. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1—METHOD OF PAVING TO T RAIL IN MINNEAPOLIS. some places a six inch block is used. A filling block ofwood is used on each side of the rail, and this is saweddown to fit the side of the rail, leaving one inch to oneand a half inches exposed on the top. This leaves a per-fectly smooth line for the pavers to work against. Thepaving as put in is giving good satisfaction, both to therailroad company and the city. In Des Moines, la., the Shanghai T rail is used, andthe method of track construction differs from thatadopted at St. Paul and Minneapolis, as will be se
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1—METHOD OF PAVING TO T RAIL IN MINNEAPOLIS. some places a six inch block is used. A filling block ofwood is used on each side of the rail, and this is saweddown to fit the side of the rail, leaving one inch to oneand a half inches exposed on the top. This leaves a per-fectly smooth line for the pavers to work against. Thepaving as put in is giving good satisfaction, both to therailroad company and the city. In Des Moines, la., the Shanghai T rail is used, andthe method of track construction differs from thatadopted at St. Paul and Minneapolis, as will be seen inFig. 2. Brick paving is used, and this is brought up flushto the head of the rail on the outside, and set just lowenough on the inside to allow room for the rail FIG. 2—SECTION OF T RAIL CONSTRUCTION IN DES MOINES. The space under the head of the rail is filled in with eitherwood or cement. The city authorities are so well pleasedwith the construction that they have insisted that thecompany shall use this rail hereafter on every new tracklaid in newly paved streets. In Gloversville, N. Y., a six inch T rail is employedby the Cayadutta Electric Railroad Company in a streetpaved with cobble stones. A plank is laid edgewiseon the inside of the rail. Mr. Frenyear, general managerof the company, tells us that he does not think the plankany advantage, provided the paving is properly done, butthe company was compelled to use it by the terms of itsfranchise. The cobble paving to the outside of the railmakes a good joint. The T rail chairs are spiked directlyto the ties. In Covington, Ky., the only track construction withT rail on paved streets belonging to the South Covington& Cincinnati Street Railway Company is on the bridge 558 THE STREET RAI
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