. The Street railway journal . Statecapital. In the streets thetrack follows the es-tablished grades,some of which are asheavy as 6 per track construc-tion through thepaved district isworthy of note. Noties are used. The7-in., 70-lb., are laid directlyon top of a 10-in. x14-in. continuousconcrete concrete mixtureis 1 13:5, cement, sand and clean beach gravel 10 ft. a ^-in. rod is used. The tops of thestringers were laid about l/2 in. below grade for baseof rail as given by the profile; then the track was laidand the rails brought up to grade
. The Street railway journal . Statecapital. In the streets thetrack follows the es-tablished grades,some of which are asheavy as 6 per track construc-tion through thepaved district isworthy of note. Noties are used. The7-in., 70-lb., are laid directlyon top of a 10-in. x14-in. continuousconcrete concrete mixtureis 1 13:5, cement, sand and clean beach gravel 10 ft. a ^-in. rod is used. The tops of thestringers were laid about l/2 in. below grade for baseof rail as given by the profile; then the track was laidand the rails brought up to grade with light shims; arich grout of 1 to 1 cement and sand then was poured inbetween the rail and stringer and around the base of therail. The whole was finally surrounded with 6-in. con-crete paving and allowed to set. The ball of the rail is facedon both sides with vitrified brick; on the outside the bricksare laid parallel to the rail; on the inside they are set atright angles to it with one corner chipped for the
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