Richfield Reaper | 1917-08-04 | Page 7 | "Sky Line" Logging Latest

SKY LINE LOGGING LATEST modern methods of western camps said to be cheaper and allore efficient than the old ways lit in the lo 10 logging ging camps of oregon and washington a skyline method OCIO gag gin is pro probing ing much cheaper and more efficient nici ont than the former method of I 1 dragg dragging inq ont nut logs ings from froin tile forest by f 11 donkey engine and cables operating on the ground nys popular mechanics mag magazine azine the sl sk linc plan Is to run a cable through gh blocks block or bullers pullers suspended at a great height on giant tree trees so a to forn form I 1 a ait oit of trolley line hy by aich Nhi cli the logs are hoisted into the air and then hauled over the tops of ordinary trees and other eions to the rol lAvay where they ire are loaded aboard freight cars for shipment the donkey en engine ine kiich operates the skyline has five drums including two for waln main lines andio andt and to xo for trip lines the top tol cable from indich alch the lug log Is suspended is one of the main lines nizile laile the other is to haul the log in operation the top cable is with its block or trolley directly over the log to be picked up it Is then pulled t taut aut incising the log alth it by means of a eh choker oker or steel tongs longs in the air a log can of course be moved much faster than on the ground