Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs

by Halbert Powers Gillette; Charles Shattuck Hill

INDEX.

A
Abutment Construction
Cost of
Bridges Over City Streets [254]
Ernst St. Bridge, Cincinnati, O. [257]
Kansas City Outer Belt & Electric Ry. [253]
Lonesome Valley Viaduct [256]
Railway Bridge [106]
Methods of
Bridges over City Streets [253]
Illinois & Mississippi Canal [196], [197]
Lonesome Valley Viaduct [254], [255]
Railway Bridge [105], [250]
Summary of [230]
Aggregates
Balanced, Value of [14]
Broken Stone [13]
Cinders [14]
Cost of [15]
Gravel [14]
Heating (See Heating Aggregates)
Kinds Used [13]
Measuring, Methods of [42]
Open Box [42], [50]
Trump Automatic Measurer [44]
Quantities in Concrete, Test Determinations [192]
Screened or Crusher Run, Stone for [15]
Sizes Used [15]
Slag [14]
Voids in [25]
Weighing, Apparatus for [102]
Aqueduct Construction
Cost of
Cedar Grove Reservoir [549], [550]
Salt River Irrigation Work [540]
Methods of
Cast Pipe Swansea, England [584]
Cedar Grove Reservoir [545]
Jersey City Water Supply [544]
Salt River Irrigation Works [538]
Torresdale Filters [540]
Asphalt Concrete
Definition of [108]
Furnace for Heating [109], [110]
Machine Mixing of [111]
Asphalt Concrete Construction
Cost of
Base for Mill Floor [110], [111]
Slope Paving for Dam [109]
Methods of
Base for Mill Floor
Slope Paving for Dam [108], [109]
B
Bags (See Cement Bags)
Depositing Concrete Under Water [89], [90]
Barrels (See Cement Barrels)
Belt Conveyors
Capacity of [65]
Gas Works Foundations, Astoria, N. Y. [64]
Horse Power Required [65]
Bench Monuments
Construction of [656]
Cost of [657]
Blasting Concrete [655]
Bonding New Concrete to Old [659]
Breakwater Construction
Cost of
Buffalo, N. Y. [214]
Marquette, Mich. [209], [212]
Methods of
Buffalo, N. Y. [212], [214]
Marquette, Mich. [208], [212]
Bridge Centers (See Centers)
Bridge Construction
Cost of
Arch Viaduct [373]
Connecticut Ave. Bridge [392], [397]
Elkhart, Ind., Arch [398]
Five Span Arch [407]
Girder Highway [377], [379]
Grand Rapids Bridge [410], [413]
Molded Slab Girders [387]
Plainwell, Mich., Arch [399]
Railway Bridge [375]
Methods of
Connecticut Ave. Bridge [387]
Elkhart, Ind., Arch [397]
Five Span Arch [400]
Girder Highway [367], [377]
Grand Rapids, Mich., Arch [407]
Molded Slab Girders [384]
Plainwell, Mich., Arch [398]
Bridge Pier Construction
Cost of
Calf Killer River Bridge [243], [245]
City Island Bridge [236]
Miami River Bridge [257]
Steel Cylinder [241]
Viaducts, Cincinnati, O. [258]
Williamsburg Bridge [230], [231]
Methods of
Calf Killer River Bridge [241], [245]
City Island Bridge [235]
K. C., M. & O. Ry. [245], [250]
Lonesome Valley Viaduct [254], [255]
Miami River Bridge [256]
Nova Scotia Railways [108]
Railway Bridge [231], [235]
Scottish Railways [107], [108]
Summary of [230]
Tharsis & Calamas Ry. [106], [107]
Williamsburg Bridge [237], [241]
Broken Stone
Crushing (See Stone Crushing)
Quarrying (See Quarrying)
Rocks for, Best [13]
Shoveling (See Shoveling)
Screened or Crusher Run [15]
Voids in
Amount of [29], [30]
Effect of Granulometric Composition [30]
Effect of Hauling [33], [34]
Effect of Loading [29]
Variation, Causes of [28]
Weight no Index [32]
Weight of [32], [33]
Building Construction
Cost of
Four-Story Garage [510]
Wall Columns for Power Station [490]
Walls for Factory Building [507]
Divisions of Work [433]
Methods of
Four-Story Garage [509]
One-Story Car Barn [495]
Six-Story Building [491]
Wall Columns [488]
Walls for Factory Building [505]
C
Cableways
Capacity of [64]
Construction of Bridge Work [369]
Cost of [64]
