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Hooktender , per day__ $5. 00-$6. 00 



Head rigger do 3. 75- 4. 25 



3 riggers : do 3. 00- 3. 50 



Sniper do 3. 00- 3. 25 



Chaser do 3. 00- 3. 25 



Signalman do 2. 50 



At times it was deemed necessary to use four riggers besides the 

 head rigger, also an extra chaser. 



When double hauling was in progress, it was necessary to use the 

 following additional men: Engineer, $3.50 per day; 1 or 2 chasers, 

 $3.00 to $3.25 per day. 



The above crews were employed when oil was used as fuel in the 

 logging engines. 



Moving logging engines (5) includes the cost of moving all logging 

 engines, such as yarding, swinging, roading, loading, and power- 

 scraping engines, from one site to another. 



Landing construction (6) includes the cost of building eight land- 

 ings. The cost includes clearing of site, constructing landings, dig- 

 ging engine settings, raising gin poles, and putting rigging on gin 

 poles. 



Woods water system (7) includes the cost of the laying of pipe 

 lines and the pumping of the water for logging engines. 



For loading the logs (9) in 1912 a gin pole, crotch line and grabs, 

 and a double-drum loading engine were used. The loading crew 

 during the major part of this year consisted of the following: 



Engineer per day $3. 25 



Fireman do 2. 75 



Head loader : do 3. 75 



Second loader do $3. 25- 3. 50 



Firemen cut the wood for the loading engines, also started the fires 

 in the roading or yarding engines, which burned oil. One-half of the 

 fireman's wages was charged against the loading, the other half 

 against the yarding. At times only one loader was charged against 

 the loading, the chaser with the yarding crew doing the work ordi- 

 narily done by a second loader. 



Spur railroad construction (10) includes the cost of clearing right 

 of way, grading, laying the track, and ballasting the track with 

 gravel. It is nei possible to give the total length of spurs built in 

 1912. Three pieces of spur track, amounting to 6,800 feet, were built 

 for $5,448, which is at the rate of $4,225 per mile. 



Eailroad maintenance (11) includes the cost of keeping all rail- 

 roads in good condition as to surface and alignment, repairing 

 trestles, keeping ditches open, taking care of slides, and digging and 

 hauling gravel after the roads had been put in operation. In 1912 

 it includes the upkeep of about 6 miles of track. During this year 

 section foremen were paid $3.50 per day; section hands, $2.50 per 

 day. 



