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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 office, bunk house, 

 sheds and other outbuildings aggre- 

 gated $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, ag- 

 gregating, $500.00 



Total, $1,680.00 



This, together with the improvement charges, aggregates 

 $0,008 per tie. 



