. The Street railway journal . FIG. 10.—TRACK SECTION WITH CUT. FIG. 11.—TRACK SECTION WITH EMBANKMENT. consists of two side hill rock cuts with retaining walls,joined by a switchback at the middle of the hill. The ap-proaches are loops, necessitating an embankment for thelower one and a cut for the upper. The (Figs. 6 and 7 ) show the projection, bonding is with No. 0000 .stranded Chicago bonds, one toa joint, and cross bonded every third rail. The track isstone ballasted throughout; 5 in. X 7 i- X 7 ft. white oakties are , spaced twelve to the thirty foot rail and railjoi
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 10.—TRACK SECTION WITH CUT. FIG. 11.—TRACK SECTION WITH EMBANKMENT. consists of two side hill rock cuts with retaining walls,joined by a switchback at the middle of the hill. The ap-proaches are loops, necessitating an embankment for thelower one and a cut for the upper. The (Figs. 6 and 7 ) show the projection, bonding is with No. 0000 .stranded Chicago bonds, one toa joint, and cross bonded every third rail. The track isstone ballasted throughout; 5 in. X 7 i- X 7 ft. white oakties are , spaced twelve to the thirty foot rail and railjoints are FIG. 12.—BOTH CUTS OF SIDE HILL CONSTRUCTION. section and profile of this work. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 12 and 13 arephotographs showing the finished construction. Figs. 8,10, and 11 give various sections of roadway. The track work as far as Fort Lee, though nominallyalong the .side of the highway, was practically new gradiiig,requiring a large amount of as the worn road wastoo crooked to follow. From Fort Lee to Leonia thetrack follows the side of the road, and from Leoniato Englewood the center. At Leonia a grade varyingfrom eight per cent to ten per cent for 1500 ft. is encoun-tered going down. A large amount of macadamizing ofroads is required of the company under its franchises.
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