Canadian National: Detailed Estimate of Retiring 220.5 ft of Private Siding Constructed for Department of Education in Kukatush ON in 1963
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Canadian National: Detailed Estimate of Retiring 220.5 ft of Private Siding Constructed for Department of Education in Kukatush ON in 1963Entry/Object ID
2021.1016.01Description
Detailed estimate form for a proposed project of retiring 220.5 feet of private siding that was constructed for the Department of Education. The siding is located in Kukatush ON, part of the Northern Ontario Area of the Great Lakes Region. There is also a drawn out plan attached It details out the description, quantity, unit, unit price, and total cost for: Retirement at Estimated Original Cost: Turnout #9, 80//, 1, Ea. $429.00, $429.00 Rail #80 (376'), 5.013, N. T., $40.00, $201 Splice Bars, 16, Prs, $1.23, $20 Tie Plates, 204, Ea., $0.30, $61 Track Ties, 62, Ea., $0.85, $53 Spikes, 3.66, Cwt., $3.33, $12 Bolts, 0.96, Cwt., $4.91, $5 Washers, 0.064, M., $33.06, $2 Ballast Gravel, 80, C.Y., $96,24, $96 Stores Expense: $39 Labor Installing Turnout: Lab Track etc: sum, $130 Engineering 1$: $11 General Expenses 2.3%: $26 Salvage: Rail 80%: 5.013, N.T., $45.00, $226 O.T.N: 4.05, N.T., $25, $101 Labor Removing and Loading Materials: $150 Track Ties Replacing Switch Ties: Ties No 3 T.S.W: 52, Ea., $2.34, $111 Labor Installing: 52, Ea., $1.30, $68 Totals: $329, Cr. $958, Mtce, $150, Stock $327 "Siding constructed in 1926 under terms of general agreement C.4844.A A11 on railway property. See file No. 4330-1 (part 2) Ratio for obtaining retirement unit prices - 0.32" Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
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Canadian National, School Cars