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Title: Canadian forest industries 1892-1893
Identifier: canadianforest189293donm (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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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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TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIII Number i. ) TORONTO, ONT., JfVINUfVRY, 1892 /Ti ( Si DICKENS IN CAMP. BOVE the pines the moon was slowly drifting, L The river sang below ; The dim Sierras far beyond uplifting Their minarets of snow. The roaring camp-fire, with rude humor, painted The ruddy tints of health On haggard face and form that drooped and fainted In the fierce race for wealth. Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew. And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster, And as the firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master HadVrit of " Little Nell." Perhaps twas boyish fancy—for the reader Was youngest of them all— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall; The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, While the whole camp with " Nell" on English meadows, Wandered and lost their way. And so in mountain solitudes—o'ertaken As by some spell divine— Their cares dropped from them like the needles shaken From out the gusty pine. Lost in that camp, and wasted all its fire : And he who wrought that spell!— Ah. towering pine, and stately Kentish spire, Ye have one tale to tell 1 And on that grave, where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths entwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly,— This spray of Western pine ! —Bret Harte. MODERN WOOD-BENDING. 'T'HE primitive idea of wood-bending was to conquer a stick when green, and hold it in position, as illus- trated in the making of bows. New applications of the underlying principle, and discoveries incident thereto, are constantly being made, and bending for all purposes is readily done by the aid of usually simple appliances and steaming processes. Where it is desired to have the piece to stay in place, the heart is kept outward, the tendency of wood being to bend outward. But where a corner piece or other difficult stuff is being bent, the heart is kept inside because admitting of more end pressure or upsetting without giving way or wrinkling. A bent piece increases in weight for its bulk according to the extent it is compressed, being much stiffer, also, than when in its natural and undisturbed state, which makes it especially desirable for carriage work. Tests that have been made with bent and sawed stuff under similar conditions have shown the former to be the stronger. By stemming wood, its stiffness is increased, without reference to the bending, and it is also rendered brittle, which is sometimes enough of a characteristic to be detrimental to its quality. One kind of hickory is better for spokes or whiffletrees after it has been steamed, while another kind becomes very stiff when air- dried. Kiln-drying and steaming cook the gum in resinous woods, and hence have a similar effect. Stiff- ness is the desirable quality in a spoke, felloe or whifflc- tree, and in hickory, it is always increased by steaming. It is difficult to splinter or tear a piece of bent wood. Its fibers have become interwoven, and without being particularly indicated on the outside, the interior be- comes materially changed. A NEW WOOD FOR PIANOS. ll M YRTLE log has been sent from Oregon to a piano manufacturing firm in Boston, and as the wood is susceptible of a high polish it is thought that this ship- ment is but the beginning of what will grow to be a flourishing industry. A. H. CAMPBELL. PRESIDENT MUSKOKA MILL AND LUMBER COMPANY. p(REQUENT reference is made to the fact that a considerable number of the leading enterprises of the day are in the hands of young men. To no small extent it is true that this is a young men's age. Yet, what is more noticeable than the wonderful activity, in all walks of life, and often where the heaviest labor is called for, of so many old men—those who have, in not a few instances, passed the allotted three score years and ten? The bare mention of the name of Gladstone, or in our own country, of the two premiers, Abbott and Mowat, is suggestive of scores of others, and a multitude of interesting thoughts in this direction. One of the largest lumber concerns in the province is the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company, at the head of which is Mr. Archibald Hamilton Campbell, a gentle- man in his /3rd year. Mr. Campbell's has been an active, busy life, and no doubt here is the explanation of his activity to-day. He was born at Carbrook, in Sterlingshire, Scotland, in 1819, and a look at his features, shown in the cut accom- panying this sketch, tells of thafsturdiness of character and intellect, that is a predominant mark of those who hail from the land of mountain and crag. His father was John Campbell, a lawyer eminent at the Scottish
