Southern good roads . st of North Carolina Transportation plavs as .mportant a part in the lum-ber industry as any other phase of the business, and,in some instances, lack of favorable transportationfacilities has caused lumber companies to go out ofbusiness. AVe are apt on first thought to think oftransportation facilities as applying only to railwaysaiul water-ways, yet it applies .just as aptly to publicroads: the former are the main lines or large vi>iiisand arteries of trausportatijn. while the public roadscan be compared to the small capillaries penetratingevery portion of the system;
Southern good roads . st of North Carolina Transportation plavs as .mportant a part in the lum-ber industry as any other phase of the business, and,in some instances, lack of favorable transportationfacilities has caused lumber companies to go out ofbusiness. AVe are apt on first thought to think oftransportation facilities as applying only to railwaysaiul water-ways, yet it applies .just as aptly to publicroads: the former are the main lines or large vi>iiisand arteries of trausportatijn. while the public roadscan be compared to the small capillaries penetratingevery portion of the system; for it is the public roadsthat penetrate into all parts of the state. The railwaysand water-ways would accomplish but a small part ofwhat is expected of them were it not for the i)ublicroads, and it is necessary tri have well constructedpublic roads and to keep them in good condition sothat the flow of products to and from the interior tothe railways and water-ways will not be obstructed byrocks, mud, sand, or Surfaced With Shells But Not Rolled. Along the Proposed Gentilly AutoCourse in Louisiana AVhile some sections of the cotuitry in which lumber-ing is carried on extensively, are so situated that it isa feasible and economical proposition to build tram-ways or logging roads into the forest in all directionson account of the tlatness of the country, and to trans-port the logs to the mill at the railway or water-way,yet there are large sections of the country., and espec-ially in the Southern Appalachian Region, where it isnot feasible or possible to construct the tramway orlogging road and it is necessary to haul the logs orthe cut lumber from a few miles to fifteen and moremiles to the railway. Thus, in the latter case, thepublic road becomes a very important factor in thelumbering industry, and upon the condition of theseroads very often depends the profit of the lumbercompany. The Southern Appalachian Region contains thegreatest variety of hardwoods to be found a
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