@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "39c0f7f6-4a07-4635-9a27-832baf3e811a"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-05-04"@en, "1904-10-30"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bclumber/items/1.0309337/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ / ► British Columbia lumberman PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH D. TODD LEES, - ■ - - Jiitsinrss Manager Office Mackinnon Building, Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. Telephone 11% P. O. Drawer 988 Terms of Subscription (Payable in Advance) One year, Canada or the United States $ 1 00 One year, Foreign Countries 1 50 Advertising Rates on Application Correspondence bearing upon any phase of the lumber industry will be gratefully acknowledged, and discussion upon trade subjects is invited. To oi'R Advertisers.- The British Columbia Lumberman has a guaranteed circulation of 2,000 copies. It will be found in every mill, lumber manufactory, logging camp, etc., in the Province and Pugel Sound, besides all dealers in lumber in the Northwest and Canada generally- T° lumber manufacturers, lumber dealers and machinery makers no better medium has ever been offered in the West. __ 'Persons corresponding Wftb advertisers in the lirilish Columbia Lumberman will confet a favoi by giving the journal ctedil foi such conespondence. VANCOUVER, B. C, OCTOBER, 1904. POLITICS AND THE LUMBER SITUATION. While matters on both sides of the "line" are waxing warm in consequence of the impending elections, Dominion and Presidential, the politicians arc "putting up" the lumber question, and each side, as Far as the Dominion elections are concerned, are having a shot at it. The following extracts make interesting reading: Sir Charles llihhert Tupper, president of the Liberal-Conservative Union of British Columbia, nniler date of the 9th inst.. furnishes the press with a manifesto for the faithful of that party to read, learn and inwardly digest, and for the lumbermen he gives a review of the efforts made to obtain recognition of their grievances by the Laurier Government! In 1898 John Hendry, chairman, and J. G. Scott, secretary, forwarded a resolution of the lumbermen of British Columbia to each of the cabinet as it then was and now is. Nothing was done! On March 4th, 1S99, the Dominion Government were again asked to impose an import duty. on lumber and shingles similar to the import duty imposed on these articles by the United States. Nothing was done! On the 10th December, 1000, the B. C. Lumber & Shingle Manufacturers' Association in a communication to tlie Prime Minister of British Columbia, said among other things: "Another cause which militates against the British Columbia shingle manufacturers is that American shingles are admitted free of duty into British Columbia and Canada, while British Columbia shingles are subject to an American duty of 30 cents per thousand upon all shingles imported to the United States. The effect of this is that American'shingles have:— "1. Their own market reserved to them by a protective duty of 30 cents per thousand. "2. They have a decided advantage in shipping to Canada by purchasing their shingle bolts at from $1 to $1.50 per cord less than they can be purchased in British Columbia. "3. The British Columbia mills have to pay a duty averaging from 20 per cent, to 30 per cent. on all the machinery and mill supplies used in the manufacture of their shingles, "In each of these points, therefore, it will be seen that the local shingle manufacturers are at a great disadvantage as compared with the 1'uget Sound mills. "In the Northwest Territories and Manitoba there is competition from Minnesota, which has a much cheaper railroad haul for their lumber. Rough lumber and shingles enter the Dominion free of duty, which leaves our markets at the mercy of the United States manufacturers, while the Canadian mills have to pay $2 per thousand for lumber and 30 cents per thousand on shingles as an American import duty. The effect of this is to limit the railway shipments from British Columbia to the Canadian markets, while leaving the markets of British Columbia and Canada open to American competition." January 16th, 1901, the B. C. Lumber & Shingle Manufacturers* Association, John Hendry, president, addressed the Prime Minister of Canada. They called attention to their communications of 1898, 1899 and 1900, as having produced no result, and they respectfully urged the necessity for imposing duty on lumber and shingles entering Canada from the United States. This request was supported by the delegation from the British Columbia Government, who supplied the Dominion Government with a memorandum respecting the lumber tariff from which the following is taken: "In the matter of a tariff on lumber, the mill- men of British Columbia claim that they are entitled to equal considerations with Manitoba and the Northwest. . The increase in trade and population on the Coast, through the prosperity of the lumber and other industries, means an increased market for the products of the Northwest Territories. Moreover, since the British Columbia mills entered the Northwest market, the price of lumber has been reduced $5 per thousand, and that of shingles from $3 to $175 per i»®®®®®(SX^ he considered later on, but noth ing was done' In the course of a day or so later Mr. Chill Lugrin, of Victoria, late editor of the Colo nist, on behalf of the Liberal party, essayed to reply to Mi Tupper's manifesto in tin- following brie! summary of the situation: "Sir Charles' second point refers to the requesl for a duty on lumber. Reduced to its simple-' term-, the request is that a duty shall be imposed on lumber so as to preserve the market of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories for the output of the British Columbia mills by excluding lumber from the United State-. The mill men 111 the other Provinces do not ask for a duty It may be conceded that if a duty were imposed upon lumber the British Columbia mil!-' would be benefited thcrehv, and the Liberal representatives of the Province at Ottawa did their best to secure it. It lias not been imposed, and BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 3 the explanation is a very simple une. The manufacture and export of lumber is a very important industry in every part of Canada, except Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Territories, and, with the possible exception of British Columbia, the business has everywhere adjusted itself to the provisions of the Fielding tariff. Before a change is made, which, while benefiting some, may very seriously and prejudicially affect thousands id others, the greatest consideration is necessary. The Government proposes a revision of the tariff, after a Commission has investigated the subject and reported as to what changes are desirable. If the question of lumber duties is left in abeyance until that Commission has reported, it cannot be truthfully said that the course is not a wise one. If only one industrial Establishment or one locality were affected there might be reason to complain of delay, but as the matter is one that affects every part of Canada, it may very properly be left to be dealt with when the whole question of tariff revision comes up. 1 think reasonable men will admit that this view of the case is correct. In connection with Mr. Lugrin's explanation of the Liberal position in regard to a tariff on lumber, he has overlooked the fact that the request for such duty is not now by any means confined to British Columbia, and that the inroads from American lumber into the Eastern lumbering provinces has become so serious that concerted action is being taken by the manufacturers of the East. 'Tis said that "figures never lie.' then the following are significant in view of Mr. Lugrin's "greatest good to the greatest number" argument. The report of the Department of Trade and Commerce for the year ending with the month of June last shows that there was a decrease in the value of exports of lumber to the United States of $1,961,037, while for the same period there was a gain in the imports of $1,804,837 over the year ending June 30th, 1903. With all due respect to Mr. Lugrin's opinion— which fortunately is not shared by the Liberal party except in the Territories and Manitoba— the importunities of the lumbering interests throughout Canada will in the very near future bring about the desired results, as no matter which side wins in the impending elections, the necessity of, at least, limited protection of one of the most important industries in the Dominion is fully recognized as of imperative necessity. On the other side id the line, our friends in the State of Washington are putting up a strong fight, not against the Government, as might be inferred from our ease, but against the tyranny of railroad systems, and as the lumber vote of that State is no small one, the petition circulated by the lumber men is not to be overlooked. The Lumbermen's Association of Washington declares that the railroads are killing their industry, and that they have appealed in vain for relief; that the traffic managers have openly threatened to advance rates if they do not stop their agitations for rate reduction; and despairing of getting justice they propose to carry the fight into the Legislature. With this end in view they have asked every nominee in the state to sign a pledge, of which the following is the climax: "Having tried all other methods to keep from going into the hands of a receiver the lumbermen have decided to make the 40 per cent, rate the issue of the present campaigns. We have been informed that the railroads care more about adverse legislation than they do of the business interests, and we propose to take them at their word. We want your support in securing this rate, which we are justly entitled to. and if you will sign the enclosed pledge, we will do our utmost to secure your election. It is our intention to go before the 81,000 voters in the mills and camps, with the request that they vote for candidates favorable to the lumber interests, because their bread and butter absolutely depends on the 40 cent rate. If this is not secured 75 per cent. of the lumber production will have to close, down until a market is secured. "If you have tn- welfare of the State at heart we know you will sign. It is not our intention to in any way hamper the railroads, believing that they have been of inestimable service in building up our Commonwealth; but the prosperity of the State and the lumber industry is paramount and depends on an equitable and just rate for our lumber, and this can only be secured by legislation." As a further backing against the railroads it is stated that the lumbermen of the State have secured the nomination of 35 men from their own ranks for Legislative positions. LARGE SAWMILL FOR FERNIE. Fernie is soon to have one of the largest and most up-to-date sawmills in the interior of B. C, according to the "Fernie Free Press." Yesterday two of the principal directors of the Elk Lumber and Manufacturing Co. arrived in Fernie and the information we give has been secured at first hand. They are Mr. O. A. Robertson, president, and Mr. F. B. Lynch, secretary, both of St. Paul. The latter gentleman very kindly submitted to an interview and gave us the facts. "Yes, we are here to get our new mill under way." commenced Mr. Lynch. "In fact the initial work has already been going on for some time. We have with us two mill experts, H. F. Dittbenner of the Diamond Iron Works of Minneapolis, and O. P. Boynton of Washburn, Wis., who are giving us the advantage of their expert knowledge of up-to-date mills. At the government sale of lots recently we purchased several acres to give us more room, and we have been at work getting this cleared for the new mill site, which is to be located to the south of the bridge. A good deal of levelling and filling is to be done on this site, and we expect to commence the building of the mill on November 1st. The present mill will be dismantled and torn down at once. The new mill will be 40x220, with 16 foot timbers in basement and 14 foot in the saw floor. The planing mill will be a separate building, 64x40, with separate engine, etc. The entire mill will be equipped with the most modern and finest machinery obtainable with all labor-saving appliances and the plant will have a capacity of 100.000 feet in to hours or 200,000 feet in 20 hours. The mill will be kept running from 250 to 300 days per year. The yearly cut will aggregate twenty million feet, and the company will give steady employment to 175 men. The cost of the plant will, at the least estimate, amount to $75,000." Mr. Lynch upon being interrogated, gave further particulars of the company's big undertaking. They planned to have the new plant in operation by May 1st next. A spur would be put in from the Great Northern, and cars for the C. P. R. route would be transferred by means of the switch. The entire plant would be lighted by their own system of electric lighting. A very important feature was that the new building was" being erected so that another side might be added at any time, that the capacity might be doubled. Sufficient power was being provided for this purpose. As to timber, Mr. Lynch stated that the company had 10.000 acres, and he did not fear a ' shortage inside of 20 years' steady cutting. PRICES REDUCED. We are advised that at a recent meeting of the local branch of the Western Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, of Edmonton, Alta., a new list of prices of spruce, poplar and tamarac was arranged whereby considerable reductions were made off the list which have been in force for some time. . \\ xxixxxxxxxxxxxixxxxixxixixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxxixxxxxxxxxxxxrxxxxxxxix^ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1 From our Special Correspondents. BUSINESS BRISK. Local Trade in Victoria is Keeping Up Well— Much Building, and Fair Export Trade. Victoria, Oct. 21.