A — Statistics Relating to the Kennebec, 



Approximate Settled Demand fur Soft Wood Lumber on the Kennebec as 

 Indicated bv the Consumption of 1895 and Mill Capacity at the End 

 OF THE Tear. In Million Feet B. M. 



* A fiber mill here iiialiing ten tons per day nses spruce saw mill waste. Two 

 saw mills burned here in 1S95. 

 f Not running in 1896. 

 X Not so much by fifteen millions consumed in 1895. 



The above figures are for mills on the main river, getting their logs 

 from it. Their output is ahnost entirely for export from the State. Of 

 the total cut, 80 to 85 per cent is spruce. All of the lumber consumed 

 for pulp is spruce. 



A little of the above demand has in recent years been satisfied from 

 other than Kennebec sources. A little pulp wood has come in by rail 

 from the drainage of the Penobscot and elsewhere. Some Canadian 

 spruce has been floated down the river, from the crossing of the Canadian 

 Pacific below Moosehead. Of the main river drive, about five millions in 

 1894 and nine millions in 189.5 were brought from the Penobscot at North- 

 east Carrv. 



