. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. October 1, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 41 Reducing Heavy Cost in Logging Operations How the Employment of Modern Equipment Eliminates Work and Worry, Speeds up Production and Increases Efficiency—The Standard Steam Hoist By "Woodsman" This summer the writer had the privilege of assisting at the rais- ing of a forty-eight feet long flag pole at the summer cottage. The pole was fresh cut, full of sap, and very heavy, and the man power av
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. October 1, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 41 Reducing Heavy Cost in Logging Operations How the Employment of Modern Equipment Eliminates Work and Worry, Speeds up Production and Increases Efficiency—The Standard Steam Hoist By "Woodsman" This summer the writer had the privilege of assisting at the rais- ing of a forty-eight feet long flag pole at the summer cottage. The pole was fresh cut, full of sap, and very heavy, and the man power available was, to say the least, inadequate for the job. We got it up eventually by the exercise of much mascular effort, also by the "sweat of the brow" and various other portions of the anatomy. But that experience impressed on all of us very forcibly the old, old les- son that green lumber possesses great weight, and that it pays to use labor- saving appliances if they can be procured. We knew it be- fore, of course, but that one experience changed theoretical knowl- edge into practical knowledge, and we can now appreciate as'never before the value of labor-saving tools to the men who are handling logs and heavy timbers every day, namely, the Canadian lumber- men. Labor-saving methods for lumbermen are much better known in British Columbia and in the Pacific Coast States than in Ontario,. 10 double drum, belt driven hoist for handling logs, made by Marsh Engineering Works, Belleville, and in operation in the bush in Ontario Quebec, or the Maritime Porvinces. The reason for this is easily found in the larger and heavier type of timber that is logged all along the Pacific Coast. Logs that run anywhere from five feet to nine feet in diameter cannot be handled readily by man and horse power alone, or by man and ox power. These nine-foot logs have, it is true, been moved in the early days of Pacific Coast lumbering by long strings of oxen, urged on by the whip lash
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