CONTENTS XI 



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Chapter XII. Sleds and Sled Hauling iS5 



The Go-devil i55 



The Lizard 156 



The Yarding Sled i57 



The Bob 158 



The Jumbo iS9 



The Two-sied iS9 



Sled Roads 161 



Operation ^7° 



Steam Log Haulers 172 



Chapter XIII. Wheeled Vehicles 178 



Two-wheeled Vehicles 178 



Wagons 185 



Traction Engines for Wagon Hauling 192 



Chapter XIV. Power Skidding 196 



The Cableway System 196 



The Snaking System 204 



The Slack-rope System 208 



Chapter XV. Aerial Tramways 222 



Chapter XVI. Timber Slides and Chutes 230 



Character 230 



Grades 236 



Curves 238 



Operation 238 



Chapter XVII. Forest Railroads 242 



Pole Roads 242 



Stringer Roads 245 



Steel Railroads 247 



Advantages of Railroad Transportation 248 



Choice of Gauge 249 



Rights-of-way 250 



Location ^5^ 



Chapter XVIII. Railroad Construction 257 



Clearing the Right-of-way 257 



Fills and Cuts 259 



Movement of Earth 262 



Rock Excavation 269 



Blasting 269 



Explosives 271 



Stump Blasting 276 



Timber Work 278 



Track Supplies 286 



Steel Laying and Removal 290 



Chapter XIX. Inclines 297 