Fortification Work [186]
Retaining Wall Work [269]
Cars
Mixer Charging [72]
Carts (See Concrete Carts, Horse Carts)
Cement
Classification of [1]
Natural Definition of [2]
Portland, Definition of [1]
Quantity in Concrete
Formula for Computing [37]
Rule for Figuring [40]
Tables Showing [39], [40], [41]
Quantity in Mortar
Formula for Computing [36]
Tables Showing [38]
Test Determinations [40], [41]
Theory of [35]
Shrinkage by Wetting [35]
Slag, Definition of [2]
Weight [2], [4]
Cement Bags
Capacity of [2]
Packing for Shipment [3]
Rebate on [3]
Storage House for [3]
Cement Barrels
Capacity of [2], [3], [4]
Dimensions of [4]
Cement Specifications [4]
Cement Testing, Cost of [4]
Centers
Computation of
Luten Arch [566]
Construction of
Conditions Governing [363]
Cocket, [50] ft. Span [364]
Connecticut Ave. Bridge [392]
Five Span Arch [400]
Grand Rapids Bridge [408]
Luten Arch [365]
Mechanicsville Bridge [365]
Parabolic Arch [366]
Supported, [50] ft. Span [364]
Walnut Lane Bridge [368]
Cost of
Connecticut Ave. Bridge [392], [393]
Deflection of
Test Determinations [367]
Types of [363]
Charging Barrows
Ransome, Description [71]
Sterling, Description [71]
Charging Buckets
Wheeled [74]
Charging Mixer
Cost of [270], [272]
Gravity from Bins [69]
Methods of
Car Plants [72]
Charging Barrows [70], [71]
Derricks and Buckets [73]
Elevating Charging Hoppers [70]
Enumeration [68]
Gravity from Bins [68], [69]
Shoveling [72], [73]
Wheelbarrows [70]
Wheeled Bucket for [74]
Chutes
Cement Bag, Construction of [65]
Concrete. Examples of [66], [67], [68]
Working Gradients [65], [66]
Cinders [15]
Cofferdam Construction
Cost of Bridge Pier [232]
Coloring Concrete, Recipes for [666]
Colors for Mortar, Recipes for [666]
Concrete
Asphalt (See Asphalt Concrete)
Definition of [1]
Depositing (See Depositing Concrete)
Mixers (See Mixers)
Mixing (See Mixing Concrete)
Proportioning, Methods of [25]
Concrete Bucket
Side Dumping [486]
Subaqueous
Cyclopean [87]
O'Rourke [86]
Stuebner [88]
Concrete Block
Molding (See Molding Concrete Blocks)
Sling for Handling [216]
Concrete Cars
Lock Work, Coosa River [195]
Concrete Carts
Hand, Capacity of [53], [54]
Horse, Briggs [298]
Ransome Two-Wheeled [53]
Culvert Construction
Characteristics of [414]
Cost of
Arch 26 ft. Span [425]
Arch, N., C. & St. L. Ry. [418], [419], [422]
Kalamazoo, Mich. [430]
Kansas City Outer Belt & Electric Ry. [252]
Pennsylvania R. R. [424]
Methods of
Arch, N., C. & St. L. Ry. [417]
Arch, Wabash Ry. [422]
Box, C., B. & Q. R. R. [414]
Kalamazoo, Mich. [427]
Pennsylvania R. R. [423]
Curb and Gutter Construction
Cost of
Champaign, Ill. [326]
Estimating [321]
Ottawa. Ont. [324]
Methods of
Champaign, Ill. [325]
General Discussion [321]
Kinds of [318]
Ottawa, Ont. [321]
Curbing, Wood for Shafts [160], [161]
D
Dam Construction
Cost of
Hemet [104]
Richmond, Ind. [224]
Rock Island, Ill. [225]
Spier Falls [103]
Methods of
Barossa Dam [101]
Boonton, N. J., Dam [103]
Boyds Corner Dam [105]
Chaudiere Falls, Quebec [228]
Chattahoochee River Dam [100]
Hemet Dam [103], [104]
McCall Ferry, Pa. [225], [228]
Richmond, Ind. [223]
Rock Island, Ill. [224], [225]
Spier Falls Dam [103]
Water Works Reservoir [104]
Depositing Concrete
Subaqueous
Bags
Bridge Foundations [91]
Marquette Breakwater [209], [210]
Peterhead Pier [89], [90]
Buckets
Marquette Breakwater. [208], [209]
Pier Construction [222]
Characteristics of [86]
Closed Buckets [86], [87], [88]
Tremie
Charlestown Bridge Foundations [92], [93]
Masonry Bridge Foundations, France [93], [94]
Harvard Bridge Foundations [91]
Nussdorf Lock Foundations [94], [95]
