. The street railway review . TRACK CONSTRUCTION AT SCRANTON, PA. Nov. IS, iRyy.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 745 used fur tics that has a siiflicient width of base to allow the bollholes to be drilled in it. The ties are bolted to the rails, and notriveted. The tie rods are the same as those that have been in usefor many years, beiiiK Hal bars, so as to interfere as little as possiblewith the paveiiuiit. This iiielal |i,M I of ihe i-oii>.lnutioM havin){ been. SIDE Vli;\V OK KIVKTICII JOINI assembled, as heretofore described and surfaced and lined on blockson a bed prepared by grading and by rol
. The street railway review . TRACK CONSTRUCTION AT SCRANTON, PA. Nov. IS, iRyy.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 745 used fur tics that has a siiflicient width of base to allow the bollholes to be drilled in it. The ties are bolted to the rails, and notriveted. The tie rods are the same as those that have been in usefor many years, beiiiK Hal bars, so as to interfere as little as possiblewith the paveiiuiit. This iiielal |i,M I of ihe i-oii>.lnutioM havin){ been. SIDE Vli;\V OK KIVKTICII JOINI assembled, as heretofore described and surfaced and lined on blockson a bed prepared by grading and by rolling with a lO-ton roller,is filled underneath with a sub-structure of concrete having a uni-form thickness of 6 in., except at the joints and at the ties, wherethe thickness of the concrete is increased to one foot. The work rails IS made of brick which arc 4 in. in width, leaving I in. for sandon top of the concrete. The bricks next to the rail are of specialform, made so that the surface of the pavement is the same as thesurface of the head of the rail, with the exception of a groove forthe flange along the inside of the rail. Dn the outside of the rail,plain bricks arc used which come up against the head of the rail,and the space between the head and the base, out to a line flush withthe head of the rail, is filled with cement mortar. The whole brickpavement is grouted with cement grout, and rolled to a level surfaceand uniform crown, by a 5-ton
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