The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-10-05
Trousers Has Come

Carollna, but not so. 1t is great in
dustry and will be for a long time
yet. Mr.. Reed tells of fine big forests
of fine lumber, of pine, cypress.
juriper, oak, poplar, sweet and black
gum, some of the trees being giants,
some nUF better than the average, and
some not much to boast of. Half q
billion feet of lumber is in sight of
| GOfdSboro as a commercial sight goes
| and will probably come here to be
manufactured. Half a billion feet OF
lumber is q good big pile mill cut
| ting $4,000 feet a day would not get
| away with that amount Of timber in
25 years The mills that cut 10000
| feet a day are big ones, and only d
| few Of them.
MIR. Reeds company has a preten-
| tious scheme on hand. 1t has secur-
ed site for a big mill at Goldsboro.
and proposes to build not only one
mill. but three, which will cut about
20,000,000 feet of lumber a year. and
employ 400 to 500 hands. The scheme
is such a complete one that I was in
| terested. 1t is a comprehensive pro-
| position. 1t starts with the construc-
ton of a railroad of 25 to 80 miles,
which is to run down into the west
edge Of Lenoir and across into the
north side Of Duplin counties, openins
up not only the timber that will be
accessible, but also affording an out
let for a road that has been built by
J. T. Deal, which brings out lumber
from lot of territory in Duplin, and
and when it gets down that far what
,, Will become of it nobody presumes te
say now. 1t may push on into the
Sound territory or tie itself around 3
tree top down in that lower country
for the whole region as far as it car
see is full Of timber.
The railroad will bring out tn.
timber. and incidentally 1t will opeI
> to settlement many thousand Of acre.
: that will be put in touch with Colds
: boro and permit the products Of thu
/. opened territory to get to Goldsbort
? to market. The railroad is to be :
: road for the accommodation Of thu
Virginia Lumber and Box Company
:, but it will undertake to accommodate
: the people along it's line, and tka
a means 1t will be as useful as any othe
= railroad that could traverse the coun
! ties to the south.
~ Interesting In Method.
J. Aside from the magnitude Of it
IS operation this lumber concern is in
d teresting because Of its method o
e handling it's timber. The three mill
Il that are to be built are to be the las
2 word in modern mill construction
d They will be band mills, with tn
n newest machinery and equipment
l. designed for special purposes. Th
product will be largely box stuff
D packing case material and shook stuff
II From the stump to the leaves tn
= waste material will be minimum
a The log crop will be brought by ra
j. to the mills and sorted into the prope
J. classification. The tops that are nc
l. fl: to saw into anything will be Gu
% into the desired lengths and sent
20 Pennsylvania and West Virginia fC
d coal mine props. No matter ho'
N knotty, or unsightly tree top. if it
ID as big as five or six inches in diamete
-e and long enough to get from three
,r six feet of length it will serve to pro
up the roof in the coal mines, an
a as the whole cost Of production
e simply trimming off the knots an
q. cutting to convenient lengths, the co:
< Of preparing the props is insignifican
is and they can be sold on the car for
le very small figure and still bring cor
n siderable money to the lumber opera
m ton.
a Each particular kind OF timber wi
tn so to make it's own product. I'll
J.. pine will go into box boards and pacl
II. ing cases principally. For that us
I'd short stuff down to a foot or SO ca
to be used Any width and any thlcl
= ness is good stuff. The saw dust al
as trim from the saws will serve to I'll
ct the boilers and make steam. III
TN poplar lumber is cut into various MI
terials, much Of it IN ordinary tim
going abroad to the export trade. III
an now the export business IS unsettle
lis but Europe will not always be able
at get along without lumber, and Amer
tn ca is the handiest point. big q