. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Tote Sleds in place of being to one side. The teams unhitch at the foot of the hill and the main line is attached by means of a short chain and hook. Cost of engine $1,600; engineers paid $70 a month. Tote Road The camp being situated as stated above about fifteen miles from the railway, necessitated the building of that much tote road, but, as all the country between it and the railroad had previously been logged- the greater part of the road was already built when t
. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Tote Sleds in place of being to one side. The teams unhitch at the foot of the hill and the main line is attached by means of a short chain and hook. Cost of engine $1,600; engineers paid $70 a month. Tote Road The camp being situated as stated above about fifteen miles from the railway, necessitated the building of that much tote road, but, as all the country between it and the railroad had previously been logged- the greater part of the road was already built when the company came into possession of the timber in question. The topography of the country was such as to make the road very wind- ing and in some places have very steep grades, amounting to as much as twenty or thirty per cent., al- though it was made a point to have the worst grades towards the camp so that nothing but the empty sleighs had to be hauled up them. Figures on the time and cost to build this road could not be had since the same com- pany did not build it all nor was it built all at the one time, and also from the fact that at the time of construction a camp was being built and the labor was shifting between one job and the other. However, judg- ing from the nature of the country, I should think that different miles would cost from $500 to $1,000, possibly averaging $600. The improvements on the road in the way of bridges, culverts, fills and corduroy were of variable structure to suit circumstances, some of the methods resorted to being shown by diagram. In putting in corduroy, poplar, birch and jack pine were used when they could be secured. Very little cutting was done except where the road crossed some of the higher ridges. Where the road crossed the Spanish River all supplies coming in in the fall had to be ferried across on a scow. A heavy cable was strung taut across the river and from two blocks on this a short stout chain was fastened to either end of the s
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