"39c0f7f6-4a07-4635-9a27-832baf3e811a"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1904-07-30"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bclumber/items/1.0309329/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Britisb Columbia lumberman\nPUBLISHED EVERY MONTH\nD. TODD LEES, - - - - Business Manager\nOffice, Room 2, Pender Block. Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C,\nTelephone 1196 P. O. Drawer '.lis\nTerms of Subscription (Payable in Advance)\nOne year, Canada or the United States $ 1 00\nOne year, Foreign Countries 1 50\nAdvertising Rates on Application\nCorrespondence bearing; upon any phase of the lumber industry\nwill be gratefully acknowledged, and discussion upon trade subjects\ns invited.\nTo our Advertisers.- The British Columbia Lumberman\nhas a guaranteed circulation of '2.U00 copies, It will be found in\nevery mill, lumber manufactory, logging camp, etc., in the Province\nand Puget Sound, besides all dealers in lumber in the Northwest and\nCanada generally. To lumber manufacturers) lumber dealers and\nmachinery makers no better medium has ever been offered in the\nWest.\nm^^, Versons correspondinq with advertisers in the Viritish\nColumbia Lumberman will confei a favoi by giving the journal\nctedit foi such couespondence.\nVANCOUVER, B. C, JULY, 1904.\nDuring; the month of June and the early part\nof this month forest fires have done an immense\namount of damage in different parts of the Province, and scarcely any section has been immune.\nIt is time some action was taken in the matter of\na fire wardency system by the Provincial Government.\n\"Buy lumber now, because the market is in\nfavor of the buyer,\" says the American Lumberman. The advice we consider well timed. Dealers\nand others in the Northwest will remember the\nunfortunate conditions existing last fall, from\nlack of car facilities, and the inabilty of the mills\nto get lumber forward. It is safe to say that the\ncondition will be much worse this year. From\ncrop prospects, Manitoba and the Territories will\nhave a record year, and the lumberman and dealer\nknow they must take a \"back seat\" to the requirements of the wheat grower, while no increase has\nbeen made in the rolling stock of the railways.\nThe consequence will be that if the dealer waits\ntill fall before sending; in his orders, he will have\na poor chance of having; his goods delivered.\nTransportation facilities and the lumber market\nare in favor of the dealer now.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A word to the\nwise.\nFOREST FIRES AND RAILROAD\nBUILDING.\nThe Canadian Forestry Association is placing\nitself on record in regard to the prevention of\nforest fires. Resolutions emanating from that\nAssociation were published in our last issue.\nCopies of these resolutions were sent .out to the\nDepartment of Railways in Ottawa, and in reply\nthe Department says that it fully appreciates the\nimportance of every precaution to prevent such\ntires in connection with the surveying of the\nrailway.. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway\nCompany, acknowledging the resolution, says it\nhas their full sympathy, and that their engineering\ndepartment has been instructed to do what they\ncan. A similar reply has been received by the\nsecretary of the Association from C. M. Hays,\ngeneral manager of the Grand Trunk Railway,\nin reply to a copy of the resolution which was\nsent direct to him.\nThe Ontario Government has also adopted a\nclause to be inserted in all agreements of railway companies building lines through the newer\ndistricts of the Province. It is as follows: \"It is\nhereby agreed that wherever the line of construction of said railway runs through lands of the\nCrown which are not covered by timber license,\nand the Government deem it proper for the protection of the forest wealth adjacent to the line\nof construction to place on duty a staff of fire\nrangers for the protection of timber, it shall be\nat liberty to do so, and all expenses incurred\nthereby, whether for or in respect of men's\nwages, or any other services, shall be borne and\npaid by said railway company.\"\nIt would be in keeping with the times if the\nBritish Columbia Legislature would incorporate\ninto all agreements it makes with railroad\ncharterers similar provisions to the foregoing. By\nsuch action no serious hardship is inflicted upon\nrailroad builders, while infinite good will\nundoubtedly result to the Province. We would\ngo further, however, than including only Crown\nlands, not covered by timber license, but would\nmake the clause operative upon all timber lands\nno matter whether occupied or not, as destruction of such lands by fire would be a loss to the\nGovernment in any event.\nTHE LOGGERS' POSITION NOT AN ENVIABLE ONE.\nElsewhere in this issue will be found an appeal\nof the Coast loggers of British Columbia to the\npeople of the Province. Many of the arguments\nused in the appeal are good\u00E2\u0080\u0094in as far as the\nlogger himself is concerned\u00E2\u0080\u0094while others are very\npoor, and instead of obtaining the sympathy of\nthe milimen, as would be expected, assertions are\nmade against the manufacturers which are both\nunjust and unwarranted.\nWe have much sympathy for the loggers in\ntheir troubles, but fear that there is little chance\nof relief from the source to which they look.\nTheir case would undoubtedly have had the attention of the Government had conditions ;n the\nrevenue department been as opponents of the\nGovernment at one time predicted. Today,\ninstead of there being a deficit from logging\nlicenses, leases and stumpage dues, there is a\nconsiderable surplus over the estimates. From\nthis fact alone, it is evident that the Province has\nlost nothing by the change in the laws affecting\nthe lumber industry, and the hands of the Government are thereby greatly strengthened in the\npolicy which it adopted in regard to the logging\nbusiness.\nNotwithstanding the efforts of the loggers to\nget a repeal of the export duty on logs in order\nto give them a market into the States, we maintain that the principle of the export from any\ncountry of the raw material tends to ruin that\ncountry, as it is a drain on its natural resources,\nwithout sufficient compensative advantages. In\nthis case it seems to us suicidal. We have complaints made that the Northwest is getting the\nsurplus of the American mills to the disadvantage\nof our British Columbia mills. The free export\nof logs from this country, while not materially\nbenefitting us, would simply be a contribution\nfrom us of so much more material for the continuance of the unfair competition. An instance of\nthe disastrous effects of shipping the raw material\nfrom the country may be seen in Norway, which,\nuntil quite recently, did very little manufacturing.\nTheir forests have for generations been depleted\nto supply outsiders, and while draining the\ncountry of its natural wealth in this way, the compensation was not great enough to allow of the\nexpansion of their population. At this later day,\nhowever, they have begun to realize the advantage of retaining all the profit, leading to the production of the finished article, and they are now\nenjoying a period of prosperity never before\nknown in their history.\nIt is unnecessary to go outside of our own\ncountry, however, for examples of the disastrous\neffect of shipping our raw materal, as in Ontario,\nafter years of experience in the deportation of\nlogs to Michigan, the Government saw the evils I\n!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ni\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\ni\n1 '\nflllis-Chalmers Company\n, SUCCESSOR TO\t\nThe Edward P. Allis Co., Fraser & Chalmers Co., Gates Iron Works, Dickson Mfg. Co.,\nMILWAUKEE, WIS. CHICAGO, ILL. CHICAGO, ILL SCRANTON, PA.\nWE ARE THE LARGEST BUILDERS OF MODERN HEAVY PACIFIC COAST\nSAW MILL MACHINERY.\nPLANS AND ESTIMATES MADE FOR UP-TO-DATE PLANTS. We give you the benefit of forty years of our experience.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0D\na>\ni_\nV)\na>\nQ\njC\nu\n+*\n\ni B\n>l\n1 a\nC\n1 s\n9\n-o\nHP:,\na\n14 C\nS\nM\u00C2\u00ABH\nI K' *\"\nft- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\nIt\u00C2\u00A9\nft CO\nCO\nB\n1 CO\ntn\nCO\nG)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0H\nu\nu\nCO\no\nQ.\n^\u00E2\u0084\u00A2*\n9\n9\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nQ\no\nZ\nO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0H\n3\no\nI\nSOLE\nAGENTS\nHEALD'S\nCHAINS\no\n\u00C2\u00A3\noo S2<\n! O\nD *\n9\nn\n03\nCD\nCO\nC^\ns\nCO\n4*\nALLIS Pacific Coast EDGER Saw Shifter. Patented.\nWE CAN APPLY THEM TO YOUR OLD EDGER\nSeattle Office, 505 Lumber Exchange.\nH. S. MITCHELL, Manager\n2\nC\u00C2\u00BB\na.\n9\nCo\n3\na.\n3*\no\n(!)\nW\n(V\nOl\n\u00C2\u00A9\n02\n3\nCO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00BA1\nSOLE\nAGENTS\nMERSHON\nRE-SAWS\nBRANCH OFFICES\nNEW YORK, Empire Building\nBOSTON, Board of Trade Building\nPITTSBURG, Frick Building\nMINNEAPOLIS, Corn Exchange Bldg.\nDENVER, 1649 Tremont St.\nSALT LAKE CITY, 209 S.W. Temple\nSPOKANE, Washington\nGENERAL OFFICE\nCHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.\nLONDON, ENG., 533 Salisbury House. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.\nBRANCH OFFICES\nSAN FRANCISCO, Hayward Bldg.\nSEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg.\nCHARLOTTE, N. C, Trust Bldg.\nNEW ORLEANS, Hennen Bldg.\nATLANTA, GA., Equitable Bldg.\nBUTTE, MONT., 51 E. Broadway BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n3\nof the system, and now it is a thing of the past,\nand that Province is reaping the benefits. When\na sound policy is once decided upon, it should\nnot be departed from on account of unusual conditions that may from time to time be incidentally\ndeveloped.\nWe are strongly of the opinion that the main\nreason to account for the present conditions is\nthe fact of overproduction. Every time there is\na spurt in the lumber business it attracts perhaps\nundue attention. Both capitalists and loggers\nwith limited capital rush in, and the demand is\nsoon caught up with, and as there is only a market\nof a certain magnitude to supply, a surplus of\nlumber and logs accumulates, with the usual consequences.\nWhile we appreciate the fact that, at the\nmoment, from the conditions of the logging\nindustry as set forth, a very considerable amount\nof money, in material, wages and supplies, may be\nlost, still, looking to the best interests of the\nProvince, we contend that no repeal should be\nmade by the Government of the embargo on logs.\nOur neighbors across the line are ready to take\nfull advantage of any concessions which might be\nmade, and what might be a gain in one instance\nwould be an irreparable loss in another, and that\nloss very much greater in comparison to what\nthe loggers might now lose.\nIn a speech before the Hoard of Trade in Victoria the Hon. R. G. Tatlow is reported in the\n\"Colonist\" to have said in connection with the\nforegoing:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"It was considered by the Government that it was in the best interest of\nthe Province to encourage the manufacture of\nlumber here by prohibiting the export of logs.\nand, as a result, a large number of mills had been\nestablished in different parts of the Province, and\nthe Government intends to adhere to that policy.\"\nBRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE PULP\nINDUSTRY.\nThat there is a great future in the industry for\nthe transformation of our spruce, and smaller\nfirs, into pulp, for 'the manufacture of paper,\nhas long been recognized. Until, however, within\nthe last two years, very little practical use was\nmade of the knowledge that we possessed within\nour great forest areas, immense tracts of spruce,\nand other timber admirably fitted for this\npurpose.\nTwo causes materially contributed to the\napparent lack of attention to the development of\nthis industry; the main one being the great concentration of capital and interests involved in the\nlumber industry with its hundred mills which\nmanufacture annually many million feet of\nlumber; the other cause being probably the uncertainty of the markets for the product among\nour Pacific and Oriental neighbors, now, however, better understood.\nWe are now at last alive to the importance of\npushing as quickly as possible, the development\nof the pulp industry. As greater knowledge of its\npossibilities has given birth to the conclusion\nthat within the next decade it may equal in\nimportance and in capital invested, the great\nlumber industry itself, and with probably the\nemployment of an equal amount of labor. Four\ncompanies have taken advantage of the liberal\nregulations governing the manufacture of pulp\nand paper, and others are preapring to follow\nsuit. The companies now incorporated for the\nmanufacture of this pulp are as follows:\nThe Oriental Power & Pulp Company have\nerected extensive works at Swanson Bay and\nhave secured and had surveyed some 83,000 acres\nin the vicinity of their mills and on Princess\nRoyal Island. This company by the terms of\ntheir lease, must be in a position to ship 50 tons\nof pulp per day by July 1st, 1905.\nThe Island Power Company:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Incorporated\nMay ioth, 1904, have been granted a reserve\nfrom which to select their lands, as\nfollows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Port Neville, 20 square miles; near\nChatham Point, 6 square miles; Beaver Inlet, 9\nsquare miles; McBride's Bay, 9 square miles;\nPhillips Arm, 8 square miles; Upper Campbell\nLake, 36 square miles; Buttles Lake, 20 square\nmiles.\nBella Coola Development Company:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Situated\nat Bella Coola. Some 20,000 acres of land have\nalready been secured in the vicinity of their proposed mills on the mainland and adjacent islands.\nIncorporated May 18th, 1904. E. Dewdney,\nAttorney for Company.\nQuatsino Pulp & Power Company:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Situated\nat Quatsino Sound. The company control 100\nsquare miles of pulp and timber lands lying\nbetween Quatsino Sound and Broughton Straits,\nreserved two years ago; have let contract for\nwharves, sawmill, pulp mill, etc., capacity of\nsawmill to be 50,000 feet per day, the pulp mill\nto be able to turn out 65 tons of pulp per day.\nInitial expenditure to be $150,000.00. Capita!,\n$500,000.00.\nA very important factor in the successful\nThe A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited\nTORONTO, ONTARIO\nHave the following Engines in Stock for Prompt Shipment:\nNo.\n10928\n8072\n11(114\n11 S.V.I\n11037\n11'.'(12\n10340\n8842\n8240\n0666\n8857\n0252\n11111\n11016\nAUTOMATIC ENGINES.\nI(ix3f> in. Woodruff & Beach make, horizontal engine,\nCorliss type.