. The science of railways . sit party, {h) a level party, (c) topographers, {d)draughtsmen, (e) commissary and camp. The transit par-ty is generallymade up of atransit man who,in the absenceof the locatingengineer, is incharge; the tran-sit man is respon-sible for the ac-curacy of allangles, bearingsand measure- FiG. 14. ENGINEER-S feet long, having 100 links. ments taken; his assist-ants are a head flagmanor chainman, a rearchainman, an axemanor stakedriver, and arear flagman. The num-ber of assistants willvary according to cir-cumstances; thus, thenumber of axemen willdepend on whe
. The science of railways . sit party, {h) a level party, (c) topographers, {d)draughtsmen, (e) commissary and camp. The transit par-ty is generallymade up of atransit man who,in the absenceof the locatingengineer, is incharge; the tran-sit man is respon-sible for the ac-curacy of allangles, bearingsand measure- FiG. 14. ENGINEER-S feet long, having 100 links. ments taken; his assist-ants are a head flagmanor chainman, a rearchainman, an axemanor stakedriver, and arear flagman. The num-ber of assistants willvary according to cir-cumstances; thus, thenumber of axemen willdepend on whetherthere is much or littletimber or brush to beremoved, etc. The in-struments and supplies the transit party need are(a) a transit (Figs. 12 and 13), {h) an engineers. ENGINEERS IMPROVED TAPECHAIN. 62 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. chain (Figs. 14 and 15), (c) a 100 ft. steel tape,(Fig. 16), {(1) two ranging poles or rods (Fig. 17),
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