Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-25
MONSTER TIE DRIVE
DOWN RIO GRANOE
SOON TO START
Approximately Five Hundred
and Thirty Thousand Bols.
ters Soon to Be Rushed
Down the Big River.
VETERAN LUMBER JACK
IS AGAIN IN CHARGE

The annual tic drive of the santa
Barbara Tie and Pole company. one
of the monster industrial events ni
the territory each ycar. is now oi
and within Il short time approximate
~ 530.000 ties viii be- thrown into
the ITO Grandc IN the northern port
81 the territory and carried on the
waters of the rio Grandc tor 80 ar 90
miles The santa barbara dri\,
started on April 20. An winter crews
al lumboriacks have been at Work ~
the imm.ns. forests owned by the
santa barbara people IN tn" north
The crV of timber ha. been heard ia
the forests. with the swish and crash
ct the giant pine trees following. For
months tho umhcriacks have been
saving the trees ia the forests and
thr trees In turn have been converted
into regulation railroad ties Thu ties
ha,, boon distributed along the edge
of creeks aud frcshcts and have been
awaiting the coming oi the waters
from th. mountains. The streams tire
now flowing nlll aud are being used
to transport the ties To- the RI"
Graudp The tees ride the small lrip-
uinrtes - tho bie river AM are then
punched The tie drive doNn the RIO
Grand. for distance of 80 cor go
mites viii begin as quickly y ali an"
tie. are gotten out of the tr'odtary
streams The tie drive VIII tnl u ar
Domingo. 80 miles north OF A'brduer-
qu. The santa barbara peopl nave
constructed a boom near Domingo.
ana h,rc tho ties are dragged nut ~
the water and placed on TN ears aud
taken t. Domingo on loggius rail
road At Domingo the ties a., trhu~-
fcrrcd To- the main line al th santa
Re railroad and drawn To- AlbuGu r.
que. whore they are treated IN the tie
picklng plant
Tho job ot getting the ties from isr
virgin forests ~ the mountains a. Al
huqucrquc n "A greater upirrtI '>inS
than the aVcrag. citizen knows. II -
doubtful if any logging up ar4tiois n
Michigan or any of the timhci states
are conducted on a more ,stcmauc
and daring basis. 1t Is NO smaii un-
dortaking aud the men who direct tn"
work are real wuodsmcn. n - Me
Gaffey OF the Santa Barbara , an
pany has gone t. Pcnasco to super
wise the tie drive. asSistips 4. y.
Drake and Malcolu McDougar. Mo-
| Dougall has entire charge at The ne
| drive after ia" ties are pYt on tnc
| water McDuusall IL one %. tho most
Interesting characters an the country
| liz can neither read nor wiitr ndt
knows just about rs much about the
timber business a. clifford pnth1t,
4 former chief forester al the tnl."d
states forest service. McpoI.all is
one OF tho old-timc timbcrnIsn lie
| long ago proved his right 10 the utlc
! of "rivcruan." and is afraid of ncl,h-
cr man or dcyil In the woods or on
the water McDougall win hc assist
ed In the tie drive hy . bunch ~
lumbcrjacks who have been picked
from among many applicants for jobs
After the drive the lumborJacks Will
come a. Albuquerque, In their cork
shoes and lumborjuck attire they at
tract much attention
t'ntil the tic drive is completed and
AN inventory taken Il viii not b,
known how many ties survived the
poriious trip down the Rio Granje
But banking on the skill and expert
.ncc at the river crews and previous
records Tor efficiency IT IL believed
that very fcN ties will be lost anC
that between 525.01d and 530. ooo ties
viii hc safely delivered to the Alhu'
lqu"rquc picking plant