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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