Patent Hot Blast HARD and SOFT WOOD LUMBER. oteam Heating WRITE+FOR-+CATALOGUE. <= Apparatus, 115 LIBERTY STREET, g = 31 N. CANAL STREET, NEW YORK. CHICAGO. BoP OSTURTEVANT, Patentee and sae Wanner cP, . BOSTON, MASS, tee. BOWDEN & CO. geri Manager. Lubricating OuUus. Sole consignees of Southwick’s Celebrated Cylinder, Engine and Machine Oils MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OILS. Millmen requiring Oils of uniform quality and high grade should write us. Sole makers of Crown Lubricant and Crown ~ Crank Pin Grease, the greatest thing in existence for Shafting and Engines, cups supplied. Note our address : | CS ca = =e = -BOWDEN & CO., 59 Adelaide Street, West, Toronto, Ont. The ORONO CANT DOGS. "| Str0ngst and Lightest in the Market. cesses ¥ OLD STYLE. Iron BANDs, NEW STYLE--COMPLETE Socket is in one piece and extends above hook, adding strength. Drop Forged Hook STEEL Hook. and Round Bill; easily disengaged. Pick, with shoulder. Maple Handle, specially bored. OLD STYLE--COMPLETE Selected Rock Wrought Norway Iron Socket and Band. Steel Hook. Long Pick. Drop NEW STYLE—ALL STEEL. Forged Hook, Round Bill. Rock Maple Handle. HANDLES Selected Straight-Grained, Split and Turned Rock Maple SS = Handles. Extra Fine Quality; 5, 5's and 6 feet long, LUMBER DRIVER S BOOT CALKS ae Made from the best Refined Tool Steel and forged. The method used in tempering leaves every one of the same temper, rendering them stronger and more durable than any other Calks. Ask your dealer for our make, and see that our Labels are on the boxes. STENT. O53) toes ot wee 6 Sons, St. Fohn, N.B. March, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. DOMINION SAW WORKS! JAS, ROBERTSON & C0, JAMES ROBERTSON 253 to 267 King Street West, Dalhousie and William Streets, c Serio, = - Writario. Montreal, -..- ues ZZ a [ysnuracrurers OF Gaws : Sa % > oT Sik

i i SAA NZNZANZ WASASASASIS. LATH, SHINGLES. HEAD OFFICE: Room H, Yonge Street Areade. NESSES AN) SZNES! BY BDSASARASASA ATT KEK NZIS MILLS AT Sey ope ae OROM AGS ON Faas) SZAZAZA —— BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. DONOGH & OLIVER, 0: ea 0 ee 0 eo oo. Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER SPrEiIceE : Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, WELLINGTON STREET East. LORONTO, OG. SmioliE, KERR & CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in ~ HUUUOCEGAAUOUOUCEEESGUAA EECA UAE PINE iw: LUMBER: STMT HARDWOOD RDIWOOD § Office: 9 Victoria Street, TORONTO, ONTARIO. AOS onuuanel | LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. . H. WILLMOTT. WILLMOTT & Me INTOSH, Wholesale Dealers in TT /\SE//\ SE \ | THOS MAP MP AS AP ASAP AS AS AS AS AP AS AE AE 44 and 46 Front Street East. Ce a bene i/o Agents for the Celebrated Prompt Delivery in all Cases, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. ee WW Nie aK —+> WHOLESALE~—e——_ PINE#& HARD WOOD% LUMBER Iai ANS ASS) Seine TORONTO. Lumber Shipped to all parts. SCOTT, SCOTT & Go. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in LU NBER U4p_ W4PH MILES AT MEDONTE, SIMCOE CoO. Ojjice: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 30 Toronto St. x TORONTO. AVA TS McGRANEY, McCOOL & WILSON, Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER Sees) | ASIN) SEN GaesS- Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. —-e Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. LORONTO and OTTAWA. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. DODGE + PATENT LK 4 As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the fact that it holds a belt much better. Most good mechanics are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the result of tw> tests made and ‘published by two of the most eminent mechanical authorities :— at as Rel. value of leather belt)| 4. eee Rel. value of leather belt Ood ait |O Oo a ea) 5 | We ee ts Sos Sa | Bao Ieee) ee 5 ¥ q fe) fy Sp (So yp is g Urs Sais a ag 20 a= ah sO =a Tl je HDs, — ie) fe} Ey 2 eS Pi On llzEs Pin Om 2 |e & pas) oe) In 22 e) 20 1.80 1.42 20 1.9 1.40 30 2.43 1.69 | .30 2.40 1.70 40 3.26 2.02 | .40 3.30 2.00 .50 4.38 | 2.41 | aby 4.40 2.40 (FD | Batt il ately .60 5.90 2.90 off I te eels if or) * Nees NS. Morin.—A ppleton’s Encylopedia Haswell.—Engineers’ and Mech- of Mechanical Arts. anics’ Pocket Book. A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the : WOOD ? SEPARABLE § UAVOVEUEUCUUAVAVEOUAUOGEOUOGEOUOEOCU EO EUUE COTO UTE EEO EOE EOE BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, 3 BEST BALANCED AND MOST CONVENIENT WORLD. SHNAAAUTOUADUOUAUNGUAUOOOOUEGUAUEOUOQEOUOUEOUOUEOCOUOUOOEOUOEOOVAOUOOEOCOOEOEOOEOCA TEU OOEO GOEL EO EO CO EE EOE EOE EOE SUUTEUTIUOUU UTEP steel pulley. and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. poe wer req uired . PULLEY IN THE fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction. The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for the purpose of putting on additional pulleys when needed, or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and ex- pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley made not having these advantages. The Compression Fastening whether used with keys in iron center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance as the compression on the shaft and key is always towards the center. The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set | screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are : It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. A pulley fastened with key or OR : SPLIT 3 PULLEYS. With our Patent Bushing System Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per cent. lighter than cast iron Strong enough for any Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. March, 1888. STA UULUAUTVEERRAU TUNED GEM rl 4 set screw in the ordinary way, cannot be screwed without lifting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key or set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set screw fastening for shaft ; also a key unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bushing system is a great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafts. Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by American mechanics, summarizes thus: The ratio is friction to pressure of leather belts, when worn over wooden pulleys is 47, over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the average advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. We also manufacture GROOYED HARD WOOD PUL- LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of applying the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be furnished on application to The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., 89 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. Pula 2 ng PGi Sere mansfeonaie Notice to Contractors. EALED TENDERS, addressed to the under- signed, and endorsed ** Tender for Post Office etc., Prescott, Ont.,’’ will be received at this office until Thursday, 8th March, 1888; for the several works required in the erection of Post Office at Napanee, Ont. Specifications and drawings can be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the office of E. Jessup, Esq., Collector _of Customs, Prescott, on and ated Tuesday, 14th February, and tenders will not be considered unless made on form supplied and signed with the actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to five fer cent. of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. This cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non- acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL, . Secretary. Department of Public Works, 2 Ottawa, 8th Feb., 1888. iy ba Sy ee rN EALED TENDERS, addressed to the under- signed, and endorsed, ‘‘ Tender for Cobourg Work,’ will be received at this office until Thurs- day, the 13th March, for rebuilding a portion of the Western Pier at Cobourg, Ont., in accordance with a plan and specification to be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the Office of the Town Trust, Cobourg. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with the actual sig- natures of tencerers. An accepted bank cheque payable to the. order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to jive per cent. of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. This cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non- acceptance of tender. : F The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL Secretary. Department of Public Works, . Ottawa, 16th February, 1888. $ SCRIBNER'S LUMBER °L,06 BOOK Over One Million Sold. M OST 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; cord-wood tables: felling trees land measure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, ete. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. NEW WATER JACKETED CUPOLA FURNACE. B. W. KEIM’S New Water Jacketed Cupola procaces Sucre castings with a saving of a abourer and ten per cent. of a saving in metal It is especially adapted for the use of and fuel. ;growth of trees; | TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING yr AARAAKRARABAARRARABRAARABRAARBABDABRAAABABERARBERARAREREBAR LEATHER + BELTING Sevuvvuvvvuvuvev eye eV ew ¥ VU Ee 8 eee eT te vvvvvvYvYy IF You WANT BELTING Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, B Gare ce | PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET — +L — SEND DIXON & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF stove, brass and iron founders, also for the treat- | ment of phosphor-bronze, copper and bell metal. It is so constructed that by the addition of 1% per cent. of aluminum a steel casting can be produc- ed. It requires little, if any, repairs, and_the bottom need not be panned for months. Esti- mates furnished for portable reduction works for the smelting of gold, silver, lead or copper ore. Assaying and analyzing promptly attended to by the best of chemists. Your correspondence is solicited. Send for illustrated catalogue. WANTED.—Reliable parties to introduce the | Hartsfeld Automatic continuous and improved economical Coke and Charcoal Ovens of any capacity. Also, lately improved portable reduction works and prospecting hand-power diamond bit rock drill that will bring up a solid core 500 feet. Ex- traordinary inducements. THE HARTSFELD FURNACE C0.’Y, LTD. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. +LEATHER: BELTING* 70 King Street East, Loronto. Sole Agents in Canada for the CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL | The Only Perfect Belt Dressing. | All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be- | fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. March, 1888. WINTER SAWING. W. R. THISTLE & C0. Having-started their Winter Saw Mill at Chalk River, for supplyi White and Re eine: CAR LUMBER, SPILES, and THIN LUMBER, solicit orders. And in connection with their large stock of | Building Material at their Pembroke mills are en- abled to quote prices and fill orders to the satisfac- tion of purchasers. Address, W. R. THISTLE & CO., Ottawa Office: Pembroke, Ont. 25 Sparks Street. MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER (C0. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO, ONTARIO. ———— IRON AND STEEL RAILS. A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND RAILS, 30.and 40 ibs. to the yard, for sale Cheap. In good order for re-laying. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. 53,000,000 OF NEW BUSINESS Received in the last Six Months by MANUFACTURERS Lite Insurance Company. Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion Parliament. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. Head Office, - - 38 King Street East, PRESIDENT :—RT. HON. SIR-JOHN A. MAC- DONALD, P.C.,G.C.B. ViCE-PRESIDENTS :—GEORGE GOODERHAM, ESoQ., President of the Bank of Toronto; WILLIAM Ber, Esg., Manufacturer, Guelph. A PEW MORE GENERAL AGENTS WANTED. J. B. CARLILE, lying DIMENSION TIMBER in | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. LPP AL, Lottoo and Rubber BELTING. ALL SIZES KEPT IN STOCK. ORDERS * PR ER g “epot > OMPTLY + FILLED. 3 MANUFACTURERS OF LEATHER } SJUUTUCU OU OUUUTECU ACEC EV ETUC CAPT EEE EEE PE SR eT IR LACE LEATHER Send for Price Lists and Discounts. 2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St. 129 Bay Street. MONTREAL. TORONTO. CC ORONTO. PETERBOROUGH TENT AND AWNING FACTORY. J.J. TURNER. Proprietor. The subscriber would call particular atten and Prospecting Parties, to his facilities cription of commodious Waterproof Tents, Tarpaulins, Rick Cloths, Portable Store and Private Window Awnings, from 23 English, French and American Stripes and White Duck. a 42 Lawn and Camping Tents, in every variety of Style and Color. ment Tents, Photographers’ Tents, and all kinds of Wa stock and made to order. American and English Oakum. spliced. Orders by mail promptly filled. ¢ . : SJUTTINITNON Us ba | tion of Surveyors, Lumbermen for the manufacture of every des- Awnings, Horse and Wagon Covers, Refresh- terproof Clething in All kinds of Rope Tents of every description to rent. J. J. DURNER, Rea NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY — MANUFACTURERS OF — * Mudraulic Gement: ARTICULARLY adapted for Dams, Erection of Chimneys. Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. NAPANEE CEMENT (CO., Limited, s+ == NAPANEE. ONT. LOGS WANTED Tributary to Lake Huron. Foundations, DEVOTED TOTHE LumBeRinG &\WoopWorKine INDUSTRIES OF THE S we svc S122 | ONE MILLION FEET oF WHITE PINE, Ge SRR GRATES “ee AIso Noriay Pine. KG, MORTIMER. fubl isher Persons having such will address, SEPETERBOROUGH onr, LAKE SHORE SAW MILL LUMBER COMPANY, Managing Director. | MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. C. A. KRAUSS &. SONS, Props. Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. A. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers, THE CANADA March, 1888, LUMBERMAN. In the matter of GEORGE BAPTIST, SON & CO, of the City of THREE RIVERS, Insolvents. The assets of the above Insolvents, consisting of 1870 Square Miles of Timber Limits in the St. Lawrence, Mattawan and Vermillion Territories, Saw Mills; Wharves, Booms, Farms, Shanty outfits and lumber rigging, Factory, etc., etc., being all the accessories of a large lumbering establishment, will be offered for sale by Tender in the course of a few weeks. intending purchasers can obtain all necessary information by communicating with the undersigned. MACINTOSH & HYDE, : JOINT CURATOR. Montreal, 28th Feb., 1888. 1SSS. MAP OF ONTARIO, Railway and Commercial, Brought Down to Date. THE COMPLETE RAILWAY SYSTEM, in operation or projected (Hudson Bay, and Brock- ville, Westport, and Soo Railways, etc.) The American connections at the Sault Ste. Marie, the new Ontario Territory, the Algoma and Free Grant District, etc. Map has been most carefully drawn and printed | in five colors ; size, 33x48. Plain or varnished for wall Dissected for travellers - WILLIAMSON & CO. 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MUNN & CO., Publishers, 361 BROADWAY, N. Y. EALED TENDERS addressed to the under- signed, and endorsed * Tender for Iron Stair- cases at the New Departmental Building, Welling- ton street, Ottawa. Ont.,” will be received at this office until Thursday, the 15th March, for the several works required in providing and erecting Iron Staircases at New Departmental Building, Wellington street, Ottawa. Specifications and drawings can be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, on and after Thursday, 16th February, and tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with the actual signatures of the tenderers. An accepted bank cheque payable to the order cf the Minister of Public Works, equal to five fer cent. of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. This cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non- acceptance of tender. The Department does the lowest or any tender. By order, A, GOBEIL. not bind itself to accept WANTED AND FOR SALE. Announcements in this department will | be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents | per line, each insertion, payable in advance, For three or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Eight words should be counted as one line. TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. IMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO, Quebec and Manitoba. W.J. Fenton & Co., 50 Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. FOR SALE CHEAP. WATERPOWER CIRCULAR SAW AND Shingle Mill with ten acres of cleared land, | log house and stable situated on South river, about | 4% miles from Trout Creek Station on the North- ern Pacific Junction R. R., convenient to School, | Churce and Post Office ands large settlement in Hainsworth. Also about 30,000 feet of dry Hard- wood lumber, cut and piled about two years, and about 50,000 feet of Hardwond sawlogs, principally Birch. If not sold sooner, will cut to ortler this coming summer. For information apply to THOMAS CORKERY, Barrett, Ont. SAW MILL FOR SALE. OR SALE, IN THE VILLAGE OF BEL- _ morn, Sawmill in first-class running order, Will be sold with or without stock. For terms, apply to H. R. PERKINS, Belmore, Ont. PINE TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest Territory, Canada, 100 square miles each ; great bargain. Also, limits in Georgian Bay, Algoma and Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY, Toronto. dealer in Pine Galt se = TRO Machine Knife* Works. un nT be | | pedi Will Hi Hh SEND FOR PRICE List. PE Picky GALT, ONT. az SPOONER’S § > . / COPPERINE. ournal Bearings. Hardware ON-FIBROUS, ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL, for Machinery | Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and to do work that no other metal can. Stores all keep it; if not order direct. A’ ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. Ee Lands and Lumbermen’s plant and supplies. | Light iron and steel rails in stock, | FOR SALE. ANADIAN PATENT NO. 45,597, DATED s November 22nd, 7, for improvement in SAW SWAGES. It is the best Swage made for for circular saws, it being very simple and cheap, | and easy to operate. Send for copy of specifica- tions and drawings to C. WARD, Fatentee, Haring, Wexford Co., Mich. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S GOCOA. BREAKFAST, “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use ofsuch articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are foating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak pont. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pu nourished frame.” —‘* Civil Service Gazette.’ Made simply with boiling water or milk, Sold only in packets, by Grocers, abelled thus : JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chemists, COLUMBIA ; INDE WAS BRON CYLINDER, ENGINE AND aM. vin Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and ing, and is a saying of 50 to 75 per cent. ove JOSEPH HARTON & CO., 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. r oils. Department of Public Works, Secretary. Ottawa, 8th Feb., 1888. ‘ Telephone 800. band saws, and will do work equal to any other | Mr. | Epps has provided our breakfast tables with | re blood and a properly | * REFINING * CO.’Y | MACHINERY OILS. | shaft- «JAMES LACY CANADA DOCK, ENGLAND, Is prepared to buy all classes of | LIVERPOOL, HARTWUOU LUMBER Either in Log or Dimension Stuff for Prompt Cash. aar OFFERS INVITED. The Ontario Canoe Company, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Longitudinal Rib Canoes,Basswood Canoes, Folding Canoes, Paddles, CANOES 2 GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. CANOES FOR LUMBERME any amount of Goods and Chattles, and de to order on Short Notice. 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. Wee The undersigned is prepared to purchase any quantity of as ' : ANTED! black Ash, Red Birch, Red Oak and Basswood. ORDERS SOLICITED Fok designed to carry Strongly Built, ma 4 Send HOUSES BUILDING? AND FURNISHING + GOODS Crown Jewel Flour—Unexcelled for Family Use. If your Grocer does not keep it, order direct from us. HE attention of Steam Users is directed to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for removing Scale and Sediment from Boilers, lessening the quantity of fuel used, and prolonging the life of the Boiler. TH RATHBUN CoMEPY, DESERONTO, ONTARIO. - HE CANADA LUMBERMAN. VotumE VIII. t NUMBER 4. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTHUR G. MORTIMER, SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. OFFICE: $1.00 50 Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or inany way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directed to “‘ WANTED” and ‘‘ ForRSALE”’ advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character wili be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LuMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. Tue measure introduced into the Ontario Legislature by Mr. Garson, M.P.P., a synopsis of which appeared in the last issue of THE LUMBERMAN, has, contrary to general expec- tation, become law. Owners of stationary boilers will not accept the new situation with very good grace, as it is calculat- ed to entail not only aditional expense but in its details no little amount of trouble. As has already been stated in these columns the principle of the measure is sound and just, but in working out its details we trust that every care will be taken to render it as little oppressive as possible in its bearing upon the important interests with which it deals. _ THE resolutions at present before Congress touching upon the question of Commercial Union are so numerous that an additional one or two would evidently have no perceptible effect. The latest on record eminated from the brain of Congressman Hill, who has introduced a joint resolution which provides that when it shall be duly certified to the President that the Government of the Dominion of Canada has declared a desire to establish Commercial Union with the United States, having a uniform revenue system, the like internal taxes to be collected, and the like import duties to be imposed on articles brought into either country from other nations, and no duties upon trade between the United States and Canada, he shall appoint three commissioners to meet those who may be like- wise designated to represent the Government of Canada to prepare a plan for the assimilation of the import duties and internal revenue taxes of the two countries, and an equitable division of receipts in a commercial union, and that the said commissioners shall report to the President, who shall lay the report before Congress. From the present feeling, both in Congress and the Dominion Parliament, it does not require much foresight to predict utter defeat to one and all measures of this nature. Nothing, we think, would benefit the lumber trade or Canada so much as the passage of a C. U. measure, but to look for such a thing under the existing state of affairs, will prove a forlorn hope indeed. ConGREss seems to be in no hurry to make any decision on the tariff of the United States. It looks indeed almost pro- bable that no action will be taken this year. The fact is that both parties, and the various loose fish, are so busy watching each other, endeavouring to trip each other, and guarding against any advantage being gained over them in regard to the coming Presidental contest, that they are afraid to move and remain almost at a dead-lock. If, however, the matter stands over till next year, it is at least certain that some means will then be adopted for cutting down the public revenue now so large as to be embarrassing. There is every indication that one change for this purpose will be the removal of the duties on lumber. Tur weather, as usual, has a great deal to answer for so far as the success or failure of the log crop is concerned. Last year there was altogether too much snow in the winter but abundance of water in the spring to float the logs. | This year the supply of snow has been moderate, with the result that an enormous cut has been made ; but now comes reports from every direction of insufficient water for floating. This state of affairs is calculated to cause disaster, especially to the large operators. It is said that the lumbermen of the Ottawa dis- trict are beginning to feel very uneasy with regard to the log supply, as it is feared that there will not be sufficient water in the tributaries to float them onto the Ottawa River. There is said to be over 400,000,000 feet of logs now cut. We have already given particulars as to the trade of the British West Indian Islands. The French dependencies Guadaloupe and Martinique import among other goods from the United States, boards to the value of $74,835, scantling $3,273, shingles $2,495, shooks $164,519, staves and head- ings $30,840, hogsheads and barrels $2,404, furniture $4,160, and other articles of wood $1,081. _It will be seen that there is a trade with these islands, which, if not very extensive, is worth looking after by our friends in the lower Provinces. Very possibly a portion of it is the produce of our own forests, and at least it is facilitated by the United States importing from Canada, while the export to more remunerative markets. Why should not Canadian lumbermen deal directly with these customers and obtain the consequent advantage ? ONE of the suggestions made several times in the recent debate on the forests of Ontario is worthy of further consider- ation, for it is calculated to obviate much friction and save much property from destruction. It is that forest and agricul- tural lands should be defined and set apart. settlers would not be lured into establishing themselves on land which is seldom well adapted for agriculture, and at the same time the danger of forest conflagrations by the spread of their clearing fires would be removed. This is no new idea, indeed we have several times advocated in these columns its adoption as a general policy, and have shown thatit has other important advantages in addition to those we have now mentioned. Now that it has been so fully discussed in the Legislature, it may receive the practical attention of the Department. By this means THE forests of Ontario, and indeed of all Canada, have had considerable attention attracted to them by the debate in the Ontario Legislature on Mr. Meredith’s motion for a special committee. One question of which the various speakers differed very widely was the extension of the pine forests re- maining in the Dominion as especially in Ontario. talked as if our timber were almost exhausted. No doubt the truth lies somewhere between these widely divergent points ; but apart from the exaggerations of party orators, good judges Some interested in the question and anxious to arrive at the truth are almost as far apart in their calculations. It would obvious- ly be useful to all parties concerned that the extent of our available forests, especially of pine, should be ascertained with approximate accuracy. The Ontario Administration, having defeated the proposal of the opposition for a roving commis- sion over the whole range of the subject, might gracefully and usefully of its own initiative adopt some plan of what was termed ‘‘ taking stock” of our forests. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., APRIL, 18858. ee Tr $1 PER YEAR S Cops ( eit r . UNE THE LUMBERMAN is particularly pleased to reproduce the following article from the 7Zimber Trade J urnal, of London, Eng., which refers to another exter f that important and well-known Canadian firm, The Kat n & Deseronto. ‘The well-known business of M Holland, Mc ‘Cc has been taken over by the R ( pany, of ( agents Messrs. Bryce, Junor & Whit itur behalf at the old premises in Whar The Ra I are well known throughout Canad nit States f extensive and successful natur ry on. Their mills and factories 2 Ontario, a town of about 3 engaged in or i pany. The Rathbun Company, repr Messrs. Bryce, Junor & White, purpc doors, mouldings, &c., of the samecha enjoyed the support of the English Messrs. Holland, McConnell & Co. T be fully maintained there can be no quest Rathbun are proprietors of one of the largest cc embracing, in addition to their saw-mills and j mill, flour mills, shipbuilding yards, &c., control of two branc? railways, one of wh the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. In ac i own, we understand, a considerable fieet of lake sailing ships. We wish the new management of the Wharf Road business every success.” We feel sure that our readers will join us in wishing the connected ith the Messrs. Rathbun as great a measure of success in England as they have enjoyed in Canada. IN view of the existence of a movement to bring Newfound- land into the Canadian confederation, the following facts, gleaned from the ‘‘Stateman’s Year Book,” will be of in- terest :—The area of the island is 40,200 square miles ; tion in 1884, 193,623. in that year stated to be as follows : Roman Catholics, 75,254 > Church of England, 69,000; Methodists, 18,787; Presby- terians, The public schools aided by the government numbered in 1884, 402, with popula- The religions of the populations were 1,495; other denominations, 1,470. an attendance of 27,322 pupils. The revenue of the island int 1886 amounted to $1,078,775, and the expenditure to $1,736,- tos. Of the revenue $948,680 were derived from customs duties. In the same year the value of the exports was $4,833.- 735, and the imports, $6,020,035. The principal exports were fish, value, $3,763,336; cod and seal oil, value, $524,000; sealskins, value, $272,658 ; copper ore, $246,100. The prin- Flour, $1,495,976; $824,246 ; salt pork, $321,692; butter, $245,667 ; $306,568 ; salt, $175,010; tea, $154,049; coal, $188,494; leather and leather goods, $504,087 ; spirits> $112,996. Of the exports of 1886 the value of those sent to Great Britian was $1,205,303 ; British West Indies, $234,150, Canada, $189,484 ; Portugal, $1,221,872 ; Brazil, $120,935 ; Spain, $381,667 ; the United States, $284,107. Of the im- ports, $1,911,000 in value was reccived from Great Britain ; cipal woollens, etc., molasses, imports : cottons, “from Canada, $1,937,605 ; from the United States $1,672,810. The Government of the island is administrated by an Execu- tive council of seven members ; the Legislative council consists of fifteen members, and the Legislative assembly of thirty-six members. THE serious drawback to the lumber trade in Toronto last summer, caused by the long strike of the carpenters and others, The only difference is that in Toronto the building mechanics seems likely to be repeated in Hamilton this spring. struck work of their own accord, in the hope that the master builders would accede to their demands for more pay. In Hamilton, on the other hand, it isa fight between the Builders” Exchange and union men, the former having published an The edict of the builders does not, it seems, apply to buildings in course of con- ukase discharging all of the latter class. struction, which have to be completed in a given time, con- tractors for which will be permitted to keep union men at work until their work is completed. The trouble seems to have arisen through the bricklayers and others raising the cry against The carpenters and joiners seem to have come in for a share of the blame, but claim they had nothing whatever to do with it. On the whole it looks as if the present trouble had arisen out of nothing, and some of the builders are not in favor of the line of action adopted, and think there was no necessity for sa the employment of non-union men in certain quarries. 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. oo ae April, 1888. much ill-feeling being stirred up, to say nothing of the serious results which might follow from a protracted conflict between the employers and the men. Next to those actively engaged in building operations, none feel the effects of a disturbance such as this more than the lumber trade. The lumber dealers of Hamilton depend almost entirely on the local demand, and should building operations cease they will be seriously effected thereby. [Since the above was in type we learn that the prospects are favorable for a speedy termination of the lock-out referred to, and that inall probability work will proceed as usual. | To successfully conduct a trade journal such as THE LUMBERMAN, one of the most urgent needs is the hearty co- operation of its readers. We have received so many flattering letters of appreciation from our subscribers of late that we would appear, indeed, ungrateful if we did not make proper acknowledgement of the same. In this regard a publisher is placed in much the same position asa public servant, feeling grateful at all times for any word of encouragement which he may receive from those to whom he looks for support. The Steady strides of advancement made by this journal during the past year will be continued indefinitely, and we hope that not only will we receive an equal consideration from the trade as in the past, but that each individual reader will lend a hand in furnishing information on all important subjects affecting the lumber interests. There is no reason why this paper should not be placed in the hands of every man interested in Canada’s greatest natural product, and in order to accomplish this we have a request to make to all our present readers. It is that every man receiving this paper send to this office the names of friends and acquaintances in their section who are in any way interested in lumber, in order that we may address them sample copies, with a view to secure them as regular subscribers. When this is being done we would also ask that a few words at least be added regarding the season’s operations. Those who are unacquainted with the paper are always invited to send for specimen copies, free, and in other respects we are ready to extend to every one the opportunity of becoming ac- quainted with the paper before investing in it. | We hope that before our next issue our friends will demonstrate, as above, their appreciation and interest in the CANADA LUMBERMAN. RECENT LEGISLATION. The session of 1888 of the Ontario Legislature has been drawn to a close, and among the Bills which passed the House, of interest to the lumber trade, not previously referred to in these columns we find the following : ‘““An Act to authorize the appointment of Fire Guardians, and for the better prevention of bush fires.” The provisions of the Act empower the council of a town- ship municipality at its first meeting in each and every year, to appoint by by-law a sufficent number of resident householders to carry out the provisions of the Act, the person so appointed to be known as “‘ fire guardians,” their term of office being for one year. It is stipulated that no person shall hereafter set out or set fire to any brush heap or combustible material in any field, clearance or place where the same would be likely to spread, between the first of June and the first of October, without having obtained leave in writing from the fire guar- dian appointed by the council resident to the place where the 1 brush heap or other combustible material is situated. It shall be the duty of the fire guardian on being requested to grant leave to set out fire, to examine the place at which it is intended to set out the fire, and the adjoining lands, timber and other property thereon, and to consider the state of the wind and weather at the time of such request, with power to refuse any such request if the time and location are not favorable. The council of any township municipality may in and by the by-law make provision (1) for the payment to the fire guardians for his service; (2) for supplying the appliances necessary for extinguishing a fire ; (3) as to the duties of the fire guardians appointed and all other residents in case a bush fire calculated to cause damage or loss of property has been started in or is approaching the municipality ; (4) as to the rules and regulations (not contrary to law) which shall guide the guardians and residents, the disfance from which parties may be required to attend any fire, the means, appliances and material to be used in extinguishing or preventing the spread of a fire, and as to all the matters within the scope of their authority which the council may think advisable, and their experience and the position of the municipality may suggest, as being conducive to the carrying out of the intention of the Act and the by-laws passed thereunder ; (5) the penalty to be imposed upon fire guardians and others refusing to perform or neglecting their duties under this Act or the by-law or contravening any pro- vision thereof. Any person setting out fire without leave and permission shall be subject toa penalty of not exceeding $100 for each offence, which penalty may be sued for and recovered on in- formation of any resident ratepayer in the municipality before a police magistrate or two justices of the peace sitting together, or by action in the Division Court held in the division in which the fire was set out. The plaintiff or complainant shall be entitled to one moiety | of the penalty, and the other moiety shall be paid over to the | treasurer of the municipality, except costs, all of which shall go to the plaintiff, if ordered to be paid by the judge; and in case the defendant be ordered to pay the plaintiff's cost, and the same cannot on execution be recovered by the plaintiff, the treasurer of the municipality shall pay the plaintiff's costs, unless the judge who tries the case otherwise orders. LONDON BOARD OF TRADE. The February Board of Trade returns are still better reading than those of January, for though the imports have not increas- ed so much, the exports show particularly well. January's imports were 334 millions better than in the same month of 1887, and February’s were £1,018,782 in advance of those twelve months ago, The only decreases are in duty-free articles of food and drink, and inoils. The decrease in Janu- ary in ‘‘raw material for sundry industries’ was turned in February into a gain of £345,000, and for the two months the growth in the two categories into which raw materials are | divided is £1,393,132. Metals show an increase in the two months of 134 millions, and the total increase in all depart- ments for the first two months is the gratifying one of £4,774,- 348. The exports for February have increased, as compared with last year, £1,737,290, as against an improvement in January of £774,936, the two months thus showing £2,512,. 226 better than the indentical period of 1887. The only fall- ing off is in chemicals—not an acceptable sign in view of Baron Liebig’s dictum, quoted by Lord Beaconsfield, that the chemical industry is the best barometer of the state of trade. Still, over the two months there is a gain of £72,000. In January there was a falling off in the exports of textiles ; but that was more than made good last month, and the two months together show a growth under the head of £115,636. The re-exports of foreign and colonial produce show a shrink- age in February as in January. The returns on the whole are most welcome and satisfactory. Turning to our particular line of business, the statistics show that the importation of hewn timber was larger during Febru- ary, 1888, by 12,071 loads than in the corresponding month last year, or an additional official computed value of about 431,000. This increase must be mainly credited to Sweden, Norway and Germany. The increase for the two months amounts to 21,330 loads. Sawn wood also shows an increase for the month of February of about 5,000 loads, the figures being 40,281 loads as compared with 35,248 loads for last year, or an increase in value of about £9,000. The increase also in this item is in goods from Sweden and Norway, which have supplied about 8,000 loads more than last year at a similar date. Taking the total for the two months, however, there isa decrease of about 2,000 loads against the present year. The most prominent feature in the returns is the large increase in both hewn and sawn goods from Sweden and Norway, the supplies from which have been largely in excess | of those of each of the previous years, as will be seen by the figures which we print in another column. Staves and mahogany are not included in the figures given above, but are separately treated in the returns. | The impor- tation of the former for the past month almost doubles that of 1887 for the same period; and the official value is reckoned at £34,339: year is 2,336 loads, year 1,651 tons, as compared with 4,239 tons for February, 1887, a decrease of 2,588 tons. This stands in the return of estimated value at 414,018, as contrasted with £33,233. For the two months the quantities are 4,826 tons, as compared In mahogany the quantities are for the For the two months the income for the present | with 9,149 tons for 1887 for the same period, a decrease of | = 4,323 tons.— Z7mber. ~— THE LUMBERMAN’S PERILS. The most exciting and dangerous period of the lumberman’s always perilous life in the woods is now approaching—that is, the ‘* breaking in” of log piles heaped or ranked at the sum- mits aud on the faces of the long rollways that border the streams in the lumber woods. These rollways extend from the tops of high and abrupt banks to the water’s edge. There are two ways of piling the logs at the rollways—one by laying them in regular ranks or tiers, and the other by throwing or dropping them in jumbled heaps on the ground. In the reg- ular piles, tier on tier, the logs are started in a body down the rollway, and they usually go down in one great heap clear into the water. In the other way the logs are dumped from the trails and lie in a ragged, promiscuous jumble from top to bottom of the rollway. The key log or logs may be at the | present session of parliament. bottom of the pile, in the water, or half way up the hill. There are always such configurations of the pile that there are many openings like great pitfalls here and there. At some of these piles the rollways are selected at places in the creek where the banks are high on either side. Then high dams are thrown across below with flood-gates. By these dams the water can be thrown back, manipulation of the gates raised and lowered among the tightly massed logs so that it lifts them and generally releases the jam. But even where these dams are in use there are frequently piles so obstinate that nothing but the skillful work of the lumberman on the key logs will break them down. It seems utterly incredible that men could be found so daring as to make their way out along these icy, jagged and twisted piles, with 2,000 waiting logs above them, held, probably by the obsti- nate keying of a single log, and ready to thunder down upon them the instant that that log is moved a half-inch from its. position. But the occasion is only needed to produce such men by the score, no matter how great the danger may be. The woodsman makes his way nimbly but with caution over the protruding logs and across the treacherous pitfalls, frequent- ly disappearing entirely beneath some lifted group of immense timbers, as he tries to locate the log or logs that prevents the great pile from breaking or completing its lightning-like plunge into the stream below. The log that makes all the trouble may be near the bottom, which, of course, increases the peril. The woodsman’s quick eye is not long in demonstrating how the key may be most advantageously removed, and he at once proceeds to accomplish his task. One or two blows of his axe may be sufficient to remove an obstruction that has defied the many tons of pressure from above. It may require an hour’s chopping and prying, and it may take a day’s hard work to break the jam. When the key is broken, however, is the time that the driver must use all of his nimbleness, nerve and skill to escape from the rush of pitching, tossing and thundering logs that he has started. He leaps here and there, and jumps from log to log in his flight, with the avalanche of timber pressing close behind him. In releasing one jam, last season, five men were caught inthe break and killed. The fatality that accompanies the ‘* breaking in” of log piles in different regions would startle the public if made a special item in reports of vital statistics. The rush of a pile of logs down a steep rollway, unobstructed, is as exciting a scene, in itself, as any one could wish to see. A hundred logs, rolling, tumbling and roaring into a stream will dash the water 50 feet in the air, and leave the Lottom of the stream as bare as the shore until the water falls back again in foam and spray. PERSONAL. We regret to hear that Mr. Robt. Hurdman, of the lumber- ing firm of Hurdman & Co., Ottawa, while driving to his office about a fortnight ago, was run into by a runaway horse and badly injured. His many friends will regret to learn of his misfortune and wish him a speedy recovery. Mr. Thos. Ouellette, of Gordon, Ont., a large manufacturer in hardwood lumber, was among ‘the callers at THE LuMBER- MAN office during the past month. He reports business good and an unusual large output of logs in his vicinity. Mr. James McLaren, of the Canada Lumber Company, of Carleton Place, has left for Oregon to close a two million dollar timber deal in which he and other lumbermen are interested. It is rumored that Mr. W. G. Perley, M. P., of Ottawa, may be called to the Senate. Mr. Perley is well known as, not only a very successful and shrewd business man and one of the largest lumberers in the country, but has of late shown himself to be a very valuable addition to the parliament of the country. Should the administration see fit to bestow upon him the honor above referred to, his many friends and admirers—THE LUMBERMAN included—will not be sparing in their congratulations. Mr. H. H. Cook, M.P., president of the Ontario Lumber Co., who was recently unseated as member for East Simcoe on the grounds of bribery by one individual purporting to be his agent, has again taken his seat in the House. He will appeal the decision in the supreme Court which will open after the This is another instance where one man suffers for another man’s wrong doing. There is a | screw loose in the act respecting bribery and corruption in _ parliament which should receive more serious consideration. Mr. Nathaniel Shaw, an old and highly respected citizen of Peterborough passed to his last account during the past month. Deceased was seventy years of age, and was one of the oldest millwrights and saw millers in the country. It is said that as a millright he had no superior in this section of the province and among the buildings, the elevators at Midland and Port Hope, as well as nearly all the large saw mills in this vicinity, bear testitnony to his skill. He has a son and a daughter living. Regezescat in pace. April, 1888. The Opening Season. Our advices indicate that at most lumber centres in the West the Spring trade has already begun, although of course, business has nowhere been very active. The stormy weather which has prevailed during the past week will necessarily have ‘an unfavorable effect on all kinds of business, but the people need lumber and if the present conditions are unfavorable to distribution, the delay resulting can be of short duration, and will serve to make the reopening of the spring season more marked. But while the output is generally cheerful it must be ad- mitted that at some points, especially in the Eascern and Middle States, business is somewhat duller than it was in the preceding year and there are besides doubts in some quarters as to the extent of the demand for lumber in building, some members of the trade being inclined to believe that in many places building will not be done on so extensive a scale as it was last spring in the same localities. The strike of the locomotive engineers and the pending agitation of the tariff question, are two other unfavorable features of the times. But it seems clear that the settlement ofthe strike will not be long delayed, and it is well known that no material revision of the tariff can possibly be effected in the present year. It is besides obvious that the business of the country is in a sound condition, and that all the signs of the times, excepting those referred to in the preceding paragraphs, are distinctly favorable. We, therefore, feel no hesitation in predicting a good if not an exceptionally busy spring season.—Saw fill Gazette. Hew to Use Glue. For glue to be properly effective, it requires to penetrate the pores of the wood; and the more a body of glue penetrates the wood the more substantial the joints will remain. Glues that takes thelongest todry are preferred tothose that dry quick- ly, the slow-drying being always the strongest, other things being equal. For general use, no method gives such good result as the following: Break the glue up small, put it in an iron kettle, cover the glue with water, and allow it to soak twelve hours ; after soaking, boil untildone. Then pour it into an air- tight box, leave the cover off until cold, then cover up tight. As glue is required,cut out a portion and me!t in the usual way. Expose no more of the made glue to the atmosphere for any length than isnecessary, as the atmosphere is very destructive “to made glue. Never heat made glue in a pot that is subject to the direct heat of the fire or ofa lamp. All such methods of heating glue can not be condemned in terms too severe. Do not use thick glue for joints or veneering. into the wood, in a similar manner to what painters do with In all cases work it well paint. Glue both surfaces to your work, except in case of veneering. Never glue upon hot wood as the hot wood will absorb all the water in the glue too suddenly, and leave only a very little residue. ~ Another New Lumber Company. A party of American lumbermen are heavily interested in timber lands in the vicinity of Alberta, in the northwest terri- tory. The company includes well known lumbermen of Eau Claire, Minneapolis, and other cities in Wisconsin and Minne- sota, the corporation with which they are identified being known as the Eau Claire and Bow River Lumber company. It is un- derstood to be part of the present plan of these gentlemen to make their lumber available by building a line of railroad from some point on the Canadian Pacific to Alaska. How it would have made the eyes of some of our forefathers stick out to think of traveling by rail from Alaska to the City of Mexico. The prospect of this being possible is not so remote as it might seem to be, thanks largely to the enterprise of citizens of the United States, who find their own land all too small for their ceaseless enterprise. In the case of the railroad line to Alaska the primary object is to open up the timber which has been acquired by the great lumbering company. Contrary too, to the commonly accepted supposition there are no climatic bar- riers to the enterprise. Mr. P. A. Prince, the general manager of the Eau Claire and Bow River Lumber conpany, in writing to friends in Eau Claire, Wis., from Calgary says: We are having splendid weather. During February the thermometer in the shade registered 46 and 50 degrees below zero. No snow at all. Calves and colts are roaming about on the long ranches feeding themselves from the long grass which reaches up to their knees.” And while men in the northwestern states are planning to push a railroad into Alaska men in the south are planning to extend the line from the City of Mexico into South America. With the prospect that some day railroad communication will be established from Alaska to Cape Horn even the brilliant fiction of Jules Verne loses some of its luster.—Mississippi Valley Lumberman. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Lumbermen to Take Action. The Chicago Evening News says:—One of the most im- portant moves that has yet been taken in connection with the railway strike at present paralysing trade in Chicago was decided upon the secret session by the Lumberman’s Associa- tion to-day. This is nothing less than to take legal proceed- ings against every railroad-connecting with the compel them to have out their lumber and transmit it over 3urlington to their respective lines. Toronto Letter. Toronto, March 28.—The stormy weather of this stormy month has retarded building operations greatly. In the western part of the city numerous cellars have been started only to be stopped after a few day’s work had been spent. The demand for lumber in this quarter is good, any amount can be sold but not much cash forthcoming. A large quantity of land is being disposed of to parties upon easy terms of pay- ment with little or no money down. Almost every one of these so-called purchasers proceed to interview the dealers, asking for terms the most unreasonable. If the dealers are not careful the history of supplying lumber to such a class over the Don a few years ago will be repeated. If the land owners would undertake, when advancing money, to retain an amount to cover material and labor it would make the average lumber dealer’s life worth living. Prices are slowly but surely advancing and likely to do so during the early part of the season. Hemlock is in good demand for scantling and joists. Getting it in Free of Duty. It is claimed that certain lumbermen doing business along the line dividing Maine and New Brunswick have fraudulently evaded the duty on the manufactured product shipped into the United States, the revelations having been made by operators in the Kennebec valley and other parts of Maine. A meeting was held by the Kennebec Log Driving Company, at which decided measures were urged for preventing fraud. As ex- plained by a prominent Maine lumberman, the scheme which has been successfully operated is substantially as follows : The lumbermen will cut about one-tenth of their logs in Maine, to take advantage of the law which permits driving Maine logs into New Brunswick waters, and returning the lumber to the United States, free of duty after being sawed in New Bruns- wick ; but the other nine-tenths of the output is lumber sawed in Canada, from Canadian logs, and the small operations in Maine furnish a cloak by which the irregularity is concealed, for all the lumber is represented as sawed from Maine logs. Thus the Kennebec lumbermen claim to have had a taste of free lumber effects, in advance, and they do not like it. They say the fraudulent competition has seriously injured them, es- pecially in the New York and Boston markets. —lVorthwestern Lumberman. Cleaning Greasy Machinery. For cleaning greasy machinery, says the A/z/ling Engineer, nothing can be found that is more useful than steam. hose attached to the boiler can be made to do better work in a few minutes than any one is able to do in hours of close ap- plication. The principal advantages of steam are, that it will penetrate where an instrument will not enter, and where any- thing else would be ineffectual to accomplish the desired result. Journal boxes with oil cellars will get filthy in time, and are difficult to clean in the ordinary way; but if they can be re- moved, or are in a favorable place, so that steam can be used, it is veritable play-work to rid them of any adhering substance. What is especially satisfactory in the use of steam, is that it does not add to the filth. Water and oil spread the foul matter, and thus make more work. boxes are kept clean, everybody will admit that they should not be allowed to get dirty. They are sure to heat and give trouble, if not cleaned and cared for. Often the oil tanks are never emptied and the residuum removed, and as the pumps draw the oil from the bottom, the machinery is being daily lubricated with impure oil. The oil tank should have a thor- ough cleaning before new oil is again pumped into it. This is easy enough if the oil is removed, the tank inverted and the steam nozzle applied to the mouth of the tank. This method of cleaning beats dipping the filth out with waste. So many opportunities will present themselves when steam will be a valued help in cleaning machinery, if one happens to think of it. Asteam It matters not how journal WE are in receipt of a very neat and instructive circular relating to B. F. Sturteyants ‘‘ Monogram” Blowers and Exhausting Fans. The Blowers are made expressly for blow- ing forge and boiler fires, puddling furnaces, &c., for which business they have been extensively introduced. The Exhaust- ing Fans on the other hand are employed for removing dust from polishing and buffing wheels of all descriptions, smoke from forges, gasses from rooms, &c. We are informed that copies may be obtained of B. F. Sturtevant, Boston, Mass., by asking for circular number 34. WA TRADE QUOTATIONS, Goderich, Ont. G Es KR. 1 185% PRICES IN CAF 1 inch Mill Cull : $8 0o@ & 50 1x6-8-10 & 12, common 12 00 1x6-8-10 & 12, dressing 16 oO 1x14, and wider, common iz Ixi4, “© ** dressing 16 00 1% dressing 16 oO 1% ys 16 CO 1% Norway pine flooring 14 00 1% ts 14 00 I inch clear and picks... 26 OO 1 inch clear and picks 4 to 8 inch 21 oO 14% and 1% clear and picks 35 00 Lath 1%xq4 feet.....- 1 35 H. 3 1885 Uppers, 1 in n$41 00 1%, 1% &2in. 7x _3&41n ; 25 00 Selects, 1 in 26 90 1%, 1% & 2in 22 « 3&4in my de 20 OO Moulding boards, 7 to 8 in 23 00 11 inch clear... 37 00 41 oo\No.2 con & 12 in. 19 50 60 per cent clear 35 00 37 00 8Sir 15 00 38 50 7 00 Fine common 1 inch 1%,1% & 2inch aie com.. 3 & 4in No 2, 1 in. Fine com. 1%, 1% &2in Eastern Pine— —Cargo on xr Load. uve I, Des ee .... 40 00@43 oo! Sap, 2nd clear 30 .. 2800 30 00| Heart extra 50 23 00 2600) Heart sti of g bds & coarse 16 oo Bevel siding 6 inch, use . 12 20| clear 21 00 2300 W est’rn pine clapbds No.1 ..- 2000 21 00 4ft. sap extra .. .. 43 00 45 00 Non2 4: - «, - 1900 2000 Clapboards, He be pep clearscee. 40 00 42 00 Spruce—by Cargo. Scantling and plank, Clear floor boards . . 18 00@18 00 _random cargoes . . 13 00@13 50, No.2......-. 1600 1600 Yard orders, ordin- Coarse, rough. . . . 900 1200 _ary sizes. ..... 14 00 15 00 Hemlock bds., 00 I1 00 Yard orders, extra i 12 00 SIZCSMEN te eter 15 00 16 00 een eee ex 30-00 Frames, to order, Clear, 28 00 small sizes . . . .14 00 14 50) Second cle 22 09 Frames, to order ex- No. 1 15 00 tra sizes 4 Spice: Speiona Ieee oro On Deora At woo Oe SHANG oo 6s Go as 3 Pine, 18 in. extra. . . 4 5 3 Pine, clear butts . . . 35 P a 2 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in. 5 25 Oswego, N. Y. Osweco, Mar. 30th, 1888. Pine. 14, 1%, 2 and thicker LDP CIS)s\. pe sie esa oe $40 00@43 00 te pickinvs eek | seer ee 30 00 3300 eS ss «© No. icutting up...... 2200 2600 fs $s “* cuttings up pickings and uppers asrun.....-....-. 3000 3500 I inch selected sidings SE ers ete Saat Se 25.00 3000 nA eS vol ee eRe MatieéaSgine SA OO . 3000 3500 1k 1% poxsor None cullSeee ener. = {100 1200 1 & LY sidings No. 1 dressing and better. 1700 2500 IxI0_ « 12x12 to 16 feet dressing and better.. I700 2500 << ‘* shipping “culls Reais 1400 1700 < 5S SON ON tte ae tonya II 00 1200 1& 1K in. _ Strips 4to7 wide selected......--. 2000 3000 Se “s dressings, 4-—-54— se 1600 1700 ss : ss boxe ech Sale se Q00 1200 Brown Ash. 11 1% 2&3 in. Ist & 2nd quality........ 1700 2100 «c < GUISMIS Aes ee 900 I100 Basswood. cia st Ge 2nd qualitye ta. see === 2000 2500 ss Sut Gao ssocdissticig Seamed Sota te Q 00 ee) Shingles. XXX 18 inch pine standard thickne ess to 24 $4 25 “ee ‘ = = XX 3 25 xX ce ce oe ia ae I 10 XXX * Cedars fe = 3.40 rox ce oe ce Pas 7 2 25 XXX 16 Pine ee Si s 3 20 NONE “ee “ee “ ce “ 220 Lath m ty ty in 8 tv bet 2] (Continued On Nine.) Pa, ge George Henry Corliss, the inventor of the Corliss engine, died rather suddenly at his residence in Providence, R. I., on the 21st of February. He was born at Easton, Washing- ton county, N. Y., on June ond,’ 1817. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. April, 1 888. NOTES. —Men are being picked up for the drives in all directions. —Halm’s planing and saw mill, New Hamburg, Ont., has been burned ; loss, $15,000; insurance $5,000. —Messrs. Leishman & Son, of Bracebridge, have taken out 2,000,000 feet of logs during the season, being 800,000 more than last year. —At Mr Tait’s lumber shanties up the Bird Tail (Man.) there are now 45,000 logs on the ice and 5,000 logs on the skids ready to be drawn to the river. —A young man named A. Charlton, while working in Jones’ mill, Wiarton, had both his legs cut off and was other- wise mangled by a circular saw. He died in a few minutes. —Mr. James McKinnon, of Arnprior, who is jobbing for Mr. Alex. Fraser of Westmeath, is said to have, with eight teams, put 18,000 logs on the ice in seven weeks, drawing them two and a-half miles from the place they were cut. —It is predicted that work will be brisk in Arnprior, Ont., this coming season in consequence of the immense extension now building to Messrs. McLachlin’s mill. be run to their fullest capacity night and day throughout. the season. The mills are to —The sash door and blind factory operated by Richard Woodland, Ottawa, Ont., was totally destroyed by fire last. month. The loss is estimated at between $3,000 and $3,500, with an insurance on the building of $4,000 and on the stock $2,000. —A new saw mill will probably be erected where the Man- itoba and Northwestern crosses Shirt Tail creek, four miles from Birtle, Man. There is a mill at present at Birtle, but the lumber has to be hauled a mile up a steep grade to the railway station. —James McBride, who has been lumbering in McLean, has cleared out leaving his workmen without their wages and the storekeepers in great grief. Jammy drew $900 a few days ago from Mr. Mickle, which he has taken with him as a nest egg for some other locality. —John Shaw, of Forest, is having put in his Brigden plan- ing mill, under the supervision of his son, R. G. Shaw, a new 25-horse power engine, and 36-horse power steel boiler, also a heading machine. Mr. Shaw says he is bound to have his mill second to none in Western Ontario. —The Dominion Government has passed an Order-in-Council placing $40,000 in the estimates for the construction of an iron bridge to replace the present Suspension bridge across the Ottawa river below the Chaudiere falls. This is something the lumbermen have been wanting for some time. —Messrs. W. P. Christie & Co. are taking out 6,000,000 feet of logs to be cut in Severn mill ; and 12,000,000 feet for Christie, Kerr, & Co. from Oakley township, which will be partly cut at the Severn, but the greater part will go by the Black River via Longford to the company’s mill at Bradford. —Through inadvertence the cut of the Sturtevant Patent Progressive Lumber Dry Kiln was omitted in the description of the same in the March issue. The cut which should have appeared and which clearly shows the arrangement of the Sturtevant Steam Hot Blast Apparatus, may be found on page 13 of this issue. — Exemption from taxation for ten years has been granted to the Longford Lumber Company, of Longford, by the town of Orillia. The company will erect a large establishment for the manufacture of woodenware, such as tubs, pails, ete. The outlay will be about $40,000, and the industry will furnish employment for thirty or forty hands. —John Shaw, of Forest and S. Fraser, of Amherstburg, still keep up their reputation of being among the largest lumber dealers in Western Ontario, having recently closed a purchase of 12,000,000 feet of lumber and 5,000,000 pieces of lath, for this season’s delivery at Goderich, Point Edward, Courtright, Windsor, Amherstburg and Kingsville. —Mr. Burns, M.P., for Gloucester, who has returned from Europe, states that while in England he organized a syndicate with a capital of $255,000 to operate 7,000 square miles of timber limits on the lower St. Lawrence. He also brought to the notice of several capitalists a railway scheme which will give an air line from Montreal to Shippegan harbor. —Mr. Elias Thompson, of Peterborough, is taking out a quantity of large timber from ‘* Maher’s place,” near and shipping it over the Grand Junction to Ilalifax, where it will be used for spar and boom timber. Some of the sticks Halifax. , and requires sent have been commended as the best ever seen in Each stick extends over three flat cars in shipping two teams to draw it to the station. Already a number of sticks have heen sent, and poore are being shipped almost every day, Keene, F — Logging operations in the Se of Sackville, N. B. are being vigorously prosecuted. J. L. Black, of that town, will get out logs enough to make 6,000,000 superficial feet of lumber ; Black & Robertson will get out about 14,000 logs ; J. M. Hicks, 12,000; Harvey Copp, 6,000; Eastabrook & Cook, 6,000 ; G. W. Towse, 2,000; and A. W. Ogden about 20,000. —The Inmber market in the North-west is said to be very active. According to the WWorthwestern Lumberman, Eastern lumber buyers are thick as bees in Wisconsin. They have be- gun to slide into the State by the Canada-Soo route, and drop down into the stomach of supply by the way of Rhinelander in a way that astonishes the natives and their Western customers. They propose to take out lumber by the Soo route, and thus sharply compete with Western buyers. Eastern men are also purchasing more lumber then heretofore on Green Bay and the north shore, and a Manistee report states that the same class of buyers are at that point, and are picking up so much bulk stock that the supply of dry lumber on the dock is likely to be exhausted before the opening of navigation. —Mr. A. F. Wood, M.P.P., in a recent speech in the Legislature upon our timber and mineral resources, gave some interesting statistics regarding the timber output of this province. He said :—‘‘ First, the Belleville District, which includes the Counties of Victoria, Peterborough, Hastings, Addington, Renfrew, and Frontenac. From this District, since Confederation, the government have received dues on 15,948,000 sawlogs, and about 6,000,000 square feet of timber —equalling nearly 4,000,000,000—four thousand millions of | feet—of sawed lumber. In the whole Province, the output since Confederation of pine sawlogs and pine timber has been about 55 millions of sawlogs, and 146 million of square timber, equalling 132,000,000,000—one hundred and thirty- two billions—feet of sawed lumber.” —The Miramichi Advance says :—The announcement that Mr. Burns, M.P., has organized a Lumber Company, or syndicate, with a capital of a quarter of a million to operate in the Province of Quebec, is an additional indication that lumber operators are at a disadvantage in this province. Mr. Burns isa new Brunswicker and, doubtless, would prefer to en- courage operations within his own province, other considera- tions being equal. He would do so, moreover, because he has large interests at stake in benefitted, by the promotion of any great business enterprise, but he is forced by disadvantages attending lumber operations here to direct his attention, his own capital and that of those associated with him in this big undertaking, to a province where the lumber industry is not so heavily handicapped as it is in his own. There can be little doubt that if the New Brunswick government were as liberal in its policy towards New Brunswick, which must be lumbermen as is that of Quebec, we would have fewer idle mills, retain many of our people who are now forced to leave vs from want of employment and, at the same time, realize the benefits of capital seeking investment in enterprises such as that promoted by Mr. Burns. —A reporter of a Nova Scotia paper interviewd Capt. Aaron Grant, who is superintending the construction of the big raft The loss of the big raft last fall, which attracted world-wide attention, has not dis- couraged the owner, J. T. Leary, of New York. He is hav- ing another mammoth raft built larger than tke first, which he expects to launch next June. This is to be followed bya third timber raft. referred to in our last issue. The raft now under construction will be about 540 feet long—6o feet longer and about four feet wider and deeper than the first. It will contain about 40,000 logs, from 30 to 70 feet long. To give an idea of the quantity of the logs we may say that it would take 90 or 100 vessels of 150 tons each to carry the logs that go into the raft. About 150 men and 50 double teams are at work and they put on from 350 to 400 logs a day. The shape of the raft will be similar to the first one, with the exception of improved ends which will be timbered out like the bow and stern of a vessel, and the outside will be much smoother. The raft is about quarter- built. The frame of the raft is made of spruce and hardwood, mostly spruce, and is placed on the ways. When the raft is half-built the main chain or backbone will be put on the centre ; and when completed, the chains will be put around the raft, about ten feet apart, hauled taut and shackled into Before launching, the frame will The logs are placed on the raft by means of an elevated railway, which runs over the bow to the stern of the raft. The present height of the railway is about 50 feet. The cars are moved by means of an endless chain worked by a stationary engine. Captain Grant says that Mr. Leary was at the raft week before last, and expressed himself as being well The sight is described as one well Worth seeing, and it will probably have many visitors before the day of launching. the large chain or backbone. be removed. satisfied with the progress made. —Judgment* was given in the Court of Appeal on March 27th, in the case of Oliver Latour, against Allen Grant. Both are well-known lumber dealers. They owned timber limits adjoining each other in the Temiscamingue district, and Latour, claiming that Grant had felled timber on his property, seized a large raft valued at several thousand dollars which Grant was having towed to Ottawa. The seizure was set aside by the Superior Court for want of proof, and this decision was confirmed in appeal. —The mirket for lumber in Montreal has been fairly active, and firm prices had at the yards and from the mills. At the latter values are firmer, and with the roads in good condition there will be augmented sales and advanced values. It is ex- pected that considering the quantity of logs which was left over last year, the output this year will be greater, and though this may be the case, there can be no question that higher prices will be in order. Some car loads have recently changed — hands and owners are as firm as they can be. ' —Small dealers in lumber just now say they are unable to purchase supplies at reasonable rates. Prices, they claim, have advanced fifteen per cent. all round during the past eight months. All last year’s cut, as well as the prospective season’s cut has been disposed of by Ottawa firms to outsiders. The big purchasers who are thus cornering the local dealers are said to be New York firms, Dobell, of Quebec, and the Export Lumber Company. Lumbermen are consequently enjoying prosperity. In one line (3 inch deals) prices have risen from $7.00 to $9.50 per thousand. AMERICAN NOTES. —It is probable that the Muskegon saw mills will run only during the day time this season. —The March inventory of stock at Chicago shows a round total of 500,000,000 feet, including the southern section, which is an increase over last year of about 40,000,000 feet. Itis what may be called an average stock. —According to late reports from the English market, the — supply of American black walnut, both manufactured and in the log, is rather in excess of the present demand, and it is said that shippers would simply be consulting their own interest if they wouid moderate the shipments of stock thence, and give consumption time to overtake the late rather liberal receipts. —The Saginaw Courier says that the lumbering industry of Michigan is not only the largest in point of productive value of any in the State, but it exceeds in magnitude the lumbering indistry of any other State in the Unicn. It isnot an unreason- able estimate to place the number of persons employed in the lumbering industry of the State last year at 50,000, whose wages aggregated over $15,000,000, with an invested capital of over $60,000,000. Tne total product of the State last year was 4,162,317,778 feet of lumber, and 2,677,855,750 shingles, the estimated value of which was $65,043,825. 50. AMONG THE MANUFACTURERS. Messrs. Rosin & SADLER, manufacturers of leather belt- ing, Toronto and Montreal, are making some pertinent sug- gestions to users of such belting, in which they set forth that they tan their own leather especially for the purpose ot manufacturing it into belting ; that because of the excellence | of their belting they have increased their trade in it three-fold within the last few years, and that they sell their belting ac- | cording toa list that is 25 to 30 per cent. lower than the list that some sell by. Regarding the popularity of this belting, which is based upon its intrinsic merits, they say they have customers to whom they have sold from $3,000 to $40,000_ worth, one Canadian manufacturing firm alone having bought for their mill last year belting to the value of $10,00.. We refer to their card for further information, —The Canadiah Rubber Company, corner of Front and Yonge Streets, Toronto, of which Mr. J. H. Walker is man- ager, are calling the attention of the trade to the special lines of rubber goods manufactured by them. Among these are included patent pressed double strip belting ; engine, hydrant, suction, steam, brewers’ and fire hose; valves, car springs, steam packing, wringer rolls, carriage cloths, blankets, stop- ples, rubber shoes and boots, tweed and gossamer clothing, garden hose etc. —Denny, Mott& Dickson, of London, in their circular under date March 2nd, speaking of Canadian timber, say: “* Most of the coming season’s importation has now been arranged for. The enchanced prices of Yellow Pine and Oak have been firmly maintained by the shippers, with the result that most of the shipments will be for the East Coast and Clyde ; thismarket having seen its way to take bye little at the high yon con ceded by buyers at piss + i ® April, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE NEWS. —R. Ralston, Kallarney, Manitoba, has failed. —Lumber camps are breaking up in all directions. ' —Parry Sound will have three new mills next summer. —S. Edwards, saw miller, Fordwich, Ont., has assigned, —Timber lands are being rapidly bought up in the Southern States. —Lumbering operations are brisk in the Parry Sound district. —Young’s shingle mill, at Lakefield, Ont., has commenced operations. —A large amount of cedar for paving is being shipped from Owen Sound. —Large quantities of lumber is being shipped by vessel from Moodyville, B. C. —D. B. McRae, of Meldrum Bay, Ont., has 30,000 saw logs on his dump already. —Messrs. Brunette & Bros., Hereford, Que., will build a steam sawmill this spring. —Holmes, Moore & Courtright, of Inwood, Ont., will build a saw mill near Glencoe. —United States lumbermen say that lake freight rates which were so high last year must be reduced. —The Rathbun Co’s boats at Deseronto are being over- hauled and prepared for the opening of navigation. —The Rathbun Company'have been making heavy ship- ments of lumber from their mill at Rossmore, Ont. ; —The products of lumber in Eastern Michigan in 1887 shows an increase as compared with 1886 of 178,200,603 feet. —Shingle machines in the Gibson shingle mill at Marysville, Mo., saw at the rate of 19,250 shingles each in nine anda half hours. —A vessel has recently sailed from Moodyville, B. C., for Tientsin China, with a cargo consisting of 423,532 feet of lumber. 7 —Mr. George Butchart, of Port Moody, B. C. is making ar- rangements for the erection of a large steam lumber mill at or near that place. —The Canada Lumber Cutting Machine Co., limited, has been incorporated with headquarters at Toronto, The capital stock is $35,000. —Messrs David Henderson and J. L. Ainslee, Tilbury East. near Port Alma, Ont., are about erecting a new stave and heading mill. —According to the W.-W. Lumlerman, Chicago wholesale lumber dealers and commission men favor the free import of lumber from Canada. —Messrs. W. H. Veysey & Son, of Waterboro’, N. B., will build a mill this spring at the thoroughfare between Grand and North Lakes, in that province. —Lumbering operations in some parts of Ontario are con- siderably obstructed by the deep snow in the woods which has reached the enormous depth of four feet. —Leading Wisconsin lumbermen now estimate the short- age in the log crop for the season at only ten per cent. less than anticipated at the beginning of the season. —The Owen Lumber Company, Sherbrooke, Que., have acquired a tract of 84,000 acres of land near that place, and will erect mills for the conversion of timber upon it into lumber. —Messrs. Rhodes, Curry & Co., Amherst, N. S., are manu- facturing a large lot of cherry and ash doors to fill an order for Newfoundland, and a lot of mahogany doors for London, Eng. —Mr. Underwood’s logging crew on Cain’s river, (N. B.) recently cuta mammoth pine, which when cut made eight logs. . The diameter of the stump was five feet. given as 3,238 sup. feet. Whe contents are —Wells, of the saw mills at Palliser, B. C., in the moun tains, has opened a branch yard at Calgary, Alberta, with J. Deacon in charge. Calgary is coming to the front as quite a distributing point for lumber. —A French Canadian named La Roche, of The Brook village, while driving a heavy load of railroad ties from a shanty to Casselman station, C. A. R. was violently thrown from the load, run over and instantly killed. —The approaching season promises to be a bright one for builders in Ottawa. Buildings are going up on every hand, and it is estimated that no less than $500,000 in the aggregate will be cxpended. The demand for material is now very great, especially in building stone. A large number of expensive are going up, and no Jess that five churches are to be , as well as several public halls belonging to different —Robert Conners and other large operators have projected a canal around Grand Falls, (N.B.,) for the passage of logs down the river. That it is needed is shown by the fact that 1,500,000 feet of last winter’s cut is ‘‘ hung up” there now. —We are informed upon good authority says the Vembroie Standard, that Mr. E. B. Eddy, of Ottawa, has purchased the limits on the Dumoine river from Messrs. T. & W. Murray. The price paid for the limits is said to be $50,000 and about $16,000 extra for the plant and present output. -—The McDiarmid Manufacturing Co., Aylmer, Ont., late McDiarmid & Price, manufacturers of hubs, spokes, and bent goods for carriages, wagons and agricultural implements, are running their work to their fullest capacity, employing about thirty hands. —On March 16th Hahn’s planing and saw mill at New Hamberg, Ont., were totally destroyed by fire, having origin- ated in the drying-room. The original value with machinery is estimated at $15,000. Insurance $5,000 as follows: Perth Mutual, $2,500; Economical, $2,000; Gore Mutual, $500. —Negotiations are nearly completed for the sale to the Northwestern Lumber Company, of Eau Claire, Wis. The lumber, mills, and pine land of the Sterling Lumber Company, of Sterling, Clark county, Wis., consideration, $100,000. The Sterling Company is a branch of the Eau Claire Lumber Company. —The new mills being erectec by Messrs. J. R. Booth & Co. at the Chaudiere are rapidly nearing completion. The framework of the addition to the large saw mill is all up and the building will be completed and the machinery in by the first of April. has also been commenced. —Mr. J. Black, M. P. P., Sackville, N. B., will get out _ogs enough this season to make six million superticial feet of lumber. Black & Cobertson will get out about 14,000 logs this year. S. M. Hicks will cut about 12,000 ; Harvey Copp, 6,000; Estabrooks & Cook, 6,000; G. W. Towse, about 2,000; A. & W. Ogden, about 20,000. David Wheaton and other Sackville lumbermen will get out about their usual cut this season. —The Longford Lumber Company, Longford Mills, Ont., who have extensive mills at that place under the management The work of constructing the band saw mill of Mr. Wm. Thompson, will immediately erect a large estab- lishment to be devoted to the manufacture of woodenware, such as tubs, pails, etc. The building and plant are estimated to cost $40,000, and from the beginning about thirty-five or forty hands will be employed. Ata special meeting of the town council the company was granted exemption from tax- ation on the land and buildings for a term of ten years. —About the first of March last the Manistee Salt and Lumber Company made an assignment to E. G. Filer with liabilities of $864,068.89 and assets footing up $2,099,786.96. The cause of the suspension of business was the death of the Hon. M. Engelmann, the president of the company, and though the remaining members were gentlemen possessing abilities, still the sudden taking away of the president, left the business in rather a precarious condition. Bills payable were accruing in alarming numbers, and to honestly meet the demands of the creditors the assignment was made. Michigan leads all other states in the lumber industry, giv- ing employment to fully fifty thousand persons, who receivea $15,000,000 in wages last year. The capital invested aggre- gates $60,000,000 and the product last year was: Lumber 4, 162,317,778 feet, valued at $58,370,438 ; shingles, number, 2,677,855,750, valued at $6,673,387, making a total value of $65,043,825. Dec. 1 the stock of lumber on hand was 1,428,- 221,132 feet, and of shingles 195,218,000. A comparison with precediny years is as follows; 1887, 4,162,317,778 feet ; 1885, 578,138,443 feet. These figures show an increase for 1887 over 1886 of 178,200,603 feet. —It is learned, says the Victoria (B.C.) Temes, that a powerful syndicate is being organized to purchase the property ative property is a valuable one, as it embraces, in addition to the known as the Hastings Saw Mill concern at Vancouver. mil] plant and buildings, a large extent of leased timber ground. The proposal is to replace the present machinery and buildings with new ones, erected specially for the purpose of carrying on an extensive shipping trade. There will be a double set of buildings and machinery, one of which will be devoted to the export trade and the other to the local and home market. on the coast, giving employment to a considerable number of employees directly and indirectly, and be of great advantage to Vancouver. Everything will be modern. It will be one of the largest concerns —The amalgamation of the Grand Trunk and Northern and North-Western railways will result in Belleville becoming the point at which square timber will be rafted, which was form- | building a series of dams, slides, booms and piers. erly shipped by water from Hamilton, Toronto, Port Hope | ” / and other Jake ports. The large pier built out into the bay by the Grand Junction Railway Company is being refitted, filled with stone, floored with plank, 300,000 feet of lumber being re- quired, and tracked. It i that rafting can be alleged more cheaply here than at lake port igation tight binding is not neccessary much lumber will be cut this season by St —Nearly as Croix operatives as during last winter essrs. T. H. Todd & Sons will cut about two-thirds as much as last year, they having a large stock of logs remaining over. The operatio of Messrs. J. Murchie & Sons will include about 14,000,000 feet ; those of Gates & Wentworth, about 10,000,000 feet. Messrs. C. F. Todd & Sons’ cut will be about the same as last year; Messrs. H. F. Eaton & Sons will cut about 18,000,009 feet. The total cut will be 55,000,000 fect as ag 60,000,000 last year. about The winter, thus far, has been a fai good one for logging operations. —The Bronson & Weston Lumber Co’s petition for incorpor- ation has been presented to Parliament by Mr. W. G. Perley, M.P. The company desire to carry on in Canada, the United States and elsewhere, the business of lumberers, timber mer- chants and manufacturers of timber and lumber in all its branches, also of pulp, wood pulp, and other products from wood ; and also the business of wharfinge ssel owners, general merchants and dealers ; and with power to acquire the business and property of the firm of Bronson & Weston. The persons asking the incorporation are E. H. Bronson, M. P. P., Ottawa, lumber merchant, Abijah Weston, Pointed Post, Steu- ben County, New York, lumber merchant, F. P. Bronson and W. G. Bronson, of Ottawa, lumber merchants. —Mr. William Hurdman, jr., is reported as saying that the By the 20th of April they will have the new mill, which is taking the place new mills at the Chaudiere are getting on well. of the one burnt down and which is to be larger but of the same cutting capacity, ready to open. They will then put the full force on to complete the second mill, the foundation of which will be commenced in a few days. All the timber for this mill is ready and the machinery well forward. They ex- pect to be ready to cut in this mill by the first week in May, and when their season’s work come in they will be humming as merrily as any of their neighbors. Mr. Hurdman says that the season’s cut has been good but that there will be trouble getting out the logs. A short time ago they had one fall of snow, at Kippewa, of thirteen inches, and at Mattawa there was no fall at all. After each fall this winter there been a heavy wind, which has caused heavy drifts, good deal of trouble. In the new mill the firm have excavat- ed an extra ten feet into the solid rock. has also giving a —An idea of the exports of lumber from the Pacific coast of British Columbia will be learned from the report for the month of January. Six ships arrived at Burrard inlet during the month, to load lumber for foreign ports. Five of these ships were at the Moodyville mill, and one at Hastings mill. Two ships were for Australia, one for Valparaiso, South America, and the three remaining for China. with lumber during the month numbered five ships. The clearances Three were from the Hastings mill, two bound for Australia, and one for South America; one from the Moodyville mill for Cornel, Hereafter the Through im- provements to navigation at the mouth of the Frazer river, the and one from the Chemainus mill. exports of lumber promises to be much larger. Royal City and Brunette mills, situated some distance up the river, will now be reached, though heretofore inaccessible to large ocean crafts. Six vessels have just been chartered at San Francisco to load lumber at the Royal City mill, two for Australia and four for South America. —The new Madawaska Improvement Company recently formed by the lumbermen of the Ottawa district has been in- corporated. The officers are: President, J. R. Booth; sec- retary-treasurer, G. B. Green ; directors, E. B. Eddy, W. G Perley, M. P., E. H. Bronson, M. P. P., C. McLaughlin, W. B. Dickson, G. B. Pattee and R. H. Klock. the new company is to get possession of all the works and im- The object of provements made by private parties and the Government on the Madawaska river, improve them and then continue the works by erecting a series of dams, slides, booms, etc., all along the course of the river as far up as timber is taken out, thus enabling the lumbering firms by paying a fee or toll to the company for allowing the logs to pass through their works, to get out their entire drive with very few men and with- out danger of having the logs hung up as they are some years in thousands. company, the Government and private parties owning works on the river, to enable the Improvement Company to secure all improvements already made. company will begin the work of extending their works by The work Negotiations are now goiug on between the As soon as spring opens the will probably last all this summer and a portion of next, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. April, 1888. — SAW MILL ENGINEERING. There was a time when it was the popular impression among millwrights and engineers that anything was good enough for saw mill work; that a common ‘‘ nigger” engine, with any kind of a whirligig upon it for a governor, was good enough ; that any sort of a kettle, leaky or otherwise, was suitable ; that the shafts had only to be strong enough not to bend too much under the heavy belt strains that were put upon them ; that belts which would not be used for conveyors in a grist mill, would answer for transmission in a saw mill; that any kind of dope was good enough for lubrication ; and that final- ly, any kind of a plug, who could feed the slabs, was good enough for an ‘‘ engineer ” (save the mark). Now, public opinion on this subject is commencing to change, and to change for the better. The mere fact that fuel is not only plenty, but absolutely ‘‘a drug in the market,” is no longer among the best saw mill proprietors, considered an excuse for such wastefulness in every department. I shall en- deavor to give below some of the reasons which are influencing the most advanced proprietors in this change of opinion, In the first place, as regards the engine properly speaking, the boiler should come first, but there is a reason why I should speak of the engine first: It is a well recognized fact that an automatic cut-off engine, particularly when the variations in load and in speed are frequent and considerable, is much more economical of steam than the ordinary trottler ; that is when the power consumed exceeds 25-horse, at any rate. “But suppose that fuel not only costs nothing, but the ex- cess has to be cremated?” It makes no difference. It is cheaper to build or buy a crematory, than to pay for a boiler just for the purpose of getting rid of the waste. If you can get a small high-speed engine to consume high pressure steam with economy, you will need a smaller boiler than if you have some sort of a ‘“‘steam chewer” back of your engine. It makes a difference whether you have to evaporate from 125 to 1,000 pounds of water per hour, or only from 60 to 480, which takes a smaller boiler. A smaller boiler costs less to com- mence with, and less freight to follow with, and to finish with, after it is set, will cost less than a larger one. No, I will not say to finish with; because it makes a difference whether you have to feed in enough fuel to evaporate 125 to 1,000 pounds of water, or only enough to evaporate 60 to 480. You will Then come into the items of in- surance, wear and tear, taxes, depreciation, repairs, etc. All these are greater for a boiler which has to make 125 to 1,000 pounds of steam per hour, than for one which has to supply only 60 to 480. In the same way you may cipher up the steam pipes be- ‘tween the boiler and the automatic cut-off engine, using only 60 to 480 pounds of steam per hour, over those needed for the save upon a fireman’s wages. throttling engine needing 125 to 1,000. When you get to the engine itself you have two advantages in buying the automatic ; rotation speed being the same in both cases. You will save on boiler account, on piping from boiler, and in firemen’s wages ; but you will also have better regulations, and better governing means, better quality of lumber. It also means the saving of much annoyance in the mill. We will suppose that you have six or eight gang saws, all of which are likely to be in the log at once ; now with an engine which has a good range of governing, you can work right along and not stall anything ; whereas with a throttling engine you will be apt to have trouble once ina while from belts slipping, and the engine refusing to do anything at all, until one or more of the gangs can be thrown off. The automatic engine will of course cost you a little more for the same power and same rotationspeed, than the throttling engine ; and this will of course run up your costs for interest, wear and tear, depreciation and taxes; but it will generally be more than made up in the saving on the boiler side of the mill. As a general thing, you can get an automatic engine better built and capable of being driven at higher speed than one of the throttling type ; and this means a big saving ‘‘all along the line,” not only in the matter of fly-wheel weight required, but in shifting and belting. We will suppose that you have an automatic engine delivering 50-horse power at 250 turns; it will take a pulley of two-fitths the diameter (for a given belt width ;) to put the power in the jack shaft, of that required for the engine running only roo turns for the same horse- power. Or with a given belt speed it will take a belt only about two-fifths the width. There can be saving in pulleys, belts and shafting, all through the saw mill, by the adoption of | high speed ; because most of the machines require to be speed- ed much higher than the engine itself. narrower or lighter belt width, giving out their power by reason of higher speed rather than greater belt tension, there Of course with will be less pull upon the shafts, and less lubrication required. This means also less likelihood of hot bearings stopping the mill. There will also be a less belting bill to pay, because there will be lighter belts to buy. Couplings, hangers, clutches, and all other appurtenances of the transmission will of course be lighter and cheaper, and will require less force of men to put them up and less strength of frame work to hold them. There is this further advantage in having an automatic engine ; you can at any time reduce or increase the amount of work done in the mill without seriously affecting the speed and general working of the engine. If you think that the boiler will stand a little more pressure, the engine will take it and be thankful. If the boiler gets a little weak and you want to ease up on the steam, the engine will simply reach out a little further with the cut-off. If you are burning slabs or any other kind of fuel giving greater variations in pressure, the automatic, being a better grade of machine, is apt to get better | care, and for this reason alone will keep in better condition than the ‘‘nigger.” Further, the ‘‘niggers” are generally delivered painted or unfinished, and consequently there will be poorer stock than must be put into a finely finished engine, where the grain of the metal shows.—Wood and Iron, San Francisco. NEW WATERWAYS FOR MANITOBA. The biggest scheme on hand for some time of interest to the lumbering industry, says a correspondent in the Mississippi Valley Lumlerman, is the one now agitating the public here in connection with the improvement of our waterways. At in- tervals during the past five or six years efforts have been made to induce the Dominion government to undertake the work of improving navigation on our rivers and streams, but beyond taking out a few scow-loads of sand from the mouth of Red river, nothing has been done. The present phase of the ques- tion is a result of the agitation against railway monopoly. The Dominion government has intimated to certain of its leading local supporters that if Manitoba will submit for three years to railway monopoly and give up the attempt to build a road to the boundary, an appropriation will be made sufficient to carry out the river improvements demanded. With a little expenditure a vast stretch of navigation can be made tributary to Winnipeg. The Red river is now navigable to the bound- ary, a distance of 60 miles, but in the opposite direction down stream there are rapids, a few miles below the city, which effectually block navigation, except during a short time in the spring when the river is very high. It is estimated that a lock and dam, to cost only about $400,000, would overcome this difficulty and render the river navigable to Lake Winnipeg. This would open a vast stretch of inland navigation, with a coast line of about 5,000 miles,. including the Red river to Lake Winnipeg, 350 miles long, a portion of the Nelson river and tributaries, the great Saskatchewan river and tributaries, and other minor rivers flowing into the lake. About 300 miles of lake navigation on Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegoosis could be added to its vast system of inland navigation by a little additional expenditure. | When it is known that all this north country is more or less covered with timber, the interest to the lumber trade will be surmised. There are now half a dozen or more lumber firms opening on Lake Winnipeg. The lumber is now brought to Selkirk, the present head of Lake Winnipeg navigation, by boat, and there transferred to the Canadian Pacific railway branch line and brought on to the city. To bring lumber from Selkirk to the city, a distance of about 20 miles by rail, it costs as much as to freight it by boat the entire length of the lake. By making the proposed im- provements in the Red river, it is estimated that the cost of rough lumber at Winnipeg would be reduced about $3 per 1,000. The country tributary to Lake Winnipeg is a valuable timber district, and the opening of direct water communication with the city would undoubtedly stimulate the lumbering in- dustry on this lake. But the most valuable timber area in the Canadian Northwest is in the countries surrounding Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegoosis. This region has never yet been tapped, owing to its isolated position. Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegoosis are really a chain of many lakes of varying size, connected by narrows. These lakes stretch along in a line parallel with Lake Winnipeg for a distance of about 300 miles, and are separated from the latter lake by a ridge of | land, varying from 15 to 60 miles in width. The country be- tween is mostly wooded, but the most valuable timber district lie to the west of this chain of lakes, on the opposite side from Lake Winnipeg. This long chain of lakes is navigable the entire distance, with the exception ofa couple of miles be- tween Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegoosis proper, which could easily be overcome, the country between being of a low, swampy nature and usually flooded. The northern end of Lake Winnipegoosis reaches within about half a mile of Cedar lake, the latter being merely a widening out of the Saskatche- wan river, the river being already navigable from Lake Win- nipeg. This would complete the circuit, and render available the vast timber country west of the Lake Manitoba chain of water stretches. The resources of this timber region were We referred to in a previous letter, but the country has not yet been sufficiently explored to give a very accurate approxima- tion of its wealth. An engineer who spent two months in that country last summer, however, estimated the quantity of timber tributary to Lake Winnipegoosis at 500,000,000 feet. The timber is of larger size and said to be much superior to the districts now being worked on Lake Winnipeg. If these im- provements to the waterways are carried out, a very valuable — timber region will be open for development, and the lumber- ing industry will be given a fresh impetus. The Duty on Lumber. Mr. Arthur Hill, of Saginaw, in a recent interview with a reporter, expressed himself as follows regarding the tariff on lumber between the United States and Canada : “* As I understand it, Mr. Hotchkiss, and others who side with him, believe that if the Canadian export duty is abrogat- ed that Canadian logs wil] naturally come to supply Saginaw mills with stock ; but I think that it is a plain mathematical proposition that if the Canadian export duty on logs of $2a thousand and the American import duty on lumber of $2a thousand are removed at the same time, that the Saginaw mills will stand in the same relative condition as to securing logs to saw from Canada as they do to-day. The cost of tow- ing and delivering logs to the Saginaw mills from the Georgian bay is $2 a thousand, and while Canadian labor costs less than ours, we will call the cost of sawing in Canada the same as here. The freight rate from the Georgian bay to Buffalo and the eastern market by water is substantially the same as from the Saginaw river. ‘By rail it is less. If you call the rate from both points to Buffalo $2.50 a thousand, you will have these results: Canadian logs sawed on the Saginaw river : Cost of delivering logs, per thousand, to mills..... $2 Sawing .. 20) see. bo sciecas oa dale oc a «eel 2 Freight to Buffalo... ........-ss:e0ts«oe-0+se-=00= ee 2 Export duty on logs........-.+.-0++-+0s-0=ssseseess 2 Lumber costs in Buffalo above cost of logs .....-.. $8 so. ‘* Canadian logs sawed in Canada : Sawing o... 0. 0.cerenvse-asas ensign ene ee Freight to Buffalo. ..........0...:0seseses0 eae 250 Import duty on lumber. -....-. ....0. 2. sseseeepeeee 2 Lumber costs in Buffalo above cost of logs....... ..$650 ‘These figures conclusively show that under present con- ditions as to duties the Saginaw mills are at a disadvantage of $2 a thousand feet in handling Canadian logs, and since the imposition of the $2 export duty on logs, it is well known that they have ceascd to be brought in. | Now let us suppose that both the duties are removed as is supposed, and we have = Canadian logs in the Saginaw river : Cost of delivering logs to mills....................- Sawing 2. <2. -sssy000s0+es5: => see Freight to Buffalo... .. ..:.... 200 Sues -v eee Lumber costs in Buffalo above cost of logs ........$6 So ‘* Canadian logs sawed in Canada : Cost of Sawing... i ..20)....4 Geo ~ tvs oe Freight to Buffalo. .... .. ..s2ssse++ ss sses sn seeeens = 2 5O Lumber costs in Buffalo above cost of logs....... ..$4 50 “‘Under the new conditions, then, the advantage of the Canadian mill owners over Saginaw mill owners of $2 a thou- sand still remains, and the logs would therefore, then as now, be manufactured in Canada.” The irresistible conclusion is that there is still two sides to the tariff question. In further conversation Mr. Hill said that in Canada at present the norway and coarse logs were not cut, the lumber- men not owning the land taking only the best timber. He believed that if the tariff duty were removed it would enable the Canadians to cut closer and go over limits for a second crop. That is one reason why he opposed free lumber. The Proper Way to Dry Oak. A large amount of oak is spoiled in drying. It is the nature of oak to crack, not only on the ends but on the surface. This can be guarded against and reduced by care and the expendi- First of all, the ends of the logs should be thoroughly painted. Ordinary roofing paint is best, and the addition of a handful of salt to the gallon will In piling, the stickers should not be over two inches wide and not over three feet apart, and placed directly over one another. This method will keep the lumber perfectly straight. The piles should be thoroughly covered and thus protected from rain, heavy dews and the sun’s rays. Oak that is allowed to gather moisture and dry out repeatedly, will soon become checked and surface cracked, and as such can only be graded as culls. _ If stained or badly twisted, it goes into the lower grades, all of which is frequently due to slack and unbusinesslike way of preparing what might be good and desirable lumber for market. An ex- penditure of $5 for paint, would probably save $5,000 we of valuable lumber.—-Northwestern Leméberman, ture of a trifling sum of money. improve it. —_ =) A ril Rp TE CANADA “LUMBERMAN. , 1888. | To sala savas TH 4a ‘ a ar aviiteker, t CAR me - CANADA and ick ear O aye, 2x10 thick er, th pick RCA ORO 5 2 I rxto «12 dre er, pi ree ppe! Am RGO NTO sUN & ess icki ppers, eric ity ,M = | IXIO & 12 mill ing So 5 ses Aerie an ins OTS. ar. 2nd Mill Wein . IBER See & 25 Se aaa , etter petmericen BRenuon , 1888, pe re milton 4 MAN 18 a common . 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A 00 a d wes in. & 55 0 eiling, 78 siete 5 to hes, 2 Ghee oe $33 . No.2 = _No No. 1 23 soG50 ool nad Wh v6 In. & oO | Philade Ly ass 14 sate 5 inch i tos ‘ba 4S 34 00° ari 2. x s. 1 27 27 loori oles |. We | Be elpl Sear es w ee ; 4.00 3 00 No. & : 50 50 rin ; Sale 325 | vel S hia F 6 tos nach ide wide 40 0 25 s 3 as 30100 ee ie : 20) 42 | Bevel iding, enci 5 incl nes wide ae 25,08 pea ..good C } FI 1% i Va 50 | Bev Sidir Bic ng& hes ae ure 30 00 Saino se 62 her a. car n., G Soe 7, N el Sidi ng, ches SD e Ss 22 00 200 Is 50 ry argo a. & 7 00 ovel iding. 5 incl . os - 52 Oo > 00 70 oo|N run 19 elty Sidi bi hes ee at ee = 23 00 - > ar = Xx. GOODEBY. NMroanager. Lubricating Olls. Sole consignees of Southwick’s Celebrated Cylinder, Engine and Machine Oils MANUFPACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OILS Millmen requiring Oils of uniform quality and high grade should write us. Crank Pin Grease, the greatest thing in existence for Shafting and Engines, cups supplied. Sole makers of Crown Lubricant and Crown Note our address : BOWDEN & CO., 56 Adelaide Street, East, Toronto, Ont. 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. April, 1888. a eS aera TORON XG PREETI: FIRMS TENNANT & CO. WILLMOTT & MeLNTOSH, Wholesale Dealers in Wholesale Dealers in PIZZA ZI ZI ZEN ZEN ZEN ZINN ZEN ZEN ZEN ZEN ZEN ZEN ZENE ZEN ZEN SS ee Vie Ee are & NHINGLES| J Bas AAS ASAP AS AS AS AP AP AS Be Oe Se eee Dressing and Better Pine. | 44 and 46 Front Street East, TORONTO, - - ONTARIO: a 5, Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. z OFPEICE : [LOR tals Agents for the Celebrated “7S + Prompt Delivery in all Cases. No. S WictoRriaA STREET, = | LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. Christie, Kerr & Lo,, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in PINE: &+ HARDWOOD + LUMBER HEAD OFFICE: Office: 9 Victoria Street, Room H, Yonge Street Arcade. cee TORONTO. LATH, "SHINGLES. ROIS URE SRS SKS Kawa ReIR IR BORSKux Lumber Shipped to all parts. { MILLS AT | Midland, French River and Gravenhurst. MRIS (SOULS Oma SSS KSK5K5)6 BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER. S4S5454545% Aas, | DONOGH & OLIVE SCOTT, SCOTT & Co. Wholesale Dealers in | Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in = Fi | Er me WN a2) (CaS ss mlerSs = MILLS AT MEDONTE, SmMCOE CO. Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, | RET LINGTON SuRER Rast, Ojjice: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 30 Toronto St. TORO: i LO, 0: He f. *% TORONTO. 2% 7S e 7 WM. LEAK & CO, —-McCRANEY, McCOOL & WILSON, Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER ATES SND SN Se —-> WHOLESALE—~—»e— PINE iw ‘LUMBER: STANAVANVUNAOUOVUUONUAVONOUEUUVEVEDOOHUOOEOODEOUOGEEOSUEETETATEDTELE Te Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. —ee Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Office : Dundas Street, | Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. TORONTO} &) 2a) ON AR ie | TORONTO and OTTAWA. April, 1888. THE CANADA wJIKMES LAGCY«- CANADA DOCK, ENGLAND. LIVERPOOL, Is prepared to buy all classes of HARUAOUOU LUMEAE Either in Log or Dimension Stuff for Prompt Cash. a= OFFERS INVITED. az SPOONER’S se COPPERINE. == FIBROUS, ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL, for Machinery Journal Bearings. Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and to do work that no other metal can. Hardware Stores all keep it ; if not order direct. ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer. PORT HOPE, ONT. | WANTED AND FOR SALE. Announcements in this department will be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents per Hine, each insertion, payable in Sue aCe: | or three or more consecutive insertions o c Yi eval 6 the same advertisement a discount of 25 per EALED ES DIES marked eee Mounted cent. will be allowed. Eight words should | Police Clothing Supplies,” and addressed to be counted as one line. | the Honourable the President of the Privy Council, —$—$—$—$—$—$$—$—<$—$—$————— | Ottawa, will be received up to noon on Monday, ANTED-—A quantity of red oak and black | 16th April, 1888. he ) ash. Nos. 1 and 2. Would contract for | Printed forms of tender. containing full infor- green or dry stock. mation as to the articles and quantities required, MANHARD & COMPANY, may be had on application to the undersigned. Cape Vincent, N.Y. No tender will be received unless made on such | printed forms. Patterms or articles may be seen TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. | at the office of the undersigned. — IMBER LIMITS FOR SALEIN ONTARIO, |_ Each tender must be accompanied by an accept- uebec and Manitoba. W.J. FENTON & Co., | ed Canadian bank cheque for an amonnt equal to so Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. | ten per cent. of the total value of the articles = | tendered for, which will be forfeited if the party FOR SALE CHEAP. decline to enter into a contract when called upon : p _ | to do so, or if he fail to complete the work con- WATERPOWER CIRCULAR SAW AND | tracted for. If the tender be not accepted, the Shingle Mill with ten acres of cleared land, | cheque will be returned. log house and stable situated on South river, about | No payment will be made to newspapers insert- 4% miles from Trout Creek Station on the North- | ing this advertisement without authority having ern Pacific Junction R. R., convenient to School, | been first obtained. Churce and Post Office ands large settlement in FRED. WHITE, Hainsworth. Also about 30.000 feet of dry Hard- Comptroller, N. W. M. Police. wood lumber, cut and piled about two years, and | Ottawa, March 12th, 1888. about 50.000 feet of Hardwond sawlogs, principally Birch. If not sold sooner, will cut to order this coming summer. For information apply to THOMAS CORKERY, Barrett, Ont. SAW MILL FOR SALE, OR SALE, IN THE VILLAGE OF BEL- | morn, Sawmill in first-class running order, Will be sold with or without stock. For terms, | apply to H.R. PERKINS, - Belmore, Ont. PINE TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest | Territory, Canada, 100 square miles each ; great bargain. lso, limits in Georgian Bay, Algoma and Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY, Toronto, dealer in Pine Landsand Lumbermen’s plant and supplies. Light iron and steel rails in stock. FOR SALE. . Ae ee PATENT NO. 45,597, DATED November 22nd, 1887, for improvement in | SAW SWAGES. Itisthe best Swage made for | band saws, and will do work equal to any other for circular saws, it being very simple and cheap, and easy to operate. Send for copy of specifica- tions and drawings to ARD, Fatentee, Haring, Wexford Co., Mich. CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L. S. Frederickton, New Brunswick. A NON Sealed Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed, ‘‘ Tender for Carpentry, Joiner, and | other Works. &c., of Parliament Buildings,” will | be received at this Department until twelve of the | clock, noon, on Tuesday. the SEVENTEENTH DAY OF ApRIL next, for the carpentry and joiner, roof- ing, slating, iron work in roof construction, etc., painting and glazing, labor and materials, and other works, etc., in connection therewith, requir- ed for new Parliament and Departmental Build- ings, rinted forms of tender can be obtained at this Department, and persons tendering are specially | notified that they will not be entitled to have their tenders considered unless the same are made on and in compliance with these printed forms, signed with the actual sient of every person tendering (including each member of the firm), | followed by his postoffice address, and with all blanks in the forms properly filled up. Each tender must be accompanied by an ac- cepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the | Commissioner of Public Works for Ontario. for | the sum of three thousand dollars, which will be | forfeited if the party tendering declines or fails to | enter into a contract based upon such tender, when called upon todo so, Where the party’s tender is not accepted, the cheque will be returned. For the due fulfillment of the contract, satisfac- tory security will be required on real estate, or by the deposit of money, public or municipal securi- ties, or bank stocks, tothe amount of five per cent. on the bulk sum, to become payable under the contract, of which five per cent., the amount of the accepted cheque accompanying the tender will be considered a part. To each tender must be attached the actual sig- J. K, POST & Gno,, : y . + nature of at least two responsible and solvent per- LL U MBER MERCHAN TS | sons, residents of Ontario, willing to become a ts 2 | ties for the carrying out of these conditions, and And Shipping Agents. the due fulfilment and performance of the contract OSWEGO,N.Y. in all particulars. IRON AND STEEL RAILS. QUANTITY OF ee VET RAILS, Printed copies of the specifications can be ob- tained on application at the Department. A 30 and 40 ths. to the yard, for sale Cheap. In good order for re-laying. The Department will not be bound to accept the lowest or any tender. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. URVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER Lands in any section. Can effect sale of pro- perties occasionally if desired. References from | former employers. C. F. FRASER, Commissioner, &c. Department of Public Works for Ontario, TORONTO, 24th March, 1888. —$$<$< $< Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers. LUMBERMAN. TAPER PIKE POLES, Peevey Stocks and Cant Hook Handles, The Pike Pole handles are twelv best Straight Rock Maple ; are turned in the purpose, and are 134 inches in diameter for on then tapered to one inch at small end, and chucked the only manufacturers in the world who have the for turning out Taper Pike Poles successfully. THEY SELL ON SIGHT AND GIVE THE BEST OF SATISFACTION. Price of Peevey Poles, Peevey Stocks and Cant Hooks, $25 per Hundred. Sample Poles sent for 25c, e and thirteen a mac! The following are a few of the firms who have used these Pol mn | several seasons: D. Ullyott, Esq., J. M. Irwin, Esq., Geo. Hilliard, E Peterborough ; Gilmour & Co., Trenton ; M. Brennan & Sons, Hamilt Gilmour & Co., Chelsea, Que.; M.- Boyd & Co., Bobcaygeon ; Muskok Mill & Lumber Co., Muskoka Mills; The Rathbun Co., Deseronto; He Tait & Turnbull, Huntsville ; Cookshire Mill Co., Cookshire, Que. WM. FORSYTH, Peterborough, Out. The Ontario Canoe Company, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING CANOES 2": GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managin CANOES FOR LUMBERMEN Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Longitudinal Rib Canoes, Basswood Canoes, Folding Canoes, Paddles, Director Chattlec ar Goods designed to carry any amount of Strongly Built, made to order on Short and attie Send 3 Cent Stamp for Ills Y ————— The undersigned is prepared to purchase any quantity of () : ANTED* Brack Ash, Red Birch, Red Oak and Basswood HOUSE BUILDING # AND FURNISHING + GOODS Crown Jewel Flour—Unexcelled for Family Use. If your Grocer does not keep it, order direct from us. HE attention of Steam Users is directed to our preparation of CEDAR OIL for ren Scale and Sediment from Boilers, lessening the quantity of fuel used, and prolc life of the Boiler. LO SSS) A er Sa OeN ES emma) DESERONTO, ONTARIO. LOGS WANTED Tributary to Lake Huron. ONE MILLION FEET OF WHITE PINE, XIso Norway Pine. Persons having such will address, LAKE SHORE SAW MILL LUMBER COMPANY, C. A. KRAUSS & SONS, Props. Cleveland, Ohio., U. S. A. 16 THE, CANADA LUMBERMAN. April, 1888. NEWS NOTES. —A prominent lumberman at Atlanta, Ga., expresses the opinion that free Canadian lu m- ber would ruin the Georgia pine industry. —Shippers think that the opening rates on lumber will be $1.75 to Buffalo and Toia- wanda, and $1.50 to Ohio ports, from Saginaw river. —Robert Nixon, while logging on the Aroostock, in Maine, near New Brunswick, was instantly killed, a few days ago, by a fall from a load of logs. —Mr. W. C. Cardwell, Lanark, Ont., who owns and operates a lumber mill and flour mill, will add the necessary machinery for manufac- turing relled oatmeal. —Mr. F. W. Galbraith, Bethany, Ont., had his saw, shingle and planing mill destroyed by fire March 11. Loss about $3,000. The works will be rebuilt. Through an oversight of the proof-reader the dates at head of the various market quota- tions were not changed. They should be dated at the end of March. -—The Chemainus mill, the only exporting mill on Vancouver’s Island, B.C., has loaded twelve vessels since August Ist last, carrying over 10,000,000 feet of lumber. —Messrs. Erb & Abrams, Apohaqui, N. B., include in their manufacturing works a sawmill, a gristmill,a machine-shop and a factory for the manufacture of sashes, doors, etc. —It is reported that two large lumber firms will locate at Sault Ste. Marie in the spring, for handling manufactured lumber, and two new planing mills there are also projected. —The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manu- facturing Company, Toronto, have been award- ed the contract for supplying the fire depart- ment of Hamilton, Ont., with 2,000 feet of cotton hose. —Messrs. Bleakney & Jonah, Elgin, N. B., are a new firm who have recently bought out the plant and business of the Elgin Manufac- turing Company, that town, manufacturers of lumber, wooden-ware, etc. —The new mill of the John Spry Lumber Company, at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., will be commenced shortly, and will have a capacity of from 80,000 to 100,000 feet daily. It will probably be completed by September. —John Welde, of Bay City, is to try the experiment of sawing pine with a thin circu- lar, and this season will run one of about one- half the gauge of the ordinary circular. Tle is confident that it will give satisfactory results. —Carleton Place, Ont., cuts at its two saw- mills between sixty and seventy million feet of lumber a year, and its woollen factories make seven or eight thousand yards of goods a week. About twenty-five car loads of freight per day is sent out. —lIn the free-on-board trade in London bus- iness may be said to be at a standstill. Occa- sional sales are being made at wholesale prices, but as far as we can learn these were for special sizes, and no new features have devel- oped themselves. —W. J. Macauley, of St. Paul, has just ar- rived here. He reports having sold the Nor- man saw mills near Rat Portage, Laie of the Woods, in which he holds a leading interest. It is understood, however, that the sale has not yet been legally Completed. —The prospect of lumber being placed on the free list is said to be causing a perceptible appreciation in the value of timber lands in the Lake Superior district and other accessible regions of Canada to the frontier. The result of the placing of lumber on the free list would no doubt cause quite a boom to the Canadian lumbering industry, one of the first features of which would be an advance in timber lands, following an increased demand for limits from American investors. —The Alberta Lumber company will short- ly ask a vote of its directors on the proposition to raise $159,000, on the security of the com- pany’s property. This company has extensive timber limits in the Red Deer river country north of Calgary, which it purposes develop- ing, for which the money is wanted. Some machinery was taken to the limits last summer to establish a mill, but little else has yet been done, and it is not likely that any great amount of manufacturing will be done for some time. The country wants two things first before ex- tensive lumbering operations would pay. These are: Settlers and a railway. The for- mer are going in to the district to some extent, and there isacharter out for a railway. A charter, however, does not always mean a rail- way, and it may be several years before the railway is built. —A correspondent writing from Madawaska, N.B., says the soft weather has materially re- tarded hauling operations, and that it is very doubtful if the bulk of the lumber will be got off. Snow is scarce and it is not thought that there will be sufficient water in the small streams to float the logs. —Alexander Gibson, a heavy lumberman of New Brunswick, is going largely into the deal business this year. It is reported that he has bought up about all the deals in market at St. John, and in that neighborhood, and has altogether between 15,000,000 and 17,000,000 feet. He will begin shipping very soon. —Another strike is threatened in Toronto among the builders’ laborers, who are asking | | for an increase in wages. Up to the time of going to press no positive action has been taken, but meetings are being held by both the Builders’ and Contractors’ Association and the Builders’ Laborers’ Union. What the out- come of the difficulty will be it is premature to deter mine. —The mill men on the Saginaw river are making repairs and putting matters into shape for starting operations. A few mills will have railroad logs to commence on, but nearly all will wait until the boom company begins raft- ing. There is still a large body of ice and snow in the woods, and indications warrant the belief that there will be a good stage of water for log running. —Advices from St. John are to the effect | that 10 cargoes of spruce cleared last week, and that several of the main ports are open | and will begin to contribute to the supply very soon. Under such circumstances it cannot be many days before we shall be called upon to | chronicle activity in the spruce market. Lath have advanced to $2.50 a thousand, simply | because a few dealers have been caught short ; there was only a single cargo to offer, which was taken at that price. Two cargoes are afloat, and on arrival may not command over $2.25—it all depends upon the weather, and how bad off dealers are for supplies. —Lumber from the Pacific cost of British Columbia, which was first introduced into the prairie country east of the Rocky mountains last summer, promises to come quite exten- | sively into use the coming season. Ship- ments are already coming in, and Pacific lumber is found in yards all over Manitoba and the territories. The Douglas or Oregon pine and cedars are the qualities mostly in de- mand, these being used for finishing material in place of white pine. ceive the Pacific coast lumber with favor, on account of its tough nature, which makes it considerably harder to work. Cedar shingles from the coast are also coming into use here. —The Upper Ottawa Improvement Com- pany are asking for an Act of Parliament em- powering them to place works on the Upper Ottawa as far up as the Quinze Rapids at the head of Lake Temiscamingue. time the Company’s works go no further up stream than the head Des Joachim rapids, from which point the Company take charge of | all logs, and convey them down to the mills. | By the contemplated works from that point to | the Quinze, the company will have complete control of the Ottawa River from Ottawa city almost to the sources of the Ottawa River, and with the building of piers and booms will be enabled to greatly facilitate the log drive, as well as doing away with the present indi- vidual drive of lumbermen who drive their own logs to the Des Joachim. Should the Act pass, the company will be in possession of at least 175 miles of river more than what they at present control. + NU Ie PoLvonfeseos—— vs EALED TENDERS addressed to the under- signed, and endorsed “‘Tender for Post Office, &c., Joliette, Que.,’, will be received at this office until Tuesday, toth April, 1888, for the several works required in the erection of Post Office at Joliette, (OMe Specifications and drawings can be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the | office of Messrs. Vezina & Desarmier, Notaries, Joliette, on and after Thursday, 22nd March, and tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque, payavie to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to five per cent. of the amount of tender, must accompany each tender. The cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work contracted for. and will be returned in case of non-acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, : A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works, Orrawa, 19th March, 1888. § Carpenters do not re- | At the present | 1 | MACHINERY FOR SALE MACHINERY FOR SALE H W. PETRIE’S LIST OF STEAM EN- ) GINES, Brantford. PAIR CONDENSING 22 beetles EN- GINES. 80 H.P. CONDENSING ENGINE, WA- TEROUS make. 75 H.P. TWIN ENGINES. McDOUGAL make. 75 H.P. VERTICAL. GIBSON & FOL- LETT. 60 H. P. HORIZONTAL. SPALDING make, Lockport, N.Y. 50 H.P. STATIONARY. GOLDIE & Mc- CULEOECH: 45 H.P. STATIONARY. BECKETT. |40 H.P. HORIZONTAL. WATEROUS | make. | 40 H.P. HORIZONTAL. WILSON | builder, 385 H.P. HORIZONTAL, STATIONERY. Northy. 380. HP. JAS: MARTIN STATIONARY Engine. 95 H.P. SAW MILL ENGINE. WATER- OUS make. 25 H.P. PLAIN SLIDE VALVE, DOUGAL builder. 25 H.P. SLIDE VALVE, HORIZONTAL. American build. 25 H.P. STATIONARY. BECKETT. 20 H.P. CLIPPER, WATEROUS MAKE. | 20 H.P. STATIONARY. BECKETT. 20 H.P. CUT OFF VALVE,WATEROUS. Mc- 190 H.P. STATIONARY. CENTRE Crank. Dickey Neil. 120 H.P. SLIDE VALVE. GOLDIE & McCULLOCH 20 H.P. STATIONARY HORIZONTAL. Corbett & Sons. 18 H.P PLAIN SLIDE VALVE. GOLDIE ‘ & McCULLOCH. | | 18 H.P. HORIZONTAL, SPALDING make, Lockport. 118 H.P. HORIZONTAL, TIFFT & SONS, Buffalo, N.Y. 16 H.P. STATIONARY ENGINE. AMER- ICAN build, 16 H.P. STATIONARY Es 16 H.P. UPRIGHT ENGINE. OUS. 15 H.P. STATIONARY. HORIZONTAL. Goldie & McCulloch. 15 H.P. HORIZONTAL. BECKETT. 12 H.P. STATIONARY. KILLEY & Co. builders. 12 H.P. UPRIGHT ENGINE. CAN build. 12 H.P. STATIONARY, HORIZONTAL. Syracuse, N.Y. make. 10 H.P. HORIZONTAL STATIONARY. Leonard & Sons. 10 H.P. VERTICAL ENGINE. SWAM- SCOTT Machine Co. build, U.S. A. ENGINE. NOR- AMERI- WATER- + 8 H.P. OSCILLATING ENGINE, WITH Link motion. 8 H.P. SLIDE VALVE. HORIZONTAL. | Leonard & Sons. 6 H.P. STATIONARY HORIZONTAL. | Leonard & Sons. 5 H.P. UPRIGHT ENGINE. AMERI- | CAN make. | 5 H.P. STATIONARY, HORIZONTAL, | Slide Valve. Reed & Barr. ' |5 H.P. THREE CYLINDER ENGINE. | English make. 4 H.P. SLIDE VALVE HORIZONTAL. | } Beckett. 3 H.P. HORIZONTAL ENGINE. USED Six Months. 3 H.P. HORIZONTAL MARINE EN- | GINE, with Link Motion. Geo. Meakins. 2 H.P. STATIONARY ENGINE. IN Ar order. THREE 1H.P. ENGINES FOR LIGHT | work. ; Valve. EXTENSION OF TIME. cases for New Depseen Building, is hereby extended to Thursday, sth April. F By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works, t Orrawa, 12th March, 1888. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE LIST 13 ana | 14. Address, H. W. PETRIE, Brantford, Ont. | ¥% H.P. ENGINE, HORIZONTAL, SLIDE | The time for receiving tenders for iron stair- | JOSEPH HALL MACHINE WORKS, OSHAWA Circular Saw Tables ; Wood Turning Lathes ; Morticing Machines. Car Morticing Machine; Wood Benches ; Wood Shapers. Large Surface and General Purpose Wood — Planing Machines. Graining Machines; Tenoning Machine ; Sand Belt Machine. Swing Sawing Machine. Testing Machines for Threshing Machines. Horizontal Boring Machines; Upright Bor- ing Machines; Facing Machines. Iron Turning Lathes ; Iron Column Drilling Machines. Iron Punching Machine; Punching and Shear- ing Machine. Key Seat Cutting Machines ; Shearing Machines. 22 Spindle Gang Drilling Machine; Power Shears. Large Iron Shaper, English Make ; Milling Machine. Schlenker Patent Bolt Cutting Machine. No. 6 Northey Steam Pump; Large Heavy Tumbling Barrels. : Steam Heater, 51x72 inches. Bradley Cushioned Trip Hammer ; Iron Bor- ing Lathe. ‘ Foundry 3 Legged Drup, 35 feet High 1,100 pound Drop, 37 inch Gear Wheel. Steel Boiler, 68x168 inches. . Horizontal Engine, Cylinder 18x36. Turret Head, Brown & Sharpe, Mill Screw Machine. Lefiel Water Wheels ; Portable Engines. Fairbank’s Platform Scales ; Steam Pipe and Fittings. Fire Extinguishers ; Sand Blast for sharpen- ing and cleaning Files. s Belting, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Couplings. Wrought Iron Heater for Glue and Wood ; Circular saws. JOSEPH HALL MACHINE WORKS, OSHAWA. JoHN LIVINGSTONE, Trustee. Cutting and W000 ENGRAVER 10:KING*ST>EAST > GSO TORONTO 2SEND: FOR: PRICES - A DEVOTED TOTHE LumseRING &\Wo0 WORKING INDUSTRIES OF THE = * DOMINION + 20 paces (0x14 MONTHLY TION $1 00 x Su oe ADVERTISINGRATE £ xe ONAP A G.MORTINER Pabigher PETERBOROUGH on7. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers, April, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NEW WATER JACKETED CUPOLA FURNAGE. B. W. KEIM’S New Water Jacketed Cupola produces superior castings with a saving of a labourer ane ten per cent. of a saving in metal and fuel. It is especially adapted for the use of stove, brass and iron founders, also for the treat- ment of phosphor-bronze, copper and bell metal. It is so constructed that by the addition of 1% per cent. of aluminum a steel casting can be produc- ed. It requires little, if amy, repairs, and_the bottom need not be dropped for months. Esti- mates furnished for portable reduction works for the smelting of gold, silver, lead or Soieele ore. Assaying and analyzing promptly attended to by the best of chemists. Your correspondence is solicited. Send for illustrated catalogue. WANTED.—Reliable parties to introduce the Hartsfeld Automatic continuous and improved economical Coke and Charcoal Ovens of any capacity. Also, lately improved portable reduction works and prospecting hand-power diamond bit rock drill that will bring up a Solid core 500 feet. Ex- traordinary inducements. THE HARTSFELD FURNACE CO0.’Y, LTD. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO, ONTARIO. $3,000,000 OF NEW BUSINESS Received in the last Six Months by MANUFACTURERS Life Insurance Company. Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion Parliament, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. SEO PA), agyinge Head Office, - - 38 King Street East, PRESIDENT :—RT. HON. SIR JOHN A. MAC DONALD, P.C., G.C.B. Vice-PRESIDENTS :—GEORGE GOODERHAM, Eso. President of the Bank of Toronto; WILLIAM Ber, Esg., Manufacturer, Guelph. A PEW MORE GENERAL AGENTS WANTED. J. B. CARLILE, Managing Director. MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough PETERBOROUGH TENT AND AWNING FACTORY. J.J. TURNER, Proprietor. The subscriber would call particular attention of Surveyors, Lumbermen and Prospecting Parties, to his facilities for the manufactur cription of commodious Waterproof Tents, Awnings, Horse ( Tarpaulins, Rick Cloths, Portable Store and Pnvate Window English, French and American Stripes and White Duck. fa Lawn and Camping Tents, in every variety of Style and Color. Kefre ment Tents, Photographers’ Tents, and all kinds of Waterproof Clothir stock and made to order. American and English Oakum. All kinds of I spliced. Orders by mail promptly filled. Tents of every description to rent J_3. TORNER, PErERSoBRo’,, Onz eee [> a rete ey, LUMBER bc HE Ieee ie M AMD iG 106 BOOK Over One Million Sold. M OST 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; cord-wood 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 illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. 1888. MAP OF ONTARIO, Railway and Commercial, Brought Down to Date. THE COMPLETE RAILWAY SYSTEM, in operation or projected (Hudson Bay, and Brock- ville, Westport, and Soo Railways, etc.) The American connections at the Sault Ste. Marie, the new Ontario Territory, the Algoma and Free Grant District, etc. _ Map has been most carefully drawn and printed in five colors ; size, 33x48. Plain or varnished for wall - - - $3.00 Dissected for travellers - - - - - - 3.00 WILLIAMSON & CO. Map Publishers and Booksellers. TORONTO. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S GOCOA. BREAKFAST, Seat thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. it is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack \wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”—** Civil Service Gazette.’ Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chemists, London, England. \ \ IMEINAZ STORIE CYLINDER, ENGINE AND MACHINERY OILS. Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and shaft- ing, and is a saving of 50 to 75 per cent. over oils. JOSEPH HARTON & CO., 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. Telephone 806. | | | | SCRIBNERS | NAPANEEB CEMENT COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF} Hydraulic Cement : | Secu sai adapted for Dams, Erection of Chimney Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. NAPANEE CEMENT CO., Limited, =: =+ NAPANEE, ONT. Machine Knife Works. eset (fa li I Hl IW MACHINE KNIVES b ~ ok ok Galt+ pies) [icky OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR 4 Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting. PRLS > +o SEND F'OF LiST. PETER AAY GALT, ONT. TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING ic Ri cE nee ee 4 > 4 > ¢ ] < NZ Pi « > « > « > & Sea gO Oe Oe a a a a i ee IBS SAONSE WAGIASN SG) I SESIR ENTS Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisjaction, Se SEEN) FEF. KE. DIXON & CoO. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET | NZ “LEA THER} HELTING+ 70 King Street East, Toronto. Sole Agents in Canada for the CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL The Only Perfect Helt Uressing, oS) = All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be- fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. April, 1888. TO USERS OF ++++ LE ATHER+BELTING#?*- raw Some Pertinent Sugeestioos. We tan our Leather especially for Belting. FIRST We have increased our trade threefold during the last few years. ee sell our Belting according to a Vist that is 25 to 30 per cent. lower than the American list which some sell by in Canada. ii We have heard some consumers who are N.P. manufacturers say that they cannot get good: Belting made | in Canada. Now! WE JL | To whom we have sold from $3,000 to $40,000 worth of Belting. | BEST MILLS IN CANADA | One firm alone buying from us last year to the amount of $10,000 for their Mill. f Harmonize these Facts | 1st. THat our PRICES are RIGHT ? 