Drilling Concrete, Drill Mounting for [653]
Dumping Concrete
Cost of
Wheelbarrows [55]
Methods of
Chutes [55]
Wheelbarrows [55]
Dump Wagons for Transporting Concrete [54]
E
Efflorescence
Causes of [126]
Preventing, Methods of [126], [127]
Removing, Cost of [127]
Ejecters for Washing Sand [7]
Erecting Derrick
Cost of Bridge Pier [232]
Erecting Forms
Derrick for [501]
Directions for Building Work [460]
Erecting Molded Columns
Cost of [520]
Methods of [520]
Erecting Molded Roof Slabs
Cost of [522]
Excavating Cofferdams
Cost of [232], [244], [250]
F
Fabricating Reinforcement
Bending Machine for [468]
Bending Tables for [466]
Methods of
Building Work [464]
Five Span Arch Bridge [402]
Falseworks in Form Construction [144]
Finishing Concrete Surfaces
Methods of
Acid Etching and Washing [133]
Careful Mixing and Placing
Concrete [125], [126]
Coloring [135]
Form Construction [124], [125]
Grout Washing [130]
Mortar Facing [128], [129]
Plastering [128]
Scrubbing and Washing [131], [132], [133], [134]
Spading and Troweling [127], [128]
Special Facing Mixtures [130]
Stuccoing [128]
Tooling [133], [134]
Washed Gravel or Pebble [134]
Form Construction
Cost of
Aqueduct, Cedar Grove Reservoir [550]
Arch Culverts [418], [419], [422], [425], [430]
Battery Emplacement [188]
Bridge Abutment [257]
Bridge [233], [235], [250]
Bridge Pier Work [243]
Building Work [493], [496], [501], [503], [507], [511]
Connecticut Ave. Bridge [392], [393]
Dam Rock Island, Ill. [225]
Effect of Design on [137]
Estimating, Method of [146], [147], [148], [149]
Girder for Separate Casting [517]
Girder Highway Bridge [377], [380], [382]
Grand Rapids Bridge [412]
Guard Lock, Ill., & Miss. Canal [201]
Gun Emplacements [185]
Lock, Coosa River [196]
Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal [202], [206], [207]
Mortar Battery Platform [187]
Permanent Way Structures [252]
Piers for Taintor Gates [198]
Pier Superior Entry, Wis. [222]
Reservoir for Fire Protection [591], [592], [593]
Retaining Walls [273], [275]
Retaining Wall Work [270], [272]
Slab and I-Beam Floors [450]
Subway Lining [362]
Economics of [136]
Falseworks and Bracing [144], [145]
Methods of
Aqueduct, Cedar Grove Reservoir [546]
Aqueduct Torresdale Filters [541]
Arch Culvert [427]
Arch Culverts [421]
Blocks for Lake Pier [216]
Blocks Molded Under Water [217]-219
Box Culverts [417]
Bridge Piers [255]
Building Work [492], [495]
Cement Pipe Molded in Place [577]
Circular Columns [445]
Columns [434]
Connecticut Ave. Bridge [392]
Coping for Walls [264]
Culvert Pipe [431]
Curb and Gutter [319], [321], [323]
Dam Abutments [196]
Dam, Rock Island, Ill. [228]
Five Span Arch Bridge [400]
Gasholder Tank [612]
Girder for Separate Casting [516]
Guard Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal [200]
Lock, Coosa River [195]
Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal [201], [203]
Manhole Hartford, Conn. [536]
Marquette Breakwater [211], [212]
Ornamental Columns [446], [447]

Piers for Taintor Gates [198]
Polygonal Columns [443], [444]
Rectangular Columns [435], [443], [490], [492], [511]
Reservoir Bloomington, Ill. [605]
Reservoir, Ft. Meade, S. Dak. [600]
Retaining Wall, C., B. & Q. R. R. [262]
Retaining Wall, Chicago Drainage Canal [275]
Retaining Wall, Grand Central Terminal [281]
Retaining Walls, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. [261], [262]
Salt River Aqueduct [539]
Sewer, Cleveland, O. [564]
Sewer Invert, Haverhill, Mass. [554]
Sewer, Invert, Medford, Mass. [535]
Sewer, Invert, Middlesborough, Ky. [561]
Sewer, South Bend, Ind. [551]
Sewer, Wilmington, Del. [572]
Sidewalks [309]
