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bored in one end, one over each slide stick. The barrel is then 

 filled with water and lowered down the shde during the night. 



On steep slopes where logs run fast and are apt to leave the 

 slide, several devices are used to check the speed. A common 

 method is by the use of a "goose-neck" or "scotch" made from 

 i§-inch or 2-inch round or square iron fashioned as shown in 

 Fig. 71, a and b. They are placed in holes bored through the 

 shde timbers and as the logs pass over them, the prongs bite into 

 the wood and retard the progress. Logs will leave the slide unless 

 the goose-necks are placed opposite each other. The holes in 

 which the goose-necks are fitted are bored entirely through the 



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Fig. 71. — Goose-necks used for checking the Speed of Logs on Heavy Grades. 

 a and b show two Common Forms, c shows the ■Manner of placing them in 

 the Shde Timbers. 



shde timbers so that dirt cannot accumulate in them. When not 

 in use the goose-necks may be removed or dropped into notches 

 cut into the slide timbers for that purpose. 



Another form of brake consists of a log one end of which is 

 pivoted to a framework erected above the slide. The free end is 

 armed with spikes that drag on the logs as they pass under them. 



Several slide tenders are required to keep slides greased and 

 watered, adjust goose-necks and make repairs. As a general 

 rule, several kinds and sizes of logs are run indiscriminately 

 during the day, and it is necessary to use goose-necks on large 

 logs and to remove them for the slower running small logs. 

 Where logs have jumped out, laborers are required to return 



