. Report on the engineering and operating features of the Chicago transportation problem . >elow the head. Considerable invitation to vehicles to follow thetracks is extended by this rail. Figure 43 illustrates the rail used in Brooklyn. » AND IRACKS 179 Fi i^ ol street Iailwavtrack coiistnietioii in wliicli T rails are laid on coiierote )l)()iis of dressed i;raiiito are laid on each side of and flnsliwilli the njtper siirlace oi the rails. The granite blocks next to. riGUKE 48. the gauge side of the lails being dressed to form a groove for tiie]!assage of the flanges pf th
. Report on the engineering and operating features of the Chicago transportation problem . >elow the head. Considerable invitation to vehicles to follow thetracks is extended by this rail. Figure 43 illustrates the rail used in Brooklyn. » AND IRACKS 179 Fi i^ ol street Iailwavtrack coiistnietioii in wliicli T rails are laid on coiierote )l)()iis of dressed i;raiiito are laid on each side of and flnsliwilli the njtper siirlace oi the rails. The granite blocks next to. riGUKE 48. the gauge side of the lails being dressed to form a groove for tiie]!assage of the flanges pf the car wheels. Hiis type of construc-tion has been develojjed to the highest degree of ])erfection inthe cities of ^linneapolis and St. Paul, where it has been adoptedas the standard street railway construction. Where the granite
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