. Scientific American Volume 90 Number 16 (April 1904) . y, and it is likely that the length-ening of the sidings that is now goingon, coupled with the experience thatis being gained, will enable Russia toplace troops at the front during thesummer months at the rate of from30,000 to 40,000 a month. »-•-• An instance of where brute strengthtriumphs with the moderii wire-draweras a wage-earning factor, as comparedwith the skill of the old-time wire-drawer, who had to make his own diesas well as draw his wire, is shown inthe case of the champion of the Worces-ter works of the American Steel andWi
. Scientific American Volume 90 Number 16 (April 1904) . y, and it is likely that the length-ening of the sidings that is now goingon, coupled with the experience thatis being gained, will enable Russia toplace troops at the front during thesummer months at the rate of from30,000 to 40,000 a month. »-•-• An instance of where brute strengthtriumphs with the moderii wire-draweras a wage-earning factor, as comparedwith the skill of the old-time wire-drawer, who had to make his own diesas well as draw his wire, is shown inthe case of the champion of the Worces-ter works of the American Steel andWire Company, who, according to theIron Age, draws 10,000 pounds of three-draft wire a day. This man is a Fin-lander of enormous strength and endur-ance. To draw 10,000 pounds of wiremeans a lift of 40,000 pounds a day,200 pounds at a time. The wire isdrawn from No. 5 to No. 12%. Hemust lift the rod on the reel, then liftthe coil off the block on the reel, for thesecond draft; repeat this operation, andfinally lift the coil off the block on Howe Truss Bridge on the Central Siberian Section. Type of Masonry CulTert. Grooving: the Ties for Rails.
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