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The diameters of the stumps were as follows : 
Number of stumps (hemlock) : £S5S§L 
7 16 
2 17 
4 24 
2 __ 32 
2 42 
4 - 48 
3 60 
(d) The cost of blowing 8 stumps on 200 feet of right of way 
amounted to $31.25, as follows : 
5 boxes of powder, at $0.11 per pound $27. 50 
40 caps . 55 
50 feet of fuse . 20 
Labor : _ 3.25 
Total 31.50 
This is at the rate of $836 per mile. If, however, there were fills, 
all the stumps would not have to be blown out. The diameters of 
the stumps were as follows : 
Number of stumps (hemlock) : Stachesf 
2 16 
1 17 
1 24 
1 32 
1 42 
1 48 
1 60 
(e) The labor cost of swamping and blowing the stumps from 500 
feet of right of way amounted to $75.48. The cost of felling is not 
included in this, neither is the cost of moving the logging engine or 
extending the water system. Common labor dug the holes under the 
stumps and the chunking crew loaded and shot them. The size and 
wages of the chunking crew were as follows: 
Per day. 
Hook tender I $4. 50 
Engineer - 3. 50 
Fireman 3. 00 
Wood buck 2. 75 
4 rigging men, at $3.25 13.00 
Total 26. 75 
The common labor was paid $2.75 per day. 
(/) The labor cost of clearing 13,350 feet of right of way was 
$2,454. This is at the rate of $977 per mile. The stand of timber 
through which the right of way ran was cutting out about 50,000 
feet per acre, consisting of Douglas fir and hemlock. It averaged 
about 32 inches in diameter, breast high. The chance from the 
