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Title: Canadian forest industries January-June 1913
Identifier: canadianforjanjun1913donm (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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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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So CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER hence into the automatic dryer and after being" crated are ready for shipment. Mahogany, after being steamed, is taken to a slicer, where it is cut into veneer. The machine is very substantially built, the logs be- ing held by' dogs, and the knife automatically brought into contact with the lumber. The veneers then go to the dryer, which consists of a series of layers made of chain, and the veneer is fed through this until it comes out at the other end, meanwhile receiving treatment by hot air fanned into the machine. The filing room is on the top floor and very well equipped with the most modern machinery by experts. There are two sample rooms, where are kept over one million feet of veneer in stock. Each log is carefully tagged and tallied. From every log three samples are furnished to the traveller, each sample be- ing hinged into lengths, and these are so arranged as to fold into trunks. The company supply a special filtration system for drinking wa- ter and also a luncheon room. There is a telephone system right through the building. The W'aterous Engine Works Company, Limited, Brantford, Ont., supplied the sawmill machinery, band saw, edgers, engine of 250 horse-power and boilers of the Dutch oven type; the Capital Machin- ery Company, of Indianapolis, the slicer, rotary, and veneer saws; the Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited, the other saws; the Can- adian Fairbanks-Morse Company, Limited, Montreal, the trucks; and the Philadelphia Textile Company, the dryer. Building and specifications were designed by E. & W. S. Maxwell, architects, Montreal; while F. J. Jago & Company were the contrac- tors for the reinforced concrete; McGregor, Reed & McGregor, the brick work; Hickey & Aubut, the steam fitting. Canada's Lumber Production The Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior has issued a report on the manufacture of lumber for 1911. Statistics compiled from reports received from 2,871 firms operating sawmills give the total production as follows: Lumber, 4,918,202,000 feet, valued at $75,- 830,954; square timber, 34,847 tons exported, valued at $766,406; shin- gles, 1,838,474,000, valued at $3,512,078, and lath, 965,235,000, valued at: $2,212,226. The total lumber output is an increase of 466,550,000 feet, or 10.48 per cent, over the cut of 1910. The Province of Ontario still maintains the lead in lumber production, with a cut of 1,716,849,000 feet, but British Columbia is advancing towards the head of the list, the production of that Province being 1,341,942,000 feet, an increase of 14.7 per cent, over 1910. The increase in the cut of Ontario was only 4.5 per cent. Quebec is the only Province showing a decrease, which amounted to 4.3 per cent. Saskatchewan showed the greatest increase in annual cut, with 77.5 per cent., and the production of Nova Scotia increased by 48.8 per cent. As regards the species of woods, spruce, white pine, Douglas fir, hemlock and cedar retained their relative positions in the order given, at the head of the list of 26 kinds of wood sawn. Spruce, with a pro- duction of 1,600,054,000 feet, made up nearly one-third of the total cut, increasing by 27.5 per cent, from 1910. The output of white pine was 1,038,542,000 feet, the increase being 3.8 per cent. The production of Douglas fir was 845,936,00 feet, an increase of 32.9 per cent., and hem- lock was produced to the amount of 476,239,000 feet, or 16.5 per cent, of an increase. Among the hard woods the most noteworthy change was the increase in the cut of birch, the output being 98,811,000 feet, an increase of 38.8 per cent., giving it the seventh place on the list. Maple, basswood, elm, ash, beech and oak show decreases. The figures for square timber exported were supplied by the De- partment of Trade and Commerce. Of the total quantity of 37,962 tons, 21,500 tons were white pine, 8,390 tons birch and 6,095 tons elm. The cut of shingles showed a decrease of 7 per cent., being most apparent in the Provinces of British Columbia and Ontario, which to- gether supply nearly 70 per cent, of the total production. Though 10 kinds of wood are used in this industry cedar is still by far the most important, forming over 95 per cent, of the output. The production of lath increased by 13 per cent., owing to the greater output in British Columbia and Ontario. Why are Houses Costing More to Build? The newspapers of Canada have published a good deal of materi- al of late, referring to the increased cost of house building. With remarkable unanimity they put all the blame upon the lumbermen and the other manufacturers of building material. A little further en- quiry would show them that they must go a step further still if they want to be logical. Unquestionably the increased cost of building is largely due to the increased cost of lumber and other materials. But the lumbermen are not getting any greater profits than they used to get. The higher prices of lumber, as everyone in the business knows, have been accompanied by equal increases in the cost of manufactur- ing. It would be interesting to the reading public if the daily press, having now put all of the blame upon the lumbermen, would go a little further and publish a series of articles showing how the expenses of getting out logs, manufacturing them into lumber and delivering the product on the job have increased. They would find that the lum- berman had been very modest in the increased prices which he has asked, and that the cause of the increased cost of building is that our standards' of living have advanced, and that the cost of everything which the poor consumer requires has gone up in a most remarkable manner of late years, so that the man who is engaged in manufactur- ing is obliged to raise the price of his product in order that he may buy the more expensive products of other companies, all of which are being consumed today in far greater quantities than ever before. British Columbia timber and lumber alone are to be used in the construction of the Forestry building to be erected in Hastings Park for the Vancouver Exhibition Association. As much as possible will be used in the natural state. It is expecttd that the material will be donated to the Exhibition Association by the lumbermen of Vancou- ver. The interior of the building will be given over to one large room will be used for the display of every known wood found within the borders of the province. The building is to cost about $22,000.
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Proctor Automatic Veneer Dryer made by Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co., Philadelphia, Pa., installed at Plant of Dominion Mahogany and Veneer Co., Ltd. Montreal, West.

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