INCENSE CEDAE. 
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 
7by7 
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. 
Bound 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. 
