Show A Day on the Survey But did it ever occur to you tha your imagination only pictures the finishing touches of railraod building and that much of the work is done without the flourish of trumpets or the unfurling of banners Long before the “dirt began to fly” a body of men might have been seen looking through curious instruments making strange gestures with their arms and driving stakes in the ground These were the engineers whose toil was the first step towards the building of the railroadYou ask how these engineers spend their day You ask this question because you know their labors call them far away from civilization and you wish to know their mode of living A party of engineers nearly always have a camn in the vicinity of their work Tents are the form of shelter and the number depends upon the size of the party The “cook-tent- ” is the center of attraction for all engineers The “office tent” is the headquarters and this is where the foreman of the party lives Everv office tent has a lage and full equipdraughting-tabl- e ment for the drawing of maps as this is an essential feature of a surThe remainder of veyor’s work the tents in camp are the “sleep” - Surely sometime while you were seated on a railroad train speeding toward your destination in comparative comfort you have asked yourself the question “Who was it that built this road ?” In answer to the query your mind would at once picture hundreds of men at work with pick and shovel and a score or more horses busily engaged in pulling huge gang plows and wheeled scrapers Dust and dirt seem to fill the air and out of all the confusion and chaos a road bed upon which shining steel rails were being laid would appear to your mind’s eye |