. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . thismethod, which cannotbe avoided with the allhand crew. There areno men hurt. Somewrecks have been traced to rails injured when thrownfrom cars by_ hand crew,—especially when unloadedfrom gondola cars. Gondolas and flat cars look aliketo the American. A hand crew of 25 to 30 men is required to unload90 lb. to 100 lb. steel. The heavier the steel theless they do, but the American handles a 100 as easily as a 60 l
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . thismethod, which cannotbe avoided with the allhand crew. There areno men hurt. Somewrecks have been traced to rails injured when thrownfrom cars by_ hand crew,—especially when unloadedfrom gondola cars. Gondolas and flat cars look aliketo the American. A hand crew of 25 to 30 men is required to unload90 lb. to 100 lb. steel. The heavier the steel theless they do, but the American handles a 100 as easily as a 60 lb. There is confusion in allhand work because of the number of men required;the work is done with much less snap and precisionthan the American way, and the all hand crew ac-complishes much less in results at much greater American eliminates the necessity of keepingup the bunk cars and feeding the big hand crew. A hand crew of 30 men on a Western TrunkLine averaged SO railsper hour or 500 in aday. The Americanwith the machine crewand 5 laborers in thesame work, a\-eragecl 90rails per hour, 900 perday and saved o\-er $40 per day. Handling Rails From Gondola. ii Building a Railroad
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