182 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



THE LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



Fk;. (11. Primitive log-train on tram-road with round pine 

 logs for rails, near boundary between Covington and Escam- 

 bia Cos. (near same place as fig. 41.) Photograph by Dr. 

 E. A. Smith and R. S. Hodges, Aug. S."), 1902. 



Fig. V)2. Modern log-train approaching the sawmill shown 

 in next picture. The logs are probably all long-leaf pine, as 

 are the standing trees. July 27, 1911. 



Fig. (J;^. The largest sawmill in Alabama ( capacity 275, OOQ 

 feet a day), Jackson Lumber Co., Lockhart, Covington Co. 

 Pond in foreground into which logs are dumped from the 

 train and soaked before sawing. Waste-burner at right. July 

 27, 1911. (There is a somewhat similar view of this mill 

 in the National Magazine for July, 1911, — vol. 34, p. 438.) 



