anaheim-gazette 1906-02-08

STRUCTURAL TIMBERS OF PACIFIC COAST Tried in Tests Made by Forest Service at State Universities. WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 29, 1906. The study of the structural timbers of the Pacific coast was begun by the bureau of forestry, now the forest service, in 1903, in order to determine with greater accuracy the exact scope of their commercial use. At that time the only laboratory in the west suitably equipped for work of this character was that of the University of California. Accordingly, the first testing station was established there, and the programme then prepared has been steadily carried out since. Keen interest and hearty co-operation have greatly aided the work. The lumber mills of the coast have furnished all the timber needed; railroads and steamship companies have given free transportation for the test material; and the University of California has contributed the use of its well-equipped testing laboratory and a supply of power. In this first series of experiments the forest service has aimed to determine the mechanical and physical properties of timbers used in buildings, bridges, and other structures where strength is needed. The tests its merits. The effect of reliable information in real mechanical properties of by the forest service will courage its legitimate use move existing prejudices. During the Lewis and tennial exposition at Portland, a testing station was in connection with the exhibit of the government, a structural timbers of logs were made daily. At the exposition the machine stalled at Eugene, Oregon. The University of Oregon ped a testing plant especially operate with the forest service work, and special investiga determine the effect of knight strength of red fir are being on. At Seattle, Washington state university has also operated by the forest service junction with the university investigations of western will be conducted along followed with red fir at the city of Oregon. About a year ago the vice issued a circular, "Port of Structural Timber gave the partial results of Pacific coast timbers and has been exhausted by the made for it—an indication practical interest of the st revised edition is now in tion. have given free transportation for the test material; and the University of California has contributed the use of its well-equipped testing laboratory and a supply of power. In this first series of experiments the forest service has aimed to determine the mechanical and physical properties of timbers used in buildings, bridges, and other structures where strength is needed. The test specimens have been selected from the mill and the lumber yard, so that they might be representative of the timber in actual use. The tests cover all grades of the product, from clear, straight-grained sticks, to inferior pieces containing such knots and other defects as are found in common and second-grade timbers. By this means it is possible to establish both the liability of the timbers to contain season checks, knots, windshakes and other similar defects, and the precise effect which these will have on the strength of the timbers. The knowledge thus obtained enables the engineer or architect to design timber structures with safety and economy, and, in addition, provides a reliable basis for the inspection and grading of the product of the mills. A variety of factors enter into the precise determination of the strength of timbers. In dealing with full-sized structural timbers it is necessary to know the rate of growth of the specimen, its weight per cubic foot, and the stage of seasoning which it has reached, as expressed in moisture content. To check these determinations, tests are also made on small selected pieces, cut from straight-grained, large beams, free from defects, so that the relation which these factors bear to the strength of the timber may be analyzed and problems attacked simply and directly. The red fir and the western hemlock have hereto monopolized the tests. Red fir, whose merits have long been recognized in the west, stands without question first in importance among the structural time Gold was discovered in the River valley, Idaho, in 1862. During the succeeding twenty-five years over $200,000,000 were taken large but evanescent pine flocked to the valley, although nearest railroad was 200 miles and everything had to be in and out. But only one gold could be garnered andpection was that when there had all been panned, the Boise, like many other districts, would vanish from as a producing locality. However, The output of today from its hundred or so acres of splendidly land, is fast approaching the realized from the mines during best days. Certainly, while enormous irrigation works were there being constructed by government are completed, the agriculture will contribute world's wealth every year at time thereafter, an amount greater than the annual profit "basin" diggings during palmiest days, while the vast support a population of at least 000 people. The state of Idaho is larger all New England, but it has two persons to the square. What it needs is water; there of the melting snows from mountain ranges which run through the Gulf of California every Its climate is delightful and orating, with a latitude of th from defects, so that the relation which these factors bear to the strength of the timber may be analyzed and problems attacked simply and directly. The red fir and the western hemlock have hereto monopolized the tests. Red fir, whose merits have long been recognized in the west, stands without question first in importance among the structural timbers of the coast, Lightness, strength and durability are its distinctive valuable qualities, and the fact that it can be obtained readily in sticks of exceptional size without defects greatly enlarges its utility. In recent years its introduction to the eastern market has made rapid strides. The results of the tests confirm conclusively the exceptional merits of this timber. Western hemlock has not readily been received in the market. Chief among the obstacles with which it has had to cope in the similarity of its name to that of the eastern hemlock, whose poorer qualities it has unjustly been held to share. Though large quantities of the timber are cut and sold, they are marketed under fictitious names, such as Washington pine, Alaska pine, and gray fir, for under its own name the western hemlock has even now no market standing. Yet the results of tests already show that, though it is not not so strong or serviceable as red fir or long leaf pine, its structural value compares favorably with loblolly or