HARDWOOD RECORD 



V 



Ml'AN'Y, TIHV SEND HLOl* NT COUNTY, TKNNKSS li E. 



the Little River Lumber Company extended a 

 main line of finely equipped railroad to ToWn- 

 send, a distance of eight miles up the Little 

 river, and here at Tuckaleechee Cove estab- 

 lished its milling plant. The railroad, equally 

 well constructed, laid with sixty-pound steel 

 rail, then projects alone, the various branches 

 of the three forks of the Little river for many 

 miles. Some thirty miles of this sort of road 

 have already been built, and it is expected 



that at least twenty more miles will n Is be 



laid. 



< hi the main line of the road, specially 

 built Baldwin locomotives are used, but after 

 striking up into the tagging operations of the 

 mountains, the geared Shay locomotives are 

 exclusively employed. The railroad branches 

 are extended up the various coves of the 

 mountains, as far as the gradient will per- 

 mit locomotives to be safely handled, and 

 timber that cannot be reached by the branches 

 direct is delivered at skidways along the road. 



by means of timber slides, a specimen of 

 which is herewith pictured. Every detail of 



this great operation is conducted nodern 



and economic lines, with thorough efficiencj 

 in every department. 



It is not necessary to describe in detail 

 the unequalled richness of the splendid 

 forests of the Little River Lumber Com- 

 pany, nor is it essential to e nerate spe- 

 cifically the features of its railroads, saw- 

 mill and planing mill equipment, as the pic- 

 tures tell the story better than can text. 



Taken altogether, it is perhaps witl t a 



] r in the. United States as an operating 



hardwood lumber proposition and it is a 

 sourei a'f gratification to the ETatdwood 

 Recoijd to have the privilege of illustrating 

 and briefly reviewing this great property. 



The lumber output of the Little River 

 Lumber Company is marketed throughout 



tl nt ire East and as far west as Ohio. 



In part it is sold at the general offices at 



Townsend a ad partially by I 



of W. M. Mr( lormick, president ol i he com 



pany at Philadelphia. 



Mesai -. McCoi miek and Townsend have 

 recently | the planing mill and 



box factories of Saxton & Company, Ltd., 

 at Kmixville, through which plant they will 

 manipulate a considerable portion of the 

 coarse end of the product of the Little 

 River Lumbei Company and other conven- 

 iently located stocks, and will enter largely 

 into the making of box Bhooks and cut-up 

 materials. The Knoxv ill.- bl Jtitu- 



tion is known as the Holston Box \ I. lim- 

 ber Company. 



Tie- Little River Lumber Company also 

 contemplates the erection al an early date 



of a i li i a ' ' neer plant at Tow nsend, in 



which it will com cit a poi i ion oi its high 



das~ log furni ad a con 



siderable quantity of its coarse timber into 

 rotary cut lumber for the making of boxes 



PA-NY FROM REAR OP THE LOG POND. 



GENERAL MANAGER W. B SEND 



