It was taken over by the Newfoundland Timber Estates about 1903 or 4. That was when I started work in the sawmill area then office boy and store clerk and finally as tally master and shipping clerk. It was with the Timber Estates that I got my first job. First summer in the sawmill, the next year in the supply store and office boy and the following summer as shipping clerk and tally master. My last job with that firm was the shipping of the last of the lumber assets, some to the South American market and the remainder to the local trade.
Board measure all prime white pine A and B grades.
The Georges Point outfit was a huge affair with wharves stretching for half a mile or more along the shore of the Bay. There is one man that I should have mentioned in this resume because he played and important roll in the whole venture from and including the Phillips operations to its final demise. Rowland and his wife Sarah Colebourne, both of Twillingate. Mr. Rowland was chief accountant and office manager for the Phillips group and also for the Timber Estates and general manager when the movable assets were being disposed of. He also kept a diary of the important events during his long tenor of office and the depth and tempertures of the waters around the premises.