. Engineering and Contracting . bout % of a mile in length, replaced as worn out,would have been a small undertaking compared with the fab-rication of a colossal and totally unnecessary ramp, or hugemountain of sand, the erection and removal of which wouldhave been a titanic operation alone. On one end of thosegables would have been hitched a block, already faced andangled, with its smooth side against the cement incline. Onthe other end. a number of men would have been ranged inlines for hauling. The number would have been a great one, but history re-lates that nearly men were employe
. Engineering and Contracting . bout % of a mile in length, replaced as worn out,would have been a small undertaking compared with the fab-rication of a colossal and totally unnecessary ramp, or hugemountain of sand, the erection and removal of which wouldhave been a titanic operation alone. On one end of thosegables would have been hitched a block, already faced andangled, with its smooth side against the cement incline. Onthe other end. a number of men would have been ranged inlines for hauling. The number would have been a great one, but history re-lates that nearly men were employed in the construe- ~tion of the Pyramids. With regard to the hauling of theblocks into position, therefore, the only limits would havebeen the length of the cable and of the ridge. In such condi-tions, men divided into five rows of 2,000 each, haul-ing on a 20-ton mass over rollers, against a smooth glissade,would have had an easy job. Once up, the blocks would behauled to the near side of the haulers, and the process of.
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