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power boiler, one 35-horsepower engine (which runs the cir- 

 cular saw, feed and edger), one 6-horse power engine (which 

 runs the cut-off saw), friction feed with cable, edger, and cut- 

 off saw. The cost of this mill is approximately as follows: 



Boiler and 2 engines, second hand, $650.00 



Mandrel, husk, feed works, carriage and 



track, new, 300 . 00 



Two 60-inch circular saws, new at $100 each, 200.00 



One edger, new, 250 . 00 



One 30 inch cut-off saw, with attachments, . 35- 00 



Freight and hauling, 100.00 



Total, $1,535.00 



The mill has been used in this condition for five years, and, 

 with considerable repairing, can probably be used for about five 

 years longer. 



Moving Mill. 



The mill was moved a distance of six miles and set up in the 

 winter on a trestle work about eight feet above the ground. The 

 rollway is also on trestle work, and because of the small space 

 available for the mill site, contains an angle of nearly 45 degrees. 

 When the ground thawed in the spring the foundation settled, 

 making re-inforcement of the foundation and realignment of the 

 machinery necessary. The water supply failed with the approach 

 of the dry season. In addition to a delay of about a month this 

 necessitated an additional expenditure of about $100.00 for water 

 development. 



The angle in the rollway requires the services of an extra 

 man for turning logs, and even then often causes delays. The 

 banking ground for logs' is inadequate and it has been necessary to 

 stop logging at times because of the lack of space. The edger 

 is on the opposite side of the carriage track from the saw. The 

 logs used in the trestle work and rollway contain about 20 M. 

 feet, B. M. The trestle work rendered flooring of the mill neces- 

 sary, and this required 2 M. feet of lumber which would not 

 otherwise have been needed. About 3.5 M. feet B. M. were 

 used in roofing. 



The cost of moving and setting up the mill under considera- 

 tion is estimated at about $600.00, but for the reasons given 



