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FlTCHBURG. 



About 50 per cent, of the town is made up of wood and 

 sprout land. The principal types are white pine, pitch pine, 

 oak and chestnut, with hemlock, maple, poplar, white and gray 

 birch, beech, ash and other hardwoods. Clear stands are 

 usually of pine, oak, chestnut and maple. Mixed stands of 

 hardwood contain red maple in abundance, and a considerable 

 amount of hard maple on the hills. The general condition of 

 the wood growth is very good. There is not very much waste 

 land in the town. 



Fitchburg is not a large consumer of native lumber, but there 

 are a few box manufacturers who take native pine and chestnut. 

 Most of the lumber used in building operations and builder's 

 finish comes from outside the State. The Crocker & Burbank 

 Company, paper manufacturers, use considerable lumber, 

 spruce and hard and soft pine. They occasionally buy wood 

 lots which they operate themselves. The Parkhill Manu- 

 facturing Company use pine and hemlock for cloth boards, and 

 operate their own wood lots. Messrs. P. R. Eaton and I. P. 

 Lawrence also operate locally. 



Box Makers. 



0. S. Cook & Sons. 



C. A. Priest Lumber Company. 



Haldie Nickerson. 



Webber Lumber Company. 



S. G. Gushing & Sons. 



Chas. A. Priest Lumber Company. 



Lumber Dealers. 



Webber Lumber Company. 

 H. A. Lawrence Company. 

 P. R. Eaton. 



E. E. Watson. 

 Wiley & Foss. 



Lawrence & Klein Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



Cordwood Dealers. . 

 C. H. Greene. | Union Coal Company. 



Wood Novelties. 

 Mossman Manufacturing Company. 



