. Electric railway journal . se of the rails. Little stoneis used for ballasting city track except at Hartford, whichhas a spongy, clay soil. The asphalt block construction at 332 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 9. Rye and the sheet asphalt at New Britain were used withan old 7-in., 70 lb. rail which was electrically welded, butthe work in the other towns named was done with newrails. The three drawings of recent sections are of particularinterest. The first, of wood block in New Haven, is simi-lar to the construction in Norwalk but deserves particularnotice since it indicates the con
. Electric railway journal . se of the rails. Little stoneis used for ballasting city track except at Hartford, whichhas a spongy, clay soil. The asphalt block construction at 332 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 9. Rye and the sheet asphalt at New Britain were used withan old 7-in., 70 lb. rail which was electrically welded, butthe work in the other towns named was done with newrails. The three drawings of recent sections are of particularinterest. The first, of wood block in New Haven, is simi-lar to the construction in Norwalk but deserves particularnotice since it indicates the construction for the year 1913as approved by City Engineer F. L. Ford. The second ofthe new sections is a combination of wood block and Romanroad paving in South Norwalk, showing the use of woodblock between the rails of the track where the city is pav-ing with Roman road which is brought up to the rails out-side the tracks. The third section, which is used in Hart-ford, shows a 5-in., 80-lb. T-rail in a street paved with Etc trie /;</, Journal Connecticut Way—Asphalt and Wood Block Pavement,Morgan Street, Hartford 2-ft. centers. Chestnut (55 cents each for the firstquality) and white-oak ties are commonly used, but are nottreated except on the River Bridge at Hartford. In macada- HCro\vn a; % Hclow Top a Asphalt Layer of H cud \ N«t I 12 4Vi V-H / / Level-Top Bail Head -tL.
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