Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-28

DluI POST uiII,LIaIIUE
EoccISG RAHGaoADs.
The NorskUesssyn Lamberwas Of 10
ssnt date give sous information con-
ssenine stsam loeging roads East that
may b q intsesst, Il not also Of benefit,
% lumbermsn On IL Nerth Pacific
eeost.
Il says ths bsst eaes Of tack for log
eine sailzeads b g insheA unless con-
neetion = 70 b mAds with ths main
line. III Standard 6e3< inehA Raes y
saxlrsly peasa3sabls and oosts vsry little
mors . baild, szospe vhsn hsavisr cars
ana rails ass needed. In the South the
oo-sneh eaes = ussd. Odd gaess Are to
81 avoided, q the rolling stock sslmoss
unsalabls. The Gaes = the spaes to the
elsar between the rails
The bet rail h T iron, Of the weight
demanded b. the smouut Of business to
b. doue. Rails from Is 10 30 pounds
veioht aas eommonly ussd. The best
pastsen Of rail has . wide head. A
liehtsr wsiehtof rail may b used Il laid
on I strinesr, in which eass reversed
uoint spikss ere ussd, and the stringers
should b sted across BY flst piscss let
II on thsif top faces TO prevent rolling
or Spreading. Wooden rails can be
used, and IL the labor Of keeping them
renewed IL not objected 70 IRE desirable
because cheap, but arc only ft for q
small business or for temporary use ON
branches. Alocomotive can only haul
about half q much on wood - on iron,
and NOV and ~ ~ hard TO clear OIL .
wood rail.
The cost Of track for logging rail-
road dspsnds very much on tho location
and the character of tho country trav-
srsed. The following estimate may
ssrve ~ . guide for the cost per mile OF
. liaht road with l6-pound rails, suita-
bic for Q ix-tcn locomotive on -four
driving wheels: Rails, 16 pounds pei
yard, el50s57; crossties. $40. at 10
cents, S2e4; spikes, ITO pounds, at 4
eeuts, $3.50; splicss. 40 joints, at p
cents, 9llo: clearing, traeklsying, do.'
$3.50. Total, e27O0.97. For . road with
24-pound rails, suitable for an eiRht-ton
locomotive, the expenses would reach
s3l4l.SS; and for road with 30-pound
rail-, suitable for twelve-ton locomo'
tive. about eA6l.60.
The same authority (Northuester''
Lsmbernan, of Chieago) says that the
cost Of hauling logs BY light locomotives
sn iron rail, including interest and do
ursoistion aud all expenses, varies from
about 80 cents 70 60 cents per 1000 feet
according TO tho length and general
character Of the road, and tho amount
Of business. The daily cost of operating
one locomotive, including the wages Of
an engineer and the cost Of fuel, oil and
repsirs, II not far from % per day. Nc
fireman 10 required on most logging
roads. The oars used may have four or
eieht wheels, the latter being prefer
sbls. and for hauling long timber, two
four-whssl trucks, with an extension
bar, are used for each length Of logs.
There should be enough oars for two
trains, one 10 be loading while the other
\ o. the road, 30 that the locomotive
need mot wait for cars to be loaded. The
unloading can be done 10 quickly as to
cause no delay.
A logging railroad often pays for itself
m leas than year. when prices arc
hieh the output can bs doubled without
additional investment by running "a
hsurs Per day; Of whom prices are low
and operations suspended, al expenses
ore stopped. The entire outlay for q
steam logging railroad with iron rails.
h generally about 80 cents for each 1000
test Of lumber readily reached by it.
when tho tract b cut Oh the road may
b moved TO another tract ct slight OK
pense. Tracts that were Of little value
and inaccessible under tho old style Of
logging, ars utilized and made more
profitable investment than lands nearer
streams that are held at higher figures.
Logging railroads solve the problem
also Of the profitable production Of lum
bsr whsrs the cost Of moving logs a. the
haul increases in length With each sea-
sons out, since logs can be hauled 10 to
Is miles By locomotives cheaper than
they can b Skiddsd or sledded for short
distances. This low cost Of transporta-
tion enables poorer grades, which would
othsgwiss b left TO rot in the woods, to
b marketed q . good margin.
Ths bet Locomotive for logging roads
mnst b Of simple design; strongly and
dnrAhly made with . liberal uss Of steel
and WI0aGht iron, and Of such construc-
tion asto b quickly and ohssply re-
paired, which 70 attained only BY q
tAosoagh System Of duplicate parts ~
quising . hsavy outlay BY the builder.
TAeEs = no service requiring reliable,
xell-eonstructsd and properly designed
locomotive, moro than il required for
~ ssvsss work Of logging railroads,
and - plaos who're cheap locomotive
+ . moes ooetly investment. II needs
- afGumsas 10 demonstrate the folly
- 0Sing . few hundred dollars In mo-
Tive power. and b % deine running q
constant Siak q bEeakdowns and Of en-
1esosd idlsass 1t . camp Of men, and
Il failuse % All eontzaets.
What has hszseoeoee been known IN
Canada = Ne Northwest Territory haa
ssssntly ben divided into foar tsrrito-
sisa dis1siols q provinces, named As
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