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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 general character of the country is rolling. Steam railroadcrossings at grade were prohibited, and bridges and subways wereconsequently built. Grade crossings were permitted over switchtracks, spurs and sidings, when protected with derailing devicesinserted in the interurban tracks. The private right of way is4 rods wide and fenced in. It is protected by cattle guards anddanger boards at all highway crossings. One unexpected diffi-culty was a sink hole 700 ft. long, which was finally bridged bypiling driven end on end, a very expensive construction. It is exceptional to find double tracks provided for in theoriginal construction plans of an interurban. In this case suchprovision was wise forethought rather than compulsory after-thought. The companys single track steam railroad competitor,the Pere Marquette, parallels the double-track interurban fromGrand Rapids to Holland. While trains of the former road arewaiting for a passing train the cars of the interurban go whizzing 0 Newavoo
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MICHIGAN Grand Rapidj MAP OF THE GRAND RAPIDS, HOLLAND & LAKE MICHIGANRAPID RAILWAY by, giving an uninterrupted service by virtue of the double-track feature. TRACK CONSTRUCTION The track is standard gage, with 67-lb. and 70-lb. rails, ballastedwith gravel and drained where necessary with 12-in. to 36-in. tiling.The sharpest curve is 6 degs., and the maximum grade 3 per cent,except at the subways in Holland, which is 5.56 per cent. Thesetwo subways under three railroads are of steel and concrete. Two types of bonds are used, a web bond on new rail and a footbond on relaying rail where angle bars did not permit the usualweb bond. These bonds were No. 0000, 6 ins. long, crimped to5 ins. between centers, furnished by J. M. Atkinson & Co. Thedrilling of rails for receiving bonds was done by a special machine,which consists of a gasoline engine, tank and batteries, transmis-sion and speed-regulating devices, mounted on a special carequipped with drill stocks. This outfit paid for i

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