. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. September, 1901 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN LOGGING WITH ELEVATED CABLES. To the Bridal Veil Lumbering Co., of Bridal Veil, Oregon, is due the credit for two innova- tions in handling timber in a rough mountain- ous country. The trailing of logs between the rails with a locomotive was first success- fully demonstrated at its camp. This plan is now in general use all over the Pacific coast, wherever the grades of logging roads are too steep to admit of the handling of lo
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. September, 1901 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN LOGGING WITH ELEVATED CABLES. To the Bridal Veil Lumbering Co., of Bridal Veil, Oregon, is due the credit for two innova- tions in handling timber in a rough mountain- ous country. The trailing of logs between the rails with a locomotive was first success- fully demonstrated at its camp. This plan is now in general use all over the Pacific coast, wherever the grades of logging roads are too steep to admit of the handling of logs with cars. The accompanying picture shows the adap- tion of a method which is working successfully in handling timber out of deep canyons, where it is not practicable to reach it by means of railroads. Mr. Palmer, the president of the company, and who superintends the logging operations, decided to try the plan of logging the timber in a canyon about [50 feet deep and 500 feet wide by means of a wire cable secured to trees on either side of the gulch. The timber in this gulch had previously been abandoned on account of the ex- cessive cost ot logging. The cabin used is a six-strand, plow steel rope, 550 feet in length. The cable is suspended from trees on either side of the canyon, at an angle of about 45 degrees, on which is mounted an ordinary block. An engine in the canyon yards the logs to the trolley line. A bridle is passed around the center of the log, which is hoisted to the top of the canyon in about seven minutes by another engine. When the log is relieved the trip line is carried back by its own momentum. When the writer witnessed its opera- tion a log scaling about 1,400 feet was being hauled. Logs scaling 3,000 feet have been successfully handled. Logging timber by means of wire cables has been in general use in the south for several years, but the Bridal Veil Lumbering Co. was the first successfully demonstrating the feasibility ot this plan in handling the big
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