Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-02

ought to be cut OIL about every 20 years to
make it valuable for rails it il worth. for
rails, SO hundred, standing, and 80 deliv-
cred at the depot there Ii IL tan yard at
AIillersburg the cord wood il worth, stand
ing % cents cord they are getting 81 cents
a cord for cutting il man will cut. on an
three cords u day, sometimes not
more than two Il man may cut five cords n
day; it is worth, delivered, 81 Il cord | never
examined this land for any purpose before
May last; | made my estimate of
that timber from my observations dur
ing two days in last May and
seven or eight hours three weeks ago; there is
some cleared land at the summit of the noun
tain good farming land Is worth SO per acre
anywhere mp in Darphln county; / believe |
could make money by buying this land at
55O,0OO for timber purposes; Mr.. Mcclure
manufactured iron and had forge: don't
know what consideration he received for this
land he had been living there for 20 years,
perhaps longer; don't know how long it is
since he sold his interest in this land; this
/, 900 acres is more valuable than other noun
tain land in that section, because it is better
timhored; Broad Mountain il one of a range
of mountains; nearly all the other lands nave
been denuded Of their timber; this has not.
Redirect The $50 acres of clear land is on
the summit of the mountain am familiar
with the prices offered nj the mines for props
for heard Mr. EngGlbcrg state Objected to
but admitted) that No. props are worth 500
per thousand feet at the mlnes No. g $50 |
aud No. 3, $50.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER AND ACTING JUSTICE OF |
THE PEACE.
Leandcr +. Fcrrce sworn--Am brother to |
Uriah, live in lIoyalton, Dauphln county, Il |
town founded about three years ago am n |
surveyor. acting Justice of the peace and |
assistant postmaster Legation is about Is |
miles from Millorsburg have known this land |
for IL or ~ years have been on the land |
several times made an examination of the
land last May. with view of computing IT. |
value for timber, one day with my brother.
and another day with MIR. Wiener. made this |
examination at the instance OF Mr.. Bright ,
the timber comprises pine, oak, chestnut.
maple, and some other small timber made
an estimate OF the value of the timber the
most valuable is for props i'll the mines, the
chestnut timber IL valuable FOR rails. the other
timber for bark and cordwood | estimated
there arc about 200 400 feet of props on this
land worth 5i5 per thousand feet; 25,OOO
rails worth 81 to 81 80 per hundred standing:
500 cross ties worth 30 cents apiece; 3OJ
cords of bark, worth 53.5O per cord; 100 or
| 800 cords of wood, which | have not taken
| into consideration because there Is not
much market Tor it. it may be worth 90 OF 30
cents per cord if all the wood were cut oil |
| think the land would be worth so per acre
chestnut sill grow from 10 to IL per cent, per
year in value | put the whole value oil the
timber on that land, at wood leave at
! S5nO00. and the land alone | put ut 10000,
making S600OO i'll all | think that IL
/ reasonable estimate of the valu of the land
| aud timber and have no doubt the company
| could make that out of it; IL years ago
| traced, as an assistant surveyor, some OF the
! boundaries of this land | saw what sup
posed to be IRON ore there (sampleS shown
and identified; it was Oh the southeastern
portion near Il mountain road which crossed
4 this tract there We're tons Of ii scattered over
! two or three acrcs.
C-oss-examned &c. p. Ferrec is post
master there are about II dozen houses in the
| village we have IL postmaster and assistant
postmaster there surveyed II portion of the
farm of John NIutter about two weeks ago
never worked i'll Il machine shop am acting
Justice of the peace and do some convcyunc-
ing and life insuilug went with my brother
over this tract for one day IN May last
made my estimate Of the quantity Of prop
lumber on this land by counting the trees on
certain piece and estimating from that
some acres were more largely productive OF
lumber than others there are some acres
which there is perhaps not foot on ii
it strikes mt that | may have compared my
estimate with my brother Il. | struck thnt pre-
else number of feet without any consultation
with my brother; (crosseXamined ut length
as to how he Identified the samples of ore
shown; never wHs employed in Il lumber
ward have had dealings Ia lumber on All ad-
Joining mountain, cutting props and shipping
them to tile mines this was about 10 years
ago, on Bcrry's mountain, perhaps half II
mile from that tract of land bargained for
the sale OF these props that was the only
time ever was in the business myself last
sprung | bargained with Mr.. Forney for Sc
curing wood leave on tract of land didn't
buy any this land, if it had been cleared,
, would lie worth 80 per acre for the regrowth
of timber it would take from 20 to 30 years
for the timber 10 grow it would be fair
! to take an average of twenty years
would give 80 an acre for
the land if it were cleared some chestnut
might grow III 10 years lit for rails could
, not tell what chestnut timber might he worth
, 10 years hence would not pay so per acre
for the land fOr farming purposes from the
, best acres in chestnut might get 5000 rails
III ID years during that time could not be
, doing ANYTHING except Watching the growth
+ Of the timber and paying the taxes the tim
h Der on the worst acres would probably he
I worth nothing there are some rocks on the
, land. some detached and some not, none very
: | large of all the timber which | have de
q scribed the pine Is the most valuable for prop
ping purpuscs | have estimated IT principally
t Tor that purpose estimated 1t ut It's stand
:. ing value
y court then, at l.3j, took recess until ]
|, O'Clock.
