. Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency. Fig. 161. and a short smokestack is erected on top. On the other end awater tank having a capacity of 97 gallons and with a radia-tion of 12 square feet is constructed. A wood fire is built underthe work and the sand and gravel to be heated are heaped onthe top and sides. It weighs 1,200 lbs. and can be built forabout $ ELEVATION COMBINED WATER, SAND AND STONE HEATER FOR OONCRETE WORK IN WINTER i i =-? z~^ ^^^ n o| .L^^Jj ; Fig. 161A. PLAN Combined Water, Sand and Stone Heater for ConcreteWork in Winter. HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION


. Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency. Fig. 161. and a short smokestack is erected on top. On the other end awater tank having a capacity of 97 gallons and with a radia-tion of 12 square feet is constructed. A wood fire is built underthe work and the sand and gravel to be heated are heaped onthe top and sides. It weighs 1,200 lbs. and can be built forabout $ ELEVATION COMBINED WATER, SAND AND STONE HEATER FOR OONCRETE WORK IN WINTER i i =-? z~^ ^^^ n o| .L^^Jj ; Fig. 161A. PLAN Combined Water, Sand and Stone Heater for ConcreteWork in Winter. HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION PLANT HODS Mortar and Brick Hods. *The net prices for wooden mortarand brick hods in quantities at Chicago are as follows: Mortarhods, carrying 150 lbs., 80 to 90 cents each, or $8 to $9 per dozen;wooden brick hods, carrying 90 lbs.: 60 to 70 cents each, or $6 to$7 per dozen. The hods have tin lined shoulder blocks andrough hickory handles. Steel mortar and brick hods can bebought at the following net prices at Chicago: Brick hods,23x7x10 in., weighing, with handle, about 8 lbs., $1 each, or $10per dozen; mortar hods, 24x11 %xl2 in., weighing, with handle,about 11 lbs., $ each, or $12 per dozen. HOES The net prices at Chicago for garden or field hoes, forged fromthe best hoe steel, with 4%-ft. selected white ash handles and7%-in. blade, are $ per doz. for hoes with


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