—Although to the "melancholy days, the saddest of the year," are approaching, activity in building continues, and many dwelling houses are being rushed to completion, while contracts are being let for others which will be put up during the winter. Sawmill men and lumber dealers are congratulating themselves on the profitable outcome of the season's local business and, while payments in some instances have been slow, on the whole customers have met. their obligations satisfactorily. The local demand for lumber of all classes has kept up surprisingly, the number of new houses going up far exceeding the expectations held by the most sanguine a few months ago. The recent fire in the North Ward has had much to do with this, as those who lost their homes are building larger and a better class of houses. The mills generally are still busy supplying the local trade, while one of the largest is filling its yards with lumber for future delivery and Eastern orders. Clear spruce lumber is still in good demand in the East and numerous orders are being placed with local firms, who expect to fill them between now and November 1st. Orders for mill-run cedar have also been received from Eastern points (having a large proportion of edged grain cut from cedar bolts to give the results required.) The supply of logs as far as this market is concerned has been quite satisfactory up to the present, but as the season advances prices will probably stiffen on account of the increased difficulty in handling owing to stormy weather, which may be expected shortly. Political Tactics. The issue raised by the Conservatives in the Dominion election campaign, on the necessity of protecting the British Columbia lumber industry by the imposition of a duty on United States lumber, is looked upon as a vital question by the trade here, so much so that if the Liberals fail to secure a pledge from their leaders at Ottawa to grant speedy relief they will find a great majority of the lumbermen voting against them on November 3rd. New Work. Sherbourne has received the contract for the C. P. R. freight sheds on the new Belleville Street dock. Tenders for the offices, waiting rooms, etc., are invited by the company up to the 25th inst. Tenders are called for the building of a hotel at Oak Bay. The building is estimated to cost about $13,000, and is intended as the main portion of a much larger structure which will be built as business increases. The new hotel will be under the management of J. A. Virtue, who conducted the Oak Bay hotel, which was burned some months ago. Intensive additions and repairs are about to be made to Spratt's wharf, which is used by the Quatsino mill for the handling of their lumber. STRIKE ENDED. Building Operations Being Rushed on Account of Shortness of the Season—Lumber Stocks Low and Prices High. x Toronto, Oct. 18.—There has latterly been increased activity in the demand for lumber, prices on the commoner grades being firmly maintain- BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN it; cd, while there has been some cutting of rates as regards th • better qualities, Dealers are ordering much more freely and in many cases there are urgent demands for immediate shipment, as the stocks on hand are light. Present requirements are heavy, as building operations in all the industrial centres of the Province are active. With the termination of the strike in the building trade in Toronto, which was called off about the middle of September, operations were resumed with a rush, and will be carried on vigorously to the end of the season. New contracts in large numbers have been let and despite the interruption caused by the strike the total volume of construction work will be very heavy. There has been a scarcity of lath, accompanied by a stiffening in prices. Hardwood for finishing work is also a good deal in requisition. Hemlock board and dimension timber is moving actively. Restricting Output. The cut in the Georgian Bay district will be {considerably less than that of last season, as [nearly all the large operators signify their indention of restricting the output in view of pres- prices, and the continued competition from le United States. The probable falling off is Itimated by some as high as 50 per cent. This ly be an extreme figure, but it is certain that ir there is decided tendency to limit opera- is. The season has been later in beginning usual. Wages have taken a decided fall, lere are plenty of men to be had for work |e bush at from $_'0 to $28 per month, the rate only being given to exceptionally good There is a disposition on the part of Isalers to deal for next year's output, show- ^nfidence in the stability of the market. An Ised demand for the American market is for as soon as the Presidential election ided. and the uncertainty of the tariff situ- fhas been dissipated by the success of the fblican party, which is generally 'regarded Bsured. ithc Trade Returns. leanwhile the trade returns continue unfav- lble and emphasize the demand for re-adjust- ;nt of the tariff to prevent the unfair compe- to which the Canadian lumberman is sub- scted. The report of the Department of Trade '"and Commerce for the month of June shows a very slight gain in the total exportation^ of •'unmanufactured wood," which amount to $5,324.- 415 as against $5.313-37^ in June, 1903. while exports to Britain have fallen off from $2,885,322 to $2,500,522; shipments to the United States have increased from $2,039,885 to $2,508,885. During the fiscal year terminating June 30th, the total exports of unmanufactured wood were valued at $32,990,061 as compared with $36,268,689 in 1903. Our exports for the year to Britain fell from $16,707.78310 $14,935,1(11, and to the United States from $16,897,853 to $14,936,816. Turning to the other side of the account it is significant that this decrease of two millions in our exports to the United States is co-incident with an increase of rather more than the same amount in importations from that country. Of "lumber and timber, planks, boards, &c," we imported during the year from across the border to the value of $6,036,022, as compared with $4,171,185 for the fiscal year 1903. The feeling that a retaliatory duty equal in amount to that imposed by the United States 011 the Canadian product should be placed upon American lumber has been greatly intensified by recent trade developments. On the 3rd inst, an influential deputation representing the Ontario lumbering industry, including \\V. J. Sheppard, of the Georgian Bay Lumber Co.; C. Beck, of Penetanguishene; George Chew, and D. L. White, of Midland, waited on Premier l.aurier at Ottawa and laid the matter fully bd fore him. Needless to say they received the usual courteous but absolutely notvcommittal reply, with assurances of sympathy and full consideration, etc. When every other interest is regarded as entitled to some measure of projection against unfair competition ii is difficult to see why so important a mainstay of Canadian prosperity as the lumber trade should be differently treated. Retires from Politics. The retirement of John Charlton from the political arena removes from public life the last prominent advocate of reciprocity with the United States. Mr. Charlton was probably the best known man identified with the lumbering interest in Canadian pul.tics, lie has represented the riding of North Norfolk in the Dominion Parliament for 32 years, being returned by acclamation it the last general election. While a stalwart Liberal, he was perhaps better known for his active interest in questions of moral reform and his persistent advocacy of reciprocity than in connection with orduiary political issues. The cause of his withdrawal from the representation of the constituency he represented so long and faithfully was ill-health, owing to which he was unable to attend to his duties last session. lie was a unique figure in these days of machine politicians, owing to hi- venturing to Have convictions of his own outside of the party pro gram. There are tew of hi- type remaining, the tendency of modern politics being to eliminate all men of an independent turn of mind, in favor of slaves of the caucus and smooth-tongued opportunists of l.aurier or Borden order. Investigating New Reserves. Thomas Southword, Director of Forestry ami Colonization, and Dr. Judson Clark, the recently appointed Provincial Forester, returned this week to Toronto after a canoe trip of 300 mile- through the additional area recently annexed to tin1 Tema- gami forest reserve. This tract lies to the west ami north of the former limit- of the reserve, a considerable portion of it being to the north of the Height of Land. They left civilization and the C. P. K. at Biscotasing, and accompanied by four lire rangers travelled northwards to Fort Mettagami. an old Hudson Bay post, at present the headquarters of the fire rangers. Thence they passed Eastward, north of the Height of Land by way of numerous lake- and river- till they reached the west branch of the Montreal River, down which they travelled to Foft Mata- chewan. They returned via the main stream of the Montreal river and the Mattawapiki to Pake Temagami, and thence homeward by the newly built Temagami & Northern Ontario Railway. During the trip they learned much a- to forestry conditions in a portion of the country which is comparatively little known. They found that while the tract about the Height of Band had at one time been covered with an immense pine forest, large areas had been burned over by lire- many years ago, the succeeding growth being more largely spruce and Jack pine than white or red pine. In some parts at the Height of Band ami at the head water- of the Montreal River they found extensive tract- of original white pine, in good condition. They came across large sections covered with tamarac timber, which was dead from the ravages of the tamarac saw fly worm, and was beginning to fall. Only one party of tourists was met with, but Mr. South- worth thinks that when the country becomes known it will prove a great attraction, a- the canoe route followed is one of the finest in America. The very considerable timber resources which remain are being carefully safeguarded, the rangers having extinguished three incipient fires this season. Trade With Japan. Alexander MacLcan, Canadian commercial agent for Japan, reporting to the Department of Trade and Commerce, says that the demand [or pulp has increased rapidly during the last three years. The importations during 1003 were valued at $313,569. The principal exporters to this rnar ket are Germany, Norway and Sweden, the United States and Great Britain. He thinks that Can ada should come in for a share of this trade which is likely to go on increasing. To Increase Its Plant. The Imperial Paper Co., of Sturgeon Falls Ont, are likely to extend their mills owing to the great expansion of their business. At present they employ 130 men in the mills and 300 in the bush getting out pulp wood, and their out put of paper is 48 tons daily. They had recent ly to refuse an order for 5,000 tons of papei John Craig, the manager, ha- gone to England to confer with the directorate there as to inerea- mg their factories. The Ontario Government is offering nine small timber berths for -ale by tender. They are situ ated in the settled townships of Burleigh and John-on and elsewhere in AJgoma. The area are SO timbered that it was not thought worth while to hold a sale. Tenders will be received up to November 15th. LOGGING ACTIVITY. Operations Being Resumed With Only Fair Prospects—Heavy Fire Record—Estimated Timber Supply of the Northwestern States. Seattle Wash., Oct. 21. Logging all over the Sound 1- now gradually being taken up in earnest since the closing la-t spring. The big companies resumed operation- .inly reluctantly, as it was believed that a further -hut down would tend to strengthen the market and boost the price. But in view ot the activity of the Weyerhaeuser Syndi cate and a number of smaller outfits it was deemed necessary to resume on Sept. 15th. Another point in favor of opening the camp- wa- the fact that the supply of logs had been cleaned out in Se attle, a- well a- 111 Tacoma, and owing to tin- lack of water in the rivers whence these mills Secured their supply, 1''KK:uk adjacent to the Sound would again become profitable. It is also noted that a slight advance in the price of logs in this city ha- been effected, ami a more Ken eral advance 1- looked for. Ravages by Fire. Million- of feet of timber ha- been destroyed tin- year in the Pacific Coast State-; in fact it would he difficult to estimate the loss at this time, a- the fire- have not yet completed their destructive work. Timber owners in this state and Oregon will urge State legislation at the coming session, which to some extent will pre \\ent a repetition of similar disasters as was wit nessed tin- summer. Forest legislation is to he an issue, ami a- a number of interests suffer along with the timber owner-, the hearty cooperation of our legislators 1- expected, Man) 111111 in on favor a closed season, but a- yet no bill remedying the evil ha- been advanced. In this State the lumbermen's association ha- taken tin' initiative, and will pre-- law- that will lessen, if not entirely do away with the danger, Some believe that the loggers them-elve- to some ex tint are to blame, and much good would result if they should deal intelligently with the ques- tn in. One of the direct outcomes of the forest fires this year 1- the slackening of the demand for timber land-. Pa-tern owners do not care lc' invest lar^c sums in timber where so much dan ^er from destruction «by fire exist. This comb tion, of course, ha- tended to lower the puce of timber claim-, and but very few deals have been put through of late. Timber Areas. While speculative buying i- thus of a somewhat limited nature this year, there are indication- that a good main Eastern null men will henceforth come to this section in larger numbers. It If already will known that the great belts of tun ber in Wisconsin and Michigan is fast disappe'i ing, and that the only other large belt of timber in the United States and Canada is on the Pacific Coast. This condition will force the Eastern ^j!SS$k BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN ALEXANDER MACLAREN, President BUCKINGHAM, QUE. ...THE North Pacific Lumber Co., Ltd BARNET, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF KILN-DRIED ♦ A*** lXtti»V)ia Fir. Spruce ai, BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN ! ife ^r Hi i i Mil IS : I!; IIM hi >mi millman to come out west from now on in order to secure his timber supply, The State of Ore gon contains a larger area o| untouched timber than the State of Washington, chiefly because the development of the lumber industry has been slower in that State than this, In addition Oregon contains a vast amount of merchantable oak, suitable for furniture manufacturing and interior finish, There is but little oak in this State. An agent of an Eastern syndicate has figured out that there is 24,000,000,000 feet of timber in the Coos County section alone, and 80,000,000,000 feet accessible to the Cm.>s Bay, if a railroad is built through the country, lie says that on the Umpqua River there is 33,000,000,000 feet and on the Siuslaw 15.000.000.000 feet. In Curry County he found large tracts of black oak that would make splendid furniture. These trees will average three cuts of 20 feet each. Eight thousand acres of this oak timber has been purchased by San Francisco tanners for its bark, but the owners have since found it too valuable to cut for its bark, and will utilize it for furniture making. In Tillamook Bay and its tributary stream- there is 20,000,000.000 feet, and on the Xehalem, with its north and south fork included. 