The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-18
COLUMBIA COUNTY pa
The Hard Wood Region.

The hard wood lumber interests of
the south are bang rapidly developed,
says the Boston Commercial Bulletin
The sutheru hard wood district en-
braces the states of North Carolina,
West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee
and Kentucky. About one half of the
latter state is said to be covered with
forests ut valuable timber. Within the
last eighteen months large mills have
heen erectel at Point Burnside, the
crossing of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad and the Cumberland river, at
Williamsburg, the crossing of the
Louisville aud Knoxville railroad aud
the Cunoerland river at the crossing of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad aud
the Licking river, at the crossing of the
Kentucky Central aud Kentucky river,
and at the crossing of the Kentucky
Union railroad aud the Red river.
There have been in addition numerous
wood working abllshments erected,
and the next few years will bring Ken.
lucky up into the front rank OF timber
states.
In West Virginia, north of the Ka-
nawha river, there is an immense body
of timber lands which are traversed by
the rivers Pocs,alico, Elk, Gauly and
Greenbrier, all of which are said TO be
good logging streams On the head
waters of the Gauly river and its main
tributaries, the Williams, Cranberry
and Cherry rivers, there is said to be
an exceedingly fine body of cherry tim
Der. The walnut is also said to be
very fine, as we'll as the white oak,
maple, ash and black spruce. A large
part of the territory between the Balti-
more and Ohio and the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroads, about 100 miles
wide and running the whole length of
the state, is almost virgin forest and
the same is true of that part of the
state lying south of the Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad and of the Kanawhs.
This district is also about 100 miles
wide and extends through the state,
from east to west, and is fairly well
supplied with streams that empty in the
Kanawha or New river, which is tap
ped by the Chesapeake Il Ohio rail
road. There are several new mills to
be erected in this district this spring,
and there have been several good cou-
tracts taken tor next summers delivery
of oak, ash, poplar, walnut and cherry
at good prices.
There is very large area of white
oak, yellow poplar, walnut, ash, etc, in
southern Kentucky aud western North
Carolina In this latter district there
are extensive forests of white pine, and
in the eastern part of the state is the
celebrated long leaf pine. There is
yet remaining in North Carolina about
10000 square miles of valuable forests
OF the 62 varieties of timber found
east of the Rocky mountains, North
Carolina has in great abundance 81
varieties of the most valuable. Thi.
large area of timber in North Carolina
aud the timber land of southwest Vir
ginia, West Virginia, eastern Kentucky
and east Tennessee will probably fol
years furnish profitable transportation
to the railways running southwark
from the Ohio river and their develop.
ment will undoubtedly bring great
wealth TO those states. The hard wooC
forests of Ohio and Indiana have beer
almost entirely cleared off and the sup
) ply must now come from the southern
states The pine of the northwest il
going rapidly also, and its place in tim'
will have TO be supplied with the cheap
er classes of hard woods and the cy
: press aud yellow pine of the states
farther south. In view of these facts
: Cincinnati and Louisville are already
!, regarding themselves as the future
! great lumber distributing points.