. The Santa Fe magazine . feet of second-hand2x6-inch timber, 130 pounds of second-hand barbed wire, 78 feet of old 52-pound rail, two nine-light sashes 29 by35 inches, 875 pounds of cement, 2>y2cubic yards of screenings and two 12-inch lengths of eight-inch sewer screenings are secured from rockballast such as is used on the track, cost-ing- from 10 to 20 cents per yard andmaking- a waterproof concrete. Plan B shows the type of house erected in conspicuous places along the main this case old bridge ties are laidflatwise and shaped with mud or adobe,the partition being made
. The Santa Fe magazine . feet of second-hand2x6-inch timber, 130 pounds of second-hand barbed wire, 78 feet of old 52-pound rail, two nine-light sashes 29 by35 inches, 875 pounds of cement, 2>y2cubic yards of screenings and two 12-inch lengths of eight-inch sewer screenings are secured from rockballast such as is used on the track, cost-ing- from 10 to 20 cents per yard andmaking- a waterproof concrete. Plan B shows the type of house erected in conspicuous places along the main this case old bridge ties are laidflatwise and shaped with mud or adobe,the partition being made in the sameway. The material required for thishouse consists of 215 old ties, 57 boardfeet of second-hand one-inch sheeting,140 lineal feet of second-hand 2x8-inchtimber, 36 lineal, feet of 3x8-inch timber,130 pounds of barbed wire, 78 feet of old52-pound rail, two nine-light sashes 29by 35 inches, 875 pounds of cement, 3^2cubic yards of screenings and two 12-inchlengths of eight-inch sewer pipes.—Rail-way Age NO WONDER HE FEELS INDISPOSED(By Ralph Wilder, in the Chicago Record-Herald) THE TOLL OF NEGLIGENCE By J. S. TUSTINFreight Claim Agent, Missouri Pacific Railway J«=A=«jjHE payment by railways ofJ*[ rp j»J claims for loss and damagew | yl[ to freight has reached, ac-^S^ftr cording to a recent report,^^^^^ the sum of thirty million dol-lars in one year. Any rule or set ofrules, however they may be drawn, forprorating or distributing losses betweencarriers connected in joint service, be-comes relatively unimportant as com-pared with the study of causes—not somuch to learn the causes as to determinewhat can be done to reduce this tre-mendous expense. The lines, Little drops of water, little grains of sandMake the mighty ocean and the beauteousland, well illustrate the way in which thecountless multitude of payments, most ofwhich are relatively small, unite to forman aggregate that now flows like a tor-rent. Three causes that make these paymentsnecessary may
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