25,000,000.000 more. This includes fir, cedar, spruce and hemlock. These figures, according to the syndicate gent, are conservative, all the timber having een cruised. Another Eastern millman. who is figuring on ing West, stated that within a few year- the ce of all standing timber would have climbed to henomenal value, and he has advised his friends ecure timber on the Pacific Coast. He also d that the timber supply of the South had greatly over-estimated, and that at the pres- ite of consumption the timber supply of the would soon be a thing of the past. In ear future then, the world would have to a large part of its supply of lumber from Ecific Coast. In this connection it may be terest to quote a news item received from llilesha, a town located a few miles from fjeapolis. It states: "The Newton Rafting Mffks has been in operation for the last time. wllis announcement has just been made by W. .^R"Weyerhaeuser, president of the company, and ' af; crew of one hundred men are now engaged H& dismantling the great camp, which in some Jbasons past accommodated the 2.000 river men Sh the employ of the company. The mar. who has made the greatest fortune in timber in the Middle West is undoubtedly F. \\Y. Weyerhaeuser, called the lumber king of the world. His fortune is variously estimated at from $50,000,- 000 to $75,000,000, and is, of course, constantly increasing. The Weyerhaeuser's arc transfer- ing their interests to the Pacific Coast." The Potlatch Lumber Co., a branch of the Weyerhaeuser's has purchased the Wm. Ould sawmill at Colfax, together with 7,040 acres of timber lands along the Palouse. The purchasers will take possession May 1st, 1005. The consideration is understood to be in the neighborhood of $150,000. The timber is paid for at the rate of $1 per thousand feet. The Shingle Market. The shingle market is rapidly improving, and orders are coming in from the Southwest and some of the Middle West States Millmen have been offered as high as $1.35 for stars and $r.55 for clears, the general offer being $1.32 to $1.34 for stars, and other grades holding proportionate figures. Shingles have been strong enough for some time to stand an advance of at least 2 cents. In fact market conditions and the relation of supply and demand seemed to require that the price be increased. A couple of weeks ago local shingle dealers sent out a price list quoting stronger prices. This list was agreed upon by practically all the firms in the trade, and was scattered broadcast in' the Middle West to catch business. Two shingle dealers formed a combination and followed the higher price list with a cut-rate list, which took the field from under the local wholesalers in the agreement. The cut-price list reached yardmen just about the time they received notice from other dealers that the prices would be raised, When news came back that the cut li-t had giUU" "Ut. big wholesalers realized that they had been hit hard in the fall trade and prepared for revenge, A combination of some ol the largest wholesalers in the city sent out a circular letter to the mills, offering them $1.35 for stars and quoting other grades proportionately, The men who -cut out the mil! li-t did not c\\ pect to get man\\' shingle-, but believed that by holding the price Up they could make the dealer- win 1 had cut price- give the mill- a shade move than the increased profit. If compelled to pay $1.35 for shingles, the men who issued the cut list will have to figure pretty elo-ely to show any margin left. LOOK TO CANADA. The 40 Cent Rate. The Western Pine Shippers' Association, which include- most of the manufacturing lumbermen in Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Montana, have refused to unite with the Coast lumbermen to secure from the railroads a 40 per cent, rate on lumber from the Coast to Missouri River points. At a meeting held recently in Spokane the Western pine shippers voted not to oppose the movement of the Coast men, but at the same time not to support it. mile-- the differentials are maintained. The present rate on lumber from the Inland Empire territory to Omaha, Neb., is 45 cents, while the rate from Coast points is 50 cents. The granting of the 40 cent rate from the Coast without the present differential being maintained, would wipe out the only differential the Inland Empire shipper ha- in his favor against the (.'oast manufacturer. Shipments from the Columbia. Columbia shippers have made a great record during the mouth of September. Fifteen lumber cargoes were sent out of the river during the month. This dors not include 10.000.000 fret contained in a log raft towed to San Francisco by the -team-hip L\\ggatt. The total shipments, exclusive of the log raft, domestic and foreign, amounted to 11,443,431 feet. Local Building Conditions. Seattle continue- to make records in the building line. Building Inspector Place ha- just made out his report. His figures amount- to j^j permit- for the month of September, aggregating a total value of $057,302. The permits for the pa-t nine months amount to $6,976,958, as against $6,4Q5,7Xf for the entire twelve month- of last year. In Spokane the building permit- for the past nine month- amount to $3,018,401, as against $2,449,253 for the entire twelve months of last year. In Tacoma the permits for the pa-t nine month- amount to $1,450,106 a- against $1,273,- 211 for the corresponding nine months of last \\ear. It will thus be seen that while the increase m Tacoma is hut small, it is very noticeable in the Seattle and Spokane figures. TIMBER OF NORTHERN B. C. From the surveyors returning from the north who were employed on the Boundary Survey between Alaska and British Columbia, we learn that in the valleys adjacent to the Stickine there i- a growth of spruce and hemlock unequalled for size and merchantable quality in any other part of the B. C. coast. One of the striking features of this ,-ection being the immense size of the trie-, four to six feet being more the rule than the exception. The timber line is at a much lower elevation in that part ol the Province, being at an elevation of 2,300 feet above sea level. Above that is an almost impenetrable forest of scrub alder. The water supply for'power purposes is practically unlimited, while the Stickine River itself is navigable to river steamers for a long distance. For pulp purposes the Stickine valley adjacent to the International Boundary offers exceptional advantages. At the annual meeting of the Women's Agi cultural and Horticultural International I'm. held at 01 Eaton Place, recently, by permissin of Mr- Wilton Allhu-en, who presided, a pan mu forestry was read by C, S. Orwin, Esq., of 1 S.E. Agricultural College, Wye, Kent. |u ; course ol hi- address he said: As with our fi supply, the timber we require far exceed- 1 home production. The value of imported tunl i- well above 20 millions nf pounds, so that, loi mil; at the matter from a purely business stau point, without regard to the indirect value woodland, such a- their effect on the climate .1 ! their restctic effect, some effort should be ma to increase our woodland area-, or to render 1 isting ones more productive, It seems reasn able t" assume that the demand for timber 1- hi , U t" increase, Although steel and iron are now used in many various ways in place of wood, \\nie "| the best authorities tell US that we shall -ee a timber famine within tin- next 50 years. At "ne time there was considerable competition amongst the various European countries to secure our market- for their surplus timber, with the result that it came over at a price which did little more than pay the cost of cutting and transport. But now other countries are competing with us more and more for this surplus, and we find even Germany and France with their great state forests, offering a market for the timber imported from Sweden, Norway and Russia. We must, therefore, look t" Canada, which contains hundred- of millions of acre- of timber, chiefly coniferous, annually increasing quantities, ol which are demanded by Europe and the United States, and the point i-. can the various exporting agencies keep pace with the demand? Under existing conditions I fear not. Canada could supply our want- fur all time, provided that her forests were economically managed, which at present, they are ii"t, and provided that we could get a first claim mu her output. Whether the Canadian government will take any step- to preserve the forests I cannot say, and whether we can get a preferential claim on the timber i- a point for politicians to discuss rather than practical men. "Timber Trade- Journal," London. Eng. MILL WASTE NOT WASTED. During the visit last month of the Hon. Raymond Prefontaine, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, his attention was called to the large quantity of mill wa-te which gets away from the mills of Burrard Inlet and False Creek, and this, it is claimed, i- deadly to fish, as well as a menace to small craft. There 1- a law on the Statute I ks providing a penalty for the offence of permitting sawdust or other mill wa-te to enter the waters of the inlet-. It 1- stated that this Statute will he rigidly enforced. Considering the above, the following information relative to a proposed tar factory may he ol interest. The despatch come- from Bellingham, Wash: "Mr W. H Young, of this city, secretary of the Pacific American Tar Company, has announced that a syndicate of Vancouver people has deter mined to erect a plant in that city similar to the one now in operation, extracting the by-products of fir. An agreement has been reached with the Bellingham people whereby they are to have a large interest in the Vancouver plant in return for the privilege of using their process.. Negotiations for the new enterprise have been unci : way for some months, and the Vancouver gentlemen interested have made several Visits Bellingham to investigate 'he plant of the Pacn American Tar Company Their investigations have been entirely satisfactory, and arrangemen for financing the new company have been niau and a site secured for tin plant. The agreement call- lor the erection >f 1 plant as large as that BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN now in operation in Bellingham, and it is likely that a still larger one will be erected." Investigation among those most vitally interested in such an undertaking has failed to give us direct confirmation of the report, but, nevertheless, if the. Bellingham concern is the success claimed for it, there is little doubt but that if there is any money in it Vancouver null men are too much alive to their own interests not to take full advantage of any such proposition. BY-PRODUCTS. Profitable Disposition of Mill Waste by the Distillation of Tar. The following information regarding the sue- cess attending the operations of the Pacific American Tar Company, at Bellingham. Wash., is given by a correspondent to the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, and gives us reason to believe that the erection of a similar plant in tin- vicinity would he of pecuniary benefit alike to such a company undertaking the work ami to the mill owners. In the plant of the Pacific American Tar Company, at the foot of Taylor street, in this city (Bellingham), is being distilled some live cords per day of what is known as mill waste, i. e., the pieces that Usually go to the wood pile or the Galley fifteen cmfwp cmfwp shrdlu shrdl burner. Prom this is made the very best quality of tar. tar oil. pitch, turpentine, pyroligneous acid, charcoal, gas, etc., and in surprising large quantities. ( )ther plants are being put up in different parts of the country to do the primary work, the product so made to be sent here for final treatment. thus opening the greatest opportunity for the profitable clearing of logged-off land possible to imagine, making thousands of acres of land tit for cultivation. Thousands of cords of what is now valueless wood will be turned into a source of revenue, the burner pile at the sawmill will become a thing of the past, many a log that is thrown away because of pitch seams will bring full value at the distillery, and trees too full of pitch for lumber will find a market; nor are these the only causes for gratification. In this country is produced nearly eighty per cent, of the turpentine used in the world, and as the original source of raw material is nearly exhausted, the opening of a new- field will give this business a new impetus. The thousands of barrels of tar that are imported to this country every year from northern Europe should be made here and will be in the near future. The preserving of timber from decay is now attracting the attention of large consumers, such as railroad companies, dock and warehouse companies, shipbuilders, etc. Every known process is used to lengthen the life of timbers, and any means that will produce this result adds just that much to the value of the timber. Creosot- ing is most commonly used, ami the distilling of fir wood produces a creosoted tar oil that is unequalled for this use; in fact it is consolidating the preservative features of the wood and putting it into shape to use on other wood. This market is unlimited. Taken all in all. the distilling of wood in the fir belt of the United States is adding to the wealth of the nation, the State and the individual, and is an indusry id' great promise. A WORTHY COMPETITOR. The Rainy River Lumber Co., Ltd.. operating a mill with 500,000 daily capacity at Rainy Lake, Ontario, is a heavy competitor against British Columbia for the lumber trade of Manitoba and the Northwest. The mill commenced operations early last spring, and have had a season of great prosperity. The mill is said to be one of the best equipped on the continent, and is supplied with the most modem labor saving devices known to the trade. The officers of the company are; President, Thomas II. Shelvin, Minneapolis; vice-president, W, F. Brooks, Minneapolis; secretary, E. L. Carpenter, Minneapolis; assistant secretary, George S. Eddy, Minneapolis; treasurer, George S. Parker, Rainy River, Out.; managing director, James A. Mathieu, Rainy River, Out. NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED. The Nelson Board id' Trade, at its regular monthly meeting last month took action upon the imperative necessity of the Government adopting measures towards safeguarding the forests of the Province from the devastation ol forest fin The business of the meeting, as reported by tin Nee- News, is as follows: Two letters were read in reference to forest fires and the remedy for them: one from Leslie Hill, and one from W. H. Dowsing, secretary of the ECootenay Tourist Association. Mr. Hill's letter detailed work done by the writer in various places in connection with forest and prairie fires recommending action by the board and offering financial aid. The letter from the Tourist Association contained the text of a resolution passed which has already been communicated to the Provincial Secretary and the members for Nelson and Ymir, recommending the appointment of lire wardens to prevent a recurrence of the forest fires of this summer. An animated discussion took place upon the first letter, in which Messrs. Campbell, Procter, Black, Buchan, Taylor and Hannington took part. Mr. Procter told of several instances in which a lire warden might have stopped fires at their very inception. Mr. Campbell suggested that it was