. Electric railway journal . ficRailroad were crossed at grade at a point a short distanceeast of Lakeside Park, the approach to the grade crossingfrom either side was made over exceedingly circuitous track, Of late the traffic between Carthage and Lakeside Parkhas grown to very considerable proportions, so much so, infact, as to constitute a serious handicap upon the throughservice from Carthage west. In consequence, the manage-ment decided to reconstruct the entire right-of-way for ij^miles west of Lakeside Park, straightening out the line,eliminating the dangerous grade crossing over the Mi
. Electric railway journal . ficRailroad were crossed at grade at a point a short distanceeast of Lakeside Park, the approach to the grade crossingfrom either side was made over exceedingly circuitous track, Of late the traffic between Carthage and Lakeside Parkhas grown to very considerable proportions, so much so, infact, as to constitute a serious handicap upon the throughservice from Carthage west. In consequence, the manage-ment decided to reconstruct the entire right-of-way for ij^miles west of Lakeside Park, straightening out the line,eliminating the dangerous grade crossing over the MissouriPacific Railroad tracks, and double-tracking the whole sec-tion to permit handling large fleets of cars to and fromthe park without interference with the through traffic car-ried on the main line. The work of reconstruction, which has just been com-pleted, is shown in the accompanying line cut and halftones,the former showing that the severe curves have been elimi-nated, as the maximum curvature on the new line is only. Concrete Viaduct Replacing Wood Trestle and Truss Bridge New Plate Girder Bridge Over Missouri Pacific Tracks the actual crossing being made in the middle of a reversecurve with 80-ft. radii on both sides. In addition, fromone side the electric railway track approached the steamrailroad crossing over a descending grade of 3 per cent, thusinvolving a difficulty in braking and hampering the motor-men in case quick stops were necessary. Just outside of Lakeside Park the line was carried overCenter Creek, a stream of considerable volume during thegreater part of the year, by means of a steel bridge of thethrough-truss type. This was approached from one side 8 deg. This straightening of the line shortened the dis-tance between the two points marked A and B on the platfrom 7400 ft. to a length of 7000 ft., or practically 6 percent, and as the grade crossing over the Missouri Pacifictrack has been eliminated, a relatively enormous saving inrunning time has been e
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