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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... ballast ; where there is gravel or sand . THE PRESIDENT : Can you keep your track in line with cedar ties ? MR . MOLL : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : Around curves ? MR . MOLL : Well , we don't have them on very sharp curves . If the curves are ...
... ballast ; where there is gravel or sand . THE PRESIDENT : Can you keep your track in line with cedar ties ? MR . MOLL : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : Around curves ? MR . MOLL : Well , we don't have them on very sharp curves . If the curves are ...
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... ballast , and it does not hold the ties up well . We have no gravel ballast . I think a tie will last longer in a gravel track than it will in sand . The sand gets hot , and burns out the ties . I think a tie will last three years ...
... ballast , and it does not hold the ties up well . We have no gravel ballast . I think a tie will last longer in a gravel track than it will in sand . The sand gets hot , and burns out the ties . I think a tie will last three years ...
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... ballast ? MR . ADAMSON : Yes . I have used nine - foot ties in a six - foot gauge , but not in a four - foot eight . MR . PRESTON : What kind of ballast do you use ? MR . ADAMSON : All kinds . Gravel , locomotive cinders and broken rock ...
... ballast ? MR . ADAMSON : Yes . I have used nine - foot ties in a six - foot gauge , but not in a four - foot eight . MR . PRESTON : What kind of ballast do you use ? MR . ADAMSON : All kinds . Gravel , locomotive cinders and broken rock ...
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... ballast they were in ? MR . TIERNEY : There was some cinder ballast , sand ; of course they don't last so long in sand , gravel , and some prairie loam . MR . CRIPPEN : Will an oak tie last as long or longer in the cinder ballast ? MR ...
... ballast they were in ? MR . TIERNEY : There was some cinder ballast , sand ; of course they don't last so long in sand , gravel , and some prairie loam . MR . CRIPPEN : Will an oak tie last as long or longer in the cinder ballast ? MR ...
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... ballast ? MR . BOWEN : Sand . MR . CRIPPEN : Did you ever use them on mud or dirt track ? MR . BOWEN : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : Do you have any more trouble with their breaking in the center than you do with oak ? MR . BOWEN : I can't say ...
... ballast ? MR . BOWEN : Sand . MR . CRIPPEN : Did you ever use them on mud or dirt track ? MR . BOWEN : Yes . THE PRESIDENT : Do you have any more trouble with their breaking in the center than you do with oak ? MR . BOWEN : I can't say ...
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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...