. The Street railway journal . eand forms a part of the rail insulator base, as illustrated in oneof the accompanying engravings. In both cases the guardplank is thoroughly insulated from the rail so that it may bestepped on with safety by workmen in crossing the track, andin confined spaces, as in the tunnel, it serves as a very con-venient walkway. The method of supporting the guard plank from the rail itselfhas appeared to be the preferable arrangement, in that theclearance between rail and guard is always necessarily con-stant, and inequalities in level of the insulator support blockscan h
. The Street railway journal . eand forms a part of the rail insulator base, as illustrated in oneof the accompanying engravings. In both cases the guardplank is thoroughly insulated from the rail so that it may bestepped on with safety by workmen in crossing the track, andin confined spaces, as in the tunnel, it serves as a very con-venient walkway. The method of supporting the guard plank from the rail itselfhas appeared to be the preferable arrangement, in that theclearance between rail and guard is always necessarily con-stant, and inequalities in level of the insulator support blockscan have no effect on the alignment of the plank; in the othercase it is evident that a settling of the cross-tie and insulatoraway from the rail, as sometimes happens, would bring theplank down with it and endanger an obstruction to the collect-ing shoes upon the trains. This type of third-rail protectionwas first introduced upon the Wilkesbarre & Hazleton Rail-road, which was opened for traffic in the spring of 1903, as was %. Slrctt DETAILS OF PROTECTED THIRD RAIL noted in these columns; here the innovation operated very suc-cessfully through all classes of weather, including snow andsleet. It is also interesting to note that this improved form ofprotection, as applied in the subway, has been adopted and isbeing installed upon the suburban lines of the Long IslandRailroad, which are now being equipped for electrical operation. The Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railway has insti-tuted a limited train service by which a fast car will leave Ash-tabula at an early hour each morning and connect at Painesvillewith a limited on the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern 30 miles on the first-mentioned road will be made in onehour and two minutes, while the 60 miles to Cleveland will bemade in two hours and twenty minutes. May 13, T905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 891 FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Wall Street, May 10, 1905. The Money Market There were no important changes in
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