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Cost per mile for road-bed $8, 269 00 



Cost per mile for superstructure 10, 179 00 



Cost per mile for roadbed and superstructure $18,448 00 



THREE-FEET GAUGE. 

 COST OF KOADBED. 



589 stations, clearing and grubbing, at $9.00 



per station $5, 361 00 



244, 200 cubic yards earth excavation, at 30 cts. 



percubicyard 73,260 00 



150 lineal feet girder bridge, at $12 per lin- 

 eal foot 1 ,800 00 



5, 655 lineal feet piling and trestlingat $6 per 



lineal foot 33,930 00 



29,580 cubic feet timber, in log culverts, at 33 



cents per cubic foot 887 40 



23,400 cubic feet timber in cattle-yards and 



road-crossings at 3 cts per cubic foot 703 00 



6,020 feet, board measure, planks in ditto, at 3 



cents per foot, board measure 198 00 



laying thirty miles of track at $375 per 

 mile 11,250 00 



$127,329 00 



79,200 cross-ties at 30 cents each. .. $23,760 



engineering, right of way, 

 salaries, office expenses, 

 stationery and incidentals 10,000 



38,760 00 



$161,089 00 



COST OE SUPEKSTRTJCTUKE. 



1,584 tons of rails (30 lbs per yard), at $95 per 



ton $150,480 00 



10,500 joints fastenings at 80 cents each 8,400 00 



105,609 pounds spikes at 6 cents per lb 6, 336 00 



$l(i5,216 00 



Total for roadbed and superstructure $326 ,305 00 



Cost per mile for road-bed $5 ,369 63 



Cost per mile for superstructure . . 5 , 507 20 



Total cost per mile for road-bed and superstructure. $10,870 83 



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