Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-12-20

lumber. Other counties in the state are
fully as thickly timbered, and have, so
far, been logged very little so it will be
seen that, even in its present vastness,
the Washington numbering industry is
only in its infancy, comparatively speak
ing.
The greater part of the merchantable
timber of Washington is Douglas fir
but spruce and cedar are also extensively
cut, especially the latter. which furn-
ishes the enormous quantity OF shingles
produced in the Puget Sound Basin
Douglas fir has been widely tested by the
U. S. Government, by the car building
departments OF the leading railroads, by
leading architects, and by prominent
ship builders, and the resultsas to shear.
ing strength, tensile strength, and spe-
cific gravity, and as to capabilities for
receiving finish, have been uniformly
satisfactory. 1t is indeed remarkable
wood, and for bridge building, ship
building and all structural work cannot
be excelled. Its cheapness, all things
considered, is also remarkable; and the
wonder is that its sale has not grown
with even greater rapidity than it has.
Washington's red cedar shingles are
supplanting white pine and cypress in
all the western states, and are rapidly
working their way into prominence in
the eastern states. Cedar shingles stand
extremes of temperature better than any
others, and are not nearly so combusti-
BILE. AS to their durability, buildings
have lately been torn down in Seattle
that were covered thirty-fve years ago
with cedar shakes, and they were found
to be perfectly sound. The butts were
worn thin by the continual dropping of
the rain, but not in the least decayed
Lumbermen, well acquainted with both
the cedar and the pine, do not hesitate
In making the assertion that cedar
shingles will outlast pine, two to one,
under any and all circumstances.
The output from the two hundred and
fifty sawmills and the two hundred and
forty single mills operated in the State
during the year of 1893 was eleven humid
red and sixtyfour million feet OF lumber,
valued at 81 ,000,0 900; and nineteen
hundred million shingles, valued at
S2,6o0,OOJ. This is greater output than
that OF Oregon, Idaho, Montana and
British Columbia combined The single
mills OF the State have a daily capacity
OF sixteen millions while King countv's
thirty mills have daily capacity OF
three and a half million shingles, and
last year cut 100000, 900, valued at $780,
GOO, the largest output of any
county in the State.
The trade report of Seattle for the year
ending June 80, 1894 shows lumber
shipped from Seattle and adjoining terri
tory by rail, 1850, 900, 900 feet; shingles
shipped from Seattle and adjoining ter
ritory by rail, 1907 100000; lumber
shipped by vessel, ll6445, 900. For the
first five months of 1893, Seattle made
transcontinental shipments over the
Northern Pacific alone of 1896 cars of lum
Der and 1886 cars of shingles. Figures
from other roads are not at hand.
OF the 100000 feet exported during
October OF this year Australia gets 3 ,5OO,-
ooO feet; South America, $780, 5000 feet
South Africa, 5000, 900 feet and China,
Hawaii and Japan following in the order
named. Large contracts have been
signed by Puget Sound lumbern en- to