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separated by board partitions wired to supports on the car and 
under the outer edge of the drop roof. The stable floor is filled in 
with earth to give drainage. No protection other than the short 
extension roof is provided at the rear. The car is left on a 
temporary track and in one hour can be dismantled ready to 
move. 
A car of this character is serviceable where frequent changes 
of site are necessary especially where permanent camps are used, 
and the animals are stabled near the logging operation. It is 
not suitable for a region in which the weather is severe during 
the winter months, although with a little additional labor it 
would be possible to enclose it on the sides and ends. Corrals 
are enclosed with panels five boards high and 16 feet long, which 
are wired to posts set at proper intervals. The only labor re- 
quired in moving to a new site is to cut the wire and load the panels 
on flat cars. 
Car Camps. — Logging camps sometimes consist of specially 
designed cars fitted up as sleeping quarters, kitchen and dining 
room, bath and drying rooms, reading room, office, commissary, 
blacksmith shop and warehouse. This type of camp has been 
most highly developed in the Northwest. Although the first 
cost of construction is higher than for a stationary board camp, 
car camps are ultimately cheaper. The chief merits of the car 
camp on wheels are as follows i^ 
(1) The camps may be moved quickly to a new site in case 
of danger from forest fires, 
(2) The annual depreciation charge, including maintenance, 
is rarely more than 10 per cent, which is lower than for stationary 
camps. 
(3) There is a marked saving in wages when camp is moved, 
since only a few men are required for the operation. The log- 
ging crew need not be called away from work for this purpose. 
(4) Modern, sanitary car camps attract the best grade of 
workmen, which insures a steady and reliable crew. 
(5) Camps may be moved frequently and the men housed 
near their work. 
(6) A smaller site is necessary and, therefore, the expense of 
preparing a new camp ground is reduced. 
1 See Logging in the Douglas Fir Region, by William H. Gibbons, U. S. 
Dept. of Agriculture, Bui. No. 711, Washington, 1918, pp. 11 and 12. 