\n18x18 in. side crank engine, Robt. Bell make, new\n12x14 in. Engine, Atlas Engine Works make, new.\nlllxll) in. Root. Bell make, new.\nIilxld in. Robt. Hell make, new.\n(!',\u00E2\u0080\u00A2$ x8 in. horizontal automatic engine, second hand.\n6x6 in. vertical automatic engine, second hand.\n5x7 in. vertical automatic engine, second hand.\n4x8 in. horizontal automatic engine.\nHORIZONTAL ENGINES, NEW\nStevens\nMfg. Co.\nI\n11866\n11)518\n112411\n10866\n3331\n1(18115\n11358\n110711\n9366\n1.085\n11(121\n3875\n114(1(1\n5730\n1(1x18 in. centre crank engine\nmake.\n12x14 in. side crank engine, Stevens Mfg. Co. make.\n10x12 in. class A. engine, Orr & Sembower make.\n9)4x12 in. Comstock Mfg. Co. make.\n8 &\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 14x10 in. compound engine, llardell Compound\nEngine make.\nIORIZONTAL ENGINES, SECOND HAND,\nTHOROUGHLY REFITTED.\n10x21 in. horizontal engine.\n15i/jx20 in. horizontal engine.\n14x21 in. horizontal engine.\n13x17 in. Killey make engine.\n12x24 in. horizonlal engine.\n12x24 in. horizontal engine.\n12x18 in. horizontal engine.\n12x10 in. horizontal engine.\n12x12 in. Leonard make engine.\n10x14 in. horizontal engine.\n10x12 in. horizontal engine.\n0x20 in. horizontal engine.\n9x16 in. Goldie McCullogh make, engine.\n0x12 in. horizontal engine.\nNo.\n(1544\n10010\n10720\n11018\n10860\n4720\n10988\n10447\n11510\n1015\n11017\n758(1\n0034\n11435\n31(10\n11241\n820(1\n5127\n10204\n0700\n0130\n11019\n11701\n11820\n11520\n11342\n1144(1\n(1003\n0307\n11170\n7835\n8508\n6081\nHORIZONTAL ENGINES-Continued\nsy2\io\n8x10 in.\n8x12 in.\n8x11 in.\n8x10 in.\nn. horizontal engine, Waterous make.\nhorizontal engine.\nhorizontal engine.\nhorizontal engine.\nAbell make, engine.\n7^x12 in. horizontal engine.\n7x0 in. horizontal engine.\n(>>4xl2 in. horizontal engine.\n6x10 in. horizontal engine.\n(1x8 in. horizontal engine.\n5J/;xl2 in. horizontal engine,\n(ixd in. horizontal engine.\n5x10 in. horizontal engine.\n5x7 in. horizontal engine.\n4x0Vt in. horizontal engine.\n4x4 in. Leonard make.\n4x4 in. Leonard engine.\n25 h.p. Dake engine.\nVERTICAL ENGINES.\n0x12 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n8x8 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n7x10 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n7x10 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n7x7 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n5x6 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n(1x0 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n5x(l in. vertical engine, second hand.\n6x6 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n5x6 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n5x5 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n4x4 in. Doty engine.\n3x4 in. vertical engine, second hand.\n3x4 in. oscillating engine, second hand.\nWestinghouse high speed engine, second hand.\nNo. MARINE ENGINES.\n9715 3 3-10 & b'/ixo in. fore and aft compound marine\nengine, Davis Dry Dock Co. make, new.\n8339 10x10 in. marine engine second hand.\n8057 12x14 in. marine engine, second hand.\n8529 12x12 in. marine engine, second hand.\n9381 8x8 in. marine engine, second hand.\n11213 (>x(i in. marine engine, second hand.\n(1143 5^x7 in. marine engine, second hand.\n3842 4x(i in. marine engine, second hand.\n7129 4x4 in. marine engine, second hand.\nPORTABLE ENGINES AND BOILERS.\n9130 8)4x10 in. portable E. & B., Marsh & Henthorn make,\nnew.\n7251 8x12 in. Abell. portable, second hand.\n1938 12 h.p., Champion, portable second hand.\n3180 12 h.p., Cornell, portable, second hand.\n3363 5x10 in. Abell, portable, second hand.\nGASOLINE ENGINES.\n11520 12 h.p., gasoline engine, New Gasoline Engine Co.\nmake.\n11064 6 h.p. gasoline engine. Stovel Engine Works mak<\\n8965 3 h.p. gasoline engine, new, A. W. McGuire make.\n10154 3 h.p. gasoline engine, second hand.\nGAS ENGINES.\n8953 4 h.p. gas engine, second hand, Otto Silent type.\n4403 2 h.p. gas engine, second hand, Otto Silent type.\nHOISTING ENGINES, NEW.\n6652 7x10 in. double cylinder, single drum, Robertson Bros.\nmake.\nXW 7x10 in. double cylinder, double drum engine, with\nboiler.\n11146 20 in. drum, single drum hoisting engine.\nNote\u00E2\u0080\u0094Look out for our List of Wood Working Machinery in next issue. , j, .\njjli; -\ns 1 \h\ni W '[\n\r\nI\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\noperations of this industry will be the abundance\nof water power so generously distributed throughout the Province; near almost every point, suitable for the establishment of pulp mills can be\nfound more than sufficient water power always\npermanent in its head and unaffected by extremes\nof climate.\nTaking this into consideration, together with\nthe great abundance of raw material, and the\nopening of the Panama Canal in the near future.\nthe markets will be so extended that not only\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0will we have those of the Pacific Coast, but we\nshall be successful competitors with the mills in\nthe Eastern States and Canada at their own\ndoors, as well as in Europe,\nThe knowledge of the location of the most\navailable and extensive limits for the purpose\nof the pulp manufactured is not so easy to obtain\nas would be imagined from the great extent of\nterritory they cover. This is generally the asset\nof the professional timber cruiser, who is ready\nto dispose of the information at a price depending upon the quality and extent of the area, and\nijts practical value to the purchaser, his, the\nuser's, experience giving him a pretty close\nDnception of this. Approximately, however, the\nlowing may give some idea of the extent of\nspruce and younger fir lands which will be\nfirst to be selected for pulp manufacture:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n|p Queen Charlotte Island, there are approxi-\nUy one-half million acres heavily timbered\n|e lands contiguous to the Coast, with the\nBary water power in close proximity; in the\njr of this island is much more of the same\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2of timber, which will be utilized later on.\nKnight's Inlet, on the northern side, can\nlund much fir timber, but to the south of\nllet a large spruce and hemlock belt extends\n.some miles, with probably several hundred\nisand acres suitable for this purpose, and all\nBe to salt water.\nJin the Coast district, at Owekana Lake, are\ntensive spruce lands, in fact, it is stated that\nthere are millions of acres of mixed spruce and\nfir timbered lands, much of which will average\n500 cords per acre, well fitted for the manufacture of pulp, either chemical or mechanical.\nAgain on Vancouver Island, in the western parts\nof Sayward and Rupert districts, and in Northern\nNootka district we have an extent of spruce lands\ntotalling well up to a million acres, and in many\ncases in close touch with the seaboard and good\nnavigation, while, as at other points already mentioned, water power, so necessary for the economical manufacture of the pulp, is available.\nWe must not forget, that, while we have been\nconsidering the manufacture of pulp in mills contiguous to the seaboard, that there are conditions\nwhich might make it highly profitable to establish pulp mills in the interior of the Province,\nwhich would depend upon rail transportation for\na market.\nFor such purposes, large areas of mixed spruce\nand fir lands are to be found in the vicinity of\nKamloops, on the North Thompson River and\non the Fraser River and some of its tributaries.\nOne or two large pulp mills located near any\nof these points would find no difficulty in securing a market for the pulp in the rapidly growing\nNorthwest and in Ontario.\nTo sum up the possibilities of pulp manufacture, we have markets for our output in Australia,\nChina, Japan, South America, New Zealand, the\nWestern Coast of America, and in Europe, With\nthe opening of the Panama Canal, cheap transportation to the Eastern Coast of America, and\nthrough our better and cheaper manufacturing\nfacilities, will make US at once successful rivals\nof the older Eastern mills, possibly giving us in\ntime the control of the pulp industry of the\nworld. It is only a question of a short time that\nthe manufacture of pulp means the local manufacture of paper, with the consequent reaping of\nthe entire profits of the industry.\nTHE EAST WILL JOIN THE WEST.\nToronto, July 14.\u00E2\u0080\u0094To a deputation representing the Ontario Lumbermen's Association, who\nrequested that the same duty of $2.00 per thousand, placed on lumber by the United States,\nshould be imposed too by this country, lion.\nMr. Fielding, while bidding out no hope that the\ndeputation's request would lie granted this year,\ngave them to understand that something would\nprobably be done for them next year.\nCOMMENCED OPERATIONS.\nThe Arrowhead Lumber Co., Ltd., commenced\nactive operations on the first of this month. The\nmill occupies a most convenient site at the junction of the Columbia river and Arrow Lakes. It\nis equipped with all the most modern machinery\nand appliances and has a daily capacity of 100,-\n000 feet in ten hours. The mill is lighted by electricity, the McFwen engine being manufactured\nby the Watero.us Co., and the 500-light dynamo\nby the Canadian General Electric Co. Mr. S. C.\nHinton, of Vancouver, is attending to the installation of the plant.\nThe convenient location of the company's mill\ngives it a wide range of territory for its product,\nwhile being directly connected with the Arrowhead branch of the C. P. R., it enjoys equal facilities for rail shipments east and west. With\nthe introduction of every labor-saving device for\nlumber manufacture, thereby economizing in the\ncost of- production, the company is in a position\nto enter the field with the brightest of prospects.\nThe officers of the company are: President,\nMr. Archibald McMillan, of Westbourne, Man.;\nVice-President and Manager, Mr. W. R. Beattie;\nSecretary-Treasurer, Mr. W. W. Fraser, of Emerson, Man.\nTHE FIRE RECORD.\nThe Ketchikan, Alaska, Saw Mill was totally\ndestroyed by fire on the 4th inst., the loss involving some $4,000 to $5,000.\nThe large factories of the St. Catharines Box & Lumber Company, Niagara\nstreet, St. Catharines, Ontario, were destroyed by fire on June 24th, with the probable\nloss of $50,000. The fire burned with such tremendous rapidity that men employed in the buildings had to run for their lives. There was panic\namong the people watching the flames when the\nboilers exploded.\ntxzjxxxxzzzzzxxzzxxxxxzxnxzzzszxxszznxxzxzzzzxsizzxBxzzxzzxzzn 1\n1 worresponctence |\n>ixxxi)iiixxxxxxxiixxxxr.niiixxxixixxxixixxxxixxxxxxixxxxxnixix:ii.\nFrom our Special Correspondents.\nVANCOUVER ISLAND.\nEnjoys a Prosperous Season.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Loggers' Request\nDoes Not Meet With Favor at the\nCapital.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coast Lumber Has No\nRivals for Quality.\nJohn B. Atchison's sawmills, planing mill and\nsash and door factory, at Cornwall, Ont., were\ndestroyed by fire on June 24th, together with a\nvery large quantity of lumber. The loss is between $30,000 and $40,000.\nOn the loth inst. a large boiler in Peters &\nCain's sawmill, about seven miles from Hamilton,\nOnt., exploded, completely demolishing the mill\nand instantly killing William Duncan, a young\nman employed in the mill. William Winn, another employee, was fatally injured and survived\nonly a few hours. Several others were more or\nless injured by falling timbers and scalding steam.\nVictoria, July 18. A steady local trade at lair\nprices epitomizes the history of the past month\nin the Victoria lumber market, while a satisfactorily increasing export business has aided in\nkeeping the nulls and the dealers busy. The most\nimportant event ol the month was the announcement by the Canadian Pacific Railway of a 40-cent\nrate on fir, spruce and hemlock to Manitoba\npoints, This cut has been agitated for some time\npast, and local dealers are well pleased that the\nrailway has acceded to their request. The reduc-\ntion of the rate \"ii cedar remains unsettled, hut\nhope is expressed that the C. 1'. R. will make\nthat concession as soon as it can secure the cooperation of its rivals in the carrying trade. The\ncompany's 40-cent rati' now applies to shipments\nof cedar t\" all points 111 the Territories, but does\nnot extend to Manitoba, as competitive roads\ndecline to make terms to places within that\nProvince.\nThe Loggers' Petition.\nThe loggers' petition to the Government for the\nsuspension or removal of the export tax on logs\ngoing to Washington, meets with scant sympathy\nfrom local lumbermen. The general opinion\nappears to be that the loggers' troubles are self-\nintlicted, inasmuch as many of them rushed\nblindly into the business without due consideration as to the extent of the probable demand, or\nthe necessities of the market. There is no doubt\nthat there has been considerable overproduction,\nbut it i.s pointed out that prudence should have\nsuggested to these victims of their own lack of\nforesight, to secure orders for their logs before\ncutting them. Such precaution would have only\nbeen in line with ordinary business common\nsense. While it may be regrettable that a certain\nnumber of loggers are suffering loss through their\nown folly, it is said that there are others, who are\nshouting the loudest for a removal of the tax, who\nhave not lost a dollar, but are ready, should their\ndemand be complied with, to enter into contracts\nwith Washington mills for the delivery of millions\nof feet of logs, which are now represented by\nstanding timber. It is even said that sonic of\nthem would go so far as to sell the logs standing\nand allow the Washington people to do the rest,\nand that they have been actually negotiating with\nthat end in view. Looking upon the question\nfrom every standpoint, the policy of the Government in refusing to alter existing conditions meets\nwith practically universal approval, the only persons dissenting being those who recklessly overproduced, and the \"soreheads,\" whose scheme l1\"\"\ndenuding our forests for the benefit of the foreigner, for the sake of the few dollars it WOllld\nbring to them, has been frustrated.\nSurveying Their Pulp Concessions.\nThe Quatsino Power & Pub) Company, winch\ncontrols a large concession bordering upon Quatsino Sound and Rupert Arm, is actively engage\nin preliminary work on the property. Surveying\nand timber cruising parties are scattered over\nground making a thorough examination, preparatory to the choosing of the most convenient site\nfor the company's sawmills, pulp mills, wharve.\nand warehouses, which will be built as soon as\ncircumstances warrant. The company conte\"\nplates an outlay in exploratory work, plant, e >\nof something like a quarter of a million d\u00C2\u00B0ua^Vj\nLemon & C.onasson's new mill and sash\ndoor factory is rapidly approaching the worn \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0BH\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\nALEXANDER MACLAREN, President\nBUCKINGHAM, QUE.