. The street railway review . y, and recentlj when a prominentattorney boarded a car he was requested by the con-ductor to stop smoking or leave the car. Thereuponthe passenger committed a vicious assault upon the con-ductor, blacking his eye and injuring his jaw. Thecompany will now bring suit against the pugnaciousattorney as a warning to others who disregard rules andthreaten the conductors. 770 («9lA£ctlf\aiWciyj^^ JAPANESE RACK RAILWAY. An3thing about Japan is of interest to the generalreader on account of the war between that country andChina. On April i, 1S93, was opened for business th
. The street railway review . y, and recentlj when a prominentattorney boarded a car he was requested by the con-ductor to stop smoking or leave the car. Thereuponthe passenger committed a vicious assault upon the con-ductor, blacking his eye and injuring his jaw. Thecompany will now bring suit against the pugnaciousattorney as a warning to others who disregard rules andthreaten the conductors. 770 («9lA£ctlf\aiWciyj^^ JAPANESE RACK RAILWAY. An3thing about Japan is of interest to the generalreader on account of the war between that country andChina. On April i, 1S93, was opened for business theUsui Toge Rack Railway, which fills up a seven-milegap in the main line connecting Tokio with Naoyetsu, aseaport town. Work was begun in August, 1891, manydithcult engineering problems having to be solved andovercome. There are 26 tunnels and iS viaducts, thelargest of the latter being the bridge shown in theillustration, which consists of four spans of 60-foot arches,and in its highest point, being 106 feet from the river. BAMBUO SCAFFOLDING FOR VIAUILT. bed to the formation level. There were 2,300,000 bricksused in the bridge, which cost 300 yen, or about $300 arunning foot, the total span being 267 feet betweenabutments. Fig, I shows a profile of the road. Besides the tun-nels, viaducts and culverts shown in these views, therewere 438,000 cubic yards of cutting and 173,400 cubicyards of embankments. The tunnels cost about 65 yen,or about $65 a running foot. Rack rails with crosssteel sleepers were used, rails of special lengths havingbeen required for the outside and inside of each curve,the sleepers at curves having been placed radiall}.Except on inclines ordinary T rails were used on wooden
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