. Electric railway review . It is expected that the courts order as to the receivershipwill be entered early next week. RECORDING THE PROGRESS OF TRACK CONSTRUCTION. A large amount of especially interesting track construc-tion work has been carried on during the past year by theUnited Railroads of San Francisco. Some of the uniquefeatures of this were described and illustrated in the ElectricRailway Review for June 1. 1907, page 704. As a means ofrecording the progress of this work a chart similar to thatof which a portion is shown in the accompanying engraving, isused for each street. It will
. Electric railway review . It is expected that the courts order as to the receivershipwill be entered early next week. RECORDING THE PROGRESS OF TRACK CONSTRUCTION. A large amount of especially interesting track construc-tion work has been carried on during the past year by theUnited Railroads of San Francisco. Some of the uniquefeatures of this were described and illustrated in the ElectricRailway Review for June 1. 1907, page 704. As a means ofrecording the progress of this work a chart similar to thatof which a portion is shown in the accompanying engraving, isused for each street. It will be noted that these charts beara continuous map of the streets on which the track is this map are ruled lines for indicating the progress ofthe different parts of the work, such as removing pavement,excavating the trench, preparing subgrade, surfacing and lih- _SfSi£JLfi T£uzCi£mai- f>rH ^^y/^ri / ^/^ .VO/fTt^ 7it/^i:/f ^,i^-Vt . ., yf ^SS///< -ejf^n£ P^Sf.^fE^ ynK£s fi^M/jjA-n. Portion of Chart, Showing Progress of Track Construction. ing of track, repaying and cleaning the street. A similar setof lines for the southbound track occurs below the map. Itwill be noted that the means of record is to place dots on thelines. These dots are opposite the points on the map towhich the particular part of the work represented by theirlines has been completed on the day of record. By also in-dicating the date along with the dot it is seen that informa-tion is recorded from which the construction engineer candetermine the stage of each part of the reconstruction workfor any day desired. This simple and efficient method ofrecord was devised by A. J. Grier, assistant engineer UnitedRailroads, San Francisco. Increasing Cost of Traction Service. The increasing cost of traction service in this country isthe subject of an editorial in the New York Commercial. Anabstract of the article follows; Along with the problem of increased cost of equipmentand material goes th
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