\n...THE\nNorth Pacific Lumber Go., Ltd\nBARNET, B. C.\nMANUFACTURERS OF KILN-DRIED\n\*&\n,\umb^ Ffr. Spruce an\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n: i j\nl i\n1 I:\n12\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\nThis practically gives the market for rough and\ncommon lumber into the hands of our countrymen in Kootenay, and is largely responsible for\nthe lack of demand for rough and merchantable\nlogs here. It must be remembered in this connection that their timber is mostly small and\nrough, and that for this reason the Coast still has\nthe bulk of 'the trade for finished material, such\nas flooring, stepping, siding, mouldings, etc.\nSuch being the case, the Coast lugger must find\nanother and larger market for his product, or\ncease to operate.\nIt is useless to theorize or talk cheap sentiment,\nthe facts are as given above; we must have a further market or suspend operations.\nWhat effect has the present situation on the\npeople of British Columbia? Let us look at it\nfrom the loggers' standpoint:-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHe is losing money, he is seeing the hard-\nearned accumulations of years of toil slip through\nhis hands despite his best efforts, with a certainty,\nif no relief is forthcoming, of going insolvent.\n\"Going broke,\" it is called, and going broke he is.\nThe merchant, wholesale or retail, in whatever\nline he may be, is today feeling very keenly the\nerable portion of the returns he should receive\nfor his outlay in road building, etc., which is, as\nshown, a heavy item of the expense necessary to\nprocure logs, as all practical loggers and woodsmen know. In all common sense, why not sell\nthis timber to the Americans? They have an\nunlimited market, can saw and sell timber that is\nworth nothing to us, and it will not be for many\nyears. The logger will profit, for it will allow him\nto log and sell his entire limit and give him a\nlarger and steadier market. The working man\nwill have employment all the year at good wages.\nThe tug-owners and all their employees will be\nbusier than ever before.\nVancouver and the whole Coast of British Columbia will at once feel the effect of the good\nAmerican money put into circulation here.\nWe are told that we must protect the mills of\nthis country by not allowing the export of logs.\nNow, in common sense, what benefit is it to the\nmills to keep logs in British Columbia that they\ndon't want, and cannot cut and find a market for?\nThey have tried hard to have a duty put on\nlumber, but without effect. They simply say they\nTHE\nLUMBERMEN'S\nSUPPLY CU\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nLIMITED\n122 Wellington Street, West\nTORONTO, ONT.\nWe sell any article that is required by\nRailway Contractors or Lumbermen, no matter what it is.\nWe ship mixed car lots\nMitts, Moccasins, Shoe Packs, Larrigans,\nPants, Underwear, Chain, Rope, Axes,\nSaws, Axe Handles, Pork, Ham,\nBacon, Lard, Butter, Tea.\nWe are the only House in Oanada that\nfurnishes you complete under one roof\nLOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES\n,\nii\ni \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ni!\n$!\n.; ..,,..,,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E: _._r-,.r ..\nTINY B. C. \"TOOTH - PICKS.\ndepression in the logging business; camp accounts\nare not being met; money is scarce, and the whole\nCity feels the stagnation in this most important\nindustry.\nWorkingmen are idle in Vancouver by hundreds, with every probability of their number\nincreasing; wages are necessarily lower, and\nemployment hard to get.\nSome of the mills are holding millions of feet\nof logs that they will not cut, and, if permitted,\nwould gladly turn them into cash by towing them\nacross to the American side.\nThe Government of British Columbia is losing\na large amount of stumpage owing to the fact that\nthe rougher class of timber is at present left in\nthe woods there to rot or burn up.\nOne-third of the cost of logging is incurred in\nputting in skid roads, and this rougher lumber\ncould be taken out if there was any demand for\nit, but the majority of the loggers today are\nforced to leave it in the woods, where it must\ninevitably go to waste, a complete loss to the\ncountry and to the logger, who is unable to get\nthe profit he would obtain under an open market\non this class of timber; and besides, he is unable\nto use his skid roads and other necessary improvements to the fullest extent, thus losing a consid-\nwill not bid on a boom of rough logs as they do\nnot want them.\nThis being the case, and it is the case, as any\none familiar with present conditions knows, why\nnot sell to the United States at a profit what we\ncannot use at home.\nThere is also another phase of the question\nthat has not been touched upon heretofore and\nit is this.\nThe average cost of logs delivered at Vancouver\nor similar points is $5 per M. paid out for supplies, wages and towing, all going into the\npockets of white men and freely circulated\nthrough the community.\nThe cost of sawing these logs into rough\nlumber is approximately $1.75 to $1.85 per M. if\ncut in a modern and well equipped mill. ()f\nthis amount at least 50 per cent, goes to pay for\nChinese, Japanese and similar labor who are of\nlittle value to this country, if indeed not a menace\nto our entire social system, leaving proportionately 85 cents to 90 cents per M. in payment to\nwhite labor and for supplies. We are asked to\nsacrifice a $5 industry to protect a 90 cent one,\nand further I think that it has been clearly shown\nthat the 90-cent industry rather than suffering by\nexport will really benefit.\nWe have no quarrel with the milimen on this\nquestion; we only ask the government of this\ncountry for common fair play.\nIf the mills here cannot buy our logs at a\nliving price then let us.sell to those who will.\nThat is all we ask, and i> it too much? But says\na critic, 'We hear that the United States camps\nare shutting down; that there is an overproduction of logs in the State of Washington. How\ncan you sell your logs there when the United\nStates logger cannot?\"\nJust briefly we will put that question to rights.\nOn the American side stumpage is $1 to $2.50 per\nM; here, 50 cents, an advantage of from 50 cents\nto $_\oo per M; also we can log a great deal\ncheaper owing to the greater amount of virgin\nterritory and the shorter haul. In other words,\nwe have vastly more timber than the State of\nWashington and it is closer to the water; also\nthe loggers of the Sound being wise in their day\nand generation, have formed a very strong association and sell their logs at a stated price according to the grade. If the market is overstocked\nthey shut down their camps until it has righted\nitself, but still hold up the price.\nAnd right here it may be said that if the\nBritish Columbia Loggers' Association is to be\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 BRITISH COLJMBIA LUMBERMAN\n13\nan institution of strength and a support to the\nlogger at all times it must be reorganized on a\nnew and stronger basis. When the need for\naction arises, as at 'the present time, it requires a\nlong period of depression to bring them together\nwith a united front.\nSomething on the same lines as our Yankee\nfriends have formed is required, modified and\nchanged perhaps in minor details to suit the\ndifferent conditions existing here.\nTo continue, however. Those who are fortunate enough to hold Crown granted land in\nBritish Columbia secured subsequent to 1887 are\nnow exporting their logs to the United States,\nand iit is common knowledge that the price nets\nthem from $1 to $1.50 more than 'the same grade\nhere, the strong point being, however, the possession of a larger and steadier market.\nAnother reason for cutting the timber and converting it into cash instead of saving it for future\ngenerations of Japanese and Chinese to work up\nin the sawmills is that as most people are aware\nthere is in say a period of ten years more timber\nin the forest consumed or destroyed by tire than\nthere is cut down and converted into logs in a\nsimilar period, so that delay in getting out the\ntimber and turning it into cash is destroying the\nchances of getting a considerable portion of it\nhereafter. Besides we are naturally more interested in the living present than in fifty years\nhence, and when that time does come or perhaps\nmuch sooner the use of timber may be greatly\ncurtailed if not done away with altogether, for in\nthis era of invention and progress we find that\niron, steel and other substitutes are now used\nwhere formerly lumber was used altogether. It\nseems strange to think how our friends the mill-\nmen keep on telling the people and the Government that there is not much timber in the country\nand that if export of logs is allowed there will\nsoon be nothing left for the mills here to saw.\nAnd they have told this so often and so persistently that some of them seem to half believe it\nthemselves, whilst the facts are there is more\ntimber in this Province than the mills here will\nsaw up in the next 300 years.\nThere is, it is said, more timber. 011 Vancouver\nIsland alone than the Coast mills of British Columbia would saw up in the next fifty years.\nThere is plenty 0f timber here for tins generation and there v.ill be plenty for ithe next.\nThe old saying, \"Where there is enough take\nenough, and where there's little take all,\" may\nhave some vulnerable points, but there is lots of\nhorse sense in it when applied to something like\nstanding timber, which i.s liable to rot, burn or\ndepreciate in other ways.\nBesides, it is foolish to get jealous because our\nYankee cousins get out logs and give us in return\ntheir gold. Their money is what we want: this\nis bringing in capital, and is better for the community than selling to people here, for selling to\neach other is like taking money out of one's\npocket and putting it into another as far as benefitting the public is concerned.\nThese are straight facts which will appeal to\nsensible people. We believe the rescinding of\nthis Order-in-Council will have the immediate\neffect of putting life in the logging business, will\ndouble the value of our timber lands, will double\nthe Government receipts for royalty and licenses,\nwill give us all new hope and added energy.\nThis is not only of moment to us, it concerns\nevery man, woman and child on the Coast of British Columbia. We want your help; sign the petition, get your neighboi to sign it. Help us tell\nour City members that we mean business, and\nimpress upon the Government of this Province\nthe fact that we want legislation not for the few\nbut for the many.\nAll of which is respectfully submitted on\nbehalf of\nTHE B. C. LOGGERS' ASSOCIATION.\nPacific Coast Pipe Co., Ld.\n1551 GRANVILLE STREET\nVANCOUVER, - B. C.\nP. O Box 863\nManufacturers of\nTelephone 1404\nIPC\nJSP\niiiiiiC\nIfflE-\nurnirT-\nWm. Carter, of Grand Forks, i9 building a saw\nmill at Danville, Wash., for E. A. Gardner. The\nstructure is to cost about $20,000.\nMachine Banded\nWire Wound\nWooden Stave\nWater Pipe\nFor City and Town Water Systems, Fire\nProtection, Power Plants, Hydraulic Mining, Irrigation, Etc.\nONE-HALF THE COST OF\nIRON PIPE AND BETTER.\nWRITE ROR CATALOGUE\nMOUNTAIN LUMBERMEN MEET.\nA meeting of the Mountain Lumber Manufacturers' Association was held in Nelson on June\n22nd, at which considerable routine business was\ntransacted. A. Leech was chairman and W. F.\nGurd secretary, and 20 members of the association were in attendance.\nMARINE AND STATIONARY\nEngines and Boilers\nShips, Yachts\n... and Tugs\nWe m a n u fact u r e\nMarine Boilers of all\nkinds as well as Horizontal Boilers as shown\nin cut.\nOur Marine and\nStationary Engines are\ndecidedly highest grade\nand our Ships, Yachts\nand Tugs have everywhere given the utmost\nsatisfaction.\nWe know we can\ngive you first-class\nwork and solicit a\nchance to quote you.\nTHE BERTRAM ENGINE WORKS CO., Ltd.\nTORONTO,\nONTARIO, - - OANADA 14\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\nt !\nI\ni\nf 11\nW.\nTHE WHEELER, 0SC00D COMPANY\nTACOMA,\nWASHINGTON\n.MOULDINGS.. DOORS COLUMNS,SASH\nWe are equipped to make\n1200 doors per day\nWith a proportionate amount\nof other mill work\nWe are prepared to make\nprompt shipments\nSHINGLE MILL MACHINERY.\nVancouver, B. C,\nJanuary tqih, igoi.\nMr. Frank L. Johnson, Sapper ton, B. C.\nar Sir:\nReplying to your enquiry of a few days\nigo, as to how we liked the Improved \"John-\nn\" Shingle Machine which we recently\nijrchased from the Schaake Machine Works,\nare glad to be able to state that we are\nich pleased with it.\nWe have had experience with a good\nly styles of Shingle Machines, and\n,Our opinion this one is the best ot\nThe two important points in which\nmachine excels all others is the style of\n* \u00C2\u00BBn, and the method of driving the car-\n, the former being very simple and\nve, and the latter improvements mak-\nle machine work very smooth and easy,\nit any jar or jerk.\nwe were building another mill we\nihave no other kind ot machine.\nYours truly,\nfSPICER SHINGLE MILL CO.,\nLimited.\nH. II. SPICER, Manager.\nSaw Machines, Jack Works,\nHaul-Ups, Log Haul-Up Chains,\nnbined Log Dog Grip and Stops,\nFriction Log Dog Grip Hoists,\nBolters, Bolt Cutting Machines,\nSwing Saw Cutting-off Machines,\nShingle Packers,\nDried Shingle Presses,\nifting, Hangers, Bearings, Pulleys,\nPulley Flanges, Shaft Collars,\nShaft Couplings, Engines, Boilers,\nConveyor Chains, Etc. Etc., Etc., Etc.\nLook into the merits and prices of our\nmachinery before pJacing your orders\n\"JOHNSON'S\" IMPROVED UPRIQHT 8HINQLE MACHINE.\nTHE SCHAAKE MACHINE WORKS,\nNEW WESTMINSTER,\nBritish Columbia\nCLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO.,\nCORRY, PA.\nBUILDER8 OF\nGeared Locomotives and Logging Cars.\nBuilt on Modern Locomotive Principles\nFor Wood and Steel Track Where Great Tractive Power and Flexibility are Required,\nEspecially on Steep Grades and Sharp Curves. Write for Catalogue and Prices.\nF. M. RAYMOND, Agent,\n64 Starr=Boyd Building, Seattle, Wash. BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n15\ntxxxxxxixxxxzzxzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzizzzzzzzzxxxzzzzzzzzxzzixzxxxxxxxxxxxj\ni z) ro^incial $T>Torn\atioT\ j\ntxxxxzxzzxxzzxzzxxxxxxxxzxzzzzzzxzzzzzzzxzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxzzzzxxxxxxxl\nThe new mill on Perry Creek has installed a\nprivate telephone line to Cranbrook.\nThe Mountain Lumber & Manufacturing Association, Ltd., held an important meeting on June\n22nd at Nelson.\nR. S. Gallop, of Canterbury, East Kootenay,\nhas commenced work on his logging operations\non Toby creek.