Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 104
material for such a tramway, carrying trains of 10, 20, or -lO tons ormore cost $2,000 a mile. The labor to work that material in the shopand put it in the field on uniform ground, cost ^1,000 per mile; totalcost of the tramway S3,000 per mile. This estimate is made with asupposition that the… … the iron, cast iron and labor cost as they generally do in Philadelphia.In places where the prices are such, I oifer to furnish the material permile, and put it up for $4,000 per mile. The small cars, holding ahalf ton each, will cost $25 each, and if the railroad runs by gravity,the cost of the…
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