The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-27
rorthern Pacific Contracts q
laundering Innovation.
70 COMPETE WITH STREAMS,
mAes1a the Experiment BE Succeeds
ri II VIII RevoIutionise Lum-
nsrfng In the Mississippi valley
- VIII Have an Eject ON All
9lnber Districts In the NORTH
vest-Calls for Coast Lumber Cars

~ Northern Pacific has introduced an
e.ecvsfion In the matter OF hauling saw
SsS ajl rail, which win prove an Interest,"
~ actor II successful. In all territories
sf1fe this class Of freight In handled and
80 possibIy be destined 10 play an I'm
limit part In the earnings OF railroads.
4 las Just closed a contract with the
Sarkus- Brooks Lumber Company, Of
1Isrsapoiis, for the removal by rail OF
SGssoD feet OF logs from Kobekoka lake
y. Minneapolis. The contract takes ef-
- October 1, and with one train daily
a. cumbersome freight win be moved
rrspidiy as possible. The cars 10 be
- are the heavy 5000 feet lumber cars
siich have been so constantly in use on
Nv Pacific coast division OF the road.
fhia II the first contract OF Its kind
svsf undertaken by any railroad and the
srfeome IL being watched with a great
ri Of Interest by all lines.
ii deciding 10 undertake such a con-
tracf the road. II Is said, was governed
81 several reasons. In the FIRST place It
~ anxious TO maks the experiment.
n the past the greater portion of the
Mab<r used by the Minnesota mills has
ven brought TO the saw by water. Dur
~ the past season there has been such
SnayI amount Of rainfall that for weeks
II has been impossible to get a sufficient
amount OF logs 10 fully operate the mills
1rd, particularly during the past season,
IN situation has been very serious in that
npciion,
nsa!Islng tina, the min operations In
fbst section are almost entirely depend
srt upcn the rains. the road felt. II Is said.
ikat Il could convince iumbermen that the
rst,iuct OF the forests could be removed
10 Ire mills BY rail- almost as cheaply as
IL he streams. To this end a rate was
ride - low as was possible and being
satisfactory TO the lumber company the
contract was entered into and the work
w: hesin on the date named.
The contract, u Is said, will make
strong demand on the operating depart
nsnt ef the road in the way Of necessary
equipment. but owing to there being an
rvcrn abundance OF the cars required on the
cesai It Is said enough can be spared to
fulIy supply the demand,
re aucccss OF the undertaking will be
vatched with interest not only In the
NIaelssippi valley. but throughout all the
where 4 will mean. II Il said, . revolution
n the forests Of many of the Northwost
Sections Opinions have long differed AZ
70 the wisdom OF such move, the luu1.
hsrmen oontendinE tina! the increase N
~ plan impracticable.
'@1ke hauling Of logs all ran to tina mills
h any section OF the country II an inno-
vation,' said . weli-known local freight
nsA yesterday. There II no good reason
~ Il should not be success. however.
An4 n such case there will b . big
e1oneo n the methods employed IN log
~ campo In all parts OF the country.
~ great trouble IN the present methods
ri = sections Il II % slow. Il Outlines
thes months TO get the logs % the miil
aftsg they have been put In the water.
y the hississippi valley I have known
70 - 9 whole season before logs would
teAce ehelo destination. On the Pacific
ceaGe the water conditions are BY no
uaane 10 bad. but II loGgina can be done
- cheaply by rail- ~ by water tten the
foqnef method 10 By far the quickest and
e oSqnd 20 become the popular way Of
hondltng timbcrs.
-fAsss conditions being true, II would
msAh the construction OK many miles Of
~ but all numbering states: the build
~ Of many mills In sections wherein
Ne timber Is not now being worked and
= WY rapid development az the lumber
ne Industry. II tho test now being made
~ the Northern Pacific proves a success
\ VIII be the salvation of the iumberinw
@sefesss OF tho Mississippi valley. II will
NAeeSiAlly increase tho output OF lum-
~ y that section and permit the work
- o. large area OF timber, which. while
po& ~ thu best as timber In considered
W this section OF the country. will be
WY acceptable TO milnen In Minnesota
hssfauer there viii be no more shortage
q ioes In those sections on account Of
leek Of rain. as has been the case dur
NJ the past stInnar'f