. The Street railway journal . CABLE TRAIN ON TWELFTH STREET LINE gi6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 41. being bedded in a concrete stringer about 15 ins. deepfrom the top of the rail, and about 20 ins. wide over ties or tie-rods whatever are used in streets which areasphalted from curb to curb, the rails being held to gage by. used the various forms of track construction on woodenties shown in the cut are made use of according to whetherthe pavement is of brick or asphalt. The joints throughout the entire system are to a largeextent cast-welded, this work having been done by th
. The Street railway journal . CABLE TRAIN ON TWELFTH STREET LINE gi6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 41. being bedded in a concrete stringer about 15 ins. deepfrom the top of the rail, and about 20 ins. wide over ties or tie-rods whatever are used in streets which areasphalted from curb to curb, the rails being held to gage by. used the various forms of track construction on woodenties shown in the cut are made use of according to whetherthe pavement is of brick or asphalt. The joints throughout the entire system are to a largeextent cast-welded, this work having been done by the FalkCompany, which has also laid a large amount of track, andparticularly of elaborate special work for the MetropolitanStreet Railway Company during the last two or threeyears. Not only are the tracks of the electric lines and thecable lines, which have been converted into electric service,cast-welded, but cast-welds have also been put in on someof the cable lines where, of course, their electrical conduc-tivity is of no value, the sole purpose being to preserve thejoints. Cast-welds are not used on special work, which isall carefully bonded up to reduce the resistance of the re- CAST-WELDING JOINTS the non-movable character of the street paving. Wherethe street is not asphalted outside of the tracks tie-rods areused to hold the ra
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