90 Forest Club Annual 



horses were furnished. Laborers received $2.00 per day and 

 board. A foreman and a cook each received $75.00 per month. 

 Board cost $17.00 per man per month. 



Average cost per mile grading roughly done : 



Open ridge $ 10.00 



Ordinary ridge 30.00 



Bottoms ( good ) 20.00 



Side hills (open) 15.00 



Slide rock (loose) 50.00 



Blasting 100.00 



Average of all conditions $37.50 per mile. 



Arapaho National Forest, Colorado. 



The Illinoi Trail was 8 l /i miles long. Four men were em- 

 ployed at $3.00 per day. They paid their own board. About 

 500 feet of corduroy was put in swampy places. Very little 

 grading was done but much ax and saw work was necessary 

 for clearing. The trail followed a creek bed so that there 

 were no extreme grades. 



Cost: 



1 man 22 days $ 66.00 



1 man 12 days 36.00 



1 man 4% days : 13.50 



1 man 26 davs 78.00 



Total 8% miles $193.50 



The cost per mile was $22.76. 



In general, on the Arapaho National Forest trails are laid 

 out by an experienced man while temporary laborers do the 

 grading. The maximum grade is 15 per cent. Corduroy work 

 is avoided because it is very expensive. Guide signs are put 

 in every 5 to 6 miles. In the fiscal year 1909-1910 about 53 

 miles of trail were built at an average cost of $22.96 per mile. 

 In the fiscal year 1910-1911 about 24 miles of trail were built 

 at an average cost of $12.65 per mile. 



Pike National Forest, Colorado. 



Trails at Fremont Experiment Station were extremely 

 wide, being almost single track roads. A trail one mile long, 