\nMr. G. E. Merrill, of Wisconsin, owner of extensive timber limits in British Columbia, is in Europe on a pleasure trip.\nSt. Eugene Mission Indians cut 500,000 feet\nof logs during the winter. These have been pur-\nand have been sent down the Kootenay river to\nWardner.\nReports from the Columbia river state that\nanother large mill is about to be erected, but at\npresent writing no definite particulars can be\nobtained.\nR. Cunningham & Son, of Port Essington and\nHazelton, B. C, are advertising the products of\ntheir mill, situated at the former place.\nThe Moyie Lumber Company has landed nearly\n8,000.000 feet of logs in Moyie lake, opposite their\nmill. These have been driven in from several\nplaces tributary to the lake.\nAccording to the B. C. Gazette a number of\ntimber limits have been taken up on Toby creek,\nEast Kootenay. Local papers state that these\nare for the Columbia River Lumber Co.\nOne of the Okanagan Lumber Co.'s log booms\non the Spallumcheen River broke last week and\nallowed 500 logs to get away. The balance of\nthe logs jammed at the bridge and are still there.\nThe Crow's Nest Lumber Company have completed arrangements for another big drive of 5,-\n000,000 feet. The logs arc those cut at the St.\nMary's river camp, and have been banked on\nthe bluff overlooking the river.\nWith the commencement of operations on the\nCanadian Timber & Sawmills, Ltd.. and the extensive logging 'operations in connection\u00E2\u0080\u0094under\nthe management of Mr. E. L. Kinman\u00E2\u0080\u0094Trout\nLake City is enjoying a season of extraordinary\nprosperity.\nTt is stated that the Elk Lumber & Manufacturing Co., of Fernie, intend putting up a mill at\nHosmer, on the Crow's Nest Pass, at which point\nthey have several valuable lumber concessions\nadjacent. These were included in the deal just\nconsummated with the Mott, Son & Co., of\nFernie.\nNotwithstanding the depressed condition of\nthe lumber industry, the Victoria Lumber &\nManufacturing Company of Chemainus, arc still\nrunning their plant ten hours a day. The demand in the Northwest is taking up a large\namount of their output, upwards of 100,000 feet\nper day being shipped by rail.\nThe Kamloops Lumber Co., Ltd., recently incorporated, has purchased the mill, timber limits\nand logs of the Okanagan Lumber Co., at Enderby, B. C, and it is the intention of the new company to make Enderby its headquarters. The\nmill at Kamloops will be increased in capacity\nin the near future.\nThe East Kootenay Lumber Company have\n150 men at work at the present time making ties\nat Cranbrook. They have 50 men in the\ncamp at Jaffray, and will soon build a railway spur three miles long to tap this camp. The\ncompany has furnished the C. P. R. with over\n1,000,000 ties during the past year.\nThe Elwood Tinworkers Co., which owns the\nSilver Dollar mine, adjacent to Camborne, West\nKootenay, will install a compressor plant and\nsaw mill at an early date, so that development\ncan be accomplished at a nominal expense. When\nthe property is sufficiently developed a stamp-\nmill will be installed.\nThe Elk Lumber & Manufacturing Co., of Fernie, B. C, now owned by Minneapolis and Winnipeg capitalists, have purchased the interests of\nMott, Son & Co. in that concern. The deed was\ncompleted on the 27th ulto., when all papers were\nhanded over to Mr. F. G. Burrows, of Fergus\nFalls, Minn., secretary of the company. Mr.\nA. D. Kildahl, of Winnipeg, has been installed as\nbookkeeper.\nThe new woodworking shop of William G.\nGillett at Nelson will be in running order in a\nfew days. The different machines are in place,\nthe water has been connected with the water\nwheel, which is to drive the machinery, and as\nsoon as the belting is put on the machinery can be\nstarted. An addition, 25 by 18 feet, is being\nadded on to the rear of the shop, which is to be\nused as a storage room for lumber.\nThe Nanaimo Saw Mill, owned by Mr. Andrew\nHaslam, which was destroyed by fire in May\nlast has been so far rebuilt that operations were\nrenewed early this month. For the present Mr.\nHaslam will cut for the local trade and will get\nout material for the new buildings which are\nto replace those destroyed by fire.\nThe Sayward Mills of Victoria, shipped a large\ncargo of mining timbers to Mexico last month\nby the schooner John A. Campbell. It is understood that this will be followed by many similar\norders. \t\nThe Victoria Planing Mills, owned by James\nMuirhead, are about to enlarge their wharf premises by an addition of thirty feet fronting on Victoria harbor. The business, under Mr. Muir-\nhead's careful and at the same time energetic\nmanagement, is constantly increasing in volume\nand additional space is absolutely necessary in\norder to find room for increased plant which is\nabout to be installed. Mr. Muirhead is one of the\npioneer mill owners of Victoria, and his success\nas manager of the important undertaking of which\nhe is the guiding head gives pleasure to his host\nof friends.\nThe Gourlay McGregor Company, Ltd., of Gait,\nOnt., are installing the machinery at the new mill\nof the Rat Portage Lumber Co., at Harrison\nRiver. The frame work of the several buildings\nis about completed and will be ready to receive\nthe machinery in a few weeks. The new mill\nis quite an imposing sight. The portable mill\nnow being used by the company on its limits adjacent to Harrison river has been doing good\nwork and when the mill is ready to start there\nwill be a big supply of logs on hand. A lumber\nyard has been opened at Chilliwack by this company under the charge of Mr. J. H. Jackson.\nThe Gold River Mining Co., operating a hydraulic mining concession on Bull river, a tributary of the Kootenay river, between Fort Steele\nand Wardner, has entered into arrangements\nwith Wm. Crowston of Cranbrook, to install a\nmill at Burnt Bridge creek. The company's operations provide for a large dam and flume,\nwhich, it is estimated, will require nearly two\nmillion and a half feet of lumber. The mill will\nhave a capacity of 25,000 feet.\nIt is the intention of the company to install\na large power plant as soon as the flume and dam\nare completed, its chief aim being to supply electricity for conversion into power and light in\nconnection with mining operations, and other\nindustries in the Kootenay valley. Careful estimates have placed the cost of putting up and de\nveloping this enormous power plant at about\n$150,000. With a head of 250 feet there is water\nsufficient to furnish 5,000 horse power.\nFire destroyed the mill at Sparwood, on the\nCrow's Nest railway, near Michel, on the morning\nof June 30th. The mill was owned by Mr. W.\nWardrop, and the damage is estimated roughly\nat $20,000. Thirteen cars, three of them loaded\nwith ties, were also destroyed. The fire is attributed to a spark from a C. P. R. engine and\nin this connection the Fernie Press says:\n\"No doubt exists as to the manner in which the\nfire originated. An engine was shunting cars\non the siding at 2 o'clock and at three the sawmill buildings were consumed. The course of\nthe fire was also traced from the yard where the\nspark evidently fell. The C. P. R. sent adjusters\nto Sparwood, so it is evident the company is preparing to pay damages. The Crow's Nest Coal\nCompany had an interest to the extent of $4,000\nin the mill and this'was fully insured. The remainder was owned by Mr. Wardrop, who only\nhad $4,000 insurance. The boarding house, with\n$600 of stores, was saved. The horses, with some\ndifficulty, were rescued.\"\nRAILROADS IN THE INTERIOR.\nMr. Patrick Welsh, of Stewart & Welsh, railroad contractors, in speaking about the construction of the Great Northern branch from Morrissey to Fernie, for which his firm has the contract, said that nearly all the sub-contracts had\nbeen let, and that 150 men were at work building\nroads, and engaged in other tasks preliminary\nto grading. The number of men will be largely\nincreased as soon as room can be made for them.\nThe intention was to push the completion of the\nroad as rapidly as possible. On the branches from\nGrand Forks to Phoenix and from Curlew to\nMidway, which are also being built for the Great\nNorthern by his firm, 850 men are now employed,\nand the numbers are being increased as rapidly\nas room can be made for them. Soon 2,000 men\nwill be employed.\nIt is confidently expected that work will be\ncommenced on the Midway & Vernon line this\nsummer, and report has it that engineers are now\nin the field exploring for a pass for the Great\nNorthern railway to tap the Osoyoos and Simil-\nkameen valleys.\nAN OPEN LETTER.\nMilwaukee, June 26th, 1904.\nTo the Editor of British Columbia Lumberman,\nVancouver, B. C.\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094As you, or some members of your\nstaff, will undoubtedly visit the St. Louis Exposition, the Allis-Chalmers Company cordially\ninvite you and your representatives and friends\nto use as your headquarters the facilities which\nwe have provided at our power exhibit in the\nMachinery building.\nThe 5,000 horse power Allis-Chalmers engine\nand the Bullock electric generator which form\nthis exhibit, furnish electric energy for the now\nworld-famous decorative lighting for the buildings and grounds of the Exposition. The installation stands in the centre of the Machinery building, with commodious spaces all about it, affording views of the largest generating unit ever\nplaced on exhibition.\nThese spaces have been so fitted up by the\nAllis-Chalmers Company as to afford accommodations the like of which are not to be found at\nany other place within the limits of the World's\nFair. Visitors will here find not only comfortable\nresting places, but also writing tables and stationery, attendants who will receive and forward\nmail and telegrams, and who will check the\nparcels and wraps of visitors and provide iced\nwater, all, of course, free of charge.\nDoubtless, also, your readers will wish to make\nnote of this, for they also will be cordially welcomed.\nYours truly,\nARTHUR WARREN,\nManager of Publicity. 16\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n9\nn I\ni\ni\n; j\n!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" ;\n; ({\nI '\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 |\nH;;!\nXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxrxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj\nu\nI Uancou^er dL vicinity |\ntxxxxxuxxxxxxxxxxxxxxsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:txxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::xxxxx1\nMr. Wr. B. Terrell, of the California Saw\nWorks, spent a week in the city this month.\nMr. Gourlay, of the McGregor, Gourlay & Go.,\nLtd., of Gait, is visiting the Coast in the interests\nof his firm. \t\nMr. J. A. Mahoney, manager of the Royal City\nMills, Vancouver, has gone to Winnipeg to take\nin the fair at that city.\nThe marriage of Mr. W. F. Lea, of Huntting\n& Lea, took place at Des Moines, Iowa, on June\n16th, to Miss O'Neill of that city.\nMessrs. Eagleton & Barnes are erecting a small\nmill at Collingwood station, on the tram line between Vancouver and New Westminster.\nT. Kirkpatrick states that his shingle mill burnt\nWestminster on May 24th will not likely\nIt but that another site may be taken.\n,eo. Perry, late city editor of the Van-\nDaily Ledger, has accepted a responsible\nwith the Pacific Coast Pipe Co., of this\nbe interesting to know that a collection\nsamples of New Zealand woods are to\nn the museum of the Art, Historical and\nSociety, in the Carnegie Library, Van-\nB. C. \t\n.encing on the 12th inst., another conces-\nlumber freight rates was made by the C.\nwhereby the 40-cent rate on the lower\nof lumber\u00E2\u0080\u0094excepting cedar\u00E2\u0080\u0094is operative\nitish Columbia to Manitoba points.\nC. Phillips, representing Scott, Hender-\no., of Sydney, N. S. W., arrived on the\nfrom Sydney on a business trip to Can-\nthe United States for the purpose of ar-\nfor lumber shipments to Australia.\nPacific Coast Pipe Co. has just received a\nwnment of 100 tons of double galvanized iron\nfrom Liverpool, shipped by the Blue Fun-\n... of steamers. This will be used in the\nfacture of their celebrated machine bound,\nwater pipe.\nof the B.\nregret to learn that the genial secretary\n _. C. Lumber, Shingle Manufacturers' Association, Mr. R. H. H. Alexander, has been laid\nup with an atack of rheumatism for some weeks,\nbut we are glad to see him about again, even\nthough with the help of crutches.\nMr. H. N. Clausen, who represents Mr. H. J.\nHaskamp at the branch at Dauphin, Man., has\njust returned to Manitoba from an extended trip\nto the lumber centres of British Columbia, whither\nhe was familiarizing himself with lumber conditions of the Province.\nE. R. Vigor, travelling representative of the\nBritish Columbia Lumberman, returned last week\nfrom an extended trip through Eastern Canada,\nand we take this opportunity 0 fthanking our\nmany friends and well-wishers for the courtesies\nand kindness accorded him.\nH. S. Mitchell, manager of the Allis-Chalmers\nCompany's branch in Seattle, was a visitor to\nVancouver early this month in the interests of\nhis firm. He reports lumber conditions on the\nSound in much better condition than the expectation of some months ago would have led us to\nbelieve. \t\nMessrs. Laidlaw & Campbell, of Carmen,\nMan., prominent shareholders in the Manitoba\nLumber Co., have been on a tour of investigation\nto the Coast. We learn that from the present\ncondition of the lumber market, it is not likely\nthat the contemplated mill on False creek will\nbe built this year by the company.\nThe illustration, \"Tiny British Columbia Toothpicks,\" shows part of a shipment of lumber made\nby the Royal City Planing Mills branch of the\nB. C, Mills Timber & Trading Co., of Vancouver,\nto the Montreal Harbor Commissioners at Montreal. The larger \"toothpicks\" are 67 feet by 25\nby 27 inches. The photo was taken in the C P.\nR. yards at Vancouver.\nTIMBER LICENSES ISSUED.\nMr. Alexander, of the firm of Allen, Taylor &\nCo., Sydney, N. S. W., dealers in Australian hardwoods, was a recent visitor in Vancouver, via\nSan Francisco. Mr. Alexander is en route to\nEastern Canada and the States, and is looking\nfor new markets for Australian hardwoods. While\nin San Francisco he booked some very large orders for hardwoods and ornamental woods.\nMr. Alexander informs us that if he finds conditions warrant his firm may cater to Canadian\ntrade in the hardwood supplies, such as wagon\nshafts, felloes, tool handles, etc.. and erect a factory for that purpose in Vancouver.\nFor the month of June there were 124 timbei\nlicenses issued, 43 of these being new license\nand Si renewals. These are thus apportioned !