t AFTERNOON SESSION.
. men not impanclcd in the case on trial wrrt
+ discharged until tomorrow ut 10 o'clock.
' The case of the Delaware State FIRE and
Il Marine Insurance Company VIZ. William L,
. Cruasdalc was resumed
JAMES :. Mt'ssER.
# James S. Musser, sworn -Rcside Mt NIillers
@ burg. ~ miles above Harrisburg, Pa; have
lived there for the past IL years my bnsllles
i is that OF getting ont TIMBER railroad ties
cord wood. rails. bark, &c,; am also connected
Is with small foundry and machine shop Il
e AlillersburS have been III tins business To-
% about 10 years have not been timber 6ettllit
regularly during the past II years have gen
l. orally taken timber from mountain lana
~ know the land on Broad Mountain have beti
Il upon it: went on it ut the request o
al Mr. Ferree about ) weeks ago got To the Ian,
10 about clock in the mOrIiu
and left about clock III the Afternoon ail
r. familiar with the mountain laid III the neigh
4 burhood was never on TINS tract before
.t wcut To 1t to make an estimate OF the tmOe
At ON it, il, value and the vIlue of the land
m have Il memorandum Of my estimate, wine
II WIS made ut the time | examined the lahi
10 WITNESS read from his memorandum; I'll
H. best of the timber is Unable for propplhEs l
IL mines | divided 1t into two grades of til
H. No ! prOppnBs there are on TINS lahu uhnI
GOO, 900 feet worth 500 per LOO feet dcl''
nd cred at the mines Of the No proppnt
4 ; there are $4,000 feet worth so per ,Onl IL,
pv at the mines there il also about 5tU cords
by rock oak bark worth 81 a cord delivered ;
ev the railroad some miles away also Zl,O.
IT. chestnut rails at - per lOl delivered Ut u
G ; railroad also 5000 railroad cfosS-teS won't
ON 80 cents piece at the railroad; also j,1D corr
it of wood ut - per cord ut the rullruad' IL
nd timber of all kinds OH tie land | should ST
:, 8 would aggregate IN value about F'o' lal u
liyered us | have said on the mountains
nd 1t stands it is probably worth half that SUI
lst say 44guOO. The land itself without II
lr. timber is not worth moro than - per acre
,as us IL whole about 55OOi land aud timber
Tvs it stands | would value Mt s55OO1 IN II
lin opinion as Zimmerman that amount
. money could lie made out OF it | know Il
e value of timber for pronpings in that count
at and also the value OF bark, aud my HShmat
nd have been made on snch knowledge: hG
nm been dealing in bark atGly sold some I
M Gently, got - cord for ii my estimate {
ire railroad ties was based onny own cNpcrlenc
of and my estimate of the wold on the Sellur
il price; | saw iron ore on the Ian the day
or ! was on it that which saw looked like I
al specimen I saw here to-day do not kn,
/ n much about iron ore am more familiar vi
ING pig iron; the iron | saw was on the nor
ch side of the mountain near a wood road Il
"a one could have seen it had they taken Z
apt trouble there was little heaps lying arOui!
css all together three or four tons perhaps.
lch CrOss-eXuminud Have not engaged in llll
the Der business for some time this season Z
ON ont several cords of bark and Il few cross-t
civ got the bark on Berry Mountain adjuinl
ave Broad Mountain; my father attends TO
son machine shop IN my absence am Il found
,ty man; have not been 81 Spectator in wo
ing since 1875 have been machinst u
ont fouudryman for the last 10 years whel
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