Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-03-19
KANAWHA H., VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 49, 1861

81 per $1,000; there is alwaysa rea-
dy market for this kind OF produce.
Saw logs of mixed variety, cube up
to about 2s #. average, Ohio meas
ure, (Ollio log measure is two-thirds
nett of what the timber will cube up
to in the round, consequently one
third part is allowed the purchaser
for waste in saving, &c. they now
sell on the river at &c per foot, or SAY
81 SO each, which is the general way
OF buying them; 100 feet of timber
will cut 700 feet of lumber. The
term lumber is applied to everything
in the Way~of board or plank, and is
reduced TO a standard of inch thick
superficial; large scantling is also Of
ten valued in the same manner. Pop
lar lumber is worth SO per 1000 it.,
oak Sl2, white pine $14, pitch pine,
SIC Gf in seasoned fooring) black
walnut $50. A good double action
circular sawmil, will cut 5000 feet
Of lumber per day, or 6O0O feet per
day through the month; its running
cost, including fuel, oil, and repairs,
is about Sc per day; and if the saw
ing business is properly conducted it
yields very good return for the cap
ltal invested. When the woods are
entirely converted into saw logs, we
find there are about 60 logs to the
acre, large and small; they are cut
from 13 #. to 21 it. long, and are
worth, as before stated, 81 SO each
IN the kanawha river, or for tho
Value One Acre-6o logs 81 so, $50 90
Returnns Cost-Cutting at 20c. - 90
ShaElng on the mountain, at zoe - %
Hauling TO the river at 60c, SO co
Rafting to the Kanawhs, at I5c, 90
SupeEntendence, &C., al 2Oc. "-I2 90
ISL co
Leaving for the value OF the land
and timber, 9 90
1t will be seen from the foregoing
figures that by numbering these for
est lands, under iudicious system Of
management, estates may be obtained
very nearly free Of cost; and if they
are undcrlaid with coal, easily avail
abs for working and transportation,
their purchase becomes safe and
profitable investment. But now
comes the contingencies. What is
the coat of management to &mount tof
Ii the property is in the HANDS OF
company, it is probable 25 or 80 per
cent. will have TO be added to the la
Dor cost, and that will absorb all the
profits, unless other works are ear
ried on conjointly with the numbering.
It becomes, therefore necessary before
the public invest money in land spec
ulations they should be made thor
oughly acquainted with the plan of
operations; careful reports and esti-
mates should be held before them,
and the latter gone into with minute
detail. A bona .fdeundertaking new
er suffers from close investigation,
but, on the other hand, increases its
merits We are led to make these
remarks from knowledge Of things
of the past" We do not want 70 be
thought invidious, but we do want to
see capital safely invested. a great
deal of money is about coming to
kanawha from Europe; and while
we are the most strenuous advocates
OF legitimate enterprise we shall raise
our voice and uae our pen to frus-
trate the Introduction of ephemeral
schemes, feeling assured that by so
doing We shall be the means Of ben
chtting "One aud ALL"
| Our next article will give some de-
scription Of the agricultural value OF
these coal lands, together with the re
suits Of an experiment now being
carried out for utillising timber, &c.
The writer is perfectly satisfied at the
present time, but a few weeks more
will show the proof positive.
CHARLES S. RICHARDSON.
H0nd,cha C.. H., Va.
The jug Without a Bottom.
On the bridge that crosses the
Grand Rapids we met hale old man