INCENSE CEDAR. 

 Table 6. — Post volume table for incense cedar; basis, 8 trees. 



Diameter, 

 breast- 

 high. 



Number 

 of posts. 



Diameter, 



breast- 

 high. 



Number 

 of posts. 



Inches. 

 24 

 30 

 36 



42 



48 

 66 

 84 

 102 



Inches. 

 48 

 54 

 60 



120 

 138 



156 



Large numbers of poles and stubs also are made annually for local 

 use. Like rails and fence posts, these are practically all split, al- 

 though in a few instances sawed incense cedar poles have been used 

 by power companies in their local lines. Such poles were quoted 

 locally in 1911 at the prices given in Table 7. 



Table 7. — Local market prices of sawed incense cedar poles (1911). 



Dimensions. 



Market 

 price 

 (each). 



Butt. 



Top. 



Length. 



Inches. 

 8 by 8 



8 by 8 



9 by 9 

 10 by 10 



Inches. 

 6 by 6 

 6 by 6 



6 by 6 



7 by 7 



Feet. 

 18 

 20 

 25 

 30 



$2.35 

 2.50 

 3.50 

 4.50 



Owing to the presence of dry-rot and the greater difficulties of 

 transportation, incense cedar poles are not so desirable as poles of 

 the western red cedar of the Northwest, and no attempt therefore 

 has been made to put them on the general market. Split poles ap- 

 proximately 6 inches by 6 inches by 18 feet are frequently used in 

 local telephone-line construction, and bring for this purpose from 

 $1.25 to $1.50 each. The use of such poles, however, is not extensive, 

 owing to the scarcity of timber from which they can be split. 

 Round poles made from incense cedar saplings have also been used 

 to a limited extent. They are not particularly satisfactory, how- 

 ever, owing to their rapid taper and to the preponderance of sap- 

 wood. 



The extensive use of cedar stubs throughout California has arisen 

 from the necessity of either replacing or stubbing poles which have 

 rotted off at the ground. Stubbing, being the cheaper, has been the 

 practice usually followed, a stout post being set alongside and the 

 old pole wired or bolted to it. As cedar is handy and the most 

 durable timber available, it is usually used for this purpose through- 

 out its range. Though not quoted in the general market, cedar stubs 

 sell locally for 30 cents in regions where the species is fairly 

 abundant. 



