EED ALDER OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 31 
Table 10. — Freight rates on alder logs delivered to Portland, Greg., 1925 
Railroad 
Shipping point 
[ Rate per 
Distance 100 
I pounds 
Spokane, Portland & Seattle. 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Southern Pacific 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Portland Electric Power Co. 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Astoria, Oreg 
Clatskanie, Oreg-- 
Vernonia, Oreg 
Banks, Oreg 
Wilkesboro, Oreg_ 
Vadis, Oreg 
North Plains, Orel 
Black Rock, Oreg- 
Dayton, Oreg 
Banks, Oreg 
Elk City, Oreg 
Mapleton, Oreg 
New Era, Oreg 
Bull Run, Oreg-._ 
Boring, Oreg 
Troutdale, Oreg— 
Linneman, Oreg__ 
Miles 
100 
62 
50 
28 
26 
23 
22 
79 
35 
40 
142 
180 
21 
30 
21 
20 
14 
Cents 
ioy 2 
8 
10 
7 
!7H 
7 
U0H 
20 
6 
2 S20. 90 
2 16.50 
2 16. 50 
2 13. 20 
1 Rate on 8-foot logs. 
2 Rates quoted on carload lots only. Load not to exceed rated capacity of car, usually between 7,000 and 
8,000 board feet. 
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Table 11. — Freight rates on alder lumber, Oregon and Washington, 1925 
Railroad 
Shipping point 
Delivery point 
Distance 
Rate per 
100 
pounds 
Spokane, Portland & Seattle 
Astoria, Oreg 
Portland, Oreg 
do 
Miles 
100 
62 
155 
200 
65 
170 
186 
18 
49 
89 
232 
33 
73 
70 
Cents 
ioy 2 
sy 2 
17 
Do 
Clatskanie, Oreg- 
Southern Pacific 
Toledo, Oreg 
do _ 
Do 
Siltcoss, Oreg 
. .do 
20 
Do 
do 
li 14 
Northern Pacific .. . 
Kent, Wash 
do 
5 
Do 
Seattle, Wash 
do 
Do - 
Auburn, Wash 
Monroe, Wash 
__.do___ 
Tacoma, Wash 
Seattle, Wash 
Great "Northern _. 
7 
Do 
Tacoma, Wash 
Portland, Oreg 
Seattle, Wash 
Tacoma, Wash. 
do 
23 
Do 
do 
Do 
Do 
Everett, Wash 
do- _ 
9 
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul-- - 
Morton, Wash 
VA 
STUMPAGE, LOG, AND LUMBER VALUES 
To be marketable under present market conditions red alder 
stumpage must be located within a mile or two of transportation 
facilities, such as a good road, towable water, or railroad; and then 
it is worth about $2 per thousand feet. Good-sized and well-located 
stumpage has sold for as high as $3.50 per thousand feet. Small 
units of scattered stumpage not infrequently sell for as little as 
$0.50 per thousand feet. 
Except as a small amount of specially selected logs are used for 
veneer manufacture, alder logs are sold on a camp-run basis. The 
location of the mills with reference to the timber and transporta- 
tion facilities largely fixes the price of logs. Table 12 gives average, 
high, and low prices paid for logs delivered to the different classes 
of mills. The spread between high and low prices is largely due to 
differences in the distance between the timber and mills." The saw- 
ing of logs at the factories costs $6 to $10 a thousand feet. 
