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at 1 anna per sleeper, we get the cost of treating a broad-gauge sleeper 
exclusive of interest on capital and depreciation on plant as follows : — 
Species. 
Amount of 
absorption by 
B. G. sleeper 
of 8-3 c. ft. 
Cost of 
Creosote ab¬ 
sorbed by a 
B. G. sleeper. 
Cost of load¬ 
ing, labour, 
and engine 
expenses. 
Total cost per 
B. G. sleeper. 
R a. p. 
R d. p. 
R a. p. 
Hardwoods, such as Ter- 
minalia tomentosa and 
Mesua ferrea. 
3 lbs. per cubic 
foot or a total 
of 9’9 lbs. 
per B. G. 
sleeper. 
0 6 11 
0 16 
0 8 5 
Moderately hard wood, 
such as Dipterocarpus 
tuberculatus. 
6 lbs. per cubic 
foot or a total 
of 19-8 lbs. 
per B. G. 
sleeper. 
0 13 10 
0 1 6 
0 15 4 
Softwoods, such as 
Pinus excelsa and 
Pinus longifolia. 
10 lbs. per 
cubic foot or 
a total of 33 
lbs. per cubic 
foot. 
1 7 1 
0 16 
18 7 
Instances are given by Dr. Warth, in his report of 1878, as to the 
actual cost of Creosoting timbers in India. He quotes a report by the 
Superintending Engineer, Rajputana State Railway, on the work earned 
out with the plant erected at Aligarh in 1870. The estimated cost of 
the whole apparatus is given as R28,000 and the cost of treating 
Finns longifolia B. G. sleepers as follows :— 
Per sleeper. 
R a. p. 
4f gallons of Creosote at Aligarh, at 6§ annas per gallon . 1 15 0 
Labour in stacking and loading sleepers at R5 per 1,000 0 0 10 
Percentage of engine expenses.0 2 2 
Total 220 
Another estimate is given for Creosoting Chir sleepers by Mr. Price, 
Superintending Engineer, Light Railway, North-Western Provinces, 
which runs as follows, per 100 sleepers 
R a. p. 
87 8 0 
2 8 0 
2 0 0 
Total 
350 gallons at 4 annas per gallon 
Labour . 
Engine expenses . . • 
( 93 ) 
. 92 0 0 
