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Show GREAT SAVING MADE BY USE OF TRACTOR That an immense saving1 is being accomplished ac-complished in road surfacing in Cache county, and also that work which would be prohibitive in cost and possibly Impossible Im-possible in execution Is being accomplished accom-plished through the adoption of modern methods nf transportation of material, is tiie statement of E. R. Morgan, state road engineer. Under the system of hauling by teams, the cost per cuhic yard of hauling the surfacing and binding material would be $1.25, a prohibitive price. By the adoption adop-tion of a tractor system with eight trailers, this cost has been reduced to 7 cents per cubic yard. Two trips are made daily over five miles of road by this train. The train carries thirty cubic yards of material on each trip. |