. The Street railway journal . f ■ » FIG. 1. SECTION OF RAIL. of artificial stone or English cement, sorounded out as to enable the horse to leavethem entirely olean. So much for the floorand manger. Further, on the subject of ventilation, Iwould say that it seems very much betterto us to use one-story stables. Ours areabout 20 ft. between joints, so arrangedthat a clear-story ventilator extends theentire length of the stables between eachrow of stalls. These are so made as to ad-mit of windows nearly 5 ft. high, every al-ternate one of which is hung on a pivotwith cord leading down to the flo
. The Street railway journal . f ■ » FIG. 1. SECTION OF RAIL. of artificial stone or English cement, sorounded out as to enable the horse to leavethem entirely olean. So much for the floorand manger. Further, on the subject of ventilation, Iwould say that it seems very much betterto us to use one-story stables. Ours areabout 20 ft. between joints, so arrangedthat a clear-story ventilator extends theentire length of the stables between eachrow of stalls. These are so made as to ad-mit of windows nearly 5 ft. high, every al-ternate one of which is hung on a pivotwith cord leading down to the floor so thatit may be readily opened. With these precautions and the employ-ment of no veterinary surgeon, we obtain •Paper read at the September, 1887, meeting of theNew YorK street Railway Association. FIG. 2. PLAN OF TRACK AND ROADBED. ing laid with the English grooved rail,known as the Liverpool rail, somewhatmodified as to the head, as shown in theaccompanying illustrations. In section itis of the I-girder form, simila
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