14 REDWOOD LUMBERING. 



are two through railroad lines to the East, and arrangements 

 completed whereby another is to be added, our lumbermen 

 feel positive that freights will be placed at figures through 

 which they can compete for trade east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Of course there does not appear to be any probability 

 of shipping other than the clear stuff for years to come, but 

 the over-production of clear heretofore, and no outlet for it, 

 has been a continual cause of complaint. 



The California Redwood Company (the largest in this line 

 on the coast) has already taken the initiative step looking to a 

 supply of clear seasoned lumber for the Eastern market. At 

 Tormey Station just below Port Costa, and convenient for ship- 

 ping both by rail and sea to all parts of the world, they have 

 built wharves and opened a yard covering some twenty acres, 

 where their lumber can be seasoned properly before being of- 

 fered to the markets abroad. Evidently the course pursued 

 by the California Redwood Company will be followed by others, 

 as the introduction of this superior article of lumber opens a 

 fresh demand in entirely new fields of consumption. John 

 Vance, Dolbeer & Carson, and other lumbermen feel satisfied 

 that to find outlets for the first quality of lumber, seasoning 

 yards, near favorable shipping points, will be required. Some 

 of these yards may be located at other convenient points be- 

 sides San Francisco say at Wilmington or San Diego. At 

 any of these points an active competition can be made with 

 eastern manufacturers of clear lumber. Once let builders at 

 the East be thoroughly convinced, as we are, that redwood 

 is superior for interior finish, and our local market will seldom 

 become glutted with an over-product. 



