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VI. LUMBER SHIPMENT AND TRANSPORTA- 

 TION 



A. Shipping Department: organization; duties and 

 qualifications of shipping clerk ; blank forms used ; 

 crews, wages, duties, and daily output per man ; total 

 cost of department per 1000 board feet. 



B. Rail Transport: loading: facilities for; methods 

 for flat and box cars; labor saving devices used in 

 loading; capacity in 1000 board feet of cars of 

 various sizes; minimum car capacity; size, quality, 

 and quantity of lumber required to stake flat cars, 

 cost of material and labor per car; weighing cars; 

 demurrage rules ; "billing out" cars ; crews and daily 

 output; cost per 1000 board feet for loading. 



C. Water Transport: 



1. Vessels: character of vessels and capacity; 

 method of loading and storing lumber on board for 

 coastwise and ocean cargoes; time and crew 

 required for loading; cost of loading; form of 

 ship charter; general shipping regulations for 

 foreign and domestic trade. 



2. Rafts: object; method of raft construction; 

 capacity, length of time and crew required to build ; 

 cost of construction; method of transporting to 

 market ; cost of transportation ; success or failure 

 of past rafting. 



3. Flumes : 



a. Location: principles and methods. 



b. Construction: clearing right of way; organ- 

 ization of work; source and kind of material 

 used; form of box used; trestle work; ter- 

 minals ; grades ; curves ; material and labor 

 requirements ; costs. 



c. Operation: crew required; daily capacity; 

 cost. 



d. Maintenance: average life of flume; repairs 

 required ; cost. 



