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In the halftones the men necessary for 

 the suitable handling of the logs are shown, 

 with the exception of the engineer, who is 

 standing in a small house beside the mill. 

 The steam for the hoist which operates this 

 oableway is taken directly from the mill 

 boilers so that no fireman is necessary. 



This cableway in its general use for 

 handling logs does not differ greatly from 

 others used at various mills, throughout t?e 

 country. There is, for instance, another 

 one at the J. W. Wells Lumber Company's 

 plant at Menominee, Mich, (another con- 

 cern in which Mr. Wells is interested). 



A large item of expense in the ordinary 

 log pond artificially created is cleaning it 

 out once or twice a year. A small pond 

 usually fills up rapidly with bark and dirt 

 from the logs. In the past it was neces- 

 sary to drain the pond and clean it out by 

 hand. This is slow, difficult and expensive, 

 and moreover necessitates shutting down 

 the mill for the time. To eliminate these 



DUMPING hijiiti FKOM CARS INTO POND BY CABLE. 



vided for such storage. The height to 

 which they can be decked is determined by 



CABLEWAY DECKING LOGS FOR WINTER USE OF MILL. 



difficulties the Girard Lumber Company's 

 cableway has an additional attachment, a 

 clam shell bucket with suitable apparatus 

 for its efficient operation. With it the 

 pond can be rapidly excavated at any time 

 when it fills up with bark or other refuse, 

 without shutting down the mill or interfer 

 ing with its regular work. The dirt is con 

 veyed and dropped onto cars, and can then 

 be readily taken away and utilized for fill 

 or otherwise disposed of. The actual cost 

 of the excavation has been proven to be 

 about one-fifth of that of the old hand 

 method; and the saving in not having to 

 shut down the mill for this purpose can 

 readily be appreciated by any practical 

 operator. 



In the pictures the points in the handling 

 of the logs are. well illustrated, logs being 

 unloaded from cars, being taken to the mill 

 and being decked for winter sawing. Such 

 a cableway will readily handle all logs 

 necessary for the ordinary double band mill 

 and the amount that can be decked for 

 holding is only limited by the ground pro- 



the height of the two 

 vided. 



'A" frames pro- 



This is a device which, by its great labor 

 and cost saving, and general efficiency, 

 would be of great aid to any hardwood 

 mill in the country. 



The equipment here described was built 

 by the Lidgermond Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, 96 Liberty Street, New York City. 



The Finish of the New La Salle Hotel 



iim- of llie latest ami most inti>n>sting sky- 

 ticrapiTS in Chicago is the La Salle Hotel, which 

 occupies nearly a quarter o£ a block at the cor- 

 ner of La Salle and Madison streets. Tbis 

 hotel is the most palatial one In Chicago, and 

 has all the latest "frills" involved in modern 

 hotel building. 



The feature about the hotel that particularly 

 interests the lumber trade is the handsome in- 

 irrior finish. The office and first floor of the 

 structure is done in Circassian walnut. Every- 

 tliing above this floor, including doors, trim and 

 furniture, is red gum. To say the least, the 

 beauty of this finish and furniture is attracting 

 even more attention than that of the lower 

 floors. The splendid coloring, fine figure and 

 (iuiet tone of the entire work appeals to good 

 taste. 



The lumber from which these materials were 

 made was supplied by the Three States Lum- 

 ber Company, oi: Memphis, Tenn., and is a 

 mighty good advertisement for the high-class 

 product produced by this house. 



CABLEWAY CONVEYING LOGS FROM THE POND TO THE MILL. 



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