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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Novoinber 



1!»1T 



election of the following ofticeis: 



I'liKsiDK.NT. E. A. Gasklll, Crpssnioiil, K.v. 



VicK-I'HKsioENr, <i. D. CiistclgtT. ItiiU'iiinr. Tciin. 



SKciiKTAUY-TKKAsritKit, .1. U. WilUaiiis, Knoxvlllc, Tcnn. 



The cxi'cutlvc idmmlttc'c, consisting of the iilBcers and llic riilliiwing : 

 •Tolin Shoa. KnoxvUlc ; H. (J. Maugi'S. TelUco Plains, Tenn. ; Bert Hurt, Sun- 

 hurst, N. I'.; W. T. I.atliani, Amlrpws,' N. ('. 



President Gaskill in acknowledging the honor of his election, in- 

 sisted that his administration will be a working administration and 

 further insisted that ho must be supported by a working member- 

 ship. He enipliiisized the necessity for enlisting the interest of the 

 principals in the different firms re])resented in the working of the 

 logging congress. This sentiment was echoed by Retiring President 

 Townsend. On motion the Aiiiialacliian Trade Journal, published l)y 

 Secretarj' Williams, was adopted for anntlier year as the ofticial 

 organ of the congress. 



A vote was taken from those 

 present to get an indication of 

 preference for the meeting place 

 for the spring meeting. Cin- 

 cinnati, led, but the matter will 

 be left to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



C. G. Babeock reported in- 

 formally for the committee on 

 labor and employment. He gave 

 a general talk on the question 

 of meeting conditions as they 

 develop and covered the problem 

 of lack of uiiiformity in woods 

 wages, stating that this is one of 

 the primary causes for shifting 

 labor. Rumors reaching men in 

 one camp of excessively high 

 wages in another camp, even 

 though the rumors may ulti- 

 mately be refuted by actual con- 

 ditions, are the constant cause 

 of men shifting from one job to 

 another. He maintained that 

 any methods that would work 

 toward greater uniformity in 

 wages or at least toward a bet- 

 ter understanding among the 

 members of the wage scales em- 

 ployed by their neighbors would 

 tend to minimize this tendency 

 of labor. 



In taking up the subject of logging conditions and the effect of 

 labor on logging costs, former president W. B. Townsend said that 

 while in the southern jiine regions a price of $5 for logs delivered 

 at the mill is considered bigh, this figure is usually equalled in the 

 mountain regions for the mere cutting and bucking of the logs. He 

 emphasized the absolute necessity for doing something to meet the 

 seriousness of the labor situation, prophesying that, if adequate 

 measures are not provided the woods departments will be destined 

 to failure in their work of keeping the mill supplied with logs. 

 Mr. Townsend urged local meetings of loggers in different com- 

 munities or sections at which problems particularly interesting to 

 operators in respective sections could be discussed. 



The president then appointed the following committees: 



Finance — Geo. E. Deianey, chairman ; Lewis Doster, John Shea. 



Labor Employment — C. G. Babcoek, D. G. Manges, F. L. Winchester, 

 Bert Hurt, W. E. IJanis. J. E. Coliurn, G. D. Gasteiger. 



Membeushii" — John Raine. li. W. Stonaker, G. J. Prater, L. W. Cathey, 

 C. S. Badgett, E. M. Vestal. 



Abkangemexts — H. F. Holt, W. C. Champion, J. C. Mitchell. 



On motion the president created a special committee of three on 

 entertainment to be appointed from associate members. Lewis 

 Doster was made chairman of this committee. The other members 

 are C. H. Mackintosh and H. W. Dexter, 



Thursday Afternoon Session 



\V. I'. Cliampion opeueil the afternoon session with a paper <iu 

 logging niacliines and their general application in tlie Apjialacliian 

 mountains. Mr. Ohampion said that, combining practical sugges- 

 tions with engineering technique, manufacturers have brought steam 

 apparatus to a high degree of eiliciency. He said, though, that no 

 two operations could be figured out on exactly the same basis. 

 This means, of course, that various types of machines are necessary. 

 Speaking of the cableway skidder, which is being widely used in 

 very rough country, Mr. Champion said these machines operate 

 economically up to about twenty-five hundred feet and will handle 

 ahout :>r),000 feet of logs a day at a cost of $1..")0 to $4.00 jicr thou- 

 sand delivered at the track. He said that in Deceml)er, .January and 

 I'l'bruarv tlie cost seemed to range higher tliiin iluriug any other 



months. He emphasized the 

 necessity for having means 

 whereby the machines may be 

 moved (|uickly and easily. 

 Mr. Champion gave a detailed 

 description of the equipment 

 and operation of the machines 

 and stated that they are made in 

 different sizes capable of reach- 

 ing 1,500 to 4,000 feet. 



He described the skidder "s 

 operation in rough, hilly coun- 

 try. Frequently the cableway 

 skidder is used to connect a 

 single line of logging track on 

 top of one ridge and bring the 

 logs from the adjoining ridges 

 to the main line, thereby saving 

 the construction of other spurs 

 out along the other ridges. Even 

 though considerable relaying 

 may be necessary in cleaning up 

 adjoining ridges, this additional 

 cost more than offsets the cost 

 of constructing additional track- 

 age. 



In describing tlie ground-haul 

 skidder for use in getting out 

 logs on hauls as long as a mile 

 up long liollows, Mr. Champion 

 said the machine must be able 

 to carry sufficient cable capacity 

 for the skidding and outhaul lines going back about a mile and that 

 to negotiate the curves in these hollows it is necessary to put in 

 rollers of different construction to hold the line in place and 

 also on the very long hauls log slides must be used. This frequently 

 allows the hauling of forty to fifty logs at a time at a cost of as 

 low as .$3 per thousand. 



Referring to the difficulty in getting economical operation in some 

 of the very rough Big Smokey country, Mr. Champion described one 

 method which is working out successfully. The operator has built 

 an incline up the deep hollows in the mountain sides having a grade 

 of fifteen to thirty-five per cent. By using the light cableway skid- 

 der which will pull itself uj) the grade, he is able to log the sides of 

 the hollows by the cableway method. It then becomes necessary to 

 have another machine equipped with a drum of sufficient capacity 

 for handling cables up to a mile in length. This drum is so de- 

 signed and has sufficient braking surface so that it can handle logs 

 on the maximum grade in connection with this engine. A loading 

 engine is then used to place the logs on the cars. Thii) method has 

 been economical and very saving in railroad construction costs. 



He described another operation that is known as the horse-tram 

 method. This is used in a series of ravijies and flat plateaus. The 

 logging on the plateaus is done with horses and the tram road is run 

 up the ravines into which the logs are dumped. They are hauled 



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