550 INDEX 
Raft, ocean, 427. 
Ohio River, 421. 
Rafter or self-loading dam, 391, 392*, 393*. 
Rafting, dogs, 420, 420*. 
logs, 383. 
pockets, 426. 
poles, 420*, 421, 421*, 423*. 
stream, 419, 419*. 
works, 407, 426. 
Rail slides, 270. 
Railroad, advantages of rail transport, 283. 
chartered, 286. 
choice of gauge, 285. 
construction of, 293, 313, 331. 
crossties for, 322, 325. 
culverts for, 314*, 321, 321*. 
dunnage or dust, 317*, 318. 
forest, 278. 
grades for, 288. 
inclines on, 334. 
location of, 287. 
locomotives for, 341. 
logging, 23, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36. 
maintenance of wav on, 332. 
pole road, 278, 279*, 280*. 
rights-of-way, 286. 
steel laying and lifting, 326. 
stringer, 281. 
Rails, bending of, 327. 
elevation of, 330. 
expansion of, 327. 
fastenings for, 324, 324*. 
guard, 315. 
laying and lifting, 326. 
resistance of, to friction, 347. 
steel, 323, 323*, 325. 
stringer road, 282. 
weight of, 324, 325. 
Rapid log loader, 363, 363*. 
Rations, animal, 132, 528. 
logging camp, 72, 74. 
list of, 74. 
waste of, 72. 
Red gum (see gum, red). 
Redwood, buoyancy of, 412, 413. 
log lengths, 110. 
logging, labor required for, 54. 
lumber cut, 1920, 11. 
rossing logs, 117. 
saw timber, stand, per acre, 11. 
regional, 7. 
United States, 7. 
saw tooth patterns for, 85, 85*. 
Regulations, sanitary, for logging camps, 77. 
Re-haul skidder, 238. 
Reservoirs, storage, 388. 
Resistance, frictional, on a logging railroad, 347. 
Right-of-way, logging railroad, 286, 293. 
Riparian owners, complications with, on log drives, 386. 
Road engine, 248. 
