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tlie pulpwood estimate. In ostiiiiiilinj; jiulinvood. in oniui- to l)c entirely con- 

 servative, we have stated it to be ten cords per acre. Practically, there 

 is au almost unlimited supply of pulpwood on this land — enough to turn 

 out easily from 60,000 to 100,000 cords per year. The property could easily 

 support three sawmills of a capacity of 100,000 feet per day each," 



In relation to the question of flre risk to standing timber, the St. Law- 

 rence company Is especially fortunate, for the property is in the Gaspe 

 peninsula, which Is completely surrounded by salt water, and Is in that 

 northeastern section of Canada which is subject to frequent and heavy 

 fogs. The underbrush is kept so well dampened that the possibility of 

 damaging fire Is so remote that It may be disregarded. 



.\s regards workability, the St, Lawrence property Is equally favored. 

 The tract is traversed by four main rivers, namely, the Grand Pabos, the 

 Little Pabos, the West river and Port Daniel river. The timber is such 

 that logging by railroad is also very convenient. This latter course has 

 l)een decided upon as the best method for the development of the property. 

 The land is hilly, but not rocky. There are no broken or barren spaces. 

 and on account of its freedom from rocky ledges it is heavily timbered, 

 oven on the tops of the highest hills. The land slopes back from the rivers 

 at comparatively easy grades to large plateaus from .'iOO to 1,000 feet above 

 the streams. Some of these plateaus are three or four miles in width. 

 The soil Is a rich, dark red sandy loam. 



As to accessibility of markets, the property is accorded the double facili- 

 ties of steam railroad and ocean transportation. It is four days distant 

 from New York by water and two or three days by rail. The Atlantic, Que- 

 bec & Western railroad passes near the mills, and steamers can be loaded 

 at Rails' wharf, which Is near the company's mills and is reached by its 

 railroad. The St. Lawrence property is nearer in point of time to New 

 York than the timber fields of West Virginia. Plans now being carried out 

 provide for a sawmill of l."iO,000 feet per day capacity, a sulphite pulpmill 

 of 100 tons per day capacity, a standard gauge railroad connecting with the 

 A., Q. & W., Rails' wharf, the company's mills and entering and traversing 

 the timber limits. The sawmill should be ready for operation early next 

 spring and the pulpmill somewhat later in the summer. About nine aud 

 a half lulles of the railroad, including terminal trackage, has been com- 

 pleted and it Is now in operation into the timber limits, reaching Camp No. 

 1. The mills aud town site are located on the northeast shore of the Grand 

 Pabos Bay. and are ideally situated from an operating standpoint. The 

 sawmill and pulpmill face each other on the sides of two adjoining hills. 

 .\n arm of the bay runs in between them and is being dredged out to form 

 a hot pond, into which the logs will be dumped and later drawn out for 

 thf sawmill or pulpmill. The town of Chandler, which has been built by 

 the corapauy, includes a bank (branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia), a 

 hotel, company construction otfices, two large general stores, storehouses, 

 stables, about forty dwellings, etc. The present equipment now on the 

 ground includes one 70-ton Shay cog-drive locomotive, one American 

 Locomotive Company direct drive line engine, five steel flat cars for logs, 

 out American log loader, with steam shovel attachment, one tugboat, 

 barges, etc. Thirty additional steel log cars have been ordered. 



An 'Unusual Planing MiU 



In this connection is shown a photograph of the recently completed 

 planing mill of the G. H. Evans Lumber Company, manufacturer and 

 wholesaler of hardwoods and yellow pine, located at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

 This mill has a daily capacity of 100,000 feet. 



As can be seen from the photograph, the layout of the Evans plant is 

 -excellent and gives ample provision for expeditious and satisfactory han- 

 dling of its large export and domestic business. 