1 ‘ -2ND. THAT ouR LEATHER is GOOD ? CAN YOU | with any other theory than | arp. THat ouR BELTS ar—E WELL MADE ? IF NOT Send us a Sample Order and see if we cannot please you. KOBIN & SADLER, -~ * MANUFACTURERS * 129 BAY STREET, NOTRE DAME STREET, Toronto. Montreal. DOMINION SAW WORKS! oS—SSS=S=-=j=-= JAS. ROBERTSON & CO. JAMES ROBERTSON | 253 to 267 King Street West, | Dalhousie and William Streets, = Toronto, - - Untario. Montreal, - - Jie. —= pa ‘ Ss |ANUFACTURERS OF NAWS } Q = | MAC eae Fa == Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Deag. Grooving. —= = 2 ~~ _> e f i : : - 4 | 4 Thurber’s Royal <= LS == S —S S= i) Wi Whi) ~~ ANTEPRICTION: BABBIT: METAL IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN a Ssss AAA SSS OTg@=—-/0—- A == EO H ) \ | : ti | Band Saws, Emery Wheels Saw Sets, Saw Swages, Rubber. Belting, Iron Pipe, EVERY SAW FULLY WARRANTED. é : : Shen Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Files, &c. Prices on Application. Le = | VoiumeE VIII. f NUMBER 5. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY AIS yOomSy Gry AVIS Aor OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one pest in Advance, - - - - $1.00 One Copy six months,in Advance, - -— - ms 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. : Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directed to ‘** WANTED” and “* FoRSALE”’ advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested _in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. THE total number of boiler explosions occurring during the year 1887 is given by the Locomotive as 185, killing 254 persons and wounding 314. It is interesting to observe that, as stated to have been “‘ invariably the case,” the greatest number of ex- plosions has been supplied by saw-mill boilers, 24.3 per cent. of the whole number being in this class. MILL OWNERS in Nova Scotia are hoping for improved prices this season, principally owing to the fact of the more favorable outlook for the timber trade in England. It is said that there is little hope of a market for Nova Scotia lumber in the eastern states even with a reduction of duty, as west India and South America shipments pay more than present prices even without any duty. The best American market available is in Maine and New Hampshire, Boston and New York. A new river has lately been opened, known as Gold river, in Lunenburg county, and will this year contribute several million feet for the first time to the markets of the Atlantic. THE Chaudiere lumbermen and the Dominion Government are mutually concerned at the present time over the question of water rents at the Chaudiere. _It appears that the lumber- men are a long way in arrears in the payment of these rents, but have a considerable offset in the shape of expenditure for improvements made by them on these water powers to enable them to be utilized properly. At a meeting of the Banking and Commercial Committee of the House of Commons recently held, Hon. John Costigan, Minister of Inland Revenue, by whose department these rents were collected, explained that he did not want to enter into the claim of the lumbermen to the offset of expenditure for improvements and intimated that _it was the intention of the Government to raise the rents as soon as the lease to the lumber firms expired, as the present rents were not nearly adequate considering the value of the A ‘CuHIcaGo lumber journal has made the discovery that during a period of ten years the lumber trade of that city has paid out in premiums for fire insurance, a sum estimated but little, if any, short of $3,000,000. The losses during the same time, including yards, planing mills and box factories, have been inside of $500,000, or 167% per cent. of the pre- miums. It is claimed that the rate paid by Jumbermen here- tofore has been exorbitant, so much so that steps are now being taken to organize a Mutual Insurance Company, having for its object lumber yard insurance throughout the United States. NEW railroad projects are becoming as numerous just now as new patents for ‘‘ the best car coupler extant,” the number of which cam only be guessed at by those who are familiar with the patent office returns. There seems to be more time taken up by committees in the consideration of railroad projects than anything else, and although they usually pass through successfully, seldom become more than paper charters. It is high time that the Government should exact some substantial guarantee of ability and good intention with each application for a charter before being taken up in committee. The public has to pay too dearly for the consideration of such wild-cat schemes. From all accounts there is an ever-increasing flow of capital from the pockets of northern lumbermen to the southern timber regions, and likewise a migration to the latter point which will have its effect in the different north-western states. As an indication of the decline of the lumber industry in the Wolverine State, it is said that large lumber companies are being formed with timber possessions entirely in the Souch and with their projected operations there as well. The old fued which so long existed between the North and South is rapidly dying out, anda relationship is rapidly springing up which will result in making the hitherto divisional line, socially and politically, a thing of the past. IF what is being published can be credited, there appears to be a considerable falling off of late in the receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway Co., so much so, it is said, that every possible expense is being curtailed, and the staff of employees consider- ably reduced. The TLamilton correspondent of the Toronto Mail in a recent letter to that paper said: ‘‘ There is rumor among the railway employees here that 25 per cent. of the 580 men employed in the Grand Trunk shops are to be discharged on next pay day. The reason alleged is the heavy decreases in the recepts of the road during the past few weeks, said to amount to over $100,000 since the middle of March, which necessitates the reduction of expenses. The officers of the company here are very reticent regarding the truth of the rumor and refused to say whether it is correct or not.” ON various occasions THE LUMBERMAN has adyocated the opening up of more extensive trade relations between the Dominion and the British West India Islands, but the Con- servative members from the Provinces by the sea are going one better by pressing the question of annexation on the attention of the Dominion Government. The question of more intimate trade relations with those Islands has ever been an-alternative one in the Maritime Provinces, and just at this juncture, when these provinces are withering for want of nourishment, it is thought that the strivings of the Nova Scotians and New Brunswickers for increased trade with their neighbors, may be turned into a new channel by working out the plan, not only for closer trade relations, but also for some form of intimate political connection. What we, as Canadians, want is inter- course of commodities with the people that are most convenient to us, who want to trade with us, and whom nature points out as out natural customers, instead of looking across seas to find a market for our products, and form unnatural political alliances in order that we may do so. It does not appear that the Government has yet shown a disposition to take the matter up, but a heavy influence, it is said, will be brought to bear to induce them to do so. The Government's dreams of peace- ful conquest may wax wider than the mere proposal to annex Newfoundland would indicate. THE CANADA LUMBERMARN. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., MAY, 18885. { Teams. $1.00 ran Xs PROMPTED by ( of large number of er rs « at city have recently devoted considerable ce to the ject of the future of Chicago < lumber m They seem to per- ceive a decline in the importance of the Northwest metropolis as the great white pine distributing rket of the niry. The primary reason why Chicago is losing her grip on the lumber trade seems to be t f rers f it more profitable to ship by rail dire mer tl i) Chicago, to go into the har 0 men, and be sub jected to the necessary charges for docka nd handling. Even the low lake freights do not compensate for sé un- necessary expenses. The chang ) ns surround ing the handling of lumber in the West can be traced to the rapid increase in the railroad facilities in all the white pine producing region. Mr. Van Schaick, a well-known authority is reported as saying that in Chicago’s palmiest days as a lumber market, Michigan was the great lumber producing State. The consumptive demand was, as it is still, in a large The lumber found because it was in the track of the movement from the stump to the The streams brought the logs to the lakes, of Ct But as and the lakes afforded the means of the timber nearest to the streams was cut off, the logging measure westward. its way to Chicago market. transportation. railroads were built and brought into service, and these have in many cases been incorporated into the railroad system of the State. from the mill to the It has become possible, in consequence, to move lumber market cheaper than by the old method. AT last the question of railway disallowance ir which has been the ali-absorbing topic for so many months, seems to have finally been settled in favor of the people of the Canadian North-west. It is understocd that, acco arrangement for the abandonment by the Canadi railway company of its monopoly rights in the North-west, the Government will guarantee $15,000,000 of land grant bonds to be issued by the company, the bonds to run for fifty years and bear 3% per cent. interest. As security the company pledges the unsold portion of its lands, some 14,000,000 acres, and its earnings from postal subsidies and transportation of militia stor€s, etc. The interest on the bonds is to be made a charge on the surplus earnings of the company after paying its fixed charges, thus ranking ahead of the ordinary shareholders. The company is pledged to devote the whole of the proceeds of the bonds to the purposes of the railway. it is understood that about $5,000,000 will be employed in extinguishing the floating liabilities and debts, and $5,500,000 will be spent in equipment, the construction of elevators, and otherwise in- creasing the facilities and earning power of the property, and the balance will go to such other improvements as are necessary © as to enable it and to raising the standard of the road bed, s to bear a maximum of traffic at a minimum of cost. Through this arrangement Manitoba is now open to the reception of as many railways as wish to cross the boundary and come into the province. The result of this will be that within the next few months both the Northern Pacific and the M. & M. will have independent lines running into Winnipeg. Both the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., the Government, and the people of Manitoba are to be congratulated on such a reason- able adjustment of a much vexed question. Mr. ROBERTSON of Joggins, N. B., certainly cannot be accused of want of pluck or enterprise. The first failure of his big raft, when it refused to leave the ways and had to be taken to pieces, did not deter him. Stronger ways having been constructed,.a still larger raft was successfully launched. Then came the catastrophe of the two ropes parting in a storm, the destruction of the huge raft, and the scattering of the logs far and wide over the ocean beyond the possibility of recovery. All this expense, heavy loss, trouble and disap- pointment would have deterred many men, but it seems only He has This time to have spurred Mr. Robertson on to further efforts. now nearly completed a still stronger raft or craft. itis piling for the New York market, not saw logs with which Neither is this new marine monster to he is experimenting. depend upon tugs, but to have motion power of its own in the 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. May, 1888. | shape of six masts and their sails, and will carry a crew of twenty men. all hold and all cargo if that view is preferred. It will in fact be a solid ship with no hold, or Twenty-five thousand spruce trees and innumerable smaller pieces of piling are to form a mass 600 feet long, 54 feet wide, and 38 feet deep. Whether she will make her voyage in safety remains to be seen, but the trial is to be made in the early summer. She will not have many prayers for her success from the schooners which are in the business of carrying piling to market. A question has been raised, whether the spruce trees are not saw logs and thus liable to export duties, but Mr Robertson claims that they are really piling and thus exempt from duty and he says that the custom authorities at Joggins agree in his view. THE committee of the Senate of Canada, which is now con- ducting an enquiry into the capabilities of the Mackenzie River basin, is obtaining much interesting and valuable infor- _layers’ Union. mation as to that enormous water system and the extensive district which it drains. Some of the witnesses have spoken particularly of the timber to be found in the region. As might be expected from its northerly situation there are a few timber trees for a long distance from the mouth of the river. Further south on the main river and its affluents on this side of the Rocky Mountains there seem to be rather extensive forests but chiefly of a nature that makes them of comparatively little commercial importance though they would be amply sufficient to supply local requirements. On the large rivers that run into the Mackenzie from the westward breaking through the Rocky Mountains the case is different. There are on their banks fine forest of the character of those on the Pacific coast and the excellent timber they can supply could be conveyed great distances by this gigantic water system to the settlers of the district. But that concerns a distant future. THE statutory power that is asked by the Dominion Admin- istration of rescinding by order in council the export duty on saw logs and shingle bolts, is in addition to the power they previously had of removing or reducing our import duty on lumber, if the United States would consent to reciprocate in this manner. The new power is to facilitate such a bargain for the benefit of both countries. It is indeed of considerable practical importance as congress has been asked if it removes the lumber duty to make it apply only to countries which do not impose an export duty on saw logs. If legislation in the United States takes this shape we will be prepared for it. In the United States Congress Mr. Mills’ tariff bill has been exposed to the influence of the procrastinating methods in vogue on the eve of a Presidential election, and a discussion of it has been avoided in the House, though not in the press. It is indeed very doubtful what its fate may be even if any action is taken in regard to it. indeed full of pitfalls for the politicians. ject very cautiously and are very likely to postpone any The whole tariff question is They treat the sub- decision. President is elected, there is evidently a growing desire for a But though there may be a pause till after a reduction or repeal of some of the duties which are yielding a revenue that is positively einbarrassing from its magnitude. Asin Mr. Mills’ bill lumber is in most of these propositions one of the articles to be placed on the free list, and there is far less opposition now to the suggestion than there was a few years ago. There is every probability that before very long the United States import duty on Canadian lumber will be totally removed. IN the last number of this journal reference was made to the trouble then existing between the Builders’ Exchange and the Bricklayers’ Union, of Hamilton, which for a time almost entirely put a stop to building operations throughout the city. The history of the affair has been furnished T1iz LUMBERMAN by a thoroughly reliable correspondent, which is as follows: “Mr. W. Hancock owns a quarry in which union laborers were employed, but they refused to work ten hours a day and he discharged them and employed non-union men. The other union laborers in the city then refused to handle his stone, although all the other quarries in the city were non-union, and then Mr. Hancock set about organizing the Builders’ Exchange, which when in running order fell in line with his wishes, and without hearing from the other side at all, proclaimed a lock- out of all trades until the laborers agreed to handle the stone. This a good many consider was very unjust, as the laborers, as was afterwards assertained, were not supported by the other unions until after this action, and even then only by the Brick- The whole matter was eventually settled a week ago by the contractors again following Hancock’s lead and giving an advance of wages to almost every trade in the city. The workmen may be said to have gained substantially everything that they asked, and most of their demands were merely vague and would not have come to anything, or could have been settled by arbitration had the exchange not taken the stand they did. The settlement arrived at has undoubted- ly lowered its prestige and will make it much harder to settle matters next year unless some of the more level-headed of the contractors take matters into their own hands and go about it in a business like way and leave out the bulldozing. The general impression among the more sensible builders is that they will in future steer clear of the private quarrels of any of their members, as it turned out on looking deeper into the matter, that the aggrieved quarryman had actually made money by the whole business, and in fact, with the assistance of the hot- headed ones of the party, carried matters pretty much as he pleased for a while. There are no changes to speak of in lumber here. There are still prospects of a fair year’s building, but nothing like what would have been but for the trouble above referred to.” LUMBER TAXATION. REFERRING to our remarks in a late issue of THE LUMBER- MAN, anent lumber taxation in the province of New Brunswick, and in reply to our enquiry for further information, the * Miramichi Advance, usually well informed on such matters, replies as follows : ‘¢The Crown Land policy of the New Brunswick Govern- ment is complained of because it has directly affected those actually engaged in the lumber business, mill owners being the chief sufferers. As we understand the matter in the upper provinces the crown timber lands are held in perpetuity. That is, the lessee holds his limits indefinitely, so long as he complies with the regulations of the Department. That being so, a Jarge interest in these lands is acquired by third parties— capitalists—who make advances to the limit-holders, their security being the latter’s tunure of the lands, and, therefore dependent on the stability of the Government regulations. The Government of Quebec and—we believe—that of Ontario, also, have increased the mileage and stumpage charges, which, of course, lessons the value of these lands to those who have treated therm as a security for moneys advanced to the operators. “* Capitalists who make investments in connection with the trade in this section of New Brunswick do not secure them- selves in the lands held by lessees, for the tenure of the latter is for a fixed period—ten years—at the end of which the ‘limits ’ are open to general competition. The capital in- vested is, therefore, in mills, booms, facilities for moving lumber, such as steamers, barges, scows and other plant con- nected with the business. | The cause of complaint with us is that the time when pur largest permanent investments were made in these facilities for carrying on the business, there was no reason to believe that the Government tax on Crown Land lumber would be even one half what it is at the present time. Not only so, but the utterances of members of the Govern- ment at that time, in the legislature, the belief that the then existing rather than increased. were calculated to create rates would be decreased We refer toa period about fifteen years ago when an annual allowance of $150,000 a year was arranged for between the Dominien and local governments, to be paid by the latter to the former, in consideration of New Brunswick relinquishing her right to levy export duty. That arrangement relieved the trade of the provincial export tax of twenty cents per thousand sup. feet on all merchantable lumber, and the Government of the day claimed great credit for the ‘boon’ it had secured for the lumbermen. They showed that they had gained for the public treasury some $75,000 a year more than the province had realized from the export duty and could afford to make things easier than formerly for the lumber industry. ‘“New Brunswick was, under these circumstances, a pro- mising field for lumber operations on Crown Lands. There was no stumpage tax, the only charge being $6 per square mile for the land, which was held from year to year, only, subject to annual public sale. ‘Unfortunately, however, for those whose operations were on Crown Lands, as those of the Northern Counties of New Brunswick were, and are still, immense blocks of the best lumber lands of the province had been granted, absolutely, to land and railway companies, as well as to private individuals, either for about fifty cents per acre, or as subsides for the con- struction of certain railways To show the relative positions of the Northern and Southern sections of the province in re- spect of their lands, we group the four Northern Counties together and also the four largest Southern Counties for the sake of comparison—not from the statistics of fifteen years ago, as we would like to do, but those of 1877, which are the only ones we have at hand—and we find the following : a » ™ age tax on merchantable saw logs was made Soc. all over the | government’s policy has been to place the New Brunswick Total Acres Granted Crown Land Restigouche Gloucester Northum’d Kent York Carleton Victoria Charlotte. ‘¢The greater part of the acres granted in the second or southern group were in the hands of land and railway com- panies or pledged to them in 1873, and as these lands had been selected by the owners because they were the best lumber lands of the province, it was natural that the government should be encouraged by the representatives of those counties to increase the taxation on Crown lands lumber, in order that the value of that on the private.lands might be enhanced. And we may say that the rest of the province is practically against the four northern counties in this matter, for the seven — counties not included in the above groups, although their aggregate acreage is only 5,052,010, had but 1,705,118 of it remaining in possession of the Crown in 1877. Increased — provincial expenditure was soon made a plea for increasing the taxation on lumber, and it will not, therefore, be wondered at that the ten representatives of the four northern counties could do little to prevent what was urged in the interest of the counties which sent thirty-one representatives to the legislature. ‘“‘The record of the advancing steps by which the New Brunswick lumber dues have reached their present industry- crushing figures is briefly told— ‘‘From the charge of $6 per sq. mile in 1873 they were advanced, in 1874, to $8 per sq. mile and a stumpage tax of 60c per M. on spruce and pine logs cut anywhere on the North Shore and Soc. elsewhere in the province. Mileage dues, however, were refunded to operators who paid sufficient stumpage to cover the amount they had contributed on that account. This arrangement lasted until 1877, with some slight alterations in items of small lumber. ‘“In 1877 the mileage was continued at $8 but the stump- 7:372,885 2,174,774 5,198,111 | i 4,922,460 3,196,298 1,726,172 province, the drawback of mileage being still allowed on pay- ment of stumpage. This arrangement lasted for six years, the leases being renewable for five years and an extension of a year being practically allowed. In 1883 the mileage rate was continued at $8, but the stumpage tax was raised to $1 per thousand sup. feet for spruce and pine saw logs with no draw- backs on account of mileage. Leases were made renewable for ten years at an annual charge of $4 per sq. mile and stumpage dues at $1.25 per thousand sup. feet for spruce and pine saw logs. These are the rates now taxed upon the lum- In addition to this great increase in stumpage on logs, and the retention of mileage fees, the rates on timber have been increased and many items of small lumber, such as boom-poles, etc., which were not taxed before, are made to contribute to the revenue of the province. ‘* The Government, having set the example, the private land holders have not been slow to imitate and even better it. It will, therefore, be readily understood that the effect of the bermen. trade at a great disadvantage. It is well known that mill- owners with large capital invested can neither suspend opera- tions nor realise anything near cost on their properties. They are, therefore, obliged to go on. Many have done so for the past two or three years at a loss. Some of our best known concerns have been squeezed out of the business, as so many idle mills testify. Should prices improve across the Atlantic the best prepared—those who have any capital left—may make both ends meet. If they can’do so and pay $1.25 per M., Government stumpage on spruce, it follows that the Quebec lumbermen who pay only 60 cents will make what is a hand- some profit in these times. And that is why we expressed the view that the Government of Quebec, which charges $3 for mileage and 60c. per M. stumpage for spruce is merciful, compared with that at New Brunswick which exacts $$ mile- age the first year, $4 for subsequent years, and $1.25 stumpage.” New York City. New York April 27.—The market drags. Dealers evince little disposition to buy, unless they can secure a snap trade and such opportunities are scarce, because sellers look forward to a general thawing out of business. when sales will be more numerous and prices better Many factories are running with small crews, and have but little work on hand. Certain dealers go so far as to say that business in certain directions has been overdone, and if care and sound judgment are not used, a crash of more or less severity will follow. Weakness, if any exists, is among consumers, aad yard dealers are hesi- tating about piling their yards with stock which may not be saleable. A month ago trade was fully as strong as it is now, and at that time the dealers looked forward to a decided im-_ provement in the time which has intervened aa i 7» SS in ti ~May, 1888. LONDON BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. With this issue, says the 7¢mber Trades Journal, we pub- lish the timber portion of the Board of Trade returns for March and the past three months, which are rather later in appearance than usual, the Government report not being is- sued to the public till the afternoon of the 9th inst. Extend- ing our remarks beyond that portion confined to wood, we observe that, although the business of the country continues favorable, it works upward very slowly from a national point of view. The general character of the returns is very much in keeping with the accounts we receive from the provinces ; there is certainly an increase of business, and in some places trade may be even rather brisk; but there is no ‘‘ boom” yet to inspire that confidence in commercial circles which is the customary forerunner of advancing prosperity. People rather think there is a good time coming, but they do not depend on it, and those who try to persuade themselves that the good time has actually arrived, as they see more business doing, wonder that so small a share of it reaches themselves. Last year the Board of Trade returns for March, in the export de- partment, surpassed those of the March previous (1886) by £492,011, and in our imports for the same month there was an increase of £1,303,993, but we did not improve on those figures to a like extent in the March just passed. All we have to the good in the comparison is £45,224 in the export trade, while our imports show a small deficiency amounting to £204,109. In other words, our oversea trade as a whole has fallen back in the month of March as compared with March last year: by £158,885. This may not be altogether unfavorable, but it shows that we are not doing any great things in the way of regaining our former foreign trade. All the same there is something for from discouraging in the figures the Government have just put before us if we look carefully into them. There is an item of £187,196 less of manufactured articles. We are surely able to do without these, and will hardly regret the deficiency ; and as food and drink are cheap and plentiful with us, we can very well dis- pense with the 41,974,965 worth of eatables and drinkables duty free, which we did not receive this March, but did the corresponding month last year. On the three months includ- ing March we have gained on the trade of last year for the same period, say— Qupiiemmportsidelca. . 2... scene 44,589,039 GMB CXPOLUSIGC) cc sees see eens os 2,557,450 Total increase during the 3 months, £7,146,489 If our export trade holds its own we shall be sure to have plenty of imports. So much for the general trade, which it is always desirable to take a glance at before going into that branch, which more nearly interests ourselves, as every section must assimilate to the whole mass. Timber importations at this early period is seldom a trustworthy index to that which is to follow, the foreign trade being very desultory, but we all like to see the season open quietly. cargoes coming forward early one on top of the other as it were, to be thrown into the public sales as fast as they are un- loaded, which has been the case for the past four or five years. It disheartens the most sanguine to see If it be admitted (which some will not allow) that the im- port season for timber has begun, it must also be allowed that it has commenced with great moderation. Last year at this time we had to record an excess of import over 1886 up to 31st March amounting to within a fraction of 100,000 loads (see No. 554, Vol. 22, page 413), but “this year tells a very different tale. The import of timber goods in March just passed is 60,982 ioads in arrears of March, 1887, and, instead - of the first quarter of the year showing an increase on the previous year’s import up to that date, it is, according to the Board of Trade returns, 41,703 loads behind it. We are ad- monished of large east coast contracts gone out, and of steam- ers with heavy cargoes on board on their way home, and that the great thaw will be followcd by a very considerable fleet of timber-laden vessels for this country. But, if so, that is nothing unusual when the spring trade begins, and in the meanwhile we have the important fact before us that, instead of being supplied with 100,000 loads more than last year as was the case in 1887, we are 41,000 loads deficient, in the comparison, up to the present date, with stocks generally very much below what they stood at then. Our readers can sub- stantiate these figures for themselves from the subjoined timber returns of the Board of Trade, which may be considered very Satisfactory as far as they go. The following are the official returns for the month of March, 1887 and 1888, compared, and also for the three-months ending ch Gist. 1887 and 1888, compared :— THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. QUANTITY. VALUE. 1887 1888 1587 1888 TIMBER (Hewn). Loads. Loads. L L ISSO IC Ia iin Oks RAO 1,681 574 9,949 2,435 Sweden and Norway. 63,103 21,515 83,203 29,599 Germanye..... 6,793 1,005 18,121 1,560 Wnited States... 3,701 9,475 14,650 40,357 British E. Indies .... 2,659 1,654 26,571 19,420 Brit. North America 280 692 1,100 2,400 Other Countries..... 42,668 50,565 38,585 53,427 TOLA DEAE ee, wate 120,885 85,480 192,179 149,207 TIMBER (Sawn or split, Planed or Dressed). RUSS Tcleveraraegiyeiedes syorses 1,643 15 1,919 21 Sweden and Norway. 62,149 24,258 129,523 51,473 United States; ...... TA, 222 Ze NURO Nea 22 = FOs35y7 Brit. North America. 7,223 8,240 13,786 16,147 Other Countries..... 2,632 1,625 9,881 6,889 TOL ALR arcu «ih ouc 87,869 62,292 192,231 150,887 Staves (all sizes)..... 8,877 3,126 53,051 15,117 Mahogany (tons) ..., 2,107 4,896 17,2907 41,734 Total of Hewn& Sawn 208,754 147,772 384,410 300,194 THREE MONTHS ending March 31st. (QUANTITY. VALUE. 1887 1888 1887 1888 TIMBER (Hewn). Loads. Loads. fe £6 IRIS iota caine Otte Bias 4,421 3,087 14,513 7,898 Sweden and Norway. 110,327 66,912 149,218 88,029 Genmanyaareree: 12,147 OF OAZ SSO ZN EAR SIO Wmited! ‘Staveseaes. .- 8,991 19,597 39,076 83,701 British E. Indies .... 4,268 5,000 42,910 60,053 Brit. North America. 492 1,012 1,674 3,306 Other Countries..... 116,438 137,896 106,933 132,480 LOM oococcanne 257,081 243,006 387,506 390,105 TIMBER (Sawn or Split, Planed or Dressed). RUSSIA, sass fs stages: 24,794 6,233 38,592 12,150 Sweden and Norway. 105,443 73,485 220,593 155,557 Winitedie Statesmen 31,628 44,426 86,755 121,602 Brit. North America. 11,914 19,893 23,198 38,584 Other Countries..... 75235 9,349 24,292 30,084 HOH 69 098 dea 0.08 181,014 153,386 393,430 357,977 Staves (all sizes)..... 17,323 13,908 102,307 89,099 Mahogany (tons) .... 11,256 9,722 92,510 84,499 Total of Hewn& Sawn 438,095 396,392 780,936 748,082 PERSONAL. The Ottawa papers report Mr. R. Nagle, the well-known lumberman, as improving though still very ill. The return of Mr. D. B. Meigs, a well-known lumberman, for Missisquoi, as member of the House of Commons, has been announced in the Canada Gazette. Mr. Tucker David, has vacated the editorial chair of the New York Lauber Trade Journal and transferred his interest in the same to his late partner, Mr. J. D. Crary. | We wish the new management every success. One of Nova Scotia’s pioneer lumbermen, N. L. Jodd, of St. Margaret’s Bay, will be missed this season by his com- pany, having died suddenly last winter. The mill will run as usual, the past winter proving very favorable for the taking out of logs. M. M. Boyd & Co., the enterprising lumbermen of Bobcay- geon are working on the system of tramways throughout their property, intended to greatly facilitate handling the immense cut of lumber to be cut during the season, which will amount to from ten to twelve million feet. D BUSINESS NOTICES. The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company, of Toronto} have recently supplied about 3,000 feet of the larger sizes of Monarch rubber beiting to Messrs. Hurdman & Co., Ottawa, for their saw mills at that place. Attention is directed to the announcement in this issue of the Ball Electric Light Co., manufacturers of Electric Light Apparatus, Toronto. Mill owners contemplating introducing electric light into their mills will do well to correspond with the above firm. As per announcement in our advertising columns, tenders are being asked up to the 30th June next, for the purchase of the estate of George Baptist, Son & Co., Insolvents, of the city of Three Rivers, lumber merchants. As this is a very valuale property there well in all probability be a brisk compe- tition among prospective purchasers. The Napanee Cement Co., Napanee, Ont., are Manu- facturers of hydraulic cement of a superior quality, which they say is specially adapted to the construction of bridges, sewers, cellars, culverts, cisterns, foundations, etc. They also manu- facture quicklime of spécial grade suitable for paper manu- facturers, gas purifying, strong masonary and fine finishing work. . The Rathbun Co., of Deser On re ttention in our advertising columns rr y anufactured by them, specially intended for rendering fireproof both new and old buildings. It is endorsed by 1 ng architects as the most suitable material in the market for the construction of mills, factories, etc. Terra Cott a fireproof, material capably of withstanding the severest te It is being € con- struction of some of the finest buildings on the continent, and is giving the most univer f u We take pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to the announcement ir i of I rm of Goldie & McCullech, G: O I rers of flour mill machinery, wood-working machinery, safes, vault doors, etc. This old-established firm are too well known to need any in- troduction from us, anc ir manufacture can be clasSed as second to none on the continent. Partie ing the Queen City would do well to call at the company’s warerooms, next to the Mail office, where their courteous manager, Mr. 3ostwick, will be pleased to show them fine a san of safes as can be found in the Dominion. NEWS NOTES. —The North Hastings Lumber Co., capital been incorporated. of planing mill, —Another man gone wrong! Aldermen Patterson, Cadillac, Mich., employed at Haynes Bros.’ thinks he has discovered perpetual motion, and has a machine going which he proposes to let alone for 30 days, to demonstr- ate his belief. —Pacific coast capitalists are said to have made arrange- ments with the Maine Compress Company, of Bangor, to in- troduce its sawdust baling machine on the coast, which presses a ton of wet sawdust into three bales, each 24x24x36 inches, a reduction in bulk of 75 per cent. One coast concern aggrees to bale 20 tons of sawdust daily. —The Toronto Zmpire says: freight agents to see the necessity of constructing a The wholesale men want the general lumber depot in this city in connection with the Northern railway at the sole expense of the railways. Naturally enough the retail men are kicking against this, as it would deprive them of the earnings of their yards, or at all events it would do so to a great extent. The lumbermen of the Board of Trade went about their object very quietly and pretty success- When, however, they met the railway freight agents the majority of them had not made up their minds as to what they did want, and rail- fully represented their story to the public. way representatives express no opinion whatever on the scheme. A committee was then appointed of the whole- sale lumbermen to draw up some definite plan which they will submit to the railways in a few days. There is pretty sure to be some hard kicking on the side of the retulers, and the railway companies, if the matter should be submitted to them by their agents, are certain to consider it in a serious spirit. Though no expression of opinion has so far been given the fact of great piles of timber being placed in even comparatively close proximity to the engine-house and other railway sheds will have to be well considered. At any rate it is well that the public should know what the proposition is and give every side a show. —The Miramichi Advance, in speaking on the stumpage question, ‘‘ sits down” on the members of the Provincial par- liament in the following unique but forcible manner: ‘** The lumber trade, from Kent to Restigouche, has begged, by petition, for some relief from the oppressive stumpage, which is helping to close down mills and drive those formerly employ- ed in them from the country. revenue necessities for several years and says that but for these The Government pleads its it would give the relief asked. When the exchequer is full and it has thousands to spare it spends the money for a third railway between Fredericton and Woodstock, for an additional public building at Fredericton, etc, and it hopes to make us forget its Punic faith by throwing this paltry $5,000 grant at us in the form of an item in the Supplementary estimates, osten- sibly in the lumber interest but, really, to build a road to the Sal- mon waters owned chiefly in official circles at Fredericton, and which it is said to be now determined not to spend after all. we cannot see, therefore how it can be ‘ appropriated. * asked for this $5,000 to be spent for a mised stumpage reduction ? At least, it does not seem to have been voted and Who substitute for the pro- Were there any petitions, or re- quests for it from the lumbermen of the Miramichi as a body ? Moreover, this idea of improving the lumber lands, is only a step in the direction already taken by the railway land cor- poration, which gives a drawback on stumpage at times to Even if the gov- ernment spent $5,000 in a Gora fide way it would not be doing more than its duty and the appropriation would be in its own interest, rather than that of the lumbermen.” lumbermen who make such improvements. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. NAVIGATING THE OTTAWA. On the Upper Ottawa, from Lake Temiscamingue to the H| Chaudiere, things are beginning to look lively, says a local paper. The ice has all passed out of the river, and the differ- ent boat companies are preparing their fleets to receive and transport the logs, which formed the lumbermen’s cut in the forest ranges of that country during the past winter months. Mr. Alex. Lumsden, of New Edinburgh, has the contract from year to year to drive all the logs on the Ottawa River from the Long Sault Rapids, which is above the points where the logs are driven into the main Ottawa, except those cut on Lake Temiscamingue which are driven separately, to Des Joachims. This is the first part of the drive and the logs are driven loosely by a large gang of men, the volume of logs in- creasing as the mouth of each stream is passed and the logs are collected in the drive. Arriving at Des Joachims the logs are taken over by the Upper Ottawa Improvement Co. and the Upper Ottawa Towing Co. They are boomed out and towed by the steamers H. F. Bronson and H. Robinson to Fort William where they are again let loose and driven loose through Fort William boom, after which they are boomed out and towed to the head of Allumette Rapids by the steamer Dolphus. Here they are again turned loose and driven to Mellon’s Chenail boom where they are boomed out and towed to the head of Calumet Chenail by the steamer G. B. Pattee. The same process is repeated and the logs driven into Chenaiux boom, where they are boomed out and towed to the head of Chats Rapids by the steamer Pembroke, again they go loose over the Chats Rapids and into the Quio boom where the logs for mill owners on the North or Quebec side are sorted from the logs on the south or Ontario side. This done, the logs are boomed out once more and towed by the steamer Baldwin and a new steamer put on this year to replace one burned last year, to the head of the Deschenes Lake. Here the Upper Ottawa Improvement Co., and the Upper Ottawa Towing Co. hand the logs over to Capt. Goulet with his steamers the Castor and Chaudiere, and the Upper Ottawa Steamboat Company with their steamer the Monitor and they are towed by them to the head of the Deschenes Rapids, where the logs belonging to Messrs. Perley and Pattee, J. R. Booth, Bronson & Weston, Pierce & Co, and Mason are turned into the south shore snie and run into Thompson’s Bay where they are held in reserve, sorted and supplied to the various mill ponds as required. The logs belonging to Messrs. E. B. Eddy, Hurdman Bros., Hamilton Bros., McClymont, McLaren, Conroy, W. C. Edwards and Rathbun & Co., are turned into the north shore snie and sorted at Eddy’s gap, Messrs. Hamilton Bros. and W. C. Edwards’ logs running through Eddy’s canal into the lower Ottawa and towed to their mills at Hawkesbury and Rockland. The other logs are distributed into the ponds of their owners as on the south shore. All the boats used in this work on the Upper Ottawa are of the most powerful character, large paddle wheel steamers capable of standing a heavy sea. This brings the logs to the mills from the limits. At the mills they are converted into lumber with wonderful rapidity, piled in the yards and piling grounds, and when dried shippea by boat and rail to Montreal and Quebec and re-shipped in American bottoms for Bur'ington and the Eastern States, and deals to England, or shipped direct from Ottawa in Canadian and American bottoms direct to Burlington via the Chambly Canal and Lake Richelieu. The firms who will be engaged in this sawn lumber carrying from the Chaudiere this summer are : J. B. Blanchard & Co., with the steamers Dolphin, E. B. Eddy and Owens, and fifty-five barges. D. Murphy & CGo., with the steamers Ivy, J. R. Angus Mahan, Dandy, Elfin, John Young, Hope, Vermon and about sixty barges. Messrs. Bangs & Kirby, with the steamer Allan Gilmour and six barges. ' Mr. Geo. Harris, with the steamer Geo. barges. Mr. J. Parks, with the steamer Rigaud and four barges. Mr. Ogilvy, with steamer Ada and two barges. The work of shipping the remains of last year’s cut to the actually began on Saturday. The canals at Calumet and the lower Ottawa will be open ina week’s time, when the work will be started in earnest, and Booth, Silver Spray, A. Harris and ten New England market continued until the ice forms next fall. The freight and passenger business on the Ottawa River, from Ottawa River to Montreal will be done by the Ottawa River Navigation Company’s steamers. The passenger steamer Empress, which has been newly fitted up in luxurious style, will run from Ottawa to Grenville, and a new boat just com- pleted in Montreal by the company between Grenville and Montreal. The freight business will be conducted by the steamers Maud, Olive, Welshman, Gatineau and a few other steam barges. NEWS NOTES. —The mills in the Northwest are commencing their season’s operations. —All the saw mills in Winnipeg will: be running this sum- mer, all three having been closed down last year. ¢ —Machinery has arrived at Maclead, Alberta, for a new mill which will be established there by Jas. McLaren. —M. B. McAulay, and A. Mercier took out from two to three million feet of lumber on the Victoria River the past winter. —Mr. Mathison’s saw mill, at Havelock, Ont, which was burned some time ago, has been rebuilt and is now in good running order. —The stop-logs in the timber slide at the Chaudiere have been removed, and all Government works opened for naviga- tion and the running of logs. —Mr. Robt. Dollar, of Marquette, Mich., who is consider- ably interested in Canadian and Michigan lumber operations, has invested in California lumber during’the past winter. —C. Beck & Co,, of Penetanguishene, Ont., has taken a contract to saw ten million feet of lumber this season for an American firm. This will be the largest cut ever turned out in this mill. —R. Balfour, inspector of bridges on the Canadian Pacific Railway, has lately written a letter in which he speaks very highly of the value of British Columbia lumber for bridging and similar purposes. —The report is confirmed that James McLaren, the Ottawa Lumberman, will build a mill at some point on the Pacific coast this season. He declares it will be a model mill and will cut for both export and local trade. —The cut this season by the Chaudiere firms, Messrs. Booth, Perley & Pattee, Bronson & Weston, Hurdman & Co., Pierce & Co. ind the E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company, is esti- mated by the lumbermen at about 375,000,000 feet, if no delay occurs in the fall from low water. —The returns of the government timber inspector shows that 1,400,000 feet of lumber and $75,000 shingles were cut in the far northwestern district of Edmonton last year, 1,000 miles northwest of Winnipeg. The cut was made by five mills, these being mostly moveable affairs. —Saw log driving has become brisk on the Madawaska and other streams. No timber driving has, however, yet begun on the streams of the Upper Ottawa on the north side. The ice on the lakes is, in many places it is said, of a winter solidness, The season in respect to driving is two weeks behind the ordinary one. —The lumbermen are a little anxious about the lowness of the water in the Ottawa River this spring, and it is feared that It is very important that no delay occurs to the log drive, as the reserve of logs from last season is very small and may not be sufficient to keep the mills busy ull the drive logs arrive at the Chaudiere. trouble may be experienced in the fall from that cause. —Harbor improvements at Penetanguishene will be carried The Dominion Govern- ment has placed $20,000 in the estimates for that purpose, which is being supplimented by the town to the extent of $1o,- ooo, anda like sum by the Grand Trunk railway. Forty thousand dollars should make Penetang. harbor one of the best on our northern lakes. on this year on an extensive scale. —It is stated that Messrs. J. Burstall & Co., of Quebec and London, have sold a large quantity—between 1,800 and 2,300 standards—-of the lower grades of a well known and favored Ottawa pine stock wintering in Canada, to be shipped to the Prices have not transpired, but the current quotations for 4th pine deals range from £7 12s. 6d. to £7 15s. London market. according to specification, including cost, insurance and freight. as LeBel and Mr. McCausland lumbermen of London, Ont., has Mr. LeBel will continue the business alone in the future. He has secured for this year’s shipments some 3,000,000 feet of the different kinds of hardwoods, such He reports trade as gradually improving with every prospect for a —The partnership heretofore existing between Mr. lately been dissolved. as black ash, hard maple, basswood, cherry, birch, ete. still further increase when the season fairly opens, his business being largely with firms in Boston and New York. —-A correspondent writing from Madawaska, N. B., says: “We are having cold, dry weather for this season of the year, which is not any too favorable tor logging operations so far as floating is concerned. It looks very much at the time of writing as if the rivers and small streams would be very short of water at the ime when the same is most required. From reports received there is nearly double the output of logs there was last year. On the American side some of the mills have been running some time manufacturing Provincial cedar.” t an —William Smith, while working ina saw mill, in the county of Bruce, met with a fearful accident one day recently. He was attending the engine, and was alone ; how the accident happened is therefore only surmissed. The mill was running, and a fellow workman was at work upstairs, when he noticed something wrong with Smith and immediately ran to his assist- ance. He found the poor man had been carried round the shaft, and is thought he was adjusting the belt. All his ribs ~ on one side were broken, and other severe injuries sustained, causing the poor man’s death. —A correspondent writing to the Winnipeg Free Press from Carbery, Man., says: Matters are getting interesting in the timber permit business here. There are three inspectors around and they are making things lively for delinquents. Not only are they attending to the business of the present winter, bat it is said they areraking up the business for a year or two back. — It is somewhat peculiar they did not settle some of this before. the last general election. Most people consider the permit system obnoxious and better adapted to fill the pockets of a few Government officials than any good it does to the Dominion Treasury. = The following official list of saw mills in Manitoba and the district ot Keewatin has been published : Name of Owner or Where Situated. Owner and Assignee. Boyd: & Crowe»)... 00 See Turtle Mountain........... Bull Head Bay.........-..- -Rat Portage....-ccewky aaa .. Fort. Preancis ..5s eames Whitemouth .............. Turtle Mountain.......... H. B. Mitchell G. Morton Northwest Timber Co. .......... Rainy Lake Lumber Co........ De Sprague: 14:.s: Ubon ces. ee Winnipeg .... 31... wsetens Ju Stewart: x 4.secevne eevee eee Fort Ellice. .. .apsesap eee A, Watts... circ aves asise «uy iypiee ASN RIN ann < oS eas Wells: Brosunantos 30 00 HARDWOOD. Wainut. Nos. 1 & 2, 1in., good Reject or common, 1 dry, I Indiana... .. $87 So@ 9500) _in., 1% and up..... 6000 6500 i & wpssesk.<- 9250 100 oo Culls, 1 in. rrr fe Nos. 1 & 2, #in..... 7250 7750 Ty in. & up..... 35.00 4000 Poplar. { Nos. 1 & 2, $gin. good Nos. 1 & 2,1 in, & wide, Indiana ..... 25 00@27 S0|_up, good wide, Tad. 3250 3600 TANGA ee eee 2800 32 50 Wes ae Sx§ Clear ..........s505 Geen Oak. . Nos.1 & 2,1 in., — Nos.1 & 2,1 in. & western, straight.. 32 50@35 00) up, western, a quartered ....... 49 00 §0 00] straight........... 3500 37 Se quartered ....... §2 §0 §§ 00 Ash. Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Nosec1 & 2, 1&{ in. & western kot Ga 35 co@yo up, good western.. 32 50 4250 Yellow Pine—Yard and Wholesaile. Sc’tlg, 2x4 to 12x14 . 22 00@23 Flooring, 1 in., Va. . 17 00 1S 00 Plank, 14% to2 in. . 23.00 275 r&14 in. Gal& Fig, 1 & 14 in. No.1 27 So 30 Fla. cargo run - ae 24.00 Cherry. Nos. 1 & 2,1in.,good 62 ° 70 00ND BO m% in & 2 _ ss pa : Boobs 6 b5 00 q 5 00 St. John, N. B. St. Joun, April 27th, 1888. Deals, Boards, Scnating, etc. Spruce deals - - - - - $12 oolSpruce boards) Sli ten se 12100 Pine S- = = - - 75 oolPine “ - - -12 00@40 00 Dealends - - - - - - 6 00Oak So i-\i i-inr @AORCO Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash = = 15 00@25 00 Hemlock) = t=) a winii=e/7850 Shingles. Spruce, extra - - - - - $3 50) “ Nope cS G. Diy A wo" Geet = = 2 eS ag) iShoo Se So oa Zs us No. rextra - - - 225 Clapboards. Pine, extra - - - - - - 3500 Syeraivets, age co > DS = A 7Zii (ole) Declears =) = - = = -45,00| = Clears - - - - - 23 00 “ adiclears- - - - - 35 00, ~ CS NOne= aso! s “ No.2 - = = 10 00 Flooring, Dressed. PmeNostee-- -u- - - iioo4in. No.t = - > = = = 12°00 7 Mas 2 ss & San Col) SO INO NSS ee S510) (eo) Miscellaneous. Staves - - - - - 300@450 |Laths - - - - - 1 $0 Heading, 17 in. per pr. ol eee = oo © 19 50@15 00 = oits | 04% 05%|Railway ties - - 15 By 22in. ** 04% 06 Burlington, Vt. BURLINGTON, April 28th, 1888. Canada Pine Sidings—1x8 in. and up, 12 to 16 tt. d 20r 4 5. Select & shelving . , AG OURAN 6 6 a5 5 5 oo o Ea Co) 2G) ‘i 36 09} Flooring and Siding—Dressed. Flooring, clear, d & 40 oo Siding, clear, %in. . 22 00 te 31 00 |i cS peer tila eet phe 20 00 No. 2 : 30 00 | eS I 17 00 No. 3 20 00 (a ee 14 00 No. 4 13 00) Daw 12 00 Finishing Lumber—Rough. Three uppers, rin. . 41 00@43 00 Fine common, 1in. . 28 00 31 00 %&1% . 4200 44 00) 1% & 2in. 32 00 Selects. 1in. . » 35 00 3000C,7,8& gin, ... 25 00 1% &2in. . 38 oo Base, 2togin. No, 1 40 00 No. 2 oa, 30 00 No 20 00 | \Coffin boards 16 in. and over 16 00 Joist, Scantling and Timber. wtorwfeett . . - Toole ezteet yj 4. er. zofeet ...-. TN OOley ZAnteet 6 ol aes Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra. Wide Select and Common—Rough. C (No.1 com.) 13in. and up 28 oojD (common) 14 in. and up . 16 00 Lath, Shingles and Pickets. Zath,No.1 .*... 1 75\Country brands XXX 3 25 tb Lae 1 25 Clear butts . . 225 es.river brands P’kts,2to2% inrough 12 00 1 Peep ts 1S JOO BISOITESSER 0s ee Clear butts. .. 240 2 501% in. square,dressed 14 00 . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. New York City. New York, April 28th, 1888. Black Walnut, % in., all clear......$7800@ 82 ooCulls, rinch..,.....835 0o@ 37 Z Z ‘ I sed rand1% inches.... 9200 97 oo|Culls, thick.... . 3700 300 1% and thicker..... 98 00 105 o0\Counter tops, 18 in. ejectS............. 5200 §5 00) andover..........110 00 150 00 Poplar, or White Wood. % in. 10 inches and \1% to2 inch......... 29 00@30 00 OVEL epee nencese ses 22 o0@24 002% and thicker... 31 00 3300 ¥% in. coffin boards... 27 00 25 50\Common 1 to 2 inch 21 00 22 50 1 inch, 10 inch and i Banke Linch...,.++++. 2100 2§ 00 OVEL ss eee eas cats 28 09 30 oo|Culls, all thickness.. 15 00 16 00 Linch, 8 in. and over 26 00 28 50} Dressed Poplar. ¥ inch DAT letters 24 50@25 00|% in. clg.4to6 in... 21 00@21 50 % inch panel........ 27 00 28 00) in. clg.4to6 in... 24 00 24 50 3% inch panel........ 29 00 30 00/54 in. clg.4to6in... 27 00 25 00 4,5, 6inchcasing.... 30 00 31 00)%4 in. clg.4to6in... 2900 3000 7, 8, 9, 10 inch casing 32 00 33 00/7% in. clg.4to6in... 3000 31 00 Ash. 1inch, white ....... 36 00@ 39 oo|Strips, clear 26 00@ 28 00 1% to 2 inch...,.... 38 00 40 00 Black ash, good.... 2600 3000 A fe) (Chie naan ogee 40 00 641 oo|Black ash, culls.... 1000 1209 Oak. 1 inch plain sawed, 37 00@ 39 oo| inches and over... 48 00@ §1 00 1% to 2inch........ 37 00)" 40 0o\Phicker. +5)... .-.). 51.00 5300 AUIS) Bre on ac, ono an , 3800 40 oo|Strips under 6in.... 38 00 4000 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6-| Cherry % in., white & clear.. 65 00o@ 7o oo|2% and thicker..... 85 00@ go oo I inch, Ppndnanenoo and 75 00 80 oc}Counter tops, 18 in. I inch strips........ 40 00 42 00 _and over..........100 00 15 00 TW 10) 2) WNC Go onon 0 00 ©6$3, oo Culls, all thickness 18 00 20 00 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear..... 35 00@ 38 0o/Redwood California Chestnut common.. 20 00 23 00) plank.............. 52 0o@ 55 00 Basswood white.... 28 00 32 oo|Hickery, oldgrowth 50 00 60 a0 Basswood common.. 20 00 23 oo|Hickery, 2nd growth 70 00 80 00 Maple, clear........ 2500 30 co/Mlm..............-. 2000 22 00 Birch, clear......... 33 00 36 oo|Sycamore........ .. 24 00 27 00 Birch, 1s anda2s..... 26 00 30 oo/Sycamore quartered 35 00 40 00 Cottonwood. Byes eral » 2000 21 00 (Gabino ws og oe SOC Chater) Redwood, California Butternut. . . . 4500 5000 jeENCI op nacecouee LY Oa Ele) le) Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y. BUFFALO, April 27th, 1888. Spring has arrived, the river is open, and vessels are being moved from winter quarters to loading docks. Building operations will be brisk this summer which naturally makes a good home market for lumber. Car trade with the Eastern markets is reported quiet. Stocks are badly broken, and there is a scarcity of course lumber. Uppers and selects are in good supply with small demand. Hard- woods are in better demand than Pine. It is anticipated that lake navigation will open about May rst from this port to Chicago, and that canal navigation will commence a few days later. The receipts of sawed and cut barrel staves promises to be, fully up to last year. Considerable of this stock is bronght over from Canada. Norway Pine—Rough. No. 1,1 & 1X in. . 20 00@22 00\Stocks No. 1,1 & 1 in 22 00 epic 7 43, No. 2, 1 & 1% in. . 1500 15 50 No. 2,1 & 1% in. 17 00 No. 3, 1 & 1% in. 5 WSO) TA Ce) No. 3,1 & 1% in. 12 00 Scantling 2x4 to 2x12 12 to 16 ft13 00 Timber, 4x6 to 12x12 1600 25 00 White Pine—Rough. Uppers, lin. .$43 00@4s oo|Shelving, No. 1, 13in. 1%,1% and 2in. 4400 4700/ andup ..... 29 00 2%,3and4in. . 5590 0000 No. 2, 13in. &up 2200 2400 Selects, I in. . . 3400 36 00\Fine common, Tin. . 32 00 1%, 1% and 2in. 3700 4000 1%, 1% and 2 in. 3200 3500 2%,3andq4in. . 4500 5000 Common, I in. . 1600 1900 Cuts, No.1,1 in. . . 2500 2800 14% and 1%in. .1700 2000 1%,1% and2 in. 3200 3300 2in. . 2000 2200 2%, 3and4in. . 3700 4000 Coffin boards 1600 19 00 No. 2, I in. 5p OD 37/ COOP 1 5 oe 12 00 1%,1%and 2 in. 2100 2200 14% in. & thicker 13 50 Moulding, 1 in. . . 2800 3200/Astocks,Ix10 . .. 27 00 1%.1% and 2in. 2800 3200 TRIO bee seb tau) e 25 00 Siding strips, 1 in. 38 00|B stocks, 1x6 to16 . 17 50 \C stocks, 1x6to 16 . 13 50 Dressed Lumber. Nowi, Nos2. Nos Base and Casing under 6 inches. .$33 00 $2300 $1600 Base and Casing, 6 inches Serer rcy ko . 3400 2500 1700 Base and Casing, 6,7and 8inches_. . .. 3500 2700 20 00 Flooring, 1 and 1% inches, 2% to5in. wide . 3000 2000 1500 Ceiling, % in., 2% to5 inches wide . . . . 3300 2300 16 00 Ceiling, 5% in., 2% to § inches wide . 2800 2200 1400 Ceiling, % in., 2% to § inches wide . 2400 1800 1300 Philadelphia Fencing 5 . 3600 2500 17 00 Bevel Siding, 6 inches . 2300 2100 # £1100 Bevel Siding, 5 inches . . 2350 1900 1400 Bevel Siding, 6 inches rete - . 2300 1900 1400 Novelty Siding, 6 inches and over ..4000 2500 1700 Shingles and Lath. 4 25\Lath, pine No.r .. 2 10 3 25| No. 2 ce: q 25|Norway_ . 3 00, Hemlock m/e 2 10 >, Cite So ne neD go Shingles. 18 in. XXX DO. ME oat mas HRA Dost SOON Shingles, 16 in. OOK DReXa ayy. ; Detroit, Mich. Detroit, April 28th, 1888. Uppers, Selects, Stocks, etc. Uppers, 4-4:----.--- ...-$45 00/Shop, 5-4, 6-4 & 84.........$25 00 5x4, 6x4 & OX4......-- +--+ 45 0o/Fine common, 4X4.........- 31 00 BiCEIAAM peels ite) SOMOOI 5X4; Greil Kes RU oe eoe oc 33 00 Selects, 4X4.....--.02s.000-s 38 oo|Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, No. 1.. 19 00 5x4, 0x4 & 8x4........-. 40 00) rxr2, & ixro0, No. 2...... 16 00 Shopwaxdneence erm sate 22 000) rxi2, & 1x10, No. 3...... 13 00 Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, etc. Flooring, select common... 22 oo|Roofing, D & Mii cersecistic. sak OnOO! No.1 common......:... TAS Gla Shiohitnkeny Cleeve Sndeeodeocesssa 2S So No. 1 fencing........... 16 50 Reena acon ates (ONO Ceiling, select common .... 25 00 IB Sdonddbate dd nodene sesso 18 50 No.1 common.........- 22 00) (© op xcesnaocauodeoud ssa 13 50 No. 1 fencing........... 20 09 Bill Stuff and Culls. Bill stuff, ordinary sizes: BoLOmotnecens san ck /eayOa rio) 149)s4F gor apap Wooe ooo 12 00] 30 to 34 ft............... 16 00 TR TOO fH. c seca «ae 22) SOPSNIP! CUMS coin sein wininivns n= I2 00 DOLOVZA Mb ae een teins TOVOO|NLUNGULLSirecteeweleeiecreteee rie 10 00 Shingles and Lath. 375 6 in. stocks clear, Ex... 4 00 3 00 5 in. stocks clear, Ex... 4 80 7) Fy \Wehs Wee ogee don Jecbrcsaa ses 210 Albany, N.Y. ALBANY, The season of 1555 whict gation is open; enquires < wintered throughout the city about ons lumber, which, if no set-backs probability be disposed of beto hardwood are brisk; the spru quiries for considerable activity: anc favorably Boston, Mass. Boston, April The lumber business the advance of spring. City of the trade in surrounding town for spruce, with man at the same time, the y $14.50. But the advance promises yet any cargoes here, though quotations on car spruce are dimensions, $15 to $15.5 Random cargoes, $13 $16. Spruce boards are i firm: Clear $18 to $19; refuse $9 to $11. Planec pine is in fair request, but ti selling readily, where good tions are steady at: Spruce e $22. Pine, sap extra, $45 to 545; $50 to $55; heart clear, $45 T extra and clear shingles. \ all the old stock they can rake together. to $3.62% ; clear, $3 to $3.12% ; € $1.25 to $1.75; Cypress, $4.75 to $s f For laths thereis a good request, at $2.25, as fast as they come in. far in the season at least. Western Pine by car load. v7) Uppers, 1in .. .. ..$48 00@50 50 00 1%, 1% &2in 50 09 52 30 09 3&4in 55 09 69 33 09 Selects, 1 in.......-- 4200 45 43 09 1%,1% & 2in...... 44.09 40 3 00 BSA ANS Sceee.-) 49/09) 152 00 27 90 Moulding boards, 7 to hod 3000 THinchicleat..-c.- 347,09 200 2609 60 per cent clear 35 09 ommon all widths. 20 09 25 99 Fine common 1 inch 37 09 . 23.00 2400 1%,1% & 2inch... 49 09 Eastern Pine—Carzo or Car Load. INOS-pe 216073 eer) cee i f “yc 99 eres ee Re ee Ship’g bds & coarse 00 Refuse .. .--- West’rn pine clapbds 4 ft. sap extra .. .. 43 09 45 00 Spruce—by Cargo. Scantling and plank, Clear floor boards. . 18 oo@18 09 random cargoes . . 13 00@13 50) No.2... ...-.+ 1009 16 09 Yard orders, ordin- Coarse, rough 9 09 1209 ary sizes. . . . .14 00 15 oo|Hemlock bas 10 00 II 60 Yard orders, extra ‘ 1200 1209 sizes) 2; = » = « IS 00 16 00\Clapbds., 28 00 3009 Frames, to order, Clear, 4 ft. 209 28 09 small sizes . . . . 14 00 14 50 Second clear . 2009 220 Frames, to order ex- No. 1 1209 15 09 tra sizes . ... .15 09 I5 50 Lath. Sry) SR ono ES eo Seo ES et Shingles. Spruces ein ne extra 3 30@3 60 Pine, 18 in. extra. . 300 315 Pine, clear butts . =. <+ 2)aa 22a iin. 500 § 25 Oswego, N. Y. Osweco, April 28th, 1888. Pine. 14%, 1%, 2 and thicker uppers...-..-------- $40 00@43 00 fs ss <6 pickines 24... =~ == 3000 3300 ES es <¢ No. I cutting up...--- 2200 2600 & oe <* cuttings up pickings and uppers as run......------ 3000 3500 I inch selected sidings........---.--+-+--+--- 25.00 3000 WA s Solas Seteeite as Bseeoe io. 3000 3500 1 & 1% box or No. 2culls.......---.-.------ {100 1200 1 & 1 sidings No. 1 dressing and better. ..- - 17 00 2500 IxIo & 12x12 to 16 feet dressing and better.. 1700 2500 ss “ «shipping culls ......-- 1400 1700 sf <3 Set Nios Se ros Fe Il 00 1200 1 & 1 in. strips 4 to7 wide selected........ 2000 3000 oe iy a GressinGs ~. -....-~- 1600 1700 “F ie oe DONE «cee oe iets Qoce 1200 Brown Ash. 114% 1% 2 & 3 in. 1st K2nd quality 17 00 2100 = =s Ks GulilSies =) soe Qo0o0 1100 1 & r¥ ist & 2nd quality 2000 2 ss Gulshan tee ee oe =e Q00 1200 Shingles. XXX 18 inch pine standard thickness to 2% $4 25 XX “e ce “ce “e “e 3 or WS “ce “ ce e “ce 110 XXX “ cedar == “ + 340 NOK oe “e “ee ee oe 2 25 XXX 16 rats S $3 320 XOX ae ee a oe “ 2 20 Lath No. I 136,136... 22. eee eee eee ett 200 210 Be ope Sues 52 Meeks 3) etae efsic s/s emwiai Ss i25) ©5q i IO THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. A LUMBERMAN’S VIEWS ON RECIPROCITY. Speaking upon business principles, says the Journal, ‘‘ Not as a politician, but as a lumberman of long standing,” Ottawa’s senior member, W. G. Perley, made a valuable contribution to the debate on the unrestricted reciprocity resolution in the small hours on Saturday morning. The speech was not too lengthy, occupying only about forty-five minutes in delivering, but it was brimful of information bearing upon the point at issue as it affects the lumbermen, for whom, perhaps no one is better qualified to speak than is Mr. Perley. Notwithstanding the unseasonable hour at which by force of circumstances he had to speak, the practical common sense of his remarks and his strict adherance to the subject, won for the speech fair at- tention. This is more than could be said for any other speech delivered during the riotous closing hours of the debate. To show how uncalled for had been the sympathy expressed for the duty-burdened lumberman or—exporter of lumber— during this debate, Mr. Perley pointed out that all the pro- ducts of the forest that have been subject to duty on entering the States since the abrogration of the treaty of 1854, are for the future to be admitted free without any such sacrifice as Canada is asking to make, as a bill with that object is now before congress, with every likelihood of becoming law. And he conclusively showed in addition that even now the duty on lumber is paid not by the Canadian producer, but by the United States purchaser. These were his words : WHO PAID THE DUTY? I do not know that there is any settled principle ; but the dealers in lumber and manufacturers in the United States, without any exception, contend that they pay the duty. They come here and buy lumber free on board and pay the duty on it. Ido not intend to argue the question, but I will state my experience in the application of the treaty of 1854, and leave the hon. members to draw their own conclusion as to which contention is right. Notice for the abrogation of the treaty of 1854 was given in 1864, and the abrogation took place on the Ist of July, 1866, when a duty of 20 per cent. was impos- ed on pine lumber. At that time my firm was engaged in the sawing of lumber, and at the time this resolution was introduc- ed my impression was that we did not experience any differ- ence in the price of our lumber from the imposition of that duty. But to verify my impression I had an examination made of the books of my firm, and I found that from 1864 to 1867 there was no perceptible change in the price of our products. If anything, the prices increased in the latter year to some ex- tent. But this instance goes to show conclusively that at that time we certainly did not pay the duty that was imposed on lumber by the United States.” ONE POSSIBLE RECIPROCITY BOON, While showing the fallacy of the opposition contentions as to the benefits to be derived by the lumbermen,. Mr. Perley on the other hand pointed out a benefit not touched upon in this debate which they would receive by the removal of the duties, however brought about. He said ‘* the only advan- tage, I contend, which we can obtain by the removal of those duties, is to enable us to cut and saw an inferior quality of logs, and perhaps, in many cases, trees that have been burnt and killed a long time ago might be cut and used for boxes, and so on, which might be worked here and exported to the United States, if there were no duties to pay.” the mere earnings of the laboring classes and the payment of He pointed out that Crown dues, with even only a small profit to the millmen, would be a great boon for the country to get from such timber. The advantages thus in store for the lumbermen Mr. Perley claimed had been offset by the action of the Government of Ontario and Quebec in materially increasing lately the Crown dues upon timber. in making such a large increase, and that so far as trade was He contended that they were unwarranted concerned in the Ottawa valley, there was no reason for in- creasing the Crown charges as they have done, except in an- ticipation of the removal of the duties upon the products of the forests going into the United States. According to the conditions of the lumber trade in the Ottawa valley, those charges could not be paid by the lumbermen at the present time, otherwise it being a well-known fact to all practical lumbermen and sawmill men, that a low grade of lumber as produced now cannot be exported to the United States under that system of duties, without a loss to the men who saw the logs. : EFFECT OF THE N., P. Not only did Mr. Perley contend that no such scheme as unrestricted reciprocity was called for in the interest of the lumber trade, but he illustrated how that trade had been built up by the National Policy which it was now sought to supplant. ““ At the inauguration of our present fiscal policy,” he said, ‘‘it was contended on what we considered reasonable grounds, that that trade would have to suffer, under the National Policy, for the benefit of other industries. It was contended by some members of my own firm and by my neigh- bors that we would have to pay increased prices for the different articles from our own manufacturers at rates fully as low as those we would have to pay the foreign manufacturer. What was the fact? The articles of clothing and the vast amount of goods that enter into shanty supplies were never advanced in price, and to-day we can get them cheaper than ever we could get them before. *« An enormous increase in the home consumption had taken place, he said, since 1880. As a sample he cited statistics gathered in Montreal, where in 1887 the lumber consumed amounted to 20% of the cut of all the mills in Ottawa and its immediate neighborhood. In that city,” he said, ‘‘ the esti- mated local consumption for 1880 was from 45,000,000 to 50,- 000,000 feet, while in 1887 it ran up to 120,500,000 feet. I look upon this as one of the important elements of the pros- perity and success which this National Policy so-called, has given to this country. And if we were able to obtain the statistics of other cities, I am sure we would be able to show the people and hon. gentlemen opposite, who are contending that we should throw overboard everything we have achieved, that upon that basis we have developed our trade and given our own people employment in the manufacturing interest.” A PARTING MORAL. Before concluding, he rebuke to the ““murky-fingered painters of blackness and despair,” as Mr. Foster calls the pessimists on the Opposition side. ‘‘I think,” said Mr. Perley, ‘‘ that if we can get over this attempt to dis- turb the progress and development of this country, and if the administered a hon. gentlemen in this House would take some other means of criticising the action of the governing party, we would do far better and get along more successfully in developing the resources of the country. It seems to me that this feeling of enmity against the successful party and this complaining that has been going on since I have known anything about Parlia- ment, and this raising of the cry that we are going to ruin, are calculated to retard the progress of the country, and to embarrass the Government from carrying on measures for its welfare. I may be criticised for expressing my views on this point, being a young member of the House, but I may say that I consider this resolution uncalled for in any sense of the word, so far as the lumber trade is concerned, and I can see no ground upon which they can justify themselves in introducing a resolution of that kind.” The whole speech was terse and practical, and made a marked impression on the members of the House who heard it. Purchasing Belts. We find the following in a treatise on belting recently issued by the Page Belting Co. : machinery for the reception of the belts, the next thing to be Having properly arranged the determined is the length ana width of the belts. When it is not convenient to measure with the tape line the following rule will be found of service: Add the diameters of the pulleys together, divide the result by two, and multiply the quotient by 314. Add the product to twice the distance between the centres of the shafts, and you have the length required, substantially. The width of the beit needed depends on three conditions : Ist, the tension of the belt ; 2nd the size of the smaller pulley and the proportion of the surface touched by the belt; 3rd, the speed of the belt. The average strain under which leather will break has been found by many experiments with various good tannages to be 3,200 pounds per square inch of cross section. A very nice quality of leather will sustain a somewhat greater strain. In use on the pulleys, belts should not be subjected to a greater strain than one-eleventh their tensile strength, or about 290 This will be 55 pounds average strain for every inch in width of single belt three- sixteenths inch thick. The strain allowed for all widths of belt- ing—aingle, light, double and heavy double—is in direct propor- pounds to the square inch of cross section. tion to the thickness of the belt. This is the safe limit ; for, if a greater strain is attempted, the be!tis liable to be overworked, in which case the result will be an undue amount of stretching, tearing out at the lace or hook holes and damage to the joints. When the belt is in motion the strain on the working side will. be greater than on the slack side; and the average strain will be one-half the aggregate of both sides. The working adheSion ofa belt to the pulley will be in pro- portion both to the number of square inches of belt contact with the surface of the smaller pulley, also to the are of the circum- ference of the pulley touched by the belt. This adhesion forms the basis of all right calculation in ascertaining the width of the belt necessary to transmit a given horse-power. A single belt, three-sixteenths inch thick, subjected to the strain we have given as a safe rule—s5§ pound per square inch in width—when touch- ing one-half of the circumference of a turned iron pulley, will adhere one-halt pound per square inch of the surface contact ; while if it be a leather covered pulley, the belt will adhere two- | | off. < thirds ofa pound per square inch of contact. If the belt touches but one quarter of the circumference of the pulley, the adhesion is only one quarter pound to the square inch of contact with the iron pulley, and one-third pound per square inch on the leather covered pulley. The adhesion one inch in width if the belt has on the pulley is the number of pounds which each inch in width of belt is capable of raising or transmitting. Muliiplying this by the _ velocity of the belt in feet per minute will give the total number of pounds each inch in width will raise to transmit one foot per minute. Now multiply 33,000, the number of pounds raised by one-horse power one foot per minute, by the horse power to be transmitted, and divide this product by the number of — pounds which one inch in width will raise or transmit one foot per minute, and the quotient will be the width of the belt re- quired. A Log Runner’s Appeal. As illustrative of the kind hearts that beat beneath a rough exterior, says a Michigan paper, let us relate a little incident that occurred on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad last Monday. At Grand Rapids there got on the train going north a typical lumberman or logrunner. He wasclad in a checkered costume so familiar to us all, and was filled to overflowing with Valley City bug juice. On the train his offensive familiarity and ribald songs and jokes made him a nuisance to all in the same car. The train men, however, succeeded in curbing his frolicsome spirits until Big Rapids was reached. Arriving at the latter place, a young fellow boarded the car whose appearence at once excited the sympathy of all. His face, at one time handsome, was thin and haggard, his form, once robust was sadly emaciated, and where his strong right arm should have been was an empty sleeve. Immediately upon "entering the car door, our friend, the lumberman, saw him and jumping to his feet, he rushed at him with, ‘‘ Zhay, Jimmie, zhat you ? Where you been ?” and look- ing at Jimmie’s empty sleeve, big tears gathered in his eyes and began to trickle down his cheek as he mournfully ejaculated, “too bad ; too bad.” Then, hastily drawing the back of his hand over his eyes, as if ashamed of a little honost emotion, he grasped the back of a car seat to steady himself, and turning to a car full of passengers said: ‘Say, boys, I am nothing but a poor devil of a lumberman, and I am pretty drunk, but here is a poor fellow who is worse He lost his arm while breaking a jam on the Muske- ~ gon river, he has been in the hospital for six weeks. He has an aged mother, God bless her, who is entirely depending on him for support. When I went to Grand Rapids last week I had $140 in my pocket, now I have only $6, but here goes a ‘V’,” and he dropped a shining gold piece into hishat. His example was infectious, and after taking a tour through the car his hat must have contained nearly $100. This he turned over to his friend, who returned a few broken words of thanks, and together they left the train at Upper Big Rapids. A passenger of a suspicious turn of mind thought the busi- ness looked a little fishy, and followed the pair from the train and around a lumber pile, where, unseen himself, he saw the one-armed man take off his coat and vest and from a sack made on purpose withdrew his lost arm, and then two of the slickest confidence men in Michigan meandered down town chuckling over the gullibility of the human’ race. The Toothpick Business. ** Are you aware of the extent of the toothpick business in Maine?” Mr. J. C. Bridgman, who represents the National Toothpick Association, asked a representative of the Portland Press the other day. ‘‘That seems to be a pretty big name for _ small business, I suppose you think,” he continued. “ But you will be surprised when I tell you that our association have contracted for enough toothpicks to be made in Maine the coming year to load a train of fifty cars with nothing but tooth- picks. We shall take out of Maine beforenext June five thous- and million toothpicks. A pretty fair sized wood lot, you see will be slit up to go into the mouths and vest pockets of millions of Americans. Maine furnishes the larger portion of all the toothpicks used in the country. Our association controls the trade. It is something like the Standard Oil Trust, the Cotton Seed Oil Trust, and the lately formed Rubber Trust. It regulates the price and output of toothpicks as the big trusts — regulate the price and output of oil or rubber goods. We have not adopted the name of Toothpick Trust yet, however. We havea millat Belmont, N. Y., Harbor Springs, Mich., and Fond du Lac, Wis. Besides these, all our mills are in Maine ; one at Strong, one at Farmington, one at Canton and two at Dixfield. There is a small mill at Mechanic Falls, also, but & has not joined our association. In Massachusetts, also, there is one — small mill not in the association. So you see Maine is the great centre of the industry of toothpick mal cin 7 wih / . . ee Se oe 1 a “ ae . . “May, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. a 700,000,000 FEET THE PAST WINTER’S CUT OF LUMBER. The season for making logs and timber on the Upper Ottawa and the great forest limits of the Ottawa valley has concluded, and the lumbering firms are busy drawing their logs and timber to the nearest waters. This yéar’s cutting season opened very unfavorably. To begin with, the lumbering firms had no reserve logs on hand from last season’s cut. Then, in the first few weeks of the winter season, no logs could be cut at all owing to the want of snow. great assistance to the lumbermen in the end, as the hard frost previous to the fall of snow made an excellent bottom on all the roads, and froze the lakes and rivers solid when the snow came and work was commenced about Christmas ; 1t was con- tinued without interruption until a few weeks ago. Speaking of the Chaudiere lumbermen a /owrnal reporter learned that the season, although short, had been one of the most favorable and busiest the lumbermen have had for a number of years. The cut of logs with few exceptions are quite up to what was estimated in the fall of the year, and are on the whole about one-quarter larger than the cut of the pre- vious season. This feature, though a drawback in one sense, was a A GROUNDLESS APPREHENSION. A fear has been expressed by some of the Jumbermen that a great many of the logs cut on limits back from the Ottawa river front would be hung up, as many of the small creeks through which this timber is taken to the main Ottawa are frozen to the bottom, and there is a dangerof the spring freshet, upon which the lumbermen rely to carry out their logs, pass- ing out over the ice, leaving the logs in the shallow creeks, where they would then remain until the following spring. Mr. G. B. Green, manager of the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company, who has had an extensive experience in superintend- ing the work of getting out timber and driving it down the Ottawa, speaking of this difficulty said that more or less every year the lumbermen have cause of fear from this source, but the appearance of affairs this spring is not a particle worse than it has been during years past, and there is little trouble anticipated by the lumbermen. i THE PRINCIPAL CUTS. The following is a carefully prepared estimate obtained from most reliable sources, of the cuts this season of the principal firms on the Upper Ottawa and its tributaries. The French River, Parry Sound, South River and the Whanapitae and the Sturgeon River. Firm. Feet. (Gren iLiinissse CO mp ngs AOC EIS rac oc 80,000,000 SBLOUSGM AenVVESLOH CO)... cece es 60,000,000 ROAINIEITEO Oa tie cise wiceie cieiecpers see 60,000,000 ji; Po IBOOI tie ob oo ode ODES DODO COMBE 70,000,000 McLaughlin Bros (Arnprior).........-.. 75,000,000 Pierce & Co. (formerly J. & B. Grier)... 30,000,000 erie ECCS fo evens che ws Soe ile oe 7,000,000 EA PEOGMGOTAOM:., <2 5.22 oa ent nares 10,000,000 BOAR DIOS. . s\2 0 2 sees oi RCE ae 50,000,000 Eiamilton, Bros?..........- Scisidess & bs 20,000,000 ibe ley) (22 LAS Re gees Oe CIID Ie 60,000,000 is 1. hy 0). See apo eae eas cee 60,000,000 Lilt, TES 05.0 60 5 Oo eae 15,000,000 A. Barnet (square timber)............. 200,000 Carswell, Mackey & Thistle (square OREGa) oh habee eo ce oe Eee 150,000 French Rwer. J TOL GH 30 gies Goa ace gor Deans 4,000,000 MMEOUEIADET CO; cc as cases ee 7,000,000 New York & Tonawanda Lumber Co... 7,000,000 Parry Sound, South River and Whanapite. DP eACKSOM, =. ee ie ne en eee te 3,000,000 0 3 Las ae eee coe 4,500,000 (| Lis) 6.60) 032 5B cpebierees Goer pica 6,000,000 ito [eco eae 8 Sees eeeieetce 2,500,000 °. CUA ob 2 Oe ene ee coors 4,000,000 RENO X OS in ie oiriateior soa so (2) ARC aes Ono 3,000,000 ‘ Sturgeon River. (et, BAG OA AP 00 bgp a Inne cee 5,000,000 RMMMEREA TA ALO fasts cos inn ents cieiosssn ed 310.30 3,000,000 J. R. Booth (Duchenes Creek).......-. 1,000,000 MAC DAS. PNLOOLE:, c/a aaicais Fear Ree + axe 6,000,000 Mee ACkIC. Fhe oo che ae esses 1,000,000 * This calculation shows that the cut of the principal firms taking out lumber on the Ottawa River and its tributaries is about 635,000,000 feet of lumber and about 350,000 feet of ‘square timber. : On the French river the cut is about 18,000,000 feet of On the Parry Sound, South River and Whanapitz: districts, about 29,000,000 feet of lumber and 130,000 feet of square timber, and on the Sturgeon River about 150,000,000 feet of lumber. All this immense quantity of lumber—over 700,000,000 feet is taken out by the Ottawa River, with the exception of the cut on the Whanapite, which is taken out by the waterway to the Georgian Bay and shipped by the C.P.R. About two thirds of this immense cut from the forests of the Ottawa valley is cut at the Chaudiere saw mills and the remainder on the Upper Ottawa between Lake Temiscamingue and the Chaudiere. cut their timber at Hawkesbury. Messrs. Hamilton Bros. will of course, In addition to the 20,0009, - 000 cut by Messrs. Hamilton Bros. on the Dumoine that firm having taken out about 20,000,000 feet more on their Gatineau limits. Messrs. Gilmour and Co. and James McLaren have also taken out large cuts on the Gatineau river. THE *¢ About how much forest land cleared would the cutting of FALLING FORESTS. seven hundred millions of feet of lumber mean?” asked the reporter of a lumberman. “‘ Well,” he replied, ‘‘ that’s a difficult question. figure on it and see. represents say 3,500,000, an average standard of 200 feet of sawn lumber from each tree. 3ut let us Seven hundred millions feet of lumber Now in a good forest a tree that you can get 200 feet of lumber out of will take up from 250 to 400 square feet of ground—that is ground 15 or 20 feet square. Take the average to be 300 square feet, and add another couple of hundred feet for the waste and cutting necessary to get the logs to the rollways—this would give 500 square feet of land cleared for every standard log that comes to the Chaudiere. If there are 3,500,000 standard logs cut, the territory cleared of pine will be about 1,750,000,000 square feet in area, or about sixty five square miles. “©Of course this means sixty-five square miles of uniform thick pine forest, but as you never find a stretch like that— there are barrens, and hills, and swamps and creeks—the annual cut probably clears twice or three times that area of all its available lumber. — Ottawa Journal. But this is rough guess-work anyway. EXCHANGE ECHOES. Mississippi Valley Lumberman. It is gradually beginning to dawn upon lumbermen all over the country that a pretty geierous supply of logs has been got jn—all that it was intended should be put in, and more than it was hoped would be secured. in March instead of actually about the first of April, all the logs would have been secured that the mills will be able to turn into lumber this season. It is now certain that quite as many logs will be carried over on nearly all the streams and at the different manufacturing centres, as were carried over last winter and possibly more. Under all these circumstances it will require an exceedingly active spring trade to prevent the market for lumber sagging along about July or August. All the dry lumber now in pile will undoubtedly find a ready market at fair values, but the disposition will be to cut prices in anticipation of an overstock by and by. All the logs put in this winter have been secured at a greater cost than usual, and this is about the only influence now present calculated to sustain values during all the summer. Should there be a full and bounteous harvest, as there may be, with a lively fall trade in its wake, it is possible the weakness which manufac- If the break up had come early turers are already beginning to prophecy may be averted. It is clear now that the mill men at almost every point are pre- paring for a season of exceptional activity, and are determined —hecause it is possible—to run their mills to their full capacity, and to restore the stocks of umber at least to the normal condition. The present supply of white pine lumber in the northwest is undoubtedly below what is justified by an or- dinary active demand. Lumber, Chicago. The report that eastern buyers of lumber are delaying their purchases, and otherwise greatly themselves, because of the possibility that the market will be flooded with cheap Canadian lumber, admitted duty free, is one that is to be taken with agrain of allowance. They no doubt fully recognize the fact that even if the bill placing lumber among the untaxed articles is passed, the immediate effect of it is not likely to be startling. It takes time to bring lumber into market, and it is now an imminent danger that the distributing points on the lakes will be flooded with Dominion lumber within a few hours after the removal of the duty. Manufac- disturbing turers on the other side, in order to enter into effective com- petition with Michigan and Wisconsin producers, will need a chance to prepare for the business they propose to do. It is not likely they will accumulate a stock of lumber and keep it piled up for shipment waiting for the change tocome. They are entirely too shrewd to bank so heavily on what is only a if possibility at best, and many think a rather remote one. At the earliest there will be an addition to the offerings of Cana- dian lumber great enough to materially affect prices before next ; season, and it is questionable whether then the output of mills on the other side will be sufficiently incre lito produce a decline in values. If eastern buyers are keeping away from Saginaw, which is no fz YC must be for some other reason than because they are afraid of Canadian Jumber. Canadian Mining Re It is becoming obvious, even odi fie ec of the statemen at Quebec, that the n ore an country are rapidly disappearing | he axe of the settler and lumberman and frequent destructive forest fires. Kecent ly a disposition has been manifested to check this criminal 2 waste of a rapid diminishing source of revenue but so far with little practical effect. In the sale of mining | for ir co the Government reserve the timber for three years. During that time the lumberman whc limit in which the lands are situated has the privi ing such timber a timber would be of con- 1 of his in the timber, he may want. Very frequently this works and r of the rocks the constructior siderable value to the miner in and buildings gs, but having no direct interest having every interest in learning the characte beneath it, his first step after taking possession is usually to start a forest fire to burn the moss, forest gros debris from the rocks. But with them goes valuable timber. Itvis lost to the owner of the land, to the limit holder, and to the Province. What is wanted isan amendment to the Mineral Act which will give the proprietor of the ithe ownership of the timber upon it from the day of pur >, thus making it his interest to exercise himself to save such portions of the forest as do not interfere directly with his operations. PUBLICATIONS. Something entirely new in class publications, the first number of which is before us, is known as “‘ Science of Photography, at Home and Abroad,” published by James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. It is gotten up in a neat pamphlet form, handsomely printed and illustrated, and treats on all subjects pertaining to the photographic art. It is promised that every issue will contain a number of original articles from the pens of writers wel! known in photographic circles, together with a few pages of carefully selected matter of value to the trade in any country. is $1 per year. The price of subscription Novel in name, form, purpose and method is The Novelist, Alden’s new weekly magazine of American fiction. It under- takes to give the worthiest fiction that 4ericar authors can be tempted to produce. It is handy in form, and low in price; well suited in all respects to meet the wants of the intelligent millions who are capable of appreciating ‘‘the best.” Foreign authors not admitted. Terms, $1 a year, at which rate it will give over 2,500 pages, equal to from eight or twelve ordinary American dollar novels. The stories will follow successively, one at a time, a novel of ordinary length thus being completed in from four to eight weeks. For a ten-cent subscription (if you don’t wish to enter for all at $1.00), you will receive the first chapters of every story published during the year, which you can then order separately, if you wish. A specimen copy of The Novelist will be sent free on request. Address, John B. Alden, Pub- lisher, 393 Pearl St., New York; P.O. Box 1227. We have received Vol. 1, No. 1 of America, a weekly paper devoted to the advancement of distinctively American ideas, and the strengthening and preserving of American institutions. It is a handsomely printed 20-page paper about the same size as the LUMBERMAN and is well fitted with original and inter- esting matter. It hasamong its list of contributors some of the best writers in the United States, and if it retains the excel- lence of its initial number it is deserving of a large measure of success. derica is issued by the American Publishing Co., 180 Monroe Street, Chicago, and the subscription price is $3.50 per year. Our esteemed contemporary, the Cavadtan Trade Review, of Montreal, has appeared in a new dressof type, and presents a healthy appearance. We are in receipt of a neat little pamphlet, from the office figures of the production of white pine lumber and shingles in the North- western States in 1887, by mills and districts, with comparisons for each year since 1873. 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ND AWNING FACTORY. J. 7. TUORNER, Proprietor. The subscriber would call particular attention of Surveyors, Lumbermen and Prospecting Parties, to his facilities for the manufacture of every des- cription of commodious Waterproof Tents, Awnings, Horse and Wagon Covers, Tarpaulins, Rick Cloths, Portable Store and Private Window English, French and American Stripes and White Duck. Awnings, from Refresh- ish Oakum. All kinds of Rope Jz J. PORMNEE, © S-EMENT COMPANY ‘LIMITED.) — MANUFACTURERS OF — Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul- Y adapted for Dams, erns, Cellars, etc. COW TRACTORS CE +7 aa For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Manufacturing, &e. eS Galt-+ Machine Knife Works. rp re ven HRY gl ot ap mh ie AR Hi HAY. —~ = ae a po: OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR omer Sawa LJ GALT, ONT. TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING rw ee LEAT Prrna nan enn Ie Which will Rau ~ VVvVVVY liad ee ee ee eh HER-- BELTING ~~ OU) VA AN Se n Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, | Shire o> Which will give Complete Satisfaction, Dr XON & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET oe “7S 70 Es ‘LEATHER: HELTING* ange Street East, Toronto. Sole Agents in Canada for the CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL The All our Belting is ‘fore purchasing. Unly Perfect Helt Dressing. sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be- Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 15 B.F. STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY MIL’, AY Tene Ae Nea eS py Anos ec eee : “ond 1888. NO WABPARG, CHECKING AND BLUEING GUARANTEED TO DRY =n Best Manner Possible ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT STURTEVANT Patent Hot Blast —S— — B.F.STURTEY | Hot BLasT Lum WOOD LUMBER. oteam Heating WRITE-*FOR-CATALOGUE. - mm CL Apparatus. pa i oe 115 LIBERTY STREET, a ee 31 N. CANAL STREET NEW YORK. CHICAGO. fee STURTEVANT, Patentee and Sole : Wasa BOS TON. MASS5 AS: DODGE + PATENT : WOOD + SEPARABLE’ OR + SPLIT § PULLEYS. AI NUUUIUOUOUUNUOVOVEVUUUUUEANOSOEUOUEVEOOOUCUEOUUOOOOCUEOOEOEUOUADEUOOEUEVOO OEE VEUEVEVE OVO EO PECTED EEE PETE TEED eT eC Ee BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BALANCED AND MOST NVENIENT PULLEY IN THE WORLD. S[UNdQ0U 000 40UUUNANAUUUENNQOUULNOOUUUUOOOQUUNOSEQUUOONOQOUEOOOQQUUOEOOOUUEROOGUUCEOOQOUOEOOOOUEOOOOOOEOOOOO EEO OOOO EEO OOOEEEEO OOO EEN ST STTUTTLT TTT PETE TEE With our Patent Bushing System Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or steel pulley. Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per cent. lighter than cast iron and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. Strong enough for any sower required. Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. if } § fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save | set screw in the ordinary way, cannot be screwed withou weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction. As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the fact that it holds a belt much better. are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how or : {4 ote + Ft yp Eps Eye Most good mechanics lifting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key | set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley wi great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the result of two tests made and published by two of the most eminent mechanical authorities :— Rel. value of leather belt} Rel. value of leather belt | The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for the purpose of putting on additional pulleys when needed, or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and ex- | convenience to manufacturers and also to screw fastening for shaft ; also a key unless the pulley The Dodge Patent B great ushing system isa g pressed on it. agents who carry ra} Es = G = = pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every e Hewie al 2 ? eins |e ie 2 , ep | made not having these advantages. pulley will ft 22 different sizes of shafts. Oo = Spe Oo: oo = eure ome . > o. 2 . = “i.e BS oR =D ia Sb. =D The Compression Fastening whether used with keys in iron Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by eis ee = eis eS | = : : : : : cog 2S ae 239 ae || as center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance | American mechanics, summarizes thus: The ratio is friction to Seg & O& eye 5) | CH | Pp I pulley y SEE 5 4 65% 5 | as the compression on the shaft and key is always towards the _ pressure of leather belts, when worn over wooden } ulley Sis 47 Soe a BS | : ; = = | center. over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus Scene the average I 4 20 1.80 1.42 .20 1.90 1.40 | . ‘ ? ; 4 > = 30 2.43 1.69 .30 2.40 1.70 The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set | advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. -40 3-26 2.02 .40 3.30 2.00 | screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown We also manufacture GROOYED HARD WOOD PUL- a ae ae ioe 4.40 2.40 | from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA . 5: 2.07 60 5-99 2.90 a0) : de een ; sa) ar ae ae ee z : e advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are : 2 S : ; odee Patent System of applyane .70 7-90 3-43 70 7-90 3.40 § § y ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of apply \Haswell. SEnginectst Morin.—A ppleton’s Encylopedia anics’ Pocket Book. of Mechanical Arts. A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the and Mech- | It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. A pulley fastened with key or the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be furnished on application to The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., 89 Adelaide St. WW. Tonderan BOWDEN & CO. == = x. GOODBY. NMoanager. Lubricating Oils. Sole consignees of Southwick’s Celebrated Cylinder, Engine and Machine Oils MANUBPACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OILS. Millmen requiring Oils of uniform quality and high grade should write us. Sole makers of Crown Lubricant and Crown Note our address : Crank Pin Grease, the greatest thing in existence for Shafting and Engines, cups supplied. BOWDEN & CO., 59 Adelaide Street, East, Toronto, Ont. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. May, 1888, IN THE MATTER OF CEORGE BAPTIST, SON & CO, === OF 1508, = CITY or THREE RIVERS LUMBER MERCHANTS, INSOLVENTS. TENDERS will be_ received signed JOINT CURATOR until SATURDAY, 30th JUNE, 1888, Ao! AOC INE for the purchase of the following ASSETS be- longing to above Estate. Tenderers may offer for the whole ez éloc or for each lot separately. by the under- 1, TIMBER LIMITS Miles Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4,6, 8, 10 and 12 West St. Maurice 328 No. 2, Rear West St. Maurice - - - - 36 Nos. 4and5, East St. Maurice - - - 100 No. 11, South St. Maurice - - - - - 30 Rano Caxton a> =) 7 Hc 15 No. 1, South Rat River - - - - - 40 No. 1, East Shawenegan - = - 24 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 North, 1, 2 and 3 South, 1 and 2 Rear South, 2,6 and 7 Rear North, West Half Rear A, D and C, Mattawin - - = 434 A, B, Cand D. Wessonneau - - - - 155 East and West Couisacouata - - - - 60 Nos. 1 and 2, North and South Flamand~ - 137 No. 1, West, and 1 West Rear Milieu - - 6 Nos, t East and West, and 1 West, Rear Lac Long - = = = : - = - 2 5 No. 3 East and West Lac Clair - = = 65 Nos. 4and 5 North and 5 South, and Nos. 4 and 5 North Rear Vermillion - = > - 235 Total Miles - - - - - - - 1,870 2 ISLAND MILL PROPERTY This property includes Islands at mouth of St. Maurice River, known as Baptist Island, Isle Margot and one-third of Isle aux Cochons, and 12 arpents front by half arpent deep of lots front- ing St. Maurice River in the Parish of Cap de la Madeleine. On Baptist Island are the remains of a Steam Saw Mill, Workshop, Office, Dwelling Houses, Stables, Wharf, etc., etc. 3. THE GRAIS PROPERTY, comprising the ‘' Poste of Les Gris,” with Saw Mill, Stores, Workshop, Stables, Dwellings, Barns, etc., containing in all 731 8-9 acres of land more or less. 4. RAT RIVER FARM, at the junction of the Rat and Wessonneau Rivers, in the Township of Turcotte, in the County of Portneuf, containing 5,110 acres, more or less, with Store, Dwelling Houses, Barns, Stables and other buildings thereon erected. 5. IMPROVEMENTS AT MATTAWIN RIVER Buildings erected on South Bank of the Matta- win River at its confluence with the St. Maurice River. 6. PROPERTY IN CITY OF THREE RIVERS (A)—Lot No. 2, 194 St. Ursule Ward, fronting on Notre Dame street, known as “Old Fuel Yard,” containing 34,178 feet. (B)—Lot 2,198 St. Ursule. Ward, fronting on Notre Dame street, known as ‘* Office Property,” with brick office and other buildings thereon erected, containing 33,258 square feet. (C)—Saw and Planing Mill, and Sash and Door Factory, on corner of Notre Dame and Rene streets, known as lot 598, St. Phillipe Ward. (Y)—Beach Loft ail Wharf, known as ‘t Dean’s Wharf,”? with store and other buildings thereon erected, Lot No. 597. St, Phillipe Ward, (£)—Two-storey Wooden House and Lot No, 10 St. Juiie street, No. 1,459, Notre Dame Ward. (4°)—Wooden House and Lot, N.E. side of Gervais street, No. 154, St. Phillipe Ward. (G)—Wooden House on Notre Dame street, known as Lot 548, St. Phillipe Ward. 7. FARM LOTS, ETC, 71.—Lots 159 and 160 in the Parish of Mont Carmel, Rang les Gres. 72.—Lots 73, 77, 78 and Township of St. Maurice, Property.” 73.—Lots 133, 134, 135, 136, S.W. part 137, 138 and part lot 137, Parish of Mont Carmel. 74.—Lot 148in the Parish of Cap de la Madeleine. 75.—Lots 2, 3 and 4 in the Township of Caxton, Parish of St. Mathieu ; 300 acres. 8. SHIPPING “ Arthur,” 9 Batteau, 1 18 in the rst Range of cnown as ‘The Gabelle Steamer Cordwood Chaland, and 2 Jolly boats. 9. LIVE STOCK Thirty-three Horses, 41 head of Cattle, and 25 sheep. 10. WAGGONS, SLEIGHS, SHANTY OUT- FITS, FARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC, A large quantity of Waggons, Sleighs, Boats and Bark Canoes, Chains, Ropes, Threshing and Mow- ing Machines, Machinest and Blacksmith’s Tools, Two Patent Hay Presses, Sets of Harness, etc., etc. A deposit of Ten per cent, on amount of Tender by accepted cheque, to order of Joint Curator, must be made with each Tender, which will be for- feited s 10uld successful Tenderer not Sa his purchase. Inventories may be seen at the office of the undersigned, Standard Building, 157 St. ames street, Montreal, or at the office of George 3aptist. Son & Co., Three Rivers. Plans showing location of Timber Limits may be had on application to the undersigned. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily ac- cepted. Farther terms and conditions and all other infor- mation can be obtained by applying at our Office. JOHN MACINTOSH, 2 _ Joint GEORGE HYDE, § Curator. Montreal, 29th March, 1888. ; former employers. W. PETRIE’S LIST OF STEAM EN- e GINES, Brantford. 225 H. P., PAIR CONDENSING EN- GINES. 80 H.P. CONDENSING ENGINE, WA- TEROUS make. 75 H.P. TWIN ENGINES. McDOUGAL | make. | 75 H.P. VERTICAL. GIBSON & FOL- ILS BIEN, 60 H. P. HORIZONTAL. SPALDING make, Lockport, N.Y. 50 H.P. STATIONARY. GOLDIE & Mc- CUPEOCH. 45 H.P. STATIONARY. BECKETT. 40 H.P. HORIZONTAL. WATEROUS make. 40 H.P. HORIZONTAL. WILSON builder, 35 H.P. HORIZONTAL, STATIONERY. Northy. 30 H.P. JAS..MARTIN STATIONARY Engine. 25 H.P. SAW MILL:ENGINE. WATER- OUS make. 26 Boe eeeAINe Srp EF; DOUGAL builder. 25 H.P. SLIDE VALVE, HORIZONTAL. American build. 25 H.P. STATIONARY. BECKETT. 20 H.P. CLIPPER, WATEROUS MAKE. 20 H.P. STATIONARY. BECKETT. 20 H.P. CUT OFF VALVE,WATEROUS. VALVE, Mc- 20 H.P. STATIONARY. CENTRE Crank. Dickey Neil. 20) EERe SLIDE VVALVE. JGOLDIE McCULLOCH 20 H.P. STATIONARY Corbett & Sons. 18 H.P PLAIN SLIDE VALVE. GOLDIE & McCULLOCH. 18° Ee HORIZONTAL, make, Lockport. 18 H.P. HORIZONTAL, TIFFT & SONS, Buffalo, N.Y. 16 H.P. STATIONARY ENGINE. AMER- ICAN build, HORIZONTAL. SPALDING 16 H.P. STATIONARY ENGINE. NOR- AMIS Iye 16 H.P. UPRIGHT ENGINE. WATER- OUS. 15 H.P. STATIONARY. HORIZONTAL. Goldie & McCulloch. 16 H.P. HORIZONTAL. 12 H.P. STATIONARY. builders, 12 H.P. UPRIGHT CAN build. BECKETT. KILLEY & ‘Co. ENGINE. AMERI- | 12 H.P. STATIONARY, HORIZONTAL. Syracuse, N.Y. make. 10 H.P. HORIZONTAL Leonard & Sons. 10 H.P. VERTICAL ENGINE. SWAM- "SCOTT Machine Co. build, U.S. A. H.P. OSCILLATING ENGINE, WITH Link motion. Jelly SIEIODNR, WoT We), Leonard & Sons. H.P. STATIONARY Leonard & Sons. lalla, IWR RICE HS OIe CAN make. H.P. STATIONARY, HORIZONTAL, Slide Valve. Reed & Barr. 8 8 6 5 5 5 HP. THREE] CYLINDER 4 3 3 2 STATIONARY. HORIZONTAL, HORIZONTAL. ENGINE. AMERI- ENGINE. English make. H.P. SLIDE VALVE HORIZONTAL. Beckett. H.P. HORIZONTAL ENGINE. USED Six Months. H.P. HORIZONTAL MARINE EN- GINE, with Link Motion. Geo. Meakins. H.P. STATIONARY ENGINE. IN At order. THREE 1H.P. ENGINES FOR LIGHT wark. | % H.P. ENGINE, HORIZONTAL, SLIDE Valve. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE LIST 13 ana 14. Address, H. W. PETRIE, Brantford, Ont. CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L. S. Frederickton, New Brunswick. URVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER Lands in any section. Can effect sale of pro- perties occasionally if desired. References from LK. POST& Co, | LUMBER MERCHANTS | And Shipping Agents. OSWEGO, N.Y. | MACHINERY DESERONTO, ONT., MANUFACTURERS OF » TERRAsCOTTA# FIRE-PROOFING « For Use in Old and New Buildings. Endorsed by Leading Architects. Wood or Brick. Absolutely Fire.proof. Weight One-Third that of Brick. About as Cheap as Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water. Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer. FOR SALE | & JOSEPH HALL MACHINE WORKS, OSHAWA Circular Saw Tables ; Wood Turning Lathes ; Morticing Machines. Car Morticing Machine ; Wood Shapers. Large Surface and General Purpose Wood Planing Machines. Graining Machines ; Sand Belt Machine. Swing Sawing Machine. Testing Machines for Threshing Machines. Horizontal Boring Machines; Upright Bor- ing Machines ; Facing Machines. Iron Turning Lathes ; Iron Column Drilling Machines. Iron Punching Machine; Punching and Shear- ing Machine. Key Seat Cutting Machines ; Shearing Machines. 3enches ; Wood Tenoning Machine ; Cutting and 22 Spindle Gang Drilling Machine; Power Shears. Large Iron Shaper, English Make ; Milling Machine. Schlenker Patent Bolt Cutting Machine. No. 6 Northey Steam Pump; Large Heavy Tumbling Barrels. Steam Heater, 51x72 inches. Bradley Cushioned Trip Hammer ; ing Lathe. Foundry 3 Legged Drup, 35 feet High 1,100 pound Drop, 37 inch Gear Wheel. Steel Boiler, 68x168 inches. Horizontal Engine, Cylinder 18x36. Turret Head, Brown & Sharpe, Mill Screw Machine. Leffel Water Wheels ; Fairbank’s Platform Scales ; Fittings. Fire Extinguishers; Sand Blast for sharpen- ing and cleaning Files. Belting, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Couplings. Wrought Iron Heater for Glue and Wood ; Circular saws. JOSEPH HALL MACHINE WORKS, OSHAWA, Iron Bor- Portable Engines. Steam Pipe and JOHN LIVINGSTONE, Trustee. SHIP YARD i at Day Cay h., June 25th, 1886. f z ney ina /; | A TRUE COPY. ] oe R SIR: 1 rit : DAR fs gage aie FRANK W. WHEELER, ning pee saws fi s ears, and I SHIP BUILDER, never a found anything equal to the Band } Vv th c Specifications and Estimates Sen Ry Ae = : Furnished on application. mus es that it ¢ ; ; bad line if the k rder. West Bay Ciry, Mich., June 26th 1886. We are cutting hard principally long Mr. D. K. Allington, East Saginaw, Mich. Gale andes accouny: OF Bene Boal aaa ; we Bhs run our s rs < as I have been running your Pat. Band Saw fast as we could con lle t Mill in my new ship yard mill for over one making any perceptible variation in the cut. I month, squaring up large and Jong hewn oak me ee sapenes 1S AES 0) gh : Ore Sz anything to equal it. en timber which has been hewn a sufficient time cues a nu mber of mill i E i to be dry and hard on the surface, and sawing all give it up to be the an ¢ long plank from same kind of timber. The mill the ey ever ua < Respectfully yours, timber, or Keelson’s squared, was laid up in a JOHN A. GREGG. [A TRUE COPY. ] Bay City, Mich., Nov. Myr. D. K. Allinet 107 DEAR SIR :—Having perience with Band Mil competent to judge the started and run one Victoria Harbor, Onta unk factured by the Wm. Hami Co., of Peterboroug g and run your Peters’ mill, th vessel, one on top of the other, and fitted as well as could be done by hand, it being square straight and out of wind. I have had a large th, 1887. amount of this plank and timber sawn, and have not yet founda bad cut. I have squared timber where the saw here and there barely cut the thickness of the saw kerf, yet the saw did not deviate the least from a straight line. From the nature of my work I cannot give any idea of the amount cut in a given time, but the speed of cut should be satistactory to any one. confess ey are The most difficult part of my work is in saw- ever seen, for quality and ing tamarac ship knees, yet the machine has produced. esr ectfully A. Mc eae \ THAN, Fil [A TRUE COPY. FE. W. WHEELE R's SHIP y ARD. i WEST saa City, Mic t Mr. Dd. Ke On given me entire satisfaction in this respect, sawing a root having a cut of from 2 to 4 feet, | A Mt : making in every case a true cut. Su 2 nn ih Ih ia a ik I do not believe that a saw has been put on g | i a the. machine in good order, as I have not a g sufficient number of saws to give time to dress Bande Saw plank from lo mg site ro) seasoned, and being sho rt « them well and keep the mill running, yet there has not been one broken or disabled, in fact, a saw must be in bad order that will not run and ee to run ica five FS: without changing, yet I have not broken a saw or made a bad cut, the machine running smooth- ly, and not having cause to s top. for any reason but to change saws, =o cutting as fast as other band saws I have run. Yours truly, DM K. ALLINGTON. MANUFACTURER OF IMPROVED BAND SAW MILLS No. 24 Hout Block, East Saginaw. Mich. U.S. in a straight line when run. over your guide wheels. Yours, truly, F. W. WHEELER. 20 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ; May, 1888 THE+MONTREAL*SAW* WORKS. cis MONTREAL. Office: 452 St. Paul St. P.O. Box, 1 tGez MANUFACTURERS OF Circular, Gang, Shingle, Concave, Grooving, — Top, Drag, Cross-cut and Billet Web, Pit, [ce and one man Cross-cut aS AW S and dealers in Band Saws, Saw Swages, Larreland Heading Saws, Amery Wheels, Rubber and Leather Belting, Gummers and Cutters Files, Saw Sets, Ete. (Successors to Win. Polson & Co., Toronto, and Thos. Worswick & Co., Guelph.) Wm. POLSON, President and General Manager. J. F. MACKLEM; Vice-President. F. B. POLSON, Secretary-Treasurer. aWnY NON eae Meehan aaastS) jSu=! Abin Brown Allan Automatic Engimes Marine Engines =< BUILDERS OF STEAM AND BOILERS. | YAUth =. HOISTING + ENGINES “+ Launches AND BOILERS. ang Tugs. STATIONARY = VERTICAL RATS NR NU NC GENERAL ENGINES. BorLers 2am : MACHINERY Of Every Description. 2 GA DEALERS. OFFICE AND WORKS: ESPLANADE STREET EAST, (FOOT OF SHERBOURNE STREET), Toronto, Ontario. ei | eT ae THE CANADA LUMBERMA VotuME VIII. t NUMBER 6. i “pale CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY AIRS ROE es IN/E@ tae aaa, OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the jumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. ‘Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have an- information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade ur in any way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “* For SALE”’ advertisements which will be inserted in a‘conspicious position at the uniform price often cents per line for each insertion. Announcements ot this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LumgerMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. Bet & Co., of Guelph, Ont., organ manufacturers, have discovered that British Columbia spruce when properly sea- soned is admirably adapted for sounding boards for their instruments. A large order was recently given by that firm to the Royal City Planing Mills, New Westminster. British Columbia cedar finds its way to Montreal for finishing work in first class residences, as well as to Ohio for railway carriage purposes. Tue miles of completed railways in Canada on the 30th June last were 12,292 ; that the tons of freight carried in the year amounted to 16,367,987. year numbered 10,685,508 : that the receipts from passenger traffic were $11,861,597 and from freight traffic $24,581,047. The receipts per train mile were $1.15 4 and the expenditure 82 1-10c. The percentage of gross receipts expended in work- ing the railways was 71.12 per cent. were equal to two and one-fifth passengers per inhabitant. The freight to three tons and thirty-five one hundreths of a ton per inhabitant, and that the total earnings were $38,841,609 and the total expenses $27,624,683. , The passengers carried in the The passengers carried New Brunswick lumbermen are greatly troubled over the stream driving prospects. They say that stream driving has not been so bad for years as it is this Spring. The little snow that fell during the past winter dissolved so gradually that it did not swell the waters in the streams, and from present appearances there will be very little stream driving this season. It is expected that the quantity of logs which will be hung up at the brows will be very large unless there should be a big rain-fall within the next week or two. On the Miramichi and its tributaries the driving is not good. In the main river there is fair water for driving and rafting, but the smaller streams e quite low. There is, however, a good deal of snow in the ' a few days of warm weather will make a freshet. é THE improvements which the Montreal Harbor Commis- sioners have contemplated for some time will now it is under- stood be rigorously pushed forward. Work will be begun at Hochelaga, where a new shore wharf and five piers will The frontage for sea-going vessels will be about two miles. the present an extension of 1,500 feet from the cotton factory, for the accommodation of the lumber trade, and about 1,300 feet with a pier for the sugar refinery will be built. It is estimated that between $250,000 and $300,000 will be expend- ed during the present season. immediately be put under construction. increase of For ATvENTIONis directed to two very important communications in this issue of THE LUMBERMAN, both touching upon ques- tions affecting the lumber trade. Trade, from the pen of Mr. A. Spencer Jones, of Ottawa, will, no doubt, be read by many with interest, and we hope with profit also. To the lumber trade closer trade relations with the British West India Islands would prove of incalcul- able benefit. ‘‘ Pinus” in another pertinent suggestions particularly adapted to the lumber trade of the Queen City. We freely invite a full discussion of the pros and cons of this important controversy. The article on the Jamaica column makes some Tue case of St. Catharines Milling & Lumoering Company will be before the Privy Council early this summer. This is the case involving the title of Ontario to land and minerals of the territory formerly in dispute between the Province and the Dominion, Judgments in favor of the Province have already been given in the High Court of Justice, in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, and it is probable that the Privy Council will give judgment on the same side. Hon. O. Mowat has gone to England to prosecute this case and on other public business. Our Buffalo contemporary, the Lumber World, in reproduc- ing an extract from an article on Commercial Union from Tue LUMBERMAN, inadvertently changes a single letter which misconstrues our meaning entirely. as it appeared in this paper, read ; “Nothing, we think, would benefit the lumber trade of Canada so much as the passage of a commercial union measure”. tuting the letter ‘‘r” for an ‘‘f” makes the sentence read: “©The lumber trade o7 Canada”. The extract referred to, Our contemporary, by substi- Now while we are strongly of the opinion that the lumber trade of this country would be benefhtted by C. U. we do not think that Canada, as a whole, would benefit by such a change. when used in the wrong place causes a serious blunder. A single letter sometimes From our exchanges we learn that the American lumber trade while not very active, presents a satisfactory outlook for the future. in pile have been considerably reduced. In most of the Western markets stocks of lumber In the East the late warm weather has stimulated building operations, and it is believed that the consumption of lumber in this way will equal and perhaps surpass the record of previous years. Manufac- turing has begun in a lively manner, although in some places high water has interfered with the operation of the mills. It is probable that railroad building will be carried on this year on an extensive scale, and thus afford an outlet for a large amount of lumber. Generally speaking the condition of the trade may be characterized as healthy and encouraging. THE very important question of an international exhibition for Canada is now under discussion, and 1s evidently meeting with favor from all classes of the Canadian people. The Dominion in the past has always proved one of the foremost participantsin events of this kind, and native products and manufactures have been exhibited with the greatest success throughout Europe and the United States. Several such enterprises have been conducted in Australia with the most gratifying results, and there is no reason why Canada, possess- ing as she does a location so much more central and accessible in every respect, should not enter upon a similar project under infinicely brighter auspices. The more the idea is looked into the greater seems the cause for surprise that an effort has not N. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., JUNE, 1585. =f Tenss, $1.00 ven NEAR. been formulated at a much earlier date An exposition, lasting for several months, could hardly fail to attr sands of visitors to our shores, and the practical knowledge of the country thus disseminated more good in one day than all the emigration literature ever published. Mr. Stevenson, secretary of the permanent exhibition in (Quebec, who has been associated with all the Dominion exhibits in other lands, is one of the foremost advocates of the scheme, and he suggests that the summer of 1892 wo Id be the most appropriate time for such an enterprise, as it wo ld prove the 250th anniversary of the founding of Montreal—where such an event would in all probability take place—and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. This at first sight may seem a somewhat lengthy period to } 90k forward to, but enterprises such as this require plenty of time to mature and become published abroad, and when the enormous Cuties and responsibilities associated therewith are taken into considera- the present is Once the tion, it will become generally recognized that none too early a date to commence the agitation. country and the several Governments take the matter in hand there need not be the slightest fear as to an ultimate and un- bounded success. SENATOR CLEMOwW is bringing up two very important mat- ters in the Senate, in asking for information regarding the allotment of water-power at the Chaudiere, and the deposit of sawdust in the Ottawa from the saw mills there. The impres- sion seems to prevail that the water power at the Chaudiere is not utilized to a reasonable extent formanufacturing purposes, as its availibility seems quite limited.’ At the preserit time there are six or seven saw mills and a four mill run by fhe Chaudiere power. The Ottawa is the only river into which lumber mills are allowed to discharge saw but there is no r interests on its “tee ine other river which has such enormous lum banks, and the Government has so far permitted sawdust nuisance out of deference to the great interests concerned. If the report of the Government engineers who were sent out last year to examine the effects of the sawdust on river inter- ests Should take the view that the nuisance is not a very seri- ous one, the public, it is said, will be content to let the mat- ter go. Public Works relative to the sawdust nuisance in the Ottawa river, THE recent investigation by the Department of has resulted in the discovery that the refuse is blocking up the river to such an extent that the channel is in many places gradually filling up, rendering navigation uncertain and peril- ous. Sawdust islands are forming, the rufuse already fills the principal bays, and a stretch of sawdust extends about all the way from the Chaudiere Falls to Grenville, sixty miles below the City of Ottawa. Mr. Henry A. engineer, who was appointed by the Gray, assistant chief to make Government condition investigations, reports that the river is in a clo between a point below the Cha the mouth of the Gatineau, a distance of two and Surveys of this portion of the Ottawa were made in Q= 1874. observe the marvellous growth of sawdust The soundings taken by Mr. Gray enabled him to | s in the river during the past thirty years. Sawdust fills the bed of the river below the island, opposite Parlirment Hill, and at one point in the middle shows a depth of forty feet. The same state of affairs seems to exist, to a greater or less extent, for many miles. Some idea of the sawdust deposits can be gained when it is learned from official figures that last year’s cut at the Chaudiere aggregated 365 million feet beard measurement. This return is said to be some It is the amount of material is cut in sawdust. fifteen per cent. under the estimated that at least '§ of Now taking the whole figures this cut equals 4, 380,000,000 cubic inches equal to 2,534,722 cubic feet or 93,578 cubic yards, allowing that more is cut from the log than returned, and also that the above return is 15 per cent. under the amount of former years, there amount of previous years. is at least 100,000 cubic yards of sawdust alone deposited into the Ottawa river every year from the Chaudiere mills in the process of cutting up the logs. The above is only sawdust. To this may be added slabs and edgings. Much of the slab wood is broken up by ‘* hogging machines ” and this increases 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ry June, 1888, ; its damaging effect upon navigation. This operation causing it to be the sooner water-logged and consequently to sink. If: the stuff was allowed to go into the river as slabs it would he picked up for firewood, now it is useless and sinks to the bot- tom, forming with the other materials a mattress, which in course of time cannot be broken up or lifted by dredging. THE Chaudiere lumbermen, says the Ottawa /ouwrnal, are up in arms over the proceedings of the sawdust committee. They held a private meeting and decided to lay their views on the matter before the public. A deputation of lumbermen, head- ed by Messrs. ]. R. Booth, and Ald. Henderson representing Messrs. James McLaren & Co., waited on Sir Hector Lange- vin, Minister of Public Works, on the subject. What tran- spired all parties declined.to say, but it is said that Sir Hector was informed that the channei of the Ottawa was not affected by sawdust deposits, that the prohibition by the Government of the use of the river as a dumping facility would probably force some of the lumbermen to remove from the Chaudiere, as the facilities there for disposing of refuse by burning were anything but satisfactory. NOTWITHSTANDING a determined opposition the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company succeeded in securing an ex- tension of their charter during the session of Parliament just closed. This company is composed of the leading saw mill men of the Ottawa Valley, and it evidently does not enjoy the good-will of outside lumbermen, who claim that extending the charter was simply taking from the Government the control of a great natural highway, and handing it over to a monopoly. The company also applied to the Government to purchase the Cheneaux boom, through which all the saw logs above the Calumet, some sixty miles above Ottawa, have to pass, and which was origina!ly built by the Government ; but so deter- mined was the opposition to the bill that the minister of public works declared in committee that the Government had no in- tention to sell or otherwise dispose of any of the government works to any company. This declaration caused a quietus to another scheme which was unaer way. The government has made extensive improvements, slides, dams, booms, etc., on the Madawaska river, one of the largest tributaries of the Ottawa, which have cost upwards of a quarter million dollars. Find- ing that the government would not extend the works sufficiently far up the stream to guarantee the sure driving of the river from the higher limits, a company was recently organized to construct the necessary works, for which purpose a charter was secured from the Ontario Government, and last winter con- siderable money was expended on the work. Owing it is said to the economical manner in which the Upper Ottawa Inn- provement Company handle the logs on the Ottawa. The new Madawaska company considered that if they could purchase the government works, and by,this means obtain the control of the stream, they could handle the logs and timber to greater advantage and at a much smaller cost than the 4% cents per log now charged by the government for the use of their works. . This scheme failed to mature, however, through the opposition of lumberman who, although invited to do so, refused to take stock in the company, and the declaration of the Minister of Public Works was stated above. THE British Consul at Vera Cruz, in Mexico, Mr. Gordon, speaks in his official report of portable wooden houses as a prohtable article of import. Though there is a high tariff in Mexico, ready made houses of wood or iron are so much required that they are admitted free of duty. The wooden houses are, however, far preferable to those of iron on account of the heat of the climate. So great is the present difficulty in obtaining what is wanted in this respect that we are told one may often see well-to-do and decently dressed artisans and peasants living in rough board houses, or huts constructed of rafters and sugar-cane. Evidently they would be glad of something a little better. Mr. Gordon says the houses best adapted for supplying this great want would seem to be two- roomed dwellings with spacious porticos and overhanging caves and roofs high enough at the ridge to give adequate ventilation. All the parts should be so constructed as to be easily put together, and easily carried to the selected site either by rail or by road, the windows not too large, and fitted flush into the panels so as to be easy of transport and safe without much packing. Mr. Gordon says that the roof is a difficulty, as owing to the great heat of the sun corrugated iron is found to be too hot, while unprotected wood is apt to warp and shrink, but he suggests that a wooden roof might be thatched, the material being cheap, if so constructed as to render thatch- ing easy while maintaining a decent appearance on the inside. Another suggestion he makes is that it would be a great ad- vantage if the wood employed could- be impregnated with some chemical making it capable of resisting water, fire and vermin without increasing tuo heavily the cost of the house. This may be considered authoritative and trustworthy infor- mation, being embodied as it isin the official report of a gentle- man in Mr. Gordon’s responsible position. But it is not only in Mexico that these ready-made houses are required. There would also be a demand for them in some parts of South America and no doubt in some of the West Indian Islands. Once well introduced and carefully adapted to the local require- ments an extensive and profitable business might soon spring up. One of our young lumbermen with a taste for travel and some aptitude for designing might do worse than take his holiday in the south this year and see for himself just what is required, also* learning at the same time what there is in it. Perhaps in Canada we are a little slack about manufacturing to the most profitable stage, being content to ship the roughest goods and leaving to others the greater profit of further man- ipulation. In the matter of these ready-made wooden houses Canada ought to be able to compete with advantage against any other country. LUMBERMEN’S WAGES IN NEW BRUNSWICK. Five members of the Dominion Labor Commission visited Chatham, N.B., recently and examined several witnesses. We extract the following from a local paper, having special refer- ence to the lumber trade. Ernest Hutchinson, am in the lumber business ; employ about 85 or 90 men and boys in the manufacture of deals, shingles, box shooks, etc. ; gangmen are paid $1.50 to $1.75; tailmen, $1.30 to $1.40; patent edger men, $1.50; lath sawyers, one man, $2 and others lower ; bedmen, $1.20 ; surveyors, $1.50. Pay of log scalers at the booms is regulated by law, but I think they get 10c. to 15c. per M. The buyer pays the scal- ing fee. Our men are employed from 6 to 7 months a year at the mill and I employ some of them all winter ; some of | them go to the woods, where they get from $14 to $18 a month and found. Our millmen are paid every two weeks. In the woods they are paid as they require pay, and balance, Perhaps half of the laboring men of Douglastown, where I live, own their dwellings. I do not think wages have increased of late; rather decreased ; 10 hours comprise a day’s work. Lumber manufacture has decreased here of late. I think this is due to decrease of price. I don’t think the high stumpage has anything to do with the depression of the lumber trade. The decline of ship- ments has been very marked during the last few years. They amounted to 150 millions feet in 1877, 155 millions in 1880, 149 millions in 1883, 87 millions in 1885, 72 millions in 1886, and 68 millions in 1887. The decrease is on account of the limited demand. What affects other parts of the country in the lumber trade affects us. ago in the lumber trade. Theophilus Desbrisay, foreman in Mr. Snowball’s business ; we have between three and four hundred men employed ; about three quarters of them live in Chatham ; gangmen (head) get from $1.50 to $1.60; tailmen, $1.30 and $1.10; head circular men, $1.40 to $1.50; bedmen, $1.10 and $1.20 and $1.00 ; filers, $2; engineers, $2 to $2.50; lathmen (highest) The We work day and night for part if any is due, at end of season. Money was made here some years $1.30; we make palings, chiefly, rather than laths. men work 10 hours a day. of the season. Some of the men go to the woods in the win- ter and some fishing. Shipmen (outside) get $1.20 to $1.40. Stevedors (inside) $2.00. The price for loading is about $1.25 per standard ; some vessels are loaded for $1 a standard be- cause it is a part of their charter. loaded from the wharf in Chatham. We pay our men once a fortnight ; some families get advances in the form of orders on the store. If anything is coming to the men on pay day they get it in cash if they The orders given are in the way of an accommoda- tion for those who wish to anticipate their wages. We start at half past six for night work and run to 6 a.m.