Xll CONTENTS 



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Chapter XX. Motive Power and Rolling Stock 304 



Locomotives 304 



Logging Cars 315 



Chapter XXI. Loading and Unloading Log Cars 322 



Loading Cars 322 



Unloading Cars 332 



PART IV. Water Transport 341 



Chapter XXII. Floating and Rafting 343 



Disadvantages 343 



Requirements for a Driveable Stream 347 



Dams 349 



Sluice Gates 354 



Log Carriers 358 



Improvement of the Stream Bed and Banks 359 



Booms 360 



Storage and Sorting Facilities 363 



The Drive 368 



a. Log Marks and Brands 3 70 



B. Species that will Float 372 



c. Labor 374 



D. Conduct of the Drive 375 



Small Streams 375 



Large Streams 379 



Rafting 381 



On Streams 381 



On the Ocean 390 



Log Barges 392 



Sunken Logs 392 



Chapter XXIII. Flumes and Log Sluices 394 



Location 395 



Type of Box 396 



Trestles 401 



Terminals 404 



Construction 405 



Operation 410 



PART V. Summary of Logging Methods in Specific Regions 415 



Chapter XXIV 417 



A. Portable Mill Operations 417 



B. Northeast 424 



c. Lake States — White Pine 426 



D. Southern Yellow Pine 427 



e. Cypress 430 



F. Northwest 43 1 



G. Mountain Logging in West Virginia 434 



H. Alaska 436 



