Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-10-18
WOOD GIANT FOR THE WORLDS

Callforni, Il Ia bc honored by having
a section of one of her famous big tree.
made . prominent feature In the govern
ment building at the Columbian expc.i,
tion st Chicago. The project, the ac-
ccmpll.hment ~ which u fully assured,
!. an unique one. The section of the
tree will IT, - feet In diameter aud thlr-
~ feet long. TIL. will b. divided into
three parts, aud these Will le placed In
their natural position, one abo,c the
ether. and so arranged as Ia form two
story house. The contract for the tree
VA. made by ~. 4. 1sylor of the de-
psrtment of the Interior with the Kings
River Ium,er company In the spring of
this year and the company u now st
work getting II In their forest of sequoia
gigsntrs Ia the Converse basin ON Ming Z
River Ia Fresno County.
The contract called Tor tree ~ feet,
4 lnche. Ia diameter. bat the tree actual
" found viii b. three feet greater In
diameter. There arr, of course, larger
trees Ia the forest, hut the Requirement,
sss that this section should h~ perfect
In all resrcyts, G, lindrical, straight and
.ithout burn In th. bark, sni thi. was
the largest found to flll all these condi-
tions.
The tree selected I. Que known as the
"G.nersl Noble" u measure. II feet In
diameter near the ground, bat AZ the
object WAS Ia have the section of IN.
sam. diameter al both ends, a. nearly
AZ possible, q piccc !. being taken out of
the trre AZ some distance from the
ground. To Do thl. aud to preserve the
section from harm by falling ss we'll a.
to meet other requirements has proved
Ia bc work II considerable magnitude.
The lles I. not Ia send q solid section,
but rather, the rim II the tire followed
cut sni cut lnio segment. ~ suitable
.i,r. and all to h. numbered 80 that they
can be .rStc,i al Chicago .o 40 10 look
from the exterior like solid section of
sequel. % f-.t Ia height. The thr-.
parts into whiyh the .-,tion !. b.ing cut
consist of tNo parts 90 IA fc.t each, Ia
q. hollosesl out, anl one two fect thick,
~hich will serve ass door bctwc~n th.
two stories, q. u w-r-.
a. Orlsr Ia accomplish thl. work u be-
csne ney-.sary 90 cut on the top ~ this
great tr-- AZ height ~ 20 f-rt FROM
the gfound. mi. u done by building q
staging around the tfrc si that height,
siErc the wo,,lsmen slll yui on the
upI-r portion aud Jet u fall. This Il .
work % great difficulty. In or'icr Ia
avoid danger "a the m-n aud lnDary Ia
IN. portion 20 the tree. q big block u in-
serted In The cat on the .iie oa which u
u to fali, 80 that u. weight when falling
all cause u Ia Jump OF fat en0agh to
avoid al danger sBi damage. Wb~n TIL.
h,. hsen done the .cgtion ~ill thru b.
cut off by cro..-cut .sS. - fe.t la
length. made parIos.ly for thl. work.
Tlls fifst cai will d. the upg-r ll-foot
s,ytioh. III. ~ill be cut tsicc from top
Ia bottom with .ss., ani the segment
thu. separated will D. car,fully lowered
to the ground by means of an >alfcot
derrick. The b-au ~ the rcst 10 the
..ciion viii then b. followed out aud
the shell divided Into .egments, each Ia
D. lowered Nth the same csrr. and
each boxsi aud nambef-d separately.
The two-foot section ~lll thea - cut
"a aud dlyl,iei Into portable pieces. to
D. pat together Ia Chicago for the door.
a. stated. Next come. the los.r lt.foot
section. which ~lll b. handled In tbs
same manner a. the upper portion, leas-
log ?I-foot stump standing 10 the
forest.
The work 20 cutting. lowering aud
boxing the .egments is being pushed
forsari ss rapidly a. po.slble, aud II
:. expected that the tr-. will all be-
shipped by the end of October. To grt
the tree To point wber wagons eau
reach u. Il required the ballilng 81 a
road two mile. long. The entire ex-
hibli, Including the work, will co.t the
government several thousand dollars.
The tree when erectei u Chicago Will
b. surrounded by q glass dome aud will
stand directly under the great dome of
the government buildlng.--san Francis
90 Chronicle.