. Electric railway gazette . icity;and eight new lines, which the Van Depoele Co. have undercontract, are also to have the overhead wire—except a shortline which is being constructed at Dayton, Ohio. There anunderground conduit is to be laid, and the accompanyingillustrations may greatly help one to form a fair idea of itsconstruction—being taken from the Van Depoele patentcovering the same. These sections are rendered continuous by being lappedand riveted or bolted together, as indicated in fig. 7, andthey are mounted upon and securely bolted to the croA. Blocks K, preferably of wood, which h
. Electric railway gazette . icity;and eight new lines, which the Van Depoele Co. have undercontract, are also to have the overhead wire—except a shortline which is being constructed at Dayton, Ohio. There anunderground conduit is to be laid, and the accompanyingillustrations may greatly help one to form a fair idea of itsconstruction—being taken from the Van Depoele patentcovering the same. These sections are rendered continuous by being lappedand riveted or bolted together, as indicated in fig. 7, andthey are mounted upon and securely bolted to the croA. Blocks K, preferably of wood, which have been en ■or otherwise rendered durable, are placed within the conduit,resting upon the cross-ties A, and to these blocks the sidesD are firmly secured, as well as upon the cross-ties. Theseblocks E may, if found desirable, extend along the entirelength of the permanent way, in which case they are pro-vided with vertical drip-holes e\ but they are preferablyused in short sections only, each section discharging what-. In the drawings, A represents a railway cross-tie, nearthe extremities of which are placed longitudinal stringers,B, upon the upper sides of which the rails C are secured inthe usual and well-known manner. The conduit for thereception and protection of the electrical conductors is loca-ted midway between the rails and conduits of the side sec-tions, D, which are preferably of cast-iron, provided withrib d d along their exterior at appropriate distances apart,and formed somewhat thicker at their upper edges, a a,which, being at all times exposed, have to sustain theweight of the loaded vehicles that may pass thereover. ever moisture may form or accumulate thereon into thespace between their ends. F represents a second set of side pieces, which are se-cured continuously below the cross-ties A, forming a con-tinuous gutter or trough for the reception of all moistureentering the conduit proper, and this trough is providedwith sewer connections /, or other suit
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