of great importance that fire wardens should have authority to call out men to prevent or extinguish fires and also to pay men so called out. Many instances were cited in which an available force of men. even a small one, could have prevented the spread of fires which afterwards caused serious lo.ss. A motion was offered by S. S. Taylor, seconded by J. J. Campbell, endorsing the Tourist Association's resolution and adding a suggestion regarding payment id" men called out in such cases. The resolution was carried unanimously and copies ordered to be sent to the Provincial Government, to. the lumbermen's association, to all mining associations, to all railway corporations and one to Leslie Hill as an answer to his letter. The recommendation of the Nelson Board is one that might well be followed up and endorsed by every similar organization throughout the Province, as it is only by concerted and persistent action that any results or relief can be obtained. CURTAILMENT NECESSARY. There will be curtailment in the lumbering operations this fall and winter in the Ottawa region. The executive of the estate of the late Robert Hurdman, Ottawa, has decided to discontinue altogether, and the officers of the Hull Lumber Company contemplate a similar move. FIRE CLAY FINDS. Two large deposits of excellent fire clay are reported this month, one upon the farm of Mr. h'. S. Maclure, at Matsqui. near Mission City, 15. C, and the other on Elk River, near Fernie. It is said that both deposits are of high grade, and will be opened up in the near future. The Kamloops Lumber Company is installing an incinerator and the necessary conveyors at its Enderby mill. With the enterprises now going on at Arrowhead there is considerable building going on at present, several new houses being in course of erection. AUSTRALIAN Hardwoods and Decorative Timbers THESE HARDWOOD TIMBERS ARE WORLD-FAMED FOR .... Railway Ties, Dock Building and Piles. TURPENTINE PILES ARE TEREDO PROOF AND LAST FOREVER Our Iron Woods for Railway Ties ARE IMPERISHABLE Australian Decorative Timbers are Unrivalled! Agent for Canada and Washington : J. FYFE SMITH, P. 0. Box 909 VANCOUVER, B. C. CEMENT WORKS. Eastern Capitalists Will Spend Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars in its Erection and Equipment. We are indebted to the Victoria Times for the following information and illustrations relative to the work ;.nd intentions of the Vancouver- Portland Cement Co., who are constructing an Portland cement factory, capable of turning out 1,000 barrels of cement per day. The completion of this factory will be an important factor in the future building operations of the West, where the saving in cost is concerned as against the imported article. Unknown to all but a few, works are being erected on Tod creek, within less than twenty miles of Victoria, which within a few months' time will have a most important place in the commercial life of the whole province. These are the works of the Vancouver-Portland Cement Company. The building is being pushed forward with all the expedition possible, and by Christmas the company expect to be in a position to begin the manufacture of the finished product. There has been a lack of ostentation in connection with the carrying out of this work on the part of the managing director, R. P. Butch- art, who has full charge of the operations. The enterprise is none the less important, however, on this account. One reason why so little has been known locally about the enterprise is found in the fact that the stock is all held by residents of the East, and the plans for carrying out the scheme were decided upon in Ontario. The Vancouver-Portland Cement Works are destined to be an important element in the industrial life of British Columbia may be inferred when it is known that the investment represents over a quarter of a million dollars, that the initial yearly output will he over twice as much as the amount consumed at present throughout the whole province, and that the machinery to be installed and the raw material available at the works are capable of producing a Portland cement second to none made in England, Germany; France or the United States. For years a lime kiln was operated on the site of the new cement works. It still stands, an unpretentious structure about fifteen feet square and twenty feet high alongside of the extensive buildings now in course of construction, which, roughly speaking, cover an area of about 300 feet by 210 feet. The little lime kiln was in one respect the forerunner of the cement factory, the two constituting one example of the many evolutions which follow in the development of this country's natural resources. Although it was not until this spring that it was fully decided to erect the cement works, the 1 I' i . t. ; I: I <: •i BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBKRMAN British (imi tt, iter & HEAD OFFICE, VANCOUVER, B. C. viiaaBOu1 G,ear I UOG and Rough CARS ETHER WITH es, Lath, Doors ..and Mouldings We can Load Mixed Cars Promptiy PROMPT SHIPMENT IS OUR SPECIALTY FOR 1904 Code Used : AMERICAN LUMBERMAN TEL.ECODE BRANCHES: Hastings Saw Mill, Vancouver Royal City Saw and Planing Mills, Vancouver Moodyville Saw Mill, Burrard Inlet Royal City Saw and Planing Mills, New Westminster ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THE VICTORIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd. Chemainus, B. C. I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Flooring Siding Factory Stock Ceiling Stepping x Base Casings Kiln Dried Cedar and Fir Moilldin§S t Jambs ! Finish j Dimension Lumber of all Kinds Fir and Cedar ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 9 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ E. H. HEAPS & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER Lath, Shingles, Doors, Mouldings, Etc. SPECIALTIES: AAI HIGH GRADE CEDAR SHINGLES Cedar Bevelled Siding, Cedar Deer and Sash Sleek, cut te site. Cedar Finish, Base, Casing. Newels, Balusters, Etc. Douglas Fir Timber up te 85 feet In length. Cedar Gove Mill, Vancouver, B. 6. Ruskin Mill, Ruskin, B. 6. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ presence of the proper constituents on Tod creek lias been known for some time prist. An attempt was made years ago by the parties interested, including Mr. Fisher, who had cement works near Vancouver, to interest capital in the Tod creek deposits. Mr. Butchart, the managing director of the company now about to begin manufacture, was approached on the subject, but he had his attention fully occupied with similar enterprises in Ontario. He did not, therefore, take up the proposition for some little time later. The present works are the result of his active connection with it. Mr. Butehart's success in the manufacture of Portland cement in Ontario augurs well for the enterprise with which he is identified in this Province. Moreover, the intention to make Victoria his permanent home is a subject for congratulation to the city and to the Province. Mr. Hutch- art is very prominently identified with the history of the manufacture of Portland cement in Ontario, and, therefore, in Canada. Only within recent years has this become an industry in Canada. Among the first to be established was the Shallow Lake Works, near Owen Sound, in the County of Grey. The operating company has had a very successful history with Mr. Blltch- art as managing director, a position which Instill occupies. Starting with a small production the output has from time to time ben increased. About the factory within twelve or fifteen years has sprung up a prosperous little village with all the modern improvements, including permanent sidewalks. Later Mr. Butchart and a number of those interested with him in the Shallow Lake property organized another company and began operations at Lakefield in Peterboro County. Here similar success attended those interested. No better evidence of the business ability of Mr. Butchart is required than i> found in the tact that most of those who are interested with him in the enterprise at Tod creek are stock- lias never seen the lime-stone and clay so ad- holders in the Shallow Lake and Lakefield com- mirably situated relatively for economical manu- panies. facture. Before coming to British Columbia the quality Quality of Materials, of the constituent parts, lime-stone and clay, The qualities of the clay and lime-stone are which are to be used in the manufacture were acknowledged to be the very best for the pur- known to Mr. Butchart. He had had samples pose. An analysis of them show that they are of the deposits analysed, and having $ practical specially adapted for producing a high grade knowledge of the manufacture of cement, he was of Portland cement, so that the Vancouver brand, aware of the fact that the highest grade of it the name under which the product will be put could be produced. Being a practical business on the market, will be such as to compete suc- man he viewed the situation from every stand- cessfully with the best English or American point. The great obstacle in the way of begin- brands. Proof of this, is found in the opinion ning operations was the limited market which expressed on them by eminent manufacturers. the province offered. He visited the province. Among those to whom samples of the raw ma- and after fully going into the subject he decided terial were submitted was E. Bravender, general this spring to begin operations. Work was not manager of the Hudson Portland Cement com- commenced at the site until during April. It pany, one of the big factories of the United has been pushed forward, however, as quickly States. Mr. Bravender is recognized as an au- as possible, and the buildings will within a few thority on the subject, and his opinion is consid- weeks be completed and ready for the installa- ered of the highest value among those engaged tion of the machinery, which is already arriving. in the business. The analysis made by him of Tod creek is an inlet from Saanich Arm. It is the clay and lime-rock was as follows.. about two miles and a half from Keating Station Clay. on the Victoria & Sidney railway. It terminates in an ideal harbor, perfectly land-locked and ., .'" ' ' .'I "* . , , , f iinn r ii Alumina and Iron 27.5 with a depth of water which will allow of all '** vessels mooring alongside of the company's ,', c '. ~ \\ I "ILMIt'sl'l ' 1 r3pp wharf. This permits of the shipment by water - , , ' ' ., , . , t n:* r ,i • i i Sulphur 20 to all markets, and every facility for the hand- ,, ' . -.-..* . ,. ,. . , , ., • , • , , Moisture and Organic Matter 5.75 ling of the output by this way is being provided B TJ/ . . AlKi'lil ir«icc at the works. Limerock. There is also a practically inexhaustible supply _. . of raw materials used in the manufacture of ce- \\'.1C<1- i"t ment. There are limestone and a certain quality Alumina and Iron .40 of clay. Nature has done its part for the com- Carbonate of Lime 08.10 ... ,, Magnesia trace pany in an admirable way in more than one par- «,,.»•, t ticu'lar. In no way is it more manifest than in Sulphuric Acid Trace the depositing of these raw materials. Mr. Appended to this statement of the analysis Mr. Butchart says tha't after visiting all the principal Bravender adds the following: "The raw mater- Portland cement factories in England, Germany. ials are almost free from magnesia. The two France, Belgium, United States and Canada he materials properly combined should make a ct- i I i i ;; \\' 1(1 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN incut as near an ideal Portland cement as is possible to be made, and 1 am confident you will be able to make a great reputation for the Vancouver brand of cement." The brand i- to lie named Vancouver, after the explorer, who gave his name to this island, Construction Work. The construction of the buildings is being carried out under day labor. With a practical know ledge of the whole working of the business Mr. Butchart has had charge of the enterprise earned out directly under his own supervision. Plants which embodied the result of years of practical experience were prepared ami in line with them the construction ha-- proceeded, The foreman charged with the immediate carrying out ol the plans ha- been Win. Losee, <<\\ tin- city. Since April a large staff of workers has been kept steadily employed. The number ha- varied considerably, but well on toward- 150 have been constantly at work. The Raw Materials. The wall- of the buildings are substantially built of quick lime, pulverized rock and gravel. The ingredients were got close at hand, the lime kiln -limited oil the property wa- put in opera in.n and thousands of barrels have been utilized in the wall- Before all the wrk i- done |.ooo barrels will have Keen consumed in construction work. The rock wa- found close at hand, being blasted out for the purpose, and only the fine gravel had t" he brought in by scow, The wall- were put up hi' tin- concrete t" a height varying from ten to twenty teet. About ten feet of lattice work i- put m between the top of the concrete wall- and the roof in the buildings devoted to manufacture. Tin- will af ford ample ventilation. Everything connected with the arrangement of the work- i- done with the purpose in view of facilitating the economical handling >l tin- tubing the mixture 1- subjected i" the most intense heat. Both w I and coal will likely be u-ed a- find. Mr. Butch art ha- already a i^auc; at work taking out wood i.n the property preparatory to wmT beginning A heat of 3,000 degrees 1- attained before tin mixture 1- perfected. During tin- heating the cemenl 1- calcined by finely ground coal dust be ing blown into it. The coal dust explode-, and the union 1- made complete. The product leaves the kiln at a white heat 111 the form of hard clink el'-. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CEMENT WORKS, SHOWING BUILDINGS The Wharf. A wharf equipped in every way to -nit the purposes for which it will be u-ed was among the first work- completed. It extend- for a di- tance of about thirty-five feet into the water of this ideal harbor. At that distance out a depth of about thirty-five feet of water i- attained, It is a substantial structure of ample width. A line of railway of standard gauge, with parallel switches on either side make three lines of track along the length of the wharf. It i- fitted with a lift to allow of an incline adapting itself to the level of the car carrying barge. In this way loaded car- of material may be transferred (o the work-, and in turn the cement may be placed directly in the cars inside the work- and conveyed by a short line of rail to the barges, which will deliver it by carload lot- to any point capable of being reached by water and rail. When completed, machinery will be installed in the engine room to load and unload the cars by means of cable lines. much higher than the works, The two ingredients be alongside one another so that the same tramway may be utilized in conveying them to the factory. \\t the commencement a face of about sixty feet each of rock and of clay will be available. Only a few hundred feet from the face the material- will be dumped into a drying room, which i- yet to be built. Tin- will be 56 feet by 30 -teet. 1 he (linker- then pa-- through a rotary cooler 60 teet long, where by means of cold blasts it is made to ha\\c the cylinder in a cold state, The Mill Room. 1 he cement then goes to the mill room, which is separated from the rotary kiln building only hy pillars. Tin- room 1- So feet by "S feet, and provides a clear ground space for the installation \\fter being dried the material- will be crushed "' the mac,linery- I" this room the clmker cement passes through ball nulls and tube mill-. where by rotating m cylinders with hard steel t" a tine powder, and after being scientifically te-ted by sample- in the laboratory are mixed together in the proper proportions. The Rotary Kiln Building. They then pa-- through the machinery of the rotary kiln building. This i.