. The street railway review . in whicli Sept. 15. 1901.] STREET RATL\\-AY REVIEW 559 to bed the paving. Hemlock rail filler is placed between the flangeand head, and flange and tram of the rail, and granite blocks arcpaved in. The joints are then filled in with heated gravel and hotpaving pitch is ponred in the joints to fill up the voids. On streets where the city has not yet adopted granite block pav-ing no concrete foundation is used and the pavement is laid on sandwell tamped, and with sand joints. The sand used is dug by ourown men from a sand bank on our own property, loaded m our flatca
. The street railway review . in whicli Sept. 15. 1901.] STREET RATL\\-AY REVIEW 559 to bed the paving. Hemlock rail filler is placed between the flangeand head, and flange and tram of the rail, and granite blocks arcpaved in. The joints are then filled in with heated gravel and hotpaving pitch is ponred in the joints to fill up the voids. On streets where the city has not yet adopted granite block pav-ing no concrete foundation is used and the pavement is laid on sandwell tamped, and with sand joints. The sand used is dug by ourown men from a sand bank on our own property, loaded m our flatcars and hauled direct from the bank to the point required. Materialis also handled on flat cars wherever possible. Fig 4 shows different styles of rails and track construction thathave been installed in Brooklyn at different times, to be finally dis-placed by the 9-in. girder rail of section shown. On the Coney Island lines, on our private rights of way, in sev-eral cases, electric and steam trains are operated simultaneously.
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