' The new town of Mackenzie, ideally situated n g MACKENZIE PLANS ANNOUNCED = ee te. | Sawmill to Expand ‘Instant Town’ The “Instant town’? of Mace -kenzie has grown up at least partly under the impetus of Peace River power — and . brami-new as it is it isalrea due for expansion. ‘The town is located 125 * president, annainced a $2.5 million expansion, ; Production will be increas- ed by this expansion from 80 miles north of Prince George... and adjacent to the Peace Riy=_ er'reservolr, ~~ B, C. Forest Products saw= mill,“one of tha most-modern and highly automated in Can- ada, commenced operations in July 1906. This month, Ian A,. Barclay,. the a yt million board feet a year to " -120 million board feet a year, . . The sawmill {s the foreriun- ner of 2 large integrated forest products coniplex’ to: be built’ y the compahy. at Mackenzie, ”. A pulp-mill is inthe he. ' stage and construction of log .'- hauls and the pulp mill pump. A bari : per. mimte, Chip = N-Saw, a house, foundations 4s in pro Brees. os Ls In reviewing the progra : pee e ae for development in the Mac- kenzie area, Mr, Barclay em- phasized the Company’s poli- cy to utilize to the maximum’ the forest resources of this _ region, Accordingly, the saw= mill expansion. will include | . faeilitles for the efficent con- - Version of small logs previ- usly . considered~unsuitable __ or lumber, The major equip- ment’ will consist: of a 30’! mechanical barker, a 100 foot. 16". chipper canter, a 10°? double arbour edger and 2. rae ze B.C. Forest Products’ sawmill af Mackenzie {- ‘Was “purchased by ‘a mill in _ the Cariboo, | - stud: mill, in one elght - hour “up to nine inches: in dlame~ ‘—only. enough to reach water ‘the logs ‘out of the lake, de- ‘and pulp mill, to keep up with’ the’. relentless: pace of the ear the beautiful Morfee lakes. * double-track dry kilns, _Thé high speed Chip-N-Saw capable of 24,000 eight foot 2 x 4's in one elght ~ hour ‘shift. "may be installed inthe Prince George areasoom, Tt is the newest adapta- tion of Canadian Car ,(Pa- elfic’s)" Line: of .Chip-N-Saw. machines, the first ‘of which? *- Was built four years ago and. _. Kiiown. as the high speed. shift, it can turn out 24,600. elght foot 2 x 4's trom logs ter, This works out to 200 feat of logs, butt to butt, per minute, “Cther models will handle logs up to 20 inches diameter, ~ . AFF’s sawmill has . been an established entity for more than a year, but the 20-knife planer, largest in the world, has only been toying with the floodwater timber, waiting for the daywhenthe sustained yield unlt harvesting will be going fullblast, Under its committment with the government, . AFI has’ started work.on the pulp mill. pumping unit, which will tow- er 110 feet from the lake floor level once the lake is full, - The base is being laid for a Marine railway that will yank liver them to the AFI sawmill hungry,machines, When the-Jake, which is backing up atong 2 200- mite, length behind the W.A.C, Bon= nett Dam, arrivesat dts south- ern. = .most point, sawmills, Bulp ‘mills and possibly. ply- BU age MACKENZIE ~ ELEMENTARY - EXPANSION caren wood plants will be awaiting it, ready for action, A small Idea of the vastness “of the project at Magkensta may be gleaned-from one sta- tistic — the task of shoring and bolstering two sandbanks . at the AFI pump and sawmill ; sitas Js more: tha $2,000,009 ‘Now. the sawmill works two shifts, five days a week. - ; iprofect. 18a gian