Reports of the Engineers of the Western Rail Road Corporation, Made to the Directors, in 1836-7Merriam, Wood and Company, 1838 - 120 pages |
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... estimated in the table as " rock ; " when in boulders , or not in place , it is denominated " loose rock . " It is quite probable that we may encounter a greater amount of rock in the cuts than we have estimated for ; and to provide for ...
... estimated in the table as " rock ; " when in boulders , or not in place , it is denominated " loose rock . " It is quite probable that we may encounter a greater amount of rock in the cuts than we have estimated for ; and to provide for ...
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... estimate is to be regarded rather as comparative . The probable cost of the several parts of the line have been computed in detail ; and as far as our suppositions as to the amount of rock are correct , so far may the estimate be taken ...
... estimate is to be regarded rather as comparative . The probable cost of the several parts of the line have been computed in detail ; and as far as our suppositions as to the amount of rock are correct , so far may the estimate be taken ...
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... estimated cost of grading and bridging , for a surface width of 26 feet , upon each route , so footed , that the comparative cost and advantages of the several routes are presented . The heights and dis- tances are all referred to the ...
... estimated cost of grading and bridging , for a surface width of 26 feet , upon each route , so footed , that the comparative cost and advantages of the several routes are presented . The heights and dis- tances are all referred to the ...
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... estimated cost of graduating the road - bed through that distance , $ 602,292 . It is believed , however , that a more correct comparative view will have been presented , should we assume the quan- tity of rock excavation to exceed that ...
... estimated cost of graduating the road - bed through that distance , $ 602,292 . It is believed , however , that a more correct comparative view will have been presented , should we assume the quan- tity of rock excavation to exceed that ...
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... estimated cost of grading which , ( a large proportion of rock excavation being necessarily encountered , ) amounts to $ 173,290 . Sufficiently minute surveys have not been made , with reference to this object , ( for an inclined plane ...
... estimated cost of grading which , ( a large proportion of rock excavation being necessarily encountered , ) amounts to $ 173,290 . Sufficiently minute surveys have not been made , with reference to this object , ( for an inclined plane ...
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