▁high ▁sul ph ur ▁content , ▁which ▁made ▁it ▁difficult ▁to ▁ref ine . ▁Com b ined ▁with ▁lower ▁prices ▁in ▁the ▁market , ▁the ▁railway ▁found ▁little ▁profit ▁in ▁the ▁iron ▁business . ▁By ▁this ▁time , ▁wood cut ting ▁was ▁reaching ▁a ▁peak ▁in ▁Ontario ▁and ▁the ▁railway ▁found ▁considerable ▁business ▁serv icing ▁various ▁saw m ills ▁that ▁were ▁spring ing ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁P use y ' s ▁death ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁July ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁left ▁L ash ▁as ▁the ▁exec utor ▁of ▁his ▁estate . ▁L ash ▁was ▁the ▁General ▁Manager ▁of ▁Bank ▁of ▁Com merce , ▁who ▁held ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁deb t ▁for ▁the ▁line , ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁lawyer ▁for ▁Mack en zie ▁and ▁Mann ' s ▁C No R . ▁He ▁officially ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁IB & O ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁C No R ▁le ased ▁the ▁C OR , ▁and ▁soon ▁made ▁a ▁bid ▁for ▁the ▁IB & O ▁as ▁well . ▁L ash ▁ur ged ▁all ▁share hold ers ▁to ▁accept , ▁and ▁C No R ▁took ▁over ▁operations ▁of ▁the ▁IB & O ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁October ▁ 1 9 0 6 . ▁ ▁By ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁C OR ▁had ▁opened ▁its ▁line ▁to ▁B anc ro ft ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁and ▁was ▁continu ing ▁north ▁with ▁its ▁own ▁plans ▁to ▁connect ▁to ▁Ott awa