. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Square Timber Cutting—Scoring the Sides. of cribs, which were built up as follows : A frame of the desired dimen- sions was made of small flatted timber, bound together at the corners by wooden pegs and often further secured by withes, then the longest and straightest timber was selected for the bottom of the crib. Sta- bility was then secured by placing on the top of several pieces of traverses (being small flat timber placed across the timber in the fra
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Square Timber Cutting—Scoring the Sides. of cribs, which were built up as follows : A frame of the desired dimen- sions was made of small flatted timber, bound together at the corners by wooden pegs and often further secured by withes, then the longest and straightest timber was selected for the bottom of the crib. Sta- bility was then secured by placing on the top of several pieces of traverses (being small flat timber placed across the timber in the frame and fastened to it also by withes), four or five rows of square timber, which latter was known as loading sticks. By the weight of these the timbers in the bottom of the crib were kept almost solid in place, nevertheless it was not unusual when running a rapid, that striking sunken rocks, the bottom sticks would slip and the crib be wrecked. As the cribs were completed they were secured together, by withe ropes, in oblong form, and were then termed a raft. Until 1873 the prices quoted for squared waney timber were in pence currency, 3 pence being an equivalent to 5 cents, but for convenience of comparison the currency prices in the accompanying table have been reduced to cents and decimals of a cent. In many parts of the United Kingdom notably Glasgow and London, Canadian white pine is commonly known as yellow pine. The price as seen from the table, rose gradually, sometimes rapidly, with slight occa- sional set-backs until in 1911, waney timber was bringing 83 to 95 cts. per cubic foot. Square timber 30 cts. to 55 cts. During the pre- sent year, a most remarkable absence of demand for Canadian square timber has developed in Great Britain, as a result chiefly, it is be- lieved of the keen competition of Siberian pine. A few operators in Ontario who expected to make a good profit by cutting .square white pine timber for the English markets, find themselves to-day with unsal
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