Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-06
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GEAR ali oar crews 10 tise Ais eessts sis.sl bs
sqaiype.l ~itE sass
why viii it b. better
II, saves 20 MICH % taet iaz- 4 trse
can be cut several fp.s nesfsr tie ground
and sise uasse Of d. 'as e:i.fs IS pseseased.
assi then j; i much qaieker.r
81 that rs,snsetst 4 erssH So ssesra ahead
ansl tire pas ~ "a u fall
The two furn ssso we've 1t work urnH il
proceeded At onee 70 esa9p of shai few
limb. renrsfnss' SITTER tie fali and ti.sa the
big eross-enl saw va. aEain put 70 work
and The prone tree vas rapiIly est irto two
iaes-
Whsle Dir. Poster eet Tie iFHi's mark.
.tifee vs. wii an y oser eaeh al the hatt
AMI aiae notei.es at Use top" which it has
a-ed for ever - years, Surveyor keene
took the ,'iameter al the .op sai the lengsh
of each ies. writing sl'e figures down Il, a
note book, from vl.ieh. h. informed the re-
porter he figured mp the amount cut each
4.y vhjie in the camp at night.
Then they were ready for another trte,
whiel, Ar. Miiliken helped to grille, that is,
10 GA, a ring ssot,t The trunk. through the
bark aud the hard outer shell or skin that
loggers call the sap which, being frozen,
1, too hard for the saw. GA the side on
WHICH the tree will fall the cut il male a
,;,,l. deener. and i. straight across. I,p-
po.,te .lis the saw /. nut into the tree. 4
sk;lfsl s,..u1oa can direct a tree 80 that il
viii fail within 4 few inel,es of a gwen
marx
..UeHg. IL dinner timr. !" remarked Mr.
Eeeu. ana all started for the eamp. the in
,erisr of which WIS found to be n single
room. about 9xie feet. Partly across oae
end. opposi,e the door. was built a wide,
tbr.e-,jered bunk, and in the corner dag
onsllv apposite. was stove. Between
them was table set over close against the
south walt. along which ran bench. known
frank Smith. has followed that trade for
years. having a farm which he till. during
the summer
The meal vas bountiful one. consisting
of corn beef. baked beans, squash, steamed
bread and eoff,e. After the long drive in
the xeen air all these tasted delicious. and
il wa. surprisinp to find how much one
eould eat on occasion.
After dinner the men sat around for a
time. resting and warming Themselves while
eating auples. They were chatting one of
the teams,ers Bill Trask. on an experience
he had lust gone through.
II hapnened that while he was hauling a
load Of laos bis .leds began to tin over. To
stop them he iumped on the outside runner
of ono and ti,c logs goinp over suddenly he
was sbo, tbro,,oh the air AGAINST a tree
wbere one of the men had hung n coat. This
he capcl,t and saved himself from n further
fan
..rm ming to have them eut = bio fell
low for yonr benefit. said Mr.. Millikcn as
all left the eamp. A short distance away
stooa , magn;ficent nine. 4 King among the
otl,ars obos, trunk marc than three fest
,,ro,aI, .,t tho .,ro,,rd rose ,ro,,,llv straigbt
NJ. for f,r aver too foot
4Tbis will show Won bow fast saw can
hr;ro ,r.. do,p sail Mar Kea,o
Nav il ,.ou,d take tro yood choprars
more. ,,,,, bslf ~, ho,,r IN brine. .;. follow
,,c,y, .rd ;r., ti,n,. us and 500 how lane !,
IN ..L,
r,o h;g ,roo w,s ou;ct,v ,,,rdled and
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