. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February, 1894 THE CJLTKTJLIDJL LUMBERMAN 13 COST OF SAWING LUMBER. ^TMIE following calculation of the cost of sawing lumber, made *• in the office of the Timberman, Chicago, is based, of course, on data from United States mills, but relatively will find an application to Canadian mills, and as material for com- parison, ought to have a value to Canadian lumbermen. Estimates as to the proper charge for the saw bill vary, says our cotemporary, according to localit
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February, 1894 THE CJLTKTJLIDJL LUMBERMAN 13 COST OF SAWING LUMBER. ^TMIE following calculation of the cost of sawing lumber, made *• in the office of the Timberman, Chicago, is based, of course, on data from United States mills, but relatively will find an application to Canadian mills, and as material for com- parison, ought to have a value to Canadian lumbermen. Estimates as to the proper charge for the saw bill vary, says our cotemporary, according to locality, conditions and the ideas of lumbermen, from $ to $, while some contend that in an economically arranged mill there should be a profit at $1. Some instances were given illustrative of these differences. In one mill in Mississippi 35,000 to 40,000 feet of inch stock is cut and put out of the mill with thirteen men all told, includ- ing foreman, fireman and filer. In another—in Alabama— thirty men take logs from the landing in the woods, haul them by rail five miles, put them through the mill dry kiln and deliver at the planing mill. Product 75,000 feet a day. At another, but larger, Alabama plant to do the same work it takes 150 men for every 100,000 feet of output. In a well-equipped Northern white pine mill cutting from 80,000 to 100,000 a day, about fifty men are required to take the logs from the pond and put the lumber in pile. This means a labor cost of production of about 80 cents to $ per thousand, according to wages. Still in a Muskegon mill of about 200,000 feet per day capacity the cost of this work averaged for months 60 cents. A man thoroughly posted in the mill business makes the fol- lowing schedule of crew and wages for a double decked mill, cutting nearly or quite 100,000 feet a day, based on western Wisconsin conditions. No. of Av. Wages Position. men. per man. Total. *n P?n<J 3 $1 75 $5 25 On deck 3 z so x so On carriage 4 2 25 9 00 Sawy
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