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Mr. A. H. Campbell. bar. A liberal education was given the son, who stood well in his classes, in both the Edinburgh Academy and University. On the completion of his studies he com- menced banking, and later on, took up the study of law. He had his eye fixed on the newer world, and the time came when he decided to embark for Canada. At all times when a boy, fond of out-door sports and athletic exercises, shortly after reaching this country he entered upon the rugged life of a miner, becoming interested in mining ventures on the shores of Lake Huron. No wealth was found in the undertaking, and Mr. Campbell, with Scottish shrewdness, quickly dropped the business, and in 1858 we find him connected with a lumber venture in Pcterboro', and from that time on, without interruption, he has been engaged in the lumber busi- ness. His success is the success of the company of which he is president, which owns large limits in the Georgian Bay districts, and operates extensive mills there. In our Eli page we print a report of an interview with Mr. Campbell, in which he discusses matters of import- ance to the lumber trade generally. The business offices of the company are in Manning's Arcade, this city, where Mr. Campbell's third son is actively asso- ciated with him in the management of the business. To educational matters Mr, Campbell has,at all times given considerable attention, and for some years, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Toronto Univer- sity and Upper Canada College. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and high up in the Order. In religion he is an Anglican, an active member of both the Diocesan and Provincial Synods, and in the councils of these bodies no voice or opinion carries more influence than his. He is one of the founders of the Church Association organized for the purpose of checking ritualism, and one of the warmest and most active friends of Wycliffe College. He has three sons and three daughters. The eldest son is a barrister in Toronto, the second a physician, the third we have already referred to as engaged with the father in the lumber business. All are graduates of Toronto University. A NEW IDEA IN BOILERS. 'T'HAT steam boilers are subjected to extremely de- structive strains when the furnaces are first started for raising steam is due to the fact that those portions of the boiler surrounding the furnace become highly heated, while the more remote parts remain for a long time comparatively cool. Hence, there is uneven expansion of the metals, and the consequence is that strains are set up in the boiler, which shorten its life and are otherwise very prejudicial. To remedy this Mr. C. E. Hudson, a naval engineer of experience, has de- vised a simple, ingenious system, which has had a successful practical trial on board a merchant vessel. The arrangement consists in substituting for the present furnace fronts steam-heating chambers of the same strength as the boiler. These chambers, which do not interfere with the grate furnace, are at starting filled with water from the bottom of the boiler, or from any point of the boiler where there is no circulation. A small fire is lighted in the furnace at first, which heats the water in the chambers, and by degrees the remain- der of the water in the boiler becomes heated, and the shell is gradually warmed, a uniform temperature being attained. During this period there is neither pressure nor steam used, and as soon as the circulation ceases by reason of the accumulation of temperature, the heaters become auxiliary boilers, assisting the larger one. As soon as the temperature has become uniform the fires are hurried and steam is raised to a working pressure. The primary work of the heaters being accomplished, the chambers are used as feed water heaters. The feed water, instead of going into the boiler direct, is diverted into the heaters and becomes heated to a temperature of 2000 Fahrenheit. It will thus be seen that the arrange- ment is that of a combined automatic circulator and feed water heater, which not only does not rob the boiler of steam, but arrests and utilizes heat which would otherwise be wasted, or rather worse than wasted, as it radiates into the stock hole, and in some circumstances renders it unbearable. The steamship on which the system has been at work for nearly two years is the Cariganshire, a vessel of nearly 3,700 tons. The results of its application are stated by the engineer in charge to be entirely satisfactory. There has been no trouble whatever with it, and the temperature in the stoke hole is found to be reduced by 27°. A further important point is the fuel economy, a saving of 7 per cent, being shown on the average of five voyages. A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. /"\N receipt of a three cent stamp we will mail free to ^7 any address a copy of our little hand-book entitled "Rules and Regulations for the inspection of pine and hardwood lumber." as adopted by the lumber section and sanctioned by the Council of the Board of Trade, of Toronto, June 16, 1890. Address, Canada Lumbf.r- MAN, Toronto, Ont.

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