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Title: Canadian forest industries January-June 1920
Identifier: canadianforjanjun1920donm (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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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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W. E. Bigwood, Byng Inlet, Pres., Spanish River Improvement Co., W. J. Sheppard, Waubaushene, President, French River Boom Co. F. N. Waldie, Toronto, Secy.-Treas. Mississauga River Improvement Co. Boom and Improvement Companies Representative Lumbermen's Associations Meet in Toronto and Elect Officers for Coming Year The annual meetings of the various Boom and Improvement Companies operated by the lumbermen of the Georgian Bay district, were held at the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, on January 22nd and 23rd. There was a representative attendance from various parts of the dis- trict, and the business of each company was quickly disposed of. Owing to high wages, the inefficiency of men as well as the scarcity of help at some points, operating expenses were heavy during the past season, but all the streams are reported to be in good condition, and various improvements were outlined in driving and rafting. The Log Picking Association, which operates on Georgian Bay, in the matter of the recovery of logs lost in the operation of towing rafts, etc., elected the following committee to look after its affairs for 1920: W. J. Sheppard, Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Waubaushine; F. N. Waldie, Vicoria Harbor Lumber Co., Toronto; W. E. Big- wood, Graves, Bigwood & Co., Byng Inlet; E. Letherby. Chew Bros., Limited, Midland; C. N. Carney, Hope Lumber Co., Thessalon ; AY. J. Bell, Spanish Mills Co., Sudbury; J. J. McFadden, McFadden and Malloy, Spragge; A. E. Beck, C. Beck Manufacturing Co.. Penetan- guishene; H. H; Bishop, Bishop Lumber Co., Nesterville; W. F. Beck, C. Beck Manufacturing Co., Penetanguishene. The Spanish River Improvement Co., Limited, elected the follow- ing officers for 1920: President, W. E. Bigwood; vice-president, George R. Gray, Spanish River Pulp and Paper Mills, Sault Ste. Marie ; Secy.-Treas., Charles McCrea, M. L. A., Sudbury. The directors are W. J. Bell, J. J. McFadden and F. N. Waldie. The Sable & Spanish Boom and Slide Co. of Algoma, 'Limited, which handle the logs out of the Spanish river, elected W. E. Big- wood, President, and W. J. Bell as Secretary-Treasurer. Directors, J. A. Ferguson, Spanish Mills Co., Massey. W. J. Bell, J. J. McFad- den and F. N. Waldie. The French River Boom Co., which handle all the logs of the various owners coming down the French river to Georgian Bay, elect- ed W. J. Sheppard of the Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Waubaushene, as President, and W. F. Beck, of the C. Beck Manufacturing Co., Penetanguishene, as Secretary-Treasurer. The directors for the com- ing year are F. N. Waldie, of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Co,. Win. Irwin, Peterborough; W. E. Bigwood. Graves, Bigwood & Co., Byng Inlet; and W. J. Bell, Spanish Mills Co., Sudbury. The Mississauga River Improvement Co.. Limited, which handles the logs coming down the stream which bears this name and looks after all improvements, elected J. J. McFadden of McFadden & Mal- loy, Sprague, and F. N. Waldie of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., as Sec.-Treas. The directors are C. N. Carney of the Hope Lumber Co., Thessalon; John Malloy, Spragge and W. E. Bigwood. New Hardwood Industry in the East A new company is being formed for the manufacture of hard- wood lumber and last blocks at Cross Creek, N. B., and when completed the industry will be one of the largest of its kind. H. W. Mobbs, President of Mobbs and Lewis, Limited, Kettering, Eng., manufacturers of last blocks and shoe machinery, is the man behind the gun enterprise. R. W. Baird is the manager of the new firm. Mr. Baird was in France for two years with the C. F. C. Going over as a private he won a commission while abroad. A month after his return from overseas Mr. Mobbs came out to Canada and. to- gether with Mr. Baird, visited many points in Canada from Sault Ste. Marie to the East Coast in search of a suitable location and finally selected upon Cross Creek, N. B.
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