Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1901 — Rich Timber Land In Cuba. [ARTICLE]

Rich Timber Land In Cuba.

It is officially, estimated that there are 13,000,000 acres of virginal forest lands in Cuba. This is nearly one-half of the total area. The improvement of transportation facilities will bring some of this to market. It will include mahogany, ebony, grandilla, mkjagua, cedar, walnut, lignum-vltae, oak and pine. There are more than thirty species of palm, some of which have special uses. But timber cutting and sawing are for the specialist who knows a tree” and has had experience In “making sawdust.” It is an unsafe Industry for the uninitiated.