Oilers $0. 129 



Millwrights .064 



Watchmen 021 



Superintendent 047 



Miscellaneous 044 



Total 1.173 



LUMBEEIISrG IN PINE EEGION OF CALIFOENIA. 77 



1,000. At one such mill the average labor cost for a recent season 

 was SI. 17 per 1,000, divided as follows: 



Saw>-er |0. 218 



Edgerman 122 



Trimmers 097 



Refuse crew 137 



Deckmen 043 



Engineers . 082 



Fireman 080 



FUers 089 



The cost of maintaining a double-band miU after it has been in 

 use a few years is reckoned as normally averaging about 50 cents per 

 1,000 feet board measure, upon the basis of the material sawed. 

 Maintenance includes sawmiU supphes and sawmill repairs. A rep- 

 resentative division is 31 cents per 1,000 for repairs and 19 cents 

 for supphes. The supply charge may be roughly divided into the 

 following items: 



Saws $0. 06 per 1,000 



Tools 005 per 1,000 



Oil and waste 05 per 1,000 



Miscellaneous 075 per 1,000 



In a few instances double-band mills are not of the twin type 

 described above. The two bands are placed tandem, the rear one 

 being used as a pony mill. All logs are accordingly sawed on the first 

 band in the usual way. Small logs are, however, cut into cants 

 which are sawed into lumber by the second band. The carriage of 

 the smaller band is accordingly operated at a high speed. This 

 arrangement of the saws permits a shght decrease in the miU crew, 

 but on the other hand the daily output is generally lowered. One 

 large operator who has had experience with both types believes this 

 to be the most economical type of double-band mill, if properly 

 arranged. 



The mill })uilding for a double-band miU is at least 60 feet wide and 

 160 feet long. For mills of heavy construction and those equipped 

 with a gang or a resaw the standard width is 70 feet and the length 

 ranges up to 200 feet. There are commonly two stories with an attic 

 for a filing room. Tlie construction material is wood. Corrugated 

 iron is frc^quently used for roofing, and sometimes for siding. A 

 steel frame is found in but one mill, the added cost bemg from S25,000 

 to $30,000. The en^^ine room may be located iji the lower story or 

 in a smaQ addition to the main building. The boiler room is a sepa- 

 rate buUding, usually of masonry or corrugated iron construction. 



TIk; cost of a dou]>lf!-band mill varies somewhat with tlie type of 

 c(JiLstructi(jn and Icngtli of probable operaticm. Large timber 

 requires heavy cquipmcuit wliich costs more to purchase and install. 



