. The trackman's helper . de of the trackand have them cut the plowed sod into handy lengthsand lay them along at the ends of the track ties withthe grass side down, and fill the balance of the trackin the center and between the ties with material takenfrom the bottom of the newly plowed furrows anddress and finish the track with it. This work shouldbe continued as long as you can spare the time fromother necessary track work and by the time regularweed cutting begins you will have one or two miles offirst-class mud-track with all the old grass or weeds CUTTING WEEDS. 73 killed. The track will
. The trackman's helper . de of the trackand have them cut the plowed sod into handy lengthsand lay them along at the ends of the track ties withthe grass side down, and fill the balance of the trackin the center and between the ties with material takenfrom the bottom of the newly plowed furrows anddress and finish the track with it. This work shouldbe continued as long as you can spare the time fromother necessary track work and by the time regularweed cutting begins you will have one or two miles offirst-class mud-track with all the old grass or weeds CUTTING WEEDS. 73 killed. The track will be strengthened and kept inbetter line, and, there being no weeds in the materialtaken from the plow furrows for ballasting, you willbe saved the necessity of cutting much weeds on thatpiece of track all summer, and all your other work willbe advanced proportionately. In connection with this subject attention may becalled to the fact that quite recently extensive experi-ments have been made on some of the prominent roads. sprinkling roadbed with oil, for the purpose of pre-venting excessive dust raised by fast trains. The ob-served effects have been very gratifying. Not onlydoes the oil prevent the former clouds of dust, but ithas proven useful in other ways; the oil acts as a tie-preserving agent, prevents the water from soakinginto the roadbed, and finally discourages the rapidgrowth of grass and weeds. The oil is applied on cin-der, sand, gravel, or earth-ballast, with equally goodresults, and many Western roads are now making ex-tensive tests for both destroying the weeds and grass, 74 THE TRACKMANS HELPER. also to prevent the heaving of track by frosts. Anyevolution which will relieve the track department ofweed cutting and at the same time allay the dust willsoon meet with general approval. We show herewith in Fig. 13 a section and a planof the Q. & C. oil sprinkling car. A 4-inch pipe runsthe full length of car with rubber hose attachments tooil supply, which is carried
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