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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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and during the present year this figurehas been brought down gradually, month by month, until itreached 1.2 per cent in June, the lowest in the history of thesystem. This low record is due to a combination of circum-stances, such as an efficient corps of trainmen, careful traindespatching, a good claim department and an efficient generalmanagement and operation. EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTSThe tramway company has extended two of its lines duringthe last four months and has also pursued a general policy ofimproving its track and overhead work throughout the city. Amile and a half of new track has been laid as a part of a newWashington Park line in the southern part of the city, the con-struction consisting of 65-lb., 60-ft. steel T-rail, laid on Texasheart-pine ties. The extension is single track and completes aline 5^ miles in length from the loop. Another extension of\Y% miles has been made on East Thirty-Fourth Avenue, and isknown as the North Capitol Hill line. This line consists of
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FIG 28.—SPECIAL WORK FOR NEW CAR HOUSE; POLE RAISING EQUIPMENT track removed and replaced by 72-lb. rail in 62-ft. lengths.Before winter 1 y± miles of new track will be laid on SouthDowning Avenue for the new Washington Park line, the con-struction including a new steel truss bridge over Cherry Creek,STANDARD TRACK CONSTRUCTIONThe result of all these extensions and improvements is thatout of a total trackage of 148 miles the company has in serviceonly 15 miles of 30-lb. and 35-lb. rail. The standard rail adoptedfor all paved streets is a 72-lb. 6-in. T-rail, laid in 60-ft. and62-ft. lengths. This rail was first designed in 1892 by John A.Beeler, now vice-president and general manager of the com-pany, but at that time chief engineer of the Denver TramwayCompany and the Metropolitan Railway Company. The railwas designed to do away with the old chair construction, and i^to-day what is used, with slight modifications, throughout thecountry. The adoption of the rail in Denver has been a

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