LOGGING IN THE DOUGLAS FIR EEGION. 201 



engine repairs, oil, waste, grease, packing, etc., amounted to $975.17. 

 At the completion of the road all this equipment, with the exception 

 of lines and blocks, was transferred to the logging department, the 

 construction department being credited with $100, leaving $875 

 charged against the construction work. The latter amount was 

 written off as follows : $488 against the " hill trestles " ; $427 against 

 the " slough trestles." 



The work of clearing the right of way includes the felling and 

 bucking and swamping on the 30- foot right of way. The right of 

 way ran through a fairly heavy stand of second-growth Douglas fir. 

 On the hillside, about one-half the total distance, it was entirely 

 handwork, the timber being felled clear of the right of way. The 

 down timber on this part of the road was cut in short lengths and 

 handled with peavies. On other parts of the lines, a logging engine 

 was used in removing timber from the right of way. Large charges 

 of powder were used. The cost of clearing at the trestles was not 

 charged against the right of way, but against the trestle-constructing 

 crews. 



The cost of this work was segregated as follows : 



Labor $2, 035.35 



Powder 259.65 



Total 2, 295. 00 



The hand work cost about $528 per mile; the machine work about 

 $419. The powder delivered cost about $0,105 per pound. 

 The following wages per day were paid : 



Rand clearing. 



Foreman $3. 50 



Powder man 3.00 



Laborers 2. 00 



Qead fallers 3. 75 



Second fallers 3. 40 



Buckers 3. 25 



Machine work. 



Foreman $5. 00 



Engineer 3. 40 



Rigging men 3. 00 to 3. 25 



Fireman 2.75 



The grading work was done entirely by hand. Eliminating the 

 bridge and trestle work, there were 3 miles and 2,834 feet of line 

 graded; 39,402 cubic yards of earth were moved on the entire line, 

 being at the average rate of 211 cubic yards per station. The mate- 

 rial was classified as follows: 90 per cent of earth; 8 per cent of 

 loose rock (a soft sand rock) ; 2 per cent of solid rock. 



