The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-21
FORESTRY DATA
OF INTEREST
Is COMPILED
STATUS or ROAD WORK ANN
TIMBER CONDITIONS ARE TOT s
OF IN REPORT TO FORESTRY
BULLETIN.

Deftnite data concerning the Crestvieuv
Camp Walton road. now In course =, co,,-
iSIuceton. and other facts of public inter.
est In West Florida. concerning the nres.
ent status Of work and progress in DC.
veIopment going on in the forestry re-
serve, have been compiled by local fores,
supervisor L. L. Bishop. for the weeax1v
Forestry Service Bulletin Some ~ ~
interesting data contained in the renors
i follows: p
AFTER several years working and wait
Ing the road ambitions OF the forest rffi
GERS Of the Florida National Forest A..
being realized in 50 far rs the main unit
o. the forestry road system Is Concerned.
"A highway from Crestvfew. which n
on the railroad. extending through the
forest, passing two ranger stations. ia
Camp Walton on the sound. Is now under
. construction. The project will cost an.
proximately $4,000: 1900 of which is be.
ing provided by Okaloosa county ana
SO. 900 from Section 3. Federal Aid funds.
. The road will be "a miles long, ~ feet
j wide. II feet of whicsh is to be sur
faced with the natural sand-clay mixture
which is found at several points along
the route.
This surfacing with proper mainten-
ance has been found to give very salts
factory results. especially where the traf-
ffc Is not by extremely heavy vehicles.
An important link in this route was
completed last year when the bridge and
trestle supported roadway across Shoal
river. was finished at cost Of approxi-
mateiy $4,000: the federal CO operation to
which was in the form Of $27OO, 10 per
cent money and 2O8. 900 feet of pine stump
age. This structure II 1904 feet long,
built entirely Of heart long leaf pine ex-
cepttng 100-foot steel span and the cy-
press piling.
One OF the points at which construc-
ton Is being taken up. is in the pasture
back OF Ranger E. r. McKee's station
on Carriers Bayou. This is appropriate.
as Ranger Mckee. who worked hard and
effectively during the foundation stage Of
the project. wild be one of the first ben
Gifted by it. Approximately 10 months
will be required to build the road.
Tie Stumpaee Sale.
THE approval Of the district forester
has just been received. covering the sale
OF 10000 railway ties to be cut in the
East Bay Ranger district This stumpage
Is to be secured entirely from dead, down
and badly decadent long leaf pine timber.
A sale was advertised at q minimum rate
of cents for 6x8 ties, and 10 cents for
7x9 ties. The contract was let on a
bid of and IL cents respectively. The
removal OF this material at these figures
represents a neat salvage. The presence
of so large an amount of dead timber in
the district is explained by the fact that
the forest the present stand
Is largely mature and over-mature, and
further that this sperticular locality has
deem visited by TWO hurricanes during the
past two years. Ranger J. NJ. Jordan is
In charge Of the sale on the ground. and
reports tho work progressing very salts
Capt. EIdrsdee Again on the Florida.
Capt. 1. F. Eldredge of the goth En-
gineers. is spending several weeks on the
forest which he left as forest supervisor
when he Joined the 1-my early in the
war. He has now received his appoint !
nent as assistant district forester. and
will soon go with his family to take UP
lis work in Washington. Capt. Eldridges ,
presence on the fortst at this time Is be-
ng taken full advantage of by Supervisor
= L. Bishop: 1t being his first oppor-
unity to learn direct all the plans and |
hopes the captain had for Florida when |
he was its supervisor.
Mr. Eldridge spent II months during /
he war in the Landes region Of France. |
Ind there came most Intimately in touch 1
With the French turpentining industry.
Ills observations and experiences there
IRE proving of the greatest benefit in the
Of the futOre~of the forest. He
low sees even greater Things ahead for
florida, and Is busying himself making
lefinite plans for their accomplishment.
{ IL expected that the captain will be !n
florida until about the end Of May"