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Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1904, No.27-32
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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he stoneis stored for future crushing it shouldbe put in piles on both sides of wherethe crusher is to be set up. Much can besaved by setting up a crusher so that itcan be fed directly from the wagons, in-stead of wheeling the stones to barrows.To permit of this, in Brantford, theoru.sher is permanently set in an exca-vation on a side-hill at the river, wag-ons driving over the orusJier; while inlicrlin a platform is erected to thelevel of the crusher. The broken sitoneshould always be received into binsfrom the crusher, and from these awagon containing a quarter of a cordcan be loaded in from two to four min-utes. Unc of the most valuable features ofa crusher is that by attaching it to arotary screen the crushed stone may besei)arated into grades according to size,,usually such a^ will pass through athne-inch ring, such as will through a oneand one-half-inch rins. and finechips and screenings. By placing thecoarse stone in the bottom of the road,aiul the finest on top, a smoother and
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1903 Till: HKIORT OF TllK COMMIiiSlONKK OK 11 K ,11 WAYS. 77 more double road is obtained. An av-erage eust of a crustier i.s $800 or $9;)).lliey are priiieipally used in tlieeastern part of the rrovuiee, wlieregood stone is plentiful and gravel isscarce. In some cases an engine ispurcliased, and in others the engineis rented from some one in the vicinityowning a thresliing machine. A tractionengine is an exeeedingly valnahli; partof a roadmaking outfit, as it can be iisedfor operating the crusher, if portable,for moving it from place to place, andfor ()i)erating a grading machine.Crushers are owned by numerous townsand cities in all jiarts of the Province.Townships owning them are : Westliawkesbiuy, llalloweil, CoUingwood,St. Vincent, Alarkham, Amcliasburg,Winchester, Thessalon (town and town-ship), Smith, Cornwall, Nottawasaga,Dnimniond, North Crimsby and Derby.Crusiiers are owned by pri\ate parties,and used for municipal i)ur;)(jses in I)r-nesttown, Rear ^onge and l^scott, irontLee

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