. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—STONE CRUSHER USED FOR CRUSHING OLD CON-CRETE AND BROKEN BRICK. FIG. 2.—DERRICK FOR HANDLING RAILS AND UNLOADINGMATERIALS FROM CARS It has charge of-all the track work onabout 550 miles ofline, which include all of the city tracks in Detroit and thoseof several radiating interurban lines, one of which extendsto Port Huron, 70 miles distant. In addition to track work,the construction of all buildings is taken care of by thisdepartment, wrecks are cleared, tracks sprinkled and all con-struction material used by the road is hauled by it. Theorganization of t
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—STONE CRUSHER USED FOR CRUSHING OLD CON-CRETE AND BROKEN BRICK. FIG. 2.—DERRICK FOR HANDLING RAILS AND UNLOADINGMATERIALS FROM CARS It has charge of-all the track work onabout 550 miles ofline, which include all of the city tracks in Detroit and thoseof several radiating interurban lines, one of which extendsto Port Huron, 70 miles distant. In addition to track work,the construction of all buildings is taken care of by thisdepartment, wrecks are cleared, tracks sprinkled and all con-struction material used by the road is hauled by it. Theorganization of the department includes a roadmaster foreach of the interurban divisions, as well as one for the city;the roadmaster of the city division has under him six divisionforemen. All of the roadmasters report directly to JohnKerwin, who as superintendent of tracks has charge of thetrack department. It is through the courtesy of Mr. Kerwinthat this publication is enabled to present the following notes. There are, in addition to the roadmasters mentioned, a su-perintendent of shops, a bridge foreman, a c
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