OPERATIONS AND COSTS ON PENNSYLVANIA STATE 



FORESTS 



N. R. McNaughton^ 



The following is a summary to date of work done on Pennsyl- 

 vania State Forests. Costs given include maintenance in every 

 case, for periods of from two to seven years. To a certain ex- 

 tent, this destroys the value of the costs for comparison, but 

 the complicated system of bookkeeping formerly in use makes 

 it difficult to separate maintenance costs from extension costs 

 for operations which were started several years ago. 



It will be noted that in the summary no mention is made of 

 nursery work or tree planting. Exact figures on these opera- 

 tions are not yet available, but for the convenience of those who 

 may wish to use these figures for reference, it is safe to say 

 that at least 16,000,000 seedlings have been planted to date on 

 an area of not less than 8,000 acres. The total nursery stock 

 for 1916 is about 20,000,000, of which number about 7,000,000 

 are available for planting this spring. 



A verage 

 Cost 



Miles Cost Per Mile 

 Township roads on Forests when purchased 456. 9 

 Woods roads on Forests when purchased . . 2,063. 5 



Above roads improved by Department. . . . 1,265. 7 $51,520. 00 $40. 70 



New roads built by Department 316.2 60,947.00 192.72 



Trails opened 528.5 10,249.00 19.40 



Boundary lines opened 1,056.5 12,431.00 11.79 



Fire lanes opened : 



4- 8 feet wide 61.4 2,088.99 34.02 



9-12 " " 194.0 4,575.93 23.58 



13-18 " " 287.6 8,297.89 28.68 



19-25 " " 150.7 6,699.96 44.46 



26-32 " " 26.0 1,817.96 69.90 



33-40 " " 5.0 299.57 59.91 



41-50 " " 1.0 150.00 150.00 



Over50 " " 1.0 117.71 117.71 



Total Fire Lanes (726. 7) (24,048. 01) (32. 95) 



Total roads, trails, boundary lines, fire lanes 

 opened to date 3,893. 75 159,195. 01 



Boundary line surveyed, but not opened. . . 1,636. 6 

 Compartment line opened 182. 5 



Telephone lines built: 



Metallic 220.95 12,031.80 54.91 



Ground 33.25 1,217.00 36.60 



Total (254.20) (13,248.80) (52.12) 



'Forester, in charge Karthaus State Forest, Pennsylvania. 

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