The Technical World Magazine, Volume 20Technical World Company, 1913 |
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Page 20
... construction of this railway , the bronzed gaunt men back from the heat - cursed " selvas " tell you that " every tie in the two hundred miles of track cost a life , " or as one man very picturesquely put it , " Every tie rests on a ...
... construction of this railway , the bronzed gaunt men back from the heat - cursed " selvas " tell you that " every tie in the two hundred miles of track cost a life , " or as one man very picturesquely put it , " Every tie rests on a ...
Page 21
... construction parties . They were like a military expedition fighting their way through a barren and hostile land . Men , materials , medicine , even timber and food - everything - was brought up the Amazon . The record of this great ...
... construction parties . They were like a military expedition fighting their way through a barren and hostile land . Men , materials , medicine , even timber and food - everything - was brought up the Amazon . The record of this great ...
Page 23
... construction with equipment and rolling stock costs about $ 20,000 per mile . A mile cost of $ 40,000 is reckoned as prohibitive for any line . The Madeira- Mamoré cost , approximately , $ 150,000 per mile . A generation ago Brazil and ...
... construction with equipment and rolling stock costs about $ 20,000 per mile . A mile cost of $ 40,000 is reckoned as prohibitive for any line . The Madeira- Mamoré cost , approximately , $ 150,000 per mile . A generation ago Brazil and ...
Page 24
... construction work was in charge of John Randolph . Work began about five years ago . The road is now virtually completed and is being operated for Brazil . Labor was the heaviest item of ex- pense in the construction . It is easy to see ...
... construction work was in charge of John Randolph . Work began about five years ago . The road is now virtually completed and is being operated for Brazil . Labor was the heaviest item of ex- pense in the construction . It is easy to see ...
Page 26
... construction men literally cut away SKIN OF A FORTY - FOOT BOA CONSTRICTOR KILLED BY. ing disappears , though in tardy fashion . There came a time when the blacks and mixed breeds were dying so rapidly that further labor recruiting was ...
... construction men literally cut away SKIN OF A FORTY - FOOT BOA CONSTRICTOR KILLED BY. ing disappears , though in tardy fashion . There came a time when the blacks and mixed breeds were dying so rapidly that further labor recruiting was ...
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