Canadian Foresfrij Journal, September, 1918 



1889 



OVERSEAS SAWMILL RE- 

 CORDS. 



The U. S. Forest Eiiiiineerini* Corps 

 in P'rance have been niakini* some re- 

 markable sawing records willi the 

 Httle 10,()(K) capacily mills that were 

 their first equipment. Working 

 double 9-hour shifts they have turned 

 out products running from .") 10,000 to 

 700,000 feet monthly. The 20,000 

 feet capacity mills were slow in 

 arriving and arrived in large instal- 

 ments, the boilers usually coming over 

 last. At last reports, however, seven 



of the larger mills and ten of the 

 smaller or 10,000-foot capacity mills 

 were in operation and eight more of 

 each size were being installed. One of 

 of the 20,000 fool capacity mill cut 

 1,923,242 feet of lumber, mostly thin 

 lumber, in April, assisted by a little 

 French })ortable rig and also by a 

 bolter mill. 



The product inchides lumber for 

 every military use and even excelsior 

 for the bedding of soldiers, two 

 excelsior mills having been added to 

 the equipment. 



lAKKAKAW FALLS. B.C. 



