Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency (1914)
Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928 · Chicago, The M. C. Clark Publishing Co. · leaf 119
per hour. 113 114 HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION PLANT In excavating- a bank of hardpan with a 14-ft. face in 1907,the following equipment and men were used:10 steel double side dump cars, 36 cubic feet capacity, 36-in. gauge at $72.50 $ 725.00 2 brake cars at $92.50 185.00 2 switches complete at $30.00… … Fig 1 foreman at $3.00 $3.00 6 pick and bar men at $1.50 , 9.00 12 shovelers at $1.50 18.00 1 horse and driver at $3.50 3.50 y2 trackman at $1.50 75 1% dumpmen at $1.50 2.25 Total labor cost per 10 hours $36.50 The earth, which was extremely hard, was undermined andpried down with picks and bars,…
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