The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

stands representative of the lumber indus
Try on fh5s eoast Captain Rentost Z noz
~ years odd, Il II sad although ii: i dfsT-
eult - begieye tEAs the staswnrt fsgure.
which reminds enc 81 the great fsiubers be
hsws. has passed threescors. strong.
clear features. ses oiT with steel gray hair
ard Nhiskers, tell ct TIE iradauiis.Ese viii.
and TIE strength Of bis advanced years 4
the reward ne earns for Tie Of ,,friet re-
gard Tor Natures taw. ALFRED in hts car.
digzn jacket, with round ssonch hat. he
attends IS strictly to business nov
as he did when . Struggling beginner.
although be can tel os sfx nznglts f,evossd
q nnnegai ss within his reach il, dollars.
an accident has deprived aim tor scrse
years Of his sight, bat bis business keen.
ness, added 10 . moAf marvellous rsenanfy.
enables him 70 keep track Of every detail of
bis vket business He Iivea In & modest
house upon the island, where he Id noe only
the employer OF over ~ hands, bat the
friend o. every man. woman and ehild
Childless himself, be has 3 larxe-hearfed
sympathy for sA. and although he main
tAins that every man fought 10 make his
04n way, hts hand often steals silently
into BIS pcekss 20 belle the stern PHILOSOPHY
OF HE life
Ia 1864 The capacity OF the Blalselsy nil
was 5o.fs0 feet day, shipped mostly 70
ran Francisco, but the following year the
firm began 10 ship "a south America, later
10 England, and eventually 30 the East
Australia was the BEST customer for some
years. but the trade with the Hawaiian
isiands i important. that wiih south
America ia Increasing, with a considerable
demand from China and Japan The total
cut Tor the psst year vas IS 5Sf 90 feet. OF
which - COS ssi feet we're for foreign ship
nserit. Recently whole cargo
vas consigned 90 Liverpool, and
two for Belfast The inquiry
from England IA for the best quality and
vessel Is nos loading for Cardiff. filing an
ordsf for .000.o0o feet, the bulk OF ahich i
measured out In besvy timber I6xiHx6I
aud reached 2sx2fxs0. This Is q costly
cargo, the logs alone costing SIS per 90
feet, and the cargo running up to $1,000 or
$1,000
The mills viii turn out from 10000 to
q possible 10000 feet day, employing
two engines OF ss5 horsepower each, two
Of 20 each, two Of 100 each and ten
smaller ones for incidental purposes. max
Ing about 1900 horsepower. The chief
machinery consists OF two dontle rotary
saws. two re-saws Of sixty ard seventy
inches. two gang saws and eleven trimmer
saws, two Iath mills and I've planners.
These figures convey to the experienced
the extent OF the operations, hut 10 the
layman they are not so wonderful as the
magnificent systein By which huge logs are
caught mp and whirled into line. cut mp
into pianks by the resistiess serrated teeth
Of the steel saws, turned over. trimmed.
chopped of % lengths and issued from the
open mouth Of tr0ughs In the shape of
beams. faffers, posts, slaves and laths.
snatehed Mp by gangs Of men and piled
upon trucks or shot down into tho holds Of
ocean.goisg vessels.
The methods OF logging have changed OF
tate years, one OF the most expensive be-
ing the substitution OF miniature iocomo-
tiyea aud railroads for the old skid road of
more primitive days. More caye Is re-
quired, too. in the selection OF trees 20 he
felied and RATED. the greater expense call.
ing for nicer discrimination.
Pine and fir. though picturesque In ex.
tensiye tracts. don't helang TO the aristo-
eracy of the forest. While redwood and
cypress yield g. per cent OF understandable
timber. pine only yields 10 per cent. IN a
large average, although certain clumps
may yield - and 20 yer cent The re-
mainder IS what the ioggers call ''corky.
or permeafea through the core 10 a vary
ine degree by rottenness peculiar 10 IT,
self That is why tho leggers are pushing
their way far into the interior, notwith-
standing the dense mass Of timber which
seems to stand tnvitingly upon every side.
Vast quantities OF timber have been cut
down for use. and equally large quantities
have hren DESTROYED by Ere. but the I'M
mense resources OF the state have hardly
yet been tapped. and many min besides
that af Rsnton. Holmes & Co. az Port
BlAkelay. will be kept running for years TO
come With logs supplied within The bound
aries OF Washington.