. The street railway review . \IKW liF IOWKK PL.\.NT ,\. (WR BARNS. ties I>cing spaced 2 ft. between centers and on 14-in. centers onbridges. Rails are bonded with No. 000 Protected bonds, 8 and with J4-- terminals expanded in hand drilled holes by ahydraulic press, after the standard practice of the Mayer & Eng-lund Co. Steel guard rails are placed on all bridges, curvesand outside of switches. The road is ballasted with gravel with aminimum of 6 in. beneath the ties. This gravel is secured from clear arc concrete arches and those with loss than 4 ft. are of extraheavy cast iron pi
. The street railway review . \IKW liF IOWKK PL.\.NT ,\. (WR BARNS. ties I>cing spaced 2 ft. between centers and on 14-in. centers onbridges. Rails are bonded with No. 000 Protected bonds, 8 and with J4-- terminals expanded in hand drilled holes by ahydraulic press, after the standard practice of the Mayer & Eng-lund Co. Steel guard rails are placed on all bridges, curvesand outside of switches. The road is ballasted with gravel with aminimum of 6 in. beneath the ties. This gravel is secured from clear arc concrete arches and those with loss than 4 ft. are of extraheavy cast iron pipe. The drains arc of extra heavy vitrified fireclay sewer pipe. Overhead Equipnicnt. The poles are of cedar, 7 in. at the top and from 30 to 50 ft. inlength. Extra heavy yellow pine cross arms are used with gal-. TKANSVKR8K SKCPION TIinOffiH POVVICR TlOfSI;. Irallasl pin aggregating acres which are owned by the comi) he pin contain sutficicnl ballast to last the road for all linu-. Theroadbed is 14 fl. wide on embankments with sIojks of I/i to 1 anri is20 ft. in cuti, the slopes Iwing the same. Bridges and Culvert^ The bridges are all l)uilt with steel on concrete almlmenls, therelicing 16 l)elween K/jchesler and Geneva, of (hose for<tcam railroad crosiings. I wo of the bridges are fi. long and vanized iron braces. The Iransnussicm Hue is of stranded aluminumcarried on Locke glass insulators with extra long |)araflined oak pinsand special galvanized ridge iron. The feeder is also strandedalnminnm e(|uivalenl to 500,000 and 400,000 c. m. copper. The trol-ley wire is No. 0000 grooved cop|K-r carried on 8-ft. 6-in. bracketswith flexible connection, by means of Oliici Hrass Co. hangers andclamps. The trolley is lapped lo the feeder every half mile. Theilislributing sys
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