. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d thegold leaf for the embellishment of thewoodwork, $ For the windowfasteners, $ worth of material wasrequired; two stoves cost $, and thetin used on the roof of the car, $ labor in the construction of the carrepresented a cost of $1,, bring- west of the Ohio River in proper shapeto handle the heavy freight equipmentthat is being used east of the river thereceivers found it necessary to rebuild 51bridges between Benwood, W. Va., andChicago. That the structures might berapi
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d thegold leaf for the embellishment of thewoodwork, $ For the windowfasteners, $ worth of material wasrequired; two stoves cost $, and thetin used on the roof of the car, $ labor in the construction of the carrepresented a cost of $1,, bring- west of the Ohio River in proper shapeto handle the heavy freight equipmentthat is being used east of the river thereceivers found it necessary to rebuild 51bridges between Benwood, W. Va., andChicago. That the structures might berapidly pushed to completion it was de-cided to divide the work among threecompanies. The Youngstown BridgeCompany, of Youngstown will erect 31bridges on the central Ohio division, be-tween the Ohio River and Newark, O.;the Pencoyd Bridge Works was awardedthe II bridges on the Lake Erie division,Newark to Sandusky, and the EdgemoorBridge Company, of Wilmington, Del.,will erect the nine bridges needed on theChicago division. The total cost of thesebridges is in the neighborhood of $300,000,. Lucoiiwtivc Engineering E.^RLY RAILROAD DYNAMOMETER. High Cost of Luxurious Cars. There has recently appeared a detailedstatement of the cost of constructing atthe Altoona shops a sample, first-class,modern, up-to-date luxurious passengercar, and some of the items are of wheels and axles represent a cost of$332-35; the trucks upon which the carrests cost $; the air brakes represent$131-75; the seat fixtures, 25 in number,cost $; the three bronze lamps,$; the two gas tanks, $84; the chan-deliers, $, and the item of screws,which might not appear to be an im-portant one, $ For the building ofthe car, 2,480 feet of poplar wood,3,434 of ash, 1,100 of white pine,2,350 of yellow pine, 450 feet of cherry, 700 of Michigan pine. ing up the expenditure to more than$4,400. The requirements of this modern agedemand coaches of the finest type, whichmust be r
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