The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-07-21
COUNTRY WITH ONE sAwMlLL.
Yet II Abounds In Valuable aud BeautI-
ful woods.

NNA hNhuHs
Uncle Sans new possessions. Cuba
and the Philippines are destined to
cut considerable figure In the lumber
trade as soon as American methods OF
. push and enterprise are adopted says
the Seattle Post-lntoligcnccf CUBA
possesses some Of the best mahogany
and Spanish cedar in the world. and
the Philippine Islands nre covered With
mahogany, ebony camphor wood and
other valuable hardwood forests. j.
G. iIinkle. a member OF the FRS: resi-
ment Of Washington volunteers.
practical furniture maker. recently
wrote to Charles II. Sigh Of spokane.
from Manila. as follows. There are
half a dozen hardwuods here that take
a high polish. They are somewhat
lighter than mahogany in appearance.
] know the name Of only one. camphor
wood. | think the others do not grow
IN other places. The native names
would not enllghtcn you In regard to
them. Ebony Is also abundant II Is
OF mahogany that wish To speak. and
on this point 1 beg information. II is
the bull pine. or water elm OF this
country. so to speak. The meanost
novel as well as the plalnost partition
work Is OF mahogany. Notwith8tand-
Ing It's abundance. lumber Is high here
The native works almost for song
but when u comes to whipsawlng 1000
feet OF boards you can understand why
many people can't stand much OF this
song. There Is one sawmll In the
Islands. The logs are cut up In tho
mountains and howed out square. then
nosod so that they VIII plow through
reeds grass, etc. down the Pasig river.
There are great yards fun Of them. and
with American machinery aud enter
prise this Industry could be made OF
enormous profit. A word as to tho
quality OF the lumber. We are at pres
ent quartered In an old palace. once tho
residence OF the archbishop OF tho
church / have been told by some OF
the Oldest natives that 1t has been
here for Gfty-eiGht years. In the main
floor upstairs all the boards are two
are laid with screws that have heads
countersunk and covered. There Ia
not a single season check or knot In
the floor that have found. There are
old places In the altar work OF the
various churches that have boon built
as far back MS l743 that only changes
to the darker color with this weight OF
/ years. am not posted on the differ
ent qualities OF lumber. but my iudg-
ment leads me TO think this is the
best"
James A. Fltzhenry. OF Company d.
same regiment. writes n Ballard friend
as follows:
They tell us that this is the great
est timber country In the world. There
are four kinds OF timber-mnhogany
ebony, camphor wood and red wood.
There are some fine timber claims that
run right down to the edge OF the riv-
err. OF all the timber that is used here
there Is only one sawmlll on the Island.
| That Is run by n Chlnaman, and no
only saws the logs into cants. and the
cants are sold. and the man that buys
them has to whipsaw them and make
his lumber These cants sell for 500
tMexican) a thousand. Mahogany logs
grow nearly as large as the FIR in tho
states. As mahogany is the principal
wood, you can see for yourself how
much money a man could make II no
owned n sawmill here. Before thls
trouble With the insurgents got 30 bad
my captain told me that there were
ten officers of different regiments form
ing a syndicate and were going to send
to the States for backing to start a
sawmill. They say that there will be
a boom In this country as soon as the
trouble is over, II so. this will DO A
good place to make money A man
can start small business and hire
native labor for 90 cents a day, Mexi-
can money; that is. 20 cents In our
money"
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