The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-02-07

ms ease. NlicH hOu CbiilS -
the poor mill man. who has to saw,
handle, and throw away this 70 per
cent OF his days cut, he is even a great
pr loser than the unfortunate loglnal'
THE PERCENTAGE OF LOSS UNDER THE
PRESENr SYSTEM.
In loos living along the stream cauS'
cd from running Out in the bushes III
hioh water, Sinkcrs, loss by worms,
interest on capital laying from one TO
two wears, could he easily footed up
annually from $4,000, TO S6O,Ooo', l
am told by the best posted men lllal
| there arc about 100000 logs in the
/ creeks and rivers waiting for hlgh wa
ter. and the capital in those logs WIN
amount to half Il million OF doliarS
aud then. when you come 10 MUM
that there is about a million OF dollars
worth of mill property LAYING idle at
the other end of the line. and 10 or
% ships anchored at Ship and Horn
Islands waiting for cargoes OF lumber
it would all sum up a tremendous
amount.
THE AMOUNT OF LnGs EEEEED DAILY
The daily amount of logs needed
now will run from l,200, TO l,o0o'
vheu il did not formerly require over
400. 10 800 daily. Then the streams
were not so encumbered with logs as
they are to-day, and the operations
did not extend up so high on me NV
ore. and there was Il better class OF
yellow pine put in the water; colSe7,
~ounntly there were less slnkers ahl
less need for such heavy floods TO gel
them down.
RAFTING LnGs WITH PINS.
From All the upper rivers, l uhucr-
stand lous are RATED with pins, which
is a great loss to the log man anu az
SO t. the mill man.
HOW To AVOID SUCH loss
FORM a boom company for the pnr-
roen of driving and delivering all illc
iooS cut on the Pascagoula river anu
tgirihutariqs. to the mills. l hnd on
my frip. looking over the creeks, thal
fhore Is ulenly of water flowing Geaf-
IL all the time in these creeks 10 aIlN9
LOGS. If they were properly cieane'
out. 1t would cost about Tl0o' a mn
~ take the snags Out Of the bed OF lil'
stream. Some miles may cost N2oo
while other miles may not cost Nd
II would thcn be necessary To D"llo
large Aood-dams on each
Tl,nv viii cost from 500 to S2,3OO =
pirrc IN proportion to the slZ" Oh NV
strnnm 1t viii be necessary the u
/. cui down the trees, aud zap thel'
into tbc low portions OF the stream II
keep the logs from running l'''o w.
woods, or, in other words, ''laN'
shcar-bnoms out of them nav WI
,rreatly lessen the cost OF driving as !
rill keep the log in the stream ~
,nnoms tt,at are treated in this way
Z mhnth,r they he large or sihali, log
,n hr driven down them, ana Ho
.ar,rl with pins. To Dead Lake or an
, ntt,,r GOOD place that may DC selccle'
! -, stnn Them. nv tins process ll
Mn man will have a yearly supp
81 Inns. They will be fresh, free frol
In damage'pur worm holes. Inc 10
viii oet his full money Two "
three timS Il year ana hS W."
have 10 put down ms whlp ""u az
: and rel his jam-polcs and run 10 u
creek every rain. "a,
Ian moi offering these sug9e tIol
frar, hcnrssy. without having amp
I nxncricuce ia do so. have pee
Sn,th twenty years, and have "DSer'
oI Tho above facts aud have Just I
tmrnrd from a trip up the river
Toarlv eyrlv one of these Sireal
L,sha1 from } II. to 6 tt. rise OF Wa'
in thrm recently, and there was no {
n r,rt made to ret out logs because
M 80 uuatural to do so with ia
is amount of water. have had u '"
Id rxperience in river urlNln4,
O. I have driven logs on the d. JON
IG piycr in the Province Of New Brnl
yict 9J0 miles. | have also urlN
-" lngs on the Susquchana ~ltiverll zen
nc 1I,ov are SO particular about rivers
% nj countrv, especially the latt'
- ,hat they don't allow amy logs To
,rs mi intha. nave any bark "h lhein'
.ct Tbave also handled logs IN the S''
10 cnnrgia In the rivers, and ais"
lie Tnnisiaua. and | fluid that nearly
our southern streams alc supp,
with a quantity of spring watel, a
tLat will facilitate driving wa" ~
ire J.msiu The low wafer SEASONS l'
led eummrr. In most of the hortl'
.,r.,u. there is very little wafer !
tt. uing. IN the summer, aud II W"hl"
,ay atmost nut of The question 10 a
in - tbere by dams in the SUM
aid timc. II Is best TO get inc ocn
Ing latest appliances, and men "ho
his ,vnll ~arolaiuted with handling 'h
ers I Jnn't mean by this to say 1t IS nc
cat sarv 10 havca tull quantity OF u
the men. but il is necessary TO ilanc
on of tl,cm IN each gang SO inc 'IN'
,th- nroft bv their experience "
nall aaaer these suggestions as any sur
aux ,ho nrescbt mode at all, Simply 10
ood an ,,nprovcmeni something tha'
Who ,riu he practical aud prontaOle 10
nth $50 well as to the mill maii. ;
nd - - go must have railroads 10 gct
MA. ',ifo wafer. THIS would be an
3 n w,str of capilsl, when we nave
losc fine water facilities, and there y =
80 ., cheap to handle large hOa
wa taii.s as water. am willing 10
avn - ,h,t railroads would be a
own aud improved facility over tue pI'
e 10 mode OF bringing logs to the sur
,dcd but VIC must first clear lheih ou' :
pell- 20 carry the log, as mere arc r.
age, nut Ia Than can be handlel. 4
logs must be some economical slep =
In the way Of taking better care
two supply Of timber, or we will 1s
been seiae ofonr ncighbor states, 100
ten for mill sites, and will be a lg.e
end ipihe way Of operating there wig
hem fnd Them, as some Of ou' i'te
r the went 10 California.