. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . -, which manufacturesand deals in all kinds of luml)er. For miles up the cliannelextend the booms that liold the logs .sent down the river fromthe various lumber operations of the winter before on its IX FAIK AROOSTOOK. 25 headwaters. These logs are drawn up the long incline, throughthe entrance to the band saws, which cut them into long lumber,with an ease and swiftness that suggests the slicing of the band and the edging saws the boards, planks, joistsand beams pass out,
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . -, which manufacturesand deals in all kinds of luml)er. For miles up the cliannelextend the booms that liold the logs .sent down the river fromthe various lumber operations of the winter before on its IX FAIK AROOSTOOK. 25 headwaters. These logs are drawn up the long incline, throughthe entrance to the band saws, which cut them into long lumber,with an ease and swiftness that suggests the slicing of the band and the edging saws the boards, planks, joistsand beams pass out, on rollers through the rear end of the build-ing along a raised platform that extends far down from the along, as far as the rollers travel, a planked slide slopessharply down to a parallel platform beneath, and as the stick oftimber arrives at its appointed place a touch of a lever within themill throws it from the rollers and it slides down upon the plat-form below in readiness to be loaded upon the Bangor andAroostook cars drawn up at the siding alongside. :^if.
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