Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-03-26
Lumber Prospects In the Wisconsin
Fields.

| The latest returns from the lumber
camps on the different streams of Wis
cons;n, show that . much larger crop
of logs will he brought out than was
expected. when operations began lat
fall Still the crop will be much short
OF what IL was year ago-probably
about sufficient, when added to the
surplus LETT over, to meet the deman
IN Wisconsin, without OVERRIDING the
| market.
The Black River, which in 1872
produced $50 600, 900 feet of logo, will
produce not over li3 100000 this
year, which is about $4,000 900 more
tuan operations on that stream ex
pected, when work began in the fall.
In 1872, the Wisconsin River pro.
duced n log>cnt of 100 100000 feet !;
but, for SOME reason not explained in
the report referred to only a mere
fraction Of ttat amount, say about
%, 500 300, wi be the crop this year.
The figures for the Upper Wolf
River ana it's tr,bu,a ies are not regu
larry gathered from the various opera
tors on that stream, but are laid on
the statement of an experienced lum
herman of Oshkosh, who writes: :
This stream carried 2O7 600. 900 feet
of | 'gs in the spring of 1878. Last
fall, when operations began in the
woods, the prospective cut was close.
ly estimated and put down at 95 o o.
900; hut the favorable conditions Of
the winter and improved prospect of
hnanc and trade have encouraged
operators To extend their plans, and
now figure up the crop at III 1000, 600"
The logs lett over from last year on
the st. Croix river an tributaries are
estimated at rs, 10000 feet. The cut
of the present year is put at $4,000
600 against l6 1000, 900 last year, or,
in other words. the mills on that
stream will have about / 100000
feet TO work up next summer.
On the Chippewa, n the winter of
ls72-3,275,Ou0, 900 feet were put in,
and on the Eau Claire los 100000
On the former stream the cut of the
present winter, added TO what was
LETT on hand at the closing down of
the mil last { II, will make, a. near
az can be estimated now, $4,000, 900
feet; on the latter very much small
el proportion, say not over 81 900, 900.
Last year the Yellow river and It's
tributaries furnished 100000 feet,
of which 100000 were left over.
Adding this amount of old logs to
this winters Gus, 100000 feet is the
amount set down TO this stream.
These figures give the estimated
yield of all the Wisconsin lumber
regions except that known as the
o. x a. D"y ss''s's~Us ISISu G5a.
ures received up to Saturday noon,
were only of tragmentsry nature -
Out o the however, it can be stated
that the Peshtigo, which last year
used 40,000,O0O feet of logs and had
l5,0oO000 left over, will this year
bring out only 25,o00,0O0. On the
Menomonee, the Gu, will foot up 100
00n,0o0, against l23, o00, 900 last year
An effort il made To show approx
mately how much lumb may be ex
PC'''Ch " wv va VIC hCt btOtu VIC
mills established along the lines of
railroad penetrating the pine woods.
Hitherto this item has been compare.
lively insignificant, but during the
last year has enlarged till it is now
worth considering in the total pro-
duct. Estimates gathered from the
three roads, the West Wisconsin, Wis
cunSin Central, End the Green Bay &
Minnesota, p ace the yield at 76,00".
600 feet, W Ich added To the figures
already given, exclusive OF the Green
Bay district, fix the crop at 802, 900,
900 feet, not including. OF course, any
portion OF the sawed lumber left over
from last year. The fact that these
figures 81 ow n much shorter supply of
logs than that for last year is taken
among lumbermen 10 be a most en-
couraging future. While it is expect
ed that these figures Will be of value
To the trade IN Judging OF the pro
bablc course of prices, they will also
ass sta to prevent overstocking here
after Chicago Tribune Correspond
ence.