\nthe severals districts:\nWist Kootenay \J\nEast Kootenay 30\nLillooet 20\nNew Westminster 11\nCoast 7\nRupert 6\nBarclay -\nSayward 1\nTotal 124\nMessrs. J. L. Neilson & Co., of Winnipeg, Man.,\nmachinery agents and dealers, are furnishing\nnearly all the woodworking machinery being installed in the Rat Portage Lumber Company's\nplaning mills at Rat Portage, Man., which was\ndestroyed by tire last month. This firm is in a\nposition to handle a great deal of western business\nin the machinery line and carry a heavy stock of\nengines, boilers, sawmill and woodworking machinery.\nWe take this opportunity of acknowledging\nreceipt of the excellent catalogue of Messrs.\nClark & Demill, of Gait, Ont., The catalogue is\nprofusely illustrated and the several machines\ndescribed therein clearly show that the firm's\ngoods are of the first order. If in the market\nfor woodworking machinery we would advise\nyou to send for one of these catalogues.\nNEW WESTMINSTER'S GAIN.\nA recent copy of the Daily News of Ithaca, X.\nV., contains the report of a parting tribute to\nMr. George Small, of the firm of Small & Buck-\nlin, of that city, on the eve of his departure for\nHritish Columbia. These gentlemen are associated with Mr. E. J. Fader, of New Westminster, and\nboth are to become residents of that city, Mr.\nBucklin having already taken possession of tin-\nfine residence of the late I. B. Fisher on Third\navenue. The Business Men's Association of Ithaca gave a complimentary dinner to Mr. Small,\nthen vice-president, and made the following re\nport:\n\"The board of directors of the Business Men's\nAssociation of Ithaca, have unanimously adopted\nthis minute expressive of the esteem for then-\nformer colleague, Mr. George Small.\n\"Coming from an ancient and distant city, an\nalien to our land, but no stranger by birth to\nour language, our business ideas or OUT public\nideas, he has helped with loyalty and intelligence\nto upbuild this community, in whose prosperity\nhe has shared. No civic improvement which\ncommended itself to his judgment has ever wanted his earnest advocacy, and to the recent decision of our city to own its own water supply\nno other, perhaps, has contributed more than he.\nSTATEMENT OF FOREIGN SHIPMENTS OF LUMBER MADE BY THE B. C. MILLS\nTIMBER & TRADING COMPANY, VANCOUVER, B. C, IN 1904.\nDate. Name and Rig.\nJan. 26\u00E2\u0080\u0094German bark Hydra \t\nFeb. 13\u00E2\u0080\u0094Chilian bark Admiral Tegethoff\n11\u00E2\u0080\u0094British ship Khyber \t\nMar. 7\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Longships \t\n22\u00E2\u0080\u0094American bktn. James Johnson..\n23\u00E2\u0080\u0094British bark Linlithgowshire . ..\n4\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Miowera \t\n14\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Ping Suey \t\n31\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Moana \t\nApr. 8\u00E2\u0080\u0094British ship Agamemnon \t\n18\u00E2\u0080\u0094British bg. Sussex \t\n28\u00E2\u0080\u0094British ship Belford \t\n29\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamship Aorangi \t\n30\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamship Ningchow ...\n30\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamship Ningchow ...\nMay 3\u00E2\u0080\u0094Am. schooner Lottie Bennett ...\n7\u00E2\u0080\u0094Am. schooner Americana \t\n27\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Miowera \t\n31\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Hyson \t\n31 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Hritish steamer Hyson \t\n31\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Hyson \t\nJune 24\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hritish ship Manuka \t\n24\u00E2\u0080\u0094British shit) Calchas \t\n27\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hritish ship Tartar \t\n30\u00E2\u0080\u0094British ship County of Kinross..\nTons\n742\n892\n1927\n2843\n992\n1357\n1888\n4i5o\n2414\n1212\n1771\nDestination.\nAntofagasta |\nAntofagasta |\nFreemantle j 1,665,319\nShanghai j 1,143785\nShanghai j 1,233.870\n1,12578a\n44,029\n119,638\n35.638\n128,588\n1,009,440\n1,621,165\n40,841\n42,075\n153./OO\n644,306\nFeet. Value.\n573718 1$ 6,682 00\n709,901 j 8,259 00\nFreemantle\t\nSuva, Fiji \t\nKobe, Japan ... .\nSuva, Fiji\t\nHongkong\t\nSunderland, Kng. .\nSydney, N. S. W.\nSuva, Fiji\t\nKobe, Japan ... .\nHongkong\t\n496 lJunin, Chile\n839 Osaka, Japan | 1,023,654\nCS55\nI Suva, Fiji \t\nJDevonport, England ....\nI Hongkong \t\n|Nagasaki \t\nSuva, Fiji \t\njlHongkong \t\nI Yokohama \t\n'Havre and Calais, France\n25,100\n168,017\n26,624\n70,080\n30,7'16\n29,361\n21,386\n1.308,662\nFOREIGN LUMBER SHIPMENTS FROM CHEMAINUS.\nDate. Name and Rig.\nJan. 17\u00E2\u0080\u0094French ship Andre Theodore.\n17\u00E2\u0080\u0094British ship Eskasoni \t\n27\u00E2\u0080\u0094German ship Chile \t\n29\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Peleus\t\nFeb. 5\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Aorangi \t\n6\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Tydeus \t\nMar. 14\u00E2\u0080\u0094German ship Adolph \t\n7\u00E2\u0080\u0094British steamer Longships ....\n22\u00E2\u0080\u0094American barkentinc \t\nMay 30\u00E2\u0080\u0094American bktn. T. P. Emigh .\nTons. Destination. Feet.\n1875 I Cardiff, U. K | 1,584.227\n1715 ISydney, N. S. W I 1,430,308\n2054 I Callao j 1,806,123\n4800 I Kobe, Japan j 28,070\n2782 j Sydney | 120,857\n4800 jjapan | 196,94'\n1651 llquique | 1,369,442\n2843 [Shanghai I M4378S\n992 I Shanghai 1,233.870\n923 I Melbourne 1,204,485\n19,275 00\n13,687 00\n15,920 00\n11,031 00\n870 00\n1,400 00\n642 00\n1.575 00\n12,283 00\n16,087 00\n990 00\n841 00\n1,817 00\n6,710 00\nI5.4^>5 00\n274 00\n10,000 00\n332 00\n1,380 00\n474 00\n367 o\u00C2\u00B0\n626 00\n25,600 00\nValue.\n$22,500 00\n19,950 00\n21790 \u00C2\u00B0\u00C2\u00B0\n1,010 00\n3,818 00\n4,704 00\n14,560 00\n13,687 00\n15,920 00\n12,795 00 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n17\n\"He is now about to leave us for another city,\nto which, in turn, ours must seem both distant\nand old. In his departure this association loses\nan active members and Ithaca a useful citizen.\nOur hearty good wishes follow him to his new\nborne.\"\nMr. Small and his associates intend to build\na mill on ithe Fraser river. They own some valuable limits on upper Pitt lake.\nNEW RETAIL YARDS.\nH. J. Haskamp, of St. Cloud, Minn., is placing\na line of retail lumber yards in the Assiniboine\nand Saskatchewan districts, and as will be seen in\nthe \"Want Column\" of this issue, is calling for quotations for all kinds of dressed lumber, millwork\nand shingles. References can be obtained from\nBradstreet's Agency, Stearns County Bank, St.\nCloud, Minn., First National Bank, North Dakota, The Northwood Lumber Co., Northwood,\nNorth Dakota, Fdmore Mercantile Co., Fdmore,\nNorth Dakota.\nMr. Haskamp has made arrangements to become a member of the Western Retailers' Lumbermen's Association.\nments with an output of $63,000. In 1891 there\nwere 24, with an output of $1,057,810. The census returns for 1901 have not yet been tabulated.\nFor 1903 the returns to the Statistical Year Book\nshow, as given above, 39 establishments, with an\noutput of $5,219,892. Of the product of Canadian\nmills, the customs returns show that during the\ncalendar year 1903 the export amounted to $3,-\n013,441, leaving $2,206,451 for home use. In a\ngeneral way, therefore, we export about 57 per\ncent, of our production. Of the $3,013,441 worth\nexported by Canada in 1903, Great Britain took\n$865,826, the United States $1,899,448, and other\ncountries $248,167. The market for this product\nis large. In the calendar year 1903 the requirements of Great Britain were of the value of $12,-\n194,224, of which 68.7 per cent, was chemical pulp.\nOur export in 1903 to Great Britain was about\n7.1 per cent, of her needs.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA INCORPORATIONS.\nB. C. TIMBER EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS.\nMary Mackwell, writing in the \"Ottawa Citizen,\" says of the British Columbia timber exhibit\nat the St. Louis Exposition:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"Some British Columbia 'show' timbers stand\nThe following companies have applied for and\nobtained certificates of incorporation in this Province since the publication of our last issue:\nThe B. C. Plate Glass and Importing Co., Ltd.;\ntwenty-five thousand dollars capital, divided into\ntwo hundred and fifty shares of $100 each. To\ntake over the business of the B. C. Plate Glass\nand Importing Co., dealers and importers and\nmanufacturers of paints, oils, plate, sheet and ornamental glass, etc.\nFrnest Miller and Peter Costello made application to make improvements for logging purposes on the Kettle river above Grand Forks.\nJohn Haggerty & Co., Ltd.; capital $10,000, divided into 10,000 shares of $1.00 each. To carry\non business of contractors, loggers, teamsters,\nbuilders and etc.,\nBritish Columbia Foundry Co., Ltd.; capital\n$100,000, divided into 2,000 shares of $50.00 each;\nto carry on business of iron foundry, mechanical\nengineers, bridge builders and manufacturers of\nagricultural implements and other machinery.\nMessrs. Bullen Bros., of Victoria, are the prime\nmovers in the new company.\nEN ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION\nCANADA'S PULP INDUSTRY.\nThe wood pulp industry of Canada for the\ncalendar year 1903, was carried on by 39 mills,\nwhich had an output of 275,610 tons of wood\npulp. Of this quantity 187,871 tons were mechanical pulp, 84,808 sulphite and 2,940 soda. The corresponding quantities for 1002 were: Mechanical,\n155,210 tons; sulphite, 70,735 tons, and soda, 9.044\ntons. The total value of the output of 1903 was\n$5,110,892. There are several large mills in course\nof construction, or which, being finished, did not\noperate during the year 1903. Two or three firms\nhave gone out of business or manufacture only\npaper where before they made pulp.\nNine of the 39 mills manufacture sulphite pulp\nand three soda pulp. Twenty-seven manufacture\nmechanical pulp and five make both chemical and\nmechanical pulp. Taking the returns of 39 mills\nthe average time the mills ran during the year\nwas nearly nine months.\nThe power to drive the mills is chiefly derived\nfrom water. Of a total power equal to 110,630\nhorse power, 102,060 is water power.\nThe growth of the industry is considerable.\nIn the census of 1881 there were five establish-\nin this section which makes the lookers-on\nwonder if it is possible to believe this comes from\n'little' Canada? One piece of timber stands ten\nfeet in diameter. The circumference of another\nsample measures 32 feet. This is the Douglas fir,\nand well known as one of our finest grades of\ntimber. You are informed in this section that\n'British Columbia exports 120.000,000 feet of\nlumber annually.' This is one of the things that\ntakes away your breath.\"\nThe accompanying illustration shows part of\nthe British Columbia exhibit for St. Louis loaded\non a flat car as it lay in the C. P. R. yard previous to shipment from Vancouver.\nCONCATENATION OF HOO-HOO.\nOBITUARY.\nA concatenation of the above popular order\namong lumbermen, will be 'held in Winnipeg, during the exhibition week. All members of the\norder are expected to take an interest in this\nconcatenation and assist in every possible way\nin securing of good members. Information to\nintending aspirants will be furnished upon application to Mr. C. B. Housser, Portage la Prairie,\nMan.\nGeorge McAllister while engaged in logging\noperations at Union Bay, fell into the water and\nwas drowned, the latter end of June.\nC. Crabbc, an employee of the Fmpire Lumber\nCompany, of Revelstoke, was drowned while bathing in a slough near the company's 20-mile camp,\nbetween Revelstoke and Arrowhead, on the 22nd\nul to.\nW. Campbell, lumberman, aged 30 years, died\nsuddenly of hemorrhage while being conveyed by\nboat from the shingle bolt camp at Seymour Arm,\nShuswap Lake, where he worked, to Annis.\nMr. J. R. Turnbull, well known in the Boundary section of the Province, was killed at his\nmill near Brandon, early this month. He had\nrecently purchased the plant and was passing\nthe big circular saw at the time when he slipped\nand was thrown upon it and horribly mutilated.\nChicago receipts for lumber from January to\nJuly\u00E2\u0080\u0094lumber, 672,477,000; shingles, 222,481,000;\nshipments\u00E2\u0080\u0094lumber, 404,770,000; shingles, 241,-\n280,000. IS\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\nTHE LUMBER INDUSTRY IN\nNEW ZEALAND.\nl:. \\nJ\n|. s. MA I I HEWS.\nOne of the most valuable of the national assets\nof New Zealand is the extensive forests with\nwhich that country is almost entirely covered)\nand the manufacture of lumber is consequently\none of her most lucrative industries. She has\nbeen beneficiently endowed by nature with a profusion of luxuriant vegetation ranging from the\ntiny horticulture of the forest depths to the great\ntowering mammoths forming her rich variety of\nornamental and common commercial woods. ()t\ncourse, in comparison with the vast timbered\nareas and immense operations conducted on the\nPacific Slope, her forest possessions and her\nlumber industry dwindle into insignificance, but\nit will be well to remember that the great products of Xew Zealand are more closely identified\nwith agricultural and pastoral pursuits, and in\nthis respect her wealth needs no demonstration.\nIt would extend this article to llllwieldly pro-\n. to allude, even briefly, to the dense\nsplendor which lines the interior of this\nipical land, so that my remarks must be\nconfined to those trees which, by reason\nlarge proportions, merit mention, and\nher woods of smaller calibre as are of\ncial value. Of the former there are some\nmore varieties scattered throughout the\nnd figuratively speaking, to a greater or\ngree. each of these varieties has appor-\njelf tn snine particular district in which,\nn of sundry conditions suited to its\nt has become predominant, its prolific\ncausing the partial exclusion of the\ng kind-. Peculiar to the northern half\north Island, .>r the Province of Auckland,\nkauri,\" a massive pine of impressive\nce, ranking amongst the finest forest\nof the world. It i- this tree which con\nstitutes the vertebrae of the New Zealand timber\ntrade.\nIn the investigation of the characterises ol the\nNew Zealand timbers and the methods in VOgUC\nin that country fur the reduction of the raw\nmaterial into the finished article, let us imagiu\narily repair to one of 'he many logging camps a\nfew miles north of the City of .Auckland. After\nScrambling through a network of \"supplejacks\"\nand other entwining vine-, which hang in interwoven masses from the tree tops, ;i trail of\ndestruction marking our course through the beds\nof frail ferns which carpet the earth, we soon\narrive at the bushfeller's \"whare,\" or shack, a\nflimsy structure of palm leaves and poles, Surrounding us in close array are the tall. Stately\nkauri, their Stout rotund trunks encased in a\nclean, slate-colored bark, reaching without branch\nor blemish, to a height of 50. So, or even more\nfeet in the air. and their massive heads spreading\nout majestically over the surrounding bush. The\naverage diameter of these noble trees is from five\nto seven feet, though much larger specimens are\ncommon, and one exceptionally large \"old man,\"\npreserved as a curiosity in a New Zealand park,\nhas attained the huge dimensions of 17 feet in\ndiameter in wooden solidity.