, 1873-06-28

Important Change in the Mode of
Bringing Lumber 10 Chicago.
Safe Arrival of a Raft Containing
$4,000 Feet. Of Lumber
!; from Ludington, MIch.
Scenes at the North Pier Yostor-
dny Afternoon.

an lmportant event IN, tho mmnor- trade
was 1ho arflVal IN thls pore' ye6tofdag, OF o
raft containing e50,000 feet Of rough logs. It
a1iohiRup, l0o miles ;Iistant. and waa towod by
t1n Iol1, ~. no,,n,n,I7oa H., r.,t nTosso.n
" .onn =; -, oom,aanu.u " o"pt' Mols"n.
AZ IL oolocK On IueaohY niBhF Inc fait put TO
eoH, and Was slxty-throo hours on tho why, tho
ayorago spood boing az miles an hour. This waB
enmnnrntjyelv ruiot trovc1inp A l,nrco pl,fnh
~ Tna,ast,a ~ .sn sa,re .,aao 'ns -, 49,
~ w su"o s'naot '"y ~. wv
nafoof yosteroay, whon tho fats Wae coming III.
co,,rse aho could havo rnado tho trip in q much
ehortor t}n,o;: y ..,:. > go
0ot .1o,naa n nouo,, +oo1t n .nnrt, ~ ,,awanou
,,o- 49,, aat .,,o ~. asr;ra, ard ~
~ ,uon ~ 4us ~ auov1 Wv non a.4a' A"I NJ. ~
500 Its moyomonts on tho brinoloas doop. Tho
ees Was itt1o rough, and caused q qualmish
focling iu tho interior Of the 1antl.lubbers. Tho
raft hoyo in sight about T.. o'clock, and In
1oaa thon. ~, ho,,r .tho ,,o,vannnor +,,o u.a
dancing around 1t on tho frishy bilows, 80 that
good view Of it's proportions waa obtained.
There It lay like m iu,nlonse eea eorpopt. 100
foot 1ono ana 75 vido rrho nnrntor of an,t;ona
toos .ons rne ~ n.ao' ~ ~" nuD0l ~. 0oos.'na
1 vsteo g. a1oto 20 ~ sno nnmoer o. loga IN sne
fats' ~ the ayoragG number of ieet IN each
e2g iog 80; 90; the totn number q foot in tho rait
Or eaogh 70 ara hyS o.
porting inc rafe from Ludington was S5uD; thooost
o. Transporting the sa1ne quantity OF timoor @ IN
the old~thahlonod Why would be about T2ooo,
SAVING On ifo,gnt alono OF l,b0u3 Or, to 10 more
exact, the 1reght on fait containing one mill.
ION 1eee would be ABOUT bo centB. por thousand
1oet, while by vessel I 1t would DO from s2.5o to
% per shonsana. o me Valqo OF lilo timber IN
the fa1t WAS I11,o or At least ono OF tho OWL
e era aeolareo no "oo'a not part WILL 1t fof that
The saving on freight alone is not tho only
consideration. It Id claimed that 25 nor cont or
the logs IN tho shape Of slabs, which would have
beon cast away or burned up II tho logs were sawed
in Michigan Gun be utilized ,hore, and may DO
sold at &c q cosd. Most Of these logs are to bo
used In bridge-building or for piles but it In OK
poctod that logs will DO raftod across tho lake
and converted into lumber in tho saw-mills hero
and in South Chicago.
:, Tho makeup Of The raft is Of interest," It wns
sorew-oyo bolt WIS screwed IN each log, and as
many logs IS vero necessary to mako eootton
wcro. fsatoncd torethor bv n 11vo-eiubth
inch chain run through the eyo-bolte and on
cirolinr tho outcr lors. rho two o1,tor lops ~
oaoh sootion woro three OF four foot longer Than
tho inner logs and formed barrier, PROTECTING
tho inner logs from the outaido WIVES to eome
oxtont. Tho water inside the outer loRe was
quito calm. tho loca not giving It room 70 play
It's usual capo1s. Tho oitsido logs OF each
snction vnrn chntnoi toonthcr rtho roar
end Of tho sections tfero not connectod
inside, The bow Of tho raft ,yna
Furnished with cut-woter mnio Of two 1ope
meeting In point, and third log between thom
performing the useful functions Of a brace. IN
tie end of this cut-water was heavy rine. to
which, tho tow-liuo was attached. Tho 1opa
woro securely connected by gu jm1nonso lonefh
Of chain, the chain alone being worth as 900.
The voyage was without accident, The raft