New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
SOME GEORGI1 INDUSTRIES.
PINE FOREST PRODUCTS TURNED TO USE.
NAVAL STORES EASILY SUPPLIED-SAYANNAH 5
CHANCES FOR NAVY YARD

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savannah Ga, April 23.-For those who have
capital to invest IN naval stores Industries, lum-
Der mills extensive sheep cattle ranches or large
cotton plantations. Georgia offers the most deNlraoe
advantages Under the dcs gnaon OF naval stores are
included turpentine. rOsin pitch and tar These
products are derived from the sap Of tho long Leaf
pine of the SOUTH forests Of which form An I'M
mcnse belt across the whole State OF Georgia The
collection of the sap and lis manufacture afford en-
ployment to thousand, of people
Recognizing the advantages which Georgia possesses
In this respect. the South Atlantic and Gulf CoaSt
Naval Commissioners sent out TO select site for the
new NAVY Yard have been examining the coast line
from Charleston to Brunswick The Commission Is
composed OF Commodore Mccain, Captain Boyd and
Captain Brownson, with Lieutenant Kennedy As score
taIy The site be selected will have TO be beyond
rhe range of bombaidment, and necessarily several
miles I'm from the sea. Savannah iiarbor thus offers
fair inducements for such naval station. ana II IS
not unlikely that 1t Will be the choice Of the commits
sioners Fixing the site Of the Navy Yar here
would give a impetus to the already extensive
lumber industries IN the pine woods tust back Of the
city Thi, IS the great seaport and centric OF the
naval store and lumber business Of Georgia The
grea, swamps which border the rivers Of tho
state abound I'm dense growthS Of cypress trees.
which are being used extensively
for ship building purposes. The exports 10 Germany
Of thl, valuable timber also large and Increasing
every year Thousands Of barrels OF turpentinc and
rO>in in from the woods annually and pass
through savannah Harbor to all points north and west
Commercially the pine woods Of Georgia are prob
ably her most important resource. They almost
inexhausible and of superior quality to those found
further mp the Carolina coasts. As ; the
large saw-mills denude one section OF the country
they move districts. and they begin operations
again. Young pine spring up all arouIil
the stumps of the old ones and in five years they
ready to be tapptd for turpentine. This does not
materially njure the trees. and they continue 10
grow into large timber, while the turpentne farmers
making good living from abundant flow Of
sap In fifteen or twenty years the trees ara ready
for the wOodman's again Thus they actually
grow faster than they down.
In the primitive Of lumber mills there IS al
ways more or less waste and great deal Of timber
thar would 10 utilized IN by Northern lum-
herman IS burned up Lumber IS so cheap here that
1t does not pay make any Of refuse matter.
Things being systcmsthed, however, more gen
orally every year, and ways Of disposing Of all parts
OF the 10 profit being invented. The pine
fibre industry IS probably the most rscent and the
best illustration Of what can be done with the pine
woods by little thinking and experimenting. Whose
brain first textile possibilities In pine foliage /,
quite unknown but by the discovery what has been
| only waste matter is now converted into various
articles not only OF comfort but OF retail i'm.
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and field pine have leaves averaging fourteen inches
in length, and some measure twenty-seven. Children
| and women gather these leaves from feel trees
and bring them 10 the factory. Fifteen cents a hun
dre pounds Is the average price paid for this straw
as 1t Is called
The straw Is then thrown into a huge tank and
little caustic soda IS aided For twelve hours the
mass IS then cooked By steam from pipes passing
through the tank. Then II IS passed through The
rubber which cleanscs II entirely from all soda pulp
etc, leaving clean fibre alone. The wringer breaker
and carier then successfully handle II and the DRYER
| finishes 1t. Tie fibre is used for various purposes.
! The cOarser material IS IN demand for mattre>ses
and general upho,terlng, being elastic durable and
exempt from insect ravages. The finest IS marke.,
surgeons packing and Is used BY physicians ia
various ways. Mattings. carpets ard other floor
| Ing material are made out Of H. When this peculiar
| Industry was first started the object was 10 make
flooring material; but the makers soon set about
| evolving from the pine wool fabric which would
resist the chemical action destructive to every
material heretofore used packnE FOR phosphate,
The result Is cloth that VIII cLduc every u,t.
Tho cotton planter IS thus bcnefte, by the invention.
and the manufacturers Of fertilizers are also coming
in for their share Of the good that the material Is
| conferrng upon the south. Oh IS another
! product which the pine produces. This
| Is drawn from the green straw by subiectng
to the action Of steam great rctort or boiler
| The medicinal properties Of this oil are we'll rccos
| nzed by medical men, and there j. great and
| general demand for It, Thus thousands OF dollars
| are being annually made Of material that lew
years ago was allowed to 60 TO waste.