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to the trams by a light skidding rig and are loaded on tram cars 

 with the same rig. The same operator in connection with this 

 method uses engines which can be hauled on the tram cars for 

 rutting the logs out of the roughs. These same engines arc used 

 with aid of a jin pole for loading logs on the tram cars. The cost 

 of delivering logs to the road in this operation is around $5 per 

 thousand. 



He then referred to one oi>erat<>r who used the mechanical oiitliaul 

 ground skidder on top of a very level plateau. He is getting liis 

 logs out at a cost of around $1.50 per thousand delivered to the track. 



LOGGING COSTS 



H. W. Dexter, of the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company, read 

 a paper which had been pre- 

 l)arcd by J. H. Dickinson, mana- 

 ger of the logging department 

 of the tirm, Mr. Dickinson being 

 absent. 



In his paper Mr. Dickinson 

 emphasized tliat his object was 

 to cite eases of low logging 

 cost and give the reasons for 

 making such figures possible. He 

 then differentiated between the 

 terms "cost of logging'' and 

 "logging cost," saying that he 

 had been reminded of this dif- 

 ference by an accountant con- 

 nected with the Lidgerwood 

 company, who viewed statistics 

 from a different angle than the 

 practical operator. Mr. Dickin- 

 son described the manner in 

 which he was enlightened as to 

 this difference. The main point 

 of difference between the practi- 

 cal man's conception of what it costs to log and the actual cost of 

 logging lies in the character and number of items which properly 

 should be charged, in part at least, to the logging cost. 



The speaker said: "As conditions vary on different operations 

 the cost kept in detail would enable loggers comparing costs eitlier 

 between operations of their own or of other loggers, to see where 

 the difference occurs. It will show a logger whether the difference 

 is one that is unavoidable or one tliat can be overcome by a change 

 in methods and machines. If you arc delivering logs from the woods 

 to the cars for say, $.3 per thousand, and it is costing one dollar 

 per thousand for hauling them to the mill, and you can change your 

 methods and reduce your railroad cost to fifty cents, with a cost in- 

 creased to $3.2.5 on the other work, then you have reduced the total 

 logging cost from $4 to $.3.7.5. ' ' 



He further empliasized the vital necessity for knowing in the 



most intimate detail the cost of every feature that adds to the 

 outlay that should properly be charged to the item of logs delivered 

 at the mill. He said that the cost which does not include every cent 

 directly or indirectly paid out; a cost of any complete operation iu 

 which each step does not include the amount properly chargeable 

 to tliat i)articular account, is misleading and dangerous. 



Tlie-si)eaker then referred to a letter that has been received by 

 his company from E. A. Gaskill, superintendent for the Turkey 

 Foot Lumber Company at its Cressmont, Ky., operations. This 

 letter was so well thought of that the Lidgerwood company has had 

 it printed in pamphlet form, and has copies for distribution to in- 

 terested loggers. It gives a very lucid analysis of logging prob- 

 lems and is well worth reading. 



J. D. Wyrick delivered a paper 

 on "Waste Utilization," in 

 wliich he outlined means where- 

 by lumbermen may save on 

 waste through utilization as by- 

 products. 



X. W. Gcnnett, of Franklin, 

 X. C, had prepared a paper on 

 "Portable Mills," which, in his 

 absence, was read by W. T. 

 Latham of Andrews, X. 0. Mr. 

 Gennett gave arguments pro and 

 con on the "portable vs. the 

 band mill," the gist of his argu- 

 ment being that the portable 

 mill is naturally more wasteful 

 and' much less economical than 

 the band mill, but it is justified, 

 under certain circumstances. 

 These circumstances embody a 

 very liigli (piality of timber, 

 thus minimizing the production 

 of less valuable lumber. The 

 portable mill is operating successfully because it usually is operating 

 on such stumi)age; because the overhead is practically nothing as it 

 is generally run by the owner who charges himself nothing for his 

 labor; because it can be shut down with no carrying charge; because 

 his log and other costs are absolutely minimized. Unless these condi- 

 tions liold, the circular mill, with its extravagant kerf, its inability 

 to utilize slabs and other offal, its heavy dog boards and its high 

 operating cost will be absolutely impossible. 



H. F. Holt, of the Holt Engineering Company, of Ashcville, X. C, 

 had a paper on "Operating Timber Estimates," iu which he em- 

 phasized the necessity for a complete and thorough analysis of a 

 prospective operation before going into it. He laid stress on the 

 vast help to the operator if he has, as a basis for his operation, a 

 thorough knowledge of the technical problems and details involved. 

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THE IMMENSE POWER PLAXT AXr> I'.IKXKR AT THE 

 BABCOCK MILL. 



COMMISSARY AND GENKRAL OFI•^CES OF THE BABCOCK 

 OPERATIONS AT .MARYVILLE. 



CO.VSTRUCTING THE DU \ Kll.X TO HANDLE THE HIGH 

 GRADE STUFF FROM THE BABCOCK MILL. 



