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Identifier: gateofpacific00pimb (find matches)
Title: The gate of the Pacific
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Pim, Bedford, 1826-1886
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Publisher: London : L. Reeve & co.
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several eminentengineers, that he could lay down five or six miles of my rail-way while he was laying down one under the ordinary system,and that when down it required no further attention. In re-ply to your first question, as to c the weight per mile of my railwaycomplete/ I have given you the weights, number of pieces, andpresent price of a mile of road, using a rail of sixty pounds peryard, on my own system; and also, for the purpose of compa-rison, the weight, number of pieces, and price of a mile, uponthe system now in use; by which you will see that in the articleof material alone, there would be a saving (including all royal-ties) of £563. 9s. in money, upwards of 20,000 loose parts, and106 tons of weight, in every mile of single way. * The accompanying plate will give some notion of the simplicity ofconstruction of Mr. Griffins railway ; and from it also an idea may beformed, by the uninitiated reader, how rapidly a line so made may bejointed and laid down over any gradient.
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Ir 1 Mi ECONOMIC PROPOSAL. 357 NlTMBEK OF PaKTS, WEIGHT, AND COST, OF ONE MlLE OF PeE-MANENT Wat. Ordinary System.95 tons : 440 rails, 60 lbs. per yard, at £5.10s. per ton . £522 10 0 70 „ 3,520 chairs, at £4. 2s. U. per ton 288 15 0 7 „ 1,004 fish-plates, at £11 per ton 77 0 0 110 „ 1,760 cross-tie sleepers, 10 x 5 X 9, at £5.10*. per load 605 0 0 3 „ 3,520 wood keys, at £5 per thousand 17 12 0 3; „ 7,040 iron spikes, at £14 per ton 49 0 0 2 „ 2,008 bolts, -\ 2,008 nuts, C at £20 per ton 40 0 0 2,008 washers, ) 2 „ 3,520 trenails, at £5 per thousand 17 12 C 292; „ 26,828 loose parts. £1617 9 0 Economic System. 95 tons: 440 rails, 60 lbs. per yard, at £5. 10*. per ton . £522 10 0 80 „ 2,008 sleepers, at £4. 5*. per ton 340 0 0 Q\ „ 753 tiebars, at £7 per ton 45 10 0 5 „ 3,514 iron keys, etc 46 0 0 186£ „ 6,715 loose parts. £954 0 0 Koyalties, shipping charges, etc. .... 100 0 0 £1054 0 0 Having already alluded to the durability, saving of labou

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