. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. A typical load of white spruce loaded at the logging camp of the Finger Lumber Company on the Carrot River, Man. takes great care in making roads, especially the main roads. They must be graded and levelled and are provided with a rut wide enough for the sleigh runners. When the ground freezes, the road is iced, that is, a big water tank drawn by four to six horses and provided with sprinklers is continually hauled over the road; the water quickly freezes and a glarin
. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. A typical load of white spruce loaded at the logging camp of the Finger Lumber Company on the Carrot River, Man. takes great care in making roads, especially the main roads. They must be graded and levelled and are provided with a rut wide enough for the sleigh runners. When the ground freezes, the road is iced, that is, a big water tank drawn by four to six horses and provided with sprinklers is continually hauled over the road; the water quickly freezes and a glaring ice road is the result- On this ice road it is'an easy matter for two horses to draw loads containing from 12,000 to 15,000 feet and weighing something like fifty tons. During the win- sawed into lengths of twelve feet and longer. The skidders follow the sawyers. The skidders' work consists of dragging the logs to the skidways along the branch roads. Horses are used for this work. As soon as the logs have been placed on the skidway they are loaded upon the logging sleighs and this loading is done with what is called a log jammer, a tripod-shaped structure with block and line. The logs are piled on the sleigh seven or eight tiers high, each tier being se- curely fastened with chain. As soon as the sleigh is loaded it starts. Illustration No. 2.—Logging on the Carrot River. Logs on the frozen river waiting for the Spring floods to drive them to the mill. Evolution of White Spruce from /Description of Processes of Manufacture of White Spruce as Found in Western Canada—Some of the Difficulties Encountered By John P. Jacobson. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
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