History of the Lumber Industry of America, Volume 2American lumberman, 1907 - Lumbering |
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... LUMBER PRODUCT OF FOREST PRESERVES ( 404 ) -FOREST PRODUCTS OF NEW YORK IN 1905 ( 406 ) . CHAPTER XXIV . NEW YORK - ALBANY . PAGES 408-423 . THE ERIE CANAL ( 409 ) -THE LUMBER DISTRICT ( 409 ) -PERSONNEL OF ALBANY TRADE ( 411 ) -CHANGES ...
... LUMBER PRODUCT OF FOREST PRESERVES ( 404 ) -FOREST PRODUCTS OF NEW YORK IN 1905 ( 406 ) . CHAPTER XXIV . NEW YORK - ALBANY . PAGES 408-423 . THE ERIE CANAL ( 409 ) -THE LUMBER DISTRICT ( 409 ) -PERSONNEL OF ALBANY TRADE ( 411 ) -CHANGES ...
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... lumber was an important commodity , but what are now Massachusetts , Connecticut and Rhode Island were more especially agricultural districts , while forest products were of more im- portance in the north , with Portsmouth as the center ...
... lumber was an important commodity , but what are now Massachusetts , Connecticut and Rhode Island were more especially agricultural districts , while forest products were of more im- portance in the north , with Portsmouth as the center ...
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... Lumber , ships and sailors , " and his summary of the State's resources , seemed , at the time , to be fairly comprehensive . Since then Maine has gone into many enterprises and prospered in most of them , but the lumber industry is ...
... Lumber , ships and sailors , " and his summary of the State's resources , seemed , at the time , to be fairly comprehensive . Since then Maine has gone into many enterprises and prospered in most of them , but the lumber industry is ...
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... lumber trade , and , until recently , lumber was almost the sole support of the place . In the early part of the Nineteenth Century the city thrived on the pine trade , having an extensive commerce with the West Indies and Europe , and ...
... lumber trade , and , until recently , lumber was almost the sole support of the place . In the early part of the Nineteenth Century the city thrived on the pine trade , having an extensive commerce with the West Indies and Europe , and ...
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... lumber manufactured on the Penobscot River is measured by a Surveyor General and his deputies . The Surveyor General is appointed by the commissioners of Penobscot County and has thirty deputies , each of whom has a gang of four ...
... lumber manufactured on the Penobscot River is measured by a Surveyor General and his deputies . The Surveyor General is appointed by the commissioners of Penobscot County and has thirty deputies , each of whom has a gang of four ...
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