. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I skidding line and one for the receding line, a light carriage sus- pended on suitable wheels hung from the overhead cable stretched from a tower on the scow or a nearby tree to a "tail" tree several hundred feet away in the woods; the skidding line passing from head block through dependent block on the carriage thence to the logs; the receding line through another head block, through idle sheaves on the carriage, thence to
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I skidding line and one for the receding line, a light carriage sus- pended on suitable wheels hung from the overhead cable stretched from a tower on the scow or a nearby tree to a "tail" tree several hundred feet away in the woods; the skidding line passing from head block through dependent block on the carriage thence to the logs; the receding line through another head block, through idle sheaves on the carriage, thence to tail block slung to tail tree and back to fasten- ing on the carriage. This contrivance was effective but had some drawbacks, two main ones being the time required to rig the cables, blocks, etc., at each new setting, and the pulling of slack in the skidding line to get it back from the carriage to the logs to be skidded, live and six men often being required for this; these and other minor hindrances have been overcome in the improved Lidgerwood Cableway Skidder of to-day hereinafter discussed. This overhead system was limited in scope of operation to a strip of 700 to 1,000 feet in width each side of the waterway, and thus necessitated great expense in canal construction, or waste of timber left in the woods. To overcome this Mr. William Baptist, of New Orleans, invented the pull boat system proper in 1889; developing a boat that would pull one-half of a mile, and later building two others to reach 3>000 feet. The rights of Mr. Baptist were also acquired by the Lidgerwood Company. This system made use of the tight rope; which was operated by a reverse link motion engine with two drums, of the same diameter. The pulling cable passes around these drums several times to secure proper friction and the ends of the cable are small Lidgerwood hoisting engine 6% x 8 in., with two drums, using a return or receding line on the upper drum. The initial experiment was here also very s
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