South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-10-02
A Trsin From One Tree.

"A 'crsin From One Tree.
The Tulare people are going 10 IL.
hibit one Of the results OF the Califor-
MIA climate In an altogether original
wsv.
There 10 . tree Ia that country
which 10 fair specimen OF what the
redwood can be If II grows enough.
II s'ands IN gorge deep enough to
be awful. AMI ito topmost boushs /,
where the cones are thsckes,, are on
level With the highest rocks on the
siies of The ravine
IL il NO, cut yet, 90 the measure
menis so far taken may be At faut 4
bit one way or the other. but they
are near enough tho truth to make
safe betting.
Tue iree IL 800 feet high. ninety
s.x feet from the butt 10 the first
branch, and tweniy.six feet through
at the very base.
A log Of Clean. smoolh wood that
will measure ninety feet 10 length !,
AMI average twenty feet in diam 0, or
can easily be cut out OF T..
That Is what he Tulare people
propose to do. and having the log
they wilt utilize it to the benefit Ct
the Worlds Fair aLd the glory of
ru.are.
The ires grows we'll up toward the
headwaters OF the Kawea,h river. and
the great log wil! have to be carried
or moved In some way to the railroad
al sisalia, distance Of neatly sixty
miles.
1t is stupendous undertaking, but
the people Of that country do not
stop at tribes. In all likelihood the
trunk will oe cut in sections length.
wise and then the sections will be
put on trucas and taken over the log
road. OK teams will do the hauling,
probably . score Of them to the
section.
In many places a road will have 10
be cut through aud built up. Crooks
and turns and precipitous slants will
have to be avoided, and often when
the road is up hill il win require the
combined strength Of all the oxen to
haul section OF the tree up the
steep.
When finally the giant OF the Tu
'arc woods is where it can be moved
on railroad cars it will have cost
hundreds and hundreds of dollars
and six m nths viii. have passed
from the time The men with axes
started to fell T..
Then the important work will
begin. -
The log vii! be made whole by the
putting together of the Sc clions
Expert woodsmen will cut it across
in the middle, making two lengths
each AZ feet long. Each Of these
lengths will then be hewn into the
shape OF ordinary railway passenger
coaches.
The rough bark of the tree will be
the roof of the car. and on the sides
and ends the natural wood viii! be
left unpublished.
The inside will be followed out,
windows and doors put in. and the
Interior finished after the fashion of
Pullman cars. Oae will be a buffet
and dining car, with apartment for
bath, barber shop and kitchen. The
; ther will be a sleeper with an ob,e-.
walton room. Platforms will be nut
at the ends and ordinary trucks un.
derneath, and to prevent the trans.
form d tree from falling to pieces
under any circums, ances heavy bands
OF iron will be put around The BODY
Of tie car.
. The tree would have been left With
the bark ell on but for the fact that
the cars could not be more than the
regulation size and get over bridges
and through tunnels safely. They
will be eleven feet wide and ten feet
high.
1t is intended that the men OF Ia
lare shall take their wives and chill.
dten to the Columbian Exposition,
with the tree.
The cars will be kept on the fair
grounds and the delegation will make
them the.r home. The portion. of
the tree not used in making the
coaches will be cut mp aud sold as
mementoes.-Sau francisco Exam
liner.