expense; just how much it does and should cost to lay and take up track 

 under different working conditions; where braces, nut locks, guard rails, 

 etc., should be used to the best advantage; the use of treated timbers and 

 fire-resistant paint on bridges should be gone into thoroughly. 



III. The Determination and Location of Yarding Areas in Relation 



to the Railroads. 



This should be worked out by the engineer in co-operation with the 

 foreman and the superintendent. It would enable the logger to figure his 

 advance work more closely and give the "bull buckers" more time to meas- 

 ure or scale the work of their men that they may arrive at definite con- 

 clusions as to the amount of work accomplished by the various men, and 

 for use as a basis for bonus systems. 



IV. The Preparation of Comprehensive Reports to the Stockholders on 



Kaoh Year's Work, and the Probable Operating Expense 



for the Coming Year. 



This should include: 



(a) Maps to show cuttings and railroads and to accompany detailed 

 reports on same. 



(b) Topographic maps. 



(c) Reports on track costs and maintenance. 



(d) Engineering cost and report on year's activities with recom- 

 mendation. (No other one item would help more than this in showing the 

 stockholders exactly the value of the logging engineer in the scheme of 

 affairs, and where he was helping to cut down expenses.) 



(e) Maps of spurs for foremen's use, showing amount of steel on 

 each spur, etc. 



Many of these suggestions are and have been made use of by various 

 progressive logging companies. The field of the logging engineer is con- 

 stantly widening and should continue to do so. The ultimate place of the 

 logging engineer should be that of a sort of technical assistant to the 

 logging superintendent and manager, and from this place the engineer 

 would eventually fit himself for the higher positions or else demonstrate 

 his unfitness as a practical logger. 



He should have a number of young engineers under him at nominal 

 salaries Who would be serving their apprenticeship in a great industry 

 exactly as professional men in other industries and professions do. After 

 a few years of such practical training under actual logging conditions the 

 engineer would be much more capable of occupying his real place in the 

 logging industry and would be much less apt to make expensive mistakes. 

 As the engineers become better trained they would more easily demonstrate 

 their capacity for greater responsibility and would at the same time ele- 

 vate their profession to the place it should and will occupy in one of the 

 most important industries in this country. 



