Pit & Quarry Volume 6 (Paperback)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...at its local quarries, and does not expect to resume for a number of weeks to come. The plant gives employment to more than 100 operatives.under normal conditions. A peculiar legal action was decide against the Hummell Glass & Lim stone Co., operating a sand works nea Hummell, Pa., on Feb. 17. The cas was brought by a farmer, alleging the one of his cows died as a result 0 drinking water containing sand fro: the company's property. The jury a Huntingdon, Pa., court rendered a d( cision of $200 damages in favor of th plaintiff. Sand and gravel producers-at Pitts burgh, Pa., continue active in the loca market, and prices of material holi firm. Building sand, f.o.b. barge, a dock, is quoted at $1.60 a ton, whil delivered material at the water front i selling for $2.00. Local dealers ar asking from $2.50 to $3.00 a ton fo sand delivered on the job. Washe gravel is bringing close to the sam figures and any daily fluctuations ar minor. Crushed stone, 1-inch size, i priced at $5.50 a ton at the local sur ply yards, delivered. Portland or ment is selling for $3.00 a barrel, il cloth, delivered on the job, with 1( cent bag rebate. The Keystone Sand & Supply Co Pittsburgh, is concentrating operation in the Coraopolis section, and a digge is furnishing sizable quantities of ma terial from this point. The towboa Victory" of the company's fleet is dc ing active service between this dis trict and Pittsburgh, hauling man; barge loads of sand and gravel, am transporting empties to the digger. ThRodgers Sand Co., is active in the vicin ity of Ambridge, and the towboa "Twilight" is in daily operation be tween this port and Pittsburgh, bring ing in many loads of sand and gravel The steamer Margaret" is also...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...at its local quarries, and does not expect to resume for a number of weeks to come. The plant gives employment to more than 100 operatives.under normal conditions. A peculiar legal action was decide against the Hummell Glass & Lim stone Co., operating a sand works nea Hummell, Pa., on Feb. 17. The cas was brought by a farmer, alleging the one of his cows died as a result 0 drinking water containing sand fro: the company's property. The jury a Huntingdon, Pa., court rendered a d( cision of $200 damages in favor of th plaintiff. Sand and gravel producers-at Pitts burgh, Pa., continue active in the loca market, and prices of material holi firm. Building sand, f.o.b. barge, a dock, is quoted at $1.60 a ton, whil delivered material at the water front i selling for $2.00. Local dealers ar asking from $2.50 to $3.00 a ton fo sand delivered on the job. Washe gravel is bringing close to the sam figures and any daily fluctuations ar minor. Crushed stone, 1-inch size, i priced at $5.50 a ton at the local sur ply yards, delivered. Portland or ment is selling for $3.00 a barrel, il cloth, delivered on the job, with 1( cent bag rebate. The Keystone Sand & Supply Co Pittsburgh, is concentrating operation in the Coraopolis section, and a digge is furnishing sizable quantities of ma terial from this point. The towboa Victory" of the company's fleet is dc ing active service between this dis trict and Pittsburgh, hauling man; barge loads of sand and gravel, am transporting empties to the digger. ThRodgers Sand Co., is active in the vicin ity of Ambridge, and the towboa "Twilight" is in daily operation be tween this port and Pittsburgh, bring ing in many loads of sand and gravel The steamer Margaret" is also...

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United States

Release date

2013

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2013

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 13mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

252

ISBN-13

978-1-234-17651-8

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9781234176518

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1-234-17651-3



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