The incline was operated by an endless cable, somewhat after the style of Mount Lowe, in Southern California, the car on one side going up, and on the other coming down one trip, and _vice versa_ the next.

The lumber thus raised was thrown into the flume, carried therein around to Lake View, on the line of the Virginia and Truckee railway, there loaded on cars and shipped to Carson and Virginia, largely for use in the mines.
When the logging interests were active the place had quite a population, had its own post-office and was an election precinct.

When the logging interests waned the town declined, and in 1898 the post office was discontinued.

Now nothing remains but the old incline, grown up with weeds and chaparral.

New towns are springing up at Al Tahoe, Lakeside and Carnelian Bay which will soon demand a revision of this chapter.
[Illustration: Lake Tahoe from Tahoe Tavern] [Illustration: Steamer Tahoe Rounding Rubicon Point, Lake Tahoe] [Illustration: McKinney's and Moana Villa, With Rubicon Peaks in the Distance, Lake Tahoe] [Illustration: Steamer Landing, McKinney's, Lake Tahoe].