INDEX 581 



Sargent, Charles S., on the forests of North America, 459. 

 Saw, cross-cut, bevel of, 77, illustration, 7S. 

 blade of a, 74. 

 cost of a, 74. 



handle for a, 74, illustration, 7.,. 

 life ol a, 78. 



resistance of wood in cutting with a, 76. 

 teeth of a, 75, illustration, 76. 

 endless chain, 79, illustration, So. 

 felling timber with a, 93, 419, 421, 424, 42S, 430. 

 Saw files, 77. 

 Saw fitting, 77. 

 Saw-fitting tools, 77. 

 Scaling, log, 117, 474- 



allowance for defects in, 121. 

 by the surveyor-general of Minnesota, 370. 

 check scahng, 119. 

 cost of, 119, 434. 

 defective logs, 121. 

 methods, 118, 119. 

 objects of, 117, 120. 

 on National Forests, 120. 

 re-scaling, 119. 

 tools for, 117, 118. 

 Schenck, C. A., on logging, 463, 470. 

 Scotch or goose-neck for log slides, 240. 

 Scrapers, drag, for moving earth, 266. 



wheeled, for moving earth, 266. 

 Scraping, turpentine orcharding. 448. 

 Scribner log rule, no, 514. 

 Seams in logs, 125. 



Season for towing logs on the Ocean, 392. 

 Section crews, logging railroad, 295. 

 Sequoia sempervirens, 10. 

 Sequoia Washingtoniana, 11. 

 Sessoms, H. W., on logging camp records, 470. 

 Shake in logs, circular, 123. 



Shay, E. E., first constructor of a geared locomotive, 305. 

 Shay locomotive, 308, 312, 314, 320, 321, illustration, 309. 

 Sheep-shank boom, 361. 



Shields, R. W., on logging in the Dismal Swamp, 471. 

 Shingle bolt transport, aerial tram, 228. 



in flumes, 394, 398, 399- 

 Shoveling earth, output per hour, 263. 

 Shovels, steam, for moving earth, 268. 

 Sitka spruce, 14, 17, 437. 

 Skeleton log cars, 317, 320. 

 Skidding, 140, 146. 



bummer haul, 179. 

 carts, 184. 



contract prices for, 192, 420. 



cost of, 192, 420, 423, 425, 427, 429, 431, 433, 434, 436, 437. 

 illustration, 147. 

 Skidding methods, Alaska, 436. 



cypress region, 430. 



L.ake States, 426. 



Northeast, 424. 



Northwest, 431. 



power, 196, 424, 427, 428, 430. 43-^ 435. 436. 



simplification of, by felling, 90. 



