CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Page. 



7 



The primitive forest: Its composition 8 



lit '^innings of lumbering 11 



Fit-sawing 12 



The first sawmills ( 1628) 12 



The first lumber shipments 14 



The lumber market a century ago 14 



Primitive methods 15 



A dangerous life 16 



Rafting 17 



Pioneer raftsmen 17 



Rafting on the upper I Iudson 18 



Construction of rafts 19 



Rafting on the Allegheny 20 



Lou-driving 22 



Streams declared navigable 23 



Flooding dams 24 



Log-drivers and their work 24 



Log-marks 26 



Log-railroads 28 



Length of logs 29 



Log-rules 29 



Modern sawmills :',i' 



Tanneries 33 



.Met h« uls of Lumbering 33 



Modern improvements 38 



"Captains of industry" 39 



Wood j m 1m 40 



Volume of business 42 



Profits of the industry 43 



Lumber markets of New York 43 



Appendix , 47 



Roll of pioneer lumbermen 47 



The beginnings of the lumber industry in the State of New York 47 



