The San Francisco call., 1896-06-15
Large Exports to Europe, Aus
tralia, Hawaii and Central
America.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CAR RATES
Affect What Would Otherwise Be an
Immense Business in the Eastern
States.

EURUKA, CAL, June 14.-There are
probably no commodities shipped from
California which are so peculiarly Caliior-
MAN as redwood lumber and the products
of redwood. Nowhere else in the United
States, or in the world, is redwood timber
TO be had; therefore in these lines nature
has endowed California with monopoly
secure from disturbance from other locali-
ties for all time.
The redwood manufacturers of Califor-
MIA have for many years been satisfied to
allow their material to make its own way in
the markets of the world. Knowing its ad-
vantages over other materials in the mat
ter Of non-inhammabiity also in the mat
ter of lightness and softness, the latter
quality rendering it desira bic for general
interior and exterior finish, and knowing
its superiority over all other woods for its
lasting qualities when put in the ground,
they thought il would gradually make
itself necessary in the markets OF the
world, and up to this time have done lit
tie or nothing to make its many qualities
generally known.
In this respect, however, the manufac-
turers have now determined to pursue a
different policy. They have been encour-
aged by good demand for redwood lum-
ber from Europe, Australia, the Sandwich
Islands and Central America, as well as
by the growing demand for carload lots
for shipment East, and have concluded to
put men in the different markets who
know the superior qualities of redwood
lumber and shingles and who will educate
our brethren in relation to the same and
thus increase the volume of the redwood
lum Der and shingle industry much faster
than has been done by methods employed
in the past.
The Southern Pacific Company has lately
made Eureka a terminal point for the
Shipment OF lumber and shingles East.
They have imposed a condition, how
ever, which renders their proposition
of little value to shippers. They re-
quire that the material to take the new
rate shall have continuous transportation
from Eureka to the East, and that it must
be delivered direct to cars OF the Southern
Pacific Company by vessels transporting
the same from Eureka. This cannot be
done except on rare occasions, for the rea-
son that the climate of Humboldt County
IS not well suited to the proper seasoning
of redwood lumber or shingles. 1t is too
damp, and the process of seasoning con-
sumes too much time Besides, the class
OF lumber shipped East has to be worked
in variety of ways, and this the manu-
featuring mills of Humbold are not fitted
up to do. The seasoning and workings OF
redwood lumber can only be satisfactorily
done in San Francisco, and the railroad
company should allow shipments East to
be made from San Francisco yards, or upon
shipments so made should rebate the cost
OF transportation from Humboldt 10 San
Francisco. This done, there is great hope
OF material increase in car shipments of
these materials East.
Shipments of redwood lumber to Europe
during the first five months of this year
amounted to 1,554 600 feet, as against no
shipments during the year 1895.
During the year 1895 shipments to the
Australian markets reached 235, 900 feet,
and this year give promise of shipments
double that amount. There is q large
shipment soon to be made to Adelaide, a
market which up to this time has not
made many demands upon us.
The demand from the Sandwich Islands
and Central America shows a very healthy
increase, and on the whole the manu-
facturers of redwood lumber have good
reason for looking for large increase in
the volume of their business from now on.