Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-14
GOVERNMENT MAKES
LARGEST OFFERING
Of TIMBER
Secretary Of Agriculture Ap.
proves Disposal of 1906
100000 Feet of Western
yellow Pine in Arizona.

Washington. Jan. ~ secretary of
Agriculture Houston has approved OF
disposal OF one billion feet Of western
yellow pine timber from the kaibhb
national forest in northern Arizona
In order Go ret this timber Out q
Nlil Doe necessary to build q railroad
approximately goo miles long such
"a railroad viii connect Colorado ana
t1uh with the world-famous Grand
Canyon Of the Colorado. which hlthcr.
20 has been accessible onls from The
south.
For several years the construction
OF such railroad has been consid
cred b, various capitalists but q has
been stated that the lack 90 assured
immediate traffic was an cffcctuol
srrier Il ls pointed out however.
that contract Tor billion feet ~
timber viii overcome this diihcniiF
by providing commodity Tor trans
portatlon which. together with tourist
and local traffic viii place the pro-
iect on a paying basis practically
from the outset
chief Forester Henry s. Graves
made personal examination on the
ground aud this examination supple
monted hy the reports of his forest
engineers. Induced him Go recommend
the snie ~ such la-gc body ui tim
bsr In order that the country might
Dee developed through the supplying
If this resource Mr. Graves says,
hcwovcr chat ,hc kHlhab forest b.
one of the MOS, beautiful in America,
nd gives assurance thu' the market
ing ct the mature crop ~ timber viii
not be- allowed 20 mar the scenic
beauty of the region
In accordance with the timber aalo
policy of the government the stump
age will be disposed 81 90 the dEh-
est bidder In order 90 attr "a q sur
ficicnt Investment 10 assure the build
/ ing of the railroad and at the ncccs-
sary lumber mills az lcngt billion
/ feet of timber had 90 be- offered. The
/ investment necessary 10 mnkc THIS
timber accessible win amount tp more
than $4,000 goo By placing this
quantity of timber before the lum-
hrrmcn Of the country the Officials
of the forest service believe that the
I dcpelopment at extensive aras tn
southern Utah may bee looked for be-
cause the ucccwnr, railway viii ron
/ der accessible resources which have
heretofore been undevelupCd Tho
whole rcgion is rich in agricultural
lland. In cattle and sheep rnurc1 aud
tn coul and copper deposits. as wen
as in timber.
Bids fuF the timber VIII be- Received
up 90 the middle OF june 1914. and
three years win be- allowed for tho
building of the railroad ana mills, and
Twenty years Tor the cutting 81
/ however. will be- rcadiuatgd ut the
cnd Of each flve-ycar period 81 the
contract. the Establishments being
based on the then current lumber
lprices
By the end Of the rontract period,
the forest officers Say the Young
trees iefi ON the area firW cut over
VIII be- ready for cutting, So that BY
the system Of numbering which the
government viii require operations
can continue permanently In this lum-
her belt The annual cut viii be- not
less than forty million feet. most ~
which wiil be readily sold in the large
consuming lumber markets IA utah
and Colorado
The ISaibab forest ~ one Of the
most heavily timhcrod IN the south
west, the stand ~ timber being brok-
en- only occasionally hy beautiful
meadows ~ openings 'oealiy known as
parks. Lumbermon who have visited
II consider the country Ideally adapted
10 logging There are. altogether,
two billion feet OF timber. Of vr'ch
more than one billion feet are mature
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