. The Street railway journal . FIG. 11.—FLOORING ON BRIDGE OVERLANDWETIR CANAL, WESTERN SECTION FIG. OVER GROSSBEERENSTRASSE, WITH STANDARD ROADBEDOF EASTERN SECTION FIG. 13.—UNDER THE STRUCTURE ALONGHALLESCHES UFER, EASTERN SECTION was only about $297,210 a mile. By adopting light cars, a fairlylight steel structure was possible, in spite of the weight of thefloor plates and the ballast, the latter amounting on the western and, if painted white underneath, like the Park Avenue viaduct,leaves the street at least about as light as the ordinary elevatedstructure, which quickly gets da
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 11.—FLOORING ON BRIDGE OVERLANDWETIR CANAL, WESTERN SECTION FIG. OVER GROSSBEERENSTRASSE, WITH STANDARD ROADBEDOF EASTERN SECTION FIG. 13.—UNDER THE STRUCTURE ALONGHALLESCHES UFER, EASTERN SECTION was only about $297,210 a mile. By adopting light cars, a fairlylight steel structure was possible, in spite of the weight of thefloor plates and the ballast, the latter amounting on the western and, if painted white underneath, like the Park Avenue viaduct,leaves the street at least about as light as the ordinary elevatedstructure, which quickly gets dark at every point. Snow has. FIG. 14—BULOW STRASSE STATION, EXTERIOR section to about 2575 lbs. per lineal foot of double-track struc-ture, out of a total weight of 4079 lbs. per foot, the steel work,including floor plates, weighing 1109 lbs. per foot. Motor carswithout passengers weigh about 20 tons, trail cars 15 a solid floor does shut some light off from the street given no trouble on Park Avenue, never having required re-moval even where through spans are used. The greater safetyand convenience of a ballasted floor are obvious, the safety ofemployees and workmen being specially looked after in Berlin,where the space between the ties is never left open, the timbers June 4, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 845 guarding the third rail are very heavy and strongly supported,footwalks are very safe, one incline between the tracks even
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