. The street railway review . as not a great deal of travel, Canadianbricks were used. Cement grcut was used almost entirely for thiswork; some filling was done with paving pitch, but cement wasfound to be the more satisfactory. Owing, however, to the impos-sibility of stopping street car traffic while this work was in progress,it was very difficult for the filling to become properly set. OnKing during the past summer, where scoria block was substi-tuted for the asphalt, a portion of the pavement between the trackswas laid with concrete. It has been down now for some two months,but not lo
. The street railway review . as not a great deal of travel, Canadianbricks were used. Cement grcut was used almost entirely for thiswork; some filling was done with paving pitch, but cement wasfound to be the more satisfactory. Owing, however, to the impos-sibility of stopping street car traffic while this work was in progress,it was very difficult for the filling to become properly set. OnKing during the past summer, where scoria block was substi-tuted for the asphalt, a portion of the pavement between the trackswas laid with concrete. It has been down now for some two months,but not long enough to know the results. WATER GUARDS FOR TROLLEY POLE ANDROPE. The accompanying illustrations show the trolley rope waterguard and the trolley pole water guard invented by Hawken, superintendent of the Rockland, Thomas-ton & Camden Street of Rockland. Me. Fig. i is thepole guard: it catches the water which is discolored by the corro-sion of the trolley wire, and prevents it from running over the roof. of the car and down the sides and discoloring the paint. Fig. 2 isthe rope guard which prevents water from the overhead wires fromrunning down the trolley rope and dripping onto the platform andthe clothing of the passengers. Mr. Hawken states that both ofthese devices have been tested and their usefulness demonstratedon the road under his charge. 850 STREET RAILWAY REMEW. [Vol. 1.\. No. 12
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