. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . ^JifmJff^S:. MAKING A CUTTING. In the interim a fresh supply of empty wagons has beenbrought into the cutting, and the men are now filling these asthey did the others. When a large number of navvies areemployed, the trains of wagons are very numerous, but care isusually taken that the limited room they are obliged to occupyshall not occasion one to hinder another. Other considerations have also to be regarded. In theformation of cuttings, springs are frequently tapped which dis- U 8 OUR IRON ROADS. charge large quantities of wa
. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . ^JifmJff^S:. MAKING A CUTTING. In the interim a fresh supply of empty wagons has beenbrought into the cutting, and the men are now filling these asthey did the others. When a large number of navvies areemployed, the trains of wagons are very numerous, but care isusually taken that the limited room they are obliged to occupyshall not occasion one to hinder another. Other considerations have also to be regarded. In theformation of cuttings, springs are frequently tapped which dis- U 8 OUR IRON ROADS. charge large quantities of water, and which must, be conveyedaway by hhmiis ( drains. Sometimes, too, if rainy weatherconies on, large quantities of water unexpectedly pour fromthe sides of cuttings, and this has to be turned into temporarychannels till permanent drains arc constructed. The excava-tors are usually paid according to the number of loads filled,though prices arc necessarily conditioned on the nature of thesoil. When the stuff has been removed, and the gullet can lay areasonable cl
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