. The Street railway journal . n type. At 59th Streetthere is a crossover, and at Bowling Green a balloonloop made up of six curves with radii from 160 to sixtyfeet. The curve yokes employed are supported uponbrick foundations, each fifty-five and a half incheswide and twenty-six inches high, which in turn rest on aconcrete floor six inches deep, extending under all thecurve yokes. A passageway has been left on the insideof all the curves, by which access is easily had to thecurve pulleys for the purpose of inspection, repairs, etc.,as will be seen by reference to Fig. 1. The retainingwalls ar
. The Street railway journal . n type. At 59th Streetthere is a crossover, and at Bowling Green a balloonloop made up of six curves with radii from 160 to sixtyfeet. The curve yokes employed are supported uponbrick foundations, each fifty-five and a half incheswide and twenty-six inches high, which in turn rest on aconcrete floor six inches deep, extending under all thecurve yokes. A passageway has been left on the insideof all the curves, by which access is easily had to thecurve pulleys for the purpose of inspection, repairs, etc.,as will be seen by reference to Fig. 1. The retainingwalls are twelve inches thick. The cable carrying sheaves on straight line are four-teen inches in diameter to the bottom, and are of cast ironwith chilled rims. The most difficult and expensive portion of the workconnected with the roadway construction consisted in theremoval of the many gas, water, steam and sewer mains,electric conduits and other sub-surface pipes excavation of the street upon the line of route of the. FIG. 1.—SCENE NEAR UNION SQUARE DURING CONSTRUCTION—BROADWAY CABLE RAILWAY, NEW YORK. Railway Journal is published a general resume of thework performed, together with an outline of the plans ofthe Metropolitan Traction Company for cable lines onColumbus and Lexington Avenues, New York. The route of the cable line of the Broadway &Seventh Avenue Railway Company is from South Ferryto 45th Street on Broadway, thence to 59th Street onSeventh Avenue. The type of yoke used on the straight line weighsabout 550 lbs. The distance from the top of the slot railto the bottom of the opening is twenty-four and a quarterinches, to the base of the yoke thirty and a quarterinches. The width of the opening is fifteen and a halfinches. The curve yokes weigh about 975 lbs. each. On straight line work the yokes, which are spaced4 ft. 6 ins. apart, are mounted on concrete piers 18 width by 3 ft. 9 ins. in length, and 6 ins. high. Themanhole walls are 12 ins. thick
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