Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-05
Congress
THE TIMBERMAN PROPOSES TO
HOLD IT At SEATTLE FAIR.
Editor Cornwall Advocates Hoid,no
Logging Congress Each Year.
Beginning with the Exposition.
Logging as Now Carried oniin the
Northwest . Science.

Northwest . Science.
Editor Geo. M. Cornwall, of the
Timberman. has suggested the idea
OF the loggers of the Northwest hold
Ing an annual congress. and the sur-
gestion appears to meet with favor
among the lumbermen generally.
Speaking Of the proposition, the
Timberman says:
Logging Is an engineering sci.
ence. The transportation of heavy
loads. often over very rough ground.
with inadequate and temporary an.
pliances, involves the expenditure Of
more real brain efforts and high ex-
ecutive talent, to produce logs pro.
fitably, than any other branch of
the industry. The cost of the logs is
the potent and determining factor
In the success or failure of any lum-
Der enterprise. Despite this fact.
there has been no effort made to
bring together the men in the diff
ferent sections for an interchange of
ideas, outlining splendid results
which have been obtained by differ
ent individuals and systems. There
is no patent on intelligence. Each
can learn from the other.
! The Timberman believes that each
year Logging Congress should be
held In different sections of the
country, in order to familiarize our
selves with the different conditions
to be encountered, and would sug-
gest that the first Congress of Log
! ging be held at Seattle next year
during the Pacific-Alaska-Y Yukon ex-
position.
The Congress could devote two or
three days for the discussion of
questions Of vital interest. Among
the subjects which might be profita-
bly, taken up are:
1. Overhead logging systems.
2. Substitution of oil for coal or
wood for producing steam.
3. Electricity sa factor in log
ging.
4. Feasibility and advantages of
maintaining camp crews in cars, as
against the stationary bunk house
system.
S. Establishment and mainten-
ance of better sanitary conditions in
camps, providing means for encoura-
ging personal cleanliness of the
men, enforcing an arbitrary charge
for bath, laundry and bunk house
service.
6. Application of compressed air
for saving and bucking.
z. Exhibits of locomotives, log
ging cars and trucks, logging en-
gines, logging tools, etc.
s. System for handling logs on
grades too steep for geared engines.
9. Evolution and development of
the logging engine and its operation.
10. Best means of supplying dom
keys in the woods with adequate wa
ter supply.
II. Discussion Of latest improved
tools and appliances for use in log
ging.
12. Operation and maintenance
of logging roads.
13. Accounting and cost system.
IA. Long distance log towing.
Is. Reduction of fire hazard, etc.
The above are only few sugges-
tions of the many subjects which are
germane to the business, which
could be very profitably discussed.
One splendid feature of the annual
Congress would be the exhibits each
year by leading manufacturers of
their latest and best labor-saving
equipment. This feature alone would
be worth a good deal to any real,
live, practical operator.
The Timberman believes that the
time is ripe for initiating movement
looking to a permanent annual Log
ging Congress along the line sug-
gested, and from the unqualified en-
dorsement and proffered assistance,
there is every reason to believe that
the annual Logging Congress will be
a success and become permanent
and important factor in assisting to
place the business Of logging ON a
plane commensurate with the i'm
DOrtant relation II bears to the lum.
ber business.
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