The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-13
STIFF
BRUISED and
ACHING
After a Fall Of Thirty-one Feet, Was
Free from Pain and Able to Return
to Work in Two Weeks
BY USING
MINAR D'Sl
(llNIM : N III
BUILDING OPERATIONS
And Timber Supply, as Considered by
U. S. Forestry Commission.

Cement and steel and brick and stone
are not yet used in sufficient quantities
to encourage lumber users to predict
the time when the forests will not b
called upon TO furnish the principal ma
terials used in building operations. Not
withstanding the remarkable increase in
the use OF cement and other tireprooi
materials, the last reports Of the build
ing operations in forty nine Of the lead
ing cities OF the United States for the
year, collected By the geological survey,
show that 50 per cent. were Of wooden
construction.
Even ii the remaining forty-one per
cent. of the buildings were built Of brick,
stone and concrete, vast quantities Of
wood are consumed both in the construc-
tion and in the finish, though in the lat
ter form, metal il taking the place Of
wood to very large extent. The
amount of lumber given above does not
take into consideration this item at
all
While this percentage Is representa-
tive Of the building industry in the
United States, dealers point out that
it does not include the large quantities
Of lumber used for the construction Of
dwellings, stores and other buildings in
the thousands OF small cities and towns
scattered over the country and not in-
cluded in the forty-nine cities on which
a reckoning was made In towns and
small cities wood is usually the pre-
dominating building material and it is
safe to say that If the statistics had
included figures for all places Of what
ever size, the percentage Of wooden con-
struction would have been much greater
These figures, as rule, are only for the
corporate limits, and the suburbs Of
these cities have each very large amounts
to be added, HE cost, also, is relatively
higher in these cities than in towns
nearer the base Of the supply.
In wooden buildings, New York City
is at the bottom Of the list, though ii
leads with Sls.075 as the average cost
of buildings. Except at san Francisco,
wher abnormal conditions have prevailed
since the Are, Boston shows the greatest
increase Of any Of the cities III the total
cost Of building operations. The aver
age cost of buildings is constantly in
creasing, having risen over three hun
bred dollars during the last three years.
The average value If a building is given
in the report as S2.035.
Lumber is by far the greatest drain
on the forests. and the wonderful de
vclopment AZ the country during the
past decade has called for the use Of
nearly forty billion board feet year
The largest quantity ever reported for
single year was for 1906. when thirty
seven and one half billion feet, with
mill value Of S62l ,l5l .3ss WAS used. IN
Guiding the value Of the Hath and shin
giles used with this amount, the total
value Of the wood used for buildings is
brought up TO s856,I06.5l3
The increasing price Of lumber and
the rapidly increasing use Of perfected
freproof systems Of construction should
have much to do in holding down the
amount which the forests are called
upon to yield each year, but 50 far these
more substantial materials have not de-
creased the lumber cut Of the nation