The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-11
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY
GETS GOV. BUILDING
This Means a Concentration Of All Lines
Of Experimental Investigations to
Conserve Our Timber Supply.

Va E&ReAAhthtal AhftetAb@ot'~ ~
Conserve Our Timber Supply.
Washington, March 1.-THE govern
ment's new forest products laboratory
will be located at the university OF
Wisconsin, AZ Madison. In naming
wisconsin, Clifford Pinchot, chief of the
United States Forest Service, said, II
have had few decisions TO make which
were so difficult or which have had such
prolonged and careful consideration as
the decision as to which Of the offers
for cooperation in establishing and
maintaining forest products labora-
tory / should recommend for accept
ance by the secretary OF agricultuTe."
The establishment Of the laboratory
means the concentration Of all lines OF
the experimental Investigations Of the
government looking TO closer and better
utilization OF timber and the checking
OF wood waste. Forest Service labora-
tories for timber test work at Yale and
Purdue universities and the government
wood pulp and wood chemistry labora-
tory in Washington will be consolidated
end transferred to Madison as soon
as practicable A force Of fifteen 20
twenty timber test engineers, experts
in wood preservation, wood pulp manu-
facutre and wood distillation will have
charge OF the work carried on. The
laboratory will have an equipment
valued at not less than $4,000. The
university will furnish the building,
light heat, and power, and In return
advanced students will have the use OF
the laboratory for special work in re-
lated lines.
In announcing the decision to the
presidents of the universities which
made offers Chief Forester Pinchot
said; after the generous PROPOSE
lions Of the various institutions which
were made were all received and con
sidered, those Of the universities OF
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin,
were seen to be most advantageous.
Those three were studied and compared
In every useful way We could devise,
and al last II was seen that all things
considered, the proposition Of the uni
yersity Of Wisconsin should be accept
ed
"The propositions of the three uni
vsrsities as to buildings were substan-
tally equal. In other directions also
there was little 10 choose, while in still
others the differences were marked. II
would serve no good purpose to set
forth the specific details upon which
the choice rests. On the contrary, such
a course might lead TO unfortunate dis
cussion of relative merits leading to no
conclusion. / have, therefore, preferred
simply to add that among the factors
considered, the following were neceesari-
ly given special weight;
a. Building, site, and equipment Of
light, heat, and power.
20. Courses in instruction in fores-
try, agriculture, engineering and science
generally.
"3. General accessibility TO the for
est regions of the East, Central Valley |
and South. to the industries most con-
cerned with the work Of the laboratory
and to the officers of the forest ser
vice on inspection.
"A. Practical research work, espec-
tally that done in connection with pro-
fessional and industrial organizations
90. Relation TO state and federal |
policies affecting the conservation Of
natural resources.
"The laboratory could only 60 to one
Of the three universities. Two must be
disappointed. For that disappointment
/ am keenly sorry, but nothing can do
will prevent it. ! ask you 10 accept my
heartiest thanks for the generous inter
est Of your university, its presidents
and board Of regents, your delegation in
congress, and the legislature and people I
of your state In the advancement Of
forestry. congratulate you on the
magnificent support you have had, and
! am heartily sorry that cannot recon
mend in favor of all three"