blank at the court house and paid the full price in ad- 

 vance. From these order blanks the daily saw bill and 

 delivery bill were made out and sent to the foreman in 

 the woods. 



The men were taken to the woods in the city truck 

 every morning, paid .^{.'JO for an eight-hour day and 

 hauled hack to town at night. With the saw bill in 

 hand the foreman knew exactly what was wanted. He 

 sawed to order and threw the wood from the saw di- 

 rectly into the racks where it was ready for the sleighs 

 till the day's orders were filled. Each night he sub- 

 mitted a report of the wood cut and the expenditure in 

 labor, supplies and repairs. Thus an exact cost record 

 was always available and a check on the surplus of 

 sawed wood on hand. 



When the wood was delivered the driver took a re- 

 eeipt which was pasted onto the order blank and placed 

 on file. Thus there was a complete record of the whole 

 transaction and no chance for a misunderstanding. 

 They made it a point to give very full measure and 

 avoid all kicks. 



When the roads broke up in the spring all the sur- 

 plus wood was hauled down to the city yard whence it 

 will be delivered through the summer. Three thousand 

 cords were hauled in the course of the season, the equiv- 

 alent of 60 carloads of coal. At first the costs ran some- 

 what over the price asked, but as the organization was 

 shaken into better working order the costs were re- 

 duced and most of the equipment was paid for out of 

 the first season's earnings. 



