. Water & sewage works . COST OF OPERATION No. VanableEtpenset Total , Mtlea CostPer Mile Tons Cost per Cost perTon Mile Trip. Da,.inuM 2 1 Jl, 1 » 1 | » i0098 1 ? 1, 1, 7, 1 .233 i 2,475,2 1 .688 .093 Total .. •1,136,64 12, $3, 14, { ( 1 Average per truck .. ,31 1 1 Average per day Average per mile .07! .169 .237 Average per too mile .694 .094 sometimes cover
. Water & sewage works . COST OF OPERATION No. VanableEtpenset Total , Mtlea CostPer Mile Tons Cost per Cost perTon Mile Trip. Da,.inuM 2 1 Jl, 1 » 1 | » i0098 1 ? 1, 1, 7, 1 .233 i 2,475,2 1 .688 .093 Total .. •1,136,64 12, $3, 14, { ( 1 Average per truck .. ,31 1 1 Average per day Average per mile .07! .169 .237 Average per too mile .694 .094 sometimes covered 40 miles a day, makinga total of 120 ton-miles in eight there are long loading delays, it isthe practice of the company to assign onedriver to two trucks, thereby effectingfurther economy. While one truck is be-ing loaded the driver takes the othertruck with its load to be dumped. Regard-ing the saving effected, Traffic Superin-tendent Roberts, for the company, says:The cost per yard for hauling with. FLEET of Speedwell trucks used ona contract for 10,000 ton-miles ofhaulage on construction of dam forhydro-electric plant at Big Meadows, six 6-ton trucks are estimated to havedisplaced 270 horses and 40 , 9 cents per ton-mile vs. 58 centswith horses. horses is 23 cents, and the machines havereduced this figure to approximately 13cents. A most unusual proof of the economyof the motor truck is furnished by a testmade by engineers connected with McMa-hon Bros., road contractors of Mt. Wash-ington, Md. To determine the relativecapabilities of the motor truck and horseflesh in hauling stone for road construc-tion and the comparative cost by the twomethods, a 5-ton Mack truck and a 4-muleteam were operated for one week doingthe same work on the same job. The workwas hauling crushed stone from the com-panys Dickeyville quarry. The muleteam hauled 4 1/2 tons and averagedthree trips a day over a 9-mile route. Thetruck carried 5 tons and averaged sixt
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