Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 604
ing the pumps now to wash downthe sand, Mr. Porter explained. It gets prettywell packed, and does not fall through the gatesfast enough unless we help it along with somewater. As the sand fell away, we saw how enormousthe bins were-. Each bin holds fourteen hundredcubic yards, said Mr. Porter, and… … THAT LOOKS LIKE PIRATES NOW, DOES NT IT: I SAID TRIUMPHANTLY. mile long, made up of one hundred and seventy-five cars, to carry off what this one vessel trans-ports so easily. And what s more, it took usonly two hours and fifty minutes to take on thisload. We have been working here steadily forten…
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