Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-01
OH INsTEAn oF SNOW.


Substitute Tor the .sHsauttfu,.
In the lumber regions ~ ,o-t,,..,,
Pennsylvanis q curious ernediert ~ i !, =
been resortcd to for ~ ,r,r,,s,.s - :. !. .
ting the logs out Of the woods HIM.
dreds Of barrels Of crude M nav. 49,,
sent to the camps, and this fiuid nonred
over the ssslides. ? This WA intandsa g
take the place OF snow. Too. ~, o,,l.
be got to the market over slinnerv paths
70 when there was no snow n IL thsv
creased the mountain slidea. br,t 4, .s,,s..
Of that the vast lumber interest 81 ~
state have suffered Is I .eric,,s s I, ~
from this mid winter.
The snow that fell Friday rave Il.
lumber princes Of Williamson ana a.
idle camp men 4 CLEAN a. hnne Tbe
thaw recently, however. knocLad o,,t
all this hope. / understand tlat .nov
would have ~ faII /. $500 ..-.sIA 49, - 80 ~
maintained by thirty davs 81 fraezi,,s
weather to bring into the .tya.,ns ~
lumber now lying in the forests.
This is tbs first time that crude -.
troleum has been used 10 Iubricata a.
slides to any extent, some 81 ia sl;des
are twelve miles long. startino aw.v
back on the summit 81 ! mountsic ~
running through the M saes. e 800 ~
stances shooting nm ona h;il .nd dn,-r
another in series Of inclinee ~. -.
mentum the logs gather with distsrc.
sends them along with furious rate II
speed, and the crude iii IL. hae,.' sc,,,,d
not to wear of for nearly & well
There are TODAY 25() O0l 0n0 fa.t ~ t;,,,-
Der lying in the woods ,rh;ch o,,rtt !.
have been in the booms ~ W;lr;.rss,.,, =
before this time. IN othar ,,o~sl. II,
has usually seen ali that svo;,ds.f,,i
amount Of timber living r. tha r;v.r ta~o
and much OF it in the mills ha;r0 6c;slad
for the market. This forest biocLad i
worth millions Of dollars Tia iogs -
they are felled are worth Il "a Il, I nno
feet for hemlock and from All - ItK 80
pine.
Twenty different f,rms ~ yv;l,;. ,,.-.
are sufferers from the hIock.d.f Iii
5000 wood cutters in the camna a. ;5Ja
drawing no nav. IN add;t;or - 4, th;s
there are scores Of saw milIa nortahla srd
stationary. ND through the foraet Count,
which have been shut down most "a ~
winter because thew could NOT yat 81.
logs from the woods. This would ia
tens Of millions Of feet e. the ahova A..
ures. For instance. A. q. Honl;rs :,
Lock Haven, has 81 .OOO. 600 laos win. =
Elk and Clearfield counties TIM, -,
he has only been able. with the IA I'll
creased slides. to get enouoh t;r,ha,
down into Sinnamahonino creet 10 f,rr,
thirty RATS. and even sinca i. Ia Ia
them there, there has not been watar
enough to bring them into thu was,
branch of the Susouehanna
Cochran, Payne q McCorm;ck .rd
Deemer & Co., Of WILLIAMSBURG are tie
largest operators in the state. Mr. JC
Payne said to me today: ..There Il not
more than'E 1000, 900 feet on the river in
the neighbor.,ood of Williamsport. This
Is less than ! fifth of what we usuarv
have on hand at this season of the vea.
As it will require at least one month 81
continuous cold weather to oct the e5o
300, 900 feet of logs ont Of the wood.
md as this . already late in FEBRUARY
It begins to look doubtful whether va
will have Ia. Re stocks on hand tbis sr,..
ner. OF course think this will Aft
market pric, for Pennsylvania lumhcr
The verv fart that xra bara hod -