. The Street railway journal . lene. It is the chief shippingpoint of the Coeur dAlene mines, with boats running to all As shown on the accompanying map, the railway follows thevalley of the Spokane River, which is the natural outlet of LakeCoeur dAlene. About midway between the termini, the roadcrosses the river, 2>7lA ft- above the surface of the water, on a600-ft. wooden truss bridge, and at the same time also crossesthe dividing line between the States of Idaho and track is of standard gage and is laid with 60-lb. standardA. S. C. E. section T-rail in 30-ft. lengths. The
. The Street railway journal . lene. It is the chief shippingpoint of the Coeur dAlene mines, with boats running to all As shown on the accompanying map, the railway follows thevalley of the Spokane River, which is the natural outlet of LakeCoeur dAlene. About midway between the termini, the roadcrosses the river, 2>7lA ft- above the surface of the water, on a600-ft. wooden truss bridge, and at the same time also crossesthe dividing line between the States of Idaho and track is of standard gage and is laid with 60-lb. standardA. S. C. E. section T-rail in 30-ft. lengths. The roadbed con-sists of hewn fir ties 7 ins. x 7 ins. x 8 ft., laid 2-ft. centers,and thoroughly ballasted with rock gravel. This ballast wasnearly all taken from the right of way. The rails are con- 264 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 6. nected with angle-iron bars, the joints being suspended, and arebonded throughout with Brown plastic bonds. Whenever neces-sary, the track is drained with tile laid 8 ins. under the TANGENT TRACK 3% MILES LONG, SHOWING BALLAST ANDGENERAL APPEARANCE OF TRACK NEAR CARDERSSTATION, WASHINGTON There is a gradual up grade from Spokane to Coeur dAlene,averaging per cent. The heaviest grade is per cent,and the maximum curvature is 8 degs. Side-pole overhead construction is used with 35-ft. poles,spaced 100 ft. apart. The trolley wire is No. 0000, figure 8,and is suspended 22 ft. above the track. Power is purchasedfrom the Washington Water Power Company, being trans-mitted from that companys water-power plant in Spokane totwo rotary-converter sub-stations, located at Green Acres andRoss, 14 and 25 miles, respectively, from Spokane. The trans-mission voltage is 22,000 volts three-phase. The equipment ateach sub-station consists of one 200-kw rotary converter andthree 100-kw oil-insulated transformers, the rotaries feedingonto the line through No. 000 and No. 0000 feeders. The com-panys business has grown beyond the capacity of the su
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