The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-30
THE BIG TREES
SEE TALL TIMBER N
PIERCE COUNTY.
- 1s<ss Are Fe''ed and Lays Cat
- frans ported-A Forecast Of
v~snre Of Cedar aud Ftr-Ban-
- II the Logging Camp-fsrmy's
A~~ MtIis Next tn BE visited.
:, r,,.patcf 70 the Post-IrseiiIgsncer.

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.>r,,e OF Tacoma was occupied ey
.~sa the logging camps o3 fns -
raoog.a Lumber Company. az the
800 49,. a tse company. Many side Tea
- ss<sdenf 10 he trip. % purely &C.
.ssrxceer ADDED - the Information
- ara mad the day thoroughly s1tc-
- ID all respects
ns.~ssI train of three Northern Pa
- coaches left tne 6s2ot 81 $50
81 ahss morning and made quick
91-offiug where - quarter OF ar Aour
- TO contemplation OF the gran
~ Mount Rainier. the view being
~ any that ths tourists have yet
SNea train that ceifFsTed the iiifn~
Dsss The camp known a s lamp ).
~ sd OF the r.. Paul Il Tacoma
- jorg}pg ears which are very
- especially built for heavy ser
fhey are provided with air brakes.
y. sodxyss passenger business they
- fasjed in and furnished with
4 enting very practical observation
- yy-xm Orslng the train was switched
- RACKS OF tht. big lumber cutting
s-e. and the long ride through the
t.x "a I'm the mountain side was com
3<s.sd With everybody Ia good SPIRITS.
S~,v Al. OF the people connected with
sxeryxEon were present. although
- renaasfsed behind 10 spend the day
! stSsr private ears. Besides tae exciir-
s.ssts themselves many well known men
~ vStnen of Tscenia's society went
skef, adding eensisefaple local coiorinK
~ ssssernsxang with the visitors 10 the
atssasage OF both
4 Forecast u the Forests.
rAs trip was fer the greater part OF I.
1kf,pgi the denssss forests, and IL served
A. x4Es~
~ xrsnd standing timber Of the Puget
saas4 country before the method of It's
t.ndiug vas shown. II was one Of the
..rh,a that The Fasteners had come out
n See and they looked across the vast
expanse Of nosidIng tfsetops or fnarvelea
), Inc great trunks Of the giant FRS that
mss eighty, ninety and 100 feet into the
air befofs a branch juttcd cut. They said
that there nsver would be lack Of tim
her In the PsciAc Northwest. and then
sa,d that the same opinion had been ex-
pressed concerning Michigan and Wiscon-
lin. where the timber is nearly al gone.
ana The little that ~ left Is almost worth
l.se What was dep.ored most was the
ereat loss every year from forest fires.
A considerable portion ~ one mile OF the
route Inv across tract that had been
devastated By FIRE. The huge. chzrred
1suE6e &ll EfuzHHc. Uitts tstt- iIbft4tiia APptt
millions Of feet Of loss that lay prone
npon the ground or stacked In heaps OF
spllutsred fr and cedar trees we're the
objects Of great sclieisude, and this eff
feet was not In the least removed when
Gel Browne stated that I'm his opinion
The maximum production Of cedar had
passed. and that from now on there Will
! BE- less and less Of II until ssme morning
people will awaken To ind that cedar Ia
fsdaf." As TO nr Col. Browne says that
n market is growing. and that the sup
u; Is practically .nexhaustlble. There
W. some satisfaction in the statement
skset hr bur IL failed TO entirely remove
~ impression caused by the coionel's
XtsgnAs tication concerning cedar. Conse-
tgssis the visiting ltsmbermen have been
tax cedar some thought today.
feasf nt y Losginx Camp.
he camp WAS reached about II 80 this
Asrlne and the. excufsionists. directed
b President u. r. Norton. of the Manu-
Aearers' Association, and Col. Browne.
sssfred 10 various points Of interest
sAss the camp The majority of them
~ a peep into the cook and bunk
An1n aud some Of the cabins of tho
1sne" and then walked up the skid
NJ % the initial place for the inspee-
Esak logging camp. Many residents
Mo- sound have visited these camps,
VIVA N plentiful enough to be com
~ Abone Of the retail iumhermen
~ Ut syen seen Jogging operatioas
slssntM upon such an extensive scale
81 s9yshing about the Telling II the
sx11s trees. from the uotcninz OF the
MHshe cutters for their spring boards
Nc the most intense interest. wneu
- them fell crushing through the
Hzd sFewsh, tearing away limbs az
Efs - the timber Itself Of the East, the
s1sssss seuld let out cheer, while from
us ops Of stumps ArstiS-eycd cameras
sssssesi the event Then the cutting of
~ Trunks into logs followed. aud thar In
.s'a VAS followed by the stripping or the
'aFs bark, and the logs ware ready fer
transportation TO the bottom for delivery
y me cars. The handling Of the logs
.reai the place where the trees were feilcd
sae system Of wire cables and the
s'ussY engine, was followed In detail up
a. aiae they were placed on the cars
me announcement that dinner wouli
sess~c IN The cook house at o'clock
-, s"sa an Impression upon cppetites
s ~ exercise a:d the clear. hrac-
sp0ssFe OK the mountain side that
siF t'ssh Was established witch re-
$3.50 y q considerable. section OF the
- pppls heng seated at the "nrst'
so'e ihe provision rar sustenanee Wis
80 .'H sans liberal scale that nts
800 me entertainment Of tho states
- sVef since they .>tossa6 Tho .,ova
sisi both IN qaslty aud quantity,
s'ae'ing the surroundings II was a
49, Iae Eastern lumbermen have
@apuSF notch 81 the stick that s-ts
A. Na.n They came 20 WashitE.au.
@no are used = tha .leet Kind OF
&C., ua'RtilY Served and with every
- 49,. ssts'ice ot the rhef end tueler
y Tor encouraging M appetite.
x.s yesterday wit1 i',s very cost
M @t'acklng the Wholesome ard pal
- ass served iB irerstone amt tin
a.. sgt tables covered wlth oiIeieth.
me a9Nelty of Tire scrrconsslngs.
es,'ef OF ii'e cook house hsd been
a. With green h5ushs OF nr. ard
~. peepst it locked very inviting.
w. : another 'hanqlet' ~ talk about
'ass return East
=. :" Trays ifsrhor Next.
As.ss. s''o entire carapsn. lad h.sn
Il. sss'3'N provided fer tas,. STOOD -,
s@'ss ard We're p}latasfans,sti
ia s'.sY scrambled aboard ~. as
sss~.. seRefn NIP % the c{t< saS .n.3r
sa-.a gay other feature rhan TN; in
sass u" hsSheSs spirits Sousx were
seA !. stories were tela ana Jew
e2ssess 'Ne main chance. talked
-. .aa eaeA 10 ga2oms Vas shor,
swzses :. ,Rr party win = considerable
We afternoon ~ dispose Of.