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regarding the timber. These included the character of the timber 

 and estimates of stand. Camps and supply roads were, of course, 

 located. These sheets were drawn on tracing linen, so that one may 

 be laid over the other and the topography and the timber seen in 

 direct relation. 



In addition, the map system was supplemented by topographic 

 models, w T hich showed in miniature the land just as it lay. These 

 were a great satisfaction to the company, and were clearly under- 

 stood by strangers and lumbermen, where contour maps might not 

 have been. 



As to cost, the whole operation, renewal of outside boundaries, 

 division into mile squares, timber examination, and topographical 

 mapping — the wiiole represented in model and maps — was carried 

 out for less than $1,500 per township. A good deal more might, of 

 course, have been spent, and in easier or less valuable country a 

 sufficiently good result might have been obtained for less. 



The map system, supplemented as it was by a man to map in the 

 cuttings, renew lines, and keep watch of the timber, w T as of benefit 

 to the company in the following w T ays : 



(1) Operations could be planned and largely controlled from a 

 central point. The cut could be located for years ahead, and with 

 full consideration for the most economical driving and hauling of 

 supplies. 



(2) The location of all roads, whether logging roads or supply 

 roads, was greatly facilitated. Exploring was saved and distances 

 were accurately known. 



(3) Great saving in the aggregate was effected through the detec- 

 tion of small losses such as windfall and insect depredation, and by 

 knowledge of the location of bodies of unhealthy timber. 



(4) Information about the tract could be preserved in perma- 

 nent form. Many old lumbermen or cruisers possessed knowledge of 

 the holdings which would have been lost when they died or stepped 

 out, unless maps were at hand. 



(5) Working knowledge of the territory could be gained by a new 

 manager within a year, when otherwise he might be in the hands of 

 his employees for a long time. 



(6) The company could show its stockholders, investors, and 

 directors just what property it was possessed of. 



Approved : 



James Wilson, Secretary. 

 Washington, D. C, October 11, 1907. 



[Cir. 131] 



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