. The street railway review . miles of concrete track, 45 miles were built from1899 to 1903, inclusive, under the direct supervision of the writer,17 miles in 1897 by the Traction company (then under a differentmanagement), and 12 miles previous to 1898. The 16 miles of654-in. concrete track were also built during the period from 1899to 1903 and under the same supervision. The city of Buflfalo is unique in the fact that it has more asphaltpaving than any other city in the world, not excepting Washington,London or Paris. It is this fact that rendered the use of a perma-nent roadbed of concrete
. The street railway review . miles of concrete track, 45 miles were built from1899 to 1903, inclusive, under the direct supervision of the writer,17 miles in 1897 by the Traction company (then under a differentmanagement), and 12 miles previous to 1898. The 16 miles of654-in. concrete track were also built during the period from 1899to 1903 and under the same supervision. The city of Buflfalo is unique in the fact that it has more asphaltpaving than any other city in the world, not excepting Washington,London or Paris. It is this fact that rendered the use of a perma-nent roadbed of concrete advisable and introduced such an elementof uncertainty into the life of an old track which is tamped withsand and paved with asphalt up to the rail as made it difficult inthe past to foresee reconstruction and provide for it. We havebeen obliged to relay a number of streets in which the rails andjoints were in a very good shape, simply because the asphalt pavinghad broken away from the rail and rutted out badly, caused by the. VIC. 1 WKI,IllN(. l>V I,i IK Al .N ISTICKI, CO. urban and Lockport, the 4A-in. girder to the city of Niagara Fallsand the different sizes of T-rail to the suburban lines. About 72 miles of the 9-in. girder and 16 miles of the 6-in. girderarc laid on concrete both of the beam and solid type (sec to S). About tafiA miles of track (.^0,216 joints) have been *Chtrf caifloiurr IntcrnaUonal Kailway (o.,aHiwKiau* mpnil>rr American Sof>-(if ClTtl Kaiflniv!rK, mvmlMTr Anirrlcan Railway Kntfinrrrliiif and .Malnlirnanccof Way AMoclallon, memlxT Koirlncrrlnir Hoclety of Wolcrn Nrw Vurk. resiliency of the roadbed. Nearly all of this character hasbeen relaid, however, in the last three years, eliminating a greatsource of expense in the niaiieuance of track and roadway. Of late years a pavement 01 No. i Medina sandstone, with filled with porlland cement grout, has been gradually sub-slitutcd for asphalt, and in this wc have
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