. Electric railway review . or the year were $21,705, leaving a surplus of $8,995. For membership in the benefit association an entrancetee of $ and a monthly payment of 50 cents are case of disablement the members receive, after the firstsix days, 60 cents per day for 90 days and 30 cents per dayfor the following 90 days. They also receive free medicalattendance and medicines and 20 per cent discount on allmedicines required by members of their families. Whenmembers become too old to work they are pensioned. Inthe event of death a life insurance policy of $500 is paidand $50
. Electric railway review . or the year were $21,705, leaving a surplus of $8,995. For membership in the benefit association an entrancetee of $ and a monthly payment of 50 cents are case of disablement the members receive, after the firstsix days, 60 cents per day for 90 days and 30 cents per dayfor the following 90 days. They also receive free medicalattendance and medicines and 20 per cent discount on allmedicines required by members of their families. Whenmembers become too old to work they are pensioned. Inthe event of death a life insurance policy of $500 is paidand $50 is allowed towards the cost of funeral expenses. 420 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW STANDARD TRACK CONSTRUCTION IN BUFFALO. CAR INSPECTION AND CLEANING.* The International Railway Company, of Buffalo, X. spring adopted as its standard track construction forpaved streets 9-inch semi-grooved rail weighing 94 poundsper yard, laid on concrete 6 inches thick, with Carnegie BY D, F. CARVER, (GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, ROCHESTER New Track in Buffalo—Ready for Paving. steel ties 6 feet long placed 10 feet between centers, and2x?sinch tie rods placed 5 feet between centers. At the ties,concrete is tamped 6 inches deep under them. The details ofthis construction are shown in the drawing. The Carnegieties weigh pounds per foot or pounds each. Theydiffer from the ties of this section, now in use on severalsteam railroads, only in being 6 feet long instead of 8 feetor 8% feet as called for in some of the latest construction. The railwaj- company is now building on Filmore avenuesome feet, single track, of this construction. The company has for some time used a similar roadbed The roadbed and track may be the finest in construction;the alignment and grades may be the result of much moneyexpended; the power house may have all the appliances andshop kinks for keeping the current on—as nearly as may be—constantly; it may even be a double-tracked suburban line,and, if
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