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WOOD TRANSPORT BY LAND. 



to 1 meter apart, instead of being only at either end of the 

 portable sections, so that two men are required to liftjeach 



Fig. 214. Transport of firewood. 



section instead of one man. It is also greatly preferable to 

 use wooden sleepers for the main lines. 



(c) The Rolling-stock. The rolling-stock, or trucks used 





Fi.L r . ^1;">. I, iii ling the trucks. 



for transport, must, though strongly built, be as light as 

 possible. It is clear that these trucks must be constructed 

 most carefully, when it is remembered that heavy logs are to 



