. The street railway review . ?J^<^ No/r SecrfOn of T/as Ha/f Secf/on betwevn Tfes. Fit;. . SECTION OF 9-IN. TKACK IN ASPHALT STREET—FIRST-CLASS BLOCK PAVIXG BETWEEN RAILS. times, and then into the trenches by these hoes. The boss con-crete man had under his charge about 150 men. The concrete gang was followed by the paving gang, a bosspaver with 6 foremen under him, 60 pavers and about 150 laborers. The welding was under the direct supervision of a welder fore-man, who took off the joint plates and excavated around the jointsto a space of 40 in. square. The latter part of the seaso
. The street railway review . ?J^<^ No/r SecrfOn of T/as Ha/f Secf/on betwevn Tfes. Fit;. . SECTION OF 9-IN. TKACK IN ASPHALT STREET—FIRST-CLASS BLOCK PAVIXG BETWEEN RAILS. times, and then into the trenches by these hoes. The boss con-crete man had under his charge about 150 men. The concrete gang was followed by the paving gang, a bosspaver with 6 foremen under him, 60 pavers and about 150 laborers. The welding was under the direct supervision of a welder fore-man, who took off the joint plates and excavated around the jointsto a space of 40 in. square. The latter part of the season, twowelders were employed. Finally, the cleaning up division followed the welders under thecharge of a boss cleaner, who had two large motor flat cars and sixtrail dump cars under his control. Cleaning up was carried on nightand (lay, entirely by cars. The company has various other types of track constructionwhich were put in by the old companies before the consolidation,but those illustrated here are much preferred for t
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