. Canadian forest industries 1880-1881. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. at present employed in the work of construction; but the number of hands kept at work when the factory is in operation exceeds this considerably. A great deal of employment, too, is given to farmers in this neighbourhood hauling wood to it during the winter. The new settlement around the factory is to be called Beckettville. âSt. John, , Sun. SHEER BOOMS. During the past season the sheer booms intro- duced by Mr. L. W. Pond, of Wisconsin
. Canadian forest industries 1880-1881. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. at present employed in the work of construction; but the number of hands kept at work when the factory is in operation exceeds this considerably. A great deal of employment, too, is given to farmers in this neighbourhood hauling wood to it during the winter. The new settlement around the factory is to be called Beckettville. âSt. John, , Sun. SHEER BOOMS. During the past season the sheer booms intro- duced by Mr. L. W. Pond, of Wisconsin, on the Upper portion of the St. John River and its tributaries, have been subjected to a practical test, which has demonstrated their usefulness in a high degree ; in fact, the sheer booms have revolutionized the running of logs down river to the rafting grounds of the Fredericton Boom Co. Till the introduction of Mr. Pond's inven- tion, the logs, set afloat by the spring freshet, helplessly followed the course of the current down stream, and were, as the water fell, or through the action of the wind, deposited by thousands on bars and heads of islands, and, where the shores were low, were scattered in land over miles of intervale, from which their removal often cost more than the logs were worth, besides subjecting the company to damages for injuries done to the meadow lands. The work of following the drives down and â¢acking the shores was therefore one of the most expensive portions of the river operations. Pond's sheer booms have practically cut this down to a minimum, the modus operandi being as follows :âSheer booms are placed at the heads of the islands and shoals, and wherever the set of the current would carry the logs ovei the low banks, at such angles that the logs striking against them are shot out again into current and so carried on successively past each old resting place in safety to Federicton. In this way the main drive is kept moving while the water is
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