The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-12
RUN BY ELECTRICITY
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disconnected. In the system adopted
the boats steer by each other. exchange
motors. and continue on their way
rms electrical system has for some
Time been used In the logging districts
or North Carolina where Mr.. Lamb has
large logging interests A system In
common use In the cypress swamps of
the South Is what IS known among Ium-
bcrmen as n. pull boat" A steel cuble
Is cnrried into the swaInps and passed
around n large sheave. and a one-huIf-
inch cable Is attached to the end of
the large cable. A large double drum
engine Is used. by winding on the one
half-inch cable. the onc-Inch cable is
pulled out Into the swamp. and the logs
are hauled IN 10y the winding of the
drum, on being hitchcd on to the larger
cable. This system was crude and awk-
ward. and limited I'd the length of rope
that could conveniently be wound on
the drum. The problem that confronted
Mr. Lamb was TO design n galloway
that could be operated ut least half Il
mile, ana with the power placed on II
boat or car located at IL navigable point.
IL should gather in the logs for at least
500 feet, on either side of the galloway
proper. and bring them to navigation at
Il reasonable cost The system would
have to be easily and cheaply moved
from place 10 place; trees would have to
be used as support. as they are the
| only practicable foundatio to be found
In n swamp. and the system would have
to be operative on a line not absolute
| ly straight, where trees did not lie con
veniently for the running of a direct line.
IThc outcome was the electrical cable
Iwny, which Is now being applied to the
| Erie canal. This system has revolutions
| lied logging in the Southern swnmps.
Lines can lie quickly run I'm any 1i-
i fS.t,t n al,
cts are fixed on trees, say. 100 to 225 feet
apart. Over the brackets the cables
larc strung, and ms soon ms the motor Is
hltchcd on the logs can be brought in.
With one crew Of six men, 10000 feet
lof lumber per day can he hauled In
on dry land. and $4,000 feet from the
IewampS. The saving in cost of hauling
over any other method of logging Is
lobvious, but this system also saves
money in that II gets out timber that
heretofore has not been accessible.
| The power of the electric motor in
the hauling OF lumhcr is shown i'm the
accompanying picture. The log being
towcd i'm by the motor. under the di-
rcction OF the lumbcrman. seated upon
1t. is of cypress. II had been mined gut
of the mud. II was solid heart, all the
sap having rottcd off. lis size can he
appreciated from the fact that two
canoes were made out of It, II meas
| uttt ~ rect III uHHltitl. ana IN lcnt
long, and weighed about 6.000 pounds.
The motor is seen approaching Il tree
on which II bracket CARRYING the cable
Is fixed. When them otor reaches the
tree, the traction rope Is lifted up, and
the motor passes on.
Mr. Lamb. who was born I'm Norfolk
Va. in 1879, comes of such stock as
makes pioneers His ancestors have
lived In Norfolk for five general lions
and his great GRANDPA Their. GRANDPA ther
and father have been MAYORS OF that
city. His father. Col. VIM. Lamb. built
and heroically commanded Fort Fisher
In both of the terrific battles that took
place there during the war. Ills ma
ternai grandfather was the inventor al
the present method Of making rubber
shoes. MIR. Lamb finished his cilmca ton
at Brown University. where he studied
electricity under Prof. Blnkc the In
lNcntor of the telephone trnnsmittcr
After being engaged for some years IN
engineering construction and invention
MIR. Lamb made the survey and plans 70,
draining the Great Dismal Swamp
Subsequently. he conceived the idea OF
developing North Carolina pine lumber
In the Northern and Eastern markets
How we'll he succeeded is told in "a lead.
ing lumber trade Journal which afte,
styling Mr.. Lamb the columbus oi
the North Carolina pine trade" states
that owing to his efforts. while. in 1855
only 100000 feet of North Carolina pin,
was shipped north of Philadelphia, in
1899 the shipment had increased To over
300. 900 feet. Mr. Lamb Is also the
inventor of an electric saw. that takes
It's current from the main cable of Tho
: logging rig. by means Of this adapta.
: ton the lumber can he sawed up as sool
4 as it reaches the receiving end of In,
= cable. even II It he in the desert waste
D Of Il muddy forest swamp