. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... TRAIN OF LOADEn LOG CARS tonnage pays two freights, one on the rough logs andanother on the finished lumber. The longleaf pine along the southern end of the roadhas been pronounced by men thoroughly conversant withthe lumber business to be one of the finest bodies of stand-ing timber in the South. The United States Departmentof Forestry, in grading southern pine lands, makes nohigher classification than 4,000 to 6,000 feet per after mile of the timber between Winnfield and Jena,on the line of the L
. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... TRAIN OF LOADEn LOG CARS tonnage pays two freights, one on the rough logs andanother on the finished lumber. The longleaf pine along the southern end of the roadhas been pronounced by men thoroughly conversant withthe lumber business to be one of the finest bodies of stand-ing timber in the South. The United States Departmentof Forestry, in grading southern pine lands, makes nohigher classification than 4,000 to 6,000 feet per after mile of the timber between Winnfield and Jena,on the line of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, averages15,000 feet per acre and in places the yield runs as high as50,000 feet per acre. One unusually large tree cut over LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 33. UNLOADING LUMBER AT STAMPS 7,000 feet. The trees grow very straight and have fewbranches, the distance to the lowest limbs being often fiftyor seventy-five feet. The ground under the trees is usuallycovered by grass and is generally devoid of fires consequently do almost no damage. The various steps attendant upon the transformation ofthe standing tree into finished lumber may be of considerableinterest to those who have not visited a modern methods described below are those in general usethroughout the southern pine belt.
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