. The Street railway journal . MG. 7—TRACK CONSTRUCTION ONSTREET LINE TH i WYANDOTTE. FIG. 6.—SWITCHBOARD IN CENTRAL AVENUE POWER STATION the same capacity as already described. The excavationfor the foundations is under way. For its track work the company has employed a mostsubstantial construction. In its new work 60 ft. rails areused, ranging iu weight from 83 lbs. ou the IndependenceAvenue branch of the Kansas City cable, which was re- City Cable line was a most interestingundertaking as the work was executedwithout interference with the train was successfully accomplished on
. The Street railway journal . MG. 7—TRACK CONSTRUCTION ONSTREET LINE TH i WYANDOTTE. FIG. 6.—SWITCHBOARD IN CENTRAL AVENUE POWER STATION the same capacity as already described. The excavationfor the foundations is under way. For its track work the company has employed a mostsubstantial construction. In its new work 60 ft. rails areused, ranging iu weight from 83 lbs. ou the IndependenceAvenue branch of the Kansas City cable, which was re- City Cable line was a most interestingundertaking as the work was executedwithout interference with the train was successfully accomplished on 3miles of the track on the main line andthe portion on the Independence Avenuebranch of the system. For its rail joints the company has in-stalled a considerable number of cast welded joints with excellent results. In Sep-tember, 1897, 1721 cast welded joints werenstalled on the old rails ou the TroostAvenue branch and 3255 on the old rails ofthe Grand Avenue cable tracks, includinga portion of the Westport and FifteenthStreets branches. The Wyandotte Street line is one ofthe la
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