. The Street railway journal . STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK important question for the farmers, viz., how to dispose of surplusmilk. The Michigan Condensed Milk Works at Lansing, and theelectric road to haul milk there, solves the surplus milk VIEW AT DE WITT, SHOWING BIG FILL pany, and H. B. Quick was superintendent of construction. E. has had charge of the material yard. The road is in a good farming country, and one in which itis expected to raise large quantities of sugar beets upon the comple- The construction follows closely that of a substantial steamroad. Indeed, it is expec
. The Street railway journal . STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK important question for the farmers, viz., how to dispose of surplusmilk. The Michigan Condensed Milk Works at Lansing, and theelectric road to haul milk there, solves the surplus milk VIEW AT DE WITT, SHOWING BIG FILL pany, and H. B. Quick was superintendent of construction. E. has had charge of the material yard. The road is in a good farming country, and one in which itis expected to raise large quantities of sugar beets upon the comple- The construction follows closely that of a substantial steamroad. Indeed, it is expected to haul steam road freightcars over it when completed. Although the country is ingeneral level, there are some considerable cuts and fills, and in February 15, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 197 one case many carloads of dirt had to be dumped in the right ofway to fill up a sink hole, caused by an underground lake or quick-sand. The largest cut on the line is 2000 ft. long and 13 ft. deep,
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