316 SALE AND TRANSPORT OF PRODUCE 



The following specification has been given for a tramway 

 1 300 yards long. 1 



1300 yards light railway material, 24 in. guage, consisting of: 



(1) 520 flat-bottom steel rails, 14 Ibs. per yard, in I5~feet sections, 



complete, with fish-plates, bolts, and nuts. 



(2) 1300 single corrugated steel sleepers, 30 in. long, 3^ in. wide, 



by in. thick, complete, with their necessary bolts and nuts 

 for laying 3 feet apart, with riveted clips for 14 Ib. flat- 

 bottom steel rails, with clutch bolts, 4f in. by J in., and with 

 nuts and washers. 



The above at 2s. gd. per yard of line . . . . ^178 15 o 



Two sets of points at ^3 600 



Four sets each of two bogies, with double screw brakes, 

 swivel bolsters, chains, jacks, and all necessary 



fittings, complete 54 16 o 



1300 creosoted Scots Pine intermediate sleepers, 3 ft. 



by 5 in. by ii in 11 14 o 



Labour on laying track and tarring rails . . . 35 o o 



Total . . .286 5 o 

 This equals 45. 5d. per yard run. 



Timber Slides. Occasionally in this country the use of 

 timber slides may be advantageous in extracting timber. 

 As, for instance, when timber is grown on a high plateau and 

 the descent down is very awkward. A slide is made of 

 poles of timber ; it is trough shape in section ; and its 

 surface must be free from projections. They are, however, 

 very expensive, and do not last many years. 



The use of timber slides can never be of such common 

 occurrence in this country as in many places abroad. Nor 

 can the drifting or rafting of timber in streams and rivers 

 often be resorted to in this country, although it is, where 

 practicable, the cheapest means of transporting timber, 

 and has the additional advantage of helping to season it. 



So, again, the sledging of timber on frozen tracks is 

 out of the question. 



Transportation by canals in barges costs about id. 

 per foot per 1 5 miles. The cost, however, is very variable, 

 and is largely governed by local competition. 



1 "A Forest Tramway," by F. Moon : Transactions of Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society ^ January 1908. 



