Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-05

1gan ana knoWn aS tne sag
 inaw waters the great firm of Morrison & Daly had for many years caErfed on extensive logging operations 1fn the wilderness.
 Now at last, in the early eighties, they reached the end of their holdings. Another winter would finish the cut.
 At this juncture MT. Daly called to him John Radway, a man whom he knew to possess extensive experience, a little capital and desire for more of both.
 AsRadway," said he when the two KoUnd themselves alone in the mill of .tfice, i've expect to cut this year some ,tE0,OOO,OOO, which will finish our pine illoldings in the Saginaw waters. Most Sof this timber Hes over in the Crooked iMake district, and that we expect to fput in ourselves. We own, however, B,oo0. 900 on the Cass branch which we would like to log on contract. Would Ryou care to take the jobY'
 Flow much a thousand do you EiveY' asked Radway.
 'Four dollars," replied the lumber qman. 'Ivll look at it," replied the Jobber. So Radway got the descriptions" and little map divided into townships, sections and quarter sections and went oaIt to look at 1t. He searched until he found s'blaze" on tree the marking son which indicated it as the corner of tA section. From this corner the bound aary lines were blazed at right angles sRn either direction. Radway followed &i1e blaxed lines. Thus he was able ac- Accurately to locate isolated "forties". !. Wforty acres), eighties" quarter sec hions and sections in prfmeval wilder mess. The feat, however, required con- siderable woodcraft an exact sense of direction and a pocket compass.
 These resources were still further hrawn upon for the next task. Rad way tramped the woods, hills and val Eeys to determine the most practical route over which to build a logging road from the standing timber to the Bhores of Cass branch. He found 1t to be an affair of some puzzlement. lThs pines stood on a country rolling with hills, deep with pot holes. It became necessary to dodge in and out, aaere and there, between the knolls, around and through the swamps, still Keeping, however, in the same general direction and preserving always the requisite level or down grade. Rad way had no vantage point from which ko survey the country. A city man would promptly have lost himself in the tangle, but the woodsman emerged at last on the banks of stream, leav- ing behind him a meandering trail of clipped trees.
 'T'll take it," said he to Daly.
 Daily now proceeded to drive a sharp, bargain with him.
 Cugtomarily a jobber is paid ces' tain proportion of the agreed price as each stage of the work is completed. Daly objected to this method of pro- cedure.
 You see, Radway," he explained, Pits our last season in the country. When this lot is in we want to pull up stakes, so we can't take any chances on not getting that timber in. If you don't finish your job, it keeps us here another season. There can be no doubt, therefore, that you finish your job. In other words, we can't take any chances. If you start the Ehing, you've got to carry it way through
 .I think I can, MT. Daly," the job Der assured him.
 For that reason" went on Daly, Eve object to paying you as the work progresses. We've got to have a guar antee that you don't quit on us and that those logs will be driven down the branch as far as the river in time to catch our drive. Therefore I'm going to make you good price per thousand, but payable only when the logs are delivered to our river men,"
 Radway, with his usual mental atti- Eude of one anxious to justify the oth- CT man, ended by seeing only his en- ployer's argument. He did not per ceive that the latter's proposition in kroduced into the transaction a gam bling element. It became possible for Morrison & Daily to get a certain amount of work short of absolute com pletion done for nothing.
 All this was in August. Radway, who was a good, practical woodsman, set about the job immediately. He gath cred crew, established camp and began at once to cut roads through the country he had already blazed on his former trip.
 Railways task was not merely tG level out and ballast the six feet of a roadbed already constructed, but to cut way for five miles through the unbroken wilderness. The way had, moreover, to be not less than twenty Eve feet wide, needed to be absolutely level and free from any kind of ob- gtructions and required in the swamps liberal ballasting with poles, called cor suroys. Not only must the growth be semoved, but the roots must be cut out and the inequalities of the ground lev eled or filled up. Reflect further that Radway had but brief time at his disposal, but few months at most, and you will then be in a position to gauge the first difficulties of those the American pioneer expects to encounter