\nThe mild temperature of the New Zealand climate is very noticeably shown in the shape of\nthe \"kauri's\" trunk, inasmuch as its stems and\nbranches do not assume that tapered form\ncommon to trees of semi-frigid climates, but\nmaintains its girth with but slight decrease as it\nproceeds upwards. This is. of course, a very\nadvantageous feature, as it not only minimizes\nwaste in manufacture, but also, by permitting the\nfelling of the tree closer to the earth, adds to the\nlength of the log. Another happy trait i- the\nnarrowness of the belt of sap, which rarely\nexceeds three or four inches. The bark, too, i-\nthin, being usually about one inch in thickness.\nThe wood is slightly resinous, strong, firm, and\nof a close, uniform grain, free from alternate\nrings of pith and hard wood so frequent in trees\nindigenous to localities where the different sea\nsons are marked by extremes id' heat and cold\nThe manufactured article is admirably adapt( rl\nfor all classes of buildings, joinery, and interim\nfittings, while its strength and durability combini\nin making it invaluable for bridges, wharves and\nother external USCS, It has also been used |\ngreat advantage for ships' spars, and was in tin\nearly days of the past century, ere the advent nl\n-team, lavishly patronized by the oaken walls of\n11 er late Majesty's Navy,\nThe systems adopted by the lowers f,,,- tnc\ndelivery of logs at salt water do not differ ver\\nmaterially from those in common Usage heir\nTrue it 1- that flumes are not in use, but there are\nieu cases where they could be used to advantage\nLogging engines with wire cable- have mu been\nintroduced. Tramways, usually operated b)\nbullock power, are common on the lower levels,\nbut the broken and irregular formation of tin\nCountry to which the kauri is, for the most part,\nnative, is responsible for the fact that the more\nfrequent means resorted to is by floating the tree-\ndown the Streams, The islands t<\ New Zealand\nare long, narrow and hilly, and the consequent\nresult of tin-, high water-lied i- that the Streams,\nwhich are both small and swift, render necessary\nthe erectnm of timber dam-. These are built\nduring the dry summer months, and tilled by the\nwinter rams, while the following spring witnesses\ntin' release >>f the thousands of tons of pent up\nwaters, and the harvesting of the logs which have\nbeen yarded into the creek beds below.\nThere are few sights which are more exliiliaiat\ning than the tripping of a dam. Freed from 11-\nbondage the surging wall of water roar- through\nthe flood S-rate- in a foaming, raging torrent,\ncarrying helter skelter on its breast the grinding\nmass of logs, until tidewater 1- reached, and they\nare caught in tin- boom-, or, a- ill luck will some\ntimes have it. they jam.\nPresuming, however, that the logs are safely\ncollected in the boom-, the problem of transportation to the mill- imw presents it-elf. Hence-\nVANCOUVER LUMBER COMPANY,\nMANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF\nLIMITED\nRough and Dressed Lumber\nI, South End Cambie St. Bridge\nP. 0. Box 173\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nFIR\nWE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF LOCAL\nAND NORTHWEST TRADE\t\nSPRUCE\nCEDAR\nGood Material Reasonable\nPrices Prompt Service\nHEMLOCK\nEQUAL FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING BY WATER OR RAIL i\n11\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n19\nW. J. SHEPPARD, Waubaushene, Ont., President\nJ. Q. SCOTT, Vancouver, B. O, General Manager\nPacific Coast Lumber Company,\nLtd.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nFir, Cedar and Spruce Lumber, Lath, Houldings, Turned Work, Etc.\nHIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES\nCAPACITY\u00E2\u0080\u0094Saw Mill, 150,000 feet per 10 hours; Lath Mill, 25,000 per 10 hours; Shingle Mill, 300,000 per 10 hours ; with\nample Planing Mill and Dry Kiln Capacity to Handle our output.\nPACIFIC COAST LUMBER COMPANY. LIMITED\nCedar, Fir and Spruce\nCHOICEST STOCK\nEDGE GRAIN CEDAR A SPECIALTY\nPrompt Shipments Superior Grades\nMail Orders Respectfully Solicited\nJ. D. SINCLAIR\nLumber Manufacturer ...VANCOUVER, B. C.\nTHE CANADA METAL CO\nTORONTO, CANADA\nMANUFACTURE\nLead and Tin Pipe, Wire and Bar Solder,\nBabbit Metal, Electrical Battery Zincs,\nfuse Wire, Stereotype and Machine Metal\nand Phospher Tin\t\nHANDLE\nBUY\nPig Lead, Tin Copper and\nAntimony\t\nDrosses from Lead, Tin, Zinc\nand Stereotype \t\nTHIS\nSPACE RESERVED\nFOR\nSHELDON & SHELDON\nGALT, ONTARIO\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nLumber Dry Kiln Equipments.\nShop and Kiln\nTrucks and Cars.\nShavings Exhaust Systems,\nFans, Blowers, Etc\t\nWATCH FOR NEXT ISSUE 20\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n'\n1\n1\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n1\n},\n,\nk\n:\n1\n11.\nforth the tactics of the Antipodean lumberman\ndiverge widely from those of his Canadian contemporary. The curiosity ^i the visitor will be\naroused by the arrive! at the booms, under their\nown sail, of small, flat-bottomed vessels of the\nscow type. They are schooner rigged, equipped\nwith a centreboard, ami other requisite paraphernalia of a sea-going vessel, and are manned by a\ncrew of from three to live men. At first sight,\ntheir mission, the carriage of the logs to the mills,\nwill not, perhaps, be imagined, but, surprising as\nit may seem, it is their purport. The loading is\naccomplished in the following manner: -The bulwarks are first removed, and two rows of logs\nfloating parallel with the scow are drawn up, one\nrow on each side of the vessel. Two chains are\nthen passed under the nearest log, one at each\nend. These chains are. at one end, strongly\nsecured to the deck, while the other end, after\npassing under the floating log, goes through a\npulley at the masthead, and then descends again\nto the deck, where it is attached to a windlass.\nThe windlass is manned and the log slowly\nheaved up the side of the scow, until having\ncached the level of the deck, it rolls on, and is\nastened. With the additional aid of a couple of\nbriber jacks, 15 or 20 logs, containing per-\naps 60,000 to 100.000 feet, are one by one slowly\nded in two pyramidal tiers on either side of\nmasts, and the heavily laden vessel, her decks\nost awash, sets sail for her destination. The\nading is, of course, merely a matter of letting\nogs roll off into the water. During recent\ntowage by tugs has been gaining in fre-\njy, but as yet cannot be said to have cstab-\nany very great foothold. Its unpopularity\nrhaps he partially justified on account of\nk having to be done in the open sea, on\nfed coast, no place for a boom of logs in\nnd then again, it is presumably attribut-\nhe apparently defective manner in which\n\u00C2\u00AB formed. Tn place of being drawn up\ns with boom sticks and swifters, the\nto attach them individually by means of\nand chain slipped through a hole bored\ny across at each end of each log, to a\nlie which passes up the centre of the boom\ng. Tt would appear to be a method which\nmical neither in time nor labor, and so far\njhunity from loss is concerned, it is difficult\nem just where it possesses any advantage\normation by sections. However, scows still\nue to perform by far the greater part of the\nporting, and mournfully slow as this mode\nbe, it is sufficiently rapid to keep the New\nfand mills in motion, as will be shown.\nHaving thus briefly reviewed the transport of\nthe log from its native heath to the mills, we will\nbetake ourselves to the top of the mill slip, and\nwatch the progress of manufacture into lumber.\nIt might be well here to tell our readers that compared to the mills of the Pacific Slope, those of\nNew Zealand are primitive to a degree, and the\nmethods in vogue are for the most part the same\nas those in use 25 years ago. Tt will be immediately noticed that steam \"niggers\" and other such\nfacilities for the rapid handling of logs are, to\nuse a hackneyed phrase, \"conspicuous by their\nabsence.\" Two pairs of brawny hands clutching\ntwo timber jacks are the motive power used to\nplace a log on a carriage of somewhat prehistoric\ndesign; a mere flat platform sunk level with the\nmill deck, and geared for the forward and backward motions. This carriage moves slowly\nagainst a large upright saw in a frame working\nperpendicularly, and locally known as a \"breakdown\" for jig saw). This saw makes but one cut\nat a time, and, of course, saws on the downward\nmotion only, so that after the lapse of sufficient\ntime the log is cut in two. But should, perchance,\nthe original stick be a large one, it will be necessary to again split the two halves ere the\n\"flitches\" can be slid, again, with muscle as a\nmotive power, onto a small travelling bench\nworking against a 5oin. or 6oin. circular, which\ntrims them to the required size for the small gang\nor other saws.\nTt can now be more easily understood how it\nis that the capacitv of the largest mill in New\nZealand (indeed it is reputed to be the largest in\nthe southern hemisphere) the Kauri Timber Com\npany's mill, at Auckland, is, liberally, but 30,000\nfeet per diem. It is only fair to add that during\nthe last two or three years some few band saws\nand double circulars have been installed in the\nNew Zealand mills, but their number is very\nlimited, and many of the largest mills are still\nunequipped with these helpful modem appliances.\nIt must not be construed that it is the inteii\ntion of the writer to wantonly bring ridicule on\nthe ways ami means of the New Zealand manufacturer, but to give an accurate account of the\nConditions which prevail, which may perhaps be\nvaluable as well as interesting to the reader.\nMore English perhaps than England, this Imperialistic little colony suffers, to a marked extent,\nin many respects from British conservatism,\nfrom John Hull's characteristic tardiness in the\nadoption of new and improved appliances, such\nas are in general use in the North American continent, and this, in conjunction with a more\nmoderate supply and demand than prevails on\nthe Pacific coast is responsible for these weaknesses.\nHut the New Zealand manufacturer does not\nalways labor at a disadvantage. Climatic conditions coupled with the proximity of all points\nto deep water, the latter eliminating the necessity of long hauls by rail in which every pound\nweight means more freight charges, have happily\nrid him of that troublesome and treacherous\naccessory, the dry kiln. It may safely be said\nthat there is not one in New Zealand. During\nthe greater part of the year the rainfall is light,\nand the sub-tropical sun quickly seasons the\ngreenest of lumber.\nThe labor employed is entirely white. Labor\nunions are very strong, and are responsible tor\nmuch of the advanced social legislature which\nhas brought notoriety to New Zealand. Main-\nyears ago a poll tax of $500 was set on all\nOrientals seeking admission, and it has effectually\nfulfilled its purpose in the discouragement of\nthese gentlemen conferring their dubious favors\nto the disadvantage of the working man.\nThe price of kauri bigs delivered at the mills\nranges from 4s. to 6s. 6d. per 100 feet, according\nto girth and quality. These are controlled by a\nSawmillers' Association. The present ruling\nprices on rough building timber are given below:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFirst-class 16s 6d per 100 feet.\nSecond-class 13s 6d per 100 feet\nThird-class 10s 6d per 100 feet\nFlitches (all heart) 14s 6d per 100 feet\nand are subject to a discount of 5 per cent.\nA rough estimate of the present annual cut for\nthe whole of New Zealand places it at about\n200.000,000 superficial feet, of which amount perhaps two-thirds would be kauri. Regrettable to\nsay. as a result of continued excessive denudation, the supply is diminishing rapidly, and ere\nmany years must become so small as to be practically exhausted. Fully conscious that this is\ninevitable, the Government of New Zealand have\nalready taken steps for the husbanding of the\nremaining bushes, and have devised various regulations to restrict ruthless cutting, and they are\nalso stimulating the culture of English oak,\npoplar, etc. The growth of the kauri is extremely\nslow, so that the possibility of replenishment from\nthat source is practically nil.\nIn this connection it may be mentioned that the\npresent duty on foreign lumber entering New\nZealand is 2s. per 100 feet. Some six or seven\nyears ago, Sir Joseph Ward, then, and still a\nmember of the Seddon Cabinet, returning through\nCanada from England, was instrumental in the\npartial arrangement of a reciprocity treaty\nbetween New Zealand and Canada, containing a\nclause under which this duty would have been so\nreduced as to have admitted Canadian lumber\npractically free of duty. As the abolition of this\nprotection would have resulted in the flooding of\nthe country with Canadian lumber, and the immediate stifling of their industry, the mill owners\nset up a loud howl of protest, which effectually\nprevented its ratification. The market prices on\nkauri have been steadily advancing for a number\nof years, so that eventually it would seem that\nthis duty will have to be partially, if not wholly,\nremoved, and a new field for the Canadian product will then be opened up. Of course, there is\nno immediate likelihood of this, as at the pre\nsent time New Zealand not only supplies her\nown wants, but also makes considerable ship\nincuts to the United Kingdom, the Soutl African\nand Australian markets, as well as to the South\nSea Islands.\nShingles are nut manufactured to any extent,\nami where they are, they are usually split b\\nhand. The cheapness ot corrugated iron in com\nparison with timber, the danger of tire from .1\nwooden roof in their dry climate, and the fan\nthat none <>t their woods are well adapted for this\nuse are the principal causes for the absence \"!\nshingles.\nThe remaining varieties of timber, of equall)\ngigantic dimensions, are indigenous principal!)\nto the more southern portions of the islands, but\nbeing numerically less, do nut constitute such a\nvaluable asset as the \"kauri.