—working 10 The vessels are principally Steam is used sometimes in loading. want it. hours. A PROGRESSIVE COMPANY. The Rathbun Company, says a Brockville paper, have been making extensive improvements in their premises on William street. The large planing mill and sash and blind factory has been further enlarged by an addition 25 by ro2 feet and several large sheds have beer: built. These sheds, which enclose two sides of the property, are in all 300 feet in length with a storage capacity of 250,000 feet of lumber. Thus all dressed lumber is kept under cover. Wagons can drive through the mill, through the yard and all the sheds without leaving the plank roadway. On the William street part of the property a fine two storey office, 22x40, has recently been built, the interior arrangements of which are very convenient and handsome. A very handsome counter with wire railing divides the main room and part ofthe front is taken up by the manager's pri- vate office. The finish is ash and cherry, giving a very pleasent effect. The mill itself is splendidly equipped, both as a planing mill and sash and blind factory. The dry kiln is ; =f one of the best in the country and with some of the latest scientific arrangements as to carrying off the moist air not usually found. A side track of the C. P. R. is being con- structed through the large yards on the east side of William street, where a very heavy stock of lumber and bill timber is kept. Altogether the capacity and equipments of the Rathbun Co.’s Brockville branch is excelled by few if any similar establishments in the country. : The company has been fortunate in the selection of its staff. Mr. V. R. Marshall, of the late firm of Kearns & Marshall, is the agent in charge and no more able, honorable or popular man could be found to fill the position. Mr. R. C. Calhoun, in charge of the office, has been only about a year in Brock- ville but he has already established an enviable reputation. The shipping and yard is in the charge of Mr. Sam. J. Geash, who occupied the same position with Kearns & Marshall, and who is well and favorably known to our citizens. The factory is managed by Mr. Frec. Kearns, wh: though a comparatively young man, has already a good standing as a thorough busi- ness man. ‘The business done here is a very large one. Be- sides the wholesale trade in car lots several teams are kept busy delivering goods in town. AMONG THE MANUFACTURERS. We understand the Canadian Rubber Company through their Toronto agent, Mr. J. H. Walker, have secured the con- tract to supply Messrs. Gooderham & Worts with all the belt- ing necessary for their large new elevator now nearing com- pletion in Toronto. We are in receipt of a copy of a new 16-page Sectional catalogue of B. F. Sturtevant’s Steel Pressure Blowers, which illustrates these well known machines with all their latest im- provements. Mr. Sturtevant’s catalogues have always been celebrated for the valuable tables relating to the properties of air in motion, and in this are to be found a number which render this catalogue of great utility to foundrymen, black- smiths and iron workers of all classes. A copy will be mailed upon application to B. F. Sturtevant, Boston, Mass: Ask for catalogue 33. The late shipment’ of belting to the Lake of the Woods Milling Company’s new mill in Manitoba, is perhaps the most extensive ever turned out in Canada for a single concern. The well-known manufacturers, Messrs. Robin & Sadler, of Montreal and Toronto, filled the order throughout and in accordance with their usual custom have given entire satisfac- tion. Included in the shipments were about 7,000 feet of all sizes, ranging from two inches to two feet in width. One piece was a double leather driving belt 24 inches wide, and 360 feet long, weighing about 1,400 pounds. The Hart Emery Wheel Co., limited, of Hamilton, report business very brisk, their sales this year so far, exceeding those of the same period in any year since they started. The de- mand for the Hart Wheel is steadily on the increase. A strong wheel—quick, cool, cutting and durable — it isa great favorite amongst lumbermen. They advertise this month a line of saw-filers that is attracting the attention of saw mill! men. The Rogers’ filer, made in three sizes, takes the place of files on the one hand and of the large expensive automatic saw filer on the other. So far they have not been able to keep up to the demand, but they are increasing there facilities and will soon be in a position to largely increase their output. NEWS NOTES. —The new pulp mill at Ottawa is expected to commence operation about June Ist. —The Emery Lumber Co., of Parry Sound, recently lost several dwelling houses by fire. —Andrew Boudreau has commenced operations on his new sash and door factory, at Chatham, N. B. —The Vancouver B. C. Herald says :—In the boom of logs which the Beaver brought in on Friday were two logs of immense size. One was 100 feet long, 4 ft. 9 ins. in diameter at the small end and 9 feet at the big end. Another log 24 ft. long has been cut from the same tree, and like the former was entirly free from knots or flaws. The tree contained 18,000 feet and weighs 4o tons. Two ‘‘hand” loggers felled this giant of the woods after which it was taken to the water's edge by means of jack screws. —The shingle mill of W. P. Christie, of Severn Bridge, was totally destroyed by fire, on the 12th May. The mill was only newly built, and fitted with the latest requisite machinery. The fire originated in the engine-room, when all the employees were away to dinner, with the exception of the foreman, who was busy filing the saws, and did not observe the fire until it was beyond control. Although every possible assistance was rendered, in twenty minutes the structure was a smoking ruin. Mr. Christie intends to rebuild at once, and has the most of the building material on the grounds, and the carpenters busy framing a new and larger mill. — eee a Sid > $= . 7 « ‘ *? June, 1888. — Alfred McGrath, while working in Lau- rent LeBranc’s saw mill at Chockfish, near Buckingham, had his right hand cut off by a circular saw. =Mr. D. E. Sprague planing mill, in Manitoba, that was recently is rebuilding his removed to make way for a building of the Northwest Navigation Company. —Mr. Walter Beatty, of Pembroke, who had his planing mill destroyed by fire last October, has just completed the erection of a new and larger edifice, fully equipped with the best wood-working machinery. He will commence active operations again shortly. —The St. Lawrence Lumber company has been registered in London to carry on in Canada and Liverpool, the business of timber merchants and dealers, with a capital of £50,000. director. Kennedy Burns, of Bathurst, is a —Chas. R. Palmer, with a crew of nearly 100 men, is at work upon his drive of 7,000, - 00 on the west branch of the Meduxnekeag, N. B. W. H. &J. Rourke’s drive, containing three and a half millions has arrived at St. Martins. —The Lindsay Post says that Mr. John Dovey had a narrow escape from death whilst looking after some of his logs at Kinmount. The logs were being run through the slide at that point and in some way Mr. Dovey lost his footing and was precipitated into the water and was carried over thechute amongst the logs. He was under the surface for a considerable m+, and the spectators even lost all hopes of seeing him again, when a log running under- neath him ran to the top, and he was pulled out insensible. A doctor was summoned and after considerable labor he was revived but was unable to stand the journey home until Tues- day. He is improving slowly. The old adage that ‘* misfortunes never come single ” has been amply verified in Mr. Dovey’s case. On Wednesday, the day after he was conveyed home from Kinmount, his son George, aged about 21, who works in his father’s mill here and who had last October several fingers of his left hand cut off at the second joint by coming in contact with a saw, again met with a simi- lar accident to the hand, this time amputating the four fingers clean. A mitt, worn on ac- count of the fingers still being tender, caught the jointing saw and drew his hand in. —We learn that some large rubber belts, ranging in width from 20 to 48 inches, five, six and seven ply thick, one of them weigh- ing six tons, have recently been supplied to elevators in different parts of Canada by the Canadian Rubber Company, of Montreal and Toronto. The following letter speaks for itself : ROCKLAND, ONT., May 29th, 1888. The Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co., Peterboro’, Ont. DEAR Sirs :—We will say this that unless we are very much mistaken you have built us a Band Mill that will do you credit. it has gone right on cutting up whatever comes So far along, rough logs or smooth, without any hitch or delay of any kind. How long would it take to get up another shingle machine if wanted? Yours truly, (Signed) W. C. Epwarps & Co. The above was an Allington Band Mill. Railway Construction. The prospectus of the Ontario, Manitoba & Western gives an estimate of $25,000 a mile for the whole 580 miles of road, or about $15,000,000 for the whole. The road will run through an exceedingly rich agricultural, mineral and timber region. A private despatch from Minneapolis says, on the authority of Mr. Pillsbury, that one thousand shares more than the controlling in- terest in the ‘*Soo0” road has been sold to officials of the C. P. R. THE as | 7s CANADA LUMBERMAN. ENRY PORTER #* . _, and one inch and a scant '¢ for inch and a quarter and inch anda half, and full for three and four- inch 3- better too thick than too “ane. A careless sawyer will often allow his log to ‘cant’ ally upon his sawyer to be liberal in thickness. 1% for two-inch ; 16 1s not too much ; * out, making one edge of the board plump while the other edge may lack just enough to spoil the board for the grade into which its quality would place it. This same result more often occurs from the carriage not being propérly set in place ; or again, A good sawyer will see that everything is kept in perfect order, and stop at once to adjust his mill at the first mis-cut board. Not a mill man in the country, but who can tell just how to the saw may heat and “run.” properly stick lumber, and when to stick it, and yet when the lumber is marked, it shows that some of the many have made a grave mistake, especially so in the case of poplar and other light colored lumber. In sawing poplar, when it is green with sap, it should be stuck up at once, as if left piled together it will ‘‘sap color” ina few hours. ‘‘ Haven’t time,” will not answer! If you care to get the full value of your lumber, you must stick it up as fast as sawed. This is true of oak, and in fact of all lumber affected by sap. Lumber manufacturers often wonder why their stock is not as bright and nice as some they have seen. If these same men continue to saw their lumber and pile it close together, and leave it until they have time to stick it up, then I can assure them they will spend the rest of their days wondering. This should be the order in importance with them, fitst how to keep the lumber bright, then how to saw it properiy. Use narrow strips, and under no circumstances may they be green, as they will most certainly color the wood wherever they touch, and if left too long will rot it. If you have no dry sticks and are on a railway line, buy a car load and run them to your mill ; it will be money well spent, and the first sawing you do let it be on a good supply of sticking lath, which will soon be dry enough to use. Walnut should be piled together as soon as sawed, and will receive no injury if not stuck up for some time after sawing. The sap seems to dry out faster when finally the lumber is put on sticks, than if stuck right from the saw. If you have plenty of mill yard room, pile your lumber thus: Set the piling blocks at least a foot from the ground, and with sufficient fall to let the rain run off readily when the pile is finished and covered. Begin by laying the first course with the boards say six inches apart, if wide and narrow ones, put two together, and build the pile in this order, so that when finished the spaces started in the first course will run to the top of the pile. The openings will be so many chimneys, drying out the lumber more in one month than in three months the old way. Start the next pile at least 20 inches away, and so continue covering your yard, and you will be surprised how soon you can begin shipping dry lumber. One point more in the sticking of lumber in which there are sappy boards ; in- stead of placing these boards away in the center of the pile they should be put on the outside as far as possible so that they will-get the more air ; and again these boards should be laid the sap side down. (I am indebted to one of our large dealers for this !ast point. Until recently he has been one of the most extensive manufacturers of poplar lumber in the west. He fully sanctions all I have said on the sticking of New DOE Lumber pS hance Loxache lumber. )— THE JAMAICA TRADE. To the Editor of The Canada Lumberman. Str,—Gen. Laurie’s motion for all correspondence relating to the official visit to Ottawa in 1885 of the Jamaica commis- sioners is, I trust, the unostentatious beginning of a most im- portant movement. Few persons, not directly concerned, are aware that the resolutions of the Jamaica Legislature authoriz- ing the appointment of the commissioners empowered them to Government Jamaica into the Dominion as well as Commercial Reciprocity discuss with the Canadian on a basis somewhat similar to that of the Elgin Treary of 1854 between Canada and the United States. Fewer still ate aware that within a few days of the unanimous passage of these resolutions the Jamaica Legislature, the Legislature of the Leeward Islands, also passed unanimously resolutions couched in almost identical terms. The visit of the Jamaica commissioners being temporarily, and from no fault of theirs, a failure. Those delegates from the Leeward Isles were not sent, though the resolution authorizing their appointment is still unrescinded. Two of the Jamaica commissioners hold Cabinet positions in the Government, the third, Hon. C. S. Farquharson, is a Legislative councillor of the island, and the fourth, Mr. Charles Levy, is a wealthy sugar planter and the head of a large London firm of merchants and ship-owners, whigh for over a century has traded extensively with Jamaica. Their high culture, polished ledge of the questions they came to discuss created a more favorable impression among those who met them in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, and St. John, in which cities they were warmly received and welcomed by the Boards of Trade, thus sowing the seeds of closer relations between the continental and insular portions of British America, of which Gen. Laurie’s blade, the modest forerunner of a great and abundant harvest. The temporary failure of the mission of the Commissioner was due toa despatch of Lord Derby which, with colonial office ignorance of colonial affairs, stipulated that any arrange- ment entered into between Canada and Jamaica should be open to acceptance by the other British West Indian Islands. The products and circumstances of Jamaica are so different from those of the other islands, that the absurdity of such a » manners and intimate know- lly « nial motion is, let us hope, the first little spring: the admission of | stipulation would strike anyone having the least knowle the West Indian archipelago. Indeed, had the reached Jamaica a few hours sooner the commissioners not have sailed, At this distance of time there is no imp priety in mentioning that Mr. Levy assured me, when meeti hifh at the Ottawa station, that he feared its being fatal to he success of the negotiations. And so it proved. The Dominion Ministry very properly declined to abandon the entire rever (about $3,000,000) derived from sugar which the Jamaica proposals—if opened to acceptance by the other islar would have necessitated, and the commissioners have returned home unsuccessful and greatly disappointed. Until Derby’s obnoxious proviso is rescinded it is safe to predict reciprocity in natural products between Canada and Jz will not be attained. As for political union, it was, I never formally discussed between the commissioners and Dominion Ministry. The time is unsuitable for such discussion. The expiring embers of the Riel rebellion we still aglow and the first duty of the hour for those to wh hands were entrusted the destinies of Canada, was nut ' enlarge the bonds of the Dominion, but to-restore peace ar prosperity to the vast domains already acquired. Of admission of Jamaica into the Dominion I shall in this letter say nothing, though I hope shortly if granted space in your columns, to publish something ona subject which I firmly believe will, in the early future, become a most important issue in Canadian politics. In the present letter I shall restrict myself to giving a few statistics, showing the value of the trade that, without any special treaty and under the present heavy tariff of the island, can be done with Jamaica, and will also endeavor to point out how that trade can best be developed. My arguments will apply to a large extent to the development of our trade with the other islands, but I confine myself for the present to Jamaica, it being by far the largest, most popu- lous, and_also the most varied in productious and resources of - the British group. By the last census (1881) the population of Jamaica was 580,804, of whom 14,432 were whites, 11,115 East Indian coolies and Chinese, 554,132 black and colored and 1,125 not stated. In 1886, that year being the latest of which I have statistics, this “population consumed of imported food stuffs a total value of £539,116; being from Great Britain, £50,007 ; from the United States, £319,831; from Canada and other British colonies, £168,267, and from other countries, £1,010. Of household furniture, £21,039 worth was import being from Great Britain, £10,958; the States, £1,722; Canada, ete., £9, and other countries £351. Of clothing and shoes the total imports were £351,186; of which Great Britain sent £337,551, the States, £11,468; Canada and other colonies, £1,204 ; and other countries, £984. Building materials, including lumber, amounted to £49,232; being from Great Britain, £8,133; from the States, 434,541; from Canada, etc., £6,500; and from other places, £47. The total value of estate machinery and supplies imported—other than foodstuffs and liquors—was £24,324; Great Britain sending £12,541; the States, £10,185; and Canada, etc., 41,598. Other machinery and tools amounted to £15,052; of which there came from Great Britain, £13, from Canada, etc., £11; from the States, £1,592; and from other countries, £378. Coals and coke, chiefly for steamers and gas, came to £38,277; being from Great Britain, £37,145; from the States, £615; from Canada, ete., £166; and from other places, £531. Books and other printed matter reached a total of £9,534; the value from Great Britain being £8,275 ; from the States, £1,207 ; from Canada, ete., £14; and from other places, £38. The total race of hardware and iron mongery imported was £68,545; of which Great Britain supplied £53,261; the States, 14,328; Canada, etc., £503; and other countries, £93. Of liquors, the total value import- ed was £47,443; of which our temperance friends will be clad to learn that the share of Canada and the other colonies was only £175; Great Britain sending £44,091; the States, £1,103; and other countries, £2,074. Jamacia, although tobacco is grown there quite equal to that of Cuba, imports £11,226 worth of the manufactured article, of which Canada aca none ; the States, £9,631 ; other countries, £1,201 : and Great Britain, $314, probably for troops and fleet. — The miscellaneous imports—so classed in the returns—came 10 £150,618 ; of which there came to from Great Britain a : 695; from the States £50,170; from Canada, ete., £4. and from ather countries £13,350. The total imports of i island for 1886 amounted to £1,325,603, or in round numbers about $6,500,000, of which Great Britain supplied a percent- ~ age of 5.13; the States, 34.1; Canada 11.1; and other countries, 3.4. The total export of Jamaica were £1,280,118, or about $6,400,000, of which the percentage sent to Great Britain was 39.7 ; to the States, 44; bes Canada, 3.5; and to other countries, 11.8. Now what is this miserably small—and I ~ almost geaycn sna becca vonuneiet C: eri with vt June, 1888. greatest tropical island colony chiefly, if not solely, due to? Our dairy products, our flour and our fish are equal in quality to those of the United States, and yet Canada’s export of foodstuffs to Jamaica is not quite one half of that of her Southern neighbors. Of household furniture, how comes it that the energetic and tasteful manufacturers of Montreal, Toronto, and a dozen other places have only been able to sell $43 worth, while the American sales reached $8,500, and the British $43,500. Of the million and three quarters of dollars spent on imported clothes and shoes, surely Canada might secure more than $6,000. Of building materials, in- “cluding lumber, Canada ought certainly to supply Jamaica with as much as the United States does. She now sends not quite a fifth of the quantity furnished by her rival. She ought, too, to send as much coal as the States, instead of only a fourth ; and the same may be said about manufactured to- bacco and cigars, of which she does not send a dollar’s worth, while the American trade in this commodity amounts to $48,000. “As to hardware, tools, ironmongery and machinery, etc., I have given the figures, and people will readily see that our export to Jamaica of many of the articles enumerated ought, at least to be trebled, and would be, were suitable steam communication provided. The steamers should be fast and should be fitted with Blackman’s patent exhaust or other similar apparatus for the preservation of fruit on the return voyage. Though mails and passengers should be carried, freight should be the chief object aimed at. If of sufficiently light draught, some of the smaller ports of the island might, in time, occasionally be visited with advantage. From the shape of Jamaica, long, narrow and intersected through its entire length by a high mountain range, the traffic of, the is- land will always be chiefly coastal. Jamaica has but one short railway, and the ordinary roads across the island are steep and rugged. every ten days conveying freight and: passengers between the Coastal ‘steamers now ply round the island A line of subsidised steamers would probably at first only be able to touch at Kingston, as other West India islands would have to be visited, and would be supplied by these coasters with fruit and other homeward freight. But with increased facilities of transport the Jamaica trade would speedily require steamers exclusively devoted to it, and then the smaller ports might be called at, and the cost of transhipment saved. We Canadians scarcely know even by name many of the tropical luxuries, suchas yams, guavas, pawpaws, shaddoeles, etc., which a steam line would bring cheaply to our tables, and for which a large demand would speedily be developed among us. A line of steamers travers- ing the 1,700 miles that separate us from Jamacia would take our lumber, our staves and our fish, our boots and shoes, our dairy produce, oats and hay, our furniture and agricultural implements, our paper, glass, wire fencing, nails, cordage, cottons, tweeds, soaps, candles, canvas, carriages, apples and potatoes, and would bring in return, cheap enough for ordinary use on the tables of our farmers and mechanics, the bananas and oranges, the limes and guavas, the yams and plantains of the tropics. The growth of trade that steam communication would secure for us is no merely fanciful speculation. In the three years (1880-83) that the Cunard service between Kings- ton and Halifax was subsidized by the Imperial Government the trade from Jamaica to Canada increased from 6.2 per cent. of the whole export in 1880-81 to 16.66 in 1882-83, when as being inconsistent with Free Trade theories—the subsidy was discontinued, and the trade to Canada at once fell, ainounting in 1885-86 to only 3% per cent. of the total export trade of Jamaica. This is pre-eminently a farmer’s aud working man’s question. Steam communication with our fellow subjects in the tropics means better markets, increased work and wages, and cheap luxuries for the Canadian masses, whether plough- ing the soil, toiling at the loom or the forge, or wielding the axe in the snow clad forests of our northern or eastern wilderness. sm-ier ports and Kingston. Yours, etc., A. SPENCER JONES. Ottawa, May toth. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mr. J. S. Chase of this city, who has spent the major part of the past eighteen months on the Pacific coast, returned only last month, has again taken his departure for that section, which he will make the scene of his further labors. In many respects Mr. Chase thinks that the Pacific coast, and partic- ularly the Puget Sound country, is one of the finest sections of the globe. Its business advantages, in their rapid develop- ment, offer inducements to men of energy and capital (and to energetic mer of small capital as well), unsurpassed by any section of the land. There is money in its timber and its minerals. In some sections of the mountains gold and silver Jays around loose on the surface of the ground. Unfor- tely for the seeker, it is not minted to his hand, and like © valuable commodities, takes time, patience and a THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. considerable expenditure of money to separate from the rock with which it is amalgamated. In one of his trips through the mountains’ Mr. Chase came across a vein of mineral of which he picked up a half dozen specimens from the surface and submitted them to the government assayer at Victoria, rate of No. 2, ¥% ounces of silver and 24% ounces of gold; 3, 43 ounces of 7 b 3 obaining the following report: No. 1 assayed at the 29 ounces of silver and 13 ounces of gold to the ton; silver and eight-tenths of an ounce of gold; No. 4, 27 ounces of silver and 1% ounces of gold; No. 5, 35 ounces of silver and 5 ounces of gold; No. 6, 49 ounces of silver and half an ounce of gold. and but tend In our own wanderings in the mountains of British Columbia, we These were surface pickings, to indicate what might be the result of a close research. became perfectly satisfied that the whole country was aurifer- ous, and that the time would come when machinery could be so economically availed of that in connection with improved facilities of transportation, the precious metals would be de- veloped to an extent never exceeded in gold or silver mining. The coal of British Columbia is another mine of wealth, its quality being superior to even the highly esteemed bituminous coal of Pennsylvania. Iron and copper mines are found upon Vancouver Island of great richness, awaiting a larger popu- lation for utilization. The yellow cedar of the coast is almost, if not fully, equal in closeness of grain to the Holly of the South. It is one of the most difficult woods to find, there being but few tracts of land upon which it grows in any quantity. In fact, one tract of 160 acres on the main land of the Gulf of Georgia and a few scattering forties on Vancouver Island is It is worth $60 per M in sawed lumber on the coast ; as a trimming for all that is known to exist in bodies of any extent. contrasts in fine work it is not equalled by any timber known. The fir of the coast has not been exaggerated either for size or quality. the large and good timber is confined to a territory west of the Its extent is not so great as is by many supposed, as coast range of mountains and mainly ona belt of not more than from one to fifteen or twenty miles in depth, largely in a broken and mountainous region where the cost of lumbering would exceed the profit. The timber of the interior does not compare for size or quality with that of the coast, unless we except the red cedar, of which an occassional tract of compara- tively small extent is to be found, and when found shows trees of enormous proportions. —Lumber Trade Journal. THE HEMLOCK. This, which has hitherto been one of the most abundant trees in the forests of Maine, as in those of the maritime provinces of Canada, is fast disappearing, as well beneath the axe of the woodsman, as from the results of the destructive effect of forest fires, to whose action it is very susceptible. There are two varieties of this tree known to eastern woods- men—the sapling, or white, and the black, or coarse-barked hemlock. The former is usually the smaller tree, attaining, however, a greater altitude in prcportion to the size of its trunk. commonly to follow the banks of rivers and streams, or rather Its bark is also smoother and whiter. It seems very the sides of ridges adjacent to the shores of streams and lakes. One of the best localities for this wood is to be found on the shores of the Avon river, and its branches, in the vicinity of Windsor, Nova Scotia. It occurs also in many other parts of the interior of that province, as well as in New Brunswick and Maine. In the two places last mentioned, especially in New Brunswick, vast forests, chiefly consisting of rough-barked hemlock, were overthrown, some twenty years since, by a storm, which is locally known as the ‘‘ Saxby gale,” from the fact that the date of its occurrence had been predicted by Lieut. Saxby, of the Royal Navy of England. The destructive effects of this gale, which extended a distance of more than 90 miles up the St. John river from its mouth, may be estimat- ed from the fact that shortly after its occurrence the writer was called upon to examine and report upon some timber land which had been subjected to its influence. Two days were spent in such inspection, during which time he failed in travel- ing to exceed a distance of from three to four miles a day, the roots, tops and trunks of blown trees meeting him at every few steps, presenting formidable obstacles to anything like a rapid advance. The gale had been more destructive to this than to any other forest tree, on account of its heavy and spreading top, which offered great resistance to the wind. As the roots ran along near the surface of the ground, where the trees were blown down, they brought with them masses of earth, which formed one of the chief obstacles mentioned above. The wood of the black hemlock is nearly always more or less shaky, these shakes sometimes extending from the base of the tree to the limbs. f Hemlocks which grow on wet land, as well as those which are found on the low, sandy ridges of carboniferous rocks which occupy the central part of the province of New Bruns- c J wick, are usually very shaky, while those which are SEE the boulder district of that province, which cover ro y 1,100 square miles of its area. are « = 00 Recellcnt trees may be seer ‘ ier puzzle one to secure hovelful of eart} " where indeed one might walk for a long distance , fr ’ i rock, without ever once g f f c ] a place the writer has counted, wit : f; yhere he stood, ninety full-grown hemlock nding within a very limited radius. The boulders which cover the extcnsiyv rict Brunswick now alluded to, are composed of granite in nearly all cases. These are frequently porphyritic, ex ng cry of feldspar of large size. The « ‘ this tree, and of the good qualities of its wood in so unpro ious a locality, may perhaps be the result of th ition of this feldspar, under the action of changes of temperature and atmospheric agencies which by mechanical and chemical means combined, may have set free from its silica and alumina the 16 or 17 per cent. of potash which the feldspar of granite contained, to be thus rende red soluble and fitted to be drawn up by the roots into the body and limbs of the wee. In the maritime provinces of Canada, no attention is being paid to the protection of this tree on the property of the government ; on the contrary, settlers are invited to occupy the poor and sandy ridges on which it grows. the result of poverty to them and their families, and destruction of the surrounding forests from the spread of fire from the clearings Several large manufactories have been erected in the province of New Brunswick, for the purpose of extracti from the bark of the hemlock, the result of w have been that whole forests of this valuable wood for the bark only, while the tree itself has been left te to rot or act as fuel for the fires which every now and then rage in spring or autumn among the forests of this country. The supply of hemlock of the eastern state provinces of Canada will in all probability fa of the spruce, from the fact that while the heml thickly in certain localities, these are limited in exte the contrary, spruce trees are found scattered country. The hemlock also is much more easily dest fire than the spruce, and does not replace other forests which may have been destroyed nearly as readily as the spruce. The young hemlock is a remarkably pretty tree: as it § older, however, its branches frequently die and the dead and often barkless top of the aged tree gives a by no means agree- able appearence to it and its surroundings. Edward Jack, in New York Lumber Trade Journal. EXCHANGE ECHOES. Quebec Chronicle. From some of the Quebec lumbermen. who have lat althe the European markets is not perhaps turned from England, it is understood that condition of promising as it was a couple of months ago, there is no reason The to anticipate anything but a fairly prosperous season. demand for Quebec cak at the principle shipbui has apparently been satisfied. The anxiety and Feb produced the natural result of lower prices, a during the boom in prices of the month of existing demand was satisfied in a shorter time th anticipated. Even the shippers, whose interests on this side never permit them to paint the condition of a s in England in very bright colors, admit the present prospects on the other side are rather more promising than they have-been for the past few weeks. Prices of deals are now at least ten per cent. higher than they were at this time last year, and stocks in cturers to be much lower than they have ever been before, at least for many England are known by the Canadian manuf. years back. This should be one of the most promising features of the present outlook. The American demand for boards continues to be more satisfactory than was anticipated, and is fully equal to that of last year, notwithstanding that the Presidential election year is generally most unfavorable to business with the United States. London Timber Trades Journal. The placing of lumber on the free list by the United States government will be—should such a measure pass—an immense stimulus to the Canadian timber trade, with a consequent ail- round advance in values, through the introduction of United Staces capital, in the shape of numerous mills, and a large absorption of Dominion forest limits by the lumber manufac- turers from Chicago and Michigan. As far as relates to the wisdom of this step towards free trade by the United States legislature we cannot say much, the tendency of such a measure being to divert capital from their own side to that of the neighboring country, and though, perhaps, the interest on it might return in the shape of cut lumber specially manufac- tured in the States, the principal would be lost for all time, sunk in lending its assistance in the furthering of Canadian IO THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. prosperity. We might just as well argue that capital leaving this country and taking their money with them for carrying on trade abroad were doing so for the benefit of the British empire, but it would not take long before the results disproved our reasoning. Capital has been too fond laterly of leaving our shores, and we have felt the ill effects in the long interyal of paralized trade under which the country has groaned. Canadians may pretend what they like, but we question very much if they would not welcome with open arms the new men and money which directly the bill passed, would hasten to bestow themselves upon her. The Southern trade, including the immense range of coast line in the Gulf of Florida, would be neglected for more profitable and better paying fields, and the capital which would otherwise have given spirit to the pitch pine trade be distributed over a foreign land. We can hardly believe that the bill will be carried by the free- traders, who form a very small minority of the United States legislature, though in the interest of Canada we trust that by some accident the measure may pass into law. There is an immense amount of unemployed capital in America, which would speedily be brought into use, buying up farest limits in Canada, where labor and plant are so much cheaper than in the States, and standing pine more plentiful and acceptable in the neighborhood of navigable streams. Mississippi Valley Lumberman. The consolidation of the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic, the Minneapolis and Pacific, and the Aberdeen, Bismarck and Northwestern railway brings under a single man- agement about 950 miles of track. It extends the influence of the Sault as a distinct factor in the world of railway traffic, not only across Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan, but across Minnesota and carries it into the very heart of Dakota. It is easy to foresee what further extension and additions will naturally be made, as time progresses, to the main line now completed. The announcement of the consolidation is coupled with the further statement that very close relationship has been established between the ‘‘ Soo” and the Canadian Pacific. There is in this statement more of importaice even than in the announcement that the consolida- tion of the line has been effected, because it bears out the assurance that the Canadian Pacific system is to be supple- mented by a series of feeders stretching into the states, upon much the same plan as the Northern Pacific has provided its main line with feeders. It is difficult to predict just what significaace this consolidation and traffic arrangement will have for the lumber trade. The manufacturers along the 6 Soo” will undoubtedly be provided with a double outlet— an eastern outlet for their upper grades, and a western field of distribution for their common grades. But should the duty on Canadian lumber be removed it is easy to foresee as direct competition with Canadian lumber in this, and some of the Winconsin markets, as is anticipated at Chicago and at some Lake Erie points. On the same theory upon which Chicago bases some of her hopes ness as a lumber market, when the barrier of duty is removed, St. Paul and Minneapolis can, thanks to the Soo, reasonably anticipate some addition to the volume of their growing im- for continued supremacy and great- portance as a point for the distribution of lumber. Ottawa Journal. The Chaudiere lumberman have, it is satisfactory to note, opened the season’s campaign under fairly satisfactory auspices. They are in good heart to their prospects, in proof of which extensive improvements and additions have been made to the mills. It is true the mill owners are a little anxious about the lowness of the water this spring, and it is feared that trouble may be experienced. ‘It is very important that no delay oc- curs to the log drive, as the reserve of logs from last season is very small and may not be sufficient to keep the mills busy till the drive logs arrive at the Chaudiere. Messrs. Booth, Perley & Pattee, Bronson & Weston, Hurdman & Co., Pierce & Co. and E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Comp- any, is estimated by the lumbermen at about 375,000,000 feet, if no delay occurs from low water. The cut this season by Lumber World. While ‘‘ trusts ” proper to suggest that it is time to form a are multiplying on every side, it may be as trust ” of wood- workers. There is room for a ‘‘ trust” of sawyers, of machine builders and of manufacturers of all lines of wooden wares. Who will start the ball rolling ? Strike while The ‘‘ lumber trust * should be the greatest on the list. the iron is hot. —We from a London lumber firm :—Prospects for trade here this extract the following from a letter recently received season are not very encouraging. Sales are slow with a great scarcity of money. Though prices in other places are ap- parently advancing our people here are cutting and slashing. Where there is sure pay prices are cut so low that to find the margin one has to look through a microscope. SOME PERTINENT eee ne. Editor Canada Lumbernian. In these days of combines, public morality has received so many shocks that any abuse, except of the most startling kind, fails to arouse indignation, In the name of business, practices, by no means honorable, are resorted to for the furtherence of ends which in and of themselves are laudable. That mons- trous doctrine : the end justifies the means, is firmly believed in and acted upon by men who affect to feel great regard for the morals of the public. A disagreement, relating to the use, or rather the abuse, of the N. R. yard, has arisen between the wholesale and retail dealers of lumber, or, to putit more correctly, an old grievance The wholesale-retail dealers have for years made this yard their piling ground and retail yard, rent and taxes free, in which they transact their business, thus coming into competition with the retail men. The retail men are extremely desirous that this order of things should be done away, and that no lumber be piled off for the purpose of being sold in small quantities, or in other words, retailed. When we consider that the retail man is working at a great disadvantage compared with the quasi wholesale dealer, it is not at all surprising that he wishes such unfair competition stopped. It is unjust to the dealer who has his yard in the northern, eastern or western part of the city, that a consumer can go down to the R. R. yard and buy lumber at $1.00 per M lower than the retailer, with the negessary expenses of a yard, is able to sell. Rent, taxes, insurance and other expenses and losses such as breakage are heavy itemsin the course of the year, and have to be added to the cost of the lumber, from all of which except $1.00 per car unloading charges, the wholesale-retail man is exempt. There exists no reason whatever that any firm or firms should be in possession of so valuable a privilege. The demands of the trade do not require it, the growth of the city does not de- pend on it, the R. R, Co. does not profit by it, the develop- ment of the lumber industry of this country is not advanced, in fine it is a privilege which none should possess, not even by purchase. To do business ‘on what may be called public property, like vendors of pea-nuts, is not at all creditable to has at last found expression. our wholesale lumber dealers. What is wholesale dealing? A car of 10,000 feet? Twenty- five or thirty years ago this quantity might possibly have been so imagined, but not at this date. No man in making such a statement, except his ideas are small, very small, can reason- ably expect to be understood seriously. A quantity to be considered as a wholesale transaction must be commensurate with the volume of trade done, and we think in this case that the quantity ought to be not less than 100,000 to 150,000 feet if not more. Another matter in connection herewith, is that some of the lumber billed to the docks, which means a lower rate of freight, is disposed of in the city. For this an excuse might possibly be found, but the point is—was the regular rate of freight paid on removal? Would an investigation into this matter be productive of a ess to the shareholders of the & N. W. R. All and any use of the docks should be prohibited-except absorbed N. were originally built, that is for ship- Not one, two or three firms should enjoy a monopoly, else the time the one for which they ping ; and the right to ship permitted to all so desiring. will soon arrive when these lumber firms will raise the plea of vested rights and claim compensation when required to sur- render the Company’s property. Squatter sovereignty and all that implies, would be practically illustrated In Canada. That such a state of affairs should been tolerated says very little for the efficiency of the officials of the quondam N. & N. We kt others in the same line, the latter contributing largely to the revenue of the Co. requires explanation of no ordinary kind. We the N. & N. W. R. that these exclusiveand prejudicial privileges By far the greater quantity of the lumber sold is carted to the outlying paratively little sold in the city proper. The necessity does not exist that the N. & N. W. R. yard should be converted into a market for the especial benefit of a few men who are not enterprising enough to establish first Granting privileges to one set of men as against confidently expect now that the G, T. R. has ahsorbed will be withdrawn. districts or suburbs, and com- class yards, of which Toronto does not possess one, but one satisfied to exist on sufferance and at the expense of others in the same line of wade. It is, to say the least, a most beggarly way to do business. Toronto, May 15. PINUS. —Leiters patent of incorporation are asked for by the R. H. Smith Co., limited, to manufacture saws of all descriptions, files, mechanics’ tools and implements of all kinds. The chief place of business is St. Catharines, capital stock, $75,000, and the applicants are all St. Catharines men. . ° . A. > aaa hl these <4 he | THE WESTERN MACHINERY DEPOT. The Brantford Telegram of a late date contains the follow- ing reference to the business of Mr. H. W. Petrie, an old-time advertiser in THE LUMBERMAN : Nothing shows the steady growth of Brantford better than the continued solid growth of her institutions. Brantford has always been known as an emporium for iron goods of every kind, and the firms which handle that class of wares have ob- tained a world-wide celebrity. Foremost among those firms which handle machinery exclusively is that of H. W. Petrie. Last fall Mr. Petrie was compelled by his ever increasing trade’ to errect a substantial three-storey brick addition to his already — large warehouse on Dalhousie street. In the front of this addition is the general office, and immediately behind is Mr. — ; Petrie’s private office. The offices are fitted with the latest — conveniences for assisting office work, while a large Goldje & McCulloch vault insures the safe keeping of oer Through a door in the general office one enters the ship room, which will in a few days be fitted with a connie ; of steam hoisting machinery, so that the heaviest machinery may be brought in, unloaded from the drays, and whisked off — to the second or third storey, or put in any desired position in — ' the show room, without the need of a hand being laid to it. Next to this is the show room, extending the full depth of the building. Here is gathered together machinery from all parts. | of the Dominion, the greater part on this flat being perfectly new, and ready at any moment to be shipped away. Besides — | handling new machinery of every description, Mr. Petrie probably buys, refits and sells more second-hand machinery than any other dealer in the province. Back of the show room |-is the repairing shop, in which every second hand machine that comes in receives a thorough overhauling. The machin- ery on the ground floor is mostly of the heaviest description, planers, saw mills, engines, boilers, and lathes for wood and In the shipping room are boxes of machinery waiting to be shipped to different parts of the Dominion. Here is a saw mill which will shortly be engaged in waging a battle against the Douglas fir of the Rockies. It is addressed to Lillooet, B. C. Beside it is another addressed to Stittsville, among the pineries of the Ottawa valley. Another lot is designed for the Muskol.a district, apd still another for Richibucto, N. B. These, with a host of others intended for places nearer home, | show the extent of Mr. Petrie’s trade. Upstairs the wood- | work and painting is carried on. . Here, spread out on the floor, are the parts of two saw mills which are being arranged before being shipped away. Near them is a broom handle machine which will turn out finished, tapered handles at the rate of six hundred per hour, and beside it is another of still newer pattern, which turns out a continuous stream of handles. On this floor is a collection of small engines designed for run- ning a row of sewing machines and turning coffee mills. These compact little engines run from half a man power to four horse power, and are one of the most interesting features of the - immense collection. Here also is an axe handle machine which will turn out thousands of axe handles per day, all moulded to pattern. Passing to other reoms on the same fiat we find an immense collection of leather and rubber belting, and rubber hose of every description. Next to this there is a collection of several thousand drills for iron work. Back of this again is another room crowded with all sorts of light Here are machines that the uninitiated never dreamed of. For instance, here is a green corn cutter for the purpose of cutting green corn for canning factories. This machine removes the soft kernels from the corn as,careful as the most fastidious housewife would require, and at the rate that would astonish the average housekeeper. Here is a | machine for drawing by suction sawdust and shavings, a | quarter of a mile if needs be, through pipes to the furnace of — | some vast saw mill. There is a machine for cutting barre heads, this one husks, and that one grinds cob and kernels at once into meal for cattle. This contrivance of wheels and bars cuts out spools almost by the bushel, while over against the wall is the pilot wheel and anchor of a steam yacht ; hence the expression ‘from a needle to an anchor,” may be | applied correctly here. The third flat is a repetition of the | first and second, except that the machinery there is somewhat lighter than that below. One of the rooms on the second flat gives us an insight into the methods that have enabled the proprietor to build up this magnificent trade. From top to. bottom of the room are shelves fitted with illustra catalogues, in which every machine in the building i is described and numbered. Advertisements are inserted in all _ the great papers of Canada, and a number of those of the — | United States, and when a query is received as to some pars | ticular piece of machinery, off goes a copy of the catalogue, giving the illustration and description. Last year 20,000 of | these catalogues were printed, which proving insufficient, oa further supplement of 5,000 was obtained. The majority of the buyers never see Mr. Petrie, the buying | Tete ty i iron. machinery. / { cacti) ob a dala Soe a8 : June, 1888. that he has thus been able in every case to satisfy his customers. At the Market street station the firm has another large ware- house, where the heaviest kind of machinery is stored. A switch runs right alongside this warehouse, so that boilers, engines, etc., weighing many tons can be handled to and from the cars with the greatest ease. enter there is a hundred-horse power engine, which in a few days will be shipped to Colpoy’s Bay, to run one of the giant saw mills that are to be found in that region. platform is the fly wheel for this engine some ten feet in diameter, and weighing some four or five tons. Near this is a biscuit making machine, fitted up with all the devices for turning out every kind of biscuit known to the trade. Further down in the shed is a hand fire engine, which has just come in from some village that has become ambitious enough to buy a Near it are several threshing machines with their complement of traction engines to draw them about in Inside the warehouse as we Outside on the steam engine. the fall. -There are also here a number of portable engines on skids, which are intended to run saw mills, stone crushers, etc. Near the door isa planer and matcher, which will shortly be shipped to Hastings county, and near it isa stave cutter in- tended for the north-western part of the province. Outside are a pair of hydraulic rams, quiet enough now, but powerful lifters when put in action. Water wheels of every kind, size ‘and description are piled up around, while a part of the yard is especially devoted to boilers of the’largest kind. On the platform near the south is a hundred-horse power boiler, ready to be shipped to the north, where it will keep the saws of a monster mill in motion. Smoke stacks of all sizes and lengths are piled up, ready to go out with the. engines and boilers. planers for heavy iron work, and near them is a curious machine that will turn’out a steady stream of barrel hoops. By On the platform, too, are several large drills and its side isa solid, grim looking machine of iron and steel, whose ravenous jaws will shortly be put to work grinding cinders for the asphalt sidewalk of the city. Altogether this is one of the most bustling and busy estab- lishments of our city, and as for the rest, Mr. Petrie’s name is synonymous for reliability and square dealing throughout the Dominion. : : TEACHING A NOVICE. ‘© Will you kindly advise me if I can get any book giving instructions by which a novice may acquire proficiency in es- timating stumpage, or number of feet per acre of standing timber. What is the best and cheapest work, and where can it be had ?”” We do not know of any such book outside of a good lumber Aside from these, a book about five feet six high, weighing from 150 to 175 pounds avoirdupois, capable of swallowing about four pounds of salt pork a day, and rivaling the pedestrians who recently walked 100 miles a day in New York, in point of endurance. of aman who has made his home in the wild woods, is the only work of any reliability of which we have knowledve. Our advice would be: Ist. Get sucha book (?) 2nd. Go yourself, 3rd. Send a boy. If you adopt the second or third propositions, you will first need an outht. This is not to be found in the parlor of a $4 a day hotel, nor in smoking 25 cent cigars. a frying pan and a tin pail, a big chunk of salt pork or bacon, a few quarts of beans and a bag of flower (some land lookers journal. A book written upon the brain Get a pair of army blankets and a picking strap, carry their flower in a bottle, claiming superior virtue in the extract.) Don’t forget a plug of black tobacco and a_briar- wood pipe. Anaxe and arifle come handy. Ifyou area novice with the axe don’t take a double barreled (beg pardon, double bitted) one, lest when you come to use it, you find it making more time in your leg than in a tree. Thus provided, with a folding rule, a log book and a mem- orandum book in your pocket, you start for the forest. You strap the goods, made up into a pack weighing 75 to 100 pounds, upon your shoulders. If you have no suitable pack- ing strap, take off your drawers and pass the legs through the ropes and over your shoulders ; it makes a good substitute. Calfskin boots and morocco slippers are not recommended for woods wear, and kid gloves are out of place. First find a section corner to make sure you are on.the right land. Look the ground over for awhile, pick out an average spot of timber. pace off 72 paces square, and cut down an average size tree. If you don’t manage to lodge it in another, and it don’t kick back and knock you down, measure it off into 16 feet lengths, and by your log tables find out how many feet there is in it. Count the trees on the acre, and you can figure out how many fect they will probably scale. If there are punk knots in Thus equipped you are ready for an exploring trip. sight or any other defects which will make the lumber cost more than it will sell for, it is not advisable to count the tree. By the time you have tramped over 40 acres your ‘‘ novice” will probably enjoy his pork and no less his ‘‘ dudeen.” When the shades of night fall about him, he will be a fit sub- A aM Ls THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ject for gathering up a handful of pine spines for a feather bed, and after hunting up a'soft rock or a pine log for a pillow, say his prayers and enjoy the sleep of the just. We would not care to buy stumpage on the estimate of a novice from the results of one day’s experience, but if he sticks to it long enough, he in the course of a few years would be likely to become an adept if he has the stuff in him that land lookers are made of. There is another way in which estimating is often done, borrowed from methods often adopted by United States sur- veyors, but it has its drawbacks, and these sometimes culmin- ate ina drawback toward the penitentiary, and is therefore not to be recommended to “novices.” By this method a pleasant room, well lighted, a large table and plenty of writ- ing material and requisite. A large map of the territory to be estimated or surveyed is spread out, and the lines laid out dividing it from other lands, then it is the easiest thing in the world to mark off section lines, which can never be found, and to estimate quantities of timber that never existed. There has been too much of such surveying and estimating, and the outcome has never been satisfactory. Concisely to answer our correspondent’s question, timber estimators are born rather than educated, and must learn from experience rather than from books.—Chicago Lumber Trade Journal. PRACTICAL MILLING. It has been the policy of ‘‘ the country saw mill ” owner to buy that which was cheap. We have reference more particularly to their first plant—their mill, engine and boiler. Let a man want to engage in the saw mill business, nine cases out of ten he counts the profits first, then the costs, and, as he is “a little short,” he tries to economize by buying his outfits second-hand. country for some mill that has passed through the fire, or whose owner has found it far more profitable to let it lay up than to attempt to run it. He visits the city and looks through the second-hand machinery stores. He looks at one or two new mills, gets completely muddled, and, disgusted, starts off home and buys He starts out on a cheap plan, and scours the ‘Tones’ old nll.” It has not been run for two or three years, but he can save one hundred ‘or possibly two hundred dollars in this his first purchase. He is told that it is a little behind the times, but then it will do him. Now all that is wanted is to secure an engineer and head sawyer who isin keeping with the mill, and we have a full- fledged mill to help him cry ‘“‘hard times,” and although gradually, it will soon cause him to feel that saw milling is not what they crack it up to be. - At last he finds an engineer who has done almost everything. He comes along, or, rather, ‘“‘turns up,” and wants a job. He has been used to large mills, big pay and his fireman, but has had a ‘‘ streak of bad luck” and will take hold of this mill, put it in order and show what can be done. Innot a few cases our engineer imparts ‘‘ his bad luck ” for he knows noth- ing of engineering, and but very little of fring. Our new pro- prietor is new at the wheel, and does not discover that his engineer is second-hand until reminded of it by repeated ac- cidents and mishaps that suggest something wrong. A broken ring is looked upon as a necessity, hot wrists result from the mill laying up, steam escaping from nearly every joint of pipe, the piston rod, valve rod, and the several conditions S9on sug- gest that something is not what it should be. Strange as it may seem, hundreds of men start out thus, holding a penny so close to their eyes as to lose sight ofa dollar with their reach. Poor tools make poor workmen, and a more fallacious policy was never pursued than economizing in the plant—getting something cheap regardless of worth. The best is the cheapest, applying this both to tools, mill and labor. The older mill men, even some who have been looked upon as ‘‘ full-fledged,” have erred to their sorrow, in moving too soon from a good site. They have-cut out certain qualities of timber that they have depended upon largely for their run, and without fully investigating whether it would pay to cut other lumber, have hunted up other sites and moved ; and in not a few cases to their detriment. It has come under our observation of late, to note where several mills have moved back to their original sites, re-buying timber that they had passed over unnoticed at their first sitting, and, where the strange part comes in, paying for this second cutting a little more than they originally paid for the first, land and all. WHOLESALE—»e— PINE AND. g —e Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Office : Dundas Street, Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. TORONTO and OTTAWA. TORONTO, = See) ONTARIO, oe 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. : Ww NEW WATER JACKETED CUPOLA FURNACE. B. W. KEIM’S New Water Jacketed cus roduces superior castings with a Saving of a laeonree and ten per cent. of a saving in metal and fuel. It is especially adapted for the use of stove, brass and iron founders, also for the treat- ment of phosphor-bronze, copper and bell metal It is so constructed that by the addition of 1% per cent. of aluminum a steel casting can be produc- ed. It requires little, if any, repairs, and_the bottom need not be dropped for months. Esti- mates furnished for portable reduction works for the smelting of gold, silver, lead or COPE CHONE Assaying and analy: zing promptly attended to by the best of chemists. Your correspondence is solicited. Send for illustrated catalogue. WANTED.—Reliable parties to introduce the Hartsfeld Automatic continuous and improved economical Coke and Charcoal Ovens of any capacity. Also, lately improved portable reduction works and prospecting hand-power diamond bit rock drill that will bring up a solid core 500 feet. Ex- traordinary inducements. THE HARTSFELD FURNACE CO.’Y, LTD. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO, - ONTARIO. $3, 000, NEW BU aad Received in the last Six Months by MANUFACTURERS Life Insurance Company. Incorporated by Special Act of the Dominion P: arliament. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. aN N S Ny N N S N N 1 Siveintey Cine Head Office, - - 38 King Street East, S=—>— PRESIDENT :—RT ert @ ae JOHN A: MAC- DONALD, P.C ViCE-PRESIDENTS :—GEORGE GOODERHAM, Eso., President of the Bank of Toronto; WILLIAM Ber, Esg.. Manufacturer, Guelph. A PEW MORE GENERAL AGENTS WANTED. J. B. CARLILE, Managing Director. « MESSRS. VILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. PETERBOROUGH SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AWD => ra THE ea Over One Million Sold. OST complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, M Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square and round Timber ; hints to lumber“dealers ; wood measure ; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cord-wood tables : felling trees ; growth of trees ; land measure; wagesyrent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. 15885. MAP OF ONTARIO, Railway and Commercial, Brought Down to Date. THE COMPLETE RAILWAY SYSTEM, operation or projected (Hudson Bay, and Brock- ville, Westport. and Soo Railways, etc.) The American connections at the Sault Ste. Marie, the new Ontario Territory, the Algoma and Free Grant District, etc. Map has been most carefully drawn and printed in five colors ; size, 33x48. Plain or varnished for wall - - - $3.00 Dissected for travellers - - - - - - 3.00 WILLIAMSON & CO. Map Publishers and Booksellers. TORONTO. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST, in laws which «govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the ine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, | Dp has provided our- breakfast tables with licately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may | be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. maladies are wherever there is a weak escape many a fatal shaft by well ‘fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame. Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. only in packets, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAS. EPPS & CO., Homceopathie Chemists, | London, England. COLUMBIA * REFINING * CO.’'Y NENT SORE. CYLINDER, ENGINE AND MACHINERY OILS. Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and shaft- ing, and is a saving of 50 to 75 per cent. over oils. JOSEPH HARTON &-CoO., 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. Telephone 806. oint. We may > PN ‘ SS > > > > a POSE SE Ea a a a a a a eae —— — dS EBON WAL SNR) SSP SRE zeI es Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, ‘By a thorough knowledge of the natural Mr. | Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, i CO i PGA BBS DIXON & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET LEATHER? HELTING* 70 King Street Fast, Toronto. SND IN yf Ss Sole Agents in Canada for the =) CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL The Only Perfect Helt Dressing, All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be- Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. fore purchasing. 14 GUARANTEED TO DRY =iN== Best Manner Possible oy Sin Ww YOUR TOTO THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. BF STURTEVANTS PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KIL. a= Sia a= =) aS Spa) ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT WOOD LUMBER. Wal (TE FOR-+CATALOS UE. 115 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. B. Jia SG ied AB A Ne T, Patentee and Bias SUTUELTEUUT TEER EEE SEEN As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the fact that it holds a belt much better. Most good mechanics are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the result of tw tests made and pul lished by two ol the most eminent mechanical authorities : ce Rel. value of leather belt | + Rel. value of leather belt pee See eat ee al Ie | : v © 50 = Ovo» | a aa} ao 4 S| uv al | 3) 8 | Zou Sv iS > Ss uv Su Oro ue On eS esa o = oy FR oe) et ited Roe} p= a) ei i= = Se. ee _= BOR Me as Boye aaa es Ses eer IS = ae 2A Cask e) GOs) te 5 Cores See a6 a 20 1.50 1.42 20 1,90 1.40 30 2.43 1.69 30) |) 2.40 1.70 40 3.26 2.02 PAC eno) 2.00 50 4.38 2.41 nfo {Pho dle) 2.40 60 5.88 2.87 .60 | 5.90 2.90 a MN WACE 3.43 “A || 7S 3.40 Morin.—Apple ton’s Encylopedia||H ere Eng sineers’ and Mech- pou Mecha vnical Arts. | anics’ Pocket Book. With Guin at Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from steel pulley. power required, A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the | Cra J “ June, 1585. NO WARPING, CHECKING AND BLUEING —WITH THE— STURTEVANT Patent Hot Blast oleam Heating Apparatus. 31 N. CANAL STREET, CHICAGO. BEST. BALANCED PULLEY IN THE 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or cent. Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. |-fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction. The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for the purpose of putting, on additional pulleys when needed, or troublé and ex- to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley made not having these advantages. The Compression Fastening hether used with keys in iron center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance as the compression on the shaft and key is abways tow ards the center. The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are : It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. Vanufacturer, BOS TO. NV, ODOR PATENT: WOOD : SEPARABLE : OR : SPLIT ; PULLEYS. PITTI TUTTO LLCO LLCO UCCLLECO CCL CULLLLLO RDO. BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, AND MOST CONVENIENT WORLD. EMITTED ent Bushing System lighter Strong enough for any Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. A pulley fastened with key or MASS HT STILL ALTE than cast iron cannot be screwed without set screw in the ordinary way, litting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key or set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set for shaft ; also a key unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bu shing system is a great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry screw fastening pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafts. Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by American mechanics, summarizes thus: The ratio is friction to pressure of leather belts, w hen worn over wooden pulleys is 47, over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the average advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. We also manufacture GROOYED HARD WOOD PUL- LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of applying the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be furnished on application to The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., 89 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. BOWDEN & CoO. a+r x. GOODBY. Nilanager. Lubricating Oils. Sole consignees of Southwick’s Celebrated Cylinder, Engine and Machine Oils MANUPAC Millmen requiring Oils of uniform quality and high grade should write us. Crank Pin Grease, the greatest thing in existence for SI iafting BOWDEN & CO., 59 Adelaide Sireet, East. Toronto, Ont. TURERS OF HIGH GRADE OILS and Engines, cups supplied. Note our address : Sole makers of Crown Lubricant and Crown June, 1888. ss a ee RAE REVIEW. Teronte: One Toronto, May 30th, 1888. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 14% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. . - $34 00@ 35 a % and thicker, three uppers, American inspection. . 1% and thicker, pickings, pence Hel Tee sole 30 a 1x10 «12 dressing and better.. : Eeiesnnte me ZOLOO mez 2100) BRM DAML. eee ee ee ee oeiecn clne voles 15 00 1600 (7p TAGISH sh oneies andy Doan cp colds CoRmCEeanorn oD 1400 1600 “<5 ty us ADL EORMIND) ilo oe code sebe pecenden dood acop SaOrenor. 1200 1300 ARORA SO GMCE COLIS cay cn clerteiela nee > bi-lniae nis ve seine 1000 1100 oa aati USS 8 Gene doeerconcnaeene saee capeoeiceod g 00 1 inch clear and picks A aid SOME CRO COnn ane Cea ee 24.00 2000 tinch dressing and Berer SS DMO UDO ene MOD OM eTRED OD 1500 2000 1 inch siding mill run.. Did BROAD OCODMORCRmEIomad USKale) — ¥55 foo) ~ nih Shebister (elohoston\o) gee BAee hon an bonne bon SamioDo meds 1200 1300 1 inch siding ship culls.. Soe tieet namie s Ghia ss LO OONS OO “opin Stebiays; onto) | Se ape ne ape nao oe cob Deeoee ns aepo Sen 800 900 |" SSH RIT? ces gSaenepenloons dhe seooeoboser a nEcoksa 800 900 1% and thicker cutting up plank.. Mahe leg 2eO On 2H OO z inch strips gin to 8in mill run.........--.-.+.- ss) ese 1400 15 00 1inch strips, common 12 00 POMBE HOSTING. < .- 6. oes ee wont 14 00 POMEL MOOTING 5.052... cee 15 00 Xxx shingles, sawn. 5 250 XX_ shingles, sawn. SAGO RG no Ole DEE DE ats Kas 150 “LPI. S309). ooo Q p00 SOR BSREBdID Oo Obcn SEE case Seaaeres nice 1 $0 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards & scantling$io 00/Dressing stocks..... 14 00@15 00 Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection. . 30 00 miscuous, WAGGHS. soe e ce 12 oo/ Three uppers, Am. inspect. 40 00 stocks.... 13 00 B. M. Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft. 13 00|/1%-in. flooring, dres’d25 00 30 00 e “18 ft 14 o0j1% * “rough .. 14 00 15 00 20 ft 15 o0|1% ‘* ‘** dres’d .. 23 00 25 00 ss p22 fueto1co 2 ‘* undres’ ale I4 vo ce pee 2aiitex 7200 Ee “* dres’d... 16 00 20 00 Be 26 ft 18 00 re ‘“ undres’d 12 00 14 00 oe ‘** 28 ft 19 00|Beaded sheeting, dress- 3 a) "30 ft 20)/G0|)) ed). 18 00 20 00 a ti gedit Pie Tole! Clapboarding, ‘dres’d 12 50 os gait XXX sawn shingles J oeiger core =enoccerceee Ra@22)so0|meper Minne. acne 2 90 ia “ Ss 24 00/Sawn Lath 2 25 s a 33 ft 27 o0/Red oak.......... 48 25 00 st 4o toda it Zorco|White ©. .....-. 2. 30 00 Cutting u ca 1% and Basswood, No.1 & 2 a 00 20 00 thicker - Rae 00 26 oo/Cherry, No.1 &2... 50 00 60 00 ped Sees 3 oo 20 00/White ash,1 &2.... 25 00 3000 Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 25 00 Ottawa, Ont. Orrawa, May 28th, 1888. Dimensions, Inches. Per M. $8.00 “selected 16 ft. long, BENE dimensions 8.50 to 9.00 Cullistraips) mime thick#s 107 wide............-.... 7.00 to §.00 Mill cut outs x 4.00 to 5.00 Seanng ae 12.00 pu 7.00 Lathstecss-sseces es: 1.25 Stock shorts, 12x1 10.00 1 inch siding outs, 1%, 14, 2 15.00 Pants trOud SHOLS. 154, 192, 2... 2-60-22 ee 6.50 to 7.00 Outs from stocks « “ 10.00 tO 12.00 6 oe Shales ee was bere lae soe 1.25 "ee 2, ae eee “28a Ac ARB EADS DED OCaaD nae 2.00 * NG, 2. Ge Me ets chess nists se aja eee 3.00 3 ULC. ee 2.00 to 2.75 ** cedar, culls.. 1.25 Difference in planed lumber, in waste and planing 5.00 Ditto, on average good stock 20.00 to 25.00 Hamilton, Ont. HAMILTON, May 28th, 1888. Miil cull boards and Dressing stocks...... 8 600 1800 scantlings.. -$ 9 00@10 00\1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800 Shipping cull boards, '1%4 flooring, rough... 16008 1800 romiscuous widths. 10 00. 12 99/1/4 flooring, dresse 25 00 ipping cull stocks. 13 00 1% flooring, dressed . 32 00 Scantling and joist up 1 flooring, dressed . 23 09 BOIDACEL: c-.--.- +s 13 00| Beaded sheeting 1. .. 2800 3000 do up to 18 feet . 13 50 Picks,Am. inspection 30 00 do up to 20 feet ...... 1400 Three uppers Am. In. 4c 00 do up to 22 feet ...... 15 00, XXX sawn SIBLE 260 270 do up to 24 feet . 16 00 Sawn Lath.. sroenite 225 do up to 26 feet ...... 17 03/Red Oak.. i) 32.0 Zoloo) 25,60 do up to 28 feet ...... 1809 White Oak........... 2809 3000 do up to 30 feet ...... 20 00|Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1800 2000 Ceepne Bp pea 1% iCherry No. 1 & 2. S000 6099 and thicker, dry.... 2000 23 09| White Ash No. 1 & 2. 2500 3000 Cutting up ceeds. Hs 20 00| Black Ash, No-1 & 2. 2000 25 00 St. John, N. B. St. JOHN, May 2oth, 1888. Deals, Boards, Scnatlng, etc. Spruce deals - - - - - $12 oo/Spruce boards = = 200 ine P= 8- - —- ~ - 15 oojkine - - -12 00@40 00 Weabends -- - - = - 6 00 Oak CSS a, Ss Ooh) Scantling - - - - - - - 10 oGAsh “= = = 15 00@25 00 Hemlock 4=s- = e750 Shingles. Spruce, extra ee ea = SO) et ING AN) enna me TS, ee ee I 25 ss Mo: t extra =s-2 2/25 Clapboards. Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 oo\Spruce, extra- - - - - -2400 clears - - - - - -45 00 clears = - - - - 2300 Pe acdaclears - <= - = 35,00) SS No. t )= = =15,00 SY NO}.25- a = FOOD, Flooring, Dressed. GRPMOk ~ 8-2 82 onlt i, NOLL 9) = > ~ 1200 Ee i) = = OO NO, 2.60 = =, = = = ~T000 Miscellaneous. wes - - - - - 3,00@ 4.50 |Laths - - - - - 1 80 17in. perpr. — to) ickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00 Bi ac 04¥ 03% Railway ties - - : we THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Goderich, Ont. GODERICH, May 28th, 1588. PRICES IN CAR LOTS. MMe WVUMCINS a gs vers + de elerrs ess $8 cof 8 50 TX OPS -LOUSCIT 2) COUMMOM. Gir cir vine sie = sil a\> 12 00 Ix6-8-10 & 12, dressing ........... tie 16 00 1x14, and wider, common........---...-- 12 00 TO AG MC eC NUCITESSING). ae arteries ve 16 00 TAN CSSIM ON rio fol sta ielaielel ohetere velo @lrbcielale 717 15 00 1 ie ae efter ad Vor pisnoy evo aret ON Ia rors Fone 16 00 A Ih Norway pine flooring eer 1928 Ode 14 00 V5 oe GO AGC RI cr lene c 0. eae 14 00 t inch clear and picks 4 tog inch......... 25 00 I inch “a “ A-in> ANG UP + 26 00 I inch ao oe G-in; and aip es .. - 27 00 14% and 1% clear and picks............. 35 00 IWAN YO ei som no aede Ob Oud 2 wae 1 80 Montreal, Que. MONTREAL, May 28th, 1888. Pine, rst qual’ y@ M $35 00 40 00{Basswood,run ofloe Pine,znd “ 2200 30 00} culls out per M... $1300 2000 Pine, SHIREAnE, culls Oaks perme. wlcce 4000 5000 Ae) Miin age monon es oe 1400 1600]/Walnut, per M..... 6000 9500 Pine, 4th quality Cherry, per M..... 800010000 deals GDM stabs sale 1000 1200\Butternut, per M... 3000 4000 Pine, mill culls,@ M 800 10 00)Butternut, per M... 3000 4000 Snruce, per M...... 1000 1300)Birch, per M. 1500 2500 Hemlock, per M. goo 1000)/Hard Maple, per. M 2000 25 00 Ash, run wie culls Wath sper! Mian... 175 200 (othe joe MiG onn soon 1300 18 00/Shingles, ist, per M 200 300 Shingles, and, perM 125 200 Saginaw, Mich. SAGINAW, May 26th, 1888. CARGO LOTS. Uppers . . 36 00@38 oofNorway... g 00 10 50 Common . 5p 0 ily a) 0) WoillsYore 5 Fo . . £000 I0 §0 Shi ing Gullsaaeene 00 10 50\Straight measure . . 12 00 23 00 MoilCulich aeons 6 oo] YARD QUOTATIONS—CAR LOTS DP.Y. Drop Siding. Clear, “in . 46 00) Cryin es a 30 00 Aion aes 4I 00 ides hice et ata 19 09 Bitte: ae 36 00) Flooring and Siding—Dressed. Flooring, clear, d & m 46 00 Side clear, me ins . 22 00 No. 1 31 00, A 20 00 No. 2 30 090! Big. ee ebrnts 17 00 No. 3 20 09 COR Teresa - 1400 No. 4 13 00. De Oke 12 00 " Pigisions epiieereye Three uppers, rin. . 43 00@45 oo Fine common, 1 in. . 28 00 31 00 14% &1% . 44 00 46 00 1A SEB, nc 32 00 eeleeS rin 5 Oo ICME WA Swscily Ge 25 00 SA (SEPM, 5 36 oo Base, 2togin. No. I 40 00 INORZI F 30 00 N ; Sy ee cane (Coffin boards 16 in. and over 16 00 Joist, Scantling and Timber. 12 to 18 feet IO 00 BOMeet ay is) is fe 12 00 20 feet .- Il 00 24 feet .. 13 00 Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra. Wide Select and Common—Rough. C (No.1 com.) r13in. and up 28 oo/D (common) 14 in. and up . 16 00 Lath, Shingles and Pickets. Lath, No. 1 x 4o\Country brands XXX 325 3 35 NOMI esac I 25 Clear butts By 25 Shingles,river brands P’kts,2 to 2% inrough 12 00 13 00 DOO Uae oo ae 3 40@ 3 50 Dressed - 20 00 Clear butts . 240 2 50/14 in. square, dres sed 14 00 19 00 Philadelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, May 28th 1888. White Pine. Mich. uppers, 1 to 2 1% to 2 in. plank, ines (Olen aBus Gone aoe $50 00@52 50|_ barn quality....... 22 50@25 00 2%, 3 Bvvihel pocae 55 00 6c oo|\Common plank ..... 20 00 22 00 Silets, 14 to2in. 42 50 45 o0|7a box boards, wide.. 14 00 16 50 2% 3.8 4im...... 41 00 43 00/% siding, selected .. 27 30 3000 72in. spoons quality 45 00) 32) 50\CulllSexresame..e. -- 15 50 1700 19 00 23 00 IWNGLE WE ones ce: 15 00 1600 Edge paral widths 18 00 20 00 Narrow ......... 12 50 14 00 |No. 1 moulding ..... 36.00 35 50 Cargo Lots. Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 0o0\Scantling and plank 2000 2200 Heart face boards... 19 00 2100 Hemloek Boards and Scantling. Edge boards........ 10 50@11 50\Scantling, 2x3 & 2x4, 12 in. stock . saan WHE) IG) TONNE MCI ese cases 12 00@13 00 Fencing, 6in., 16 ft.. 1100 1300| 3x4,to12,12to20ft. 1150 12 00 Shingles and Posts. Cypress shingles, 24 \Cedar shingles, 30 in. in. heart, d & b.. 13 00@18 00) _hand dressed... . 35.00 4000 24 in. sap, d & b. 1000 12 00\/Chestnut posts, 9 ft. 32 00 é Pts So cia ones 28 00 HARDWOOD. Walnut. Nos. 1&2,1in., good |Reject or Sopot, I dry, Indiana.... ..$87 50@ 9500) in., 1% ANG Ap =e. 6000 6500 IOV ISS Wie) sp000000 9250 100 oo |Culls, 1 in. . 3500 37 50 Nos.1& 2, %in..... 7250 7750 1¥ in. &up.. - 3500 4000 Poplar. Nos. 1 & 2, %in. good \Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. wide, Indiana ae 25 00@27 so|_up, good wide, ase 3250 3600 lip tslaoram ance cuore 2800 32 5¢ Columns, 3x5 & up GSR ca aoadioaoo nb 35 00 35 00 Oak. Ans Nos.1 & 2,1 in., good Nos. 1 & 2,1% in. & western, straight . 32 50@35 00] up, band western, quartered .. 149) 00m 50) 00| Straight f2-.. =... 35.00 37 50 quartered .. 52 50 55 00 Ash. é Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Nos.1 & 2, 1% in. & western ...... . 35 co@4o 00| up, good western.. 32 50 4250 Valen Pine—Yard and Wholesale. Sc’tlg, 2x4 to 12x14 . 2200 @23 oo}Flooring, 1 in., Va. . 17 00 1900 Plank, 1% to2 in. . 2300 2750 1&1¥% in., Ga.& Fl'g, 1 &1Y¥% in. No.1 27 50 3000 Fla. cargorun . 2200 2400 Cherry. Nos. 1 & 2,1in.,good 62 50 70 00\Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & up, good.......... 65 00 i< iS) New York City. New York, May 2eth, 1388. Black Walnut ¥% in,, all clear = ) nck $35 wo 27 90 yand 1% inches , 700 600 1% and thicker ps, Kejects r 110 09 4150 09 ad % in. Io inches and 29 oo oD over. ker 109 3300 ¥% in. coffin boards i 2 2100 2250 1 inch, 10 inch and kthicker 2209 25 09 Over a : , is o 15 09 1 inch, 8in. and over 2 ¥% inch panel n. clg. 4 to 6 is 21 oofiz1 50 ¥% inch panel 94% in. clg. 4 6 in 24.00 24 50 % inch panel 2900 37 00% in. clg. 4106 in 7 Bo ee 5 6 inch casing 3 00 31 00 r g.4to6is 2909 309 7, 8,9, to inch casing 3200 33 9A U g.4t06 in 3700 3 90 Ash , 1 inch, white 37 oo@ 39 oolStrips. clear 2 oo 2 1% to 2 inch .. 3300 40 oo|Black goo Ho Yo 2% to.4 inch.. .. 4000 43 o|Black ash, culls 1000 «1209 Oak 1 inch plain sawed, 37 oof 39 0 inches and over 49 CO 51 00 1% to 2 inch. voenes 37:00 40% .5100 §3 90 aurito or nee AB - Bo 490 jler6in.... 300 4900 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6 Cherry %,in., white & clear.. 65 oo@ 70 «|2% and . 85 00@ go 00 I inch. seeecre-ee 70200 80 oc)Counter t in. 1 inch strips ase 4000 4200) and over : 109 09 155 09 1%to2inch........ $000 83 co Culls, all thickness 13.09 2009 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear..... 35 00@ 38 00 Hickery, oldgrowth 5009 6009 Chestnut common.. 20 00 23 © o Hickery. 2nd growth 70 00 68 99 Basswood white.... 28 00 32 00EIm 2000 2200 Basswoodcommon.. 20 00 23 oo Sycamore 2400 27 90 Maple, clear........ 2800 30 ooSycamore qu lartered 35.99 4990 Birch Cleats .ee 0c 32 00 36 o9Gum - 3600 4100 Birch, 1s and2s..... 26.09 30 oo Butternut 45.00 5009 Cottonwood........ 2000 2200 Boston, Mass. Boston, May 29th, 1888. Western Pine—ty car load. Uppers, 1 in .. ..$50 00@52 09|/Fine com..3&4in.. 46.00 50 oo 1%, 1% &2in .... §209 530 09|No 2,1 in. Fine com. 29 09 30 00 3&4in........--- 55 09 6000) 1%, 1% & 2in.... 31.09 33.00 Selects, a inthecewse. - 42 00 45 00|\No.1strips,4to6in 4109 43 09 1%, ne & 2in. . 44.09 46 00 No. 24¢.. -- ... 37029 309 3 48 09 52 00) No.3-.. . .. 25.00 27 90 Mouldingwoards: 740 |\Cut ups, 1 to )2in. 2603 3009 11 inch clear.. 37 09 41 0o| Coffin boards.. 2202 209 60 per cent clear 35 09 37 00|\Common all widt hs. 20 09 25 09 Fine common 1 inch 37 09 39 09/Shipping culls... 16 09 19 09 1%,1% &2inch... 4009 4200 Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load. Nos. 1, 2 & 3.... ..-. 40 09@43 00 Clapboards, 4ft., sap BiB) = Wy ce eC eee 2B yOO a. g0 0) clear 40 09 4209 Mico Roe sao Obes cae eye 26 09) Sap, 2nd clear... .. 3909 3209 Ship’g bds & coarse 16 00| Heart extra 35 90 Refuse .. .. 12 20| Heart clear 20 00 West’rn pine clapbds 4it.sap extra .. .. 43 09 45 00 Spruce—by Cargo. Scantling and plank, Coarse. rough 909 12 00 random cargoes . . 13 50@14 10 00 11 00 Yard orders, ordin- 1200 1209 ary sizes. .. - 14 50 15 § r 28 00 30090 Yard orders, extra Clear, 4 ft. . . . - 2509 2800 size . 15 00 16 00) Second clear . 2000 2209 Clear oes boards. . 18 oo@18§ 00} No.1 . 1209 15 00 Nosi2icos00 > 61090) T6100 Lath Spruce . I 90%@ 200 Spruce. . . . . I 40@1 5o\Cedar, sawed, extra 3 30@3 60 Pine, 1§ in. extra . -| -) A. a0)e4e2a] WGleane> 300 315 PinewNotuerc cfs 2. 3°50) 3:70] stra, Noo 209 220 Cypress. No. 1 3.00 § 25 Onneee. NY. OsWEGO, May 3oth, 1888. Pine. 1%, 1%, 2 and thicker uppers........-.----- $40 00@43 00 es ee 6) -piGkines ==). <2-ser= 3000 3300 s Ss <¢ No. I cutting up... .-- 2200 2600 ss Sy “* cuttings oP ee and uppers as run.......-.--- 30 00 3500 I inch selected sidings Oe ee eee ees 25.00 3000 ge oe Se aberoc o Sooo. on cferstereas Sh 3000 3500 1& 1% Ox: OleN Ose CUUS eee ae eee erie {100 1200 1 & 1 sidings No. 1 dressing and better..-... 17 00 2500 Ix1O « 12x12 to 16 feet dressing and better-. 1700 2500 s¢ es “© shipping “culls Seer on: 14.00 1700 es KS oi SING. eo es II 00 1200 1 & 1 in. strips 4 to7 wide selected........ 2000 3000 os = y GreSSIneSk 2. as 1600 1700 BS RS ss DOS. ASesons Sos: Qo00 1200 Brown Ash. 11% 1% 2 & 3 in. tst & and quality....-..- 1,00 2100 re “ se SULB FESS ssc Ssscc 900 1100 Basswood. 1 & 1 ist & and quality.........--------- 2000 2100 “ GulSe. Sok eae Se eee 900 1200 Shingles. XXX 18 inch pine standard thickness to 24 $425 XxX « ~ 325 < “ee as ce oe oe I io XXX *S cedars = * *s “s 340 NOX ce oe “e “ce ass > 25 XXX 16 PINGS Aes = “s 3 20 NOK ce oe ae as se 2 20 Lath. No. 131% Sea ee eprcs saci ae - 203° "276 ss 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN,. eee = a Ms 1888. SAW FILER « » «EXAMINE THE LINE OP« s SAW FILER “> Rocmrs SAW FILERS “~ AS ILLUSTRATED IN “THE MARGIN, THEY ARE HNDORSHED BY LEADING LUMBERMEW Set for Rip Saws. Arranged with gang attach- Complete with 3 Emery Wheels ment. Price $75 net. Price $10 extra. For Saws from 10 to 72 in. Se ee me A 0. an Now 2 Set for Rip Saws. Set for Cross-Cut Saws. A Price $65 net, Complete with 3 Emery Wheels Price $65 net. For Saws from 10 to 48 in. For Saws from 10 to 48 in. TAS aS aS aT AS SSM Ne “AS AS AS AS AS Se Ve Ve WM AMILTON, UNT. 7°77“ No. 2 PLANING Mil erin Dae For Sharpening and Grinding Mouldings, Bits, ete. Set for Cross-Cut Saws. Set for Rip Saws. Complete with 3 Emery Wheels = Complete with 3 Emery Wheels Price $50 net. PRICE $35, WITH COUNTERSHAFT AND WHEELS. Price $50 net. June, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ‘7 i OS ~The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company of Toronto, Offices: 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. ~ Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. Sole Manufacturers of “ Monarch,” “ Red Strip,” and “ Lion” Brands of RUBBER BELTING Particular attention given to ees Belts for Lumber Mills. Our celebratd “ Maltese Cross” Rubber, “Baker Fabric” and Ajax Cotton; “Giant” and Light Linen, and Fire Flose constantly in stock. LUMBERMEN’S HEAVY RUBBER CLOTHING, OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Address all Communications to THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MFG. CO. OF TORONTO, 43 Yonge St. GOLDIE* mo MCC ULLOCH a1] SAFE WOR eI FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF BANKERS’ - - - BURGLAR PROOF - JEWELERS’ - FIRE PROOF - HOUSE - TGALTI| SAFE BANK VAULT BURGLAR PROOF QC ———— all Ei = BURGLAR, PROOF VAULT - - - - -DOOR = === MRE PROOF VAULT - = - - - =—=—DpoORS a inl Regular and Special $izes in $tock and to Order. We make only the BEST in both material and workmanship. s% s A large variety always in Stock at our WAREROOMS, * X% Meer Ns SIREER IT WEST, TORONIO. (GG. i. BOSTWICK, REPRESENTATIVE. BUTTERWORTH & LOWE, Grand pea Mich,, U. S MANUFACTURERS OF Logging Cars, Logging Trucks, Pole Road Cars, Wheels Chilled and Unchilled, Flat Faced and Concave, for every Descrip- tion of Logging Road. ij : Send for Circulars and Mention this Paper. an ‘tory. Canada, 100 square miles each ; “WANTED. AND FOR SALE, be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents per line, each insertion, payable in advance, consecutive insertions of ement a discount of 25 per Eight words should the same advertis cent. will be allowed. be counted as one line. RY LUMBER FOR SALE—30 M 1% IN. maple flooring forsale, 10 M 3% in. maple, 15 M1,1% and2in. elm. Box 60, Uxbridge. HEMAINUS SAW MILL, B.C.—FOR SALE —a saw mill; nearly new; fully equipped, with water-power and steam-engine, a powerful steamer, scows, large real estate and timber leases ; also hotel, store, manager’s and workmen’s houses; capacity 50,000 feet per day. Apply to Croft & Angus, Victoria, British Columbia. OR SALE—CHANTLER’S MILL—SHIN- GLE and lumber mill; never been run, owing to death of owner; will be sold cheap, and liberal terms will be given; good chance for party with small means; this mill is situated five miles from Bracebridge, on Lake Muskoka; logs can be had from any point on the lake with excellent booming ground. Ap ply to S. C. Kanady & Co., 18 Wellington east, Toronto, or G. W. Taylor & Co., Gravenhurst, Ont. TTENTION, LUMBERMEN—FOR SALE— A at a sacrifice—new saw mill and one thousand acres pine timber; Parry Sound district. Geo. Coote & Son, Dundas. AW MILL—IN WESTERN TOWN—WITH woodworking machinery, mostly new; suit- able for furniture or planing mill; a bargain; lithograph of buildings and particulars on appli- cation. Box 504, Globe office, Toronto. O MILLERS, LUMBERMEN AND OTHERS having capital awaiting good investment ; splendid cHance to purchase Ai patent process flour mill, together with saw mill and timber limits on easy terms. Apply for particulars to Drawer 9. Minnedosa, Manitoba. IRST-CLASS LUMBER AND SHINGLE mill doing large trade ; also, timber limit and large number of logs; for Toronto real estate. J. Huggard, 162, Dundas street, agent. LARGE PLANING FACTORY—WITH lots of power—adjoining our summer storage ard. William Leak & Co., Dundas Street, Toronto. pre eae SAT he ONE, 1 00,000 million lath. F. O. B. cars at Gravenhurst, Donogh & Oliver, Lumber Dealers, Toronto. OR SALE—STEAM SAW MILL—IN GOOD repair; Lowmoor boiler, 30 h.p., and inspira- tor; engine 25 h.p., saw rig and carriage, edger, butter, shafting, alti saws, patent canter and bull wheel; would take part lumber or city lots. IMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO, Quebec and Manitoba. W.J. FENTON & Co., 50 Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. FOR SALE CHEAP. WATERPOWER CIRCULAR SAW AND Shingle Mill with ten acres of cleared land, loz house and stable situated on South river, about 4% miles from Trout Creek Station on the North- ern Pacific Junction R. R., convenient to School, Churce and Post Office ands large settlement in Hainsworth. Also about 30,000 feet of dry Hard- wood lumber, cut and piled about two years, and about 50,000 feet of Hardwond sawlogs, principally Birch. If not sold sooner, will cut to order this coming summer. For information apply to THOMAS CORKERY, Barrett, Ont. SAW MILL FOR SALE. OR SALE, IN THE VILLAGE OF more, Sawmill in first-class running Will be sold with or without stock. apply to BEL- order, For terms, H. R. PERKINS, Belmore, Ont. Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest Terri- great bar- gains, Also, limits in Georgian Bay, ‘Algoma and Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY, Tor- onto, dealer in Pine Lands and Lumbermen’s ea and supplies, Light iron and steel rails in stock. QCOMOTIVES FOR SALE. Three second-hand locomotives in working order, rails andother equipment. One locomo- tive boiler suitable for saw mill purposes. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. CHARLES A. BRAMBLE, D.L. S. Frederickton, New Brunswick. URVEYS AND REPORTS UPON TIMBER Lands in any section. Can effect sale of pro- Rent occasionally if desired. References from ormer employers. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers. GEORGE BAPTIST, SON & CO., (ONE AWS Ue CITY or THREE RIVERS LUMBER MERCHANTS, INSOLVENTS. TENDERS will be_ received signed JOINT CURATOR until by the under- SATURDAY, 30th JUNE, 1888, a8) AN(OISa for the purchase of the following ASSETS be- longing to above Estate. Tenderers may offer for the whole ez é/oc or for each lot separately. 1. TIMBER LIMITS Miles Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4.6, 8, 10 and 12 West St. Maurice 428 No. 2, Rear West St. Maurice - - - - 36 Nos. 4and 5, East St. Maurice - - - 109 No. 11, South St. Maurice - - - = = 30 Part of Caxton - - = - a - - 15 No. 1, South Rat River - - : - - 40 No. 1, East Shawenegan - - - - - 24 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 North. 1, 2 and 3 South, 1 and 2 Rear South, 2,6 and 7 Rear North, West Half Rear A, D and C, Mattawin - - - 434 A, B, C and D. Wessonneau - - - - 155 East and West Couisacouata - = - - 60 Nos. 1 and 2, North and South Flamand- - 137 No. 1, West, and 1 West Rear Milieu - - 86 Nos, « East and West, and 1 West, Rear Lac Long - - - - - - - - eek No. 3 East and West Lac Clair - - - 65 Nos. 4and 5 North and 5 South, and Nos. 4 and 5 North Rear Vermillion - - - - 235 Total Miles - - - - 1,870 2. {SLAND MILL PROPERTY This property includes Islands at mouth of St. Maurice River, known as Baptist_ Island, Margot and one-third of Isle aux Cochons, and 12 arpents front by half arpent deep of lots front- ing St. Maurice River in the Parish of Cap de la Madeleine. On Baptist Island are the remains of a Steam Saw Mill. Workshop, Office, Dwelling Houses. Stables, Wharf, etc., etc. 3. THE GRAIS PROPERTY, comprising the ‘Poste of Les Gris,’ with Saw Mill, Stores, Workshop, Stables, Dwellings, Barns, es containing in all 731 8-9 acres of land more or Css. 4, RAT RIVER FARM, at the junction of the Rat and Wessonneau Rivers, in the Township of Turcotte, in the County of Portneuf, containing $,110 acres, more or less, with Store, Dwelling Houses, Barns, Stables and other buildings thereon erected. 5. IMPROVEMENTS AV MATTAWIN RIVER Buildings erected on South Bank of the Matta- win River at its confluence with the St. Maurice River. 6. PROPERTY IN CITY OF THREE RIVERS (A)—Lot No. 2, 194 St. Ursule Ward, fronting on Notre Dame street, known as “Old Fuel Yard,”’ containing 34,178 feet. (B)—Lot 2,19s St. Ursule Ward, fronting on Notre Dame street, known as ** Office Property,” with brick office and other buildings thereon erected, containing 33,258 square feet. | (C)—Saw and Planing Mill, and Sash and Door Factory, on corner ot Notre Dame and ‘Rene streets, known as lot 598, St. Phillipe Ward. (D)—Beach Lot and Wharf, known as ** Dean’s Wharf,’ with store and other buildings thereon erected, Lot No. 597. St, Phillipe Ward, (£)—Two-storey Wooden House and Lot No. 10 St. Juiie street, No. 1,459, Notre Dame Ward. (/)—Wooden House and Lot, N.E. side of Gervais street, No. 154, St. Phillipe Ward (G)—Wooden House on Notre Dame known as Lot 548, St. Phillipe Ward. 7. FARM LOTS, ETC. 71.—Lots 159 and 160 in the Parish of Carmel, Rang les Gres. 72.—Lots 73, 77, 78 and 18 in the rst Range of Township ot St. Maurice, known as ‘** The Gabelle Property.” 73.—Lots 133, 134, 135, 136, S. W. part 137, 138 and street, Mont | part lot 137, Parish of Mont Carmel. 74.—Lot 14Sinthe Parish of Cap de la Madeleine. 75.—Lots 2, 3 and 4 in the Township of Caxton, Parish of St. Mathieu ; 300 acres. 8. SHIPPING Steamer ‘Arthur,’ 9 Batteau, 1 Chaland, and 2 Jolly boats. 9, LIVE STOCK Thirty-three Horses, 41 head of Cattle, and 25 sheep. Cordwood 10. WAGGONS, SLEIGHS, SHANTY OUT- FITS, FARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC, A large quantity of Waggons, Sleighs, Boats and Bark Canoes, Chains, Ropes, Threshing and Mow- ing Machines, Machinest and Blacksmith’s Tools, Two Patent Hay Presses, Sets of Harness, etc., etc. A deposit of Ten per cent, on amount of Tender by accepted cheque, to order of Joint Curator, must be made with each Tender, which will be for- feited s ould successful Tenderer not complete his purchase. Inventories may be seen at the office of the undersigned, Standard Building, 157 St. James street, Montreal, or at the office of George Baptist. Son & Co., Three Rivers. Plans showing location of Timber Limits may be had on application to the undersigned. - The lowest or any Tender not necessarily ac- cepted. ‘urther terms and conditions and all other infor- mation can be obtained by applying at our Office. JOHN MACINTOSH, } _ Joint GEORGE HYDE, Montreal, 29th March, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBER Isle | § Curator. | N. 1888. % SPOONER’S se COPPEHERINE. A NON-FIBROUS, ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL, for Machinery Journal Bearings. Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and to do work that no other metal can. Hardware Stores all keep it; if not order direct ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. THE RATHBUN COMPANY, DESERONTO, ONT., PURCHASERS IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC OF BLACK ASH, RED BIRCH, RED OAK. BASSWOOD AND PINE LUMBER, SHINGLES, BEST GRADES OF PINES AND CEDARS. THE RATE BUN COM. DESERONTO, ONT., MANUFACTURERS OF » TERRA=COTTA* FIRE-PROOFING « For Use in Old and New Buildings. Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire.proof. About as Cheap as Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick. Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water. | Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer. The Ontario Canoe Company, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent | Longitudinal Rib Canoes,Basswood 4 Canoes, Folding Canoes, Paddles, Oars, Tents, etc., etc. } : | ¢ GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. \ | J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. : designed to carry any amount of Goods and Chattles, and Strongly Built, made to order on Short Notice. Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, — _ CANOES FOR LUMBERMEN | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN VotumeE VIII. ‘ NUMBER 7. PE TERBOROU THE GANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTEIUR G. MORTIMER, OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year,in Advance, - - - = $1.00 One Copy six months,in Advance, - =r - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. f Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have an~ information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance individually, they contribute to a fund of information from which general results dre obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. “We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN with its special 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 at- tention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and ‘‘ FoRSALE”’ advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price often cents per line for each insertion. Announcements otf this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LuMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. The tenth annual Industrial Exhibition, which is to take place in Toronto this year, from the roth to the 22nd of September, promises to eclipse all previous efforts in this direction. | We have received a copy of the prize list and programme of attractions, both of which are complete in every particular. Any Of our readers who may desire a copy of this prize list can readily obtain one by dropping a post card to Mr. W. J. Hill, the secretary, at Toronto. The prospects for the success of this year’s show are very promising, and the directors have set apart a more than usually large amount for special attractions. THE great Joggins raft seems always to be in some fresh trouble. Some wire rope imported for it in the expecta- tion that it would be admitted free as being for a ship and which was entered accordingly has been seized by the Customs authorities who do not recognise the raft as a ship. And then the question as to whether some of the piles are not really sawlogs and subject to export duty has not been definitely decided. Obstacles by sea and land seem to be in the way of the third attempt of trying to carry out this singular venture. There ought to be a good profit on the first successful trip if all the preliminary expenses are to be covered. There has certainly been a display of great perseverence. A DECISION of importance has been given in the Supreme Court of California. Yhe Santa Clara Valley Mill and Lumber Company owns three saw mills in Santa Cruz County, where there are also other millowners. To limit the cut and keep up prices the Company leased the other mills, or when that could not be done made contracts with the owners to limit the output. One of these contracts bound the millowner to make ‘and deliver to the Santa Clara Company two million feet of Jumber at $11 per thousand and not to sell any other lumber ot adjacent counties under penalty of $20 per thousand the Santa Clara These were refused by the so sold. The contract was broken and Company sued for damages. Court and on appeal the Supreme Court of California has sustained this judgment in favor of the defendant on the around that the contract was against public policy being in restriction of trade and to create a monopoly. ON every hand we learn of the great scarcity of long bill stuff, especially 20, 22 and 24 feet stock. The deficiency does not seem to be caused so much through the scarcity of long logs, but mainly owing to the risk entailed in floating long timber to the mills. The large number of jams, and the con- sequent heavy loss of logs, this season so far, is indeed a serious question to the lumbermen. It is therefore not sur- prising that they refrain as far as possible from incurring additional risks by putting many long logs into the streams. There is no uniformity in price for bill stuff at the present time, although prices generally rule high. There is certainly a good field for speculation in the manu facture of this class of stock where the risks incurred are not too great. Tur lumbermen of old Canada have begun to turn their attention to the pine on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. More than one of them is likely to be operating on the Pacific coast. As to the quantity and excellence of the pine and other wood there is no doubt, and the only question would be as to the market if the output were greatly augmented. There seems, however, every likelihood of rapidly increasing settle- ment on the great prairies and this must bring a demand for lumber in that direction. The markets in Australia also should be capable of extensive development, for they have little but hardwood and their requirements are large. British Columbia should certainly be able to compare with Norway in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide if some enterprise were shown in pushing the trade which has its peculiarities. Tue Mills’ tariff bill now before Congress is certainly meeting with bitter opposition from numerous quarters, but the,following, taken from a Wiscousin paper, takes the palm for unadulterated prejudice. the situation thus :—‘‘ Let the Mills bill pass, and this country The paper referred to bewails would stagnate. Our logging and milling interests would result ina failure. Wolf river, now the scene of active life, crowded with logs and covered with log drivers, would be as desolate as a forsaken churchyard. The mills at Three Lakes, Gagen, Cedar, Cavour and Crandon would soon become the abodes of bats and owls. about the engines and between the saw-teeth ; rust would eat away and dust cover up the now brightly polished machinery. The great pulp mill at Monico would digest no more spruce, Spiders would spin their webs poplar, balsam or what-not, and pulp wood lands would soon go back for taxes to a county too poor to pay its officers’ salaries.” SOMETIME previous to the first of June notice was given by the Grand Trunk Railway that commencing on the Ist ult. a storage charge of 25 cents per car load per week on lumber would be exacted. This bit of news did not come asa sur- prise to the Toronto lumber dealers, as the threat had often been made before, but for some reason or other invariably failed to mature. The recent difficulty between the wholesale and retail dealers of the Queen City, however, seems to have had something to do with the recent decision of the Grand Trunk authorities. Certainly the best of feeling does not exist between the middlemen and the retailers, and as a con- sequence each are making a strong effort to get the best of the situation. Another month has come and gone, but notwith- standing the order above spoken of the question of storage seems to have again fallen through, and the old system is still in vogue. One thing is certain and that is that the lumber trade of Toronto, under present conditions, has to depend altogether too much on the railways for storage room. What is wanted, and what must sooner or later be had, is a central piling ground in close proximity to the various railways, large enough to accommodate the wants of the wholesale trade of the city. The matter is already we understand, receiving more or less attention. GH, ON ie. FUEL, 1SSs: pert P ver YEAR THE stir cre S r ( tee of the last session of the Dominion Par t | : { in something tangible being efiecte N is have been is progress between the Chaudiere lumbermen ane the Govern ment in reference to the examination of t Ottawa river for the purpose of determining t C charged from the mills injur e river rstood that Sir Hector Langevin has consents the a tion of the lumbermen for the appointment of comt ion of engineers to investigate the matter. It is underst that Mr. Sandford Fleming will undertake the examination, provided he receives from the Government copies of the survey of the river made for the government some yea C.E. The lumbermen have agreed to pay is to be hoped that the great lumber inte will not be effected by such an examination, ¢ prove to the mutual interest of all pirties concerned to allow the matter to drop. SoMETIMES the settler is told, especially party by the politicians on the hunt for votes, to look upon the lumberman as his natural enemy, or at least as having antagonistic inter- ests. Many a settler in the backwoods knows the truth to be very different, finding in the lumberman his best friend and most renumerative customer. _A striking instance is given of this fact by a gentleman who has been visiting Lake Temis- caming last winter. He describes the lumberman as being busily at work there and having a number of shanties estab- lished in that far away region. numerous and they are looking forward to finding for years to Settlers are also becoming come customers in the lumber shanties for all they can raise, and at good prices. What they consider good prices may be judged from the quotations, $30 a ton for hay, $1 a bag for potatoes and 75 cts. a bushel for oats. No wonder the settlers in the Township of Dymond appreciate the lumbermen and wish to keep them to themselves, declaring even that they have no, wish to see a railway built so that they may retain this profitable monopoly. Many a now flourishing agricultural early days by the community has thus been built up in its timely aid thus given by the lumbermen, though they do not always remember these past benefits at a later period. A look at the map to note the exact situation of Lake Temiscaming shows how far a field lumbering is now carried on in Ontario, what were distant backwoods a few years ago now coming well to the front by comparison. THE magnificent redwood forests of California are the theme It des- cribes the great inroads that have been made in the accessible of a recent article by the San Francisco Sudletin. timber, but fortunately the redwood forests of the Pacific slope seem to have far greater powers of reproduction than the Canadian pine woods, so that in some cases there is a very valuable second growth. Our contemporary says, however, that the redwood forests of Mendocino, Humbolt, Del Norte Not being accessible from the sea nor penetrated by railways, they have and Siskiyon are still almost in a virgin state. toa great extent been left in the hands of the government, though they are open to purchase at $2.50 an acre. It is ex- pected that railways will traverse them before long, when being made accessible they will become immensely valuable, Michigan lumbermen, the Audletzn says, have already invested largely in these forests. We know that these same Michigan jumbermen had already made extensive purchases in the forests of the Southern States and in the pine lands of Ontario. This would seem to indicate that these gentlemen forsee a serious denudation of the Michigan forests-at no very distant epoch, and may be taken as a note of warning to our own lumbermen to be somewhat conservative in their operations, and not to sacrifice their prosperity for an insufficient return by prematurely if a little holding The Michigan lumbermen by being too eager to force sales back would give better results. the by are not alone in investing in Pacific coast forests, some of our Ontario lumbermen being reported to have done the same in British Columbia, where the magnificent forests wil some day acquire a very high value. Tue Act which has just passed the Dominion Government for the suppression of gambling in stocks and merchandise makes THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. it a misdemeanor, punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine, (1) to make a contract for the sale or purchase of stock in any company or undertaking in Canada or elsewhere, or of merchandise with the intent to make profit by the rise or fall in price, and without the doa fide intention of acquiring any such stock or merchandise ; (2) to make a contract for the sale of stock or merchandise with the intent to profit by the rise or fall in the price thereof, when there is no delivery or bona fide intention to give or receive delivery of the stock or This section applies to every one who “‘acts, aids, or abets in the making or signing of any such contract or agreement.” ject to a year’s imprisonment, to habitually frequent any office or place when such contracts are made, signed, or negotiated. merchandise so bought or sold. It is also a misdemeanor, sub- By the second section the onus of proving the dova tide nature of the intention with which the contract was made rests on the party charged under the act. By section 3 every one, either principal or agent, occupying, usiny, managing, or main- taining the place in which the contracts prohibited in the first section are made, negotiated, or signed, shall be held to be the keeper of a common gaming house, the house or place shall be held to be a gaming house, and the tablets, blackboards, slates, and other implements used in recording prices or fluctuations in the prices of stocks, shares, merchan- dise, etc., shall be held to be gaming implements within the Dominion Act for the suppression of gambling houses. THE forests of Quebec were the theme of discussion recently in the Legislative Assembly of the Province. In the first place Mr. Poupore obtained an order of the House for copies of all correspondence exchanged between the lumbermen of the pro- vince and the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the subject of the protection of the forests against fire, for which protection $5,000 were voted in the year 1884. It is to be hoped that this step will lead to due attention being given to this very important matter of so great interest not only for the trade but for the public revenue and for the whole community. Im- mediately afterwards Mr. Tessier moved a resolution, which after a long preamble, setting forth the evils resulting from the destruction of forests, the benefits derived from forests, cultiv- ation and the large profits which the different countries of Europe drew from their forests, declaring thac ‘‘it is of the highest interest for the Government to take measures to-intro- duce the study of silviculture which has produced such good results in Europe and India, so as to permit the Province to draw from the forest means of augmenting its revenues and to promote systematically the interests of colonization by furnish- ing the colonist with a safeguard for the future.” The resolu- tion was adopted. The system of setting apart forest reserves in the Province of Quebec is to be abandoned and it is said that regulations are to be adopted reserving a certain amount of timber for the settlers on each lot. this does not indicate the encouragement of settlers upon the limits, for that is a system which infallibly leads to much dis- It is to be hoped that tinction of property, and to friction which might well be avoid- ed. premature to say that they must necessarily be mischievous, but the report is not assuring. Till these regulations are actually framed it would be DuRING the month just closed the tariff on Jumber has had a generous share of attention in the debate in Congress over the Mills bill. the lumber clauses of the bill, taking off the United S:ates customs duties, were accepte |. Notwithstanding a most persistent opposition, It was surprising what wide differences of opinion there were, even among those of the same side, whether for or against the reduction. Hardly any two speakers seemed quite in accord as to the exact incidence of the duty, some holding that the Canadian manufacturer paid it, and others that it was paid by the United States, while others thought that it was divided in various proportions. Some maintained that the change was simply making the Canadian lumbermen a present of the amount of duty, while others declared that it would give the people cheap building material reducing the profits of the United States lumbermen. It was urged that it would preserve the pine forests of the North-Western States while depleting those of Canada, but others argued that by diminishing the value of the United States forests it would make owners less careful of the property. In the course of the debate ‘‘ Sunset ” Cox, of New York, is’ reported as saying that the lumbermen were almost all million- ares, men who had made the forests of Michigan almost a calcined desolation. He wanted to protect the forests against a tariff which offered a premium to selfish people to cut them down, leaving scars and waste places and breeding places of malaria. Mr. Dockery of Missouri, said the explanation of the failure of lumbermen’s wages to increase lay in the fact that 90 per cent. of the workmen were Canadians. Mr. Guenther, of Wisconsin, predicted that the Democratic party, if it passed this piil, would go to that place paved with good intentions where every limb and knot of timber would be used, not to raise the revenue, but to raise the temperature to at least 600 deg. above zero. The debate on the pending paragraph expiring, the amendment to strike out from the free list timber hewed and squared, and timber used for spars and whaves, was rejected by a vote of 61 yeas to 101 nays. On June 19th an arrangement was concluded whereby the tariff bill was laid aside for a week or ten days, therefore for the present it is difficult to forsee what will be the ultimate outcome. There is, however, no doubt but that the prospects are improving for a removal of the lumber duties at no distant date, even if the measure is not carried this year. CORRESPONDENCE, TorRONTO, June 17th, 1888. Editor Canada Lumberman. S1k,—In your issue of June Ist there appears a letter signed by one ‘‘Pinus,”’ in which assertions, too one-sided m their nature, are made, that I cannot allow it to pass entirely un- challanged. The present state of affairs as described by “Pinus” has been caused, and maintained up to the present by the retail men themselves. They one and all decline to purchase at the mills, or to quote their own words, “ decline to buy a pig in a sack,” and desire to see what kind of lumber they are getting for their money ; therefore the lumber has to be brought here for their inspection, and if not sold (in order to release the cars) must be piled off until such times as a pur- chaser is found. Again the retail dealers are so close in financial matters, that I think I may say, that, without exception, they all require the wholesale dealer to pay the entire freight charges before they accept a car of lumber—and this is done in nearly every case, so that the assertion made by ‘‘ Pinus” that the retail dealers contribute largely to the revenue of the railway company is not correct, and the railway companies are well aware of this fact, and therefore grant privileges to wholesale dealers which they would not otherwise give them. “Pinus” is well aware that the wholesale dealers have tried in vain to compromise all differences existing between the wholesale and retail men, and all in vain. Some of the retail (or if ‘* Pinus” would like the term better—yard men) are so utterly selfish they want to have all their own way, and give nothing in return. The offer made by the wholesale men was as follows: If the yard men will agree to buy all the lumber they require from the middle-men, and not go to the mills, we on our part promise not to break bulk or sell to any consumer. This offer was declined by some of the most important men in the yard trade, and the matter stands so. There is still another more important phase of the question left untouched by ‘‘ Pinus,” and that is the financial part. I venture to assert, without fear of contradiction, that during the entire of the last winter, that retail men did not retire more than 25% of their paper as it matured, and the wholesale dealers had to carry them through, and one considerable dealer has shown his appreciation of the wholesale dealers leniency, by making away with all his effects and absconding from the country, Is it any wonder I would ask ‘* Pinus” in view of facts above given, leaving many crediors to mourn his dishonesty. that we prefer to distribute our lumber as suits us besi, and to reduce our risks as far as possible ? Now as to what quantity of lumber a dealer must sell at one I would ask ‘** Pinus” if a grocer sells 10 or 20-Ibs of sugar or tea is he not called a retail dealer, and if on the other hand he sells a br]. of sugar or a chest of tea does he not stand as a whole- time in order to be classed as a wholesale dealer. sale man; and the same with a dry goods man, if he disposes of cloth by the yard he is classed as a retailer, if by the bale, as a wholesale man. I therefore claim the same latitude for If we sell less than a car load we are retail dealers, if by the 1,000 ft. and car load lots, we are retail and wholesale dealers, and just there comes the rub with *‘ Pinus.” He evidently desires to be able to sell by car load or smaller ‘* Pinus ” had better take the advice given to the shoemaker, ‘‘ stick to your last, my friend.” If ** Pinus” and his confreres in the trade will only do this, and so not touch on the preserves of the wholesale men, there will be some chance of a full and com- plete separation of the operations of both retailers and whole- sale men. Then in conclusion let me define our position and our wishes as to the equity of the relations sought to be established between the railway companies and the wholesale dealers. We desire to pay for all we receive, and we frequently pay for a little more than we absolutely get. We have made the following offer for their acceptance: Allow 12 ft. as a suitable space for piling off one car of lumber, charge us for that place, and if we do not keep the space occupied that will be our own fault. Can ‘‘ Pinus” say that we are trying to gain any advantage over the retail men by this offer? There is little to fear, but the railways will charge us much more per foot than any retailer is paying fer his holding, and that coupled with frequent doubling up of parts of cars, and first the lumbermen. quantities and still claim to be only a retailer. . branches of industry -as well. cost of unloading will make our cost of handling equal to the yard men’s. We ask for no monopoly, and will certainly not claim squatter sovereignty, We only ask fair play and to be allowed to do our own business in our own way, paying for all the privileges given us, and asking favors from none. I trust this explanation of the position we wish to oceupy will satisfy even ‘* Pinus.” . Truly yours, WHOLESALER. Trade With Australia. - a: Editor Canada Lumberman. 51R,—TI enclose you a letter which arrived here some weeks prior to my return from Australia va England. It may be of service to your numerous readers. It is from the Hon. Philip Santo, of Adelaide, South Australia. I know Mr. Santo very well. Noman in Adelaide has a better reputation. I have no personal interest in the matter referred to in this letter. I presume, however, that I told him what I told many others in that prosperous British colony, that there ought to be a larger trade, especially in timber, between them and the Canadians, who were in possession of as extensive forests and as great a variety and as excellent quality of timber as any country in the world. A great deal of the lumber used is at present from the Baltic. What I saw (and I saw a good deal of it) was apparently from second-growth pine, with more knots than could be counted, and with no board above six inches wide. It seems to me a large trade might be established between these two great colonies of Great Britain in other I saw spades, shovels, hoes, forks, and other horticultural, and agricultural implements im- ported from the United States. I think we can send as good and as cheap. They must soon (as I predicted in various parts of the country) have stoves such as we use, both for cooking and heating purposes. These are not manufactured at all in Australia. Yours, ete, D. V. LUCAS. Grimsby, June 16th, 1888. ADELAIDE, S. Australia, March 12, 1888. Rev. Dr. D. V. Lucas, Montreal, Canada: DEAR S1R,—Since you left South Australia I have felt very sorry that I did not speak to you on a matter of business in which I have no doubt you are quite able to obtain for me in- formation that would be of great service in forwarding the. object I have in view. If I am correct, I understood from you when in Adelaide that some of your friends were engaged in the timber and ship- ping trade. I have been supplied with spruce deals, clear pine, Canada siding and shelving from Boston and New York, and in this way the timber has cost me much more than it should do by direct shipments from some port in Canada. If, on receipt of this, you can place it in the hands of some good house in the timber trade who would be desirous of doing business with me I think it could be made mutually profitable. We are short of stocks of this description of timber at present and I think we shall be so for some time. .The information I would like to have, if possible, is: The prices on board or afloat at Port Adelaide, say cost, freight, and ‘insurance ; the shippers to draw on me at 60 days after sight for the value of the timber and insurance, freight to be payable in the colony, vessel to be about 400 tons or less, the timber to be sound and good in quality. As time is an object with us, friends might telegraph prices at once, and I will reply. If they do not like to telegraph they may write, but in this way we shall not have the necessary information in time for this season’s supply. If they should telegraph, they will only have to state price of each kind of timber in the order in which the specifica- tions enclosed herewith are numbered, say No. 1, price per thousand feet super., which would mean spruce deals, so much per thousand feet super.; in the same way No. 2 would mean dressed shelving ; No. 3, Canada siding; and No. 4, clear pine, all at per thousand feet super. as I2\1, as per specifica- tion. The vessel to be consigned to me with usual commissions. Should your friends require any reference I would refer them to the Bank of South Australia, London. * * * Tremain, dear sir, yours, faithfully, PHILLIP SANTO. P. S.—If this matter be carried out satisfactory. I have no doubt but that it will lead to a considerable business in the future, as our silver and tin mines are opening out most satis- factorily, and the consumption of timber must be very large in the future. a , SPECIFICATION OF SPRUCE TIMBER SUITABLE FOR THIS MARKET. ; No. I. Say 500 pieces 7x3, 400 pieces 9x3, 8,000 pieces 11x3. Length to run, say from 12 feet upwards to 25 feet; greater propertion to run 15 feet and upwards. Short lengths required for stowage to be 11x3. Timber to be when stowed, and all sound and of good quality, as free from knots as possible. No. 2. Shelving dressed, say as. follows: 12x inches, 10,- 000 sup.; I4xI, 4,000 sup.; I6xI, 3,000 sup.; 18xI, 3,000. To run full size when dressed; bright and clean and as free from knots as possible. No. 3. Canada siding, 3 to 8 inches thick, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 inches wide and wider, 12 to 16 feet long. About 15,- 000 super. No. 4, Clear pine, 3 to 8 inches thick, and mostly from 12 to 26 or 28 inches wide ; length 12 to 16 feet. About 20,000 super. Both siding and clear pine to be free from knots. The above approximate specifications of proportions of the different kinds of timber to be increased or diminished accord- ing to the carrying pai cit) of «, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE FIRE RECORD. Nicholson’s saw mill at Victoria Harbor was recently burned. Loss, about $3,000. Mr. John Elwood’s: shingle mill on the Semiahamoo spit, near Westminster, B.C., was burned recently. This mill was turning out large quantities of shingles. Mr. Becheler’s saw mill, located between Kingarf and Black Horse, in the county of Bruce, was totally destroyed by fire last month. The loss is estimated at $2,500; no in- surance. The Cedar Hall saw mills and the lumbering establishment at Lake Metapedia have bsen burned down. They belong to the Howard, Guernsey Company, and the loss is reported to be extensive. On the 25th May Nickerson Bro’s. mill, near Victoria Har- bor, Ont., together with docks, shop, lumber, and about 200 cords of wood and slabs were destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000 ; insurance $1,500. Barnes & Co.’s box shook factory at the Chaudiere, with all the valuable machinery, was destroyed by fire the latter part of May, causing a loss of $100,000 and throwing 125 men out of employment. The lumber piles burned during the burning of the new shook factory at the Chaudiere were owned by Shepherd, Moore & Co., and by Pierce & Co., successors to Grier & Co. Their loss will be about $2.000. The rotary saw mill, owned by James Brown, near Wells- ford, and a saw mill at. Baltimore, both in the Province of New Brunswick, were destroyed by bush fires last month. A large number of deals belonging to the last named mill were also destroyed. During the early part ‘of June the planing mill and factory at Penetanguishene, Ont., owned by John Craige & Sons were destroyed by fire, together with considerable dressed lumber. Loss from $4,000 to $5,000. The firm will rebuild as soon as possible. No ‘nsurance. The extensive planing mills belonging to Taft, Morgan & Co., at Burlington, Vt.. were totally destroyed by fire during the past month. The Sheppard & Moore Lumber Co., near by, had a narrow escape. The business of both these mills is largely connected with the interests of some of the largest - Ottawa firms. During the progress of the great fire at Hull, Que., fire broke out in the blacksmith shop in connection with Hurd- man’s lumber mill on the Hull side of the Suspension bridge. It originated in the blacksmith shop by a piece of burning iron catching on to the woodwork. In a few seconds the place was in flames. The mill hose were quickly run in though, and in about five minutes the fire was under control. The north end of the building and the roof were pretty badly burnt. The loss on the building was light. building separated by a wooden partition are the machines by whlch the mills are lit by electricity. The fire got into. this room and two of the machines were burnt. They are valued at $5,000. About fifteen minutes before Hurdman’s fire broke out, Messrs. Pennock & Mason had concluded a risk on the building. They won’t lose much though. In the same On Sunday evening, June 10th, a very destructive fire occurred in the huge lumber piles belonging to the Lakefield Lumber and Manufacturing Co., at Lakefield. How the fire originated is not positively known, but incendiarism is strongly spoken of. A strong wind prevailed and at the outset it was generally feared that all that was left of last season’s cut— about four million feet—would become a prey to the devouring element ; but through the heroic efforts of the fire brigade and citizens of the village, and the prompt of the Peterborough Firemen to the call for aid, over three quarters of the lumber was saved. The portion destroyed, however, was the most valuable part of the stock, being the best quality pine 16 feet boards. The total loss foots up to about $15,000. The Company had $20,000 insurance on the entire stock, divided equally between the Western and the Liverpool, Lon- don & Globe. response CASUALTIES. A young man named John Payne, of the township of Hor- ton (Ont.) recently lost his life while driving on the Wahna- pitae river. James McCabe, a teamster, employed in Cozzens’ lumber yard at Sarnia, was instantly killed a short time since, through the team he was driving running away. A min named Samuel Gilgore, 22 years of age, en- gaged on one of the Messrs. Strickland’s drives, was drowned in Jack Creek, near Apsley, Ont., recently. A workman in Neil McKenzie’s saw mill, at St. Pierre , Que., had his arm completely shattered some days - of timber being thrown from a saw. A man named Bedard, working at one of Mr. W. C. Edwards’ mills at Rockland, Ont., was instantly killed some days ago by a board flying from a cutter and striking him on the chest. A young man named Fleming Johnson while working in W. S. Loggie’s shingle mill in the Cassidy factory, Chatham, N.B., had one of his hands cut off at the wrist by a saw which he was trying to relieve of rubbish. Tom Sanderson, a river driver, was thrown into the Black River at Brosse’s Falls the other day and in the plunge he struck his head against the log with such force that he was fearfully cut and nearly fractured his skull. A sad accident happened at Cape Cove, Que., on June 6th. Silas Vibert, fell under a circular saw mill, both of his legs being cut off and a large wound made on his shoulder. The unfortunate young man died the following morning. A young man named Dodge, aged 17, working for Carswell, Thistle & Mackay on the Black Donald Creek, was killed on a roll-way recently. Three logs rolled on to him, crushing him to death. Several other men had narrow escapes. A young man named Penton, of Three Rivers, who is work- ing in the Ottawa Lumber Company’s Mill, at the Calumet, met with a painful accident recently, one of the fingers of his left hand being completely severed by a butting saw at which he was working. William Parsons, an Englishman, 24 years old, who was married in Toronto last New Year’s eve, was assisting to place a heavy timber in the lower pier of a mill-race in course of construction, at Suspension Bridge, when he fell into the river, was carried through the rapids and drowned. An accident occurred on Whitestone Lake, near Parry Sound, by which two men working on McCormack’s drive named John Morley and John Amou, lost their lives. It appears that the men were crossing the lake in a canoe which by some means capsized and both men were drowned. The lumbering firm of J. R. Booth & Co., have been ad- vised that a Jos. Desjardins employed as a driver on their drive of logs on Black river was drowned at Floodwood creck on the 15th of June. No particulars as to how the unfortunate man lost his life have been received. Desjardins hails from Montreal. Mr. R. Clark, engineer at McGibbon’s Mill, Penetan- guishene, was trying to put the belt on the pumping machine some days ago and was caught in some mysterious manner and whirled round the shaft and left insensible. He is unable to to tell what happened after taking hold of the belt, and he has evidently narrowly escaped what might have been a fear- ful death. As it is his spine seems to be injured, and he will be laid up for some’ time. On June 2nd six men in the employ of Pierre & Co., Ottawa, attempted to run the rapids of Mile Roche at the head of Lake Traverse, on the Pettewawa river, against the orders of their foreman. The boat swung around in the current and upset, drowning Cleophas Theorel, of Point Clair, Hyacinthe Malett, of Buckingham, and Dennis Beaudry, of Papineau- ville. It is indeed unfortunate that so many men, through bravado, place themselves in the jaws of death, in order to satisfy their desires for foolhardy feats. Casualties of this nature are becoming very frequent. An accident, which was nearly attended with fatal results, occurred June 3rd on the tramway of the Calgary Lumber Company at Cochrane, N.W.T. A train carrying Lieut. Cochrane, R.N., and party, consisting of Lord and Lady St. Maur, Lady Adela Cochrane, and others, as well as a number of mill hands, was ascending the grade near the mill when one of the cars left the track, throwing one of the hands, Fred. Thompson, off the car and on to the track under the engine which was pushing behind the train. The flange of one of the driving wheels took off Thompson’s right ear and he was badly cut about the head and theskullslightly fractured. The rest of the party were badly shaken up, but escaped without serious injuries. Lady Adela Cochrane showed great pluck, and was one of the first to render assistance to the injured man, bandaging and dressing his wounds with the ability and celerity of a trained nurse. ’ ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Canadian parliament has voted $1,000,000 for the pro- posed ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie. It is estimated that the consumption of lumber is about 500 feet for every individual, therefore every million increase in population calls for 500,000,000 feet of lumber. To find the diameter of a pulley for any speed multiply di- ameter of pulley on main shaft by the revolutions (or speed) required, the quotient will be the diameter in iuches of re- quired pulley. _ ees : eee een — A botanical phenomenon in which the people of Leomins ter, England, take pride is a pair of tree an oak and an ash—which appear to have but a single trunk They grow together for about four feet and ther A lumber stacking machine, worked by one man, which takes the place of fifteen men, has been invente The lum- ber is carried on chains from the trimmer and ar n the cars in better shape than by the men who formers the work. The great demand for cedar, especially during the past fifteen years, has served to develop an industry second only to that of pine. The supplies necessary for street paving, t graph and electric poles, and cedar te ange gangs into the cedar swamps and 1 y-day the cedars of Canada alone far transcend in the yearly value of the output tne histgric cedars of Lebanon. PERSONAL. Mr. James Scott, of the Georgian Bay Lumber (¢ removing from Waubaushene tc Toront« He does not sever his connection from the above coin} Mr. B. S. Davidson, an old-time lum 3000 WOO Ont., was among the callers at this office during pas: month. He reports the lumber business in his section in a prosperous condition. Mr. John Anderson, of Deux Rivieres, late manager of Messrs. A. & P. White’s steam saw mill, has left for Wash- ington Territory, where he proposes ente ito the lumber business in connection with his brothers. R. W. Phipps, of Toronto, is shortly going to England to investigate forestry matters there and observe the system of tree-planting in the British Islands, thereby expecting to get valuable information for his next forestry report. We learn that Mr. A. Cadenhead has accepted the position of manager of the Ontario Lumber Co.’s business at Midland, Mr. C. is, stand thoroughly experienced and in every way qualified for Ont., vice Mr. F. Hammet, resigned. we under- the position. Particulars concerning the death of Mr. Murdoch McDonald, formerly of Black River, and who was well known amongst the lumbermen of Northumberland and Gloucester, (N.B.) have been received by his friends. McDonald was one of a party of eleven lumbermen who started from Boston July Ist, 1887, under arrangements with G. D. Emery of Chelsea, to go to Central America and get out mahogany logs for him. We regret to have to announce the death of Daniel Hilliard, M.P.P. for North Lanark, which sad event took place at the family residence in Pakenham cn June 23rd. Deceased was extensively engaged in the lumber business and had the repu- tation of being a clear-headed and successful business man. He was returned to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at the last general election as a supporter of the Mowat adminis- tration. When Mr. James Walsh, of the lumber firm of James Walsh & Co., Toronto, dropped into the LUMBERMAN office a few days ago, togged out in a white choker and silk hat, we thought our time had come to make reparation for our sins. A short but pleasant interview, however, convinced us that our visitor was tot of the clerical persuasion, but an old-time subscriber to THE LUMBERMAN who desired to pay his sub- scription up to 1890. We were pleased to see him look so hale and hearty, and also to learn that the business of his firm was prosperous. Mr. W. W. Belding, of Katrine, Ont., dropped into THE LUMBERMAN sanctum some days ago and in paying his sub- scription up to 1890 informed us that he was contemplating stil] further additions to his new mill at the above point. His is to put ina band mill and shingle while here interviewed the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co. on the subject. Mr. Belding in- forms us that his cut of lumber this year will be in the neigh- next move, he informs us, making machinery, and borhood of five and a-half million feet. He secures his logs from the south branch of the Maganetawan river. THE C.P.R. CO’S NEW STEAMER. Arrangements are about concluded between the Canadian Pacific Company and the Polson Iron Works Company, for the construction by the latter in Toronto of a large steel steamer to run with the ‘‘ Alberta” and ‘‘ Athabaska” be- tween Owen Sound and Port Arthur. The new steamer will be wholly built in Toronto, and taken apart for transportation through the Welland Canal. She will be thirty feet longer than either of her two sister ships, and will be one of the largest vessels afloat on fresh water. She will use the engines of the ‘‘ Algoma,” which were saved almost uninjured when that vessel was wrecked on Isle Royale. Two very large steel steamers are to be built in Buffalo for the Canadian Pacifie Company, to run between Buffalo and Chicago. