. The street railway review . age haul about i^ mile). There are 6,580 lineal feet of macadam laid 5 in. deep in track be-tween rails. The macadam was laid close up to each rail and leftfor the car wheels to cut their own grooves. For about 18 miles the road is on a private right of way, the rest 880 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 12. being on the public highway. A few long cuts were necessary andconsiderable portion of the track work was in flooded ground, neces-sitating hauling gravel for the subgrade, and much ditching anddraining. One large bog which was encountered had to be thoroug
. The street railway review . age haul about i^ mile). There are 6,580 lineal feet of macadam laid 5 in. deep in track be-tween rails. The macadam was laid close up to each rail and leftfor the car wheels to cut their own grooves. For about 18 miles the road is on a private right of way, the rest 880 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 12. being on the public highway. A few long cuts were necessary andconsiderable portion of the track work was in flooded ground, neces-sitating hauling gravel for the subgrade, and much ditching anddraining. One large bog which was encountered had to be thorough-ly drained. In this work ft. of 4- and lo-in. iron drain pipe was pipe generally was laid 3 ft. deep, and the trench filled with this, necessitating considerable masonry work and the building ofnew brick arches and forms, with concrete over arches, and tarconcrete floor on top. Power House. The group of buildings comprising the power station and carbarn is located at Wareham, Mass., five miles from Onset, the. CAR HOUSE AND POWER STATION, WAREHAM—NEW BEDFORD & ONSET STREET RY. gravel or broken stone. There are 27 driveway culverts and cattlepasses, built of iron pipe or stone. One culvert contains 60 ft. of20-in. iron pipe, and 10 ft. of stone work. In building there were 16,870 ft. of walls removed; 1,852 ft. offaced walls rebuilt; 517 ft. of balance wall rebuilt; 5,805 ft. of roughsea wall rebuilt. There were also 1,950 ft. of state highway fence removed and14,400 ft. of wire fence built. Street Improvements. It was necessary to widen 36,157 ft. of streets and roads from 10to 20 ft.; to lay new 12,893 ft. of macadam, and to repair or rebuild1,770 ft. of macadam. In addition there were special items which included the building eastern terminal and 17 miles from New Bedford the western ter-minal. This power house is connected in multiple with the centralpower station at New Bedford, the latter plant feeding the line fora distance of eight miles from New Bedfo
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