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Title: Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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oated to the mill. This is called letting a log job, and the man who con-tracts to do the work is called a jobber. In some places the contract is let bythe thousand feet; but in the Adirondacks it generally calls for so many thousandstandards or markets. The agreement is written out in duplicate and signed byboth parties. Having let the contract, the principal generally goes to somebank, where, by getting his notes discounted, provision is made for meeting theexpenses of the business and making the advances in cash which the jobber is veryapt to ask for. The jobber commences operations by the erection of his logging camps, whichare located on the tract and as near as possible to the timber which is to be cut.The buildings or camps are made of logs, the cracks being well chinked with * A good description of life in the lumber camps as it existed many years ago may be found in theinteresting volume, Forest Life and Forest Trees, by John S. Springer. 1856. New York, Harper &Brothers.
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PL, <!u QO Q< < FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 2J1 sticks and moss to keep out the wind and cold. A tote road in the meanwhile iscut through the woods, over which are hauled loads of boards for use in the con-struction of buildings, and the making of the necessary partitions, doors, floors,bunks, and the long tables at which the men eat. In old times no floors werelaid, the earth being leveled off to serve the purpose; but now most of thecamps have floors made of boards or flattened logs. Shingles and window sashesare also hauled in, and the camps are made ready for their occupants. On thelarger jobs they are built to accommodate from eighty to one hundred men. There is generally one large low building, with an attic fitted up with tiers ofbunks for a sleeping room, the ground floor containing a large room filled with longrough tables on which the meals are served. The front end of this room is parti-tioned off for a mens room, where the crew sit evenings, smoking, reading

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