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Giant Electric Clam-Shell Outfit 



The city of New Wisinnnsicr. It. ( '., Ims iiuriliasiil an exceptionally 

 large 150horsepowir cliiiiic liuisi fm- opciailn;; n eliimshell bucket on a 

 derrick. 



The hoist has three drums arranseil aecoriiing to the "waterfnll" type, 

 and Is also equipped with a Clyde Type A hull-wheel swinger. All drums 

 have elghteen-inch barrels, the middle drum and the' third being lagEed 

 to twenty-four-inch. All gearlns Is of east steel, the motor pinion and 

 Intermediate gears having cut teeth with special dust-proof caslngi All 

 drum gears are pressed on their shafts. Specifications call for a pull of 

 15,000 pounds at 250 feet a minute on a twenty-four-inch drum. Kach 

 drum is eipiipped with liiakc hand on the end opposite friction and also 



A.\ U.NUSUAL ELECl'RK' IlulSl'. 



with ratchet and pawl. The length over all. including swinging gear, is 

 twenty feet: width over bearings of hoist is sixty-six inches; weight of 

 hoist alone is 35,000 pounds. With operating system this is increased 

 to 3S.000. The 150-horsepower motor is a three-phase, sixty-cycle, 220 

 volts induction motor with outboard bearing bolted to bed extension. It 

 develops 720-700 revolutions per minute. The controller has a contactor 

 panel which automatically throws in the resistance, making it impossible 

 to start the motor above a safe speed. 



In addition to foot-brakes, the hoist is equipped with the Clyde patent 

 automatic mechanical brake. This brake is mounted on the end of the 

 Intermediate shaft : its function is to prevent backward rotation of the 

 gearing in the event of an interruption to the current. 



The outfit was made by the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth for Taylor 

 & Youug of 513 Pacific building. Vaninuvcr, i;. C. from whom ii was 

 ordered by the city of New Vi'estminsler. 



Somewhat Primitive Conditions 



The Turks and Caieos islands, a small group constituting a British colony 

 In the West Indies north of f^anto Domingo, do not present a promising 

 outlook to business men who are seeking to extend trade in that quarter. 

 Though the colony contains several thousand inhabitants, a recent report 

 says "'no building is in progress." There are no hotels, barber shops, 

 dentists, running water, gas works, telegraphs, telephones : no cattle, onl.v 

 an occasional horse, few wheeled vehicles, except wheelbarrows. There is 

 no fruK. no vegetables, no fresh meat, no coal, no ice, no fuel. The report, 

 ■which is made by I'. S. Consul Charles Korman, who is statiened on the 

 Islands, adds. "The islands are not prosperous." The only industry is 

 «alt making by evaporation of sea water by sun heat. The white in 

 habitants number 2.S0 : the others are negroes. 



Ozark Cedar for Germany 



Cedar from the fizarks is not only going into pencils used in .\mcrica. 

 tut the wood is being sent to Kurope in large quantities for the making 

 of pencils there. The mills of the American Lead I'l^ncil Company are 

 now making quite extensive shipments of cedar logs, properly seasoned 

 and dressed, for Hamburg, Germany. The logs are carefully hewn and 

 seasoned at the mills before starling on their voyage across the sea. 

 The cedar trees are cut on the vast tracts of that company's leased land 

 in Taney and adjoining counties of .Missouri, and also In northern 

 Arkansas. They are allowed to lie on the ground until well dried and then 

 are hft at the mill and after proper drying are sawed into shipping 

 lengths. They are then allowed to season in the drying rooms of the 

 mills until they can l>e shipped without danger of warping on their long 

 voyage. It Is usually two years between the time of cutting and the 

 time of arrival at Knropcan ports. 



Contracts Should Be Signed 



The Lumber Law liivlew has irequently called the attention of the 

 trade to the necessity of a sigmd contract in order to hold the buyer. 

 .\nd It should be borne In mind that where the saltsnmn calls upon n 

 customer and takes his unsigned order for a car of lumber, the contract 

 in Itself is Insulllclent to hold the buyer upon his redslon or refusal 

 to accept the goods, unless the latter has actually ncelved and accepted 

 the goods so sold, or paid some earnest money to bind the liarguln. This 

 rule of law had Its origin In the Kngllsh Statute of I'rauds and reads as 

 follows : 



"No contrael for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise In the sum 

 of (the amount varies in different states) or upwards shall be allowed 

 to be good uuliss Ibe buyer shall actually receive and accept part of the 

 L'oods M) scilil c.r ;;ive something In earnest to bind the cdnliaei or in part 

 liaymenl m- uule^.; s(ime note iir menoranduni in writing of the contract 

 be made and Sli;Ni:ii HY TIIK I'AliTY Til lilC CILXKiiKK OU IlIS 



a(;ent ini.Y autuokized." 



rrom the above it will be seen that unless In.' buyer subsequently con- 

 lirms an unwritten contract, either In writing or by some act. such as an 

 actual acceptance of the goods or an act of ownership exercised over 

 them, the seller cannot enforce his contract of sale. The statuti> Is In 

 force in practically every state and has been nphi lil by the .superior 

 courts on many occasions. 



A $30,000 Skidder 

 .$30,000 tor a log skidding tnacliine? Who bouaht such a niacbiueV 

 Who built such a machine? Why was it purchased'; Why was It 

 .built? Is such a log skidding machine a good Investment? Everybody 

 knows Francis Beldler, the president of the Santee Klver Cypress Com- 

 pany as a man that is always "from Missouri" and Is always wide 

 awake to new and improved machinery for logging or milling. He was 

 the buyer. The Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company was the builder. 

 The machine is not a new- development even. It is a duplicate in design 

 "f two that have Iieen in use t'or three years. That answers the ques- 



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dees pay ici iiivesi S.'io.otiii for an 

 I your lie.Ting problem Is at all 

 \ iiielui I Ihi' skidder Is shown 



lions 111 tier llian .■inythili^ els 

 overhead eabli«ay sklililer. pi 

 similar 10 M:. r.ei.ll. r s piobl. 

 here. 



This is conUiionly known as the "llatlleship Skidder." It is really 

 two skidders in one; a duplex skidder. If you please. It has two Iwllers 

 and two engines and two cableways and a loading boom that swings 

 two ways. Some of the logs they lift with it weigh Iwenty tons each. 

 The cables each run out over a thousand fi'cl. They pull In whole 

 trees. The logs are lifted by a powerful loader and dropped on the cars. 

 These curs pass under the machine and Iwlween the logs supporting the 

 skidder. The timber Is In the swamps by the side of the Snnlee river. 

 The swamps are Hooded several times a year. To give a continuous 

 supply of logs at the mills. It was essential to build the railroad on piling 

 throughout the forests: build It high enough lo be higher than the 

 highest waler.— anil II paid. If It had not paid II would have l)eeD 

 changed louj UL-o. Many suggestions have been iiiade for cheaper aiipar- 



