. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . ained in thecompleted road, after it settles, by having the slightfill. To do this would require about 100 yds. of materialborrowed from the sides in each station of 100 a crew of hand shovelers, this costs from15c to 20c per yard, or approximately $ perstation of 100 ft. with no allowance for American easily displaces from 15 to 20 menin this work. The Avterican does this work at a cost ofapprox
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . ained in thecompleted road, after it settles, by having the slightfill. To do this would require about 100 yds. of materialborrowed from the sides in each station of 100 a crew of hand shovelers, this costs from15c to 20c per yard, or approximately $ perstation of 100 ft. with no allowance for American easily displaces from 15 to 20 menin this work. The Avterican does this work at a cost ofapproximately $ per station, allowing liberallyfor interest and depreciation, and for 15 to 20 powder to loosen up the stumps. It will easilycover from 3 to 4 stations of 100 ft. in a day. Handgrubbing requires about twice as much powder. Doing this work in the ordinary way, by hand,it is not uncommon to avoid the cuts because thedirt cannot be disposed of, and the low places arecorduroyed; especially on logging roads, becausethe material can be had only at prohibitive are common, with increased mileage, toavoid cuts and fills. 22 Building a Railroad. machinetrack to rking in Satjd l^it from sides Straight Steam Shovel Work Crew line-up: One operator forAmerican Ditcher. One fireman forAmerican man and or a fill maycall for a certain kind ofmaterial, or more thancan be obtained by theof the grade. If there is nothe material, the American will travelquickly to it on the portable track sections. The full circle design, with means for rapid manip-ulation, give the American greater capacity thansteam shovels much higher rated. Loading Into Dump Wagons If it is not convenient for wagons to come along-side of machine, the full circle action of the Ameri-can permits loading wagons at rear of machine, orany other point in the circle of 60 feet. The maximum dumping height and reach of theAmerican make it possible to place material i
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