. Electric railway journal . -tional Railway, this line also to be electrically operated. Way and Structures on New Line Between the two terminal cities the line will crossonly two improved streets at grade, these being inNorth Tonawanda. The elevation of the roadbedthrough the Tonawandas involves a fill from 16 ft. to24 ft. high, 2M> miles long. In making this fill, whichwas practically completed last season, it was necessaryto move 600,000 cu. yd. of earth from a cut and em-bankment at the north end. At street crossings plate-girder bridges with concreteabutments will be used, the designs
. Electric railway journal . -tional Railway, this line also to be electrically operated. Way and Structures on New Line Between the two terminal cities the line will crossonly two improved streets at grade, these being inNorth Tonawanda. The elevation of the roadbedthrough the Tonawandas involves a fill from 16 ft. to24 ft. high, 2M> miles long. In making this fill, whichwas practically completed last season, it was necessaryto move 600,000 cu. yd. of earth from a cut and em-bankment at the north end. At street crossings plate-girder bridges with concreteabutments will be used, the designs being such that very MAP OF REGION, SHOWING NEW LINEAND STEAM RAILROADS heavy traffic can be carried. Along the line there arealso to be four truss bridges, a Scherzer lift bridge overTonawanda Creek, and several plate-girder bridges inaddition to those used for street crossings. BesidesTonawanda Creek the road crosses the New York Cen-tral tracks, Mill Creek, Ellicott Street, State Ditch, Tee+h \ffeducrion\ 1^30 (-. BUFFALO-NIAGARA FALLS HIGH-SPEED LINE-CURVES OF MOTORS -CHARACTERISTIC Cayuga Creek, Gill Creek and the Gratwick work on the bridges, the masonry work and thegrading are being done by contract. The AmericanBridge Company is building the track bridges as wellas the catenary bridges for the overhead structure,mentioned below. In the track construction broken stone ballast is tobe used, with standard A. S. C. E. 85-lb. rail laid onuntreated white oak sawed ties. The joints will be ofthe Abbot type, made by the Lackawanna Steel Com-pany, and the joints are to be bonded with the OhioBrass Companys compressed-terminal bonds. Catenary Overhead to Be Used The overhead construction will be of the standardcatenary type with steel towers and bridges spaced 200ft. apart. The No. 0000 grooved hard-drawn coppercontact wire will be suspended 22 ft. above the rail witha hanger spacing of 10 ft. For the hangers a specialclip has been designed, the details of wh
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