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ken, but with no serious obstacle to the construction of a first- 

 class road at the average cost per mile of Southern roads. No 

 gradients steeper than ^'o feet per mile, and this only for 

 short distances. No curves less than Ijl-IB feet radius, and 

 none of this radius on steeper grades than 46 feet per mile. 

 Grading all earthwork and easy to handle. The average haul 

 about 400 feet. One girder-bridge of three 50 feet spans. 

 The piers, piling. In consequence of the soil being very lia- 

 ble to wash during heavy rains, piling is used in preference to 

 trestling, for which safe foundations would in so.ne places 

 be difficult to obtain. Weight of rail, 30 lbs. per yard for 

 narrow-gauge, and 60 lbs, for broad-gauge. 



GAUGE, FIVE FEET. 

 COST OF ROADBED. 



664 stations, clearing and grubbing, at $9.00 



per station $5,976 00 



461 ,150 cubic yards eartli excavation, at 30 cents 



per cubic yard 138, 345 00 



150 lineal feet girder bridge, $13.00 per lin- 

 eal foot." 1,800 00 



5,665 lineal feet piling and trestling, at $7.50 



per lineal foot 42,412 50 



41,520 cubic feet timber, log culverts, 3^ cents 



per cubic foot 1 ,453 20 



36, 950 cubic feet timber in cattle-guards, roads, 



etc, at 3 cents per cubic foot 1 , 108 50 



9,860 ieet, lioard measure, plank in ditto, at 3 



cents per foot, board measure 295 80 , 



Laying 30 miles of track, at $500 per 



mile 15,000 00 



$206,391 00 



79, 200 cross-ties, at 40 cents each $31,680 00 



Engineering, right of way, 

 salaries, office expenses, 



stationery, incidentals. . 10,000 00 



41,680 00 



$248,071 00 



COST OP StrPERSTJlUCTURE. 



3,168 tons of rails (60 lbs. per yard), at $90.00 



per ton $285,120 00 



13,000 joint fastenings, at $1.00 each 12,000 00 



165 ,000 pounds spikes, at 5 cents per pound ... 8, 250 00 



$305,370 00 



Total for roadbed and superstructure $553, 441 00 