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, ‘aa oe 2! JBI, 6 THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —Mickle & Dyment’s new mill, Barrie is about finished. ; —Grayenhurst mills are running ten and a-half hours a day. —Messrs. Hilliard & Dickson have started up their mill at Pakenham. —Hamilton lumber dealers complain of a very poor quality of lumber. —The drives in the Pettawawa district are all coming down satisfactory. —Phillips & McLeod, have dissolved. planing mill operators, Aurora, —The various drives around Minden are reported as making good headway. —-Chew’s saw mill at Midland narrowly escaped being burned some days ago. —N. Dyments’ drive on the Thessalon river recently broke, causing a loss of 3,000 logs. —The retail lumber trade of Hamilton is reported to be in a fairly flourishing condition. —The new boat built for the Georgian Bay Lumber Cg. has been successfully launched. —The Georgian Bay drives are all well forward, and so far it has been a remarkable good driving season. —Brown & Mahood, shingle manufacturers of Utterson, have assigned for the benefit of their creditors. —Basswood logs for the Lumber Cutting Machine Company, Belleville, have commenced to arrive at the boom. —The big new mill belonging to the Canada Lumber Co., at Carleton Place, has commenced a satisfactory run. —Messrs. J. R. Booth, E. B. Eddy, and R. Hurdman & Co., of Ottawa have put on night gangs in their mills. —The Ontario Lumber Co., will cut in their three mills this year 20,000,000 feet of lumber and 5,000,000 shingles. —Miller Brothers have built a new custom saw and shingle mil] on the K. and P. railway, at McLaren’s Mills station. —Mr. J. D. Shier, of Bracebridge, has added about $1,500 worth of new machinery to his sawmill during the past winter. —All the mills in the Georgian Bay district, with the excep- tion of the Emery Lumber Co’s mill at Midland, are now run- ning. —It is expected that 10,000,000 feet of lumber will be cut : this season at the mill of Messrs. Christie, Kerr & Co., Brad- | ford. | —Messrs. Moore Bros. are reported to have sold their | timber limit on Bye’s Creek to Mr. Richard White, of Pem- | broke. | —Burton Bros. tug ‘‘ Matamony ” 2,000,000 feet of logs from Beaver Inlet. recently brought down Stone river to Byng —Messrs. Walsh & McKinnon, of Little Current, are mak- ing extensive additions to the machinery in their saw mill this seasou. the vicinity of Kingston. Much valuable timber has been de- stroyed. | —Bush fires have again been raging in the back country in i | mill east of Sudbury will shortly com- —-Mr. McCormack’s mence running. This is the same mill operated by Lee & Potter last summer. : —The Rathbun Company are-having difficulty with the Knights of Labor, at Kingston, through refusing to discharge non-union employees. —The Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Company are having a small tug built at Midland, to be used at Byng Inlet to run between upper and lower mills. | q | —Mr. Jacob A. Shaver, of Ancaster, has associated himself with one or two other gentlemen, who are about going into the lumber business in the city of Hamilton. i} —Burglars recently entered the lumber office of A. Caldwell & Son, at Lanark, blew the safe door clear across the office, | and secured a renumeration of $23 for their work. —The Blind River Lumber Co., of Blind River, and Buzz- well & Co., of the Spanish, supply a great quantity of lumber for the buildings in course of erection at the Sault. i —During the latter part of May Messrs. Cook Bros. had | 10,000 logs adrift from the mouth of the Mississago river, a large portion of which have, however, been secured. —There is an immense quantity of cedar lying around Lake Manitou ready to be towed by the tug to Vanzaat’s landing to be put through the saw mill in course of construction there, . —Hamilton dealers complain that they are now compelled to pay $1 per thousand feet more on bill stuff than heretofore, and find it impossible to raise the price in the local market. —The Ottawa Lumber Co.’s mills at the Calumet have up- wards of 150,000 logs in their booms at the Rouge, and will give employment to a very large number of men during the season. —The lumbering firm of Perley & Pattee, Ottawa, have a gang of men employed making improvements in the tramways used to convey sawn lumber from the mills to the piling grounds. —The general store trade of the Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co., has been consolidated under the name of the Canada Trading and Supply Co., with headquarters at Waubaushene. —It was agreed at a recent meeting of the North West, Ontario and Manitoba Lumber Association to continue the present price list, with the exception of a slight advance in some sizes in dimensions. —Messrs. Bronson & Weston, of Ottawa, have secured the services of the government dredge, St. Louis, to deepen the canal in front of their new piling grounds at the Deep Cut, so as to allow loaded barges to approach their wharves. —Davidson & Hay, of Toronto, are locating a mill on the limit recently purchased by that firm close to Lake Nipissing. They have three townships, Hawley, Appelby, and No. 29, off which they expect to take 70,000,090 feet of lumber. —Messrs. Vigar Bros, Port Arthur, are making considerable improvements in their sawmill. A Cunningham patent steam feeder, together with other additions to their machinery, will, it is expected, give the mill double the capacity it formerly had. —During the early part of June the houses along the bank of the Ottawa river at Gatineau point were inundated, the water being so high that the occupants were obliged to use the upper portion of their houses and in some cases to abandon them. —The Rathbun Company have been exceedingly fortunate with their stream driving operations this year. Although the water was low and they had other difficulties to contend with, all their logs will soon reach the booms at Trenton and Belleville. —Mr. C. Young, of Young’s Point, has completed the con- tract for supplying timber for the coffer dam, stop-logs, piers, etc. being constructed at that place. busy, and it is said that he contemplates increasing its His saw mill is kept very capacity shortly. —Letters patent have been issued to the Ryan Manufactur- ing company of Canada with a capital of $100,000. The business of the company will be to manufacture house furnish- ings, builders’ supplies and hardwood specialties, with head- quarters at Toronto. —Mr. G. B. Green, manager of the Upper Ottawa Im- provement company, says that the drive of logs on the upper Ottawa is very successful this season. Very few logs have been stuck in the small streams and the smaller drives are coming out into the main stream in good time. —Manager Lake, of the Rathbun Company’s business at Picton, says that the company’s sales from January to April, inclusive, for the present year have very largely exceeded the sales made in any previous year since the advent of the Com- pany to Picton, and that in the months named the sales were double what they were in the same period last year. —Word has been received by the insurance agents of Ottawa, that at a meeting of representatives of insurance companies held in Montreal it was decided to advance the rates of insurance on the yards adjoining Barnes’ mills, recently destroyed by fire, but just rebuilt. This means several thousand dollars a year more to pay by the lumbermen. The lumbermen will protest. —A representative of THE LUMBERMAN recently inspected a main driving belt in a large manufacturing concern in Toronto, manufactured by the Canadian Rubber Co., which has been in continuous service for the past fourteen years. It is still in good condition and doing its duty nobly. This is merely a sample of the quality of the above firms’ manufacture. —The government and the lumbermen have about come to an agreement for settlement of the arrears owed by the lum- bermen for water leases at the Chaudiere. The lumbermen agree to pay the balance due by them under the old leases, and take new ones at reduced rates, with conditions providing for the preservation of the water power at the falls. They also- want the flow of water on the falls regulated by artificial works. —Messrs Flatt & Bradley, the well-known lumbermen of Hamilton and Casselman Ont., and East Saginaw, Mich., have just secured an order from England for five million feet in*t . | | small this season owing to the the short cut last season. The | cutting this spring promises to have a short rest as most of the | the province of Quebec for some time, took place the early _ part of June when Mr. | | information is brought by one of the employes of the firm, | districts of the Upper Ottawa. | large mill at Sawyerville. | principal creditors are Ross & Co., of Quebec, $79,354; Bank | of Montreal, $24,953; La Banque de Peuple, Three Rivers, of lumber, to be shipped during the present season. We un- derstand that the consignment will foot up to upwards of $75,000. Messrs. Flatt & Bradley are to be congratulated on their success in securing such an important order from acros the sea. —The E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company is the first" Ottawa lumber firm this season to saw new logs cut during the past winter. A small portion of the firm’s drive of new logs from the Colonge River arrived at the Chaudiere on the 1gth of May, and are now being cut into lumber. This is” the earliest that logs have ever reached Ottawa from the ag ber districts. The main drive cannot reach the Chaudie iere- until late in June. —Messrs. Perley & Pattee have been advised that a serious fire is raging on their limits on the Pettewawa river. The and the particulars are very scanty. The destruction is supposed to have been started from fires made by settlers for the purpose of clearing their lands. No estimate can be formed of the probable loss, as the full extent of the fire is not known, but the limits are of the best in the hemtiocins —The Chaudiere lumbermen, says the Journal, are anxious- ly looking for their drive logs. The reserves held in the Thompson’s Bay and Deschenes were very booms at firms will have completed cutting their reserves before this season’s drive is in the booms at the Chaudiere. This spring has despite the high water been a very favorable one for the lumbzrmen and a large quantity-of timber has been turned into the yards. QUEBEC. —Lake Megantic lumbermen have been very successtul in drive operations so far. —The Cookshire Mill Company, Cookshire, who have an extensive saw mill plant at Cookshire, are building “aad —Stevedores report ship labor getting scarce at Quebec. Some difficulty is experienced in producing enough men to load the vessels now ready to take in cargo. —A combination, calculated to injure the business of the legitimate lumbermen, has been formed by the Quebec Timber Farmers, who have fixed a uniform scale of rates. —The Mantais Mills, Lake Megantic, has been considerably improved this season by the addition of new machinery. The capacity will hereafter be about fifty thousand feet per day. —A new regulation respecting the removal of timber on Indian lands has been passed. _It provides that purchasers of these lands be required to clear five instead of fifteen acres, and after the necessary buildings have been provided the agent may grant a settler’s license. —The demand for lumber in Montreal during the month just closed was fairly good, but despite this a rather gioomy feeling prevails regarding the future. Dealers have experienc- ed some uneasiness owing to the imminent danger to which stocks at the Chaudiere were exposed. That material is now, however, practically out of the millowners hands, having already been disposed of and being in process of delivery. There has been a fair amount of orders from the country and prices are steady and without change. —One of the largest lumber failures which has occurred in W. Little the lumber merchant of Montreal, assigned with liabilities upwards of $200,000. The $17,394; E. H. Lemay, Montreal, $10,885 ; Dame Anne Tovell, $9,234; E. B. Eddy & Co., Hull, $7,077. The assets consists of timber limits in St. Maurice district, valued at $40,000 ; timber limits in Compton, $60,000 ; land in Florida, $10,000 ; lots in Rat Portage, $600. The Hon J. G. Ross, of Quebec, has been appointed provincial guardian, and has substituted Mr. Samuel C. Fatt in his place. A supplimentary list of assets and liabilities has been filed in — Court. The list, besides the large creditors already given, shows the names of persons largely interested but secured. Dundee Mortgage and Trust Company, $37,470; Andrew Allan, $20,247; H. G. Burleigh & Bro., Whitehall, N. Y., $9,540; Leonard G. Little, $2,500. The Banque du Peuple at Three Rivers is indirectly interested for $18,190. The total liabilities, as stated at the time are about $200,000, and the asserts are fixed at about $116,000. Among the principal assets are:—Lumber at the Ross Mills, Three Rivers, ae 500 ; logs and timber on the St. Maurice River, $40,000; aie 3 in Canada and the United S G00, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. —The freight rates at present are 42/6 to 45/0 from (Quebec to London or Liverpool, and probably the same to Glasgow. —The cemand for lumber in Montreal during the month just closed was fairly good, but despite this a rather gloomy feeling prevails regarding the future. Dealers have experienc- ed some uneasiness owing to the imminent danger to which stocks at the Chaudiere were exposed. That material is now, however, practicably out of the millowners’ hands, having al- ready been disposed of and being in process of delivery. Supplies at first hands are very small. There has been a fair amount of orders from the country and prices are steady and without change. NEW BRUNSWICK. —Messrs. Allan Bros., Carleton, are supplying the machin- ery for the new lumber mill of Mr. D. J. McLaughlin, being built at Pollet River. —Messrs. Murray & Shaw, Flat Lands, near Chatham, are building a shingle mill which will be equipped with the new- est and best machinery. —S. T. King & Sons, of St. John, are the purchasers of the lumber business of Mr. E. G. Gates, of Calais. Mr. Charles King, of the firm, will look after the business. —The Chatham New Brunswick /World says, spruce logs which were worth but $6 there last year, and no demand for them at that, find a ready sale now at $7, and the supply is not equal to the probabie demand. Extensive forests fires have been raging in the eastern section of New Brunswick, and doing an immense amount of Immense tracts of forests lands, besides, mills, farm The damage. houses, barns and standing crops have been destroyed. z sequently burn. In this country, even with the rare and valu- able roots, we leave a large unsightly stump, often the most dense and beautiful part of the tree. Generally speaking, the roots of these trees are not widely divergent nor extremely thick, and it is strange the woodsman insists in cutting off so far above ground. Apropos of this may bé mentioned a'little experience of the writer: Two years ago in the usual run of business, an old wood lot came in my possession. One part of this was the remnant of an old walnut forest, being thickly studded with stumps from three to four feet high, and literally strewn with tops and limbs from a foot in diameter down to four inches. Some of these were quite lengthy, but the larger ones were, of course, crooked and scraggy. To make a long story short, these stumps were grubbed out, the tops all trimmed, and the entire flot being taken to the mill, the result being the interior of a new house was almost entirely finished with walnut. All the stationary book cases, wainscoting, balustrades, and the like, besides much of the furniture was made from this walnut slash, besides which four thousand feet of beautifully grained lumber for special purposes was goiten out, which netted thirty-seven dollars per thousand feet. This one hundred and fifty dollars more than covered the cost of clearing, hauling and sawing, leaving the field perfectly clear and nearly ready for the plow. Of course the field was a good one ; but, all things consider- ed, I venture the assertion that the aggreate profits from the slash and remains were greater than from the original forest, for the lumber from this particular field was sold in a bunch, mill run, for twenty-five dollars per thousand, and, including first cost of the land, nearly three-fourths of this price must have been exhausted before the lumber was ready for market, proving con- clusively that the lumbermen of eight yearsago did not hew close to the line. Whether he has learned to hew any closer may be demonstrated by visiting any section where trees, even the more expensive, are being cut. The stumps and tops still cumber the ground, while the manufactories are continually making small pieces from the plank sawed long and wide, whereas the trees would goa great deal farther, and the results would be as,good or better by workingno closerand down lower, making many short- stands, stairs, er cuts, but producing much handsomer grain, as deinonstrated in the foregoing. that these results may be materially enhanced by working at the Cutting low, below the ground, means a longer butt cut, always the best of these hard wood trees, and, in con- Besides, it should be borne in mind, start. nection with the upper cuts, limbs and benas can often be worked into much better advantage than after the main logs are cut. What is true regarding valuable lumber, applies with all its force, only in a modified form, to all varieties of timber. Any stump that shows unbroken soundness on the top represents a waste in proportion to its height. The peculiar construction of tools, and the nature of the average tree renders it nearly as easy and much more profitable to cut off at the very bottom, and there is no reason why the long, straight limbs should not all be worked up into merchantable goods, and that, too, at a fair profit to producer and consumer.—Z xchange. RECIPROCITY AND THE LUMBER TRADE. A LEADING LUMBERMAN,. VIEWS OF At the ordinary: fortnightly Union Club of Toronto, the subject of ‘* the effect of Reciprocity on the Lumber Trade of Canada” ceedings owing to the presence of a large number of lumber- meeting of the Commercial Professor Goldwin Smith presiding, was discussed. Much interest was given to the pro- men, who were in the city attending the annual meeting of the Ontario Lumbermen’s Association, some of whom took part in the interesting discussion. Mr. A. H. Campbell was the first speaker. In introducing Mr. Campbell to the meeting the Chairman said he observed anumber of gentlemen present from outside Toronto who were not members of the club. He would take the opportunity of assuring them that, notwithstanding what they might see in party journals to the contrary, this was no party movement. The club addressed itself to what it believed to be for the in- terest of the whole community. Its members belong to both political parties: Mr. Campbell who was to address them, was a Conservative. Mr. Campbell then spoke. He said that when the present agitation for unrestricted reciprocity with the United States commenced, the benefits which would accrue to the lumber trade were so great and so manifest, that he feared his judg- ment might be warped by selfish considerations, and that what might be good for him personally might be detrimental to the interests of the country at large. A full consideration of the circumstances and of the various interests and indus- tries which would be affected convinced him, however, that all the important interests, including farming, mining, stock- raising, with the fishing and carrying trade of Canada, would — . found in thé fact that vessels trading with American ports | fallen from the previous speaker, and gave an interesting ac- equally share in the benefits of a Ged market with a people having a population of sixty millions, and consequently that this movement, he felt, was in the general interests of the whole country. Amongst the most important of our industries was that of lumber. From the lofty tree growing in the dis- _ tant forest to the finished board manufactured for the varied uses of commerce, it employed the labor of a large number of ~ men and horses, and provided the means of living to many - families in the country. He had not the statistics for the ex-- port trade from Canada to the United States for 1887, but in 1885 it valued $9,355,730 5 in 1886, $8,545,506, and takir e i the value for 1887 to be not less than that for 1886, they would have a sum of money far exceeding $26, coaneal three years. Of that sum about $5,289,308 was paid innatigl United States treasury in duties, and very nearly the whole of that money would be saved to this country had there been unrestricted reciprocity. Another way in which lumber would benefit by Commercial Union was that they could port dressed instead of rough lumber, and by the difference in weight reduce the freight. | When the reciprocity treaty 3 ed they had good trade with the States. The year 1866 was perhaps the most prosperous year lumbermen ever experienc- ed in Canada. Since the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty ' he paid over $350,000 for duty on exported lumber, and he ~ was not a very large operator. The great want in this country now was a market. What made the National Policy a national failure was the want ofa market. Under the National Policy instead of chimney stacks marking the country the mills were reducing labor or wages. High protection ever meant over- production, and over-production meant failures, ruin and distress. Commercial Union, or, as he preferred to call it, reciprocity, meant the opening of a market for our products. ** Canada for the Canadians ” was a great cry at one time, but it seemed to him to have ended as they might have expected, viz., Canadians were living upon each other. Why did Eng- land Colonize but to find a market. Why were France, Germany, etc., so anxious to get colonies but in order to have an outlet for their goods. Commercial Union would give them the large market which they needed. Not only would lumber- men be benetitted; the good effect would reach almost all classes of manufacturers and the farmers. American capital would flow into the country and the country would prosper - What made Maine such a large manufacturing country but that they had a market of 60,000,000 people. He believed our manufacturers were as good business men and more economical than those on the other side of the boundry line. Speaking generally, he was of opinion that about $00,000,000. feet of lumber were cut in Ontario yearly, and only one-third of that quantity was used in Canada. Mr. Gordon Waldron asked whether a larger marketeand the investment of more capital would not have the effect of deplet- ing our forests too rapidly ? Mr. Campbell, in reply, said the greater the demand the more valuable would lumber become, and consequently the greater would be the care to preserve it from fires and destruc- The cry that the country would be denuded of timber Young trees were always growing, and thinning the forests would facilitate the growth of trees. Mr. James Pearson pointed out that the increase in the value of lumber, consequent on Commercial Union, would increase the selling value of the limits, and thereby increase the public revenue derived from the sales of timber limits. Mr. Geo. Kerr, Jr., suggested that the Government should begin at once to plant large areas of land with young trees. Mr. Thomas Conlon, of Welland, said the inland marine was for the past few years fast disappearing from the lakes. This was a very serious matter, and one reason for it was tion. was a fallacy. had often to return without a cargo. Boats took lumber from the Georgian Bay to Chicago, and because of the interpretation ~ put on the American coasting laws they could not load with wheat from Chicago to Boston za Collingwood because both Chicago and Boston were American ports. Canadian vessels were not allowed to trade between American ports. There were minerals, copper, granite and marble, which would be develop- ed. Commercial Union was of vital importance to the marine interests as well as to the lumbering interests. a Capt. Wm. Hall, a large vessel-owner, and one of the Vice- Presidents of the Commercial Union Club, endorsed what had — count of his own experience and observations in connection — with the inland marine trade of Canada. He keenly regretted the circumstances which had long depressed the shipping trade of the country and the disabilities under which owners of — vessels engaged in the coasting trade found themselves in con- sequence of the restrictionist policy pursued by ate cris ment. He closed by warmly endorsing the Commercial i io n movement and petite its ultimate t a pm ; ed to settle. 7". RMAN. THE CANADA LUMBE United States Lumber Dens. An extraordinary story was told by Mrs. Eben Obenauer, at a meeting of ladies of the Central M. E. Chapel, Detroit, re- lating to the lumber dens of the north parts of the state. Mts. Obenauer is a missionary employed in the pineries. “A fair example of what these places are,” said Mrs. Obenauer “is the stockade den at Seney, in the Upper Peninsula. Seney itself is turned against all good influences. -Before going I was counseled against speaking there for fear of bodily harm. The minister who had preceded me had been carried bodily from the hall. The town is the headquarters for four large lumber companies, and though there are but twenty-five houses jn it thirteen of them are used as saloons. The dive at the place is surrounded by a high board wall that reaches to the gable of the roof of the house enclosed. Why is the wall needed? Not to keep the lumbermen out, not to keep the women out, butto keep imprisoned the girls whose lives are by compulsion made a continual debauch. Great care is exercised in admitting strangers to the den and everyone unknown must be ‘vouched for. One man gained admittance through the assistance of the groceryman who supplies the place. After leaving the bar room he heard a scream. He turned back and saw, lying prostrate on the floor, with the blood streaming from her mouth, a young woman who had been felled. In the dance hall of the house he saw eighteen nude women dancing in a circle with the keeper in the centre brandish- ingaclub. This is the state of things throughout the lumber country of Wisconsin and Michigan. ** What is the remedy? The governor of this State, when appealed to refused to meet the issue, dodging it on a technicality. The powers of the State, the officers of this commonwealth, either through fear or cupidity, dare not touch this terrible blot on the State.” Others spoke on the matter, aud it was unanimously re- solved to call a mass meeting at an early date. be collected giving specific details, and Goy. Luce will again be called on to act. Evidences will = Lumber Exports in Australia. The San Francisco Jowrnal of Commerce says :— ‘‘The lum- ber trade with Australia forms one of the greatest departments of our business with that country. Except for some of the fine timber of Western Australia, that great island continent may be said to be almost absolutely dependent on importations for that indispensable adjunct of modern civilized life—a good sup- ply of lumber. We ship largely from this city, more largely still from Puget Sound and Humboldt Bay. Out of some- where about one hundred and thirty millions feet of lumber exported from the Pacific coast of the United States in a year, Australia takes nearly one-half. The exact quantity taken runs from fifty to sixty millions feet annually, and is steadily increasing. Our business with Australia commenced away back in the fifties—in 1853, it forming the bulk of our exports for that year. Puget Sound began shipping to Australia largely as far back as 1856. In 1869 the exports to Australia increased very heavily. The record was even beaten in 1878. It has varied from year to year according to the demands of the colonies and must be much greater in the future than it has ever been in the past.” Prevention Of Boiler Scale. The scale in boilers is formed from impurities of the water, and if pure water only is fed into the boiler, no scale is formed. This being settled beyond doubt, many methods have been proposed to purify the feed water in a rapid and cheap man- ner. To prevent scale by the use calcium hydrate and soda, F. Scheukel employs one or more tanks, according to the sup- ly needed for the works, in which the water from the river is purified, and another tank for the purified feed-water. As purifying tanks he uses four iron boxes (or cylinders of old steam boilers), not over 5 feet high, which have an outlet cock about 6 inches above the bottom. They are heated by steam to 60° at least, and are preferable surrounded by some non-con- ducting material. Besides, they are furnished with a stirring arrangement, preferable a Koerting steam-jet stirrer. The pure water tank is placed ona level below the purifying tank, so that the purified water can flow directly into it from the purifying tanks, without the use of a pump. The water in the purifying tanks is heated as much as possible and the required quantity of thin milk of lime added and stirred ; this quantity “being either calculated after the analysis of water or ascertained: by experiment. Only so much limeis to be added that red litmus paper dipped into the water, after 15 to 20 seconds beginsto turn blue. Then the calculated quantity of pure (96 to 98 per cent) soda dissolved inhot water is added, stirred, and the water allow- In 20 to 30 minutes the precipitate formed is rown down in large flakes and the perfectly clear water is off into the feed water tank. With ammonium oxalate P it must not give any turbidity ; and if another sample taken be- comes turpid on the addition of calcium chloride, too much soda has been used. feed-water are: that the boiler requires no cleaning for a The advantages of this method of purifying the whole season; that the iron of the boiler-walls is not attacked ; that the water does not froth and stop up the guage-cocks, etc. ; that the steam is free from acid ; that steam is easier generated and thereby fuel is saved; that no breaking out of scale is required, its cost saved and the interruption of work caused thereby is avoided ; that, finally, the method is compartively inexpensive. The purification of water by milk of lime and soda is known, but as regards the practical application, the above communi- The ‘‘ Pharm Centralhalle,” however, re- marks that soda is not the cheapest purifier for all calcareous cation is valuable. water, but for such as contain considerable proportions of cal- cium nitrate, besides gypsum, barium chloride would be cheaper to employ.—Practical Mechanic. Don’t Do these Things. Don’t open a cock or a valve under pressure, and let steam into cold pipes suddenly. If you do there will be a bill of re- pairs to pay, to say nothing of the liability of killing or maim- ing some one for life. A man was employed in a brewery cleaning barrels with steam from the boiler. He opened the globe valve suddenly and blew up the barrel, losing one arm by his imprudence. Don’t suppose that a safety valve is going to think for itself, and don’t fancy it is all right because it was tried last month, or last year, perhaps. it, so as to be sure that the stem is not bent, or that the weight has not been shifted by accident or design. Try the safety valve daily, and examine Don’t omit to keep the water guage in good order, and be sure that the openings into the boiler, both steam and water, are not stopped up partially by scale or something lodged in them. Where the openings are of different sizes the water level will not show properly. Test the guage by the guage cocks, and be sure that it is right. Don’t suppose that the boiler is all right internally because it has never blown up yet. _ Get into ic, and see whether it is or not. The man-hole plate ought to come off every week, and the engineer should satisfy himself by inspection that the braces are all right. Don’t forget that the blow cock is a thief which’ is very apt to run away with a great deal of coal unless it is tight. It should not leak a drop. Don’t be to liberal with oil or fat in the cylinder. Some men are-constantly slushing the cylincer with grease, under the impression that it makes the engine run easier. After one or two revolutions all the grease that dues not cover the rolls of the cylinder is carried out with the exhaust and scattered over the surrounding country. On a wooden roof this invites fire, and on a metal roof it soon causes leak by corrosion, for fatty acids are the most active of corrosive agents. Use sight feed cups in preference to any other agents; they not i only save attendance, but they feed oil as it is needed—drop by drop.—diilling Engineer. Solid Emery Wheels. Ata meeting of the Polytechnic Section of the American Institute, held Dec. 8th, L. Duvinage, in a paper of which this is an abstract, said that the increased quantity and quality of work that goes out of the modern machine shop was due to the skillful use of solid emery wheels. He said that a grain of sand from the common grindstone magnified, would look like a cobble stone, a fracture of which shows an obtuse angle, whereas a grain of corundum or emery would look like a rhom- boid, always breaking witha squareor concave fracture. Nomat- ter how much it is worn down in use it does not lose its sharp- ness ; hence it is evident that the grindstone rubs or grinds and heat the work brought in contact with, while the corundum or emery-wheel with its sharp angular grit cuts like a file or circular saw. There are two general classes of emery wheels in the mar- ket—one class of wheels has the grains of emery joined and consolidated by a pitchy material as rubber, linseed oil, shel- These must run at a high speed to burn out the cementing material by friction, loosening the worn out grains lac, etc. These are non- Truing up this class of wheels is done with a and thus revealing new cutting angles. porous wheels. diamond tool. The other class consists of two kinds, one made by mixing the emery with a mineral cement and water into a paste, which will harden and bind the crains together; the other kind by mixing the emery with a mineral flux or clay, moulding into shape and burning in a muffle at a high temperature. _ These are porous wheels in which the grains of emery are held to- gether by matter haing affinity therefore. This class of wheels, unlike the grindstone, has sharp grains of emery bedded to- 9 cases, is a5 hard and gether among matter which, in sharp as the emery itself. ‘Such wheels cut very greedily, and do not need to be run at any particular speed The dresser made of hardened steel picks the proper tool for toning up this class of wheel Manufacturers in metal goods aiming in reducing the cost of production, would do well to look into the ada y of the solid emery wheels or rotary file and other labor-saving { labor. A readers machinery before deciding on reducing wages 0 glance at the first page of this jo irnal will show our where all kinds of emery wheels for the different classes of work can be purchased. New Postal Arrangement United States By the new postal arrangement between the and Canada, which went into effect on March 1, 1888, articles will be allowed to go into either country, if admitted by the domestic law of either, except sealed packages (which are other than letters) and publications which violate the copynght laws of the country of destination, liquids, « All articles exchanged under this arrangement are required to be fully prepaid with postage stamps, at e of postage applicable to similar articles in the domestic mails of the country of origin, and are required to be delivered free to addresses in the country of destination. Articles other than letters, in their usual and ordi on their arrival at the exchange post the country of cers of that ities upon any destination, will be inspected by offi stoms ms country, who will levy the proper cust articles found to be dutiable under the laws of that country. EXCHANGE ECHOES. Chicago Timberman. The Zimberman has hitherto striven to fairly present the views of the advocates and opponents of fre je in lumber by the removal of $2 duty on Canadian tured pine. It isa foregone conclusion that the Mill’s tariff bill will be g modified, and now only serves the f afford- ing a subject for the evaporation of age laden wind. There is one point, however, that has been, to some extent, overlooked in the discussion of free lumber and that is that the removal of the import tax on Canadian lumber will not bene- the least. fit the consumer over here in The argument all along has been that the removal of this tax would give the Americans cheaper Jumber. Does anyone for a moment sup- the Canadian market will take its cue from prices prevalent over pose that this will be the case? On the contrary, here, and the Canadian lumbermen will at once put up prices to correspond with the American market. They certainly would be fools if they did not, and the generality of them are not built that way. The serious attention of the advocates of free trade in Canadian lumber is invited to mentally discuss the above fact, and ask where the great benefit to the con- sumer is to come In. the free The Timberman has only seen one ad- of American markets, and that was confined to the economizing vantage in introduction Canadian lumber to of our own forests. | Outside of this foreign supply to prolong the diminution of our home stock, the removal of the restriction upon Canadian lumber, would not depreciate the price of lum- ber a mill a thousand. Detroit Free Press. The capital employed in sawed lumber in 1880, according to the census, was $181,186,122. paid amounted to $31,845,974 ; and the cost of materials was $146.155,385- The value of the product was $233.268,729 ; and the profits of The wages the lumbermen were $55,267,370, or 30 per cent., and The duty is $2 per thousand feet. of the added to the price: upwards on their capital. The like all stoutly deny that the duty is lumbermen, beneficiaries war tariff, and if this is so the removal of the duty would not effect the amount of the lumbermen’s profits. It may be safely assumed. how- ever, that the cost to the consumer is enchanced by some portion of the duty, though net, perhaps, by the full amount. that the cost to the consumer will be reduced by the removal of the duty, though not to the full extent of the duty. turer will still have the cost of importation from foreign take the full benefit Suppose that the removal of the duty reduces the This on sawed lumber would be about equal to a little over 12 per On the figures for 18So as already given it would mean a reduction of $28,313,112 and a net profit in round figures of $27,000,- 000, or somewhat more than 14 per cent. on the capital It may, therefore, be assumed, also, The American manufac- countries in his favor, and he will thereof. cost of lumber to the consemer $1.50 a thousand. cent. reduction on the value of the lumber product. invested. What excuse is there in such a showing for any ‘reduction in the present rates of labor, or any threat that such a reduction shall follow the removal of the duty on lumber ? 1fe) THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. July, 18 Chicago Lumber. It becomes apparent as the season advances the lumber mer- chants at leading points are not, as the phrase goes, climbing over each other in their anxiety to secure stock for their yards. There have been some heavy purchases made, it is true, but when it is possible to get at the bottom of these transactions it is usually discovered that they were made on a basis somewhat more favorable to the buyers than the current prices for bulk lumber at the market. Trades have been heard of in which large blocks of stock have changed hands in the log at fully $1 below the figures which were paid for the same kind of lumber a year ago. Those who are buying heavily are probably getting an average on their purchase of somewhere about this sum below the 1887 prices. This theory of the situation is measurably confirmed by the reported weakness of the great bulk supply point for the east—the Saginaw Valley—where all good stock is from $1 to $2 off from the opening prices. Some of the shrewdest jobbers and most careful observers of the conditions of the trade are convinced that they can supply themselves with about all the lumber they can find sale for at figures that will give them a full dollar difference in their profit accounts if they succeed in making a selling average equal to last year. While there 1s some doubt as to the latter point, the situation is not hopeless in this respect. Lumber is weak at distributing points, but a strong effort later in the season, after the heavy buying has been done, may enable operators to recover the little ground now lost. THE FRIENDS. OF FREE LUMBER. In the congressional debate on the lumber schedule in the tariff bill, Messrs. Weaver, of Iowa, and Wilson, of Minne- sota, made arguments favorable to free lumber, in which they expressed themselves as follows : Mr. Weaver—Mr. Chairman, the venerable gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Kelly] and the gentleman from Maine [Mr. Reed] cannot both be right. The gentleman from Pennsyl- vania appeals to the committee not to destroy the lumber industry of this country. if the other contention of the gentleman be correct that the price of lumber is not increased by the tariff? The gentleman from Maine contends that the price of lumber will not be affected. Then I say what harm is there im placing lumber on the free list ? The gentleman from Maine took good care Bae to deny that the lumber interests are combined ina ‘‘ trust’ for the pur- pose of limiting the supply and controlling the prices of lumber. It is not only true—historically true, and I refer gentlemen, to an article in the Worth American Review, by Mr. Lloyd, as far back as 1884, and to a recent work published by William C. Cook, of the New York bar; it is not only true that this lumber interest is engaged in a ‘‘trust 2 to limit the supply, and control the price, but it is also true that they control the local dealers, and require them to sell at a schedule price also. And, sir, by reason of their further combination with the transportation monopolies, no man can engage in the lumber business without the consent of the Lumber Trust, and the transportation companies, which together constitute one of the How can it destroy this industry most unconscionable trusts ever organiz2d in this or any other country. It is organized for the purpose of plundering the people who are far removed from the great centers of lumber manufacture. American people that this lumber industry is engaged in a I challenge the gentleman to deny before the trust, the object of which is to absolutely determine who may, and who may not deal in lumber, to limit the production, and to control the price—a criminal organization at common law because in the nature of a conspiracy in restraint of trade. Now, as an appeal has been made in behalf of these “trusts ” by gentlemen on the other side of the House, I stand here and make my appeal in behalf of the people of the west Let this trust take its clutch from the throats of the people, and quit robbing the consumer. Let them pay some respect to other people’s industries, which who consume this lumber. are just as sacred, and should be as inviolable as their own. Now, I wish to call the attention of gentlemen to the fact that the law of 1883 also put railroad ties of wood on the free list. The railroads buy them ready hewn in Canada, made by cheap Canadian labor, ship them over here by the million, and thus they obtain cheap ties for their roads. But they are unwilling to treat the people with equal fairness. The same law puts the lumber which my constituents must use in con- structing their houses, their granaries, and their barns on the dutiable list at the rate of from $2 to $3 per thousand feet. This is an unmitigated shame. It isa plain discrimination in favor of the railroads and against the farmers and builders. This bill, sir, in a broad and catholic spirit, treats the monopolies and people exactly’ alike. It puts the lumber of the poor man upon the free list and at the same time it leaves the railroad tie on that list also. Mr. Wilson, of Minnesota—Will my friend permit a sug- gestion? The gentleman from Maine made a point which seemed difficult to answer, but if any one can answer it the gentleman from Iowa can, He said that if this duty were taken off, the lumbermen of Canada, who are not one-fifth as wealthy as ours, would overwhelm us and run us out of the market. How can you answer that ? Mr. Weaver—That overwhelms me. Ask me an easy one. Itremble for my feeble country and her infant industries. Why try to answer such an argument? It is a mere chimera of the brain and wholly absurd. It answers itself. Mr. Wilson—But I do not wish, Mr. Chairman, to be in- terrupted. Allow me to say, sir, in this matter that the property invest- ed in the lumber interest equally in my friend’s district and in my locality within the last fifteen years has risen in value toan extent I am sure of not less than 300 to 500 per cent., whereas the property of the agricultural community, who are compelled to pay $2 a thousand feet to support and enrich this lumber interest, has not risen 1 per cent. These are the facts for our consideration. And yet this tariff law compels the agriculturists, men who purchase from the lumbermen, to pay a heavy tribute to them ; and I repeat that within the last fifteen years this agricultural property has not risen I per cent. to match the increase of 300 to 500 per cent. which this protection has afforded to the lumbermen. It is time that this condition of things was brought to an end. It is time that we stopped making these poor men support the millionaries. To keep up any longer this state. of things is simply to legalize injustice, and although some of my best friends in the world are manufacturers of lumber I cannot vote to sustain this condition of things. From remarks of Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio. Take the state $7,933,868 ; total value of materials $4,951,957 ; and this estimate of material is, of course, at the high price that the manufacturers adopt as their estimate. Take the one sum from the other and you have remaining $2,981,911. | From this subtract the amount of wages paid and divide the remainder by the capital, and it gives you 28% per cent. on the capital invested. Take the number of employees engaged in that business, and divide that into the total wages paid, and you get as the wages paid to a lumberman during one year $170. In other Chairman, a man working during the year in this business in the State of Maine gets for his subsistence $170, while the capitalist upon every $1,000 invested gets a return of $285. Is not that. a spectacle to show how protection benefits the laborer ? From the same page let us read the figures of the State of Michigan. similar calculation, is in the lumber business $305 per year, the percentage upon capital invested is 33.7. _In other words the laborer during the year gets $305, while the capitalist upon each $1,000 invested gets $337, or $32 more than the of Maine; total value of sawed lumber, words, Mr. The amount of wages paid there, as shown by a _ other laborer receives. Mr. Reed—That portion of our lumber which is not pro- duced in the United States is obtained solely from Canada. In the United States twenty-four thousand million feet of lumber are cut ; the proportion imported from Canada is only about 2% per cent. and it would be very difficult to make it IO per cent., under the most favorable circumstances. Now, I do not expect to effect many of the members on the other side by the consideration I am about to submit ; but I do say to them that if they were business men, with business educa- tion, they would see at once from these figures that there is no possibility of lessening the cost of lumber and material for houses by letting in Canada lumber. The sole effect of it will be that there will be just so much added to the price of just so much added to the price of Canada ‘‘ limits.» This bill dogs not touch that; and the result will be that whatever amount of money may by reason of this bill fail to go into the treasury of the United States will go into the pockets either of Canadian subjects or of American subjects who have had the wisdom to purchase lands in Canaca—except on the Pacific coast, where, by competition with Chinese labor, it is quite possible some damage may be done to the American industry. Canada lumber, SAWDUST TURNING INTO SOIL. Did any of Zhe Zimberman readers ever make a study of sawdust turning into soil? Douotless many have, in some measure, given the idea a passing thought, but have not watched the action of nature in resolving back again into its original elements the capital she had lent out over a thousand years ago, to build up the stock in trade ofa pine tree. The study is one of engrossing interest, and its results are well worthy of a brief notice in these columns. Twenty-five years ago, East Saginaw, Mich., was a scattering hamlet, built here and there among and along the edges of swamps and bayous, bordering the Saginaw river. The sawdust and debris of the mills were used to fill up these inequalities, rsore for the purpose of getting rid of the annoying accumulations, than for any well defined knowledge of the value of such material, or its possible use as a future soil. From year to year the work went on. The swamps and bayous were filled up, and soil was spread on top of the sawdust of variable thicknesses, from sixteen inches to two feet., settling of the ground, and heayy buildings were erected upon — the soil thus made. These buildings are the best in the city, and show no cracked walls. Sewers are dug through what was formerly a bed of sawdust, and while traces of the original — material can yet be found, still there is a clear evidence of the transformation process going on, beheld in each shovel of matter thrown out. It would be difficult to fully and clearly explain this process. It looks as though the exudations rising up from beneath the over-lying debris are continually acting as distilling elements, by which the granules of sawdust gather to themselves earth incrustations, and finally become a homogeneous conglomeration of original soil without under- going the action of decomposition. This hypothesis may not be any clearer than mud, but it is certain that one of the finest and most substantial cities in Michigan, rests secured to- day on a bed of sawdust, which latter has resolved itself back into its original elements within a quarter of a century. Can any one account for this ?—Chicago Timberman. MIDLAND’S NEW PLANING MILL. At the head of our beautiful bay, says the Midland Free Press, stands the most complete and best arranged planing mill in the Dominion, being built after the style of A. S. Mariam’s mill of Quincy, Ill., which is considered one of the best in the ~ United States. Messrs. Paterson & Hal! commenced to build on the gth of April and will have their mi!l ready for work this week. The main building is 20x54 ft. stone foundation, sides and roof covered with iron and practically fireproof. The engine house 30x32 ft. is built of stone and covered with metallic roofing. Adjoining the engine house is a shaving vault also of brick and stone, capable of holding three days ™ shavings, and‘ in case of fire can, by pipes from the boiler, be instantly filled with live steam, one of the most effective agents to extinguish fire. The machinery consists of a double cylinder Lightning Matcher, capacity from twenty to thirty thousand a day. One No. 0 Sticker, capacity 10,000 lineal feet per day. One 26 inch Double Surfacer capacity ; 40,000 feet. One Re-Sawer, and one Gang Rip, capacity 20,000 feet. The Re-Sawer was manufactured by an American firm. and the rest of the machinery is of Canadian production. To each machine is attached an automatic indicator which measures the lumber asit passes through. The boiler is made of steel 54 inches hy 12 feet and 54-horse power. The engine is 12 x20 cylinder, slide valve, and about 45-horse power. Engine and boiler were manufactured at the Toronto Engine Works. The shafting, with patent adjustable hangers, is all under the floor as a precaution against accident, as it does away with over-head belting ; the pulleys are known as the Dodge wood- split pulleys and are considered the finest made. The mill will be kept clean by a large Sturtevant fan, which by means of exhaust pipes, carries all refuse direct from the machines to the shaving vault, from which it passes through a hopper bottom and is deposited convenient to the furnace door. The dock in connection with this mill is 209 feet long and 45 feet wide, and after the dredging is done vessels may load or unload at the end or either sides. A system of live rolls worked by a chain gear will run down the centre full length of dock, and convey the lumber to the planers as itis sorted. After passing through the machines the lumber is conveyed by rolls into cars on their own siding, or in case cars are not ready it is passed across the track to a large shed whereit is protected from the weather for the time being.” The object Messrs. Paterson & Hall have in view in erecting their mill here is to supply the Ontario market with every description of dressed lumber and moldings and their enterprise will prove a boon to the builders of Toronto and other large places, but more especially to those contractors who do not own planing mills. It is the intention of this firm to introduce into this country the long leaf yellow pine of Georgia, which makes a very handsome finish for buildings, and will be brought here by vessels from Chicago, but the principal part of the lumber handled will be cut in the mills of the Georgian Bay. _ It is expected that the mill will dress about 8,000,000 feet annually, but the proprietors will handle two or three million feet besides. The foreman of the mill, Mr. Wm. Pratt, has the reputation of being one of the best planing mill men in Canada, and was formerly employed by Withrow & Hillock, Toronto. The mill will be running shortly and as they have a stock of 1,000,000 feet of — lumber on hand, loess — can rely are t ship ments. _ ; sas en rs >= — i Strange, as it may seem, there was no . : July, 1888 ‘TRADE REVIEW. _ Toronto, Ont. le 1% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. . Toronv7o, June 27th, 1888. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. » $34 00@35 00 1% and thicker, three uppers, American inspection. . 40 00 1% and thicker, pickings, American inspection 30 00 2 [RIO & 12 dressing and better..........5. sesso 20 00 2200 — MMR MET ANTI UILAESELIN Gy <1) afters comb’ si eyere Vegas hege «yer eo 15 00 1600 BMIIIR TOMA TESSING hei jeecc genes wel ce navies os 1400 1600 cs IXIO & 12 common........ 1200 1300 ‘ Ix1Io & 12 Spruce culls.. 1000 II 00 ¢g 1x10 & 12mill culls... ...... Bidar: «ndagdoupoe 9 00 Rem GleAT AMG PIGKSE «25.2.6 ee eM ns eee ues wecin oe ek 00 2600 1 inch dressing and Beer: 1800 2000 1 inch siding mill run. 1300 1500 1 inch siding common. 1200 1300 rinch siding shi culls... ‘10 00 1100 ’ 1 inch siding mill culls §00 900 e Cull scantling.. aohabbacwracedartenp ete) nw!) (Xo) i 1% and thicker cutting up plank... Lalushee cddo. cat cmeeemnen 2200 25 00 7 1 inch strips 4in to Sin mill run. PEA ce oc hciehae EIAOON 05.00 REMMEDMSECIDS COMMMON Wess. osc eae meee aie eee ee ee II 00 1200 1¥% inch flooring... eee 14 00 FRAME MN HOOTIDG..-..1-.. 26.2 ven 1400 15 00 XXX shingles, sawn. 240 250 XX Buimeles, s sawn.. 140 1450 Lath, Sawn.. 180 “YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards & scantling$10 00/Dressing stocks..... 14 00@15 00 Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00 miscuous, widths... _.. 12 00/Three uppers, Am. inspect. 40 00 stocks.. 13 00 B. M. Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 00/1%-in. flooring, dres’d25 00 30 00 a 18 ft 14 00/1 “ “rough .. 14 00 15 00 rs “ 20 ft 15 o0|1% “* “ dres’d .. 23 00 25 00 Be ** 22 ft 16 00 U8 undres’d 14 vo Og Se 2h tt17 00 oe “ dres’d... 16 00 20 00 Pe «26 ft 18 00 oe “ undres’d 12 00 14 00 bs 28 ft 19 00 Beaded sheeting, dress, < So eOtn 20/09 00 20 00 ‘s F s ft 21 09 erebaardine, ‘dres’ a 12 50 a aes aetitte XXX sawn shingles Set ceebaariaialeiareiy => - o@22 Fol) joel Sageeon caps 2 90 = ee 21 bof 24 00 Sha pach: 2 25 2 te 33 ft 27 00/Red oak.. 25 00 3 4o to 44 ft 30 oo|White “............ 00 30 00 Cutting u eS UES and Basswood, No.1 & 2 8 00 20 00 thicker Beye eae 00° 26 oo/Cherry, No.1 & 2... 50 00 60 09 peed aaonk i 00 20 09/White ash,1 &2.... 3s 00 30 00 Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 25 00 Ottawa, Ont. Orrawa, June 28th, 1888. Dimensions, Inches. Per M. Mill cae “ $3.00 a) “selected 16 ft. long, above dimensions 8.50 to 9.00 Cull strips, 1 in. a 5 to os qice Boer eyelets carne 7.00 to 8.00 Mill cut outs.. Be 4 2 4.00 to 5.00 Scantling Ace ORG dati Calls 7.00 Laths... dk 1.25 Stock shorts, 12x1. 10.00 1 inch siding outs, 1%, 1%, 2 OO COC COMONEE 15.00 “outs from shorts, 1%, Wy hy ee 6.50 to 7.00 Outs from stocks Py sii 10.00 tO 12.00 SUSE) aan coun Aghane Gocee aBe oink: Oe cree eee 1.25 fe oon COR OU EROS SERED Dore eee 2.00 eNO RAPE ynlelare =) oie erat sloiain/aleie i oenieje.e sine 3.00 22 cedar, No.1 2.00 to 2 “cedar, culls 1.25 Difference in planed lumber, in waste and planing 5.00 Ditto, on average good stock............--.. +205. 20.00 tO 25.00 Hamilton, Ont. HAMILTON, June 28th, 1888. Mill cull boards and Dressing stocks. .....$1600 1800 scantlings.... .....$ 9 00@10 00/14 flooring, rough. . . 1600 1800 Shipping cull boards, i114 flooring, rough... 1600 1800 romiscuous widths. 1000 1200\1% flooring, dressed . 25 00 Shipping cull stocks. 14 09|1% flooring, dressed . 32 00 Scantling and pct up 1 flooring, dressed . 50 2300 to 16 feet.. 13 00 Beaded sheeting I. .. 25 00 3000 do up to 18 feet ...... 1350 Picks,Am inspection 32 00 3400 do up to 20 feet ...... 14 09/Three uppers Am. In. 4c 00 do up to 22 feet ...... 15 00} XXX sawn shingles.. 260 270 do up to 2 po Se 16 oo|Sawn Lath........... 225 do up to 26 feet ...... 17 00|Red Oak...... . 2000 2500 do up to 28 feet ...... 18 09|White Oak.. baeet 25:0P 30/00 do up to 2 Vc. es 20 09 Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1600 2000 Cuttin plank 1% Cherry Ne. 1 &.2..... 6000 7000 andt fc er, dry.... 2000 2500 White Ash No. 1 &2. 2500 3000 Cutting up boards. . 20 00|Black Ash, No. 1 & 2. 2000 25 00 -& St. John, N. B. St. JOHN, June 2gth, 1888. Deals, Boards, Scnating, etc. by . pice deals - - - - - $12 oolSpruce boards _ - - = =* 1200 fe e- -§= = - S,ookine - -12 00@40 00 Wedlends 2 a= = -'= 6 o000ak yp = = = - “| | 40) 00 Scantling - - - - - - - toovAsh “s- = = 15 00@25 00 Memloskty t= =) = =) = 750 “J Shingles. Z Rerece, extra sew = SF 50le INGOs ga = TRS Gest = 1-5 famines a Pe No. vextrar-y- -. 2.25 Clapboards. 4 Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 o9\Spruce,extra- - - - - -24 00 | Bee - | - = 45100 aclears (= > ~ = "= | 23/00 Pa clearsa) = - - = 35:00) UNO aT B= is x00 Ne a4 Z OBS 2 = seuleys) Flooring, Dressed. Gin. No.1 - - -\- - = 2 004in., No. -4-. - -o- ~ 1200 MA Fen *=\10 00 . Miscellaneous. in. per pr. yy eae eer tiaun 3 00 4 50 Eeathgs-9.- =, ¢= i. 04 ° ye\eaiwray ties - - 1 $0 Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00 15 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Goderich, Ont. GODERICH, June 28th, 1888. PRICES IN CAR LOTS. je srovedoy UL (GN An rse game wi anon ane $8 oof 8 50 Wp Cote [eOnGy, (clopribsn) ROO 6 ODA Ao Anes 12 00 UXG-O-LO& IZ, ALESSING, 22 essere ns++-s 16 00 IxI4, and wider, common............--. 12 00 Tye” Racy a AKCSSING Harlan. car vues > 16 00 TCE SENG) et 9 Mass. alebame ee KLTaL- 16 00 1% CORA rh, imeem tn Dtacineitty7 c.2 16 00 1% Norway pine flooring Bato on.? > CE 14 00 ay By a Merc Y.. «2 etree 14 00 1 inch clear and picks 4 to 9 inch....... 25 00 1 inch ie fe 4-in. andup....... 26 00 I inch ue rf g-in. andup....... 7 00 1Y% and 1% clear and picks............- 35 00 LANE eA Cin ma OO OMIA BOI 1 80 Montreal, Que. MONTREAL, June 28th, 1888. Pine, rst qual’ y®@ M $35 00 40 00{Basswood,run pAee Pine,2nd 2200 3000] culls out Ber M72 1 $36 00 2000 Pine, shipping culls |Oak, per M. .. 4000 5000 FN Geen ean ago 1400 1600|Walnut, per M. 6000 9500 Pine, 4th quality \Cherry, per M .. $8000 100 00 éalS 42M so... 1000 1200 Butternut, per M... 3000 4000 Pine, mill culls, M 800 10 00|Butternut, per M. 3000 4000 Snruce, per M...... 10 00 1300/Birch, per M. 1500 25 00 Hemlock, Pe Lette: 00 1000|Hard Maple, per M 2000 25 00 Ash, run o log culls Lath, per M. 75) 2,00 out per M. sin Teg ofo) tis) 0 /Shingles, TST, ‘per. M 200 300 Shingles, 2nd,perM 125 200 4 Saginaw, Mich. SAGINAW, June 26th, 1888. CARGO LOTS. Uppers. . . . . 36 00@38 oo|Norway . eee et Or 50@)0):25 Common ..... . 1600 19 oo|/Box . . . £0 50 II 00 Shipping Culls... 850 10 oolStraight measure . . 12 50 18 00 MONKS | a a ao 6 00) YARD QUOTATIONS— CAR LOTS DRY. Drop Siding. Clear, %in . m,, 4200 C, %in 30 00 | WP srrt cn Ur ee 38 00 De a! ie 19 00 | B 36 00! jae and Siding—Dressed. Flooring, clear, d &m 40 oo Siding, clear, % in. 22 00 No. 1 33 09, AY 23 00 No. 2 30 09 B 17 00 No. 3 20 09 Cc 14 00 No. 4 13 09, D 12 00 Pb gislome Mpiien ode Three uppers, rin. . 42 00@44 oo Fine CORON 1in. . 32 00@32 00 1% &1 . 44.00 46 00 1% & 2in. 33 00 Selects, 1 in. . 36 00 37 00 C, 7,8 & gin. 25 00 1% &2in. . 38 oo Base, 2 tog in. ‘No.1 40 00 : Ne g 30 00 20 00 Coffin pearde 16 in. and over 18 00 Joist, Scantling and Timber. 12 to 18 feet 10 00 22 feet . 12 00 Ff) HES Ak 6 6 II 00 Ai NESE 9 6 13 00 Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra. Wide Select and Common—Rough. C (No. 1 com.) 13in. and up 28 oo|D (common) 14 in. and up . 16 00 Lath, Shingles and Pickets. Lath, No.1 1 50\Country brands XXX 3 25@ 3 35 ING: 28 & sce eon eo I 00 Gleam butts wae 225 eis Shingles,river brands P’kts,2 to 2% inrough 12 00 13 00 BXOXOXGN (hmacians 3 40@ 3 50 Dressed 20 00 Clear butts . 240 2 501% in. square, dressed 14 00 19 00 Philadelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, June 28th 1888. White Pine. Mich. uppers, 1 to 2 iia, VAY ne ounocems0 $48 co@so0 00) barn quality.. 22 50@25 09 2%, BREAN. ong 0 55 00 Ses oo|Common plank ..... 20 00 2200 S’lcts, 14 to 2in. 42 50 45 00|% box boards, wide.. 14 00 16 50 24438 4in-.... 41 00 43 00/54 siding, selected .. 27 50 3000 | i2in. Hoorine aaality 25 GD 2 o(Cullls, 1: see ssonces 15 50 1700 | bar ae 23 09 Widen... os. o) 15/(00) 916.00 Edge aca all widths 18 00 20 00 Narrow. .....+-.- 13 50 No.1 moulding ..... 3600 38 50 Cargo Lots. Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 oo|Scantling and plank 2000 2200 Heart face boards.. Hemlock Boards Edge boards........ . 1900 2100! 10 50@11 50 Sean ne 2x3 & 2x4, 14% to 2 in. planks and Scantling. PZ STOC Koei TS OMeL2\O0|| TOeOitt ce) nin I2 00@13 00 Fencing, 6in., 16 ft.. 11 50 1200| 3x4,to 12,12to20ft. 1100 11 50 Shingles and Posts. Cypress shingles, 24 Cedar shingles, 30 in. in. heart, d&b.. 13 00@18 00} hand dressed...... 35.00 4000 24in.sap,d& b. 1000 1200\Chestnut posts, 9 ft. 32 00 Pr NGtSe esi teiveiteesieis\ ei 28 00 HARDWOOD. Walnut. Nos. 1 &2,1in., Ecod Reject or Soman, I dry, pea ..$87 50@ 9500) _in., 1% andup..... 60 00@65 00 14 & up... .:.- g2 50 100 oo\Culls, 1 in. . 3500 37 50 Nos. 1 & 2, pean mea 7250 7750 1% in. &up.. ake 35.00 4000 Poplar. Nos. 1 & 2, %in. good Nos. 1 & 2, 1¥ in. wide, Indiana..... 25 00@27 s0|_up, good wide, tad 3250 3600 TOUT eres 2800 32 50/Columns, 5x5 & up : CLEA eee 35 00 35.00 Oak. Nos. 1 & 2,1in., good Nos.1 & 2,1% in. & western, straight. 32 50@35 00] up, good western, | quartered .. , 4Qroo 50" 0o|" Straight’........... 35.00 37 50 quartered ....... §2 50 55 00 | Ash. Nos. 1 & 2, rin., eood Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & WESLEDM «nce 35 00@40 00| up, good western.. 32 50 4250 Vellow Pine—Yard and Wholesale. Sc’tlg, he) to 12x14 . 22 00 @23 00\Flooring, 1 in., Va. . 17 00 1900 Plan to2 in. . 2300 2750 r1& 1% in., Ga. & Fl’g,1 &1¥% in. No.1 27 50 3000 Fla. cargorun . 2200 2400 Cherry. Nos. 1 & 2,1in.,good 62 50 70 00\Nos. 1 & 2, a in. & up, good.......... 65 00 75 00 New York City. New Youk, June 28th, 1585 Black Wi alnut ¥% in., all clear B75 00 B2 x ris 8% oof 77 yand 14% inches o2 09 t % oO 1% and thicker gb 09 ( t ps, 12 Kejects $2 0 5 and over 110 039 150 09 Poplar or White Wood % in. Jo inches and i4to2 z “ZY ow over 22 0024 992% ar ; on ¥%, in. coffin board 277 0 2 ( 1 yo 2250 1 inch, jo inch: and Sal i ao over -Do ( 16 9 1inch, Sin. and over 25 09 25: Dressed F piar ¥% inch panel 24 50025 7] 5% inch panel 27 2 é f 2 % inch panel 29 § 2 Bo 4, 5, 6 inch casing 40 09 100% Z 2 % GO 7,6, 9, 10 inch casing 32 09 oe cly. 4 uo 1sh 1 inch, white 36 cot str H wo 2 1% to 2 inch 7 0 } B g 2 o ; 2% to 4 inch 40 41 Black 10 oO izo 1 inch plain sawed, 36 oof r 46 OAM 49 90 1% to 2inch 37 00 k ¥ 50 09 Thicker - 309 40 ps ur 40 09 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6 ¥%,,in., white & clear.. 65 oof bs oof oo MIMIC ceeree 76 090 15 1 inch strips... 40 00 } 100 09 IIS GO TZ 402 INC, orci $0 00 3x a C i800 2009 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear 35 00@ 35 oo|Hicker dgr h 50 ¢ 60 00 Chestnut common.. 20 00 d gr 7000 &a9 3asswood white.... 28 00 20209 2209 Basswood common.. 20 00 2400 27 00 Maple, clear........ 25 00 artered 3 40 00 Birch, clear. > 32 00 41 Birch, 1s and 2s . 26 09 45 9 50 09 Cottonwood... 20 00 Boston, Mass. BosTon, ji ne 29th 1888. Western Pi. 1 car load. Uppers, rin .. .. ..$48 oo@50 03/Fine com..3 & 4in‘. 46 1%, 1% &2in.... 50 09 52 09|\No2,1rir ine co 29 3&4in........... 55 09 6003) 1%,1% &211 31 09 90 Selects, 1 in......... 42 00 45 09|No. 1 strips, 4 to6in fore) 1%, 1% & 2in...... 44.00 4609 No. 2 35 09 3 841m .. .. 2 ». 48:00 52.09) No.3 27 oO Moulding boards, 7 7to Cut ups, 1 to 2in 30 0 11 inch clear.. 37 09 41 09 Coffin boards 209 2603 60 per cent clear 35 09 37 09}Common al ll widths. 20 039 25 00 Fine common 1 inch 3 02 42 oo\Shipping culls 17 00 19 00 1%,1% & 2inch.. 09 42.00 aes n Pine—Cargo or Car Load. Nos. 1, 2 & 3.... .... 40 00@43 oo’Clapboards, 4 ft.. sap Aas, Feces She . 2800 3009 Clear =. - res 40 00 4200 We adda aes ca 9 26 00; Sap, 2nd clear 30 09 ©3200 Ship’g bds & coarse 16 00, Heart extra .... 55 00 Refuse .. .. 12 90) Heart clear 20 00 West’rn pine clapbds | > 4ft.sap extra .. .. 43.00 45 00] Spruce—by Cargo. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough. ... 900 12009 random cargoes . . 13 00@13 50 Hemlock bds.. rough 10 00 11 00 Yard orders, ordin- ** dressed 12 00 12 00 ALY SIZeSe ccthoes: 1409 14 so\Cla bds., extra, 4 ft. 28 09 30 00 aa _orders, extra Clear, 4 ft. . 2600 28 00 Relea tal 15 00 16 00 eee clear 2000 2200 Gea foot boards 19 00 19 00} No. 1200 15 00 NOME ene 16 00 16 00! Lath SMe God ost soos ase oe I 90@ 2 00 Shingles. SIOMSOs Ss 5 5 Seo ef 1 40@1 50\Cedar, sawed, extra 3 30@3 60 Pine, 18 in. extra . 4050) Rays |) oleae eae) 300 315 Pine,.NOwk. =. . - 2-3 50 3170). Extra No. x. . > 2 poe Cypress, No. 1, in. § 00 5 25 Oswego, N. Y. OsweEco, June 29th, 1888. Pine. ry, Tis Zand) thickeralpperss. oo . 261. ee $40 00@43 00 =e “© pickings ce. 1: .. 3000 3300 “ce “cc “ec No. I cutting up ce “ce i and uppers as run.... ry ee ce ee / 1& 1% boRMoreNese culls ORE se tee oe { sidings No. 1 dressing and better... - IxIO & 12xI2 to 16 feet dressing and better . . Tr&1y fe se «* shipping noulls ce “e “ce No. 2 “c 1& 1¥ in. _ Strips 4to7 wide selected ss 34 dressings ce oe ce box Brown Ash. 11% 1% 2 & 3 in. Ist {2nd quality ee cw eae Shingles. XXX 18 inch pine standard thickness x ce ce “ee “ce RONEN ec cedar “es “ee “ee OK ““ “ec ““c “ “e XXX 16 pine” 7X se < RK ce oe “ee ae ae Lath. ING TIS45 036 2 Fix SH 5 Sas Oe Soe cn 2 NE QRS oto el ob Senet Gone oC eee “s cuttings up pickings janch selected sidings... «5. ccus~e-- <> == ae = CMSs see See oo to 2% 2200 2600 1600 1700 Q00 1200 1700 2100 900 1100 2000 2100 900 1200 $4 25 325 110 3 40 225 320 2 20 200 210 125 150 12 : THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. July, 1888 The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company of Toronto, Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. Offices: 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. Sole Manufacturers of “ Monarch,” “ Red Strip,” and “© Lion” Brands of i pr | RUBBER AYN 606BBELITING Particular attention given to special Belts for Lumber Mills. Our celebrated “ Maltese Cross” Rubber; “ Baker Fabric” and Ajax Cotton ; “Giant” and Light Linen, and Fire Hose constantly in stock. BANK VAULT BURGLAR PROOF LININGS LUMBERMEN’S HEAVY RUBBER CLOTHING, OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Tee WORKS TTT BURGLAR PROOF VAULT = ---) =3> eee R a a Address all Communications to THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MFG. CO. OF TORONTO, 43 Yonge St. POSES = CAT ALTISAFEBE I re = v2 yas ie E = = FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF BANKERS’ - - - BU RGLAR PROOF - - JEWELERS’ - FIRE PROOF - ae HOUSE - FIRE PROOF VAULT - - - - -.- =e: Regular and $pecial $izes in Stock and to Order. We make only the BEST in both material and workmanship. a 6 6 A large variety always am ‘Stock at our WAREROOMS, % # pe FRON Poo Rene WEST, TORORB (x. KF e BOS Twicks REPRESENTATIVE. BUTTERWORTH & LOWE Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S MANUFACTURERS OF Logging Cars, Logging Trucks, Pole Road | Cars, Wheels Chilled and Unchilled, Flat j3 Faced and Concave, for every Descrip- tion of Logging Road. Send for Circulars and Mention this Paper. July, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. B.F. STURTEV ANTS PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILY. RELIABLE! RAPID! CHIBAF! GUARANTEED a NO WARPING, TO DRY ) — Sean N= AND BLUEING Best Manner Possible P ————= =e STURTEVANT ee at's oe Ws ; | i HoT ae te mr ok HARD and SOFT ; Patent Hot Blast WOOD LUMBER. oteam Heating WRITE*FOR-+CATALOGUE. “== 115 LIBERTY STREET, iiwere= 31 N. CANAL STREET, NEW YORK. CHICAGO. Ber. STURTEVANT, Patentee and Sole yee BOS TO. Vo MASS. Coe ANTARIO OL CO, THE RATHBUN COMPANY, | DESERONTO, ONT., wi Lbhurch ores, Toronto, [Int. | PURCHASERS IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC OF » * A,-counny,-Monager « » BLACK ASH, RED BIRCH, RED OAK. [SuccESSORS TO BOWDEN & Co.,] | BASSWO0D AND PINE LUMBER, . SOLE CONSIGNEES OF SOUTHWICK’S CELEBRATED LUBRICATING OILS & GREASES. | SHINGLES. BEST GRADES OF PINES AND CEDARS We beg to advise our customers and the rrade’| —ae SPOONER’S 3m generally that having succeeded BOWDEN & CO. tir Ny . this business, we shall by close attention thereto, en- cor x LD Ix I Ic. deavour to merit a still larger patronage than has Rone} Apparatus, accorded to them in the past. . | Our goods, the customers being the judges, ave not a NON-FIBROU S ANTI- fuSIS aN 2s i — ae Machinery Journal Bearings . . . e ° G 1 0 -\ 1 Ww » other met I jard equalled in the market and will continue to maintain var euieed Copper A pa a Stores all keep it; if no the high position they now occupy, our aim being ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT to still conduct the business on strictly legitimate aaa The Ontario Canoe ee Limited. With thanks for past favors and the request for BET SESE EO Elo their continuance, we are, Yours very truly, ONTARIO OIL CoO. ARTHUR GOODBY, Manager. # HENRY PORTER * + + MANUFACTURER OF Ly } x Leather Belting | Pe Le Be Be Bi Be CULMET DEUS | # ~ | Paley a = ee ® VISITATION STREET, CANOES 22282 c088: Oreo | Oars, Tents, etc., etc. ni | GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. MUNTREA La, lJ U = J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing ae CANOES FOR LUMBERMEN designed LORS EN any amount of oo an Chattles, and Strongly Built, made to order on Short Noti v¥YYeV Vee a Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING ee Mill Owners will do well to write for estimates before placing their orders. Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Cataic THE CANO LUMBERMAN. July, 1888 ‘Flueeesewrarive ie O R () N if () Te ee FIRMS TENNANT & CO. Wholesale Dealers in [IMHBER, ||ATH < Gana Y ia te a Ae ae Dressing and Better Pine. Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. TORI es OFPEICE = INjo. S WictoRia StREBr, Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER LATH AND SHINGLES King Street, Last, TORONTO, ONT. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. DONOGH & OLIVER. Wholesale Dealers in LUMBEK Guat) = Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, WELLINGTON STREET EAsrt. LORONTO, ON Lf. WOVE LE Aik ces ie — ee WHOLESALE~»e— PINE AND. LU MBE Ro i} Office: Dundas Street, TORONTO, - + + ONTARIO. | | THos. H. WILLMOTT. A. K. McIntosu. WILLMOTT & MeLNTOSH, Wholesale Dealers in MLN NLM MME SEM MSM MW LUMBER: (AP AP AP AP AP AS APS AS AP AP AS AP AP AP A AP AP Ae AP Ae Ae 44 and 46 Front Street East, ERSRR SS Si Anes ON TAS S Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. % RAN MUMEMS MY Z 2b AV ZSAVASNU ALA AY Agents for the Celebrated x Prompt Delivery in all Cases. sO LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. $ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Lhristie, Kerr & Lao, Manufa lesale Dealers in PINE#& HARDWOOD :LUMBER Office: 9 Victoria Street, TORONTO. turers and Who Lumber Shipped to all parts. SCOTT. SCOTT & GO. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in LU MBER Office: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 380 Toronto St. NA Ni McCRANEY, McCOOL & WILSON, Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of AA rN TORONTO. PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER IASTEL Asn SECON CaaS: Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. | —_-~e Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. |'Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. TORONTO and OTTAWA. July, 1888 (hha te LES CANADA LUMBERMAN. 5 NEW WATER JACKETED CUPOLA FURNACE. B. W. KEIM’S New Water Jacketed ee: roduces superior castings with a saving of < abourer ad ten per cent. of asaving in met “i and fuel. It is especially adapted for the use of stove, brass and iron founders, also for the treat- ment of phosphor-bronze, copper and bell metal. It is so constructed that by the addition of 1% per cent. of aluminum a steel casting can be produc- ed. It requires little, if any, repairs, and_the bottom need not be dropped for months. Esti- mates furnished for portable reduction works for the smelting of gold, silver, lead or copperiore. Assaying and analyzing promptly attended to by the best of chemists. solicited. Send for illustrated catalogue. WANTED.—Reliable parties to introduce the Hartsfeld Automatic continuous and improved economical Coke and Charcoal Ovens of any capacity. Also, lately Ee’ portable reduction works and prospecting hand-power diamond _bit rock drill that will bring up a solid core 500 feet. Ex- traordinary inducements. THE HARTSFELD FURNACE C0.’Y, LTD. Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. MUSKOKA MILE & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER Manning Arcade, King St, West, TORONTO. - ONTARIO. aN N X N N N N N y THIS SPACE BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE ANo ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. Average daily business over $25,000 TWO INSPECTORS WANTED. J, B. CARLILE; Managing Director, Toronto. MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. Your correspondence is | PETERBOROUGH J. J. TENT AND AWNING FACTORY. TURNER, Proprietor, The subscriber would call particular attention of Surveyors, Lumbermen and Prospecting Parties, to his faciliti r the manuf f ever cription of commodious Water} roof Tents, Awnings, Hor nd WV ( Tarpaulins, Rick Cloths, Portable Stor Pr Vi se h, French and American Stripes and White D 7 Lawn and Camping Tents, in every variety of Style ( ae Tents, Photographers’ Tent , and all kis of W r ( stock and made to order. American and English Oa} , spliced. Orders by cial promptly filled. 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Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and shaft- ing, and is a saving of 50 to 75 per cent. ovey oils. JOSEPH HARTON & CO., 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. Telephone 806. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers, Mr. | eeping ourselves | NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED MANUFA REI : Hydraulic Gement : peo ULARLY adapted for D S S verts, Cisterns, Cellarsy etc. | sasmeee BD BY LEADING RALTIWAZS A5gD ConarTaSActoss | RO AC Er Hrs For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Manufacturing, &c. V2 AS Galt- Machine ase - Works. La; lif HA A ene KNIV Ea OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR =~ SE a5 Sart Pepeeiiy .- . GALT Gia TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS | AND ALL WHO ARE USING | Fe AAAAAAKRAARAARRAARABRABRKRABRAARAARAARARAABAABALABRAA AAAAANRH ct : > q > | ¢ >? ¢ a > ¢ ms > « > & > « > & = en ee SS SAO WN EN EG Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys. Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, JE 2) Eiaas BS 3 4 ON & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET LEATHER? HELTING* 70 King Street Fast, Loronto. —— Sani ole 7 (Ss the CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL The Only Perfect Helt Dressing, All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Sole Agents in Canada for Please compare be- fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. — : ice 1888 MARKET QUOTATIONS. Mon ee page 11.) Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y. BuFFALO, June 27th, 1888. Norway Pine—Rough. No.1,1&1%in. . . 20 00@22 o0\Stocks No. 1,1 &1% in 22 00 No. 2,1 &1% in. ..15 00) 15 50 No. 2,1 & 1%in. 17 00 No. 3,1 & 1% in nerd yo) = 347 (6K) No. 3,1 & 1% in. 12 00 Scantling 2x4 to 2x12 12 to 16 ft13 00 Timber, 4x6 to 12x12 1600 25 00 White Pine—Rough. Uppers, 1 in. 344 0045 oolShelving, No. 1, 13in. 1%,1% and 2 in. 4400 4600) andup . 29 00 2h. sind an: . 5490 5600 No. 2, 13 in. & up 2200 2400 Selects. 1 in. . . 36.00 38 00\/Fine common, rin. . 30 00 1%, 1% and 2 ‘in. 37 00 40 00 14%, 1% and 2 in. 3000 3300 Be 3and4in. . 4400 4600 Common,1in. . 1600 19 00 Cuts, No. 1,1 in. . . 2700 3000 1% and 1%4%in. .1700 2000 1%, 1% and 2 in. 3200 33 00} Biwi; 2 . 2000 2200 2%, 3and4in. . 3700 4000 Coffin boards . 16 00 19 00 IN. My ie he, Ae . 1700 19 00|/Box, 1 13 50 1%,1% and 2 ‘in. 2100 2200 Yi in! ae thicker 13 50 ical 1 in. . 3000 33 00j/A stocks, 1x10 . .. 27 00 14%.1% and 2in. 3000 3300 IGA on ; 28 00 Siding strips, 1 in. 38 00\B stocks, 1x6 to16 17 50 \C stocks, 1x6 to 16. 13 50 Dressed Lumber. YO. I No.2. No. 3 Base and Casing under 6 inches. $33 00 $2300 $1600 Base and Casing, 6 inches 32400 2500 1700 Base and Casing, 6, 7 and § inches . 3500 2700 2000 Flooring, 1and 1% inches, 2% to § in. wide . 3200 2000 1400 Ceiling. % in., 2% to 5 inches wide . 3300 2300 #1600 Ceiling, 5 in., 2% to 5 inches wide-. . . .2800 2200 1400 Ceiling, % in., 2% to 5 inches mee 2400 1800 1300 Phila elphia Fencing 3600 2500 1700 Bevel Siding, 6 inches 2300 2100 £41100 Bével Siding, 5 inches . 2350 1900 1400 Bevel Siding, 3 IMICHES sews ; 2300 1900 1400 Novelty Siding, 6 inches and over 3400 2500 1700 Shingles and joi Shingles. 18 in. XXX 4 to\Lath, pine No.1 .. 210 2 10 BOE Ane 3 10}: No. 2 net 1 60 37a iat eueieeeuee 1 25|Norway 1 So Shines) 16in. XXX 3.00 Hemlock > 1 60 Exe ott te ies 2 10 $ aa Detroit, Mich. Derroit, June 28th, 1888. Uppers, Selects, Stocks, etc. (Why, EES ohna po ceecee $43 o0o| Shop, 5-4, 6-4 & 8-4. $25 50 5x4, 6x4 bx, mri tets 43 00|Fine ees a AXd). Syn che (ols) 3&4in.. Seaoandoan so) Cel 5x4, 6x4 & 8x4... 33,08 Seles wea eeres 38 00|Stocks, 1x12 & 1x10, No. tr. 19 00 5x4, bx & Ba. dieaoeh ee 38 00) MXID2, 0 CooL KON INO eet 16 00 Shop, 4x4.. anooasn 2 Cal THe Se TEM OL, INK Shou v0 13 00 ee: Siding, Ceiling, etc. Flooring, select common... 22 oo Roofing, D& M........... 16 00 NOM COMMMMOM tte e stele TE) Clay SriabhayeR OWEENe Gone poo getacoa Ze Sie) INGepiten CIN oye errrrs tr 16 50 AVN. Phin ciriapet fargo’ mecuareiarievan 20 50 Ceiling, select common .... 25 00 Bis cisaseiisrs Fro cece NAN WOwm COMMON sce ee ve 22 00 (Catraonee wnceaacs Sava:ctn 13 50 No. 1 fencing........... 20 0c Bill Stuff and Cutls. Bill stuff, CSTE sizes: Fa) Vl) ZAS) WNehegrat can oth od om tase SY L212) 12 to 16 ft.. . 12 00 30 to 34 ft.. 16 00 18 to 20 ft.. ; » 12 Su\Shi culls...... I2 00 DIO OMEt cece igen: 13 00/Mill culls.. 10 00 Seen and Lath. Shingles, clear, rin. Ex... 3 75 6 in. stocks clear, Ex... 4 00 10 in. clear, 18 in. 3 v0 mi in. stocks clear, Ex... 4 80 6 in. clear, aa es Meee, Ate: GIES SW gogo cpmaasoaecnine abot 2 10 Burlington, Vt. BURLINGTON, June 28th, 1888. Canada Pine Sidings—1x8 in. and up, 12 to 16 tt. d 20r 4s. Select & shelving ASTIN" \csudiinlus to), » CMMI $38 09 JERI NaVedSn Nee ae Geel 6) ucolg 87, OONDKESSUN GR.) au cn nicer 28 00 Pickings & better. . .4o 00@42 oo! Common Hane . . 20 00@2r 00 Canada Pine Stacks—1x1o in, 12 to 16 ft. ,d 20r aise Seleasi(@lewa) a ooo 3 oo 55 oo Pickings & better . . . 40 00 paste Shatelhishevets gin eee oe ae 42 oo|As run, common out..28 00! @ 30 00 Shatcle hectic Cauca wie 39 oo|No. 1 barn boards'. ... . 25 00 Cital Tee We ee car oem he a Zo) Ola|(CiopnovWovetd ot Ao ooo Oe 21 00 Pickings a ts 38 oo Canava Pine Stock im. r2to 16 ft.d20rg . Selects (clear). 1 9 * 37 00 60|Pickings & better... .. 44 00 Reel fs oho a o 47 oo}As run, common out. . . 33 00 ONG. RAMON cyclo acl agrees 41 oo|/No 1 barn boards. . . . . . 26 00 ‘cintall ep exe Cera etal RO ee oo Sotes|(Cormveternt G 5h = 4 6 21 09@22 00 EVCIN Sins ame ere er 8 (lal Canada Pine Stockh—igin. 12 to 16 ft. d 2 0r 4s. Pickings & better. .... 45 0) aciShelwing ae.) cms) summer 33 00 As run, common out 23 09) omumnon! < as ee ies 22 00 Canada Pine S. Bds-rx8 in. & up, rr ft. and under, d 2s 0rr. Pickings & better . . 33 00@35 GoDESSsinE & common,d 2s or Asrun, common out... . 30 ae 2)S) Geant wints ts nes 20 oo@ar (ole) ommon. .... . 18 00@19 00 Canada Pine Sheathing, d.m. & b.-1," to 7", 5" Sup.ch 7", ist quality, 12 to 16 ft . 46 00} jrst & 2nd quality, 9 to 11 ft. 33 09 ae Ate 6. acnh Gas Se 37/00) 7&Sit. « 34 00 .S 5 Shes fos sok SI 27 00)3 ard quality, II feet | & under 22 00 4th (selected ca Soe 22 oo) AN cua . 18 00 No oe ee ks Soca) Above prices delivered on a rate of $30 per car load. Manitoba. —-Following are the list prices of the Manitoba Lumber Association, f. 0. b. at Rat Portage, Keewatin and Norman : Dimension—2xq to 8x8, 12 to 18 ft. long, $14 ; do. 10 and 2oft. long, $15 ; 2x10 to 12x12, 12 to 18 ft. long, $15; do. 10 and 20 feet long, $16. One dollar per M advance on each 2 feet over above lengths up to 24 feet long. One dollar per M advance on each inch over 12 inches in depth. Boards—tst, common, rough, $15.50, dressed, $16.50: Culls, rough, $10, dressed, $11; common, stock, 12 in. rough, $18, dressed, $19; do. 8xro in, rough, $17, dressed, $18; second common, 12 in, rough. $16, dressed, $17; do. 8x10 inch, rough, $15, dressed, $16. Shiplap—ro in. $17, 8 in $16.50. Siding, ceiling and flooring—ist, 6inch, $31; 2nd, do. $26; 3rd, do. $20; ‘ath, do. $17; 1st, 5 inch, $31; and, do, $26; 3rd. do, $19; 4th, do. $16; 1st, 4inch, $31; 2nd, do. $26; 3rd, do. $18; 4th. do. $15. $1 per M advance for dressing on both sides. $1 per M less for lengths 10 feet and under. Bevel siding—No. 1, ist siding % in. x 6 in., $20; No. 2, do. $17. Stock—B, $35 ; C, $30; D. $25. Clear, 1 inch —rst and 2nd, $32; 3rd, $28; 11-4, 1% and 2 inches—1st and 2nd, $40; 3rd, $35 ; selects, $30; shop, $25. Mouldings—Window stops, per 100 feet lineal, 75c.; parting strips, do. 5oc. ; 4 round and cove, per 100 feet lineal, 60 cents. Casing—4 inch, 0. G., per 109 feet lineal, $1.50; 5 in. do., $1.75; 6in. do $2; 8inch, O.G., base, $3; 10 inch, do. $3.75. Lath, $1.75. Shingles—ist quality, $3; 2nd do. $2.50; 3rd do. $1.50. MANITOBA MATTERS. [Correspondence M. V. Lumberman. ] WINNIPEG, June 11th.—The city lumber firms report an active inquiry for lumber from all over the province, and it is now certain that business will show an improvement over any year since probably 1882. Stocks were exhausted before the mills commenced cutting, and orders are now well ahead. Most of the Lake of the Woods mills had logs on hand held over from last season, and they were thus enabled to get to work early this spring, and have been pushing operations as fast as possible since. The season will therefore be an active one on the lake. On Lake Winnipeg operations have been greatly retarded by the very backward season. The ice has held solid on this lake to an unusually late date, and it is only now that navigation may be said to have fairly opened. This will render the season for cutting very short, so that the mills will be pushed to their fullest capacity, and no time will be lost in conveying the lumber from lake ports to Selkirk. The Lake Winnipeg boats will therefure have a busy season. A meeting of the Northwest Ontario and Manitoba Lumber association was held at Norman, Lake of the Woods, recently, to consider the advisability of continuing the list prices. This association was formed last fall, for the purpose of establishing prices. Previous to that time the lumber trade here was badly demoralized, owing to the excessive stocks and cutting prices. It was considered that the time was opportune to put the business on a better basis, as surplus stocks had been pretty well cleaned out, and a generally firm feeling prevailed. After a good deal of preliminary skirmishing, the association was formed and a price list was arranged, which was to con- tinue in force to the present month. The arrangement has been adhered to, and dealers have found business more satis- factory in consequence. At the last meeting of the association, it was decided to continue the list prices, no change of im- portance having been made. A movement was on foot to erect a large saw mill at Brandon, Man., this season, but it will likely now be abandon- ed, as anattempt to get logs down to that point has probably ended ina The logs were cut in the Riding Mountains country, claimed to be the best spruce timber region in Manitoba. About 28,000,000 feet were taken out, and floated down the Bird Tail creek as far as Birtle, but it has been found impossible to get them any The failure is very annoying, as only a few more Assiniboine river, a failure, at least for this summer. further. miles would have brought the logs to the where there would have been no further trouble from low water. Itis possible that a mill may be erected at Birtle, where the logs now are, for the purpose of sawing them up. There is a mill at present at, Birtle, but the logs have passed the rapids below this mill, and could not conveniently be taken back. Besides the mill is rather antiquated, and could not be worked to advantage. , In railway construction, there are now three roads being built in Manitoba. The Manitoba & North-western company has just completed a contract for an extension of about twenty five miles, and work has been commenced. The Northwest Central has fifty miles of its line under construction, running north-westward from Brandon. The Red River Valley road, which will connect Winnipeg with the Northern Pacific at Pembina, D. T., is also being pushed ahead once more, and will be soon completed. Fifty miles of road between Winni- peg and Portage la Prairie will also be built this summer, but work has not yet commenced. None of these roads are of any special benefit to the lumber trade, beyond the usual advan- tage accruing to the trade from railway construction. It is also probable that a short link road will be constructed along the river front, through Winnipeg, to connect the Red River Valley and Canadian Pacific railways. This road would be of great convenience to the saw and other mills and factories along the river front. There is another proposed road, how- ever, which is attracting great attention here at present, and which is of special interest to the lumbering industry. This is the Winnipeg and Southeastern, which it is proposed to con- struct from Winaipeg in a south-easterly direction to the Minnesota boundary, in the neighborhood of the Lake of the Woods. This would tap the timber region of the lake with a direct and much shorter road than by the present Canadian Pacific railway line to Rat Portage. Mills could be establish- ed on the southern end of the lake, and in addition to the P shorter railway haul of the lumber to the city, there would be a considerable saving in towage. At present the logs come from the territory principally to the south and east of the lake, and mills established in that locality would be considerably nearer the timber region than the present mills, which are all located on the extreme northern end of the lake. The propos- ed Southeastern is intended to connect at the boundary with a road from Duluth. Duluth is very anxious to secure a direct line to Manitoba, in order to share in the rapid increasing grain trade of the province, and the people here are equally anxious for a road to Duluth. Such a road could run through the most valuable timber country in Minnesota. Monepoly having been abolished there is now nothing to prevent the construction of such a railway into Manitoba, ard the scheme is looked upon here as one of the most likely and important railway enterprises yet proposed. Ifthe Duluth people can — succeed in pushing their end of the road through, there will be little difficulty in building the Manitoba postion. ‘ vw » - Wood Fiber‘for Paper. # a extent of the manufacture of ground and cheat wood J fiber for paper makers’ is not appreciated by those who have | ® not investigated this industry. Certainly the Democratic members of the ways and means committee who have put this manufactured product on the free list, in the face of the fact that the duty now is only ten per cent—less than it ought to be to protect the industry from Canadian and Norwegian compe- tition—could not have fully understood the justice 5 tee step. From a statement presented to the House by pie Dingley, it appears that wood fiber is manufactured ii in 2 States. | The capital employed is about $20,000,000, ber of men employed 22,000, tons of fiber made 225,000 ground wood and 112,500 chemical wood, value $12,375,000, cost of wood on the stump $1,235,000, and the remainder of the cost largely labor. In Maine alone there are 84,000 pounds of ground fiber made daily. The ground wood fiber is made as follows :— — Androscoggin Pul Co., Bretawigh.:7> ape : ene ots ber ce .. North Gorman.. nate OMe et Record & Sons. Livermore Falls. . W. R. Shurtleff & Co., Skow ere: fe J. Ss Cla P Snow Falls... a oe tees Sebago .Seuth W indham....<.:sssaveasaa es Kennebec Fiber Co., Waterville............. ide cwnh ip tem bate Total.. The daily iota E cheat oan fiber in Maine is as follows : Poland Pu he and Paper Co., —s Somerset Fiber Co., Fairfield Penobscot Chemical Fiber Co., West —— Works... era. Lincoln Pulp and paper Co., Lincoln. ».... S. D. Warren & Co., Cumberland........- S. D. Warren & Co., Y armouthville. . Poland Pulp and Paper Co., Mechanic Falls..2.........-.-. Total.. eee The production “and use of “mechanical wood fiber began about 1868, and within a few years has rapidly increased. All the patents have expired except those on a recent process known as sulphite. The fiber has been greatly reduced in value, ground wood now bringing only 1 cents per pound, and chemical 314 cents. The cost of paper has been reduced from nine cents before the war to 44 cents, in consequence of development of the manufacture of wood fiber. Before 1883, the duty on imported wood fiber, which is made in Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, as well as in this country, was,20 per cent. In 1883 the duty was reduced to 10 per cent., and since that date foreign competition has increased. In 1886 there were imported 18,000 tons, in 1887 the importations were 32,000 tons, and this year 53,000 tons will be imported. _ If wood fiber should be placed on the free list, as proposed by the Mills bill, our wood pulp mills would be speedily swamped by Canadian and Norwegian competition, as the labor only costs half as much in these countries.— Lewiston Journal. § EL RESEEE | eae eee ee cwee © jFLATTEEE EUROPEAN NOTES. —There has been good arrivals of pine and — — at Liverpool from Quebec of late. a —The latest London wood circular to hand reports Saeaae of the present season’s Canadian timber is yet to hand in that market, and consequently no retail business, landed stocks n practically exhausted. ‘a —Stave buyers are falling into line with other seccions of the > timber trade as far as auctions are concerned, and sales to fur- nish them with supplies are getting to be almost as regular as those provided for the other branches of the same trade. 2 —Simson & Mason, of London, in their latest circular, say: The market would seem to be open for all classes of fresh Canadian timber, if the scarcity of stock here is any rye The principal delivery has been 400 leeds. ated ine Pea amano July, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ~ Sales of Canadian Timber. Note of Messrs. Singleton, Dunn & Co.’s public sale at Yorkhill, Glasgow, 6th June, 1888 : ST. JOHN, N.B., SPRUCE DEALS. Pes. 67 g/22 x 13/16 x 3 rid. 116 9/25 x 10/12 x 3 104d. 247 exe exes tod. 178 IO x II x 3 tod. 234 Ox UE x38 934d. 493 ins) 3 (28 3} 9% d. 864 13, 38 @) He 3) 934d. 432 IZX9x 3 934d. 190 24/27 x7 x3 gd. 240 23x7 x 3 834d. 331 PIAS Gf SS gd. 454 Pit oe fae 3} gd. 299 ZO, X93 834d. 292 TORK 7) Xa 834d. 290 NOV RaG/ 36023 834d. 361 SEX 7X8 834d. 361 18x 7x3 834d. 532 NOMxe7axe 3 834d. 2560 MORK 7EXAS, 834d. 424 Ab Se F/B 8] 834d. 464 13x 7x3 834d. 362 Tt X73 84d. 362 TSSS FPO 8 84d. gil Ox7 x3 Sisd. 200 20/25x7x 2% gd. 243 18/I9x 7x 2% od. 331 16/I7Xx7x 2% 6d. 725 12/15x7x2% od. 334 Q/ITX7x 2% Sid. 68 10/21 x 9/11 x 2% 94d. 327 9/26x6x 2% od. 119 9/24x5x 2% od. 1143 9/26 x 3x 3 84d. 1651 9/26 x 2 x 3 8d. Ist QUEBEC PINE DEAL ENDS. 88 6/8 x 12/23 x 3 2/3 QUEBEC RED PINE DEALS. 551 12x ET, x 3 11d. The most important items in the import list for the past week, besides several large con- signment of pine deals by the regular liners from Quebec and Montreal, are two large cargoes of sawn and hewn pitch pine. The market could have easily done without these, but there they are and they must take their chance with others who have come before them. The stock of pitch pine is more than ample, the demand being very slack indeed. —The official returns of the import of wood goods for the month of May at the port of London, go to show that there is a decrease of 17,909 loads of hewn timber as compared with last year for the same month, and a still more noticeable decrease in the quantity for the five months as compared with 1887. On sawn timber the decrease is much larger, amounting to ¥17,995 loads; the decrease from Sweden and Norway being especially heavy ; Russian and United States sawn wood importation is also not much more than half what it was last year. In staves there is a small decrease on the month, while mahogany shows an in- crease. —An active trade continues in American whitewood and a large distribution continues to be made, while prices are fairly maintained. Sa yh eH TENDERS addressed to the under- signed, and endorsed ‘“lender for Post Office ete., Pembroke, Ont..” will be received at this office until Friday 6th July, 1888, for the several works required in the erection of Post Office at Pembroke, Ont. Specifications and drawings can be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the office of U. H. McKimm, Collector of Inland Kevenue, Pembroke,Ont., on and after Friday 22nd June, and tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with actual Signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to five per cent, of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. This cheque will be forfeited ifthe part decline the contract or fail to complete the parle contracted for, and will be returned in case of non- acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works. ] tawa. 2oth June, 1848. 5 i bed a Pawar TN COMP DESERONTO, ONT., MANUFACTURERS OF *TERRA*COTTA*FIRE-PROOFING * LOCOMOTIVES POR SALE For Use in Old and New Buildings. Endorsed by Leading Architects. Wood or Brick. Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth FOR SALE BY AUCTION = ony —— Friday, 6th July, 1888. VALUABLE TIMBER LIMITS. THE PROPERTY OF HAMILTON BROTHERS + IN LIQUIDATION. + ~W. H. LEWIS, Auctioneer. Will offer for sale by auction at OTTAWA CITY the following Timber Limits, comprising on Dumoine River and tributaries, ¥ Black River and Schyan River, All in the Province of Quebec, 7ali; SUUARE MIbLba with large and well cultivated farms, general plant, supplies and stock in connection therewith ; andon Gatineau River and tributaries, in the Province of Quebec, 994: SUUARE MILES with farms, plant, supplies, etc., etc. Plans of above linidts can be seen at Government Crown Timber office, or Hamilton Brothers’ office, Sussex street, Ottawa city. Immediate transfer of above on sale being effected. ALSO, with possession, say, the 1st December next, the property known as the Hawkesbury Mills, owned by the above firm, and used for manu- facturing timber from above limits; situated on the Ottawa River, in the Province of Ontario, midway between Ottawa and Montreal, consisting of four saw mills and lath and scantling mill addi- tions, driven by water, with sawing capacity of over 2,000,000 Feet Weekly, blacksmiths’, fitting, wheelwrights’, and carpen- ters’ shops, etc., etc.,-etc. Extensive wharves and piling space for forty million feet of lumber. Large brick dwelling house with extensive grounds; ditto stone house, and seven good houses built of wood, and one hundred tenements now occupied by employees. Valuable farm in the vicinity of over 1,000 acres, a large portion of which is covered with excellent timber. For terms of sale plans of properties and all particulars apply to Mr. Chas. Magee, Ottawa. Ye Ie Cz sexovnae GEORGE W. HAMILTON, G. C. HAMILTON, CRE GED ERS Trustees. Lumbermen SHOULD SEND FOR A COPY OF Scribner's Lumber & Log Book. OVER ONE MILLION ALREADY SOLD. Price 35 cents post paid. Ht oh ADDRESS oy ob A. G. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. G~“@ TORONTO tgs SEND-FOR: PRICES ° ¥ ? Absolutely Fire.proof. Weight One-Third that of Brick. Crack on application of Heat or Water. in Winter ; 2 About as Cheap as Does not Coolness in Summer WANTED AND FOR SALE. Announcements in this department will be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents per line, each insertion, payable in advance, | For three or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Eight words should be counted as one line, RY LUMBER FOR SALE—z } maple flooring for sale, 10 M i | M1,1% andzin. elm. Box 60, Uxbridge. | (SHEMAINUS SAW MILL, B.C._FOR SALE —a saw mill; nearly new; fully eq with water-power and steam-engine. a po steamer, scows, large real estate and timber le also hotel. store, manager’s and houses ; capacity 50,000 feet per day. Appl} Croft & Angus, Victoria, British Columbia. OR SALE—CHANTLER’S MILL—SHIN- GLE and lumber mill; never been run, owing to death of owner: will be sold cheap, and liberal terms will be given; good chance for party with small means; this mill is situated five miles from Bracebridge, on Lake Muskoka; logs can be had from any point on the lake with excellent booming ground. Apply to S. C. Kanady & Co., 18 Wellington east, Toronto, or G. W. Taylor & Co., Gravenhurst, Ont. TTENTION, LUMBERMEN—FOR SALE— at a sacrifice—new saw mill and one thousand acres pine timber; Parry Sound district. Geo. Coote & Son, Dundas. AW MILL—1IN WESTERN TOWN—WITH woodworking machinery, mostly new; suit- able for furniture or planing mill: a bargain: lithograph of buildings and particulars on appli- cation. Box 504, Globe office, Toronto. O MILLERS,LUMBERMEN AND OTHERS haying capital awaiting good investment; splendid chance to purchase Ai patent process flour mill, together with saw mill and timber limits on easy terms. Apply for particulars to Drawer 9, Minnedosa, Manitoba. bese LUMBER AND SHINGLE mill doing large trade ; also, timber limit and large number of logs; for Toronto real estate. J. Huggard, 162, Dundas street, agent LARGE PLANING FACTORY—WITH lots of power—adjoining our summer storage yard. William Leak & Co., Dundas street. Toronto. —FOR SALE —ONE 1 000,000 million lath. F. O. B. cars at Gravenhurst, Donogh & Oliver, Lumber Dealers, Toronto. OR SALE—STEAM SAW MILL—IN GOOD repair ; Lowmoor boiler, 30 h.p., and inspira- tor; engine 25 h p. saw rig and carriage, edger, butter, shafting, belting, saws, patent canter and bull wheel; would take part lumber or city lots. Box 60, Uxbridge. UMBER INSPECTOR WANTED-IMMEDI- ATELY—one thoroughly up in inspection of pine and hardwood lumber, and who has a good general knowledge of the business. Apply by let- ter only to T. W. Walker, No. 4 Imperial Bank Buildings, Toronto. TIMBEE LIMITS FOR SALE, uebec and Manitoba. W.J. FENTON & Co., so Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. FOR SALE CHEAP. WATRPOWER CIRCULAR SAW AND Shingle Mill with ten acres of cleared land, log house and stable situated on South river, about 4% miles from Trout Creek Station on the North- ern Pacific Junction R. R., convenient to School, Churce and Post Office ands large settlement in wood lumber, cut and piled about two years, and about 50,000 feet of Hardwond sawlogs, principally Birch. If not sold sooner, will cut to order this coming summer. For information apply to THOMAS CORKERY, Barrett, Ont. SAW MILL FOR SALE. OR SALE, IN THE VILLAGE OF BEL- more, Sawmill in first-class running order. Will be sold with or without stock. For terms, apply to H. R. PERKINS, Belmore, Ont. PINE TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest: Terri- | tory. Canada, 100 square miles each; great bar- | gains, 1 i \ | Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY, Tor- onto, dealer in Pine Lands and Lumbermen’s | Also, limits in Georgian Bay, Algoma and plant and supplies, Light iron and steel rails in stock. Hainsworth. Also about 30,000 feet of dry Hard- | | SET match machinery for LOT of lumber and log | FOOT mitering machine, | ONE hand wiring ma IMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO, | NEW 34inch Saw and Shingle Mill. JOHN TO LUMBERMEN. nent engage } Lb} Car ( J. K, POST & Go, LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agents. OSWEGO, N.Y. MACHINERY FOR SALE H W. PETRIE’S list of Sawn and general e Wood-working Machinery, for quick de- ONE gang la ONE Waterous se ONE Goldie & McCu gle machine. ONE self acting shingle machine, Green Bros make. ONE Waterous self-acting ONE Eureka self- jointers, v saw machi laner i TWENTY- ol EIGHTEEN-INC LITTLE Giant NEW Economist 24 ONE ch eten BLIND slat tenoner POWER marticer, G TWO power morticer LARGE stock o UPRIGHT bori SIX power scrol ONE 34-inch b TWO new ban a 4 saw. ONE upright Goldie & McC NEW iron top shaper, Cow SHARPER, heavy iron col Galt. ONE wood frame shaper a ONE velocipede foot pow ONE automatic handle ONE handle or gauge | ONE axe handle or spo ONE Blanchard spoke ! ONE broom handle lat NEW, wood splitting m BOBBIN lathe with cutter mills. ONE iron bow! machine, A SET of hoop machines, G« FOUR pole road cars, 7 SANDPAPERER, new, G ONE choir mortising and bo ONE set spoke machines, F ONE knife grinder, ¢ SIX saw benches. cut TWO new wood turn ONE beading and mou and matcher. LOT of moulding and m SEND for list 13 and 142 Address H. W. PETRIE, . Ont. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers. 18 2 Wu. POLSON, President and General Mana Marine Engines AND BOILERS. *-HOISTING ~ ENGINES* AND BOILERS. STATIONARY 2 VERTICAL ENGINES. UB i= @re Se Of Every Description. OFFICE AND WORKS: ; ee ee eee ee eee ee ee eee een NaN lane arin Ul nc ST and 50 power As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the | fact that it holds a belt much better. Most good mechanics are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the result of tw> tests made and published by two of the most eminent mechanical authorities :— a faba ‘|Rel.\ value of leather belt; {4 4 .; |Rel. value of leather belt O oD | S ||O oO AQ) | o el avis) || onsen =a Hite) sy eS Bu _¢ 2 | as SIC a \| a) a els| Es ine Wipexce gs eee Bet ean| ae ie Seo \aeeesciece Scien a Or in & 8 | Or Sea GS os = 2 O oO mo AY 6 Wee 3 || oO pee: | 20 || 1.80 Tae) eo 1.40 30 | 2.43 1.69 30 | 1.70 -40 | 3.20 2.02 || «40 2.00 .50 4.38 2.41 eso 2.40 .60 | 5-88 2.87 .60 2.90 hare | 7-90 3-43 | .7O . 4 _ 3-40 Morin. aistom® s Encylopedia} |Haswell.—E ngineers’ and Mech- of fee anical Arts. I anics’ Pocket Book. A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley ; is better ‘than iron from the | | ss ors NI OOO MAN UE AC ea = Or! vown «« Allan Automatic Engmes ESPLANADE TVoronto. OL : PATENT + WOOD : SEPARABLE: OR ¢ SPLIT PULLEYS. AUN UUAVEAUUU CUCU CUA VUA UTA ET ALTO CEU DT EEUU EET eee BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, AND MOST CONVENIENT WORLD, Wwe atone ie steel pulley. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. sme taiyquv iui OUIUTULTUHET HUHNE it: POLSON IRON WORKS CO. (Successors to Wim. Polson & Co., Toronto, and Thos. Worswickh & ver. J. F. MACKLEM, Vice-President. Ses 4 Ay) STREET EAST, (FOOT BEST BALANCED PULLEY IN THE Patent Bus Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. Made in required. fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- | pense from a saving in friction. i > The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for | the purpose of putting on additional pulleys when needed, or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and ex- pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley made not having these advantages. The Compression Fastening whether ased with keys in iron center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance as the compression on the shaft and key is always towards the center. The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown | from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are : It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. A pulley fastened with key or = 30 A Ontario. shing System cent. Strong any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. LiMiTED. C0; Guelph. ) F. B. POLSON, Secretary-Treasurer, BUILDERS OF STEAM YALH = Launches ‘ and Tugs. POCO CE RT SR SNR Ns GENERAL MACHINERY DEALERS. OF SHERBOURNE STREET), STRONGEST, STUD TEE lighter than cast iron enough for any cannot be screwed without set screw in the ordinary lifting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key or way, set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set screw fastening for shaft ; also a key unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bushing system is a great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every pulley will ht 22 different sizes of shafts. Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by American mechanics, summarizes thus : The ratio ts friction to pressure of leather belts, when worn over wooden pulleys is 47, over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the average advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. We also manufacture GROOYED HARD WOOD PUL- LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of applying the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be “furnished on application to Orontlo HOG STUUU TU T | -THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. VoutumeE VIII. f NUMBER 8. THE GANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY IRIS Oe Se AVKOR sR baSa=ee OFFICE : SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year,in Advance, - = = S $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. THe CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially, interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting it. Even when we may not be able to azree 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 evenif not of great import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directed to ‘* WANTED” and ‘‘ FoRSALE”’ advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. . Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. + FROM advices received by the Government it appears that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council expressed the opinion that the Dominion Government should be a party to the appeal of the St. Catharines Milling and Lumber Company v. the Province of Ontario. This suggestion has been acted upon and the Government will shortly appoint counsel to represent it in the appeal. Messrs. ECKARDT, KyLE & Co., wholesale grocers of Toronto, realizing the purchasing capacity of the great lumber trade of Canada in all staple lines of groceries, have contracted with THE LUMBERMAN for advertising space. Their first announcement appears on another page of this paper, and we This firm is well known throughout Canada and has a reputation for upright dealing second to none. have much pleasure in directing attention thereto. Ir was said not very long ago that a squirrel could travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow without touching the ground, and there are still immense forests in Russia. But even there, in some districts, the axe has been too busy. The navigation of the Volga and other rivers has been impeded by their being silted up with sand set free by the denudation of the forest. On account of this and other evils the Ministry of Imperial Domains has issued strict orders controlling the tree felling and checking the destruction. We particularly invite the attention of LUMBERMAN readers to the advertisement in the current issue relative to the sale of the Hawkesbury Mills property and plant, belonging to the estate of Messrs. Hamilton Bros. The executor of this estate Mr. Caledon F. Gilder, will receive tenders for the purchase of this property up the 7th inst. The logs spoken of in ad- vertisement are first class stock and as good as any yet taken out on the Ottawa. There is but little doubt that the com- | petition for this property will be keen. , THE terms of the new agreement between the mill owners and the Government in regard to the lease of the water-power at the Chaudiere have not yet been decided upon. Mr. Bronson, M.P.P., is reported as saying that the position of affairs had not advanced at all, and that the mill owners were waiting to see what action the Department of Public Works would take in regard to the proposals made. Mr. thinks that the examination of the Ottawa river now being made will last pretty weil all the summer and into the fall. Bronson THE prospectus for still another United States lumber paper has reached us. This time it hails from the far south, New Orleans, La. It will be known as the South-Western Lumber World, by the Lumber World Co., publishers. The first issue of the new journal is announced for the 15th inst. and will bea monthly issue. interests of the South-west, a field fast coming to the front as an While we think that the United States is overflowing with lumber literature, we never- theless extend our best wishes for the success of the new aspirant for public favor, hoping it will have along and prosperous It will be especially devoted to the lumber important lumber producing point. existence. THERE is to be an International Marine Conference and the New York 77zbuve thinks that it should take in hand the case of such monsters as the Joggins raft. _ Our contemporary fears that one successful experiment might lead to ocean rafts be- coming a constant danger to steamships and call upon the conference to take action to check the practice before it becomes established. Certainly a solid mass of timber 600 feet long, 53 feet wide and 38 feet high, containing 22,000 logs, would be an awkward obstacle in the way of the largest and strongest steam ship. The experiment is soon to be tned now and another failure, which is anticipated, would probably put an end to the project. WHILE every business man realizes to a greater or less extent the existing closeness in the money market and the con- sequent depression in trade, especially throughout Ontario, it is nevertheless a fact that no time in the history of the Dominion has our national credit been rated so high as it is at the present time. The Dominion loan of four millions sterling at three per cent, has resulted most satisfactory. The tenders recently opened in London numbered about 400 and amounted to about twelve millions sterling at prices varying from 94% to 9534, which was the minimum. So numerous were the high priced tenders that those at 95 only received 34 per cent. of the amounts applied for, while those above 95 receive the full amount. The average price obtained was 95 i-20 per cent. THE improvements that are being made by the Dominion Government at the mouth of the Fraser River in British Columbia seem to have given an impetus to the lumber trade in the neighbourhood of New Westminster. We hear of large vessels coming up the river to the mills to load with lumber for Australia and Mexico, and the lead thus given is sure to be followed. made for others, some of those interested being lumbermen from Ontario and Quebec, among them being Mr. McLaren and Mr. Ross, and besides the export trade and the local re- quirements there is also a considerable demand for Pacific Coast lumber from the prairies on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. This demand must certainly increase and there is a bright future before the lumbermen of British Columbia. New mills are going up and preparations are being SINCE the opening of navigation, says the Chicago 7¢/ber- man, there has been a continuous running back and forward between this country and Canada, of capitalists in quest of pine. The Spanish river country has been honored recently by the presence of Mr. George Simpson, of Evanston, IIl.; Jas. S.. Smith, of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company, Eau Claire, Wis. ; L. H. Brown, Buffalo, N. Y., and Chas. Marthinson, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and rumor has it that these gentleman are acting in concert in the purchase of a big tract of pine—a purchase involving an outlay of half a million of dollars. The Spanish river pine is said to be large, and of PETERBOROUGH, ONT., AUGUST, 1885. TEE, E500 SER TE fine quality, and will doubtless bring a good price in the stump | ys 646 } } from this time forward. Several Minnesota operators are said to be at the present time negotiating for a rour ack of pine on the Spanish river. THE following striking item appears in the dispatches frem Washington in the leading Americar per nder date of June 15th: ‘‘ The Post Office Appropriation Bill was taken up, amended and passed. Among the amendments agreed to is the inserting an item of $800,000 for more efficient mail United States and Central and South This is practicz the manner in which the Americans regard the service between the ience of f this America and the West Indies.” market. Many of the metropolitan papers of Can as well as some of the most influential business firms have of late strongly urged the Canadian Government to take some action towards securing these important markets for the benefit of our manufacturers. It is to be hoped that the proper steps will now be taken to counteract this enterprising action at Wash- ington, and save this valuable market to our Dominion before it is too late. Tue French Department of Agriculture has recently issued statistics of the forest lands of Europe, showing their distri- bution. Two-elevcnths of the area of Europe is said to be covered with forests, though the average varies greatly in different countries. Of the British Islands only four per cent. of the surface is woodland. Denmark, Holland and Portugal have a rather larger proportion. In France the forests extend over one-sixth of the surface, in Norway nearly a fourth and Hungary nearly a third. In Russia forests cover nearly two fifths of her area, and Sweden, which stands at the top of the list, is still nearly the two-fifths. Evidently there is no probability of an early cessation of the competition of those countries with Canadian lumber. Taking the proportion of forest land to population the United Kingdom has an 1cre to eleven inhabitants, Denmark and Portugal are three times as well off, France seven times, Russia and Sweden about a hundred times, and Norway a hundred and twenty times. The forest statistics of Canada cannot be compared with those of Europe, for our woodlands have not been surveyed and estimated with any accuracy. The Governments interested should see that this is done for the information would be valuable. Tue San Francisco /ournal of Commerce gives some par- ticulars of the lumber trade of the United States Pacific Coast with Australia, showing the great importance and huge dimensions of the business. It says that there are not only large shipments from San Francisco but even greater from Puget Sound and Humboldt Bay. of 132 million feet of timber exported in a year.from the Pacific Coast of the United States. is from fifty to sixty million feet, and is still increasing. T Australia takes nearly half The export to Australia business began to assume large dimensions as lo five years ago, with especially large increases in a om s 4 = > 0 The San Francisco Jowrnal anticipates that the trad far greater in the future than ever it has been in the hope our Pacific Coast contemporary is a little too There is no good reason why its countrymen should monopo- lize this trade. In British Columbia we have forests from which Australia might well draw her supplies of lumber. j for quality they could not be excelled. the Pacific Coast should see that they are not left behind in the race. All that is needed is to see that the peculiar requirments of the Austrakan market are carefully observed. These forests are practically inexhaustible and Our lumbermen on THE action of Dr. DeGrosbois, M.P.P., in bringing in a bill in the Quebec Provincial Legislature to repeal the charter of the Quebec Ship Laborers’ Society has had a useful effect. That society was originally formed as a benefit association, but having rather extensive powers under its charter it pro- ceeded to make rules, which were so stringent as greatly to interfere with the business of the port. It has in fact been very generally admitted that the falling off in shipping was due to the difficulties and delays thus caused and to the eat a ree ae er : . ' THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. expense of loading and unloading as compared with those else- where. In fact at the beginning of July there were at Montreal four large vessels, the Grassbrooke, the Oxenholm, the Assyrian and the Iron Acton, taking on board cargoes of square timber, amounting altogether to 40,000 cubic feet, which had been brought from Quebec. This was avowedly to escape from the restrictions imposed by the Ship Laborers’ Society. The bill of Mr. DeGrosbois was intended to remedy this evil, and he has attained his end though without legisla- tion. While the bill was before the special committee that had been appointed, some of the merchants of the city anxious to see its business preserved, persuaded the laborers to make concessions by changes in their rules that would obviate the necessity for the measure. Deputations from the merchants and the laborers waited upon the committee and a long dis- Finally the laborers agreed to amend It was to be the rule cussion took place. the rules in several important respects. henceforth that steamships might use their own steam winches to hoist and lower their timber, but not to move it by steam when on board. In the case of mixed cargoes captains are not to be obliged to take more than a deal gang, but the number of men that he decides to employ are to be retained until the ship is loaded, and any vessel taking one half or less of timber may employ a deal The members of the Society are to be free to work on holidays at the ordinary rates, but if from religious scruples they decline to do so, they are to be allowed their places without objections on the following day. the objectionable features of the regulations made by the Ship Laborers’ Society and the object of the bill being thus virtually secured Mr. DeGrasbois agreed to withdraw. The removal of these restrictions will be a very welcome improvement for the lumbermen who ship timber at (Quebec, and the laborers’ even will soon find that they gain rather than lose by thus facilitating business. gang if wished. The amendments removed most Tue Province of Quebec has taken a retrogade step in the management of its forests. The establishment of forest reserves was a regulation that was beneficial alike to the pub- lic treasury, the lumbermen and genuine settlers. Now, however, the forest reserves have been abolished in spite of the very sensible opposition of several members of the Legislature. The passing of the new Act does away with the reserves entirely, and permits settlers to locate anywhere where the land is fit for cultivation. limits leased from the Government by A large number of these forest reserves are timber lumbermen, and the passing of this Act permits settlers to locate themselves on these limits, clear land, and use and sell timber on their lots. the Quebec Government for the privilege of cutting timber on Lumbermen have paid high prices to these forest reserves, upon the distinct understanding that the reserves were to be protected from the settlers until such time as the limits should be denuded of all timber over twelve inches at the bases. indignant at what they consider a most unjust and aggressive ac- tion on the part of the Provincial Government. The only saving clause to the lumbermen in the Act just passed was introduced in the Legislative Council by Hon. Mr. Garneau, giving the lumbermen two and a-half years, after the issuing of any location ticket, to cut off the timber on the lot located, the settler to clear only ten acres for his own use within that time. This clause is certainly an important amendment to the original Act, and the lumbermen in order to protest their interests will now be compelled to hasten the cut of this timber as rapidly as possible, in order to save as much as possible during the brief period allotted them. During the discussion of the Act at the recent session of the Quebec Legislature, it was pointed out that a door was being opened to fraudulent operations such as had formerly taken place, when pretended settlers only re- mained on their so-called farms till they had stript them of their valuable timber, and then moved on to some new locality to repeat this device, leaving devastation behind them. These adventurers deprived the public treasury of dues, interfered with the operations of the lumbermen, and did not become farmers. The wise plan is to divide the forest and agricultural lands, and then the greatest value is obtained from the forests, and real farmers are not induced to settle on poor agricultural land when fertile districts far better suited for their purpose are abundantly sufficient. (Quebec was ahead of the other Provinces in this respect, but now it has gone back on its own record. It isnot surprising therefor that the lumbermen are CORRESPONDENCE. ToRONTO, July 9th, 1888, Editor Canada Luanberman. DEAR SIk,—In your issue of July we read a letter signed Wholesaler, in answer to one Pinus, and we feel called upon to ask him to draw it mild. _ dealers so widely that he will have to put on’ his check line, or he will find that there are people who claim to be retailers | He makes assertions and classes — that have paid up their paper last winter and every other win- ter for the last ten or twelve, as well, if not better, than any wholesaler who does business in Toronto to-day. His asser- tion about fear of contradiction is very loud, and if he wishes to go further we are perfectly willing to take up the gauntlet with him. ' He may be right in some cases, but evidently the class of customers he has been carrying are of the lame kind, and he should be ashamed to own up that he is and has been in such company so long. He should make a desperate effort to get into better, as there is no ability required to sell lumber to that class of men, and judging from his harsh remarks this whole- saler must be badly used. As to his remarks that the wholesale men do everything that is necessary for the retail men, all we have to say is that if the retail men were only energetic | enough to place themselves in such a position that their credit was as good as the wholesale man (which to our minds is not a very hard job) they would find that the manufacturer would be as anxious to sell direct to them, ifnot more so, than to the wholesale men, as if the retail man cannot sell his lumber at a_ profit, piled in his yard, and if the worst comes to the worst he can hand it back to the manufacturer. Whereas, if the wholesale man gets it and finds it slow sale, he is bound to unload, and those people he speaks of who only pay 25% gets it and the manufacturers get 30 or 40 cents on the dolar from the whole- saler, who holds as his share a lot of unpaid notes, and where do you find the retailer ? He is the best off ; he has the stock on hand, and the wholesaler stands between him and harm. This goes to show you that it lays with the retailer himself to deal with the mill man, who is only too and to men who will pay for it, he can keep it even if unsold, anxious to do soif the mark is good. In conclusion, we would ask wholesalef that when he next throws any slurs on the re- tailers he will be kind enough to remember that there are-as good as he who claim that title, and who feel thankful that they stand as high in the scale as he does. you will much oblige. By inserting this Yours, respectfully, Dockie. TORONTO, July gth, 1888. Editor DEAR SIR,— Will you’kindly allow me to correct an unin- tentional error which appeared in my letter in your last issue, Canada Lumberman. wherein I say, ‘‘ that not more than 25% of so called yards- Whereas of so-called yardsmen retired their paper at maturity during last winter.” men’s paper was met at maturity during last winter.” I intended to say, ‘‘that not more than 25% There are several firms doing a joint wholesale and retail business from car and dock, as doubtless some others who meet their engagements promptly, and I trust that all such will accept this prompt correction in the same spirit intended by the writer. Truly, yours, WHOLESALER. LONDON, June 28th, 1888. Editor Canada Lumberman. Could you or any of your readers inform me of the places in Ontario or Quebec to secure the best grades of Hard Maple, the section of the country where the best quality grows, also how I can procure a copy of the Government Forestry Report ? Yours truly, JAMEs GoRDON. Answer (1)—Those of our readers who are interested in the class of wood referred to above, are in a position to give our correspondent the necessary information. (2)—Write direct to the Crown Lands Department, Toronto, for Ontario Forestry Report and to the same department at Quebec for the report of the Province of Quebec. New Brunswick Matters. MADAWASKA, July 4th, 1888. Editor Canada Lumberman. By some mishap one or two of the latest numbers of your valuable journal failed to put in an appearance, and we are - now looking forward to receiving the July issue. The winding up of our last winter’s operations is being carried on successfully, and the drives, with a few exceptions, have already reached the Fredericton booms. Owing to the late breaking up of the lakes, through which the logs had to pass, operations have been delayed, but on the whole there has been no reason for serious complaint. There has, without doubt, been an unusually large quantity of logs handled since the commencement of operations last winter, and the lumber-~ men’s prospects Took bright. No doubt inside of two years a great reaction will take place in the business of small lumber ie ee those who have such a rapid rate of late years, that before long panes literally nothing left to cut. Asa consequence the trade rapidly diminish, and heavy losses will be the order of day. ~~ There is no disputing the fact that we have too novices engaged.in the lumber trade, and as a result they | to pay dearly for their experience. It requires many years of experience to become a successful lumber operator, and among the many requisites necessary is the knowledge of how to economically saw lumber, at the same time placing the value on the good article, and how to avoid loss in inferior stock. He requires to thoroughly cruise his lim exercise enough judgment to £zow a good chance iol one when he sees it, and not say I ¢éznk it will holc camping ground handy to water and advantageous hauling. Another, and the next important move, is first class choppers and teamsters. The choppers taught not to cut a faulty tree, or one too small ; charge them with the expense of hauling to man is capable of successfully conducting a lumber b n any importance unless he can teach his men t the cook to the stream-driver. What robs our | ators more than anything else is the cutting : and small timber. Instead of quantity the main should always be quality, as one-half the qu timber pays better than double the amount of It requires an age to learn the lumber theoretical but practical training is essential to st an old Yankee in my employ at one time who t when he had driven oxen for about twelve * that but few if any could excel him, but that experience, he had come to the conclusion that of teaming was very limited. A good lumbern or later come to the same conclusion. “The he has the more he will find out that he has im learn. Toronto, July 2gth, 1 Editor Canada Lumberman. mh" It may be prepara pees for a retail man to fo to the press our opinion, even at the risk of being cut few more old saws, badly set and recklessly set in i this wholesale man. Retail men, une and all, will not buy at the © es, stocks 2 ber must tie brought here to be eel exa d As the mill men do not, to any alarming extent, sen to this point on speculation, it must be the 1 do so. In paragraph number two we are 1 that on condition of not going to the mills the } ale men promise not to break bulk nor sell to consumers. Again in the same paragraph we are told that during the past win’ retail men did not retire more than. 25% of their matured and wholesale men had to carry them Observe, firstly, one and all retail dealers d chase at the mills; secondly, that without exc without exception buy from the wholesale ¢ ing the admission of ‘‘ Wholesaler” (ride ¢ whence the necessity of the condition req most important menin the retail branch « words, the wholesale men ask the retailers to are not doing. Is Lord Dundreary redivious? thing ‘‘ no fellah can understand.” . As the wholesale. men sell to the best c the retailers have the men who possess wae to whom they are compelled to grant necessity for the retail men in turn a price to the consumer supplied by the vy the same as to the retailers we are thus prech them and are hampered by the wholesaler. | raise any objections or we will be treated to the ancients (not by Bacon) in a condensed form. | ; One esteemed friend in classing the sale of a car with wholesale transactions is immensly mp siton While still of the opinion that the R.R. yards sh i kept asa preserve for wholesale men, we are ged af 5 that they have actually condescended to make an offer R. R. Co, 3 and that they are desirous of faying receive, although, aa to ene = % August, 1888 THE FIRE RECORD. The shingle and heading factory of Mr. D. Tennant, Tep- worth, Ont., was destroyed by fire July «1. Loss, $2,000. The saw and shingle mill of Mr. J. S. Levericht, Sturgeon Lake, Ont., was destroyed by fire June 21st. Loss, about $4,000. = McLellan’s saw mill, in the twp. of Burpee, was destroyed py fire, together with a valuable horse, on the night of the and July. The loss is estimated at $5,000. A large boat belonging to the Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Swas burned at Waubaushene July 17th. A storehouse belong- ing to the same company was also consumed. i A warehouse owned by J. C.. Schliehauf, at West Lorne, was destroyed by fire on July 8th, together with about 4,000 feet of lumber and the M. C. R. cattle schutes. Lafrenciere’s immense sawmills at Louisville, Que., were hurned July 13th. A large number of logs were lost. The damage, it is expected, will reach $100,000 ; partly insured. Bush fires at Carron’s siding, Midland railway, burnt the station, 6,000 telegraph poles, a large quantity of cedar posts, several thousand cords of wocd and a steam saw mill. Loss $15,000. Callaghan Bros’. shingle and saw mill at Emily creek, on ‘the south shore of Sturgeon lake, were destroyed by fire recently. A Mr. Leveridge of Port Hope owned the build- ings. Loss about $5,000, with a slight insurance. Mr. Geo. Thompson’s steam sawmill, near Wingham, Ont., was destroyed by fire. July 24th, together with about eight hundred cords of hard and soft wood slabs, sawn for firewood. Insurance on mill is said to be $1,000. Loss about $3,000. A fire broke out in the engine house of Heap’s cabinet factory at Oshawa on July 6th. Considerable damage was done as a good deal of lumber was being dried in the kiln at- 4.7121 to the engine house, but the loss 1s covered by insur- ance. On June 27th the saw mill belonging to Kramer Bros. a few miles from Teeswater, Ont., was completely destroyed by fire. Loss on mill, logs, lumber, lath and shingles, about $5,000 ; no insurance. An effort is being made to enable the late owners to rebuild. A most disastrous fire occurred at Southampton, Ont., the first week of July, through which about four thousand ties, two cars belonging to the Grand Trunk railway, and about one hundred and fifty feet of the south landing piers, the property of the government, were burned. The town of Gravenhurst had another very narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on July toth: Sparks from ex- tensive bush fires on the south-west side of the lumber yards of Messrs. Mickle, Dyment & Son, Isaac Cockburn and Thomson & Baker nearly proved disasterous not only to the extensive pilés of lumber just mentioned but also to the town. By the prompt response, however, of the firemen no serious damage was done. A most disastrous fire occurred at Milmay, Ont., July 26th, by which the large roller mill, saw mill and private residence cof Messrs. Eidt & Schmidt were totally destroyed. In the roller mill were about two thousand bushels of wheat and a large quantity of lumber was also destroyed. Burning shingles ‘were carried a great distance and were the cause of two or three small fires in the village, which were luckily extinguish- ed before gaining any headway. _The loss is estimated at $20,000 ; insurance, $5,000. A dispatch from Montreal under date of July 6th, says: Terrible forest fires are raging on the line of the Canada & Atlantic Railway, between here and Ottawa. Eighteen miles ‘of track have been destroyed and cars were burned at Mc- Caullay’s Landing ; also three mills and many houses were destroyed, and many thousand feet of lumber were swept away. The settlers are clearing out. Wade’s saw mill, 5,000 cords of wood, five freight cars, five houses, and thousands of cords of tan bark have been destroyed. side for some days has been utterly impassable. The country on each On July 7tha very disasterous fire raged at Corson’s siding ‘on the Midland railway, destroying the station and everything in the vicinity of it. The property destroyed consisted of 4,000 telegraph poles, an immense quantity of cedar posts and ties, several thousand cords of wood, a large quantity of Jumber, together with Decatur’s steam sawmill and outbuild- ings ; also Capt. Corson’s coal house with a considerable quantity of coal. The loss is roughly estimated at $10,000, and so far as can be learned the property was not insured. The fire was caused by a spark being carried by the wind from bush fires two miles distant. During the early part of July, Mr. T.B. Tait’s saw and shingle mill at Germania, together with the season's cut of —about 500,000 feet, was toially destroyed by fire. It be a ae. 5 : THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. is supposed to have been caused by sparks from the refuse burner which caught in the mill and spread from it to the lumber yard. The high wind which prevailed at the time rendered it impossible to do anything to check the fire. Very general sympathy is felt for Mr. Tait in his serious loss which will amount to. about $10,000, insurance only $2,000. This is the second mill on this site that Mr. Tate has lost by fire, besides the boarding house at Germania two years ago, and his residence at Gravenhurst. It is understood that he will not re-build at Germania. CASUALTIES. Eli Michaud was drowned a few days ago at _Eddy’s boom in Hull. A man named Joseph Morceau had his leg badly jambed by one of the log carriers in Booth’s mill at Ottawa recently. A man, whose name we have not learned, had his hand cut off in Day’s shingle mill, Manitowaning, at few days ago, and died the following day. A colored man named Dallas’ stave miil, Chatham. Ont., was instantly killed July 19th by being caught in the belting. Chas. Johnston, engineer at A. While hewing a stick of timber at Rodd’s pew saw and shingle mill, near Lindsay, Ont., J. P. Miller atlowed the axe he was using to slip which ¢ut in the instep severing an artery. He had a narrow call, but is now doing well. A despatch from Minden, Ont., says that John Massales, a young man working on one of J. M. Irwin’s drives, was drowned while breaking a jam in the rapids on Gull River, about four miles from Minden. quarter of a mile from where he fell in. Haliburton. His body was found about a His parents live near Mr. Darwin Stevens, chief millwright at Hamilton Bro.’s mill, and one of the most respected citizens of Hawkesbury, Ont., was accidentally drowned there on July 23rd. walking on a boom at the edge of the Yuile and slipped off He was into the rapids, the strong current sweeping him down quickly beyond help. On July 20th Master Charles Kerr while attempting to put on a belt on a pulley in Messrs. Bick & Sons planing mill at Cannington, Ont., his right hand caught in the belt and was wound around the shaft till his arm was pulled clear from the body at the shoulder. ing well under his trying oraeal. The unfortunate lad is reported as do- On Friday, July 13th, six men employed by the Eau Claire Lumber Co., Calgary, lost their lives in Kamanskis rapids on the Bow river, 45 miles west of Calgary, while driving logs. At that hour nine left the camp ina boat for the opposite shore to commence the day’s work. The point at which they at- tempted to cross, though not considered dangerous, is only a short distance above a chute of some five or six feet. When the boat got within a few feet of the shore the hands attempted to snub her to a stump on land by throwing a line. In this they failed, the boat became unmanagable and swung around in the current, instantly acquiring such a momentum of speed that before anything could be done to stop her she shot over the fall like an arrow. In the leap over the first falls she only shipped a little water and she passed the second fall without shipping any more. Just after passing the third fall, however, she struck a rock and capsized. Three men managed to catch the upturned boat, but the other six were carried down stream and drowned. The three shortly afterwards were rescued. