. The Street railway journal . CROSS SECTION OF ABUTMENT ST. JOSEPHRIVER BRIDGE A TRIPLE RAILWAY CROSSING clay. It strikes the abutment ft. above the bottom andrises on a i-to-i slope. The end of the T-wall is mortisedinto the rear face of the abutment. The bottom of the T-wall is 2 ft. below the ground surface at the abutment, and isstepped up as the surface rises. This wall is 40 ft. long and. laid on 2640 ties to the mile. Cedar ties are used, except oncurves exceeding 3 deg., on which curves oak ties have beenlaid. The rails are laid on tie-plates when cedar ties are usedon curves. The
. The Street railway journal . CROSS SECTION OF ABUTMENT ST. JOSEPHRIVER BRIDGE A TRIPLE RAILWAY CROSSING clay. It strikes the abutment ft. above the bottom andrises on a i-to-i slope. The end of the T-wall is mortisedinto the rear face of the abutment. The bottom of the T-wall is 2 ft. below the ground surface at the abutment, and isstepped up as the surface rises. This wall is 40 ft. long and. laid on 2640 ties to the mile. Cedar ties are used, except oncurves exceeding 3 deg., on which curves oak ties have beenlaid. The rails are laid on tie-plates when cedar ties are usedon curves. The track is ballasted throughout with gravelwhich was obtained from pits along the right of way. Out-side of towns the maximum curve isdegs., and the maximum grade per cent.,except in a few extreme cases. The electric road has been built largelyfor passenger traffic, but as it passes througha very productive small fruit belt provisionwill be made to handle a large amount offreight. It is controlled by the NorthernIndiana Railway Company, of South J. Hammond, of South Bend, designedthe various structures built in connectionwith the road and acted in a consultingcapacity to the railroad company regardingthe other civil engineering work carried onduring: the construction. A RECONSTRUCTED HIGHWAY BRIDGE 6 ft. wide. The track of the electric line is carried on its topand on brackets can
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