. The Street railway journal . 12-in. foot-platesbearing in the concrete. The beams have their top and bot-tom members covered with No. 18 j-in. mesh expandedmetal. The floor is longitudinally reinforced by J-^ rods, 20 ft. long, embedded in lo-in. concrete. Thecrossing over Pacific Street is over the usual abutmentsand two sets of two columns each carrying 2700 lbs. persq. ft. As the block between Pacific and Dean Streets will beoccupied by a station, there are, in addition to the usualabutments and retaining walls, three concrete piers on each■skie of the track for carrying the pla
. The Street railway journal . 12-in. foot-platesbearing in the concrete. The beams have their top and bot-tom members covered with No. 18 j-in. mesh expandedmetal. The floor is longitudinally reinforced by J-^ rods, 20 ft. long, embedded in lo-in. concrete. Thecrossing over Pacific Street is over the usual abutmentsand two sets of two columns each carrying 2700 lbs. persq. ft. As the block between Pacific and Dean Streets will beoccupied by a station, there are, in addition to the usualabutments and retaining walls, three concrete piers on each■skie of the track for carrying the platform girders. Thesepiers will be spaced 42 ft. 6I-2 ins., and will have footings6 ft. X 8 ft. I in. carried to depths varying with the condi- inforcement of ^-in. rods. Another special feature is thepipe duct for the brewery built in the structure. This is3 ft. wide and 3 ft. 2 ins. high. The roof of this duct isof 6-in. concrete reinforced with ^-in. square rods. Thetype of retaining wall used alongside the brewery is par-. Tr^nsJycr^e Sect
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