. Canadian engineer . Rock Bin, Westminster Junction, Tripper for Distribution t(f Bins. Crave! Bin, Westminster Junction, all other points. The spur to the pit is connected to a sidingalong the main railway line of 1,300 feet, also to a siding of800 feet along the gravel companys line, so that emptiesand loaded cars may be easily changed and switched with-out any interference with the railway company. The lengthof the gravel companys line from the railway to the pit miles and is on their own right-of-way. the grade aver-aging per cent., the maximum being 2 per cent, for as
. Canadian engineer . Rock Bin, Westminster Junction, Tripper for Distribution t(f Bins. Crave! Bin, Westminster Junction, all other points. The spur to the pit is connected to a sidingalong the main railway line of 1,300 feet, also to a siding of800 feet along the gravel companys line, so that emptiesand loaded cars may be easily changed and switched with-out any interference with the railway company. The lengthof the gravel companys line from the railway to the pit miles and is on their own right-of-way. the grade aver-aging per cent., the maximum being 2 per cent, for ashort distance at one place. With the loading, repairingand shovel tracks, there is a total of 11,300 feet of Fig. 1.—Plan of Railroad, Gravel Pit, and Pipe Line of the Crave! Screening and Washing Plant, J. A. Dewar Company, Coquitlam. In the design and arrangement, the local demands re-ceived special consideration and although many .gravel deal-ers brought the pit run to the machines at the city bunkersto be treated, it was decided that the place to treat the gravelwas at the pit. The rnrrpctness of this decision has sinceproved itself. The pit contains some 20 per cent, of stone too largefor classification as gravel. It wfis therefore necessaryto devise some means of disposing of it at slight cost or toput in an auxiliary rock crushing plant, and as of late the Gravel Coli The rolling stock consists of two dmky locomotives, 13tons and 26 tons respectively, one ijs-yard Bucyrus steamshovel and 60 Hart convertible, centre bottom dump carswith a capacity of 30 yards eaci. Jaiiiiarv i|, ii|i. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER 4 Owing to the difficulty of obtaining right-of-way on cer-tain property, the
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