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personal attention of the owner, and without the employ- 

 ment of a special superintendent : 



AMOUNT AND VALUE OF ARTICLES AND LUMBER SOLD 



Miscellaneous : Sold for 



111 tons of oak bark $1,224 



801 cords of firewood 2,640 



196 telegraph poles 500 



16,800 hickory spokes 388 



66,000 feet slabs (running measure), used largely in mines . 333 



For custom sawing 130 



Sawdust 7 



Total, $5,222 

 Lumber (board measure) : 



Hickory butts (bought by paper mill for cogs), feet 9,680 

 Birch, sycamore, and second-cut hickory (sold to toy 



concern) feet 11,822 



" Ash " 957 



Walnut 3,414 



Yellow poplar 12,941 



Gum .';./ " 1,386 



Maple . . . ,., >^*0 " 1,042 



Chestnut ...... . " 34,719 



Oak. . . ". "v : ''. v 162,552 



Total, 238,513 6,522 



Railroad ties . . -. . number 9,345 5,282 



Switch timber feet, linear measure 6,217 821 



Other materials 654 



Total, 18,501 

 Place and mill were then sold, the former at $4623, the latter at 



$1000, making a total of . 24,124 



Against an expense of 18,855 



Leaving a profit of $5,269 