- the largest structure of the group. It is [68 feet by do feet, that entire -pace being free from all pillar- of any kind. The roof as in all other parts i- supported by heavy trusses, which have been framed and braved by using heavy timber and iron rods, and then elevated to their place on the tops of the ball- resembling cannon balls the cement is reduced to a fine powder. It i.- then the finished product and ready for use. Stock and Store Rooms. 1 he cement 1- conveyed from the mill room to the stock room, which 1- t28 feet by 60 feet, and 1- right alongside of it. Bin- are provided here for storage purposes, The capacity of it is 25,000 barrel-, which is over half the quantity used in the entire province of British Columbia last year. BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 11 The Rat Portage Lumber Go'y, Limited TELEPHONE NO. 354 VANCOUVER BRANCH MANUFACTURERS OF P. O. BOX 778 FIR, CEDAR AND SPRUCE Building Material of all Kinds Delivered Promptly. Hardwood in Car Lots. MILL AND OFFICE8: SOUTH GRANVILLE STREET BRIDGE VANCOUVER, B. C. Thomas Kirkpatrick MANUFAOTURER OF RED CEDAR -SHINGLES- Daily Capacity, 250,000 Head Office and Mill, HASTINGS, B. C, Orders Solicited and Correspondence Promptly Attended to Telephone B 1425 "SHAY" Locomotive Manufactured by LIMA LOCOMOTIVE & MACHINE CO. Specially designed for HEAVY GRADES and SHARP CURVES, in railroad, logging and mining operations. This Company also manufacture Direct-Gonnected Locomotives, Steel Dump Cars, Gray Iron Castings, Etc. Locomotives, Second-Hand all kinds Logging Truck., Rails, Track Material Iron and Steel-all shapes and kinds Machinery. Pig Iron. Cast Iron Pipe. Eye Beams, Channels, Structural Steel, all shapes, Plates, Etc. RAILS NEW AND RELAYING W. D. HOFIUS & GO. OFFICES 72-74 Dexter Horton Building, 512 Chamber of Commerce, SEATTLE, WASH. PORTLAND, ORE. The Menz Lumber Co. 26 Merchants Bank Building, WINNIPEG, MAN. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS British Columbia Red Cedar Shingles S^"u5?«uS Unlimited Capacity for filling orders promptly for all kinds of Lumber, including Hardwoods and Maple flooring Write us for Special Quotations whenever in the Market 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN Tn the storage room machinery is to be installed which will do away with considerable handling. An automatic weigher, which dumps as the proper weight is attained] is one of these. This is in use at the Shallow Lake and Lakefield works, and has proved a great convenience. Moreover, it is the invention of Mr. Vincent, an employee of the company, and who is a draughtsman at the Tod creek works. The Power Room. In addition to these buildings there is a boiler and engine room adjoining where the power is generated. A coal house 80 feet by 52 feet also is under construction alongside. There is u-ed about the works a very considerable amount of coal. This is used as a finely ground dust, and the company will purchase the dust at all the collieries for their use. It is the intention to procure a barge which will carry about 2,000 tons. Employees' Houses. In providing for the accommodation ol the the employees it is the intention ol Mr. Butch art tn erect homes on the company's ground. IK' will seek t" have as many married men as possible "it tlii' permanent staff, ami these homes will In.' provided for them. The Village. At the start about fifty men will find steady employment. Of this number about half will be unskilled labor, and Chinamen will probably nil the places., The remainder will be skilled me chanics, These will form a little village, and will be provided with every convenience in the was' of water, etc, A well macadamized roadway has been put through the property leading up to the factory, Fronting this and between it ami the waters of the harbor the homes for the employees will be erected. When the capacity of the null increases with the development of the Province, and when gang is clearing .the place preparatory to puttini in a reservoir and conveying it to the plai where required. At Si "ike, water power has been acquired 1 the generating of electricity. There has bei j,000 horse power acquired, ami later tl will be transmitted to the works to be utili for power ami lighting. The distance from \\ fsooke station to Tod Creek will be about nub's. The Management. As previously mentioned, the direct man ineiit of the affairs of the company will be in 1 hands of R I'. Butchart, the Managing Direc who intends making Victoria his home. 1 President of the company is E. R. Woods, wli 1 as a director ol the Grand Trunk Pacific, was , the city a few weeks ago, and who then vis;: | the works at Tod Creek. When operations are ready to begin, probahl) about Christmas of this year, an office will lik' v be opened ill Victoria tor the transaction of the 1 VIEW OF CEMENT WORKS AT TOD CREEK. SHOWING PART OF WHARF AND THREE LINES OF RAILS LAID AND BUILDINGS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION i II: •e M 1 II I II ■y 1" This will also be used as a storage room for it. It will be moored alongside the embankment, which is only a short distance from the buildings, and a conveyer will carry it to the portion of the works where it may be required. The roofing of all the buildings is of mal- thoid, which is a waterproof preparation.. It is put on over the ordinary planked lumber sheeting. The concrete walls will be plastered inside and outside with a cement covering, giving a smooth surface. The Offices. In addition to these main buildings the company will require to put up a number of smaller structures on the property. This will include an office and laboratory, and quarters for the employees. In the laboratory a chemist is kept constantly employed analyzing the ingredients in order that the proportions may be scientifically correct, and thus produce the very best grade id cement. instead ol the initial output of 300 barrels a day, there is being daily manufactured 1.000 barrel-, the full capacity of the present works, a very important town will be located about the Vancou- ver-I'ortland Cement Works. The supplies for the factory must be provided from Victoria, so that the works will have almost the same effect upon Uie commercial life of this city as if they were located right in the boundaries of tin. place. The Water Supply. The company has acquired 400 acres of land in the neighborhood of Tod creek. Up the stream, which flows into the harbor from Prospect lake, a dam has been built, and a line brings the water to within about 1,600 feet of the build ings. By pipes it is brought the remainder of the way, and a never failing supply of water for use in the mills and for lire protection is afforded. At the works there is a head of too feet by this supply. for drinking and culinary purposes a spring will be used, which is only a short distance away and situated on the company's land. A regular business, communication being mam tained with the works by telephone. When that 1- done Mr. Ross, the Treasurer of the corpora lion, who 1- now at Tod Creek, will likely take up his residence in the city also, and take oversight over the business, Mr. Ross is a young man. but has had a wide experience in business in Toronto before being asigned his present position. The Market. In view of the fact that only about 47-0011 barrels of Portland cement were Used in the whole Province last year, it is but natural to ask what the inducement for the establishment ol these works has been. The yearly production 'it the rate of from 250 to 300 barrels a day, at which operations will begin, would more than double the Provincial demand of last year. It is quite apparent that the new company, composed practical business men of the P.ast, realize that British Columbia will make rapid strides within the next few years. They have every confidence in the promise of the future. In keeping with this II, I BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 13 faith they have established works not to meet the present demand, but to provide for the rapid enlargement of the cement market. They have not gone about it as an experiment, but have established the factory on the most substantial basis, making adequate provision for the fullest extension of the trade. When the electric plant is installed the investment will represent, it is said, at least $.}00,ooo. The company will make a strong bid for the trade of British Columbia. In order to do so they are equipping the works with machinery which, with the perfect constituents in the way of raw material, will produce cement unexcelled by anything that can be imported. It is realized that this Province will form the main basis of the market. The opening of the northern part by,the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific will increase the demand and the announcement that that road was to be built played an important part in the decision of the company to begin operations here at this time. The Northwest is also looked to as a profitable field with which trade can be built up. The use of cement is an ever increasing one, and from year to year a greater quantity is used over that of preceding years. With fin abundant supply of high-grade Portland cement being manufactured here, other industries allied to it will spring up, and works will be undertaken which otherwise would not be inaugurated. Auxiliary Enterprises. Already an example of this is found in the fact that the company which controls the rights for Canada for the manufacture of litholite have expressed a readiness to begin operations in Victoria. Litholite is the product of a process by means of which artificial stone is made with cement and sand as the basis. The stone is moulded in any shape or design and the blocks are made hollow or solid. Any variety of stone can he imitated in color or texture, and the artificial article possesses in addition many advantages over the natural stone. It has been found to resist the effects of fire and water during a conflagration better than any other material. No crumbling results, and there is no steel frames to war]) out of shape. Already litholite is being extensively used in Chicago, where a large works turns it out. In the Northwest Territory this material, it is already believed, will become particularly popular, and litholite will likely to be extensively manufactured there, the buildings using it presenting an imposing and massive appearance. Already the machinery is arriving at the works of the Vancouver-Portland Cement Company. Nine carloads from the Hast were towed in on the barge Transfer about the end of last month and were run onto the switches on the company's wharf. This being unloaded, and immediately the roofs are finished and the preparations are made inside the buildings the equipment will be installed. More cars of machinery are on the way to the works. Immense quantities of brick and timber* are being towed around from Victoria to Tod creek also. Located in a sequestered place, hidden from view on every side by rising ground, and only seen when the visitor is practically alongside of the works, one of the most important industries connected with Victoria is being hurried to completion. The promoters have shown commendable faith in the Province by locating here. The management realizes that even with a perfect cement and the additional inducement for its use from the fact that it is of home manufacture, that the price of the product will have to be kept down to a close margin above the cost of production. This they are prepared to do, and Portland cement will, therefore, in all probability be cheaper next year than it has been in the past. This in itself will have a stimulating effect in connection with building. Pacific Coast Pipe Co., Ld. 1551 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, • B. C. P. 0 Box 563 Telephone 1494 Manufacturers of Machine Banded Wire Wound Wooden Stave Water Pipe For City and Town Water Systems, Fire Protection, Power Plants, Hydraulic Mining, Irrigation, Etc. ONE-HALF THE COST OF IRON PIPE AND BETTER. WRITE F"OR CATALOGUE BUILDING BOOM IN WINNIPEG. A statement giving the building operations of the principal cities of the continent shows that Winnipeg leads them all, exceeding even New York in the aggregate value of permits issued by over $8,000,000. MARINE AND STATIONARY Engines and Boilers Ships, Yachts ... and Tugs We manufact ure Marine Boilers of all kinds as well as Horizontal Boilers as shown in cut. Our Marine and Stationary Engines are decidedly highest grade and our Ships, Yachts and Tugs have everywhere given the utmost satisfaction. We know we can give you first-class work and solicit a chance to quote you. THE BERTRAM ENGINE WORKS CO., Ltd. TORONTO, ONTARIO, - - OANADA 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN i < i ' |! \\ '':• I! I J. A. CUNNINGHAM M. R. WORTH WESTERN OIL & SUPPLY CO. VANCOUVER, B. C. MANUFACTURERS AND REFINERS OF Lubricating Oils and Creases .. c. muw «a t„ GRATON & KNICHT MANUFACTURING CO. Worcester, Mass. The only Waterproof Leather Belt that IS Wuterproof. Laps will not come apart "Heart," Extra Heavy " Crescent," Regular Weight "Neptune," Waterproof Special Planer," also Waterproof liC, Any one of the above, if adapted to work required, is THE MOST ECONOMICAL BELT ON EARTH LEATHER BOWERS RUBBER CO., San Francisco, Cal. "OWL" BELT, adapted tor Planers, Dynamos, Blowers and Shingle Machines. "LIVE OAK" BELT, main drive and heavy work. "RELIANCE" BELT general Saw Mill Machinery. ALL OF THE ABOVE FULLY WARRANTED. SPFf IAITIFS ' "HUXLEY VALVES" the best and cheapest on the market, Blacksmith Coal, Babbit Metals, Ol Ll/lttLIILO ■ Leather and Rubbcr Be|tjng? ster|ing Emery w||ec|Sj stack pajnt^ Uce Lcatncr? M||| and nre Hose, Asbestos Coverings ^*&r^n the Mig Mend of the Columbia River, where three camps will be in operation during the winter. Wardrop Bros, and Nelson, of Sparwood, have got their new mill in running shape, and are of a flume will be built to make the water of Bull creek available. This power will be at the disposal of companies operating within the neighborhood. Information is to hand to the effect