216 BULLETTISr 111, U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The regular machine and blacksmith crew consisted of the fol- 

 loTving : 



Per day. 

 Blacksmith $5. 00 



Blacksmiths' helper 3. 50 



Machinist 5. 25 



Machinist's helper 3. 25 



Car tiukerer 3. 25 



Cai-penter 3. 50 



Second carpenter 3. 00 



Rigging man 3. 40 



This crew, in addition to repairing the locomotives, flat cars, and 

 trucks, made the repairs on the logging equipment, the labor cost 

 of which was $0,077 per thousand feet. 



Case 3. — Cost of railroad transportation. 



Items. 



Cost per 



thousand 



feet. 



Operation (labor) 



Maintenance of trucks (labor) 1 



Maintenance of locomotive (labor) 



Spur construction and maintenance (labor) 



Maintenance of trucks (labor, repair parts, and materials) 



Maiatenance of locomotive (labor, repair parts, and materials) . 



Fuel wood 



00, ■waste, grease, and packing 



Depreciation on equipment and track supplies 



Miscellaneous 



Log freight 



Total 



90.12 

 .018 

 .01 

 .262 

 .02 

 .015 

 .05 

 .01 

 .14 

 .03 

 1.25 



1,925 



In this case it was possible to locate the railroads practically any 

 place without encountering heavy grades, since the ground for the 

 most part is relatively level. The spur lines were ballasted and kept 

 in good alignment. 



The company had been operating about 3 years and at the time 

 the above costs were secured had a cut of about 7 years ahead. 



The year's output on which these costs are based amounted to 

 50,000,000 feet. 



{a) Operation (labor) : This segi-egation includes the cost of op- 

 erating a 52-ton geared locomotive on the spur lines, hauling the 

 logs from the landings to a siding at the camp. The logging engines 

 were working on two spurs; one about 1 mile from camp, the other 

 two about 2 miles from camp. To take care of the output of the 

 camp, which was about 240,000 feet per day, it was necessary for 

 the train crew to work overtime. The logs were hauled from camp 

 to Puget Sound, a distance of about 12 miles, by contract, at a rate 

 of $125 per thousand feet This rate included the cost of dumping, 

 sorting, and rafting. The train crew consisted of the following: 



