The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-10
HARDWOOD TIMBER
AVAILABLE SOURCE OF WEALTH IN
 GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
Many Varieties of Superior Quality Ex- ssf in Immense Quantities in southern Sec
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The finest hardwood section of the world, says a recent issue or tne Sea {, Board Magazine. Is that of Georgia ana Alabama, which has been overlooked m the scramble of buyers for stumpase contracts in this particular product. ,
 The demands made on the Seapoaro Air Line Railway by timber operators
 who desired to be placed in touch win
 the properties which might be rur-
 chased have been so heavy and in-
 creasing so constantly in volume as 70
 necessitate an examination of the woods of Georgia by a representative Of the industrial department.
 Tt is estimated that upon tie l,oc0 miles of rivers and their brancnes in Southern Georgia alone. there is a source of wealth available of fully S,- 000.000,000 feet of a wide variety Of the
 most valuable hardwoods. The exami- nation made discloses a greater variety of woods for Southern Georgia than
 the entire remainder of the State. White oak, Spanish oak, or the Soutn~ ern red oak, hickory, tough Of hber, | beautiful grain. and very superior for bending purposes; poplar. gum, beech, magnolia, satin walnut, bay, birch, ma pie. both red and black cypress cot tonwood, locust, buckeye, ash, all exist | in immense quantities, of superior qual- | ity, and. therefore, of vast commercial iLnpUrtduCe 10 tne WHOAS WOTiu. s<it- fering from the yellow pine many of l the hardwoods are rapid growers. and | thousands of acres of land in Southern Georgia from which the pine timber was removed many years ago, have | sprung up in a magnificent young for | est of hardwood. This fact is If much 1 importance to manufacturers ct wheels
 and to the vehicle material, as second | growth hickory especially Is desired by
 them. Most of the hardwood available. however, Is original virgin growth. This splendid source of wealth, avail able for a greater variety Of manufac- tured products than any other raw ma | terials In the South, and in a class of products for which there is a constant and worldwide demand, with foreign demand daily increasing, has been util- fixed in the past but little except for frewood. Tn view of the fact that the Northern supply of hardwood Is about exhausted, and the stumpage at other points in the South already in the hands of timber spectators or saw mill men. this practically new source
 of supply. so admirably situated for the assemblage of raw material and distri"
 button of the finished product, can not
 fail to attract much additional capital for investment purposes.
 Tt Is admitted by all that those lands
 producing a hardwood growth of tim
 Der are the richest and most fertile of
 any country an dthis is especially true
 of the territory between Montgomery,
 Ala, and Savannah, Ga. After removal
 of the timber. better lands can not be
 found anywhere for agricultural and
 horticultural pursuits. They yield most
 luxuriant crops without the application
 of any fertilizer. For peaches, oceans, melons, Irish potatoes, strawberries
 dewberries and various other easy
 money crops of the Southi these hard
 wood lands are preferred by all."