Engineering News-Record 1920 January 8 Vol 84 #2 Gravity Freight Yard in Michig

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Engineering News-Record 1920 January 8 Vol 84 #2 Gravity Freight Yard in Michig
 
Engineering News-Record 1920 January 8  Vol 84 #2 Missing most the ads.  Page 65-112, page 4, 17-18 ads
Building a Hydro-Electric Plant in Afghanistan68
MACHINERY FOR 1,500-kilowatt plant had to be transported 250 miles through Khyber Pass by pack horses, camels and elephant trains-Only native labor available-Delays of years in waiting for material.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.9 cols. Ill.
Philosophic Reflections on Garbage-Fed Hogs in an Army Camp72
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.11 cols.
Relation of Motor-Vehicle License To Highway Construction73
Br S. E. BRADT.
AN ADDRESS given at the Louisville Meeting of the American Association of State Highway Officials, Dec. 8-11, 1919. Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.31 cols.
Record Forms for Activated-Sludge Plants, Houston, Texas75
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.11 cols. Ill.
Unique Plant Concretes Seven-Span Arch Bridge 76
BY ARTHUR RICHARDS AND WARREN CARMICHAEL.
BULK CEMENT mechanically handled-Concrete from central mixing plant hoisted twice and spouted three times-Radial spacer devised for ring steel.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.61 cols. Ill.
High Gantry Used for Handling Heavy Members of Large Bascule79
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.2 cols. Ill.
Car for Current-Meter Gaging Stations80
BY GEORGE HENRY ELLIS.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.1t cols. Ill.
Gravity Freight Yard for Michigan Central Railroad 81
NEW SITE for $4,000,000 yard at Niles, Mich., permits free design-Switching humps have no scales-Engine and car facilities.  GENERAL layout of yard, track, profiles of temporary and pemanent humps for gravity switching.  engine termainal and car repairs, grading and bridges, more.  
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.7cols. Ill.
What Is the Future of Inland Water Transportation?-Part II85
BY CHARLES WHITING BAKER.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.81 cols.
Directory of Consulting Engineers 172-176
Structural Design of Caisson Gates for Drydocks89
BY EUGENE E. HALMOS.
THEORETICAL DESIGN, using method of least work with practical application to actual caisson structure.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.5 cols. Ill.
Proposed Irrigation Projects in Canada, Brazil and Palestine91
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.h col.
Water-Supply Typhoid Outbreak at Lansing, Michigan92
BY J. R. DAUGHERTY.
WELLS WITH LEAKY CASINGS were polluted by sewage forced into the soil during high water in Grand River, March, 1919. Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920. 5 cols. Ill.
Impressions Here and There94
CITY, COUNTY and State Affairs in Atlanta.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.41 cols.
Sheet Asphalt-Ideas on Suitability of Varying Bases-Costs96
BY F. S. BESSON.
WASHINGTON'S HALF century of experience indicates concrete base is necessary as matter of economy.
Engineering News-Record, Jan. 8, 1920.2/1 cols.
Editorials65
Letters to the Editor98
Hints for the Contractor104
News of the Week106
Construction News21
Index to Advertisers186
Searchlight Section77-109

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