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American telephone practice (1905)

Miller, Kempster Blanchard, 1870-1933 · New York : McGraw publishing company · leaf 807

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by the manufacturer of thiswagon as to the economies incident to its use: The majority of the telephone and construction companies areusing eighteen men as a pole raising crew, and with a team of horsesto pull poles into position, an average days work is to set twenty tothirty-two poles; figuring… … FIG. 559.-DERRICK WAGON—POLE PARTLY RAISED. men in the crew and some prefer twelve, an average of ten men.An average days work is to set forty-five to sixty-four poles. Fig-uring the average as $2 per day per man, gives $20 to set an averageof fifty-five poles, or 36 1-3 cents per pole for wages of…

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