that the mill of the Outario-Slocan Lumber Co., Ltd.. will be greatly increased in capacity by the addition of an up-to-date lumber mill. The recent meeting of stockholders passed a resolution authorizing the extension. It is the intention to have everything in readiness by next spring. The Royal Lumber Company, notice of the incorporation of which appears elsewhere, is the name given what has hitherto been known as the McGoldrick Syndicate, who contemplate extensive milling operations in the Nelson district. The principal shareholders are J. P. McGoldrick. T. A. hammers, Lammers Bros., and the Eastside Lumber Company, of Stillwater. Minn. The Dominion Government is asking for tenders for a license to cut timber on Berth No. 405, the afternoon, while his nurse was absent from his room looking after another patient, Kerr dressed himself and making his way to the Re- gina reservoir a mile from the hotel, jumped in. The British ship Olivcbank. of Glasgow, sailed for Cape Town on the 24th ulto., from Chc- mainus, taking 2,517.000 feet of lumber, the largest cargo ever loaded at the Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company's mill. This the Victoria & Vancouver Stevedoring Company handled through one hatch in 22 lay-days, a daily average of 114,000 feet, the record on the coast for this kind of work. While it is said to be the largest amount of lumber carried in a sailing vessel from British Columbia. Operations at the sawmill of the Moyie Lumber and Milling Company were never carried on more successfully than at the present time, says the Moyie Leader. Manager H. Cameron has every branch of the business under perfect control and is proving himself to be the right man for the position which he holds. This mill ' ■■ b I : : is 1 U. 1 1; i! (1 ! ' I 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN J. A. CUNNINGHAM M. R. WORTH WESTERN OIL & SUPPLY GO. VANCOUVER, B. C. MANUFACTURERS AND REFINERS OF Lubricating Oils and Creases b. c. selling u.,t. f.r CRATON & KNIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Worcester, Mass. 1 - «t The only Waterproof Leather Belt that IS Wuterproof. Laps will not come apart "Heart," Extra Heavy " Crescent," Regular Weight "Neptune," Waterproof "Special Planer," also Waterproof Any one of the above, if adapted to work required, is THE MOST ECONOMICAL BELT ON EARTH LEATHER BOWERS RUBBER CO., San Francisco, Cal. "OWL" BELT, adapted tor Planers, Dynamos, Blowers and Shingle Machines. "LIVE OAK" BELT, main drive and heavy work. "RELIANCE" BELT general Saw Mill Machinery. ALL OF THE ABOVE FULLY WARRANTED. SPFf IAITIFS ' "HUXLEY VALVES" the best and cheapest on the market, Blacksmith Coal, Babbit Metals, Ol Ll/lttHILO ■ Uatncr and RubDcr Bc|t|ng> stcrljng Emefy whec|8> stack paint^ Lace Lcatncr^ Mj|| and fjre S^g*ar>n?a&*-P Hose, Asbestos Coverings • • ■ • BEFORE ORDERING SECURE OUR PRICES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED ARROWHEAD LUMBER COMPANY, Ltd ARROWHEAD, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF FINEST GRADES OF Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Finish, Ohip LSip and all kinds of Cedar, Pine, Fir, Spruce and Hemlock Products GANG SAWED LUMBER A SPECIALTY l' ,^^M^-fc BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 15 ^iixxxxzzzxzxzxzxzizxzizzzxzzzxzzixzxzxzzzxzxzzzxzzzxxxzxxxzzxzzzz;; I Z) ro^u\\cial G/i>forn\\atioi\\ g izzzzxxzzzzzzzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfi D. V. Mott and son. late millmen of Fernie, are after a telephone franchise for that town. The Ladysmith Lumber Company, of Lady- smith, B. C, arc installing a 40-li^ht electric plant in their mill. E. C. Koch, of Ten Mile, Slocan Lake, has already delivered 175,000 feet of lumber at Rose- bery for the zinc plant now under construction at that point. The steamer Nell, owned by the Georgetown Lumber Company, of Port Simpson, together with a large quantity of timber, and the wharves, were destroyed by lire on the 14th. The loss is estimated at about $25,000. turning out 1,200 ties per day. The company are notified that the C. P. R. has agreed to put in a siding at Crow's Nest, which, when placed will be a great convenience. The installation of the new sawmill by the Hull River Mining Co., near Fort Steele, is progressing apace, and in the meantime the company is laying in a stock of logs—sonic 200,- 000 feet being delivered in the yards. The capacity will be about 20,000 feet a day. The Kamloops Lumber Co. have installed an electric light plant in their mill at Enderby, and the planers are now being run over time. It is the intention of the manager, Mr. McCormack, to extend the system to the company's office and boarding house. The poles are already erected. The Bull River Mining Co., of South Last Kootenay, proposes to install a generating plant with a capacity of 10,000 horse power. Two miles comprising the fractional northwest quarter of Section 28, Township 19, cast of the Coast Meridian, containing an area of 136 acres, more or less. Tender is to he placed with the Secretary of the Timber and Mines Department, by November 211(1. The various mining companies in Kootenay arc heavy users of lumber products. A shipment of 20,000 feet is reported for use at the Molly Gibson mine, and a similar amount for the Ottawa, in the Nelson mining division, while a barge load was sent from the Kootenay River Lumber Company's mill at Nelson to Kaslo for use in the Kootenay Ore Company's extensive works at the latter place. The sad death of Mr. J. S. Kerr, of Barnet, B. C. a traveller in the Territories for the North Pacific Lumber Company, from drowning, was reported on Septemher 26th, Mr. Kerr had been ill at the Windsor hotel with typhoid fever. He had been delirious during the day and late in 5T PUTTING THE TRUSSES IMPOSITION WHICH CARRY THE ROOF ON THE ROTARY KILN BUILDING AT THE CEMENT WORKS Fred Hamilton, an employee of the mill at Ryan, near Cranbrook, had the misfortune to lose one of his feet by being thrown against the saw a few days ago. Wardrop Bros., of Sparwood have under consideration the enlargement of their mill, and may lake in Winnipeg capital to carry on the contemplated improvements. The Rothesay Company's mill at Mara, B. (.'., has now completed its cut for the season; the cut amounts to 750,000 feet. The company has erected a new boarding house for the mill hands. Several tons of provisions and supplies have been forwarded to the logging camps of the Revelstoke Lumber Company, on the Big Bend of the Columbia River, where three camps will be in operation during the winter. Wardrop Bros, and Nelson, of Sparwood, have got their new mill in running shape, and are of a Hume will be built to make the water of Bull creek available. This power will be at the disposal of companies operating within the neighborhood. Information is to hand to the effect that the mill of the ()ntario-Slocan Lumber Co., Ltd., will be greatly increased in capacity by the addition of an up-to-date lumber mill. The recent meeting of stockholders passed a resolution authorizing the extension. It is the intention to have everything in readiness by next spring. The Royal Lumber Company, notice of the incorporation of which appears elsewhere, is the name Riven what has hitherto been known as the McGoldrick Syndicate, who contemplate extensive milling operations in the Nelson district. The principal shareholders are J. P. McGoldrick, T. A. Lammers, Lammers Bros., and the Lastside Lumber Company, of Stillwater. Minn. The Dominion Government is asking for tenders for a license to cut timber on Berth No. 405, the afternoon, while his nurse was absent from his room looking after another patient, Kerr dressed himself and making his way to the Re- gina reservoir a mile from the hotel, jumped in. The British ship Olivebank, of Glasgow, sailed for Cape Town on the 24th ulto., from Chc- mainus, taking 2,517,000 feet of lumber, the largest cargo ever loaded at the Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company's mill. This the Victoria & Vancouver Stevedoring Company handled through one hatch in 22 lay-days, a daily average of 114,000 feet, the record on the coast for this kind of work. While it is said to be the largest amount of lumber carried in a sailing vessel from British Columbia. Operations at the sawmill of the Moyie Lumber and Milling Company were never carried on more successfully than at the present time, says the Moyie Leader. Manager H. Cameron has every branch of the business under perfect control and is proving himself to be the right man for the position which he holds. This mill 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN in • i is turning out from 48.000 to 55,000 feet of lumber every day and has nearly 5,000,000 feet of lumber piled in the yards. Steady shipments are being made, and about 40,000 feet of lumber leaves the mill every day for points in the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. The affairs of the Canadian Timber & Sawmills. Ltd.. of Trout Lake, have reached a satisfactory settlement. A local directorate has been nominated and the local affairs of the company will be under the management of Mr. Win. Cowan, a man of tried business experience; being, moreover, heavily interested in the company as a shareholder. It is expected that the affairs of the old company will be satisfactorily adjusted in a very short time, and that the mill will be- in active operation in the course of a few days. The head office will be at Revelstoke, where there will be three directors to manage this end the business, and there will be two directors London. vlr. J. llanbury, of Brandon, Man., has a pro- ition on foot, which, if carried out, will be of lense benefit to the smaller mill owners in theast Kootenay. Mr. llanbury is one of the stock holders of the North Star Lumber )any. He has purchased a site at Elko, on row's Nest line, where he proposes to erect jto-date planing mill, with a large dry kiln Ifcher modern accessories. His plan is to product of the smaller mills in the rough. I they escape entirely the expense of finish- Hie insurance, the interest paid, and the Be of a man on the road to sell one or two 6tl feet of lumber. This lumber will be direct from the saw to Mr. Hanbury's "at h'.lko and at the end of each month the fc'wner gets his money. lowing the concessions allowed Mr. S. C. Rh by the Vernon Municipal Council in con- ftion with extensive additions and improve- Jmts proposed, the Vernon News thus reports ■};ihe work: "The extension-, and improvements of Ep. C. Smith's sash and door factory are just about Complete and the increased facilities now provided nil add very greatly to the producing capacity ^of the factory. The main building has been greatly enlarged and several new machines, including a 12-inch sticker, a large three-drum sander. and a P. X. variable self-feeding rip-saw. a chain mortiser, etc., all the latest and newest improved types, have been installed. Every change has been in the direction of saving time and labor, and the whole establishment has been planned with these ends in view. A dry kiln, 20x40 has also been built and equipped with the most modern appliances; an electric light plant has been installed.." UNIQUE ADVERTISING. A Novel Method of Advertising American Products Abroad. A plan is on foot and will probably be carried to conclusion, says the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, to make up a floating exposition of American products and take it to the Orient as a bid for the trade of the countries across the Pacific. One of the largest vessels on the Pacific Coast will be devoted to the purpose. The lower decks of the vessel, ordinarily used for second and third- class passengers, are to be arranged in a convenient manner for the exhibits. Space will be sold at a moderate price to those who desire to advertise their Roods in the ports that will be visited. The exposition ship will sail from Seattle about the middle of November and visit Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore. Colombo, Mauritius, Delagoa Bay Cape Town, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sidney, Honolulu, and on the return trip, Santiago, Valparaiso and Callao. At each of these ports it will remain from two to ten days, and the merchants of these places will be permitted to visit it free of charge. £Xzzx::zxxxxxzxxzxxxzzv.zzzxxxxxxxxxzzzzzzzzzzzzxzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxxxK s Ucu\\cou^er (X U" " J M txzxzx:.zxxzzzzzxzxzxzz:.xzzxxx:xxx:z:z:zxzxxxxzxixxxxxxzzzxzxxx:txxxzf THE... 1 he t P. R, is calling [or tenders [or tlie erection of sheds and offices on the new wharf at Victoria. to"^ i LUMBERMEN'S SUPPLY CO. Messrs, Pendrill & McKay are operating the mill lately under lease to the B. C. Box Co., Ltd. and Mr. J. D. Sinclair. LIMITED 122 Wellington Street, West 10R0NT0, ON" Mr. C. 11. Lindmark, manager of the Revelstoke 1.umber Co., Revelstoke, was a visitor to Van couver early this month. Mr. R. 11. Alexander, secretary of the B. C. Mills. Timber & Trading Company, paid a visit to the Sound thi> mi mth, Mr. S. Gintzburger, of Vancouver, is making enquiries for a sawmill plant to have a capacity of from 50,000 to 75.000 feet per day. Among the visitors to Vancouver this month was Mr. R. O'Leary, a prominent lumber merchant and fish dealer of Richibucto, X. B. We sell any article that is required bj Railway Contractors or Lumbermen, no matter what it is. We ship mixed car lots Mitts, Moccasins, Shoe Packs, Larrigans, Pants, Underwear, Chain, Rope, Axes, Saws, Axe Handles, Pork, Ham, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Tea. We are the only House in Canada that furnishes you complete under one roof LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES The local lumber market is in anything but a satisfactory condition, and those who are building are reaping the benefit ni the lumbermen's losses. Mr. C. S. Battle, formerly at the head of the Vancouver Lumber Company, with Mrs, Battle and Miss Buchanan are on a trip throughout eastern cities. Tin- Union 1.umber Co., of Vancouver, whose recent incorporation is elsewhere mentioned, will, if taken up by the lumbermen of the district, :> of undoubted benefit to the industry. We have looked into its charter, and believe the companj ha-~ been launched at the most opportune time, We understand that considerable encouragement has already been accorded the promoters, STATEMENT OF FOREIGN SHIPMENTS OF LUMBER MADE BY THE B. C. MILLS TIMBER & TRADING COMPANY, VANCOUVER, B. C, IN 1904. Date. Name and Rig. Tons. Destination. Feet. Jan. 17—French ship Andre Theodore..] 1875 !Cardiff, U. K I 1,584.227 17—British ship Eskasoni \\ 1715 'Sydney, N. S. W 1.430.308 27—German ship Chile I 2054 'Callao I 1,806.123 29—British steamer Peleus 4800 Kobe, Japan Feb. 5—British steamer Aorangi \\ 27S2 Sydney 6—British steamer Tydeus ! 4800 Japan Mar. 14—German ship Adolph j 1651 Iquique .... 23—British bark Linlithgowshire ..I 1357 Freemantle . 4—British steamer Miowera ' 1888 Suva, Fiji .. 