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Estimated cost of manufacturing 10,000 feet 

A- Hauling 3 miles- 4 mule team- 3 logs per day, average each log 250 feet of lumber
Feeding 4 mules .70 each (working day) 2.80
Pay of teamster at $20 per month and rations .31   1.12
Cutting 3 logs at .10 each   .30
Clearing roads in Woods .15 and teams to put logs in position to load .15 .30
Rolling logs on to log way  .15
Cost of 3 logs    4.67
Cost of 40 logs  10,000 feet   62.26

Cost of accessing
Superintendent $100 per month (26 working days)   3.14
Chief Engineer $100 per month (26 working days)   3.14
Foreman $75 per month (26 working days)   2.88
2 head sawyers $35 per month (26 working days)  2.61
2 tail sawyers $26 per month (26 working days)  2.50
2 asst. Engineers $30 per month (26 working days)  2.38
14 Laborers $20 per month (26 working days)  10.78
feeding horse carting wood    .75
Contingencies  2.00
rations 23 men at .31 each  7.13
Piling and sticking   5.00

Total cost   105.46

C. Estimate of what the Bureau might realize by running Newport News Mills for account of the Bureau- in one month as now run

260,000 feet Boards at $15 per M.  3900.00
100 cords of wood at $3 per cord  300.00
total estd Receipts  4200.00

Deduct Rations   362.70
Deduct forage   1113.00
Deduct hire & incidentals 1266.26 2741.96

Net profit in one Month  1458.04

Estimating that the work can be done at the contract price- the Bureau would realize in one month 

Receipts for lumber and wood  4200.00
Deduct cost according to contract price 260,000 feet at $7.72 per M.  2007.20

Net profit to the Bureau      2193.80