. The Street railway journal . workover the street railway tracks, althoughthese tracks are 4-ft. lo-in. gage. Permis-sion was granted by the city for a switchinto the lot, and several tracks were laid, across it and a trolley wire was strung intothe lot for a distance of 100 ft. A lead wireattached to the trolley and the motor carpermitted operation of trains to any pointin the property. The tracks were movedas required by the progress of the dirt was hauled from the excavationby two-car trains, each car holding approx-imately 20 cu. yds. The amount excavatedwas about 80,000 cu. yds
. The Street railway journal . workover the street railway tracks, althoughthese tracks are 4-ft. lo-in. gage. Permis-sion was granted by the city for a switchinto the lot, and several tracks were laid, across it and a trolley wire was strung intothe lot for a distance of 100 ft. A lead wireattached to the trolley and the motor carpermitted operation of trains to any pointin the property. The tracks were movedas required by the progress of the dirt was hauled from the excavationby two-car trains, each car holding approx-imately 20 cu. yds. The amount excavatedwas about 80,000 cu. yds. Work wasstarted in September and was completed during the first partof November. Day and night crews were employed andthe work progressed steadily. material excavated from the building block was accom-plished manually, a force being at work continuously. Sev-eral of these quarries have been filled during the past sum-mer and the ground values greatly increased thereby. Eighteenth street, the route over which the dirt trains.
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