. The Street railway journal . d all cutsare graded 20 ft. wide. Track is laidwith 75-lb. A. S. C. E. rails, , laid on white oak and chest-nut ties, measuring full 6 ins. x 8ins. X 8 ft. Six-bolt fish-plate angle-bars are used in connection withAmerican Steel & Wire 0000 The track is cross-bondedevery 100 ft. with 00 copper. Carefulattention is given to maintaining thebonding, and men using Chase-Shawmut bond testers are kept busyall the time. Nine inches of gravelunder the ties forms the ballast on thegreater portion of the system, but apart is ballasted with crushed
. The Street railway journal . d all cutsare graded 20 ft. wide. Track is laidwith 75-lb. A. S. C. E. rails, , laid on white oak and chest-nut ties, measuring full 6 ins. x 8ins. X 8 ft. Six-bolt fish-plate angle-bars are used in connection withAmerican Steel & Wire 0000 The track is cross-bondedevery 100 ft. with 00 copper. Carefulattention is given to maintaining thebonding, and men using Chase-Shawmut bond testers are kept busyall the time. Nine inches of gravelunder the ties forms the ballast on thegreater portion of the system, but apart is ballasted with crushed company has a fine gravel bankcovering 80 acres and having a Two steam shovels with a largenumber of side-dump cars are are laid with No. 10 frogs, and have 73-ft. 14-ft. targets are used at all turnouts. These areturned by hand, and have a spring so that cars can run throughat high speed. At each target there is a circuit of five incan- s j Weep liole^* 1 and * i Copper-. Boileil in paraphiueLocust Pin l?^ SocketSpecial Tliread 10 ft. Imt o o 2 - 0000Cirooved Trolly
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