10. PANAMA RAIL ROAD COMPANY.

During the year the following tracks were laid:

= Neéw, ard: for Panama, Rail RoadzateDock-Os20.5.0 65 aoe hae te ee ee Se soe Otte
A Searchlight Track for the Army from the Wye in E Street to Colon Beach........ 871 ft.
Teo: servie the: New. Warehouse District an HiStreet, Colons 21. 2. cs a oe 1,500 ft.
For the Storage of Lumber and Material, Cristobal Yard... 3) pee eX 1,442 ft.
At brijyoles, tor thee Viechanical= Division to doad: logsart...:s.ce. 6 Ge re ae Sielctts
At La Pita. to handle Manure for the Supply Department.............. ge eet ee 320 -fb.
At Corozal (Forage Sheds) for Ordnance Department, U.S. A..%............4..45- 2,018 ft.

The following tracks were removed:
PR. Ry Pracks:

To make room for Combination Storehouse and Machine Shop Wock O2viandi ss <.. 282 ft.
Old Material Track to make room for Silver Townsite, Cristobal ecees ot eae nee Nene. o22- Lbs
MasBocasYVard. atchead-ot a BOCAS DOC Ke eis Wk ee i cosas ee ee ee ours
Panama Yard, Account Memolishing Caledonia Bridge... - 21... ee se 1,564 ft.
: Panama Canal Tracks:
Atthe-old Browne ost. Iie HONG. 4 ce. st er ee oe Ree ce ee OOEEts
IRaTaisO. ardie ta cor ee ace ee ee ee en ene tare ge Mbcetee cae seans var acenieee Ba ere cgenne Ops 500 ft.
Lunnel Dump hiver Lrack.a. <0... tas oo ee ete ee ey eee ea 2,060 ft.
ovany EVE AT CLs Se ark care ea Sy ee ae ait Se cee Scag th ea atten sala ec cae gee oasheiaa 904 ft.

All of the above tracks tile out were of no further service and the
material recovered was used to make repairs to other existing tracks.

Following is a statement of the rail, cross and switch ties used during
the year: s

- : Ram GD) Cross Tres Switcyu Trus (BM Ft.)

 

é ; 70 Lbs. | 90 Lbs. | New S/H. New S/H.
S/H; & S/H. :
Maintenance.............. es ee 181 HE) 7,087 | 10,178 35,245 11,200
SA ABO SE yan tere eee Sonne A, 111 — 1,328 1,105 25,496 12,126
Individuals and Companies......... 47 5 4,611 7,258 23,886 7,490

ee otal ees ees ee 339 16.5 | 13,026 | 18,541 84,627 30,3816

 

STATEMENT SHOWING GRAVEL AND SAND Usep DurING THE YEAR.

Now2 =. SAND.
: Cubic Yards | Cubic Yards
x Maintenance Ect eat eee aN Ne ee Soe causes Cae ere A Oe aR ae Fe eS 2,707 238
SPE er pee eet eee, oe ea eno aes, nce tome ns nce 3,558 —
Individuals and3@ompamies. se ee ee le coer re 7, 4,028 —
-sRaname Canal Mracks....27.. 2. : FUE hee chro aa eer Gh mar 280 ‘ —
Motels eo eg ee = 7,573 ; 23

Steam shovel worked continuously during the whole year, excavating
in Mt. Hope to provide material for filling in the New Cristobal townsite
- on A. F. E. 1251; also filling in lots in the area between 9th and 16th Streets,
_ and between E and G Streets. During the twelve months a total of
570,632 cubic yards was excavated, averaging 47,553 yards per month.
The material was distributed as follows: A. F. H. 1251, New Cristobal
townsite, 376,962 cubic yards; A. F. E. 1388, filling lots between 9th and
16th Streets, ‘and E and G Streets, 145,709 ‘cubic yards; A. F. E. 1251-
Additional, from 9th Street north, 11 085 cubic yards. The balance,
36,876 cubic yards, was distributed on miscellaneous Panama Rail Road,
- Municipal and Buildings Divisions’ jobs. _ \
All the excavated material placed in the New Cristobal Townsite—
A. EF. EK. 1251—and north of 9th Street on A. F. E. 1251-A, was placed ,
for aout thirty cents per cubic yard: