. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . re is One Americanwith maximum results. What Does This Mean in Railroad Building? First—Time is saved. With an AmericanDitcher on the job the work is done when it shouldbe done, without waiting for the contractor or any oneelse. Second — Money is saved. The contractors pro-fit is eliminated and forces are utilized that would lieinactive if the work were contracted. Third—Investment in an American Ditcher isalways a live o
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . re is One Americanwith maximum results. What Does This Mean in Railroad Building? First—Time is saved. With an AmericanDitcher on the job the work is done when it shouldbe done, without waiting for the contractor or any oneelse. Second — Money is saved. The contractors pro-fit is eliminated and forces are utilized that would lieinactive if the work were contracted. Third—Investment in an American Ditcher isalways a live one. The contractor cannot make as close a price for ashort extension as for a big job, unless it is heavywork, because it costs as much to move his equipmentto build a few miles as it does to do the big American is desirable for the small jobs becauseit cleans them up quickly and efficiently, and otheruses will be found for it long before ready to releaseit from the work it is on. It is a winner both waysin that instance, and the more Americans installedthe more time and money can be saved. The American is not only very efficient in a Building a Railroad. Big Cnw, Big Expense big job, but in short ex-tension work it is com-mon for it to pay for it-self in a comparativelysliort time. It makes an excel-lent showing over a handcrew in any situation,saving big money inevery job it tackles. Itoften makes its bestrecord where the handcrew makes its poorestshowing, because it ac-complishes results that a hand crew often cannotsecure at all. Climatic and weather conditions thatknock out the hand crew completely, serve only toput the American on its mettle and open ones eyesas to what it really will do. In actual practice the American will grade andbuild a railroad from stem to stern, making lightcuts and casting the material over as it works fromthe grade center; making light fills by borrowingfrom the side, or working down on the side and cast-ing material up on the grad
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