Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
lumber ||] IN RUSSIA
An Industry That Gives Work to
Thousands In Riga District.
FORESTS COVER VAST AREA.
Telling Trees and Hauling Logs 60 ths
Railroad or Nearest Stream Are For
the Mos. Part Done During Season
of Snow Roads.


of Snow Roads.
LAUNDERING is one of the principal In
dustries of the Riga consular district
and provides employment In the for
ests through the winter months for a
large proportion of the agricultural
population of these provinces.
The region from which the lumber
is obtained comprises forest area of
80, 473. 1872 acres, situated In fourteen
provinces and yielding timber for the
most part Of medium sized red and
white pine, according to consular and
trade reports. Other varieties availa-
BILE but OF less Importance to the trade
are birch, alder and aspen. or these
| forests 9,374.310 acres are state owned,
36,S9l, 245 acres are immortal woods,
273o, 113 acres are crown lands. and
the remaining 4,41S,064 acres are peas
ant and other tracts.
! The value of forest lands In this dis
trict depends upon several conditions,
the two main being locality and the
amount of timber obtainable for eX-
| port purposes. An average price per
acre cannot be given. as in addition to
! the timber suitable for the export
| trade, which mainly influences the
| price, there is often a considerable
| quantity of inferior stuff available for
| local consumption in the shape of fire.
wood, shingles, etc. For forest lying
near the river Dvina the value per
! dessiatine may range from 100 rubles
| for ordinary growth to 300 rubles for
special growth $19.07 to 1922 per
acre..
Timber is usually sold in this dis
| trict either in tracts for stated sum
or at prices varying with the dimen-
sions Of the logs. The logs coming to
! Riga range from seven to nine inches
at the top. The bulk are eight and
seven inches, the quantity over nine
inches thick being very small.
| FEELING tie trees and hauling the logs
to the railroad or nearest stream i. for
| the most part possible only during the
season of snow roads in winter and is
either undertaken by the purchaser,
| usually lumber dealer, or the seller
agrees to deliver the logs to the COLI
tracted spot, whereby it often happens
that a mild winter or the absence of
snow roads makes it impossible to haul
out The logs from the forest, and pen
alties for breach Of contract are in
Cured.
The prices paid for Telling and haul.
ing vary according to the price Of la
Dor current in the district and the dis
| lance to be hauled. An estimate Of the
cost of bringing to Riga an average
| log of twenty eight feet length, diane
| ter at butt end eieven inches. at top
| eight incnes. from forest In the prov
ince of Vitepsk, lying ten miles from
| the river Dvina, gives per fathom OF
! seven feet: FEELING and hauling. Is Eo-
| pecks; making roads In forest. kO-
| pecks; tying into RATS, EOpecks; raft
ing l., Riga, Is kopecks, making a to-
! tai Of Sc kopecks. or 1914 cents.
The cost Of saving at the railroad Ia
| stated to be SIS. Is per standard Of 1873
| cubic leet; carriage at station, $l.03 per
! standard; average railroad freight to
| Riga, 1918 per standard. The total ex-
penses-sawng. lighterage, etc.-incure
| red at Riga to convert logs which have
been RATED down the river into lum-
Der for export would amount to 1927
per standard Sawmill charges at Riga
are S6.70 per standard.