. Railway age . r lemoval. This dike now extends so far into the riveras to keep the current too far away from the lower Incline sand banks form over the tracks during each high water, whichhave to be removed either by hand or hydraulic power. Cuttingoff about 50 ft. of the dike will allow the current to cut In clo;eenough to the trestle to do away with this trouble. The presenceof a mattress at the outer end of the trestle curve is indicated onthe map. It was placed there at the time the dike was repaired toprevent erosion of the bed by the river current. The work took two pile dr
. Railway age . r lemoval. This dike now extends so far into the riveras to keep the current too far away from the lower Incline sand banks form over the tracks during each high water, whichhave to be removed either by hand or hydraulic power. Cuttingoff about 50 ft. of the dike will allow the current to cut In clo;eenough to the trestle to do away with this trouble. The presenceof a mattress at the outer end of the trestle curve is indicated onthe map. It was placed there at the time the dike was repaired toprevent erosion of the bed by the river current. The work took two pile drivers about 60 days. It was doneby contract under the direction of Edward Gray. tCnglneer Main-tenance of W^y of the St. Louis-Louisvllle lines of the Southern. /o/- about ZS on ^it^t^r OerfTv jq riti^^/^l^). ^ M JL To^ o •o y //, .? ^ 7of. o IT /// <?■ — ■^ / . IlL Vl a. IQ / ? (P r I to tr Cab/e, ^dfamC/vsfer of Piles, ihonrln^ tfiriny. aI r Profife of North Hurd/e O/fte. fnd £leyaf/on of Oil< Scafe of F* of Repairing Hurdle Dikes at North Incline, East St. Louis; Southern Railway. GENERAL NEWS SECTION It Is reported that ilie St. Louis & San Francisco will dispensewith the services of train auditors. The State Railroad Commission of Illinois has ordered sweep-ing reductions in switching chari^es at Chicago. The New Yorii Central has closed its telegraph school for thesummer; this for the reason, it stated, that the company now hasa surplus of operators. The Pittsburgh TrafTic Club has passed resolutions complainingt)ecause the railroads are not so free as formerly In furnishingshippers with copies of all new freight tariffs. At Columbus. Ohio, last week Judge Evans granted a temporaryinjunction against the enforcement on interstate shipments of thedemurrage rules prescribed by the Stale Railroad Commission. The Supreme Court of Texas has sustained the contracts, madebefore the passage of the present anti-pass law, under which theemployees of ex
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