. The Street railway journal . t. They are all built alongside 358 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 6 of the county highway bridges, and have independent abut-ments. They are all of the deck girder construction, withthe exception of one through truss span over BantasForks, 118 ft. span. The bridges were furnished anderected by the King Bridge Company, Cleveland. The ties are principally of white oak, with about 20 percent chestnut, and were 5 ins. x 7 ins. x 7 ft. 6 ins. Therails are the A. S. C. E. standard, 70-lb. T, 60-ft. lengths,furnished by the Johnson Company. Seven-inch rails are
. The Street railway journal . t. They are all built alongside 358 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 6 of the county highway bridges, and have independent abut-ments. They are all of the deck girder construction, withthe exception of one through truss span over BantasForks, 118 ft. span. The bridges were furnished anderected by the King Bridge Company, Cleveland. The ties are principally of white oak, with about 20 percent chestnut, and were 5 ins. x 7 ins. x 7 ft. 6 ins. Therails are the A. S. C. E. standard, 70-lb. T, 60-ft. lengths,furnished by the Johnson Company. Seven-inch rails are six 300,000 cir. m. feeders of bare wire. Thereis also a complete telephone system, with boxes at numer-ous intervals along the road, and telephones in the powerhouse and office and on the cars. The road has no competition, there being no directsteam road communication between Dayton and any pointon the traction line. The company is at present operating four passengercars and two combination cars, and transports both freight U. PLAN OF AUXILIARY PIPING AT POWER STATION were used in West Alexandria, and 6-in. girder in track is ballasted throughout with 6 ins. of gravelunderneath the ties, sloping 12 ins. outside the ties. Theswitches are 200 ft. in the clear, and these, with all otherspecial work, were furnished by the Cleveland Frog &Crossing Company. The line crosses the Cincinnati &Northern at West Alexandria, and the Panhandle at are provided at both trolley wire consists of two No. 00 wires, and there and passengers. The fare for the entire trip is 45 cents,or 75 cents for the round trip. The charges for freightare 25 cents minimum for packages, with the regularcharge of 10 cents per 100 lbs. for light freight, but specialrates are given for bulky loads, such as household goods,and the line is enjoying a very liberal patronage in boththe freight and passenger departments. Long eight-wheelcars, with cross seats, are employed. The cars
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