Six-Story Building [492]
Slab and Girder Floors [450], [456], [492]
Slab and I-Beam Floors [448], [450]
Slab Girders [385]
Steel for Conduits [533]
Steel, McCall Ferry Dam [227], [228]
Steel Sheathed Collapsible for Conduits [533]
Tunnel Centers [335], [341], [352], [358]
Tunnel Sidewalls [330], [335], [340], [351], [358]
Wall [456], [460], [505]
Wall Columns for Factory [498]
Computation, Methods of [140], [141]
Design
Considerations in [141]
Details Entering [142], [143]
Lubrication, Methods of [144]
Lumber
Dressing, Purpose of [138]
Finish and Dimensions [138], [139]
Kinds Suitable [138]
Mortar Facing [129]
Pile
Round [179]
Rectangular Pier
Cost of, Rule for Calculating [14]
Removing, Time of, Directions for [145], [146]
Unit Construction, Purposes of [143]
Steel, Opportunity for Development [136]
Fortification Construction
Cost of
Battery Emplacement [188], [189], [190]
Gun Emplacements [185]
Mortar Battery Platform [187]
Methods of
Battery Emplacement [187], [189]
Gun Emplacements [185]
Mortar Battery Platform [186]
Foundation Construction
Street Railway
Cost of Continuous Mixer [301]
Methods of Continuous Mixer [300], [301]
Freezing Weather, Laying Concrete in [112]
G
Grain Elevator Bins
Construction, Methods of [635]
Gravel
Characteristics of [14]
Commercial Sizes of [22]
Screening and Washing Plants [23]
Screening (See Screening Gravel)
Voids in
Amount of [30], [31]
Effect of Granulometric Composition [29], [30]
Weight no Index [32]
Amount of [31], [32]
Grouting Under Water
Hermitage Breakwater [96]
Tests of Efficiency of [95]
H
Heating Aggregates
Efficiency of [114]
Methods of
Bridge Work, Plano, Ill. [118]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. [118]
Hot Water Tanks [120]
Huronian Power Co.'s Dam Work [118]
Portable Combination Heater [115]
Stationary Bin Outfits [115], [116]
Steam Box [119]
Steam Jets [119]
Wachusett Dam Work [117]
Water Power Plant, Billings, Mont. [116], [117]
Hoists
Gallows, Frame and Horse [54]
Ransome [476]
Wallace-Lindesmith [474]
Housing Concrete Work
Methods of
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. [119]
Dam, Chaudiere Falls, Quebec [120], [121]
Portable Unit System for Buildings [122], [123]
I
Inclines
Grades of [62]
L
Laying Concrete Blocks
Cost of [526], [529]
Loading Concrete
Characteristic Features [53]
Rate of [53]
Loading Materials
Cost of
Shoveling into Wheelbarrows [47]
Rate of [6]
Lock Construction
Cost of
Coosa River [196]
Ill. & Miss. Canal [200], [202], [205], [207]
Cascades Canal [190], [191], [192], [193]
Coosa River [194], [195]
Ill. & Miss. Canal [200], [207]
Lock Foundation [207]
M
Manhole Construction
Cost of
Rye, N. Y. [577]
Methods of
Rye, N. Y. [576]
Mixers
Batch
Chicago [662]
Chicago Improved Cube [75], [661]
Cropp [661]
Forms of [75]
Koehring [662]
Polygon [663]
Ransome [75], [661]
Rate of Output [83], [84]
Smith [77], [662]
Snell [660]
Charging (See Charging Mixers)
Continuous
Advanced [660]
Eureka Automatic Feed [78], [660]
Forms of [78]
Foote [297]
Scheiffler [660]
Efficiency of
Rating, Methods of [84], [85]
Gravity
Forms of [79]
Gilbreth Trough [80]
Hains, Fixed Hopper [80], [81]
Hains, Telescoping Hopper [81]
Output
Conditions Affecting [83], [84]
Hains Gravity [83]
Types of [74]
Mixing Concrete
Hand
Cost of
Abutment Construction [197]
Culvert Work [428], [430]
Fortification Work [189]
Girder Highway Bridge [380], [382]
Lock, Cascades Canal [192]
Marquette Breakwater, [209], [210], [212]
Retaining Wall, Allegheny [284]
Superintendence, [57], [58]
Cost of, [52], [59]
Methods of Abutment Construction, [196], [197]
