The daily sentinel., 1909-01-19
THE INTERESTING FIGURES
ARE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC

For the administration and
protection of the 1872, national
forests in seventeen states and
territories and Alaska, the gov
ernment spent 81, 526, OBS or, or
about one and one-balf cents an
acre as shown by "A report of the
forest service work, made public
yesterday for the year 1908.
Permanent improvements, in
Guiding the construction of S,4OO
miles of trails, 100 miles of
wagon roads, 1920 miles of teIe-
phone lines, 800 cabins and
barns. 800 miles of pasture and
drift fences, $50 bridges, and 40
miles of fire lines cost $5O2,-
1919. Telephone wire to build
approximately 100 miles of adj
ditional lines was shipped to the
forester, but with the funds
available before the close of the
year the work of construction
could not be completed. Some
of this work was done on each
of the forests in the United
States.
The forest service is one of the
branches of the government where
everything is not outgo. Last year
the receipts from sales of timber.
grazing fees, and permits for special
uses of forest resources amounted to
S1.S42, 2,2S1.S7, an increase of SELL
222.43 over the 1907 figures.
The amounts paid the states and
territories, TO be expended for roads
and public schools from the years
receipts. amounted to S447. .0G3.79.
Chiefly because of increasing the
revenue to the states form 10 per
in QlE tn To-
there was a total increase of $294.-
031.62 in the amounts payable to the
states.
In addition. the national forests
yielded heavily to the public in free.
use There were 30,714 permits
granted for the free use of timber by
settlers. schools and churches. during
the year, against 1893 in 1907.
The grazing receipts for 1908 were
$962, ,S29.40, and were paid by the
holders of 1885 permits to Craze
.3S2, 221 cattle, horses, and hogs.
and of 4.2S2 permits to Craze 7,0S7
sheep and goats. Receipts of $S49.-
O27.24 from timber sales wereNpaid
by approximately 5,1S9 purchasers.
who cut the equivalent of 392.792,-
600 board feet of timber. The re
ceipts from special uses amounted to
$30.425.23 and were paid by ZOOS
permittees.
The total receipts from timber
sales each year since the national
forests have been under the admin
fstration of the forest service have
been as follows: 1905, $50, 0,136.62:
1906, S245, ,013.49; 1907, $66S.S13.-
12; 1908, $S49, 9,O27.24.
AT the end of the last fiscal year.
when business was heavier than at
any other time during the year, the
1872 national forests We're cared for
by an executive and protective force
of 20 inspectors, SO forest supervis-
ors, 81 deputy supervisors, 80 forest
assistants. planting assistants. 941
rangers, 52l forest guards and SS
clerks.
The average area to each officer
theoretically available for patrol duty
was 6.655 acres. But more than
three-fourths of the time of these
forest Officers is now required by the
fast-grow wing volume of national for
the force on duty at the close of the
wear provided about one patrol Of
ficer to each 100000 acres of forest
This is considered Inadequate for pro-
lection of the forests. Until provis-
ion is made for a large increase of
force il is necessary either to curtail
the business arising from use of the
forests or to neglect the proper safe
guarding of government property
against fire.
About 100000 trees were planted
last year on forests in the states of
Nebraska. Kansas, Colorado. New
Mexico, Arizona. Utah. Idaho, and
California. There are now growing
at the planting stations over 2,2OO,-
600 trees which will be ready for
planting in 1909. Sufficient seed
was sown in the spring of 1908 to
produce 4 100000 seedlings.
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