. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . way youcan take up the slack. Always put the wire on the farmers side of thefence posts. A good brace should be put in at the endof each piece of fence, or at any point where the fenceturns an angle, also at gates and cattle guards. SeeFigs. 34 and 35. Mortice one end of the brace into the top of thecorner post, and the other end into the bottom of thepost adjoining, where it enters the ground. Provide BUILDING FENCES 187 a board with notches cut into it at distances equal tothe proper spaces between the wires.
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . way youcan take up the slack. Always put the wire on the farmers side of thefence posts. A good brace should be put in at the endof each piece of fence, or at any point where the fenceturns an angle, also at gates and cattle guards. SeeFigs. 34 and 35. Mortice one end of the brace into the top of thecorner post, and the other end into the bottom of thepost adjoining, where it enters the ground. Provide BUILDING FENCES 187 a board with notches cut into it at distances equal tothe proper spaces between the wires. The wires maybe hung- in the notches, and the board will keep themin position while they are being fastened to the posts. Have the men well organized. Divide a gang ofsixteen about as follows: Assign two men to lay outthe fence, six to dig post holes, four to set the posts,and four to string the wires and fasten them. Movethe men occasionally from parts of the work whichare the most advanced to parts which are crossing creeks or marshy places it is well to 16-o 16-o. ivNi,-//«.<„V„^/„t Fig. 35. Standard Fence turn the fence in at right angles to the end of thebridge and string the wires across on the piles. Order material as follows: Fence wire, one poundfor every single wire panel of sixteen feet; staples, oneand three-fourths pounds for each hundred pounds ofwire used. When spacing wires, have the bottom ones the closertogether. For instance, for a five-wire fence fourand one-half feet high, place bottom wire eight inchesabove the ground; the second wire ten inches abovethe first, and the other three wires each twelve inchesabove the last, or the third wire from the bottomcould be spaced ten inches above the second, and thetop wire fourteen inches above the fourth. The latteris the best method where it is desirable to fence against 188 THE TRACKMANS HELPER all kinds of stock. The tops of fence posts should notbe more than six inches above the top wir
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