Southern good roads . output could lie maintained indetiniiely, so that:iii annual saving of $(ir),(JOO to the [teojde if thiscomity on the haiding of their timl)er could be secnicdas loni;- as the good roads should last. Taking the re-gion as a whole, in tbe of North Car-olina \vest if the lilne Ridge, three-quaiters of thearea is now iii forest, and piobably e\-en a larger pio-port ion of Ilii-esls I ban foi any other jinrpose. It iseslimated lliat in IIIOH. ?J(;.iHI( .•ubic feet of tilldlerwas markeleil in its \aiions forms in ereater part of
Southern good roads . output could lie maintained indetiniiely, so that:iii annual saving of $(ir),(JOO to the [teojde if thiscomity on the haiding of their timl)er could be secnicdas loni;- as the good roads should last. Taking the re-gion as a whole, in tbe of North Car-olina \vest if the lilne Ridge, three-quaiters of thearea is now iii forest, and piobably e\-en a larger pio-port ion of Ilii-esls I ban foi any other jinrpose. It iseslimated lliat in IIIOH. ?J(;.iHI( .•ubic feet of tilldlerwas markeleil in its \aiions forms in ereater part of this was sold as lumber, c ird-woodioi- pul|i and tannic extrad, and tan-bark. ( )f thisamoniil abuut 1 1 . rubic feet was transportedl>,\ llume or by i-ail direct; Ibe balance, or about lo,-IKMHIIIII cubic feel, was !i;in|ed to mai-ket or to therailro;id b\- wagon o\-ei all sorts and conditions ifroads. The estimated cost of transporting this ma-terial o\-ei- these roads was half a cent per cubic foot. Deliyrht, Road Near Dublin. N. H. New Hainpsliire LawsCompel SiKns Like These at Every Inter-sectin^ Road per mile, or Iliim 11 .j In i cents per cubic fo it for thetotal aimiiinting to Mime . This of costs ior siiii]ily the road haul, amounting totwice as much as Ihe limber itself is woiih on theslump, takes ;ill Ihe |irolit out n handling these forestprodilcis that lia\e to be t rans|ioil ed by wagon. Thevast majorily of the men :\\ handle tiinoer from thestump to the railioad mak-e little more Ihan wagis,and often \i-\-y poor \\ages at that, liesiiles this, it isiisiially onl\- the most ihsirable timber that can behandled ; the I iwer grades and the poorer species mustbe left ill the woods because of the pl:i|| i bil i \-e cost ofthe haul. It IS thus seen thai the consiux at ion of ourlimber resources is deiiciidiiit to a extent ongood roads. Take fill exaiii|)le. the one item if cerd-wdod. (ord-wood IS essentia
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