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very injurious to the soil Mr Grant's tramway is a great means of 

 preventing this. In fig. 13 is shown the way in which the system of 

 tramway can be advantageously applied to the removal of manure to 

 the fields. 



Fio. 13. 



Major Stapylton has recently applied 'Mr Grant's system of tramway 

 to the purpose of removing clay from pits to a crushing-mill in his 

 brickmaking establishment at Myton. The trucks are drawn up an 

 inclined plane by an engine which works the other machinery in the 

 brickworks. The trucks are drawn up by a rope which winds round a 

 drum driven by the engine. 



The following are the prices of Mr Grant's apparatus : 



Rails per pair, with tie-rods complete, for the 2 feet 2J inch gauge, 



per lineal yard, .030 



NOTE. The rails are supplied in lengths of 5J yards or 1 rod, with a small 

 proportion of short lengths, some of which are adapted for 

 curving. 



Patent turn-tables, each, . . . > . . . . 5 10 



Patent ballast-truck for the 2 feet 24 inch gauge, with^elf-acting tailboard 



and brake fitted ; holds a cubic yaxd level, and more when heaped, 10 

 Small-sized ditto, holding half a cubic yard level, . . . 8 10 



Side truck for the 2 feet 2J inch gauge, to carry a cubic yard level, and 



more when heaped. It does not tip the load, but is long and narrow, 



