Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-13

measuring II inches In diameter. In th,s
Ease u Is evident that such A beam na,
have but little or no san WAN cur
,..i,,' 'gnin. the larger tho beam re-
aiFeu, the less sap 1t can have. TAKE
,ng case or a liNis inch girder which No.
1919 Tree at least "a inches In din
arS hit, "iu II VIII be nearly all heart.
nv wneh cut from larger trees will he
perfectly free from san. An tSx,s -
pos, must be cut from the trees az inches
all heart. wa prouuee
, me mn men insist that SAP for in
.erior structures is unohjeotlonabie whiia
or exposed work. such as bridge and
.lesue work. II IL liable to rot. The san
strength than "all heart" as has bec,,
proven by many tests.
~ ls Wen known that as the tree nd
,unces IN age. the proportion OF san 10
Ieurt II gradually reduced-thus n 10 i,rh
re WIZ have 3h Inch ring OF SAP. n "a
Ivy, ,ne,i ,rse sap ring OF IN inches, a "a
,neh uee ring OF Inches and a Is
,mou trse ring OF ~ inches; while as the
uee advances to the nge OF about 7On
years It transforms ali sap 10 hcart
nnd begins TO die.
su"h bill of lumber as the above is
perhaps as economical a use of the
forests ms can be found. Large trees are
iened TO supply the heavy iosts and
Ilrders-these being worked out OF the
outt cuts, The second cut win furnish a
smaller post, and the third ont g noor
beam Thus the whole tree is consumed
with but little waste. But. where n large
order OF heavy stun IL sold. II means that
tho forests must be stripped OF their
toblest trees to furnish timbers perhapa
only sixteen feet long, while the rest OF
the tree Is left to rot and cucumber the
earth
No ono with the love OF nature in his
heart can stand dlspasslonately by and
see the prlmeyal groves RACED 10 the
ground without shudderinE regret. 10
see the fruitful earth give up it's patient
growth OF five or six centuries. TO the
suduen and impatient demands OF COM
merce and trade-to wipe out In a nlaht
the stately groves of Gods own ordinance
and leave them In the morning, n ghast-
ly Held filled with disjccted members OF
an awful massacre,
THE EXPORT BUSINESS.
The vessels now in port at Sabine Pass
loading lumber are the Senator Sullivan.
for Tampico, the JEANNE Woodsidc, for
south America. and the Eel. for the Mex
lean coast. The Export company Is load
Ing the Woodside and tho Eel while tile
sullivan's cargo is being supplied Jointly
by the above company and the Reliance.
The steamship Sunniva, which ia tho
largest steamer that has ever entered
Sabine Pass 10 load lumber arrived yes
terdny TO load for Jamaica, She will re-
turn to tho Pass for her third cargo and
may possibly make several more trips.
The vessel Is under churter with the Re
lance. which has her cargo ON the wharf.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Treasurer Harvey Fletcher OF the Texas
a
weston last Sunday.
Mr.. John N. Gilbert. manager on the
Beaumont Lumber company. left yester-
day for a short trip to the interior.
Mr.. D. X. Newsum Is out in the state
In the interest OF the Tram and reports
business good and the prospect excellent
for a large demand.
President wless OF the Reliance has been
out the entire week on a deer hunt while
President Fletcher OF the Tram has been
among business connections in the lnte-
rlor.
Mr.. j. A. Bentley, who runs a saw mill
IN Texas and one In Louisiana and oscil.
lates between the two. was here Thurs
day and after an hour or two at the plank
mill journoyed westward
MIR. p. NJ. wiess is nome In Beaumont
after an absence of several weeks. The
words "in Beaumont" are used because II
was thought for time he had adopted
TexarIana as his home.
The Long Manufacturing company has
reached the point In building Its new mil
where progress seems slow, although
work Is actually going forward with rea.
sonable speed. Cement foundations fol
the boilers are being made some of tn,
live-rollers and other machinery has beer
| placed and there Ia about the structure ar
air of general activity. i Will, howver, b,
sixty days before the mill is completed.