About two o'clock
The sluicing , under the impetus of a big crew , went rapidly . `` I bet there 's mighty near a million an hour going through there , '' speculated Orde , watching the smooth , swift , but burdened waters of the chute . And in this work the men distinguished easily the new white blaze-marks on Heinzman 's logs ; so they were able without hesitation to shunt them one side into the smoother water , as Orde had commanded . About two o'clock the last log shot through . `` Now , boys , '' said Orde , `` tear out the booms . '' The chute to the dam was approached , as has been earlier explained , by two rows of booms arranged in a V , or funnel , the apex of which emptied into the sluice-way , and the wide , projecting arms of which embraced the width of the stream . The logs , floating down the pond , were thus concentrated toward the sluice .