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Show I / - 84 - spring cut cf necessity must be dene during the winter as the ground i3 so soft in-the spring that it is impossible te co any losing until about ths middle of June. The reduced amount of the cut during the latter part pf 1916 waa duo to the inability of Superintendent Kneale to hava tha needed lodging dona A . j In tho winter., This proved a handicap which he scarcely yet has Excessive Cost been able to overcome as ho has not been able to command, the of "umber. needed grados cf lunbor. It will be notsd from ths figures here .given that the lumber costs, at the mill, approximately £11.00 a thousand. This, of course, includes nothing for otunr>ago. .Manifestly, this i3 an excessive price to pay merely for logging and cutting, I discussed this phase of the operation with Superintendent Kneala, but no conclusion could be reached as to a betterment of tho conditions. Ee may be able to work out a acre economical system of manufacturing the lumber than is now in operation, tG ho Indioated his intention of taking hold cf '• tho matter vigorously. 7 Ops -,. ; o . '- .- ••_•• .,':•". ' ' ' " ' ' '•• f '•''•• • t -. i. ."' i 0 '.Oio The average cost cf tho lumber laid dewn ot tha allot" f menta, where building operations arc in progress, in probably 517*00 cr vlB.OO a thousand. This high price is due, riot only Reasons for' ' to tho excessive coat of producing a manufactured product, but hi;-;h Cost. to,the long snd expor.siv?: haul from the mill to the point whore the lumber is needed* Tha cost cf the haul cannot very well'-bo |