Electrical news and engineering . ions 500 ft. in width, as indicated on the top ofthe chart. As will be seen from this reproduction, work was startedou October 1. On that date 700 sq. yds. of wearing surface wasremoved, the concrete broken and the grading October 2 the slab was poured, the rails placed and thetrack aligned and surfaced. This was a special piece of con-struction work where it was necessary to have the cars operat-ing again as soon as possible, and a special method of placingthe rails and pouring the concrete, as described in our previousarticle, was used. The char
Electrical news and engineering . ions 500 ft. in width, as indicated on the top ofthe chart. As will be seen from this reproduction, work was startedou October 1. On that date 700 sq. yds. of wearing surface wasremoved, the concrete broken and the grading October 2 the slab was poured, the rails placed and thetrack aligned and surfaced. This was a special piece of con-struction work where it was necessary to have the cars operat-ing again as soon as possible, and a special method of placingthe rails and pouring the concrete, as described in our previousarticle, was used. The chart then shows that no further work was doneon this line until October 8, when the joints were completedon the section between King and Wellington Sts.; the wearingsurface removed, concrete broken and the grading completedfrom Wellington to Front Sts.; also a certain amount of workon the first two operations, between Queen and King. On TOR0HT0 TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION PH06KE1S CHART-TRACK RLCONSTRlfCrion~rf?ONT TO CARLTon STRE£TS. Typical chart showing day to day progress in the track rehabilitation operations of the Toronto Transporta Street between Front and Carlton, where the track was entirelyreplaced (with the exception of certain intersections) as indi-cated on the left by A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I. Dailytabulation on the chart indicated the progress on these variousitems—wearing surface removed; concrete broken; grading;base slab poured; rails laid; track aligned and surfaced; jointscompleted; base poured and wearing surface relaid. The dates written on the chart indicate the particularoperation carried out on any particular day. In actual practice,the amount of work complete (square yards or lineal feet) in October 9, all the wearing surface had been removed as far asAlice St. The concrete was also broken to this point, gradingwas completed on a section between Albert and Queen andbetween Adelaide and King. On October 10, the chart shows a small amount of wearingsu
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