. The Street railway journal . VIEW ON POPLAR STREET, ., DURING TR/VCKCONSTRUCTION by the lighting company are of chestnut, and have10 ft. of their butts treated with three coats of acarbolineum compound. Poles used jointly with telephonecompanies and those used by the railway company only, areof long leaf yellow pine-heart timber, and are creosotedwith 12 lbs. of dead oil coal tar per cubic ft. Previous to telephone and railway companies. In such instances thelighting companies use the top of the pole, the telephonecompanies that portion innnediately underneath, and therailway compan
. The Street railway journal . VIEW ON POPLAR STREET, ., DURING TR/VCKCONSTRUCTION by the lighting company are of chestnut, and have10 ft. of their butts treated with three coats of acarbolineum compound. Poles used jointly with telephonecompanies and those used by the railway company only, areof long leaf yellow pine-heart timber, and are creosotedwith 12 lbs. of dead oil coal tar per cubic ft. Previous to telephone and railway companies. In such instances thelighting companies use the top of the pole, the telephonecompanies that portion innnediately underneath, and therailway company the lower portion. In the city limits allpoles used in joint construction are set with a rake of 12ins. from the top of the pole to the rail, the rake being. R.\LEKiH SPRINGS LINE, LOOKING EAST FROM TREGEVANTAVENUE TOWARD BINGHAMPTON, TENN. limited because of the telephone wires. Outside the citylimits a 23-ft. pole is given a rake of 36 ins. STEEL POLES In the underground district, which embraces one-halfsquare mile, a 30-ft. steel pole is used. This pole is madeup in three sections, one 16 ft. long, one 9 ft. 6 ins. long, 532 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL, [Vol. XXXL No. 14. and a top section 7 ft. 6 ins. long. On straight portions oftrack a pole weighing 893 lbs. is used, but the extra heavypoles used on curve construction have a weight of 1552 lbs. POLE SETTINGAll poles are set in concrete, at a depth varying from 7to 8 ft. The standard setting for a wood pole provides for thei8-in. bed of concrete at the base of the pole. The con-crete is 6 ins. thick on all sides, and extends 4 ins. belowthe butt. Dirt, tamped in on top of the concrete, fills thehole to within 18 ins. of the top. The remainder is filled and at curves the trolley is not ofif
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