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The cost of all lumber and other building materials, of the labor, 

 of the supplies, and in fact the entire cost of setting up and run- 

 ning camp, exclusive of railroad transportation, is borne by the 

 contractor. 



The company's employees, such as inspectors, scalers, train 

 crew, etc., are boarded at the jobber's camp free of charge when- 

 ever their work requires them to be there, in return for which the 

 company hauls all supplies for the jobber. 



Setting up Camp. — As stated under contract, the entire cost of 

 building camps, exclusive of railroad transportation, is borne by 

 the contractor. The company furnishes lumber and other building 

 materials at wholesale rates, and delivers these materials to the 

 camp site. 



Dickson's buildings, planned to accommodate about sixty-five 

 men and twenty horses, are situated in the valley on a moderately 

 level stretch of ground, on the south side of a small stream and 

 right beside the company's railroad. The timbered hill-sides slope 

 up at an angle of about 40 degrees from both sides of this stream. 

 The buildings consist of the following : 



Bunk house, 66'x24', 21' high, the first floor of which is divided 

 into kitchen, 18x24'; dining room, 30^24' ; lobby, i8'x24'. Office 

 i6'xi4'; meat house, I4'xi4'; filing shack, i6'xi2'; smithy, 

 i8'xi8'; stable, 6o'x34'; hay shed, i6'xi6'; coal shed i6'x8'. 



On the second story of the bunk house, extending over the lobby 

 and dining room are the sleeping quarters, 48'x24', containing 31 

 wire-mattress beds. 



The lumber for these buildings, consisting of mill culls, cost 

 $584.32. 



Camp at this place was set up in May, 1907. An entire outfit 

 was bought at that time. Exclusive of the lumber mentioned 

 above and exclusive of wages and all food supplies, the cost of 

 setting up and running camp from May 1st to September 30th, in- 

 cluding cost of horses, harness, all logging supplies, etc., was 

 $5,023.92. 



Logging Operations. 



Roading and Swamping. — The mountains being in all cases 

 very steep, and in places even precipitous, swamping and road- 

 making form a large proportion of the expense of getting out the 

 timber. Hemlock is cut in the spring, before many of the logging 



