Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency (1914)
Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928 · Chicago, The M. C. Clark Publishing Co. · leaf 120
follows: 1 foreman @ $3.50 $ 3.50 20 loaders (g) 1.50 30.00 1 dump foreman @ 1.60 1.60 3 dump men @ 1.50 4.50 2 brakemen (a) 1.60 3.20 1 trackman @ 1.60 1.60 2 pickmen @ 1.50 3.00 1 waterboy & 1.00 1.00 2 extra men @ 1.50 3.00 1 hauling ream and driver @ 5.00 5.00 1 plow team and driver @ 5.00… … The Oliver 4-Yard Car. a cost of $75. The average daily output was 330 cars, or yards,making a labor cost of about 19 cents per yard. Cars similar to these were loaded by a 30-ton traction shovelfor 10 cents (contract) per yard, and dumped and hauled backby horses for 7 cents per yard, average…
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