14—British steamer Ping Suey I 4150 JKobe, Japan 31—British steamer Moana j 2414 'Suva, Fiji .. Mr av Apr. 8—British ship Agamemnon 18—British bg. Sussex 28—British ship Belford 29—British steamship Aorangi 30—British steamship Ningchow . . . 30—British steamship Ningchow ... 3—Am. schooner Lottie Bennett .. . 7—Am. schooner Americana 27—British steamer Miowera 31—British steamer Hyson 31—British steamer Hyson 31—-British steamer Hyson June 24 British ship Manuka 24 -British ship Calchas 27 - -British ship Tartar British ship County of Kinross.. British barque 1 lonna Franceses British str. Ai »rangi Bril ish str. Stentor str. Stentor -tr. Stentor hark 11 awtln irnbank .... steamer < >anfa steamer Miowera (earner Manuka 1212 I/7I 406 830 ! Hongkong Sunderland r.ng. 28.070 120,^7 106,041 1,369,442 1,125,789 44.020 1 19,638 35,638 128.588 1,009,440 Sydney, X. S. W \\ 1,621.165 Suva, Fiji . . I Kobe, Japan I Hongkong . , lunin. Chile 40.841 42,075 153700 644.306 < Isaka, Japan 1.023,654 in v 30- 20 20 An Sep British British British British 19 British 16 British 24 13 18- Suva, Fiji 1 )evonport, England I Ii mgkong Xagasaki Suva, Fiji 111 mgki>ug Y'ikiihama 1555 i I avre and t !alais, F 2163 Callao. Peru Suva, Fiji Ki die, Japan II o u g k o n g 11 amburg, < rermany 1288 Iquique, Chile Nagasaki. Japan . . . Suva, Fiji Suva, Fiji Y< ikohama ranee 25,100 168,017 26,624 I 70,080 30,7l6 29,36l 21,386 1.308,662 j 1.700,358 37.935 58,007 28,740 1 24,81 2 1,13 1.100 308475 23,065 20.045 242,174 Jritish ship I nverness FOREIGN LUMBER SHIPMENTS FROM CHEMAINUS. Date. Name and Rig. Tons. Destination. Feet. Jan. 26—German bark Hydra I 742 Antofagasta | 573.718 Feb. 13—Chilian bark Admiral TcgcthotTI 802 j Antofagasta | 700,1)01 II—British ship Khyber ' 1027 |Freemantle | t.665,310 Mar. 7—British steamer Longships j 2843 (Shanghai | 1.143,785 0Q2 Shanghai Value. I $22,500 on 10,050 00 I 21,700 no 1,010 on 3.81S 00 4,704 00 14,560 00 11.031 00 870 00 1,400 on 642 00 1.575 n0 12,283 00 16,087 00 090 00 841 00 1,817 on 6,710 00 15,465 00 274 00 10,000 00 332 00 1,380 00 474 00 307 00 626 00 25,600 00 I0,o!5 00 695 00 1,178 00 359 00 1,426 00 11.000 00 5,537 °° 403 00 305 00 2.7^? 00 22 May 14 May 30 Aug. 13 28 Sep. 24 -American bktn. James Johnson..! -British barque Procyon American bktn. T. P. Emigh -German ship Schurbek ! Chilian bark Antofagasta ! 1005 2266 1016 I qllique Melbourne Antofagasta Germany British -.hip Olivebank j 2(147 'Cape Towi 1.233,870 r ,819,949 1,204,485 802,228 2,081,564 2.517.'54 Value. |$ 6,682 00 I 8,250 °° I 10.275 00 I 13,687 00 I 15,920 '1M 20,582 00 1 12.705 00 I 8,575 0 1 41.045 00 I 24.7S1 00 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 17 The new machinery for the Ross-McLaren mills, lately purchased by Mr. Lester David, will be along as soon as it can be shipped from San Francisco, where Mr. David did his buying. Mr. and Mrs. 11. B. Gilmour arrived home on the 8th inst. from an extensive trip to California and Mexico. Mr. Gilmour and Mr. J. Webster were delegates to the I. ( ). (). F. convention, held in San Francisco. Mr. F, T. Sherbourne, contractor of Vancouver, was awarded the contract for the construction of the warehouses on the new C. P. R. wharves at Victoria, the contract price being in the neighborhood id" $7,000. Work has already been started Mr. Alex. McLaren, president of the Barnet Mills, left this month for his home in Buckingham, P. Q. He was accompanied part of the way Construction and installation work is being carried on with such success at the new mill of the Canadian Pacific Lumber Co., at Port Moody, that there is every reason to believe the company will be in a position to operate soon after the first of the year. It has been stated that owing to the uncertain state of the lumber market operations would not be commenced until the market improved. Such, however, is not the case, as the local market in Vancouver is but a small factor in this company's business. The 1'.. C. 1>f the Pacific Coast at this tunc. The Pacific fcnber Trade Journal points out that while the > and rail trade of the Northwest fell off 9,300..V)'1 feet in a trade of 873,291,846 feet j first half of 11)04. price- were cut $6 per and feet, representng an enormous loss, purnal adds: The fault is not entirely with arket. A good deal of it is with the manner- themselves. There i- no good reason \\hv mill- -houUl operate at a loss, or why t cent, of the entire output of the Pacific ft\\vc-t -h'Ulld be -old beh'W COSt of prodttC- ,'here i- no good reason, either, why an 'll|(Willing market -liquid be crowded with cheat) her when it can only absorb a portion of the it. It seems to us that there should be er a curtailment of production or a display of I necessary backbone to pile up lumber rather BUYING REFUSE 1- a rather aiiamalous title, but in the case of a recent visitor to Vancouver, Mr. H. J. Gilbert, President and Manager ^i the Saginaw Manufacturing Co., of Saginaw. Mich., it is nevertheless ci irrect. The lumber sought by Mr. Gilbert's company i- of a sort which, owing to continued exploitation of the forest resources, i- practically unobtainable elsewhere. It 1-. Mr. Gilbert explained. of that class of spruce which i- at present consigned to the flames in this Province as refuse, for which no market has been hitherto obtainable. < >ur manufacture-, said he, arc made almost exclusively from this sort of wood, and we have a capacity for ten or twelve million feet per year. Mr. Gilbert explained that this rough lumber, or refuse as it has been called here, is u-ed in the manufacture of a variety of woodenware, such as washboards, etc., and contract- for supplies of this material have already been made 111 Victoria and in Vancouver. This, it wa- gathered, will open up a market which has hitherto been unavailable for much of the rough lumber now u-ed merely to ii'^^l the mill bon-fires. It has been one of the complaints among Coast mill- men, Mr. Gilbert say-, that they could not in- titahly gel rid of tin- product. Incidentally speaking of the lumber indu try, Mr. Gilbcrl predicted an early movenn in the direction of the developing of the pul industry and other manufacturing enterpri on tin- Coast, winch are dependent upon the sill ler class nl timber, "1 am convinced, said 1, thai there are great opportunities here onl waiting for somebody to grasp them, in 1 wa> ol good manufactures, In this connecti he commented on the fact that Japan and Ch are today receiving their pulp supplies froi Eastern lactone-, which have a freightage 1 pay of $18 per ton to ship their goods aero the continent, Why not cut your good stuff into lumber and convert your smaller tree- in to pulp and other industrial commodities?" COMPLETES SEASON'S WORK. Survey work for the season has been discon tinned on the limits of the Quatsino Power & Pulp Co., and the parts-, consisting of 36 undo the direction of Mr. McGregor, returned fr Quatsino on the 171I1 inst, The note- taken hj the cruisers -how that the confidence of company was well founded when the scene : tin- big undertaking was chosen. The water power available has been estimated by Mr Colby, ol Boston, who has an interna tional reputation for this class ol engineering, at 14.000 horse power. This will be suffich for the company to operate on the large -1 ultimately intended. The question of a market for the company's product has been answered beyond all doubt, as enquiries have shown that an almost unlimited demand exists, China, Japan and Australia an three countries to which the product- may b< -hipped to advantage. According to the report of a British consul in Japan, that country ini ported in one year one hundred million dollar- worth of pulp products.- VANCOUVER LUMBER COMPANY, MANIE ACTIRERS Of ALL KINDS Of LIMITED Rough and Dressed Lumber Mill, South End Cambie St. Bridge p. 0. Box m VANCOUVER, 6. C. FIR WE MAKE A SPECIALTY Of LOCAL AND NORTHWEST TRADE SPRUCE CEDAR Good Material Reasonable Prices Prompt Service HEMLOCK EQUAL FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING BY WATER OR RAIL I BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 19 W. J. SHEPPARD, Waubaushene, Ont., President J. G. SCOTT, Vancouver, B. C, General Manager Pacific Coast Lumber Company, Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF- Fir, Cedar and Spruce Lumber, Lath, Houldings, Turned Work, Etc. HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES CAPACITY—Saw Mill, 150,000 feet per 10 hours; Lath Mill, 25,000 per 10 hours; Shingle Mill, 300,000 per 10 hours ; with ample Planing Mill and Dry Kiln Capacity to Handle our output. PACIFIC COAST LUMBER COMPANY. LIMITED POSITIVE LUBRICATION OBTAINED BY USING THE Manzel Sight Feed Automatic Oil Pumps Silent Hall Clutch Motion, equally sensitive at high or low speed. Equally effective at high or low pressures. Saves Oil because it does not waste it. Made Single, Double, Triple and Quadruple Bayfield U Archibald, ENGINEERS, Molsons Bank Building ancouver, B. C. THE CANADA METAL CO TORONTO, CANADA = ARE BABBITT MEN IMPERIAL, their highest grade, guaranteed No equal for heavy machinery. Lumber Dry Kilns.... Operating by the NATURAL DRAFT MOIST AIR SYSTEM. ....... Planing Mill Exhausters For the removal of Refuse from Wood Working Machinery Steel Dry-Kiln Trucks For piling Lumber of any Dimensions for Drying purposes Our Planing Mill Fans are carried In Stock by The Fairbanks Co., of Vancouver, B C. FOR CATALOGUE AND FULL PARTICULARS WRITE Sheldon & Sheldon GALT, ONT., CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN A NEW FIELD. Mr. Jolm McCarthy, a member of the McGoldrick Syndicate, at Nelson, B, C, was a recent visiter to that city. He had just come from a trip of inspection to the Bahama Islands, which lay about 150 miles to the east of the Florida coast. Mr. McCarthy says the possibilities for timber speculation in the Bahama islands arc very great. He went to look alter the interests of Wm. O'Brien, of St. Paul, who has acquired a large acreage on three islands, namely, Abaca, Great Bahama and Andros. The timber consists chiefly of large pine with some valuable mahogany, mastic, lignum vitae. bulletwood and many others. The want of labor and roads has so far rendered it impossible to turn this valuable timber to account but Mr. O'Brien now proposes to put up sawmills and turpentine works and will invest a large sum in the enterprise. Mr. McCarthy's recent investigation satisfied him that there are from three to four billion teet of pine available on the islands. A sum of $300 a year has to be paid to the British governor of the island for each island and a royalty of ,^7 cents a thousand is charged on cut pine, but the $500 is only charged when no work is done and the $7 cent- and other royalties are allowed account when lumber manufacture is carried been issued by the Dominion Government, and under the act timber on Dominion ( town grant ed lands i- ma liable to the Provincial export duty, as the timber regulations thereon are made >y the Federal Government. Through the cen tre of Surrey and along the Nicomekl River are a few pieces ^ eh had been u-ed in a mine was pared down wi a knife to an edge keen enough to be u-ed again without resorting to tlie forge. The Confederation Life Association has given notice of it- intention to apply for a water record of 300 inches from Cheam Lake for "power to 1 un a sawmill." * *. L_ULj BRITISH COLUMBIA MILLS.TIMBER ilu!TRADING COMPANY.^^^g" Harfxhmt 4 HTUItt IUWKttf HOUSES, alu * kit* tl iMtfc mi FmM late Utk 5fc,i>p> IUUt> Juk for,trap I. t*tut „ «KKS H m 0»y —V.'.VTU . c "READY-MADE" HOUSES. COMPLETED. EXHIBITED AT NEW WESTMINSTER, B C. OUt. One cent a gallon royalty is paid on turpentine, and 1 cent a barrel on rosin. The royalty is only on exported material. The population is about 20,000, of which some eight per cent only, i- white, The formation of the islands is coral and shell hardened into limestone, honeycombed with innumerable cavities. The soil is thin but exceedingly rich and timber and fruit plants appear to grow right out ol the coral. The climate is one of the most delightful 111 the world and Mr. McCarthy think- that the en terprising St. Paul man for whom he is acting has struck a bonanza. TAXES MUST BE PAID. Towards the end of the last month considerable excitement in lumber circles was caused by the reported seizure of logging camp-, and outfits on Dominion and Provincial land- adjoining the Boundary line south .if New Westminster. The seizures were made by Inspector Murray, for non-payment of timber due-, and the value ol the camp outfits and logs is estimated at close upon $100,000. The trouble arose in this way. The land south of the river in that district i- in the Dominion railway belt. A great many Crown grant- have firm ha- patiently worked ami expended their earnings from their business on tin- matter until it ha- been brought to such alleged perfection that it bid- fair to become a basis for a larym fortune and perhaps revolutionize the iron and -teel working industries, The process consists of the use of certain chemical- in water or ml in the tempering vessel, but what those chemical- are 1- the firm- secret. It 1- claimed that by their use any kind of a tool from a blunt hammer head to a keen edged razor can be tempered to a perfection never before rea lized, In the correspondent's presence Mr. Graham, with an axe tempered by tin- new process, cut several gashes in a cold liar of steel without dulling the edge. Such a blow a- wa- deal) at the bar with any other kind of tempering would have broken a big gap in tin- blade of the axe, if it did mu de-troy it for all further Use, With an axe tempered by this process, a cold bar ol iron or -teel may he cut into chunks almost as easily as if it were of wood, and with a -tout knife blade a bar ol steel may be whittled into -havings. A heavy blow dealt with a chunk of wood into which a number of nail- had been dnv en, split it in two and cut through the nail- with out taking the edge off the blade Other severe tests have demonstrated a perfection .if tempering that had not even been anticipated. BOX-MAKING. The Brunette Saw Mill Co., Ltd., of New Westmin- ster, hail a unique, ;is well as interesting, exhibit at the Westminster exhibition, being an arch formed from the products iif the box factory operated by that company. I he exhibit occupied considerable space, and doubtless proved o\\' intere.sl to all users of boxes of the various kind-. Great credit is due to Mr. A. M. Wastell, the Superintendent of the Brunette Mills box-making department, h>r the extremely picturesque display ol what otherwise might have been anything but an attractive exhibit. It is worthy of note in connection with this exhibit, that in the company's box factory automatic nailers ami dovetailing machines are used, ami these are the only machines of that nature in use in Canada west of Toronto. It was through Mr. Wastell's experience with them in the Last thai the company ha- been enabled to install these machines with such satisfactory results in tlieii mill at Westminster. Mr. 1.. A. Lewis, Manager ot the B. S. M. Co. is to be congratulated on his energy in putting up so magm- ficenl a display. In the centre of the exhibit w i one o\\' tin- company's box machines, and in atten lance throughout the fair there was always somebody to explain to those interested, and there wen- man) iUC"« the manufacture of the articles on exhibition. BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 21 THE NORTHWEST'S GAIN. Montreal, Oct. 12.