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The Wisconsin lumberman, devoted to the lumbering interests of the northwest
Volume III. Number 6 (March, 1875)
Alaska timber. Ship building on the Pacific Coast--memorial of San Francisco capitalists to Congress for an extensive rent of timber lands, pp. 518-519
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An outside view. Information concerning the winter's work in the pineries--estimates from each district in Wisconsin--the business out-look, p. 519
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Wood manufactures in Russia, p. 519
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The Wisconsan Lurinerman. out an exploring party to examine timber lands in the territory, so far as it may be adapted to ship-building. They have ob- tained valuable statistics from the explora- tions that have been made, and they now memorialize congress for the privilege of buying a tract of timber land with a view to establishing ship-yards there for the construction of ships. In California there has been great difficulty hitherto in getting sufficien' ships to carry our grain to the markets of the world, and the idea is that if our people engage in ship-building a great many of the farmers there will unite to buy the ships in order to transp)rt the grain. I move that the memorial be printed and refered to the committee on public lands, as it relates to the purchase of a tract of land, and I think should more properly go to that committee than any other." AN OUTSIDE VIEW. INFORMATION CONCER.XINC THE WINTER S WORK IN TiiE PiINEPIE-ESTIMATES i,;FROM EACH DISTRICT IN WISCONSIN- TiHE BUSINESS OUT-LOOK. A lumberman of much experience, well known to the trade along the Mississippi, and who keeps pretty well posted as to the progress of the lumber trade, writes to The Gazette froni Milwaukee, giving some interesting i-nformation concerning the win- ter's work in the pineries. He says that estimates are fully made on the winter's cut of logs in the pineries of Wiscom sin, resulting in the following figures and pros- pects for the coming business season: The Green Bay district, which last year cut about 25,030,000 feet and run off, in addition, about 11,000,000 feet left over the precee ding year, will have about 31,- 000,000 this year. The Wolf river district will yield 121,- 000,000, to which may be added 30,000,- 000 feet of logs now on hand at Oshkosh, making the total for the district 151,000,- 000 feet, or about 26,000,000 more than kist year and 124,000,000 less than the season of 1873. The Wisconsin river will have on the market onlv abont 65,000,000, being about half its yield of 1873, but nearly double that of last year. The Wisconsin last year suffered a greater falling off than al- most any other district in the state. Black river district will yield this year, as now estimated from work done irn the logging camps, about 120,000,000, being from 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 more than last year, and 20,000,000 less than the season of 1873. On the St. Croix the cut is estimated at 118,000,000 feet, or about 3,000,00( more than last year. The Chippewa and Eau Claire, rivers will yield about 295,0(10,000, and the Yellow river about 40,000,000. Some effort has been made to estimate the amount that will be produced by the mrillers and lumber camps on the I ne(s of railroads penetrating the pine regions. must no satisfactory results have hevit rtacied. This product has become important vnminigh to cut a conspicuous figure in the Iuiluher oporatiomus of the state, and beinig exell:p from hindrances by ice or lowv mr. is more reliable as a source of profit chai, wavy other branch of the lumber manufacituire in the state. Our correspondentadds that luailerinen genmrally are somewhat discouraged at flie prospect. They have earnestly sti :-,n i] reduce the amount of productio:i mutii prices should advaice, but their effi rts have only been partially succensful. 'T he crop of the present year is considwlrIdy above that of last year, and the out-look is thought to be but little improved. WOOD MANUFACTURES IN RUSSIA. According to recent statistics the ex- tent ofthe forests of Russia in Emnope is about 442,897,500 acres, or 40 per en t. oh the whole area. The forests are iery una- equally distributed, and altogether eu(Oitn- tion and comnituication are thus renm(lh red impracticable, the facilities are becumiumg every year increased. Nearly 05 p1 r coint. of the forest land is situated in the four governments of the north-in Arm h umcel, Vologda, Olenetz and Perm. Pv %- eni 1866 and 1870 upwards of 20,00Ut avres were planted, exclusive of the aecton of private owners. The principle trees are the Scotch pine, spruce fir, larch, birch, lime aspen and oak. The value of for-est products exported in 1871 amounted to 16,926,553 roubles. But the internal con- sumption gives a better idea of the im- mense wealth of these forests. The ap- proximate value as stated by Mr. Werekhn must be at least 265,450,000 roubles per annum. Wood is the only fuel used in Bussia, and therxilroads consume wood to the annual value of 7,200,000 rouhles. It is estimated that 40,000,000 wooden spoons are manufactured every year. - l {)
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