The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29
A%pALACHICoLA'S NEW LIFE
LUMBERINo nAsa0PpLANTED THE
LOST CO1TON TRADE.

Mills that Are Saving Up the Forests oi
Georgia and A~inbama-Joe Biourt's
struRRie with Timber Thieves =" stamp
age" .nd TRIMMING the wiiows"-
Rafting % IA Grand scale - Ab.urditie-
or Government Contract Specifications
ApAIACuicuLA. March 25.--''The old flag
and an appropriation Is a. popular a cry here
ut present MS ever II was In the North or West.
The old flag Is all right. both on It's white staff
IN front " tie Custom House and in the hearts
Of 'hc people; IL Il the appropriation that Is
particularly needed. This Is nm old. time har-
bor, excellent for the small ships OF nifty years
ago. but inaccessible In its upper portions for
the deep draught ships Of the present. Tie
river has great depth in its lower part; so great
that the ~. Paul might run up It for twenty
miles or more. In the upper hurbor there Is
plenty of water, and IN the lower harbor there
Is plenty. But bad sand bars lie In the way
md prevent ships from coming up TO the
wharves, and make IL necessary to lighter all
the lumber ten or twelve miles down the har-
Dor. II Is for the removal OF these bars that
the ApnlnchIrUlans dCyoutly and confidently
pray Congress for an appropriation. over In
,unalcllc. twenty five miles away, they also
want un appropriation for II like purpose. In
deed every port along the Gulf would imme-
diHtcly spring into commercial importance II
' oiHl'H' w" W. o'o"Eh' W i'9 u uulN
III 'his ma''er' out III ,"n"oele 'h'y no nov
tell what wonderful things will happen IF the
Government gives MS %iu~tice.'
Up to the point where timber rcat hes the mill
and IL converted INTO lumler, this Is an ideal
Sl"I vi o"" h''il'hs' +" fVo m''es iroh
ol"Uio"s 10 HIa'"'hIc"I"' 'he river courses
ue'"et" N"st iores's u P'"'' CYPRESS an" hSh'
Inc , h"t'ah""cH'e river runs from 'olu"'pus
w hh''"h""cnce' "here u Is lolheu ny me
rI'ht I.Ncr' almost us e'u"I III si/e' ana 'he
wv" uh''c' FORM '"e -N'"I"'h''ola' "hlch n""s
INV Ihe "u''' Hil"Iier s'rehhiS now into tileae
ll'!9 a, 9""r' lh'erN"'H. an" he"rIS the "ho'!
AP"."'h'"h naS'h IS ''l'kly wooded Inc
zimmerman has ohly 10 "raW ms logs 10 'he
nearest stream ana make 'heh INTO rafts' anu
III from three 10 NNe "aNs 'he current lahds
ln'in III iioh' ol the 'Np"inchI'oia h'i'IS'"Here
'heS "'e hs'hn'lS 'ohNer''o'e 'h'" cash.
n passenger oS me river "a's' II ne KNOWS
enough ABOUT numbering 10 estimate the money
Nh'ue "i u '"r'a.' wiz immediately say mat the
iiarN'tape 'Iilpcr OF lhis "hoIe region mas
been cut; an" III II liihltei sense TINS Is true.
~ stranger sees tremendous forests. extending
without limit IN every direction; forests con-
tanning many a giant tree ana Looking as II
clNiilHeh man had never 'ehtured 'hto them;
nut 'he pra'tise" eye sees that all the valuable
trees nave pc'h cut ana tha' what are icft nave
III" mercantile value. Ihe zimmerman might
r,.,t,,. ,",,a, w. n,n.|, n,m' 49,
A"u'"S m"'" !" 'c'hp' n!" 10 s"'hE ms axe.
1T 'he FARMERS OF the west were 10 raise All
s,a,t.rs a., H., au ~ 4, ~ w.. ~. ,,'c
s,"tIons' an" 'et III. the rest OF the lahh lie i"ie'
that country would lie in precisely the condi-
tion TINT this I,,mler country is i'm Asthc de.
...n.i ~, ia., -. - 49,
MANN 'or iahd increases farmers must Z" fhr-
tlier back as the demand for lumber increases
lunh,riuen must ,,n further h,cL f.o,n ths
.t..., s.. +.
rivers. from three I six nhlles is 'he iuiloef-
mans limit. beyond which he considers that he
rnnnnt uruHtablv 10, from IN. v,te- ,ourses
mr.. 49, - y.
me nearer 'He wafer he Is the more proh'anIe
his work. aud the first three miles back from
TN, stream naturally IL cur i.for, ,bc second
,L.a. ,niIa. t., ,,,nh,, rro, T., 49,, n,,ma,a.
mo ny = o"'n' i" - '"' '''""'""
good Thinner three miles hock from the rivers
- 49,, ~ ~. iN''
mas Doeh cut or practically all. liey are now
cutting the second three miles; and when that