The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-02
|[L|ONS Of FEET
/ OF TIMBER SOLD
,estry Officials Consum-
ate a Big Deal in West
ern Wyoming.
1 10 The Trlhune.

Ial 10 The Tribune.
:DSN Feb. with the saIe oil
III 00O board feet OF timber iylnS at
[cad of the Wind river and lis tflou-
Within the Bonneville national for
q western Wyoming. the officials oil
Fo1rrth district have consum mmatcd
,argest sale Of Wyoming timber IN
.asf ten years, ana thc second largest
4 HISTORY Of that state. The WIND
y rImber company, with headquar-
IA Riverton, Wyo. Is the purchaser
IN Immense quantity OF Wyoming
-,ofed on an area of about $4,000
. the timber included in the recent
hase consists largely OF lodGepole
With small amounts OF other va
=. The initial stumpaSe prices 10
>afd by the Riverton company are
Der 1000 feet for saw timber, 81
each for hewed ties and Sl.aO per
feet Tor material which IL made
fence posts, mine props and mine
II Is stipulated in the contract.
.ver, that these prices may be read
Il nv the district forester when cut
of the first half of the timber has
cnmpletcd.
|6or the terms OF the government
-4cf. the purchaser Is allowed eight
. for the cutting and removal OF the
~. Officials OF the forest service
.rstand that the company mas q
act with tho Chicago & Northwest
railroad 10 deliver annually from
0D to i00.0O ties at Riverton, where
abroad company VIII erect plant
living the ties a preserva tive treat
<ordIng TO the information received
ho local headquarters Of the forest
IN. from sixty TO 100 choppers are
In the forest ready TO begin opera
/ In the early spring. For the past
IN months a force of men has been
forlk improving the Wind river so
. The, driving OF logs can be made
but difficulties. as the marketing
|<es driving the logs down the river
|<8nce OF about i20 miles.
the officials of the forestry service
lie of this large amount OF timber
the bulk of lodgepole pine to be
&rfed into railroad ties for preserva-
|reatment is significant. For some
nast the Standard Timber company
l. been cutting lodgepole pine and
/ fimber on Mil fork OF the Bear
for railroad ties, which. after be-
lreuted. were used In one OF the best
/ line railroad tracks Of tho world.
I0ves by practice TO the government
I[igators that lodgepole pine treated
UItlueTcu SdllsldClOly icI llS Soil-
LON and maintenance OF a stable
ocd for the heaviest traffic.
l. records on file at the Fourth dis
HEADQUARTERS In this city show that
of the western roads now operate
own treating plants, the popular
1 being the two-rctort portable
The ties arc impregnated with
<h1oride. creosote, or fused zinc
Lex at the rate Of about 5000 pei
a cost of from 10 TO IA cents per
he date OF the establishment and
l<n OF the western plants established
/us to that of the Northwestern, Is
/|pws:
'<hern Pacific, 1923 West Oakland
u: Burlington. 1900 Sheridan, Wyo.
s Northern 1901 Somers. Mont.
a Pacific. 1902 Laramie. wyo.; o
p 81 n. Co, Wyeth. Ore: Salt Lake
h 1906 East San Pedro. Cal; North.
racifIc, 1905 Paradise. Mont
m that the practicability OF the us,
ne lodgepole pine treated tie ha:
ted. the forestry official!
- that the cutting OF ties on {
|. .Iecalc from the vast bodies OF lodge
md other timber on the headwater!
- Provo river, as we'll as farther
n the UiDta mountains, and abou
on lake IN the Teton forest sboulc
fntered upon Immediately. Sucl
4 add much to the development o
resources, especially because !
IN Btimulate both the timber anC
EVrreserving industries. The forestr,
1lNls believe that this industry Is de
AZ of attention by the commercial
.lof the state.