. Railway age . Line Which Pumped Sandfor Filling. contractor, take charge of the equipment, operate It and pay theowners a certain amount per yard of &Iling for use of the proposal was awepted. Soon after Mr. Fratt took charge he installed a centrifugal pumpand a gas engine on the south side of the hill at about theelevation of the grade of the yard and improved the other plan of the pipe line is shown in the accompanying was resumed In April, 1906, and continued with little inter-ruption, except during two winter months, until the filling wasfinished
. Railway age . Line Which Pumped Sandfor Filling. contractor, take charge of the equipment, operate It and pay theowners a certain amount per yard of &Iling for use of the proposal was awepted. Soon after Mr. Fratt took charge he installed a centrifugal pumpand a gas engine on the south side of the hill at about theelevation of the grade of the yard and improved the other plan of the pipe line is shown in the accompanying was resumed In April, 1906, and continued with little inter-ruption, except during two winter months, until the filling wasfinished in October. 1907. There were short delays due to minor acci-dents to the pipe line and machinery, but on the whole the resultsof the operation of the plant by the terminal company were satis-factory to all concerned. The total amount of sand deposited was approximately 480,000yds., and the cost per yard of the work done by the terminal com-pany, including royalty, but not including engineering, was slightly. rilL /)[ I I 1 New Kansas City Terminal Yard at Rosedale, Kan.; Missouri. Kansas & Texas. it by a bridge, which is abiuit 120 ft. above low water In tlie contract was let for doing the lining In this way. A tunnel 830 ft. long was cut through the ridge at an elevationSO ft. above low water in the river and 4S ft. above the grade of theyard. A 12-in. wrought-irou spiral pipe of No. 14 B. W. G. was laidfrom the river to the tunnel and thence to the Rosedale yard. Atway of Turkey creek. Tlie cost of the contractors plant was nearlythe river end the pipe was carried on pontoons from the tank to abarge, where it was connected with a centrifugal pump driven by steam engine. A 2,) engine and another centrifugalpump were put near the river bank. Natural gas was used for dike was built along Turkey creek to retaiu the sand discharged under the contract price. When filling was about half completed Itwas necessary to renew the pipe line throughout, and
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