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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... laid four years with 2,640 to the mile , but the traffic has been light on that track so far , with the exception of probably two or three months in the year , and it would not be a fair test as yet . THE PRESIDENT : In your gravel ...
... laid four years with 2,640 to the mile , but the traffic has been light on that track so far , with the exception of probably two or three months in the year , and it would not be a fair test as yet . THE PRESIDENT : In your gravel ...
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... laid in a side track , or any place where they laid until they did become decayed so that you had to take them out ? MR . BOWEN : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : How long did they lie there ? MR . BOWEN : They were in when I took charge of the ...
... laid in a side track , or any place where they laid until they did become decayed so that you had to take them out ? MR . BOWEN : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : How long did they lie there ? MR . BOWEN : They were in when I took charge of the ...
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... laid ? MR . RICHARDS : Yes , but we take it off . We buy them with the bark on ; prefer to buy them that way . THE PRESIDENT : What do you consider the difference , tak- ing the bark off the tie before you lay it , or letting it rot off ...
... laid ? MR . RICHARDS : Yes , but we take it off . We buy them with the bark on ; prefer to buy them that way . THE PRESIDENT : What do you consider the difference , tak- ing the bark off the tie before you lay it , or letting it rot off ...
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... lay it ? MR . SLOAN : I would prefer a cedar tie to an oak . I helped lay some on the I. B. & W. thirteen or fourteen years ago , and they are in there yet . We laid them on sharp curves ; hemlock , cedar , and white and burr oak . THE ...
... lay it ? MR . SLOAN : I would prefer a cedar tie to an oak . I helped lay some on the I. B. & W. thirteen or fourteen years ago , and they are in there yet . We laid them on sharp curves ; hemlock , cedar , and white and burr oak . THE ...
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... laid ? I MR . COX : That was laid last year , all of it , that is , nearly all , but I took the precaution to have it done just as fast as laid . had five or six men right behind the track layers , and I put the joint ties in after it was ...
... laid ? I MR . COX : That was laid last year , all of it , that is , nearly all , but I took the precaution to have it done just as fast as laid . had five or six men right behind the track layers , and I put the joint ties in after it was ...
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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...
Page 52 - Industry," which was discussed by Messrs. Morrison, Morris, De Camp, Coggeshall, and Whipple ; and a resolution based upon the paper was adopted, to the effect that a committee of five be appointed by the president to report at the next...
Page 131 - The next thing in order is the report of the Committee on Resolutions.
Page 132 - Davis then introduced the following resolution : "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President...