. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . SC«t£/.6s/f r. Wmei-iian DUch^r, on Berm, Building 7 -() Fill. Malcrial TakenFrom Both SiiU\. Taking material from one side or borrowing fromone side only, enough can be obtained to make thefollowing fill: Depth of till, S ft. 6 in. Width at top, 14 ft. Slopes, 1 to the material from both sides of the road-bed, it will make the following: Depth of fill, 7 in. Width at top, 14 ft. Slopes, 1 to rock fo
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . SC«t£/.6s/f r. Wmei-iian DUch^r, on Berm, Building 7 -() Fill. Malcrial TakenFrom Both SiiU\. Taking material from one side or borrowing fromone side only, enough can be obtained to make thefollowing fill: Depth of till, S ft. 6 in. Width at top, 14 ft. Slopes, 1 to the material from both sides of the road-bed, it will make the following: Depth of fill, 7 in. Width at top, 14 ft. Slopes, 1 to rock formation or other obstacles preventborrowing sufficient material from the sides, a gradecan be completed just wide enough to lay the track,and ballast or materialcan be brought in laterwith work train to com-plete the fill. In suchsituations the machinemay be able to makethe fill up to gradeline but not to fullwidth, and the shouldersmay be fiushed out Digging from Sides21 Dumping in Center Buildifig a Railroad Convict Labor Making a Fill General Remarks -:-—::--■ Yor Scratch work * *. ^i< ^^ where there are small, l.^^W^ short stumps, many|atoj^OT(j^ deem it advisable to lay^^^^^^1 out the grades to provide^BeBII for 3. 1)4 it. fill through-out, covering up theboulders and manystumps. The track hasto be ballasted anyway, and the ballast makes partof the fill. Powder is saved, danger from blasting iseliminated and better results are obtained in thecompleted road, after it settles, by having the slightfill. To do this would require about 100 yds. of materialborrowed from the sides in each station of 100 a crew of hand shovelers, this costs from15c to 20c per yard, or approximately $ perstation of 100 ft. with no allowance for American easily displaces from 15 to 20 menin this work. The Avterican does this work at a cost ofapproximately $ per station, allowing liberallyfor interest and depreciation
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