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at which Mr. Liddle rafted, was so narrow that only six timber
sticks could be placed side by side These were then rafted down
below where the Luthersburg and Sabula branches come together, and
they were then rafted together, making what was called a "platform",
not to exceed fifty feet in length. The stream, at this point, was
so narrow and crooked that a raft of more than fifty feet in length
would not go around the bends of the stream.
It took not less than two days from daylight to dark, with good
luck, to run a raft the eight miles from DuBois to Reynoldsville.
The usual time, however, was a week.
The making and rafting of square timber in the vicinity of DuBois
was abandoned after Mr. John DuBois had located and started to
operate his mills in 1873. Outside of one or two firms who owned
timber above DuBois, Mr. DuBois purchased all of the local timber.
Of course this did not prevent the various saw mills, scattered
throughout Brady Township, from cutting their timber and selling in
DuBois for building purposes, or shipping it by rail.
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