Pitch Pine?

What is Pitch Pine?





In the passage im reading, which speaks about a steamboat, it states "great volumes of the blackest smoke are rolling and tumbling out of the chimneys- a husbanded grandeur created with a bit of pitch pine just before arriving at a town."








Also, why is the grandeur called "husbanded" is it because it produces a comic effect or does is it because it matches well with the ideals of the crew and townspeople?

Pitch Pine?
pitch pine is pine logs with resin (sap) in them. unseasoned wood that smokes alot. husbanded means the pitchy logs were saved up...husbanded for the occassion to produce smoke for effect.

addis