. The Street railway journal . HEARSE NO 6—PRICE OF SERVICE $ HEARSE NO. 7.—PRICE OF SERVICE [$6. HEARSE NO. 7.—WITHOUT DRAPING. PRICE OF SERVICE $3. each car. A fixed hour is appointed for the body to betaken out, and no delays are allowed, so that the funeralservice in no way interferes with the ordinary traffic. Atotal revenue of about $80,000 a year is derived by thiscompany from the rent of hearses and funeral cars. The cost of one mile of double track, with paving for 18ft. in width of right of way, based on Chicago prices,would be $25,879, but if granite had been used instead ofwood
. The Street railway journal . HEARSE NO 6—PRICE OF SERVICE $ HEARSE NO. 7.—PRICE OF SERVICE [$6. HEARSE NO. 7.—WITHOUT DRAPING. PRICE OF SERVICE $3. each car. A fixed hour is appointed for the body to betaken out, and no delays are allowed, so that the funeralservice in no way interferes with the ordinary traffic. Atotal revenue of about $80,000 a year is derived by thiscompany from the rent of hearses and funeral cars. The cost of one mile of double track, with paving for 18ft. in width of right of way, based on Chicago prices,would be $25,879, but if granite had been used instead ofwooden block, the cost would have been $38,587.—Fromreport of committee, St. Louis Convention, 1896. In selecting a testing machine, choose one so con-structed that it never puts the least jar upon the specimenwhile under test. This demonstrates that it does not an-swer to test cement by means of a bar or lever, and a scalebeam, as some contractors crudely attempt to make so-called tests. The power should be applied very gradually, at the rateof about 400 lbs
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