. The Street railway journal . 3i4 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 5. The lines are advantageously laid out, reaching over thesettled portion of the city and extending to the principalsuburbs, and the system is exceedingly well peculiarity of the system is that nearly every one of itsthirteen divisions forms a loop, and all center at a givenpoint at the corner of Travis and Prairie Streets, where arelocated the offices of the company, and by which all thecars pass. The track construction of the street railway lines inthe paved streets consists of forty-five pound T rail su
. The Street railway journal . 3i4 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 5. The lines are advantageously laid out, reaching over thesettled portion of the city and extending to the principalsuburbs, and the system is exceedingly well peculiarity of the system is that nearly every one of itsthirteen divisions forms a loop, and all center at a givenpoint at the corner of Travis and Prairie Streets, where arelocated the offices of the company, and by which all thecars pass. The track construction of the street railway lines inthe paved streets consists of forty-five pound T rail sup-ported on chairs. On the Houston Heights division athirty-five pound T rail is employed which is laid on 6x8in. stringers having lapped joints and held to gauge bytie rods placed four feet apart; the stringers rest on 2X10in. planks in place of ties, which in turn rest on a shellfoundation of three or four inches in thickness, while thetrack is ballasted with the same material. The shells for. FIG. 12.—SPECIAL CAR—HOUSTON CITY STREET RAILWAY CO ballast and for roadways are brought in great quantitiesfrom Galveston Bay. The power house and car house, which are of brick,are located on Buffalo bayou near Magnolia Street. Thebarn has a ground dimension of 250X100 ft. with a re-pair shop on one side 137X27 ft. The power stationadjoins the car house and stands immediately on the bankof the bayou, from which water is obtained for the boilersand condensing purposes. The tracks make a loopthrough the car house so that all the cars come in at oneend and pass through. There are a number of repair pitsand other conveniences for the repair ot cars and motors. The machine shop is equipped with a number of ironworking tools, including a wheel boring machine, atwenty-seven inch lathe, drill press and wheel press, all ofLodge »fc Davis make. A twelve horse power engine fur-nishes power for operating machinery. The companydoes its own armature winding, and also repairs and buildscar bod
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