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1 extra man about the piping. 



2 men in the wood yard, handling wood. * 



1 foreman. 



This makes a total of 18 men on the 24-hoiir shift, that is, 

 there are 13 men on during the day and 5 during the night. 

 This list does not include the teamsters used in drawing the 

 wood from the chopping area to the storage yards. 



At a 2-oven plant there were 12 men employed beside the 

 superintendent. All of these men were common labor paid 

 at the rate of $1.50' per day. The firemen were on 8-hour 

 shifts and all others were on 10-hour shifts. The following 

 shows the number of men required on this particular 

 operation : 



2 still house men, one on the night, and the other on the 

 day shift. 



2 kiln men, one on the night and one on the day shift. 



3 firemen in 8-hour shifts each. 



3 oven men to load wood on cars or coal screener. 

 3 extra handy men. 



The labor cost per cord varies very much. In two plants 

 the costs were $1.15 and $1.18 per cord respectively. At 

 other plants the labor cost is sometimes as high as $1.50 to 

 $1.70 per cord. The labor charge is considerably higher, of 

 course, in the cylindrical retort plants than in the oven plants 

 due to the reasons given above. 



Depreciation Charges. 



Owing to the intense heat required to distill the wood, and 

 the acid nature of the products, depreciation charges on the 

 ovens, retorts, cars and distilling apparatus are very heavy. 

 Ovens usually last only from 3 to 12 years. The coolers last 

 much longer as a rule and the wood cars last from 12 to 20 

 years. Altogether a depreciation charge of from 50 cents to 



