Schlich's Manual of Forestry; Forest Utilization, by W. R. Fisher Being an English Translation of Die Forstbenutzung, by Karl Gayer. 2D Ed. 1908 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...is, however, evident that for such a purpose only plateaux and plains can be utilised. The introduction of portable tramways into the forest-range of Einsiedel-Bebenhausen is well worthy of imitation, for there also a considerable saving of expense as compared with cart-traffic has resulted. British railway-companies are often the owners of steamers and of quays at seaports, and therefore in order to attract custom favour the transport of foreign timber, by charging lower freights than for home produce from intermediate stations. The rates for transport for home-timber are also much higher than on Continental railways, as the following table shows: --Per ton per mile, in pence. England..... 2'5 Belgium.....-6 France-7 Germany-57--Tr. 7. Canals. In lowlands, canals are even more useful than railways, owing to the reduced cost of transport which they involve. The network of canals in Prussia is now being rapidly extended, and enormous quantities of indigenous and foreign timber are carried by the various canals. Canals are now being constructed to unite the Rhine with the Weser, and also with the Danube and Main (cf. p. 409). 8. Conclusion. Facilitating wood-transport by increasing and improving the means of communication within and outside the forest has become a question of the first importance. Forestry has in many places lagged behind almost every other industry in this respect. Owing to the situation of forests, transport In the United States of America, owing to cheap acquisition of land for railways and rough construction, the capital expenditure is much less than in the United Kingdom. Consequently freights for timber are much lower; and owing to the plan of charging by complete car-loads, instead of merely by weight as here, a car-load is hauled for 1...