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Sixteen square cribs' hold the boom in place diagonally across 

 the river. Each crib is constructed of about 6 tiers of 16-foot 

 logs about 6 inches in diameter. These are filled with rocks. 

 The construction of each crib required the services of 6 men for 

 about 4 days. 



The improvements to be charged off in six years are as fol- 

 lows: 



Boom : 



60 M. feet logs, at. $1.00 per M, $60.00 



Hauling, at $2.00 per log, 185 .00 



Boom chains, 100, at $1.50, 150.00 



Cribs : 



Logs and hauling 100.00 



Building 16 cribs, 6 men, 4 days, at $1.75, 672.00 



Total $1,167.00 



This makes a charge of about $0,001 per tie on the 

 1,800,000 ties exploited in the six years. 



A canal was dug to a pond about a quarter of a mile 

 below the boom. This provided for the storage of the 

 ties until they could be loaded. The digging of this 

 canal required the work of 20 men for about 25 days, 

 for which they received an average of $1.75 per day, 

 which totaled, $875 .00 



A levee was built along the canal and around the pond 

 to keep the ties from escaping in case of an overflow, at 

 a cost of $3,500 . 00 



The construction of an ofiice, bunk houses, sheds and 

 other outbuildings aggregated, 3,000.00 



Total improvements to be charged off during life of 

 operation, 20 years, $7,375-00 



On 6,000,000 ties to be exploited in the 20 years, this 

 gives a per tie cost of about $0,001. 



The annual recurring booming charges are as follows: 



The services of 10 men and teams for 10 days are 

 required to put the boom into the river. At $3.00 per 

 day for team and driver this cost is, $300.00 



The cost of pulling the boom out each year with 

 teams aggregates, 400.00 



A care-taker is kept at the boom camp the entire year, 

 whose salary is about, 480.00 



An average of 5,000 ties pass the boom each year and 

 must be picked up along the river below the boom and 

 hauled to the railroad at a cost of $0.10 per tie, aggre- 

 gating, 500.00 



Total, $1,680.00 



This, together with the improvement charges, aggre- 

 gates $0,008 per tie. 



