Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-10
Possibilities Of
THE EUCALYPTUS
REMARKABLE
ALBUQUERQUE MAN IN
UNIQUE BUSINESS
Hardwood Tree That viii Grow
1926 Feet High in Five Years.
Creating Sensation Among.
Lumber Dealers.

''fAi ~ AtN NC ~
sired, that grows like Heinzc's pick
les, in fifty-nlne different varieties;
which VIII attain a height Of l25 feet
in five years. and which growing
thickly and wen matured is worth
$500 an acre; such is the remark
able eucalyptus of California. accord
ing to Guy c. Ellis of Fresno who IL
now in this city. Mr.. Ellis, who IS
a son of George c. Ellis. the wei.
known ranchman Of Los Placitas. was
for five years a resident OF this city
and has many old friends here. He
has been the guest of his parents in
the Sandia mountains and leaves
again today to spend sunday at his
old home previous to returning to
California.
Mr. Ellis has FOR years been in the
railroad business. but is now inter
csted in "A company which is raising
eucalyptus timber on a large scale
Mr.. Ellis carries some beautiful sam
pies n has a number of them on
exhibition in the window of the
HickoX jewelry store.
They say in Missouri they utilize
WHY ifdA vi INV Hbk FAttlN tllf
squeal and in the case Of the eucal-
yptus tree it MAY be said that every
thing but the breeze is of commercial
value, said Mr.. Ellis, and in Aus
tralia where II IS known as the fever
tree and In the san Joaquin valley
where its healing balsam has BAN
lshed malaria, there is little doubt
that the breeze itself is 81 consider
able value to mankind.
The concern with which Mr.. Ellis
is connected is the Eucalyptus Cul- |
turc company with offices IN San
Francisco and its "San Bernardo"
plantation of 300 acres at Escondido,
san Diego county. The company is
raising the trees scientifically and
Systematically and has been promi-
nent in bringing the remarkable com
morcial value of the eucalyptus into
public knowledge. 1t is asserted that
the wood of the eucalyptus will in the
course of time entirely supplant ma
hogany in this country,
when Il is raised on a sufficiently
large scale, said Mir. Ellis, "mahog-
any viii have no chance to compete
with IL
The Pullman company is now MS
ing Australian eucalyptus, imported
in It's palatial cars. and the home
article is even better than the
Australian. II is unique in h a 1t Is
one OF the few known hardwood trees
which at the same time IS a quick
grower. It is worth $125 a thou
sand. rough lumber today, and there
is a plantation in southern Califor-
mia with tres thirty years old, some
If them over $50 feet high and tw"
feet in diameter, worth $40 to $50 a
rec or $500 an acre. People are
lust beginning to realize the tire
nendous possibilities OF It in this
,ountry. When "A tree grows straight
as an arrow to q height Of l25 feet
n rive years. nearly q foot in diam
ter and all good straight lumber
worth s125 a thousand. there is some
hing in il. The wood takes a beau !
iful natural finish. any n of the I
.aricties. n can be stained to int
ate mahogany ar n hardwood {
so that experts cannot tell the
Planted close together. a
he trees do not branch for an inn
nense height SO that the lumber " !
Many hardwood experts viii
OH YOU whcn you say that a splendid a
ardwood tree "a he grown READY ,
or the market in less than ten years r
hat Your are stark crazy. But such 2
5 the fact. Five years Will do H. 9
\ remarkable thing about the Gu
aivptus is that. when cut, the tree 2
prouts out again with amazing rap 5
iit, from the stump and in the r
curse Of another five years . or 1
i've trees sometimes can be cut on >
nc site OF the original stump. The q
ANITA Fe railroad company recognlI c
NJ the immense value OF the rapid II
feature of the tree. has 9
iartcd a big eucalyptus plantation n =
nlIforuiu. literally q 'eross-u' p
anch." which will furnish the com :
any a practically staple supply OF a
ardwood ties which win outlive ny a
,anv wears the ordinary railroad ue
nd other railroads are about TO fol- p
,w the example of the Santa Fe b
he latter railroad has had an eN- II
crt in Australia studying the tree u
.p.risllv for tho benefit ~ thc eN- 50
In California which. how
yer. are really past the experimental
.
Tn. United states forestry bureau ?
as recognized the great possibilities 7
3 the eucalyptus in this country IN =
,ost favorable reports and expert. )
encruUv who have studied the tire $
re- uustintcd in their enthusiasm ne
, lis possibilities in supplying the !
ardwood market =,
Experiments were made with grow :,
IL the eucalyptus in New Mexico =
wears aco b., Il W u Bryan ol =.
lis city and others. but IL was found
lt could not stand the climate La
s the tree suc-umhS 10 = temperature !.
lower than twelve degrees above 2
.ro or to cNtrtWe heat southern
has been found ideal Tor
be- purpose and in southern Cahfor- "A
in a Few years there viii he one
+ the greatest sources ~ hardwood a
ippiy In America