Handbook of construction plant, its cost and efficiency (1918)
Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928 · New York, McGraw-Hill book company, inc., [etc., etc.] · leaf 596
s drawn by a horse along a singletrack. The costs were as follows: Wages of engineer $ 4.00 Wages of fireman 2.00 Wages of one foreman 3.00 Wages of three laborers 5.25 Coal 4.00 Oil, waste, etc 1.00 Interest, depreciation and repairs (estimated) 5.30 Total $24.55 Cubic yards per day. 410 Cost per… … Fig. 284. 26 ft. deep in Chicago in 1909. (Fig. 284.) This shovel was ofthe latest design, equipped with a 54-ft. dipper handle and a2-yard dipper, with the operating levers placed far forward soas to enable the runner to see the bottom of the trench. The SHOVELS 593 shovel had been removed from…
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