\" The graceful\n\"rimu\" with its unique plumes of drooping needles\nhanging from its boughs, is highly valued fot\ndoors and panelling, on account of its rich, multicolored markings. The \"matai,\" the sacred tree\nof the Maoris, is a hard, brittle, yellow wood, in\nfavor for flooring, \"ti account of its hardness,\nand the fine polish it will take. The white pine,\nsoft, spongy, tasteless and white, is extensively\nused for making boxes for the packing of butter,\none of New Zealand's principal exports.\nThe \"totara\" is a pink colored wood of the\ncedar family, its greatest merit being its grea;\ndurability. It is a noteworthy fact in connection\nwith this wood, that, at a recent examination of\nthe condition of the piles in the Sue/ Canal, the\npalm was awarded to the New Zealand totara, all\nof which were found to be in an excellent state of\npreservation, The rata, the pohutukawa, the tawa\nand the enau, purin and pukatea. and the scores\nof smaller trees, each have their own peculiar\nbeauty, the brilliant, ornamental markings of\ntheir grain, and Other virtues, but space forbids a\ndescription of the luxuriant galaxy of flora native\nto that radiant southern land. hew countries,\nindeed, possess so varied an assortment of mammoth forest growth, and it is ..nly to be regretted\nthat the quantity is not greater the quality could\nscarce be better.\nAS OTHERS SEE US.\nThe stah\nmanufacture\nSitu-\nextreme western limit of\nf the British Columbia lumber\n,....,,,,,.,. ,,., - with reference to competition from\nPuget Sound and other American lumber is really\npathetic, say-, the \"American Lumberman\nated as they are at the\nCanada, and over the mountai is at that, with but\none railway outlet into the Northwest Territories,\nthey can put up no effectual tight for their rights\nas against the Dominion as a whole. Hritish Col\numbia wants a tariff placed on American lumber\nso that the mills of that Province can have the\nexclusive advantage of selling their product in\nthe prairie country, rapidly settling up, east of\nthe mountains. They want this market with an\nine mountains. 1 ney want tins mantel wun an\nexceeding and very hungry want. And who can\nblame them?\nTin\nie British Columbia lumbermen, during the\nconsideration of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway\n''\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ill in the Dominion Parliament, sought to secure\nir, When the annual\nbeing discussed they made aiiothei\nI I 1 I I III Oil I 'Ol I u I I II II I I Mill,\nlegislation in their favoi\nbudget was being discuss . ..\neffort to have an imporl duty placed on American\nlumber. When the tariff was somewhat modified\nto favor Canadian and English manufacturers and\nthe \"dumping\" feature was put in to prevent the\nunloading of American overproductions into\nCanada, the Hritish Columbia mill operators took\nthe opportunity to insist that \"dumping\" should\napply to Puget Sound and mountain low grade\nlumber that was being constantly dumped into\nManitoba and the Northwest Territories. 1 he\nVictoria Colonist says in this connection:\n\"Although there was nothing in the announcement made from Ottawa that rough lumber was\nincluded fin the tariff changes] yet we considered\n:t scarcely possible, considering the injustice\ninflicted by the present arrangement, that it could\nhave been overlooked entirely. As the result ol\nquery, however, the following dispatch was\nreceived from the Colonist's Ottawa conespoi BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n21\ndent: 'Dumping clause does not apply to free\ngoods, consequently rough lumber, which is free,\nis not affected. The clause, however, will apply\nto dressed lumber and all manufactured articles\nof lumber.' \"\nThe Colonist continues: -\"Here we have an\nanomalous and almost inconceivable state of\naffairs presented. Every industry already protected -and every other industry in Canada except\nlumber is protected\u00E2\u0080\u0094has a special 'dumping\nclause' in its favor. Our lumber, which is not\nprotected, in practically its only available market\nand is debarred by high duties from seeking a\nmarket in the United States, is subjected to the\nadditional handicap of being excluded from the\nspecial favors extended to all already protected\nindustries.\"\nYet the British Columbia lumbermen can\nscarcely expect to make headway against the\napathy, on the one hand, and the opposition, on\nthe other, of all Canada outside their own Province. Manitoba and the Northwest Territories\nwant free lumber, no matter whence it comes; the\nold provinces have dropped into the mood of\nignoring the American tariff entirely, feeling that\nthey are doing well enough despite the American\nattitude, and that Canada is able to care for herself. British Columbia lumbermen are thus left\nout in the cold, and little heed is paid to the\nclamor of her timber owners and sawmill men\nabout the rough lumber trade er..i of the mountains. But the operators in that Province will\nyet have their day. They now are forced to hold\ntheir timber to a degree because they cannot profitably sell it or its products. Within a few years\nthey may be satisfied that they were thus forced\nto hold their timber. With a dense population\nin the prairie country eastward, and many thriving cities and towns, surely to come, there will\nbe such a demand for their lumber as will force\nup the price of stumpage and lumber to such a\ndegree that owners of timber and operators of\nmills will care as little for any American competition or tariff as do the lumbermen of Ontario\ntoday. In that not far distant time the lumbermen of British Columbia will be heard in fhe\nnational councils when they speak, because tiiey\nwill be masters of the western situation. But for\na time they will have to wait and anticipate the\ngood things in store for them, now in prospect,\nbut certain of consummation.\nREADY FOR BUSINESS.\nThe New Mill of the Canadian Timber & Sawmills\nLtd., Commences Operations.\nThe mill at Trout Lake, erected by the Canadian Timber & Sawmills Company, Ltd., an English company, commenced cutting this month,\nand to the \"Trout Lake Topic\" are we indebted\nfor the following description of the plant::\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPower was turned on to the wheels of the big\nsawmill early this week, and the machinery\nthroughout operated without a hitch. The main\nbuilding consists of two stories, 166x34 feet \u00C2\u00B0f\nfloor space on each. To the west are the log\nbooms, with a capacity of 5,000,000 feet of logs.\nThe logs are taken up to the second story by a\njack-ladder to the log deck, from where they are\nhandled by the kicker and nigger to the carriage\nand thence on to the big handsaw, capable of cutting 60,000 feet per day. After passing through\nthe saw the boards and timber are carried on live\nrollers, the boards to the edger, containing twelve\nsaws, and thence to the trimmer, six saws, then\ndown the transfer to trucks, when it is taken to\nthe dry kiln. After leaving the kiln they pass to\nthe planer.\nThe square timber is carried on past the edger\nto the yard by the rollers.\nOn the other side of the live rollers and opposite the edger is the slasher, with six saw-., which\ntakes the slabs, cuts them into lath material and\ncarries them over to the lath machines. Farther\non is the shingle room, with two machines, each\nwith a capacity of 40,000 shingles per day. These\nare cut and drop down a chute to the knot-sawyer\nand thence to the packer.\nThe dry kiln, which is not yet completed, will\nbe to the north of the main building, and have a\nfloor space of 72x100 feet. To the cast of the dry\nkiln is the planing mill, 7.' feet square, in which,\nare Ww planers and a re-saw machine. The\nlargest of the planers will take a timber 8x26 and\nfinish all four sides at once; another is for ship-\nlap, another for siding, another for ceiling and\nflooring, and another for mouldings. In this\ndepartment eight men will be employed, under\nthe direction of J. V. Saunier.\nOn the top floor of the main building opposite\nthe big saw is the filing room, 20x30 feet, fitted\nup with all the latest automatic appliances foi\ngrinding, rolling and brazing. In this room are\nstored the band saws, ten in number, besides innumerable circular saws. Further on is another\nroom fitted up for the filing and repairing of\ncircular saws. On the lower floor is the machine\nshop, which contains the electric dynamo, engine,\nlathes, planer, drill presses, etc.\nTo the north and adjoining the main building\nis the power plant, consisting of three return\ntubular boilers, 5x16 feet, an auxiliary vertical\nboiler for pumping purposes, boiler feed water\npump and fire pump capable of throwing streams\nfrom six two-inch hydrants. The engine is a\nRogers make of over 300 horse power, carrying\ntwo driving wheels of 12 feet each in diameter.\nThere is also another smaller engine for supplying power to the planing mill. By fall it is anticipated there will be a third engine installed for\nthe purpose of supplying light to the town. The\nboilers will be worked under a pressure of 150\npounds to the square inch.\nThe yard room will be all platform, 200 feet\nsquare, and the slips 150x50 feet. A sluice pump\nhas also been installed, which will carry all the\ndumps. A blacksmith shop has also been built,\nwhere all the work of the plant can be attended to.\nFrom the time the log reaches the foot of the\njack-ladder everything is handled automatically\nuntil the finished product is piled up ready for\nshipment. The whole plant is evidence that the\nbuilders had a thorough knowledge of their\nbusiness.\nAMONG THE MACHINERY MANllf ACT11RERS.\nThe A. R. Williams Machinery Co.\nAmong the machinery manufacturers and dealers in this Canada of ours, none have reached the\nmagnitude of the A. R. Williams Machinery\nCompany, Limited, head office Toronto, and with\nbranch businesses in Montreal and Winnipeg.\nThis firm started from small beginnings in Toronto over twenty years ago, and by their industry\nO\nwhat!\nthe^\nming\npoor\npaint?\nYou are painting to PRESERVE\nas well as beautify\u00E2\u0080\u0094what's the\nuse of using the ordinary kind\nof paint when you can get P. &\nB. with all Its preservative,\ntenacious and element resisting\nqualities?\nP. & B. PAINT can be used\nto equal advantage on stone,\nwood and metals.\nBooklet free.\nTHE PARAFFINE\nPAINT CO. 7\n24 Second Street, San Francisco\nLos Angelei, Portland, Seattle, Denver\nHENRY DARLING\nAgent for Western British Columbia\nand Vancouver Island\n18 Powell St.\nVancouver. B. C.\nThe Gurney Standard Metal Co.,\nAGENT8\nCALGARY, ALBERTA\nfoundries, pumping machinery, cement making\nplants, etc., also a full stock of engineers', mill\nand factory supplies, such as shafting, hangers,\npulleys, belting, chucks, twist drills, Babbitt metal,\nfoundry supplies, pipe, pipe fittings, valves, packing, hose, nozzles, etc., etc. In addition to che\nCanadian-made machinery, they handle a number\nof American made machines exclusively, such as\ndrilling machines and lathes, made by W. F. &\nJohn Barnes. The Harrington screw hoist,\nShinier matcher and cutter heads and cutters,\nthe Cleveland Twist Drill Co.'s drills, O. & S.\nengines and boilers, etc. This firm also deals\nextensively in second-hand rebuilt machinery.\nThey have a large factory in Toronto which is devoted to rebuilding second-hand machinery. As\nTORONTO Ht\u00C2\u00BB0 OrriCE \u00C2\u00BBFACTOR*\nand handling only first-class goods they have\nbuilt up a very large trade, which extends from\nNewfoundland to Victoria, B. C. The lines they\nmanufacture and handle embrace steam engines\nand boilers of all sizes, and for stationary, factory\nand mill use, steamboats, hoisting engines and\nboilers, logging engines and boilers, also gas and\ngasoline engines of all sizes, water wheels, sawmill machinery, shingle mill machinery, lath mill\nmachinery, planing mill, sash and door machinery,\nfurniture factories, dry kilns, machine shops and\nin a business so extensive as theirs it is necessary to trade with customers, taking a machine\nthat they are not using and selling them another\nmachine which they require, these second-hand\nmachines taken in trade are subjected fro a rigid\nexamination and all necessary repairs are done to\nput them in first-class working order, so that any\ncustomer buying a rebuilt machine from the shops\nof the A. R. Williams Machinery Company can\nfeel perfectly secure in getting a good article.\nThis point has been demonstrated to this concern \u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBKRMAN\nST,' \u00C2\u00AB'\nii, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 A\nmany, many times, For illustration, some u\nyears ago the Victoria Chemical Company, of\nVictoria, I'.. C. purchased a second-hand engine,\nwhich was shipped them and has been in constant\nuse since. About two years ago this company\nwrote the Williams Company that if they had\nanother second-hand engine the same size and in\nas good condition as the one they had previously\nbought some ten years before, to ship it. Fortunately the Williams Company had an e lgine\njust similar to the one sold the Victoria Chemical\nCompany, so that they were able to till the order,\nand this second engine has proved just as satisfactory as the first one. This is but one of the\nmany illustrations which the A. R. Williams Company could give regarding their second-hand\nrebuilt machinery. We understand that it is this\nCompany's intention to establish in the near future a branch of their business in Vancouver for\nthe convenience of their P.. C. customers; also\nto have a branch in St. Johns, X. B. This will\ngive them a line of warehouses extending from\nthe Atlantic t\" the Pacific, and will be a great\nconvenience to machinery u-ers throughout Canada, enabling them to secure the best make of\naachines promptly. The British Columbia Lum-\nerman hopes that they will very soon have their\nC. warehouse established in Vancouver, as it\nfill a long felt want with the machinery users\npur Province, and the Williams Company be-\nehind the project, we feel sure that a suffi-\nstock will be carried to meet all require-\nof this Province. The accompanying il-\nion gives an idea of their premises at Tor-\nd Montreal. They have a floor space earn Toronto of about 75.000 square feet.\nJso carry a large stock in Montreal and\ng. All orders are tilled with despatch,\nne of the many aims of this company to\nery large stock, so as to enable them to\n6 promptly. Anyone wanting anything\nes. boilers, machinery and supplies,\n^\u00C2\u00A7nd this company specifications of their\nnts before placing any orders.\nHock list No. 46 is just from the press,\nbe mailed promptly on application.\nGREAT SAW MANUFACTURING WORKS.\nThe firm of R, Hoe & Co., New York, have\nbeen engaged in the manufacture of circular saws\nfor nearly a century. They were the first to make\ncircular saw- from cast Steel, and later originated\nthe inserted tooth saw. one of the greatest inven\ntions ever made for the inillinan's benefit, Their\nworks give employment to 2,500 men. and have\nstreets. The most important feature is the clock\ntower, which can be seen from almost any point\n\"ii lower Manhattan Island or Brooklyn.