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A dozen trees planted eich year may change the appearance of a farm greatly in a generation, and lead along to income, very satisfactory as well. An exchange says it takes $60 each year to provide a far- mer with fuel in Dakota, The stumpage question does not bother the authorities out there. The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Company, of Toronto, of which Mr. Samuel May is president, have purchased a site for their new works at West Toronto Junction, near that city, and will, during the present thereon. season, erect extensive buildings A Pittsburg mechanical engineer, 82 years old, is said to have invented a novel movable dam, by which he claims a boating stage of water may be obtained in shallow rivers at all seasons of the year, and old river men have pronounced the invention practical. It is most desirable that encouragement be given to the cultivation of trees, and in order to prove more effective, some other system than that of appointing an arbor day will doubless have to be resorted to. each municipality, for the best ten acres or more of trees, might have a good effect. The granting of prizes in Ebony can be imitated on wood by first painting with one » =) per cent. solution Of sulphat of copper , verlectly dry, the wood is painjed over with a ] d « g of equal weights of aniline bydrochloride fw The blue yitrol acts onthe aniline, and forms nigrosin, a black which cannot be affected by acids or z lkalies. A luster can be added by coating with simple copal varnish. Log drivers are important personages at this time of year, and are being talked about by everyone. The Menominee (Mich.) Aerald says they have a nomenclature of their own, containing words unintelligible to the uniniated. We have heard a few, but cannot perhaps give the corre ea of their meaning. ‘‘ Wing-jam ” is said to be a collection of logs on the shore of a stream, while a *‘ center ” is a jam of logs on an island. ‘‘ Breaking a center’ of course, dislodging logs “hung up” on an island, ‘* Tow head “ is reported tp be a small island, invisible at high water, but sticking up as the water recedes, just enough to catch logs floating down stream and stop them. A ‘‘sweeper” is an uprooted tree which has fallen into the stream, and oftentimes as a log or boat contain- ing the men comes upon such an object unexpectedly the poor fellows are swept off into the flood. THE LATE STRIKES. Since the part of THE LUMBbERMA NY containir a report of the strike among lumbermen in the Ger i Outawa es in both places have been amicably settled. The men in the Georgian districts went to press we learn that Bay district, it is stated, have succeeded in making a compromise with their employees which enables them to draw their wages fortnightly instead of monthly as heretofore. t They will, however, work eleven hours per day as in the past, not having succeeded in getting the reduction ash - inch s i pl I in mrtg | Rejects......0..1. - 92 00 2 Oo ut. s Jul 14 in ae aan nm ank.. 500 inch ait ee o> ies Saati 98 oC ly 23) ch orin mon. ul r trees I 11 “ ih cea 2 16 1 hadiong ang 09 97 90) ulls, th. — Lees Boao 9 a Boe 00 lp0.000 a Ae ae ‘ec GG ks 4 to9 Meet ies: 8 16 6° | % an Na . - 52 00 105 pate eat % 1888, 1G; shi SOS avec sass na ater: a cep 90 IG; and “ 4-in. | deal. : oe 1% inches Popl aoe ounte re eeentote $ ath, S ngles, » awn. pce Ie tgs Rekactoe Bieten (9) ath 1% 09 inch vs... 14 in. and ar, and ricnerene 38 0o@ 37 awn. Ss, Sawn. See meen See Pa ae 1x4 oe an ie in. aoe oF A 14 o0 | (in coin boai 1 or White Se ” . in. a0 % 09. ee 2apRa9 5 00 e d and tae : fore) ¢ 10 rds. 4 . Mill ; eae nba AiG . 15 (Ae picl up aie 2 over. inch 00@ 1% ‘00d. on oo cul Sderot Mee Ores Os 2 | i eermee and Up «+... 5 00 linc an “| 27 00 24 OF Dias u ..lI0 Shippin ct we oe kee Pet ae Be ee oo i oo ee Mo ae 26 00 h, 8 i in. see? d on ae <0 a inch: 00 150 oO s EE eng , ceee cuous i ee Scaneling, QUOTA tenes 2 40 15 00 me Ist q eee sa 27 OO ¥% inch on er 26 me 54 mon ep ght --» 29 00@ Scantlin vidths. Me ee 00 TATIONS. ia oe I 40 250 Ping! and ual’ y? oe , Que cee 35 00 i Int panel 09 ot ante, rinch & i inch'> 31 09 33 09 g & joist, Sid, aie TAGS Picks An er 150 | pip rst scaposiayey cil 35.00 400 Wigner 1 80 neh ea he - Deve Pp eh uekes poy 3 % “ 2) 016 tt 13 00 ree ae as She ae Ce s 0 30 o/Bass REAL zt jneWiemine pa 27 Pac ae g lar. 15 ; ? , is ft ss 00|11%4- Ippers, pection.« 00@15 0 Paes 4M quality 14 00 e oals out ete July 28th iO een -- 29 00 2 pat, in. clg. ve Fs a : 20 At ae cane © in, le a aeoene 30 ey Snvee mill culig.@ > 16 00 ak out pe oflog , 1888 a asing 30 00 30 095% in. cl 4to6i : : a Ree ft 0 ool § oring a, pect. 4o oe Piet per we op a weitere Walnut, M iM... $ ae See whit 32 00 z ool; i in. or 4to6i in... 21 gs ft 00 f “ rou es’d2 o | Ash ock, ai 80 120 her per obs ears 13 00 2u4 021 te 3 00% i in. cl 4to6i in.. F “ ON eas 17 00 “ A ree a P 5 00 30 2 ,run ny oat ery ra 0 a 08 Butt ry, per Rte 40 00 Sala. \% to 4 inch... ee " oy clg. 16 as 24 og ee “ eet 18 00 “ ¥ Pee "d .. Bs Bo (ole) ut per EGE cuits 9 is 13 Ae Buitceene. Nee een 60 oc 50 00 incheseeon 2 00@ 38 sh. g.4to6i es 27 00 4 to “ Gotti 19 00/B fat Mods undres’d 3, 00 » 00 ere s 0 10 mee tage per M... 80 oe 95 0 (a 37 00 pats aos ae ba eS p (s} oO in 49 tri ae _ Pees Pee 200 “ ndrestd 32 e8 14 09 aco a ol Pe thse S00 oon rate dachs co Black ash 3.00 3 00 “ vogue Ze la ng, d 12 oO 20 00 00/S per e per M Is 0 2 hicke nch.. wed, ack sh. eood._. Gustin “6 Ma eee bale xa Bao NESE | I4 00 Shek ES ere a3 oe a ae aes si i? ik ¥ = 9 rigs ash, pe i ae oo@ 2B : thicke up pla 4o to 3 ft Be 00 sk ok g, res ‘d 00 20 ; es and, per M 175 2500 | % ed, whi 38 00 40 00 inch 10 pe 30 pod r dry ales eee ne aS R wn t Sean gles Ae Sagi per Ne eas gin. a alt dane Thickercs and 12 See ae Y% and 30 00 Age n Lath Se as i 50 | U ginaw fT. 25 300 I hs eae - clear oo/Strip er over.. 0 ce 25 00 B iis Book oe donodor 75 2 Uppers , Mich 5 200 | 1 inch ; clear., be Hs s under - 48 00@ f a Ue 9) 26 00 Bassweod, SSA 2 99 Common nD : 4 1% to strips : oo@ Cherry 6in.... 48 00 49 00 +4" 20 00 White” N No. 1 & 2 BGG. 42 = Mil Ba ee 36 atc) SAGIN zinc ae - 70 pO 70 oc|2%6 -- Boo 50 00 Ryne Bane ne 2 25 me 20 a ill Culls ite Sa 6 0038 Es Aw, July 26 Chests yaw + 40 00 0 @ ste Pia: eS P. Sane . 50 00 20 00 Bese 5 ae eat Norway th peer: 5 cl Se pe er... Ott. & Boa ous 25 00 60 00 YARD. E 50 aD. Pe Box — Ler » 1888 | yee: Prneke pre oolCulls, ove ps, 181 in. 85 o0@ Mi awa, O Gone Ba a Clea QUO go Straight messi . | Basswood ommon.. 35 0o@ iscollancon all th ; 99 00 ill culls » Ont. 25 00 ie % in TATIONS it measure . , B 3 50@ 9 Maple, ck white... 2% 00 38 ree: ickness 18 10000 4 . " =a An D aaa Boe ot D re eta 50 25 irch, ear on.. 00 23 popes 18 00 .cs oo ° in « anne ota MEISE Orr f A : vop Sidi AR 12 II 0 Birch. Sper 20 2 ick y, ol 20 | aie ea gies RIEL [TAWA NANA rs Siding LOTS D 50 18 fad ect iS ar eee = e; alin. ery, sna growth le Cu ‘ile cA Siette eee Eases , July 28th Flooring Fi 38 aa G % of | ohwood.c ee 54 00 30 0 Sycamo frowth 70 oo 60 1 Bellaciadl vite ne ene enenatens i ) el %6 Ki Dibble see oe” 36 "ae ae a 00 M stri ecte sells on 80 Bog 10 Xx 2 188 No clea o0rl [ele] D yah ae ee oo fers} am 5 0 ill cut Outs. 1s “eke lon on po No.2 Wah Tine: ei ay nee 20 oo Butte ore quartered 24 00 Ne reas +12 : i dea : “ Sto ng, above di 12 1% No. 3 ; : Be Es a j 30 00 3 oat gs dak 00 27 00 Scantli 200 7 wid ve di 2 Lae ree 3 idi reSS I see : . aiaoy mero , dimen $8.0 El Pax ; 3 00) ing, cl ed. 9 00 | = es 00 4000 - =o Reber papeaes: Sia eee HORS ome) Ms an 00 ae cane ins | Bosto 50 S000 ‘“ Zi ah ek cen ee cee eeeeced pooeae 8 eeu 00! | n M oo culls Fe WP Wh ad aia Spoon me .50 to 1% pers, Li "Fis 13 0 Cans . U » Ma it, Ul's Brae! Mee I oh 0 S Za yu nish [e) : o8 2 ppers ss aks, ris secs ig cca vst Ba aites ete In rin. « 42 ea cee: ro as : a a 2 | 4 ragiS Western P a : Slee in Lie Ruan ss ee cere a ieeeeel Ee Bain 8 ee en 7.00 iio Hae ; | yar 2: Sine Ne 2 el 1 Iding boards, 44 5 43 oO yes a8 a, Portal sane cs es, X.. Ss eae a ae Pree Joist, S Cc No. : No.1 33 00 | Fi 60 p lear 7to oo 5 00 ie eee Zin 29 “ See ee say maes Cet ania » Seantli offin b 25 09 | ine copsn it 3 200, No.3 Ps, 4 to 6in bet 4 ef eee ae ae ay 2xr») seas : Plank ; ng an dards 49 00 | 1%, 136 Boi clear 00 Ferhat ee. © 330 CS Ae ; 2 6 5.00 lank an 1) ica) 16 i ‘0 & 11 35 41 00 ut : 41 00 Bao «ced oe Bde es ae eee 50 t | C(N cand ti 00) imdb in ar = 00 | 2in inch 37 00 3 Cut ups, 7 es es cedar! No. r. Sonne ne 12 16 10 0 7.00 | (No. 1 co Wid timber, palais feet ig ndover 18 00 | No me - 40 2 o0|Com boa toa ubncons be >. ne ioy (© soaateel eb tat 2 00 m.) . e Selec 12 24 a, 00 NOS. I je oo S mo abe te ee j Spe eee ieee eens to 12.00 | Lath, N ) 13in. peck and ae ie se ER 4 oa 2&3. astern PAS 00} Common al widths ae = a. age Wee id thee. 2 up 28 e, oe ae a ge oe ; BOND oe Botan 1.25 Sie No. e I Lath, cs 28 oolD me extra. 12 00 Ship’ g ¥ sens ioe 40 00 Cargo | ae = 00 26 09 ock. H waste ar vers 2.00 uples ac wee Shingles commo ugh. 13 00 Refuse ods & . 28 00 43 00/Cl or Car 7 00 A °o oe ad d planing 2.00 eae | See ver brands I a Pi et I4 in Th. rn p coarse ago z ric phe ul. a ——— Bae sl ear | s o ckets + an | ft In co a Mill cull Hamilt zi aac 5 Bes eatteue Aa, 1 00) > rape brand 7 dup . 16 00 sap ine clapbds x se Sap, and ¢ a sap = Sc ull bo on 0.00 5.00 eae @35 kts ar b Soh kok es. 39 Heart clearcss, gaan Bees and ,» Ont. to 25.00 10 2 50 Dressed. 234 in x 726 See See — dear! at $0 00 42 00 “protects rds 89 Hamit’ = 41n squa . rough 2 25 = 35 x aes ane plank, Spruc = rite 32 00 Saree eat aT ane 00@r0 00 Dressing LTON, Jul Phil =5 redreeced 00 13 33 : nate corde Seni ce—by Can, ae 35 a to inga stoc] Ss. 100 1\% flo ng sto ily 28 adelphi digo 20 00 ard zes. ordin- 12 00 Cc "0. oo do 16 fee nd j joi KS. Oo 12 1% oring: cks.. th, ISS | Mie phia 0 19 2 size orders. er 13 09 oarse, d0 up to oe tao oe amas) rough 16 ee oh er meee oe eo | Clear foor Meee y > Hei ey ou Gaeta. acne d igh Teaer aeice 21 Ty 1 to Whi LADE Nas eee so Cl S Some : d p to ea aie 13 I orin res 1 26) 18 Ye, 3 ; 2 hite Pi JELP 2.. ards. . 15 oO apbds. ds., rough 9 00 ee relent ee ose tes maar — so vel oo dee ae “ile ae (ba nee oe mHtco Picks, d sheeting 25 00 Boe | 4 3 “y “i to 2 3 ect SE 00 @s50 cap Si ROLE July 28th 188 pruce . 1600 19 00 Second! ft. 4 ft. bi Sp bs oo eee ee fect... ie ole ri, mepect Srieeesicn | .., bar Sorin ie aed ee ae 2 in 1888.1 id 6 of ee clear .”.”.” an a0 cites 30 fee on 16 00 wees uppers J ection 25 00 23/00 | Rese be quality a 00 . 00)? comm Ban Blanks ; ppaice ya Lath eae 20 pt eed a uU 17 Saw vn n 32 30 00 | art : ‘0 20 Pp nied sagas =» ot oo Cuan: fee plank roe Red Oa ~ath., shingles. Corse Say | ny alll wid 19 00 32 00l%8 Sth Eoehee 22 50 Bae in-exti rene eae 22 00 GigE wipibo: dry.. v 0/65 White Gal Aces: Sele Heeyeao: 36 seCalls aie wide. 34 508825 ,00 ne, Now 1 extra Cee Shingles, — 15 00 oards. ... 20 00 ‘i Basswoud No. Shee 270 | Re 0 20 a0) Wide ne soles 22 00 : 4 so@1 Bei a Niiow.. 25 00 or es Niece - 20 00 2 25 | cancel edge : IN Wide w......0.. i 16 50 -+ +350 475 edar, wae a B Thite A oO. 1 xe & 2, - 25 00 > 00 © Neel I Cargi |INo. rm ow es a rs a 50 So 00 3 aa Clear sawed, a ss lack ce SNS ooNe 16 00 30 00 Ed oe: 400@ 2 Lot oul cess 5 00 17 00 ic Extra, 3 aS extra a Mites BS | Bae eae iss 900 20 fen ee ieee 2 ere Ne 32a ) Pe) n - see sc ve se c Ss ane: deals Deal. ae gs ia a ae im, 8 ft. ie s0@11 caMedige d plank 20 re 11 swego, N. gk 7. = leals - 5 : | - 50 50/8 ‘canili o | Deal ends es » Boards, S St. Jou Ne shi aul ke ne rtm 0. 2200 | 4, 1%, 2a A Y. 35 mds - elie C J e ng 2 ceo) ntling - - a $12 Nee a July 2011 Sie s ss a Shingle: oe ssitons, x3 & 2x4, +: # nd thicker Pine. SWEGO, Jul eae 15 oo|P Truce suai 2gth, 18 sap, d nd Pe 2,12t ve se uppe y eho ine boar » 1888. Sta osts ce eae “ PPpers. - goth. Spruce 10 sl pak Sire ye 10 ae as 00 icabaes t. Ir o0@13 ne “6 ‘ saps te, > 1888. , extra Hon fines sae — asa - + oo C} andd cles, 3 I So I in “ ckings sss... “ c E e “ aa 12 12 N 1€ ress 30 i 2 ch a c BS sees enets ares ea: Gan es ee Z c0@40 ad ’ eS ae HAY ue 7 4 ry selected “a SP aang oe ee: me 3 T extra ae hae $3 50 5 a are oS bose oo | N » indiana’. , good mat onion B ee s, 9 ft. 3500 400 1& 14 b “ idings. Sas run P pickings ss = p= on ine, e Peewee Pj ; iegese orem os. 4 & U je a AS 1& 1K OX O RES. i; sna xtra 2 25 ine No if So 1&2 Ve og . $87 5 “t. 32 oo I si li r No ae a = Clee a8 > Pee ne ote 2056 an wae 50@ 95 Reje 28 | IXIO cain, oe ed Ae a eas Clapbo Nee a Newt Nees 2230 ees Slect ay 90 | & errcan No. scp bees ee 30 00 z ars - by wie e “as. Laake te & 2 250 77 be) ie7 om & IS. vaso aoe e ards = 5 : 1& 725 oaiC com) 3 to 16 ar e : - 2 35 = =e 35 09 S - I 25 wide Indi 5g in, 77 50 ulls, 4 and l non, I “ fee ing Pee < 5 co oo Se: 45 0 pruc 25 I , Indic goo 5 rl Tin. ee ire cc “e t dr d be see 30 00 30 00 6in.,N 33 00 ey exutal ; ink aaa q Poplar Yin. & . 60 00@ X14 in. ‘ vee a a +++ {100 35 00 ‘ “2 ati ae Fata xistis, om > L eee, | oe | : t ®) n wie o PRN ies Floort e clears. - Oy ne Ste ee cues _ Nos 18 Died ~ 35,00 65.00 : _strips 4 to 7 No. ping culls bettersce 17 00 1200 ae 62 50 Vherry sree ee a XxX % ts ickne 9.00 re 70 00 No run, 19 00 XX ‘ ced « “« ss to 2 1200 os Age . 22 00 XXX 16 ae et , 22 00| Above prices delivered on a rate of $30 per car load. The Perils of Stream Driving. The young man who was drowned last week while working on the drive of Mr. F. Tracy, on Wassataquoick stream, was named Pray, and belonging in a town on the St. John River near Fredericton, New Brunswick. It is said that he was one of the smartest men in the crew on logs, but he could not swim. He anda number of others were working on a bad jam of logs, and when it was about complete he told his com- panions to go ashore as he could easily complete the job him- self, and that when the timber broke away one could better reach a place of safety alone then if there were more. Acting op this advice they left the unfortunate man in the perilous position, and when the jam broke they were hosror-stricken to see their comrade carried down the stream amid a rolling THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. water. Down the stream he went till he struck another jam below, under which he was drawn and was never seen alive again. The body was soon found bruised and disfigured, and was sent to his home in the province. there have been more or Jess men drowned on that stream, For some years past which is said to be one of the most dangerous rivers for the lumbermen in the State. | We are informed that fourteen men from the provinces who have lost their lives in this way are buried on the banks of this mountain torrent, yet no blame can be attached to anyone. SQUARE TIMBER. A Big Cut of the Valuable Product. ? The amount of ‘“‘square timber” taken out of the limits on the Upper Ottawa during last season, and now coming down the river, is larger than the cut of any previous season for four or five years. Most Ottawa people know exactly the difference between ordinary timber or logs, and square timber. The ordinary timber or logs go to the saw mills; the square timber doesn't, but travels straight from the forests to the English markets. The logs are trees cut Gown cleared of their boughs, lopped into convenient lengths and rafted with their bark on to the saw mills, where they are sawed into planks. Square timber is the outcome of the selection of the finest trees on limits, cut down, cleared and hewn square with axes as they lie. Then these enormous sticks, often sixty or eighty feet in length, are rafted clear down to Quebec without touching the sawmills. There it is loaded on ocean vessels and shipped to Liverpool and ather large ports. In the English market it brings a big price, pine lumber of the best quality such as is taken out of our forests in square timber being eagerly sought for. THIS YEAR’S SQUARE TIMBER. The increase this season in the square timber cut is due to the big demand in England for No. 1 grade, red and white pine lumber, and some of the rafts taken out this summer contain the finest quality of pine seen in the shipping booms at Quebec for a number of years. The following is a correct list of the firms who have taken out square timber this season on the Ottawa river and its tributaries, with an approximate of the number of cubic feet in each firm’s output. Syuare Waney Red Namie. White White Total. Pine. Pine. Pine. (Where made)—NIPISSING. 1B, IDS MICOS opeoscHD WEEK) FOOTY) a oaoce 225,000 Ne IBIS? o.5.5 goo osc008 BS OOOMNGO; OOO Ere 55,000 Barnett & Mackey..... 7} OOO) 50; OOO sae 120,000 hice; Iau eo ge noasec HOC FeCl) snococ 100,000 (Gi, 18k; Wan Conpeoeoenton “Vapomod 150,000 20,000 170,000 AMABLE DU FOND. Wee Mackeyircn sec 90,00U 50,000 10,000 150,000 CLYDE. Vig MACKEY ccicone cose WOT’ wacece cannon 100,000 MADAWASKA. MicILaneolalbin Wesoocon ocpods ooneee 75,000 75,000 B. Caldwell & Son.... 70,000 35,000 -..... 100,000 PETEWAWA. Madly We RWIS cocoon oouEns Gooc0es 100,000 100,000 MelKay &(€o. in./-3- 60,000 60,000 ...... 120,000 IN EMAINGES5 oo ooo G00 150,000 20,000 10,000 180,000 WHITEFISH RIVER. PAC MI EIGAMICEStiterr leased: 80,000 50,000 20,000 150,000 CALABOGIE. @’Brien & Barry...... TOOlOCO Marr aie oie. . 100,000 CEDAR LAKE. Thistle, Carswell & Co. 140,000 20,000 10,000 170,000 RIVER ROUGE. 1D, INEM EMEVANG non saoue HCO) ascocs 30,000 QUINZE. Klockiséa Sones ons: 150,000 100,000 60,000 310,000 MISSISSIAGA. Klee ws SHiNagococ don I00,000 50,000 150,000 COULONGE. J. & G. Bryson.....-. 50,000 15,000 60,000 125,000 1,420,000 745,000 365,000 2,530,000 This timber is worth apsroximately 25 cents per foot taken all in all, so that the above estimate represents between $600,000 and $700,000. In addition the above estimate of timber taken out last winter, and which is now on its way to the Quebec market, there is also a large quantity of timber cut in the season of 1886-87 coming down. Among the firms who have this old timber coming down are Barnett & Mackey, T. Mackey, Alex. Fraser and Booth, Hale & Co. STOCK AT QUEBEC. The following rafts are now in Quebec, on hand and sold : Booth, Hale & Co., a raft of 1886-87 timber containing about 150,000 feet, sold for 38 cents per cubic foot ; and A. Frances a raft of timber cut on Whitefish river of about 150,000 feet sold for 31% cents per cubic foot. The prices obtains d for these two rafts are unusually larze and the ver in them is considered to be the finest that has come down the Ottawa in ten years, Alex. Fraser has 300,000 feet ir the market yet unsold, Barnett & Mackey 180,000 feet « f their Petewaw timber and T. Mackey 130,000 feet all of bh will fetct good prices. There is now about 700,000 feet of timber in the hands of the Quebec firms for le, and the ermen say that inside of two months not a foot of square timber will be for sale, as all the old timber wh k and held back last season has this year been disposer good pr Nearly all the square timber is being driven d he Ottawa this season. Only a portion of Alex. Fraser's last year’s cut, E. D. Moore’s Nipissing timber, and a small portion of Kléck & Son’s cut are being brought down by rail.—/ournal. THE BIG RAFT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED. The 24th of July was the time set for the launch of Robert- 4 July son’s great timber ship on the Joggins shore, and the effort was made with the greatest success. Thuusands of people, some from very long distances, were present to witness the success or failure ‘of the undertaking. The size and general y been outlined appearance of the structure have alread Tur LUMBERMAN, hence it is only necessary to give it a passing description. There are no masts, but the ship, if such it can be called, has stern and stern posts of tamarac and a rudder of spruce. The raft, as completed, is 592 feet long ; its greatest depth is 36 feet and its extreme width 54 feet. There are 21,300 pieces of timber in it, equal by estimate to three million feet of lumber. Its value, at the regular price of piling delivered on the Joggins shore, would be about sixty cents per stick, or $13,000. The value in New York at current prices would be say five cents per lineal foot, or $2 per tree—over $40,000. When the cost of con- struction and towing is paid a fine margin will be left, barring accideni, notwithstanding the export duty collected and the Customs duty on chains and wire. Mr. Robertson, who built the raft, says it contains 41 tons of chain and four miles of steel wire, which it is hoped will It is much more strongly secured than the one lost on the passage to New York. hold it together in spite of any possible strain at sea. Two huge chains extend from end to end through the middle of the raft and one passes through it transversely at every ten feet of length, while steel wire passes round the whole structure at like distances, the whole system of chain and wire being connected together. A spectator says the raft started almost as soon as the work of wedging up commenced and ran 2,000 feet after headway was secured in less than a minute. A tug from St. John towed it out some distance and anchored it, after which the proprietor, who is described as the happiest man in Nova Scotia, drove twenty miles to the nearest station and tele- graphed to Boston and New York for the big tugs sS7) one of which he is procuring in each city. Wood for Decorative Purposes. It is evident that much as we know about woods there yet remains much to learn that may be of value in the arts. The secret of making good veneers which will not warp is only now becoming known, and until lately it was considered impossible to emboss wood; but now beautiful embossed panels, whose work resembles carving and whose richness compares favorably with the more costly art, are found in many places. In these the original patterns are carved hy hand, and from these molds are made on which the wood is placed after being properly softened. The wood in these molds is then submitted to 250° of heat and subjected to great pressure. Such a pressure effectually prevents all shrinkage. Wood may be cut as thin as the 300th part of an inch, but That ness of the rooth or the 150th part in this state it is not useful. which is cut to the thick- of an inch and lined with This neither shrinks nor swells, there not being enough of it for the atmosphere to lay hold of. paper is used for the decoration of walls and. ceilings. If it is desired to place such a veneer upon a wall, all holes and cracks must be filled up with plaster of paris, and being glue sized, the wall is ready for the wood in panels. The veneers are made damp with a preparation of glycerine and water which softens them, and when dried leaves them pliable. A checkerboard pattern of curled maple is about as thick as a piece of cardboard. To produce this strips of wood are first woven in and out and then subjected to heat and pressure, which makes a smooth body, varied in hue as if it were made of two kinds of wood. Cherry, oak and mahogany are highly esteemed for veneers. Occasionally these are used in bookbinding. Poems by Pope and Jean Ingelow issued last year were enveloped in a cover- ing of wood and tied with different colored ribbons.—Zxchange. 12 THE CANADA. LUMBERMAN. EXTENSIVE SALE OF Elvis: As announced by advertisement in the last issue of THE LUMBERMAN the big sale of the estate of Hamilton Bros., consisting of 1,700 square of timber limits and estates, at Hawkesbury, took place at the Russell House, Ottawa, on July 6th. Next tothe recent sale of timber limits by the Ontario Government at Toronto, it was one of the largest gatherings of wealthy men ever brought together in Canada. It has been estimated that the combined capital of those present would foot up to the enormous sum of seventy million dollars. Prominent among those present were: Messrs. R. Hurd- man, G. B. Pattee, EB. B. Eddy, E. H. McLaren, William Mackay, P. White, H. Conroy, Hiram Robinson, Fraser, Westmeath, J. Saxe, Albany, N. Y., John Monroe, Hawkesbury, C. F. Gedee, R. Klock, Geo. Perley, William Kennedy, R. Stewart, KR. Nagle, Hugh Grant, P. Colton, Wm. Kennedy, Olive Latour, Thos. Mackie, H. K. Egan, R. L. McLaughlin, Arnprior, W. C. Edwards, A. Foster, A. McCormick, R. Cox, J. Gilmour, Sheriff Taggart, Chas. Reid and R. Rawley. The property is divided into two districts one being 750 square miles on the Dumoine river and its tributaries, the Black and Schyan, and the other consisting of 935 square miles on the Gatineau and its tributaries. These limits have fine farms, plants and stock in connection with them, in addition to which there is a large property at Hawkesbury, as the Hawkesbury mills, used for manufacturing timber from above mills. These mills are situated on the Ottawa river, Ontario, mid-way between Ottawa and Montreal consisting of four saw mills with lath and seantling mill additions, driven by water, with sawing capacity of over 2,000,000 feet weekly. Extensive wharfs and piling space for forty million feet of lumber. brick dwelling houses with extensive grounds; ditto stone house, and seven good houses built of wood, and one hundred tenements now occupied by employees. Valuable farm in the vicinity of over 1,000 acres, a large portion of which is cover- ed with exce!lent timber. ‘The Dumoine river limits proved to be the favorite property. Although worked for some twenty-five years there is still a large amount of valuable timber to be cut. The Gatineau limits have been worked for over fifty years, and were not looked upon with much favor. The whole property was put up in a lump to start with, but as the only bid—$200,o00—-came from Mr. W. C, Edwards, the property was taken down, the reserve bid being $650,000 : The Gatineau limits were then put up in one parcel. W. C. Edwards made the first bid—-$15,000. Mr. Carter, agent of the Rathbuns of Deseronto bid $i6,000. Mr. and Myr, Carter bid odd and even up to a hundred thousand Then E. B, Eddy bid $101,000. On it went up to $114,000 when John Gilmour bid $115,000. Up it went still, until Mr. Edwards bid $128,000. There was silence, and the Gatineau limits went to Mr. The price included the lumber only, the plant, stock and provisions on the limits Alex. known Large Edwards dollars. Edwards. being extra, and having to be taken by the purchaser of the limits at scheduled prices. Following this sale the Dumoine limits were put up and aftera lively competition were knocked down to H. Kk. Egan of the firm of W. R. Thistle & Co., for $396,000, of plant and supplies, worth about $30,000, which are to be taken at a valuation. It is said that Mr. Egan made the purchase on behalf of a syndicate com- posed of himself, W. RK. Thistle, Hiram Robert Blackhorn. Mr. Edwards, M.P., tions this fall on the limit he purchased on Friday. exclusive Robertson and proposes to commence cutting opera- Lumber- men say he has got a bargain. The Hamilton Bros. estate, including mills, limits, farms, the private ,estate of the late Hon. John Hamilton, is valued at two and three quarters million dollars. There are seven heirs, among whom the estate will be equally The y commission in ae Imperial service. appointed to the 13th Hussars, a crack English corps. income, it is said, will be $30,000 a year. of Mr. of the senator, is announced. together with youngest son of the late senator has obtained a He is applying to be His The engagement divided. Caledon Gilder, of Hawkesbury, one of the trustees estate, and Miss Hamilton, daughter of the late The townspeople of Hawkesbury are keenly agitated over the sale of the Hamilton pretty village of 2,000 inhabitants situated on the Ottawa oppo- site Grenville, about half-way between Ottawa and Montreal, In the advertisement offering the Hamilton property for sale, it Timber limits. has practically been built up by the Hamilton business. is stated that there are four sawmills, a farm of 1,000 acres, six or eight good houses and 100 cottages to be disposed of. Besides the inmates of these cottages, who have all been dependent on the Hamilton business, there are scores of other families dependent on the business. If the business is stopped» there wont be much left of Hawkesbury. It is stated that Hawkesbury a ° Hawke SeetE fully realize ae and the real estate is going a-begging in the place. There is little chance of any lumber business to speak of being now done at Hawkesbury. The timber limits have been sold to parties who do not seem to want the Hawkesbury mills. received for them on Friday. Certainly Mr. Edwards, who has bought half the limits, does not, as he will work his timber at his own mills at Rockland. The syndicate which bought the other half of the limits, those on the Dumoine, does not seem to want the Hawkesbury mills either. In default of attached limits the mills will be of comparatively little value. ~The firm of Hamilton Bros., composed of the late Senator John Flamilton,, of Montreal, and Robert Hamilton, of Quebec, started sawing lumber at Hawkesbury fifty years ago. At any rate, no bid was LABOR TROUBLES AMONG LUMBERMEN. | Following the celebration of ‘‘our natal day ” throughout | the North Shore, Georgian Bay and Midland districts, there came a re-action in the form of a strike among nearly all the The strike is for a reduction of | It is said that although the mill operatives commenced work at the first of the season mill hands in those localities. the hours of labor from eleven to ten. it was not their intention to continue on the same arrangement as last year ; accordingly negotiations have been going on for a reduction in the hours, and wages to be paid fortnightly The lumbermen, it appears, would not entertain the proposition. During the last week of June a representative of the Knights of Labor visited Graven- hurst and tried to effect a settlement of the difficulties, but did not succeed. was the ultimatum decided upon by the local organization and concurred in by the brotherhood generally, the next move was to go out on strike, which was done on July 3rd. From latest reports nearly 2,000 men are now out, and the situation still continues without much change. A few of the mills have given in but the majority refuse to do so. The ranks of the strikers seem firm, and every man seems confident of victory. have asked the government for police protection for the men they are bringing in from Quebec and Michigan. How long this trouble may continue it is impossible to determine, but even if a settlement is made at once the loss to the lumber trade must of necessity be very heavy. ANOTHER STRIKE AT THE CHAUDIERE. The following particulars of the labor troubles at Ottawa are furnished by the Jozsnad of that city : “*A stir was caused at the Chaudiere this morning by the instead of monthly as before. As the above w The mill owners it is understood, shippers, carters and some of the pilers in the employ of Mr. Hee Rs The strikers, some eighty in number, assembled in front of the office of the firm this morn- Booth, going on strike. ing instead of going to work, and Mr. Wilson the shipping Booth. It there no foreman conveyed the demands of the men to Mr. that among the scheduled scale of wages. Each firm pay their men what they think they are worth. Mr. struck $6.50 a week and they demanded $7 and $7.50 a week according to their Mr. Booth refused to comply with the demand and paid the men off. seems Chaudiere lumbermen is Booth was paying the men who positions. 5 . ex *« The strikers showed a disposition to be troublesome after-+ wards. They threatened the shippers and pilers who remain- This threat had the effect of making quite a Mr. to induce them to go to work again, but the men were afraid. “The strike is ina measure caused by the lack of an under- standing among the lumber firms as to the rates of wages. Messrs. Bronson & Weston and Pierce & Co, are paying pilers, shippers and teamsters from $7 to $7.50 per week while Messrs. Perley & Pattee and J. R. Booth are only paying $6.50 and $7 for men doing the same work. The strikers have no complaint except as to wages. ed at work. number of men quit work. Wilson, the foreman, tried ““The ball was started rolling the day before yesterday, when the wheelers of the Perley & Pattee concern struck for $7 a week, and after holding out for a-day got what they demanded, with some Then the pilers and shippers employed by Perley & Pattee and J. R. Booth, began grumbling about their wages, and announced their intention of demanding the same wages as Bronson & Weston were paying their men. The strike this morning was therefore not exceptions. a surprise. “ Chicago Timberman. > Puget Sound lumberthen are betwixt and ieee Gu'the question of free trade in lumber. “ They do not want free trade nor do they want a continuation of the war tariff.” British Columbia has a large lumber trade in Australia, Japan, China and South America, with which the Buget Sound mill- men seek to compete, but British Columbia lumbermen have the advantage in being able to sell at lower figures. These. countries are the legitimate markets for Puget Sound lumber and the removal of the tariff would enable our millmen to suc- cessfully compete with their British neighbors. There is a strong measure of sensible reasoning in this, as these Puget Sound men cannot ship their board lumber east, so from this standpoint they are in favor of free lumber. On the contrary timber for car sills, bridge chords, ete., find a ready market in the western states and in consequence of the tariff prices keep up. So the dilemma presents the two horns, Zs. free trade in lumber one seemingly the easier tw but ‘you pays your money and takes your choice.” Chicago Timberman. Our Manistee eres © touches upon a feat not commonly noticed in the lumber j journals—the fe ' mand which comes through Canadian sources. — H call for ‘‘longitudinals.” an item not frequently ¢ lis important article in the list of material used for rail ing in England, where the bed work of thet solid masonry 5 and the necessity exists for some! “‘ give,” on which to fasten the rail. The sion 5x7, as a rule, and has to be clear stuff—good lumber. Northwestern Lumberman. Last week mention was made in these columns of a man. a drive who was drowned because he could not swim. To fol low the drives is a dangerous vocation fora man unable to A treacherous log is liable at any time to give a bath, in a deep and wide bath tub, and itis | only necessary for him to swim upon the surface the but under it, in order that the swift running logs may over him. | No man on the drives can be to much of a duck for his own safety. | Swimming is taught too everywhere. Every boy and girl should be taught | swim as well as to play base ball and the piano. Northwestern Lumberman. The reported let up in the movement of pine stum «A weakening of prices. With lumber stocks about $2 the on the average less than last season, and the apprehension of a still further decline in the thermometer of i the market, there isa widespread opinion that prices for stumpage must also come Gown from sale upon which oe Dah THE CANADA COLUMBIA * REFINING CO’Y. NEW WATER JACKETED NIETNAT STORE: | CYLINDER, — = GUPOLA FURNACE. MACHINERY OILS. Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and shaft- ing, and is a saving of 50 to 75 per cent. over oils. JOSEPH HAR TON & CO: 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. Telephone 800. ae. ft B. W. KEIM’S New Water Jacketed Cupola produces pie castings with a saving of a abourer and ten per cent. of a saving In metal and fuel. It is especially adapted for the use of stove, brass and iron founders, also for the treat- ment of phosphor-bronze, copper and bell metal. It is so constructed that by the addition of 1% per cent. of aluminum a steel casting can be produc- ed. It requires little, if any, repairs, and the bottom need not be droened for months. Esti- mates furnished for portable reduction works for the smelting of lel silver, lead or copper ore. | Assaying and analyzing promptly Aerended to by the best of chemists. Your correspondence solicited. Send for illustrated catalogue. WANTED.—Reliable parties to introduce the Hartsfeld Automatic continuous and improved economical Coke and Charcoal Ovens of any capacity. Also, lately improved portable reduction works and prospecting hand-power diamond bit rock drill that will bring up a solid core 500 feet. Ex- traordinary inducements. is Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. gg LS » ELECTRIC LIGHTING APPARATUS 57, ADELAIDE.ST. W. ” TORONTO GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST, “By a thorough knowledge of the natural | laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with, | a deneely flavoured beverage which may save | us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may | be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves | well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.” —‘** Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, by Grocers, labelled thus: HUAI Wy 77, UM) Zz ; JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeceopathic Chemists, London, England, THIS SPACE BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE Ano ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. Average daily business over $25,000 TWO INSPECTORS WANTED. 10-KING:ST-EAST: E“@ TORONTO tif SEND-FOR PRICES ° J. B. CARLILE, Managing Director, Toronto. MESSRS. WILSON & MORRISON, SCRIBNER’'S LUMBER \ ( AND S106 BOOK Over One Million Sold. OST complete book of its kind ever pence y Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs. Planks. Scantling: cubical contents of square and round Simber ; hints to lumber dealers ; wood measure : speed of circular saws; care of saws; cord-wood tables: felling trees; growth of trees; jand measure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated «¢ on of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. . G. W. FISHER, ox 238, Rochester, NN s5 or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. ——_$_———————— IT ih LONI Lumbermetnt SHOULD SEND FOR A COPY OF Scribner's Lumber & Log Book. OVER ONE MILLION ALREADY SOLD. Price 45 ceots post paid. Our readers will confer a favor by + + + ADDRESS + + + A. 6. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. mentioning this Journal when writing to Advertisers. | THE HARTSFELD FURNACE CO.’Y, LTD. Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. | LUMBERMAN. TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING DP heh LEATHER -+ BELTING A OE TEE OO OV TI II UI UIITVIUY Au a fa fe La fi fs Pi PLD Dc Di Bic Bie Ba Bs Ps Bs Bie Bs Be Bs Bie Bs Bis Bs Be Bs Ps Be PP I Ds Bs Banana ann g iKewevvevyy >To _— ee LSS, Atay WAZ AMT — Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET LEATHER: BELTING* o Kine Street Feast, Toronto. fo) Wy se | Sole Agents in Canada for the CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL The Only Perfect Belt Ure 15 oa uu ing, P] All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price Send for Discounts and our Pamphl y HK E e fore purchasing. =) ESE Re Ae = For shipment large quantities of =| AE" BOX - HOOKS. Apply to, H. P. Care of CANADA LUMBERMAN, CASH TERMS. Peterborough, Ontario. NAPANEER CEMENT COMPANY (LIMITED.) — MANUFACTURERS OF — | € *% Wyudraulic Gement ‘ | sibannicouane? adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul- verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. =A _-— G RAITLWAYTS awsome oo ee | PO AG eer A eee For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Manufacturing, &c. eT lt-« Machine Knife-* Works. i mm i Ip Tl | i | | ih ll I ) A A wl OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR | Planing, Moulding &S SEND iP FTE fo UL = Or =e i= 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. August, 1888 | MACHINERY FOR SALE SQCOMOTIVES FOR SALE. ( ( L r fl ] l) !) ( { GAWand rT, ie mes Ay: = by H. W. | Three second-hand locomotives in working dild l ull CTMNd () I) ‘ PETRIE, Brantford. Ont. order, rails and other equipment. One locomo- ONE small grist or chopping mill with power, in | tive boiler suitable for saw mill purposes. geod! ocak. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, ONE pair 62 inch burr stones with parts. ‘ ‘ 49 Front Street West, Toronto. 2VAS AS ASA ONE 30 inch portable burr mill. NE 20 inch Waterous burr chopper. i y a O LUMBER MERCHANTS POL Lal el corn shellers by different makers. ae 4 e piece eller) | And Shipping Agents. } te 3k 4 ONE 60 inch Tyler water wheel in scroll case. | OSWEGO, N.Y. ere Saw and Shingle Mill. | 48 inch Sclater wheel, new. OR oA LE ae first caps saw and shingle nay | td , ate e . SH ancien SSI TOO _in good running order: water power. For “Kr ie ae / 48 PGs nee particulars apply to Two x2 inch Sampson water wheels WM. HAMILTON, Athlone, Ont. | 40 inch Leffel water wheel, with the sun. t) | 3 5 inch Leffel wheel, left hand. | lla ilf () ll Bros ESE] SEC/\SEC] SECIS] SEZ] | i . 30” inch Leffel, wheel left hand. | BO ges tee ee IN LIQUIDATION YA will supply anything in the line of BLANKS or inch Leffel, runs against the sun. | J j Borns ea | STATIONERY for Lumber Shanties and Offices at City prices. 48 inch Leffel, with the sun. 20 inch Leffel, with the sun. ¥% inch Leffel, runs with the sun. i 17 I 5 inch Archimedian, in iron case, left hand. : \% inch Leffel wheel, against the sun. i 13% a | iz ONE water wheel governor, Galt make. ie r ; | The undersighed will, up to the 4 pea dice saw mill, iron saw frame. Waterous | Shan ty Settlements Office Letterheads 2 block saw mill, Waterous make. 7 th ( f A L] [+L] = aR; 4 lath mills, new and second hand. Shan ty Orders Office Noteh eads 8 shingle machines, different kinds and makes. RECEIVE TENDERS = . = te on : ; Shanty Receipts ice BPnvelopes 2 stave cutters. for the purchase of the QNE heading turner. 2 spoke and axe handle lathes. HAWKESBURY MILLS drag sawing machine. 2 oe PROPERTY AND PLANT. 2 shingle packers, latest make, the latter of the value of some $30,000, together with the Shanty Time Books Ojjice Cards Shanty Log Books Ojjice Notes Shanty Reports Ojjice Drafts N°: 5. Sturtevant exhaust fan. OF ofhexet andspargears, Send fordescri> | SAW-LOGS and BOOM TIMBER * of Shanty Ledgers Ojjice Orders . tive lists. : ; ONE foot stave jointer. ; | oh lying on the Ottawa river and bays thereof, sy aina sth. o> eae Sa eyelh 6 yetween the mouth of the Dumoine and Hawkes- Was 2 Ss ne Pecei "7 IRCULAR saws, 66, 60, 55, §2 and 50 inch, and / Perwecn the month of the Dumoine and Hawkes: Shanty Cash Books Ojjice Receipts several smaller sizes. Leal A 4 several malle IS pieces of White Pine Sawlogs, 12 ft. 8 in. and 13 ft. I OT of lumber and log cars. 8 in. long, and 5,000 pieces Red Pine Sawlogs, chiefly 16 ft. 8 in Jong, and some 200,000 lineal feet SEND for my descriptive list of engines, boilers, of flat timber, at a price per piece or standard for Shanty Way Bills Ojjice Blank Notes iron tools, wood working machinery, etc. H, | sawlogs anda price per lineal foot for the flat tim- W. PETRIE, Brantford, Ont. ber, all free of duty and delivered at Hawkesbury this season,and season of 1889. Parties wlshing to tender for logs and timber WANTED AND FOR SALE separately from mills may do so at so much per Drive Books Ojjice Ship Account Books piece for the sawlogs and so much per foot for the timber, and take delivery of the same wherever Announcements in this department will they may be lying at the time of sale, count and | 3 be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents | MCasurement, where not already known to be per line, each insertion, payable in advance, | ¢stablished by sellers and buyers at nearest divid- For three or more consecutive insertions ot ing booms, the same advertisement a discount of 25 per : 5 : Z z cent. will be allowed. Eight words should Separate offers for logs and timber above Chan- be counted as one line. diere, and logs and timber between Chaudiere and A ND everything necessary to a complete office outfit. SUT THe Hawkesbury Mills will be entertained, but tenders for the whole eeu afloat will receive first and TIMBEL. LIMITS FOR SALE, more favorable consideration, and no tender for z J : 3 any other sub-division of the logs and timber will IMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO, | be received. Quebec and Manitoba. W.J. FENron & Co., : ; ee : . x . 50 Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. : In all ares the Leics or any tender will not / els Printing done in the highest Stvle ot the Art, and at ecessarily be accepted. / nety tn ° = r Lowest Living Prices PINE TIMBER LIMITS FOR L _ Terms for Sawlogs and Timber sold separately SA E. for mills will be cash on delivery thereof to pur- <. Rpesers ROESHE NE Seino) mney ae place. a a Ac pee ce Oe oils cel heal More favorable terms wi granted in the case of x T T c ye ne : Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest Terri- | a sale of the Hawkesbury Mills property and OOK-BINDING of every Description got up in a very tory. Canada, 100 square miles each; great bar- ; . , ant : : APTS ols lnk Ud De plant, together with the Logs and Timber. 7 x : gains, Also, limits in Georgian Bay, Algoma and = N eat and Superior Mann or, Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY, Tor- -ATEDON FC =R onto, dealer in Pine Lands and Lumbermen’s CALEDON F. GILDER, plant and supplies, Light iron and steel rails in For Executors. stock. SSlas rE yy 7RRe aa pa Tt : : Hawkesbury Mills, July 18, 1838. | CCOUNT Books Ruled and Bound to any desired | Pattern. gee AN eS Stor COI iN? | | . DESERONTO, Gti | OR Schedule ol Prices address, describing the kind and | quality of work desired. MANUFACTURERS OF | “TERRACOTTA FIRE-PROOFING® pavana LUMBERMAN JOB DEPARTMENT, Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire.proof. About as Cheap as Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick. Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water. Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer. PETERBORO’, ONT. : ote August, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. BF. STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILY. Ww Rata Sms! AZ ASA Sy (ara ma WS SHI GUARANTEED oa NO WARPING, TO DRY CHECKING = IN— AND BLUEING WITH THE STURTEVANT Patent Hot Blast — Best Manner Possible ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT WOOD LUMBER. WRITE-+FOR* CATALOGUE. oteam Heating Apparatus. 115 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK. = = 31N. CANAL STREET, CHICAGO. Pee ORTLAND, Ratentee oi aSbie "WP AYREEPEP BOS TO. \V,. MASS, Cm ONTARIO OTL CO. THE RATHBUN COMPANY, | DESERONTO, ONT., fa ERhurch street, Toronto, Lint. PURCHASERS IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC OF BLACK ASH, RED BIRCH, RED OAK, ee ee BASSWOOD AND PINE LUMBER, SOLE CONSIGNEES OF SOUTHWICK’S CELEBRATED LUBRICATING OILS & GREASES. | SHINGLES. BEST GRADES OF PINES AND CEDARS. We beg to advise our customers and the trade | ake SPOONER’S Sw generally that having succeeded BOWDEN & CO. in| cor rr iu Ix I IN Fa this business, we shall by close attention thereto, en- bad deavour to merit a still larger patronage than has been | Soil ay » ROOUBY, « Manager. fe ri accorded to them in the past. Our goods, the customers being the judges, are not | saris NON-FIBROUS, ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL. for Machinery Journal Bearings Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and to de work that no other metal can. Hardware Stores all keep it; if not order direc equalled in the market and will continue to maintain the high position they now occupy, our aim being ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. to still conduct the business on strictly legitimate as. The Ontario Canoe ong Limited. With thanks for past favors and the request for DEER OE a we their continuance, we are, Yours very truly, ONTARIO OIL CO. E PASI oie we Y) LS YW) Teo WS. ARTHUR GOODBY, Manager. re = HENRY PORTER * ys MANUFACTURER OF Wy a re eh Sore ee eee ere reer eery Leather Betting Se He li Bra Ba Si Ha a Pe Pe Pe Pz cs Sc I Be BP Bs ee Be Bc Be Bs PeUling # Ww Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent * VISITATION STREET, CANOES 222082855, as Oars, Tents, etc., etc. GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. | MOUNTREA La lI Uu ane J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. CANOES FOR LUMBERME designed to carry any amount of Rare | and i Chattles, and Strongly Built, made to order on Sh tice Peters Pee A Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING - Mill Owners will do well to write for estimates before placing their orders. Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Catalozue. August, 1858 TAPER CANADA LUMBERMAN. Eckardt, Kyle & Co, 16 THE FOR SALE, | At avery reasonable sum one half interest in the Strathclair Saw and Grist Mills, situated on | the Little Saskatchewan River, six miles from Manitoba & Northwestern Railroad in the district | of Riding Mountain Timber Limits, comprising 22 square miles, river running through the center forfeited if the party decline to enter into a con- EALED tenders addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed *' Tender for Coal, Public Build- ings,” will be received until Friday, roth August next, for Coal Supply, for all or any of the Domin- ion Buildings. Specification form of tender and all necessary information can be obtained at this Department on and after Wednesday the 18th instant. Persons tendering are notified that tenders will not be considered unless made on the printed forms supplied, and signed with their actual signatures. Each tender must be accompanied by an acceft- ed bank cheque made payable to the order of the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, egzal to jive per cent. of the amount of tender, which will be tract when called upon to do so, or if he fail to complete the work contracted for. If the tender be not accepted the cheque will be returned. The Department will not be bound to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A, GOBEIL, [MPORTERS ann - WHOLESALE GROCERS. We beg to call the attention of buyers to our complete stock of TEAS. SUGARS. SYRUPS, TOBACCOS, ETC. * only 14 miles from the A first class obtained. good opening, oe All owned by Whimster & Kayll, Mr. Kayll wishing to retire. references can be mills. Had. ANY AND ALL STEEL AMERICAN CHOPPING + PIKE POLES PEEVEY STOCKS ann ~~ —~= CANT HOOK HANDLES. Apply to H. E. KAyL1L, Strathclair, P. O., Manitoba. —=s The Pike Pole handles are twelve and thirteen feet long ; made of the best Straight Rock Maple; are turned in a machine made expressly for the purpose, and are 1% inches in diameter for one-half their length, being then tapered to one inch at small end, and chucked to fit furrel. We are the only manu- aac os Secretary. | RUAN facturers in the world who have the system Department of Public Works, ? | and machinery for turning out T Pik Yttawa, July 14th, 1888. | | é ye ig ou aper ike Ottaw au y 4 pe ) ' | te INSPECTION INVITED. Poles successfully. ae CSIs EALED TENDERS addressed to the under- | signed, and endorsed ** Tender for Heating Apparatus, New Departmental Building, Welling- ton Street, Ottawa,’’ will be received at this office | until Monday, 6th August. next, for the several works required in the fitting up, etc.. of a Hot Water Heating Apparatus at the New Depart- mental Building, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ont. | Specifications and drawings can be seen at the | Department of Public Works, Ottawa, on and after Monday, 23rd instant. and tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to fifteen per cent. of amount 'of tender, must accompany | each tender. This cheque will be ferfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work contracted for and will be returned in case of non-acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order | quality. A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works, ? | Ottawa, 19th July, 1888. ) | DO a RN To DODGE : ST As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the fact that it holds a belt much better. Most good mechanics are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the result of tw> tests made and published by two of the most eminent mechanical authorities :— “No. 3, FRONT STREET EAST, | TORONTO. FOR SAL steel pulley. power required. N 7 RY E.| IN| CHIPPAWA COUNTY, MICH., Town 50N 7 & 8W. ESTIMATED TEN MILLION CHOICE WHITE PINE TIMBER Estimated to cut two hundred and fifty to three hundred thousand cubic board timber of a superior One of the oldest locations for Board Pine in the States. Apply to, JoHN SPRY LUMBER Co., is lower than for other good axes, Warranted or not Warranted. GEO. STETHEM, No. JHl George otreet, WM. FORSYTH, Price and terms reasonable. SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. PULLEY IN THE With our Patent Bushing System Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting,and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction. The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for the purpose of putting on additional pulleys when needed, or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and ex- IF AP AP ASAP AP AS AS ASS TE US the Best in the World and the price PETERBOROUGH, ONT. MOST CONVENIENT WORLD, TAT Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per cent. lighter than cast iron Strong enough for any Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. THEY SELL ON SIGHT ano GIVE THE BEST OF SATISFACTION. Price of Pike Poles, Peevey Stocks and Cant Hook Handles, $25.00 per Hundred. ~ Sample Pole sent for 25 cents. For which | am Canadian Agent, are The following are a few of the firms who have used these poles for several seasons: D. Uliyott, Esq., J. M. Irwin, Esq., Geo. Hilli- ard, Esq., Peterborough; Gilmour & Co., Trenton; M. Brennan & Sons, Hamilton ; Gilmour & Co., Chelsea, Que. ; M. Boyd & Co., Bobcaygeon; Muskoka Mili & Lumber Co., Muskoka Mills, The. Rathbun Co., Des- eronto; Heath, Tait & Turnbull, Huntsville ; Cookshire Mill Ca. Cookshire, Que. PETERBOROUGH, ONT. I WOOD SEPARABLE : OR + SPLIT PULLEYS. : TE BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BALANCED AND ij ‘ o-8es SUL screwed without where the key or set screw in the ordinary way, cannot be lifting the pulley from the shaft at that point set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set screw fastening for shaft; also a key unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bushing system is a great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry 4 .; [Rel.value ofleatherbelt)/2 2 5 |. value of leather belt : ee. : : : ; i Od 2 |S oo | pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley _ pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every S85 ae lis 9 >| 3 a emcee made not having these advantages. pulley will fit 22 different sizes of Sl Zi os ene see s D 00) The Compression Fastening whether used with keys in iron Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by — 2 3 sy = i} a2 cit eters gS | center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance | American mechanics, summarizes thus: The ratio is friction to & 25 ai 1 55 | 5 sel ean | as the compression on the shaft and key is always towards the pressure of leather belts, when worn over wooden pulleys is 47, 20 - a T42 | othal| ~ 1.90 Maou | center. : ' over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the average .30 1.69 | .30 | 2.40 1.70 The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened. with set | advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. oto 2.02 |; .40 | 3.30 2.00 screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown We also manufacture GROOYED HARD WOOD PUL- ps : $7 | ‘Pe | eee cies from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA .70 3.43. || 70 +90 3.40 The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are: ~~ ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of applying Morin.—Appleton’s Encylopedia||Haswell.—Engineers’ and Mech- _of Mechanical Arts. | anics’ Pocket Book. A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the | The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co, 89 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. A puiley fastened with key or the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be furnished on application to ih sf a fee BROS. * ao 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17 A EPRESENTACIVE TORON AAG) | ,UMBER FIRMS TENNANT & CO. WILLMOTT & MEINTOSIL Wholesale Dealers in Wholesale 5 ¢ PREVA ZS ZIZ RVR ZEZINIZ VES EZ ML» ——— ee ae [UMBER, |[ATH & SHINGLES i UJ LV iBT: Re oh LA s 2 : GASASAS AS ASAP MS MS AP AP AP AE AE AE AE AE AEE Dressing and Better iia 44 and 46 Front Street East, Tomo ol iT. « ONT ASE Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. bs ? brs aot S Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. % < Prompt Delivery in all Cases. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED '@p=saples=5 @e1=@ \ ) Agents for the € elebrated xf\\ No. S VWicroRia STREET, —_ = LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. Wholesale Dealers in Christie, pace raat DF es Manufacturers and | UMBER LATH AND SHINGLES PINE:4:HARDWOOD;LUMBER Office: 9 Victoria Street, King Street, Fast, TORONTO. Lumber Shipped to all parts. TORONTO, ONT. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. DONOGH & ey VER. ScorrT. SCOTT & Go. Wholesale Dealers in | Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in g UMBER- f ie ile fs w = wi = —] EE NW — a S — Cia lense MILLS AT MEDONTES, SIMCOD COC. Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, WELLINGTON STREET East. Office: Union Loan Buildings. 28 & 30 Toronto St. TORONTO, ONT: *% TORONTO. % WM. LEAK & CO., McCRANEY, McCOOL & WILSON. Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of PINE and HARDWOOD) LUMBER —_ee WHOLESALE—»e-— gov cusesusiusugiuvaasseucesenigtngcioeansanatinnige PINE AND 2 | \/| B LE e = HARD RDWOOD 3 py LATE AND SHINGLES. mnie Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. > its at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Office: Dundas Street, “Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto | Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. P | a TORONTO, - -) -. ONTARIO. | TORONTO and OTTAWA. 18 TE CANDDA LUMBERMAN. August, 1888 The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company of Toronto, Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. “Red Strip,” and * Lion” Brands of BELTING Offices : 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. Sole Manufacturers of “ Monarch,” RUBBER MARK. Particular attention given to special Belts for Lumber Mills. Our celebrated “ Maltese Cross” Rubber; “Baker Fabric” and Ay l7ax Cotton; “Giant” and Light Linen, and Fire Hose constantly in stock. LUMBERMEN’S HEAVY RUBBER CLOTHING, OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Address all Communications to THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MF6. CO. OF TORONTO, 43 Yonge St. GOLDIE+ Stee ULLOCH 1G Aad WORKS = FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF BANKERS’ - ----- - - BU R GLAR Proor--% fihRY |. JEWELERS’ eee FIRE PROOF - . : HOUSE. S nit iiinniitingnnulnnulannumlinaehe BANK VAULT BURGLAR PROOF | ININGS =—__ ul Hc ~~ == BURGLAR PROOF V4auLT 2) — hie — FIRE PROOF VAULT - - - - - - -DOQOQRS Ktegular and Special Sizes in Stock and to Order. We make only the BEST in both material and workmanship. We Ss 3 ws A large variety always in Stock at our WAREROOMS, SS 24 FRONT STREET WEST TORGMEEE Ce oar BOSTW IC CK IREPRESENTATIVE, BUTTERWORTH & LOWE, Grand penids Mich., Ux MANUFACTURERS OF Logging Cars, Logging Trucks, Pole Road Cars, Wheels Chilled and Unchilled, Flat Faced and Concave, for every Descrip- tion of Logging Road. Send for Circulars and Mention this Paper. HE CANADA LUMBERMAN.. VortumeE VIII. ; ~ NUMBER 9. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1558. 0) PER YEAR THE LANANA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTHUR G. MORTIMER, OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special class of readers is not only an exceptionally good anedium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special at- tention is directed to ‘“* WANTED”’ and ‘* For SALE” advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price often cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. MANUFACTURERS of lumber in the south are beginning to acknowledge that the cost of manulacturing to them will steadily advance. One cause is that the producing territory is constantly receding from them. Another is that ‘all the choice timber limits are in the hands of Northern speculators. AN article has been patented, which it claimed possesses all the qualities as to hardness and durability of lignum vitee and can be made of any soft wood. The process of manufacture consists of first saturating the wood thoroughly with an oily chemical compound of great penetrating power, and then sub- jecting it to a powerful compression, which so increases its density as to make it rival even iron in hardness. ; For years Saginaw lumbermen have been in the habit of — flooding the Chippewa river by means of dams in order to enable them to run their logs during July and August, thereby shutting the water off from a mill pond at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., leaving the pond dry for days atatime. This it is claimed has been the cause of much sickness, and the boards of health of the township will commence proceedings immediately to prevent the flooding. Other townships are expected to enter the contest, which promises to be an interesting fight, as many wealthy Michigan lumbermen are interested parties. ee aa SSS THE question of admitting Canadian lumber into the United States free of duty has lately been greatly exercising the House of Representatives. The probable fate of the bill is to be shelved in congress, and the Republicans hope when the ques- tion again comes up, the president elect will be one who will veto it, despite the favor of both houses. Canadians need not be overly anxious in the matter. While we have a great reserve of forests yet, the time is rapidly approaching when the value of our timber will be vastly greater than now, and it would not be true economy to have it rushed off too rapidly. THE shingle makers over in Michigan, says an exchange, are reported to be engaged in cutting up every scrap of timber they can get hold of, not even the stumps escape them. A machine has recently come into use which is moved into the woods and which slices shingle-length bolts off every decent stump within a radius of 100 feet. In this way, in the lan guage of a Michigan man, the shingle mills are becoming the scavengers of the lumber region. LEADING Ottawa saw-millers are considering the advisability of changing their motive power from water to steam, and it.is said that other lumbermen about the Chaudiere are debating the same question. Their idea is that the waste and sawdust that is now discharged into the river would supply the necess- ary fuel, and therefore the expense would be inconsiderable, while the change would settle the sawdust nuisance, and the water power could be advantageously used for factories of dif- ferent descriptions which do not afford their own fuel. AMERICAN oak has achieved an important conquest in England, meeting with favor in all quarters, and the number of purposes for which it is called into requisition being ex- tensive and varied. Large quantities are being used and prices are sufficiently firm to afford great satisfaction to those handling it, who are sparing no pains to educate the English public to a thorough appreciation of the value of the wood. The trade in mahogany from Cuba has also received an im- petus, and there seems to be a constantly increasing demand therefor, as indicated by latest reports from the various centres of the timber trade. AccoRDING to some American enthusiasts, Alaska will some day furnish timber for the rest of the United States, but a correspondent of the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, who has seen the country for himself, says such talk is all foolishness. One cannot deny, he says, that there is plenty of timber in Alaska—for there is. But such timber! Small, scrubby spruce, growing to a diameter of 16 inches at the butt, and raising a question in one’s mind where the roots and the branches begin. That’s the kind of timber Alaska produces. The hills and the mountains are covered with it. as far as the eye can reach, but for building purposes it is practically use- A curious feature of that timber is that when it reaches a certain size, viz. : 16 to 18 inches at the butt, without any apparent cause it dies ; and the forests are dotted with these less. trees. ALTHOUGH recent British Board of Trade returns indicate a solid revival of business generally it is not pleasing to notice that the trade between Canada and the Old Country has shown a very decided decrease. British exports to the Do- minion during July were 11% per cent. below the returns for the same month of 1887,and for the seven months ending with July the decrease was 1534 per cent. Canadian exports for the same month show a decrease in July of no less than 20% per cent., and for the seven months, 1814 per cent. Such a state of affairs would be a serious matter at any time, but oc- curing as it does at a period when British Colonial trade is expanding in a remarkable manner, it certainly becomes much more so. The best deduction that can be drawn is that our commercial community of interest with Great Britain is dimin- ishing at an alarming rate, a result which should be, if possible, averted. Whatever may be the cause of the above noted diminution of trade, if allowed to continue, the result can not but be detrimental to cur commercial interests. THE growth of the Canadian lumber export trade may be exemplified by a few quotations from the official returns of the London, England, Board of Trade. Of sawn, split, planed or dressed lumber imported from the Dominion, for the half year ended June 30th, the quantity is set down at 177,286, and the value £408,150. During the corresponding part of 1887, the figures were ; quantity, 108,438, and value, £251,- 864: while in 1886 they were 93,135 and £224,890, respective- ly. In hewn lumber, however, there was a big drop both in quantity and value last year, but this year’s returns show an / SUXGLE COFIES, 10 CENTS upward tendency. The total value of Canadian lumber, ex- clusive of hewn, exceeded that from the Unitec by £54,835. The only country that s Canada in ng whose lumber entered value £927,956. the London lumber market is Ru at London up to June 30th, aggreg A MOST gigantic lumber ‘‘ Trust ” has been formed in the west, which controls the principal lumber interests of Minne- sota and Wisconsin. Fred. Meyerhauser, the riches in the world is at the head of the combine. said to control about $60,000,000 invested in jumber and pine lands, and is backed by agents of the syndicate are scouring tne ntry all the stumpage Jand there is in sight. me 1 vat logs from the Upper Mississippi down over the falls at Minneapolis jerstood that and erect big mills on the lower river. thwestern lines are qa some sou some of the Chicago railroads an encouraging the deal. It orne in mind in this connection that while ‘‘ trusts” and *“‘ combines * are usually understood to mean associations for the purpose of keeping up or raising the prices of commod he lumber business they are entered into for the purpose production. OwING to the comparatively small cut of logs in the Ottawa valley winter before last, the output of the Chaudiere yarious mills was rather small, and this spring saw tI piling grounds and Until the solid completely denuded, every stick of tir shipped and yet the contracts were not drive logs of last winter's cut came down t the firms had hardly enough logs to keep the ills running on day watch only. As a consequence of this shortage unusually h act large gangs of men were sent to the bush logs were cut on the Ottawa than in Most of the firms prepared for the emergency by La =+ This year the output is estimat 30L,000,000 feet were d to be 405,000,000. the capacity of their mills. sawn. Among the firms which are the heaviest purchasers for the herd & Morse of American market fer this district are: Si Burlington, Bronson, Weston & Dut of Burlington, Rathbun Company, of Deseronto, the Canada Export Lum- ber Co. and a host of concerns on the c ther side of the line. The Bronson, Weston & Co., J. R. Booth and Pierce & Co. ship large quantities of first grade deals to England. THe Manitoba Free Press had an article recently describing the timber resoures of Lake Winnipeg, Not only are the islands in the lake, which contains much valuable information. many of which are of considerable extent, covered with valu- able timber, but its shores also, and especially in the neigh- borhood of the numerous rivers that empty into it. The various kinds of timber in the Lake Winnipeg region are spruce, tamarac, cedar, jack pine and white poplar. The described as almost limitless in extent, must the railways of tamarac supply, some day be of immense service in furnishing the Canadian Northwest and the Northwestern States with ties There are 4,207 miles of railway in Dakota, 4,789 in Wisconsin, 4,828 in Minnesota 5,539 in Michigan, and equal or greater mileage in many other states and territories. The railway mileage of the American Northwest is something stupendous, that are 20 per cent. more valuable than spruce tes. every seven years will require almost If navigation up Red River igar and to renew the ties unlimited supplies of tamarac. from Selkirk to Winnipeg were improved Manitoba should soon become a large exporter of tamarac ties. For the spruce, jack-pine and cedar of the Lake there should also be large demand. The jack-pine makes excellent shingles, and seven or eight million shingles made from it were exported from the The spruce and cedar are most valuable, and both for fuel purposes Lake last year. even the white poplar can be employed and, if necessary, for the manufacture of paper pulp. The ex- tent to which the lumber industry on Lake Winnipeg has been developed already is by no means insignificant. The Selkirk Lumber Company at Fisher River cut 2,500,000 feet in 1887, and will cut 3,000,000 feet this year. Brown, Rutherford & Nilsson at Fisker Bay cut 1,100,000 feet in 1887, and their estimated cut for this year iS 1,250,000 feet. Capt. Rebinson ... Wisconsin and Minnesota, may have THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. made a cut of 1,000,000 feet at Ebb and Flow Lake last year, which wil! just double this year. Mr, Jonasson, whose mill is at Bad Throat River, cut 1,225,000 ft. this year. James Corcoran’s cut at Humbug Bay last season was 700,000 feet, but will be 900,000 ft. this season. Wood & Co. cut 460,000 ft. at Winnipeg River last year, and their cut for this year is estimated at the same figure. Brouse & Co. also cut 250,000 feet at Bad Throat River in 1887, and will cut 200,000 ft. this season. The total cut for 1887 was 6,700,000 ft., while that for 1888 is estimated at 8,975,000 ft.; that for 1887 realized, say, $74,250, while this year’s cut is expected to bring $116,- 676. The cut for 1887 sold at an average of $11 a thousand ; while that of 1888 is bringing $13 a thousand. It is true that the timber is not of a very large size, but that is its only draw- back. There are many most valuable uses, like those which have been enumerated, to which it can be put, and is being put at present. Like the great bulk of our natural resources, its natural trade movement must be southwards and across the international boundary. THE additions to their rolling stock that are being made on the principal railways, will do much to prevent this season the shortage of cars of which complaints were made at some points last year. There has always been more or less grumbling about the want of the accommodation and the charges on the Northern and Northwestern under the old management. Now that it has come under the control of the Grand Trunk it is to be hoped that things will run more satisfactorily. THE tariff duty on lumber taken from the New Brunswick frontier into the United States, it is said, has been a dead letter until recently. The Kenrebec, Me., lumbermen con- sidered themselves aggrieved by this laxity in enforcing the protection of their interests, and took action in the matter. Their effarts, they say, have been successful, and the law will now be stringently enforced. The amcunt now collected is three times what it was before the lumbermen commenced the agitation. Reports from Quebec indicate a satisfactory condition of the trade. The increased demand from Great Britain, com- bined with the diminished output following on the low prices of the last year or two, strenghened the market and enabled old stocks that had accumulated here to be worked off. This is likely to lead to Canadian operators paying more attention next winter to the European markets. The new arrangements as to loading timber are also having a beneficial effect in the city of Quebec. UNTIL within recent years that portion of Ontario known as the Lake Superior region was a terra incognita. Now, thanks to the enterprise that has pushed through its rocky wilds one of the greatest railroads in the world, its capabilities and possibilities are being gradually made known. That it is rich in mineral wealth and that within its bounds are numerous tracks where the agriculturist, the dairyman and the stock raiser will, in the not far distant future, flourish, is begin- ning to be acknowledged. But there also the lumberman will find a wide field for his Operations. The rocky and rough sections, 4s well as the more favored spots, are covered with a forest growth of no inconsiderable value. In some parts the timber is heavy enough for sawing, and a good deal has already been manufactured into lumber, whilst the lighter timber ensures a bountiful fuel supply. ABouT the middle of the month there was an important caucus of Republican members of the United States Senate at the residence of Senator Chandler. There was a long discus- sion as to the proposed Tariff Bill, which the Republicans have planned as a means of fighting the Mills Bill and making political capital for the Presidential election. The treatment of the lumber duty was debated in a lively manner with much difference of opinion. Some Senators from treeless states : strongly advocated free lumber and the abrogation of the duty. Representatives of the lumbering States, on the other hand, were as strong for continued protection and for the mainten- ance of the lumber duty intact. It is reported that a com- promise was proposed and accepted to reduce the duty by fifty per cent., leaving it at one dollar per thousand. Evident- ly the action of Congress in this matter is very uncertain, depending much more upon political than economical con- siderations. The great lumber trust with a capital of $60,000,000, which is said to be in process of formation in something to say on the “question, as well as on prices, output, wages, &c. It is ‘notorious that such rings have considerable influence upon legislation among our neighbours, by the use of their system of “lobbying” and other devices, the secret of which is some- times divulged after a time. ‘ THE appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Council to determine the possessorship of the Crown lands of Northwestern Ontario—whether the title is in the Dominion or the Province—was argued very thoroughly. The question largely turns upon the nature of the Indian title and the rights acquired by its extinguishment. The Judicial Committeereserved judgment, which is to be given in November, a chief cause for the delay being the time required for obtaining from Canada copies of certain Orders-in-Council, which were considered to have an important bearing on the decision. It is not of very great importance to the lumbermen as such whether they have to deal with the Dominion or Provincial authorities, but it is high time that the point should be settled one way or the other, so as to put an end to the troublesome complications now ex- isting and to facilitate operations in this district. The present uncertainty has impeded business, which will be lively as soon the judgment is decided, whatever it may be. THE task of towing the great Joggins’ or O’Leary raft from Nova Scotia to New York has been successfully accomplished. This immense mass of timber, valued at about $13,000, and consisting of 30,000 logs, varying in length from 25 feet to 200 feet, firmly bound with chains and strong iron wire,was guided into New York harbor through Hell gate, on Saturday, August 11, Naturally enough, the event was signalized by any amount of rejoicing, for not only had predicted failure been averted, but the result demonstrated the possibility of an immense say- ing in the cost of transportation. The trip occupied 11 days and the cost is estimated at about $5,000, so that, even allow- ing a pretty wide margin, the profit will be considerable, the raft being worth at least $40,000. —_ Had it been conveyed by rail it would have required not less than fifty trains of fifty cars each to accomplish the transportation. The smaller forwarders and dealers have all along viewed Mr O’Leary’s scheme with jealous distrust, and their representations to the govern- ment had the effect of inducing the Minister of Marine to promise that if the venture proved a failure, as the one of 1887 did, he would use his efforts to secure such legislation as would give him authority to prevent any more experiments of this kind. As it has passed beyond the realm of experiment into acknowledged practicability, it is now altogether unlikely that any measure will be seriously contemplated to prohibit future rafts on this plan being constructed. The railway companies and owners of coasting schooners, as‘well as the smaller forwarders and shippers, will doubtless feel aggrieved, but there does not appear to be any means by which they can help themselves. By care in constructing the raft or timber ship, and by launching it when reasonably fine weather may be confidently anticipated, there does not seem to be any rea- son why the O’Leary rafting system should not become an established custom. The main advantages gained by means of | such a raft over the custom of employing coasting schooners are these: an ordinary coaster will only carry about 500 piles, and if any are over 60 feet long or 18 inches in diameter, not many of these vessels.can load the logs through the ports. The big raft contained about forty-five ordinary schooner loads and many of the pieces were of too great a size to be taken in any schooner. The net cost of towing the raft is said to be $5,000, whereas at ordinary freight rates it would cost $21,000, thus showing a saving of $16,000 in freight alone. It is now said that another raft will be built and launched before the stormy weather of November arrives. THE recent lengthy debates in the Senate and House of Representatives at Washington on the Mills Tariff Bill and the Fishery treaty should greatly enlighten the American people—if they read the reports—on the commercial import- ance of Canada, and the extent of our natural resources. As a contemporary puts it, the debate has been a first class adver- tisement for Canada. The average Yankee has hitherto had very hazy notions on this subject, if, indeed, he ever consider- ed the fact of the Dominion’s existence at all. But the strong anti-Canadian talk of such men as Senators Tloar, Sherman, Fry, Evarts, and others in their partisan desire to embarrass President Cleveland and the Democratic Administration, will cause, if it has not already created a different impression among the masses. These men, exaggerating possibly their real feel- ing, have raved and ranted about the great future in store for Canada, and how if the Democratic tendency to reciprocity in trade is allowed full swing, the Dominion will ultimately over- shadow in trade and manufactures, as well as material wealth, the great Yankee nation. To avert such an awful catastrophe, as that the ‘‘land of the free and the home of the brave,” should by any possibility have a neighbor equal or superior to her in this respect, the Senators seem to be united, but as to the means to be employed they differ materially. While some advocate a system of exclusion and non-inter- course, others boldly take the bull by the horns by proposing to ask Mamma England to hand daughter Canada over to may act in the matter of a Retaliatic Jonathan altogether, that her interests, destiny and growing importance may become a part and parcel of the great American republic. And on August 6th, Senator Blair intro- duced a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs “‘ that the President be requested to open negoti- ations with the Government of her Britannic Majesty (in which the Dominion of Canada and the several political subdivisions thereof should be represented), with a view to the settlement of all differences between her Majesty’s Government and the United States, and especially to the arrangement of terms mutually just, honorable and satisfactory for political union between the Dominion of Canada, or between any of the several provinces or subdivisions of the Dominion of Canada, and the United States, subject to the approval of the people of the Dominion of Canada, or of the people of any province or subdivision thereof, who may be included in such ment, and to the ratification of the United States, in such manner as Congress may prescribe ; such political union to be republican in form and in accord with the general system and the constitution of the United States ; and the ‘negotiations may embrace such further treaties, compacts and alliances as shall be deemed necessary for the future peace, happiness, security and general welfare of her Majesty’s Dominion and of the United States.” But Brother Jonathan might as well Spare himself the trouble, for however strong may be his desire to Possess our wealth of forest and field and mine, our people also have their aspirations, and if destiny should dissever our con- nection with the great Mother Country, they propose to con- duct their own affairs still, and, under Providence, make not an integral part of the United States, but a prosperous, and progressive nation, a neighbor in harmonious relationship, but hardly 2 business partner with no voice in conducting the business. THERE is every indication that the timber export trade from the lower provinces is at presen: in a much more settled and healthy condition than it has been for years. Unfortunately, the depression that existed in every branch of trade and the decrease in European demand occurred at a period when there was an overplus in stock in Quebec and a large over-produc- tion throughout Canada. But in the very nature of things this evil has worked its own remedy, for manufacturers and ex- Porters soon saw the folly and absurdity of depleting the forests, and thus killing the goose that laid their golden eggs, ata time when such a large stock of manufactured lumber remained upon the market, while at the same time they realized that the standing timber on their lands was yearly in- creasing in value. For this reason, while a few firms suspend- ed operations in the woods altogether, most of the rest curtailed their usual output. The result of this has been to place the trade in an eminently satisfactory condition. Nearly all the old stock held over has been parted with at fair prices, thanks to an increased Old Country demand. Some lots of white pine were sold at a better price than was ever before obtained. The present encouraging condition of affairs will no doubt lead to more extensive operations on the limits. during the coming season, but it is to be hoped that the grand mistake of the past, overproduction, will be avoided. The (Quebec Chronzcle is of opinion that the recent indications point to a revolution in the Quebec timber trade. The old system of manufacturing the timber in the woods isto a greater or lesser extent giving away to the production of logs, destin- ed to be converted for exportation into boards and deals. The reason is that in face of the increased values of timber and of the rapid denuding of forests, the waste resulting from the manufacture of timber is quite an item in the calculation of limit holders. The butt end logs of many of the largest trees hitherto felled in the woods have been left to rot where they were hewn, because of some decay or hollow in the heart, which unfitted them for export as timber, though the sacrifice involved the loss of any amount of excellent “ sidings.” Then, too, there is to be taken into account the wasted material resulting from the squaring of the logs. The anly check toa complete transformation in this industry is the fact that English dealers prefer to import timber to manufactured lumber, as they find that customers like to cut it to suit them- selves. But there is no reason why, if specifications are furnished from England, Canadian millers should not saw the logs to meet English requirements ; but the interests of English mills and the conservative tendencies of old country dealers. stand in the way of a very general change in this direction. However, a good portion of the Canadian export timber trade with England is undoubtedly giving way to the shipment of lumber to the United States, which will naturally continue to. increase, more especially if the duties are removed or decreased. In the present disturbed state of the American political atmosphere, it is hard to prophesy what measures they may take regarding the duties on lumber, or how the Senate — (( Sec mY September, 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. CASUALTIES. Mr. Jos. Dovey, of Lindsay, had fouy fingers of his right hand cut off while jointing. At Eddy’s mill, Hull, a boy named Delany, while working at one of the saws had his haud badly cut. A boy named German Asselin has been killed at Brompton Falls, Que.,in a saw mill by the saw striking him in the abdomen. ‘A man named Lepense, aged 25 employed at Hurdman’s mill, Hull, had his leg badly jammed, by getting caught among some chains. Robert Newbury, of Belleville, who was employed in the saw mill at Deseronto, had three fingers of his right hand cut off by a buzz saw. Lysander Johnson a Swede working in one of the camps of the West Michigan Lumber Co., near Big Rapids, Mich., had his head crushed, and died instantly. Mr. Rogers an old man employed in the lumber mill of the Rathbun Co., at Deseronto, was severely injured by a speedy pulley striking him on the back of the head, cutting an ugly gash. Mr. L. Gilbert, employed in J. & J. Kerr’s planing mill Petrolia was badly injured by a board thrown from the saw. It is impossible to say at present whether he will recover. A young man named Edward Begin, married, and father of a family, at Paradis’ Mills, Levis, P. Q., had his thumb so severely injured by a circular saw that it is feared it may have to be amputated. John Reynolds, a Canadian 53 years old, was run over and killed by a train on Load’s logging railroad, near Mud Lake, Mich. Both his arms and legs were ground to a pulp, and he was literally scalped. William Beadle, of the Railway Boarding House, Waub- aushene, while attending his work at the burner of the Victoria Harbor lumber mill fell a distance of thirty feet and was so much injured that he died shortly after. Alexander Miller, aged twenty-six, of Remus, was killed in the mill of the Chippewa Lumber Company, at Chippewa Lake, Mich. A slab from the edging machine struck him in the side with great force, almost disembowelling him. He died soon afterward. John Proctor, a young man of 20, employed as apprentice in T. A. Hodgson’s planining mill, Ottawa, had a piece of the thumb of his right hand cut off and three fingers cut while working at one of the machines. He was cutting a piece of board, when it flew back and drew in his hand. Mr. T. H. Carr, lumber buyer for McCraney, McCool & Wilson, of Toronto, while assisting to load flat cars at Flesh- erton station was suddenly seized with an attack of heart syncope and fell from the car to the ground so violently as to sustain a fracture of the skull. Death was instantaneous. A man named Thos. Bailey was instantly killed on August 4th in Lambert Love’s saw mills at Port Sandfield. Bailey was tail-sawing and was caught on the carriage and dragged on to the saw. Bailey had lived in Port Carling for a number of years, and leaves a wife and family to mourn his loss. He was terribly cut to pieces. While working in the Cameron Lake Mill, a gentleman by the name of William Lace got his left hand caught in the lath saw while trying to catch a pile of lath that were about to fall, two fingers were almost cut off and cutting his hand badly in other places. The unfortunate man had just recovered from a severe accident of the same kind which happened some time ago. While Mr. M. M. Vickery, of Port Perry, was working on the slabber in Green & Ellis’ Mill, at- Fenelon Falls, a slab got stuck in the gate and in trying to extricate it he was drawn towards the gate which struck him, inflicting several deep wounds above his right eye, which rendered him completely insensible and he remained in this state for some time after- wards. In the early part of August a Frenchman named P. Lugan, who was working in Mather’s saw mill at Keewatin as sawyer, was struck by a slab in such a manner as to throw him upon the saw, and before any assistance could be render- ed him the saw had passed completely through his body, entering on the right shoulder, and in severing his body threw one-half some ten feet from the saw. A very sad accident occurred on Aug. 4, eight miles from Port Carling, Ont., in Mr. Love’s sawmill by which Mr. Thos. Bailey lost his life. He was tail-sawing and while stooping to pick up board he was touched by the carriage on the hip. This caused him to loose his balance and fall across the saw, which entered his lelt shoulder completely severing his head and right arm from the body. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and three small children. fine + tke An employe of the Holt Lumber Co., Oconto, Mich., named Godfrey Durand, was killed by a peculiar accident. He was adjusting some part of the gang, and had his head between the spokes of the fly wheel, when the machine was started by the sawyer. Durand was caught in the wheel, and whirled around a couple of times, his head being crushed and his limbs broken. removed. He died within a few minutes after being A horrible and fatal accident occurred in Vigars Bros. saw mill at Port Arthur, in which a sawyer named Toby Smith was almost instantly killed. It appears that a piece of slab became wedged against a large circular saw. Smith ran the log carriage back and stopped the machinery to remove the slab. He omitted, however, inserting a safety pin in the lever which controlled the steam feeder and while busy removing the slab the feeder suddenly began working and the log carriage forced him forward against the saw. It was not running but he was ground against its sharp teeth and torn and mangled horribly. The main artery of the right thigh was cut. From this he bled profusely, and death followed in a few seconds. The unfortunate man was between 50 and 60 years of age. He had only been here about three weeks, coming from Orillia, Ont., where he is said to have a wife and family. A very serious accident occurred on the logging road of the Gratwick,Smith & Fryer Lumber Co., near Gaylord, Mich. A train of cars left the woods at 12 0’clock carrying 140 men from work to camp for dinner. ed, and the distance being several miles, the engineer made all possible haste to get the men to headquarters. While going down grade with the throttle wide open a heavy piece of wood fell from the the tender in front of the cars, derailing five, which with their load of human freight were overturned and piled up promiscuously. A large number of men were buried in the wreck and not extricated for nearly three hours. Two of them had their backs broken and could not be moved, an- other was sent to the hospital at Cheboygan, but died before reaching Indian River, and many suffered from broken arms Three were killed and four others fatally injured. For this one hour’s time was allow- FIRE RECORD. Bush fires continue to do great damage throughout Parry Sound District. The bush fires destroyed 240 cords of wood belonging to Mr. Mundy, of Penetang. A serious bush fire raged at Cote St. Louis, near Montreal and the residents of the localities were in constant fear of see- ing their homes and barns destroyed. R. J. Francis’ planing mill and the property adjoining, in New York city, was struck by lightning during the storm on the night of Aug. 3, and burned. $175,000. The extensive sawmills of La Frenciere, situated at Louis- ville, Que., were recently destroyed by fire. A number of logs The loss is estimated at $100,000, partly covered by insurance. The loss altogether was were also burned. The steam power saw mill at Eel River, Restigouche county, N. B., owned by McNair and Bros., and operated by Messrs. Hayes & Co., was destroyed by fire Aug. 11. The building was insured for $5,000. The Muskegon Shingle & Lumber Co. lost about 2,000,000 feet of logs by a forest fire about nine miles from Big Rapids, Mich. C. J. Hamilton also lost 1,000,000 feet, and Big Rapids parties a small quantity. Two store-houses belonging to the Georgian Bay Lumber Company, at Waubaushene, were recently destroyed by fire, as well ag a boat house belonging to the same firm. Several of the employees were badly injured while fighting the flames. During the past month quite a number of bush fires have been raging in the vicinity of Pembroke. Though compara- tively small compared to the large fires in the limits, yet they were large enough to cause uneasiness to several of the farmers. The large saw mill of the Little & Croft Lumber Co., at Ind., one of the largest hardwood mills in the The entire Jumber district. was threatened, but by great exertion the flames were prevented The loss is placed at $100,000 ; insurance Evansville, country, burned Aug. I. from spreading. $60 000. The mill and yards of the Eddy Manufacturing Compat Birchton, three miles from Ottawa Ont., were totally destroyed by fire Aug. 1. William Hobbs was burned to death, and several other hands badly injured. The loss is put at $70,000 on the mill and about $250,000 on the lumber. about $100,000. Insurance Mason’s saw mill at Bedford was discovered in flames on the morning of July 29th. It spread to Moir’s grist mill and elevator and the whole pile of buildings was destroyed in an incredibly short time. aggregate $40,000. to high premiums, the policy lapsed, The loss to Moir on & Co. will ’ It was former) well insured but. owing 7 , Lad until now there was only $2,000 in Clarkson’s agency. The fire was undoubtedly incendiary. Killam’s lumber mill and the Buctouche and Moncton rail- New destroyed by fire July 30th, and 50,000 feet of lumber were way bridge at the Scotch settlement, Brunswick, were destroyed. The building and contents were completely de- stroyed. The loss on the mill is $4,000. burned was 200 feet long. The railway bridge Charles Lee’s planing mill and box factory at East Saginaw, Mich., burned Aug. 8, the fire also destroying some adjoining Lee's Ripley lost $12,000 store sheds filled with lumber and several dwellings. loss is $75,000: no insurance. H. C. and H. C. Hamilton $5,000, the latter being insured for $2,000. Other losses were on the residence property. PERSONAL. Mr. E. W. Rathbun and family spent a short time during August at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. F. W. Gray, of Omaha, Neb., one of the largest lumbermen of that section, is a candidate for Congress. Mr. Geo. E. Gladman, Sec.-treas of the Midland and North Shore Lumber Company, gave THE LUMBERMAN a call the other day. W. J. Macauley, an old time Winnipeg lumberman, intends to build a saw mill at some point on the Pacific coast, probab- ly at Seattle, W. T- Mr. John Waldie, of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., has been nominated by the Reformers of Halton as their candidate | and elected as representative of the Riding in the House of Commons Mr. Wm. Hickey of the William Hamilton Manufacturing Co., left recently per the C.P.R. for Point Levi, Quebec, where he will erect and put in working order one of the firms’ celebrated gang saw mills. Mr. James Angus, of Pembroke, has recently been raised to the position of agent for Bronson & Weston’s lumbering com- pany on the Schyan river limit on the upper Ottawa, and left with a large gang of men for that region where lumbering is carried on on an extensive sale. Wm. Hamilton, of the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterborough, Ont., has lately made a tour to British with machinery of the company in the province. mill F. S. Strickland of Westminster, has been appointed agent for the Hamilton Co. ° Columbia, the object of introducing the saw RAILWAY MATTERS. The purchase of the Duluth, South Shore * Atlantic rail- roads, will give the C.P.R. a line south of Lake Superior, to the eastern seaboard, that will be somewhat shorter and better every way than the north shore route. It will be important to the Lake Superior lumber interest in giving a direct outlet to the east for high grade stock, over a road controlled by one It is probable that before long the Canadian Pacific Company will construct a line from Duluth north or north- Without this link the through route by way of the south shore would be incomplete. interest. west to connect with the main line. The terms of agreement between the Manitoba Government and the Northern Pacific have been made public. The chief provisions are as follows :—The Red River Valley road to be with the tracklaying and the surfacing completed, but not ballasting. The Company to acquire the rolling stock now held by the government for handed over to the Company $720,000 secured by first mortgage bonds. The Company will also receive bonuses sufficient to construct a Howe truss wooden bridge over the Assinniboine, near Winnipeg, the cost not to exceed $40,000. right of way for a railway from Morris to Portage la Prairie, The Commissioner will acauire the and also for the construction of the road, the legal title to remain with the government, which must be done before May 1889, when the right of way and the railway will be conveyed to the Company. In default of this repayment the govern- will assume possession. A second bridge will be constructed across the Assinniboine on this line, on the same terms a5 the one above mentioned. No stock to be transferred to the C.P. R., or the St.P., M. & M., er to any official of either, and no pooling contract or agreement must be entered into with either. The Company are to be exempt from taxaticn until the earn- ings are sufficient to maintain and operate the road, but this exemption is not in any case to continue longer than twenty oa years. Any railway company, with the exception of the St. P.. M. & M., and the C.P.R., are to be allowed running powers over all these roads, and all freight rates are to Le fixed by the Governor in Council. ture, like a bowl. eT 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. September, 1888, EEE eh Exporting Logs and Lumber. The successful exporter is the exception—the man who loses is in the great majority, There is no regularity in the foreign market ; the price obtained is governed not by the quality so much as by the quantity. When good prices are obtained the report encourages many new men to try a shipment, and the supply being drawn from so large a field, the late good market is at once crowded, and as usually is the case with the new shipper, he has put no price on his stock, but has merely in- structed his consignee to ‘‘ get the best price you can ex quay,” trusting to luck that he will get the late quoted high price. If it be his first consignment his commission dealer may ‘‘save him for the next time,” as it does not do to scare a new man off at the start. and the ‘‘best price” may be good enough to encourage the novice to try another and larger shipment with the same instruction as before. If the market is good, it is well, but if bad, the first profit does not nearly make good the loss. It seems that a foreign commission merchant is lacking in discretion above everything else. He will often sell stock for less money than it is worth here at home, and will step out of all responsibility by : ‘‘ You told me to get the best price I could !” If he had used his discretion and held the stock, submitting the best price obtainable, and waited instruction, he would not only have protected his shipper, but would have maintained prices ; for, so long as the foreign buyer can pur- chase his stock there as he could were he here, he is going to save all the expense of the ocean freights and the hundred and one petty charges which are tacked on in every port. Our advice to the shipper is to go slow, know to whom you consign your stock, and, moreover, put a price limit on what you send. In many of the markets the expenses for holding stock are but little more for three months than for the first landing in store. Again,each shipper should bear in mind that what he may lose in storage he will make up in price, and a steady mar- ket thereby maintained. The successful exporter is not the one who consigns his stock to this or that market simply because he has heard that it isa good one. He first knows it is good and how longit is likely toremain so. He instructs his commission dealer to get a certain price or not sell it. He is the exporter who will not only make money for himself, but will maintain prices for his brother shippers. —Lwmdler Trade Journal. The Redwood Forests. ““No adequate idea cin be conveyed of the impression received by a ‘tenderfoot’ in the center of a forest where such gigantic trees stand in solid phalanx,” says a tourist who recently examined some of the redwood trees of northern California. ‘‘I was impressed with a sense of fear, loneliness and littleness. Three trees, selected at random in different parts of the forest, measured respectively 80, 76. and 74 feet in circum- ference six feet above the roots, and the first branches appeared to be at least 150 feet above ground, to which point there is no apparent diminution of size. A comparison of those standing with others of equal size and height that had been felled prove to be more than 350 feet to the topmost leaf. To see an isolated tree of such proportion is an interesting spectacle but to be ina narrow path where they are in such close proximity to each other as to momentarily change one’s course is a novel experience, yet a strangely pleasurable one.” Peculiarity of the Dismal Swamp. There was no one at Roger’s sawmill who could give us any information, so we paddled on to the village of Deep Creek, _ before reaching which we passed through another lock. Here the Dismal Swamp proper may be said to begin. At this lock we were again raised several feet, so that we were now, although a few miles from tidal water, probably sixteen feet above the sea level. “Shall we pay toll here?” we asked the lockman. “Not till you come out,” he answered, making it clear that there was only one entrance and exit on this side of the Dismal Swamp. “*Does the swamp begin here ?” “Yes,” says the lockman, leaning at an angle of 4o degs., and slowly pushing the great beam with his back. “It begins here, and it runs all the way to Florida.” _This was true, in a way. The whole southern coast is margined by swamp lands ; but the Dismal Swamp is not of them. It is high land instead of low land; its water is fresh, instead of salt or brackish. mality. Among swamps it is an abnor- It leans over the sea and yet contains its own mois- Indeed, the Dismal Swamp isa great bowl, forty miles long and ten to twenty wide, and, strange to say, with its highest water in the center. The sides of the bowl are miles of fallen and undesaying trees, fixed in a - mortar of melted leaves and mold, Deep in the soft bosom of the swamp are countless millions of feet of precious timber, that has lain there, the immense trunks crossing each other like tumbled matches, ‘‘ since the beginning of the world,” as a jumper cutter said.—John Boyle O'Reilly in Boston Herald. TREES. I love the trees ; each hath its separate charm— Th’ enduring oak, with its out-reaching boughs’ Extended shade ; the high, majestic elm ; | The graceful poplar and the spreading ash ; Yet, not the least, the ever-verdant pine— All, with their leaves of varying shades of green, And vocal with the songs of choristers That cheer the heart and elevate the soul. | I love to roam through Summer’s shady woods, Among the rugged columns, towering high— Grand, unhewn, stately pillars, firm as rock— Pillars unhewn of Naure’s God-built temple, Bearing their leafy canopy o’erhead, And spreading their protection over all, Fit emblem of the kindly love of Heaven. How closely doth the history of trees Mark out the eventful course of human life, From the first germing of the infant sprouts, Through all successive stages of its youth ! | The youthful sapling with its gay, green crown, Bends playfully before the evening breeze: | But later, wildly sways its leafless limbs In writhing struggles with the northern blast A To stand erect amid a world of storms, Or else succumb, to be deformed and gnarled, Until, at last, just as it is cut down, With all its faults and blemishes, laid prone. This is the course—this is the life of man, And such th’ eventful history of trees— Trees which of all on earth reach nearest heaven, True type of human privilege ! For upward from the ground, with growth on growth. Trees emulate the sky. Upward their progress, And upward, too, all growing nature tends— Grass, flower and shrub, each to its height ; while still Their exaltations to the sky ascend Like prayerful incense to the mercy seat ; So, even so, O man! thy prayers should rise— Those real aspirations of thy being; And thy soul upward progress to thy God. A Monarch of the Forest. A historic tree was felled near Taylorsville, Ohio, recently, which equaled in magnitude some of the famous trees of the Yosemite. This giant of the forest has been the attraction of that locality for many years, but it was not until a Cincinnati lumberman found the tree that an attempt was made to utilize it. The tree was 11 feet 8 inches in diameter at the base and 240 feet in height. It was hollow at the base for several feet and at least seven feet in the clear, For sixty feet there was not a limb, and it is estimated that it will yield nearly 20,000 feet of lumber. The firstsection of the tree was sent to Cincinnati, and placed in the Exposition hall, to be gazed at with wonder by the thousands of admiring visitors during Exposition time. —— | A Lumber Case. Before a Sheritf’s Jury at Dalhousie, New Brunswick, there was recently a replevin suit in which the N. B. Trading Com- pary were plaintifis and Henry O'Leary was defendant. The suit lasted four days and resulted in a verdict for Mr. O’Leary: The matter in dispute was half million feet of logs, principally pine. The matter is to go to the Supreme Court, unless a fair settlement is eflected. Mr. O'Leary admits that a part of the logs in dispute were cut from the plaintiff's lands and has signified his willingness to have the quantity so cut determined by mutual arrangement, when he will pay for what has been illegally taken. A feature of the case was the fact that Mr. O’Leary’s parties managed to have a straight-away operating road three miles long while his land only measured only one and a quarter miles along the road. The remainder of it must be on someone else’s land. Chute Landings. The immense lumbr trade of the California coast is carried on, as far as shipping facilities are concerned, under disadvan- tages which few realize. There are very few good harbors j anywhere on the coast line, and from those places where the lumber is shipped, there may be said to be none at all. The result is that a system has been devised for placing the lumber on the vessels, which is different from that in vogue anywhere else in the world. Wherever there are Jumber mills in small settlements, a ““chute landing” is built, and at these chutes all freight by sea is handled. As there is as yet no railroad running any- where near the coast in Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt counties, about all the lumber and freight traffic is done by schooners, and for them the chute landings are necessary. As a general thing these chutes are built on the south side of the points, so as to be protected from the prevailing north- west winds of the summer months. Many of them are very expensive structures to build and maintain. At some places it is expected that the chute will be carried away by the storms of winter, so that new ones are built each season. There are other places, however, where the chutes have stood for years, At most of the landings there is only one chute, but in several instances there are two or three, where the trade warrants it. The shears or legs are firmly secured to rocks, and the appar- ently frail structure is secured to them, held in position and braced by strong iron cables. The old cables of the cable railways are now utilized for chute building. The lumber is slid down the chute to the vessel, and by means of a brake at the extreme end its speed is checked before it goes to the deck. In lowering freight to a steamer a sled is used, and horses draw this sled up with whatever is to come ashore from the steamer. The outer end of the chute is so arranged that it may be raised or lowered to suit the tide or height of vessel. Many of these chutes are very long and quite expensive. Certain specified charges are made, these being fixed by law. The large mills, of course, have their own private chutes. The vessels are securely moored, so as to remain as nearly in one position as possible, but many are lost every year Owing to poor harbors. ~* Nearly all these chute landings are exposed in the winter months when the southwest or southeast gales blow. Nearly the entire lumber trade of the northwestern Coast is carried on by vessels which load at these chute landings. Ot course, at such places as Humboldt bay there are wharves, but the majority of the landing places, are fitted with chutes, since wharves cannot be maintained.— Mining and Stentific Press. —_—_———— ee ITEMS OF INTEREST. White pine logs were brought up from a depth of 700 feet, while drilling wells near Albany, Ga. There is a man in Rawlins county, Kan., who is the owner of 60,000 trees all planted by himself on his homestead. A log recently cut at a mill on Puget Sound measured 40 feet in length, scaled 100 inches, and contained 14,620 feet of lumber. During the month of July there was received at San Fran- CISCO, 30,954,608 feet of pine, 12, 504,704 feet of redwood, and 11,799,500 shingles. There is a redwood tree on Isaac Crispin’s place, near Point Arena, Cal., that measures 97 feet in circumference, and a fraction over 22 feet in diameter. A piece of lumber 12x12, and 54 feet long is above the aver- age, but a piece 4x12, 80 feet long, is considerably so. Both pieces were cut in Washington Territory for a school bujlding in Chico, Cal. A Michigan editor, who is also a member of a saw mill firm, effuses as follows : Woodman, spare that tree, Touch not a single bough, In youth it sheltered me, And it’s worth nine dollars now. It is estimated that the annual consumption of wood in the United States amounts to, in cubic Measure, 2,500,000,000 feet for lumber and wood manufactures, 360,000,000 feet for feet for fencing material, 17,500,000,000 feet for fuel, making railway construction, 250,000,000 feet for charcoal, 500,000,000 a total of 21,000,000,000 cubic feet. A delving historian, says an exchange, has dug up the fact that Colonel Bowie the inventor of the bowie knife, was a Kentucky lumberman. Once when on a sick bed his mind dwelt on the most expeditious way of disemboweling an antag- onist, and he whittled out a model of the knife that he thought would best answer the purpose. This model was sent toa man who cut the blade of the first bowie knife out of a dis- carded saw. It illustrates of what service a lumberman on his sick bed may be to civilization when he settles down to serious meditation. One of the queerest men in the trade at Toledo, says the Northwestern Lumberman, is William Peter. He belongs to Michigan about as much as Toledo, is a German by birth, and I am told once worked for $4 a month and clothed himself. I'll wager that he saved $3.50 of it, too. Forty years ago he kept a small store at Columbiaville, or Nigersville, as it was then called, a straggling hamlet on the Flint river, Mich. He started lumbering ina small way, and did business in a | hand to mouth manner, but saved money, and finally got on | his feet, removed to Toledo, where he owns a planing mill, sash, door and blind factory and lumber yard, a large mill and salt block at Bay City, Mich., a woollen mill and $25,000 hotel and 600-acre farm at Columbiaviile, and a mill in Mecosta county, .with pine timber enough to keep the wolf at arms’ length for 10 years ahead. He never let a cent get away yet, and his right hand has not yet forgotten its cunning. Personally, Peter isn’t very popular. I had a grudge against him once, when a ragged impecunious lad he refused to trust me for a pair of boots, but it was creditable to his business sagacity, and I long ago forgave the affront. But he “ got ’ there all the same.” oe » er Ars —— THE NEWS. ONTARIO. _The saw mills at Edgar have shut down. —A large saw mill is being built at Falkenberg. ~—-Thompson’s shingle mill, at Orillia, turns out 60,000 per day. —Thompson & Wright, lumbermen, Hamilton, assigned. —The Georgian Bay lumbermen are sending their men to the woods. —No more rafts will be allowed to pass through the Gren- ville canal. —Mr. John Rodd is erecting a new steam saw and shingle mill at Lindsay. —The Emery Lumber Company’s big mill at Midland cuts 100,000 feet a day. ; _The Canada Lumber Company will not remove their mills have - from Carleton Place. _There will be more lumber cut at Parry Sound this season than for many years past. The Ottawa mills are running out an unusually large amount of lumber this season. —The Forester says 123 carloads of lumber and shingles were shipped from Huntsville in June. —_H. S. Mullen & Co., in the wholesale lumber trade in Toronto for the past year, have assigned. —Lumbermen say that the Grand Trunk railway requires more sidings both at Midland and Orillia. —The Georgian Bay Lumber Co. are shipping a large quantity of sawn square timber to Europe. . _Pestructive bush fires in the Upper Ottawa region have consumed much valuable timber on the limits. The Rathbun Company are building a new wharf along their five lots north of Wharf street, Belleville. _Wholesalers report trade in Western Ontario improving. In the eastern United States it is generally dull. __E. U. Wiffen’s, mill, Fesserton, is running full time and he expects to turn out two million feet of lumber. __The Waubaushene and Magnettawan lost a tow of 24,000 logs near Hope Island on the way to Collingwood. —Brisley & Skelton, of Fesserton, report trade good. have a fine lot of logs and expect a good turn out. _—Messrs. Davidson & Hay, of Toronto, will build a large steam saw mill on their lands at Lake Nipissing, Ont. They __A defective foundation let a pile of lumber belonging to the Rathbun Company, at Deseronto, fall into the bay. __Waubaushene Iumbermen report the sale of good pine very dull, also 16 inch shingles, 18 inch shingles sell readily. —Work in the bush has been commenced by the lumber firms on the North Shore, says the Manitoulin Zxporter. —Canadian 1 umber exports to the United States for the first six months of the year showed a decrease of $153,000. —Mr. Wiley, late of Midland, has leased the water power saw mill of Messrs. Irwin & Bennett, South River, Ontario. _Messrs. Hall & Booth’s Amable du Fond raft of white pine timber is the finest taken out of the Ottawa for over twenty years. _—The Emery, Victoria Harbor and Georgian Bay Lumber companies each lost a tow of logs in August, aggregating about 25,000 pieces. —The Georgian Bay lumbermen say this has been one of the poorest towing seasons they ever experienced owing to the prevailing high winds. _The Resolute,employed by the Emery Lumber Co.,sprang a leak and sank, but was afterwards raised, and is now in the Owen Sound dry dock. —American lumbermen have taken up three townships in Algoma, Ont., from which they propose cutting 50,000,000 feet of logs next winter. —Several Jumbermen having finished the work of driving and ddivering their logs, have already gone back to the woods to begin work for next season. —A great many lumber firms south of Sudbury will go into camp early this year on account of portions of their limits being burned over during the drought. —The Longford pail and tub factory at Orillia has recently commenced operations, 1500 pails and 500 tubs will be turned out per day when in full operation. It is said to be the intention of the Parry Sound Lumber y iron barge built at Owen Sound after the new N. THE CANADA LUMBERMA —The John Owen with a tow of long timber from French River for Tonawanda is reported to have lost her tow in Lake Huron during a gale in the early part of August. —Mr. Jas. Playfair, of Sturgeon Bay, is cutting some of the best pine that ever came into that place. He expects to cut from four and a half to five million feet this season. —Destructive bush fires have raged in the timber limits in Petewawa and Chalk river districts, also in the vicinity of Brudenell and Golden Lake, and great damage is reported. for by with a —Letters patent of incorporation have been applied the “‘Sebaskong Lumber and Mining company,” capital of $22,000 and chief place of business at Kat Portage. —The Jenkins Bros., have erected anew steam saw mill on Jenkin’s island near Fenelon Falls. The machinery was taken from Port Perry on scows towed by the steamer Anglo Saxon. —The Superior and Shawanaga lost a tow of 10,000 logs belonging to Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. above the Giant’s Tomb on August 8th. They were gathered up again with few losses. ‘ The Rainy Lake Co’s mill at Rat Portage continues to be hindered in its operations by high water on the lake. The fires could not be started in the furnace, as the water had entered the boiler house. The Manitou Mercury says that complaints are made at different points along the railway on account of the delays experienced in receiving shipments of lumber fromdealers in Winnipeg and elsewhere. __The storm of August 8 was a heavy blow to some of the Threee tows of logs, the greater lumber companies on the Georgian Bay. in all about 50,000, were tossed around the bay, part of which may never be recovered. —-Wm. Ponenfant, Amable du Fond, was charged before Judge Doran at Mattawa with having neglected to read the Fire Act to his men, as He was fined $10 and cost, $35.65. —A party of American lumbermen are trying to buy a tract of pine on the Spanish River, the price being in the neighbor- hood of half million dollars. Several Minnesota operators are also said to be at the present time negotiating for a round block of pine on the Spanish River. __The Ontario Government has issued orders to repair and rebuild the reformatory dock at Penetanguishene. It is sup- posed the long delay in proceeding with this necessary work arose on account of a question of jurisdiction between the Ontario and Dominion Governments. —The Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Company have been incorporated. The partners are, Arthur M. Dodge and William E. Dodge and Cleveland H. Dodge, of New York city, Wm. H. F. Russell and James Scott, of Waubaushene, and J. W. Hartman, of Port Severn. foreman for John Mackay on the required by law. —During August, Mr. Frank Brabant, foreman for Messrs. Strickland, of Lakefield, brought down his third drive for the season. His drives contained, respectively, 44,000, 52,000 54,000. On Monday, August 13, Mr. Brabant ran 32,000 logs over the Point dam in twelve hours. _Mr. W. C. Edwards, M. P., is reported as having said that he will cut about 40,000,000 feet in his mill at Rockland, this summer. He had almost decided to remove his mills from Carleton Place after the season, but operations have been so satisfactory that he will leave the mill there for the present. —The Rainy Lake mill has received a big raft of logs and | could easily be kept running its full capacity for the balance of the season, but owing to the high water, which has entercd the boiler house, fires cannot be lighted. Efforts have been made to dam the boiler house, but so far have proved futile. _—Mr. Thompson, lumber merchant of Peterborough, has been engaged for some time purchasing pine trees in the town- ships of Manvers and Cartwright. He offered a resident of Blackstock $200 for ten, but the offer was not accepted. Mr. James Magill, of Yelverton, disposed of four at the very good figure of $60. & Pattie’s raft from the Petewawa river arrived at It is red pine and consists of 130 cribs. —Perley Ottawa recently. - While the raft was in transit from Coulonge Lake, a French- man named Cadieux, from Sorel, was drowned, somewhere near Ryan’s. It is supposed he fell down between the cribs and went under the timber. —The large sawmill of the Dickson Company, Peterborough is in full blast, and while the logs are disappearing rapidly the piles of lumber are showing up in great shape. For the first time in years the mill started this season with a full staff of | men. At present upwards of seventy find employment, and all of them are paid good wages. Trade statistics show that the railways have secured much . . of the lumber carrying trade formerly done by the canals. The quantity of sawn lumber carried from Ottawa and Hull by the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Atlantic railways for 1887 was nearly 90,..00,009. tity carried by the Ottawa canals was, in For the same period the quan- 1886, 357,132,009 feet of sawn lumber, and last year, 335,694,000 feet. —The lumber industry of the Ottawa district is undoubtedly by far the most extensive and renumerative in that line in Canada. The six principal firms, employ during the summer 5,620 men in their mills and about their yards, and in the winter about 3,800 in their shanties and on their limits. The Upper Ottawa Improveinent Co., employ about 1,000 men The total number of men em- River is about 15,000. during the summer months. ployed in the limits on the Ottawa e area in the township of Mills Near Levant Station, —fush fires burned over a larg Clarendon and a settler near Card's was deprived not only of his home but of ali his effects. on the K. & P. Railway a communication between the front burning up the corduroy roads. The fires bi norih of Trout Lake. The loss would have been heavy, but for the exertions of Colonel Walsh and a force of workers acting under him. The recent drenching rains fortunately quenched the fires. hre rag od for days, cytting off great and rear by furiously irned A careful estimate places the number of hands employed during the summer by six leading lumber firms at the Chau- diere at nearly 6,000, and the same firms employ in the woods during the winter 3,800. The lumbermen say that only about 15 per cent. of the employes in the mills during the summer go to the shanties in the winter, the rest of their winter gangs are made up of outside Of the 3,800 men who work in the shanties during the winter about 2,000 live in Hull and about 1,000 in Ottawa, the remaining 800 are strangers. men. —Not long since, at Ottawa, the tug Charlotte while towing a raft of square timber, grounded upon the big sawdust bank opposite the Parliament buildings, and with difficulty was got off. There must be at least thirty feet of sawdust, three hun- dred feet long and one hundred feet wide, between Pine Tree Island and the entrance to the locks upon which spring floods had no effect. A short time previously a raft was landed above when a sawdust explosion took place at which shook one of the ribs badly, and Ratte’s boat house, the lower end of it, shoved the loading boat tied to the raft The Resolute with a tow of 15,000 logs for the Emery Lumber Co. Midland, sprang a leak near Hope Island curing a heavy gale, and after battling with the elements for a while was obliged to cut the tow adrift and run for shelter. The water in her hold made such neadway notwithstanding the steam pumps being constantly at work that the fires were put beached her and she sank in 14ft. of the only been lost, pieces about in all directions. A large was filled with sawdust and water. out, when the captain The crew hung to the railing which was art out of water tiil daylight, the yaw] boat having - > < > water. when a raft was improvised and crew reached Hope Island in safety, whence they were taker to the mainland. They had an exciting season. logs on the Raiay Lake and tribu- place the logs in booms and —Lumbermen, in cutting tary rivers to the Rainy river, leave them until the mills. This unusual height, and has raised the booms over the guards, letting all the logs in booms loose, to Hoat promiscuously over the lake. correct amount of the logs which have got loose ; Keewatin Lumbering and Manufacturing Company, 10,000,000 ; Dick & Banning, 2,000,000; H. F. Holmes. 