. The street railway review . e L(jrain Steel Co., arc 95-lb. girders. No. 216, and theconducl(jr rails are stifTened by two webs on the back ofthe flange, Ihc cables used are the lead covered, paper in-sulated cables of the National Conduit & Cable Co. Theducts are the iron cement lined ducts manufactured bythe same company. The suburban parts of the lines arc particularly well built,as shown by the illustration, I-ig. 17, which gives a view onthe Maryland division just beyonri the district line. On thisdivision a specfl of 40 miles per hour is attained in order tocompete with the steam railr
. The street railway review . e L(jrain Steel Co., arc 95-lb. girders. No. 216, and theconducl(jr rails are stifTened by two webs on the back ofthe flange, Ihc cables used are the lead covered, paper in-sulated cables of the National Conduit & Cable Co. Theducts are the iron cement lined ducts manufactured bythe same company. The suburban parts of the lines arc particularly well built,as shown by the illustration, I-ig. 17, which gives a view onthe Maryland division just beyonri the district line. On thisdivision a specfl of 40 miles per hour is attained in order tocompete with the steam railroad service which it this section a 95-lb. T-rail is used, laid on ties 8 , with 8 in. of stone ballast below the tics and 8 them. Center poles of iron are used, which carrya No. 0000 trolley wire. The rails are bonded with Pro-tected rail bonds, the terminals of which were compressedin the rail webs under hydraulic pressure of 30 tons, whichis the new method of the Protected Rail Bond FIG. 16-METROPOLITAN TRAINS DECORATEU IUK THE PEACE JUBILEE. west to the Treasury Department, at 15th and G Sts., N. is the New York Ave. division, which starts fromthe Pennsylvania Depot at Seventh and B Sts., passesthrough the city out New York Ave., to Brookland, run-ning through Eckington, and is the only line in the cityrunning to the Catholic University of America, and theSoldiers Home. The third division is the North CapitolSt. line which intersects the East Washington division atFirst and G Sts., N. W. It then runs out North Capitol the Soldiers Homeand over the tracks of the New YorkAve. division to Brookland. The fourth division, called theMaryland division, runs over the East Washington divisionfrom 15th and G Sts., N. W., to Fifth and G Sts., N. W.,thence over the New York Ave. division to Rhode IslandAve. and out Rhode Island Ave. to the district line. Fromthis point the line runs into Maryland, passing throughHighlands, Hyattsvill
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