. Engineering and Contracting . onor licensed laws of their own states. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisionsof this act are hereby repealed. (54) Engineering and Contracting for February IB, 1926. 19/ Railroad Ditcher Hauls Scraper in Moving °^ ^^ ^ ^° *^^*^* ^^^ ^ minimum of checking and *^ evenly distributed over their surface. Sand from Building Lots A drag scraper hauled by an American railroad ditcher wassuccessfully employed in moving sand and cinders from build-ing lots adjoining a railroad embankment at Putnam, Vt., New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. A cl
. Engineering and Contracting . onor licensed laws of their own states. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisionsof this act are hereby repealed. (54) Engineering and Contracting for February IB, 1926. 19/ Railroad Ditcher Hauls Scraper in Moving °^ ^^ ^ ^° *^^*^* ^^^ ^ minimum of checking and *^ evenly distributed over their surface. Sand from Building Lots A drag scraper hauled by an American railroad ditcher wassuccessfully employed in moving sand and cinders from build-ing lots adjoining a railroad embankment at Putnam, Vt., New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. A cloud bursthad washed out part of the 30 ft. embankment and had spread500 cu. yd. of sand and cinder over the lots. The owner of thelots brought action against the railroad to compel immediateremoval of the material. The ditcher, equipped with a clamshell bucket, moved the material within reach of its scraper was then placed in service. The ditcher pull-back line was hooked to the bail and the hoisting line clipped. Close Up of Scraper Showing Arrangement of Lines. to the back of the scraper. The arrangement of the lines isshown in the accompanying cut, reproduced from AmericanDitcher Scoopings. A couple of laborers dragged the scraperback to the edge of the lot to be cleaned, a distance of 175 the ditcher. The scraper, guided by one of the laborers,was then hauled by the ditcher inside of the radius of theboom and dumped by a tug on the hoisting line. The oper-ation was repeated until all the material had been scrapedinto a pile along the embankment. The scraper was thenremoved and the clam shell connected up again, and the ma-terial loaded onto cars. Perforating Timber to Assist in Creosoting On Jan. 8, 1918, Patent No. 1,252,428 was issued to P. M. Goss covering a process for perforating ties and othertimbers in order to be able to inject preservatives more read-ily into the wood fibers. The process was taken over by vari-ous Pacific coast creosoting c
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