. The street railway review . road was prohibited from crossing through tracks of steamrailroads at grade, and bridges and subways were consequently builtGrade crossings, however, were permitted over switch tracks spursand sidings, when protected with derailing devices, inserted in theinterurhan tracks. The private right of way is four rods wide andfenced in; it is protected by cattle guards and danger boards at allhighway unexpected expense in building the roadbed resulted from a long timbers placed side by side while a permanent traek was builton a foundation of piles driven end
. The street railway review . road was prohibited from crossing through tracks of steamrailroads at grade, and bridges and subways were consequently builtGrade crossings, however, were permitted over switch tracks spursand sidings, when protected with derailing devices, inserted in theinterurhan tracks. The private right of way is four rods wide andfenced in; it is protected by cattle guards and danger boards at allhighway unexpected expense in building the roadbed resulted from a long timbers placed side by side while a permanent traek was builton a foundation of piles driven end on end till the gravel stratumhad been penetrated to a depth of 4 ft. This construction wasexpensive and more work on the sink hole will be necessary fromtime to time. Fills arc made with a slope of 1 vertical to l/i horizontal; cutshave a slope of 1 to 1. On the double track portions of the linesthe width is ft. at sub grade mi fills and 30 ft. in cuts. Near Jenison is to be found the biggest fill; this is 500 ft. ROUTE OF «.RAND RAPIDS. HOLLAND & LAKE MICHIGANRAPID RY. 154 ft. wide at the base and some 42 ft. in depth, requiring yd. of fill, and costing over $5,000. It is exceptional to find double tracks provided for in the originalconstruction plans of an electric interurhan. In this case such pro-vision was wise forethought, rather than compulsory companys single track steam railroad competitor, the PereMarquette, parallels the double track interurhan. from Grand Rap-ids to Holland. While trains on the former road may he seen Mar. is, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 129 waiting on a siding for a passing train, the cars of the interurbango whizzing past, giving an interrupted service by virtue of thedouble track feature. By glancing at the map it will be seen that the two roads arcnominally parallel; their greatest distance apart is in the vicinityof Jamestown: at other points there is only a few rods betweenthem. A desire to reach the
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