The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-01
Charges
Made by
R.R.MaIl
Big, Long ShipbuiIding Tim.
Der Lies Deliberately
Idle. He Says
A PR0FITEER SCHEME?

TENISo. March The weyer.
hacuser Timber Co. owner OF thou.
sands OF acres OF timber lands in
Washington. Ia boarding It's big ship
,imbers. badly needed BY the gov.
ernment'
This great corporation. the man.
aEer OF which IL George y Long Of
Tacoma. discharged member of the
government spruce advisory board.
IL refusing TO soil its big trees
That ~ the reason why hundreds
Of millions % feet % the finest kind
Of long shipbuiiding timber are ~.
Ing untouched In ono Of tho richest
timber belts in the state. - miles
southeast 81 Tenlno.
That il why a completely equipped
logging camp IN tho center OF this
timber belt II iyinK unused
That Ia why tho rails are ru~,ing
on a perfectly constructed railroad
line running from Tcnino. 1. miles
into the timber and 90 the camp.
and why a 2oOion locomotive reuta
laxiiy on siding.
George 3. Long. nernoriailr~d by
the Tacorna Commercial Club as n
patriotic citizen. is refusing 10 sell
one stick % this badly needed ship
building timber. which could be
transported with ease and speed over
tina, railway line 20 any shipbuIlding
plants on the Sound.
What X. ". Man Says
Such. at least. Is the answer 10 the
disclosures made In the Times yes.
terday given here today By william
Macarthur. vice president; Of the Her.
cuiea Sandstone Co, % Tcnlno. own.
ers Of both the camp and the rail.
road line.
Why IL 8, all lying idle and un.
touched. while tho government lie
crying for the timher7 II Ia not BE-
cause the Hercules Co. has not
made every effort TO have this rail.
road put in operation" raid Near.
thur. at his office here.
lust recently we entered into n
eontrae, with tho Union Miil Co. Of
Union Mills. Wash. which was
anxious 20 furnish long ship timber
10 various shipyarda in the state
seriously in need % the material for
construction OF government ships.
Cancelled Contract
This contract had To be Cancelled
because tho Wcyorhaeuser Timber
Co. thru George s. Long. refused TO
sell any Of the timber along the
road.
III the sale had matured. not less
TINA $4,000 900 feet Of long timber a
year would have been added to
washlnRton's shlpyards. altho II
was distinctly Understood between
the Union Mills and the Hercules
Co. that they would probably ship
out Zoe. 900 600 feet OF ship timber n
year
"The Hercules Co. can in no way
feel itself to blame. And why the
Weyerhaeuacr Timber Co. does not
put this valuable timber on the mar.
kct At a time when stumpage cuts
no figure probably will remain
mystery unless conditions change"
The unused railroad line into the
timber belt. IL was learned today.
was built in 1915 by the Hercules
Co. which had n contract
with the u. s. government TO fur.
nish Jetty rock for the Jetty work at
Grnys Harbor. The line has been
lying idle for the last year and n
half.
Just Lies Idle
II must continue 10 lie idle. it's
owners say. until the Weyerhaeuser
consents to part with
the big fir trees. for which the ship
yards are hungry.
Complaints from Southwest wash.
lngton logging men that the Wcyer.
haeuser Interests are refusing to let
go. are piling up.