. Public works . As to the matter of costs, this equipment has not asyet been used long enough on this contract to give ac-curate cost figures. The makers claim that it v/ili csrrymaterial at a total cost, including depreciation, track ex-penses, etc., of 8 cents to 9 cents per yard mile. Whilethis method is undoubtedly much cheaper than horse ormule teams on work of this kind, the cost will probablyrun close to 12 cents a mile in this instance. An engi-neer, fireman, 5 loaders and 3 unloaders, plus the cost offuel, repairs, etc., will run to nearly $25 per And,carrying 440 tons (or appr
. Public works . As to the matter of costs, this equipment has not asyet been used long enough on this contract to give ac-curate cost figures. The makers claim that it v/ili csrrymaterial at a total cost, including depreciation, track ex-penses, etc., of 8 cents to 9 cents per yard mile. Whilethis method is undoubtedly much cheaper than horse ormule teams on work of this kind, the cost will probablyrun close to 12 cents a mile in this instance. An engi-neer, fireman, 5 loaders and 3 unloaders, plus the cost offuel, repairs, etc., will run to nearly $25 per And,carrying 440 tons (or approximately 350 yards) of ma-terial per day gives about 6j>2 cents for hauling. Addingto this 2 cents for track laying and 4 cents as a maximumfor depreciation, we have 12^ cents per mile-yard. Itis possible, though, that these figures may be somewhathigh. .\t the railroad tracks is placed a Galion unloader madebv the Galion Tron Works of Galion. 111. This unloader. TR.^CK-LAYIXG G.\ for Carrying- Track Behind Man on I.,eft, GALION UNOADBR AT RAILROAD TRACK. has a capacity of 10 40-ton cars per day of 10 the sand and stone are loaded iiito the cars, onestring of 11 cars being loaded while the other string isbeing unloaded. On account of the easy grades that pre-vail, large loads may be taken. There are no gradesgreater than 1 per cent. Another advantage lies in thefact that the new road is cut through new territory andtherefore there is no traffic to delay the work. The stone and sand, after being hauled to the road,are dumped, the sand on the right and the stone on theleft of the track. .- easy dumping saves time inthis, although occasionally the stone getting und:r thewheels will derail the cars, but two men can easii\- re-place them on the track. The form gang works just ahead of the mixer. Jive-inch channel iron is used for the forms and iron pinsdriven into the ground are used to hold the channelsin place. The form
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