. The Street railway journal . laid in 1889 and 1890. At that time it was thought thata 30-lb. or 35-lb. steel rail would be heavy enough for theservice. Time,however, has shown the incorrectness of thisposition, and the superintendent of the company, W. , now states that in his opinion anything less than a72-lb. rail with 36-in. angle bars is inadvisable. The com-pany has three miles of this kind of track, which was laidin 1893, and has not needed one dollars worth of repair-ing since. The Shanghai rail, made by the Illinois SteelWorks, is used. The company also tried the experimentof e
. The Street railway journal . laid in 1889 and 1890. At that time it was thought thata 30-lb. or 35-lb. steel rail would be heavy enough for theservice. Time,however, has shown the incorrectness of thisposition, and the superintendent of the company, W. , now states that in his opinion anything less than a72-lb. rail with 36-in. angle bars is inadvisable. The com-pany has three miles of this kind of track, which was laidin 1893, and has not needed one dollars worth of repair-ing since. The Shanghai rail, made by the Illinois SteelWorks, is used. The company also tried the experimentof employing boys as conductors. It was found they werelike men in many respects, some of them were good andsome of them bad, but as a general rule they have not on the line. The company is now able to move a car fromthe track in 20 minutes after the wrecking car car carries a small jury truck, made of four castwheels, with a wooden frame and a pivot bolster, whichis placed under the disabled end of the car, and allows.
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