. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 67 then filled with a mortar of one part lime to five or six parts of sand or clay. The floors were of rough lumber, while the roofs were sheeted with the same and then covered with tar paper and lath. To build such a camp a gang of twenty-five men and two teams were needed for three weeks. The tools and material used were about as follows:—2 doz. axes and handles; Yz doz. cross-cut saws; 2 hand saws (rip and cross-cut) ; 2 adze; 3 hamm
. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 67 then filled with a mortar of one part lime to five or six parts of sand or clay. The floors were of rough lumber, while the roofs were sheeted with the same and then covered with tar paper and lath. To build such a camp a gang of twenty-five men and two teams were needed for three weeks. The tools and material used were about as follows:—2 doz. axes and handles; Yz doz. cross-cut saws; 2 hand saws (rip and cross-cut) ; 2 adze; 3 hammers; 2 kegs of nails (3 in. and 3y2 in.; 1 decking chain; 1 pair of skidding tongs; 100 rolls of tar paper; 25 M. feet sheeting; 18 window frames; 2 grub The cost of labor, food, material brought in, and allowing for the use of the tools in camp building would be between $2,500 to $2,700. Cooking Outfit In the cookery were two six-holed ranges made by Butterworth of Ottawa, while the heaters were all of sheet iron with cast ends. Furniture was an unknown quantity except for the benches in the cookery and a few chairs in the office. For bedding, each two men were allowed three pair of blankets and an empty tick which they filled themselves with hay or hemlock sprouts. Bedding cost $820. Food The food supplied was plain but of good quality. The staple articles were salt pork, fresh beef, potatoes, beans, turnips, carrots, bread, cakes,, pies, cookies, doughnuts, etc. The cook tried to run things so as to keep the cost per man per day below 60 cents, and on the average 50 cents per man per day would cover it. The proverb- ial salt pork was largely replaced by the fresh beef brought in, about 1,700 lbs. of this being used a month. The toting was managed on the following system: About one and one-half miles out of D. the company has what it calls headquarters. The toting teams load up at D. from the storehouse and drive as far as the headquarters, where they remain for the
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