. The Street railway journal . of the grades are verysevere. On the Rapid Railway thereis one grade of for 650 ft. Inthe city there are a number of short8 per cent and 9 per cent are a number of perfect tan-gents on the system; one on theRapid Railway is 4 miles long. Theprivate right of way, enclosed byAmerican Steel & Wire fencing,ranges from 40 ft. to 100 ft. OVERHEAD LINE Several types of overhead con-struction have been employed, asshown in the accompanying illus-trations. In the towns adjoiningCincinnati, where double track wasadvisable, a fancy malleable ironcenter pol
. The Street railway journal . of the grades are verysevere. On the Rapid Railway thereis one grade of for 650 ft. Inthe city there are a number of short8 per cent and 9 per cent are a number of perfect tan-gents on the system; one on theRapid Railway is 4 miles long. Theprivate right of way, enclosed byAmerican Steel & Wire fencing,ranges from 40 ft. to 100 ft. OVERHEAD LINE Several types of overhead con-struction have been employed, asshown in the accompanying illus-trations. In the towns adjoiningCincinnati, where double track wasadvisable, a fancy malleable ironcenter pole bracket, furnished by theCraighead Engineering Company,adopted. A stretch of this type ofline work is illustrated. On double-track through the country cross sus-pension was substituted, and an ex-ample of this class is also standard interurban work is all side-bracket construction,including 10-ft. 2-in. Craighead flexible brackets, cape and conehangers and 15-in. soldered ears. The trolley wire is No. 00. STANDARD PASSENGER CAR 4G FT. LONG gravel ballast, 6 ins. under the ties, is used. Tracks are care-fully trenched on both sides, and at all road crossings double-strength tile has been used, with dressed stone or concretehead-walls. There are a number of timber trestles, resting onconcrete or stone piers, and there is one pile-driven trestle of
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