Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-06-28
UNDER THE PINES.
A Budget of Information From the
Mountains.

the logging and lumber camps Of
Lake Tahoe.
About the liveliest camp at present
in operation, is the Incline, that
magnificent monument to engineer
ing skill, which carries countless cords
of wood four thousand feet up an al
most perpendicular mountain side,
where it is sent by fume into the
valley below.
The work necessary to cutting, as
sorting and finally depositing this
wood in the Lake View lumler yard,
gives employment to nearly three
hundred men, and the scale of wages
paid them is higher than in any
other camp on the Lake.
| Not drop of alcoholic "stimu>
liant" is allowed on the timber land
of the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lum-
Der Co., and the result is sobriety
and good fellowship among the men,
A. Spencer, who has charge of the
affairs of the company at present,
has always made it point to give
white men the preference in all
kinds of work, and the only Chinese
employed are in the kitchen
Spencer's motto appears to be
cleanliness" The grove surrounds
ing the office and running dowh to
the lake shore, is constantly attended
by q professional forester, whose
duty is to clear away all broken
limbs, pine cones and fallen trees,
which are burned, thus keeping the
place like garden of pines, and Civ
ing it the appearance of vast and
well kept park.
In the evening Spencer gets out a
garden hose and vets down a square |
tract of land around his office to keep
the dust down.
He stays with his irrigation scheme
clear into the twilight, and only re
tires when the cool lake breeze
drives him under cover.
A good many Carson men are en-
ployed, who will find plenty to do
until : rober, during which month
tn camp will probably be shut
do u,
Lancelet Thompson, Joe Kennedy,
VIM Remiey and L. E. Little have
secured a contract to cut 5000 cords
of wood and have 40 men under
them, who are rapidly bringing the
contract to close.
A good many of those men have
been employed since November, but
the season opened little later than
usual on account of the severity Of
of the Winter.
By July first the narrow guage
railroad will be III running order and
Engineers Charlie Blethen ard LATE
Robinson are getting their locomo-
tives in condition for hard work. One
train hauls logs from Sand Harbor,
making hourly trips, and the other
cord wood every half hour.
By the middle of July the entire
system will be in full blast and the
hills and ravines will resound with
kissing of steam, the stroke of the
ak and the intermitting crash of fall
ing monarchs coming to earth after
facing the winds and storms of the
past century.
Gen. Marlette has 10000 cord
contract to fill. Wade Loufborrow
is his book-keeper and manager.
Mrs. 1oufborrow will soon join and q
they will remain till the close of the l
season.
Wade has made himself favorite
with the boys by his singing and vio- {
lin playing, which he quite fire.
quently turns loose in the evening !,
and on Sundays Quite often the /,
entertainment is sprinkled with a :
song by Bill Remley who sings !
"Comrades" and care The Onions Z
Ripe Love" in such manner as to ;
bring tears to sheep>herder's eyes. Il
Joe Kennedy and L. f. Little with !,
Charlie Jinkins, once week render
a little dialogue entitled 1.-The Cost
of Calico Dress" written for the I
occasion by John Davis, formerly of 1
Carson.
Altogether the camp is in pros {
porous condition and bids fair to hold {
out as long as the Comstock, upon v
which it depends, exists. r
Seven million feet of lumber have r
been cut since 1885, and the average t