96 Forest Club Annual 



follows: tread 18 inches, grade 15 per cent, cleared space 

 8 feet, and cost $60.00 per mile. 



SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF ROAD BUILDING. 



Very little data can be collected on roads because most 

 roads are built by private parties and often correct and item- 

 ized accounts are not kept. 



Malheur National Forest, Oregon. 



An old road 3 miles long with a level grade rarely exceed- 

 ing 1 per cent and a right of way 40 feet wide was rebuilt. 

 A good deal of grading, some rock w r ork and blasting was 

 required and .many stumps had to be chopped out or blasted. 

 Cribbing w r as done along one side of the road. Supplies were 

 hauled 28 miles. The crew consisted of 10 men at $2.50 and 

 a foreman at $3.00 per day for an eight hour day. Board 

 was furnished. 



Cost : 



Hauling $ 10.00 



Wages 864.21 



Supplies 98.25 



Tools .. 20.52 



Total $992.98 



Cost per mile $330.99 



G'ila National Forest, New Mexico. 



A road 10 miles long was built for freighting lumber in 

 September, 1909. Tt ran up a canyon which had an even 

 grade not exceeding 5 per cent. The road was single tracked 

 and about 8 to 10 feet wide. All work was done with picks 

 and shovels and boulders were shot out with powder. The 

 crew consisted of from 10 to 15 Mexicans at $1.50 per day. It 

 took 15 days to build the road. 50 pounds of powder were 

 used, costing $7.50. 



Total cost of road $700.00 



Cost per mile $ 70.00 



Upkeep costs $10.00 per mile per year. 



Another road l ] /o miles long was built by the same saw- 

 mill owner, up a grade of from 6 to 12 per cent. The road 



