. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1—PLAN OF STANDARD ROADBEDS ADOPTED BY THE OREGON WATER POWER & RAILWAY COMPANY by the company on the east bank of the Willamette River, inEast Portland, and by means of a new branch line throughSellwood involving heavy and expensive construction, theseterminal yards are placed in direct connection with all parts ofthe city. The development of the companys freight businessis of especial interest, and will be treated in detail in what fol-lows, as will also all of the principal engineering and operatingfeatures. TRACK CONSTRUCTION Outside the limits of the ci
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1—PLAN OF STANDARD ROADBEDS ADOPTED BY THE OREGON WATER POWER & RAILWAY COMPANY by the company on the east bank of the Willamette River, inEast Portland, and by means of a new branch line throughSellwood involving heavy and expensive construction, theseterminal yards are placed in direct connection with all parts ofthe city. The development of the companys freight businessis of especial interest, and will be treated in detail in what fol-lows, as will also all of the principal engineering and operatingfeatures. TRACK CONSTRUCTION Outside the limits of the cities of Portland and Oregon Citythe company operates over a private right of way. On the new. EIG. 3.—VIEW ON CAZADERO LINE NEAR GRESIIAM, SHOWING MAIL CAR AND STANDARD TRAIN line to Cazadero this is 100 ft. wide practically the entire dis-tance, and is fenced in with a barbed-wire fence consisting ofone board and four wires (three below and one above theboard) with posts set 8 ft. apart. A single track is used toCazadero with frequent sidings, but ample room is providedfor a double track. About half of the Oregon City line isdouble tracked. There are 67 miles of single track operated bythe company and it is all standard gage. the southern end, hewn fir ties were employed, they being ob-tained from the adjoining timber lands. The rail-joints aresuspended and are laid even on tangent track, with nuts on theoutside of the rail. On curves the joints are broken. Therails are bonded with Edison-Brown bonds and also with ahome-made type consisting of solid copper wire. Open cattle-pits 8 ft. long have been adopted. The track is well ballasted with a good grade of gravel, whichwas
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