Examples from Practice, [49]
Fortification Work, [189]
Lock Foundation, [207]
Marquette Breakwater, [209]
Retaining Wall, Allegheny, [283], [284]
Rates of, [50], [51], [52]
Specific Directions, Necessity, [51], [52]
Machine
Cost of, [361], [362], [518]
Buffalo Breakwater, [214]
Building Work, [504], [507], [511]
Dam Work, Rock Island, Ill., [225]
Fortification Work, [190]
Hains Gravity Mixer, [83]
Lock, Cascades Canal, [193]
Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal, [206], [207]
Pier, Superior Entry, Wis., [222]
Retaining Wall, Allegheny, [284]
Retaining Wall Work, [270], [273], [275]
Methods of
Bridge Abutment Work, [253], [254]
Building Work, [471]
Fortification Work, [189]
Hains Gravity Mixer, [82], [83]
Operations Enumerated, [61]
Piers in Caissons, [165], [166]
Mixing Plants
Construction
Battery Emplacement, [187], [188]
Bridge Construction, [369], [371], [372], [374], [386], [389], [403].
Culvert Work, [415], [416], [418], [420], [422], [423]
Dam, McCall Ferry, Pa., [226]
Lock, Cascades Canal, [190], [191]
Lock Work, Coosa River, [194]
Lock Work, Ill. & Miss. Canal, [198], [199], [204]
Pier Work, Superior, Wis., [221]
Retaining Wall, Grand Central Terminal, [277]
Scow, Port Colborne Harbor, [216], [217]
Traveling, Chaudiere Falls Dam, [228]
Traveling, Chicago Track Elevation, [267]
Traveling, Galveston Sea Wall, [268]
Cost of
Lock Work, Ill. & Miss. Canal, [199]
Retaining Walls, Chicago Drainage Canal, [274]
Mixing Water
Reducing Freezing Point
Methods of, [112]
Salt (Sodium Chloride), [113]
Solutions for, Composition of, [113]
Molding Blocks
Cost of, [524], [528], [530], [531]
Marquette Breakwater, [211]
Connecticut Ave. Bridge, [395]
Separate Casting, [519]
Methods of, [523], [526]
Connecticut Ave. Bridge, [393]
Marquette Breakwater, [211]
Pier, Port Colbourne Harbor, [215]
Separate Casting, [513], [515]
Molding Cement Pipe
Cost of
Irrigon, Ore., [584]
Ransome Mold, [577], [579]
Methods of
Irrigon, Ore., [581]
Ransome Mold, [577]
Molding Culvert Pipe
Cost of
Chic. & En. Ill. R. R., [432]
Methods of
Chic. & En. Ill. R. R., [430]
Molding Girders
Cost of
Separate Casting, [519]
Methods of
Separate Casting, [513], [514], [515]
Molding Piles
Forms for (See Forms)
Methods of
Corrugated Polygonal, [176]
Round, [179]
Plant Arrangements for, [169]
Cost of, [522]
Molding Roof Slabs
Methods of, [521]
Mortar Facing
Cost of
Lock, Ill. Miss. Canal, [206]
Forms for, [129]
N
Natural Cement (See Cement)
O
Ornament Construction
Methods of
Iron Molds, [644]
Molding in Place, [647]
Plaster Molds, [646]
Sand Molding, [644]
Wooden Molds, [637]
P
Pavement Base Construction
Cost of
Batch Mixer, [306]
Batch Mixer and Wagon Haulage, [302]
Brick, Champaign, Ill., [296]
Continuous Mixers, [298], [300], [305]
Miscellaneous Examples [294], [295], [296]
New Orleans [293]
Stone Block, New York [292]
Toronto, Ont. [293]
Traction Mixer [304]
Methods of
Batch Mixer [305]
Batch Mixer and Wagon Haulage [302]
Continuous Mixers [297]-300, [304]
Hand Mixing [290]
Machine Mixing [290], [291]
Traction Mixer [303]
Mixtures Employed [288]
Organization for [288]
Stock Pile Distribution [289]
Pavement Construction
Cost of
Fortification Work [186]
Richmond, Ind. [318]
Windsor, Ont. [317]
Methods of
Richmond, Ind. [318]
Windsor, Ont. [316]
Pier Construction
Cost of
Lonesome Valley Viaduct [255]
Superior Entry, Wis. [222], [223]
Taintor Gates [198]
Methods of
Port Colborne Harbor [215]-217
Superior Entry, Wis. [217]-223
Piers in Caissons
Construction of
Methods of [159]-168
Cost of [168], [169]
Pile Construction. (See Molding Piles, Pile Driving.)
