. The Street railway journal . ls do not have to climbout over a shoulder on both sides. In the construction a 7-in., 95-lb. rail is used. Tire tiesare completely immersed in concrete, the bed extendingdown about 6 ins. or 8 them. For brick pav-ing a sand cushion is placedabove the concrete. In as-phalted streets granite blocksare used adjacent to the rail. Where traffic is heavy,special work with hardenedcenters is used. In subur-ban municipalities where thesingle-truck cars are used, orwhere the cars are run undera headway of 15 minutes ormore, special work built upin the companys
. The Street railway journal . ls do not have to climbout over a shoulder on both sides. In the construction a 7-in., 95-lb. rail is used. Tire tiesare completely immersed in concrete, the bed extendingdown about 6 ins. or 8 them. For brick pav-ing a sand cushion is placedabove the concrete. In as-phalted streets granite blocksare used adjacent to the rail. Where traffic is heavy,special work with hardenedcenters is used. In subur-ban municipalities where thesingle-truck cars are used, orwhere the cars are run undera headway of 15 minutes ormore, special work built upin the companys shops is em-ployed. *♦* NASHVILLE RY. & LIGHT GO. LOFT RTICLE Car ATo Time Found M. Date 190 Line Signed CondMotr Received by LOST ARTICLE TAG ATNASHVILLE . Dis Received - .AT. LOST-ARTICLE TAG When turning lost articlesin to the office at Nashville, the conductor or motorman attaches to them and fills out ablank giving facts which are often useful when havingpatrons identify the property. The card is signed by the. SECTIONS AND TOP VIEWS OF MILWAUKEE T-RAIL CONSTRUCTION FOR BRICK AND FOR ASPHALT PAVEMENT so as to form a groove alongside the rail. The argumentfor the construction adopted is that when the wheels of awagon or other vehicle is traveling in the flangeways and motorman or conductor and the dispatcher who receives the article is returned the owner is requested to re-ceipt for it on the card. 3iS STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XXX. No. a. TWIN CITY RAPID TRANSIT COMPANYS NEW SHOPS The Twin City Rapid Transit Company, of Minneapolisand St. Paul, has recently been engaged in building a largenew shop system almost in the heart of the district it nowserves, and that which will be served when future exten-sions now in contemplation have been made. The struc-tures are not only large enough for the demands of to-dayand of the immediate future, but are so arranged as to leaveroom for ample enlargement without impairing the effi-ciency of any part of the plant as
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