As the pits got deeper, they began to fill with water creating a nuisance that had to be pumped out. The water was not wasted, however it was pumped to the boiler house to he used to make steam to power the steam engine. A very high mast, or stick, was needed in order to use these carriages. The masts varied in length from less than a hundred feet to over two hundred feet tall, depending on the topography of the land. The tallest quarry pole was 235 feet high, erected at Rising and Nelson’s Quarry 4 in 1905. A fell from a roof replacement company Toronto by the name of Henry Vogel of Truthville was a pioneer in this business, and he was so highly regarded that his services were in demand and he accomplished them even after he became handicapped in one leg. The sticks as a rule were native green pine made of two or three poles spliced together to form one piece. The splices were made of eight-inch square oak timbers about sixteen or twenty feet long, bolted to the stick.
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