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ing the letters is plastered with neat cement colored black by the addition 
of % pound of lamp black to 1 quart of cement mixed in water. The 
letters and figures are then painted white. The concrete is composed of 
I part cement, I part sand and 2 parts crushed stone. 
The cost of the post is as follows: 
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Figure 63 illustrates this post. 
There are now several post manufacturing concerns which make 
concrete posts, but all are reinforced by steel and will be described in 
the next chapter. 
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TELEGRAPH POLES. 
The manufacturing of concrete butts for telegraph poles is one of 
the latest novelties in the use of cement. It is well known by those who 
