Show SKY LINE LOGGING LATEST j Modern Methods o of Western Camps rt i Said to Be Cheaper and More Efficient Efficient Effi Effi- dent Than the Old Ways In the logging damps of Ore Oregon on and anel I- I Washington a skyline kyUne method of lo logging log log- L ping ging is proving much cheaper and more e efficient than the former method of ot dragging dra out logs from the forest by byn I n n. donkey donke engine and cables operating on the ground round says Popular Mechanics i ics Magazine The sky line plan is to torun I run a n cable through blocks or pulleys ules suspended at a great height on giant trees tI-ces so ns as to form a n sort of trolley trolle 4 line Une by which the logs are hoisted Into i the air all and then hauled over oyer the tops of ordinary trees and other obstructions obstructions to the 1011 way where they thc are loaded aboard freight cars for ship ship- 1 g I went ment The donl donkey e engine which operates t the skyline has five drums including 1 J two for main lines Unes and two for trip lines The top cable from which the i log Is suspended is one of the main mainlines mainlines lines Jines while the other Is used to haul j the log In operation the top cable is lowered with Its block bloc or trolley trolle directly over oyer the log to be picked up It is then pulled taut raising the tue log with it by means of a chol choker er or steel tongs In the air a log can of off f course be moved much faster than lImn ian on the ground |