. The wood industries of Canada [microform]. Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumber trade; Forests and forestry; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Bois; Forêt et sylviculture. liL illK Unuh INI'r*-ri;lhS hK CANAI'A square over iS in. It m»v be taken thai lo per cent., and that ot the bt>l clear stufT, ii wasted. When ihe logs are inanufaclureil into lumber much of this is avuiiled. The operMtions of this trade are extremely laborious and full of adventure. In following the cour^e of nianufaclurc and trans[)
. The wood industries of Canada [microform]. Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumber trade; Forests and forestry; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Bois; Forêt et sylviculture. liL illK Unuh INI'r*-ri;lhS hK CANAI'A square over iS in. It m»v be taken thai lo per cent., and that ot the bt>l clear stufT, ii wasted. When ihe logs are inanufaclureil into lumber much of this is avuiiled. The operMtions of this trade are extremely laborious and full of adventure. In following the cour^e of nianufaclurc and trans[)ort, when the whole i|uantiiy required has been hauled out ol the woods, which is Rentr.)lly atcompli'hed which usually contains 100,000 cub. ft. Each crib consist! of j6 to 36 pieces, and contains from Soo to 1,000 cub. ft. The raft descends the various falls on the river by inclined planes, called " slides," erected expressly for this purpose. .\ single crib is passeil at a time, so that when all are ovi-r the raft must be "hauled" up again, or re- made. This occurs as often as slides have to be WJf. MACKAYd SgUARE TIMBKH KAKl'. by the middle of March, and when the .ce breaks up. it is floated down to the main river, and formed into cribs of logs (each 24 ft. in width, so that they will just pass down the slides) by 'siring pieces," "traverses," or withes, tare being taken to avoid injuring the timber by any attach- ment. Seventy, a hundred of these cribs form a raft We give an illustration of the timber slide a with a ciib passing through ; and, also, at Ihe Vcginiiing of the Ottawa .Section, an illustration of the point on the river where the cribs are collected and " rebandcd " into the raft again, which operation has to be performed manyj^timcs between the forest and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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