"Do you know, my boy, you have made a suggestion that even the keenest of our engineers evidently never have thought of?"
"I am glad if I have suggested something worth while," said Steve, with a pleased smile.
"But how do you propose to go about it? The levels are made and the tracks are laid to fit the conformation. How are you going to get over that condition?" asked the superintendent, with a twinkle in his eyes.
"As I told you, I am not an engineer."
"But you have an idea?"
"Yes, sir."
"Let's hear it."
"I have watched the trackmen grading on the railroad and I do not see why you cannot do the same thing here. You have plenty of waste dirt and rock in the mine. It is being taken out every day. Why not utilize some of it in raising the tracks at the 'rises'? That would give the cars a good start and the electric motor would not have to wear itself out getting the cars started. Continue doing this, even if you have to begin cutting the level lower down by the chutes. I am sure that that feature could easily be overcome by your engineers. In the sub-levels and new drifts you could do the same thing."
"How?"