Title: Canadian forest industries 1909
Identifier: canadianforest1909donm (find matches)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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â The above illustration will convey to our readers some idea of the immensity of the plant of George Gordon & Company, Limited, lumber manufacturers, Cache Bay, Ont. Until the first of September, 1909, this business was conducted by George Gordon & Company, Mr. George Cordon, M.P., having associated with him his brother, Mr. Robert W. Gordon and Mr. Eobert Booth, of Pembroke, Ont. The new limited company, which took over the business on September 1st, has an au- thorized capital of $750,000, and was made up by the amalgamation of George Gordon & Company and the Cache Bay Lumber Company, Limited. The standing timber controlled by the new company will exceed two hundred millions in red and white pine. The limits on the Sturgeon river are the townships of Kelly and Davis; part of the township of Scad- ding, and berths 1 and 3 of McCarthy township. The limits on the Veuve river and its tributary waters are the townships of Awrey and Burwash, and part of the township of Hagar; and on Lake Nipissing the townships of Bertram and Latchford. The logs are driven down the Sturgeon and Veuve rivers, the former emptying into Lake Nipissing four miles east of the mill, and the latter about three miles west of the mill, being towed to the mill from the mouths of these rivers. The lumber yard covers an area of 45 acres, and presents an im- posing sight either from the water or from the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which passes close by. The sawmill, which is modern in every respect, has a daily capacity of one hundred and ninety thousand feet of red and white pine lumber, and sixty-five thousand pieces of lath, besides pickets and box boards. The lumber from the mill is handled by a steam locomotive and high cars. There are between seven and eight miles of standard track in the yards. A detailed description of the entire manufacturing plant will prove interesting to all'engaged in the sawmill industry. The boiler house, 42 x 50 feet, is equipped with six slide valve en- gines, made by the William Hamilton Company, Limited ; two Waterous and four Butterfield & Dyrncnt boilers; four Waterous steam pumps, two being for fire purposes and one for the boilers. The sawmill proper is 150 feet long, the rear end 83 feet wide and the front 120 feet. The section containing the sorting table and trim- mers adjoins the front section of the mill, and is 21 x 210 feet. The mill is equipped with one William Hamilton circular saw; one; Wickes Bros. gang; one Waterous, and one William Hamilton double-cut band mill, each equipped with steam feeds and setts; two setts of William Hamilton trimmers; two setts Waterous overhead slash saws; one Waterous and one William Hamilton lath mill; a Waterous and a William Hamilton edger. The filing room at the top of the mill has a complete outfit of Covel filing room machinery. A fine refuse burner, 30 x 110 feet, was erected at the mill this season. The planing mill, 60 x 84 feet, is supplied with a full complement

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