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Identifier: electricrailway501917newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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l when they are drawn from the bins. At a time when every possible saving in man-energyis worth striving for, the distinct labor saving achievedin the Denver yard is noteworthy. A line of workwhich formerly required fifteen men can now be doneby three men, and this saving in man-energy assumeseven greater importance than that attached to themonetary saving alone because of the great difficultynow experienced all over the country in obtaining andkeeping men at work of this class. We take particularpleasure in directing the attention of managers andway engineers to the article in question, as it supple-ments our own past efforts in presenting the subjectof handling way materials. We are more than everconvinced that these efforts have been exerted in achannel where distinct savings can be made if theproper study is given the subject by those responsiblefor securing the greatest possible efficiency at a timewhen it is most difficult to do so. 752 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL I Vol. 50, No. 17
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October 27, 1917) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 753 Denvers New Storage Yard Served by a Single 100-Ft. Derrick Location of Storage Yard Close to the Center of the City ReducesHaulage Costs—Special Storage Schemes Adopted to Utilize AvailableSpace Efficiently—Only Three Men Required to Handlt the Work By EDWARD A. WESTChief Engineer Denver (Col.) Tramway WHAT is believed to be a particularly accessibleand economical track material yard has recentlybeen completed and put into use in Denver, Col.The principal features of this storage yard are, first, theuse of a single derrickplaced in the center of theyard in such a manner asto have a range of utilitywhich practically coversthe complete hoisting re-quirements of the yard;second, the intensified andefficient use of a rathersmall area, and last, thelocation of the yard closeto the center of the cityand of the railway sys-tem. All three of thesefeatures tend to lessen thecharge which must nor-mally be made against thetrack department for i

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