St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-21
LEARNED ABOUT LOGS.
Indications Favorable for a Heavy Cut
Along the Wisconsin Rivers.

Especial Telegram 10 The Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Jan. 20.-The past
week has been q most favorable one for
operations 10 the woods, the mperature re-
naming unchanged from Is 10 20 degrees
below zero. The woodman, in order to keep
from suffering from cold, viii accomplish
more work in frigid day than he will in
two days when the weather is moderate.
Reports from all districts in this part of the
state are Of the most favorable character.
Many of the mill men, who proposed to
largely curtail their cut at the commence
ment, have changed their intentions mate
rally since, and instead Of discharging part
of their forces. are increasing them. Lum-
Der matters within the past few days are
Frightening up q little, and trade in the
yards is no duller at this dullest part Of the
season than was expected. In fact the Eos
ter mill at Fairchild, and mills at other
points along the railroad below
here have been In operation all
winter, and, unless some unforeseen accident
or interruption occurs, will continue the year
round. These mills are not dependent on
streams for their log supply. but the pinery
work is carried along summer and winter
aud the stock Is made available to the mills
by means of logging railroads. One OF
these convenient roads Is in successful opera
ton from Fairchild, IN the eastern part Of
this county, to the Eau Claire river, dis
lance Of twenty miles. Two small loco
motives do the work OF hauling, and all
there is to do at the choppiugs, is to load the
Loo -Fn.l-a and ha frnf IA aAv~ t.
starting. Another road, similarly opeI ated,
has been constructed from Poto lake, in the
northern part OF Chippewa county. These
roads work to entire satisfaction, and e will
be but a couple Of seasons before they will
!, come into general use in all the logging dis
diets by reason of the choppings becoming
too far away from reliable navigable streams
To incur the expense of transportation OF
logs by teams.
The late snow storms have increased the
depth Of snow on the head waters Of Elk.
Jump aud Flambcau to nearly two feet, and
more snow at present viii inevitably prove
detrimental 90 the work. The roads In ex-
posed places were badly drifted during the
middle Of last week, but frequent travel by
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good condition. 4 foreman of
one Of the larger camps on the
upper river, who has been making
observation Of the condition Of logging af-
fairs gives his opinion that to date there is
fully one-fourth more logs cut and banked
than was calculated. This ratio is likely to
continue as long as favorable weather holds
out aud lumbermen will opsn their eyes in
establishment at the big crop OF available
logs to handle the coming season when the
sealers make out their reports. The work Of
getting the scattered logs along the Chippewa
caused by inundsiion last September
back into the river again is progressing
a. fAvorably as circumstances will allow.
Millions Of feet have already been put INTO
the river. and thousands Of logs, scattered
for mile aud over from the rivers, stranded
on the prsiries and in the timber viii remain
in their present position till they rot. Il Is
estimated there is yet from p. 200, 000 to S.
00O. 900 feet scattered shove the bottoms from
here to the mouth Of the Mississippi, which
will be pat back by contractors with all pos
sihle dispatch