. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. PATENT FOR A TIMBER RAFT. Mr. J. G. Elderkin, of Fox River, Nova Scotia, has invented a new method of rafting timber, which will be understood by reference to the accompanying illustrations. The in- vention relates to rafts constructed of logs, piling, spars, poles, or other lumber, and be employed, as desired. Each section is com posed of timbers arranged end to end and having their joints disposed in staggered relation and therefore thoroughly broken. The 'sections
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. PATENT FOR A TIMBER RAFT. Mr. J. G. Elderkin, of Fox River, Nova Scotia, has invented a new method of rafting timber, which will be understood by reference to the accompanying illustrations. The in- vention relates to rafts constructed of logs, piling, spars, poles, or other lumber, and be employed, as desired. Each section is com posed of timbers arranged end to end and having their joints disposed in staggered relation and therefore thoroughly broken. The 'sections extend from side to side of the raft, and each is fastened by separate binding-cables surrounding the same. Thus it will be ap- parent that each section is independent of the others, and should the upper one be removed the remainder will be intact. The several. Fig. i. designed for towing, particularly sea-going rafts which are required to withstand heavy strains, though also pertaining to those con- structed for transportation in inland waters. The object of the invention is to provide a raft which will be very strong, being doubly bound together, and which will move easily through the water without chafing or injuring the timber or lumber. It is also the object to pro- vide a raft in which the different grades of timber or lumber can be assorted and kept separate, said raft being built up of layers so arranged that when one or more of said layers are built the raft can be moved from the place it was commenced to any other place to be finished. In like manner it can be taken apart section by section without mixing the timber or that of one section with another, also parts may be removed without breaking up the raft as a whole. In the accompanying drawings is a top plan view of a raft consttucted in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec- tional view through the raft, on an enlarged scale, intermediate portions thereof being broken away, and Fig. 3 is a v
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