G. II. Evans, head of this concern, has been one of the foremost spon 



"1 red gum. He has made a close study of this wood and Us adai)tability 

 for the various purposes to which It is being put. He also has made a close 

 analysis of the best methods of treatment under various conditions, all of 

 which information he has Incorporated In a little pamphlet recently issued, 

 which could very well serve as a hand-book on the proper handling of red 

 gum, as It contains a great deal of new and extremely valuable informa- 

 tion. Mr, Evans advises IIahdwood Rkcoiid that if any of its readers de- 

 sire to secure this information be will he very ghid to s.-nd out the pam- 

 phlet. 



Changes Its Office 

 The Vicksburg Export Lumber Company, formerly of Vicksburg, Miss., 

 manufacturer and exporter of southern hardwood, cypress and yellow 

 pine, announces that since March 2 Its Vicksburg office has been abandoned, 

 as the company has taken over a band mill operation at Jackson, Tenn. 

 The business will henceforth be conducted from the .lackson office under 

 the style of the Mississippi Hardwood Company. 



Ferd Brenner Plant Begins Operations 



Interest in the new sawmill of tlie Ferd Brenner Lumber Company of 

 .Vlexandria, La., which has been in the process of building for some little 

 time, has been keen. This plant, which is modern in every particular and 

 employs a great many unusual features, began operations the early part 

 ot this month. The mill building Is sheathed with galvanized corrugated 

 iron and is built on concrete foundations. The Prescott Company of 

 .Mi'uominee, Mich., furnished the seven-foot band mill and other sawmill 

 equipments, including the band resaw. It is expected that this plant will 

 linve a daily output of from 40,000 to oO,000 feet of hardwood. 



■W. Brcwn Morgan Soon to Leave Memphis 

 \A'. Morgan Brown will, on April 1, afti-r fifteen j'cars as secretary of 

 tlw Anderson-Tully Company and one of the most prominent figures iden- 

 tified with the manufacture of standard packages from .sawn shooks and 

 veneers, leave Memphis to become president and treasurer of the Morgan 

 Veneer Company, which has recently been incorporated under the laws 

 of Arkansas, which is capitalized at .flOO.OOO and which will have its 

 l)lant and general headquarters at Pine Blufif, Ark. The notice of this 

 iuforporation appeared in a recent issue of H.irdwood Record. The other 

 oHicers are: .7. F. Mclntyre of J. F. Mclntyre & Sons, vice-president, and 

 II. B. Strange, cashier of the Peoples Savings Bank, Pine Bluff, secretary. 

 The company is rapidly completing its plant, which will be up to date 

 in every respect, including sufficient dry-kiln facilities to take care of the 

 daily output of two cars of single ply, rotary cut gum veneers. This will 

 he in readiness for operation between May 1 and 15, Mr. Morgan will 

 make his headquarters at Pine Bluff, but will leave his family in Mem- 

 lihis for the time being. Later, however, they will join him at that point. 

 The company has assured itself ample raw material through a contract 

 with the Mclntyre-Mann Timber Lands Company, whereby it secures all 

 the gum stumpage on the timber owned by that firm. 



Mr. Morgan has been prominently identified with the Lumbermen's 

 Club of Memphis, the Southern Hardwood TraflSc Bureau and the Busi- 

 ness Men's Club, serving the first for some years as a member of the river 

 and rail committee, being now a member of the board of managers of the 

 second, and having rendered signal service to the last named in connec- 

 tion with traffic matters. He has also come into national prominence 

 through his position as chairman of the National Classification Com- 

 mittee of Wooden Box Interests, which has made a strong fight for equal 



THE WELL-ARRANGED PLANT OF THE G. H. EVANS LUMBER COMPANY, CHATTA- 

 NOOGA, TENN., GIVING AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF THE PLANING MILL, 

 THE SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS AND THE EXTENSIVE YARD. 



7. BROWN MORGAN, PRESIDENT AND 



TREASURER OF THE MORGAN VENEER 



COMPANY, PINE BLUFF, ARK. 



