. Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency. 468 3 men filling, at $26 per month each 702 1 man dumbing, at $40 per month .-. 360 1 man looking after line and oiling, at $26 234 Oil 117 Repairing (very heavy, $ per day) 526 2 men wheeling wood away from terminal 468 2 men receiving wood from choppers and delivering it to packers • 702 Total for 9 months. $3,577, 108 HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION PLANT It will be noted that the cost of labor was low, being $1 a dayfor common labor. The cost of cutting and delivering wood tothe tramway was $ per cord, and the cost of transportin
. Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency. 468 3 men filling, at $26 per month each 702 1 man dumbing, at $40 per month .-. 360 1 man looking after line and oiling, at $26 234 Oil 117 Repairing (very heavy, $ per day) 526 2 men wheeling wood away from terminal 468 2 men receiving wood from choppers and delivering it to packers • 702 Total for 9 months. $3,577, 108 HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION PLANT It will be noted that the cost of labor was low, being $1 a dayfor common labor. The cost of cutting and delivering wood tothe tramway was $ per cord, and the cost of transporting bythe tramway, as above given, was 60 cts. per cord (not includinginterest on the plant). During the previous year the cost ofcutting and teaming wood had been $12 per cord. The totalsaving to the company, after deducting cost of tramway, was$33,500 the first year. An Aerial Cableway miles long has been used for conveyingcontractors equipment, materials and supplies for the construc-tion of the reservoir dam of a new hydro-electric plant at Loch. Fig. 43. 10-Ton Cableway; 800-ft. span with 50-ft. Four-PostTowers. Leven, Scotland. The ground between the loch and the dam,which is at an elevation of 1,075 ft. above the loch level, is verysteep, rendering transportation by any method other than a cable-way almost impossible. The mean gradient is 1 in against CABLEWAYS 109 the loads. There are six stations for loading and unloading, threebeing at the angles in the line. The single rope system is used,being supported by 86 wooden towers of an average height of24 ft. The longest span is about 900 ft. The power drivingthe ropeway is a Pelton wheel of 250 B. H. P., the speed beingreduced by gearing so as to drive the rope at 300 ft. per 580 buckets, with a capacity of 600 lbs., are used, andspaced about 90 ft. apart. The material handled varies from700 to 1,000 tons per day. Twenty men are engaged in itsoperation; one man at the power house, three men at each o
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