Cost of
Ocean Pier [173], [174]
Raymond Process [152], [154], [155]
Methods of
Building Foundation Work [174], [175], [178], [179]
Compressed Process [158], [159]
Enumeration of [151]
Molding in Forms [161]-170, [172], [179], [180]
Molding in Place [151]
Ocean Pier [172], [173]
Raymond Process [152]
Rolling Process [181]
Simplex Process [155], [156], [157]
Spread Footing Process [157], [158]
Track Scales [181]
Pile Driving
Conditions Requisite for
Cost of
Ocean Pier [173], [174]
Methods of
Corrugated Polygonal [177], [178]
Hammer [179], [180], [181]
Water Jetting [172], [177]
Pile Driving Caps [177], [178], [180]
Pile Rolling Machine [182]
Piles (See Molding Piles)
Construction
Compressol Process [158], [159]
Octagonal [180]
Rolling Process [181]
Round Piles [178], [179]
Spread Footing Process [157], [158]
Square [179], [180]
Cost of
Rolling Process [183]
Driving (See Pile Driving)
Handling, Sling for [175]
Raymond
Construction, Method of [151], [152]
Cost of [152], [154], [155]
Simplex
Construction, Methods of [155], [156], [157]
Placing Concrete
Cost of
Bags, Under Water [210]
Belt Conveyors [275]
Buckets Under Water [209]
Buffalo Breakwater [214]
Car and Trestle Plant [196], [201], [202], [206], [207], [244],[280], [422]
Cars and Chute [193]
Cars and Derrick [285]
Derricks [192], [233], [235]
Port Colborne Harbor [217]
Pneumatic Caissons [230]
Retaining Wall Work [270], [272]
Steel Cylinder Pier [241]
Subaqueous Buckets [223]
Wheelbarrows [189], [197], [198], [257], [285], [418], [419], [423]
Methods of
Building Work [486]
Locks Coosa River [194]
Pneumatic Caissons [237], [238]
Retaining Wall Work [266]
Sewer Work [537]
Placing Reinforcement
Cost of
Building Work [494]
Directions for [470]
Permanent Way Structures [252]
Pole Base, Cost of [658]
Portland Cement (See Cement)
Proportioning Concrete (See Concrete)
Q
Quarrying
Cost of
Limestone [18], [276]
Trap Rock [17]
Methods of

Limestone [18]
Trap Rock [17]
R
Ramming Concrete (See also Placing Concrete)
Cost of [423]
Conditions Governing [56]
Examples from Practice [56], [57]
Pavement Base [292], [294]
Methods of
Piers, Lonesome Valley Viaduct [255]
Specific Directions, Necessity of [57]
Raymond Piles (See Piles)
Reinforcement
Weight in Concrete
Tables for Estimating, [663]-665
Removing Forms
Derrick for, [502]
Methods of
Building Work, [461]
Time for
Building Work, [462]
Reservoir Construction
Cost of
Covered for Fire Protection, [594], [595]
Ft. Meade, S. Dak., [601]
Methods of
Bloomington, Ill., [603]
Covered for Fire Protection, [588]
Fort Meade, S. Dak., [597]
Reservoir Lining
Cost of
Canton, Ill., [629]
Chelsea, Mass., [623]
Jerome Park, [628]
Pittsburg, Pa., [630]
Quincy, Mass., [619]
Methods of
Chelsea, Mass., [620]
Jerome Park, [628]
Quincy, Mass., [617]
Reservoir Roof, Cost of [632]
Retaining Wall Construction
Cost of, [286]
Chicago Drainage Canal, [273]-277
Footing for Masonry, [283]
Grand Central Terminal, [280]
Railway Yard, [282]
Methods of
Allegheny Track Elevation, [283]
Chicago Drainage Canal, [272]-277
Grand Central Terminal, [277]-281
Subway in Trench, [269], [270]
Retaining Walls
Comparison of Plain and Reinforced, [260], [261]
Types of, [259]
Rubble Concrete Construction
Cement, Saving in, [98]
Cost of
Abutment, Railway Bridge, [106]
Hemet Dam, [104]
