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The Economic Effect of Snowsheds
With so many snowsheds along the line, annual
maintenance soared. By 1910 many of the original
wooden structures needed replacing, and heavy snows in
the winter of 1912-13 crushed others. That year the
railway hired 1,800 workers to make shed improvements
along just 8 miles of track, and the need for additional
sheds was clear....
While making repairs on the Cascade Mountain
snowsheds in 1917, the Great Northern Railway used over
35 million board feet of timber that cost triple what it had
just eight years earlier. By this time, snowsheds and
tunnels covered 6.7 of the 9 track miles between
Wellington and Scenic.
According to this passage, how did snowsheds affect
the railroad in the long term?
O They decreased delays, which lowered the railroad
costs.
They required frequent repairs, which added to the
railroad costs.
They reduced the need for bridges, which lowered
the railroad costs.
O They required many workers to operate them,
which added to the railroad costs.