. The Street railway journal . FIG. 7.—VIEW ON CAZADERO LINE, SHOWING STANDARDTRACK favorably with the steam roads in that part of the country. Theheaviest cut on the system is east of Sellwood, at Willsburg,Fig. 8, where an excavation about 50 ft. deep was made for a hauled about a quarter of a mile and used to make a heavy fillacross the valley of Johnson Creek. This fill, a portion ofwhich is shown in Fig. 9, is about 35 ft. to 40 ft. high and 3200. FIG. 6.—CAZADERO LINE IN EAGLE CREEK VALLEY, SHOWINGSTANDARD TRACK AND OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION FIG. S. -WILLSBURG CUT ON CAZADERO LINE 50 FT. DEE
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 7.—VIEW ON CAZADERO LINE, SHOWING STANDARDTRACK favorably with the steam roads in that part of the country. Theheaviest cut on the system is east of Sellwood, at Willsburg,Fig. 8, where an excavation about 50 ft. deep was made for a hauled about a quarter of a mile and used to make a heavy fillacross the valley of Johnson Creek. This fill, a portion ofwhich is shown in Fig. 9, is about 35 ft. to 40 ft. high and 3200. FIG. 6.—CAZADERO LINE IN EAGLE CREEK VALLEY, SHOWINGSTANDARD TRACK AND OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION FIG. S. -WILLSBURG CUT ON CAZADERO LINE 50 FT. DEEPFOR A DISTANCE OF 1800 FT. distance of 1800 ft. Considerable difficulty was encounteredin making this cut, as several good sized springs were uncov-ered, the water from which had to be taken care of before the ft. long. Besides giving this branch a very easy grade, the fillserves to carry the track over the main line of the SouthernPacific Railroad. In fact, the Cazadero line has no grade October 22, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 733 crossings except one with the companys Oregon City road,near Sellwood. Probably the most expensive work on the system was theconstruction of the new line along the 4 miles of river front,from Sellwood to the companys freight terminal yards at theMadison Street Bridge. For 7900 ft. of the distance along theriver bottoms a heavy trestle 20 ft. high has been built, and thisis being filled in, except at one point w
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