. The Street railway journal . Bottom Lino of Concrete^LONGITUDINAL VIEW CROSS SECTIONON LINE B-B. Street Ry, Journal PLAN SECTIONS AND PLAN OF PROPOSED REINFORCED TRACK CONSTRUCTION IN CITY STREETS concrete reinforced either with continuous expanded metalor 3^-in. twisted rods placed every 8 ins. The rails are not fastened directly to the concrete but tobrace tie-plates laid on 6-in. x 12-in. x i8-in. wood blocksplaced at intervals of 7 ft. These blocks give greater elas-ticity to the track than is possible with the usual all-concreteconstruction. The rails do not rest directly on the blocks
. The Street railway journal . Bottom Lino of Concrete^LONGITUDINAL VIEW CROSS SECTIONON LINE B-B. Street Ry, Journal PLAN SECTIONS AND PLAN OF PROPOSED REINFORCED TRACK CONSTRUCTION IN CITY STREETS concrete reinforced either with continuous expanded metalor 3^-in. twisted rods placed every 8 ins. The rails are not fastened directly to the concrete but tobrace tie-plates laid on 6-in. x 12-in. x i8-in. wood blocksplaced at intervals of 7 ft. These blocks give greater elas-ticity to the track than is possible with the usual all-concreteconstruction. The rails do not rest directly on the blocks June 20, 21 and 22, three days having been decided upon inorder that the time may be so divided that all employeesmay attend, and also because of the large crowds that arealways present. It has been decided to send twenty-fourof the most popular employees on a circuit of the East, stop-ping three days in New York, two at Atlantic City, two atWashington and three at the Jamestown Exposition. March i6, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 457 CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE ELECTRIC MOTORFOR
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