Reports Adopted by the Roadmasters Association of America: And Papers Accepted at the Conventions from 1883 to 1893, Inclusive, Volumes 1-8List of memberrs in 12th- |
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... broken - rock ballast , and I recommend breaking the rock out eighteen inches over the end of the ties and filling in , but not filling in the center of the track as high as I do in mud , or gravel , but I fill at the ends of the ties ...
... broken - rock ballast , and I recommend breaking the rock out eighteen inches over the end of the ties and filling in , but not filling in the center of the track as high as I do in mud , or gravel , but I fill at the ends of the ties ...
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... broken ties before they are rotten before they would be taken out other- wise , only that they break . MR . CRIPPEN : Have you used any cedar ties ? MR . MOLL : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : What do your oak ties cost you ? MR . MOLL : They are ...
... broken ties before they are rotten before they would be taken out other- wise , only that they break . MR . CRIPPEN : Have you used any cedar ties ? MR . MOLL : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : What do your oak ties cost you ? MR . MOLL : They are ...
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... broken - oak ties . In the cases where oak ties are broken , don't you find a great many that break in two in the middle from wrong treatment of the track - their being tamped too hard in the center ? MR . MOLL : Well , I did not say ...
... broken - oak ties . In the cases where oak ties are broken , don't you find a great many that break in two in the middle from wrong treatment of the track - their being tamped too hard in the center ? MR . MOLL : Well , I did not say ...
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... broken rock . MR . PRESTON : Have you ever found anything in your experi- ence that could be substituted for wood , as a tie ? MR . ADAMSON : No , sir . THE PRESIDENT : There is a wood that grows down in southern Illinois called catalpa ...
... broken rock . MR . PRESTON : Have you ever found anything in your experi- ence that could be substituted for wood , as a tie ? MR . ADAMSON : No , sir . THE PRESIDENT : There is a wood that grows down in southern Illinois called catalpa ...
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... broke , but did not break the angle bars ; but my opin- ion is that , for a joint fastening , the angle bar is not a ... broken angle bars ; they were all slotted in the center with a joint tie under the center . They were not as large ...
... broke , but did not break the angle bars ; but my opin- ion is that , for a joint fastening , the angle bar is not a ... broken angle bars ; they were all slotted in the center with a joint tie under the center . They were not as large ...
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Page 73 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 73 - Jose, duly seconded, it was voted that the Report of the Committee on the Revision of the Constitution and...
Page 24 - The President : You have heard the report of the Committee. What is the pleasure of the Association in reference to it.
Page 52 - ... and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States...
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Page 132 - Davis then introduced the following resolution : "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President...