Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-29
THE CALIFORNIA BIG TREES.
There Are Nearly e 700 of the Giants stnl
Remaining.

There Are Nearly 2, 700 of the Giants Still
Remaining.
Andrew Caldwell, the special agent
of the general land Office, appointed to
make an investigation as to the location,
condition, number, etc. of giant (Se-
quota gigantea) trees in the Stockton
and Visalia land districts, in California,
has made his report to the commissioner
of the general land office. In the Visalia
district the report says there is one small
and one large grove of giant trees. The
latter is virgin forest and contains over
1900 giant Sequoias, and many more
small trees. Some five years ago a CO.
operative colony, located about forty en-
tries in the neighborhood and are con-
structing a road TO this timber belt.
The colony, it is asserted, number about
600 members and has recently en-
grated the Bellamy idea as its leading
attraction.
There is danger, the special agent be-
lieves, that these people, if molested
will soon destroy this most wonderful
and perfect body of Seauoia gigantia in
the world. in atable giving the number
and size of the trees in the groves visit
ed only those forty-five feet in circum-
ference and more, measured three feet
from the ground, are classed as giants
Of these 2,615 were found. Forty
four are over eighty feet in circumfer-
ence and several are more than hun
dred One is 1906 feet in circumference or
a little more than thirty-five in diane
ter Secretary Noble has requested the
secretary of war to station a company
of cavalry in the Sequoia National park,
to prevent depredations on the mann
moth tree groves, 1t is stated that the
so-called Bellamy colonists, who have
in rart perfected title to lands on which
these trees stand, have expressed pus-
pose to hold their claims in spite of all
opposition.
A Worlds Fair Decision.
The attorney general, at the request
of the secretary OF the treasury, has
rendered an opinion. in which he rules
that under the provisions of the worlds
fair law, the president is authorized to
designate such additional articles for
exhibition, outside of any department,
as he may see fit and proper. This
grant of authority. the attorney general
decides also carries with it the power
to employ such persons as will be neces-
sary to properly prepare and care for the
articles so designated. The attorney
general also decides in the matter of APP
portionment or division of the million
and a half fund, between the board Of
management of the government exhibit
and the National commission, that the
attention of congress should be called to
the question OF the division and applica-
ton of TINS fund. so that such action
may be had as congress shall decide to
be proper.
Deep Harbor Project.
Messrs. f. L. Dana, of Denver,
Howell Jones, of Topeka, J, B. Clarke,
of Chicago, and A. p Chamberlain. Of
Des Moines, appeared before the senate
committee on commerce Friday as a
subcommittee. appointed by the inter-
state deep-water harbor committee, and
made argument in favor Of the bill in
troduced BY Senator Cullom TO incor-
porate the Pan-American Transporta-
tion company, They stated that they
we're backed BY l5,0o0,000 people and
could secure St00. 000. 600 of capital. and
were appointed 10 look after the welfare
of the west before con gress, espe, tally
TO secure an appropriation from con-
gress 90 build one dtep-water harbor at
least ON the Texas coast II the gulf
No action was taken by the committee.
Sea Pcstonce u. Germany.
Mr. sachse. the direttCr Of the post
and telegraph department. of Rue Ger
man empire. aud Cap p a8ks. the
snpeTintendtn nt * fogeign mails Of the
posiofiice tepEf tIHeES, have concluded.
with the HFrscyai 81 tine poslmEsfeE