. The Street railway journal . FIG. 7—VIEW OF TRACK WITH CONDUIT FILLED with cinders, sand, broken stone and other debris that happenedto be at hand. This was thoroughly rammed and flushed withwater. The filling was carried up to within 6 ins. of the top ofthe old concrete. The remaining 6 ins. was filled with newconcrete to support the paving. The paving was then laid tocomplete the track, as shown in Fig. 6. In Fig. 7 is shown aview of the track in which the cable conduit has been filled,. FIG. 9.—CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OLD AND NEWCONSTRUCTION 980 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 23. but
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 7—VIEW OF TRACK WITH CONDUIT FILLED with cinders, sand, broken stone and other debris that happenedto be at hand. This was thoroughly rammed and flushed withwater. The filling was carried up to within 6 ins. of the top ofthe old concrete. The remaining 6 ins. was filled with newconcrete to support the paving. The paving was then laid tocomplete the track, as shown in Fig. 6. In Fig. 7 is shown aview of the track in which the cable conduit has been filled,. FIG. 9.—CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OLD AND NEWCONSTRUCTION 980 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 23. but the steel borings have not been rammed under the 6-in. Fig. 8 the cable conduit has been filled ready for the last 6ins. of concre, and the borings have been rammed under the6-in. rail. When each nights work was finished the old track was con-nected with the new by means of connecting rails, details ofwhich are shown in Fig. 9. This connecting rail was movedahead from day to day until the work was completed. Severalgangs of men were worked on this job in order to complete it asrapidly as possible, and it was found that with a gang of fortymen about 1500 ft. of track could be laid each night in ^/zhours. This, of course, did not include the daylight work. Forbreaking out the tops of the old cable yokes lengths of old railwere used as rams. ♦♦♦ SHOP RECORD FOR CARS IN LOS ANGELES An ingenious system of shop records is kept by GeneralManager Muir, of the Los Angeles Rai
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