The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-17
From the Cumberland News.
Among the "L0ggers."


the operations of the Eochiel Lumber
company, nor have they an adequate
idea of the various appliances ana
devices made use of by the company
to bring the log from the stump" in
the mountains of Garrett county into
market in the shape of manufactured
lumber. When looking out of the
widow of a rapidly-moying train on
the famous picturesque seventeen
mile grade" on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and passing the deep
bowllike valley near Bloomington,
strangers are surprised to see an inn
mense establishment, covering all the
available ground at that part of.the
wild gorge. The moying panoramic
view gives a glimpse Of the large
mills, dry houses, offices, dwellings,
boarding houses. trestles, railways,
slab burner, pond, dam, and huge
piles of sawed lumber. Here the logs
are made into lumber and large as
this establishment appears, it is only
small portion of the "plant" of the
company. 1t is of the many improve
ments and devices used in getting out
the logs and the manner in which
this is done that the present article
will treat. A description of the oper-
atlons at the mill and other matters
of interest will bereseryed fora future
article. Sometime since we copied
from a prominent eastern paper a
glowing description of the "cutting
of the key-log." 1t referred to GER
tain episode in driving" or floating
logs, which is in all lumber regions a
peculiarly dangerous work. Several
gentlemen connected with the Lo-
chlel company met us soon afterWard
and said that the cutting of the key
log, and everything connected with
driving, could be seen in Garrett
county, not 20 miles from where the
Nel0s is printed, and that we could
there obtain a full and interesting
description of all matters connected
with numbering.
A few days ago Ne,OS representa-
tive received a cordial invitation from
Mr.. j. 1. Livingston, general man.
ager of the Lochiel company, to ac,
company him on trip to the lumber
region to witness the operation of
logging. He accompanied the invi-
tation with caution that we must be
prepared to rough it." The invita-
tion was accepted, and last Wednes-
day aft ernoon we started for Iona
coming on the Cumberland and Penn
sylvania railroad train.
THE START.
When we arrived there shortly after
O'Clock we were met at the station
by Mr.. A. F. Denning, (who has
charge of the stocking or logging, and
general work in woods and on the
river for the company,l with sleigh.
a good team of horses and plenty of
robes. Without any delay we started
on our trip to "cross the mountain" /"
1t was growing late and appearances
indicated storm. Leaving Iona
coming the road soon begins to climb
the mountain and continues in this
way for over four miles, and brought
us to the top of Savage mountain, one
ofthe Allegheny ranges. The sleigh
ing was very good, but gong up this
grade we could not move fast. After
we were half way up the mountain it
began to snow, rain and hail, and by
the time we had reached the top the
wind blew alta terrific speed. 1t was
then after dark. but the dim rays of
the moon which found their way
through the thick veil of clouds gave
light enough to see the mountain
road, and seemed to indicate that we
were far away from civilization, in
the midst of a dense forest, with not
even the slightest sign of habitation.
A SURPRISE.
Suddenly our sleigh was brought to
a halt, and we saw the dim outlines
of what looked to be good sized log
cabin. We were told that it was the
"bark camp" and that in conse-
quence of the severity of the whether
it would be best to remain here over
night. We have seen many log houses
which were quite comfortable, but
what we should find here in this dense
forest, nearly 5000 feet above the
level of the sea, on this stormy and
rainy night, we hardly knew. We
were certainly surprised to see the
interior of the neat little parlor. A
cheerful fire at once dispelled the raw
and stormy atmosphere of the noun
tain. The floor was covered with a
plain but comfortable and pretty car
pet. The halls were neatly papered
and ornamented with cheerful pic
lures. In one corner of the room was
a book case containing more books
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