. The Street railway journal . used. As thetests will be rigidly carried out, the engi-neers do not insist upon being informed asto the composition of the metal; they,however, suggest for the consideration ofthe contractor that in the composition ofthe metal the following percentage shall turns in a length of 8 in. The guaranteedbreaking strain of each cable to be 33tons. The cables to be supplied are to be twoin number, each being 4,666 yards inlength. The cable will be driven by a pulley 10ft. in diameter, the system of drivingbeing that known as the Gordon plane,the cable nearly forming a f
. The Street railway journal . used. As thetests will be rigidly carried out, the engi-neers do not insist upon being informed asto the composition of the metal; they,however, suggest for the consideration ofthe contractor that in the composition ofthe metal the following percentage shall turns in a length of 8 in. The guaranteedbreaking strain of each cable to be 33tons. The cables to be supplied are to be twoin number, each being 4,666 yards inlength. The cable will be driven by a pulley 10ft. in diameter, the system of drivingbeing that known as the Gordon plane,the cable nearly forming a figure 8, orapproximately covering two-thirds of theperiphery of the driving pulley. Thesmallest diameter curve pulley, where thecable travels round one-half of their peri-phery, will be the pulley at the terminalpit, the diameter of the pulley being 7 in. The cables will be supported bycarry pulleys 28 ft. apart, and they willtravel in a conduit, and will not be directlyexposed to the weather. <S° £ ^ TERMINAL DIAGRAM OF CURVES 1604 31 to 484 5260 sea 5,280 484 306^ 484 RADII OF CURVES II* FEET - , II. DIA. PULLIES PLACED/ 3 0 CENTRE TO CENTRE PUL10 0 LEVDIH ~\ RICHT ANCLE CURVE1 40 FEET RADIUS zoa m 2se IS3 136 160 66 118 32 158 \ B4 LENGTHS OF CURVES IN FEET WINDING STATION. TERMINAL PIT. A NEW ENGLISH CABLE RAILWAY. with three mourning plumes on the sidesand one on each end. Arrangements aremade for candles in the front end, and forthe windows to be screened with silk cur-tains, and the whole car to be painted a jetblack and highly polished. The second-class will have a plain arched roof, ironrailings, ordinary glass, wooden seats, nocurtains used, and general shape, except-ing roof, same as the first-class. Thethird-class car will be of the same size andgeneral arrangement, but will have Vene-tian blinds and no glass and be of plainestfinish. The railroad company for whom thesecars are intended, to some extent do thebusiness of a funeral director, tha
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