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Title: Canadian forest industries 1886-1888
Identifier: canadianforest188688donm (find matches)
Year: 1888 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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UBLISHED MONTHLY i By A. G. MORTIMER. ; The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Woodworking Industries of the Dominion. S SUBSCRIPTION t $1.00 PER ANNUM- VOL. 6. PETER BOKO UGH, 01ST., OCTOBKK, 188(1 NO. 19. LUMBERING ON THE MIRAMICHI. A description of the operations ia progress or in contemplation at the lumber mills of the Miramichi is given by a travelling correspond ent re of about six million feet. This mill is sawing for George McLeod. George Burchill & Son's single gang mill has about eight iniHi >n feet to siw. John Flitt's mill, not running heretofore, started this week and will cut two or three millions for Wm, Richards. Double gang mi'l, capacity 80,000. At Blackville is the water mill (single gang), owned by Scott Fairley, will cut about three million this season. Sinclair's steam rotary mill at the Northwest bridge will cut about two million feet. Now as to the mills which are shut down. The Loggie mill at Chatham, (rotary), now owned by the N. B. Trading Company; Alex. Morrison's double gang mill at Chatham, and the Park mill at Nelson, ownel by D. J. Riohey, have been idle all summer. And R. P. Whitney's single gang water mill on the North-west is not running this se&son. According to these figures the total output of the Miramichi mills this year will be about 80 million feet. THE LUMBER TRADE OF THE CAN- ADIAN NORTHWEST. A Bay City, Mich., correspondent asks for information respecting the lumber supply tribu- tary to Winnipeg, Man., and concerning Port Arthur, Ont , as a manufacturing and shipping point. The home forest supply of Manitoba is mainly found on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Spruce is the principal lumber producing tim- ber. There is a fine growth of spruce on Fisher river, and other streams that run into the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg. In fact the principal forests of spruce are on the east shore of that lake. The growth is described as rather small, but smooth, straight, and free from coarse knots. Little pine abounds on Lake Winnipeg, but there is plenty of tamarack and poplar. Much of the country along the lake shores, especially on the west side, are low and marshy, a region which is the special habitat of tamarack and poplar. The mill business of the Lake Winnipeg district is centralized at Selkirk, a town at the southern end of the lake, at the mouth of the Red river of the north. It is the lake port of the city of Winni- peg. The Northwest Lumber Company has a mill of large capacity at that point, and handles the greater portion of the logs and lumber that come from the shores of Lake Winnipeg Distribution of sawed product is, of course, throughout Manitoba and the other northwestern districts. Selkirk has rail com- munication with the city of Winnipeg, and hence with the railway systems of Manitoba and the northwest territories. It is admirably situated for a large lumber trade, and can com- mand all that L*ke Winnipeg can afford. The body of water is i emarkably quiet, and log rafting is much lass dangerous than on the great lakes of the border But the forest sup- ply being limited mostly to spruce, it is not likely that the Winnipeg lumber business will ever assume vast proportions. Still, knowl- edge of the forest resources of the district is yet astonishingly limited, even among Canadians, and hereafter there may be developments that shall cause a lumber point to grow up at the sou the m end of the lake that will rank with the larger centers in the great lake region or the lower provinces. The growth of Manitoba lumber production will be gauged by the growth of population in the tributary count'y. Without question the Canadian northwest is destined to be a field that will one day require a vast yearly distribution of lumber. When Canadian progress reaches the stage indicated, the timber resources of Lake Winnipeg will be powerfully drawn upon. If our Bay City correspondent contemplates lumber operations on the north shore of Lake Superior, as his letter indicates, he must expect to meet not only competition from Lake Winni- peg lumberman, but from the Lake of the Woods region, and, to some extent, from the American side. There will also be competition from the Bow river district, in Alberta, near the Rocky mountains, and eventually from Saskatchewan river. But the resources of these last named localities are limited, and will undoubtedly be no more than sufficient for the immediate territory. If our correspondent has a quantity of pine on the north shore of Lake Superior there can be little or no risk in manufacturing and distributing it westward from Port Arthur. Logs can be rafted from shore points to Port Arthur, and the sawed product shipped thence over the Canadian Pacific to Manitoba and beyond. Such a scheme looks perfectly feasible. Mr. Geo. A Priest, and Mr. Alonzo W. Spoor, both of Port Arthur, are gentlemen well informed in regard to Port Arthur lumber interests, and would, no doubt, answer any inquiries that might be addressed to them. The Lumber- man would also be pleased to have their views on the matters here but hinted at.—North- western Lumberman. CANADIAN TIMBER It has been estimated by Mr. Ward, an ac- credited authority on the subject, that Ontario furnishes 4 474 000 pieces equal to 3.600,000 standard pine logs of 200 feet each, producing 520,000.000 feet of lumber ; 6,790,090 cubic feet of white and red pine, or 81.000.000 feet b. m ; dimension timber, 23 000,000 feet b. m.; hard- wood, cedar &c, equal to 5.000,000 feet—mak- ing in the aggregate 635 500 000 feet b. m.; play ing to the provincial government for timber dues S501 000, and ground rents 846,000, with 28,000 sqr. miles under license. The province of Quebec has under license 48,500 square miles, producing 2 400 000 square pine logs, equal to 386,000.000 feet b m , and 1,308,000 spruce logs, producing 100 000,000 feet b. m.; white and red pine timber, 3.110,000 cubic feet.equal to 37,- 320,000 feetb m.; hardwood 51.000 cubic feet, or 611,000 feet b. m ; railroad ties 143,000 pieces 32 feet each, making 4.576.000 feet b. m ; tam- arac, 175,000 feet b. m.; hemlock 34.000 feet; cordwood equal to 5,000,000 feet making in all 549,976,000 feet giving a gross revenue of $668,- 596. Nova Scotia has very prolific forests, but the axe and fire have proved singularly destruc- tive. The rough products of the forest at near- ly 200,000. The province of New Brunswick has large " limits " spreading over portions of the counties of Restigouche, Gloucester, Madawaka, Northumberland, Victoria, Carleton. York, Sunbury, Kent, Westmoreland and Queen's. It is stated on the authority of Mr. Ward, that the "cut on government lands in New Brunswick is equal to 160,000,000 feet of all classes, princi- pally spruce; the pine in this province, once so famed, is almost exhausted. There being a large extent of private lands in this province it is safe to estimate that there is not less than 500,000,000 feet of lumber and timber produced, considerably more than three-foruths of which is exported, balance being for home use. The ex- tent of territory is 17,500,000 acres, 10,000,000 of which is granted and located, leaving seven and one-half millions still vacant, and giving to the province $152,000 for timber dues, ground rent, and so forth." The " Lumber Exchange " agitation in New York is becoming a lively question among lumbermen and the lumber press. The opinion is expressed on one hand that such an institu- tion is not required, while some of the largest dealers think it would prove of immense advan- tage to the trade in general. What the out- come will be time will have to prove. ~tvt A TT~R YOURSELF USEFUL. A man who regaidswork as a hardship, an oppression, who look upon the time given to his employer as a species of limited slavery, can never do anything well. He must take an in- terest in this work if he would excel. The true rule for a young man is to make himself as use- ful as possible to his employer. He should never feel satisfied with himself as long as any- thing in his power to promote his employer's in- terest is left undone. In this way his labor is rendered profitable. Promotion comes unsought and before it is expected. Here lies the secret of success.—^.

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