Virginia pine, and that it therefore deserves to be marketed on The state of Idaho is larger all New England, but it has two persons to the square. What it needs is water; the of the melting snows from mountain ranges which run the Gulf of California every Its climate is delightful and orating, with a latitude of the of France and northern Italy. Boise valley in the southern the state, lies at an elevation feet, and the lowest temp during the year is but slight freezing. In Boise valley as in Californiesthe early days, the demand for and the exorbitant prices for tables and meat, induced some hardy Argonauts to break thof caste and engage in what we considered the humblest o pations, the growing of p cabbage and small fruits splendid markets this industry pered and grew, and when th ers were exhausted a thriving community remained to these permanent resources valley. But little of the "Klondale 1864 remains. Its dissapoint and lavish rewards, its desiand reckless prodigality are of the past. Today it is diffi realize that this valley wasthe famous theatres where and daring spirits were the pro actors and where only the fifty vived. Unlike many of the The effect of publishing information in regard to the physical properties of this timber forest service will be to enable its legitimate use and to resist prejudices against it. The Lewis and Clark cen-scription at Portland, Oregon, resting station was operated section with the forest ex-act the government, and tests of actual timbers of large sizes made daily. At the close of position the machine was in at Eugene, Oregon, where university of Oregon has equip-isting plant especially to co-with the forest service in this special investigations to note the effect of knots on the red fir are being carried Seattle, Washington, the university has also completed laboratory, which will be by the forest service in con- with the university. Hereations of western hemlock conducted along the lines with red fir at the Univer-Oregon. A year ago the forest ser- ded a circular, "Progress Re- Structural Timber," which partial results of the tests coast timbers and which exhausted by the requests it—an indication of the interest of the studies. A condition is now in prepara- tion Dollar Irrigation Project dykes which have had their day dur- ing the past 60 years, this valley pro- vided for the overflow, and the spirit of enterprise which prompted thou-sands to brave all dangers in the search for gold, found a field here for the exercise of surplus energy in the construction of canals and the reclamation of the lands in adjacent valleys. Like the Mormon farmers, the early tillers of the Boise valley found irrigation necessary, and since the first crude efforts nearly $2,000,000 have been expended in the construc-tion of irrigation works, and more than 100,000 acres of land have been reclaimed. Substantial cities and towns have grown up, railroads cross the valley in every direction, and from $30,000,-000 to $40,000,000 have been added to the productive capital of the west. But the limit for private enterprise has been fully utilized, and it is only by the construction of engineering works enormously expensive that the complete agricultural development of the country can take place. The only agency which can safely undertake this great work is the United States. With commendable enter-prise the owners of land in the valley have harmonized all questions of conflicting water-rights and are now preparing to co-operate heartily with the government in carrying forward what is termed the Payette-Boise project, the largest of the national reclamation works which has yet been approved by the secretary of the interior. partial results of the tests on coast timbers and which exhausted by the requests it—an indication of the interest of the studies. A condition is now in preparation. Dollar Irrigation Project Guy E, Mitchell. has discovered in the Boise Valley, Idaho, in 1862, and succeeding twenty-five years (100,000 were taken but. A vast evanescent population in the valley, although the railroad was 200 miles away nothing had to be freighted at. But only one crop of land be garnered and the ex- was that when the pay-dirt been panned, the valley of like many other mining would vanish from the map producing locality. Not so. The output of the valley from its hundred or so thousands of splendidly irrigated past approaching the profits from the mines during their Certainly, when the irrigation works which are being constructed by the government completed, the output nature will contribute to the health every year and for all after, an amount much than the annual products of "diggings during their days, while the valley will population of at least 200,000." State of Idaho is larger than England, but it has less than nuns to the square mile. Needs is water; the storage melting snows from its vast ranges which run riot to California every spring. Is delightful and invigilous with a latitude of the south and northern Italy. Prise the owners of land in the valley have harmonized all questions of conflicting water-rights and are now preparing to co-operate heartily with the government in carrying forward what is termed the Payette-Boise project, the largest of the national reclamation works which has yet been approved by the secretary of the interior. The construction of this great system will require several years and entails the expenditure of nearly $8,000,000. The area to be reclaimed is 370,000,000 acres, or more than twice the cultivated acreage of Rhode Island. The works consist of storage reservoirs on the headwaters of the Payette and Boise rivers, and in the Boise valley the building of gigantic dams on these two rivers and about 200 miles of main canals. The secretary has authorized the initial construction of a dam in Boise river, about 33 miles of main canal, and a reservoir which will be capable of storing water enough for the late irrigation of about 120,000 acres of land in Boise valley. The bids were opened at Boise on February 1, 1906, and the contracts provide for the expenditure by the United States of about $1,000,000. The Boise valley now has a population of about 30,000. It contains 50 per cent more irrigable land and has a more favorable climate than the great Salt Lake valley of Utah, which today sustains a population of about 150,000. DR. J. E. ENNIS Atlanta, Ga., Physician, Addresses the People of Anaheim on a Matter of Health. "To Whom it May Concern:—Of late there has been a good deal of discussion in regard to advertised medicines, their value and power to cure. 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