. The street railway review . re parts carried and facilitate repairs. On accouut of the narrow streets the width of the cars islimited to 8 ft. Truck centers on long ears are 14 ft. trucks of 39-in., 48-in. and 02-in. wheel bases are used;short trucks have wheel bases of 6 ft. C in. The long cars seem to be preferred in Boston to any otherstyle. They take up less room per passenger, in the street, re-quire no greater operating force and are more roomy and health-ful and ride easier than the shorter cars. In track construction a 9-in. girder rail is used laid on a tieplate 1 in. t
. The street railway review . re parts carried and facilitate repairs. On accouut of the narrow streets the width of the cars islimited to 8 ft. Truck centers on long ears are 14 ft. trucks of 39-in., 48-in. and 02-in. wheel bases are used;short trucks have wheel bases of 6 ft. C in. The long cars seem to be preferred in Boston to any otherstyle. They take up less room per passenger, in the street, re-quire no greater operating force and are more roomy and health-ful and ride easier than the shorter cars. In track construction a 9-in. girder rail is used laid on a tieplate 1 in. thick with 2x%-in. tie-rods 5 ft. apart. The pavingblocks used are 12 in. long, 4 in. thick and 8 in. in depth, andare laid either on gravel or a concrete base. September 30, 1897, the company had 25,000 ft. of electricallywelded rail in service. All special work and guard rail is cleaned twice a day and infreezing and snowy weather this work is kept up on the most important streets, nearly all track repairs. SPECIAL WORK AT BOVLSTON, WASHINGTON AND ESSEX STREETS. are made during the day time. When special work is put in,the work has almost always to be done at night so as to delaytraffic as little as possible. In many cases when laying new railswork Is done both day and night. 532 ^tl£d%\lu^^AC\V The WLiglit of the mil used is llio saint. tlirciuyhout the city,about 95 lbs. per yard, furnished in ISOf by the Johnson Com-pany, and in 1898 by Wni. Wharton. Jr., & Co. Where the trackruns through park reservations and not on the highway, a rail is used. This is set on a 1-in. tie plate so as to give of loam for a width of 25 ft. which the company main-tains. The best known type of special work, 10-in. construction,that can be found on the market is used by the company. Thiswork was nearly all built by the Johnson Company and , Jr., & Co. In snow cleaning, sleds are used lo carry off snow plowed inthe congested parts of the city while
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