Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-15

AscoS. April e.-rhe recent tsrsi5,
disasters by foods both at home ans
abroad. csnsed by the reckless am
criminal destruction of forests. Ia,
drawn the attention of Georyians and
cit xe1s of other sonshera states fo-c,,
Oily TO the Croslsig danger which threat
ems them in this respect One dance,
ei2nai IL the gradual disap-e ,ras,rs Of
nso. bat the relentless war nov being
vsced On the forests is also BEN, fe,,
In other WAYS than the inaaiiisy Of tho
angler TO cs.sh ANYTHING bnt cst.isb
oolihesds. nauicats. or suckers. AZ IN. v
are variouslv called in The c sfsse- colarest
streams of GsosSsa and Alabama. From
the rcd bills of Gesrgi4 co.ne down even
nov enormous vashiaSs, which are I'LL
ing The channels of tbs rivsyS. on tie
banks OF which are slins ed n any of the
largest towns The q .aaaisse. (acoass.
fnnf. Altamahs. Casttshoeass., and
otner streams agi look rs ii tse, wers
trying TO wash tbs neishbo.ips country
away Trough tue rims have been hy no
means heavy, and all shsw To the kesn
observer signs of inevitable disaster
unless tbs reokl 81 denalsng of the
forests is checked.
inFio-ida.i. - actually a fac. that
neS railroad and canal companies have
received grants OF more land than thsre
Is n the State. These companies, With
out running level. having \ tie, or ii
RIng trench, are hard az work creeiily
and reuorselessly cutting down and
selling their timber. This onc<. done.
the chances of road being built or a
canal dug are exceedingly slim. In
Georgia. and through 10 the Mississippi.
the home demand alone for wood is
enormous. The ;urpsn,,ue stills usa
vast Quantities, as do the wood burning
locomotives of the railroads. Az coal
from Alabama costs s. a ton. there Ia a
wood pile III every back yard. Bat there
IS erea; daai OF wood III Georgia. and
the wood pile, for Ordinary pur, o IS.
would last many long year To corae,
were II not for sgigan.ic wood u les of
another kind, 10 supply which thous-
huds OF acres OF land are cleared clean
OF timber every year. These piles are
the charcosi pits. They are called pits.
bat are really ali We ground. Charcoal
masking Is great iadustrf, aud gives
employment to thousands, aud tie in
roads made BY this industry ON the for /,
ests may be imagined whom il is stated
that % supply the furnaces along the -!
East Tennessee, Virginia. and Georgia
Railroad alone fron GOO to 5000 acras !
of land ara cleared every year. These /
furnaces are over { g Stata line in Ala |
banaa, south Of Rome. and all use char |
coal ID reduce the orus. Oae large fur. !
mace uses over 2.0o0,0o9 bushels OF char /
GOAL year. and to furnish this charcoal /
nearly Zoo acres of land are stripped
for the wood. To chop this wood $50
men are employed iiys or six months |
IN the year, aud il reqaires the. services
Of 40 more to reduce tue wood to char
coal. Then numerous men and teams
are needed to haul the W" d to the pits
Md tbs charcoal t. the furnaces. These
pits are from twenty To forty feet in ci-
smeter. and from twelve 10 twenty feet
i'eh. They hold from forty TO sixty
sord'. Tires cords of pine make 100
bushels Of charcoal.
lhe mon who make the charcoal are
,alled GOLFERS. They are hardy, be-
,rirued, honest, hard working men.
md day with them is not misspent.
N making the charcoal a circular. level
paos, of ground is prepared, called
hearth. The wood, cut three to four
Get long. ia piled on end in tiers and
ormed into cone by beiug gradually
narrowed to point at the top. Leaves,
wigs and wire grass are then placed on
he heap. and over them ia placed damp
arth and charcoal dust. The nit is
low complete. An opening Is left at
he top until the fire is started and then
covered up. When once well irnited
'penilgs are made and closed in the Dit
II different places from time 10 time.
ccording as 1t Is desired to hasten the
harring III Gle place or slow it down in
mother. Charcoal Burning is a scion
life process, end the collier, though
nutty aad begrimed. and smsllinQ
'owerfuily punaent, Ia a IN IN OF intelli-
'ence. he tells by the color of the es-
apinQ smoke alone how the charrinc il
'oing ON, and rejoices to see the smoke
mango from q deep monrnfui black to
ight ethereal blue. This is signal
hat the charcoal is made. It now only
las to be drawn. but this requires great
are IN the uncoyeTing. or the whole BIT |
nay catch fire, and burn instead of
har.
In addition to the drain from home
ources, enormous as il is, a steamship
mo has been organized tn carry timber
rom Fernandina to Liverpool, in addi-
ION to the numerous sailing vessels en-.
'loyed for the same purpose. An old
ieorRian, conyersing ON the subject,
losed by saying: There's a heap OF
rood in Georgia, that's fact, but they
urn more'n they used to, and | have To
!aui II right far ways now to what l ;,
lid few wears apo.-