28 BULLETIN 950, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



TIME REQUIRED TO SECURE CONTRACT. 



No definite statement can be made as to the length of time required 

 to consummate a pulp-wood contract. The timber will ordinarily be 

 advertised for at least three months. Prior to advertisement, how- 

 ever, the prospective purchaser must of necessity make his own ex- 

 pert determination of the desirability and practicability of the proj- 

 ect. If the examiners will keep in touch with the local representatives 

 of the Forest Service, it will usually be possible for the Service to get 

 the timber desired in shape for advertisement and sale by the time 

 the examinations of the company are completed and the company is 

 ready to proceed with the development. 



REFERENCES. 



For the convenience of those who desire references to the literature 

 of the industry, the following suggestions are given : 



Bibliography of the Pulp and Paper Industries, by Henry E. Sur- 

 face, Forest Service Bulletin No. 123. This bulletin gives a compre- 

 hensive summary of the literature up to 1913, with a list of pulp and 

 paper trade papers, and is obtainable from the Superintendent of 

 Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 

 10 cents. 



The rules and regulations governing National Forests, together 

 with the procedure in timber sales, special uses, and other activities 

 of the Forest Service, are given in The Use Book, which may be 

 had on application to the Forest Service. 



Alaskan conditions are well set forth in the annual reports of the 

 governor of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior. A list of 

 references is given in these, reports also to Government publications 

 on Alaska. 



Lists of manufacturers of pulp and paper mill machinery and 

 supplies are given in Thomas's Directory of American Manufacturers. 



MAPS AND SURVEYS. 



It should be understood that, although general statements of loca- 

 tion and stand of pulpwood are given to show the sufficiency of 

 timber for regional development, the statements are not sufficiently 

 detailed for the segregation of pulpwood stands into operative units, 

 properly correlated to water power and other facilities, without an 

 independent examination and determination on the part of the 

 prospective purchaser. When he is satisfied as to the opportunities 

 the Forest Service will offer the timber for sale after a rough recon- 

 naissance has been made. 



The map attached shows the best present information the Forest 

 Service has as to the location of water power and desirable pulp 



