Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-29
ANGELENOS WILL
DEVELOP FOREST
Pan-American HardWoodS Com
pany Formed to Supply De-
mand on the Coast
$1,000 ACRES IN THE TRACT
Rancho Jerico Property in State
of Chiapas to Be Planted
in Rubber
$1,000 ACRES IN THE TRACT

their money and have acquired $1,000
acres of valuable timber land in the
state of Chiapas, located on the west
coast of the republic of Mexico.
on this vast area there is large
variety of hardwood trees, which, ac-
cording to e. G. Hart, 726 II. w. He'll
man building, who is the company
general manager, will be cut for snip
ment to Los Angeles, where the !uHl-
ber will be marketed among the local
lumber merchants. The company, IN
time. will also make shipments to dlt-
ferent points along the west coast of
the United States and across the lsth-
mus to eastern ports.
The organization of this company is
the elimination of the efforts or Mr.
Hart to interest American capital In
the timber regions of this tropical zone.
For the last fifteen years, Mr, Hart
has been actively connected with the
development of lands in Mexico, and IN
the course of those activities, he saw
the possibilities of the timber land
which this company has acquired.
THE OFFICERS
At a recent meeting of the COM
pany's board of directors the follow
ing officers were elected:
President VIM. D. Stephens, well
known mining man of Mexico; secre-
tary. Frank A Vickery who also has
been 1Q6HIlIlGu viii lllC
velopment of the southern republic;
Move W. stephens, treasurer; general
manager and assistant secretary w. IT,
Hart. ,
The board of directors is composed
of the president and secretary WITH
Robt. N. Bulla, formerly q state SEN
ator. John G, Mckinney, manager OF
fhe Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage
company; Ralph Arnold, oil expert; W..
]. Hunsaker, Of the firm of Hunsaker
& Britt, attorneys; and E. w. Camp, or
the law department Of the santa re.
The property is known as the Rancho
Jerico, and is situated about 1S2 miles
South of Bamboo, on the Pan -Amerl-
can railroad, which railroad has sta
tion about five miles inside the prop
erty. The southeast corner of the
acreage extends within five miles OF
the lagoon which runs from Salina
Cruz to Tapachula, which, before the
Pan-American railroad was built, was
used for transportation purposes.
MOUNTAIN LAND
The land has enough slope to the
southwark to give it good drainage
which prevents stagnant waters, an
essential condition for health IN tnlS
tropical zone. About 1900 acres OF
fhe nropertv is in mountains, can
yons and foothills. In the mountains
there are three peaks, two of Wnlcn
are about 100 feet, while the third
reaches the altitude of $500 feet.
Tn the foothills and mountains there
are many permanent springs anu
streams, which form the sources or
three large streams that Wend tnelr
wav through the property. The largest
of these is the Santa Margar1ta. Ihe
other two are called the Rio de ia
cuacinate and the Rio Jerico, or Bopo.
If irrigation should ever be necessary
these three streams would turnlsh
abundant water.
The varieties of woods, of which
nearly every one takes beautiful
polish, making excellent finishing ma
terial, found on the companys prop
erty, are as follows:
VARIOUS WOODS
Cedar, Leche Amarillo mahogany)'
Saca-cera, Mojo, Granadillo, GUIANA
castle mahogany, Copali, Palo Blan-
co (white mahogany, Ouiebra-coyal'
Trompillo mahogany, Chlcho, MarlIh-
ba, Laurel (black mahogany. Nora
Zapatillo (mahogany), Nasareno, Bo-
lador and Mata-buey. Cedar, Sasa-
cera and Mojo are most abundant.
Conservative estimates of the mer-
chantable hardwood on the property
place it at about 1S9, 10000 900 board feet.
HardWoods marketed on the Paclf1c
coast will bring anywhere from sou
to SlUU a IlOuSdIlu lSSl' I1ebi
used in furniture manufacture, Tor
which purpose the company's timber Is
well adapted, will bring anywhere from
$50 to $3.50 a thousand feet.
RUBBER TREES
"Tust as quickly as clearings are
made by the cutting of TIMBER SAID
Mr.. Hart, 1.-The company Will set OUT
rubber trees. The ranch on the prop
erty already produces about 1000
pounds a year, and every acre set IN
rubber trees in that section Is con-
sidered worth $4O0.
Another product that the property
Yields which with development will
Weld large profits is the chico zapote
gum trees. 1t is estimated that there
are about 75 900 of these trees, ana
each tree will yield from five to nj
teen pounds of gum per year, Whlch
will bring from SO to 40 cents on the
New York market.
Two crops of corn can be raised
Der year, and as the country is good
for cattle and hogs the matter of feed
is a secondary consideration. The
grass growing in the open places is
for feeding cattle.
AMERICAN SETTLERS
American families are buying up
land throughout the state" said Mr..
Hart, "and in one instance ! know
where forty-ive Americana families
made one settlement, paying for their
land from $40 to SIS per acre.
"Of course the timbered sections are
a wilderness, the heavy underground
making it impossible to penetrate
without machete. Here all kinds Of
wild game can be found.
'The last time that / inspected the
company's holdings, only few months
ago, l encountered any quantity of
wild turkey and pheasants, the latter
being quite a bit larger than the tur-
key There is a spotted tiger down
there, which the natives fear. There
are two kinds of wild pigs. The South
American tapir is very common, while
any amount of deer and mountain lion
are to be found.
MANY MONKEYS
"As we passed through the forest
monkeys in large numbers would swing
from among the trees and throw sticks
at us, chattering and scolding all the
time. Whenever we returned a stick
they would scurry for safety into the
forest.
During that last tour Of inspection
I had quite an experience. There were
four of us on horseback, following four
Indian guides. Somehow the guides
lost their course, which is very un-
Usual for an Indian, and as night set