The Technical World Magazine, Volume 15Technical World Company, 1911 |
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... miles of railroad in twelve different States , with twelve thousand disgruntled mechanical employees to deal with and fifteen hun- dred locomotives and fifty thousand cars to care for and keep running . President Ripley , a man of clear ...
... miles of railroad in twelve different States , with twelve thousand disgruntled mechanical employees to deal with and fifteen hun- dred locomotives and fifty thousand cars to care for and keep running . President Ripley , a man of clear ...
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... miles run between locomotive failures on a difficult division was in- creased from 4,377 in 1902 to 20,000 in 1909 . In the matter of car repairs the introduction of efficiency principles has worked wonders of economy . Simpler proc ...
... miles run between locomotive failures on a difficult division was in- creased from 4,377 in 1902 to 20,000 in 1909 . In the matter of car repairs the introduction of efficiency principles has worked wonders of economy . Simpler proc ...
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... miles a day . To " prove " his point Mr. Ramsey quoted as a typical case the coal shipments passing through St. Louis , in which it regularly took thirteen days to move a car seventy- five miles - proof , one would think , of ...
... miles a day . To " prove " his point Mr. Ramsey quoted as a typical case the coal shipments passing through St. Louis , in which it regularly took thirteen days to move a car seventy- five miles - proof , one would think , of ...
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... miles , and the aver- age cost 23 cents per ton per mile . This makes the total cost amount to $ 540 , - 500,000 . In Europe , where good roads . are the rule rather than the exception , the cost of hauling is much less than half what ...
... miles , and the aver- age cost 23 cents per ton per mile . This makes the total cost amount to $ 540 , - 500,000 . In Europe , where good roads . are the rule rather than the exception , the cost of hauling is much less than half what ...
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... miles of mod- ern highways at $ 5,000 a mile . As ex- cellent roads are built in some localities for half that sum , or even less , and since the total of unimproved roads does not much exceed two million miles , it is probable that ...
... miles of mod- ern highways at $ 5,000 a mile . As ex- cellent roads are built in some localities for half that sum , or even less , and since the total of unimproved roads does not much exceed two million miles , it is probable that ...
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