The Captain took a turn at the saw himself, noticing carefully the amount
of force required. He said:
"It's a question whether it won't be too heavy, pulling a saw twice the
width of an ordinary woodcutting saw."
"Ay," agreed Falkenberg; "it looks that way."
All looked at Falkenberg, and then at me. It was my turn now.
"A single man can push a goods truck with full load on rails," I said.
"And here there'll be two men to work a saw with the blade running on two
rollers over oiled steel guides. It'll be easier to work than the old type
of saw--a single man could work it, if it came to a pinch."
"It sounds almost impossible."
"Well, we shall see."
Froken Elisabeth asked half in jest:
"But tell me--I don't understand these things a bit, you know--why
wouldn't it be better to saw a tree across in the old way?"
"He's trying to get rid of the lateral pressure; that's a strain on the
men working," explained the Captain. "With a saw like this you can, as he
says, make a horizontal cut with the same sort of pressure you would use
for an ordinary saw cutting down vertically.
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