New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-14
LOGGING on THE PACIFIC COAST.
From The Northwestern Lumbcrman.

From The Northwestern Lumbcman.
The camp itself IS generally pitched near the land
ing and consists Of several buildings OF somewhat
permanent character one OF these IS the cooNhouse
and dining room often presided over by Chinese COOKS
and walters, though I'm some districts the logger In
ists white labor and gets H. another IS the sleep
ngrUom for the men, which consists Of long room
With TWO or three tiers OF hunks arranged along each
sde leaving large nan IN the centre Wch is u7rh
for a recreation roOm-the recreation generally consist
ns Of handling somewhat greasy pack OF cards ID
the exciting games OF scyen-up, crbhage, or occasion
ally the fascinating poker. Many OF the loggTS
are more than aVerase Whlst players ara heaIig az
are good checker PLAYERS BUT niue reading IS IN
duecd In. the camps arc generally remote rom
po,tolice but when newspapers arc brought IN me
boys eagerly dcVouf their contents ana uhe PdFsrS
are divided up into single sheets, 50 a 20 give all
chance The foreman aud the surveyor hay their own
Kept one or more beds for the of visitors. Tho
mon provide their own bedding ard blankets, which
they " tote7 around from one camp to another Inc
food IS much the Eastern camps, though
the men a little more particular as "a IT. quality
Starting from the camp up INTO me WOODS, me
visitor passes over road regularly laid out by The
surveyor and about ten feet wide, across when SING,
about eighteen inches In diameter and four fcer apart
imhcdded in the ground TO about one-hat or
their depth Thee slis have space at or near he
centre hcwcd square into which piece OF ha,d mspa
f. usually inserted and held I'm place with woolen pins
and over these spaces the logs are hauled Ahem OF
the team a hoy or Chinamar stalks along carrying
can ~ dOgfsh OIL with which he g1caers every one
~ these pieces OF hard maple and this allows III" logs
10 Slip almost as easily as over snow. The surveyor.
n laying ont the road. calculates az hat point the
logs VIII strike the skid 50 that the hard maple can
Dr. Inserted the gt spot. and vher" there are many
curves This often requires very nice judgment and
much experience.
Arrived AZ the scene OF operations, the first sight
that viii greet the visitors eyes VIII be two stand
ing on sufnE boards let into the tree at an elevation
OF eight or len feet from the ground, and chOppng
into The tree 10 make sure Of the right fall Whom
this has been done tho crosscut saw IS blouEht lnp
use to cut down ne tree Al c4opI@s mus De pom bob
sides The chopper, leave The tree a. soon a. 'neg
have made the requisite inclsionS ana ther places ar
taken hy tho sawvorS, who bring their own spring
boards on which 10 stand Tho reason given for leav
ing large stump IS that The ure Is ept =. %, ne
and he lrf1eh f.
close 10 H. At one time trees were cut oil At DIS
TANGO OF twenty feet and even further nom me
ground but this was largely through spirit ot emu
ia,on As 10 which mon could work highest IN the air
This has tecn discontinued and as the timber becomes
tbc st,rnS heinz .bortrr and shorter No tree IS cut
that less than thirty inches IN diameter al to Iu
and the trees than six or scven fee az inc p.
generally left standing, as they do not pay 10 cu'
at present . 49,. Gnu,
soon cuts II into logs OF uncertain length, often depend
ING on the capro o( tho sawyer Thcrr Is no standau
f5rtv 1cct long and Longer II needed Tho longer
lengths command a Eiancr price than what Hieh, W
called stock engths-tha IT, DeioW , eycrT ten feet
above forty hut the big logging companies ulhN VI"
difference Is not sufficient 10 pay for IN" eNUh 80.
No log IS accepted by the big mill companies ma %
e than sixteen inches al the small end ana cIg ,
must be thirty niche. at me s% ytv inches II they
measure than that they are clIn'f g e' rir
sealed al sixty niche. The laTgI , xccnt IN two
cases, where they will take them up 10 LEu o rad
mills. however, fitted ou 10 90 on' - -otfen
that demands tho largeStsized STICKS tIa' oaH O e''
ont. - A. q hull |
rs soon as the Las boon cut up TIVE tso v p
puncher7 brings part Of his tean-usnaS ~ ubere
u cxcnand sldds the logs ON into me SCUM, Nry
they IA tened together with dogs ara Ian tbe d0gs
driven into the timber. The foremost Io- a ,e, ac
driven into each IA. and this must be done very a.
curatey. shat tha chains VIII nor p pun VIZ" good
The work OF fastening the logs together " iI'I,s 80"
Indictment and ttc tuIl runchrr7 usually directs MS
himself for II the log Is not rolled l't lSls ~ ,t
tho dogs Tho Lull pimchcr7 IS one OF me mos l
pOrant mon around the camp; ana sun r, a oood
man bc e., e,.o ont If work or of the pay roll His
wages are from $50 10 TllO ana I ~, az mi and
stances they have been high a. FLO iuo,tI Sc
board Uc u,,allv has froni six 30 rn yoke OF oxen
I'm his team which he drives by Word oI mum ood
caSlonally proddine one OF tho ~ teeI f. inserted
lie derives his name of bull puncher tpul M bon5
In team Of six yoke one or TWO ,s yo a bns These
are the leaders and one Of the yoke OF Dull Is uSudS
ncare, the logs. Evcry one OF me a' no direct 70
that part OF the llue 10 which he bOngsi c1 ,.,s
very Intelligent at their W9rK, ana - u ensnr the Logs
50 that thcy viii never leave the place o'e7 WIN"
they should be hauled -, - o,tbor rolled
into stream or loaded 10 logging truc rs, . W o
transported 10 the sound or river, or IN s0le ,a r
tumblod into artificial bitches whch nv aa,ers
vOr beb nd Them n at floats the logs 70 e." open
whore they are RATED. The logging EdIua' go.
formerly built OF narrow, three teeslA iCh, =, ri.
but lattery the logging companies nav nu no nore
new standard gauge. and believe th'n ~ and
economical some Of them are lYd iDr and have
freight roads well a. logging iaIWd9 80 p caYsed
quite extensive business when Ib' - - 11e
by settlements made since their OPERATIONS - mn of
rats are. properly speaking poonls ~, and
large outer logs. held together with strvht ~ 49,
chains IN which the logs arc carefully pnreL nv me-
ton On Puget Sound these Blooms are haultn 10y :.
away from their landings, on ebb tides but have 70
take the flood tide for some part OF Their l9ur' btb
no table Instance Of this Is the skag FVer logs h
have 10 come ON ebb tide 10 the open straits, Whlch
have to be crossed and then make the Hood que -
90 up The sound At the mills the bOoins az urs
10 piers I'M ready 10 be- broken up and Puget sound