MONEY IN BLUEGUMS
CALIFORNIAN ACTIVITY.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.I
SAN FRANCISCO, 14th October. Tho bluegum. is not' regarded with so little respect hero as it is:in Australia and New Zealand' Tho groat railroad companies have- immense plantations of eucalyptus trees from which they draw their supplies of sleepers. Possibly an export business may be done by Australasian citizens in meeting; this requirement. There is. scarcely a city or hamlet in California without its streets of bluogtiins, but, as it has b«en found that the roots displace tho footpaths in their search for water, many are being felled. The representative of a Los Angeles concern has arrived in Tulare County to take charge of construction for his company of a largo mill for the manufacture of eucalyptus products. It will use a tract of SCO acres of eucalyptus timber, which has been purchased by an association of California!! druggists. Eucalyptus oil will be one of the prinpipal products, and use will bo made of the wood.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 114, 11 November 1919, Page 7
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165MONEY IN BLUEGUMS Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 114, 11 November 1919, Page 7
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