The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . WINTER GARB SKOW-PILOT ON THE FRASER. ./ ?s i^ •/aSsai;^ l!l liiiiiiV^ii f^^! =d ^ *.^^ L^. ;ii| Bfxi rt^ @i ^59 w^ !^l^ ^^hmI -^^ t r ? •?£.;q^»*l| M IW i\ V <^wB %; ; ? . - . tl9KS^^^ r . ? • • _,,. ; SKV-PILOT ON THE HIKE(Having shot his dinner) A SliCTION GANG Along the New Transcontinental Foley, Welsh & Stewart to build a certaindistance for a certain sum. The estimate ismade on the amount of dirt to be removedfrom one place to another. The rate per cubicyard varies, of course, with the nature o
The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . WINTER GARB SKOW-PILOT ON THE FRASER. ./ ?s i^ •/aSsai;^ l!l liiiiiiV^ii f^^! =d ^ *.^^ L^. ;ii| Bfxi rt^ @i ^59 w^ !^l^ ^^hmI -^^ t r ? •?£.;q^»*l| M IW i\ V <^wB %; ; ? . - . tl9KS^^^ r . ? • • _,,. ; SKV-PILOT ON THE HIKE(Having shot his dinner) A SliCTION GANG Along the New Transcontinental Foley, Welsh & Stewart to build a certaindistance for a certain sum. The estimate ismade on the amount of dirt to be removedfrom one place to another. The rate per cubicyard varies, of course, with the nature of the work naturally commands the highest price,loose rock and shale the next, and ordinary dirt, soil or clay, the lowest. Quite often, if thework proves more difficult than had been ex-pected, the estimate is found to be too low, andthe contractor therefore loses heavily. The smallest contract is that taken by the station man. Station work is let out instretches of loo feet. It is mostly pick andshovel and wheelbarrow work (in comparisonto more difficult grading, where steam sho
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