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The company furnishes ice water to the men in the woods 

 during the summer. The ice is packed in bags of sawdust 

 and is brought from the mill by the logging train. A barrel, 

 packed in sawdust in a box with handles on it, is used to 

 hold the ice water in the woods. About 200 pounds of ice 

 are required daily and a water boy is employed to carry 

 water to the men. 



The wages can be divided into three classes; by contract, 

 by the day, and by the month. The laborers on the steel 

 gang and on the section gang and the fireman on the loader 

 receive the lowest wages, $1.50 a day, excepting the water 

 boy who gets $1.00 a day. The laborers on the steel gang 

 and the section gang are always Mexicans or Negroes. The 

 fireman on the loader is paid lower wages because he is learn- 

 ing to be an engineer. Each operation has its specific wage 

 and no man is paid extra for better work. The following table 

 summarizes the wages which apply generally to this region. 

 Wages. 



I. By Contract. 



1. Sawyers, 40 cents per M. ft. 



2. Skidway Crew, 50 cents per skidway. 

 II. By Day. 



1. $1.00 per day, Water Boy. 



2. $1.50 per day, Fireman on loader, laborers in 



steel gang, laborers in section gang. 



3. $1.65 per day, Laborers in grading gang. 



4. $1.75 per day, Swampers, road cutters, grab set- 



ters, firemen on engines. 



5. $2.00 per day, Cart drivers, skidwaymen, track 



walker, carpenter, night watchman. 



6. $2.50 per day, Sealer. 



7. $3.25 per day, Mechanic. 

 III. By Month. 



1. $50 per month, Foreman section gang. 



2. $60 per month, Foreman grading gang. 



3. $65 per month, Team boss, corral man, foreman 



steel gang. 



4. $75 per month, Engineers, commissary clerk. 



5. $85 per month, Wood's foreman. 



6. $100 per month, Commissary manager, book- 



keeper, doctor. 



7. $150 per month, Superintendent. 



