having largo companies operating upon private land within 

 thoir "boundaries, the request was made that, if circumstances 

 would allow, somoone of the local force "be detailed, to spend 

 a fow days in tailing notes upon t'.ie operation. I an glad to 

 say that this data is now coning in from the forest s in 

 good shape. My only criticism is that some of tho men have 

 paid more attention to obtaining the cost of operation than 

 to obtaining nctes upon the conditions affecting each step 

 of 'che operation. I em suro that you realize the necessity 

 of having information concerning tho factors affecting each 

 detail of the operating cost given. Without 'jhis informa- 

 tion it is impossible to intelligently compare the operat- 

 ing costs of different wpe rat ions* 



The data secured from all sources this past summer 

 will I hopo "be compiled this winter and issued in mimeo- 

 graphed form for Supervisors. Particular attention will be 

 paid this winter to including tho cost of various articles 

 of equipment used in limbering opo rat ions. As the worlr 

 progresses and new data is secured, a now mimeographed page 

 will "bo prepared, which can "be readily substituted for the 



original* 



Tho worli this summer hafl developed several points 

 which need especial attention in the study* The first is 

 the coordination of tho natural conditions under which work 

 is being done with the data for each stop of the operation. 



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