. Electric railway review . ed by the state board of railroad commissionersshowed that during the nine months ended September 30,the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companys cash fares in-creased only per cent, as conipard with the correspond-ing period of 1905. during which the number of transfer?increased per cent. Since September 30 the numberof transfers increased, until a month ago the com]management reported that it was issuing approximateper cent more transfers than a year previous., 704 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVII, No. 22. TRACK RECONSTRUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. At the time of t
. Electric railway review . ed by the state board of railroad commissionersshowed that during the nine months ended September 30,the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companys cash fares in-creased only per cent, as conipard with the correspond-ing period of 1905. during which the number of transfer?increased per cent. Since September 30 the numberof transfers increased, until a month ago the com]management reported that it was issuing approximateper cent more transfers than a year previous., 704 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVII, No. 22. TRACK RECONSTRUCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. At the time of the earthquake and fire of April, 1906, theUnited Railroads of San Francisco had 250 miles of singletrack. Of this trackage there were 84 miles in the burned ods for tearing up the old substructure were tried. It is thepurpose of this article to describe the standard track that isnow being built, and some of the labor-saving methods thathave been employed in the work. The standard track construction for electrical operation,. San Francisco Track—New Track Ready for Concrete Under Rails,Showing Space Left for Concrete. district, comprising 25 miles of cable track, 57 miles of elec-tric track and two miles of track over which horse cars wereoperated. The fire left in operating condition none of thistotal of 84 miles of track, but steps were immediately takentoward rebuilding and electrifying a large proportion of the San Francisco Track—Condition of New Unpaved Track in StreetAfter Earthquake and Fire. cross sections of which are shown in the accompanying illus-trations, is of a single type with variations in the weight ofrails according to the service required. The substructuremight be designated as a combination of ties and concretestringers. The ties are of standard dimensions, spaced 2
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