300,000 ; Minnesota, and Ontario Lumber Company, 5,000,009 ; Rainy Lake Com- 100,000. they get the number out ready for towing to season the water in the river has risen to an As near as can be ascertained, the following is 2 pany, 4,500,000 ; Hughes & Kennedy, __The Chaudiere Jumbermen who have limits on the Mada- waska were lately informed that a quantity of timber bearing marks of Ottawa merchants had been claimed by Mr. H- Edey and his three sons who own a small saw mill on that river. The authorities were informed at the instigation of Messrs. H. F. McLaughlin & Bros., and Mr. Edey and his three sons were accordingly arrested and taken to Pembroke jail. They were arraigned before Magistrate Craig at Aruprior, and all four were committed for trial at the next assizes. | Mr. Edey, the father of the family, secured bail for himself and one son, and two of the sons were obliged to go to Pembroke jail the next The Edey family are well known in Renfrew county and their arrest and imprisonment is the talk of the country. lumbermen will be obliged to attend the trialto identify their private marks on the timber which has been found in the pos- session of the accused. dav to wait their trial. Stewart Bros., who run a saw mill at Eastman’s springs, near Ottawa left there some weeks ago and have not since re- turned, Several alleged creditors say the brothers leit together The Chaudiere — 7 mill. 8 ar) fl od = Fs | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. saying they were going on a trip. Before leaving, instructions were given to the clerk to continue selling lumber as usual. Mr. Neil Stewart, the father of the young men holds a chattel mortage of $1,200 on the mill, which was taken possession of by a North Gower money lender, who is the owner of the first mortgage. Mr. Kyle, a grocer, signed the firm’s paper to the extent of $400. Before he was aware of the state of affairs, Mr. Kyle also bought some shingles which had been made as custom work for a man who had left the lumber to be made up. Another merchant bought some of these shingles. When the owner came for them he made acompromise offerin g to give him a pile of lumber instead. This was done, then he took out a warrant against the man for stealing his lumber. The case came up before Mr. Johnston J. P., and the man had to pay $18 for the lumber and the costs. The estate is now owned by Mr. Boyd who has bought it. QUEBEC. —The first sale of new wood this season at Quebec, has been reported. —The bark Loyal, timber laden, Quebec to Liverpool, is a total wreck in the Straits of Belle Isle. —The demand for square timber has been very brisk, and and good figures are obtained all round. —Several timber limits on the Coulonge and Black Rivers are reported to have been destroyed by fire. —Hale & Booth recently sold a very large raft of white pine to Dobell & Co., of Quebec, at 38 cents a foct, realizing a total of $53,000. —Complaint is heard that the Act lately passed by the Quebec legislature abolishing forestry reserves, will injuriously affect the interests of the lumbermen of the Ottawa Valley. —Mr. McLaren has purchased the Gilmour property in No. 5 Ward, Hull. Mr. McLaren will establish a saw mill on the place and also a cotton factory. About 250 hands will be em- ployed when the new business is in running order. —The Montreal market during August was the reverse of active, but this is the usual condition of matters at this season of the year and but little is expected to be done before Sep- tember comes in. Trade is moderate in a jobbing way. —Mr. R. R. Dobell, of the well known (Quebec lumber firm of Dobell & Beckett, and Mr. W. M. Dobell, his son are on their way to British Columbia. They will make a personal examination of the lumbering facilities and advantages of that western land. —A Dominion oder in council has-been promulgated to prevent any person cuttmg or carrying away from the Caughnawga or Sault St. Louis reserves, in Quebec, any maple tree or sapling unless the consent in writing of the Indian agent be first obtained. ~The Provincial Government announces a sale of timber lands in Quebec on the 17th October. The bonus and first year’s ground rent must be paid in each case immediately after the sale. The area offered comprises 3,485 square miles, situated chiefly in the limits of the Ottawa, Lake St. John, ‘Saguenay and Gaspe agencies. —The good prices at which square timber sold this year in the Quebec market have caused quite a boom in that branch of the lumber trade and as a consequence a big lot of square timber will be made this year. Those making it, however, will keep the average not less than sixty-five feet, as it is that dimension and upward for which a demand exists. —Before Recorder Champagne, at Hull, two young shanty- men named Louiselle and Lacasse were put on trial on a charge of deserting from the employ of Gilmour and Co. According to the prosecution the men were hired for the drive, but skipped out before their contract had expired, A fine of $3, or a month in default of payment was imposed. They re- tused to pay saying they would go to jail, and when they got out bring the case before higher authorities, NEW BRUNSWICK. —The exports of lumber and timber from Richibucto, for the fiscal year ending June 3oth, 1888, aggregated $118,096, or $44,684 more than all other exports combined. _—There is an immense quantity of lumber in the booms and alorg the shores of the St. John yet unrafted. of this season is far in advance of last year and many years previous. The estimated cut on the St. John this year is plae- ed at 140,000,000 feet, which is some 40,000,000 in advance of last season. Nearly all of this large cut is now in. The work of rafting is proceeding with vigor at the booms. —For some time past there has been a controversy between the Saint Croix cotton mill, Milltown, and the owners of the Union mill as to the passage of logs by and below the cotton The log owners claim that jams are caused by the de- ctive passage-way in the cotton mill dam, and the mill ficials maintain that the lumbermen should keep the log roll The lumber cut clear. Legal proceedings have been begun in the provincial court. The cotton mill having been granted temporary in- junction to restrain F. H. Todd & Sons from allowing logs to remain on their lands, the decision of the court will be made later upon the motion to dissolve the injunction. The inter- ests involved are large, and the case involves most of the law as to running logs and building dams on rivers. NOVA SCOTIA. —It is Mr. Leary’s intention to start a third raft from Nova Scotia before the unfavorable autumn weather sets in. The prices for lumber at wholesale are already lower, and the builders believe that there is danger of the market being overstocked next year. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —I0,000 saw logs are still in the river above the mill at Birtle. There is a prospect that they will be cut up at Birtle. —Mr. Christie, of Brandon, will build a new saw mill near the river close to the old Brandon planing mill. Work will be commenced on it in a week or so. —M. Wilson, lumber dealer, Newdale, Man., reports lumber business booming. A very large amount of building is being done in the district this season. —Lumber is scarce at Cypress River, Manitoba. Mr. Gowanlock cannot furnish the heavy demands in that line. Similar complaints are received from McGregor. —The total cut of lumber in the Lake Winnipeg district this year is placed at 8,975,000 feet, an increase over last year product of 2,225,000 feet, and the estimated value is $116,675, being $42,425 more than last year. —The only saw mill in operation on the Bird Tail is that of Mainwarning Wright. The Birtle Odserver says: This mill is an excellent one, most conveniently situated, as the vast timber districts from which logs are procured begins a short distance north, while a well settled country lies to the south, east and west. The mill is kept going constantly. —The board of trade of Portage la Prairie, has taken action on the lumber question. The board says great injury has been done that district, owing to the scarcity of lumber, which has been caused by the inability or refusal of the C.P.R. Couto. furnish manufacturers with cars as rapidly as they are required. The board has drawn the attention of C.P.R. White to the matter. BRITISH COLUMBIA. A boom of logs was towed into Vancouver harbor by the Mermaid for the Hastings Saw Mill in August. Superintendent —The steamer Mamie arrived from Duncan’s Bay with 600,000 ft. of lumber for Messrs. Haslem and Lees. —It is said that H. A. Harrison, of the Chemainus Lumber Co., whose death occurred at Vancouver recently, carried $12,000 insurance upon his life. —The possibility of navigating the Fraser river to West- minister, B. C., having heen demonstrated, an impetus will probably be given to lumbering operations. —The tug Alexander towed out the ship Hindostan, Capt. Welsh. She has been loacing at Moodyville, and carries in all 1,217,708 feet of lumber, —British Columbia fir, on account of its extreme length and imperviousness to decay, is found to be very valuable in bridge construction. She is bound for Valparaiso, Ic is stated thata truss of this wood well seasoned and painted will last 40 years. —aA gentleman named Prentiss, from Wisconsin, arrived at Westminster recently, for the purpose of finding location on which to erect a saw mill. a suitable It is understood that he will erect one provided he can obtain timber limits in the province. —The barque Olaf Tryggason, S50 tons, registered at Helsenburg, Sweden, Capt. Meyer, cleared from Vancouver for Melbourne, Australia. She had loaded lumber at the Inlet and carries 1306 tons weight, equivalent to 1500 tons measurement. —A. J. Bovill, of Westminster is about to erect a large saw mill below Langley on the Fraser River. The machinery has been ordered from Ontario, and expected to arrive about the middle of September, when the frame work and wharves of the mill will be ready to receive it. The mill will have a capacity of about 40,000 feet of lumber per day. AMERICAN NOTES, The booms on the Penobscot river, Me., use So tons of rope and 2,000,000 rafting pins yearly, —The shipment of lumber from Alpena, Mich., thus far this season have amounted to 74,736,000 feet of lumber, 6,145,- 000 shingles and 4,060,000 lath. —No more convict labor is to be employed in the manu- facture of sash, doors and blinds at Minneapolis, say those interested, after Sept. 1. So mote it be. ‘a= ad) aes | | at Bay City, Mich., recently by the tugs Mocking Bird and ~— ments relative to the ae eS ae —Logs to the amount of about 10,000,000 feet were driven from Eagle River, Wis., to Rhinelander in twelve and or half hours. The distance is estimated at sixty miles, —The Omaha City Council and leading citizens have been having quite a “confab” over the respective merits of cedar and cypress paving blocks, but have decided in favor of cypress. ~-The largest raft on record by 2,000,000 feet was delivered Music of Reid’s line. It contained 9,000,000 feet of short logs, Leahy and Bebee’s drive amounting to about 22,000,000 feet is now in the pond at Tomahawk, Wis. This dri 160 miles in seventy days with an average crew or sé men. —Theodore Crown, of Viroqua, Wis., has patented a new machine to make an improved lath. The Jath is : factured from boards and grooved by the machine and \ ‘ siding. —A Milltown, Me., mechanic has invented a log-s: apparatus which was an upward as well asa downward motion. — The scheme has not been fully tested yet, but, it aoe. will be a time-saving invention to lumber dealers. oe 3 —Great damage has been done to the lumberi interests. of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia by reason of heavy rains. Quite a number of saw mills were washed away, le considerable lumber lost, and thousands of logs sent floating seaward. « . ah > —The Penobscot Boom Co., of Bangor, Me., has alread: rafted some 70,000,000 feet of logs this season and is now rafting at the rate of from 1,500,000 to. 2,000,000 daily. Eighty tons of cordage and 2,000,000 rafting pins are used annually. —W. W. Bartley, a yard dealer in Newark, stopped pay ment last week, with liabilities of $19,000, and assets of about $9,000. The failure was anticipated by the Newark dealers, as Mr. Bartlett has neglected his business in favor of personal indulgences. - —During July there were 36 cargoes of lumber shipped from ; Puget Sound mill ports, aggregating 26,389,739 feet. Of this 12,929,739 feet were shipped to foreign ports, and 13,460,000, feet to coastwise ports. The total value of lumber exports from Puget Sound during the month was $300,867.55. —Another strike is in progress at Tonawanda which bids fair to outdo the one that failed a few months ago. About 1,000 men went out by order oft he *Longshoremen’s Union. During the last month many of the outside men have been taken into the union, and the organization has been strength- ened otherwise. The outlook seems favorable for the men. —A portion of a petrified tree was discovered in a solid sand- stone rock quarry at Zanesville, Ohio, the other day. The tree is about the thickness of a telegraph pole and has well- defined bark and roots. It was found while blasting or immediately after a blast, fully sixty feet below the top of the hill, and was in solid rock. Over it is the earth formation, then a species of shale, then limestone strata, followed by a conglomeration of stone, then some forty feet of solid sand- stone, near the bottom of which is the petrified tree, —‘* There has been a marked change in the method of moving shingles to market out of the Saginaw valley,” said a steamer captain who plies in those waters. Formerly a dozen propellers plied between Saginaw and lower lake ports, carry- ing shingles, but now the dealers in Ohio go right up to the river and visit the mills along the railroads, and buy in car lots, having them shipped to their yards directly by rail. It has paralyzed the'shingle business by water, but is a good thing for the dealers, who now buy from first hands, instead of, as formerly, making their purchases of Toledo, Sandusky, Cleve- land and Buffalo middlemen. ae NOTES. — EUROPEAN . —The total amount of timber hewn and sawn imported Great Britain and Ireland for the first half of 1887 was 1 693 loads. 7 —I. Laurie, of Sydney, Australia, is now in Europe representative of the saw mill owners of New South who are desirous of introducing in that market the » Australian woods such as Iron Bark, Blue Gum, ete. of these woods are now being landed there. j —Glasgow trade reports state that there has been no D sale of Quebec timber held there during the past week. result of recent auctions was somewhat disappointing fair business is being done privately with the new im umber from Quebec, and, judging from the amount o building work on hand, a substantial demand from this is still looked for ; —A Danish clergyman, Mr. Hansen has mad as an a] : 4 a — ‘September, 1888. =“). THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. trees in the garden of the institution, and has convinced him- self that a period in growth in length, as represented by the branches, twigs and tops, alternates with another of increase in bulk—that is, in the circumference of the trunk—followed by a third period of equipoise or rest. In April and May the entire force of the tree was expended in lengthening the branches, while the thickness of the trunk remained stationary ; all through May the most exact measurement failed to discover any increase of bulk ; but in June, until the middle of July, when the new twigs had been all formed, it was the trunk that absorbed the nourishment from the roots, and bulged out. Then came the period of rest and inactivity. —From the report of Farnworth & Jardine, Liverpool, welearn that the arrivals from British North America during the past month have been 63 vessels 52,847 tons, against 77 vessels 56,778 tons during the corresponding month last year, and the aggregate tonnage to this date from all piaces during the years 1886, 1887, and 1888 has been 152,720, 186,791, and 201,439 tons, respectively. The import during the month has been about an average for this season of the year; the g@emand continues fair, and the consumption may be con- sidered satisfactory. Stocks generally are moderate, and owing to advancing freights and great scarcity of tonnage prices of most articles have an upward tendency. There has been more enquiry for both Waney, Square and Yellow pine ; and prices are steady ; the import has been iarge, but as it has chiefly arrived the stock may considered moderate. Oak in the log has arrived too freely ; there is no improvement in the demand and the stock is ample ; Elm is in dull demand and prices are rule low, but the stock is light. Ash is in de- mand but the import has been in excess cof the requirements, and the stock is heavy; there is no change in value. Pine Deals have arrived too freely, stocks are accumulating, and are now too heavy ; there has been a fair enquiry for 3rd quality, but Ist and 2nd qualities are very difficult of sale; for luculars there is little change in prices to report, but Odd Sizes and Boards have declined in value. Quebec Staves have only been imported in small quantities, and are quite neglected. Death of a Canadian Millionaire Lumberman. In the death of Mr. Boyd Caldwell, says the Montreal Star, which occured at his residence in Lanark last week, Canada looses one of her millionaires, and the county of Lanark one of its most prominent and esteemed citizens. He was born in Lochwinnoch, Scotland, in 1818, and came to this country a few years later with his parents, who settled in Lanark, where his father, William Caldwell, carried on an extensive lumber- ing business. He was educated at Perth Grammar school and went into his father’s business. To this business Boyd suc- ceeded in 1848, and through his energy and business capacity increased it to such an extent that at the time of his death his estate amounted to considerable over a million dollars. The secret of his success was uncompromising integrity and honor and a resolute determination which never swerved from its aim, and increased with increasing obstruction. speculated nor undertook and enterprise without having amply provided for the consequences in the event of failure. He became very widely known in consequence of the cause celebre “‘ McLaren vs. Caldwell” which through the enact- qnent and the disallowance of the celebrated Streams Bill led to a conflict between the legislature of Ontario and the parlia- ment of Canada, to the ultimate defeat of the latter. He retained in that case the most eminent forensic talent in Canada, including the late Messrs. Bethune and Moss, of Toronto, and Hon. R. L. Church, now one of the judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench for this province. The law costs in this case amounted to over $75,000. _ It is characteristic of the man that, from the moment the Dominion Government became involved in that famous controversy, he would listen to no suggested compromise, though he had not until then been indisposed to a settlement. “Tn | olitics he was a Liberal, but too independent to be a political partizan, sometimes opposing his party and notably voting against it on the National Policy. He leaves a widow and five children, two sons and three daughters. He never Extensive Timber Limit Sale. An extensive sale of timber limits in the province of Quebec 4s to be held in the sales room of the Department of Crown Lands, in the city of Quebec, on Wednesday, October 17th, when over 3,500 square miles will be offered by auction, in- cluding limits on the Upper and Lower Ottawa, in the Chaudiere, Montmagny, St. Maurlce, Rimouski, Lake St. Jobn, Grandville, Bonaventure, Saguenay and Gaspe agencies. hese limits will be offered at an upset price, and will be ad- | to the party bidding the highest amount of bonus. culars may be obtained by perusing our advertis- a ae ae ke : ¥ _- ee ae quite romantic. RETALIATION THREATENED. The rejection of the Fisheries treaty in the United States Senate, though the result of a political dodge, rather than true statesmanship, has resulted in a somewhat serious state of affairs. President Cleveland immediately asked the Senate and House of Representatives, as the only consistent course left, to pass an act vesting him with additional powers on the lines indicated by the act passed last year, to enable him to prohibit the carrying of all goods duty free from Canadian to American ports, and by Canadian railways. The Senate re- reived the message rather ungraciously, but the House of Representatives introduced a bill to give effect to the presid- ent’s request. This new phase of the international complica- tion has excited a great deal of comment on both sides of the line, and not the least among lumbermen. A reportes of the Ottawa Journal the other day interviewed some of the most prominent men in the trade at the capital. Their opinions, as might be expected, were very divergent. Mr. J. R. Booth regarded it as simply an election dodge, and that the act, even if passed, will never be put in force, but that if it should be the Americans would get the worst of it. ‘‘ We have the lumber,” he said, ‘‘and the Americans must get Itace ues E. B. Eddy said he was ‘‘ going to see Cleveland about it.” Mr. Levi Crannell, local manager of the Bronson & Weston company, who are the largest exporters to the States on the Chaudiere, said it would prove a serious matter to their busi- ness. About 125,000,000 feet is shipped every year from Ottawa through the States to Boston for export. All this would be chargeable with duty, which would mean a loss of exactly the amount of the duty imposed to the Canadian firms, as in order to compete with Michigan lumber the prices of Canadian stocks must remain as they now are. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to handle all this export business through Canadian ports. Messrs. Hurdman, Pierce & Co. and Perley & Pattee all seemed to view the matter with un- concern. Agents of the American export lumber companies say that the bill will, if passed, necessitate the removal of their shipping yards from Boston and New York to Montreal and Halifax. STATEMENT OF MOIRA AND TRENT RIVER DRIVES. Through the kindness of Mr. P. J. Shannon, manager at Belleville for the Rathbun Company we are enabled to furnish a statement of the logs received at Belleville this season from the drives on the Moira, and also of those of the first drive at Trenton, the second not being as yet assorted. The total amount of harbor dues collected by the city of Belleville was $2,187.70, which is about the usual amount. There are about 100,000 pieces in a drive ““ hung up » owing to the low water. The following is the STATEMENT OF LOGS, &C., RECD, AT BELLEVILLE. Owners Logs Ties Cedar Posts Jott Floats L Logs The Rathbun Co. 177872 18120 49206 45291 23583 290 264 Gilmour & Co. 165850 21 3950 1243 19071 472 233 Job Lingham 16288 4 6850 2794 804 33 470 Flint & Holton 21494 4163 Ltar 1430 TS 154 W. Sutherland 3055 92 27 J. D. Breeze 1146 G. Esterbrook 109 J. Shepard 29 E. Harrison 65 Canada L. C. Co. 2623 2 201. &5 5 A. Sutherland 3 J. James 19 Total. 388551 18145 64171 50769 45187 845 1148 AY TRENTON. The Rathbun Co. 35188 55290 21152 1842 969 61 8 Gilmour & Co. 35112 3978 += 149 163 2653 156 432 Besides the above, 103 pieces of square timber were collect- ed at Belleville, and 440 at Trenton. CORRESPONDENCE. Mapawaska. N. B., Aug. 11, 1888. Editor Canada Lumberman. I see in your August number Mr, James Gordon wishes to know where to secure the best grades of hard maple, in Onta- rio or Quebec. grade of hard maple as can be found in the Dominion, and our county joins the province of Quebec, but the New Bruns- wick and the W. B. railway run through it on the banks of the River St. John. Hundreds of millions of feet can be got along the line, if required. The lands are owned by the N. B. Rail- way Company, and drained by large streams running through the forests of hard wood, from ten to forty miles, to float lumber through as fine land and growth of hard wood as can be found in the Dominion. Connors big drive of about fourteen millions of lumber is on the River St. John, and owing to the low water he stopped the drive, fearing to jam the falls. But more or less kept floating down, and they are now piled over the pitch, and look I may say in this county we have as fine a Pp. O. ByRAM. THE BIG RAFT REACHES ITS DESTINATION. From Hell Gate, New York Harbor, to the battery, all the water front was on the watch Saturday morning, August I, for the appearance of the great Joggin sLeary raft from Nova Scotia. With day break came scores of boats of all « escriptions from the surrouuding shores, filled with people anxious to in- spect the great mass of floating logs No such forest of lumber had ever] ed through Hell Gate. If the 3,000,009 feet of spruce timber were packed in schooners for shipment it wonld have loaded a fleet of f The Boston tug Underwriter, which helped to bring the raft from Joggins, took a line off the bow and led the fleet, and the Ocean King, the Underwriters consort, stuch her prow toto the stern of the raft, and the procession began. It was noon when Fluod Rock reac und the craft entered Hell Gate. Two more tugs were at d and made fast to the floating forest. With this escort sne moved easily to the west shore. past the dangerous points, holding \ Flags were floating from all the tugs, a i a Union Jack and an American flag were floati eeze fore and aft from the spars of the raft itself. The task thus safely accomplished, everybody was happy, but none more so than Mr. Ro d Capts. Riley and Cantain, who had been in company he raft since she started from Joggins for this port. <¢ Didn’t I tell you so?” danced a jig on top of the pilot house of his ocean tug, largest ship afloat shouted Capt. Riley as he almost “* just as I expected. I tell you I can take the now through Hell Gate without any trouble. It was twelveo’clock as the procession passed Hell Gate, and had hed. The next thing in order were general congrat and Mr. Robert- son, Capts. Riley, Cantain and Babb reciv ed their due share of it. a swift ebb tide which had just begun, eighteen days after the raft been launc ilations, The raft was towed down the Fast River, and aided by the procession steamed along among the general saluting of the crafts which passed it. : > > > . who had come out to see the novel craft ; there were more people out to Along the shores and docks people could be seen see the new raft than there were in the Blaine procession. At 1.45 John Roach’s old shipyard was passed, and the raft At the Brooklyn navy yard the tars turned out en masse. They were all anxious was then making five miles an hour speed. to see the novel ship, and the jolly jacks w aved their white The Brooklyn the raft passed beneath the great structure at I.20 p.m. the crowd hats in appreciation of the great enterprise. bridge was literally crowded with people, and as cheered so loudly that it almost seemed to drown the noise caused by the monster concert of blowing steam whistles. As the raft passed the Battery the Staten Island ferry boat Southfield started out from her dock on her way down the bay. She was like a human beehive, overloaded with passengers, and as they all rushed ts the port side to get a glimpse of the new craft, it looked as though the steamer would capsize. When the tugs neared Erie Basin a number of sailing vessels were at anchor in the bay along the Brooklyn shore. The Underwriter was compelled to cast off her towlines and assist the other tugs in pushing the raft over for fear that she might drift into the ships at anchor. It was a narrow €s- cape, but the raft just steered clear, and by three o’clock amid the blasting of all the steam whistles in the vicinity, the monster Leary raft was towed into Erie Basin, where she Mr. Leary, the owner of the raft, was not there to greet Mr. Robertson as he had gone to New London the night before. The breaing up of the raft commenced nextday. It is supposed that the price paid by Mr. Leary to Mr. Lukenback for towing the raft is $5,000. touched bottom. Branching Out from Brantford. H. W. Petrie, of Brantford, has built up a business in new and second-hand machinery second to none in Canada, and now he is adding to it a Toronto branch, which is located at the corner of York and Esplanade streets, near the Union Station. | The Toronto concern is under the management of Mr. Alfred Rubbra. Bought a Redwood Forest. Messrs. John M. Dollar and Wm . Fraser have returned from a trip to the Pacific coast. In California, not far from Sanf Francisco, they purchased a red-wood forest to the extent of about sixty million feet, of which they propose to take posses- sion about the rst of November. Mr. Dollar is well and favorably known to the lumber trade of Canada, as manager for the Ontario Lumber Co., and his ability, energy and geniality have rendered him a peculiarly acceptable man in that position. Mr. Fraser has held the position of local man- ager for the same company at French River. THE LUMBER- MAN extends its best wishes to both gentlemen in their new venture. > ew er ee aes eee. oh pote OS “SO a ane Io — Aa. a te Pas Tideeie wil DS s Wee i blaa\i- Toronto, Ont. ToroONTO, August 30,—Trade in both the city and Western Canada has been comparatively dull during the holiday season, but the prospects are good for a fair fall trade. The Septem- ber trade though it may be interfered with to some extent by the Exhibition, promises to be considerably better than during the past two months. The demand for upper grades of pine is confined almost entirely to the locat trade. Tennessee whitewood seems to be, for the present at least, taking the place of clear pine for finishing purposes, in the United States markets. During the past few weeks several failures of some im port- ance have occurred in Toronto and Hamilton, two or three of the younger and weaker houses having succumbed to the pres- sure of hard times. Dealers will act wisely in carefully scrutinizing credits during the coming fall. The principal grievance complained of by lumbermen is the apparent breakdown of all carrying facilities on the Northern and Midland divisious of the Grand Trunk railway. Not only does the supply of cars continue to be entirely inadequate to meet the wants of the trade, but cars even when shipped linger for days on the road, and even after reaching Toronto are usually detained many days, and sometimes even weeks, before the consignee can have the opportunity of unloading his stuff. This state of affairs has done an immense amount of damage to the trade, as the dealers are at the mercy of the dilatory rail- roads, and find it impossible to fill their orders, many of which during the present season have been cancelled, thus entailing a serious loss and striking a disastrous blow at the lumber industry. Another very serious grievance is in the freight bills. It is customary with the Grand Trunk Railway to charge for 30, 000 Ths for each car by the rule of guess, though very rarely does the load come within several thousand pounds of weigh- ing that amount, but the “ guess ” of the freight agent is sure to be on the right side for the company. S -TOIemey GOMOD ieee I2 00 Res O"O STOIC reccin oe 16 00 1x14, and wider, common............... I2 00 PRIA, os we MORESSIn GS <0 eee 16 00 TO ressingiicte fe i... he 16 00 1% PAE SO cerca ee oe 16 00 14 Norway pine flooring................ I4 00 1% = “ «es Fhe ea eae I4 00 1 inch clear and picks 4 to Qiinchwen see 3 25 00 I inch ub ring Eyre cas cag. 26 00 I inch eo =) a9-iny andmupm geen 27 00 1} and 134 clear and picks.....,....... 35 00 Lath penabteetiacrscn,:. deuce ee Roe ee 1 80 2iNChs pine] Olste pore: oe eee II 50 12 00 2/intehy Norway joist! 7). 12 oo Finishing Lumber—Rough. Three uppers, 1 in. . 42 00@45 oo'Fine common, rin. . 32 00@32 oo REI . gi Moa 46 00) 1% &2in. . acs: ze Selects, 1 in. - 3600 37 00C,7,8& Qin. . _. 26 00 1% &2in. . 38 0c Base, 2 togin. No.1 49 0 No. 2.44%) 30 00 NG: 3 20 00 Coffin boards 16 in. and over 18 oo Joist, Scantling and Timber. 12 to 18 feet 10 00 2a feet. <. ‘sie 12 00 20 feet 00 ee i ey 13 00 Plank and Pe ee 12 inches wide, $r extra. Wide Select and Common—Rough, C (No. 1 com.) 13in. and up 28 00D (common) 14 in. and up . 16 oD Lath, Shingles and Pickets. Lath, No.1 1 50\Country brands XXX 3 2@ 335 eg. Er eee Se 100 Clear butts . . 2 25 235 Shingles, river brands P’kts,2 tq 2% in rough 12 09 13 00 Pe cig at - 3 40@ 3 50/Dressed . . . . , 20 09 Clear butts . 240 2 501% in. square,dressed 14 00 19 00 hiladelphia, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29th 1888. The fall demand for lumber has set in strong, especially with regard to white and yellow pine. One reason for this is that dealers fear that the election will go for a protective tariff, and in that event prices will advance. The white pine trade has been active during the past few months. A little eastern is handled, but it is being crowded out by other woods. The business outlook from this place is bright. White Pine. 1% to 2 in. plank, Mich. uppers, 1 to 2 in., dry ...........$48 00@S2 50) barn quality....... 0025 0 2 Se ain yee 6c 00 65 oo}Cominon Fikeeae ni ae 22 50 S'Icts, 14 to 2in. 42 50 45 007% box wide.. 16 00 17 io 2% 3&4in...... -47 00 52 90/5g siding, selected .. 30 00 50 12in. flooring quality 30 00 35 SoCu! Sa - 16 50 ae 23 00 Vide ........... 17 00 1800 21 QIN - 5450. += one Edge barn, all widths 19 00 oo ~=s- Narrow .... i... 15 00 |No. 1 moulding ..... 37 50 “4 00 Cargo Lots. Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 oo/Scantling and Plank 2000 2200 Heart face boards... 2000 22 So! Hemlock Boards and Scantling. Edge boards........ 10 $0@11 S0/Scantlin & I2in_stoth-<; eho! 1250 1400) 16& Choe 12 50@14 00 12 50 I$ 00) 3x4,to 12,12to20ft. 1100 12 co Shingles and Posts. Cypress shingles, 24 \Cedar shingl in. = heart, d & b .. 13 00@17 00! hand dressed 35 00 24in. sap, d & b. 10 00 HARDWOOD. Walnut. Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Reject or common, 1 = dry, Indiana... ..$87 50@ 9500. in., 1 and up..... 60 00 9250 100 oo Culls, rin... 2... 35.00 37 So - 7250 7720), Min. &up..... 3500 4000 woes & 2% in. good e Nos. 1& pit in. & wide, Indiana ..... 25 00@27 So) _up, good wide, Ind. 35 00 Ran y=. Anca eee 28 00 32 SolCufamrnee sxp & = = Car .............. 3500 3750 Oak. Nos. 1 & 2,rin., good Nos.1 & 2,1 in. & western, straight.. 32 50@35 00 up, western, quartered ....... 47 00 §2 So Straight ... quartered Ash, Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good oe 1&21% in & WESTER se 55. chee 37 50@40 00! up, good western... 32 50 4250 Yellow Pine—Yard and Wholesaie. Sc’tlg, 2x4 to 12x14. 2200 Flooring, 1 in., Va. . ry 00 00 Plank, 1& to 2 in. eae Tei int Ga pan Fig, 1 & rin. No.1 27 50 30 Fla. cargo run + 2200 2400, Nos. 1 & 2,1rin..good 62 50, 70 00 at ae THE CANADA LUMBERMAN New York City. New York, Aug. 28th, 1888. _The early part of August was marked by dulness, business was drummed to death. Just think of $40 a thousand for rift-gain flooring delivered at Montreal. | That was the bid of 4 local handler, on an alleged order of 100,00 feet made last week. Such stock is worth $55 a thousand, if it is worth a cent. Not many years ago it sold at that price, and everybody paid it willingly. The general buisness situation is practically unchanged. The tendency generally seems to be toward im- provement, and there is strengthening of confidence all around. Real estate is dull, but the projections for new buildings and plans for alterations during the week exceed those of the same week of 1887. With the home industries that consume lumber and timber in a prosperous condition, and the export movement “continuing, the outlook for the future is more promising than man expected it would be. Black Walnut. 5% in., allclear...... a $78 oo@ $2 oc{Culls,rinch........ $35 00@ 37 00 rand 1% inches.... 92 00 97 oo|Culls, thick......... 37 00 - 35 00 1% and thicker..... 98 00 105 00 Counter tops, 18 in. BRGVEGLS cn cee «ci. 5200 55 oo| andover.......... 110 00 150 00 Poplar, or White Wood. ¥% in. 10 inches and ee M0) 77 abel oe aoe nooo 29 00@31 00 over. ... 22 00@24 00|2 2% and thicker. 31 00 33 00 ¥% in. coffin boards.. . 27 00 28 50 Comimen 1 to2 inch 21 00 22 50 I nce ro inch and Bae rinch & thicker 2200 25 00 OVERS rte eis a eecteieasines 28 00 30 oo|Culls, all thickness.. 15 00 15 00 I Hee 8in. and over 26 00 2850 Dressed Poplar. ¥% inch panel........ 24 50@25 00/% in. clg. 4 to 6 in... 21 oo@z21 50 S% inch panel........ 27 00 28 oo/% in. clg. 4to6 in... 24 00 24 50 a inch panel 29 00 30 oo/%in. clg.4to6in... 27 00 26 00 , 6inch casing.... 30 00 31 00/34 in. clg. 4 to6 in... 29 00 30 00 . 9, 10 inch casing 32 00 33 00//% in. clg. 4to6 in... 3000 31 00 | Asi I inch, white ....... 36 00@ 38 oojStrips, clear........ 26 co@ 28 op if to2 ine. ....... 37.00 39 oo\/Black ash, good.... 26.00 30 00 2% to 4 inch........ 4000 41 oo|Black ash, culls.... 10 00 12 00 Oak. 1 inch plain sawed, 36 00@, 39 oc{ inches and over... 46 00@ 49 00 Tf tO'2IMEDias c.o os 237 p AouoaWWiGKer= s+). <1. 48 00 50 00 Sickert ceric so:='- 3 40 oo\Strips under 6 in.... 38 00 40 00 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, 6- s Cherry ¥%in., white & clear.. 65 coe! 7o oc(2% and thicker..... 85 00@ go 00 pts Neng. soe paeoe 60 $0 oc/Counter tops, 18 in. 1 inch strips........ () es 2 00| and over-......... 100 00 I15 00 1% to 2 inch:...... ... $0 00 3,00 Culls, all thickness 18 00 20 00 Miscellaneous. Chestnut, clear..... 35 ee 38 oo\Hickery, old growth 50 00 60 00 Chestnut common.. 20 00 23 oo|Hickery, anc) eroweh 70 00 ©680 00 Basswood white.... 28 2s 32 00|Elm : pee) 20) G0) 22900 Basswood common.. 2000 23 00 Sycamore.. 24 00 27 00 Maple, clear........ 25.00 30 oo Sycamore quartered 35 00 4000 Birch, clear.. eeugziao| 30, o0\Gum' . . 36 00 «641 00 Birch, 1s andas..... 26 00 30 oo\Butternut. . . . 4500 5000 Cottonwood........ 2000 2200 Boston, Mass. Boston, Aug. 30th, 1888. The spruce manufacturers by underselling their agents have managed to lower the market. The handlers of yellow pine, likewise sell the rift sawed grades at $10 less that the real value. Timber sells at better prices than in other eastern markets. Pennsylvania hemlock is causing a commotion among wholesalers since the mill men of the Keystone State got freight rates down. Prices rule wholesale as follows : Western Pine—by car load. Uppers, 1 » 5 ..$48 00@<50 09| Fine Cone, & 4in.. 46 00@s0 oc ,1%& .. 47.00 50 00}No2,1in. Fine com. 29 00 31 00 ee 58 00 60 oo] 1%,1% &2in..... 30 00 32 00 elves Gy tb ae 42 00 44 00|No. 1 strips, 4 to ee in 4200 44 00 1%, mee & 2in 43,00)45 oo} No.2 -..... . 35 00 3600 oe Be 50 00 5300) No.3. ; 25,00 27.00 pnldineboicds, 7to Cut ups, i to2in.... 2600 30 00 11 inch clear....... 37 00 38 oo|Coffin boards... . 20 00 23 00 60 per cent clear 34 00 38 00|Common all widths . 20 00 25 00 Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo|Shipping culls.... .. 15 00 16 50 1%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 40 00 Bastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load. ae Pe 2 fe 3 ..2. +++. 40 00@43 00!Clapboards, 4ft., Eee . 2800 3000] clear ... . 40 00 45 00 er oe .. 23.00 2600, Sap, 2nd clear . 3 00 35 00 sie bds & coarse 16 oo| Hlearfiextra .... .. 55 00 efuse 13 30} Heart clear....... 50 00 West’ pine clapbds 4 ft. sap-extra .. .. 45 00 5000 Spruce—by Cargo. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough. 9 50 1000 random cargoes . . 12 00@13 00 Hemlock bds., rough re 00 10 50 Yard orders, ordin- “* dressed 11 50 12 00 wn (Oe 12 00 13 50\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 27 00 29 00 Yar cotta extra Clear, 4 Hts tiiny eo 25 00 27 00 WS > 13 25 14 00| Secondclear... 2000 21 00 Clear Root Haards, 10100420 00) Nor: ..... : 14 00 16 00 iGeeesar. > 16 00 17 00) 3 Lath TLL «2 aa rece Oh 3.0. 010 on OOM I 75@ 1 go Shingles. Se 6" 0 eee 1 25@1 so\Cedar, sawed, extra 3 30@3 50 iné, in.extra. .. 430 4 50 (ONES 3.00 300 Pine, No.1... , 310 3 40| Extra,No.1... 175 225 Cypress, No.1, 18in. 5 00 § 00 Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y. BuFrra.o, Aug. 27th, 1888. Less lumber 1s being handled this year than last, which is accounted for by the fact of uneasiness regarding the tariff _ question, and “ Lac des Commissaires South West No. 139 24 ce | “Rear Commissaires South West No. 140 20 ia ** Metabetchouan No. 141 37 Us ** Metabetchouan No. 142 25 ‘ “ Lake Kiskisuik No. 143 18 “ “eo Metabetchouan No. 144 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13 ‘Lake © Kamamintigougne | area, more or less, to be offered at an up No. 145 36 Sq. miles. | price to be made known on the day of k “« N. E. branch of river Ste. The timber limits to be adjudged t C ar [, p LU, Marguerite No. 146 79 de | party bidding the highest amou nt of bonus. «¢ NN. E. of river Ste. Mar- | The bonus and first year’s grou pean rent per guerite No. 147. 89 ot | square mile, to be paid in each im- ‘© Township Ducreux No. 148 534% “ mediately after the sale. ‘© Township Dequen No. 149 12% “ | These timber locations to be subject to the | M PO b r r R S AND “* Township Dequen No. 150 23 és | provisions of all timber regulations now in *¢ Township Dequen No. 151 23 U | force and which may be enacted hereafter. “River Pikauba No. 152 18% * Plans of these timber locations will be open «© Rea River Peribonka for inspection, in the Department of Crows Wi OLESALE GR OCERS East No. 153 34 es Lands, in this city, and at the offices of the P ‘* Township Boileau No. 154 32% ‘‘ | local Agents, up to the day of sal ‘* Township Boileau No. 155 13 = = = = & Zz =] = Y= . = > i ie N > = ne N 3 = Ds N 3 = ms Ni = = a, N = Zz Sy ~ = S : S = = S Si a a = v This Company’s six months’ business, just ter- done by any Company is the largest ever minated, in the Dominion Accepted business over $3.0 ,or over $<,- in the Ten Months since its organization. 500,00 It has the LARGEST STOCK and Parip up CAPITAL of any company in the Dominion ts Plans, Rates and Policy Contract are un- H equalled. The business of the Manufacturers’ Accident Co., (Capital over $1,009,000) is also very large. Agents wanted in unrepresented districts. Apply to Messrs. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. Lumb eTImen SHOULD SEND FOR A COPY OF Scribner’ Lumber \ Log Book. OVER ONE MILLION ALREADY SOLD. ‘ Price ae cents post paid. + + + ADDRESS .} © # A. 6 MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT, BREAKFAST, 3y a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, Mr. has provided our breakfast tables with ately flavoured bevera re which may save heavy doc bills. It is by the judicious 1 articles of diet that a constitution may up until strong enough to resist y to disease. Hundreds of subtle re a around us ready to attack is a weak point. We may a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves bi _ pure blood and a properly ! F ‘ Civil Service Gazette.” M.: ade sim — with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAS. EPPS & CO., Homcopathic Chemists, London, England. J, JONES Woon ENGRAVER 10:KING ‘ST: EAST - GSO TORONTO ep, SEND-FOR:PRICES - tors’ SCRIBNER'S LUMBER Over One Million Sold. OST 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 ; w measure ; speed of circular saws; care of saws cord-wood tables: felling trees ; growth of trees; land nfeasure ; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing Advertisers. eae 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 15 B.F. STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILN, RELIABLE ! RA LID ! CEIEAr ! GUARANTEED | —_— NO WARPING, TO DRY Ji CHECKING as i i\ No y A | AND BLUEING \ \ y Best Manner Possible = wu ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT WOOD L Ani WRITE-+FOR 31 N. CANAL STREET, 115 LIBERTY STREET, SSS 22 NEW YORK. CHICAGO. Pees ORIEV ANT, Patentee Ear Sule ie aaa ae ‘BOS TON Oh: ONTARIO OIL CO. 7 Church strest, Toronto, Ont. * = A, = BOODBY, « [SUCCESSORS TO BOWDEN & Co.,] fe > fo Manager * SOLE CONSIGNEES OF SOUTHWICK’S CELEBRATED LUBRICATING OILS & GREASE. We beg to advise our customers and the trade generally that having succeeded BOWDEN & CO. in this business, we shall by close attention thereto, en- deavour to merit a still larger patronage than has been accorded to them in the past. Our goods, the customers being the judges, are not equalled in the market and will continue to maintain the high position they now occupy, our aim being to still conduct the business on strictly legitimate principles. With thanks for past favors and the request for their continuance, we are, Yours very truly, ONTARIO OIL CO. ARTHUR GOODBY, Manager. s% */ HENRY PORTER | TER} MANUFACTURER OF ) A in hi tat a a ah ct aia ia il id OEE EE EE Leather Belting MAE I ic MP I SB IP Sh SP A I A cS Pe Ps Pe DeUIM gS @ VISITATION STREET, TUE: MONTREAL, WU mt Mill Owners will do well to write for estimates before placing their orders. Peet retves Pi ce a a MASS. Coen THE RATHBUN COMPANY, DESERONTO, ONT., PURCHASERS IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC OF BLACK ASH, RED BIRCH, RED OAK. BASSWOOD AND PINE LUMBER, SHINGLES, BEST GRADES OF PINES AND CEDARS. —ae SPOONER’S Fm COPPERINE. FIBROUS, ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL, for Machinery Journal Beari Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and to do work that no other metal can. Hardy ae Stores all keep it ; if not order direct. A? NON- ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. The Ontario Canoe Gompany, Limited. PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. = ‘ Vy yy WY Ey, YY Manufacturers of all kinds of PLEASURE, FISHING and HUNTING Patent Cedar Rib Canoes, Patent Longitudinal Rib Canoes, Basswood Canoes, as Canoes, Paddles, CANOES 22h" GOLD MEDAL LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION, 1883. J. Z. ROGERS, President and Managing Director. CANOES FOR LUMBERMEN designed to carry any amount of Good and Chattles, and Strongly Built, made to order on Short Notice. Send 3 Cent Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. September, 1888 “ALEPResen varie | TORON eRe) ‘Loanex emus FIRMS TENNANT & CO. "WILLMOTT & MeLNTOSHL, Wholesale Dealers in Wholesale Dealers in | ENVZIN ZN ZENZEN ZEN ZINIZEN ZEN ZEN ZINN ZEN ZENE EEN ENE) Ye) UMHBER ATH & SHINGLES , He | gee | } | é Ss ee : 2 Mest, S “as a Dressing and Better Pine. | 44 and 46 Front Street East, TORONTO, - - ONDA ———————vw—L ey ES 7, Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. é Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. OFFICE: Agents for the Celebrated iG ve Prompt Delivery in all Cases. INjoy OS Wiser OREA SPR or, TORONTO. LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. ¢% CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Wholesale Dealers in Christie Kerr & Co . ; " LUMBER | owesesnarwoons.umper Office: 9 Victoria Street, ChShShte aS} = Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, TORONTO. Lumber Shipped to all parts. DORGO Gali) mows 1a McCRANEY, McCOO0L & WILSON SScoTT. SCOTT & Go. Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of WELLINGTON STREET East. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER 2} KUIBER 2) agiecd (yu N eye Sues e ncaa — me OME OHIO pe Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. —-ee Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto Office: Union Loan Buildi > OO ps . : L ings, 28 & 80 Tore x Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. i g 7 ae oo TORONTO gud Oli Ae. * TORONTO. ds The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company - of Toronto. Offices: 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. Sole Manufacturers of “ Monarch,” * Red Strip.” and * Lion” Brands of RUBBER BELTING Particular attention given to special Beits for Lumber Mills. Our celebrated “ Maltese Cross” Rubber ; “ Baker Fabric” and Ajax Cotton; “Giant” and Light Linen, and Fire Hose constantly in stock. LUMBERMEN’S HEAVY RUBBER CLOTHING, OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Address all Communications to THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MFG. CO. OF TORONTO. 43 Yonge St. =e September, 1888. THE CANADA T0 MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING Pia AAAAALARAARABRLARALAALLSRARRA a AP Pk te hc Plc ce IP Se Pc Bc Be Pe Bc SP, eB LEATHER + BELTING FE eee ea a wor eh avs 7 ss et SOs GAG AN) see ae LIS, Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, —_ SEND TO — FE. EK. DIXON & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET +LEATHERtHELTING* 70 King Street Fast, Loronto. Sole Agents in Canada for the eeesRATED PHCENIX OIL The Only Perfect Belt Dressing. All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be- fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. =e DOT 5 he a =a © & eS S | casn rerus. NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY (LIMITED.) — MANUFACTURERS OF — ODD DD DDD ydraulic Gement: » _ BOLO LODO LO PLA PAL A AA ed For shipment large quantities of re OEP BOX» SHOOKS. Apply to, H. P. Care of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Peterborough, Ontario. P S oly adapted for Dams, Smoke. Stacks, Foundations, Cul- yerts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. SMNDOnRSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS eee Ge * Ta VUE For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Manufacturing, &c. Galt* Machine « Knife Works, Tan ST en KNIVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting. SEND From PRICE List. Meee TAY fea GALT, ONT. LUMBERMAN. 17 ~ Canada «a Job Dept. LOMBERNENS a | STATIONERY | | of Drive Books Ojjice Ship Account Books E will supply anything in the line BLANKS or STATIONERY for Lumber Shanties and Offices at City prices. STTTTUTILUI LLL LLL : Shanty Settlements Office Letterheads = : Shanty Orders Office Noteheads : : Shanty Receipts Office Envelopes : = Shanty Time Books Ojjice Cards = : Shanty Log Books Ojjice Notes : : Shanty Reports Ojjice Drafts : : Shanty Ledgers Ojjice Orders : : Shanty Cash Books Ojjice Receipts : : Shanty Way Bills Office Blank Notes : AS everything necessary to a complete office outfit. LL Printing done in the highest Style of the Art, and at Lowest Living Prices OOK-BINDING of every Description got up in a very Neat and Superior Manner. to desired CCOUNT Books and Bound Ruled Pattern. : any OR Schedule of Prices address, quality of work desired. describing the kind and ‘CANADA LUMBERMAN JOB DEPARTMENT, PETERBORO’., ONT. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. September, 1885. N SAW WORKS! JAS. ROBERTSON 253 to 267 King Street West, | Untario. Toronto, - HVERY SAW FULLY Prices on Application. WARRANTE Se DODGE * PATENT : | PTR a power As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the fact that it holds a belt much better. Most good mechanics | are aware of this fact, but it may not be generally known how | great is the difference, and for the benefit of our readers we give the result of tw> tests made and published by two of the | most eminent mechanical authorities :— Beas Rel. value of leather belt) 2 3 me Rel. value of leather belt O 0% = Ooo a | eee Boeke eo ee ay ce cr OO So 5 Y oOo 5 4 5 v ao o> eSy i ei o & => BED Se eS Reh eine ee oo v eet i=) |Oo ov =? ey ee SSO ras | Ow |S 0 a | OA Sees Sia se pe jis Bs | re ‘S) =) ts oO | Wie) ty CO olen | om — 20 TO Oma eed 2 i 2 1.90 | 1.40 30 DYAG | erteOO) alll megO 2.40 1.70 | 40 3.26 | 2.02 || .40 3.30 2.00 | 50 4.38 Ae Wi siXo 4.40 | 2.40 60 5.88 | 2.87 | .60 5.90 | 2.90 _:70 | 7.90 - 3-43 ||_-70 4 esc | 3-40 pean es phetons Encylopedia) Haswell.—Engineers’ and Mech- | of Mechanical Arts. io anics’ Pocket Book. A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the | steel pulley. and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. & C0, Montreal, 5 Band Saws, Saw Swages, Dd, Saw Gummers, PULLEY IN THE With our Patent Bushing System Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or required. fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction. The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for the purpose of putting on additional pulleys when needed, or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and ex- | pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley made not having these advantages. The Compression Fastening whether used with keys in iron center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance | as the compression on the shaft and key is always towards the center. The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown | from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are : It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in securing with this fastening. A pulley fastened with key or JAMES ROBERTSON Dalhousie and William Streets, pA OE ANUFACTURERS OF LNA ee Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. we Thurber’s Royal ANTL-FRICTION: BABBIT: METAL, Importers and Dealers in Emery Wheels Rubber Belting, Leather Belting, Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per cent. lighter than cast iron Strong enough for any Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. SS ea SSS Lie. AWS —————— ea SS Saw Sets, Iron Pipe, Files, &c. WOOD : SEPARABLE: OR ¢ SPLIT + PULLEYS. Tee BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, BEST BALANCED AND MOST CONVENIENT WORLD. THT eee | STU TTE T set screw in the ordinary way, cannot be screwed without litting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key or set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set screw fastening for shaft ; also a key unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bushing system is a great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafts. Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by American mechanics, summarizes thus: The ratio is friction to pressure of leather belts, when worn over wooden pulleys is 47, over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the average advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. We also manufacture GROOVED HARD WOOD PUL- LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of applying the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be furnished on application to The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., 89 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. _—— ~s eee “ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN VouiumeE VIII. ‘ NUMBER IO. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTEIUR G MORTIMER, OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - = es $1.00 One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and ‘“‘ FoRSALE”’ advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements ot this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. THE new Joggins raft will be constructed on the same plan as the last one, but all the bottom and lower side logs will be carefully peeled of their bark, in order to render resistance to the water as small as possible. The 21,300 sticks of which the late raft was composed were sold before the breaking up was completed. ACCORDING to the Algoma Advocate the coming season pro- mises to be one of the most important in lumbering circles that has been for many years. Besides the firms that have hereto- fore operated there will be numerous others on a smaller scale. Altogether it may safely be stated that within the neighborhood of the village of Thessalon there will not be far short of 1,000 menemployed. Wages also promise to be a little higher than previous seasons, and a lively winter may be anticipated. THE Northwestern Lumberman pokes fun at Mr. William Little, of Montreal, who five years ago published an article in Forestry, London, in which he prophesied that if the reckless apd wanton rate of cutting were kept up, the United States would be denuded of White Pine in seven years. Mr. Little, no doubt, greatly underestimated the quantity of pine lumber in existence, but his warning was not uncalled for, and though the seven years should stretch to fifty, or even a century, waste should be carefully avoided. A NUMBER of Saginaw, Mich., lumber manufacturers have large interests in the Georgian Bay district, and from their actions it is evident that they anticipate the passage of the Mills bill, or else believe it possible to pay an export duty of $2 per thousand on their logs and still have successful financial results. The purchase of a large block of pine lumber on Fitzwilliams Island by the Saginaw Lumber & Salt Company possesses significance in this direction and emphasizes the fact that eastern Michigan lumbermen are intensely interested in the question of Canadian timber, no matter what legislation may or may not be passed. NEARLY all of the largest of the Spruce trees that once occupied the valley of the St. John in New Brunswick, up to the mouth of the Aroostook, have either been cut down or destroyed by fire, and except a few limited areas, the large trees of that species are now confined to the upper waters of the St. John, in Quebec and Maine. The largest spruce trees on this river are to be met with on the tributaries of Lake Temiscouata, Quebec, which is skirted by the River du Loup railway, connecting the New Brunswick with the Intercolonial railway. THE Omaha Republican is sadly exercised about where the railway ties are now to come from. The Southern Pacific railway company want 3,000,000 badly, but they cannot be got just now. Ties have gone up and 40 cents apiece are charged for good redwood, and the company cannot get them fast enough at that. The enormous mileage of railways requires an immense number of ties for renewals, construction of feed- ers, sidings, etc. A Michigan lumberman asserts that there is now more timber lying beneath the iron rails than was to be found twenty-five years ago in the construction of all the houses. No practicable substitute for wood for ties has been proposed. Iron or steel cannot be used with safety, as its lack of elasticity wears out the rolling stock in a very short time. WRITERS in some of the United States lumber journals have been boasting of rafts of timber which largely exceed in bulk the first Joggins, or O'Leary, ‘‘ timber ship,” and declaring that the method used in that raft will never become general on the lakes. The difference in the circumstances has evidently not been taken into account. While such a structure as the Joggins raft would be an utter absurdity on the lakes, the western methods would be an imposibility on the Atlantic coast. A less substantial structure would not answer for the trip from the Bay of Fundy to New York, and the cost, enor- mous though it be, is very small in comparison with the only other methods of transportation between the same places. As a successful experiment in a new direction, the invention of Mr. Robertson is entitled to all the comment bestowed on it. UNITED STATES Consul Hotchkiss, of Ottawa, has made a _ report to the State department at Washington on the lumber industry of the Ottawa Valley, in which he comes to the con- clusion that admitting lumber free at the present time would not materially benefit the American consumer by cheapening prices. The timber forests of Canada are not sold outright to individual purchasers as in the States, but are leased by the Provincial Governments for a limited term, by public auction, under certain conditions and regulations. Timber licenses are granted, and a regular tarift of dues exacted. Csl. Hotchkiss argues that the remission of the duty of $2 would simply en- able Canadians to lay down their lumber at that amount less per M. and obtain for it precisely what the Americans would. This advantage to the Canadian manufacturer, he thinks, would be brief, as the local governments would raise the licenses sufficiently to absorb that $2 into the Provincial treasuries. Making lumber free, he says, would not greatly increase the export of logs, because they would be, to a large extent, man- ufactured into lumber at the place of growth. Ir would appear that the majority of American lumbermen and dealers believe, or affect to believe, that the importation of Canadian lumber duty free into the United States would not affect to any appreciable extent the price of lumber. There are some, however, who believe that if the policy of retaliation indicated in the President’s message be adopted, higher prices for lumber are sure to follow. One such individual said to a representative of the Z2mlerman: ‘‘ If Grover Cleveland will just cut off the Canadian shipments of lumber at once, without more ado, lumber will advance $2.50 per thousand allaround. The lumber imported from Canada last year—700,000,000 ft. —amounted to one-eleventh the entire product of the three lumber producing states, and if this supply was cut off, prices would advance, most naturally.” of one interested solely in American timber and his belief is no doubt shaped by his wishes, as an advance of $2.50 all round might mean a big thing to him. At present prices are steady, That of course is the view PETERBOROUGH, ONT., OCTOBER, 1885. § Texms, $1.00 PEK YEAR 1 SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS with a slowly advancing tendency, a much more healthy con- dition, than sudden fluctuations, which, while they may bring wealth to individuals, have a tendency to demoralize the trade YEARS ago the pine lumber market was as uncertain Street, and operations in pine as much of a speculatior as dealings in a bucket shop. For the last year or two, v ever, the fluctuations in prices have been barely perceptible, and handlers of pine, on this continent at least, content them- selves with a narrow margin of profit, the ver ence of which is dependent upon careful manipulation of their business. In 1879-80 the sudden rise of from $6 to $8 or $10 per M. for ordinary dimensions made dealers grow dizzy with excitement, and many merchants were suddenly enriched. Such an occur rence is not, however, likely to again benefit to the lumber business of the st it makes it safe. A man investing in secure against sudden or great loss by may not be able to make an extraordi investment, but if he be a good business n of ruinous failure. There is only one conti lead to another period of unsettled and fiuc eftect of the rivalry of Southern pine has not a told, but if there should be a great rush of No and capital in the lumber manufacturing busi it might cause an excessive output that would the prices of Northern and Canadian pine. THE commonly received idea that Manitoba and the North- west territories consist of vast treeless plains is not altogether a correct one. In previous articles we have alluded to the great spruce forests surrounding Lake Winnipeg, from which ill be taken. this year not less than 9,000,L00 feet of lumber will This area is capable of great development, and in the near future will supply a vast amount of lumber, not only to Mani- toba but to the Western States. Another heavily district surrounds the Lake of the Woods, where timbered since the construction of the C. P. R. no less than six mills have been put in operation. These mills supply not only Winnipeg but the entire country as far west as Regina, and this summer the trade has been very active. About seven mills operate on Lake Winnipeg, the largest being that of the Selkirk Lumber Company. Calgary, which is the centre of a considerable lumber industry. West of Regina the lumber is supplied by mills at Calgary is the headquarters of the Bow River, Eau Claire and Calgary lumber companies, which all have mills along the Bow River. supply local wants, but the timber is inferior for building pur- But in the northern portion of the province, as well as in Alberta and Small mills operate at various points in Manitoba to poses, consisting mainly of poplar and scrub oak. Saskatchewan, large areas are covered with timber and saw In this connection it may be stated no timber has been imported into milis have been erected at the most important points. the “‘ prairie province ” from the States for four or five years. STATISTICIANS say, and statisticlans are sometimes right, that every five days in the year an area of land equal to the State of Rhode Island is shorn of its trees in the United States, or 50,570,000 acres a year, the timber on 500,000 of which is required for railroad ties alone. We do not know what the Canadian figures are, but as we supply one-eleventh of the American markets, besides our European exports and home consumption, the area denuded in the Dominion must be pretty extensive. Our timber resources are pretty well known, and there are not now many large tracts of timbered lands to be discovered. Attention, however, is being directed, as mentioned in our last issue, to the spruce and tamarack belt of Lake Winnipeg. gation on the Red river of the north, the produc In time, with the improvement of navi- ts of these forests will be exceedingly valuable, not only for Manitoba, but for the American northwest. adapted for use as railroad ties, and Prof. Sargent says Tamarack is that it is the most elastic wood that grows, and the supply of it in these timber belts is almost limitless. The railroad mile- age of the northwest is something enormous, Michigan, Minne- sota, Wisconsin, and the territory of Dakota having about 20,- 000 miles of railroads at this time, and this mileage is increasing THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. rapidly. To renew the ties on these roads every seven years will require vast quantities of timber, and for this purpose the almost untouched tamarack forests of Lake Winnipeg will be invaluable. When the navigation of the Red river is perfected so that barges can come through without unloading their car- goes, the increasing demand that the coming years are sure to , g ) F bring will certainly develop a great traffic southward. PINE lands in Minnesota and Wisconsin which had been denuded of their timber, and were, consequently, considered practically valueless, are now being bought up by a syndicate which proposes to put colonies of settlers upon them. The result is that instead of desolation following in the wake of the lumberman, prosperous communities are being formed. Sev- eral of the older umber companies have followed this system from the start, with the best results. ACCORDING to the Annual Report of the Bureau of Iendus tries for the Province of Ontario, for 1887, which has recntly- appeared, workmen in lumber mills are shown to work the longest hours, the average per week being 65.83 hours ; Railway employees (road) come next with 64.25. But in wages, no less than ten classes of workmen exceed the saw mill hands. The total average yearly earnings of a mill hand, including extra work and wife’s and children’s earnings, is set down at $331.03, and the cost of living $337,63 so that some- body must be getting into debt. The average number of days work is 207,93, so that the presumption is that the mill hand occupies much of the balance of the working days in other occupations, the renumeration from which is not included in the statement. PARTIES consigning lumber to New York dealers have for years complained of the treatment meted out to them. Many of the mill men declared that the ‘‘skin game” of the dealers was ruining them. Private inspectors, employed by the deal- ers, worked strictly in the interest of the dealers, and if the consignees grumbled at the result of the inspection they were told that they might take their lumber away, but meantime the charges against it would have accumulated to such an ex- tent that it was better to let it remain and accept the inevitable. Continuous agitation by the lumber journals led to the forma- tion of a trade organization and the adoption of rules for inspection. This mended matters a little, but lately the methods of this organization have reverted to the old condition of affairs. Iris ashame, says the Parry Sound Worth Star, the way many of the most beautiful islands of the Parry Sound Archi- pelago are being burned over and destroyed, greatly marring the beauty of the scenery as well as rendering the islands burnt over utterly valueless. The editor of that journal, in company with others, near Moose Island, ed Indian camp, from which the Indians had but a short time previously departed, leaving their camp fire burning. The fire had communicated with a dead tree and was rapidly spreading over the island, and would doubtless have destroyed it but for the timely arrival of the party, who promptly extinguished it. While it is true that Indians are very careless many of their white brethren are equally so. The local Government should appoint one or more fire-wardens during the dry season for the purpose of extinguishing fires and detecting and punishing parties who are the means of starting them. came upon a cesert- IN answer to the questicns of a reporter the other day, a New York ship-carpenter gave a long and interesting list of the various kinds of wood entering into the construction of a According to this authority the keel is make oat of white oak, although rock maple, yellow birch and southern black gum are sometimes used ; the keelsons are of yellow pine, sometimes of hardwood ; the ribs of the frame are oak, chestnut or tamarack ; the stern and sternpost always of white oak ; the apron, inside the stera, live oak ; ing, wooden vessel. the plank- yellow pine; the ceiling, the interior of the frame, yellow pine; the transoms and knees hackmatack and white or red oak, formerly live oak; the deck frame, yellow pine ; upper deck, white pine ; lower deck, yellow pine ; rails and all finishing timber, white oak ; tree nuls, with which timbers are dowled together, yellow locust invariably ; house or cabin, whitepine, whitewood, or fancy hardwoods—the interiors are generally finished to order, and may vary—the deck, bowsprit and masts are always made out, ol Norway pine ; spars are always of spruce ; steering appa- exterior of the frame, ratus—wheel—various hardwoods; rudder of oak; rigging pirts in wood, oak ; dead-eyes, ete., lignum vite ; belaying pins, oak or ni ickory, and the fids always of hickory. In most modern vessels the list, when made to include all the different variet- ies which may be used in the finish and decorations, would j robably be much larger. tackle blocks, white ash or gum ; mast- -hoops, MANY towns have risen rapidly through the lumber trade centering in them, and have fallen and gone to decay with equal, if not greater, celerity, when the decline in the timber output has been felt. The ephemeral character of ‘’ sawdust cities” is not, however, an unavoidable necessity. While some places have fallen back into a state of primitive poverty through the removal of the mills and money to other places, there are still many towns which while they largely owe their prosperity to the lumber trade are not at all likely to collapse when, in the nature of things, lumber manufacturing operations in their neighborhood are curtailed. When lumbermen and others who have profited by the lumber business have invest- ed to a considerable extent in local improvements, their inter- ests have become so identified with those of the town that they must, as a matter of self-protection, endeavor to make the place self-supporting when the lumbering boom is a thing of the past, thus assuring a growth that is permanent and not dependent on the lumber yard or the saw mill. The recogni- tion of the necessity of this course has caused that competition among lumber towns for the establishment in them of new and prospectively lucrative enterprises, which are not depen- dent on the existence of contiguous pine forests or a flourishing lumber trade. tively speaking, always will be lumber towns, but the compe- tition we speak of, even in such places, is an indication that the beginning of the end has been foreseen, when lumbering will cease to be the only, or even the main, business to contri- bute to the wealth and advancement of the community. There are, of course, towns which, compara- THE English lumber markets during the latter part of the season have slowly but materially improved. The demand has kept the dealers’ stocks down to small proportions, though they were constantly replenished. In the London markets dealers were evidently under the impression that prices would fall still lower, and, consequently, held off, but as the season advanced, quotations not only held their own, but rose, and higher prices were asked and given. There is now little pro- bability of a weakening, as stocks are very low and freight rates continue very -high, so much so, indeed, that several Canadian contracts had to be cancelled, particularly of spruce. The arrivals from Swedish ports, St. Petersburg and the White Sea, have been about the average, and some cargoes of pitch pine from Montreal, Metis and Pentecost have been disposed of. At Liverpool a very large quantity of Canadian spruce has been received, and the price for this valuable timber has steadily advanced. At shipments have been finding a more ready sale, and prices have accordingly advanced. On the whole, the prospect is very encouraging for Dominion shippers, the main drawback being the heavy freights charged. The hardwood market also furnishes an encouraging report, showing a decided tendency to improve- Owing to the steady The cabinet manufacturing industry, in particular, is Glasgow, Quebec ment. demand the stocks held are not heavy. being carried on on a large scale, and the general furniture trade has been doing fairly well. The manufacturers of coaches and carts and railway rolling stock have had large demands for and, consequently, the volume of trade in this The very wet weather of the their output, direction has been extensive. summer season operated very adversely in the matter of house- building, the demands in this direction not being at all equal to anticipations. This refers to new buildings, for in the di- rection of improvements, etc., there has been no falling off. The ship-building trade has been in a remarkably healthy condition, and the Clyde ship-buiiders have been in full swing, and with orders still coming in. This is also true of all the West Coast ship-building trade. There is more animation also in this line at Leeds, Huddersfield and Halifax. As regards prices, the upward tendency is slow, but the improvement in this direction is steady. IN an article headed ‘‘Save our Forests,” the Mova Scotian of Halifax, says that it is disposed to agree with the opinion advanced that the success of the Joggins raft is likely to stim- ulate the work of wholesale devastation in the Maritime Pro- vinces unless some effectual means of restraint are adopted. “The prospect,” it says, ‘‘is not one to be contemplated with out strong misgivings for the future of our forests. The question is what sort df restraint is to be employed. We do not believe in export duties, but we think it is possible to apply some law that will, while not interfering too much with a great and important industry, have the effect of saving our forests from absolute destruction. We save our lobster fisheries from exhaustion by legislative regulation, and why may not our forests be kept alive by the same process? It is a matter of self preservation and should be of as much, if not greater, interest to those directly engaged in the business of lumbering as to the general public.” A writer in the New York Jozrval of Commerce calls attention to the manner in which the lumber- men are destroying the forests in the White Mountains. Por. | | | New England States, and is doing a large amount of damage in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. These portable saw table saw mills are moved up and down the slopes, and work of slaughter is carried on without the slightest regard either to economy of the rich but not inexhaustible stores, « the effects upon the climate, fertility and beauty of the country. The same agency has wrought great havoc in the forests of the mills are simply forest killers, when used recklessly. Young and half-grown trees are sawn up as well as those of full growth, involving fatal results to the future. It is a common thing for the owners of these mills to pay so much for the timber on a given area of land, and then they strip it bare of every stick, large or small, that can find a market for any pur- pose whatever. If no check is put upon this sort of thing, before this generation passes away there will hardly be a decent stick of timber left in Nova Scotia. In some localities. in that province a few years ago, timber was plenty, and nov there is scarcely enough Jeft to build pig pens with. The local legislature passed a law a few years ago for the purpose ot preserving the forests from destruction by fires, as far as it i: possible to do so. There would be difference of opieiaares a regulating the use of portable saw mills,, or doing anything else that would interfere with those engaged in lumbering, but it does not follow that the subject should not be dealt with. It is a very important one and demands thoughtful consideration. NOVA SCOTIA TIMBER LAND. A Nova Scotian correspondent of the New York Lumber Trade Journal says that the successful arrival of the great raft of Spruce logs from Nova Scotia at the port of New York will, no doubt, give increased value to the lands situated on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, the timber from which can be delivered cheaply at the seaboard in such a position as will admit of the construction of similar rafts. From $1 to $2 per acre has been about the valve of ordinary Nova Scotia timber lands which were prized merely for the wood which grew upon them. The Spruce which grows in Nova Scotia is of a very strong and lasting character. It is Black Spruce, and forall purposes where strength and durability are concerned, is much superior to the White Spruce of the Upper St. John. Nova Scotia Hemlock, which is an abundant wood there and of which little has yet been exported, is of excellent quality. This is especially true of the long, clean and smooth White Hemlock which are found growing near the banks ofthe rivers there. I have such trees in that province holding their size as well as auy Spruce which I have ever seen, and attaining an equal height in proportion to the diameter at the base. That part of Nova Scotia which is productive of timber has commonly a seil of little value for farming purposes, being often but a mass of small bowlders which have from time to time, in prehistoric ages, been carried down from the granite belt which, running in a northeasterly direction, extends through the whole length of that province, forming a sort of back bone upon which the ancient gold bearing states of Nova Scotia, which form an area of 3,000 square miles, rest. The little soil which covers these states is ordinarily poor, and fire has destroyed much of the timber which grew upon this district which had been remarkable for the quantity which covered it. Should the transportation of logs from the provinces to the United States become a permanent business, there is no reason why the excellent Hemtock of Nova Scotia should not be trans- ported there in the same way. The same will apply to pulp wood of any kind. Hardwood of various kinds and of excellent quality are found in great abundance in various parts of Nova Scotia to the sea, and there is also no reason why rafts of Spruce should not have a proportion of hardwood built up in them, so that the specific graviiy of the latter weod should be counter- balanced by that of the much lighter Spruce. The lumbermen who now bring rafts of Birch timber down the St. John take care to secure to the rafts a sufficient quantity of soft wood logs or timber so as to render the whole raft so buoyant that it is easily transported at the mouth of the river. 4 : THE UNITED STATES FORESTRY ns Mr. Fernow, chief of the forestry division of the Oe department of Agriculture, has issued his second annual r which not only contains a brief account of forest c and interests in each State, but some advice on the pu of practical forestry. Among other things he says that ¢ lumbermen in the States are using up the natural wood crop ata greater rate than it replaces itself. Even the “ — = man’s © papers, which had ridiculed the very idea of a possible diminution of supplies, have begun to change their tone aie with the exception of some reckless advocates of a policy of extermination, begin to realize that the interest of the great | lumbering industry would be subserved by a more carefu nations > October, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. more rational utilization of the material at hand and by greater regard to the production of a future crop. Referring to the mooted withdrawal of the import duty on manufactured lumber, he states that from an inspection of the import statistics it appears that the import duty laid upon manufactured lumber in 1872 had the effect at first of decreasing importations from Canada by from fifty to sixty per cent. in 1876 or 1877, when again an upward tendency of imports begun. Comparing the importations of the last three years with those of the preceding three, however, there is noticeable again a decline in all classes of forest products from the amounts to which the same had gradually increased up to 1884, when the importation of manufactured lumber reached nearly the same amount that was imported ip 1872. For the decrease in unmanufactured wood the Canadian ex- port duty of $2 on logs may serve as explanation, but other causes must have worked to effect the reduction in manufac- tured lumber in the face of decided enchancement of value of the pine product. Difficulty of access and increased distance - from the market is probably the explanation. This decline in importations appears as follows : Per cent. Importation. 1852-784. 1885-87. Decline. Manufactured lumber....... $21,510,765 $19,184,504 10.8 Wood, unmanufactured..... 10.404,474 8,502,165 18.3 Manufactures of wood....... 5,653,040 4,801,404 15 Fire-wood, hop-poles, railroad ties (no duty).........--- 3,008,945 2,099,415 32.5 That the existence of the tariff would have had any other effect upon our forest resources than to hasten to their deple- tion could not very well be expected. It is also reasonably certain that the larger margin created by the import duty and the consequent stimulated home competition have induced a more wasteful utilization of the standing supplies, while competition of foreign raw -material might have necessitated a closer working or delayed the opening of distant forest areas. At the present stage of development, however, it seems, so far as the saving of standing supplies is concerned, there need be no fear nor hope from foreign competition, for ‘the quantity of standing pine in the United States and Canada is reduced toa condition of absolute control; it is held in strong hands on both sides and will not be lightly frittered away.’ The stumpage price, which has lately advanced as never before, will necessitate the upholding of present values of manufactured lumber, and an advance of prices is as certain as a decrease of supplies. He concludes that an unbiased weighing of the arguments advanced on both sides leads to the conclusion that the removal of the tariff on lumber would have no appreciable effect upon the price to the consumer, not be detrimental to the lumberman’s or saw- mill business, nor in the least affect the laboring man: but at the same time no appreciable benefit towards preservation of forest and forest supplies need be expected at this date from such removal. Possibly positive local advantages may be gained, if by such competition local manufactures were encouraged and the shipping of raw material made less profitt- able. OUR WOODS AND FORESTS. The report of the Ontario Commissioner of Crown Lands for the year 1887, under the heading ‘‘ Woods and Forests,” contains some very interesting information. The total amount collected from this department for 1887 was $990,855.43, or, excluding the sum paid on account of the sale held in December, $590,897.07, as the revenue from timber dues, ground rents, etc. This sum was considerably less than the estimated amount, and the shortage is attributed to the quantity of logs ‘‘ hung up” in the streams, owing to the lowness of the water consequent upon the exceedingly dry season. Besides, a good deal of the winter’s cut was left in the woods, owing to the extraordinary depth of snow, which rendered hauling difficult and expensive. For these reasons many mills were obliged to shut down early in the season. The lumber trade of the year was, on the whole, satisfac- tory ; there was no period of inaction, and sales were brisk. The early part of the season proved dull for waney and white pine, and prices were unsatisfactory, but later prices stiffened and a healthier feeling prevailed. Certain districts on the Muskoka and Petewawa waters hav- ing become dangerously exposed to fires, on account of settle- ments taking place upon and contiguous to them, a sale was held of the more exposed portions, aggregating 459 square miles. This sale was attended by representative lumbermen from all parts of Ontario and the United States, and the prices obtained were satisfactory, being much in advance of any pre- viously obtained. The sum of $1,313,750.50 was realized for the 459 miles, giving an average of $2,859 per square mile. The tariff of dues upon timber was raised from 75 cents to 1 upon sawlogs, and upon square or waney timber, from 1/4 to 2cents per cubic foot. These changes came into effect on the 1st of May. The employment of Fire Rangers cost $15,000, a much larger sum than either of the two previous years, which is ac- counted for by the drouth. cost of the service, the net cost to the Department was only $7,500. distinct fires 200 millions of feet, board measure, of pine were badly damaged, and the total loss was placed at $70,000. There is no doubt, says the report, that the presence of the As the licensees pay one-half the From the reports received it is estimated that by 110 Rangers, and the prompt and active measures taken by them, materially prevented and substantially reduced the losses. Not only so, but the licensees were supplied with reliable information as to the quantity of timber damaged, its situation and the force necessary to handle it this season before the grubs had time to seriously damage it, by which an enormous um was saved the province and the licensees. The principal causes of fires are stated to be carelessness of settlers clearing land, river drivers making fires for cooking, smudges, etc., careless hunters, fishermen, tourists and explor- ers, and, in one or two instances, sparks from locomotives. The Commissioner urges the necessity for reducing the danger from these sources to a minimum, as ‘“‘the careless thrgwing down of a match might cause millions of dollars’ worth of the timber wealth of the province to vanish in smoke,” and is of opinion that timber berths should be sold by government as soon as danger is threatened by the advance of settlement, as by such asale a bonus is at any rate obtained and a closer supervision exercised. No serious fires were reported in the unsettled regions of Algoma, Thunder Bay, or Rainy River districts. ARTISTS IN THE LUMBER TRADE. They have interesting methods for working the lumber business down in Surveyor General Mitchell’s County and its vicinity. A Calais, Me., despatch to the Bangor Commercial reports on it as follows :— Down the St. Croix river are annually floated immense quantities of logs from the logging camps along its course. The mills at which these logs are converted into lumber are located at Fredericton, Edmundston, Woodstock, Benton, Deer Lake and Magagudavic in New Brunswick, and at other points nearer the mouth of the river. The proprietors of these mills are also owners of wharves at St. Stephen, on the New Brunswick side, and in Calais on this, to which they transport the lumber as fast as manufactured. From St. Stephen this lumber is floated in rafts or scows across the river to Calais, and then stored for future sale or immediately loaded upon American schooners, owned by these lumbermen, for transportation to other American ports. On the face of this, all is legitimate. Lumber, the product of American forests, is admitted free of duty, while upon foreign lumber, the product of foreign forests, various rates of duty are imposed. Rough logs are also duty free. Canadian trees and convert them into American lumber and pay no duty. The Canadian mill owner may import American trees and export the product to America duty free. During the investigation it has been learned that the mills at Deer Lake, Benton, Magagudavic and Edmundston, N.B., are stocked entirely with Canadian logs, while those at Wood- stock, and Fredericton and others near Calais, are partially stocked with American logs, many of them, only approach- able from Canadian territory, and have always been regarded as located in Canada. Yet it is asserted by those well acquainted with the matter here that these mills have for years been operated as American mills and their products admitted free. In order to evade the duty these properties have been denationalized and practically annexed to the United States. This business began some 20 years ago and was practiced as lately as two years ago. Until the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty the mills at ‘Upper Mills,” opposite Baring, Me., were Canadian mills, and located in Canada. these mills have become American and the ground they stand upon a portion of United States territory. Hence an American mill owner may import Since the expiration of that treaty To such an extent has the practice of changing nationality of real estate and entering lumber by false declaration obtain- ed that it is believed here that the total amount of which the government has been defrauded will reach millions. For example at this port alone, in the last quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, over 6,000,000 feet of lumber and laths were entered. Of this amount cver 3,000,000 were admitted free ; as original product of the State of Maine. Under this provision, the entire timber product of the Dominion could be admitted to free entry. The lumber, kings of this vicinity have not been slow to take advantage of their opportunities. They are mill owners in Canada and log owners in Maine. One tree looks like an shippers in Canada and consignee | States, and when, as often happens, to antagoniz troy local interest, there is but slight check upon the eflorts to defraud. Treasury reg jons pr f rif m of the timber cut in Maine and manufactured in New Brunswick by special instruction. This has been four ; eC, however, and now practically the only ‘ for the American origmation of the lumber is a stater f the survey usually by a Canadian, in the employ of the To this the Miramachi Advance ac ar-s operators of the St. Croix lumber regior ght up the Crown Lands on which they operate, years ago, and il heir influence, together with that of the other private owners— The New Brunswick Railway and the Nova Scotia Land company—that prevents such as Mr. Gibson, Brunswick government from relieving the operators in other parts of the province 0 stumpage tax which is still levied upon them.” WINTER SHIPMENT OF LUMBER. Ata recent meeting of the St. John Board the matter of railway freight on lumber was brought up, and the statement was made that if lumber was carried from th Shore to St. John in the winter at the same low rates that coal was carried to the upper provinces that a great deal of lumber would be sent to St. John for shipment instead of being held over till the opening of navigation in the spring. Hon. Pugsley, says the Miramachi Advance, said that in conversation with a large lumber merchant from the North Shore he had learned that after the ports of the North Shore are closed it is necessary for the operators to hold their lumber over until the following spring. The gentleman to whom he had spoken thought ii of greatest importance to the port of St. John that the government should cheapen the freight on lumber to St. John. By this means from $50,000 to $60,000 of additional business would be done in St. John during the The arrangement would benefit both railways He moved seconded by Mr. McCready, as winter season. and the city. follows : Resolved, That the Intercolonial railway authorities urged to take into thei favorable consideration the matter of fixing special reduced rates with a view of enabling ship- ments from points on the North Shore to be made through the port of St. John, and that a similar request be made to the New Brunswick Railway Company and the Northern and North-Western Railway, with a view tO encouraging the bringing of lumber over those railways to this port for ship- ment. Carried. be When it Pays to Advertise. In this time of dullness and depression in business it becomes every good, solid, and far-sighted business man to advertise freely and largely in the trade journals. When such time as these come buyers are anxiously and carefully scrutinizing their pages to finc the best places to purchase. In flush times with money plenty, they don’t care so much, but now when all the corners are cut, and every dollar expended carefully and economically, those firms who advertise get the full benefit of their advertising. Go into any city and you will find that the only firms whose order books are filled are those It is this, and not used to who advertise liberally and persistently. occasional and spasmodic, that pays. Fairbanks say that he advertised all the time, ana as much when his books were full as when demand was dull; that he maintained his business at an even, steady flow by keeping his goods and name constantly before the public, never allowing them to be forgotten, and his success justified his course. An even and steady demand caused by constant and regular advertising, a demand that can be counted on, and preparation made for it, is much better and more profitable than the same amount of orders received in an irregular and uneven manner, sometimes running overhanded, and sometimes shorthanded, taking and according to business.—Souchern discharging workmen Lumberman. THE LONGFORD MILLS. On Thursday, Aug. 30th, the Longford mills were inspected by the president of the Grand Trunk Railway, Sir Henry Tyler, and party. Sir Henry Tyler, Jos. Hickson, Esq., General Manager, S. Barker, Fsq., and Mr. Sargent, General Trafic Supt. of the Grand Trunk walked through the mills and were astonished at the magnificent display of well manufactured lumber in the beautifully put up piles that grace the two yards —one of the finest displays they have had the pleasure of witnessing. Sir Henry and party expressed themselves highly delighted, and were very pleased to thin: that the very large output of this gigantic enterprise all. passe over their system of railways. ; , THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ABOUT FORESTRY. In writing on forestry, says the Cincinnati Commercial, Gazette, Gen. James S. Brisbin, U. S. A., not only presents the features of his theme, but describes the use of each American tree. While 8,000,000 trees are cut every year only 1,000,000 are planted. To reproduce the forests that have been cut away it would take forty generations. Of course no one desires to turn the country into a wilderness again, but there is a danger line in forest destruction that has already been passed in many localities in America as in whole regions, now the scene of desolation in Europe. When Gen. Brisbin turned forester the subject had made no public impression. Few journals could be induced to give him a hearing. One of the first to aid him with his pen was William Cullen Bryant. The progress that has been made is not insignificant. Nebraska once called the treeless state, is covered with young forests and will soon be as well timbered as an eastern state. For several years past from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 trees have been set annualiy in that state. Its arbor day is an annual holiday. The governor of Nebraska ofters a large reward to the family that will set out the greatest number of forest trees. ‘‘ When I was there,” the general writes, “It was $500 for the first premium, $400 for the second, and so on down to $25. Even the womer. and children could earn premiums, medals and diplomas and great was the competition for these rewards of the state. Patches of timber have sprung up everywhere, and where a few years ago only the naked plain could be seen now waves a goodly forest.” Trees 10 and 12 years old are 30 feet high and § to ro inches in diameter. Forest trees well cared for grow with great rapidity in the west. Sage brush when irrigated will produce from twenty-five to fifty bushels of wheat per acre. The general gives many instances of the remark- ably rapid growth of young forests planted in Nebraska. He has no doubt that all the plains between the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains can be covered with trees if the friends of forestry presevere. The Island of Santa Cruz, in the West Indies, which twenty-five or thirty years ago was a garden, is now almost a desert in consequence of cutting away the forests. | Owing to the same cause many of our American rivers have lost half their usefulness. The Connecticut is hardly navigable, and the Kennebec and Merrimac have shrunk one fourth. The Potomac has lost nearly one-fourth ofits volume and the Hudson has declinedone-sixth. Therecentalmostinstantaneous and very destructive July flood in the Monongahela river is calculated to make the people of the Ohio valley more thoughtful on the subject of disappearing forests. The loss of millions and the sweeping away of hundreds of comfortable homes and industrial improvements as the result of a single hard rain is a heavy tax to pay for neglect to prevent the waste of trees. New York has taken hold of the forestry question with con- siderable earnestness. Over 200 fire wardens have been appointed throughout the state to prevent forest fires. The New York forest commission has twenty-five foresters in its employ, located in the eleven northern counties. Trespassers have been compelled to reimburse the state on account of timber taken. Timber thieving and the spoilation of forests have been stopped. The New York forest commission was appointed to preserve the forests for the following objects : First—For the value of the timber, both present and future. Second—For the value of forests as sanitariums—health re- sorts for invalids, summer breathing places for all. Third—For the conservation of the sources of water supply. Both science and observation agree that forests are the great reservoirs that hoard the rainfall to feed brooks and rivers. The streams of Europe have shrunk as the forests have been cut away. Our own streams have been following on in the same track. Fourth—For the increase of rainfall. Cautious scientific men are not yet ready to assert that forests increase the rain- fall, but the theory has many supporters and the belief is fast growing that forests are such an important factor in supplying moisture that it is a most dangerous policy to strip the country of its trees. Fifth—For the climatic and sanitary influence of forests. There can be little doubt that forests are great equalizers of temperature, render the surrounding country less Jiable to violent winds, absorb malarial and noxious vapors, and act in many ways beneficially to human health. A remarkable illustration of the fact that the clearing of | hilly countries is likely to result in the complete failing of springs is given by Mr. Ney, who states that in Provence, France, after all the olive forests, which had been frozen, were cut down, a great number of springs failed totally. In the city of Ozleans, after the surrounding heights had been thus cleared, nearly all the wells dried up, and it became necessary to go to the headwaters of the Little Loire for a water supply. The state of New York is fortunate in still owning the most of the Adirondack region, covered with the primitive forests. It has also a forest preserve of 46,000 acres in the Catskill region. Planing Lumber ‘‘On the Log.” S. N. Berry, of Meridian, Miss., has applied for a patent on an invention which he says makes possible ‘‘ the planing of plank on the log before it reaches the saw.” The Meridian News says : This interesting device isa marvel of simplicity, and, as is generally the case with all useful inventions, the greatest won- der about the whole thing is why somebody did not discover it long ago, The lumber planed by this machine is now being used in the construction of several buildings in this city, and has every appearance of being as smoothly planed as lumber dressed by the regular planing mills. It is believed, as before stated, that every saw mill in the country will be compelled, in order to’ compete successfully in the sale of lumber, to use one of these cheap and comparatively inexpensive machines, and in this way deliver their lumber in a dressed condition to their customers, instead of in the rough as heretofore. It will be remembered, in connection with this statement, that the plan- ed lumber is worth $5 per M more than the undressed lumber. There is no question as to the usefulness and practical work- ing of this novel device, and when the probable increase of $5 per thousand in the value of the lumber is considered, it becomes at once apparent that the saw mills will find it to their interest to adopt them. The crude and original machine as started by Capt. Berry, is working successfully at his mills, four miles west of the city, and the lumber referred to in building here shows how well it has done its work. Improve- ments are being made by the parties having this matter in charge, and they feel pretty sure that they have made a most valuable discovery. the patents secured, the Messrs. Berry propose to manufacture these machines in this city. As soon as the models are complete and A Pine Tree. A handful of moss from the woodside, Dappled with gold and brown, I borrowed to gladden my chamber In the heart of the dusky town; And there, in the flickering shadows Traced by my window vine, It has nursed into life and freshness The germ of a giant pine. I turn from the cool-blossomed lilies, Dewy the whole day through, From the flaunting torches of tulips, Flame-like in form and hue— From the gorgeous geranium’s glory, From the trellis where roses twine To welcome the sturdy stranger, This poor little alien pine. Out of this feeble seedling What wonders the years may bring ; Its stems may defy the tempests Its limbs in the whirlwind swing, For age which to men comes laden With weakness and sure decline, Will add only strength and beauty And growth to this tiny pine. Hark! is it an airy fancy? The roar of its storm-wrung limbs, Then the sigh of its tender tassels To the twilight’s zephyr hymns ; The rain on its thick, soft greenness, When the spring skies weep and shine ; O, many and mighty the voices Haunting this tiny pine. I will take it again to the woodside, That safe with its kindred there, Its evergreen arms may broaden Yearly more strong and fair ; And long after weeds and brambles : From o’er this head of mine, The wild birds will build and warble In the boughs of my grateful pine. A Use for Tree Tops. The tops of pine and spruce trees are now utilized in Maine in the manufacture of paper pulp, a fact which it is argued has more than a local or mere industrial significance. The fires which dc such immense injury in the coniferous forests can generally be traced to the tops and branchesof trees, left by lambermen behind them in the woods. These by the middle of the following summer become thoroughly dry and afford the very best ma- terial to start a great fire with, in case a careless hunter or tramp or berry-picker drops a lighted match or a spark from his pipe into it. In Furope there isa demand always for such minor products of the forest ; and the material itself pays for cost of gathering up evéry part of the trees which lumbermen cannot make use of, to say nothing of the increased safety this gives to the forest, and to the priceless surface coating of decay- —_ . a | more are being put in and two five-hundred-horse power - oe , October, 1888 ing vegetable mould which fires consume. No one in this country has wanted the tops and branches of trees, and lumbermen have preferred to take the chance of almost inevit- able fire rather than pay the cost of having the woods cleaned up behind their operations. The upper part of the main trunk as well as all the branches and chips and all unsound logs, the whole amounting generally to a third of the whole bulk of the tree, has been left in the woods to burn or rot; while in the case of hemlock it is within a comparatively recent time that any use of the tree except the bark has paid. In some districts in Maine now, however, the tops and large branches are gathered, and the wood, from which the knots and fap- wood is first removed, is thoroughly steamed to extract all resinous matter and, then ground into dry pulp. If it is profit-— able in Maine to do this, it will doubtless prove profitable in other parts ; and one of the principal causes of forest fires may perhaps in time be eliminated in this way.—Zx. From Worn-out Saws. A wagon, heavily laden with a nondescript assortment of old saws in every stage of decrepitude, was slowly wending its way along Greenwich avenue the other day. The curious col- lection caught the eye of a reporter who, hailing the driver, inquired whither he was going with his unique load. “Jump aboard and I will show you.” The reporter clambered to the lofty seat and there obtained a closer view of what appeared to be the most valueless sort of rubbish imaginable. There were hundreds of saws in the load of every kind and description, from the long and broad two- handled instrument of the lumber camp to the delicate scroll saw of the cabinetmaker, and there was not a whole one in the wagon. Proceeding slowly to the neighboring street, the driver turn- ed into a yard of a large factory, where the broken and rusty relics were dumped upon the ground to be sorted into separate piles according to their worth. ‘* You will be surprised,” said one of the proprietors of the establishment, “‘ when you learn the use to which the old saws are put after they leave our hands.” Then leading the way into the exhibition room of the place, the reporter's attention was called to a show case containing a collection of engineering and surgical instruments of delicate make and exquisite finish, including rules, sextants, quadrants, compasses and lancets, and knives of the finest manufacture and all highly polished. ‘* Every one of these scientific instruments,” continued the proprietor, ‘‘is made from the same stock which you saw dumped upon the ground a few moments ago. We make a regular business of buying up used-up saws from carpenters, cabinetmakers and others all over the city, which we transform into these delicate tools, and they are the very best materials for our purpose. It is not generally known that saws are made of the finest and best-tempered steel, but it is a fact, and, therefore, as we get them at prices usually paid for junk, you see it is much cheaper than manufacturing our own product.” —New York Mail and Express. + A Big Lumber Mill. Mr. J. E. Parker, of Ottawa, who has just returned from an extensive tour throughout Washington Territory, gives an interesting account of what is said to be the largest saw mill in the world. The mill is situated at Port Bleakly, near Seattle Wash., Territory, and is 404 feet by 101. _ It cost $200,000, and has to drive the machinery, twelve boilers and eleven engines. One hundred and fifty men are now employed, and when the mill is completed, three hundred men will be em- ployed in the mill proper.” The largest trees cut turn out about 15,000 feet each and the largest logs cut are 160 feet in length. The amount of lumber used in the construction of the mill was 3,000,000,000 feet. The principal of the mill is a blind man, and the manager a young lady who, Mr. Parker says, can talk lumber with any person. The Rage for Red Oak. The lovers of the beautiful, not only those of really zesthetic tastes, but the plebians patricians alike, says a lumber trade journal, have only begun to realize the true beauty of red oak © and are in danger of satiating themselves. Red oak at the — present time overshadows all other woods together in this city for the interior finish of the better class of buildings. The — furniture manufacturers say that no other wood, either Ameri- can or foreign, ever had such a run as oak is enjoying today ; there is a greater demand for oak furniture, in every section than for that ofall other woods combined, and the consequence is the red oak men are reaping a rich harvest, which bids faix to con- = tinue—well at least until popular fancy skedaddles in some other direction.—The I¥ood-worker. : ie —_ = 0) ' + ee “ s = * October, 1888 THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —Parry Sound Lumber Co’s mill has shut down for want of water. __Vessel men complain of the time taken to load lumber at Parry Sound. —This promises to be one of the busiest lumbering seasons ever seen in Algoma. The water in the Ottawa is rising rapidly owing to the recent heavy rains. The Canadian Lumber Cutting Company, of Belleville, employs twenty-five men. —The Rainy Lake mill, at Rat Portage is now running in earnest, the water in the lake having subsided. ——Lumbering operations in the vicinity of Sudbury will be carried on to about the same extent as last season. —Large quantities of oak timber are being shipped through Owen Sound for the C.P.R. elevator at Fort William. The Canadian steam barge Kincardine, lumber ladcn, is sunk at French River, Georgian Bay, insured for $4,000. —The cedar block pavement laid down in the Deseronto dry-kiln yard six years ago is as good as the day it was put down. 4 —The Rathbun Company, of Deseronto, have opened a lumber office in Mr. W. C. Bang’s new block on Elgin street, Ottawa. —Ottawa lumber forwarders expect a busy time till the close of navigation, as several large shipments have been contracted for. — Between low water and sawdust the Chaudiere lumber- men are experiencing a great deal of troubie in loading barges at their docks. —Mr. 3. A. Smith is putting up a large addition to his saw mill at Port Sydney. He intends cutting about two millions next season. 5 _—The Ontario Lumber Company, Thomson & Baker, the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., and several other firms have started their winter operations. —The American tug ‘‘ Gladiator” was seized at Algoma Mills by Special Customs Officer Watters, for towing a raft of logs in Canadian waters without the necessary permission. —Mr. William Mills, of Torbolton, is about concluding the sale of the old O’Meara limit on the Ottawa and Pette- wawa rivers to the C.P.R. but the figure has not transpired. —Jas. Dollar’s shingle mill in the township of Brunell, Muskoka, shut down a week ago, having cut 5,911,0L0 feet in 215 days. It will be started up again in November if not sooner disposed of. —Among other little nick knacks the government dredge has yanked out of the canal at Hamilton a huge oak beam, 40 feet long and 2 feet thick, which has been there for 30 years. —Bush fires have done great damage on many of the beautiful islands in the Parry Sound Archipelago. Both Indians and white campers are blamed for causing the destruc- tion by carelessness. —The Conger Lumber Co’s. mill at Parry Sound was run time and a quarter in the early part of the month in order to fill a large order for the construction of new bridges on the C.P.R. main line. —The Saginaw Lumber and Salt company have purchased 20,000,000 of pine situated on Fitz Williams Island in the Georgian Bay district. The purchase was made for spot cash. The timber is to be cut at once. —J. R. Booth & Co. have purchased the Moore timber limits on lake Nipissing for $46,000. The limits are 88 square miles in extent and belonged to Mr. E. D. Moore of Ottawa. They are considered the best in the . Nipissing country and have only been worked for square timber. —Mr. James Findlay, ex-M.P. for North Renfrew proposed some time ago selling his timber limits on the Ottawa river by auction at the Grard Union in October but has withdrawn the sale. The limits are situated near the Ottawa river on the line of the C.P.R. a little west of Bass lake. —It is reported that Mr. Sandford Fleming will present his report on the examination of the sawdust question as afiecting the Ottawa river, about the 15th inst. The report, it is said, will go to show that the bays along the shores of the river, especially those in the vicinity of the city were being gradually filled up with sawdust, but that it will be shown that it does not lodge in the channel of the river, except perhaps a little towards the fall season when the current LG ; Rd mat Fal th Sie 7 7 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. —To facilitate the passage of their drive down the Missis- sippi, Messrs. McLaren & Edwards built a dam which raised the water four feet. When the water was let out it raised the river two feet between Playfairville and Ferguson’s Falls, damaging the hay, and the farmers are claiming damages. —The work of rafting the timber floated down the Moira to Belleville was completed early in September. The amount rafted was 13 drams, averaging 35,000 feet each, making a total of 455,000 feet. This work employed a considerable number of men and caused the expenditure of a large sum for switches, etc. —FEdwards & Co’s great saw mills at Rockland, Ottawa County, have a great run this season, and yet there are an immense number of logs to be cut before winter sets in. New and improved machinery has been introduced in the shape of great band saws about 60 feet long, and are run off on 8 feet wheels. —Three hundred and sixty-one square miles of pine timber limits on the Ottawa and tributaries, the property of Mr. R. White, of Pembroke, and others were oftered for sale at auction at the Russell House, Ottawa, on September 13th, but in no case was the reserve price reached and the whole were withdrawn. —The Georgian Bay Lumber Company had Mr. George Caswell, of Coldwater, before G. J. Booth, Esgq., Toth. charged with appropriating their logs, found floating in the Georgian Bay, but bearing the Company’s mark. A prima facie case being made out, the defendant was committed for trial, bail being accepted for his appearance. Mr. Beck has put in the New Keene Mills, Penetang., the machinery and frame work for a large band saw, which is now in running order. The saw is 50 feet in length, contain- ing 480 teeth, and running on two cast-iron fly-wheels § feet in diameter. This will be a great addition to the working capacity of the mill and will make the lumber fly in earnest. —The outlook for the lumber trade in the Ottawa valley is unusually encouraging, and the operations of the coming season will be largely in excess of last year. In square timber the increase will be greatly felt, at least double last'year’s cut will be made. Every aay large gangs are leaving for the woods and in all firms great activity is being shown. —An American fleet of five vessels took from Parry Sound about 1,700,000 feet of lumber early in September. The Star says the crews complained of the length of time occupied in loading a vessel and of the absence of professional dock hands. If they would pay the wages per hour usually received by dock hands, they would secure the class of men and the amount of activity they desire. A man doesn’t throw him- self for $1.25 per day. —The lumber yards at the Chaudiere are congested at present. The shipping carrying lumber from Montreal and Quebec is quite inadequate to the quantity of lumber going to the English market. From Ottawa alone nearly ninety million feet of lumber are shipped to that market. The stoppage of this outflow from the Chaudiere yards is rapidly filling them up, and work will have to be stopped if the movement of lumber be checked much longer. —-At Ottawa the Canada Atlantic railway company have at last got their Chaudiere extension into working order. On Saturday, September 8th, the first shipment of lumber was made over the new extension. The shipment consisted of thirty-two cars of lumber*from Messrs. J. R. Booth’s yards consigned to Messrs. Shepherd and Morse, of Burlington. The company have men laying down platforms between the four terminating switches of the line where lumber from the yards will be loaded. The idea of extending the tracks across Bridge street into Booth’s lumber yards and also across on to Victoria island into Messrs. Bronson & Weston’s yards has been abandoned till next spring and for the present the lum- ber for shipment will be loaded at the Crown acre station. —Messrs. Gilmour & Co’s big mill at Trenton, has, it is. said, had one of the most successful runs known in the history of that institution. The cut will average over 500,000 feet per day, or in the neighborhood of 78,000,000 feet for the The shingle mill belonging to this company has in addition turned out over 240,000 per day, which will make the total output over 35,000,000. This is fully one-half more than last year, and has been accomplished with the same number of men. Preparations are now being made for the starting of a cedar mill to cut ties, posts, and cedar shingles. The new mill will start operations about Oct. Ist, and will give employment to from twelve to fifteen men. —The Michael’s Bay Lumber Company, of 9 Victoria street, . Toronto, and Michael’s Bay on the North Shore, composed of representatives of several large lumbering con- season, which will end about November &th. cerns, have ments, and asked for © J r I tas of the firm are Alexander. K. Chr ( Ker & Co., who is the president, K i Re wn The company dealt with the now f Central Bank, aud before the smash they made arrangemer y es Allen for accommodation when it shoul requir With the suspension of the bank the main support of the company was removed. The advances made by the I re ecurec y mortgages on the company ropt of these mortgages have fallen due I ds compelled the firm to suspend and ek an extension. Liquidator Lye said that the « € granted whatever extension was required ger of bank intimated his willingness to advance any amount of money the company might require to get them out oF their present difficulty on the security which they have heretofore given. An effort is being made by the com dispose of their property on which they expect ficient to pay off their entire indebtedness. The present dif ulty will have no effect upon the firms of the members of the jount stock company. —From the Journal we learn that the recent timber limit sale at the Russel House, Ottawa, wzs a slow affair, very little interest being manifested, in fact lumbermen who were present fighting shy of bidding at all. Four blocks of timber lands, owned by Mr. Richard White, of Pembroke, and containing about 241 square miles, were put up, the auctioneer, Mr. Tackaberry, beginning with the second block of 50 square miles on the Colounge river. Bidding on this started at $20,000 and slowly crept up to $34,700 and then ceased. Mr. White then withdrew the limit. The next to be put up was 10! miles on the Black river. Lands Department style in getting this off by offering it by the mile fcr the whole block. $200 and meandered slowly up to $540, and as biddi that figure, the block was withdrawn. Similarly block 3, containing 70 square miles on the Coulonge river and 20 miles square The auctioneer took the Crown 3idding started at ng stopped at on the Ottawa was put up and after lingering for a short time, was withdrawn. Then Mr. Tackaberry tried 100 square miles of white pine on the Jean de Terre but as only $11,000 was offered for it that sale also flopped. The Hi limit on the Cov- longe was then set up and after some dulsatory bidding with- drawn at $7.800. This limit had an area of 21 miles. The chief reason attributed for the want of sale was the lateness of the 1 season, the lumbermen having their plans for their winter operations completed. _It is understood that Mr. White’s re- serve bid on the whole four blocks was $200,000. QUEBEC. —The Henderson Lumber Co., of Montreal, are interested to the extent of $3,415 in the recent failure of Dame Flora Smith, cigar manufacturer, of the same place. —Mr. G. B. Green, manager of the Upper Ottawa Im- provement company has returned from the Quio where he was The tail of the Upper Ottawa drive arrived at Des Joachims about the 15th instant. inspecting the companys works. The water in the river is low but few logs were reported stuck. —Application for incorporation is made by the Ross McLaren Lumber Company, with a capital of half a million dollars, for the purpose of manufacturing, shipping and deal- ing in lumber. The applicants are Hon. James Ross, of Quebec; Jas. McLaren, Buckingham ; Leonard Greenham, Little Montreal ; William Henry Higgins, New Westminster, and Charles David Rand, of Vancouver. The chief point of operations will be at New proposed to ship to the Australian, Japanese and South Westminster, and that it is American markets. —There is a slight improvement noticeable in the Montreal market and values continue firm. At the miils the manufac- turers have increased their prices, but so far there has been no augmentation. Dealers not being able to buy at former rates, are by no means urgent sellers, and in consequence, the tendency has been to discourage business. The contractors are beginning to make their season’s inquiries, but have as yet made no purchase of importance. At the there is considerable activity in the fulfillment of orders already on mills hand, which it is said will take some time to work off, the available supply outside of that being very limited. —The saw mills of the E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company The Eddy season at Hull have suspended operations for want of logs. Company have lost considerable time during the past owing to their logs not having reached the Chaudiere as early as usual. This difficulty will be done away with next season as the company intend putting on an unusually large number of men into their new Magnissipi limits, and will cut sufficient logs to keep them running night and day watch during the whole of next season. The transfer of Messrs. Hurdman & 8 Fs) all A THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Co.’s Magnissipi limits tothe Eddy Manufacturmg Company was made on the 17th Sept. The price paid, as stated in the deed of transfer was $325,000. among the lumbermen is that the Eddy company have secured The general impression one ofthe best pieces of pine country in the Ottawa Valley. The company intend only working their new limit for logs. No square timber will be taken out. —As will be seen from the following comparative state- ment of timber measured through the supervisor's office at Quebec, the quantity of white and red pine falls very much short of that of 1886 and 1887, made up to the same date in each year, viz., September 5th. The figures are for cubic feet. 1886, 1887 1588. Waney White Pine 2,365,398 1,820,243 I, oe 025 | Square 2,172,538 945,082 863.997 , yal, 4 243,392 560,005 484,875 Cees an eae ene Rene nate $29,677 513,860 726,658 SESH Trabaeeee ong ik inaetc nea ees nena te 378,541 190,872 160,605 Basswood 218 535 717 ISMIRLE TI UW bee sestene ieee ee 192 1,079 419 MAIMATACK AShE akin ch dviedatciesearcese 3,459 5,507 3,130 [simeelm aiievel WEIS. 34 fs oc0n ananabon 160,641 116,694 156,647 —McLaren and Ross, ot Quebec, the former being i connected with the Saginaw Lumber and Salt company, have purchased 1,500,000,000 feet of pine timber in British Columbia where they will erect and equip two large mills for its manufacture into lumber. The Saginaw lumber and Salt Company has given a contract to Barrie, Ont., parties to cut 10,000,000 feet of timber from their tract on Fitzwilliam Island, in Georgian Bay, to be rafted to Saginaw. The Emery Lumber Company will this winter cut 14,000,000 feet on the waters of Georgian Bay, to be manufactured at Midland, Ont. notch. —Rev. Father Paradis, whose name was prominently brought before the public some months ago in connection with a misunderstanding between him on the one side and the Gilmour lumber merchants of the Upper Gatineau, Hon. J. J. Ross and Rev. Father Augier, on the other, has arrived in i Montreal from Buffalo, whence he was spirited away some months ago, on his way to Quebec, and thence to Rome. The object of the reverend gentleman’s trip to Canada has not been made known, but it is asserted on excellent author- ity that he goes to the Eternal City upon the advice of Bishop ‘a Ryan, of Buffalo, for the express purpose of protesting against his recent expulsion from the Oblat Order. Exactly why % Father Paradis has been expelled from the order has not yet leaked out, but it is stated that the sole cause of his misfortune is the fact that he persistently refused to sign a retraction of the damaging statement he had made against Hon. Mr. Ross and allow the whole discussion thereon to drop. The lumber market is active and prices up to the top : —Quite a commotion was created at Eastman’s Springs, on the Canada Atlantic railway, a short time ago, by the disappearance of two brothers John and Robert Stewart, who * for several years have been doing a lumbering business ina small way at that place. The brothers left saying they were going on a trip instructing their clerks to sell lumber as usual and forward receipts.to them, Mr. Neil Stewart, father of the young men upon learning of their departure, seized the mill upon which he had a mortgage of $1,200. A Mr. Baker of North Gower also hearing of the departure of the Stewart brothers visited East- man’s Springs and again seized the mill upon a first mort¢ gage for $1,500. Mr. John Kyle, a grocer at the Springs, was vic- timized to the extent of $400, having signed the firm’s paper to that extent before hearing the true state of affairs. Another man named Morgan had bought some logs to be ent at the mill before the departure of the brothers and after their departure came to get his lumber. He was told that he cou'd have no Jumber unless he paid for it. Morgan grew indignant took away a pile of lumber made from his logs anda few days after- 3 wards had to pay $18 for his own lumber on the order of the district magistrate before whom the case came up. The affairs of the firm are ina bad condition and claims are coming in thick and fast. heard of. The Stewart brothers have not since been —A Quebec city despatch of September 13th said: “*Nota stick of square white pine remains snsold in the hands of lumbermen. The whole stock in port, as well as this year’s make to arrive, has passed into the hands of shippers, this being a condition of things that never happened in the port before, besides which there is only 30,000 feet of w aney board pine unsold to arrive, all this year’s manufacture and what is now in port, with tke above small exception having been bought by the timber merchants. The latest purchases were A. Fraser’s } Nipissing raft to arrive, bought by Messrs. W. & J. Sharples, and A. Fraser’s Operongo rafts, and Cald- __well’s rafts in port. These two latter were bought by Messrs. J. S. Murphy & Co., these purchases by the latter firm amounting to over three quarters ofa million feet. The stock of white pine timber to winter here will be unprecedentedly their utmost efforts, were they unwise enough to attempt it, the lumbermen could not overstock the market for two years to come, but with the few lumbermen owning the timber bear- ing lands in Canada they are not likely to attempt to over- stock the market as they have done in recent years to their cost, because the enormous prices which timber lands brought at the last public sales have given lumberman a keen appreci- ation of the value of standing timber. NEW BRUNSWICK. —There has been considerable activity about the wharves and lumber yards at Richibucto loading the vessels in port. —The long-talked-of steam saw mill to be erected in Richibucto is to be a sure thing. The place selected is what is known as the Yellow House Point at the north-east extremity of the town. —T. H. Ramsay, of Newcastle, has bought the Redbank Mills, Miramichi, from J. B. Snowball, into possession at once. He intends to add steam power for the manufacture of shingles and other small lumber. and enters —There is a great jam of logs in the St. John at the Grand Falls. It fills the for a distance of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet and is 30 to 100 feet deep. Lumbermen estimate the quantity to be from twelve to fifteen million feet. An attempt to start it with dynamite was to have been made but on examination it was considered useless. Probably nothing but the spring freshet will move it. river —It is estimated by experienced lumbermen that there has been cut on the Penobscot river the past year fully 150,000- 000 feet of logs, an amount which is said to be equal to that cut years ago during the palmiest days of lumbering. Tracts that have been cut over thirty years ago have been gone over twice since and the growth about keeps pace with the demand for lumber. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —At Brandon, Mr. Christie, has been working his mill night and day on logs from Riding Mountains. —The harvesting operations lessened the demand for lum- ber and enabled the mills to get ahead of orders. —Jonnasson, Frederickson & Walkely forwarders and lum- ber dealers, Selkirk, Man., are organizing a joint stock com- pany. —Upwards of one hundred men were employed at Selkirk last week unloading lumber at the docks, and lumbermen com- plain of lack of men. —The Rainy Lake Lumber Company has been purchased Quebec, is president. —Christie’s drive of logs from the Bird Tail have all reached Brandon. The mill is working night and day, with a staff of about fifteen men. —Thos. White and prominent Michigan lumber- man are exploring the timber limits to the north of Calgary. Their visit has also something to do with development. another —Mr. Tait is engaged with a number of men in improving the Bird Tail river between Birtle and Riding Mountains, Mani- toba. The object is to make the stream more suitable for the passing of saw logs from the mountains. It is expected that 5,000,000 feet will be taken out this winter. —Lake Winnipeg mill men are pushing to get the lum- ber herald out before the closing of navigation and all the craft on the lake are employed carrying the cut to Selkirk, the head of deep water navigation on the Red River, and the nearest railway point to the mills. —J. A. Christie’s logs from the Bird Tail river are first class, some of them measuring over two feet through. It is the in- Abouf half ofthem will be cut this season in the old mill at Brandon, Man., and the balance will be cut in the new mill which he will build next spring. tention to cut them into dimension lumber. ~-The lumber trade throughout Manitoba is reported ina satisfactory condition. Orders can now be filled in a reason- able time, and customers are not subject to any serious delay. Mills look forward to upwards of a month more of activity, and are reporting very favorable as to the season’s business as a whole. Prices remain about the same. