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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 43

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 43
ing at theend of the roller-car-riage, a blue-blousedworkman with hissharp picaroon directsthe board in any di-rection he wishes, therough slabs being sentalong one set of sub-ordinate rollers to beshaved up into shinglesor ripped into kindlingfor city consumption,while the boards passup a broad,… … LUMBER PILING, i897.] THE STORY OF A PINE BOARD. 31 yard, directing the pieces of lumber as theypass up the incline. The lumber then tumblesdown the other side of the incline, and is readyfor piling. So great is the demand upon these saws bythis fierce tearing through the hearts of the greatlogs,…

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