. The street railway review . side of each rail as on the otherlines in Kansas City, to prevent the formation of wagon wheelruts. There is one grade of per cent for a distance of 300 ft.,and one of per cent for 1,800 ft. The overhead work is span construction, with No. o trolley wiresupported from 30-ft. wooden poles 8 in. in diameter at the poles are set against the curb with oak plank, 4 x 6 in. x 3 ft.,buried at the base under the curb line to keep the poles fromdisplacing the curb stones. Trolley wire was furnished by theRoeblings company and overhead material by the Ohio B
. The street railway review . side of each rail as on the otherlines in Kansas City, to prevent the formation of wagon wheelruts. There is one grade of per cent for a distance of 300 ft.,and one of per cent for 1,800 ft. The overhead work is span construction, with No. o trolley wiresupported from 30-ft. wooden poles 8 in. in diameter at the poles are set against the curb with oak plank, 4 x 6 in. x 3 ft.,buried at the base under the curb line to keep the poles fromdisplacing the curb stones. Trolley wire was furnished by theRoeblings company and overhead material by the Ohio Brass Co.,through its local agent, the B. R. Electric Co. The power station is at the northern terminal of the line andcontains the following: One 350-h. p. simple non-condensingengine with double eccentric and cylinder 18 x 36 in. It wasbuilt by the St. Louis Machine Works. The engine is direct con-nected to a lo-pole 200-kw. Siemens & Halske generator which isguaranteed for 50 per cent overload for three hours. There is. ELECTRIC r.\KK (IN THE LINE, year, and, somewhat to the surprise of the owners, has paid notonly operating and incidental expenses, but a considerable per-centage on the money invested as well. All of the construction work was carried on by the companyitself under the supervision of Mr. W. O. Hands, the present gen-eral manager. There are six miles of track, all laid with 6-in., 82-Ib., Johnsoncenter bearing girder rails, on best white oak ties, 6 x 8 in. x 8 ft.,placed 26 in. c. to c. Joints were cast-welded by the Falk processand rails were cross bonded every 600 ft. with two No. o wires. In preparing the roadbed, a track 16 ft. wide was excavatedto a depth of 13 in. The bottom of this trench was rolled and a3-in. bed of broken stone laid and rolled. The ties were thenplaced in position and ballasted with stone up to within 4 in. of topof ties, after which the rails were laid and the track surfacedand lined. The concrete was extended about 12 in. outs
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