\nThe great demand for the lloe -aw is illustrate '\nby a review of the work going on in the vast\nbuildings. In the saw shops, going from him\ndepartment to another, we first see an almost\nendless line of anvils where, in the hands ol\n-killed artisans, multitude.- of saws are being put\na floor area of over fifteen acres, occupying two\nblocks in the city of New Y\"rk. Their saw-\nare in use everywhere in the United State- anil\nCanada.\nThe Hoe establishment i.- a landmark of New\nYork city, the accompanying illustration being a\nbird's eye perspective of the works. The buildings stand on somewhat elevated ground, declining to the front of the East river. The works\nface on Grand, Broome. Sheriff and Columbia\ninto shape under the hammer, after coming from\nthe machine-. These saws are of the best steel,\nThe machines in the manufacture of the plate-\nhave done their work well, but there -till remains\nthe final touches of the expert mechanic l\" give\nthem their recognized excellence.\nFurther on there are the punching machines\nfur toothing -aw-, and then we come to a room\nwhere line milling machines are engaged in\ngrooving the -hanks or bit bidders for the patent\nWASHINGTON\nc\\ning\nngm\nEmbody the latest improvements suggested by practical loggers. They are\nstrongest and most durable, requiring least attention and fewest repairs.\nBUILT IN ALL SIZES, SINGLE, DOUBLE and TRIPLE DRUMS\nPatent steam friction, Turner's patents, and our new lock lever friction devices. Over 750 Engines now in use in Washington, Oregon, California, British Columbia, Alaska, Nicaragua and the\nPhilippines. Write us your requirements and we will send complete specifications and prices.\nWashington Iron Works Go.\nWASH. BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n23\nchisel-tooth saw, which is a specialty with this\nfirm. The chisel bit room is filled with emery\ngrinding machines, which finish the bits for this\nsaw. About six million of these bits are made\nin a year, and as showing the skill and care required, each one is handled seventeen or eighteen\ntimes before leaving the factory. In the blacksmith shop are immense trip hammers, under\nwhich the chisel bits are forged at a single blow.\nThe dies used in these hammers are all made on\nthe premises.\nThere is another important department where\nthe \"V\" for receiving and holding the chisel bits\nand shanks is put in the saw plate. As the \"V\"\nmust be exactly in the centre of the plate, this is\na very delicate operation. Then there are the\ngrinding shops, where the circular saw grinding\nmachines, made under patents held by the firm,\nare in ceaseless operation.\nThe greatest achievement of R. Hoc & Co. in\nthe manufacture of saws, i.s their patent chisel-\ntooth saw, brought out by them after long experimenting, of which there are now over 40,000\nin use. It is a marvel of simplicity and effectiveness. At its earliest introduction its merits were\nat once recognized by milimen, and the demand\nfor it, with its added improvements, has overtaxed the resources of the establishment. The\nsaws as now made are guaranteed for any work\nfrom the half-inch feed of a small country mill to\nthe enormous feeds cut in the regions of hemlocks, red woods and pines. This saw will run\nwith two-thirds the power taken to run a solid\nsaw of the same size, while the lumber made by\nit is smoother.\nThe admirable qualities of the chisel-tooth saw\nare shown by the great strength and durability\nof its parts. The cutting bit, being short, is very\nstiff, and its circular back being grooved, matches\nthe plate by means of a \"V\" on the inside of the\nround socket, which prevents any rocking movement, so that, when the bits are in place, they are\nas firm as the teeth in a solid saw.\nThe bits come already spread or swaged, and\nthe amount of filing necessary to keep them in\norder is reduced to a minimum. They are so\nreadily changed that the saw need never be taken\nfrom the mandrel, and as much as 250,000 feet of\nlumber have been cut with one set of bits. They\nrun a long time before sharpening is necessary,\nand may be pointed up with a file from one to\ntwenty times.\nThe chisel bits are forged of such excellent\nmaterial and into such perfect shape that they do\nnot break when cutting knots, and when by accident they run upon iron or stone, the cost and\ndamage is not one-twentieth of that occasioned\nto a solid-tooth saw. A large circular solid saw,\nit is true, in cutting a nail or stone, may not dull\nmore than half a dozen teeth, but in order to put\nit in condition for work again it must be cut down\nrounded and all the teeth swaged out and filed\nto an edge, so that the cost of labor, loss of time\nand reduction of the saw, under the most favorable circumstances, would not be less than five\ndollars, while on a chisel-tooth saw it would be\nat the most only the price of half a dozen bits,\nsay twelve cents, while the danger of breaking\nthe plate is very slight.\nThe majority of the mills in the United States\nCanada, Cuba and Mexico have found that they\ncannot afford to be without a chisel-tooth saw,\nand they are also being generally adopted\nthroughout other parts of the world.\nSPECIAL BARGAINS IN\nSECOND-HAND MACHINERY.\nWANTED AND FOR SALE\nTO BENEFIT SETTLERS.\nOttawajune 25.\u00E2\u0080\u0094An Order-in-Council was passed last month by the Dominion Cabinet permitting settlers to cut dry timber upon Dominion\nlands and the railway belt in Hritish Columbia\nand in the Northwest at the rate of 25 cents per\nthousand feet board measure, the previous fee\nbeing $1.50 to $3.00.\nWe are glad to learn that Mr. T. A. Hollinrake,\nof the A. R. Williams Machinery Co., has sufficiently recovered from his recent accident to be\nable to be round again. Mr. Hollinrake is a frequent and welcome visitor to the Coast.\nEN GINKS.\n1 20 x 48 Reynolds Corliss, $2,000.\n1 24 x :so Slide Valve, $1,200.\n1 22 x 80 Slide Valve, $1,860.\nl 22 x 21 Siiik- Valve, $800,\n1 18 x 48 Corliss, $1,000.\n1 18 x HO Corliss, $h()0.\n1 10 x 89 Slide Valve, $.r)00.\n1 14 x 24 Slide Valve, $.'500.\n1 liyi x 24 Cummer Aut, $.'17\">.\n1 12 x 10 Krie City C. C. high speed automatic, $000.\n1 11 x 10 Atlas Aut, $:t0().\n1 10 x 20 Atlas Slide Valve, $2f)0.\n1 10 x 10 Atlas Slide Valve, $2f)0.\n1 10 x 20 Slide Valve, $200.\n1 10 x 17 Slide Valve, $225.\n1 ll x 14 Atlas Slide Valve, $160.\n1 8 x 12 Centre Crank Slide Valve, $120.\n2 7 xlO Slide Valves, each $70.\n16x6 Upri\"ht Marine, $70.\n14 x Wim Wcstinghouse, $70.\nAll engines are complete with hand wheels, governors,\nthrottle valve, oil cups, sight feed lubricators.\nBOILERS.\n2 06 inches by 18 feet, each $450.\n1 64 inches by 16 feet, $450.\n1 62 inches by 14 feet, $400.\n7 60 inches bv 16 feet, each $350\n1 60 inches by 14 feet, $350.\n3 52 inches by 14 feet, each $250.\n1 48 inches by 10 feet $225.\n1 48 inches by 14 feet, $200.\n1 44 inches bv 14 feet, $200.\n1 40 inches by 14 feet, $150.\n2 36 inches by 10 feet, each $125.\n1 36 inches by 8 feet, $80.\n1 50 TI. P. Portable, $350.\n1 20 H. P. Portable, $450.\nAll boilers tested 150 pounds C.W.P. and guaranteed to\ncarry 100 pounds steam working pressure.\nAil the above boilers have fronts and are complete with\ngrates, bearing bars, ash door and frames, water columns\nwith steam gauges, water gauges and gauge cocks, safety\nvalves; no stack.\nOne 25-horsepower Krie, Economic Return Tubular portable boiler, $225.\n1 500 II. P. Atlis Condenser, $700.\nJ. H. KERRICK,\n126 Third Av. N.,\nMinneapolis, Minn.\nO. H. YOGEL\nENGINEER\n(A. M. Can. See. C. E.) OTTAWA, CANADA\nSurveys, Plans, Specifications and Supervision\nWATER POWER\nPaper, Pulp and Sulphite Fibre Mills\nRENTS COLLECTED\nEXPERIENCED VALUATOR\nW. T. FARRELL\nGENERAL AGENT, REAL ESTATE AND\nINSURANCE BROKER\nTimber Lands, farms, Business & Residential City Property\n...FOR SALE...\nSpecial Attention Given to Selling and Renting House and Store Property\nRoom 17, Fairfield Bldg., 433 Granville St., Vancouver.\nP. O. Drawer 930\nTelephone 1712\nH. G. ROSS\nINSURANCE ADJUSTER.\nREAL ESTATE, MINING, INSURANCE AND LOANS\nTIMBER AND TIMBER LIMITS\n2,200 acres Dominion Government Lands, 140 million\nfeet of timber, f25,000.\nThe information to locate 500 million feet of timber, two-\nthirds Cedar, only $10,000.\nSaw Mill, with Crown-Granted Timber Lands, capacity\n25 M feet per day ; good business ; $20,000.\n622 Hastings St., West\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nN. A. McKINNON\nTimber Cruiser and Valuator.\nTwenty years' experience in the woods.\nReferences.\nAdvertisments will be inserted in this department\nat the rate of 10 cents per line for each insertion, payable in advance.\nWANTED\u00E2\u0080\u0094 First-Class Cedar Logs. Apply at\nMill No. 2, Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company,\nVancouver, B. C.\nLOGS WANTED.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wanted to buy cedar, Aland spruce logs taken off Crown granted lands\nApply to J. S. Emerson, Vancouver.\nWANTED.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Up-to-date filer from the East is\nopen for engagement; can handle either circular or band saws; prefer band saws in first-class\nfast cutting mill. Address \"Filer,\" c.o. B. C.\nLumberman.\nWANTED.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Partner with $15,000 to engage in\nsawmill business. Limit contains 100,000,000\ncedar, about 75 miles from Vancouver, on salt\nwater; good water power. Also other timber\nlimits for sale. Address \"Millman,\" c. o. B. C.\nLumberman, Vancouver, B. C.\nPOSITION WANTED\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bookkeeper in lumber\nmill, 16 years' experience. Best of references.\nApply A. B. C, care B. C. Lumberman.\nWANTED, POSITION\u00E2\u0080\u0094Band saw filer, single\nor double cutting mill, 12 inch or 14 inch saws.\nGuarantee highest results the first week or no\npay. Strictly sober, good references. Apply\nBert Hart, 853 Seymour Street, Vancouver,\nB. C.\nFOR SALE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Shav Logging Locomotive, about 13\ntons, 4-foot gauge ; Wheels and Axles for Logging\nCars, same gauge ; 30 Logging Cars, Russel type,\ncapacity 2,000 to 3,000 feet of logs, 3-foot gauge.\nImmediate delivery ; low price. John J. Gartshore,\n83 Front Street West, Toronto, Ont.\nWANTED.\u00E2\u0080\u0094QUOTATIONS on red cedar, 6/2,\ni6in. Shingles. All kinds of fir, spruce and\ncedar lumber, sash, doors, mouldings and other\nmill work. Address same to H. N. Clausen,\nDauphin, Man., agent for H. J. Haskamp, St.\nCloud, Minn. Special quotations confidential.\nFOR SALE.\nSaw Mill, Planing and Lath Mill.\nIn one of the most favorable positions in\nB. C. making over $2,000 per month profit ; price, $30,000; terms, $10,000 cash,\nbalance on time. Illness of owner cause\nof sale. Apply\nBOX \"W,\" CARE OF B. C. LUMBERMAN\nWANTED.\nWe handle on commission all sorts of British\nColumbia Lumber and Shingles, manufactured and\nrough. Please quote prices f.o.b. Toronto.\nTHE FUEL & LUMBER CO.,\n77 Adelaide 8t. East TORONTO, ONTARIO\nP. O. Box 602 Storage\nGEO. H. COTTRELL\nFORWARDING AGENT.\nWarehouse, 139 Water St.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\n8pecial attention given to distribution\nOf Carload Freight\nJOHN J. GARTSHORE\n83 Front Street, West TORONTO, ONT.\nOF\u00C2\u00BBF>. QUEEN'S MOTEL\n280 HOWE STREET\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nRAILWAY AND TRAMWAY EQUIPMENT\nNew and Second-hand Rails for Railways,\nTramways, &c Contractors' Supplies, &c 24\nBRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\n111\nr ; V\n1 \ |l\n111\ni '\ni.\n1\n1 ; !\n1 S! *;\n1\nll1\n; i\nLiiS 1\nRED CEDAR LUMBER CO.\nLIMITED\nMANUFACTURERS OF\nFine Cedar Lumber\nand Shingles ....\nTELEPHONE B334 P. O. BOX ill\nOrders Solicited and Correspondence Promptly Attended to\nPOWELL STREET ...VANCOUVER, B. C.\nHardwood Lumber\nAmerican and Australian\nEmbossed Mouldings, Carvings, Etc., Burlap and Wallpaper\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 DEALERS IN \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nlate, Sheet and Fancy Glass\nCorrespondence Solicited Orders Promptly Attended to\nARTHUR P. MAY & CO.\nVancouver, B. C.\nSEYMOUR ST.\nO. BOX 194\nA. SINCLAIR\nMANUFACTURER OF\nRED CEDAR LUMBER\nCUT EDGE GRAIN\nMills at False Creek, Vancouver, B. C,\nSPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FACTORY ORDERS\nBritish Columbia Cedar Shingles\nHAVE A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION\nYou Want None but the Best\nThen Place Your Orders With\nJOSEPH CHEW\nSHINGLE MANUFACTURER\nVancouver, British Columbia\nTimber Limits For Sale.\nWe have licensed land along the coast close to salt\nwater carrying Fir and Cedar.\nWe have leased land running for 21 years, from\nMay, 1902. Rental, Ten Cents per acre, carrying Cedar, Fir\nand Spruce. Also Crown Granted Lands.\nThe above are amongst the best buys in the Province.\nLimits estimated by competent cruisers.\nMACKINNON, FERGUSON & CO.,\n421 GRANVILLE ST.\nVANCOUVER, B. 0. BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\nVANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd.\nENGINEERS\nSole Agents for British Columbia\nfor\n\"Atlas Engine Works\"\nMakers of\nfor Every Duty\nSaw Mill and High Speed Engines Carried in Stock\nWorks: Heatley Avenue\n...VANCOUVER, B. C.\nThe Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co., Ltd.\nHead Office, PETERBOROUGH, ONT.\nENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS\n...MANUFACTURERS OF...\nSAW MILL MACHINERY\nWater Wheels, Mining & Pulp Mill\nMachinery, Shafting, Gearing, Etc.\nWRITE FOR CATALOGUES.\nC. N. CORNELL, Agent, Mackinnon Bldg., VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN\nBELTING\nPERFECTION\nBRAND\nBELTING\nSPECIAL QUALITY FOR\nPlaners and Shingle Machines\nSEE OUR STOCK AND BE CONVINCED\t\nPRICES AND SAMPLES UPON APPLICATION\nFULL STOCK OF MACHINERY ALWAYS ON HAND\nTHE FAIRBANKS COMPANY\n:e and Store, 153 Hastings St. VANCOUVER, B. C. Machinery Warehouse, Powell St.\n'\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6*\nTHE\nCanadian Pacific Lumber Co., Ltd\nPORT MOODY, B. C.\nManufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of\nB. C. LUMBER, LATH, MOULDINGS, Etc.\nthe Largest Shed and Dry Kiln Capacity of any Mill In British Columbia.\nspecial Attention eiven to orders Address the Company at Port Moody, or\nfrom Manitoba and the Territories BYRNES & CUDDY, Selling Agents, WINNIPEG\nLONQ DISTANCE TELEPHONE CONNECTION"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "Vancouver"@en . "BC_Lumberman_1904-07-30"@en . "10.14288/1.0309329"@en . "English"@en . "49.261111"@en . 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