The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-06-03
PULP INDUSTRY FOR TERRITORY
 NEXT BIG THING
Lumber Journal Interviews Heintzleman-Devel-
 opment Awaited

The May issue of Tine Timber man." an international lu m b e r journal features a recent interview with B. F. Heintzleman, Regional Forester, U. s. Forest Service, as follows:
 "The great timber products trade of Alaska in large measure awaits the development of the pulp in dustry, in my opinion" said B. F. Heintzleman, in an interview with a representative of The Timberman just prior to his deparature for Juneau, Alaska, May l, where he gees to assume the duties of Re- gional Forester. "There was great interest in the Alaska paper possi- bilities prior to the depression. With the price of newsprint up to $50 a ton, which would permit shipping of newsprint from Alaska to Eastern markets, have great hope for the future of Alaska as a pulp and paper production section. Alaska is capable of producing a million tons of newsprint annually on a sustained yield basis.
 Alaska has two distinct classes of forest growth. The first is the Interior Forest which occurs over greater part of the Territory, and the second is the Coast Forest, which is confined to and it's the prevailing type in Southeast Alaska and the Prince William Sound re- zion. Alaska has two National Forests comprising total area of 21, ,342,300 acres. Tongass National Forest consists of 16,544,000 acres and includes the greater part of the region popularly known as Southeast Alaska. The Chugach National Forest covers the timber belt on the shores of Prince Will jam Sound and has an area of 798,29 acres.
 The estimated stand of conner cial timber on the two National Forests is as follows: TongaSs, 78,- 500,0O0000 feet board measure; Chugach, 6,260,0O0000 feet board measure. The commercial timber fringes the shore of the mainland and the hundreds of djace t islands rarely extending inland for 8 greater distance than four or five miles or to a greater elevation than 1900 feet. A sinuous coast line makes much of the timber readily accessible. The National Forests have 12,000 miles of shore line and 75 per cent of the tim Der is estimated to be located with in two and a half miles of tide water.
 "The tree species with the rela- tive importance of each in the total stand are as follows: western hemlock, 73 per cent; Sitka spruce, 20 per cent; western red cedar, three per cent; Alaska cedar, three per cent; others, one per cent. Sitka spruce is the most valuable tree of Alaska. Although spruce largely occurs in combination with hemlock, areas of pure spruce are quite common and these furnish the great bulk of the saw timber now being cut. The trees attain a diameter of seven feet and a height of 200 feet but the average size of mature trees is about three and one half feet in diameter and 160 feet in height. Western hem lock of Alaska is chiefly valuable for the manufacture of pulp and paper It makes very good grade of mechanical and sulphite pulp. The hemlock trees reach diameters of four to five feet but perhaps 50 per cent are from Is inches to 30 inches in diameter. The height ranges from 100 to 150 feet.
 "The National Forests of Alaska possess an abundance of water power in units of suitable size for