Show SKY LINE LOGGING LATEST modern methods of western camps campa said to be cheaper and more eki dent than the old ways in the inga logging ng camps of oregon and washington a skyline method of 0 logging Is proving much cheaper and more effi efficient clent than the former method of 0 dra dragging ging out logs from the he forest by a donkey engine and cables operating on the ground says popular Alec mechanics lian magazine the skyline sky line plan Is to mn n d a cable through blocks or pulleys suspended at a g great feat height on giant trees so as to form a sort of trolley line by winch which the logs log s are holsted hoisted into the adv and then hauled over the topi top of ordinary trees and other obstructions to the where they are loaded aboard freight cars for shipment ii I K i the donkey engine winch operates the skyline has five drums including two tor for main lines and two for trip lines the top cable from which the log Is suspended Is one of the main lines while the other Is used to anul the log in operation the top entile cable is lowered with its block or trolley directly over the log to be picked vp up it Is then pulled taut raising the loj log with it by means of a choker or steel tongs in the air a log can of 0 course be moved much faster than on the ground |