, s AMERICAN FOEESTEY 



killed bv the senate, ('n.sbie kept up his agitation and work, however, and 



li\,-d to we his hopes realized. 



DEVELOPMENT OF TIMBER RESOURCES 



OITH iNS (.11 over L'50,000 acres of timber land in western North Carolina 

 have been secured by the Asheville Timber Company and there has 

 n undertaken the greatest development of timber resources ever 

 known in that section. 



Tin- properties secured include over 250,000 acres and contain about one 

 billion two hundred and fifty million feet of spruce, six hundred million feet 

 of linn I) irk and one billion, one hundred million feet of hardwoods. Practically 

 all ihe properties are virgin forests and of the very highest grade. Among the 

 hardwoods are the best stands of poplar and cherry that ever grew in this 



<>n. 



A feature of the woods management will be the placing of the operations 

 siil. -lain ially under the United States forestry supervision which has opened 

 headquarters in Asheville and is taking options on large tracts of land. The 

 ^.ivernnient is planning to install a fire protecting system which will minimize 

 the risk from forest fires. 



A notable feature of the development is the complete utilization of all 

 the saw dust and other mill waste from all the mills, at one central power 

 plant, converting it into electric power to run all the mills and factories from 

 which the waste is produced, besides a surplus to operate the big ground 

 \\.-od pulp mill, which is a large consumer of power. The operation of all 

 ihe plants by electric power eliminates the fire risk to the utmost, and it is* 

 contemplated that practically all the buildings will be of concrete. 



FIRST PURCHASE UNDER WEEKS LAW 



tirst purchase of land under the Weeks law authorizing the creation 

 "I ili.' Appalachian forest reserve was authorized at a meeting of the 

 national forest reservation committee in the office of Secretary of War 

 ImBon, rliainnan of the commission, on December 9. Ten tracts of moun- 

 1 ''"!. aggregating 18,500 acres in McDowell County, North Carolina, were 

 led upon by the committee for purchase. The tracts range from 100 to 

 lores in size and are located near Mt. Mitchell in the western part of 

 and are declared to be excellent for practical forest work. The 

 ''<"" three to six dollars an acre, the total cost amounting to 

 All the tracts are on the watershed of Catawba River, an 

 Imtarv of the Wateree River, which with the Congree forms the 

 am of much industrial importance, which with its tributaries is 

 > miles in South Carolina. In taking favorable action upon 

 he commission was unanimous in the conclusion that it had 

 lie most favorable localities of the southern Appalachian region 



