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. 1921 Excerpt: ...permanent, as it is in Norway. Paper manufacturers who go to Alaska can count upon an assured supply of raw material indefinitely. The site of this prospective industry is the southeastern coastal part of the territory; a rugged, mountainous country, where roads can be constructed only at great expense, but where a ...
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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. 1921 Excerpt: ...permanent, as it is in Norway. Paper manufacturers who go to Alaska can count upon an assured supply of raw material indefinitely. The site of this prospective industry is the southeastern coastal part of the territory; a rugged, mountainous country, where roads can be constructed only at great expense, but where a vast system of waterways provides ample facilities for the transportation of lumber. The outlook for the paper industry is further indicated by the following statements: The National Forests of Alaska probably contain 100,000,000 cords of timber suitable for the manufacture of newsprint and other grades of paper. Under careful management it has been estimated that these forests can produce 2,000,000 cords of pulpwood annually for all time, or enough to manufacture at least one-third of the pulp products now consumed in the United States. It is easy to imagine what a tremendous help this would be. The Alaskan forests also contain the second chief essential of a paper-manufacturing industry--waterpower. While no accurate survey of this has been made, known projects have a possible development of over 100,000 horsepower; and it is estimated that a complete exploration of the National Forests in southern Alaska will increase their potential power to a quarter of a million. At present Western hemlock and spruce are the standard pulpwoods for the United States mills in the Pacific Northwest, the hemlock being consumed in greater amounts than any other single species. In 1918, 145,583 cords of hemlock pulpwood and 35,385 cords of spruce were consumed in Washington, Oregon, and California. Both of these trees are widely and thickly distributed about the Tongass region in Alaska. Western hemlock occupies about 60 per cent, of the merchantable stand, and i...
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