Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-02-16
From the Lumberman's Gazette.
Our Weekly Comm enfs.

Another week of this winter o.
the lumberman's discomfort has
passed, and again can we hold out
for the encouragement of the lum.
Der fraternity, no material variation
to the oft repeated refrain, "No
Snow, No Winter, No successful
work." Our last weeks comments
closed with TIE statement that q
heavy wind filling the air with driv-
ing snow fakes, was then in pro-
g.ess, but, we added that q result
of the storm we could see but little
hope of enough snow to materially
improve the prospects in the woods,
and we were correct. The average
depth of snow throughout this re-
gion of the country did not exceed
from one and half TO two inches,
and this remark will apply in the
main to the entire of the State of
Michigan, as well as to Canada, on
the east and the more southerly
portt; IONS of the lumber districts of
Minnesota and Wisconsin. Indeed,
the best snow o. which we can learn
during the past week, was in the
region of Cincinnati, OE,'n. ana
through the liccior part Of ill.,.
State, and If that Is to result to the
benefit Of lumbermen. it mus be
through channels of which we are
not informed.
In looking over Michigan, we
come to the conclusion that in The
extreme north, or from Otsego Lake
to Cheboygan, there is plenty of
snow. This area will include the
headwaters of the Manistee and
Muskegon rivers, but generally
speaking too far north to include
the principal numbering sections
On the Lake Huron shore, our adj
vices from the neighborhood of
Alpena, say that average work has
been going on, but that the snow
was not sufficient to enable cheap
and easy numbering. South of
Alpena, and generally, including
the territory lying below a line
drawn across the State to Lake
Michigan, in which territory are
situated nine-tenths of the lumber
ing operations, the severe cold of
the first month enabled the utiliza-
ton of the light snow fall, so that
but not fair work has
been the rule, on roads made with
not more than two inches of snow,
by, in great many
cases, the modern appliance Of the
woods roads, tank sprinkling. In
the territory last mentioned, we
make an estimate, that to this date,
one-tenth of tho proposed cut of
winter has been banked, but we es-
teen this q liberate estimate.
Our Canadian advices give us as
the result Of the storm, badly drift
ed railroad lines, with but a slight
fall Of snow through the country.
In three or four localities tho snow
is stated at from three TO five inches
but as rule the reports say, "Not
snow enough for sleighing" or
slight sleighing." At Luccan IS
inches, at Lindsay s inches, at Mon
treal 10 inches, at Owen Sound
hardly any snow. At Uxbridge,
drifts of six feet are recorded. At
Walkerton only middling sleighing.
From this it will be seen that the
snow fall was very variable through
out the Dominion. The Menomi-
nee, Wisconsin region Is more high
ly favored. The Journal Of Feb. |
9th gives a list of GO million already
banked, ont of 100 million proposed |
by the firms enumerated. Per
contra advices from the Wolf River
region, places that stream out in |
the cold, or rather wet, with the rest |
Of the country. From northern
Minnesota, fair work Is reported
while for the more southerly dis
tricts, a Swimming Of snow, and o
answering generally to
that OF Michigan is evident. Penn
syivania reports, place that State
In the same category with all the
rest. lftd Is'I |