. The street railway review . usgained to make many improvements in laying additional T rail track. It was indeed fortunate that we gained so much experience beforelaying T rails in paved streets. The era of street paving did not set in Terre Haute until 1S92. Thiswas not because Terre Haute lacked in enterprise and progressiveness,but was because the town was situated on a high bluff fronting theWabash river, and had, with the gravel sub-soil, good drainage andgood streets. When it was decided to pave Wabash avenue or Mainstreet with brick for fifteen blocks, it became necessary for the compa
. The street railway review . usgained to make many improvements in laying additional T rail track. It was indeed fortunate that we gained so much experience beforelaying T rails in paved streets. The era of street paving did not set in Terre Haute until 1S92. Thiswas not because Terre Haute lacked in enterprise and progressiveness,but was because the town was situated on a high bluff fronting theWabash river, and had, with the gravel sub-soil, good drainage andgood streets. When it was decided to pave Wabash avenue or Mainstreet with brick for fifteen blocks, it became necessary for the companyto take up its girder rail. Our experience thus far with T rail had beenso satisfactory and successful that it was decided to continue its use ona larger and greatly improved scale. Much study and consideration was given lo the problem, the result ofwhich the track was laid as follows: Rail.—About this time the Illinois Steel Company brought out their60 pound shanghai T rail, and as it was $3^ inches high, permitting pav-. .\]1 Steel Track. Tl- Havite Fiist ProcessExcavation. -Roliiiig the Roadbed after ing without chairs and direct spiking of the rails to the ties, it was verypromptly adopted. Ties.—Carefully selected oak ties 5 inches by 7 inches by 7 feet, wereused. Foundation.— After excavating for the track, the ground was rolledby a heavy X4-ton steam road roller. Then 6 inches of broken stone wasplaced in position as a bed and rolled by the 14-ton steam road roller. Track.—Then the ties and rails were placed in position and raised tograde by tamping broken stone underneath. Spaces between ties werefilled with broken stone and raised to position. Bonding.— Single bonds were used of 7-16 galvanized iron wire, anda supplementary wire of No. 00 tinned copper wire Paving.—On top of the broken stone, screened sharp sand was placed,and with one inch hose this sand was washed into the interstices of thestone. After drying, the sand was brought up to an even surface
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