. Electric railway review . tweenPortsmouth and Kennebunk. Power is secured from a varietyof so«rces, controlled by the company or by A. H. Bickmore& Co., bankers, New York City, the principal interest con-trolling the road. The construction work on the new line between YorkBeach and Kennebunk is of excellent and substantial charac-ter, and is designed for high-speed operation. The line runsfor a greater part of the distance on private right of way, 66feet 8 inches wide, which begins at a point between YorkBeach and Cape Neddick. The road necessarily returns tothe side of the highway at Ogunqu
. Electric railway review . tweenPortsmouth and Kennebunk. Power is secured from a varietyof so«rces, controlled by the company or by A. H. Bickmore& Co., bankers, New York City, the principal interest con-trolling the road. The construction work on the new line between YorkBeach and Kennebunk is of excellent and substantial charac-ter, and is designed for high-speed operation. The line runsfor a greater part of the distance on private right of way, 66feet 8 inches wide, which begins at a point between YorkBeach and Cape Neddick. The road necessarily returns tothe side of the highway at Ogunquit and continues thence toKennebunk, six miles. Roadbed, Bridges, Etc. The roadbed is of gravel and well designed for instances where rock was encountered in the cuts thishas been used on the fill and for ballast. As the country is It will be noted that the slope 6f the subgrade begins ata point 7 feet from the center line of the track. The depthof the ballast at the center of the track, from the top of the. Atlantic Shore Line Railway—Map of Line and Connections. tie. is 14 inches, and it slopes from the rail to a point 1 footfrom the slope of the subgrade. The ties are mainly of chest-
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