Reconstruction of 80-mi narrow-gage railroad system on property of South Porto Rico Sugar Co, at Yngenio Santa Fe, to improve grades and alignment; million dollars spent on railroad reconstruction reduced previous cost of $1.20 per t for transporting sugar cane to mill to 28¢ per t; open-ditch drainage; costs; details of 60,000-a. sugar plantation; sewer system; modern conveniences.
Sugar plantation engineering
Civ Eng (NY)
Civil Engineering (New York) ; 2 , n 2
1932
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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