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Table 4. — Estimate of approximate amount of material required for construction of 
flumes — Continued . 
30-INCH "V" FLUME WITH 1-INCH DOUBLE BOX. 
Kinds of lum- 
ber. 
Mudsills 
Posts 
Caps 
Braces, sway. . . 
Braces, lateral. . 
Stringers 
Sills 
Braces 
Arms 
Box boards 
Running boards 
Add for waste. 
Total... 
Lumber required per mile. 
Dimensions. 
02 
Inches. 
4x6 
4x6 
4x6 
1 x 6 
1x6 
4x8 
2|x 5 
21 x 5 
21 x 5 
2 x62 
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Ft. in 
7 8 
7 
4 
16 
16 
Ft. in. 
4 7 
3 9 
42 8 
5 6; 
1 1 
2 7 
( 2 ) 
20 
Ft. in. 
15 4 
29 
9 2 
9 2 
15 
85 4 
16 8 
6 9 
15 71 
165 4 
20 
330 
330 
330 
330 
330 
1275 
330 
330 
330 
330 
330 
330 
5,060 
9,570 
3,025 
3,025 
i 4, 125 
28, 160 
5,500 
2,228 
5,157 
54,560 
6,600 
127,010 
7,990 
135,000 
Nails required per mile. 
Size. 
10-penny.. 
12-penny.. 
16-penny.. 
20-penny., 
One keg of 40-penny 
nails and one keg of 
60-penny nails should 
usually be allowed for 
such preliminary work 
as bridging, etc. 
Total. 
211 
30-INCH "V" FLUME WITH 11-INCH BATTENED BOX. 
Mud sills 
Posts 
Caps 
Braces, sway.. 
Braces, lateral. 
Stringers 
Sills 
Braces 
Arms 
Box boards. . . 
Battens 
Running boards 
Add for waste. 
Total.... 
4x6 
7 8 
15 4 
1 
15 4 
330 
330 
5,060 
4x6 
7 3 
14 6 
2 
29 
660 
330 
9,570 
4x6 
4 7 
9 2 
1 
9 2 
330 
330 
3,025 
1x6 
• 9 2 
4 7 
2 
9 2 
660 
330 
3,025 
1x6 
7 6 
3 9 
4 
15 
i 1, 100 
1275 
14,125 
4x8 
16 
42 8 
2 
85 4 
660 
330 
28,160 
21 x 5 
5 4 
5 61 
3 
16 8 
990 
330 
5,500 
1\ x 5 
1 1 
1 11 
6 
6 9 
1,980 
330 
2,228 
2J x 5 
2 6 
2 71 
6 
15 71 
1,980 
330 
5,157 
1^x62 
*6 
( 2 ) 
124 
330 
40, 920 
1x4 
5 
1 8 
12 
20 
3,960 
330 
6,600 
11x10 
16 
20 
1 
20 
330 
330 
6,600 
119,970 
5,030 
125, 000 
10-penny. 
12-penny. 
16-penny. 
20-penny. 
One keg of 40-penny 
nails and 1 keg of 60- 
penny nails should 
usually be allowed for 
such preliminary work 
as bridging, etc. 
Total. 
2,091 
20f 
36-INCH 
FLUME WITH 11-INCH BATTENED BOX. 
Mud sills. 
Posts 
Braces, sway... 
Braces, lateral.. 
Stringers 
Sills 
Braces 
Arms 
Box boards 
Battens 
Running boards 
Add for waste. 
Total.... 
x a 
11x74 
1x4 
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5 
It) 
7 
12 
6 
1 5 
3 
12 
4 
12 
17 
14 6 
10 
5 
3 9 
32 
7 6 
1 9] 
3 9 
( 2 ) 
1 4 
15 
17 
29 
10 
10 
15 
64 
22 6 
10 V. 
22 6' 
111 
24 
15 
440 
880 
440 
880 
1,467 
880 
1,320 
2.640 
2,640 
440 
440 
440 
440 
■ 366? 
440' 
440 
440 
440 
440 
440 
440 
7,480 
12, 760 
4,400 
4,400 
15,500 
28, 160 
9,900 
4,675 
9,900 
48, 840 
10,560 
6,600 
153, 175 
6,825 
160, 000 
10-penny.. 
12-penny.. 
16-penny.. 
20-penny.. 
1,300 
396 
1,075 
447 
13 
4 
10-| 
41 
One keg of 40-penny 
nails and one keg of 
60-penny nails should 
usually be allowed for 
such preliminary work 
as bridging, etc. 
Total. 
3,218 
321 
i Lateral braces are only figured for five-sixths of a mile, as at least one-sixth of each mile, on an average, 
will be too close to the ground to require the use of these braces, 
2 Various sizes. 
