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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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e by the consolidated system into thetreasury will amount to at least $110,000 per annum. Thispayment, however, is in lieu of all expenses for street pav-ing, except repairs which the company is required tomake whenever it tears up a pavement for any cause,but it is not required to furnish new material for pav-ing. The entire amount received from the street railwaycompanies is set apart in a fund to be applied to thecleaning and repairing of the streets wherein the tracksof such company exist. It is also required in the new conditions that a generalsystem of transfers be provided, so that when the exten-sions are completed transfers without extra charge will beissued at 125 points, including tripsin both directions. The extensions which are now in process of construc-tion will aggregate about sixty miles. The company isalso engaged in reconstructing most of the lines in thebusiness portion of the city, embracing about fifteen totwenty miles. This re-construction includes the horse car
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FIG 5.—CLOSED CAR—CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY. tracks, and a considerable portion of the electrical con-struction on which a fifty-two pound girder was originallyemployed. Some of this construction has been in serviceonly about six years, but has failed to such an extent thatit was necessary to renew it. Other portions have been inservice for only a year or two, but with the requirementsfor new paving new rails are included, and the whole sys-tem is being rebuilt. In the process of construction the pavement is re-moved, and the surface excavated to a depth of twentyinches. The foundation is then rolled with a steam rollerhaving a weight of 250 lbs. per lineal inch of surface meas- ure. The oak ties, 6x7 ins., X 8 ft., with joint ties 6x12,are then placed with two foot six inch centers. The railsare then spiked direct to the ties and the tracks surfacedup and supported on wooden blocks. A foundation ofconcrete six inches in depth is then placed under the ties,and the space between th

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