. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . urbance of track is made as possible, but ditches are keptclean, and low joints are raised by shims on top of joint ties. Es-sential parts of the equipment of any large road are snow-ploughs(pp. 154-5-6) and wrecking cars, with powerful derricks andother appliances for clearing obstructions. When wrecks or block-ades occur these cars, with extra engines, section-hands, bridgegangs, and construction-trains, are rushed to the spot, and every-thing yields to thework of getting theroad clear. We come nextto the sup
. The American railway; its construction, development, management, and appliances . urbance of track is made as possible, but ditches are keptclean, and low joints are raised by shims on top of joint ties. Es-sential parts of the equipment of any large road are snow-ploughs(pp. 154-5-6) and wrecking cars, with powerful derricks andother appliances for clearing obstructions. When wrecks or block-ades occur these cars, with extra engines, section-hands, bridgegangs, and construction-trains, are rushed to the spot, and every-thing yields to thework of getting theroad clear. We come nextto the superinten-dent of machinery,whose duty it is toprovide and main-t a i n locomotivesand cars of allkinds to handle thecompanys department issubdivided be-tween a master me-chanic, in chargre oflocomotives andmachine -shops,and a master car-builder, in chargeof car-shops. The master mechanic selects and immediately controls all engine-runners andfiremen, and keeps performance sheets of all locomotives, showingmiles run, cars hauled, wages paid, coal and oil consumed, and. Railway-crossing Gate. 158 RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. other details giving results accomplished by different runners andfiremen, and by different types of engine, or on different divisions Report of Performance of Engines, Repairs, and all other Costs Miles Ron. Fuel. Oil, Waste and Otheb Stores. d 03 u aIs a d o •d o a cW %a CD ao 1-. o a£ 1 O o CO 1 a m 3 bo 6 a ao 1 -1O aCO 10 O •6 a a 29 Oo O 6 45 e347 £ Gallons KerosCoat of Stores o s ■; 12,084 64 10,401 118 10,099 $ 1,090 25 124 59} 72 $ 87 64 $ 1,293 80 v 2,C7211 ,779 954 15,405 193 10,913 1,131 77 12U 13* 3bi 69J 69 466 t02 2 106 85 1,646 90 ? 5;402 14,471 408 120 189 10,590 1,101 08 132.) 10} 38 741 69 350 61 93 85 1,489 65 ^ 28,r,4328 275 4 1G8 32,81132,837 297301 ll,>i7512,961 1,212 201,335 31 258256 14 12 4939 125 991 10675 659622 7682» 171 85144 86 551,628 80 f, 4,4JO 72 f, 32,370 32,37019,807 33 150 10,36013,23
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