A great deal of the grain door making is piece work. 

 Stumpage is bought by the door, the bolts (six-foot logs) cut 

 and hauled to the mill by the piece, the sawing, nailing and 

 hauling all done by the door, and when finished, they are sold 

 to the railroad companies by the door. The average price 

 on cars at mills for the last season would not be far from 35 

 cents per door. 



They are used inside the cars, one above the other, and 

 nailed to the door posts. Extra lumber is furnished for the 

 crack at the union of the two doors or else a door is broken 

 up occasionally to furnish this lumber. They are nailed to tne 

 door posts with any sized nails from 8d to 20d, and anywhere 

 from four to twenty nails used in each one. 



After the first trip, only about 75 per cent of the doors and 

 material can be used again, this meaning that 25 per cent of 

 the material is totally wasted. Out of this 75 per cent, only 



The McNulty grain door in place in a car. 



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