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shipping point on the coast. It may be a slow, plodding way 

 to the realization of his earlier hopes of obtaining the value 

 of his timber all in a "bunch "; it may take the balance of 

 his working days to complete the task, with the addition of 

 teams as profits accrue; but it comes, all the same. The 

 character here described is not an uncommon one, nor is his 

 ultimate prosperity a matter of doubt. The bulldog perti- 

 nacity and obstinacy of such a man will win in any country. 

 The patience of such a man is beyond ordinary comprehen- 

 sion, and the peculiar trait exhibited may be compared to vir- 

 tue, which is said to have its " own reward." 



WASTE CAUSED THROUGH SPLIT LUMBER. 



Referring to the making of shakes, railroad ties, posts, and 

 pickets, in connection with the patient and untiring timber 

 claim owner, the amount or quantity of this material consum- 

 ed on the Pacific coast, in addition to what is shipped to the 

 interior, is enormous. As a matter of fact, the waste in the 

 production of these crudely prepared necessities in the lum- 

 ber trade is infinitely larger than that which characterized the 

 operations of millmen in the earlier history of manufacturing 

 sawed lumber. Not only is the sacrifice of our redwood for- 

 ests great through the working of split-timber men, but the 

 sugar pine of the Sierras suffers equally, especially in the man- 

 ufacturing of shakes and pickets. The straightest grained 

 and clearest timber alone can be utilized by the split-timber 

 man. He may possibly obtain from a tree that will cut up 

 150 feet in length of logs for a mill, fifty feet. This is the 



