. The street railway review . 47 Congress St. at 2:30 p. m. Friday; the train willleave the i8th St. Elevated station at 2:35. The first paper was: CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STREET RAIL-WAY TRACKS. By Edward Butts, Chief Engineer, Metropolitan Street Railway Co.,Kansas City, Mo. The construction and the maintenance of street railway tracksarc inseparable, when we have to consider the capital requiredfor the enterprise; that is a cheaply built track will be expensiveto keep up, and to reduce the maintenance charge, more must bespent in the construction. One of the preliminary points is to
. The street railway review . 47 Congress St. at 2:30 p. m. Friday; the train willleave the i8th St. Elevated station at 2:35. The first paper was: CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STREET RAIL-WAY TRACKS. By Edward Butts, Chief Engineer, Metropolitan Street Railway Co.,Kansas City, Mo. The construction and the maintenance of street railway tracksarc inseparable, when we have to consider the capital requiredfor the enterprise; that is a cheaply built track will be expensiveto keep up, and to reduce the maintenance charge, more must bespent in the construction. One of the preliminary points is to decideupon the kind of a street railway that is to be built. Is it to be builtsimply to float on the market, or is it intended to last and givegood service for as long as possible? In other words, is the roadbuilt to sell or to keep? The writer in preparing this paper had inmind a road of the latter kind. Local influences which may affect the cost of maintenance ormay in the future compel changes should be carefully consid-. Edward Butts is a civil engineer and surveyor of wide commenced work as transitman on railroad lines between Al-bany and Steventown in i86g,and from that time untl served for varying periodsas draftsman for the New YorkCentral R. R., transitman incharge location L. E. & N. R., leveler Kansas City &Northeastern R. R., assistantengineer for the Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., theKansas City, Ft. Scott &Memphis R. R., and the Utah& Pacific R. R. He also actedas assistant engineer on theconstruction of the GrandAvenue Street Ry. cable sys-tem of Kansas City, Mo., andEDWARD BUTTS. f^^ ^^^^ Kansas City Belt Ry. He was appointed assistant city engineer of Kansas City, Mo., andin 1892 was made city engineer. He resigned two years later tobecome chief engineer of the Metropolitan Street Railway Co., ofKansas City, which position he still holds. ered, and these local influences lead to the primary division of streetrailway construction int
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