. The street railway review . were cut tofit the under side of therail, as shown in the illus-tration. The spikes withcountersunk heads wereplaced in the center of therail and directly in thepath of the wheel rails were of varyinglengths, 22 ft., 25 ft., and29 ft., and no splice barwas used at the joint, ex-cepting a short piece ofcast iron about 6 in. inlength formed to fit theunder side of the casting served to carry the ends of the rails and pre-vent them from sinking into the stringer. The rail weighedabout 2 3 lbs. to the yard. In speaking of this rail. General Manager
. The street railway review . were cut tofit the under side of therail, as shown in the illus-tration. The spikes withcountersunk heads wereplaced in the center of therail and directly in thepath of the wheel rails were of varyinglengths, 22 ft., 25 ft., and29 ft., and no splice barwas used at the joint, ex-cepting a short piece ofcast iron about 6 in. inlength formed to fit theunder side of the casting served to carry the ends of the rails and pre-vent them from sinking into the stringer. The rail weighedabout 2 3 lbs. to the yard. In speaking of this rail. General Manager Potter, who wasthen starting on his railway career, and was connected withthis same company, states that this rail has done as good, ifnot better work in its ilay, than our present girder and heavyT-rails are now doing under electric service. Of course thecars were small and light and speed was imt then ilesired. After the stringers had rotted away and it was found nec-essary to make repairs, it was customary to simply lay a. (|)1]^ed%ilH4i\%lcw* <;77 lo-ft. piece of the clicsliiiil stringer al the joiuU and dri\cspikes along the rail into the dirt or decayed stringer, which-ever was left, under the rest of the rail. When this rail wasconsidered worn out, it was snapped up by dealers in secondhandrail and again sold and rclaid to do good service. Infact it has been lai<I and relaid. exchanging to different roadsseveral times. Some of this iron is still in use for transferring coal at acoal pocket in the Providence power house; is doing goodwork today and to all appearances will wear another gener-tion. It is one of the first forms of wrought iron rail which wasrolled to take the place of cast iron rails for street railwaypurposes. TRANSPORTATION ON THE SOMO. Ten years ago a primeval forest of stately pines occupiedwhat is now the site of the interesting city of Tomahawk,Wis., which with its excellent water works, electric lights,broad regularlv laid out streets, and one
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