Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-03
Linsley's canal-Way.

and applications of old principles with which
this age is prolific, must be reckoned Hon
d. G. Linslev's canal-way, which may b,
seen at Cambridge, on the line of the Bur
lington and Lamoille Railroad Mr.. Linsley
had purchased IL, 900 cords OF growing Woo
on the hill sides about two miles south OF
Cambridge station 10 ill contract with the
Central Railroad He Offered seventy five
cents cord to haul this wood To the station
but the best proposal he could obtain was for
eighty five cents. Determined to make tho
expenses come within the estimates, Mr..
Linsley at once set himself to work on the
problem, with this canal-way as the result.
Arriving nj Cambridge, the other day, the
first thing to attract attention was stream Of
water falling from a spout (Which apparently
came from the summit of hill few rods
away), some ten feet above the railroad
track and close beside it, A car was moved
alongside of this little water fall and very soon
cord wood began to be discharged upon it
the water falling through n rack between the
spout and the car, and thence being convey
cd TO the river, thirty rolls distant The
wood kept coming about rs fast as two men
could place it Systematically on the car, and
so very simple and easy were the whole
workings Of the arrangement, that one would
naturally be led at first to eXclaim with the
unpoctic Irishman as he gazed upon Niagara,
what is there hinder it. But there was
something full of interest about the thing,
after all, TO the ordinary mind, and it was
with reluctance that any one would leave it.
We soon after took teams to the head of
navigation, which $ up the Brewster
river valley, the outlet of Pleasant valley
Mr.. Linsley had placed log forty feet long
across the brook or little river, which an
swered for dam, AMI turned so much of the
water as was Necessary into flume at one
end of it This flune as it became extended
down through.the fields, away from the river,
becomes canal, simply, twenty-five inches
wide, inside measurement, and twelve inches
high. 1t is made of thick spruce boards and
extends through the valley to Cambridge
7 sta ton 9,4OO feet, or nearly two miles. This
canal way win DIS around the points of rocks
and stretches across the intervals, standing
mostly on trestle work Luilt with four-incb
scantlinr. The minimum descent or fall
is LOO of an inch per foot and tbe maxi
mum 1-5O of an inch pc, foot Mr.. Linsley
forcsaw thc imnodimon,, 70 tho rooromont
of tbe wafer around III. c,,rxos and the
shorner the c,,rves oro tho ,,roo,or o1so 10 ,ho
fall Of tho conoI.wav Tho mirir,um fall
is odan,ed to tba s,ra;c,, ,;ros and CO scion
tidcollv is tho whole ,ona,rro,od ,bot tho
water r,oros nj tho ,,,o IS 10 600. ,or
minute tho canal ,..r hoirn oor,nlo,a,v
e,,a, ~. -, ar
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20, was 'i'
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P''ie''' anu i'e mas 'ict Win tiie iiios'
"'"''''i "' '"c''SS III SorhiiS out Tue ioca'
wien 'he cai''i-Way WIS completed anu the
waiter ic' in'" It, mol single change became
necessary MI LinsieS says himself THIS Is
one oi Tie hea'eSt and most successful
piece oil engineering he has done IN his lie
TIME Inc mechanica work on the canal
way was commenced August LIST, and cord
Wool Went through II sept, 18th The sur
Veys were made by Mr. [. +. b. HASKELL
OF the Senior Glass OF The L. '. NJ. and >.
a C. OF whom Mr. Linsley speaks in the
hughes, terms for his ability and faithful
ness. The carpenter work was done hv Mr. |
A RettrbuSb and ia . srlordid srocir,or of
~,
" 'oiiip'e'e anu 'iioroush Joo. Inc ou's'ue
cost OF the whole work was $4,000.
The working capacity of the canal way. |
small ~ !, NOV soo,,, ia wonderful From |
I'll, :,
twenty l" thir'y cofds are run i".'us" 1t
daily, and there seems to be n" good reason
why this amount could not be quadrupled, if
occasion roo,,;roj !, The helm employed
,nd III, ;o,,lo. 1oo,i;rr
cos's 81 % per u''' -, '''''
on the Coz. me cahal-way, however WIS
- intended for fOur-fooi wood, and needs
some little watching To prevent clorring.
For fam. ,,,,. -,.,oI ., ,,...I. a,,.o,I-, ,ho
49," W WIN III,
tahal-WaY should De wider IMAM the length
IF the wood This was built for sixteen
nch wood lint as Mr. Jinsley has a few
,,.,.i.,., Il. ..u ,., -,-.,.. l.,
h'''''''" 'oi"s iuii length airea'iy cut NJ
sends 1t along 1t will he seen that even with
he present working the labor does notify