. The Street railway journal . CI RYE AT CORNKR OF THIRD STREET AND MORGAN STREET, RUSHVILLE, IND. or seconds—white oak, burr oak and a few chestnuts, 6 ins. x8 ins. x 8 ft. long, 3280 to the mile. The bridge ties are of longleaf yellow pine. The track is laid with 70-lb. T-rail, in 60-ft. lengths, con-nected with Weber rail-joints, and bonded at the joints withNo. 0000 10-in. copper bonds, with %-in. terminals under theplate so as not to be exposed. Cross bonds are put in every OVERHEAD CROSSING NEAR JULIETTA, IND. The road is to be ballasted with gravel 8 ins. under the ties andlevel with th
. The Street railway journal . CI RYE AT CORNKR OF THIRD STREET AND MORGAN STREET, RUSHVILLE, IND. or seconds—white oak, burr oak and a few chestnuts, 6 ins. x8 ins. x 8 ft. long, 3280 to the mile. The bridge ties are of longleaf yellow pine. The track is laid with 70-lb. T-rail, in 60-ft. lengths, con-nected with Weber rail-joints, and bonded at the joints withNo. 0000 10-in. copper bonds, with %-in. terminals under theplate so as not to be exposed. Cross bonds are put in every OVERHEAD CROSSING NEAR JULIETTA, IND. The road is to be ballasted with gravel 8 ins. under the ties andlevel with the top of the rail. In the streets of Rushville an8-in. layer of broken stone was placed under the ties. TROLLEY CONSTRUCTIONThe trolley wire is suspended along the private right of wayfrom poles set in the center of the grade100 ft. apart, with a bracket made ofangle iron looped at the end, so as tocarry a large flat porcelain insulator,from the top of which is run a strand cable or messenger No. 000 g
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