The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-03
HARD WOOD STILL
TO BE HARVESTED
GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS
VAST AREAS OF TIMBER IN
THIS SECTION.
AMPLE SUPPLY FOR FACTORIES.
Bulletin Says Raw Material Exists 10
supply Hundreds Of Concerns
For Many Years.

"rhe great body OF hard wood Una
her In East Texas remains To be
harvested
Raw material sufficient to furnish
hundreds OF factories for many years
IL at hand"
These are some of the statements
contained in the last government but
Ietin on the hard wood forests al
East Texas. For several years the
Enterprise has claimed that there
is contribut0ry to Beaumont an mex
haustible supply of valuable hard
woods, and that by reason OF ms
fact. of the proximity Of Beaumont 10
the Gulf and because OF the many
trunk line railroads which give IL III
rect connection with a large cohsuHl'
ing population, Beaumont offers nl'
parallelel advantage for the estao'
f, iishmcnt of furniture factories, colii'l
factories. Implement spoke anu
handle and box factories, etc
Subject Taken UP.
The Chamber OF Commerce OF lhis
city has actively taken up THIS SUD
iect and has sent letters u humorous
of furniture manufacturers pointing
ont the advantages. In spite or lhis
many pine lumber men have cialiii' u
that there is little hard wood TIMBER
of n commercial quality in Texas
IL Is pleasing to note, therefore, INA.
the last bulletin of the Department vi
the limited States on forest resources
of Texas fully bears out the EhIcr-
priSe'S contention.
This bulletin Is compiled ny W.
\,m. l.. Bray of the bureau Vi roi
cstry and is complete ana eNhauht','
in its handling Of the SUBJECT IL 20
imnossible to review in any sort Oh
completencss the bulletin Just Is
sued Int some extracts from lht
same are given to show the eH.on'
of the hard wood timber OF East leM,
ne I'm dealing with the hard Woou
of East Texas the bulletin says
The Trinity Section.
"For at least 100 miles OF itS
course from Liberty northwsrd the
heavily timbered valley of the Trlh'
ity will average five miles in wiulu'
This would mean 100000 square
miles of chiefly hard wood forests
similar forests are found along lhc
Rcd river. Sabine and Ncchcs, DC
sides many more OF less extent. A.
sociated in these forests are heai y
all the well known valuable h"'"
woods of the Atlantic States, many
of Them in great abundance ana per
rcction. FIRST in quantity Ntrie'y
and value stand the oaks. Amous
the white oaks are the COW OAK pu'
oak, Texas oak, willow oak ana wa
ter oak
"Next I'm importance comes ash ana
hickory. There Is an endless qua'i
tity of gum and much cotton "oo o,,
scycamore and elm, with IAN
amount of lin, white maple, ho''S,
magnolia, iron wood, corn beam an"
some Usage orange. Black walnut
which was formerly very common"
has been largely cut out.
Timber Grows Large.
"In the rich bottom soil the tiu
Der grows very large oaks reach'hN
a diameter of three to six i''I ASH
three to four feet and hickory wv
Ia three feet. One specie Is oll'u
nredominant in spots. For instarco
bto bur oak in the Red river NalI'H
near Tevarkana. is so thick a 10 re
sembcl "A pure pine forest FROM 'h'
lower Trinity and the san Jacih',
the white oaks are especially hhu'l'
ant. On the Red river cot'ohNo"U
Is very heavy and or the Su'phu'
Fork black oak forms almo-t pure
forest.
considerable timber has been
cut along the older lines oi iahN'N -
Potter grades OC oak have gone '"'
slaves and railway ties and iurhhN ''
factories are working MP some luW
her into the more common arll'l'
of furniture In spite uf these "Ial''
upon IL the great body " hard Non'
timber in East Texas remains 10 p'
harvested. Note the single 'Namp'
already mentioned Of "un.oun squal'
miles along the Trinity above LID
rrtv Eut IFS day is az hand.
Not only are local factories hciu-
erected hut northern concerns. nav
ing consumed the timber 30 ihc'i
territory. are beginning to turn '
the better TcNa- areas. Here o. 1'
hand sufficient raw material % sup
port for MANY years establishment
for working up iho forests into iurri
turc. wagon fImbora. implement han
dies and an manner az ihiuE- nos
shirprd into the state from great d.
tsncas w fhr manufacture car