Spier Falls Dam, [103]
Economy, Limitations to, [98], [99]
Methods of
Abutment, Railway Bridge, [105]
Barossa Dam, [101]
Boonton Dam, [103]
Bridge Piers, Nova Scotia, [108]
Bridge Piers, Scotland, [107], [108]
Bridge Piers, Spain, [106], [107]
Chattahoochee River Dam, [100]
Dams for Waterworks, [104], [105]
Hemet Dam, [103], [104]
Spier Falls Dam, [103]
Percentages Rubble Stone, [100], [101], [103], [105], [108]
Shape of Stones for, [99]
Runway Construction, Methods of, [48]
S
Salt
Percentages in Mixing Water, [114]
Sand
Balanced, Value of, [6]
Cleanness, Value of, [5]
Cost of
Excavating and Loading, [6]
Granulometric Composition, [28]
Prices Charged for, [6]
Sharpness, Value of, [5]
Substitutes for, [5]
Voids in
Amount of, [26], [28]
Conditions Affecting, [25]
Effect of Moisture, [25]
Effect of Size of Grains, [27]
Volume in Concrete, [5]
Weight of, [6], [26]
Sand Washing
Cost of
Ejector Method, [10]
Hose Method, [7]
Tank Method, [13]
Methods of
Ejectors, [7]
Hose, [7]
Tank, [10]
Rate of
Ejector Method, [9]
Hose Method, [7]
Tank Method, [10], [12], [13]
Water Required
Ejector Method, [9]
Sand Washing Plants, [7]-13
Screening Gravel
Cost of
L. S. & M. S. Ry., [22]
Stewart-Peck Sand Co., [24]
Methods of
Handwork, [19]
Lock, Cascades Canal, [191]
Scraper into Wagons, [21]
Stewart-Peck Sand Co, [23]
Sewer Construction
Cost of
Cleveland, O., [566]
Coldwater, Mich., [574]
Haverhill, Mass., [557]
Medford, Mass., [535]
Middlesborough, Ky., [562]
St. Louis, Mo., [560], [561]
South Bend, Ind., [554]
Wilmington, Del., [571], [573]
Methods of
Cleveland, O., [563]
Coldwater, Mich., [573]
Haverhill, Mass., [554]
Medford, Mass., [535]
Middlesborough, Ky., [561]
Pipe, St. Joseph, Mo., [579]
St. Louis, Mo., [558]
South Bend, Ind., [551]
Wilmington, Del., [569]
Shoveling
Cost of
Concrete into Barrows, [197]
Rate of
Broken Stone from Piles, [46]
Broken Stone from Shoveling Boards, [46]
Broken Stone from Cars, [45]
Gravel Against Screens, [21]
Sand into Wheelbarrows, [46]
Shoveling Boards Wooden, for Broken Stone, [46]
Sidewalk Construction
Cost of
Estimation of, [311], [312]
Quincy, Mass., [314]
San Francisco, Cal., [315]
Toronto, Ont., [313]
Methods of
Bonding Wearing Surface to Base, [310]
Edger for, [310]
General Discussion, [307]
Points for, [310]
Prevention of Cracks, [311]
Protection from Weather, [311]
Quincy, Mass., [314]
Toronto, Ont., [313]
San Francisco, Cal., [314]
Silo Construction
Cost of, [632]
Methods of, [631]
Slag, [14]
Slag Cement (See Cement)
Specific Gravity, Stone, Various, [32], [33]
Spreading Concrete
Cost of, [197]
Effect of Method of Dumping on, [55]
Standpipe Construction
Cost of
Attleborough, Mass., [611]
Methods of
Attleborough, Mass., [609]
Stock Piles
Capacity of, [46]
Distribution, Pavement Work, [289]
Purposes of, [45]
Stone
Specific Gravity, [32], [33]
Stone Crushing
Cost of
Cobblestone, [20]
Limestone, [18], [225], [273], [276]
Trap Rock, [17]
Methods of
Cobblestone, [19]
Limestone, [18]
Trap Rock, [17]
Stone Crushing Plant
Construction
Lock Work. Ill. & Miss. Canal, [200]
Stone Dust, Value for Mortar, [5]
Storing Materials, Cost of, [185], [225]
Subway Lining
Cost of
Long Island R. R., [361]
New York Rapid Transit Ry, [357], [358]
Methods of
Long Island R. R., [361]
New York Rapid Transit Ry., [356]
Superintendence