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —A new saw mill is in course of construction for Dunsmuir & Sons, at the Union Coal Mines, Comox district, B. C. —A stick of timber was cut the other day at the Hastings Mill which was 106 feet long and 24 inches square. There were sawed out of the log 12,000 feet of cedar lumber weighing 30 tons. —The barque Jan Baas has sailed for Melbourne with 509, - 412 feet of rough lumber and 15,205 bundles of pickets from small and the question has repeatedly been asked we going to load next springs fleet 2’ : © How are Fortunately, with | the Moodyville mill, It is said that the captain of the barque has been fined $400 for not clearing at customs. by the Western Lumber Company, of which Mr. McRae, of | ee - October, 18) = = . _ ee — hd : —A portion of the C. P. R. wharf at Vancouver loan considerably owing to the heavy traffic being done on it the present time, and the depredations of the terredo. A large surface of the City Wharf has also sunk several feet from similar causes. —There is a hitch in the arrangements regarding the proposed establishment of the mammoth mill at Westminster, B. C., by Ross & McLaren, of Ontario. The trouble is over the timber lands which the projectors are endeavoring te secure from the Provincial Government. —The first vessel of the two chartered by the Royal City Planing Mills is the barque Nanaimo which was built in ~ black diamond city of that name some six years ago. Whe loaded she will carry fully 800,000 feet of lumber and her des- tination will be Melbourne, Australia. a —New Westminster is naturally anxious to have the s mill of Ross & McLaren, eastern-lumbermen, who Propose carry on extensive operations in British Columbia, loc: there. The capacity of the proposed mill will be onde a million feet per day, or larger than the capacity of all c ot mills in the province. —The enterprising and wealthy firm of A. Beodleg Co., of Morrisburg, Ont., have purchased a large tract of land Alberni canal, and will proceed at once to erect a , saw mill preparatory to the construction of a larger one, — having a capacity for 100,000 feet per day. The firm named is well known in the county of Russel, Ont., for which constituency Mr, Broder was at one timea representative in the Ontario Legislature. —The Vancouver Herald says:—The Moodyville mills are kept busy night and day at present loading the vessels at the wharves, of which there are five: the Jan Baas, the Edward O’Brien, the W. J. Rotch, the Balaklava and the Pactolus. — The three former are now almost loaded and will proceed to sea shortly, The barque India and the ship Earl Granville are both anchored in the stream waiting for berths at the wharves. —The Moody ville ‘saw mill is running night and ais to its full capacity, A recent report says that there were six vessels at the dock—most of which are loading—which will take away 6,200,000 feet of lumber. The Balaklava takes 1,100,000 feet to South America, The Pactolus 9,000 feet to China the India 900,000 feet to South America, the Earle of Granville 1,000,000 to Australia, the Edward O’Brien 1,400,000 to Australia, and the Jaen Baas takes 900,000 feet to Valparaiso, South America. The mill is supplied with logs from the various camps along the coast, some of which are distant about 200 miles. —The owners and managers of the various saw mills of Vancouver who cut for the local trade, have agreed upon a new schedule of prices which has come into effect and contains a considerable advance in the price of the principal sorts of — lumber. The folldwing extracts from the list will give an idea of the prices now asked: Bridge and wharf plank and lumber from $12 to $16 per M feet, B. M., according ta length. Flooring from $17.50 to $27.50, according to the size and quality. Rustic from $17.50 to $22.50, according to quality. Boards, S. S. $20 to $22.50. Laths and shingles $2. The demand for lumber is very good, all che mills being kept busy supplying it. The number of men employed among the vari- ous mills and yards in the city is continually increasing and the business generally assuming large proportions. = —Pacitic Coast lumbermen in British Columbia, | to find an active demand. At Burrard Inlet the mills are working night and day on export orders, and latest reports Stated that several ships were anchored waiting their turn to load. The Wes:minster mills are busy with — eastern orders. The Royal City mill at that pk order from a car building company, of Dayton, square timber for car sills. The timber is to to 70 feet im length and perfectly sound. During 2 seven ships cleared from the two Burrard Inlet Australia, with lumber, lath and pickets. Two ships ¢ from the Royal City mill at Westminster, taking t exports of lumber ever made direct from Frazer river the river having only recently been made navigable fo craft. —The owners and managers of the various saw Vancouver who cut for the local trade, have agreed new schedule of prices which has come into effect and tains a considerable advance in the price of the principal s sc of lumber. The following extracts from the list ars: 20 idea of the prices now asked ; Bridge and wharf plank and lumber from $12 to $16 per M feet, B. M., according to ' length. Flooring from $17.50 to $27.50, according to size and quality. Rustic from $17.50 to $22.50, acunrding, to quality. Boards S. S. om to Agate? D. D. $25 to — and Spee SS EPS yas oN Pa October, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ll the mills being kept busy supplying it. he number of men employed about the various mills and yards in the city is continually increasing and the business generally assuming large proportions. AMERICAN. The Frost Lumber company, of Detroit, has failed. —A forestry convention is to be held in Cincinnati this fall. The exact date has not yet been settled. —The New Jersey Lumber Company, Jersey Citys Nee has been incorporated under the same name. —The daily capacity of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Com- _pany’s new sawmill at Tacoma is estimated at 630,000 feet. Extensive forest fires have been raging near Bay City, Mich., and an incalculable amount of damage has been done. —Maine lumbermen are beginning to send men, horses and supplies into the woods in preparation for the winter campaign. —The August shipments from Muskegon, Mich., footed up to 66,616,000 feet of lumber, 23,000,000 shingles, 1,500,000 lath, 4,194 cords of slabs and 240 tons of sawdust. —Robinson & Lacey, the well known pine land dealers of Grand Rapids, Mich, have associated with themselves in their Canadian timber business R. A. Haire, formerly an extensive lumberman on Grand River, but for the past two years an ex- plorer of Canada limits. —It is very dullin the coasting trade now. About half the coasting fleet are laid up, and the present rate of freight, $3.50 per M, hardly pays running expenses, to say nothing of leaving any profit to the owners. OUR TIMBER EXPORTS TO BRITAIN. Since our last issue the following cargoes of Canadian wood have been reported entered at the various United Kingdom ports :— Avr ABERYSTWITH.—Huldin from Bathurst, 11,177 deals. Barrow.—Jens Willsen, Halifax, 8,021 deals and ends, 1,209, palings. Oscar II., St. John, 18.916 deals. Sheffield, Parsboro, 25,109 deals. Oscar, Halifax, 11,660 deals and ends. BEAUMARIS.—Haabet, Halifax. 8,428 deals, 637 spruce boards, 59 birch logs. 7 BELFAST.—Drammenseren, Three Rivers, 30,453 deals. Oscar. Quebec, 26,378 pcs sawn fir. Aren, Quebec, 16,732 pcs sawn fir. Atlas, Miramichi, 19,829 deals and ends. Norman, Miramichi, 27,275 deals and ends. 16,800 palings. BristroL.—Draupner, Sackville, N.B.. 15.133 deals, 157 scantling 1,100 ends, 333 bundles palings. Skien, Halifax, 20,915 deals, ends and battens. James L. Harway, Montreal, 23,261 deals and ends. Ontario, Montreal, 6,244 boards, 1,072 pine deals, 415 spruce deals. Texas (s), Montreal, 6,218 spruce deals. CARDIFF.—Ingleside, St. John, 27,415 deals. Parmatta, Quebec, 249 pcs hewn oak, 1,223 hewn fir, 78 elm, 3,464 deals, 2,400 oak staves. Senator Weber. Quebec, 347 pcs oak. 497 hewn fir, 5,327 deals, 1,034 pes sawn fir. CARNARVON.—Dover, Economy Point, 7.897 deals, 1,542 spruce boards, 939 deal ends. CHESTER.—Corns, Richibucto, 8,028 deals, 1,837 boards, 1,125 deal ends. Cork.—Pacific, Quebec, 18,654 deals, 1,147 deals and ends, 6,000 palings. George Peake, Quebec, 15,978 deals, 1,097 deals and ends. Reform. Pentecost, 14,033 deals, 1,541 deals and ends. Douglas, St. John, 16,536 deals, 2.436 deal ends. Endrick, St. John, 12,257 deals, battens and ends. Syringa, St. John. 17,535 deals and bat- tens. 2,189 ends. Maggie M., St. John, 12,764 deals. Douctras (ISLE oF MAN).—Peterel, Halifax, 3,878 spruce deals. FLEETWwooD.—Queen, Miramichi, 49,424 deals, 17,655 sawn fir. lexandra, West Bay, N.S., 13,943 deals. Anna, West Bay, 16,625 deals. Halden, Miramichi, 28,641 deals, Stella, Halifax, 18,321 deals. St. Joseph, Quebec, 919 pcs hewn fir, 69 pcs hewn oak, 30 pes hewn ash, 9,903 deals. Panama (s), Quebec, 2,278 deals, 137 logs hewn oak, 71 pes elm, 1,200 pcs hewn fir, 16.780 deals. Giascow.—Grecian, Montreal. 11,396 deals. Circe, Montreal, 653 deals, g62 pcs oak lumber. Corean, Quebec, 117 pcs timber, 7,261 deals. Vigo. Weymouth, N-S., 283 pes birch, 9,426 spruce deals, 800 spruce deal ends, 328 deals. 35 deal ends. Colina, Mon treal, 4,323 dzals, 27) 02k planks, 1,292 deals. Louise, Halifax 13,167 deals, 1,137 ends. Carthaginian, Montreal and Quebec, 175 logs birch, 24 logs maple, 2,490 deck planks. 3.873 deals, 599 deal ends. Norwegian, Quebec, 7,370 deals, 2,658 bundles spoolwood. Concordia, Quebec. 289 logs ash, 307 pcs oak lumber, 12.491 deals. Gioucester.—King Carl, Bathurst, 19.875 deals. Maria, Bath- urst, 36,440 deals. Ebba, Campbelton, 23,021 deals. Uranos, Hali- fax, 550 lds sawn fir. GreEnock.—Prince Eugene, Quebec, 2,652 pine deals, 955 pine pine deal ends, 1.914 pos spruce, 437 ash, 91 elm. 167 red pine, 522 waney white pine, 293 waney boards. Terzo, Quebec, 135 pcs waney pine, 1.411 spruce deals, 493 pcs waney white pine, 23 square do., 153 oak, 11 hickory, 222 red pine. Skibladney, Quebec, 183 spruce deals, 29,538 bundles spoolwood, 243 birch planks, 2,359 spruce deals. uropa, Bathurst.16,346 deals, 1,466dealends. Enterprise, Quebec, 200 pes elm, 102 pcs ash? 1.323 pes white pine, 4,643 deals, 159 pcs oak, 36 pcs red pine, Haetieroor, West.—Antoinette, Quebec, 80 pcs oak, 56 pcs dm, 22 pcs walnut, 559 pes hewn fir, 3.184 deals. Flora, Quebec, 46 pes hewn oak, 33 pes ash, 120 pes birch, 240 pes hewn fir, 21,450 deal ends, ; Hori. —Bishop Brun, Quebec, 125 pcs elm, 663 pine, 3,450 deals. Inveweness.—Elizabeth, Quebec, 130 pes hewn oak, 2 pcs hickory: dm, % pes hewn pine, 3.553 deals, we Tel es: & h- ih 4 s LANCASTER. — Minerva, West Bay, 11,959 deals, 1,208 birch planks. LiveRPoot.—Lake Superior, Montreal, 8,989 deals. 4.382 boards. Circassian, Montreal, 9,836 deals, 98 pes timber; from Quebec, 4,515 pine deals. Oregon, Montreal, 15,560 deals. Niceto, St. John, 4.257 birch planks, 843 birch ends, 1,564 scantlings, 47,334 deals, 12,942 ends. President Harbitz, Bay Verte. 21,100 deais. Glenola, Halifax, 512 spruce ends, 14.247 spruce deals, 1590 birch ends, 1,308 birch deals, 302 pcs juniper, Petitcodiac, Hillsborough, N.B., 669,586 superficial feet deals, $27 feet scantling, 6,556 feet ends, Excelsior, St. John, 949 pes timber, 17,134 deals and battens, 696 scantlings, 6,131 deal ends, 1,044 boards. Magnificent, Quebec, 30 pes oak, 291 birch, 111 elm, 85 ash, 945 white pine, 4,993 spruce deals, 1,177 spruce ends. Bueneventura, St. John, 29.255 deals, 1,624 scantling, 7,542 deal ends, 3,049 boards, 1,744 birch planks. Boromo, Richibucto, 27,428 fir deals and ends. King Oscar II., West Bay, 22,475 deals and battens, 215 scantlings, 1,496 deal ends. Nathanail, Bay Verte, 513 battens, 17.082 deals and battens, 1,827 deal ends. City of Liverpool, Quebec, 281 pes oak, 140 elm, 34 red pine, 1,039 white pine, 120 pine deals, 2 089 pine boards, 81 pes ash, 1,132 pine deal ends. Lake Nepigon, Montreal, 9,045 deals, 7.242 ‘pine and spruce boards, 130 stds: deals. Europa. Halifax, 16,822 deals and battens. 691 deal ends, 1,692 boards and scantlings. Poly- nesian, Montreal, 5,643 pine deals ; Quebec, 1,296 pine deals, 13,930 birch scantlings. Anglo America, Quebec, 300 pcs red pine, 3.903 spruce deals, 549 pcs white pine, 222 logs birch, 170 pcs oak, 48 elm, 76 ash, 118 square white pine, 284 waney white pine, 2,034 pine ends, 4,850 staves. Oxenholme, Montreal, 12,904 staves, 14,315 deals, 6,487 ends, 424 pcs lumber. Lake Huron, Montreal, 8,596 deals, 9,233 boards, 2,711 spruce boards. Vancouver, Montreal, 19,014 bds, 3,270 red deals, 10,854 deals and ends. Sarmatian, Montreal, 1,782 spruce deals. Lonpon.—Nicolet, Quebec, 10. 866 deals, 467 pieces pine, 167 fms. elm, 788 staves, 26 walnut, 154 oak. Bothal, Montreal, 13.443 deal ends, 40,000 deals. Neslone, Montreal, 20 pkgs. boards, Hermanos, Pentecost, 13,078 deals, 12,508 planks, 2,083 ends. Murciano, Mon- treal, 8,405 pieces lumber ; Quebec, 6,393 deals, 380 pcs. birch, 251 ash, 600 bundles box shooks. Fremona, Montreal, 1,075 pieces lum- ber, 23 birch 6,907 walnut, 10,698 deals, 75 ash. Chateau Leoville, (s) Montreal, 37,017 fms deals, 2,396 ends, Grey Colin, Montreal, 61,617 fms deals, 7,081 ends. Hovding (s), Quebec, 44,608 deals, 3,768 ends, 13,091 staves. Damara (s), St. John. 14,557 Seals, 153 scantlings, 3,153 ends. Lack of space forbids an extended report being continued, but up to September 15th the following additional timber imports from Canada were entered at the various ports of the United Kingdom : Pine and spruce deals and ends 207,704, sawn and hewn fir 52,654, birch and spruce planks 9.687, boards 7,455. and oak, ash, walnut, pine, cherry, &c., logs and hewn or square timber 27,263 pcs. OUR ADVERTISERS. No better indication of the rapidly increasing popularity of the CANADA LUMBERMAN as an advertising medium can be found than the large number of new announcements which are from month to month finding a place inits columns. The list of new names appearing in the current issue is unusually large, and we take pleasure in appending a brief notice concerning each : The well-known firm of Patterson & Hall, of Toronto and Midland, have done what every lumberman in the country should do—inserted their business card in THE LUMBERMAN. The Geo. Bishop Engraving Co., of Montreal, lithographers, engravers and printers, is one of the largest firms of the kind in the Dominion. Their work speaks their worth, and a peru- sal of their advertisement will doubtless prove of interest. Recognizing the fact that lumbermen are large consumers of the necessaries of life, the enterprising firm of J. W. Lang & Co., wholesale grocers and importers, of Toronto, make use of our columns to advertise their business. The attention of shippers to South America is called to the notice of Mr. D. M. Rennie, of Beaunos Ayres, who is pre- pared to accept agencies for the Argentine Republic and Uru- guay, fiom the manufacturers and shippers of Canada. Reynolds & Kellond have been so long in Toronto and Mon- treal, as solicitors of patents and experts in patent cases that a simple announcement of their business is all that is necessary to command attention. We would direct attention to their card. The Department of Public Works call for tenders for the replacing of the present roadway to the Suspension Bridge across the Ottawa river, at the city of Ottawa, with an iron truss bridge. 5th inst. Tencers are to be received up to noon on the Mr J. J. Turner, the extensively patronized manufacturer of tents and awnings and lumbermen’s supplies, Peterborough, Ont., has again inserted his card in these columns. Mr. Turner’s manufacture is highly spoken of wherever used, and as a result his business is rapidly assuming large proportions. Our Amherst N. S. Correspondent writes that A. Robb & Sons sent our of this siding one day lately, two Hercules engines with Monarch boilers and smoke stack complete both going to Kings Co N. B. and also one of their Shingle Machines to Newfoundland this makes four Shingle Machines this firm have shipped within a month or two. By reference to the space occupied by him, it will be observed that Mr. James Leslie, one of the oldest mem- Paes TS ae a ue 9 bers of the trade in Montreal fe r in English Oak Tanned Leather Bb position to ly all users of belting with coinplete or 5 artial outfits promptly and at prices which w re favorably with those of any other f It.is always pleasing to notice evidence f improvem and prosperity among tl man rer W Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterb o i feeling very frequently. They ar re of increasing business, to enlarge their pres erection of an addition to their workshop. Ths uilding will be 160x%34 feet and two stories high. We have received a very handsomely gotten up circular from Lewis Bros. & Co., Montreal, wholesal ware and lumbermen’s supplies. These gentle the importance and extent of the great lur contracted with THE LuMBerRMAN for jookout We would recommend our readers to keep a careful for the changes in the space controlled by this firm as they handle many articles of interest to the lumber trade. Mr. Geo. Brush, the veteran proprietor of the modest dry, King and Queen Streets, Montreal, makes a play on another page. If we have been rightly informed this is about the oldest foundry and machine shop in the city of Montreal, and the many years of liberal patronage bestowed upon it never seems to wane, As usual a specialty is made of saw mill machinery, engines and boilers, etc., which for quality and price would be difficult to surpass. The Royal Electric Light Co., with headquarters in Mon- treal, have contracted for a respectable space to advertise their rapidly increasing business as manufacturers of dynamo ma- chinzs, lamps, motors, etc., and as contractors and builders of electric light plants. Mr. Chas. W. Hagar, the manager of the company, is a thoroughly qualified electric way competent to give intending users of elec t ap- paratus the best of satisfaction. Wne Ils & oldest belting houses in the Dominion, again present their They have now something entirely new to offer, an illustration and McLaren Belting Co., of Montreal, one of the claims for patronage to the lumber and allied trades. particulars of which appear in their advertisement elsewhere. Since the sudden and lamentable decease of the head of this firm some months ago, extensive improvements have been made in their mode of manufacture, and the onward progress of the firm has been creditable to the new and enterprising management. W. A. Carr & Co., rubber stamp manufacturers, of Peter- borough, although a comparatively new firm, have already opened out a very creditable connection among the business public of Eastern Onfario. The facilities they have at their command for doing the very best work are equal to that possessed by much older houses. As young men of business push and integrety we would recommend them with confidence and any of our readers requiring anything in the line of rubber stamps would do well to send this firm their orders. Their card appears in another column. In another column will be found the announcement of an important sale by public auction of pine timber limits, situated in the K eepawa territory, Upper Ottawa agency, in the pro- vince of Quebec. They are virgin limits, and the owners, Messrs. John Ross and Co., have had them explored. They are well timbered, and the pine is of the very best quality: Water is plenty, all the rivers and creeks being suitable for driving. The facilities for taking timber and logs made on limits in the Keepawa territory to Ottawa makes these limits much more valuable now than they would have been a few years ago. Doubtless the competition at the sale on the 3rd inst. will be keen. There are some special lines of manufacturing “in Montreal that have not only carried the fame of that city throughout The | specialities of Tees & Co. are the manufacture of railroad, bank and other desks, revolving book cases, wood carpet, paraquet = 5 ° 5 5 North America, but over the entire civilized world. and inlaid floors. In desks they make over 200 different varieties, most of which are covered hy patents owned by this firm. cylinder, office, library and parlor desks. They range through all styles and shapes of roll and They are manuiac- tured in all kinds of wood, chiefly in black walnut, ash, oak and cherry, also to order from satin, teek, maple, mahogany, and any of the fine imported woods. They were among the most prominent exhibitors at the Colonial and Indian Ex- hibition at London, England, not only securing first awards, but received orders from all parts of Great Britain, France and Germ any, also from Ceylon, Canary Islands and other parts of In all departments of their trade they take the lead in Canada not only in character of work but in the reasonable prices at which their wares are offered. the Easte m Hemisphere. Baca a 4 10 fo —_- ? THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. Eee BEATE Aw Toronto, Ont. TORONTO, Sept. 29th, 1888. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 14% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. . » $34 00@35 00 1¥% and thicker, three uppers, American inspection. . 40 00 1% and thicker, pickings, American inspection... -... 30 00 IXIO & 12 dressing and better: ae sce. evra ceiver 2000 2200 1X10 & 12 mill run MRMONEMTID AT ESSN GY. tyyters icBoe. cyecolicy Mialtiaysinidedeiaciaroealiereiaaielee TATION RD MUI CUS Ree ners rasa Ncneivatsmeneuieeslete aaoee meine 1 inch clear and picks. . 1 inch dressing and better 1 inch siding mill run. 1 inch siding common. 1 inch siding shi culls.. 1000 1100 1 inch siding mill culls.. 800 900 Cull scantling.. 800 900 1 and thicker cutting up plank.. Slat TOR Ree 2200 2500 TMEehystoups qimecor Sina agree eerste teneeteteteyn eels 1400 15 00 I inch strips, common. fs II 00 1200 1¥ inch flooring.. Ser Ne TORR errs PI ono sniemires 14 00 Te GIN Chet COKIN Bae Mares ereccacs cust eetoteieratass steele asim see 14.00 1500 PXONOXSS Hin PIES WSAWNE eer erer ne amnen cise ente mace Ol ZI5O XX shingles, sawn : ; 140 140 ILAllilne SERRE Sen dl ronh aoe Oe RUSE Ries CIEE Eee Rn enema 130 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards & scantling$10 00 ECS SINE StOCKS nine 16 00@20 00 hipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection. . 30 00 miscuous, WAKING o500 6600 12 00/Three uppers, Am. inspect. 40 00 stocks.... 13 00 B. M. Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 00 ee in. flooring, dres’d25 00 30 co ft 14 00/14 rough , 14 00° 15 00 S i 55 ft 15 oo|1 1% * . ba OeSiG a 28) 00) 2500 se UD BP Ahe. iil) (elo) ““undres’d 14 vo iY co aie TOP Oa) Y ‘ dres’d... 16.00 20 00 HS “26 ft 18 00 is ‘“undres’d 12 00 14 00 ee ‘“ 28 ft 19 00/ Beaded sheeting, dress- ae Borst Ao) Oo) Celenescancnnascnnsn Ms) Clay Ze) (of) vf ‘32 ft 21 00/Clapboarding, dres’d 12 50 i CO esis K sawn shingles sonno doo dhons 2 Hl@wn Ko eres eee en 275) 2100 ee ‘36 ft 24 00|/Sawn Lath eure 2 25 sf ~ 38 ft 27 oo/Redioak............. 2000 25 00 a 4o to 44 _ 30 roy MAsbtHe, MO, ie noon aan 25 00 3000 Cutting up planks 14% and Basswood, No.1 & 2 2 00 20 00 fhicker Gnyeeee sens 25 00 26 oo|Cherry, No.1 & 2... 50 00 60 co zp OAL p ooos 18 00 20 00o|White ash, 1 & 2.... 25 00 30 00 Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 25 oo Ottawa, Ont. OTTAWA, Sept. 28th, 1888. Dimensions, Inches. Per M. VIDE GRU Steer wears kere eeicsiae ee eee tet cena ila a a D2 ate SPE rarcctne ere nsitats aun srass ae eee, Rod WA BS} > selected 16 ft. long, above dimensions 8.50 to 9.00 Cull strips, 1 in. Picks s 5 to uy vides SHY ni 7.00 to 8.00 Mill cut outs.. Poti bacnciser Bolin dose odo om aMnGnl as acme ouyGn - 1h 4.00 to 5.00 SW leat eat cece UOT a Se ae T2712 Scantling a : t eco 46 culls bo LOB Oech ARIE ARR ERS ciercoorchenee ne 2 3 t ate Laths.. cco 1.25 Stock shorts, I2X1. 10.00 I inch siding outs, 1%, it, 2. 15.00 “outs fr 6.50 to 7.00 om shorts, Thy Vhs 2 ie Outs from stocks... * 10,00 to 12.00 os a ‘Soniye MIS Ca Are RIGS oA Rm oP de Re 1.25 ss Be ee a li a 2.00 3 XOXO crt Baka yon Orme e ae Ob hee REE eG 3.00 a cedar, No. r. 2.00 to 2. of cedar, culls... 1.80 Difference in planed lumber, in waste e and d planing 5.00 Ditto, on average good stock.. 20.00 to 25.00 Hamilton, Ont. HAMILTON, Sept. 29th, 1888. Mill cull boards an: a Dressing stocks. .....$1600 1800 scantlings. ...,.8 9 00@10 00/1 flooring, rough. . . 1600 1800 Shipping cull boards, — 1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800 romiscuous widths. 1000 1200|1% flooring, dressed . 25 00 Shipping cull stocks. 14 00|1¥% flooring, dressed . 32 00 Scantling and joist up 1 flooring, dressed. 21 50 2300 SHOMLOMTeehen cl. 13 00|Beaded sheeting 1. .. 25 co 30 00 do up to 18 feet...... 13 50|Picks.Am inspection 32 00 3400 do up to 20 feet ...... 14 00 Three uppers Am. In. 4c 00 do up to 22 feet ...... 15 00/XXX sawn shingles. a Aer AF) do up to 24 feet . 16 00|/Sawn egies ; 225 do up to 26 feet ...... 17,00/Red Oak..... 2000 2500 do up to 28 feet . 18 00|White Oak. . 2500 3000 do up to 30 feet . :20 00/Basswood No. 1 & 2,. 16 00 2000 Cutting up plank 1 Cherry No! r& 2... 6000 7000 and thicker, dry.... 2000 25 00/White Ash Noi 1&2. 2500 3000 Cutting up boards. . 20 00/Black Ash, No. 1 & 2. 2000 2% 00 St. John, N. B. St. JOHN, Sept. Deals, Boards, Scnating, etc. Sprucedeals - - - - - Q12 oc|Spruce boards sumone te 29th, 1888. 12 00 ine teh eevee ool Pine - - = 12 00@4o0 00 Dealends - = - - - - 6 oo|Oak ee soe Salmae GMOE Scantling - - - - - - - so.99Ash > = = 15 00@25, 00 leSvenlkotele M2 So Ta 50 Shingles. Spruce, exuua =) = = Beesl INOS = 57 ie Geta S) - t- 23 0g Pin eae a ena I 25 ub No.rextra - - - 2 25] Clapboards. ite mextrale a= =) = 6- |= 35 o9/Spruce, €xtra - = = = =+-94 60 1 clears. = = - - - -45 00] clears - - - = = 2200 adiclears- - - - = 35 09] ‘ Se NoOoin oy seeansiog ae Pom IN No yt RES irs), (a) Flooring, Dressed. 6 in. No. 1 SH SURE ni} ects INGhaGe Ss Se SS rian NO.2) = = = 2) =-- = 70 00] * Nhe See > SES SN aly Miscellaneous. Staves - - - - - 3 00@ 4 50 |Laths - - - - = 1 So - Heading. rin. per pr. o4 \Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00 o min, . 04% 05%%|Railway ties - - 15 » 22in,. 04% 06 ad? ' 555s eee I 25@1 seas sawed, pepe Pine, 18 in. extra. . . 430 4 wee eee 35003 Pine, No? 25 eee $10 1 Heaten: Sener 175. aa ‘Cypress, No. 1, 18 im. § 09 § 00 Oswego, N. Y. OsweEco, Sept. g Pine. 1%, 132, 2 and thicker uppers....... .sse+++ $40 00@43 00 s © pickiiesi;<. <5 . 2 6. + see 20 00 - CUS. i 5 0.0%,0 cl on epee a 00 Shingles. XXX 18 inch pine standard thickness 5 to 2h = ae “ ae ae “ce SN “ce cedar oe aa ae xX ae “ee ae ae ae XXX 16 pine) *t peer ¥ Ds ae ae oe ae ae Sw er THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y. BUFFALO, Sept. 27th, 1888. Norway Pine—Rough. No. 1,1 &1%in. . . 20 00@22 oo\Stocks No. 1,1 & 1 in 22 00 No.2,1&1%in. ..1500 15 §0 No. 2,1 & 1% in. ee No. 3,1 & 1% in » L500) 1200 No. 3,1 & 1% in 200 Scantling 2x4 to 2x12 q2to 16 fis 00 /Timber, 4x6 to 12x12 1600 2% 00 White Pine—Rough. Uppers, rin. -$44 00@45 oo Shelving, No. 1, 13in. 1%,1% and 2in. 4400 4600 andup . 29 00 2%,3and4in. . 4400 35600 Nes 2, 13 in. & up 2200 2400 Selects.1 in. . . 3600 38 00\/Fine common, rin. . 30 00 1%,1% and 2in. 37.00 40 00) 1%,1% and 2 in. 3000 23300 2%,3and4in. . 4400 4600 Common,1in. . .1600 1900 Cuts, No.1, in.. . 2700 3000 14 and 1% in. .1700 2000 1%,1% and2 in. 3200 3300 Dis e 5 on Pel (ole) F472 (of) 2%, 3and4in. . 3700 4000 Coffin boards . 16 00 19 00 Moscr in. . . 1700 19 00\Box, I 13 50 y% 1% and 2 ‘in, 2100 2200 1% i ae ‘& thicker 13 50 Moulding Tin. . . 3000 3300/Astocks,1x1o . . 27 00 14%. 1% and 2in. 3000 3300 TTS ; 28 00 Siding strips, 1 in. 38 00|B stocks, 1x6 to 16 17 50 \C stocks, 1x6 to 16 13 50 Dressed Lumber. Chit INCL, INO 2 Base and Casing under 6 inches. .$33 00 $2300 $1600 Base and Casing, 6 inches . 3400 2500 £1700 Base and Casing, 6,7 and 8 inches t35100) 27,00 20100 Flooring, 1 and 1% inches, 2% to § in. wide . 3200 2000 400 Ceiling, % in., 2% to5 inches wide - 3300 2300 1600 Ceiling, % in., 2% to 5 inches wide a a Ad ge 2200 1400 Ceiling, es in., 2% to 5 inches wide je hao 24-09 1800 1300 Philadel hia Fencing pelts ee as 2500 1700 Bevel Siding, 6 inches . 2300 2100 £21100 Bevel Siding, 5 inches . . 2350 1900 1400 Bevel Siding, 6inches . : . 2300 1900 1400 Novelty Siding, 6 inchesand over - 3400 2500 1700 Shingles and Leb Shingles, 18 in. XXX 4 10\Lath, pine No.I .. 210 210 Co) or 3 10 No. 2 BG 1 60 ERG nc scutes 1 25\Norway 1 80 Sal 16 in. XXX 3,00 Hemlock I 60 OSes, Searles 210 5 hoe go t Burlington, Vt. BURLINGTON, Sept. 28th, 1888. Canada Pine Sidings—1x8 in. and up, 12 to 16 tt. d 207 4S. Select & shelving ..... SAGROOPRMMISH ys hs in ss ve hs Sas $38 00 Rickiness Milas. es BAOGWDKESSING: sit. se 8 00 Pickings & better. . .40 co@42 ool\Common .. . 3 4 2) oor 00 Canada Pine Stacks—rxro in, 12 to 16 ifn @20r4s. Selects (clear) 55 oo Pickings & better Be, ae 0 00 TS@SHELVINGs oe se 42 oo|As run. common out..28 Bone 00 Tie tases oe OSS SOE 39 oo|No.1 barn boards..... 25 00 2ivc | aaa aes Rene Roroo|@ommonw. = us) et 21 00 LEG OCTET Bee 8 eo Re 38 00) Canada Pine Stockh—1x12 in. 12 to 16 ft. d 2 or 4 Selects (clear) = os... . 57 oo|Pickings & better ..... 44 00 TSUSHELUMEPS ie tein eat: 47 oo ASrun,common out... 3300 ZVI a ioe chy nae eR 41 oo|No r barn boards... .. . 26 00 Evia Ar ane eee x pacommon be sige tay Ad 21 00@22 00 Pickingseeenl Gs coe. Canada Pine See De 12to 16 ft.d 207 4S. Pickings & better..... 45 oofgd shelving......... 33 00 Asrun.commonout ... 33 o9(Common Canada Pine S. Bds-1x8in. & up, 11 ft. and under, d 2s 0rr. Pickings & better . . 33 00@35 Sa and & common,d 2s or As run, common out . . 30 00 GNM oe) ai sk or ee 20 00@2I oo Common OP ise) mele, 18 00@19 00 Canada Pine Sheathing, d.m. & b.-1," gto 7", 5" Sup.ch 7%". fee 12to 16 ft . 46 oolist & 2nd quality, 9 to 11 ft. 33 00 con auc A eo 37 oof 7 & Sit. 34 00 34 5 Sais i CAO QP ee ee 27 oo 3rd quality, II feet & under 22 00 4th (selected Common) . 22 00) ae ; a8 00 Clear, 10 to 16 feet . No.1. 00 Above prices ‘deliv ened on a rate of $30 per car load. Detroit, Mich. DETROIT, Sept. 28th, 1888. Uppers, Selects, Stocks, etc. Wppers, 4-4... 2-0 es. $43 00/Shop, 5-4, 6-4 & 84 .......:.$25 50 GRANOKATOC ORAN. ose eee 43 09 Fine common, 4x4.. Z| (eS Sane 50 00) 5x4, 6x4 & 8xq.. - 3 SAICETS aan cite inc ces aise. 38 oo|Stocks, 1x12 & Ixio, No. 1. 19 00 5x4, BIG Nose we 00) TRAA CC UKIO, NOW2e. os 0. 16 00 (yt 7 ee 2200} 1x12, & 1x10, No. 3...... 13 00 - Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, etc. Flooring, select common... 22 09 Roofing, D&M ........... 16 00 No.1 common.......... 18 pelSiding (AV eeosmnps cade sae) LG t{9 No. 1 fencing... eae. P16 Sole 2 BMaeie: . 20 50 Ceiling, select common . SZEEGOU O82: A Brera ener ee ere eee 15 50 No.1 common.......... 22 oe 1S scion ce Gg e pOEn apoeiee 13 50 Noesmieuciir.....).-.... 20 06 Bill Stiff and Culls: Bill stuff, eg sizes: 26 to 28 ft.. aaodcine 1251059) i2to 16 ft.... Bee. te 00) 30 to 34 ft.. Ghee oye OOO Btowit.. eee Le SUIT DICHIS oer clas ofsim.0u <= eo 12 00 FAA, AOE) 13 0o/Mill culls.. TMS ALOLOO “dagaae and Lath. Shingles, clear. 13in. Ex... 3 75 6in. stocks clear, Ex... 4 00 Io in. clear, 18 in. - Nee, im. stocks clear, Ex.. 4 80 6in. clear. 18in......... 27 clLath, DOT eco oss anc na 2 10 Add for pepe ode or two sides, $1. RAILWAY MATTERS. The Red River railway is now open for passenger traffic. The cost of the C. P. R. to Westminster was: Railway bonus, $75,000; Right of way, $35,000; Land granted, $20,000 ; or a total cost to the city of $130,000 or $16,200 per mile, An idea of the fast speed made by the London and North Western railway between London and Edinburgh will be maintained when it is borne in mind that at the same rate of speed the distance between Quebec and Vancouver would be covered in two days and a-hall. ; ‘The Union Pacific embraces oe miles of Sas in ten miles. The total funded debt at the end of 1887 was $147,590,011, which is a decrease of $8,257,416 since June 30, 1884. The aggregate earnings of 4,764 miles in 1887 reached $28,557,776. The net earnings per mile of the whole system were $2,355,72. A project is on foot to build a line of railway from the coal fields on the Souris northward through Carlisle and Canning- ton, thence to Moosomin, crossing the C. P. R. continuing northwestward, crossing the line of the G. N. W. Centraland the M. & N. W. railway, terminating in the Riding Mountains, where there are large quantities of timber which would make traffic for the road, which with the coal traffic would form alone a sufficient amount of business to make the line a paying investment. Mr. James Humphreys, of Cannington, a wealthy English gentleman, has left for England for the purpose of procuring financial backing there before forming a company. A company has been formed by a number of the leading citizens of Victoria, B. C., with the object of building a rail- way from that city to a point at or near Shoal Harbor at the north end of the Saanich peninsula and connecting this point with the mainland at or near the mouth of the Fraser river by a ferry, thence carrying a branch to Westminster city and ex- tending a line from the mouth of the Fraser to connect with the American system of railways at or near Mud Bay. It is ex- pected by the promotors that a trip from Victoria to the mouth of the Fraser river by the proposed line will be made inside of At the Fraser river it is proposed to extend a mole to deep water, where trains will connect with the ferry. It is understood that both the Dominion House of Commons the Local Legislature will be applied to for power to enable the Com- pany to carry out the work. The distance by rail from Vic- toria to Shoal Harbor will be 18 miles, the ferry line 25 miles, and 12 or 18 miles from the mole io Westminster. three hours, reaching Westminster 15 minutes later. and EXCHANGE ECHOES. Chicago Tiniberman. It pays better to ship the goods manufactured than the raw material. Canadian Trade Review. A manufacturer who wants to succeed in business must make money not only in selling his goods but in buying his material. New York Lumber Trade Journal. We are sorry to see by a perusal of some of our contempor- aries that the Association hasa leaky member. Who he is we do not know, although we are likely to at no distant day, and if we ever do know, we shall print his name in large type at the head of our columns. Winnipeg Commercial. Canada has more miles of railway per capita than any country in the world, and in shipping she stands second among the countries of the world as to the number of tons per capita. Great Britain only excels Canada in the matter of shipping. In proportion to population, Canada may be said to lead the world in commercial enterprise. American Exchange. Contrary to the opinion expressed in some directions the great majority of lumber manufacturers are not in favor of free lumber. Occasionally there is an exception to the rule, and naturally enough this exception is much talked about in free trade journals. It will generally be found if a manufacturer argues for a removal of the tariff on Canadian Lumber he is interested in Canadian stumpage. Southern Lumberman. To the business man the advertising pages of a journal are as valuable and interesting as the reading ones, and the man who receives a trade journal and throws it in the waste-basket without at least glancing over it carefully, even if he does not read it attentively, is extremely unwise, not to put it stronger. Some of the best houses in the country subscribe for such journals for the advertising alone, in order to keep up to the state of the market and the changes of trade. Chicago Timberman. If those people who have gone into ecstacies over the fact that the big Joggins raft, which contained but 3,000,000 feet of logs could see some of the ‘‘ Whalers ” that are coming into Bay City at this time they would open their eyes still wider. A big Lake Superior raft, containing 6,000,000 feet arrived last Thursday night, and it is announced that the Reed Tow- ing and Wrecking Company will bring in their patent boom one containing §,000,000 feet about the middle of September. This is the kind of boom stick used at Muskegon. Lumber Trade Journal. Several Eastern lumbermen have contracted the ‘* Cuba feyer,” which means that they have grown strong in the faith that investments in Cuban timber lands will result in large and speedy returns, the forests of the island being rich in mahogany and other valuable woods, easily accessible, and _ = 5 eee |) | ee a we convenient to alJ the leading lumber marts of the world as The at about regards cheap freights. timber lands are B g and are estimated 20,000 sauare mile entire area being practically a several years ago is re Jpeg: to have acres of forest lands which have enhanc tion to $5,000,000. He ha fect j an extensive scale; Rog at the pr 300 yoke of cattle engaged in logg island at the pres time is estir oF acres and valued at ee 000,000, or only a trifle over $3 per acre. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The proverbial two blades of grass where one grew before could hardly be more profitable than two trees where there is now but one. It is said that a fir is standing in the Kanich valley, Nevada, which measures fifty-eight feet in diameter seven feet from the ground, In Germany a substitute for lignum vitz in certain mechan- ical uses has been found by impregnating soft wood with oil and subjecting it to pressure to increase its density. Thus prepared, the artificial is said to have all the properties of good lignum vite. An exchange tells that a lock of a girl’s red hair was found deeply imbedded ina large tree by some men who were cutting timber, at Fredericksburg, O., the other day. It nestled in- side 51 growths of the tree, showing that there was nothing youthful about the relic. This part of the story may do, but when it is said that the workmen immediately fell to work cutting down trees in the neighborhood, expecting to find a white horse imbedded in one of them, it is asking too much of the readers’ credulity. PERSONAL. Mr. James Dollar, of Bracebridge, intends disposing of his mill and limits and going with his brother. J. M. Dollar, to California. Mr. John Brennan, manager Ontario Lumber Company at French River has resigned, and is going to California. It is reported that Mr. Angus McLeod, local manager for the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company at Bracebridge, has sent in his resignation. Mr. G. B. Pattee, of the firm of Perley & Pattee, lumber- men, Ottawa has ‘‘ struck it rich” the The in Arizona, being owner of one of the richest silver mines in the territory. ore taken from the mine pans out at $562 per ton. We had the pleasure of a visit from Mr John W. Coy, vice-president and general manager of the St. Catherines Saw Works. By some misadvertance in last issuea mistake was made in his name, which the typo made ‘‘ John A. Cox.” FIRE RECORD. Bush fires have devastated East Tawas and other parts of Michigan. A recent fire in a lumber yard at Victoria Harbor nearly caused a disastrous conflagration. As it was but little damage was done. Cadenhead’s shingle mill at Midland was burned 3Ist. The fire was on Friday morning, August supposed to be of incendiary origin. In the upper Tenton county, Montana, disastrous fires have raged. area of and the fire could not be kept under control. Ranches were burned off for an sixty miles On Wednesday morning, Sept. 11th, the steam sawmill, machinery and buildings adjoining situated at Hazely’s Bay, near Pembroke, was burned to the ground. operation about five years, The loss insured. The mill was in is about $10,000 partly The largest fire which ever occurred at Thessalon, Ont., took place about the middle of September, resulting in the of N. Dyment’s large steam sawmill. slabs occupying an adjacent lot were saved through the heroic efiorts of the citizens. The total loss has not come to hand, but it will be It is not known whether Mr. ll rebuild or not, but it is probable that he will. entire destruction Fortunately a large stock of lumber and heavy. Dyment wi A most disastrous fire has taken place at St. Jerome, a thriving little town in Terrebonne county, situated about thirty miles from Montreal. It broke out at one o’clock in the morning and before it was got under control the woollen mills of Beauchemon & Co., a sawmill and furniture factory belonging Ald. Villeneuve of Montreal, and Chapleau & Geldert’s saw mill were entirely destroyed, together with con- tents. The loss is placed at $60,000. reported. No fatalities are , oe bee re -— 12 THE (CANAD LUMBERMAN. October, 188 SAW-MILL REFUSE. The safe disposal of saw-mill refuse is liter- ally a burning question, and one which in many places is really a serious one, and invol- ves the expenditure of large sums of money. After the sawdust has been burned under the boilers in steam mills, and all that can be cut up into laths thus disposed of, there still re- mains a large amount of material which in one way or another must be got rid of. In earlier times the common way was by open fires main- tained at a presumably safe distance from the mil!, and to which the refuse had to be con- veyed, often at considerable expense. In more recent times furnaces have been specially designed, into which, by the action of machinery, the refuse is constantly discharged as fast as produced in the mill. For a large mill the furnace must be very large, and is very costly. In one case in Ontario the burner is over thirty feet in diameter, and has a total height of over 120 feet. The lower part has suitable openings for air, and for entrance for repairs when necessary. It is really an iron casing, made of wrought iron plates, and lined with brick. This is about sixty feet high, and then tapers until it is about fourteen feet in diameter, and thus is continued another fifty feet, and is crowned with a spark arrester. The refuse is carried up about fifty feet, and | is there discharged by a suitably-shaped mouth- piece, so as to scatter the refuse over the bot- tom of the burner. thousands of dollars, and has been in use for The spark The burner cost several several years with great success. arresting frame is made of wrought iren piping with the ends open, so that the air circulates through it, and keeps it cool. This is covered with heavy wire netting, the meshes being about one-fourth inch square. This kind of burner is only well adapted for must be of considerable safety, and the height The two things necessary in a successful burner are: First, the prevention of the escape of burning pieces or sparks of size sufficient to cause a fire, and secondly, some means by which the heat generated may be dissipated without injury to to the furnace itself, so that it might last for large mills, as it height to necessitates a large diameter. insure a reasonable time. These ends can be attained by building a brick furnace covered in with an arch. The wall and arch should be double, with considerable space between, or have a number of flues in them. These flues should be open at the bottom, and be carried up higher than the crown of the arch, in the form of short chim- neys. By this means the currents of air will carry off the heat. The flue from the furnace itself should be carried horizontally for some convenient distance, and if near water, it would be advantageous to carry it out over the water,so that any burning pieces carried by the draught - might drop the water, and thus be prevented from escaping by the chimneys. The chimney should not be at the end of the flue, but at least four or five feet nearer the furnace. The entrance to the chimney _ should be as square and abrupt as possible. The object of this, while giving free vent to the escape of the smoke or heated air, any- thing more solid, such as pieces of burning wood, cannot turn the abrupt corner leading into the chimney but pass into the space beyond. Locomotives are now frequently constructed on this principle, having a smoke box- extension beyond the smoke pipe, and into this sparks and grit from the furnace collect, instead of being driven out through the chimney, and scattering over the train, as used to be the case. The chimney from the burner should be arranged to give ample draught, but by making the flue of same length, and by one or two bends in it, or bridge walls, the velocity of the current may be checked, and so prevent the chimney becoming too hot, and in this way an ordinary smoke-pipe may be used. Should it be necessary to put a spark arrester up, it will be found of great advantage to make the frame of it of pipe with ends all opea, so that the air may freely into | built in, or a better way is to form | into | can be made at any time without pass through, and so prevent the iron from becoming too hot. The bottom of the furnace may be made with several low parallel fire brick walls to take the place of grate-bars, and doors should be provided for getting in to repair- or clean, either by having heavy iron frames openings top, and openings injury to the brick wall with an arch built up in such a manner that the the wall. It seems a pity that so much material, which it has taken years to produce, should be wasted, as is often done in saw-milis, and yet what else to do with refuse than burn it, involves questions not easily solved. CASUALTIES. A boiler in a saw mill at Springfield, Il., exploded Aug. 3oth, killing three persons. William Gookum, the third victim, died the following Saturday. A young man named Joseph Elliott met his | death near Thessalon, Ont., a fortnight ago, while engaged on the drives. A young man named Vannasse employed in Mr. Booth’s mill at the Chaudiere, | was at work near the circular saw when he | accidently put his hand too near the saw and | . 3 Pin | Situated in the Keepawa Territory, had two of his fingers cut off. At Ste. Anne De Laperade, Que., Mr. Louis Barbeau, a farmer had just comme nced work in a saw mill, when he was struck by a piece of wood from the saw with such violence as to kill him. A lad of 14 named Latowmier, engaged in Gilmeur’s mill, Trenton, was caught by the chain used for carrying the saw dust to the furnace and almost completely torn to pieces. CORRESPONDENCE. PRESCOTT, Sept roth, 1888. | Editor Canada Luniberman. DEAR Sir,—Is there a mill in the tinent of America whose capacity is double that of the Gilmour mill at Trenton. early reply will oblige. Yours truly, A. S. WHITING Mrc. Co. Will some of our readers undertake to an- swer this query and give particulars ?—Ed. LUMBERMAN. —Taking effect September 5th, the lum- ber freight rate from Chicago to East St. | Louis, Ill., has been advanced from 8 to 10 cents, and, in harmony with this move, rates | from Chicago to various Illinois points, the rates of which are governed by the East St. Louis rate, have been advanced from 1 to 2 cents. Rates to these latter points have also been similarly adjusted with reference to points affected by the Chicago rate. —Forest fires are reported in old cuttings in | Northern Michigan and Wisconsin but we can learn of no damage as yet in standing pine. Apprehensions have been felt for the safety of | a large jam of logs consisting of 100,000,000 feet or more in the upper limits of the Menom- inee boom, whichare high and dry, with fire in the surrounding marshes, but as yet no damage is reported. Great complaint is made at the carelessness of railroad surveying parties tra- versing the Northern country, and whose camp | fires are left to work havoc. PATTERSON & HALL, Lumber Uealers IME ERAN Ie = ese ort cre T. H. GRAHAM &Co., MANUFACTURERS OF aoa ee eel = YORK STREET, TORONTO, ONT. who was | con- | An | Berth No. 176, eS) ia as VALUABLE PINE TIMBER LIMITS. The undersigned has received instructions from Messrs. J. Bett Forsyru & Co., of Quebec, to Sell by Public Auction, at the RussELL House, OTTawa, On Wednesday, Oct. 3rd., 1888, Three Hundred Miles of Valuable Pine Tim- ber Limits, situated on the Upper Ottawa River. These limits were selected by J. Bell Forsyth % Co. about fifteen years ago, and have never yet been worked. Terms and con- ditions made known on day of sale. Plan of the limits can be seen and further information obtained on application to the owners, or 1 B. TACKABERRY, Auctioneer. 29 Sparks St., Ottawa. Valuable Pine Timber Limits FOR SALE BY AUCTION. | The following valuable Pine Timber Limits i Province of He Ee: will be sold by Public Auction at the ussell House in the City of Ottawa, at 2.30 p.m.. | Wednesday the third day of October, 1888. 50sq.mls. | Berth No. 185, 30sq. mls. 177,30. os "35 178, 50 . 30 179, 50 180, 50 181, 50 182, 3 153, 104, 3 Total area 720 square miles more or less per licenses of 1887-88. These Limits have never been worked on, are “i A) As | well timbered, and the pine is of the very best | quality. | | | | | | | Operation ; oe and conditions made known on day of sale Plan of the Limits can be seen and further in- formation obtained on application to JOHN ROSS & Co., Quebec. or I. B. TACKABERRY, Auctioneer, 29 Sparks Street, Ottawa. This Space belongs to the (JB0. BISHOP RNGRAVING « esce AND PRINTING (0. MONTREAL, - QUE. | Watch for their Advertisement next month. | IMPORTANT TO LUMBERMEN. IN RE ESTATE OF Brown & Mahood, of Utterson, Ont. Tenders are invited for the Assets of this Estate, | consisting in part of about 20 Million Feet of Standing Pine; Logs Floating in Mary's and Long's Lakes, valued at about $10,000; Shingle Mill at Port Sydney in Lumbering Utensils in Large Variety ; Freehold Land and | Village Property; Stock in General Store at Utterson. Tenders will be received up to the 15TH of OCTOBER NEXT for the whole interest of the undersigned in the estate, or any part thereof. Full particulars as to the location of the timber, etc., ete., can be had on application to ROBERT H. GRAY, / Trustee. | 24 and 26 Wellington St. West, Toronto. ae Notice to Iron Bridge Builders. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the undersig and endorsed ** Tender tor Chaudiere Bridge.” will be received at this office until Friday, the sth day of October next. for replacing the present roadway of the Suspension Bridge across the Ottawa, at the City of Ottawa, with an Jron Truss Bridge. in ac- - cordance with a specification incorporated in and forming part of a form of tender, a copy of which, together with a plan of the present structure. will be supplied to Iron Bridge Builders only, on appli- cation to the Chief Engineer. _ Tenders must be accompanied by plans, speci- fication and strain sheets of the structure proposed to be constructed, and also a description in i of the mode or manner in which it is to be erected and put in place, as no interference with the pre- sent bridge or the traffic across the same wi permitted, except as stated in the specification: and they—the tenders—will not be considered un- less made on the forms supplied, and signed with the actual signatures of the tenderers. An accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to five fer cent of amount of tender must accompany éach t : This cheque will be forfeited if the party d-cline the contract, or fail to complete the work con- tracted for, and will be returned in case of non- acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, ae A. GOBEIL, Department of Public Works, Secretary. Ottawa, roth Sept., 1888. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the under- signed and endorsed ‘* Tender for Port Arthur Work,” will be received at this office until Friday, 19th October next, for the construc- tion of a further length of Breakwater at Port Arthur, Ontario, in accordance with plans and a specification to be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and on application to William Murdoch, Esq., Resident Engineer, Port Arthur. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with the actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal | to five per cent. of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. This check will be forfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to ac- cept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa, 17th Sept., 1888. J. J. ee IN ER, Sail, Tent and Awning Maker, 251 Georce ano 154 Kinc Sracers, PETERBOROUGA. Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect Fits guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the undersigned and endorsed ‘* Tender for ishene Work,” will be received at this office until Fri- day, roth October next, for the construction of work at Penetanguishene, Ontario, in accord- ance with a plan and specification to be seen > at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and on application to H. H. Thompson, Esq., Mayor of Penetanguishene. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with the actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to five per cent of amount of tender, wust ac- company each tender. This cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non-acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to ac- cept the lowest or any tender, By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Department of Public Works, | Ottawa. 13th Sept., 1888. When writing to advertisers please state that you saw their advertisement in this journal. . Rls co . October, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. MACHINERY FOR SALE H W. PETRIE’S list of Sawmills and general * wood-working machinery for sale. _ ONE new 2 or 3 block sawmill, with 6-inch saw. | GQNE sawmill, with timber limit in Parry Sound. O*XE 2-block mill. Butterfield build. O*XE 2-block mill, small portable size. ONE automatic sawing machine, Bavley make. O*XE 66-inch inserted and 64-inch solid saws. "Two stave cutters with parts-61. ONE gang lath mill, new. ONE Waterous self-feed grist mill and bolter. OXE Goldie & McCulloch Hall shingle machine. , NE self-acting shingle machine, make. i : : NE Waterous selfacting shingle mill jointer. OXE Eureka_self-ac jointer, I. Frenchette, maker, PAO: : : 7 ve Doherty hand swing machines. self-acting Green Bros. and ting shingle machine and St. Hyacinthe, ONE upright swing, with 40-inch saw. Blcst wheel jointers, various makers. "THREE drag saw machines. ONE heavy 24-inch planer and matcher, Rogers’ make. ONE new eclipse planer, matc Galt make. ; : ONE 24-inch planer and matcher. Picton make. 7 WEN Winch planer and matcher. her and moulder, EIGHTEEN inch planer and matcher. LITTLE Giant pony planet and matcher. NEW Economist 24-inch planer and matcher. ONE 27-inch revolving bed double surfacer, Galt make. =. ; ONE 24-inch surfacer, McKechnie & Bertram. ONE 24-inch poney planer, Frank & Co. build. ‘ONE 20-inch poney planer, Frank & Co. build. a WERE Soue ch surfacer, Kennedy’s make. “TWENTY -four-inch surfacer, hardwood bed. ‘TWENTY tweinch surfacer, wood bed. EIGHTEEN inch surfacer, all iron and steel. SIXTEEN inch buzz planer, Galt make. “5 HREE-side moulder, all brass heads, Rogers’ make. : : THREE side moulder No. 2, Cant, Gourlay make. ‘T WO one side moulders, McKechnie & Bertram | make. ONE one-side moulder, wood frame. NEW zside moulder, Cant Bros, make, Galt. | “TENONING machine, double cope, Goldie & McCulloch. | ONE J. A. Fay tenoner, small size. | Two Ross tenoners. ONE double cope tenoner, McKechnie & Bert- | ram. | BUND slat tenoner, Cowan build. POWER mortiser, Goldie & McCulloch make. Two power mortisers for heavy work. LARGE stock of foot mortisers, new at $15 each. | UPRIGHT boring machine with column. S'* power scroll saws, various makes. ONE 3-inch band saw, Hamilton Tool Co. Two new band saws, Galt make. NEW 34-inch pedestal and 24-inch bracket band saws. ONE upright Goldie & McCullock shaper. NEW iron Top shaper, Cowan make. HAPER. heavy iron column, Cant Bros. make, Galt. ONE wood frame shaper and counter shaft. ONE velocipede foot power shaper, Hornes. ONE automatic handle lathe, Sheldon Bros. ONE handle or gauge lathe. Bailey. ONE axe handleor spoke lathe, new. ONE Blanchard spoke lathe, Fay make. ONE broom handle lathe. wood frame. NEW wood splitting machine. Send for photo. OBBIN lathe with cutters for cotton and wool- len mills. Sit of hoop machines, Goderich make. SFT match machinery for round matches. Lo of lumber and log cars for sawmill use. FOUs pole road cars, 7 feet, 10 inches gauge. GANDPA PERER. new Galt make. Fo mitering machine, Cant Bros. make. S)* saw benches, cut off and ripping. Two new wood turning lathes with rests, &c. Lt of moulding and matcher cutter heads. ONE iron bowl machine, American make. ONE choir mortising and boring machine. ONE set spoke machines, Fay make, Cincinnati. ONE knife grinder, Galt make. ONE hand wiring machine. ONE beading and moulding attachment for planer and matcher. END for lists 13 and 14. andmention wants. g Address H.W. PETRIE, Brantford, and No, 9 York street, Toronto, opposite Union Station. % THE %——____ s lrade Review A Z e DEVOTED TO KEEPING A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE MONETARY, TRANSACTIONS OF THE MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF CANADA. ag SSSfs2ab) s=pvea=psNe apa= yaw Vlg The TRADE REVIEW will be mailed to any address in Canada, United States or Great | Britain at $2.50 a year in advance. The TrRabDE REVIEW is circulated exten- sively amongst Wholesale and Retail Mer- chants, Jobbers, Bankers, Brokers, Manufac- turers, Hotcl Keepers, Insurance and Loan Agencies throughout the Dominion of Canada, United States and England. NZ HENRY HARVEY, PUBLISHER AND 47 ST. JOHN ST., - - PROPRIETOR. - MONTREAL, ONLY Journ A DEVOTED TO THE = LumBERING &\WoopWorKiNe INDUSTRIES OF THE » DOMINION = 20 aces (0x14 Mont ma eTION $1 00 S = SuexX . ADVERTISINGRATES | AG.MORTIMER fa isher YS PETERBOROUGH on. THE MONARCH BOILER ceatenren) AND HERCULES ENGINE. AROBBUSINS CELEGRATED ROTARY S Sue Guaranteed. to Saw Lumber ZEA erfectly Smooth and (yee Texen in thickness. Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpas? portable steam power heretofore produced for strength, durability, compactness, and the ease with which they can be moved. The 79 horse power can be taken overtherough- est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily | and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port- | engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des- | cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath machines, Law Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the | Boiler Tusnrance & Inspection Co. of Canada. | Write for circulars. A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. | | | | able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary | VW WRITE FOR ESTIMATES AND CIRCULARS, "GQIOSY3ONN 38 LON WM AIBAILISOd RUBBER A CARR CO Ce, is VA G wos ae IN THE K < ) J } AGENTS WANTED 176 SIMCOE ST., PETERBOROUGH, ONT. MW —# Use aS et, oe OAK TANNE ——ES ———— rn BELTING® NZ i/\\ SEND YOUR 2 = 29 BAB VA DSI aS i ORDERS TO McLaren Belting Co. SA. YUAN SoS PRE BAe d\ LOE NGERE= Ste Aor THE BEST ENGLISH OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING, ETC.| JAMES TUONCTLON OCF Cz ATG: P.O. BOX 996. AND LESLIE. Sr. ANTOIN=S SREH=s, MONTREAL, QUEBEC. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST, “By a thorough knowledge of the natural | laws which govern the operations of digestion | and nutrition, and by a careful application of the | fine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with | a delicately flavoured beverage which may save | us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious | use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist | every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle | maladies are floating around us ready to attack | wherever there is a weak point. We may | escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves | well fortified with pure blood and a properly | nourished frame.’’—** Civil Service Gazette.” Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeceopathic Chemists, London, England. EOR” SALE; TWO LOCOMOTIVES, Second able for construction p One Locomotive Boiler, } for -l One Blast Furnace, suitable Second Hand Rails, for sidings. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, Toronto F. H. REYNOLDS. KELLOND. REYNOLDS & KELLOND Crlirs « n¥ Ia tpartc va Jo , Solicitors of Patents and Experts in Pate? MONTREAL. 156 St. JAMES STREET. TORONTO. 24 KING STREET East. Branch Office: Pacific Building Was! | (S>Agencies in London and all forei an sada Scape ease 9s GUARANTEED TO DRY Best Manner Possible ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT WOOD LUMBER. WRITE-+POR++ CATALOGUE, LN i i THE CANADA “ELUMBERDIAN, aa 1888 BF. STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILN. ASA ILE) 3 NO WAEPING, CHECKING AND BLUEING —WITH THE— STURTEVANT Patent Hot Blast oteam Heating Apparatus, 31 N. CANAL STREET, 115 LIBERTY STREET, CHICAGO. NEW YORK. Pe SPOR DLE ANE , Patentee and Sole Manufactur er, “BOS FG, V7 MASS, = LEWIS{eR@sun mee — JOBBERS OF 8 . Lumbermen’ Se: OUDDLIES « IW SS LON SS (‘CROSS GOUT gG74 iG eee HUUTTUDTGREUD ECU GIG TRA Te Se HL AS; TCT CANT ae RAFTSMEN’S CALKS, &C. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND QUOTATIONS a> # HEN ENRY PORTER /* MANUFACTURER OF Oe ee ee Oe SSO ee eee gvvvuveew Leather Belting AARARAAARAARAABARARABRADARARAAABARRRARERBEARARBARREROOEE PaR AA ABA =a VISITATION STREET, © MONTREAL, QUE, | 646 5 CRAIG ST. MONTREAL. Mill Owners will do well to write for estimates before placing their orders. “eer er GEORGE BRUSH, MACHINIST, FOUNDER & BOILER MAKER, roUNDEH:, oINE Gs; J. L. GOODHUE & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Jueather Belting Lace Leather. IDVAIN VAsnenesSs| 5S > @Miwemss=pale! FAGLE dbeS els) SEE IE MONTREAL, L) SS WO SE? 2) es QUE. 300 ST. RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE i Shae THES @& CO, JAMES STREET, MONTREAL. SCRIBNER'S ml LUMBER 8S 1,06 BOOK Over Une Million Sold. M OST complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square anc Round Timber ; hints to lumber dealers ; wood measure ; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cord-wood tables : felling trees ; growth Of trees ; and heading bolts, etc, Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. COLUMBIA * REFINING * COvY IN| JE IMA ‘sal@ naa CYLINDER, ENGINE AND MACHINERY OILS. | Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and sh aft- ing, and is a saving of 50 to 75 per cent. over oils. JOSEPH HARTON & CG 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. Tele phone 806. iCns. TORONTO es ND: FOR* PRICES + | Department of Public W orks, 2 Sealed Tenders addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed ** Tender for Post Office, Goderich, Ont.,’’ will be received at this office until Monday, 15th October, 1888, for the several works required | in the erection of Post Office, &c., at Goderich, Ont. Specifications and drawings can be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the office of the Town Clerk, Goderich, Ont., on and after Wednesday, sth September, and tenders will not be considered unless made on the form sup- plied and signed with actual signatures of ten- | derers. land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave | = An accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of | the Minister of Public Works, equal to five fer cent | of amount of tender must accompany each tender. “his cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work con- | tracted for, and will be returned in case of non- acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL, Secretary. Ottawa, 31st August, 1888. ‘ FOR SALE. | FoR SALE.—One-Half or Two-Thirds Interest in a SAW MILL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, to a party or parties willing to Purchase and to Operate same, on shares, by the thousand, or otherwise, as may be agreed upon. Good Har- bour and Shipping Facilities. 5 Address S. W,, Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Peterborough, Sealed Tenders, addressed to the undersigned. and endorsed ** Tender for Post Office at Brampton Ont.,”’ will be received at this office until Tuesday, gth October, for the several works uired in the erection of Post Office at Brampton, Ont. Specifications can be seen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and at the offices of Messrs. Beynon and ‘Mannin , Brampton, on and after Tuesday, 18th Septem ser, and tenders will not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to fire fer cent. of the amount of tender, must accompany cect tender. This cheque will be forfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work contracted for, and will be returned in case of non-acceptance of tender. The Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any —— By order, A. GOBEIL, Department of Public Works, ? Secretary. Ottawa, 1sth September, 1888. f Lumbermeno SHOULD SEND FOR A COPY OF ‘Scribner's S Lumber & Log Book. OVER ONE MILLION ALREADY SOLD. Price 45 cents post paid. + + + ADDRESS + + + A. G. MORTIMER, PETERBOROUGH, ONT. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. Department of Crown Lands. WOODS AND FORESTS. Quebec, 9th August, 1888. Notice is hereby given that, conformably to the clauses of the Act 36 Victoria, chapter 9, the following timber limits will be offered for sale at public auction in the sales’ room of the Department of Crown Lands, in this City, on Wednesday, the 17th October next, at 10.30 A.M., subject to the conditions mentioned below, namely : Upper Ottawa Agency. Limit No. 7, 1st range Block A 1634 Sq. miles. “ee ce 16 oe 7 “e 9. ee 29% “6 oe saa ce 40 oe “ce 12, ce 3734 GG ‘410, and range 50 eS oe nf oe Oo oe ce 12, ce a 6 ¥ 2, 3rd range 50 es ae - ee {e} ce te. 3 ee 5 oe 4, 50 ee ee fe) ‘ ee 2 oe " “ce c 7, ee 50 ce “ce 8, ee 50 3 se 9, Os 50 oe ‘© 10, 3rd range Block A 50 ee ac if I, ee 50 oe ec 125 ee . 50 ce ‘© 502, River Coulonge 3 ee ‘© Rear, River Gatineau 58 e eC Calumet Island 324 ‘‘ sotallss-)1- 904% «= Lower Ottawa Agency. Limit L River Rouge 25 Sq. miles. “e Limit Township Beresford 6% Limit Township Chertsey 9% oe Chaudiere Agency. Limit Township Langevin No. 2 38 Sq. miles. “ce “ee “ese No. 3 29 ce Montmagny Agency. Limit Township of Bellechasse 974 Sq. miles. Saint Maurice Agency. Limit Batiscan No. 7 East 34 Sq. miles. Rimouski Agency. Limit Rear River Humqui ‘« Nemtaye No 2 48% *‘ Rear Awautjish 38 ee River Causapscul No1 north 6 ue 8 Sq. miles. “cc ce “* Township Saint Denis 15 ae Total... ..105%4 Lake St. John Agency. Limit River Petite Peribonka No, 120. 25 Sq. miles. ‘* River Petite Peribonka No. 121. 50 ae ** River Petite Peribonka No. 122. 50 ie ** River Petite Peribonka No. 123. 50 e ** River Petite Peribonka No. 124. 50 ee ** River Peribonka No. 125 40 ee ee ce No. 126 42 Oe “e ce No. 127 50 ce ** River Mistassini No. 128 2 ee River aux Iroquois No. 129 15 ke « River Ha! Ha! No. 130 10 fe «* River Shipshaw No. 61 9 ee ‘* Ouiatchouan East No. 131 12 ee < ee No. 132 13 se ee “© Ouest No. 133 13 s “e “eé No. I 81 ee eamear: « \< No. cae ye de ee os No. 136 20 fe ** Lac des Commissaires South East No. 137 30 ‘‘ * Rear Lacdes Commissaires South East No. 138 20 Ke “« Lac des Commissaires South West No. 139 24 i “ Rear Commissaires South West No. 140 20 es *¢ Metabetchouan No. 141 37 ed ** Metabetchouan No. 142 25 tf “Lake Kiskisuik No. 143 18 de “* Metabetchouan No. 144 40 ‘ | “ Lake Kamamintigougne No. 145 ‘© N.E. branch of riser Ste. Marguerite No. 146 79 ee « N, E. of river Ste. Mar- guerite No. 147. 89 Ht: * Township Ducreux No. 148 53% ‘‘ area, more or less, to be offered at an upset | price to be made known on the day of sale. | The timber limits to be adjudged to the party bidding the highest amount of bonus. The bonus and first year’s ground rent per | square mile, to be paid in each case im mediately after the sale. miles. 36 Sq. “Township Dequen No. 149 124% ‘‘ These timber locations to be subject to the ‘© Township Dequen No. 150 23 - | provisions of all timber regulations now in “« Township Dequen No. 151 23 ‘ force and which may be enacted hereafter. “¢ River Pikauba No. 152 18% Plans of these timber locations will be open “Rear River Peribonka | for inspection, in the Department of Crown East No. 153 34 6 Lands, in this city, and at the offices of the Township Boileau No. Township Boileau No. “¢ Township L’Allemant iG Bey CG | local Agents, up to the day of sale. ee E. F. TACHE, NO. Assistant commissioner 156 16 ee eran haa ‘« Township Ferland No.157 4% ‘ ENDED IY EAST oe = “e Township Ferland No. 158 13 N.B.—According to Jaw, no newspaper Total 6, other than those named by Order in Council, NAN a e0 Ste Ly Man Ze are authorized to publish this notice. Granville Agency. Limit No. 1, Ist range East Lake WANTED AND FOR SALE Temiscouata 36 Sq. miles. | ‘ ‘* Township of Parke No.1 24 “ ee ‘* Township Raudot Yi Announcements in this department will ‘“* Township Demers A 624 « be inserted at the uniform rate of ten cents aS "AR hi = 73 GG per line, each insertion, payable in advance, ON VNS hp) Demers B 18 For three or more consecutive insertions of *¢ Township Armand 19 OG the same advertisements discount of 26 per 66 2] = 5 G cent. wi pe allowed. Eight words shoulc AG No. 45 River St. Francis we j be counted as one line. No. 46 River St. Francis 16% ‘“ ——EeEeE———eE ~ Now47 Black River oo) pea TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE, we IMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO, Total... -.. 178 5/6 T uebec and Manitoba. W.J. FENTON & Co., s0 Adelaide Street, East, Toronto. Bonaventure Agency. Limit Tom Ferguson’s Brook I miles. mE A aren = PINE TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. 6 9 “* Glen Brook 2 ee 3 4 I Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest Terri- tory. Canada, 100 square miles each; great bar- gains, Also, limits in Georgian Bay, Algoma and Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY, Tor- onto, dealer in Pine Lands and Lumbermen’s plant and supplies, Light iron and steel rails in stock. ‘¢ Marchall Brook ‘© River Andre “© Township of Carleton ‘* Township of Hope South 5 oy «« River Nouvelle No. 2 50 BG cc oe No. 3 24 Ge West Branch 30 # Rear River Nouvelle West 10 of oe ce FOR SALE. ee a cf GG East 16 ce At avery reasonable sum one half interest in © Ri M East 6 the Strathclair Saw and Grist Mills, situated on INOS Ae as 25 the Little Saskatchewan River, six miles from 2 : West 25 0 Manitoba & Northwestern Railroad in the district ——— of Riding Mountain Timber ARs: COMDE SINE 22 square miles, river running through the center Total...... 220 7/12 only 14 miles from the mills. _ All owned by Whimster & Kayll, Mr. Kayll wishing to retire. Saguenay Agency. A first class opening, good references can be Limit Rear Cailliere 18 Sq. miles obtained. Apply to H. E. Kavi, ‘* Township Sagard ai Strathclair, P. O., «« North East of the N.E. Manitoba. Branch of River St. Marguerite ee Deck Lumber Wanted—Seasoned. ‘* Tadousac East 5 wt yas J TAY 5 ‘« River Manitou No. 1 East 30“ oe M ee Pe urs Pine. “< River Manitou No. 2 East 30 iS 35 XM Ax ive inch WHITE PINE «6 IIS Bebo Nos 3 East SF ‘ in 30 to 40 ft. lengths, free from sap, shakes River Manitou No. 1 West 30 ; S and black knots “* River Manitou No. 2 West 30 ag : ? ‘« River Manitou No. 3 West 30 be: POLSON IRON WORKS CO., ‘* Township Saguenay East 32 a TORONTO, ONT. “* River Grande Trinite No. 1 East 50 < ““ River Grande Trinite J. K. lelObSHE ts boy, pee LUMBER MERCHANTS River Grande _ Trinite No. 1 West yo And Shipping Agents. ‘’ River Grande _ Trinite OSWEGO, N.Y No, 2 West 50 s See ‘« Petite Trinite No. 1 East 14 ee “* Petite Trinite No. 2 East 14 ee TIMBER B ERTHS “6 i ini i; ee me peue aie No. Bee a nC Estimated _and plans carefully prepared. ‘© River Calumet No. 1 East 25 “ Experienced men, References given. “* River Calumet No. 1 West 25 ns Address, “* Township Lafleche 18 EC B BE ‘< No. 86 Petite Bergeronne J. NSON 2 West 7 a 164 ROBERT STREET, TORONTO. «« No. 1 East Petite Berge- ronne 4 we re ae ay B.A. ANY Gaspe Agency. AXES made of NOR Ey en and best English “© Gaspe Bay South 11 Sq. miles $14.00 per dozen. *« Gaspe Bay North way «Township Blanchet Oames B Af x N x. *¢ River York North B HE e e *¢ River York South 6 & : ‘© Sydenham South a ee AXES made of all Steel. ‘« Township Rameau min $15.00 per dozen. ‘© Township Malbaie South 4 a ** River St. John n° 1 South 12 x B Af. x | i k ‘River St. John n® 2 South 10“ = ~ s River St. John North 14 = AXES made specially to stand Hemlock, ** River Dartmouth South 24 “ Single Bitt. “* River Dartmouth North 19% “ $16.00 per dozen. AE ARG Ri D a North apemouth 2 “ The best axes made in the world. Warranted 3 good or new axes given to replace. Sample axes = sent on application. Motallsary.t.- 200 5/12 GEO. STETHEM, ONLY SOLE AGENT FOR CANADA, The above timber limits at their estimated | Herdware Merchant, PETERBORO’. CONDITIONS OF SALE. ckardt, Kyle & Co. |MPORTERS sno WHOLESALE GROCERS. We be g to call the attent to our complete stock of )\ TEAS, SUGARS, SYRUPS TOBACCOS, ETC. INSPECTION INVITED. S/d No. 3, FRONT STREET EAST, TORONTO. EstasBlisHeD J. W. LANG & CO. 1871 ‘Wholesale Grocers & Importers, 33. Front St. East, Toronto. We shall be pleased to have you write to us tor samples and prices of TEAS, TOBACCOS, SVRUPS, SUGARS, RICE, Ete. | We can and will cut prices fine to large buyers. We have a GOOD, SOUND, FINE FLAVOURED TEA at 12% cents. Write for sample chest. Address, Ja SAE. 2a ASN SG icone BARGAINS MACHINERY | ONE Iron Key Seating Machine. ONE Wood Shaper (two spindles). ONE Bolt Cutter. | ONE Iron Turning Lathe, 14-inch Swing by six feet. ONE Reliance Saw Rig to cut 25-ft. ONE Heavy Circular Saw Rig latest improve- ments, with ‘‘ Prescott’s Direct Acting Steam Feed ” to cut 30-ft. ONE Heavy Circular Saw Rig to cut 20-ft. with Rope Feed. ONE Gang Lath Mill. | ONE Bolter. | ONE Shingle Jointer. ONE 60-inch Solid Tooth Circular Saw, Iron Pulleys up to §-ft. diameter. ONE 56-in. second hand Leffel Turbine. ONE 52-in. second hand Leffel Turbine. TWO 48-in. New Leffel Turbines. TWO 3014-in. second hand Leffel Turbines- TWO 26%-in. second hand Leffel Turbines. ONE 23-in. second hand Leffel Turbine. ONE 15%-in. second hand Leffel Turbine. ONE to-in. second hand Leffel Turbine. ONE 30%-in. second hand Vulcan Turbine. ONE 17%-in. second hand Vulcan Turbine. For particulars address, PAXTON, TATE & 00., PORT PERRY, ONT. Our readers will confer a favor by mentioning this Journal when writing Advertisers. 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. October, 1888 Ce cease TORGH ag Gi ‘Lower ries FIRMS TENNANT & CO. "WiiTyort & VeINTOSI Wholesale Dealers in Wholesale Dealers in | | S ENVZENZIN ZAZA ZEN ZEN ZEN ZENS ZENS ZEN ZENE EN ENN EN Lb [apie yenels | ieeanise : (pan | | IMIBI TR JT [Sa gee ae Loa ee : ‘ . i E < E ANd VAS AS AP AS ASP ASP AS AP ASAP AOA AS AP AS AS A A Are Dressing and Better Pine. 44 and 46 Front Street East, fLORONTO, - = ON .— 5 Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. & Gyabeaieasl ORO > (Gap) Agents for the Celebrated xe Prompt Delivery in all Cases. INjo. S VictroRiaAa STREET, - i EE ee eee Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. * CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. DONOGH & OLIVER, Wholesale Dealers in Ce Kert & [ig sf LUMBER | pyese:narowoonsvumser Office: 9 Victoria Street, Criss noiSy 2 Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, TORONTO. WELLINGTON STREET EAST. Lumber Shipped to all parts. LORON TOR ONY, McGRANEY, McCOOL & WILSON Scorr. Scorr « Go. Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of PINE and HARDWOOD LUMBER I /AMARISS6 VRID) Sesh ae aSiS). Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. —-+e Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto Office: Union Loan Buildings, 28 & 30 Toronto St. Branch Office:.208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. * TORONTO and OTTAWA. *” TORONTO. : aS < The Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company of Toronto. Offices: 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in LUMBER MILLIS AT MEDONTE, SIMCOE CoO. OWE OYTO BE Sole Manufacturers of * Monarch,” * Red Strip.” and * Lion” Brands of KUBBER BELTING Particular attention given to special Belts for Lumber Mills. Our celebrated “ Maltese Cross” Rubber, “ Baker Fabric” and Aj jax Cotton; “Grant” and Light Linen, and Fire Hose constantly tn stock. LUMBERMEN’S HEAVY RUBBER CLOTHING: OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Address all Communications to THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MFG. CO. OF TORONTO, 43 Yonge St. a October, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ‘7 TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS “THE LEADER’ AND ALL WHO ARE USING LEATHER + BELTING Oy 1 | Manufactured only by >) ee ee eee Go er | Y- a ae Ne teed —a ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO. FAAS OH Sewa ann avr — J TTT ATITUFRANHN LRN TERTIUS TAR TT AP SL TT ETH THT LATTA A AIT mS Snow Wx-7Aayee! 22s Sacjanyie- 8 Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, c ey Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, = os Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, sy i | = Which will give Complete Satisfaction, | ¢ geMitc, c ee mS Op ah =5 , s ee Hy amines ls med Ui. = Sr ae le Seto pan ee K.E. DIXON &CO. © ER=® | :; Q © i pe) I = e e =) oss salen tl 1 hme - Dn ae pe UE 2 5. MANUFACTURERS OF SE hid z = ae oS fn 2 PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET 20 | 22 io | Ze Se | oe +LEATHERtHELTING* = pe 7s ; v. 7\ | c= | =i A IZ . : o = 70 King Street East, foronto. 6 : Sole Agents in Canada for the a ae ; @ The above Saws are made from the best Double Refined Silver Steei, warranted four The Only Perfect Belt Dressing | gauges thinner on back than front, and the only Saws on the market that a t ; | taper from the front of the teeth to the back. : ae =e oe >< == a Po sek | te 05 0 aes as 05 oO eS acs “ae Oo x BRIX “= GS O an a ae = Es fale EA ln es am QO S) (21 oe) SS ee] S | Bul ein ees || Oe 20 1.80 1.42 20 1.90 1.40 30 2.43 1.69 . 30 2.40 1.70 -40 3.26 2.02 .40 3:30 2.00 50 4.38 2.41 50 4.40 2.40 .60 5.88 2.87 60 5-90 2.90 +79 7.90 3:43 79 7-90 3:40 Morin.—Appleton’s Encylopedia Haswell.—Engineers’ and Mech- of Mechanical Arts. | _anics’ Pocket Book. Oo A Dodge Patent Wood Pulley is better than iron from the Rel o. V alue of Tea th er belt | | securing with this fastening. Band Saws, Saw Swages, Saw Gummers, PULLEY IN THE With our Patent Bushing System Every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafting, and guaranteed to give from 30 to 60 per cent. more power from same belt and like tension than any iron or and 50 per cent. lighter than wrought iron or steel. As a material for pulleys wood is better than iron from the | fact that it can be made very much lighter and thus save | weight on the line shaft and bearings, thereby saving in ex- pense from a saving in friction. The advantages of the separable pulley are very apparent. By its use the necessity of taking down shafting already up for the purpose of putting on additional pulleys when needed, or to be changed, is avoided, thus saving time, trouble and ex- pense, while their first cost is much less than any other pulley made not having these advantages. The Compression Fastening whether used with keys in iron center or compression alone, keeps the pulley always in balance as the compression on the shaft and key is always towards the center. The most perfect balanced iron pulley fastened with set screws or key, is invariably out of balance by being thrown from the centre, this fact is obvious to all mechanics. The advantages of our mode of fastening over any other are : It is the only absolutely true fastening for a pulley. A pulley | once properly balanced cannot be thrown out of balance in ert) A pulley fastened with key or Dalhousie and William Streets, Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. Thurber’s Royal = ANTI-FRICTION: BABBIT: METAL, Importers and Dealers in Emery Wheels Rubber Belting, Leather Belting, Every pulley a split pulley, 70 per cent. lighter than cast iron Strong enough for any Made in any size from nine inches to sixteen feet diameter. WORKS! L Naa: - Saw Sets, Iron Pipe, Files, &c. WOOD ? SEPARABLE + OR ¢ SPLIT : PULLEYS. UUUUUUUUCOUUECEEEUUGAUAUOOOCUEEE EAA AAO OOOO BEST BELT SURFACE, LIGHTEST, STRONGEST, = BEST BALANCED AND MOST CONVENIENT WORLD, PLL LLLP EO SU set screw in the ordinary way, cannot be screwed without lifting the pulley from the shaft at that point where the key or set screw is placed, thus throwing the pulley out of balance. Manufacturers should carefully avoid any pulley with a set screw fastening for shaft ; also a key unless the pulley is com- pressed on it. The Dodge Patent Bushing system is a great convenience to manufacturers and also to agents who carry pulleys in stock, as with the aid of the patent bushings every pulley will fit 22 different sizes of shafts. Haswell the acknowledged authority and most quoted by American mechanics, summarizes thus : The ratio is friction to pressure of leather belts, when worn over wooden pulleys is 47, over turned cast iron pulleys, 24, thus showing the average advantage of a wood pulley over iron to be 50 per cent. We also manufacture GROOVED HARD WOOD PUL- LEYS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER BY MANILLA ROPES (tallow laid) by the Dodge Patent System of applying the ropes and taking care of the slack. Illustrated catalogues of belt pulleys and the rope transmis- sion system will be furnished on application to The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co,, 89 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. “THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. VotumMeE VIII. i NUMBER Il. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., NOVEMBER, 15865. { Tens. $1. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ARTHUR G.- IVECO ie VLEs, ‘OFFICE: SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ‘One Copy one Year,in Advance, - = = - $1.00 ‘One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - 50 Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the umber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of +the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. : Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market but, also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to communicate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 4nterest are particularly requested for even if not of great import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directedto WANTED” and For SALE” advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price ‘ef ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA ‘LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. THE ocean rates to Europe have been considerably raised this season. Not only has this been the case, but vessels have been scarce at Quebec. Shipments being thus restricted, and there being little convenience for storing either at Que- bec or Montreal, the yards at the Canadian capital have be- come crowded, they being also of limited capacity. This has necessarily caused considerable inconvenience to the firms that have made a feature of this branch of the trade. AccorDING to a London paper there seems a probability of Russia dealing largely with Canada in the lumber trade. Certain merchants of Batoum have, it is said, asked one of the largest firms in Ottawa for quotations for the shipment to the Black Sea of several million feet of pine annually. It certain- ly seems surprising that such a demand should be made on Canada from a country like Russia which has possessed such forest wealth, but if the report be true Canadian lumbermen will receive the news with much favor. A DEMOCRATIC government official, an American paper says, is reported to have gone to Ontario to investigate the effect which the passage of the Mills bill would have upon lumber and timber prices in Canada, and to have come out strongly against the bill. He lately labored in the house to explain the situation. He was convinced that the expected passage of the bill had boomed timber limits immensely, and quoted a newspaper statement that R. Hurdman & Co., Ottawa, had given an option to the E. B. Eddy Manufactur- ing Company of their Magnissippi limits at $325,000, which would be a profit of $75,000 for holding them three years. A refusal was given for six weeks to allow for the passage of the bill. If it did not pass, then the limits, inferentially, would not be desired. Other opinion had been offered at largely advanced prices, in anticipation of a great benefit, leading to the conclusion that the free lumber clause would nol the consumer, as the advocates us the e 7? 4 * A CASE affecting large interests and involving most of the law as to building dams and running logs on rivers, is now pending in the provincial courts of New Brunswick. Log owners claim that the annoying log jams that occur on the St. Croix river at Milltown are occasioned by the defective passage- The cotton mill owners on the other hand claim that the lumbermen should keep the log roll clear, and they have obtained a temporary injunction against way in the cotton mill dam. a lumber firm, restraining them from allowing logs to remain on their lands. The decision of the court will begin upon the motion to dissolve the injunction, and will be of interest to lumbermen generally. We learn that the McArthur Bros. Co., of Toronto and Quebec in Canada, and East Saginaw, Mich., will handle 3,000,000 cubic feet of square timber for the European markets this season. The work of handling square timber is confined to comparatively few operators whose work is spread over the entire country. Timber of this kind is by no means plentiful and is usually found in small groups. Asa result operators are placed at a great inconvenience and haye to extend their While the timber business of Canada is mainly carried on in the province of Quebec there is operations in every direction. nevertheless a considerable business springing up in Ontario. Messrs. Flatt & Bradley, of Hamilton, and Mr. J.M. Irwin, of Peterborough, are among those whose interests are closely identified with the square timber business. Tue perennial boundary dispute between the Government of the Dominion and the provincial government of Ontario crops up this time in relation to what is known as ‘‘the White Fish Lake Indian Reserve,” in the District of Algoma, the ad- yocates of the provincial view claiming that the Dominion Government has located an Indian Reserve around choice timber tracts and then sold the timber at private sale to its favorites. against the Dominion licensees, and the case is now pending in the Chancery Court at Toronto. this case has been the examination of a band of Indians as_ to The provincial Government has brought an action An interesting feature of the terms of their original treaty with the government, and in giving their evidence they are said to have evinced remark- able intelligence. Ir the Ottawa district is to be taken as a criterion there is every prospect of a large cut the coming winter. In the space of 30 days it is estimated that 2,000 men were sent into the woods from the capital alone. From various quarters there come reports of extended operations. Though the re- sults may be satisfactory it would be well to observe a con- servative policy. Every year the limits increase in value, as many recent transfers have showed in the most practical man- ner, namely, the handing over of hard cash or its equivalent. This rise in values is steady, not at all of the nature of a “boom,” and is almost certain to continue. Under such cir- cumstances it would seem more judicious not to force pro- perty, always enhancing, into the market with too great eager- ness either in the shape of standing timber or the manufactured article. Those who are able and willing to hold back some- what will probably find that they have been the gainers by not going ahead too eagerly. Prices are likely to be satisfac- tory enough to repay operators, but not to warrant an exag- gerated scale in the face of a continually increasing value. AMERICANS seem to take it as a foregone conclusion that should the tariff on Canadian lumber be removed through the passage of the Mills bill, that the Canadian export duty ofa like amount would be immediately taken off. Would it not be just as well for the advocates of free lumber to learn a little more concerning the views of the Canadian government on this question before making up their minds fully on the subject ? We do not apprehend any serious opposition to such a step being taken, but as it is always wise to look before one leaps. A canvass of Canadian sentiment, would not be out of place. There is always two sides to a question, and in this case we find those who strongly endorse a free ex ‘hange of the pro- ducts of the forest, from a pecuniary point of view, of course ; ft) Ar > ad PER } EAR ‘ 1 Pir IOCENTS while there are also those ana the number large—who look not only to the present put also to the future and realize the oft-repeated fact that free lumber into the United States means nothing less than the utter annihilation of our forest wealth for all time tocome. The question 1s 2 serious one and demands thoughtful consideration. INDICATIONS point to a somewhat diminished cut the Com- ing winter, especially throughout the Western 5tz Every effort is being made by the larger operators to pus! their work forward as expeditiously as possible so as to avoid the incon- veniences caused by heavy snow falls anc other drawbacks. That the stock of standing timber is patent to every one who takes any interest in the subject, and it is therefore not surprising that the output of lumber throughout many States in the Union will diminish from year to year. In the face of such an outlook operators in the Northern States are looking to the Southern States and as the only During the past or two a has found available source of supply. investment in large amount of American capital Canadian stumpage and new mills a pushed forward rapidly. While we have as yet abundance of timber left for our own uses, nothing is more evident but hat in a few years ifthe present extensive operations be continued, our forests will be remembered only as things of the past. But how to avert this inevitable result is a question that but few if any can answer. One who is considered as an authority on the subject makes the statement that the Southern Sta area of 239,837,611 acres of land, of which 50.3 Of this there is of pine alone 250,000,- es contains an per cent. is covered with valuable timber. 000,000 feet of merchantable timber. Every lumberman knows that a million feet makes a big pile. Just imagine 250,000 piles of lumber with a million feet in each pile! Well this is the amount of pine timber, we are told, yet stand- ing in the South. And this is only one item of the timber resources of that much-wooded country. The amount of hard woods will greatly exceed in quantity and value that of pine. Eight years ago there were 6,481 saw and planing s and woodworking establishments in the South, employing 42.973 hands, and turning out products to the value of $48,319.963- I According to the last count, there are now 11,242 es “oe fo oC = =e / o ’ ments, employing $9,040 hands, and turning out products to the value of $91,980,960. One thing is certain and that is that the Southern States are booming, and it is not surprising that while many Western lumbermen ate looking towards Canada for their future supplies, a much larger percentage have turned their faces Southward with good chances for in- creased fortune. the the THE fight between the Toronto wholesaie dealers and Grand Trunk railway, relative to the rules regulating handling of lumber freight, is waxing warmer. A month or two ago THE LUMBERMAN took occasion to express itself on ce freight rates and the injustice which is being done the trade _ in the way of over-charges. What the lumbermen want is either a rate based on so much per thousand feet, or an honest and impartial system of weighing. Their contention that they have no right to pay for more than they receive is worthy the consideration of even such a monopoly as theG.T.R. The practice of charging for 30,000 lbs. on every car whéther it contains that amount or not is an injustice which should not be tolerated. The suggestion previously made in these columns that weigh scales be erected by the railway companies at all important shipping points has apparently been well re- ceived. If this was done the increased weight—caused by snow and rain—always added to a car of lumber in transit would not be charged up as lumber but would have to be met by the railway companies themselves. At the present time when cars are at a premium and locomotive power scarce, the movement of lumber is very slow, and as a result the dif- ference in weight at the point of destination compared with the point of shipment means an important item, if such ad - ditional weight has to be paid by the The demands made by the lumbermen are only just, and consider- ing the importance to the railways of the great industry they consignee. i from Manhard & Co. , and who have not Mr. assign and join hands with the insolvent firm. _und rstood Mr, Doodridge refused to do. _ meeting that the nominal assets consisted of furniture and _ book debts, all of which amounted to less than $10,000, ~ was further reported that $26,000 of the liabilities were pre- 5 “eee THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. represent, a refusal to meet their wishes in this particular, can only be taken as an evidence of unblushing selfishness, and a lordly intimation that the Grand Trunk Railway Co. rule the roost. and go elsewhere if you can. COMMENCING with the present number we begin the publi- cation of a series of practical articles from the pen of Mr. Anson A. Gard, a gentleman well known asa member of one of New York’s largest lumber firms. Mr. Gard has passed through all the different stages of a lumberman, from wielding the axe in the forests of Ohio, up through the sawing of the lumber to its disposal, and therefore can claim a practical rather than a theoretical knowledge. The information con- tained in the article in the present issue of Tue LuMBERMAN on *‘ Walnut Logs and How to Prepare Them,” will well repay the time taken up in its perusal, while the tables will serve as a permanent help to all loggers. |The second article, which will appear in our next issue will be on the subject of Hardwood lumber and its manufacture. Mk. FLEMING has finished his examination of the Ottawa river in connection with the sawdust difficulty, but it is understood that the report will not be made public for some time to come. The investigation, it is said, wiil go to show that the sawdust is not injuring the river to the extent that has been stated. The intention is to lay the matter before the Government at its next session with a view to counteracting the effect of statements made before the Senate committee last session. The lumbermen say that should the Government undertake to deprive them of their exemptions under which they carry on their business at the Chaudiere, all the inducements they now possess for remaining in Ottawa will be removed. The lumbermen are evidently serious in their threat of withdrawing from Ottawa if the government should restrain them from throwing the sawdust into the river. The proposal to the government to compel mill owners to erect burners and burn all their sawdust has raised not only the mill owners but the whole city in arms against the sug- gestion, as they find that insurance rates will be raised from 50 to 100 per cent, according to locality, in all parts of the city, if the erection of burners is insisted upon. Mr. Epwarp Jack, a writer on subjects relating to the timber and lumber business, in a letter to an American ex- change, charges that for years the Quebec government has been constantly and systematically defrauded in the matter of stumpage dues by the under-estimation of the quantity of tim- ber cut on the various leases held by individuals under the government. The government of the province, this writer says, is about granting the sum of $24,000 this year, in order to give effect to the modifications which they have made in the tariff of ground rents and timber dves, and which are going to produce a considerable increase in the revenues from woods and forests. In the course of a speech delivered in the uebec legislature last session the crown lands commissioner stated that the investigations ordered by the government showed that the old system of accepting the declarations of the lumber merchants and their employees had led to the perpetration of fraud to the prejudice of the provincial revenue; that enor- mous quantities of timber cut on crown lands had paid no dues to the government, and that in certain sections of the province the pillaging of the crown forests has been systematically car- ried on without hindrance in any way from the officers of the department employed for the purpose. The new regulations have been framed to Drove! these frauds in future. THE LUMBERMAN is again called upon to report another heavy failure among the Toronto wholesale lumber trade. The firm who in this case have been compelled to succomb to the pressure of hard times is that of Manhard & Co. who are well known to the trade of both Canada and the United States, although they have only been located in Toronto but a few months, having moved to that city from the town of Brockville. Ata recent meeting of the creditors of the ja- solvent firm a statement of their affairs was submitted, show- ing their liabilities to be $53,000 and the assets purely nominal. A few unsecured creditors, whose accounts w ere in- curred since the retirement of Mr. Dood lridge, of Brockville, Doodridge’s name on their paper, made a request that he (Doodridge) should This it is Tt was stated at the It rred and secured creditors. Everything went to show that the unsecured creditors’ prospects were gloomy in the extreme. “meeting adjourned without arriving at any definite THERE are five saw mills between the summit of the Rocky Mountains and Revelstoke, B. C., a distance of 150 miles. The mill men complain that they are unable to run their mills to advantage, owing to the excessive freight rates charged on the C. P. R. The rate is $135 per car to points east of Regina, which is about the same rate as is given the coast mills, though the haul in the latter case is much longer. West of Regina the country is not largely settled, and there is not much demand for lumber. In time as the western part of the territories gets settled up, the mountain mill men will have a good market for their lumber closer to their mill, but in the meantime the timber is undergoing great destruction every year from forest fires. The railway company has lately made a reduction «in rates from the mountain mills to Calgary, but this will not greatly improve the position of the mill men. Two interesting test cases will be argued before Judge Burbridge of the Exchequer court shortly concerning the importation of lumber into Canada. For some years past Messrs. McGome & Co., Toronto, and Messrs. Hazelton & Co., who have had contracts for constructing cars for the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways, have been im- porting into Canada quantities of manufactured oak lumber to be used in the construction of railway cars. This material it appears, has been invoiced as rough lumber and has been allowed to enter the Canadian Customs free of duty. The Customs department now contend thac the lumber in question should have been entered as manufactured lumber on which a duty of 20 per cent. is chargeable, and they have accordingly entered actions against both of the above firms for an amount covering the duty chargeable on all the lumber en- tered by the firms in the past. The importations are spread over a period of several years, and the amounts involved are upwards of half a million dollars. The defendants claim that they can put in a strong defence. This case will be watched with the greatest interest, especially by importers. FROM almost every lumber district in Canada we learn of unusually large numbers of men being sent to the woods. Such information furnishes a foresight into the probable cut for next year, which is evidently intended to be very large. It is evident that with each succeeding year the lumber cut is being largely augmented. Whether or not this wholesale slaughter of our forests is brought about by a clamorous spirit for hasty wealth or a fear of another increase in stumpage is a question of which those most directly interested are capable of answering. better This apprehension on the part of the lumbermen is certainly well founded, as when the last increase was put into force an effort was made to induce the Provincial Government to engage that a further increase would not be This request, though a very reasonable one, was refused, and as a result lumbermen holding limits are inclined to make the most of their oppor- tunities by cutting the rapidly as possible. Although a lumber scribe but seldom drops into poetry a made for a specified number of years. timber as four-line stanza may briefly depict the situation. O, woodman, cut that tree, Leave nota single bough, It will put five dollars in my inside pocket Then why not cut it now. How to keep a lumber camp free from noxious insects, s says the Zzméerman, is a matter of vital importance to the welfare of the men and their value in the hard Jabor required from them. If the men’s rest is broken’ in upon, their work is rendered just so much the poorer. It is therefore a question of dollars and cents to the owner of a camp, that is to be kept free from fleas, bugs and lice. session of a bunk ¢ When these pests take pos- camp, it is almost impossible to get rid of them, and a word or two relative to the building ot the sleep- ing arrangements for the men will not be out of place. It will pay to provide cedar boards with which to build the bunks. No vermin can stand cedar. In the bottom of each bunk, cedar boughs should be spread and oil of cedar plentifully sprinkled upon the bed clothes. This is far superior to all sect powder, and if occasionally renewed and applied will keep the bunk camp clean. Remember, that the sounder the rest obtained by the men the better they can labor, and these little non-essentials when attended to, will keep your men ina fit condition to give you a full return for the wages you pay them. This they cannot do, however willing, if their rest is Now see that your foreman attends to this, and you will find the hints here given will be money in your pockets. broken. THE threatened retaliation would considerably interfere with the business of some in the trade who would have to seek fresh means of reaching their market. At present how- ever there seems to be no great haste at Washington to take any decisive ae so there i is no certainty whe her the thre cussion that has arisen between the two countries is as reciprocal equal use of their respective canals. It is that the free use by Canadians of the canals in the 1 States, notably in the State of New York, has not been per. mitted, and this having been pointed out as a contravention of the Treaty of Washington there is a possibility of the equal use being accorded if some amicable settlement should ee ar rived at. The forwarding of lumber by canal withour shipment vould be very convenient for some Canadian !umt men and would increase their profits. This, ame another uncertainty. Most uncertain however is question. It would be hard to guess who may be President, and even then the tariff policy that m adopted by either party in case of success is by no mez tain. That and several other questions of moment a postponed, that is their settlement, not their the Presidential election, with all its excitement, is ov: day is not far distant now. ISCU Mr. Hotcukiss, the United States consul at Ott was mentioned in our last issue, has supplied a very ¢ F 5 report to the State Department at Washington of the C Car lumber industry. His chief object appears to be | what would be the effect of the remission of the: sand duty on Canadian lumber imported into th States. He comes very decidedly to the conclusic change would not have the effect desired co i cheapening lumber to the consumer. price at other points, the quantity er too “oa tion to the total supply. He calculates, z : siderable care, that the increased import wna cient to change this position. To his mind the the influence of imports of lumber into the Un the quantity of pine available has been over estin cording to his view the figures show that if all the into the United States from Canada was placed in ; market it would supply but one-quarter of the re that market alone and but one-half of the quantity hi either Tonawanda or Buffalo. This quantity, e' for any probable increase, would be, he holds, too i to fix the price. This, he says, is made by the [ manufacturer, and in so doing he is not influe Canadian supply in any degree. If the duty of inoved it would not affect the price in the United | cause it has never been a factor and would still | no lower price would prevail in the United States fore and no different net results would be es manufacturers, The Canadians, he thinks, on the would lay down their lumber in the United States $2 less per thousand and would obtain for it the | United States manufacturer, so the result would gain to them of the $2 a thousand thus ited. not think that the Canadian lumbermen would I advantage. He explains at length the system of in Canada and dwells especially on the power 1 Governments have of augmenting the rentals stancing the recent increases. The conclusion | that not a May pay day would elapse before a in the dues by order-in-council would be ar sufficient to absorb the $2 per thousand into treasuries. Thus, according to Mr. Hotch! the United States consumers nor the C who would get the benefit of the $2 remission cial Governments. As to another important that free lumber implies free logs. He thi only a few mill owners on Lakes Huron a have exhausted their supply of logs would this by rafting across the lakes, believing | the mills would be transferred to a location in preference. Not only, in his opinion, \ economical, but it would give them a better ing the English market, which draws and tinue to draw, chiefly from Canada, and ing the importance of this trade. Consul H be very positive in his views as to the effect : of the duty, but it is certain that he would not f agree with his opinions. We notice that Mr. livering addresses in regard to the Presidential several lumbering centres in Maine, when dwell tariff question assumed positively that the free i Canadian lumber would reduce the price by the*a’ duty, which would thus not benefit the Canadian but the United States consumers, while the United lumbermen would also have to accept the lower price. was not only the view of Mr. Blaine but it seemed also the opinion of ithe eae ies audiences wi ri November, 1888. >. ‘Pe eee eT) THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE NEWS. ONTARIO. _The Ottawa river has been exceedingly low but is now _ rising slowly. —Timoth Nester & Co., will put in 50,000,000 feet of logs on the Thessalon river, this winter. I is feared that owing to the low, water in the Severn River many of the mills will have to shut down. —The Georgian Bay Lumber Co., of Waubaushene, have already sent nearly one thousand men to the woods. —Owing to the plentiful supply of men for the shanties this fall wages have taken a drop during the past month. —W. R. Thistle & Co., Pembroke, have put in a large steam pump in connection with their large saw mill there. Band saws 60 feet in length have taken the places of circulars in Edwards & Co.’s large saw mills at Rockland. Mr. Wm. Orr, of Shelburne, is calling for tenders for a new saw mill to be erected on the site of the mill recently destroyed by fire. —Tt is said that throughout the Georgian Bay district the ensuing season is destined to witness exceptional activity in the lumber shanties. — Some of the mills at Ottawa have been shut down for several days at a time lately for want of logs. wind has been keeping the drives back. An unfavorable __There are rumors of further large purchases of pine in the Spanish river region of: the Georgian bay country, by Americans who have already invested there. —In the case of George Caswell, accused of appropriating _saw logs owned by the Georgian Bay Lumber Co., of Waubau- shene, the grand jury at the late assizes found no bill. —-The Superior Lumber Co., of Ashland, Wis., has sold 1,000,009 feet of green lumber to a Port Arthur firm for im- mediate shipment to be used in the construction of a large elevator. —The 1,500,000 feet of green elevator lumber to go to Port Arthur, Ont., from the Superior Lumber Company’s mills, Ashland, Wis., will -be conveyed on scows taking 400,000 feet at a trip. —Klock Bros., of Klock’s Mills, upper Ottawa, Ont., have bought 88 square miles of timber limits on the Veuve river, Ont., from J. G. Ross, Quebec, for $20,000, and will operate there this season. —Two hundred and thirty-five car loads of lumber was shipped over the Canada Atlantic railway from Ottawa during a period of one week in October. York and Burlington. Its destination was New —J. E. Bunswell, of Grand Haven, Mich., is interested in Jumbering on the Spanish river. His firm has a yard on the Canada side at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and has just purchas- ed additional water front. —It is reported that a crew was lately taken from Alpena, Mich., to the Georgian Bay regions of Canada, to work in the woods, whereas in past years Canadians have been employed by lumbermen on the American side of the line. The saw mill owners at Norman, Keewatin and Rat Port- age are reported as doing a large shipping business this season. They are ail from 60 to 100 cars behind their orders, and in some cases they complain of being unable to get sufficient cars to fill their orders. —The Rainy Lake Lumber Company, which has been in the hands of the Bank of Montreal for some years, has been purchased by a company know as the Western Lumber Company with headquarters at Rat Portage. The president of this company is Mr. John A. McRae, formerly of Ross & McRae, large railway contractors of Quebec. —Mr. Frank R. Weston, of French River, writes THE LuMperMAN that he is about through with the work of super- intending the manufacture and shipment of the five millions of lumber purchased from the Ontario Lumber Co. by Messrs. Shaw, of Forest, and Fraser, of Amherstburg. It has turned out a well manufactured and satisfactory lot. The mills at French River expect to shut down about Nov. 1oth. The Ontario: Lumber Co. will have cut about $8,000,000 and McLean Bros. about 3,000,000 feet. —One of the government surveyors who recently returned from the Ludbury district reports that lumber operations are being actively pushed in the northwestern section of that country. Francis Bros. have begun operations on their limits on the White Fish Indian reserve, and the Emery Lumber Company is getting a large quantity of timber on its Spanish river limits. It is understood that the Ontario government will shortly place a number of valuable timber limits, in the Ludbury district, the market. - —That valuable milling property belonging to the estate of Hamilton Bros. at Hawkesbury, has been purchased by a wealthy syndicate, composed of Hiram MRobinson, W. R. Thistle, H. K. Eagan and Robert Blackburn, They have purchased the entire plant, as wellas a supply of about 150,- 000 ft. of logs. The new firm has already 250 men in the woods. —E, D. Davidson & Son have shut down their lumber mills on Lahave River, throwing 300 or 400 men.out of work. Cook & Co. have also shut down, throwing out of work another large number of men, and other lumbermen are pre- This of the enforcement of the law preventing saw dust from being drop- ped from the mills into the river. paring to do likewise. action is on account —Lumber operations during the coming winter on the Ot- tawa promise to be the most extensive for several years. Re- ports from the Mattawan state that already 7,000 shantymen have passed through that place on their way to the Upper Ottawa districts. miles this year owing to the destruction by fire of the steamer The men are compelled to walk several which previously carried them. The land road from Mattawa to Lake Temiscamingue through Ontario is now open for traffic. Nine shanty teams went through from Mattawa to Opemican on Lake Temisca- mingue in eighteen hours. The opening of this road will be a great boon to lumbermen and settlers on Lake Temisca- mingue, who can forward horses and cattle with much greater dispatch, and at far less cost than by the old route. —Mr, Gormully, of Gormully & Sinclair, has commenced an action in the Exchequer Court on behalf of a Michigan some $3,000 Mr. Hazleton sent a lot of timber under the description of dimension timber into the Dominion. would be admitted free. insisted that it was manufactured and imposed duties accord- ingly. Port Arthur Sevéinel:—The demand for lumber in this vicinity this season is something enormous, the new elevators contractor, for against the Government. Under this heading it The Customs Department, however, requiring 8,250,000 feet alone, for which Messrs. Graham, Horne & Co., have the contract. contracted for the delivery of over 2,000,000 feec of lumber to be used in new buildings here and at Fort William, and it is safe to say that other local dealers and builders will use about half as much more. These gentlemen have also —Rejoicing over the advance in price of square timber during the present season, resulting in the clearing out of all rafts held at Quebec, the Perth Axfosetor has the following : Mr. Wm. Caldwell of Lanark was one of the lucky ones, selling three years’ timber at Quebec and this year’s raft on the way down, at prices varying from 25 to 32 cents per foot. The total was 560,000 feet, and it will realize about $170,000, or an average of about 30 cents. The Department of Customs has been notified by Capt. Holmes, of the revenue cutter Cruiser, that lumbering opera- tions are being conducted this fall on Fitzwilliam Island, Georgian Bay, by the Saginaw Salt and Lumber Company. It is estimated that 20,000,000 feet will be got out for export next spring, and Capt. Holmes advises that a landing waiter be sent to the Island early in the spring to estimate the cut, so that the proper duty may be charged. —lLumbering operations at Algoma Mills are likely to be brisk the coming winter. John Rowan has five lumber camps in full blast, and still another is being established. John McLeod, of Pembroke, has arrived there with a gang of men for H. P. Shaw, whose camps are on the north shore of Lake Huron, in the Blind river district. down Lake Huron to Algoma Mills, where they will be cut into lumber for the C.P.R. His logs will be towed The immense water power of Sturgeon Falls, which has remained so long almost idle, is about to be utilized on a Mr. Baxter is about to erect a mill for grinding coarse grains for feed. Mr. Slinger is importing machinery for the erection ofa door and sash factory, and a paper com- pany is negotiating for the purchase of a site for the erection of a pulp factory, which will employ 100 men constantly. Should the latter industry be founded there, the poplar and spruce trees, which are so plentiful in the forests, will become a source of great proht. —The Ottawa Journal says that the wages for shantymen large scale. are beginning to drop a notch lower than the figures readily given to the men some time ago. Then log cutters got $22 a month and board, and some even as high as a dollar a day. Now men are hired in lowertown to cut logs at $19 and $20 a month, and none but good men will ever get this high. The big rush to the woods is practically over for the season, although many of the firms will continue sending up men to augment the force now. engaged in the woods, but the bulk of the men who will go up are now in the bush, and as the demand has lessened the wages have dropped. NEW BRUNSWICI —The shipments of deals to Euro fre Ne Brunswick during the first seven months o1 the year amounted to 114,000, 000 feet, against $2,000,000 last year -A complete lumber camp outtt ror to Canada from the United States has been seizes Sst. S en by the Customs authorities. —Importers of spruce will have noticed flerent charac- ter of the wood shipped fre St. Jo j the Noya Scotian ports. The prevailing t er tree of New 3runswick is the white spruce, t Nova Scotia being cut from the black spr the difference. For purposes g re required the black spruce rt r rs to the bark. : Large sized trees n I ~ river are said to be getting s¢ rawn per tributaries ¢ from the up} heavy rain falls res freshet seen On —The recent very month in the grea 1353. Not only was railway tr Frederickton interfered with, but the damage j has extended to other parts of the province—rallway ane other bridges being swept away, logs set adrift, crops destroyed and other attendant injury sustained. Fair Mill, and the bridge connected with it, were in rer of being carried away. They were saved by stones being carted to them and placed on their floors as ballast. The water rose over the mooring posts at Millerton wharf and a good deal of jumber much that was lying rafted in that vicinity broke 2 Hundreds of It was feared that Somers’ and y ana of it went adrift. thousands of f must have thus gone adrift. Bryanton’s drives would go adrift, but when the N ythwest sheer boom was partially broken away, the logs that went down stream were caught and saved by a temporary boom stretched across the Northwest at Sinclair’s. The wharf connected with the Redbank mill was badly damaged and the mill boom just above it carried away. Between twenty and thirty thousand feet of logs ran out of Barnaby river and nearly all of them went to sea with those from the Southwest. NOVA SCOTIA. —Hugh Robertson, who built the Joggins raft, says there will be an end of business here if the export duty is levied and great deal He is going to British Columbia to build a timber raft for San Fran- timber owners hold to the high prices. It cost a more to get the raft torn apart than he supposed. cisco and one for Chilli. _-Last month it was reported that there would be no more Joggins rafts, but the latest information goes to show that such isnot the case. Mr. Robertson, who, as previously reported, is leaving for the Pacific coast to take charge of a log raft there, has closed a contract with parties on the spot to supply tim- ber at the Joggins for a raft six hundred feet long and contain- ing twenty thousand sticks. This raft, it is expected, will be launched next July. —A correspondent from Bridgewater writing to a contem- porary says: The present season has been very favorable for There has been a larger manufacture in our water mills than ever known before, stock, and kept the Vessels have been the lumbermen of this part of our province. as seasonable rains brought down the rivers at a good sawing head all summer. scarce, and freight rates very much higher than for the last few years, therefore shippers have not been able to move lumber freely. Stocks are larger than usual. There is now piled at Bridgewater about 8,000,000 feet, at Port Medway, 4,000,000 and at Liverpool 2,000,000, which may have to remain over winter or serve for winter shipment when the The logs in the This will en- able the mills to start, as the timber has to come from the The most engrossing the saw mill men is the sawdust demand from the West Indies reaches here. rivers will likely remain there ull next spring. heads of the streams, and is late in reaching the mills. subject now question. By a late edict of our paternal government, they are required ‘‘to keep all sawdust from the streams in Nova Scotia.” To enforce this will curtail the business very much, as most of the mills are direct action (the saw gate connected with the wheel), and there will be waste in any attempt 10 stop the sawdust ; and as most of the timber lands are nearly exhausted there is not stock enough to warrant the large €x- ~ We think stoppage of business until the matter ppag pense of removing the sawdust by machinery. there will be a general is adjusted, as we cannot see the justice of the large Canadian and New Brunswick mills throwing all their refuse into the rivers, At Ottawa where the greatest quantity is manulac- tured, they are allowed to grind up the edgings, ete., and Until the edict is removed there will not likely be much preparation for next year’s work, as it will not do to cut timber and allow it to spoil in the log. dump that also into the river. ree NOP ae Le sO eal sO » Sie ew 47 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. AEs We WO eel Ne Ve Toronto, Ont. TORONTO, Oct. 29th, 1888. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 14% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. . 83s ea 00 1% and thicker, three uppers, American inspection. . 00 1% and thicker, pickings, American inspection. . Oe 00 IXI0 & 12 dressing a tL ert dec el wee 2000 2200 1X10 & 12 mill run.. Ranpaeeraoaes apeoaaan, Hey CY) io) (ofo) IXIO & 12 dressing. . 1600 1800 {x10 & 12 common. 1200 1300 IX10 & 12 spruce culls.. SARITA neato et COLO OMIMDTAOO Tena ce ey ioayilll Cul Saw Gewaide as Can Han GD Gale nanenee ne 9 00 I inch clear and picks FES ai chaeahs core ect aera peace sey cle 2400 2600 00 2000 iP TaN Eloy Chidesisiiayer euavel leXerSieno su aanoonnendoodensinanosecs 1 I inch siding mill run. Baines tee 1 inch siding common. 1 inch siding shi culls.. 1 inch siding mill culls Gulscantinee! Lame Enan Osteo atone: 9 14 and thicker cutting up plank.. Eabetafetep pasate eeacteti ae alors 2200 25 1 inch strips 4in to Sinmilinun eee eae 1400 15 Iinch strips, common. Il0O 12 1K Thain ithoabseer, sapanbananoase cee ee eta ree 14 1% inch flooring.. 1400 1500 XXX shingles, sawn. FACTO CCRT Pea ce ae 240 250 XOXGRES HN CLES Sawinlaene cars eel. eset sei ae unica nie TAO) eso. Lath, uungles canny Ht Sgngaeiia acjon cage RE Re Eee 180 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards & scantling$10 00/Dressing stocks..... 16 00@20 00 Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00 miscuous widths......... 12 00/ Three Upeele Am. inspect. 40 00 stocks.... 13 00 M. Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 o0|/1%-i “in. flooring, dres’d 25 00 3000 x 18 ft 14 o0|/1% * rough .. 14 00 15 00 Hs Borie wily (orally YS ““ dres’d .. 23 00 25 00 ne S22) ft ooo ee “* undres’d 14 vo cP Da ZATLDAT OO i “ dres’d... 16 00 20 00 oe “26 ft 18 00 ey ““undres’d 12 00 14 00 Gb DO. sfssaiie Gila) (fo) Eee) sheeting, ore “ ** 30 ft 20 00 00 20 00 ee ‘32 ft 21 00 Clapboarding, ‘dres’ a 12 50 iD OO Bite oe Spingles a ... 22 50@22 50] _ per Teen Si e200) ss a 36 ft 24 00/Sawn mee 2 25 Ms es 3 ite27moo|INecoako meen tenes ae ze 00 25 00 u 40\to 44. ft 30 oo) White “............ 00 30 00 Cutting u eee 14% and Basswood, No. 1 & 2 00 20 00 thicker 25 09 26 o0/Cherry, No. 1&2... 50 00 60 00 18 00 20 00)White ash, 1 &2.... 35 00 30 00 Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 25 00 Ottawa, Ont. OTTAWA, Oct. Dimensions, Inches. Per M. 27th, 1888. -00 8 selected 16 ft. long, above adimensigne 8.50 to Cull strips, 1 in. ete, 3 to pe WIG Grasp eminent 7.00 to § Mill cut outs.. Salata te eA, SOUT 4.00 to 5 Scantling. i t ateg be ee - : t 7.00 Laths.. Seana tara on a cementation 1.25 SOE ANOMIS, WSS. uh emman ae Rbe seihca conn 10,00 1 inch siding outs, 1%, 17, Dee eofevtares Mein. eieydetercutscat 15.00 ‘* outs from shorts, 1b iss Ot Ae a Se 6.50 to 7. Outs from stock s e nis 10.00 to 12. Shingles, X........ 1.25 a Dak abate 2.00 Bs YOOX. NoUoodarnotcdentan areas 2.00 re cedar, No. tr. 2.00 to 2. PoeeGeU ar ncullser 1.25 Difference in planed lumber, in waste e and d planing 5.00 Ditto, on average good stock ; * Hamilton, Ont. 20.00 to 25. 00 HAMILTON, Oct. 29th, 1888. Mill cull boards and Dressing stocks......$1600 1800 scantlings. -& 9 oo@I0 00/14 flooring, rough. . 1600 1800 Siieping.culllboards 1% flooring, rough. . - 1600 1800 romiscuous widths. 1000 1200\1% flooring, dressed . 25 00 Shipping cull stocks. 14 00|/1%4 flooring, dressed . 32 00 Scantling and joist up 1 flooring, dressed. 21 50 23 00 to 16 feet........... 13 00|Beaded sheeting 1, .. 25 60 30 00 do up to 18 feet . 13 50/Picks, Am inspection 32 00 3400 do up to 20 feet . 14 00 Three uppers Am. In. 4c 00 do up to 22 feet 1§ 00/XXX sawn shingles.. 260 270 do up to 24 feet ...... 16 00/Sawn Lath...../..,. 22 do up to 26 feet ...... 17 o0/Red Oak...... ...... 2000 25 00 do up to 28 feet ...... 18 00/White Oak........... 25.00 3000 do up to 2 feet . 20 00| Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1600 2000 Cuttin plank 1Y% |Cherry No.1 &2..... 6000 7000 andt ic er dry..... 2000 25 00/White Ash No. re 2. 25.00 3000 Cutting up boards, . 20 00/Black Ash No. 1 & 2. 2000 25 00 St. John, N. B. St. JOHN, Oct. 29th, 1888, Deals, Boards, Scnating, ete. Spruce deals - - - - - $12 oo/Spruce IsoeWiGly SS SS ite Pine ch, | wo eCp Puna onda dy 00/Pine = = =12 00@4o0 DeeiGacls = 5 & as 5 ay GeO ree We Ey Se i Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash - - - = 15 00@25 Isteieloyelie Ss See 1S Shingles. Spruce, extra - - - - - $3 So ; ING Sas an lenny YO OEE SSS FE SEO) Saal Mhals ol ok Sh apse cy Ae se NOeamextrag =r ek Clapboards. Pine, exthalg= = fo = = ak o0/Spruce, extra = = = = = = 24 GleaTSe = 00} : clears) ==) = = a8 peeeciclearsi—. —i ire Gayo} iret Novi = = rs Ib cs Nowe - - - 10 Flooring, Dressed. OU NOM =) = a) = ir a INS NO = == = - = To BaeeN Ono iit) (=) (Retro OG] Mane Ou oem sgiicie fee Scare Miscellaneous. Staves - - - - = 3 a0@ 4 50 Laths - - - - = Heading, aie in. per pr. OH EIGKEtS plot mG so@rs in o4) 8 o§%/Railway ties - - iw 22in. 04% 06 | 1 So 00 T§ Goderich, Ont. GODERICH, Oct. 27th, 1888. PRICES IN CAR LOTS. Tinchy Mal Gull se eras ee eee ee $8 00@ 8 50 UXO-O-TONke M2 COM One an 12 00 TO=8 TORGn 2 mG LeSS UC ant a ae 16 00 IXLA Vand wider common. yen ree ee 12 00 EXT, PER eS vheSSINn cy sai eee eee 16 00 TY rdressing as. 11% G1 -ccc 16 0G 1G PPR AIRED, URS Sy aos; wamclon 16 00 1% Norway pine flooring Cee Le eee ar ods tt 14 00 1% ta A ME SUM re Es i a ae 14 00 1 inch clear and picks 4 toginch......... 25 00 I inch or OF calls AWN 8) 6 mats a 26 00 I inch od +) iospwandiaph wee 27 00 Dandie zaclearsandpickss sss me 35 00 WAND WANES bc yuo g one ob uy ie desea d ae 1 80 2:inch™ pine jOistasve eee eee eee II 50 12 co ZmchyNORWAy a OS tea ne aa II 00 Montreal, Que. MONTREAL, Oct. 29th, 1888. Pine, 1st qual’ y @ M $35 00 40 00|Basswood.run pe Pine,znd 2200 2500] culls out per M... $1600 2000 Pine, Stipe ing, culls aK, DEY Mo. 2s. 4900 5000 Bi Mae aicaeegee is 1400 1600|Walnut, per o..... 6000 95 00 Pine, 4th quality herry, per M 75.00 9000 deals fap iNet rere 1000 1200|Butternut, per M 3000 4000 Pine, mill culls, ™ 800 10 00|Butternut, per M 3000 4000 Syruce, per M...... 1000 1300/Birch, per M....... 1800 2500 Hemloc ne He M. 900 1000|Hard Maple, per M 2000 25 00 Ash, run of log culls Math perimis.c. .. 00 150 170 out DEL Mines sae 1600 1800 Shingles, Ist,perM 300 32% Shingles, and, perM 150 20 Saginaw, Mich. SAGINAW, Oct. 29th, 1888. CARGO LOTS. Wppersin j-4 pene 36 00@38 colNorwayin 2. 2a. 8 50@ 9 so Commoner arn 16 00 21 colboxermer wenn tree 8 50 11 00 Shi ae ng Culls 8 50 10 oo Straight measure . . 11 00 18 00 Mil Us. ee boolltemiocks.. i: cie.: 750 800 YARD QUOTATIONS—CAR LOTS DPY Drop Siding. Glearte7ainpe see 42 ee i % in 30 00 ra ae ee eee 28 o 19 00 Biri’, eae 26 sl Pian and Siding—Dressed. Flooring, clear, d & m 40 00 Sieiiey clear, lick iy ane 22 00 No.1 ers 33 00 A ae 23 00 No. 2 30 00 Be oe ee 17 00 No. 3 20 00 ORY Us aes 14 00 No. 4 13 00 D “eaataic 12 00 ara: Lumber— Rosgh Three uppers, rin. . 42 00@45 oo pate common, 1 in, . 32 00@32 00 1% &1% . 44 00 46 00 Me Soe2Te, se 33 00 Selects, Tin. - 3600 37 oC, 7,8 & gin. 25 00 1% &2in, , 38 00 Base, a saws No. 1 40 00 Nola! = 30 00 No, 3 20 00 Coffin boards 16 in. and over 18 Joist, Scantling and Timber. 12 to 18 feet a 00 22 feet . ree 12 00 20 feet . 00) 24) feet vce, 13 00 Plank and tumher: 12 inches wide, $t extra. Wide Select and Common—Rough. C (No. 1 com.) rin. and up 28 oo/D (common) I4in. and up . 16 00 Lath, Shingles and Pickets, Lath, No. 1 ; 1 50\Country brands XXX 3 25@ 3 35 No. 1 I 00 Clear butts .°. 225 2 35 Shingles, river brands P’kts,2 to 244 inrough 12 00 13 00 XXX + + 3 40@ 3 Sol Dressed 20 00 Clear butts . . | 240 2 Soi\1Min. square, dressed 14 00 19 00 Philadelphia, Pas PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2 White Pine. Mich. uppers, 1 to 2 14 to 2 in. plank, in., dry . .... $48 00@§0 oo! barn quality....... 22 50@25 00 2,3& 4 nets 55 00 6c oo\Common plank ..... 20 00 22 00 Siletsm ~ 0 2in. 42 50 45 00/78 box boards, wide.. 14 00 16 S0 26 3iSdin)...:.. 41 00 43 90/5¢ siding, selected . 27 50 3000 I2in. flooring quality 30 00 32 So/Culls, 32 in......... 1§ 50 3700 19 00 23 00 Wides. ':.¢ccccc. ¥500) 16.06 Edge an all widths 18 00 20 00} Narrows: 13 50 No. 1moulding ..... 3600 38 50 Cargo Lots. Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 oo|Scantling and plank 20 00 Heart face boards... 1900 2100 Flemlock Boards and Scantling. Edge boards........ 10 50@11 So/Scantling, 2x3 & 2x4, 12 in. stock . eee 1050) 112/00) rosa tte semanas 12 00@13 00 Fencing, 6in., 16 ft... 14 50 1200| 3Xx4,to 12,12to20ft. 1100 11 50 Shingles and Posts. Cypress shingles, 24 Cedar shingles, 30 in. in. heart, d- e b .. 13 00@18 00 hand dressed. . 35.00 4ooo 24in. sap,d & b. 1000 12 00Chestnut ROStSs 9 ft, 32 00 | GI nine 28 00 HARDWOOD. Walnut. Nos. 1& 2, rin., Boer Reject or common, 1 dry, Indiana Saeed 7 50@ 95 00|_in., 14 and up..... 72 50@77 So ARCA vic 5 coe o 50 100 oo Culls, r in........... 35.00 37 §0 Nos aneiugeen Bec 7250 7750 1% in. &up..... 3500 4000 Poplar. Nos. 1 & 2, gin. good Nos. 1 & 2,14 in. & wide, Indiana ..... 28 00@27 So} _up, gonde wide: Ind. 3250 3600 Dims OS eeetenates 2800 32 soColumns, 5x5 & up | (GlGSIE. ty eee is 35.00 35 50 Oak. Nos. 1 & 2,1in., good Nos.1 & 2,14 in. & western, straight.. 32 §0@35 00} up, good western, quartered . <<) 40) 00 5 SO 05), Straight... cs woes 35.00 37 So quartered .. §2 50 55 00 Ash. Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good \Nos.1 & 2, 14 in. & western ........... 35 co@4000| up, good western.. 32 50 4250 Yellow Pine—Yard and Whoelesate. Sc’tl » 2X4 to 12xT4 . 22 00 @23 00\Flooring, r in. Va. . 17.00 19 00 Plank, 14 to2 in. . 23.00 2750} 1&1 in. Ga. & Fl’g, T & 1K in. No.1 27 50 3000} Fla. cargo run . 22 00 2400 ) Cherry. , Nos. 1 & 2,rin., good 62 50 70 oo/Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in, & up, good... spose: 65 50 7000 r < . New York City. New York, Oct. 29th, f Black Walnut. % in., allclear...... $8 00@ 82 o¢|Culls, linch......:.$35 00@ 37 00 1and1¥% inches.... 9200 97 99 Culls, thick. ........ See BO 1% and thicker..... 98 00 105 oo Counter tops, 13 in. REJECTS p20 s-cne eee 5209 55 00 and over.......... 110 090 150 Poplar, or White Wood. | a ee inches ane ir% to? inch)... 212 per 002% and thicker...... Xi A cone boards... ee 00 Ses Sap n 1 to2 inch Ss, Linch & thicker 28 09 30 o9C ante all thickness... 1inch, 8in. and over 26 00 2850, Dressed Poplar. 4 50@2% 00% in. clg. 4 to 6 in. I inch, 10 inch and ¥% inch panel 5% inch panel.. coo 28 00% in. clg.4to6in... % inch panel.. : | 29 00 30 00% in. clg. 4to6in.. x 4, 5, 6inch casing... 30 00 31 00% in. clg. 4 to6 in... 7, 5,9, 10 inch casing 32 00 33 09% in. clg. 4 to 6 in. Ash, rinch, white <2... 36 00@ 3 pa clear....... 1% to’2 inch... -.«. 37 00 ©=38 oo Black ash, good.. PetOid Wen ts eee 4900 41 oc Black ash, culls... Oak. 1 inch plain sawed, 36 o0@ 39 o| inches and over.. 1% to\2 Inch... -. 2. 37 00 «640 oc/ Thicker............ 4 Thicker Fg eee 5 41 oo Strips under 6in.... 3 90 Quarter-sawed, white, all clear. 6- Cherry 4 %4in., white & Clear.. 65 oo@ 70 {2% and thicker..... 88 oof@ 95 00 rich: -..0 ee 7 = 80 oc} reps tops, 18 in. 8500 . ry inchistrips...7..08 PA oo| and over..>.c.sune re LZ itor2 OCH. ee oo Culls, all thickness ‘Be ‘ | * aresBlaneads : Chestnut, clear..... 33 00@ 35 oo\Hickery, old growth o Chestnut common.. 20 00 23 oo Hickery, and growth 7o nab Basswood white.... 3000 632 of} Elm...... Basswood common.. 20 09 23 oo Sycamofe........ .. 24 00 Maple, clear........ 25.00 30 oo Birch, clear......... 3200 3600Gum . rt Birch, 1s and2s..... 2600 3 coButternut. . . Cottonwood........ 2006 22 oo! Boston, Mass. Boston, Oct. 2gth, 1 Western Pine—by car load. Uppers, rin .. $48 00@s0 00! Fine coms aaa 46 0050 00 1%, 1 &2in .... 47 99 2 Nog ring ine com. 29 00 oO gs 35 00 14, 1% &2in..... 31 2 Selects, 1 in. 2: 45 00 No. 1 strips, 4to6in 41 00 00° 1 Be 2 & 2in.. oo 4000: No. 2c oe cae @0- ee 52 00] NO,.3 << sense eee | OO- Wanlituetawene! 7to Cut ups, 1 to 2in.... | GO- 11 inch clear. . 37 00 41 00 Coffin boards... .. .. = oo 60 per cent clear 3$ 00 37 co Common all widths . 00- Fine common 1 inch 37 00 42 09 Shipping culls... oe mj 9 00: 14%, 146 & 2inch... 40 00 42 00 Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load. . 40 006843 0o| Clapboands, it sap 1 I, wie 3. a . 2800 3000) clear Sap, and clear Shi g bds & coarse Heart extra ship mi 12 90} Heart clear... .. 2. Wi est’rn pine clapbds : 4 ft. sap extra .. .. 43.00 45 00) Spruce—by Cargo. Coarse, ro . 12 0013 oo Hemlock Scantling and plank, random cargoes . 