. The Street railway journal . Conduit tilled with brokenstone, cinders, sand, etc. street r<j. J«urnni FIG. 6.—SECTION OF COMPLETED TRACK up any movement in that portion of the rail between the metalshims, iron borings from machine shops were tamped under therail. As this tamping was done the borings were kept con-stantly wet with salt water, which caused them to rust quickly,and make what is known as a rust joint between the beds ofthe rail and the concrete. The old cable conduit was filled up. FIG. 8.—VIEW AFTER BORINGS HAVE BEEN RAMMEDUNDER RAIL

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