Cost of, [57], [58], [185], [193], [197], [210], [211], [212], [273], [275], [397]
T
Tamping Concrete
Cost of, [197]
Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal, [206], [207]
Method of
Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal, [204]
Tank Construction
Methods of
Gas Holder, Des Moines, Ia., [609]
Gas Holder, New York, [614]
Tooling Concrete
Cost of, [394], [396]
Transporting Concrete
Cost of
Cableways, [270]
Cars, [280]
Chutes, [67]
Cars and Derricks, [285]
Car and Trestle Plant, [63], [210], [212], [222]
Wheelbarrows, [53], [189], [197], [272], [285], [293], [294], [296]
Methods of
Belt Conveyors (See also Belt Conveyors), [64]-65
Bucket Hoists, [474]
Building Work, [472]
Cableways, [64], [186], [289], [369], [370]
Cars, [404], [421]
Cars and Chute, [191], [192]
Car and Trestle, [63], [243], [246], [377]
Chutes (see also Chutes), [66], [67], [68]
Derricks, [479]
Dump Wagons, [54]
Effect on Placing, [54]
Enumeration of, [52]
Hand Costs, [53]
Hoist and Cars, [372]
Platform Hoists, [479]
Pulley and Horse, [489]
Traveling Derrick Plant, [374]
Trestle Runways, [54]
Wheelbarrows, [53]
Transporting Materials
Cars for, [45]
Cost of
Bridge Pier Work, [243]
Cars, [275]
Car and Trestle Plant, [222]
Dam, Rock Island, Ill., [225]
Horse Carts, [49], [270], [273]
Lock, Ill. & Miss. Canal, [206], [207]
Wheelbarrows, [47], [48], [189], [197], [214], [280], [292], [293], [294], [296], [419]
Methods of
Belt Conveyors (see also Belt Conveyors), [64]-65
Cableways, [64], [269]
Carrying in Shovels, [47]
Chutes (see also Chutes), [46], [65], [66]
Hand Carts, [48]
Horse Carts [48]
Indians [62]
Shoveling to Derrick Buckets [46]
Trestle and Car Plants [63]
Wheelbarrows [47]
Trestle Runways, Cost of [54], [55]
Trestles
Car, Cost of [63]
Structural Details [63]
Tunnel Construction (See Tunnel Lining)
Tunnel Lining
Backfilling Machine for [330]
Cost of
Cascade Tunnel [338]
Gunnison Tunnel [355]
Hodges Pass Tunnel [345]
Mullan Tunnel [333]
Peekskill Tunnel [336]
Short Railway [344]
Methods of
Burton Tunnel [347]
Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C. [329]
Cascade Tunnel [336]
General Discussion [328]
Gunnison Tunnel [353]
Hodges Pass Tunnel [338]
Mullan Tunnel [332]
Peekskill, N. Y. [333]
Mortar Car for [333]
Removing Old, Methods of [332]
Traveling Derrick for [330]
Traveling Platform for [337], [350]
U
Unloading Materials
Cost of
Grab Buckets [62]
Methods of
Grab Buckets [62]
V
Voids (See also Gravel, Sand, Stone)
Conditions Governing [25]
W
Wall Ties
Construction of [265]
Washing Gravel
Cost of
L. S. & M. S. Ry. [22]
Stewart-Peck Sand Co. [24]
Washing Gravel
Methods of
Lock, Cascades Canal [191]
Stewart-Peck Sand Co. [23]
Water
Quantity in Concrete
Rule for Figuring [42]
Waterproofing
Cost of
Hydrolithic Coating [677]
Long Island R. R. Subway [679]
New York Subway [680]
Sylvester Mortar [675]
Sylvester Wash [674]
Methods of
Bituminous Coatings [670]
Covered Reservoir for Fire Service [596]
Hydrolithic Coating [676]
Impervious Mixtures [668]
Long Island R. R. Subway [678]
Medusa Compound [669]
Moisture Coatings [677]
New York Subway [679]
Novoid Compound [670]
Oil and Paraffin Washes [677]
Star Stellen Cement [669]
Sylvester Mortar [675]
Sylvester Wash [673]
Szerelmey Wash [673]
Wheelbarrows
Loads for [47]