The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-23
DAILY INTELLIGENCER.
Tuesday, Aug. %, 1881.


TIwBER OF THE PACIFIC CO4ST.
The Lumber Dealers Association
and the trade 10 general suffer an ire
parable loss in the death OF William
c Talbot, senior membsr and only sur.
vivor in the firm Of Pope & Talbot.
The Lumber business ia unusually lively
this year. The Humboldt aud MendO-
cino mills are busy, ard large orders
are being filed The Watsonville Mill
and Lumber Company expect 20 cut
during the season fally 1900, 900 feet
Of redwood. Shipments of telegraph
poles are being made 10 Guaym.s. III
Paso and Nsvads. while large ship
ments of ties are being made 10 the
front of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad. Heavy orders for
building material are being filled for
points south of here. while shingles by
the millions are beng sent Gus of the
State. In Butte county there is also
great sctivity. TIE demand ia Esst>-
ern States for doors. windows. etc.
made Of sugar pine. 10 % great that
several large firms in San Francisco are
notwithstanding these articles and ship
/ ping them East, and millions Of feet of
sugsr pine wilt be brought to this city
from Butte. Two new sawmills are
being put up in that county. Lassen
and Lake COMMITTEES have vsluable tim.
Der lands, which settlers are gradually
taking up. In Plumas and adjoining
counties Is vast wealth Of forest. con-
tanning an immense AMOUNT Of vslu-
able timber, such ss sugar pine, fir,
spruce. cedar and yellow pine The
county of Santa Cruz grows redwood,
other varieties of pine, willow, chest,
nut, oak, I've oak. white oak manzs-
nita. mountain laurel. sycamore and
other varieties Of trees. SoDoma coun-
ty is rich in timber, and other counties
might be similarly mentioned. The
extensive forests of Western Washing
ton consist of~yellow fir. cedar. pine,
hemlock, spruce. and. IN smaller guam
tity. oak, maple, cottonwood. ash, dog
wood and alder. The FL is the staple
both in quantity and the uses to
which it may be applied. 1t is sue
cessfully used for the construction of
large and durable ships and all the
purposes Of civilizstion-house fenc-
ing, furniture, heat. Cedar ia suffici-
ent quantity exists to supply the de-
mand for material calculated to with
stand exposure to the moisture of the
climate. The bark Of hemlock is Of
excellent quality for tanning. and used
for that purpose. For n wagons and
farm implements the oak is in use,
much of which il a firm and elastic as
the oak. obtained in other countries;
most Of the material for such purposes
is, however. imported. The cotton
wood. found in large tracts bordering
on the streams. makes good rails, and
is source of industry fer the manu-
facture of barrels. Slaves of this wood
are sent by the ship load to San Fran
cisco. The maple to this time has not
been devoted to purposes of utility
at least of general use. The tree grows
readily when planted. Were large
areas planted in suitable soil, it is ros-
sible the result would be valuable tim.
Der. Furniture, durable and elegant,
is manufactured in the northwest out
Oh ut huu asu. Luz Asu Is pOb OF Tue
large growth found elsewhere, but firm
and tough. Its growth is in contras,
with the fir. In every portion of thi:
wide extended territory west of the
: Cascades may be found huge frs, often
as high as $50 feet, straight as the line
OF plumb. The chestnut and wslnu,
are not found except as grown by the
settlers. Chestnuts and walnuts rival
ing those found elsew here in SIZE anC
fuiluess have been grown there by cul
tivation. Most of the trees growing
in the forests of the Atlantic State,
will perhaps grow on the North Pacific
if planted. British Columbia mill
supply many cargoes of timber for ex.
port to foreign countries. and the
bsrkentine Katie Fiickinger is lader
for San Francisco consigpeea This i
|, the hrst csrgo Of British Colum biz hum
4 Der that has been shipped to Sal
: Francisco in many yesrs. The spo
= ! market for lumber of ell kinds is good
! and at steady prices. A very console
able amount OF building is now goin,
) on in this city ard suburbs. The al
; rivals from Puget Sound are liberal
coupled with q far Export asmsnd from
mill ports.-S + Com Herald.
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