. The Bell System technical journal . lig. 0- Ilucing Poles on Logging Car !)>■ .Means of Logging I,oailer CKEOSOIlMi IUIMS /OA POLES 243 Although it has a short Ihmhii, it is al)U- lo handli- vi-ry long polesiHfaiisi- of till- nutluHl it) whirh it lifts iht-in. One end of the [lole,either to|) or l>utt, is rested against the middle point of the iiooniand the |x>ie lifted 1)\- the winch line which nia> he attached onlyone-third or one-fonrth of the ( fmin ilie end lo the. Fig. 7—Gearctl LcKomotive in Use on Logging Road Which Supplies Ioles toTr
. The Bell System technical journal . lig. 0- Ilucing Poles on Logging Car !)>■ .Means of Logging I,oailer CKEOSOIlMi IUIMS /OA POLES 243 Although it has a short Ihmhii, it is al)U- lo handli- vi-ry long polesiHfaiisi- of till- nutluHl it) whirh it lifts iht-in. One end of the [lole,either to|) or l>utt, is rested against the middle point of the iiooniand the |x>ie lifted 1)\- the winch line which nia> he attached onlyone-third or one-fonrth of the ( fmin ilie end lo the. Fig. 7—Gearctl LcKomotive in Use on Logging Road Which Supplies Ioles toTreating Plant free enil of the pole. In lifting long [loles by this nietluKl. they springconsiderably, and brash timber usually breaks under this in handling poles by this method, they are given a test beforethey leave the timln-r. The winch line is attached to the pole b\- means of hooks whichresemble ice tongs. From long experience in handling these tongs,the pole men are able to throw them several feet and catch a pole atany point they ficsirc, to pull it from the pole pile. This operationis ver> fast. In fact, under favorable conditions, Sit foot chestnutp<iles have been loaf led on a car at the rate of two per minute. The pole piles along the logging road are usually disorderly, re-sembling a lot of giant tooth-()icks which might have been carelesslydropped in a heap. 244 BBLL SYSTEM JOURNAL Steep grades on the logging roads make it very desirable to uselocomotives which ha
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