. The Street railway journal . rd. It is laid on ties 8 , of cedar on tangents, yellow pine and white oak on curves,yellow pine on bridges and white oak at switches. They arespaced 2640 per mile, and 14-in. center on bridges. Steel guardrails have been laid on all bridges, curves and outside ofswitches. Protected rail-bonds of 000 capacity, with , expanded in hand-drilled holes with a hydraulic ex-pander, are used. The road is ballasted throughout with first quality gravel, aminimum of 6 ins. beneath ties being maintained. This ma-terial is secured from pits owned by the c
. The Street railway journal . rd. It is laid on ties 8 , of cedar on tangents, yellow pine and white oak on curves,yellow pine on bridges and white oak at switches. They arespaced 2640 per mile, and 14-in. center on bridges. Steel guardrails have been laid on all bridges, curves and outside ofswitches. Protected rail-bonds of 000 capacity, with , expanded in hand-drilled holes with a hydraulic ex-pander, are used. The road is ballasted throughout with first quality gravel, aminimum of 6 ins. beneath ties being maintained. This ma-terial is secured from pits owned by the company, whichaggregate 13 acres, and are located at several accessible pointsalong the road. It is estimated that they contain sufficientgravel to supply the road with ballast for mam years. Bridges were built of steel on concrete abutments, therebeing sixteen between Rochester and Geneva, excluding thosefor steam railroad crossings. Two of the bridges are 123 , pin-connected and with steel trusses. There are five rail-. SWITCHBOARD IN MAIN POWER HOUSE
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