358 FOREST PRODUCTS 



MANUFACTURE OF SHINGLES 



The following tables l will convey the best idea of the output, number 

 and duties of men employed at a large shingle mill using logs for raw 

 material in western Washington, where both day labor and piecework 

 prevail as is the case with most of the large shingle mills. The daily 

 output was rated at 200,000 shingles and the annual capacity at 50,000,- 

 ooo. This is figured on the basis of 250 working days in the year. The 

 output was evenly divided between the two popular grades of " stars " 

 and " clears " and the average cost of the raw material in log form, deliv- 

 ered at the mill, was $10.00 per thousand board-feet. 



The following day labor was employed at the rates given: 



Employee. Daily Wage. 



i engineer ..................................... $3 . 50 



i filer ....................... .... .............. 6 . 50 



i drag sawyer ................................. 3-5 



i power bolter ............ . .......... ; ......... 3 . oo 



i deck man ................................... 2.75 



i boom man ................................... 2 . oo 



i trimmer man ............................. ... 3 . oo 



i tally man ................................... 3 . oo 



i head loader. . ................................ 3 . 50 



i second loader ............................... . 2 . 50 



i wood man ................................... 2 . oo 



i band nailer .................................. i . 75 



Total ................................... $37 . oo 



The following piecework charges were involved, the cost being ex- 

 pressed per thousand shingles: 



Operation. Cost per M. 



Shingles 



Packing ....................................... $ . 090 



Knot sawing .................................... 130 



Sawing ......................................... 055 



Knee bolting ...... . ..... ........................ 045 



Total ................................... $.32 



"Western Red Cedar in the Pacific Northwest," by J. B. Knapp and A. G. 



Jackson. 



