. The street railway review . iltupon logs and timber work to prevent it sinking into the softground. In digging holes for the side poles it was nececssaryto curb the excavation, and when the pole was in place the curbwas filled with concrete, giving a mass sufiiciently large and heavyto hold the poles in position. Improvement now being made, andproposed improvements include the double tracking of the linealong the bluff, between the ferry and the new park. A large addi-tion is being made to the car houses. An addition will be madeto the ferry house on the New Jersey shore, sufficient for a se
. The street railway review . iltupon logs and timber work to prevent it sinking into the softground. In digging holes for the side poles it was nececssaryto curb the excavation, and when the pole was in place the curbwas filled with concrete, giving a mass sufiiciently large and heavyto hold the poles in position. Improvement now being made, andproposed improvements include the double tracking of the linealong the bluff, between the ferry and the new park. A large addi-tion is being made to the car houses. An addition will be madeto the ferry house on the New Jersey shore, sufficient for a secondslip, and a new, commodious, double-slip ferry bouse is to be builton the New York side. The new park, which will extend to the very edge of the Pali-sades, is shaded by a thick growtb of trees. It has been gradedand laid out in drives and walks, a casino is to be erected, andall the attractions and conveniences to be found in first-class streetrailway park= will !>■■ iii-i:iI1id. It is the intention of the manage-.
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