The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-02
LAUNDERING in CaIllOrnin.

Mr. Temple I,bbaIs,a California CORES
pondeul of lbo Lewiston TalIa Journal, tells
the following sloy about" one Of the trees
IA ilul country
~ was induced Go rhyo San Francisco,
aud IN commry wfih three Of ny friends
from Maine, VIZ Nrrsrs Could, lulhrpp aud
Wnslow, go tulu rir numbering huslneHs o..
the Rcd Woods, 10 cnilod, on llc opposite
sllo Oflhe hay and sumo twenty miles die
gAui, AneGn- ul which h. lay MAler,--lhlH Nc
we're Ile more ready 60 do from lhe bct, ,lhut
common report gave To lhe mountainous re-
pious of the red woods n ino snluhrious mud
healthy atmosphere, and good water which
I'VE found tp ho correct.
We HcrurdnPlY purchased q whnlo boat,
and passing across the hny, lhcfo about ten
niles " idr,) and up crock about five miles,
We landed nI the 'emLnrcIdUo, or landing
place of San Antonio, from thence passing
lhc rnGrhn OF Scguur Antonio rcmltlcs, O.
r,ch old Spanish Don, whose hospitality !
hutr rinrr ltr1Ueutiy Witnessed No proceed
ed for more Than i've miles over lhu domains
olius wealthy Spnnnrd, aud entering lho
woods, we found tho trees Of extraordinary
size nud height, and of kind different from
nuy had before seen, the bark Hnd wood re-
srmbng the cedar, though void Of the odor
llir wood being very red aud free from pilch
We found q number oidrscrtcd cUblus,Whrh
helnra lIr gold wac Uncovered, wCru ihuIir
aud lcnaulcd los lumbcrneu,
The liulc 'rUh1rCUd1ru' where Wr landed
ON lhc 2O.h Of August Hud which llll then
,,a- almost criuviy Urhuuwu, cAccptto the
La,i,r-. has nuW assumed the appearance ui
90 brisk hutiucss lundm. place, with nuurr'
ou- launches md bonlS lyRviuf with every
tide. loaded with lumber Tor Suu Francisco.
ILcan umbrrrd sputs, or rcd Wuuds do hpi
ab0uua 10 a gfrOI CSirUI IO ToIT01T'T, ~ ?
have heard ofhur four or five placrr in the
whole country lhe ouly place Ia Ihc vicinity
ui San frnuCi-cu. where % ls 60 ho found, ~
Nhcrr wr were l6raIod, which consists, OF 10
tact some i've or eiN miles IN circumference.
lbl. -l,u4lpr - now rnpldly disappearing,
l.s,lkl. Lpiug Nnslrd,ls most Of llu operatives
arc ~ pur,ui urTin,' ar lumber uhi WI
splrt wen, mud wien such cat n tree which
does not precisely suit them they do not hes,
inlt.- To- lpi % las, nud eat another; m tls way
thr good riu lumber b. even now becoming
scarce. Now Mat Hm speaking Of lumber
permit me lo give YOU lhc d,lncusuus OF a
tree ON WHICH our company operated Tor d
considerable time to good advantage, Tho
alumn mcn.urcd hreirc ftd across, or about
thirty.siN fout as cIrrumicfcUCC; NO ifCg, HF
10 lay upon tuo ground, measured Two hun
drod aud Guy-io feet in Lengths one hun.
dryl and iuttN-lwo feet ul Tie bun wuB work
ed itp before IL renclcd the lbwcr limbs. Al
lhat point II measured about five feet IN dl.
nmctcrl From the one hundred aud forty
feet of rlc huit WnF taken The following qunii-
utius Of lumber which, nt the present san
fruuci.co prices, was worth ns follows
llOOeO shingles at $500 per ~, S3-do,cO
GOOO clnphonfd- averaging
eight inches IN width, aud
: tour feet loug, at $4,000
per W., 100000
1000 feet four inch jois,s,
twenty-five fee, loug,split
straight hui h1udsomc,l at
$4,000 per NJ 10000