. The Street railway journal . ONE MILE SOUTH OF SUMMIT, LOOKING SOUTH of I to 6, and all rock cuts were excavated to a depth of i grade. Embankments were made 14 ft. wide at grade,with side slopes lYz horizontal to i vertical, with bermes notless than 4 ft. in width between embankment slopes. Log cul-verts were made of straight, green logs, from which all barkwas first removed, the logs being not less than 10 ins. indiameter at their small ends. As far as possible each log ex-tends the entire length of the culvert. The joints of all drainand culvert pipes were stopped with mortar com
. The Street railway journal . ONE MILE SOUTH OF SUMMIT, LOOKING SOUTH of I to 6, and all rock cuts were excavated to a depth of i grade. Embankments were made 14 ft. wide at grade,with side slopes lYz horizontal to i vertical, with bermes notless than 4 ft. in width between embankment slopes. Log cul-verts were made of straight, green logs, from which all barkwas first removed, the logs being not less than 10 ins. indiameter at their small ends. As far as possible each log ex-tends the entire length of the culvert. The joints of all drainand culvert pipes were stopped with mortar composed of one. A LONG STRETCH OF STRAIGHT TRACK slope of embankments, or about the foundation or ends of cul-verts, was required to have a volume of at least i cu. ft. FENCING The entire private right of way is fenced in, the posts beingof cedar, sawed or split square, and measuring at least 6 ins. oneach side, their length being about 7 ft. 6 ins.; gate postsmeasure at least 8 ins. on a side, and are 11 ft. in length. Thefence posts are set 8 ft. apart on centers along the fence withthe bottoms 23^ ft. in the ground. The bottoms of gate postsare at least 4 ft. in the ground. The minimum dimensions ofboards are: Length, 16 ft.; width, 6 ins.; thickness, i in. Theyare of fir, and there are five tiers of boards. TRACK The track is laid out as carefully as though the road was tobe operated by steam locomotives. Cross-ties number at least2816 to the mile. The service rails are 70-lb. A. S. C. E. sec-tion, in 30-ft. lengths. The gage is 4 ft. 8j4 ins. on straightlines. The spreading of gage on curves is
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