—"As a result of my trip through the entire wheat belt, 1 think I can safely say that the quality of this year's crog is sa excellent that fully po per cent, will be good milling wdieat, and the total will be very close to 65,000,000 bushels." was the interesting announcement made by Mr. F. W. Thompson, vice- president and general manager of the Ogilvie Milling Company, Ltd., on his arrival here today from a trip of several weeks over the entire wdieat belt. Mr. Thompson said that on Saturday morning last he was present when the first pile was driven on the new big flour mill that the company was building at Fort William. one thousand shares of one thousand one hundred dollars each. To carry on the business of lumber manufacturers, merchants, brokers, shippers and agents in the city of Vancouver and elsewhere. To acquire by purchase or otherwise sawmills and shingle mills for the manufacture of lumber and shingles, to operate the same. To acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, foreshore rights, water privileges, docks, wharves, piers, warehouses and generally everything necessary for the equipment and operation of steamers, steam tugs and vessels. A MIGHTY FACTOR. If the negotiations now being carried on between the Robertson Lumber & Rafting Com- FAIRBANKS CO. EXHIBIT AT NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. INCORPORATIONS. The Britannia Lumber Company. Ltd., incorporated October 5th, with a capital of live thousand dollars, divided into five thousand shares of one dollar each. To enter into and carry into effect an agreement between Alfred Mattinson and the company, and between Christopher R. Drew and Peter Foster and the company. To carry on business as timber merchants, sawmill and shingle mill proprietors and lumbermen, to buy, sell, import, export and otherwise deal in saw logs, timber, lumber and woods of all kinds. Union Lumber Company. Ltd., of Vancouver, B, C, incorporated 29th September, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, divided into pany, of Portland, and the Panama Canal Commission are brought to a successful termination, hundreds of millions of feet of logs and piling will be sent from the Columbia River logging district in immense rafts to the Isthmus, to be used in the construction of the temporary work of the canal. The Commission has been requested by the men who have the construction of the canal in charge to purchase 40,000 sticks of piling for use in the work at the canal, and this requisition is now in the hands of the purchasing department of the commission. This amount of piling is equivalent to 3J.000,- feet of lumber, or equal all told to four of the large rafts that are built on the Columbia River and towed to San Francisco at the rate of three each summer. Rt?B. Paint penetrate preserve,?, |\\ prevents * decay. Used all over the world. //Booklet free\\ J, The Paraffine Paint Co 24 Second St., San Francisco Lot Angelet, Portland,Seattle, Denver 26 HENRY DARLING Agent for Western British Columbia and Vancouver Island 18 Powell St. Vancouver, B. C. The Gurney Standard Metal Co., AGENTS CALGARY, ALBERTA SHINGLE INDUSTRY PARALYZED. Bellingham, Oct. 21.—The Chamber of Commerce of this city is now taking steps to secure from the railroads some measure of relief to the shingle industry, which is paralyzed by lack of transportation. At the present time immense stocks of shingles are piled up in the kilns and warehouses of the dozens of shingle mills tributary to Bellingham, and there is a great dearth of cars. Unless cars can be secured immediately several of the mills will be forced to close down. They cannot go on manufacturing for the reason that they have no room in their yards for the storage of the product. Orders from the East, placed months ago, cannot be forwarded, and manufacturers are at their wits' end-to know what steps to take in the matter. Recpiests to the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways for cars are met with temporizing replies, and there seems to be no possibility of securing relief in either of those quarters, The matter is to be laid before the officials of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and if cars can be secured from that road a great deal of business will be guaranteed.. TIMBER LICENSES ISSUED. For the month of September there were 153 timber licenses issued, 59 were new licenses and 94 renewals. These are thus apportioned to the several districts: Sayward District 2 Kootenay <7 New Westminster District 6 Fast Kootenay 49 South Fast Kootenay 28 Lillooet -Ji West Kootenay 14 Coast 16 Total 153. The lumber mills at The Coop and Sparwood, on the Crow's Nest P,ass Railway, are running full blast. W 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN 1M ALMOST A MILLION. Ottawa, Oct. 21—The will of the late Alex. Lumsden, who represented Ottawa in the Ontario Legislature, amounts to $935,042. Of this amount $41,175 is in Ontario real estate, $4.oS,q4(> in Quebec real estate, and $484,919 personal. Mr-. Lumsden 1- the sole legatee ami executor. AMONG THE M/VNlfACTlRERS FOUR MILES OF PIPI WHERE B. C. "TOOTHPICKS" WENT. The first grain elevator erected by the Harbor Commissioners of Montreal was finished last month, ami is now in working order. This great elevator was designed in order to give Montreal a chance of competing with the grain shipping ports of America, and for the better handling of the Canadian export crop, which increases in bulk every year. It is one of the biggest structures of the kind in the world, is 228 feet high and cost $6o6,000. Its carrying capacity is 1 .- 000,000 bushels "\\ grain, and its machinery will load a large ocean liner in one night. The corn is carried into the storage chamber by pneumatic suction tubes, and the grain is thoroughly cleaned and freed from dust before it is shipped for exportation by a special set ol machines. TO DEVELOP POWER. Completing a busy month the Pacific Coast Pipe Co., Ltd., of Granville Street, Vancouver, turned out on September 30th the last carloads of an order for four miles of their wooden stave water pipe 14 inches 111 diameter, for the Ross- land Power Co, This pipe is now being installed at the new concentration plant for the War Eagle and Centre Star mines, at Trail. Water is taken from Murphy creek for the operation of this new plant, and the wooden pipes have superseded the old flume method, being fully as cheap ami much more practical, while at the same time being very economical in the trans mission of water with no loss whatever, The Pacific Coast Pipe Co.. Ltd., has a number of large orders on hand for wood pipe to be shipped to various points, and during the season has supplied several towns and cities 111 the interior of British Columbia, as well a- in thi' Northwest Territories with pipe. In tin- latter country, where it is comparatively a new proposition, the pipes supplied by the Pacific Coast Pipe Co.. Ltd., have in every case given great satisfaction. of English plate and are warranted perfect' • true, or as true as it is possible to make thei They are free from flaws and seams. Tin 1 Crescent ground saws are guaranteed to cut 1 per cent more lumber than any other brand saws made in the United States. Simonds' hand saws are in qualitj and finish of steel and hand the most modern hand saw on the market. WHAT I SAW AT ST. LOUIS. A company is being formed by a number of influential men in the Boundary District, particularly in Phoenix, for the 1n1rpo.se of developing the power obtainable from the Kettle River above Canyon City. It is claimed that during low water 3,500 horse power is available. . The company will be known as the Horseshoe Power Co.,, Ltd.. and will have a capital of $250,000. If the project is carried out this will be the second time the Kettle River has been harnessed t.i de- velope 1 >o\\vei". X. Hanson'.- sawmill at Wasa, S. P.. Kootenay, is now running full swing, and a large amount of lumber is being cut. THE FAIRBANKS CO. This company had a striking and tastefully arranged exhibit at the New Westminter Lxhi bition, which called forth most favorable com merits from visitors. The exhibit included among the many lines manufactured and handled by this company a line of null supplies, and everything necessary for the engine room; transmission appliances, belting, pulleys, hangers, etc., while one comer of the exhibit was taken up with a display of the products mi' the Simonds Saw Mann factory, for which the Fairbanks Co, has the exclusive agency. These saws are ma-He entirely l.y recent mail we have received some interest ing momentoes from the K, Hoe & Co., saw man ufacturers ol world renown, consisting of a h let depicting "A Hoe bit" on the cover and a view of the fair grounds on the inside, together with a twenty-four page illustrated pamphlet, ems'. "l"he Hoe Chisel Tooth Saw. How it is made, and how it should be taken care of." This la'. should make interesting reading to all users i the Hoe products, AN ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT. Reference was made in our August issm to the exhibit of the British Columbia Mills, Timber & Trading Co., of Vancouver, B, C, at the Dominion Exhibition, recently held at Winnipeg, of a group of "Ready Made" houses. This exhibit attracted an immense amount of interest and attention, and the appreciation ol the -; tators is best shown in the fact that orders from the Prairie Provinces have resulted which will tax the operations of the company to its capac its ftir s, 1 me tune to ck 111 are more essential t" success, hew houses are better equipped in this respect than the E. K. Burns Saw Co., of 548 and 550 Dundas street, Toronto, Canada. The output of this concern, which is carried on under the able management of Mr. W. Rankin, is circular saws of every description, including a new and perfected band saw, which bids fair to re volutionize the band saw trade of the United State- as well as Canada. All goods beyond question are as perfect as the best selected material and expert skill in manufacture can make them. Their works at the above location are completely equipped with the most improved machinery and appliances known to the business and there are special feature- for grinding, polishing, repairing, etc. \\ very large number of the highest -killed labor is employed under place for water supply m London, England, over a century ago, is still m use and as good as ever and again in Detroit, Michigan, over twelve miles of wooden pipe was laid fifty years age and 1- >till K""d. which speaks well for the article ex hibited by the Canadian Pipe Company. SAWS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. The saw has ever played a conspicuous part in the economy of manufacturers. It dates as far back as the grindstone, but unlike that nonprogressive appliance the saw has felt the march of progress until inventive genius and skill have effected improvement akin to perfection in this indispensable piece of mechanism, Hardly any cither tool i1- more varied in size than the saw. when we consider the full range of the -peeies, so t<> speak, fnun tin watchmaker's delicate saw f«>r piercing and inlaying, which measure abne Matcher, must be modern heavy machine. One Planer, must be modern heavy machine. One Self-feed Rip Saw, must be modem heavy machine . \\11 machines must be in good condition. (live prices separately for each ami F.O.B. car. Address, \\( iRTII STAR LUMBER CO., Box 11, Cranbrook, WANTED AND FOR SALE Advertisments will be inserted in this department at the rate of 10 cents per line for each insertion, payable in advance. WANTED.—One Machinist. Canadian Pacific Lumber Co., Port Moody. WANTED First-Class Cedar Logs. Apply at Mill No. *_', Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company, Vancouver, B. C. LOGS WANTED.—Wanted to buy cedar, fir and spruce logs taken oft Crown granted lands- Apply to J. S. Emerson. Vancouver. WANTED. We handle on commission all sorts ol British Columbia Lumber and Shingles, manufactured and rough. Please quote prices f.o.b. Toronto. THE FUEL & LUMBER CO., 77 Adelaide St. East TORONTO, ONTARIO C. H. VOGEL ENGINEER (A. M. Can. Soc. C. E.) OTTAWA, CANADA Surveys, Plans, Specifications and Supervision WATER l>OVVER Paper, Pulp and Sulphite Hbre Mills RENIS COllCCUD IKPfBlfNCED VAUiAIOR W. T. FARRELL GENERAL AGENT, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE BROKER Timber Lands, Farms. Business & Residential (ity Property FOR SALE Special Attention Oivrn to Selling and Renting House and Store Property Room 17, Fairfield Bldg., 433 Granville St., Vancouver. N. A. McKINNON Timber Cruiser and Valuator. Twent) years' experience in the woods, References, 280 HOWE STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. P. O. Box 602 StoraK*1 GEO. H. COTTRELL FORWARDING AGENT. Warehouse, 139 Water St. VANCOUVER, B. C. Spocial attention Kivcn to distribution of Carload Freight BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd. ■ ENGINEERS ml-i Our Logging Engines have earned a wide reputation for Durability, Efficiency and Pulling Qualities. Tfie following sizes kept for immediate delivery: 9" x 10" SINGLE or DOUBLE DRUM YARDER 10" x 15" DOUBLE DRUM ROADER (\\% Mill Cable) Ail absolute guarantee given with each Engine. Call and inspect the anginas at our Works. .. Works: Hefty Ave. Our Steel Roller Bearing Dry Kiln Trucks Have No Equal i We have recently added to our works special Machines and Tools for making these Trucks, which insures perfect alignment of wheels and axles. Axles and Rollers are made of refined steel. Made in all sizes of channels and lengths.. WRITE FOR PRICES THE SCHAAKE MACHINE WORKS, NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBERMAN , ( ■ lit1 Headquarters for Mill Supplies Try our KEARSARGE A3BE8TOS METALLIC PACKING for all high-pressure steam joints. Guaranteed to give satisfaction where all other Packings have failed. A complete stock on hand. Sizes, 1-32" to 1-8"* WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF Asbestos Air-Cell Pipe Covering FOR HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM PIPES ECONOMY ITS VIRTUE NO OUST NO ODOR WATERPROOF We also carry a complete line of Norton Emery Wheels in all grades and shapes. . Sizes, 6" to 14", all thicknesses QUALITY UNEXCELLED QUICK CUTTING DURABLE THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY Office and Store, 153 Hastings St. VANCOUVER, B. C. Machinery Warehouse, Powell St. qVVMV¥M*VV¥MV¥VVV¥MMV^»^V^^rWV*¥^»^^^r^^r^^r^rV^r>rWl*rV*r^»»»* THE Canadian Pacific Lumber Co., Ltd. PORT MOODY, B. C. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of B. G. LUMBER, LATH, MOULDINGS, Etc. 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