Consider this response: With an investment of $500,000 in new equipment and the acquisition or formation of related companies such as The Canadian Tugboat Company and the Comox Logging and Railway to transport timber from the of timber the company controlled between Comox and Campbell River on Vancouver Island, the company became the largest lumber and wood manufacturing company in the world.
What was the preceding dialog?
A 2 person conversation: *What is meant by the Fraser River Mills? *Once he persuaded the government to dredge the Fraser River to permit reliable passage of oceangoing freighters to the mill, he reorganized it as Fraser River Mills (after 1910 known as the Canadian Western Lumber Company) with several large investors and a capitalization of $20 million. *How many employees were there? *The plant and its yards covered and took 1,030 men to run. *Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? *