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ment was used : 1 bellows, 1 striking hammer, 1 anvil, 2 picks, 

 1 sharpening hammer, 1 shovel, several drills, 1 rock hammer, 

 dynamite, fuse, and caps. 



The maximum grade was 15 per cent, the width of tread 

 15 inches. Roclrwork was often unavoidable. The crew aver- 

 aged one-third of a mile per day. The cost of subsistence in- 

 cluding moving was $1.00 per day per man. The average cost 

 of trails was from $90.00 to $100.00 per mile. 



The cost of different items based on $100.00 per mile was 

 as follows: 



Cutting or brushing out $ 40.00 



Grading 20.00 



Subsistence, including cost of cooking and packing 30.00 

 Cruising and supervision 10.00 



Total $100.00 



Flathead National Forest, Montana. 



Sixty-seven miles of trail were built, requiring seventy 

 days to complete the work. Two bridges with spans 57 feet 

 and 35 feet respectively were built, but the cost was not kept 

 separate from that of the trail work. Width and grade were 

 not given. 



Per Per 



Day Mile 



15 men at $2.00 $30.00 $31.40 



1 foreman at $3.00 3.00 3.16 



1 cook 2.50 2.65 



2 packers, 1 at $2.50 ; 1 at $3.00 5.50 5.75 



6 hired pack horses 6.00 6.30 



2 men blazing trail at $3.75 7.50 7.42 



Board at $0.70 per man per day 13.50 14.15 



Total $67.80 $70.83 



This is considered a little high in this region. The cost 

 would have been about $65.00 without bridge construction. 



Lolo National Forest, Montana. 



A trail was built in 1908, 100 miles long, 6 feet wide, 

 width of tread was not given. There were 8 men in the crew ; 



