. The street railway review . then able to. it would be a great convenience; it would be ableto carry more passengers and its tracks would be much loss liableto obstruction than formerly. An appeal was taken and the matter was left to a committee con-sisting of Judge Loomis, of Hartford. After a hearing the assess- The International Traction Co., of Buffalo, has adopted asits standards for track construction with Q-in. rails the two typesshown in the accompanying illustrations. That shown in Figs. Iand 2 is called the trench construction, and is used in all streetshaving common stone paving be
. The street railway review . then able to. it would be a great convenience; it would be ableto carry more passengers and its tracks would be much loss liableto obstruction than formerly. An appeal was taken and the matter was left to a committee con-sisting of Judge Loomis, of Hartford. After a hearing the assess- The International Traction Co., of Buffalo, has adopted asits standards for track construction with Q-in. rails the two typesshown in the accompanying illustrations. That shown in Figs. Iand 2 is called the trench construction, and is used in all streetshaving common stone paving between the tracks, and either as-phalt or conmion stone on the sides. The second type. Figs. 3and 4, is called the smooth excavation construction, and is usedwhere first-class block paving is between the rails and in tlie devilstrip. The rails are 94-lb. 9-in. semi-grooved girders. TRENCH this type two longitudinal trenches 17 in. deep and thewidth of a shovel at the bottom were dug out at a distance of 4 «) ]• ■■ ;• frt »,^^- ,;> Hoff Section at Tte Ho/^ Secfion bettveen Tlfs. FIG. 1.—CROSS SECTION OF 9-IN. TRACK—BEAM CONSTRUCTION—COMMON STONE PAVING. mcnt was cut to $1,550 on the physical property of the companyin the street, and a pecuniary benefit was found, but the questionof whether the latter is a special benefit on which the companycan be assessed, was reserved. This decission of Judge Loomis, acting as a committee, wasreversed by Judge Case, in the Court of Common Pleas, the courtholding that the benefit because the widened street would lessenthe companys liabilities to accident is purely speculative andits cash value cannot be assessed. Without considering the otherelements of benefit the assessment was set aside and judgmentfor the cimipany to recover its costs was entered. The company would willingly pay the assessment as a donation,but objects to making a precedent. g in. between centers. Afterwards, cross trenches S ft. c. t
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