The Washington herald., 1909-03-21

southwest winds, which prevail during
the summer. May 70 August. Loading
az any time is impracttcable without a
steam launch, and even In summer is dif
fcult. The AnstratiOn Company loaded 500
logs in ten days. while II took the steam
er Of another company thirty days 10
load 1000 tons
St. Olga Eay has an inner and an outer
barbor. The inner can be used by steam
ers OF about sixteen feet draft only. while
the outer harboF, though good in good
weather. is exDoSed 70 storms.
Some other Forests.
The forests aroand DeKastry Bay could
supply 100000 TO 100000. and If connec-
ton were made with Lake Kisi and its
river system the number OF trees could be
increased from 100000 70 l5,oOo,OoOo-
Emperor's HarbOr. with Vanina and
Data bays. could supply from $4,000 TO
100000 trees per annum. and It might be
possible 10 keep these harbors open all
the year round
At present. with the possible exception
Of the Anstration Company, timbering in
Eastern Siberia is done IN a very primi-
tive msnner. meeting only local demand.
Most OF the timbering is done along the
I-suri and the Chinese Eastern Railroad,
and but very little on the seacoast.
The cost Of square logs IN VlaCivostOk
is now about II cents per cubic foot at
least 20 per cent Of which is railroad
freight. About IL cents per cubic foot
are added for carriage and loading. Al
NfkoIaevsk the cost OF timber in round
logs Is about 5 or cents per cubic foot
alongside the steamer. but II modern
methods were employed the cost could be
reduced 10 from to cents. or possibly
less.
Pine does not grow in the maritime
provinces. but IL is TO be found only on
the Upper Amur and in the valleys OF its
northern tributaries. the Zea and the
Burea. where II grows in large forests.
the trees often reaching the size Of rough
spars more than 100 feet high and four
feet IN diameter. The trunk Is very
straight and clean almost 10 the top. The
wood is Of a very high quality, light-yeI-
lowlsh or rose colored. fine grained. and
takes high polish. All these qualities
make the Siberian pine superior 10 any
other far-Eastern timber. not excluding
the cedar (Pinus manchurica Rupr).
which Is locally considered the best.
Home of the Cedar.
ne NOME OF llt ctAaE Is III AIlE sOQLu-
ern part OF the maritime province. the
most thickly populated part OF the country.
and. as a consequence. cedar was and is
the tree mostly used. and 20 such an ex-
tent that It is cut away in all the local
tiles accessible for numbering on a large
scale The present cedar forests are
from fifteen 10 twenty-five miles from the
rivers, which. on account OF the total alb
sence Of logging railways. makes the cost
Of logging with horses toe expensive. and
as the country is becoming more thickly
populated the tendency Of the agricul-
tural department is 20 save these forests
for the future use of the population.
Large cedar forests are 20 be found in
land and In the neighborhood Of Man
ChUria. but the railroad freight is the
item which makes the initial cost Of this
timber far too high for the market. No
matter how much this freight may be
lowered, the cost OF hauling hundreds
or miles, which the timber viii have %
travel IN order 20 come 20 tide water, will
always be high enough 10 prevent cedar
from becoming the leading timber for ex-
port.
The coming lumber famine. the first
symptoms of which are already being felt
IN the worlds lumber markets. viii make
a place FOR the inferior local tfmbers, and
larch. fin spruce. &c. viii soon find a for
eign market but the future OF Siberian
pine. which is a first-class wood, seems
dOubly assured