LOGGING IN THE DOUGLAS FIR REGION. 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 : $188 against the " hill trestles " ; $127 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 
$119. The powder delivered cost about $0,105 per pound. 
The following wages per day were paid : 
Hand clearing. 
Foreman $3. 50 
Powder man 3. 00 
Laborers 2. 00 
Head 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 clone entirely by hand. Eliminating the 
bridge and trestle work, there were 3 miles and 2,831 feet of line 
graded; 39,102 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. 
