Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-20


from the yards to the bindings better.
than transfers ever dreamed Of doing
ii. others had worked on tha prohleu
for years and had never succeeded in
getting out a practical machine. But
Mr.. Lombard built an ungainly. awk-
ward contflFanee that would pull like
Il locomotive ard do ii in n COW pas
tulr, or on any kind of a country road
o.. city street
The machine was taken into the
woods. last winter making part of TIN.
trip on the train and part by its own
power. II was found after q. winter of
experimenting that the principle was
all right and that it could be success
full: developed. The T.. n. & T.. Co.
became interested in the scheme from,
the start and it was on it's territory
that the machine was first tried. A
good many delects We're discovered but
the machine worked and when it did
worked Ike a regular woodland giant.
ENreyone connected with il became a
fast friend and it was unanimously de-
cided To put in another winter in de-
velGpment.
IN his experimenting Mr.. Lombard
concluded that electricity would make
a better power for the machine than
steam. The conditions We're very favor
81. Al Alder stream. so the expert
U.ent is being tried there. An electric
ma chine has been built and is now on
thc ground with the first one run by
steam. The scheme is still in the ex-
pe1;mental stage but the prospects are
very bright When il was decided to
nee electricity for power it was also
decided to manufacture the juice
right on the ground
SO Alder stream was damned and a
regular power station installed. The
building is not very pretty to look upon
but il is built for business and il does
TIE business. a water wheel of the
most recent type has been installed at
the dam with dynamcs and other cleo
trical apparatus of the modern, first
class electric power station. The sta
| ton is small and ugly but capable Of
performing startling things.
Trolley lines have. been stretched
| over the logging roads and the electric
machine is plunging and blowing its
Way over them in silence. The plant
has not been perfected as yet, so little
work has been done with it, but it is
Only 4 question of time when it will be
in working order and then there will
De something to make the eyes of old
lumbermen stick out so you can hang
ycur hat on them. The electric hauler
is the baby of the family and is lusty
one that grows rapidly. The steam
hauler has attained an age of useful
ness ard last week il was harnessed
down to serious business. The electric
hauler will probably be at work in
earnest before the season is over.
Meanwhile the steam hauler is haul
ing tremendous loads Of logs to the
landings. One of the most interesting
things is the method that is used in
making roads. The hauler itself re-
ouires no tracks but win run anywhere
almost that a team can go. But tracks
are made for the sleds so that they
will trail easily and haul well< The
selds used are 10 feet wide, much Wider
than those used for horses. The dis
lInce from the yards to the landing is
seven miles and over a road that is as
rough as the average logging road.
This follows along the stream so that
water is always handy
Large sprinklers have been built tina t
held about 20 barrels of water. Water
ing stations where these can be filled
have been established every half mile
along the seven mile road These are
rugged almost exactly like the ice runs
so familiar in this section of the
State. only instead of handling
cakes of ice they handle bar
isla of water They work SO
smoothly that one OF, the 70-barrei
strinkErs can be filled nj them In abo,is
Il minutes. The sprinkler is filed at th,,
first watering station and hauled by fou.
horses starts out on the seven mile read
Hoes are so situated in the bottom OF
the sprinkler tina. the water rms into
the rats made by the sled runners. The -
barrels is exhausted in the half mile and
the sprinkler is filled at the next water.
road. s
The water meanwhile freezes in the r..i :
and makes a solid and conparatireiy
smooth track Tor the sled runners to fol-
f~. The log ha.ier is narrow enough
to So inside these frozen ruts. The slctls
are loaded at the yards. the haul a.
tached and away il goes on its seveil-mi.p
trip. the sleds following the frozen tracks
and sliding along up hill and down as
sasy as YOU piea Sc.
The road where this method is beinI
tried is a new one and those who have
been in the woods know how rough
new logging road can b.. and stiil be cali
ed a road. There hasn't been much snow
this year SO the conditions are not very
favorable as yet for the experiments But
the haulcr Was tried. fast week. under
these conditions and halled three s.edS.
zach loaded with about oGD feet with
ease from the ward To the landing 1t Is
expected when everything is in good
working order that Il load of 1909 feet
can be hauled with the machine. Those
who are familiar with the nld-fashioneG
haulinS can readily see what an advar-
tagc this will b.. With load OF this
size the hauler will 90 about as fast a.;
man can walk. faster than the ordinary
logging team goes II can make two trips
over the seveii-mile road In day with
leads that would require some Is horses
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