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done when putting down track, but much trouble is caused by the 
large number of marshy places, where the track sinks. The rails and 
ties used in building the spurs are taken up as soon as the timber is .} 
removed and laid over again elsewhere. The frequent spiking soon 
renders the ties useless, but the rails last for many years. Young 
timber is used to a large extent for the ties, track corduroy, and 
firewood. 
Table X shows the number of trees of each species left per acre 
after cutting on a part of Fishbrook holding. For this table hard- 
woods were measured to 10 inches and softwoods to 2 inches in 
diameter breasthigh. Of the 36.78 loblolly pine trees left on each . 
acre, 12.5 are over 5 inches in diameter and 3.36 are over 10 inches in 
diameter. Since nearly every loblolly pine tree left standing should 
be large enough to cut at the next rotation, the basis for a good 
second cut is already on the ground. 
TABLE X.—Stand per acre of softwoods 2 inches and over, and of hardwoods 10 inches and 
over in diameter breasthigh, left after lumbering on Fishbrook. 
Number Number 
| Per cent. | Species. 
Species. of trees. of trees. Per cent. 
| 
Hobloliv pines ssa we scaeieeee a 36. 78 | 67. 70 || BIT@KOnies a0. see: eee ee ae ee 0. 59 1.09 
(Redes iit secs es a. ee ae 8.52 15568" |) uongles Epine. 220 ets ee . 25 - 46 
Blaiek oaks 22h shes be ike 1.91 Sab1y MOV DTCSS eae oe as eee ater tg nal 
White, Oaikeiit as. 22 Pan ae a ae 1. 46 2869) ||) HIMSEs £2 ce Sens eevee so eee .14 . 26 
Shortleat pine =. 22. eee ae . 83 1 88!| ASWOS ono \.8 2 Biss dens panto ale 322 
Blackioumis 52 Skea eee . 83 T.53,4|| Yellow; poplar 222. 2-2. -232=— . 06 hl 
Redamnaple css ae ya . 68 125) || SPruGe pIme=s.....ceneme ee eee . 03 . 06 
Dead primes see cte ek eee . 67 1. 23 | SS 
Goda ae Sod ee ee .67 eo 6 eg eae Ne (ses Baa cece 100. 00 
IBeCChi sess eee cee eee . 60 1 
MARKET AND TRANSPORTATION. 
An excellent system for the transportation of logs from the woods 
to the mill is now in operation. Logs are carried to the landing on 
Cooper River by rail, at which point they are bundled or made into 
rafts and towed down the river to the mill, 40 miles below. This 
system of transportation is effective and cheap. The cost of transport- 
ing logs from the stump to the mili for the year 1902 was $2.79 per 
1,000 board feet. In any system of water transportation a great many 
logs sink, and are either lost entirely or recovered at heavy cost. A 
deceased manager of the company devised a scheme whereby such loss 
in Cooper River is largely eliminated. A trestle is built out into the 
river and the carloads of logs run out upon it. Two chains are then 
fastened to the trestle below the cars, passed down into the water, and 
again attached to a windlass on a framework above the trestle. As 
the logs are thrown into the water they are caught in the loops of the 
chain, and when a sufficient number to make up a bundle has been 
thrown off the cars the chains are tightened and the logs bound 
together. By this means the lighter logs float the heavier, and no 
