. The Street railway journal . NGLAND C. F. Wilke, city engineer of Sheffield, Eng., read apaper before the Incorporated Association of Municipal andCounty Engineers at Liverpool, June 20-22, on the wearof rails on the municipal road in Sheffield. The presentstandard rails are British standard section No. 5, 60 ft. inlength, and weigh no lbs. per yard; the former rails wereof the section shown below and weighed 108 lbs. per following table of costs of track renewals and repairsin Sheffield is given : ■ COST OF TRACK REPAIR AND RENEWALS IN SHEFFIELD. Year Ending March 25. Carmiles inth
. The Street railway journal . NGLAND C. F. Wilke, city engineer of Sheffield, Eng., read apaper before the Incorporated Association of Municipal andCounty Engineers at Liverpool, June 20-22, on the wearof rails on the municipal road in Sheffield. The presentstandard rails are British standard section No. 5, 60 ft. inlength, and weigh no lbs. per yard; the former rails wereof the section shown below and weighed 108 lbs. per following table of costs of track renewals and repairsin Sheffield is given : ■ COST OF TRACK REPAIR AND RENEWALS IN SHEFFIELD. Year Ending March 25. Carmiles inthousands. Cost Per Mile ofSingle Track. CqfT Per Car Mile Repairs. Renewals. Repairs. Renewals. 1901 ,5254,7775,7686,0496,2366,804 $ $63 24 $ $ 1902 1903 1904 1906 1907 Mr. Wrilke also presented the accompanying sections ofworn rails taken from busy routes. He says: The rails,. SECTIONS OF WORN RAILS FROM SHEFFIELD of which these are fair specimens, were of low carbon, butthey have worn very evenly and given good running till thelast without showing signs of corrugation. The followingparticulars are given of each rail: Grade. Radius of Life of Per Cent. Curve. Rail. Carbon. Unused. Track. 78 months. 0 35 to Number 2 1:11 130 feet. 92 months. 0 35 to 1:542 tangent. 93 months. 0 35 to Number 4 1:15 150 feet. 84 months. 0 .35 to 0 45 Number 5 1:25 230 feel. 84 months. 0 35 to 0 .45 Number 6 1:23 tangent. 84 months. to * This rail was worn by vehicles. 94 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 3. SOME FEATURES OF THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ATLITTLE ROCK The accounting system at Little Rock to a certain extentcorresponds to that of all the roads of the Newman Syndi-cate, but there is in connection with it several features andoriginal forms that have been gotten up by local men. The data from the conductors trip s
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