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Cost. — Output is the telling factor in all systems of yarding. With 

 the same output the cost of yarding is practically the same for all 

 systems. 



The following gives the crew and the wages paid per day at one 

 operation : 



Yarding creio. 



1 hook tender $4. 50 



2 choker men 6. 50 



1 unhooker 3.25 



1 signalman 3. GO 



1 engineer 4. 00 



1 fireman 3. 00 



1 wood buck ^ 3. 00 



27. 25 

 Loading crew. 



1 fireman , 2. 75 



1 engineer 3. 25 



1 liead loader . 4. 50 



1 second loader . 3. 50 



1 third loader 3. 00 



17.00 

 Rigging cre%o. 



1 head climber 4.00 



1 second climber 3. 50 



3 helpers ; 9. 00 



10.50 



It will be noted that this crew is a little larger than the ordinary 

 crew that yards and loads logs with a ground yarding system, and 

 that the size of the crew is practically the same as that used in con- 

 nection with the Lidgerwood overhead system. A separate engine 

 is used in loading. Under some conditions an additionah choker man 

 would be necessary. 



NORTH BEND SYSTEM. 



The evolving of the striking features of what is now known as the 

 North Bend system is credited to Mr. E-. W. Vinnedge, of Edgewick, 

 Wash, It is used by a number of operators in this region because of 

 its simplicity and the fact that it may be worked successfully with 

 an ordinary ground yarding engine. 



Rigging. — The carriage rides on a standing line. This standing 

 line may be stretched from the tail tree to the head tree, and then 

 anchored to stumps, as in the case of the tree-rigged Lidgerwood sys- 

 tem ; or it may lead from a drum on the engine as in the case of the 

 MacFarlane sky-line system. The latter is the better method and 



