. Railroad structures and estimates . s. Two bifurcated wooden main and sidewalk arms,One lever stand with two levers,Chain and rod connections,Gatepost foundations and ducts,Installation,Bells for arms and tower if desired. A four-post lever gate would be double the above exceptingthe first and last items. Two-post pneumatic gate would consist of —Elevated tower with posts and cast-iron posts with locking connections, I SUBURBAN RAILWAY CROSSING GATES. JDH Two bifurcated wooden main and sidewalk arms, One air-pump and valves (unless air can be supplied), Piping and connections
. Railroad structures and estimates . s. Two bifurcated wooden main and sidewalk arms,One lever stand with two levers,Chain and rod connections,Gatepost foundations and ducts,Installation,Bells for arms and tower if desired. A four-post lever gate would be double the above exceptingthe first and last items. Two-post pneumatic gate would consist of —Elevated tower with posts and cast-iron posts with locking connections, I SUBURBAN RAILWAY CROSSING GATES. JDH Two bifurcated wooden main and sidewalk arms, One air-pump and valves (unless air can be supplied), Piping and connections, Gatepost foundations and ducts, Installation, Bells for arras and tower if desiretl. A four-post pneumatic gate would be double the above ex-cepting the air-pump and first and last items. The elevated tower for crossing gates would cost from $150 toS200 each, in wood. Generally speaking the lever crossing gate is more positive inaction than the pneumatic type; the pneumatic type undercertain conditions is not always ii Rod bnoe with tarnbockle and required ATION Fig. 108. Standard Gate for Suburban Cros<ini£S, Virginian Ry. Suburban Crossing .standard gate for suburban railway , \irginianRy., Fig. 108, of a 10 X 10 post set into the ground^-ith 3 X 10 X 4 sill support and 2 X 6 braces held atthe top and anchored into the ground with a ^-rod brace assho^sTi; the gate is made of 6 X 8 upright, a tapered horizontalarm with brace of 1| X 8 material held by I fiiagonal at top. The gate is secured by a I rorl from the tapered 294 WATCHMANS CABIN. bar and hooked to a 6 X 6 block set into the ground. Theapproximate cost of one gate in place complete would be about Virginian Ry. Standard Watchmans Cabin. — The standardcabin for suburban railway crossings, Virginian Ry., Fig. 109,is 6 ft. square and 8 ft. high from floor to wallplate; the framerests on 6 X 8 sills; the vertical studs, horizontal girts,rafters an
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