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It is evident that their suppiy of standing timber at points across the lakes is falling short and they are driven to have recourse to our forests. Now we have not too much pine for our own mills and the employment of our own so the development of this system of transportation in the log is not at all to be encouraged. The Dominion export duty on saw logs has hitherto acted as a deterrent to a very consider- able degree, but as the demand for logs for United States mills becomes more pressing the restraining influence seems to have lost its effect. It is not the easiest fase in the world to col- lect this duty in the region where these operations are chiefly in vogue, but sneh ciate aie should be made by the Canadian authorities as will ensure their not being evaded. ni ae tal tan be | werk ee aes f mad “ government, November, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. THE LUMBER INDUSTRY OF THE OTTAWA VALLEY. The following report, written by United States Consul Hotchkiss, a press edition of which was recently issued by is an able exposition of the subject on which it treats. At this juncture it will be read with profit by both Canadian and American operators who are interested in the question of free lumber. The report bears date February 2 : In previous annual reports the fact has been stated that the Ottawa district was a manufacturing and not an agricultural district. The exportations of agricultural products are merely nominal, deserviag of little attention through their insignifi- cance. The all-absorbing industry is that of lumber, which is, as a specialty, not equaled in its extent and value at any other point in the Dominion. Such being the situation, my report will be confined mainly to facts and figures which are incident to the prosecution of the lumber business, not only of this district, but of the locality of country known as the Ot- tawa valley, through which, by means of the Ottawa river, this locality is drained of its forest products, and which river also furnishes the magnificent power to operate the saws which reduce the logs to shapely lumber. The business of the past year has moved steadily onward. No difficulty has been experienced in readily marketing the output, and at prices fully equal to that of any preceding year. All desirable lots, meaning those lots especially known for their desirable qualifications, either sawed American style, viz: boards and plank, or English style, th ree-inch ‘‘ deal,” were principally sold before any of the season’s logs were sawed. In this connection I may add that probably 50 per cent. of all the stock which will be sawed at Ottawa and vi- cinity in the season of 1888 is already sold, even while the trees are yet standing in the forests. The yearly output of the Ottawa city lumber mills will approximate 350,000,000 feet. The product of mills tributary to Ottawa and its agency, Grenville, will aggregate 250,000,000 feet, making 600,000,000 feet for the Ottawa valley district. These aggregate figures to those unacquainted with lumber, or unaccustomed to lumber figures, will appear enormous ; but when I say that these figures, multiplied by three, will not re- present the full sum of the yearly requirements of the lumber trade of Chicago alone, their insignificance will be apparent. A false impression too generally prevails in regard to the importance-and the influence on the American lumber markets of the pine lumber produced in Canada, as also the quantity of her available pine and the general quality thereof. In re- gard to the production of sawed pine lumber of a quality available for the United States market, and suitable for the demands of the English market, I firmly believe that the yearly aggregate will not exceed 1,000,000,000 feet. This quantity must be doubled to supply Chicago, and is but a fair supply for the little village of Tonawanda, N.Y., while Buffalo would simply view this quantity with complacency as bidding fair for her one year’s necessities. This quantity, however, must be divided between the United States and England with other foreign markets, while Canada, for her own requirements, must, of necessity, reserve a por tion. As it is with the United States alone I have to deal in this report, I have made great efforts to obtain reliable figures, both in feet and values, of the trade of this section with the United States for the calendar year 1887. I have carefully compiled from the 2,875 certificates which have passed through this office for the year a table of the quantity of sawed lum- ber, with other forest products and the values thereof. Through the kindness and courtesy of the consuls at Prescott and Brockville, I am also enabled to give the amount in feet and value which has been declared through these consulates, which combined with Ottawa, embrace the total exports of forest products of the Ottawa valley. In my judgment the quantity indicated by the figures is a reasonable approximate to one-half of the amount of sawed pine lumber which is ex- ported from Canada to the United States. The unprecedented drouth of the past year, during the saw- ing season and until very late in the fall, undoubtedly curtailed the cutting capacities of the mills at Ottawa, specially and to a degree that of all the mills located on the Ottawa river, and which likewise extended to the log supply. The winter opened with a shortage of lumber on the docks for drying, estimated to be fully 50,000,000 feet. This shortage will be shown in the business of 1888, that of 1887 being merely nominally affected thereby. The important question now so widely agitating the Ameri- can people, that of free lumber, and I may add free logs—for free lumber to the Canadian should mean free logs to the American—is one on which I may not be expected to venture a personal opinion, but I may be permitted, from the stand- oint of a lumberman of over 45 years active experience in the lumber business in Canada and the United States, to re- view the situation as it appears to exist, and permit others to draw such conclusions therefrom as may enlighten them to- ward reaching a just termination of a complicated question. I think I am warranted in presupposing that the desired ob- ject to be attained in the remission of the duty on lumber is an anticipated benefit to the American consumer at large, both by cheapening the market price now, as well as tending to prolong the existence of American forests by the substitu- tion of Canadian lumber and logs—the only other country which has white pine timber. Will the remission of the $2 duty have the desired effect ? I think not, and will give my reasons for the conclusion that no appreciable benefit will transpire to the American con- sumer, and why and how the advantage will accrue to the Canadians. The control of the prices of lumber in the United States is certainly and absolutely in the hands of the timber owners and large mill men. The standing timber is held in large bodies by heavy capitalists, who, owning the mills, can govern the supply of manufactured lumber, and this element of first control is the chief factor in making yearly market values, it being influenced only by the probable demand, present or prospective. assert that in the making of prices the American lumber- [<> = at" aan : od as ® oat “Wid he -— men have never been controlled or scarcely influenced in any degree by the competition of Canadian pine lumber. I con- fine my remarks to pine lumber, and have nothing to offer in respect to the spruce and hemlock of the eastern portion of Canada, tributary to the eastern states, or to the lumber of the northwest provinces, tributary to the United States terri- tories and far western states; but to the white pine sawed lumber, the produce of the middle part of the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, lying between Montreal on the east and Lake Superior on the west, within which bounds is produced the only quantities of white pine worthy of any consideration, and which embraces the Ottawa valley, the chief outlet of this immense district or pine belt lying north of the Ottawa river. The fact that pine trees are not reproduced enters largely into the question of possibility of control of the timber. The question how, as well as by whom, are the pine forests of the United States and Canada owned and controlled is a factor in determining the future of prices and of the possible advan- tages to be derived by the proposed legislation. The manner in which the United States Government has disposed of its timbered possessions is well understood, and that individual purchasers have come into possession of them in fee simple at a fixed price per acre ; that having thus ob- tained absolute control and ownership they can and da manage their own business affairs in connection therewith without let or hindrance from the government as grantor, such lands, subsequent to purchase by individuals, being subject only to local and state taxation. The timber thereon is cut at will or left standing, as the necessities or inclinations of the owners may compel or induce. Turning now to the Canadian timber we find a widely differ- ent practice. The forest possessions are not sold by the governments which are the owners. The lands in Quebec are controlled by the provincial government of Quebec, while those in Ontario are controlled oy the provincial government of Ontario. The Dominion government owns and controls but a limited area in the northwest. The forest possessions are not sold in fee simple, but are leased for a term of one year, under certain conditions and regulations, the wzodus of doing which is by public auction. Whenever the government may deem it judicious or opportune to dispose of certain areas of timbered lands it gives public notice of the time and place, with a description of the lands to be disposed of, and the pri- vilege of leasing is put up for the highest attainable sum, which sum is to be paid simply as a bonus for the privilege of | being the lessee of the lands offered, under conditions of lease or license which are statutory, and, of course, well understood by the bidders. The chief conditions of the lease, termed a “timber license,” are that the lessee shall (additional to the first “‘ bonus” paid), on the first day of May, pay into the crown land office a certain sum per squire mile (640 acres), which sum was originally $1 ; then it was advanced to $2, and is now fixed at $3. If any trees have been cut on lancs covered by the license, such cutting shall be duly reported under oath, and crown dues paid therefor according to the tariff schedule, as given below : ‘ QUEBEC. ONTARIO. Oak and walnut, per cubic foot........... $0 04 $o 03 * Maple, elm, ash and tamarack. pel cu. ft. 02 Norway and white pine, birch, asswood, cedar and other square timber, per cubic OO TA ee eens @/= 02 02 Pine saw logs, including culls, each ...... 22 (*) Spruce saw logs, 13% feet long, each..... 05% Io Hemlock saw logs, 1314 feet long, each... 06 0 Hardwood saw logs and tamarack, round. 22 25 Balsam saw logs, 13% feet long, each..... 05 0 Pipe staves, per 1,000........ see. ees ees 7 00 7 00 Wiiesit WinGlian SUANIES novocsceegcccmtaueuncaoe 4 2S 2 25 Cordwood, hard, per cord of 128 feet...... 16 20 Cordwood, soft, per cord of 128 feet ...... hs 12% Cedar rails, 10 to 12 feet long, per I00..... 25 OL Cedar pickets, per 109......-.-.--.++.--+- 15 oI Cedar or pine shingles, short, per 1,009... 08 OI Cedar or pine shingl-s, long, per 1,090.... 15 or Cedar telegraph poles, each.............. 06 ol Cedar fence posts, per foot in length..... 00% or Cedar hop poles, per 100........---...--+- 20 ol Rails, other than cedar, per 100........... 10 or Pickets. other than cedar, per 100........ 05 Or Railway ties, any timber, each........... 02 (tT) Hemlock lath wood. per cord........-.... 15 ol Hemlock bark, per cord.........-..--.--. 32 30 Birch sticks, 28 feet long. each............25 to 3oc. 1c. per cu. it. Knees, according to size. each ... > 59 Axes © (7) Futtocks, according to size, each.........10 to 25c. 10 Cedar for shingles, per cord.............. 16 1214 Pine for shingles, per cord................ 20 124 Boom timber, round spruce, per lineal ft. 00% or cub. Boom timber, pine or tamarac, pr lineal ft. oI Small,round spruce spars, under ten feet, TRATIOAINLO Olen tant srreraer Title Birch, per cord of 128 feet............... 30 (*) $1 per roo feet. (+) 15 per cent. ad valorem. ADDITIONAL EXPORT DOMINION CUSTOMS TARIFF. 5 QA. INP i “bSbybansse Pine and Norway saw logs. per 1,099 feet, board measure. .... $2 00 Spe and hemlock saw logs, per 1,000 feet, board measure. I 00 Shingle bolts. per cord of 128 feet............ aoe I 50 By the character and sum of the annual land dies ($300) and the nature and amount to be paid as timber dues (per tariff), a full appreciation of the position of the lessee will be had, while the lessor, the government, it will be also observed, continues its sole control over the timber. The only right which the lessee possesses is to cut the timber on his licensed lands and annually pay the government its demands, and when promptly paid the continued right to renew the license yearly. It is likewise the right of the government to change the terms and conditions at will, taking effect after the first of May of the following year. I will refer to the last order mak- ing such changes, by which it will be seen how absolute is the government control and their disposition in the premises. DEPARTMENT OF CROWN LANDs, TORONTO, April 29. 1887. Public notice is hereby given that, by order in council of 27th in- stant, the rate of ground rent on timber limits or berths is increased from $2 to $3 per Square mile per annum; and the dues on square and waving pine timber are increased from 1% to 2 cents per cubic foot; and the dues on pine saw logs are increased from 75 cents to Se thousand feet, board measure. ; ; he increased ground rent to be payable on licenses to cut tim- ber granted and renewed on and after the first day of May, 1887; and the increased dues on pine timber and pine saw logs to be pay- able on such pine timber and saw logs as may be cut after the aate last above mentioned. (Signed F. B. PARDEE, Commissioner. | 9 It will be observed that this order ‘ April 29th, to take effect May Ist, and that withc r fic of intention being given. This order 1 ‘ upon limit holders varying in its ¢fi c es according to their holdings, Dut in sums ranging approximately from $1,000 to $80,000 individually on the ans r , on the lands, in addition to which come rther ‘ on the timber cut. I have been thus explicit in describing the systems of the two countries, for to my mind they are ke whic he situation and effect may be safely prejudgec im case free ber becomes a reality. There is no dispute that the American mar {z rer contr the making of prices. In doing this he not influence y the Canadian supply in any degree. If the duty of $2 is re moved it will not affect the American price, because } never been a factor and will still be unfelt No lower price will prevail in the United States than heretofore, and no « ent net results will be experienced by the man ifacturer. Canadian, on the contrary, will Jay his timber wn in the American market at $2 less per thousand, anc will ob for it the same as the American dogs, so that the net result to the Canadian manufacturer will be a clear gain of the $2 which the American government has remitted. This additional net result to the Canadian manufacturer will, however, be of very brief duration. Having shown how the governments their control of the timber lands and their dispositi them to the utmost, I am confident that will pass before a public notice will issue 1 increase in annual and timber dues has | council, in sums sufficient to absorl the provincial treasuries. Some 1nay question the light treatment which I giv duction of Canada lumber exported to the U I believe the statement to be sound and re dian sawed pine lumber sent to the United St for sumption is not sufficient in volume to affect prices by being a factor in any degree. The following table, showing in feet and value the declared exports of sawed lumber and value only of other forest pro- ducts for the calendar year ending December 31st, 1887, will be proof positive to experienced lumbermen of the soundness of my conclusions. This table embraces the declared exports of pine at the ports of Ottawa, Grenville, Brockville and Prescott, and is a fully reliable statement of the exports to the United States of the Ottawa valley section. the $2 per ited con- ’ | For In bond Location. }consump-| Value. for ex- alue ; tion. port | Beet. Feet : Ottawa ....| 150,195, 8 33.698. 348 $610,795.71 $1 Grenville ..| 30,695,339 63, oe Prescott...) 9.497.563 23 Brockville .| 36.747,.472 429.979.64 Total ..| 227,139.959/$2.827,234.55 33-698.348 $610.795.71 $22 The following shows the exports from Canada (customs turns) of pine boards and plank from all of Canada to the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30: first bears a percentage to the total exported in 1887 of 50 per cent., showing the important position which the Ottawa dis- trict holds in this industry. The second table will show also the correctness ment that the volume of pine lumber exported to the United States from Canada is too insignificant to have any influence in of my state- the making of prices in the United States. The figures show that if all the lumber sent into the United States from Canada was placed in the Chicago market it w ould supply but one- quarter of the requirements of that market alone, and but one-half of the quantity handled in either Tonawanda or Buffalo. s shown to be exported to the United States, they are of no account whatever, nor do I believe that able timber, would make a few spasmodic attempts to import empt to logs from Canada, but a very brief att handle logs across the lakes would develop the superiority of the location nearer the timber. In addition to this, by operating their mills in Canada they would find the English markets open to them, for it is in Canada that the English buyer of pine lum- ber always has and undoubtedly will coniinue to look for his stock. This advantage to the manufacturer is one which will not be lost or disregarded, for the English market requires from Canada pine lumber (mainly cut into “ deal *’) in volume about half as large as is sold to the States. The English de- mand also is gradually changing in the character of its require- ments of ‘‘ deals,” sawed boards and plank. That the character and volume of the English trade demand for sawed pine lumber from Canada may, be appre- ciated, and its relative importance to the Canadian as compared to his trade with the United States, I append a Pes ods ee ee OL cies ee 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. statement of the exports to Great Britain for the same years which I have hcretofore given for that to the United States. This comparison shows. that fully double the quantity is sent into the United States market in feet over that sent into the English market, ,but as that sawed for the English is 90 per cent ‘‘ deals,” sawed 3 inches thick, and is now accepted down in quality made from quite ‘‘ commonstock,” the greater the manufacturer lies in catering to the ce advantage to English requirements. PINE BOARDS, PLANKS AND ‘‘ DEALS’ EXPORTED FROM CANADA TO GREAT BRITAIN IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. (CANADIAN STA- TISTICS.) 1884. 1855. FEET, VALUE. Bee VALUE. Plank and boards ..| 24,484,000] § 297,78¢ 156,000] $ 251,270 ID GHG Scopes noes 700,766,000 7,610,813) a 393,250 2,679,670 MO tales ain nei: | 725,250,000| $7,908,599| 217,549,250| $2,930,340 1886. 1887. a Sr; FEET. VALUE. FEET. VALUE. Plank and boards..| 12,673,000) $ 155,221| 17,016,000] $ 241,360 WEA Sean cher :] 205,326,000 2,944,230] 207,861,500) 3,148, 161 Mota Seeiacseecs 217,999,000) $3,099.451| 224,877,500] $3,389,521 The abnormal exports of the year 1884 will be specially observed, but cannot be explaired. This subject is a: prolific one, and very many points of interest and commercial value could be entered into in connection therewith, but to do this would occupy more space than is allotted to this character of consular reports. If, however, from the statements, conclusions and Statistics given I have assisted toward a clearer understanding of the free lumber problem the purpose in view will have been attained. OTTAWA EXPORTS. [Reported for THE LUMBERMAN by Geo. W. Consul. ] Hotchkiss U.S. The following statement gives the declared Exports to the United States, of forest products from Ottawa, Canada, for the quarter ending Sept. 30. 1888. VALUE. Teumiber etcetera ree 58,892,240 $772,323.28 ILE) “jens ooelo omanaone 15,732,050 19,588. 52 Pickets, BOSéon0ns rhode 2,425,283 12,150.87 lore Slnoaks, Welle bie aaa 6,000 47,171.42 eOStshanviallemanscntaedata Govey: 6,775 397.50 ROLES anvallle ran teste uate sarsie 508 482.60 Slmuigedles, Wis secopassens 1,463,000 2,944.01 IRs IRS MES}, CSe 000 06/5 0-0 10,931 2,653.65 Hemlock Bark, cds..... 1,059 5,295.00 Match Blocks, cds...... 287 1,004.00 $864,010.85 Lumber shipments apportioned as follows : LSI Ges ais a a eR nT 36,284, 340 IB Veal epee fase eee My wan dcia eh fe 22,607,900 Motal Mumiberofifeetyase yas gus. e ae. 58,892,240 FEET. V i LUE IO GNUGPa won ode o.cleas 53,794,780 687,124.07 In bond re-export...... 5,097,460 85,199.21 EOC eee ew mee 58,892,240 $772,323.28 OUR TIMBER EXPORTS TO BRITAIN. ~ Since our last issue the following cargoes of Canadian wood have been reported entered at the various United Kingdom ports :— Av BRIsToL.—Ontario, from Montreal, Aldine, from St. John, 13,596 deals, battens, scantiings, boards and ends. Norman, from Shediac, N. Bi, 15,587 deals, scantlings and ends. (Quebec, from Montreal, 2,596 pine deals, 2,075 red pine deals, 7,554 spruce deals. BELFAs?.—Lothair, from Miramichi, N. B., 19,505 deals, 5,000 palings. Barrow.—Habor, from Halifax, 6,855 deals. CarpirF.—Stella, from Shediac, N. B., 14,886 deals and ends. Odin, from Sheet Harbor, 14,019 deals and ends. J.H. McLaren, from St. John, 26,163 deals. St. John, 33,988 deals. CARVARNON.—Dusty Miller, from St John, N. B., birch logs, 2,891 birch planks, 4,461 deals, ends. FLEETWOOD.—Doore, from Halifax, N. S., 11,431 deals. GLAsGow.—A\lcides, from Montreal, 9, 603 deals, 163 pes. waney board, 358 pes. oak lumber, 62 pes. birch, 136 pes. ash. Chestina Redman, from Bangor, 42,238 bdls. spool- wood. Siberian, from Montreal, 4,581 pine deals. from Montreal, 3,600 staves, 6,556 deals. Grecian, fiom Montreal, 1,200 deals. Cock o’the North, from St. John, N. B., 2,129 birch planks, 5,508 spruce deals and battens. Ella Moore, from Spencer’s Island, Colina, from Montreal, 2,295. deals. Carthaginian, from Montreal, 4,493 deals and ends. Circe, from Montreal, 674 deals, 2,680 deal ends, 322 pcs. oak lumber. Concordia, ~ from Montreal, 1,260 pes. oak lumber, 15,800 deals. deals. 95 stds. Gettysburg, from 509 3,387 deals and Cynthia, 12,716 spruce deals. GLOUCESTER.—Estella, from Miramichi, N. B., 40,895 deals. Otto, from Miramichi, 16,598 deals. William Nordon, from New Mills, N. B., 24,419 deals. Vila, Chatham, N.B., 40,424 deals. GREENOCK.—Gylfe, from Quebec, 175 pes. oak, 120 pes. red pine, 602 pcs. waney pine, 1,616 deals, 2,267 deal ends, 491 spruce deals. Alfhild, from Quebec, 775 pcs. white pine, 16 pes. oak, 487 pcs. ash, 159 pcs. red pine, 72 pes. waney pine, 3,332 pine deal ends, 2,201 pine deals, 1,578 spruce deals. Norwood, from Quebec, 445 pes. red pine, 206 pes. oak, 109 pcs. elm, 44 pes. ash, 13 pes. maple, 339 pes. white pine, 455 pcs. waney pine, 2,385 deals, 2,185 pipe staves, 4,800 W.O.W.I. staves, 2,020 deal ends, 3,063 spruce deals. pes. oak, 152 pes. elm, 400 pcs. waney pine, 3,257 deals, 1,260 deal ends, 861 spruce deals, 3,338 pipe staves, 3,600 W.O.W.I. staves, 333 pes. square pine, 223 pes. red pine, 125 pcs. square pine. LEITH.—Martin Luther, from Quebec. 440 pcs. hewn fir, 13 pcs. hewn oak, 78 pcs. hewn elm, 29 pcs. hewn ash, 72 pcs. hewn birch, 6,650 deals and ends, 59 pes. hickory. Exalona, from Montreal, 3,308 deals, 307 deal ends. LIvERPOOL.—Lake Ontario, from Montreal, 8,082 deals, 4,149 boards. Sardinian, from Montreal, 761 deals. Trust, from West Bay, N. S., 13,799 deals and battens, 1,405 deal ends, 86 scantlings, 468 deals. Toronto, from Montreal, 19,635 deals, 2,490 boards, 106 deal ends. Puertoriqueno, from St. John, 33,525 deals and battens, 4,313 boards, 1,023 birch planks. Parisian, from Quebec, 1,854 pine deals, Sariva, from Montreal, 7,274 pine deals, 789 spruce deals. Hugo, from St. John, 784 stds. deals, 44% stds. ends. Valona, from Richibucto, N.B., 29,879 deals and ends. Lake Princess Alexander, from Quebec, 77 | Superior, from Montreal, 2,686 deals, quantity deals, boards | and ends. battens. Capulet, Valona, from Richibucto, 2,987 deals. Bertie | the bailiff. Biglow, from St. John, 17,459 deals and battens, 414 scant- | lings, 8,077 deal ends, 473 boards, 863 pes. birch. Circassian, from Montreal, 2,377 sidings, 6,922 deals, Oregon from Montreal, 16,948 deals, 8,097 deal ends, 3,386 boards, 2,329 pcs. elm. scantlings, 9,263 deal ends, 4,860 boards, 530 birch planks. Saturnina, from St. John, 53,963 deals and battens, 7,502 boards, 3,468 scantlings, 12,154 deal ends. Lennil, from St. John, 828 pes. birch, 17,563 deals and battens, 76 scantlings, 3,714 ends, 2,933 deal ends. Lake Ontario, from Montreal, 5,001 deals, 14,181 pes. lumber, 2,391 boards, 39 scantlings. Cassius, from Quebec, 14,322 spruce deals and ends, 1,127 pes. waney white pine, 505 pcs. square white pine, 71 pes. red hickory, 110 logs ash. Kanoma, from Richibucto, 35,399 fir deals and ends, 6,610 palings. 874 pine deals. Sardinian, from Montreal , Benan, from Chatham, N.B., 48,102 deals, boards and ends. Nikana, from St. John, 28,661 deals, 901 ‘cantlings, 4,141 ends, 1,890 boards. Polynesian, from Montreal, 1,163 pine deals. Montreal, from Montreal, 6,957 deals and ends, 461 deals, 9,921 boards. Montreal, 3,328 boards, 4,423 deals. Montreal, 9,528 deals, 5,522 boards. Vestfold, from Chatham, N.B., 550 deals, 657,700 palings. Northumbria, from Quebec, 182 pcs. oak. 56 pes. elm, 1,093 pes. white pine, 4,505 spruce deals, 1,600 spruce ends, Montreal, 11,035 2,250 boards, 7,575 deals and ends. Vanduora, from Quebec, 79 logs oak, 100 logs elm, 193 pes. red pine, 1,329 pes. white pine, 3, Lake Nipigon, from Lake Huron, from Vancouver, from deals, I 212 pine deals, 3,625 pine | deals and ends. Canopus, from Montreal, 5,210 boards, 1,882 21,712 deals. deals and ends, 10,000 fir palings. LoNbdoON.—Pomeranian, Montreal, 6,404 deals. Grass- brook, from Montreal,11,73i deals, 399 ash planks, 5,766 staves, 1,215 deal ends. Nestorian, from Montreal, quantity lumber, 3 pes. wood. Ulunda, from St. John, 11,594 deals, 40 stds. deals. Assyrian, from Montreal, 320 pes. oak. 179 pes. lum- ber, 10,017 deals. Freidrich, from Quebec, 46,168 deals, 3,093 ends. Corin, from Quebec, 30,995 deals, 1 803 ends, Fremona, from Montreal, 818 pes. lumber, quantity of bass- wood boards, 7,735 deals. LONDONDERRY. —Semaria, from Qnebec, 5 pes. hewn oak, 30 pes. hewn elm, 2 pes. hewn ash, 10 pes. hewn birch hewn fir, 1§,599 deals. fir. LLAANELLY.—Camilla, fram Pictou, N.S., 6 »544 pes. birch and sawn fir. PLyMoutTH.—Valborg, from Quebec, 23 pes. elm timber. Canova, from Quebec, 467 pes. hewn oak, 1,087 pes. hewn fir, 2,488 pes. sawn fir. SUNDERLAND,—Erminia, from Quebec, 577 pes. hewn fir, 719 deals. SWANSEA.—Spes and Fides, from Shediac, N. B., ro, 305 pes. sawn fir. Medusa, from Yarmouth N.S., 15,425 deals, 994 ends. Medusa, from Yarmouth, 5,160 sawn birch tim- ber. ends, » 377 Ellida, from Quebec, 830 pes. sawn Enrique, from St. John, 40,814 deals, 1,816 Capenhurst, from Miramichi, 21,431 | _ rough, $17 ; dressed $18 ; do, &x10 inch, rough, $16, ¢ . S | 6 inch, $29 ; and, do, $25 ; 3rd, do, $21 ; 4th, do $1 from Miramichi, 71,977 deals and | | facturing vessels from sawdust capable of resisting fire. coal | lengths ro feet and under. Paya TRALEE.—Parima, from St. John, N.B., 10,800 deals, Westport. —Eglfeden, from St. John, N. B., 8,504 deals. — YARMOUTH. —Budstikken, from Montreal, 5,991 deals and ends, 5,726 deal boards. Lydia, from Quebec, : 13.314 deals and ends. THE NEWS. QUEBEC. —The E.B. Eddy Manufacturing Co., of Hull, isnow manu- dust and mill refuse will soon become an important commana —The bad feeling which has prevailed for some weeks between the French and English- -speaking workmen em by Hurdman & Co., of Hull, culminated in a free fight a f nights ago among the hands. Over one hundred men ff ticipated in the fracas, and quite a number were injured by being struck with sticks and stones. vee —The saw mills belonging to the E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Co., of Hull, have suspended operations owing to the want logs. The transfer of Messrs. Hurdman & Co.’s 5 limits to the above company has been made. The price paid oi as stated in the deed of transfer was $320,000. The ener impression among the lumbermen is that the Eddy company have secured one of the best pieces of pine country in the ae tawa valley. The company intend only working their new limit for logs. No square timber will be taken out. a MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. | —Mr. Morden has opened a lumber yard at McGregor. " —A. H. Van Etten has opened a lumbed yard at Winnepeg. —Walker’s lumber yard at St. Boniface hat been 5 a by —Prominent Michigan lumbermen are exploring the Bier limits to the north of Calgary, N. W. T. ‘ —Mitchell has sold out his lumber business at Brandon, and contemplates starting a yard at Douglas. —The traffic on the Selkirk branch of the C.P.R. is very heavy at present, largly owing to shipments of lumber from the Lake Winnipeg mills. : —The lumber cut on Lake Winnepeg this season is placed at about 7,000,000 feet, valued at $13 per thousand feet. | A kansas quantity of ties have also been cut on the lake. —The Alberta Lumber Co., who have had their machinery on the ground for the past year, are now putting up their saw mill at Little Red Deer, and expect to er ae soon. —A patrol of mounted police will be placed along the south boundary of Manitoba to put a stop to the wholesale stealirg of timber and evasions of Custom duties thereon by residents of Dakota. —The demand for lumber throughout Manitoba still up well, and manufacturers are generally behind with their orders. If the present movement continues long the mills will shut down for the winter with very light stocks, and by spring lumber will be a scarce article. Prices hold stiff at list quotations as follows : Dimension—2x4 to 12x12, 12 to 16 ft. long, $15 ; do 10, 18, and 20 ft long, $16. Fifty cents per M advance on each foot over the above length up to 24 feet long. One dollar per M advance on each foot over 24 feet long. $1 per M advance on each inch over 12 inches surface. Surfacing, 50c. per M ; Surfacing and sizing, $1.00 per M. Roards—ist, common, rough, $16.50, dressed, $17.50; 2nd common, rough $15, dressed, $16; Culls, rough, $11; -dress- ed, $12 ; Ist common, stock, 12 in, rough, $19, dressed $20 ; do, 8x10 inch, rough, $18, dressed, $19 ; 2nd common, 12 in, $17. Ten feet long and under, $1 less per M. inch, $17.50; Sinch, $17. at $1 per M advance. Siding, ceiling and 5 inch, $29 ; 2nd, do, $25 ; 3rd, do, $20; 4th, do, $173 ast, 4 inch, $29; 2nd, do, $25 ; 3rd, $19 ; 4th, do, $16. ‘$1 per M advance for dressing on both sides. $1 per M_ Tess Bevel siding—No. 1, Ist sidi inx 6 in, $20; No. 2, do $17. Stock—B, $35; C$ Clear, 1 inch—tst and 2nd, $32; 3rd, $28. 5 ,» and 2 inch—Ist and 2nd, $40; 3rd, $35; selects, $3 a $25. Mouldings—Window Stops, per roo feet 75 cts. ; Parting Strips, do, 50 cts. ; Y round and cove, 100 feet lineal, 60 cts. Casing—J4 inch, O. G., per 100 Se” lineal, $1.50; 5 in, do, $1.75; 6 in, do, $2; 8 inch, O. ats base, $3: 10 in, do, $3.75. Lath, $1.75. Shingles—1st _ quality, $3; 2nd do, $2.50; ae > aha ath do, $1. he Dealers are requested to oe ber. ed. — : ear Pigicsore oa (on as — A : * - Tae Oe gee Ye ere eee = ee BRITISH COLUMBIA. Messrs. Dunsmuir & Sons are building a large sawmill at Union Coal Mines, Comox, B. C. The first mill on the west coast of Vancouver Island will ‘be erected by A. Broder & Co., of Morrisburg, Ont., who have purchased a large tract of timber land on Alberin Canal. —Notwithstanding the recent death of Hon. J. G Ross, of Quebec, the Ross-McLaren mill project will go on, It is understood that the construction of the big mill at Warminster, RB. C. will be commenced at once. —For some time the saw mills located on the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the C. P; R., have complained of the high freight rates which have been charged on jumber shipped to the only available market in the Territories to the east. The C. P. R. have now made the following reduction in lumber from points named to Calgary: Pallester, from $18.50 to. $16.50; Golden, from $20 to $17; Donald, from $22.50 to $18; Beaver Mantle, from $23 to $18.50; Six Mile Creek, from $23 to $16; Roger’s Pass, from $24.50 to $20.50 ; Illicillewaet, $25.50 to $22. —The Wancouver Mews-ddvertiser says:—One of the things which causes much surprise to strangers visiting the various saw mills here when a vessel is being loaded with lumber for China, is the enormous length and size of many of the sticks of timber composing the cargo. quiries many different explanations are given of the special uses to which these large pieces are put in China. The alleged reasons, however, are seldom accepted as satisfactory by persons who have been in the Celestial Empire, and who while not observing any structures in which timber of such large dimensions is used, have seen these large pieces quickly sawn up on their arrival. The real explanation of the peculiar character of the orders for lumber received from China will probably be found in the fact the customs duty there is levied on the piece and not by the foot or any other ordinary measure or quantity. The larger the individual piece of timber, therefore, the lower will be the amount of duty payable on it in proportion to the quantity of lumber it contains. NEW BRUNSWICK. In answer to en- —The work of engineering a dam building scheme for the relief of lumbermen on the St. John river, has been under- taken by Mr. Pond, of Sheer-boom fame. Lumbermen have been very much troubled by delays in getting their logs throvgh Grand Falls, where the recent big jam was formed. It is probable that an improvement Company will be formed and incorporated to carry on the work. AMERICAN. —Thirty million trees have been planted in Kansas this year. —The tendency in the shingle market is towards greater firmness in prices. —Bush fires have again been doing great damage through- out the state of Michigan. —The total cut of ae Mich., shingle mills this season will be about 430,000,00L Scarcity of cars for transporting lumber are reported throughout the different Western States. —It is estimated that there is in the forests of Arkansas from $700,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 worth of lumber. —It is thought that wages may be a little lower than last season as more labor is offering than there is a demand for. —There is a noticeable dullness in the demand for walnut lumber, but it is said that holders of large stocks of dry lumber are not at all disposed to make concessions. —The Tonawanda lumbermen are going to have.a joint debate on the effect of the tariff on lumber. We may there- fore expect to hear some startling revelations at an early date. —There has been an evident disposition among lumbermen this year to push work in the woods as fast as possible before the winter fairly sets in. It is surmised, however, that the cut of logs will fall short of previous years. —The collector of customs at Suspension bridge has been informed that the provisions of schedale D. T. J. new 219, imposing a duty of 50c per 1,000 feet on boards ‘‘ planed or finished ” applies to the number of feet board measure, and not surface measure, as held by the department’s decision of April 8, 1879. —The Michigan and Wisconsin lumbermen who have held on to their hemlock timber, are in a fair way to realize hand- somely as a reward for their persistence and faith in the future of this most despised wood. Already the demand for the timber as well as for the bark is presenting itself from the east. —An official report has been made of the amount of “patie at se Pre of St RY Me., from fanny 1 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. to October 1, 1888, as compared with surveys for tne same 13,919,320 feet of dry pine surveyed for the nine months, as compared with 12,193,552 feet for 1887, and 13,527,414 for 1886. In green pine the figures are 8,921,256 feet for 1888, 5,902,792 for 1887, and 6,090,906 for 1886. 82,558,919 feet for 1888, 75,327,306 for 1887, and 72,333,570 for 1886. In hemlock it was 13,411,240 feet for 1888, 12,77%,- 953 for 1887, and 11,765,369 for 1886. The totals are 118,810,735 feet for 1888, 106,202,608 feet for 1587, and 103,527,159 feet for 1886. The increase over 1887 is in detail as follows: Dry pine, 1,725,768 feet ; pine, | 3,018,459 feet; spruce, 7,231,613 feet; hemlock, 632,287, total, 12,608,127 feet. The total increase over the showing of 1886 is 15,283,576 feet. EUROPEAN NOTES. An effort is being made in England to open up a market yeriod in the two preceding years. There were 5S The showing in spruce was green there for Australian hardwoods, and it will therefore not be welcome news to American lumbermen who are interested in the hardwood export trade. —It is reported that an English company is in process of | formation for the purpose of buying up several saw mills at | Pensacola, Fla., and cutting yellow pine for the foreign- mar- | ket on a large scale. | —It is said that there is a shortage in stocks in Quebec pine timber in the English markets, and the prediction is freely made that the St. Lawrence river shippers will be practically | A lack | of vessel accommodation is likely to prevent the free ship- | masters of the situation during the rest of the season. ment of stock, so that which is able to secure transportation will probably sell readily and bring good prices. —An English journal states that timber rafts on the Rhine are often fully as large and valuable as the monster American log raft so much discussed of late. down the Rhine from Mayence to Holland which was 725 ft. | long and 170 ft. broad. It carried a crew of 120 hands, housed in some dozen huts along the raft, and the timber was worth $20,000. For instance, a raft went PERSONAL. | Jonathan Francis, a lumber merchant of Pakenham, Ont., is dead. He was immensely wealthy. Mr. Joseph Oliver, of the firm of Donogh & Oliver, whole- sale lumbermen, of-Toronto, has recently returned from a visit to the Pacific coast. timber resources of British Columbia and Alberta. He was very much impressed with the Messrs. Tennant & Co., the well-known wholesale lumber firm of 9 Victoria street, Toronto, inform us that they have removed their business office to No. 3 Dock, foot of Bathurst street. Our readers should bear this in mind when anticipat- ing a call. | Mr. Robert Moore, who has been representing Messrs. | Christie, Kerr & Co. at Gravenhurst for some years past, has severed his connection with that firm and expects to leave for | Carahell, Florida, the early part of this month. cepted a similar position with a lumber firm at that place. Mr. A. O. Symington, lately in the employ of Messrs. Thom- son & Baker, is also about leaving for the same place. The LUMBERMAN extends to them its best wishes for their future: success in the warmer clime to which they are going. He has ac- By the death of the Hon. James G. Ross Canada loses one of its wealthiest and best known lumbermen and merchants. He has been connected financially or otherwise with almost every business house in the timber trade, either as manufac- turer, millman or merchant, exporter or lumberman, during the past two generations. His principal office was in Quebec, | but his interests were very much scattered. He was president | of the Quebec Bank, a member of the Senate of Canada, and held many other important offices. Owing to delay in secur- ing an engraving of the Hon. gentleman which was intended for this issue, we will hold over our more extended notice unil next month. — It is rumored in official circles that Mr. R. R. Dobell, Quebec’s leading lumber exporter, and son-in-law of Sir David | Macpherson, will receive the Senatorship left vacant by the | death of the late Hon. J. G. Ross. The name of Mr. E. k. Price, the surviving head of the great firm of Price Brothers, is also mentioned asa possible candidate for the seat, as the division represented by the late Mr. Ross, the Laurentides, embraces the region from which the Prices have taken their title of ‘*Kings of the Saguenay.” Moreover, Mr. Price’s brother, the late Hon. David Price, was Mr. Ross’ immediate predecessor in the Senate. We had the pleasure of a call some days ago from Mr, A.W. Spooner, of Port Hope, patentee and manufacturer of Spoon- | as a fact, viz., that er’s celebrated Copperine for making journal bearings. By indefatigable energy and the assistance of an article which re- commends itself wherever used, Mr his Dominion. goods into almost every manulacturing ¢ No better evidence of the peri bit metal could be Mr. Jol Toronto Water Works, who has been found than the very flattering rec tion given it by bearings and crank pins. Two tho was used in connection with these in Canada. A testimonial of th no user of machinery should fail I uable composition. Enquire of your hardware ealer for Spoone r’s Copperine. FIRE RECORD. F. W. Beckman’s lumber mill at Beaver Banh S.. destroyed by fire recently, together with a large quant lumber. A blaze took place on Oct. I2th in the sawn lumber yard belonging to John Ashcroft, Wiarton, On The loss was not very heavy. The sawmill and machine shop belonging to Mr. H. A Calvin, at Garden Island, near Kingstcn, Ont., were destroy ed by fire the latter end of September. The loss amounts to about $20,000 with small insurance. On October 5th sixteen lumber piles belonging to Mr. J. R. Booth, of Ottawa. and $3,000, were destroyed by fire at Rochesterville a suburb ween $2.000 ft The loss is variously estimated at bet with distributed insurance over a number of companies. CASUALTIES. Two men lost a thumb and finger respectively a few days ago in the Dickson company’s saw mill at Peterbor« ugh, On John Taylor, an employee of the Rathbun Co. ,at Campbell- ford, was killed recently while shunting a car of coal. Geo. Golding, 60 years of age, feil ona dan & Stetson’s mill, St. John, N. B., Death was instantaneous. rotary saw in Jor- and was alm two. & Co.,; having, it An employee of R. Hurdman at Ottawa was found some days ago lying unconcious, is surmised. been almost beaten to death by some person or persons unknown. During the early part of October a young man named > death . near Gauther, from Vaudreuil, Que., was almost crushed by a falling pine tree in the bush at La Ferne des Pi Buckingham. The poor fellow had to be carried 32 miles on a litter before receiving medical aid. A peculiar accident recently occurred at Ste Anne de la Perade, by which Louis Joseph Baribeau, a Mr. in Mr. saw mill, was standing in front of a circular saw when a splin- The fatai piece citizen of place, lost his life. Baribeau, being Rosseau’s ter violently projected struck him in the face. of. wood not only destroyed one of his eyes, but sank deeply into his head, causing death in less than fifteen minutes after the accident. The deceased was a married man, father of four children, and a brother to Mr. Baribeau, advocate, of Three Rivers. ITEMS OF INTEREST. “‘ Three-fourths of the moss on trees grows on the north side; the heaviest boughs on spruce trees are always on the south side ; and, thirdly, us topmost twig of every uninjured hemlock tips to the east.” A new industry started in Maine, if carried on here would The f tops of and spruce trees left by the lumbermen are utilised. mitigate our destructive forest fires. pine After remov- ing knots and other objectionable portions, and Steaming the is ground to pulp for remainder to extract resin, it paper, pasteboard, ana the many other forms of the material. A statement that has been going the rounds of the papers would appear worthy of investigation before being accepted ‘dry rot” in timber is contagious, and can be carried by saws and other tools which have been in con- tact with infected wood and thus vitate sound timber such tools afterward come in contact with. American yellow pine, laid upon a foundation of concrete, is considered one of the best street paving mediums at present used in Germany. cypress it has proved more durable than granite blocks laid Employed alone or in combination with at the same time and in like situations. CROWDED OUT. A large amount of interesting matter has been unavoidably The size of the LUMBERMAN will be materially increased next issue to allow of a larger amount crowded out of this issue. of reading matter. who are particularly interested in some reports not appears in this issue, will accept our excuses. We trust our readers, and especially those — 12 _THE ‘CANADA (LDU MBERMEAN. . November, 1888 15 CERES EIEN Pea dn ly ATIVE Ske RR () N TOs | UMBER FIRMS TENNANT & CO. 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RN ys INSPECTION INVITED. | OS Aas NO. 3, PRONT STREET EAST, per eee EstTaBLisHED 1871. J. W. LANG & CO. Wholesale Grocers & Importers, 83, Front St. East, Toronto. We shall be pleased to have you write to us | tor samples and prices of | TEAS, LOBACCOS, SVROPS, SUGARS, RICE, Ete. We can and will cut prices fine to large buyers. We have a GOOD, SOUND, FINE FLAVOURED TEA | at 12% cents. Write for sample chest. Address, Jie ONAZe. ey AL ING; Ss Clore nopepnyuglo)- Se THIS YEAR’S mY Kt lela CUT and PLUG SMOKING TOBACCO FINER THAN EVER. T&B IN BRONZ ON EACH PLUG AND PACKAGE. | | ing, and is a saving of 50 to JOSIE PEE AIR ARGuN sk CO. | cord-wood tables: felling trees ;g ‘SPOONER’ Ss COPPERINE. AR AA KR AKA Ye See ALONZO x ELECTRIC LIGHTING APPARATUS Me 57, “ADELAIDE. ST. W: (TORONTO ' COLUMBIA «* REFINING * CO. Y NIEINAT “STORE: CYLINDER, ENGINE AND MACHINERY OILS. Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapter d for engines and shaft- 75 per cent. over oils 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. SCRIBNER'S , LUMBER | Telephone Sob. Over One Million Sold. OST complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, | Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square ; hints to lumber dealers ; wood speed of circular saws; care of saws; rowth of trees; board, interest, stave and round Timber measure ; land measure ; wages, rent, and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout | the United States and Canada. Get the new illus- trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. moe post-paid for 35 cents. . W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. 1 ‘|, JONES Woop ENGRAVER 10:KING:‘ST-EAST- , @ TORONTO pp, SEND-FOR: PRICES - FOR SALE. OR SALE.—One-Half or Two-Thirds Interest in a SAW MILL, BRITISH COLUMBIA to a party or parties willing to Purchase and to pirate same, on shares, “he the thousand, or otherwise, as may be agreed upon. Good Har- bour and Shipping Facilities. Address S. W,, Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Peterborough, When writing to advertisers please” state that you saw their advertisement | in this journal. if not order direct ie Soe) LA eee AR AR A KRAA vVvvvvvvw | A NON-FIBROUS ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL for Machinery Journal Bearings ——| Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and to do work that no other metal can. Stores all keep it ; W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. Hardware ———___— COMP DESERONTO; ONT.; MANUPA‘ * TERRA#COTTA# TURERS OF FIRE-PROOFING « For Use in Old and New Buildings. Endorsed by Leading Architects Wood or Brick. Absolutely Fire.proof. Weight One-Third that of Brick. About as Cheap as Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water. Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer. ONLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TOTHE E | LUMBERING & Woop WORKING INDUSTRIES OF THE & - DOMINION » 20 paces 0x14 MONTHY TION Sen Se |A TES og | DVERTISINGRATES avo) | KE ON Apres G.MORTIMER, fublisher YZ PETERBOROUGH on7. % THE # ae Trade Review DEVOTED TO KEEPING A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE MONETARY, MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF CANADA, Bg Se OED) BS prem eas eS eT oN The TRADE REVIEW will be mailed to any address in Canada, United States or Great Britain at $2.50 a year in advance. The TRADE REVIEW is circulated exten- sively amongst Wholesale and Retail Mer- chants, Jobbers, Bankers, Brokers, Manufac- turers, Hotcl Keepers, Insurance and Loan Agencies throughout the Dominion of Canada, U nited States and England. Ne HENRY HARVEY, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. |47 ST. JOHN ST., - - MONTREAL. | FOR SALE, TWO LOCOMOTIVES, Second Hand, suit- able for construction purposes. One Locomotive Boiler, in good order. One Blast Furnace, suitable for burner. Second Hand Rails, for sidings. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, Toronto. F. H. REYNOLDS R. A. KELLOND. REYNOLDS & KELLOND. Solicitors of Patents and Experts in Patent Cases MONTREAL. TORONTO. 156 ST. James STACET. 24 Kinc Srrecr Easr. on, D.C. ies in London and all foreign capitals. J. K. POST & Go, LUMBER MERCHANTS Branch Office: Pacific Building Washingt And Shipping Agents. OSWEGO, N.Y. TIMBER BERTHS Estimated and plans carefully prepared. Experienced men, References given. BECN See, TORONTO. Address, J. B. 164 ROBERT STREET, TIMBEE LIMITS FOK SALE, IMBER LIMITS FOR SALE IN ONTARIO Juebec and Manitoba. W.J. Fenton & Co. so Adelaide Street, East Toronto. PINE TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE. Two choice Timber Limits in Northwest Terri- tory Canada roo square miles each ; great bar- gains Also limits in Georgian Bay Algoma and Muskoka districts for sale. JOHN SCULLY Tor- onto dealer in Pine Lands and Lumbermen’s plant and supplies Light-iron and steel rails in stock. Tenders, addressed to the Postmaster General, will be received at Ottawa until Noon on Friday, 16th of November, for the conveyance of Her Majesty’s Mails, on proposed Contracts for Four Years, between Lakehurst and pakefield, Jermyn and Lang, and Havelock and O. Q. Railway Station, from the rst of January co Conveyance to be made in a vehicle or other- wise. Printed notices containing further information as to conditions of proposed Contract may be seen, and blank forms of Tender may be obtained at the Post Offices of Lakehurst, Lakefield, Jer- myn, Lang and Havelock ; and also at this office. GILBERT GRIFFIN, P. Q. Inspector. Post Office Inspector's Office, Kingston, Sth October, 1888. a =o. -? November, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 15 BF. STURTEVANT'S PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KIL’, Best Manner Possible ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT ST URT EVANT Patent Hot Blast WOOD LUMBER, oteam Heating WRITE+FOR*+CATALOGUE. po ml Apparatus, 115 LIBERTY STREET, 44 -N. CANAL STREET, NEW YORK. CHICAGO. meee ORT EV ANT, Patentee ons OS id ip Hee BOS TO. VATA S 7 ee ba | : ad OLDIE & ’CULLOCH A NA NA 3% NA /\9 aN 7/9 /\ = fe Pe fic Bic ic i ic Ps Pi PP Rc Pk oP Pee Pic cP ic Pe a Pe Fe PSAFES| Cera eg nen aae al em ee Bank Vault Burglar enart Linings, s< SBurglar-Proof Vault Uoors, # se Fire-Proof Vault Uoors. -<2- S" REGULAR # AND ¥ SPECIAL # SIZES # IN # STOCK ¢ AND ¢ TO + ORDER WE MAKE ONLY THE BEST IN MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. A Large Variety always in Stock at our Warerooms Sa Os St. A Ser, TORONTO, ONT. G. F. BOSTWICK, Representative. OX Fire and Burglar- Proof 2 Jewelers’ «x Burglar Proof *% % % x Fire Proof * » Bankers’ 3 % FTOUSE 22 3% 5 Fis “A> | ; WIiCEORLA._EKOUNDRY, ORILLIA, ONT. Manufacturer of Every Description of and Wood-working Machinery, SAW, PLANING, SHINGLE AND SAWING MACHINES, ENGINES, BOILERS, us The special attention of lumbermen is directed to the accompanying illustration THE — SHINGLE MAGHINE With all the Latest Improvements, and undoubtedly the best machine in the market PRICE LIST : Shingle Machine, $300.00; Drag Saw, complete, $90.00; Jointer, $40; Knot Saw Machine, $27 These machines are now in use at the Longford Lumber Company’s Mills ; A. Tait’s mill, Orillia; C. McArthur’s Mill, Oro Station; Mickle, Dyment & Co.’s mill, Gravenhurst; A. D. Myers’ Mill, Parry Sound ; Thos. Johnston’s mill, Evansville, and others. Send for circulars and ment paper. (= We have on hand three Second-hand Shingle Machines, all of which are in ¢ Ww vorking order and will be sold cheap. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION. 16 Mu. 11 bee RY FOR: Sz SALE H. ' .PETRIE’S list of Sawmills and general * wood-working machinery for sale. oe new 2 or 3 block sawmill, with 6-inch saw. ON E sawmill, with timber limit in Parry Sound. ONE ONE 2-block mil], small portable size. ONE ONE 66-inch inserted and 64-inch solid saws. 2-block mill. Butterfield build. automatic sawing machine, Bavley make. 4 PA ) stave cutters with parts-6r. @NE gang ONE Waterous self-feed grist mill and bolter. Hall ath mill, new. NE Goldie & McCulloch self-acting shingle machine. Bros. NE self-acting shingle machine, Green make. NE Waterous self-acting shingle mill and jointe Ir, NE Eureka self-acting shingle machine and jointer, I. Frenchette, me iker, St. Hyacinthe, > Tw O Doherty hand swing machines. ONE upright swing, with 4o- inch saw. pict wheel jointers, various makers. 7 PENS ES drag saw mathines. ONE heavy 24-inch planer and matcher, Rogers’ make. ONE new eclipse planer, Galt make. ONE 24-inch planer and matcher. 4 ENTY-inch planer and matcher. matcher and moulder; Picton make. El ;HTEEN-inch planer and matcher. fe: ITTLE Giant pony planer and matcher. NEW Economist 24-inch planer and matcher. ONE 27-inch revolving bed double surfacer, Galt make. ONE 24-inch surfacer, McKechnie & Bertram. ONE 24-inch poney planer, F rank & Co. build ONE 20-inch poney planer, Frank & Co. build. TY ENTY-four-inch surfacer, Ke snnedy’s make. a ENTY-four-inch surfacer, hé irdwood bed. pM ENTY-two-inch surfacer, wood bed, E GHTEEN-inch surfacer, all iron and steel. Sixt EEN-inch buzz planer, Galt make TH REE-side moulder, all brass heads, Rogers’ make. HREE-side moulder No. 2, Cant, Gourlay make. I “WO one-side moulders, McKechnie & Bertram make. ONE one-side moulder, wood frame. NE W 3side moulder, Cant Bros, make, Galt. ENONING machine, double cope, Goldie & McCulloch. ONE J. A. Fay tenoner, ARS Ross tenoners. ONE double cope tenoner, ram. BUND slat tenoner, Cowan build. small size. McKechnie & Bert- pow ER mortiser, Goldie & McCulloch make. sie power mortisers for heavy work L4 RGE stock of foot mortisers, new at $15 each. UPRIGHT boring machine with column. Six power scroll saws, various makes. ONE 34-inch band saw, Hamilton Tool Co. on O new band saws, Galt make N= W 34 inch pedestal and 24-inch bracket band ONE ficnehe Goldie & McCullock shaper. NEW iron Top shaper, Cowan make. HAPER. heavy iron column, Cant Bros. make, Galt. ONE wood frame shaper and counter shatt. ONE velocipede foot power shaper, Hornes. ONE automatic handle lathe, Sheldon Bros. ONE handle or gauge lathe, Bailey. ONE axe handle or spoke lathe, new. ONE Blanchard spoke lathe, Fay make. ONE broom handle lathe, wood frame. N EW wood splitting machine. Send for photo. THE ONE choir mortising and boring machine. ONE set spoke machines, Fay make, Cincinnati. ONE knife grinder, Galt make. ONE hand wiring machine. ONE beading and moulding attachment for planer and matcher. SEND for lists 13 and 14. andmention wants. _ Address H.W. PETRIE, Brantford, and No. 9 York street, Toronto, opposite Union Station. —~e- THE ~2~- MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE Co. | FULL DEPOSIT WITH THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT, OBBIN lathe with cutters for cotton and wool- | len mills. St of hoop machines, Goderich make. SEt match machinery for round matches. Lot of lumber and log cars for sawmill use. FeOuR pole road cars, 7 feet, 10 inches gauge. GANDPAPERER, new Galt make. Fee . mitering machine, Cant Bros. make. Six saw benches, cut off andripping. =] AN O new wood turning lathes with rests, &c. L‘ )T of moulding and matcher cutter heads. ONE iron bow! machine, American make. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL & OTHER ASSETS OVER $2,000,000. 9 oS o) fe) = o bd 4 5 a > A Z S C 50 ; peti S = Zs \ = Ae N S OTs Ni = ee Nie pm Asis Na oat z s = : m9 zy a n S Zz = eo) This Company’s six months’ business just ter- m inated is the largest ever done by any Company in the Dominion. Accepted business over $3,000,000, or over $5.- 500,000 in the Ten Months since its organization. It has the LARGEST STOCK and PAID uP C of any company in the Dominion APITAL Its Plans, Rates and Policy Contract are un- equalled. Accident Co. (Capital over $1000000) is also very large. The business of the Manufacturers’ in unrepresented districts. Apply to Messrs. WILSON & MORRISON, Managers for Eastern Ontario, Peterborough. Agents wanted GRATEFUL—-COMFORTING. EPPS'’S COCOA. BREAKFAST, ‘By a thorough knowledge of the natural eee which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of the we selected Cocoa, Mr. E IDES: has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bever ape which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by Peeping ourselves well fortified with _pure blood and a properly nourished frame.’’—** Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, by Grocers, ‘labelled thus : JAS. EPPS & CO., Homeopathic Chemists, London, England, THE MONARCH BOILER (PATENTED) AND HERCULES ENGINE, A.ROBBESONS CELEGRATED ROTARY SAW MILL g = Guaranteed to Saw Lumber Perfectly Smooth and Even in thickness. Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpas? portable steam power heretofore produced for strength, durability, compactness, and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken overthe rough- est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port- able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des- vription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath machines, Lay Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill machinery and supplies ‘of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Roiler Ti surance & Inspection Co, of Canada. Write for circulars. A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundr p : and Amherst, N.S, | Machine aoEeas ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. CANADA LUMBERMAN. ICANT DOGS, RAFTSMEN’S November, 1£88 WW ATCARRT Cm — MANUFACTURERS OF — - RUBBER + | 4 STAMPS STEEL STAMPS, DATING STAMPS, SEAL PRESS STENCILS, AND, IN FACT, EVERYTHING = ig IN THE RUBBER STAMP LINE = EVER INVENT ED. | hi] A | a = at AGENTS WANTED. i 176 SIMCOE ST., PETERBOROUGH, ONT- WANZER SENSIBLE SAD [RONS. wuvvvvvurvyY vvvvvvvuErVY vwvvvvvvve COLD HANDLE = - — "GQIOSYSGNN 3S LON WIM AIBAILISOd WRITE FOR ESTIMATES AND CIRCULARS. Simple and Strong - - Cheapest [ron mm the | Market & = - A t=" SEND FOR CATALOGUE. H. M. WANZER & GG. HAMILTON } manuracturers | ONTARIO. THE RATHBUN COMPANY, DESERONTO, - - ONTARIO, MANUFACTURERS OF Uoors, Sash, Blinds, stairs AND ALL ‘cos OF WOODEN HOUSE FNSHING MATERIALS. CEDAR OIL FOR PURGING BOILERS. —~"MM CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED B&— nos » HENRY PORTER FOSS Se 6S SE SSS ESSE CUE UE SOO Se Cee er ee Leather Belting: eI ® VISITATION STREET, U UE. | MONTREAL, Mill Owners will do well to write for estimates before placing their orders. LEWIS BROS. & Cae — JOBBERS OF - Lumb ae Se vwvvvvvvyv pans se wt 4 Supplies 2 . . . . . . . . SPECIALITIES = DISSTON'S CROSS CUT GANG axe TELAT CIREL LAR SA IT oy UUUUTEUEETEUEEEEEEEL > CALKS, &C. NG A s 2: fs: 2 & S | Were ggcaracevs 646 CRAIG ST., MONTREAL, - November, 1888 rie. CANADA LUMBERMAN. ‘TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND ALL WHO ARE USING ORT a aaa a ate fe Mi Pe Lu Le HY 4 4 € ‘ ; Na : ¢ rie ¢ € ¢ ¢ & | i 6 so a | Ie SOW Wyeeanyae) BSpSar soa, Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, | Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, | Which will not Tear at the Lace Foles, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, == Sssnyae po —— FEF. EK. DIXON & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET Pie PHER}BELTINE: 70 King Street Fast, Toronto. VA 7 iv Sole Agents in Canada for the GaeeeRATED PHO-NIX OIL | The Qoly Perfect Belt Uressinog, All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. | Please compare be- fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. NOTICE TO- ‘SOUTH DD. M. RENNIE, Formerly of Toronto, Now in Buenos Ayres, SouTa AMERICA. Is prepared to accept Agencies for the Argentine Repub lic and Uruguay from the Manufacturers and Shippers of Canad a. Particulars as to Customs Tariff, Shipment of Samples, etc., may be obtained at the office of NICOL KINGSMILL, ESQ., Toronto, Consul for the Argentine Republic. SHIPPERS TO REFERENCES BY PERMISSION.—Simeon Jones, Dominion Commissioner to the Argentine Republic. St. John. N.B.: Nicol Kings smill Consul to the Argentine Republic, Toronto; W. B. Hamil- ton (of W. B. Hamilton. Son & Co.); Hon. Frank Smith (of Fiank Smith & Co.); W. R. Brock & Co.; | Wyld, Grasett & Darling: Smith & Keighley ; Eby, Blain & Co oronto; Hon. James Turner (of | James Turner & Co..) Lieut.-Col. J. NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY (LIMITED.) — MANUFACTURERS OF — M. Gibson, M.P.P. Hamilton; Wm. Darling & Co., Montreal. | i itd PDL LLL WP a\ eMudraulic Gement 4 PAPILIO IIS BRL LOL DOP PPD MDDS YY eee EL ARLY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul- verts. Cisterns, Cellars, etc. ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. ROACH + LIME, For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Manufacturing, &c. Galt+ Machine Knife Works. | Pe wal inl (a Plain | Pee, KNIVES NZ w 8 Hi OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR q Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting. SED FOr PRICE LIST. A Gauge is furnished with each Saw to regulate | known. AMERICA, BSI GA Gia Oe ail T/L “THE LEADER” CROS8S-CU Manufactured UOT SAW, only by (= —_——_—_ oO er —\ — = ee ioe Ee. =e |e | See ao yy —_—— — i -, ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO. U8ol MITE SUOTOOMIP : Mt yi BACK POS, 7 8, Z Lie THE } LEAD i R2 mS wD ; U ae Ppotpole oau | The above Saws are made from the best Double Refined Si S | gauges thinner on back than front, and the only Saws on ems market that | taper from the front of the teeth to the back. They are tempered by the Simonds Patent Process, insur throughout the plate, and stand mata a rival as the 1 fa gS Trade LEME VERDICT SE SSS S Seer ST 7 rally. For Sale by the Engineers and Saw Mitl Owners, ajter using our Crown Lubricants the whole season, is fitly expressed by one of them as follows :-- “Tfs worth tts weight im Gold.” “We couldn't do without it. R NOTED SPECIALTIES. PIs CROWN LULRICALN TS. CRANK LANL eI CANS RUD. GLAN TCV LIN DER — LINE TRAIAN A LVF A | Wegrresnondence solicited. Shafting and Engine Cups supplied. We Manufacture a full line of Oils for all purposes. Ontario Oil Go.. SOLE CONSIGNEES OF SOUTHWICK’S OILS. OA MENMRE BEI made) DER ONE A. GOODBY, Manager. 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. November, 1888 "TRANSMITTING POWER = ‘GROOVED*WOOD*PULLEMS® > SA OE OO 4 aD a Wi The purpose of this cut is to illustrate the possibility of carrying power upwards to a great height by the DODGE SYSTEM OF POWER TRANSMISSION BY MANILLA ROPES AND GROOVED WOOD PULLEYS THIS SYSTEM WILL MAKE AVAILABLE MANY WATER POWERS NOW UWNUTILIZED. | Bey railroad which crosses a mountain divide avails itself of the pre- cipitous sides of streams to find practicable grades to and from the summit [COPYRIGHTED] } levels. These streams often have considerable volume and rapid fall. The rail- road is frequently at an elevation of several hundred feet above the water, with mountains behind, capable of furnishing inexhaustible supplies of raw material, mineral or vegetable. Heretofore the utilization of such material near the place of supply has gener- ally been impracticable, because of the impossibility to transmit the power of the stream up the mountain side to the neighborhood of the means for transporta- tion. In sucha case as that represented, however abundant may be the raw material, the cost of sending it down to the water level, and returning the manu- factured article to the level of the railroad, might easily so handicap the product as to exclude it from the market. The Dodge system, however, renders it possible to laugh at difficulties such as this. To this transmission a few hundred feet more or less is of no moment. A rope suspended in the air will break near the upper support when the gross weight of the suspended portion exceeds the tensile strength of the rope. The tensile strength of Firmus rope, one inch in diameter, is 9,000 lbs., z.e., it will break only when the suspended load amounts to 9,000 Ibs. The weight of 1,000 feet Firmus tope having that diameter is 283 lbs., and therefore a vertical elevation of 1,000 feet might be overcome without taxing the rope by its own weight more than a trifle over 3 per cent. of its strength, and as the general practice of Dodge Manu- facturing Company is to limit the power transmitted to about 5 per cent. of the breaking strain, it is evident that even a thou- sand feet elevation would not raise the strain to the vicinity of the danger limit, and an elevation which would put af/ offer modes of transmission out of the question, would really not make a difference with ¢Azs transmission worth noticing at all. And while this rope transmission has the wonderful adaptibility shown in the illustrations heretofore published, another powerful recommendation is its economy. Its first cost is a tithe of the cost of any other Transmission, and after being put to service there is no loss. By the patent system of Dodge Manufacturing Company, the rope runs without slit. This means a transmission of all the power of the motor, and frem 20 to 25 per cent. more than can be secured éy any other system of trans- MISSION. It is these qualities which impress every power user, and which has caused many large establishments to discard all other modes and adopt the Dodge system with Manilla Rope. The Dodge Patent System of transmitting power by ropes is cheaper and superior to belts in many cases, such as where the driven shaft is at right angles to the driver, also where the drive is perpendicular, particularly when it is quarter twist and per- pendicular ; also where the driver and driven are close together ; also for long drives, such as across a street or a stream, etc. For transmitting power from an engine to the line shaft, this system is unequalled : steady all the time, not like a heavy belt, which is always more or less flapping, jerking and stretching, then slipping and losing power. It is safe to say that an engine hitched up by the DODGE ROPE SYSTEM will do 25 per cent. more work on the same consumption of fuel than the same engine would do with a belt. The advantage of connecting up large engines in this manner cannot be too highly recommended. In the first place, the cost of leather is enormous ; $500 is no unusual sum for an engine of three or four hundred horse-power, and the pulleys do not have to be very far between centres either ; in the second place, the noise at high pressure is terrific, and is the worst feature about our otherwise best plants ; thirdly, their weight is quite a factor ; fourth, they require attention that a rope does not ; fifth, it requires a man in the business to put one on right, and sometimes they don’t always do it right ; sixth, any deviation out of line of the shafting affects the belt, while it has no effect on a rope. The above points, to say nothing of the first cost, which would be about one-thirtieth part of leather, are enough to banish the leather belt for main driving into everlasting oblivion, especially in the minds of those that have had experience with large leather belts. A The fact alone that by raising the tention wheel the engine can be turned round by hand for repair or adjustment is enough to endorse it in the minds of those who have had to do a little pulling on a fly-wheel with the entire shop hitched on. For estimates of cost and all information relating to this system of transmitting power by ropes, apply to the undersigned, who also manufacture the best belt pulleys in the world. THE DODGE WOOD SPLIT FUL COMPANY, A9 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ont. VotumeE VIII. ‘ NUMBER 12. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY Aas OR, Ee vioasJagie Vries us SIMCOE STREET, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy one Year, in Advance, - - - - One Copy six months, in Advance, - - - - Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. OFFICE: $1.00 50 Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interest of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion being the only representative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this country. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discussion of them by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy market quotations from various points throughout the world so as to afford to the trade in Canada information upon which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present accur- ate report not only of prices and the condition of the market but, also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But cor- respondence is not only welcome but is invited from all who have any information to commun‘cate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way effecting 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 import- ance 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 special 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 at- tention is directedto WANTED” and For Sale” advertisements which will be inserted in a conspicious position at the uniform price of ten cents per line for each insertion. Announcements of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for three successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them. There is not an individual in the trade or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete. INSTRUCTIONS have been issued from the Department of Inland Revenue that hereafter no lumber which has passed through the Ottawa or Lachine river canais shall be delivered up unless a boza fide check, properly endorsed by the owner himself, is presented. The change is evidently aimed at the middlemen, who it is said have been profiting largely out of the old arrangement. Heretofore anyone having a specifica- tion and filing it at the officc, provided the dues were paid, could have the lumber delivered up to them. _ Bankers assert that the risk has become too great for them and have accord- ingly strongly advocated the change referred to. THE London 7imes furnishes some interesting statistics as to the frightful consumption of wood used as sleepers for rail- way tracts, and points to its figures as a strong argument in favor of the employment of metal sleepers. It appears that the six principal railway companies of France use more than 100,090 sleepers per day, or 3,650,000 per annum. Asa tree of the usual dimensions will give only ten sleepers, the railways in question require 1,000 trees per day for sleepers alone. In the United States the consumption is much greater, amount- ing to about 15,000,000 sleepers a year, which is equivalent to the destruction of about 170,000 acres of forest. The annual consumption of sleepers by the railways of the world is es- timated at 40,000,000, and this is probably less than the actual number. The 7zmes remarks: ‘‘ From these figures the rapid progress of disforestization will be understood, and it is certain that the natural growth cannot keep pace with it. Hence we have had during the last quarter of a century the frequent inundations and changes in acmospheric condition.” It would _ be interesting to calculate how much wood is annually wasted in Canada on sidewalks, block pavements, telegraph and _ telephone poles, and general railway work. The figures we fancy would startle those who have been advocating greater conservatism in the ultilization of our timber resources. It is of course to be noted that for all the purposes mentioned wood is needlessly and unprofitably used. ~ THE competition of the work by which the Lake St. Peter channel between Quebec and Montreal has been deepened to permit the passage of vessels drawing twenty-seven and a-half feet has been celebrated by a formal opening. This improve- ment is one of considerable interest for the trade. rom the recurrent troubles at Quebec and other causes the practice has been increasing of loading timber and lumber at Montreal instead of at the ancient capital as formerly. The improve- ment and deepening of the channel between the two cities will This will not only be a convenience to the trade desiring to ship have a strong tendency to attract vessels to Montreal. from that port and tend to keep down freights, but it will also have a beneficial influence in the port of (Quebec, confirming them in the better ways under the new regulations that have been adopted, and leading to further improvements in the same direction. This increase of competition and extension of shipping facilities in the St. Lawrence ports cannot fail to be beneficial. THE appointment of a committee by the lumbermen’s branch of the Toronto Board of Trade to present their grievances between the Council of the Board and obtain the co-operation ~ of that body is a sensible step towards obtaining a very im- portant object. That object is to obtain from the Grand Trunk and other railways a change in their methods which The fore- most grievance is that lumber being loaded on flat cars is often are felt to be unfair and prejudicial to the trade. exposed for considerable periods unprotected to rain, snow and ice by which its weight is considerably augmented, and as it is weighed at the point of delivery instead of the point of ship- ment, freight has to be paid on this not beneficial addition of so much water. It is claimed that the weighing should be done at the point of shipment. A further grievance is that the joint classification tariff is unjust, as it assumes that certain quantities of lumber will have so much weight, when as a matter of fact they do not weigh so much as is thus assumed. There are also complaints of a great shortage of cars said to be otherwise employed. a fair way to be forcibly presented with the weight of combin- ed action and there is a better prospect of obtaining redress These and minor grievances are now in than by individual remonstrances. THE great advance in ocean lumber freights during the past year is given a striking illustration by the River Platte business. | Twelve months ago the rate on lumber from Port- land, Me., to Buenos Ayres ruled at $9.50 per M. with an increase of $1.50 per M. to Rosario or other up river ports. On August 24, 1888, there was an advance to $13 to Buenos Ayres. The following week brought the figures at $13.50 and a week later to $13.75. Now, $13.50 is freely otfered to load for Montevideo for orders, and if ordered from that port to Buenos Ayres $14.50 is paid. The rate to Buenos Ayres direct is $14 and to Rosario $15.50. here quoted the placing of orders is very difficult, and the Boston Post says one Boston firm has orders for twenty million feet of lumber on hand at the present time and is experiencing much difficulty in securing transportation for any portion of Even with such rates as it. It had been supposed that many large coasters engaged in the coal trade would be induced to accept River Platte charters by the high rates obtainable, but the coal carrying trade has also enjoyed a most prosperous season, with a steady demand for vessels of both large and register, at very satisfac- tory rates. In other lines, too, the rates have advanced in proportion, and are steadily maintained. IN the course of last month the choice of the President of the United States was virtually decided, for the proceedings of the electoral college have become a mere formality. Gen. Harrison will be enstalled next March and the Republicans have gained the day. Not only have they elected their candidate as President, but they have gained greater strength in both Houses of Congress if not the complete control, which is still uncertain. They will at least have greater power to carry any legislation they may propose than the Democrats have had for the last four years. This is a matter of interest to Canada, and especially to the lumbermen. Whether there will be any important change in the tariff or what direction it would take no man can foretell. The Democrats talked of 1 | | | PETERBOROUGH, ONT., DECEMBER, 1888. | eee e Conn 10 Chas taking off the duty on lumber, unanimous, and the Key It is of some significar that in more th: ne K procession during the compaign migt i ( ‘“no free lumber.” Mr. Blaine t« J leader, in addressing audiences in lumbering ricts in Maine spoke to the same effect. There seems th refore bability, if there ever was any, of a remission of the duty. As to the larger question of reciprocity some of the Key an organs and speakers, notably Mr. Blaine, ve declares i Canada should not enjoy their market nless it became part of the United States, but of cours H litics fr such declarations are final. There s I te probability of a change. THE invitation that has been extended by the Canadian authorities to delegates from the Australasian colonies to visit Ottawa for a conference of the best means of exten making closer their commercial relations and kindred is a wise step and one that should have Our trans-continental line of railway. the is being established with the ass contemplated cable beneath the Pacific ocean and the propos- ed reduction of postage, are all steps to bring Canada and Australasia practically closer together z their to open markets to each other. A large proportion of the imports into Canad the Australasian colonies consists of articles that Canada could very well supply though at present they are obtained from foreign countries. The Australian forests are chiefly hardwood and in any of their journals it will be seen that they rely chiefly Why should not Canadian pine almost wholly replace these foreign woods? upon ‘‘ Norway pine” and ‘‘ Oregon pine.” The quality is at least equal if not superior, the distance is shorter and soon there will be far better facilities for com- munication. Already there has been of late a considerable impetus given to exportation of timber and lumber from British Columbia to Australia with a strong tendency to a further increase of this trade. Full advantage should be taken of the improved facilities that are being provided or are foreshadowed for the near future, and the visit of the Australian delegates should be utilized to the utmost to promote an in- tercolonial commerce of which the trade in timber cannot fail to be one of the most important branches. The members of the trade should organize to see that their interests are duly represented and their views adequately expressed at this im- portant conference. Messrs. PAQUETTE, whose lumber yard and sash and door factory at Montreal, were recently destroyed by fire with a reported loss of $75,000, uninsured, are taking the matter into court. They claim that the city should reimburse them on account of alleged insufficiency of the water supply, the machin- ery and the fire brigade to protect the property from destruc- tion by checking the fre. the remarked that the city of Montreal is not contending that As having a bearing on this ques- tion of responsibility of the corporation it may be the fire insurance rates should be reduced in compliance with an agreement to that effect when the protection against fire should be rendered effective. The underwriters, however, decline to make the demanded reduction at present on the ground that the city had not yet complied with the conditions as to the efficiency of the means to prevent fires. If the pro- ceedings of Messrs. Paquette are pressed in the courts this question of the efficiency of the fire protection and the respon- sibility of the municipality will receive a thorough ventilation. The proceedings and their results will be watched with great interest by many in the timber trades, who feel that while they are called upon to pay heavy municipal taxes they do not obtain in return that adequate protection for their property which they think they have a right to expect for their contribu- tion to the municipal exchequer. Then, again, when they complain of the oppressive insurance rates on their property they are told by the underwriters that the neglect of the municipalities to render their means of fire protection effective necessitates the maintenance of high rates to cover the risk. A stirring up of the whole question in the courts will not be amiss. : — 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. roe! = p - ee : December, 1888 —— —————— — REFERRING to the sawdust question and the report upon its accumulation made under the auspices of the Dominion ~ Government, the Morthwestern Lumberman says. ‘* The fact about sawdust is that it will stay where it collects unless there is something to disturb it, being very different from sand in respect to shifting ; and experience has demonstrated that it will remain a long time in water without decomposing. Damaging effects from its accumulation cannot always be staved off. But the mill men of the Ottawa valley seem to be placed between two fires—the Government is complaining about the practice of dumping sawdust in the river, and the Canadian insurance companies, for some unexplained reason, object to the use of sawdust as fuel. Judging from the practice this side the line, there is no good reason why they should. If proper piping and care is used in conveying sawdust to the furnace or the refuse burner, there is no extra hazard, and if the American insurance companies object seriously to such risks sawdust would not be used for fuel in the states so universally as is the case. Saw mills, planing mills and other wood-working establishments burn sawdust, shavings, etc., right along, and they appear to get all the insurance they want. THE annual report of the division of foresty of the United States Department of Agriculture, recently issued, contains some interesting information. The import duty laid upon manufactured lumber in 1872 had the effect at first of decreas- ing importations from Canada by from 50 to 60 per cent. until 1876-77 when an upward tendency of imports began. A comparison of the imports of the last three years with those of the preceeding three, shows a noticeable decline in all ciasses of foreign products from the amounts to which they had gradually increased up to 1884, when the importation of manufactured lumber reached nearly the same amount that was imported in 1872. For the decrease in unmanufactured wood now, the Canadian export duty of $2 on logs may serve as an explanation, but causes must have worked to effect the reduction of manufactured lumber in the face of decided en- hancement of value of product. The difficulty of access and interested distance from the market is probably the explana- tion. Itis suggested that, so far as the saving of standing supplies is concerned, there need to be no fear or hope from foreign competition, for the ‘‘ quantity of standing pine in the United States and Canada is reduced to a condition of absolute control ; it is held in strong hands on both sides, and will not be lightly frittered away.” THE CANADA LUMBERMAN closes a record of eight years existence with the current issue. Since the present manage- ment assumed control a strong effort has been made to raise THE LUMBERMAN to the front rank of Dominion trade journals. How far we have succeeded in accomplishing this object our many readers are left to judge. Commencing with Vol. IX we have decided to largely augment our correspondence depart- ment by engaging the services of thoroughly reliable and prac- tical fcorrespondents at the following points throughout the Dominion : Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal and Quebec, Quebec ; St. John, N.B. ; Halifax, N.S. ; Winnipeg, Man.;.and New Westminister. B. C. receive applications to fill these positions from some of the The editor will look to each correspondent to faithfully report all We trust that we will most practical and able writers in the Jumber trade. matters of news pertaining to the lumber and wood-working in- dustries throughout his division, and discuss all matters within his knowledge affecting the Jumber interests. As liberal terms as possible will be allowed those whom the editor may select to carry on the work, and it is sincerely hoped that the trade in general. will further our efforts by extending as liberal a financial support to the LUMBERMAN as possible during the year 1889. THE export duty on saw logs has been raised by order-in- council, as authorized by statute, from two to three dollars a thousand. This was no doubt considered necessary to check the increasing export from Georgian Bay and especially the very large increase that was evidently contemplated. For instance the Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co. had just been report- ed as having purchased three timber berths on Spanish River from which they expected to cut two hundred million feet to oN subsequent report from East Saginaw stated that it had been anticipated that a hundred and fifty million feet of logs would be rafted in the log to their mills near Saginaw city. be brought to the river from the Georgian Bay next season, and that the raised duty had caused a trade for two hundred million feet to be declared off. It isindeed well known that the Michigan lumbermen have been making very extensive invest- ments in Canadian pine to supply their mills with logs. There will now, however, be less inducement for them to operate in this manner, and if they want to use Canadian logs they will — ie oe oe i ee oe oF oe have to erect mills in this country. This is only fair so long as they have thé benefit of their own import duty of two dollars a thousand on our lumber. The Michigan lumbermen are very much disgusted and threaten to use all their influence to procure an increase of the United States import duty on lumber in order to console their disappointed hopes. In this, however, they are not likely to be successful, for there are also important interests in the country which are eager to see the auty on lumber reduced or removed and they would protest very strongly if instead of a reduction there were an increase. Just as the November issue of THE LUMBERMAN was going to press word was received from Sault Ste Marie that the Spanish River Lumber Co. (Busweil & Co,) of Michigan, had failed, with liabilities $100,000, A week or so previous to this announcement one of the company’s mills was burned on the Spanish River, the estimated loss being $40,000, without insurance. The Canadian Bank of Commerce was the largest creditor, being interested to the amount of $60,000, and they declined to carry the company’s paper any longer. The authorities of this bank also suspected some fraud in connec- tion with the recent fire, and accordingly had a warrant sworn out for the arrest of the principal of the defunct firm, F. E. Buswell, and placed it in the hands of a couple of officers to execute. They succeeded in serving the warrant at Spanish River. The prisoner insisted on dining before he left, and invited his captors to partake. They accepted, and while they were so engaged Mr. Buswell stepped outside to see a man, as he said, who happened to be on board the company’s tug, which stood alongside with steam up. Mr. Buswell no sooner touched her deck that she cast off, and before the officers of the law had finished their meal, had him well or. his way to his home across the lines, where he still remains and defies his would-be captors. The result of the failure of this firm will strike a heavy blow at the lumbering trade on the North Shore of Lake Huron. They had about 200 men in their employ, 150 of which were already in the woods at the time of the failure. It is stated that some of these men have so far trusted Buswell & Co, as to leave their wages with the firm, and in some instances as much as $500 has been deposit- ed. The report chat the burnt mi!l would soon be replaced by a new one is a mistake as the company has decided to tow its logs in the future to Detour or Cheboygan for sawing. REFERENCE was made in our last issue to the case of H. R. Hazleton, of Michigan, which is now before the exchequer courts. This suit is attracting a great deal of interest in lumber circles as it will decide what constitutes dimension timber in the interpretation of the present customs laws of the Dominion. The minister of customs has filed his defense in the exchequer court as the Crown’s defense. follows : It is admitted that the claimant did, during the years 1883-1884, import into Canada from the United States a quantity of oak lumber and timber, but it is not aware that the quantity or value of such is correctly set out in the statement of claim. The fact is that the oak lumber and timber so imported by the claimant were manufac- tured, inasmuch as the same, at the time they were imported into Canada by the claimant, were not oak planks and boards coming within the classes of lumber and timber mentioned in the 726th item of the tariff as free of duty, but on the contrary, such lumber and timber were manufactured, inasmuch as the same were, at the time they were imported into Canada, sawn, cut and shaped to the exact sizes and dimensions required for the separate parts and pieces, of the wood-work of railway cars and carriages, and were, therefore, dutible under the items So4 and So6 of the tariff: in consequence of which the-crown was legally and properly entitled to he paid the duties thereon, It is denied that the amount of $2,733.25 was paid by the claimant to the customs officers under protest, as mentioned in the statement of claim. On the contrary, it was paid by claimant without compulsion. Further, it is contended that the amount sought to be recovered was paid by the claimant as duties of cus- toms upwards of three years before the commencement of this action. and no application for repayment was made within three years before the action was commenced. Hence no action lies against the crown. Mr. Hazleton bases his claim on section 726 which provides that “lumber and timber, plank and boards, sawn, or bass- It reads as wood, cherry, walnut, oak, etc., not manufactured” may be The sections 504 and 506 of the customs acts, and under which the minister of customs imported into Canada free of duty. has classified Mr. Hazleton’s lumber, reads: ‘* Wood and manufacturers of, and wood-ware, namely, pails, tubs, churns, brooms, brushes and other manufactures of wood not elsewhere specified, 25 per cent. ad valorem, and lumber and timber not elsewhere specified 20 per cent. ad valorem.” 6a While the fast running _ In such places a small oil hole is worse than none at_ vw’ ie THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. PERSONAL. It is rumored that Mr. E. B. Eddy, the well-known lumber- man, will be asked to contest Ottawa (Quebec) county against Mayor Rochon. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Quebec Bank, Mr. R. H. Smith was elected president in place of the late Hon. J. G. Ross, deceased. A London, (Ont.) Syndicate have purchased some timber lands at Little Rock, Arkansas, and Messrs. R. Lewis and R. W. Greer have been sent to that place to look after the company’s interests. It is said that William Carson, the Eau Claire lumberman, who, by the way, is a native of Canada, is one of the most temperate of men. He has amassed considerable wealth, and is one of the most respected citizens of Wisconsin. Mr. John Brennon, who has been in the employ of the Ontario Lumber Co. at French River for some years, has gone to California where he has accepted a position with Mr. J. M. Dollar, late Toronto manager for the above company. It is asserted on presumably reliable authority that Hon. A. S. Hardy, provincial secretary of Ontario, will become Com- missioner of Crown Lands in place of Hon. T. B. Pardee who is about to resign owing to illness. Col. Gibson, of Hamilton, is mentioned as the probable successor of Mr. Hardy. Mr. Geo. Humphrey, jr., who was the Montreal resident agent for Cook Bros. of Ontario and a leading Liberal politician, died the early part of November at his late residence at Sillery from galloping consumption, aged 46 years. The deceased unsuccessfully opposed Hon. Thos. McGreevy in (Quebec West, during the Dominion elections of 1882. It is understood in legal and political circles that Mr. H. J. Cloran, of the law firm of Cloran & Bedard, of Montreal, is about to retire from the political and legal arena and enter upon the career of a lumberman. We understand that he has already purchased one hundred square miles of timber lands on the Ottawa river. We hope to hear that Mr. Cloran’s well-known business ability will do him good service in the new field in which he has cast his lot. CASUALTIES. A young man named Joe Prevost had his fingers amputated by an edger in a Hull saw mill a few days ago. Geo. Golding was cut nearly through the body by a saw, and died instantly, at St. John’s, N. B. Jean Baptiste Richard, a mill hand employed in Hurdman’s mill at Ottawa, had his hand badly jammed in the mill ma- chinery recently. Joseph Laundry, a boy employed in the saw mills of the E. B. Eddy manufacturing company, of Hull, Quebec, had two toes of his left foot cut off by a Mr. J. R. Booth, one of the Ottawa’s lumber kings, had one of his ankles severely fractured some days ago through a truck loaded with lumber running over his foot. circular saw. James Hore, engaged in a North Torento lumber yard, was struck on the head some days ago by a piece of timber. He now lies in the hospital in a precarious condition. Elie Proulx, while working in Messrs. J. R. Booth & Co.’s saw mill at the Chaudiere was struck with a knot and received injuries from which he died a day or two later, after suffering intense agony. William Burrel, a lumberman, met with a serious accident while chopping in the bush at Lead Lake, fifteen miles from Gravenhurst. The axe slipping cut his foot through from the toe to the instep. | A young man named Stewart Wood engaged in falling trees in Gilmour’s shanty near Oak Lake, (Ont.) was struck by a falling pine, the injury from which resulted in his death a day or two later. Alonzo Sopher, employed at Richardson’s shingle mill, a short distance from Guelph, was holding a shingle to the jo nter when it split, throwing the man’s left knives, shaving the flesh off the index finger. hand against the A shocking accident took place some days ago on the Upper Ottawa which resulted in the death ofa young man named Oliver Laroque. above the ‘‘ Rocher Cypitaine,” and while engaged in felling a tree was caught under it. The crashing timber fell on his body, and broke three of his ribs. He was employed An endeavor was made to bring him to Ottawa for medical treatment, but he expired on the road near Pembroke. A distressing accident happened on Noy. 24th in the big \ mill at Deseronto belonging to the Rathbun Co. Felix Cautre was employed on the bucking saws and in some way got crught in the gang and was drawn onto the saws. One saw ~ cuthis head open, exposing the brain, another nearly cut off his left arm, while a third split his left foot open. Both legs were also badly cut. On his removal home his arm was amputated and his other wounds dressed by a local physician. He is said to have stood the operation bravely and the pros- pects are that he may still live. THE FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES. The following is a summary of the annual report of the Division of Forestry of the United States Department of Agriculture, which estimates the forest lands in the States and territories as follows :— Acres Maine .... ra ee ape seer . «12,000,000 New Hampshire — Hee aa Sever 3,000,000 Massachusetts ... Ht noth bie ...+ 1,389,500 Rhode Island .. Bon BAe 163,528 Connecticut Pies 650,000 (SAvVopote saan Gn 1,990,000 New York. ae 8,000,000 New Jersey..... dent wade aE, are 2,330,000 Pennsylvania .... ran ore ee «+++ 7,000,000 Delaware : ae tees 300,000 Maryland .. 2,009°000 Virginias 4 see Atte atin ane 13,000,000 North Carolina..... Bind Por Ke ..».18,000,000 South Carolina. ioe am Se ies 13,000,000 Georgia..... aoe . .18,000,000 Florida Re sete wae baat eae 20,000,000 Alabama. . eee waite een vees ox ag 7,000,000. Mississippi . raleh 13,000,000 Louisiana.. ith eae Bete ote . » .. 13,000,000 TEXAS at Lene rane neat tuned Sak 40,000,000 Michigan.. dae Bee eee eras .. ». 14,000,000 Wisconsin Bee mare site SF iat sea 17,000,000 Minnesota .. Sia ae ee fake «ese GOOCOLO00 Ohioves ane Ba ye saat Said 4,258,767 Indiana. . re piss att eae ++ ++ 44300, TWinoisi eee ae 3,500,000 West Virginia 9,000,000 Kentucky... oe ae aie ¢ Wap . . .. 12,800,000 Tennessee .... bern eee paw baie 16,000,000 Arkansas... 28,C00,000 Iowa.... See 2,300,000 Dakota .... Saved aay eee ‘ame . +++ 3,000,000 Nebraska .... BOE Bt ae ae ik 1,550.000 Kansas .... ave Mere aed ei , +++ 3,500,000 Wyoming .... «wate esis oe Pee 7,800,000 Colorado..... one oe tee eas . ... 10,630,000 New Mexico.... 8,000,000 Idaho 5 10,234,000 Nevada 2,000,000 Utah.. ee cael deve Rete ..++ 4,000,000 Arizona _ sc onde rick: 10,000,000 Washington Territory. Scie canis pei « « «» 20,000,000 Oregon. ae any at. rane 20,000,000 California. aan are? ars eur . » +» 20,000,000 EXCHANGE ECHOES. Canadian Manufacturer. A new scheme of utilizing the sawdust of the Ottawa River for the purpose of fuel is proposed. It is claimed that bya system of grinding the refuse into a uniform finess, mixing it with the refuse gas tar from the gas house, and compressing the substance into cakes, a fuel can be made in every way superior to soft coal for open fires. Sawdust rolls were com- mon forty years ago in England and Scotland, and were con- sidered far ahead of peat and grate fires. The cost of manu- facturing this kind of fuel is merely nominal, and it is expected that it can be sold at a very much lower price than soft coal. The formation of a company to give the scheme practical effect is mooted. Northwestern Lumberman, It would appear from the facts that come to the surface, that lumber will continue to come in good and increasing vol- ume from Canada to the United States—not only to the more important eastern markets, but to Chicago, without the stimu- lus afforded by a removed customs duty. Canadian lumber has allalong cut more or less figure on the Chicago market, and late purchases by men on the American side, of pine timber in Canadian regions, accessible to Chicago by waterway, indicate Of course these purchases have been mainly in anticipation of an enlarged operations in such regions from now forward. increase of value in the timber, and some buyers have been moved by a belief that the free lumber measure in this coun- try would carry. The feeling in Canada is that, in that event, the Dominion would be largely benefitted, and natural But the timber in the Spanish river region of Ontario is good property without the duty off, and those that have bought some of it will no doubt find it so. As an evidence of this probability it is instanced that the Buswell Lumber Company, formerly of Grand Rapids, Mich., and now operating on the Spanish river, has been cutting 10,000,000 feet annually, and shippirz the most of it at a profit, in spite of a $2 customs duty assess sd on operators in the Northwest want a finger in the pie. this side the line. Canada are reported doing well. Many Michigan men now operating in AMERICAN NOTES. —Michigan lumber dealers say that the recent increase in the export duty on Canadian pine logs will stop their impor- tation into the United States. —Three conal boats and one barge loaded with one million feet of pine lumber from Ottawa, consigned to the Oswego Manufacturing Co., which were at anchor at Cape Vincent, N. Y., harbor for fair weather, dragged anchors Novy. 26th in the severe gale. The wind took several thousand feet of lum- ber off the boats, all of which came ashore and were picked up. ie om | Canadian and Baltic seasons being practically over. — i ‘ { ¥ a " aie) December, 1888, A correspondent writing to the New York Lumber Trade — Journal wants to know what kind of lumber was used in the building of Noah’s ark. The editor has endeavored to satisfy the correspondent’s curiosity by giving his reasons for the belief that Cypress was used in the construction of this ancient but wonderful building. —Very few charters for timber are being now reported, the -—The demand for pine in London is reported as being very sluggish and any violent rise in price may have the effect of checking what little business there is now doing. —The Thomas Hillyard from Quebec bound for Liverpool had a fearful passage during October. During one gale her boats were washed away, one seaman was swept overboard and drowned, and another killed. —-Liverpool advices state that steamer freights by the regu- lar liners from Montreal and Quebec have advanced to Sos. per standard. From St. John N.B. freights are a little easier but the supply of deals will be small. —The excess of importation of wood goods up to the end of September over that of last to London amounts to 19,915 loads of hewed wood and 83,734 loads of sawn, or a total of 103,649 loads. Other large wood trading centres exhibit a like result. —The stock of Quebec timber at Leith has already got re- duced to small proportions, and only a few cargoes are ex- pected this fall. This, taken in conjunction with the limited Clyde stocks, will very materially affect the market during the winter and spring months. —The extensive timber yards and saw mills belonging to Messrs. Watson & [odd, of Liverpool, were burned on Nov. 14th. The loss is estimated at $15,000. Ii is announced that the fire will in no way interfere with the firm’s business, as all orders will be executed as usual from their branch mills. —lInquiries for next year’s goods continue to be received by agents both in England and France, but it seems that buyers are slow in committing themselves to any definite quotation. Many of the importers have expressed themselves willing to repeat contracts closed at the highest prices of the current year, but these offers have been declined. It is generally thought by large buyers that a slight advance in values on free-on-board prices is not unlikely to take place. y —Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, in their wood circular, under date Nov. 7th, in speaking of Canadian lum- ber say: ‘‘The demend for all classes of this timber has been good; little oak remains in first hands, and prices 1 to advance for first-class quality. Square and Waney pi are asked for at advanced prices, the demand by consumers | Bim i is in good demand with a moderate stock. Items of Interest. Timber constitutes a great industry and represents an: nual expenditure of $1, 365,000,000. [ts consumption thro out the world has increased 50 per cent. since 1850. From the annual circular of the Export Lumber Compa it is learned that the total shipments of pine and spruce ber from the St. Lawrence river to the River Plate for the season of 1888 were 17,980,814 feet—14, 544,814 of = 3,436,000 of spruce. In 1887 the be Sg amounte ee ec and i in T8860 to 29, ar < =| aT 7 December, 1888 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. i THAUB REVIEW ae ake hae? 2 2 GODERICH, Nov. 27th, 1888 : + J , Nov. , . New York, Nov. 29th, 1888, PRICES IN CAR LOTS, , Q Black Walnut Toronto, Ont. TOWN CUMB ie"... c'-.cnves sever cena $8 00@ 8 50. | sin. allclear “Be pac nen Toronto, Nov. 29th, 1888. TXO- DUO en COMIMON ... > sees. 5 oo) 12 00 1and1% inches thick 700 3900 CAR OR CARGO LOTS. TXO-OSMOUON2MOKESSING) 5-1 eeu cles s+e-s 16 00 rand taihekex iter tops, 38 is j 1% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. . - $34 00@35 00 IxI4, and wider, common............... 12 00 EJECTS 2 OVE 110 1 159 09 1% and thicker, three uppers, American inspection. . 40 00 TKS ee dveccine: 16 00 Vood 1% and thicker, pickings; Ameuean pmSre ctor Meee abo 30 00 d BEN BN Nm Meee na % in. 10 inches and 1% to 2 inct wn on ama dseeatne and better. . : PEPE ZOLOONNZZ2100 1% ressing Feet eee eee nes 16 00 over. . 23 00@24 092% and thicker nC Ape SEO Piel laihalgheeman tad aS Rete aeRO nae enn 1500 1600 RS | BEN Fee ee eer oes a 16 00 | % in. coffinboards... 27 00 28 ooCommon 1 to2 inch 31 Sey IXIO & 12 dressing.. Be conte oeciack oat nee MLO'OO! TS .00 14% Norway pine flooring en 14 00 1 inch, 10 inch and Saps, 1 inch & thicker “pee ARI OY Reel 2 GOMIMLOD ar vctate piesa ls ste wiokeysteiaiave(b aie oie cians eine 1200 1300 5 Hep ER Gy ea maaan SF Ss VR? Be over.. .. B20 w~w ooCulls. all thickne "Pees xT OMEMTAISD UUCENC UL S peavey erste saniitars age iuieisceoie wrepenene ole 1000 1100 1% wes abe Nese Wok Apion etek 14 00 | rinch, 8in. and over 50 Boo ia a TRTONCAT Cr LGU Sem eno oo Ree eitiskesc eases 9 00 1 inch clear and picks 4 to ginch......... 25 00 gles PEIIGHEC] CAG aml CYDICKS et ajsccis 5) sverc ctoeueiniiie oleln/s os rayslele g/erere 2400 2000 inch 6 6 ; 1 | Dressed Poplar. I inc Alois Bh0t6! 1059) 5 ana nar 26 00 1 inch dressing and better soon Done dG NAOT HORNA ceo OA 1800 2000 it el ‘ 6 1 | 2 inch panel.. 4 5025 00'% in. clg. 4 to € 21 GAZI 50 1 inch siding mill run. Ae wae g-in. and up....... 27 OO | ¥% inch panel.. 27 00 2 0% in. cig, 4 to€ 24.09 24 50 1 inch siding common. iP aandeiyacleareand pickseenneeneasnit: 35 00 | %Hinch panel... 29.00 3 001% in. clg. 4 to 70 2 oO 1 inch siding shi culls... CAI AXA CE blac fis on oe elemento pe 1 80 4, y 6 inch casing.... 3000 31 00% in. clg. 4 to 6 in 29 0¢ % 00 page oding mill culls PEMON MPIC WOISE. ce clasiac esos se singsigse rus II 50 12 00 a a a ci ey Ok ue 1% and thicker cutting up plank. 2 Waren OAWER, JOS o5aa0ean0500 5000 00ne- II 00 ey aah eae ests Y Bonchistuipsiqimto) Simumillirun). 6-2. eee ec ee cee = — : a ¢ By WIE --2- ++. Bp COW FH coptrips, clear 2% oof 2 00 eee common. Fano 3 DCO ae eee eth Ay, i eh ee ee oe #2 4 ae as h, good Aw yw APATITE] COLI Oeste sieistsyaro) stain sortie oPstarsra caivinie ig sei ee wi sivies Montreal, Que 2 paket vy 2 ed i ne Ne 1010S" 32 02 RP MUNGUEDOOLIN See eco siccie wis lasso sists dtieas seiseinest oe D ; Oak. Mee hin eee = eh ORT Oe eRe MONTREAL, Nov. 29th, 1888 | x inch pl sawed, 26 co@ 2 | ee ‘ XX shingles, sawn......... Bhi seh ee noe ae A eg a air fk a hae eee one 4 olThitker ee ee eee TELS ane ; a Eines ssa @ M $35.00 40 09] cull out pe of log rete Zane cue 28 00 pe = pitches f ee : Doo ee ene sees nee tree eee nnee etree res ine.an BOOM AEIGO BIC IILSIO SEER INCEST A Aor aml || uiicker ree ereeere 4 oo Strips under 6 in. 30 4900 YARD QUOTATIONS. Pine, shipping culls 50° gk, per Me, See 20.00 | Quarter-sawed, white, al clear, 6 Mill cullboards & scantling$10 00 pee ssine stocks..... 16 00@20 00 BOM... eee eee 1400 1600 | Walnut, per M..... 6000 95 00 Cherry Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00 | Pine, 4th quality Cherry, per M..... 7500 9000 | 5in., white « clear.. 65 00@ 70 «1234 and thicker 88 oof 95 00 miscuous widths......... 12 0o|Three uppers, Am. inspect. 40 00 deals @M........ 1000 1200/Butternut, per M... 3000 4000 rinch.. SG in. Sa 80 «|Counter tops. Sin: aw e i 0) stocks; ... 13 00 Pine, mill culls,# M 800 10 00|Butternut, per M... 3000 4000 1 inch strips. ee se 000 4200 an pS “5S - “os yaaa pe Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 00/1%4-i -in. flooring, dres’d25 00 3000 | Snruce, per M...... 1000 1300\Birch, per M....... 1800 2500 | 1% to2 inch. : fo 00 > oolCalls, all thickness 18 co gees - “ 18 ft 14 00/14 * rough .. 14 00 I5 00 Hemlock, pepe M.... 900 1000|Hard Maple, per M 2000 25 00 ease ; ara ommmmse — - < ee a , 20ft 15 00/1% *' ** dres’d .. 23 00 25 00 | Ash,run of log culls athy) permeeeeees 150 170 | Miscellancous. ee ** 22 ft 16 00 _ ** undres’d 14 vo out Per Masiacce 1600 1800 Shing es, Ist,per M 300 32S Chestnut, clear..... 33 00@ 35 oo\Hickery, oldgrowth 50 00 60 00 “ “54 ft 17 00 “ Tdrestdees 16co) oles Shingles, ond, perM 150 209 Chestnut common.. 20 00 23 oo Hickery. 2nd growth 70 00 ©8000 “ wo Fae FS ae “ undres’d 12 00 14 00 Basswood white.... 3000 32 00Elm 2000 2200 “ “28 ft 19 00|Beaded sheeting, dress- é : Basswood common.. 20 00 23 ooSycamore..... 2400 2700 : "39 ; Bean A ed. “ae eacig 8 oo 2a GO Saginaw, Mich. Maple, pee --. 2500 30 oo\Sycamore quartered 35 00 0 90 ts 2 t 21 00|Clapboar: ing, res? 12 «0 hee oes ITCH, CLEA scene =n. 32 00 26 coGum 2h 90 100 “ “ — sawn n shingles 5 SAGINAW, Nov. 29th, 1888. Birch, 1s and2s..... 2600 30 oo Butternut . re ee ae 00 Sais Scahs wlgeeber a sie a ace) 28 50 rM. (aah 2 90 CARGO LOTS. Cottonwood........ 2000 22 00 ‘ 5 ‘S ae t 24 00 2 25 U ' a “ “ PPCIS 4. | 36 00@38 oojNorway . 8 50@ 9 25 SSS 2 to, s f aA es Wh = ee coumes AG 16 00 19 00|Box . IO SOmLTHOO 2a Cutting u poieuEs Th and Basswood, No.1 & 21 20 00 Mil Pulfs ulls 8 50 “e 00 Stra ht measure oy LEY 18 00 Boston, Mass. thicker tance SoOmecOnoa ebient ye NOT Go 2 SOsGONT00 00) || i 8 aa, Seka ear eu RY (BI 13 me 1 ine Ee 00 20 oo|White ash, 1 & 2.... 25 00 30 00 YARD QUOTATIONS—CAR LOTS DRY. Boston, Noy. 29th, 1888. ’ Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 25 00 Drop Siding. — Western Pi car Toad: . ex YoQoo ao 4 a & Ms In a ae Uppers, in -$48 00@50 oo! Fine com.. 3 & 4in.. 46 00@%o0 00 ie pacts 0 1%, 136 &2in .... 5000 52 00,No2, 1 in. ine com. 29 00 3c : Ottawa, Ont Beare ce 36 00} 38 5 1 ) 00 3000 5 4in........... 55 00 6000) 1%,1% &2in..... 31 00 3300 Bate N loonie, and Siding—Dressed. Selects. wun ce ones 4200 45 00, No. 7 strips, 4to6in 41 a 43 00 TTAWA, Nov. 27th, 1888. | Fjooring, clear, d & m 40 00/Siding, clear, % in. 22 00 13%, 134 & 2in 44.00 46 00) No.2 37 09 3B 00 Dimensions, Inches. Per M. No.1 . BRO GAGES oR AF sce 23 00 3&4in ...... .. 4800 5200| No.3. 25 00 27 00 VETS eee ee... cis serve waived NB 30 0) ® ae ake leas iy @2 See eee 37 00 41 00 aes Jee ie Sie ve Bae sat fas 0. 20 09. 3 £0. Ae 14 00 7 wie boards... . 22 00 es) “ No. 4 me 13 00 Prot, & a oe) = 60 per cent clear 35 00 37 oo Commona ll widt ths. 20 00 25 00 i j ara f 1 b 12 2 Finishing Lumber—Rough. 1% cae ri 5 B #5 Ee " mids selected 16 ft. long, above dimensions 8.50 to Three uppers, rin 2 00 oo|Fine common, ) he : : se one in. 2S B to oe Semen aon sis. 7.00 to 1% i : ; iy pore 00 1% & Rea ' ae i og ee es Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load. paar ee Soe Te 00 3 ooIe: OS Ori No.3 25 00 Nos. I, 2 & 3.... .... 40 00@43 00/Clapboards, 4 ft., sap Ge TTD t ttt t eters eee eee eres 23 r 5. 1% &2in. . oo'Base, 2 tog in. No. 1 40 00 7 a a sg a 2 2 30 00) clear .... 4000 4200 a adiiele bo cele See aerate Ta 2 No. 2 30 00 5 3.00 2600) Sap, 2nd clear 3000 32 ee me ERG G0) Hy bebtc oes 23 -- «- 3000 3200 CePA ee eer iaiec ee fasnie ene oo eiee oe we 4 t Caen | No. 3 20 00 Ship’g bds & coarse 16 oo} Heart extra .... .. <5 00 a 22 OS cia 3 4 Coffin boards 16 in. and over 18 00 IRGINTS oo 5. 12 90| Heartclear....... 50 00 . a aan 7.00 Joist, Scantling and Timber. West’m pine clapbds et (UE Sacc2 23 ans eae ee ae 1.25 12 to 18 feet 10 00 22 feet . 12 00 grt Eee Sega gen rot ne eile SITS 12569 oe Aa rr ae 20 feet . II 00 24 feet .. I3 00 Spruce—by Cargo. Linch siding Outs, 174,134, 2... 2.2... .e.cceee eee 15.00 Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra, : Scantling and plank ‘ Come h 900 1200 Gas Se 1%, 1%, 2 6.50 to 7.00 Wide Select and Common—Rough. random cargoes . . 12 00@13 oo/Hemlock bas., rough 10 co 11 00 . 10.00 to C (No. 1 com.) 13in. and up 28 oo{D (common) 14 in. and up . 16 00 Yard orders, ordin- ae ** dressed 12 00 ; “ “ : WAsele) SES ee SALVASIZES May els 13 $0 14 50\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 28 00 30 00 : Shirisiese x. , SF iCKe Yard orders, extra Clear, 4 ft. . . . . 26.00 2800 vamos Be Heath NG: I I 50 i ouniny Dts brands XXX 3 25@ 3 35 ee ES tee 15 00 1600) Secondclear. .. 2000 2200 ; Fool os a s I I 00) ear butts DAY DP ear floor boards . 19\.a0)" Novant." 2 chotcu. I2 00 15 00 is oe oss SH Seo Ud GEICIC: 6s O SeIGEISICRE CISIERET on eee Shingles,river brands * Ets) Zito 2% in rough 1200 13 2 Noversista seer: 16 00 5 2: a : 2. 3 3 40@ 3 50/Dresse 20 00 Diifevenge ee plana lumber, i in waste and planing moe Cheng SNES UDI Saale square, dressed bats PED SDPruGepay be eee ee I 90@ 200 Ditto, on average good stock...................... 20.00 to 25.00 SSS en Oe ee Shingles. oa . . 5 oe , Philadelphia, Pa. Spuces Gi aL ee I 40@1 50\Cedar, sawed, extra 3 30@3 50 | ; ? ine, 18 in. extra . Aiko! “ays Pelear 7 Sees 3 00—3 15 | Hamilton, Ont. aeiiag a Nov. 29th 1888. | Pine) No.1... ... Bisons il Bee No: 1... 2eBsargse0 hite Pine ypress, No. 1, 18 in. 3°@0- 5225 HAMILTON, Nov. 29th, 1888. Mich. uppers, 1 to 2 1% to 2 in. plank, Mill cull boards aid |Dressing stocks...... 8 00 1800 wile GY soo - $48 co@S0 oo) barn quality. ...... 22 50@/25) 00 | scantlings......... % 9 00@10 00) ay flooring, rough... 1600 1800 21h, 3 & 4 in. 2egoa 5 OD Ee oo}Common plank ..... 20 00 22 00 -. Shipping cull boards xi flooring, rough... 1600 1800 S'lets, 1% to 2in. 42 50 45 00/% box boards, wide.. 14 00 16 50 Oswego, N. Y. promiscuous widths. 1000 12 001% flooring, dressed . 25 00 2423 &4in...... 41 00 43 90 5 siding, selected |. 27 <0 30 00 : Shipping cull stocks. 14 09/1%4 flooring, dressed . 32 00 12in. flooring quality 30 00 32 5o/Culls, Tomine 15 50 1700 OswEGo, Nov. 29th, 1888. es Ta \t flooring, dressed. 21 50 2300 Weacos 9 sapeaee ecole ey Wide Geet 2S ON toIb0 Pine ; -. to 16 feet....... 3.00| Beaded sheeting 1. .. 2500 3000 | Edge barn, all widths 18 00 20 00 : INATOW amie oe 13 50 ane: do up to 18 feet .. a 50|Picks, Am inspection 32 00 3400 | No. 1 moulding ..... 3600 3850 | 11%, 1%, 2 and thicker uppers.............. $40 00@43 00 | a up to 20 cS oc 14 00 Three uppers Nee In. 4c 00 Cargo Lots. Ge: uc ST DICKINES -.50 = oc Seo 30.00 3300 ao io i 22 ee .- 2 eee Kath... shingles.. 260 2 79 Yellow pine edge bds 14 00@16 00\Scantling and plank 2000 2200 Ge ee No: cutting up: 2 4~/- 2200 2600 ddup LORE oolRed O $1 O COBB OB Cpe 225 | Heart face boards... 1900 21 00) « & ‘ inne eine wolaine Pp eet .. 17 00, Red Oak. . 2000 2500 : cuttings up pickings do up to 28 feet ...... 18 09| White Walerre. 5p asico aoc Teplice Boards and Scantling. and uppers as run............ 30 00 35:00 do up to 30 feet 20 00| Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1600 2000 | Edge boards........ Io 50@11 So|Scantling, 2x3 & 2x4, I inch selected sidings 500 3000 Cn plank % |Cherry No.1 &2..... 6000 7ooo | I2in.stock.......... ai So} ATWO) | WO Ce Nyy yn eeos 12 00@13 00 aE ae Ge a ge Pe aes Aaa = and thicker dry.... 2000 25 00|White Ash No.1 « 2. 2500 3000 | Fencing, 6in., 16 ft.. 1150 1200 3x4,to12,12to20ft. 1100 11 50 | 14 aie eee cay aclaaras sn eel? 232 Cutting up boards. 20 00/Black Ash No.1 & 2. 2000 25 00 Shingles and Posts. I & 17% boxor! No. 2cullS..-. 2. 2225.2 -252:- {100 1200 | SS —S__—= Cypress shingles, 24 \Cedar shingles, 3oin. 1& ry sidings No. I dressing and better. ... . i7 00 2500 | St hn. N in. heart, d & b .. 13 00@18 00) _hand dressed... 35.00 4000 IxIO & 12x12 to 16 feet dressing and better... 1700 2500 . John, N. B. 24 in. sap, d & b. 1000 1200) chest posts, 9 ft. 32 00 us cs ‘* shipping “culls mists 1400 1700 ee eg A a I |, a eee ee Oe See (ee At SS 8 00 a3 33 ‘ec “cc St. JouN, Nov. 29th, 1888 z AOE he ies eat ck ee II 00 1200 ) . y I/ > 2 Deals, Boards, Scnating. ete. a ae r& I 4 in. _ Strips 4to7 Ww a selected at a tas 2000 3000 . ARCSSUBES ee a iein alate 1000 1700 Spruce deals ececee = RI2 oc| Spruce boards = 3) Taha Nos. 1 & 2, 1in., good Reject or common, rt ‘ ‘ ee : 000 os ee) ; Sad 4 ees COOL Ane - - -12 00@40 00 dry, Indiana...... $87 50@ 9500! _in.,1% and up..... 60 00@ $5 vo Noses cesses ste ee 2 | rp a Pen ~ 6 00 Oak C2 nace 40 00 TO. COUP erence 9250 too oo/Culls,r int... ..... 500 37.50 Brown Ash. | antling - - - - - - - 140 Cee ot - - = 15 00@25 00 Nos. 1& 2, %in..... 7250 7750 14% in. &up..... 35 00 4000 WAY?, THA D> RSW, AST ont quality ha ae CMLOCK = = = = b= 7 Ko Poplar. A 2 3m. Ist & 2 Mi iS iis 7 . ; Shingles. Nos. & 2.56 in. good a Nos. 1 ae 1% in. & se se ce Guilsase ca eee Qoo0 1100 rm .. ae ; - lence 3 wide, Indiana ..... 25 00@27 §0)_up, goo wide. Ind. 3250 3600 5STUOOL Spruce, ne 27 < Bias x ae Risete No. 1 ae ~ BS Libs aes Benooae 2800 32 50\Columns, 5x5 & up ae ee * Wo.rextra -- - 2 25| S eecen2s cleartscwaes eee 3500 3550 | 1& 1% Se 2NOAQUALLY sox ec wcicSs oes ickie% 2000 2100 Oak. se GUUS He Seite icin mic ae etiam cee Q00 i200 Clapboards. Nos. 1 & 2,1 in., good Nos. 1 & 2,1% in. & SES Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 oo/Spruce, extra- - - - - -2400 western, straight.. 32 50@35 00) up, good western, MSR ie peas Enis “aa at CO una N ielears =.= =) ~ 2300 quartered 49 00 50 00) straight. 3500 3750 | XXX 18inch pine standard thickness 5 to 24% $3 75 clears- - - - - 35 oo is No.1 2 8 ait 6 e quartered .. 5250 5500 | xx « & « 2 50 ! IN One “ae LO (00) SA. “c cei “ “ —_ Flooring, Dressed. Nos. 1 & 2, rin., good Nos. 1 & 2, 1% in. & —— = -- es ae fe . PAT aes ee rae western ...... 35 c0@40 00! up, good western.. 32 50 4250. XXX : cedar 3 00 ge Se ees EZ OC 4 Day No ge 8 cn Ee sIZHOO Vellow Pine—Yard and Wholesale. LCN 1 ee a > 200 - 10 00 DTP CEM ia Toll Noda C0 Ya 00} a Fl XXX 16 bine “ «“ “ 2 00 Wiscelianzyis Sce’tlg, 2x to 12x14 . 2200 @23 00 coring; rin. Va. . RLV CO; IS;O0 de 7 = ‘ > Z Plank, 1% to2 in. . 2300 2750 & 1% in. Ga.& XX : I 90 , fe, ee Ou icathigict w= —<0"s g,1 &1% in. No.1 27 50 3000 a.cargorun . 2200 2400 Staves : oo 450 \Lath 18 | Flg,1 &1%in.N Fl 4 as Heading, haa per pr. 04 |Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00 Cherry. deg 5 iS n. on chm ties - - 15 | Nos, 1 & 2,1in., good 62 50 70 0o\Nos. x & 2, 1% in. & NOR ES SSG AS Sos Sor aes SOR SS Gee Se OO ae ike Oe up, good............ 6500 7500 CO eRe ey erin SEs s Seam sow, e see 110. ~=6t 60 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. December, 1&88. TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS “"T HE LEADER” AND ALL WHO ARE USING C R oO S =e ¢ UW a S x W. Manufactured only by ae ft. SO) CS aa bs ie Pe eee ee ee ee ee ee ee eS ee ee LEATHER + BELTING: weansaverd ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO. dis SQ ney Wye ean AS SAL arora Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, Which will give Complete Satisfaction, a Spahr)! facie) EK DIXOnNeCe MANUFACTURERS OF PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET * LEATHER } HELTITNG* 70 King Street East, Toronto. Teeth. ali oyen EXTRA TEMPER 2D P acen ise "MUG ATDAQ UO peyoye Av SUL puke Suynzag sof suoyoaup [pny the Clearing A Gauge is furnished with each Saw to regulate Sole Agents in Canada for the CELEBRATED PHCENIK-@iE The above Saws are made from the best Double Refined Silver Steel, warranted four gauges thinner on back than front, and the only Saws on the market that are a perlect 4A ” 5 aa / The Only Perfect He It Ure Bt of sit 1a, taper from the front of the teeth to the back. Weal 4 F ; i : They are tempered by the Simonds Patent Process, insuring a perfect uniform temper All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be- | throughout the plate, and stand without a rival as the best, fastest and easiest-cutting Saw ; ‘ . 3 or Sale by th Trade erally, fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting. known. 4 rai ee NOTICE TO SHIPPERS TO SOUTH AMERICA, Fi a E. V E FR D iC : dD. M. RENNIE, Formerly of Toronto, Now in Buenos Ayres, South AMERICA. Is prepared to accept Agencies for the Argentine Republic and Uruguay from the Manufacturers vvvvevvy OF vevvuvvvy Engineers and Saw Mill Owners, after using our Crown and Shippers of Canada. Particulars as to Customs Tariff, Shipment of Samples, Lubricants the whole season, is jitly expressed by one oy etc., may be obtained at the office of NICOL KINGSMILL, ESQ., : j Toronto, Consul for the Argentine Republic. them as follows :-- REFERENCES BY PERMISSION.—Simeon Jones, Dominion Commissioner to the Argentin Republic, St. John, N.B.; Nicol Kingsmill Consul to the Argentine Republic, Toronto ; W. B A: ul Lay S) CEO? th its We aght 2 Gold” ton (of W. B. Hamilton, ‘Son & Co. ); Hon, Frank Smith (of Fiank Smith & Co.); W. R. Brock & ¢ Wyld, Grasett & Darling ; Smith & Keighley ; Eby, Blain . Co., Toronto; Hon. James Turner (of — a James Turner & Co.,) L jeut.-Col. J. M. Gibson, M.P. P. Hamilton; Wm. Darling & Co., Montreal. ee ) . yt Ret couldn't do thee PY NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY “We (LIMITED.) en nen ers OF IR NOTED SPECIALTISS eMudraulic Gement : s ‘ : | LE Se see adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Peas ial G R O1V iV Fol. BRIC. A V if verts, Cisterns, Cellars, ete. 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Sole Manufacturers of the Royal Lubricant and Royal Crank Pin Lubricant, Which is specially adapted for engines and shaft- | ing, and is a saying of 50 to 75 per cent. over oils. | | | | HOSEPE TART ON & CO: 29 Church-St., Toronto, SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA. | Feleghne 800. i =2) “iy “wy Over One Million Sold. | M OST 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; | cord-wood 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 illus- | trated edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. | Sent post-paid for 35 cents. | G. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y., or A. G. MORTIMER, Peterboro’, Ont. SR ET | | | Sar E.. FOR OR SALE.—One-Half or Two-Thirds Interest in a SAW MILL, BRITISH COLUMBIA | to a party or parties willing to Purchase and to Operate same, on shares, by the thousand, or otherwise, as may be agreed upon. Good Har- bour and Shipping Facilities. Address S. W,, Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Peterborough, When writing to advertisers please state that you saw their advertisement | in this journal. | Ci) («< ») ui ‘> CIP) ‘§ ss 1% > oe 6¢ 5) Cah) i >? qi) <>) 4 >) | A NON-FIBROUS ANTI-FRICTION BOX METAL for Machinery Jo B Guaranteed Copper-Mixed, and foido work that no other metal « Hi Stores all keep it ; if not order direct ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT. a _——o— SO — a a a Eee NL OO NEE =e DESERONTO, ¢ ONT., NUFACTURES « TERRA*COTTA: FIRE- PROOFING « For Use in Old and New Buildings. Endorsed by Leading Architects. Wood or Brick. Absolutely Fire.proof. Weight One-Third that of Brick. About as Chear Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water. Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth ¢ DONMINI _ LUMBER 20 pases oo ma ] 00 ADVERTISINGRATE IR: ON apee KG. MORTIMER, Riblisher TION Su een ONLY ‘fouRNAL DEVOMED tOmHE LUMBERING & Woon WORKING INDUSTRIES OF THE S ON “gp PETERBOROUGH | ONT. RP as “5 ~——~—_~_—r~~S DEVOTED TO KEEPING RECORD OF THE TRANS MONETARY, MANUFACTURING MERCANTILE HE = Trade Kei EUW. A COMPREHENSIVE | ACTIONS OF THE AND INTERESTS OF CANADA. we The TRADE REVIEW wi address in Canada, United | ISSUED SBVERw EPRiDa yz. Il be mailed to any States or Great Britain at $2.50 a year in advance. The TRaDE REVIEW sively amongst Wholesale chants, Jobbers, Bankers, is circulated exten- and Retail Mer- Brokers, Manufac- turers, Hotel Keepers, Insurance and Loan Agencies throughout the Dominion of Canada, United States and England. NA HENRY HARVEY, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. 47 ST. JOHN ST., - MONTREAL. in Winter; Coolness in Summer FOR SALE. Be VEO MOEN ES, Second Hz able for construction pur ses One Locomotive Boiler, n¢ I One Blast Furnace, suitable for rner. Second Hand Rails, for sidings. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, Toront eS F. H. REYNOLDS REYNOLDS a} KELLOND, Solicitcrs of Patents az MONTREAL. TORONTO iS6 St. JAMES STREET. 24 KING STREET East Branch Office: Pacific Building Washing =~ Agencies in London and all foreign capitals J. K, POST & Go, LUMBER MERCHANTS And Shipping Agenis. OSWEGO, N.Y. TIMBER BERTHS Estimated and plans carefully I Experienced men, References ae Address, 2 oe sy a 164 ROBERT STREET, TORON TIMBEEF LIMITS FOK SALE, TPUMBER LIMITS FOR SALEIN ONTA RIO Quebec and eeu ba. tl J. FENton & Cx 50 Adelaide Street, East Toronto. PINE TIMBER LnNITS FOR SALE. est Terr Two choice Timber Limits in Northy tory Canada roo square miles gains Also limits in Georgi Muskoka districts for sale. ite HN SCT onto dealer in Pine Land nd plant and supplies Light iron and stock. AUCTION SALEOF TIMBER BERTH DEPARTMENT OF OTICE is hereby d n Council ber nh No. in the wn- ship of Ballantyne, will be offered for sale by Public Auction or Tuesday, 11th one of 258 next, at two o’clock in Les 2 fe oon, at the Department of Crown Lands, Tor Note.-The of timber lin the purchaser faile of sale. Particulars as to l¢ etc:, and terms and furnished on appli ication the Department o f Crow n te No unauthorised advertise be paid for. EE _CANADS LUMBERMAN. December, 1885. Cc. C. CLEVELAND. G. F. CLEVELAND. J. L. GOODHUE & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Jieather Belting GEORGE BRUSH; RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE MACHINIST, FOUNDER & BOILER MAKER, 1) | S 1a S EAGLE FOUNDRY, AND Lace Leather. Le Crore 2 a2 ee elias oe TEES aw, Cee MONTREAL, QUE, | | 300 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL. DANVILIE - - - QUHBEC. a PATTERSON & HALL, ||T.H.GRAHAM &Co., | MANUFACTURERS OF | Lumber Dealers | = Fed fat ice is Manufacturers of Dressed Lumber, RAT A es =) 3 Oe YORK STREET, TORONTO, ONT. ee eet Bie ee re a 8 es PAS es Se Sail, Tent and Awning Maker, 251 Seco AND 4 Kine Sracers, i TER BORO GH. Canoe, Ya ies and Boat Sails made to order : Pei fec ct Fits guaranteed } Every des pb a bre noes Se tes JOHN BERTRAM & SONS, Canada Tool Works, DUNDAS, ONTARIO. MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY, MACHINE TOOLS, ETC. Write for Prices and Catalogues. ee THE BEST ENGLISH OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING, ETC. JAMES LESLIE, a eee ee ar = wae ees s JUNCTION CE CRAIG AND sr. ANTOINE STREETS P.O. BOX 996. MONTREAL, QUEBEC. B= na (Slagle) SM AlS ase ar Ir (Se : a Z Whe Royal Electric Co. SOLE OWNERS OF The Thomson-Houston Systems for the Dominion. MANUFACTURERS OF Dynamo Machines and Lamps, Motors and Generators, Contrac- tors and Builders of Electric Light Plants throughout the Dominion. Estimates and all information on application. OFFICE, FACTORY AND LIGHTING STATION, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 AND 64 WELLINGTON STREET, . CHAS. W. HAGAR, Manacer. “MONTREAL, QUE. =| F. G. BECKETT ENGINE CO., Mona Iron Works, HAMILTON, ONT. SAW <= MILL*: ENGINES * AND BOILERS | | SBORNE-KILLEY MANUFACTURING C0. AND ALL KINDS OF MILL MACHINERY, SAW MILL MACHINERY, ENGINES AND BOILERS, ETC. THIS AND OTHER BLANK SPACES FOR SALE. For Terms Apply to the Publisher. Steam Launches and Tug Boats a Specialty. — ELAMIEION, ONTARIO. — MM A as SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND MENTION THIS PAPER |e Seno FOR Caracocue ANDO Mention THIS Parer. : | prey 1888. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ; feats ene heres TLORON ©) jasc TENNANT & CO. WILLMOTT & WIN TOS IL Wholesale Dealers in Wholesale Dealers in [extEER, | Goa x GHINGLES | el UMBE Re : (qe = TAP US AS AS AS AS AS AS AS AS AS ASAE AS A AEA AA 7 Dressing and Better Pine. 44 and 46 Front Street East, TEe =r ema). =) = Oia A eae Z ——————————————— Ee 5 Lumber Shipped to all Parts by Rail or Vessel. S OFFICE : a ORO iS 1) Agents for the Celebrated Ts Prompt Delivery in all Cases. No. S VictoRia STREET, - : | LUFKIN BOARD AND LOG RULE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. DONOGH & OLIVER, ) Wholesale Dealers in | Christie, Kert & Ea ' LUMBER PINE#&#HARDWOOD:LUMBER Office: 9 Victoria Street, Also Hemlock in all sizes a Specialty. OFFICE - Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings, | TORONTO. Lumber Shipped to all parts. WELLINGTON STREET EAST. TORONTO, ONT, McCRANEY, McGOOL & WILSON, Scor, SCOTT & Go. Manufacturers and Wholesale dealers in all kinds of Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in PINE and HARDWOOD LUNBER Ey esas IL ASIDES Zap) SiS nunc aaS= Ship Plank, Decking and Long Bill Stuff, a Specialty. —e | * se —+* Mills at Burlington, Bronte and Huntsville. Head Office: 16 UNION BLOCK, corner Toronto and Adelaide Sts., Toronto Office: Union Loan Buildings. 28 & 30 Toronto St. Branch Office: 208 Wellington Street, Ottawa. LORON LO and OL TAWA. 3 | | EE TORON TO. 2 : ~The Cutta Percha and Rubber Mig Company OK TORONTO. Offices : 43 YONGE STREET, TORONTO. Factories : PARKDALE, ONT. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF ‘“‘MONARCH,” “RED STRIP,” AND “LION” BRANDS OF ez RUBBER BELTING PURPOSES. PARTICULAR AYVTUNTION GIVEN 10 SPECIAL BELTS FOR LUMBER MILLIS. Our celebrated ‘“‘Maltese Cross” Rubber; ‘Baker Fabric” and Ajax Cotton ; “Giant ” and Light Linen, and Fire Hose constantly in stock. LUMBERMEN’S HEAVY RUBBER CLOTHING, OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Address all Communications to THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MFG. CO. OF TORONTO, 43 Yonge St. ete * ee B F STURTEVANT PATEN? PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILN. Re Lia Bia eee ey Chana GUARANTEED NO WARPING, TO DRY a CHECKING “Ne 1 IA Beiiwena AND BLUEING Best Manner Possible ae STURTEVANT ALL KINDS OF HARD and SOFT WOOD LUMBER. = WRITH*+FOR-+ CATALOGUE, Patent Hot Blast oteam Heating Apparatus, | 115 LIBERTY STREET, 2 31 N. CANAL STREET, > | NEW YORK. CHICAGO. BF STURTEVANT, Patentee and Sole Manufacturer, BOSTON, MASS, U.S. ~ aera.” sa WA f : Me “iS ” Me se Bur ghar ae OOF % % % VS A |. - S|: » Banker s’ - % % & : eee Fire Pi "OOF 3% x Ke = House 3% &38 ‘ | Bank Vault Burglar Proof Linings, se Burelar-Proof Vault Uoors, | i A oe Fire-Proof Vault Uoors. ~< —S+ REGULAR # AND # SPECIAL # SIZES # IN # STOCK # AND # TO ¢ ORDER WE MAKE ONLY THE BEST IN MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP. A Large Variety always in Stock at our Warerooms 24 FRon Tt Sly M7 Est, Toho ses]. G. F. BOSTWICK, Representative. VICTORIA FOUNDRY, ORILLIA, ONT Manufacturer of Every Description of Iron and Wood-working Machinery, SAW, PLANING, SHINGLE AND SAWING MACHINES, ENGINES, BOILERS, &€. The special attention of lumbermen is directed to the accompanying illustration of THE CLIPPER” SHINGLE MACHINE With all the Latest Improvements, and undoubtediy the best machine in the market. PRICE LIST : Shingle Machine, $300.00; Drag Saw, complete, $90.00; Jointer, $40; Knot Saw Machine, $27 These machines are now in use at the Longford Lumber Company’s Mills ; A. Tait’s mill, Orillia; C. McArthur’s Mill, Oro Station; Mickle, Dyment & Co.’s mill, Gravenhurst ; A. D. Myers’ Milb Parry Sound ; Thos. Johnston’s mill, Evansville, and others. Send for circulars and mention this paper. (= We have on hand three Second-hand Shingle Machines, all of which are in working order and will be sold cheap. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION, - a a - Se fn SS _ . December, 1888. PETER GERLACH & COMPANY, “~:~ THE CANBA L | RXiMigator Chisel-Bit Sawx,, | THE CHAMPION STAVE, HEADING AND SHINGLE MACHINES, CLEVELAND, —ICE TOOLS AND MILLSUPPs_| OHIO. | é — as ( is) U1) i—) \ \ 4 3 Wi 2 \ = ee _ & Write for Circulars. . 3 = SHERWOOD HARNESS C0.,=== Syracuse, N. WY. Winter Sawing, Ships’ Decking, Etc. Our TIMBER MILLS at Chalk River, C.P.R.R., will commence Sawing early in December. Sa a> BUILDING and DIMENSION TIMBER, SHIP DECKING, RED PINE, CAR LUMBER, FLOORING, £tc., In Large Stock at Pembroke Mills and Cut to Order at Winter Mills. sz 8 OrbDERS SOLICITED. Wie ied Hao ILE & CO., PEMBROKE, ONT. BILL TIMBER WANTED. The undersigned are in need of a quantity of LONG BILL TIMBER + OFFERS ss Jos. HADDEN & SONS, Foxmead, Ont CANADA PATENT FOR SALE. No. 30,065. DATED OcT. 3OTH, 1888. SAW + INVITED. Will pay 250 per cent. Is entirely new, with no infringements. Sold cheaper and js less complicated than any other, either in the United Stetes or Canada. The principal feature of this Dog is that by the motion of an eccentric lever the log, or cant, ls drawn up square against the stand- ard. Working model can be seen at Patent Office. Other patents are now HOG pending. W4// sell cheap. For fur- ther particulars. address J. H. MINER, Baton Rouge, La., U.S.A, THE MONARCH BOILER (PATENTED) AND HERCULE maw GC — ~ to 70 horse power. Surpass portable steam power heretofore produced for strength, durability, compactness, and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over therough- est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily and quickly 28 an ordinary 20 horse power port- able né, and as firm as a brick-set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des- cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath tnachines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill tnachinery and ait Sid of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by che Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. A, ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Found Amherst, N.S. Machine works. EETABLIGHED OVER 40 YEARS. and Sherwood’s Steel. ims AN ALL, PURPOSE HARNESS. Reduction in | | fine properties of the well-selected Cocoa, = {Oy Take the MACHINERY FOR SALE List of Miscellaneous Machines for sale by H. | W. PETRIE, Branford. ONE Richmond Bran Duster. PORTABLE Forges, Genuine Buffalo make. ONE Eureka Smut Machine. ONE Dederick Perpetual Bailing Press. ONE Steam Rock Drilling Machine. ONE Clover Huller and Thresher. ONE French Filtre Rapide. ONE Soda Water Fountain. ONE Wiard Sulkey Plow. ONE Card Cutter. POWER Meat Chopper, American make. LOT of School Desks and Seat Castings. ONE Hundred Press Plates. FIFTEEN Knitting Machines. ~ ONE Leather Rolling Machine. SET of Box Nailing Machines. RUN of 4o-inch Chop Stones. ONE Corn Husker, Sells’ make. TWO Steam Jacketted Kettles. TEN Thousand Rubber Grain Drill Tubes. NEW Hand Corn Shellers, only $4. ONE Cockle Seperator. ONE Blanket Hemming Machine. CENTRIFUGAL Pumps all Sizes, ONE Snow Plow, weight 25 tons. ONE Machine to make Wooden Bowls. ONE Union Leather Splitter 45-inch knife. ONE Shooting Gallery Tube. ONE Clay Crusher, Galt make. PAPER Bag Machine, New York make. DIAMOND Mill Stone dresser. STURTEVANT Pressure Fans, all sizes. ONE Set of Biscuit Machines, ONE Bark Mill. FOUR Green Corn Cutting Machines. ONE Large Iron Band Wheel. ONE Self Binder, A. Harris, Son & Co. make. TWO Conical Buhr Stone Mills. ONE Wool Washing Machine, Galt make. BOTTLING Table, Matthews make. SET of Heavy Vault Doors. ONE Cast Iron Kettle, small size. NO. 5 Rotary Pump, Waterous build. 4r Feet ot 14-inch Leather Belt double. NEW ogee OO a a aS Lather Belting AAAAARARAS, AR RAR RAAR AAR AR AAR AR AAARARAAKRAAAAARAARAARAL { x* Mill Owners will VISITATION STREET, G0 0S A Pee ee ee hanmananan | MINTREAL, 1 | well to write for estimates before placing their orders. Sayre 7 ACES} A PEAVEY PATENT THE LIGHTEST, STRONGET AND MOST PRACTICAL CANT DOG A ais SEND FOICATALOGUE AND Price List—W———_ Me London, England. LEAT S “BROS \& C O., AGENTS FOR CANADA. MONTREAL, QUE. —————— — ee i ft he . oe } sad | ac , ute a : ) ; Pan ee = fax; ar | 18 THE CANADA LUMRRMAN. . ih * 2a. December, im POLSON IRON WORKS CO. LimiTeD. (Successors to Wim. Polson & Co., Toronto, af Thos. Worswick & Co., Guelph.) | Wa. POLSON, President and General Manager. J. F. MACKLEW ice-President. F. B. POLSON, Secretary-Treasurer. ANA SEG aS aps Sasi 3 (SAS RES Bie y Marine Engines : —_ ; BUILDERS OF STEAM | qg AND BOILERS. W rr re HTS | . - FHOISTING + ENGINES*+ | | Launches | | and Tues. STATIONARY = VERTICAL 2 | RA SE SNR SR] SUE SO ENGINES. GENEBE =erii =e MACHINERY Of Every Description. Zz ; DEALERS. OFFICE AND WORKS: ESPLANADE SHEET EAST, (FOOT OF SHERBOURNE STREET), Toronso. Ontario. AS. ROBERTSON &@. JAMES ROBERTSON ra ue 267 King Street West, Dalhousie and William Streets, = Toronto, - - UOntago. Montreal, - - fue. MN wr : | ¢: | [ercrneruners OF ae 9 EE SSS - EEE_—=— = Circular, Shingle, Gang, Cross Cut, Concave, Mulay, Drag, Grooving. < Cre I _< ' Thurber’s Royal ANTI-FRICTION: BABBIT? METAL. Importers and Dealers in WN EZ Ze ZZ Z ty Z Z y _. ~~ fey . Band Saws, Emery Wheels Saw Sets, Saw Swages, Rubber Belting, Iron Pipe, | Pyicos hw Applicanen Saw Gummers, Leather Belting, Files, &c. - BP ay oe Oe ee Fs <=} Pe bee ‘nas as CS) RAS Ory | ay Say eye. eee ee