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C. VOGEL 8v C. MOINTOSH. SUBWAY POR CABLE RAILWAYS.

Patented Nov. 28, 1893.

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CHARLES VOGEL, OF SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA, AND COLIN MCINTOSH, OF

TACONIA, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNORS TO THE VOGEL CABLE CONSTRUC- TlON COMPANY OF COLORADO.

SUBWAY FOR CABLE RAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,833, dated November 28, 1893.

Application filed February 28, 1889. Serial No. 301,289. (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES VOGEL, of San Anselmo, Marin county, State of California, and COLIN MCINTOSH, of Tacoma, Pierce 5 county, Washington Territory, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Cable or Electric Street-Railways, of which the following is a specification.

Our improvement relates to the track, roadro bed and subway of those railways wherein the actuating mechanism, as a cable or electric conductor, is located below the surface of the roadway and it consists in a novel method of constructing the roadbed and subway of I5 Wood which greatly simplifies and largely reduces the cost of the construction while maintaining a degree of efficiency favorably comparing with structures of the same kind made wholly or in part f metal, masonry, dac.

2o In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a plan of the roadbed and subway, portions being removed to exhibit parts below. Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional elevation of the roadbed z 5 and subway.

Both figures illustrate a double track of three rails, as for instance where two separate roads pass for a distance side by side having separate cables moving in the same direction but in separate tubes, three rails will serve as well as four until the point is reached where the roads diverge.

In both gures the same letters of reference are used to indicate the same parts.

A, A,A are the track rails; B, B the slot irons which form the channel in which the shank C, of the grips passes.

D, D, D, are longitudinal stringers upon which the rails rest. These stringers are 4o bolted by the bolts CZ, to the transverse ties E, which ties extend under and support all the stringere which may be in one connected structure, that is to say, if it be a three rail track the ties should be long enough to take the stringers of the three rails but if it be simply a single two rail track or if there be two single two rail tracks side by side, then it will only be necessary to extend the ties a trie beyond the stringers of each separate track. F, F, are stringers, also resting upon 5o and being bolted to the ties E, and form in part the walls of the subway.

G, G are wooden chucks spiked to each tie and to the stringers D and F; they occur at each tie.

H, H, are wooden chucks spiked to one side of each tie extending a little above and a little below, so that if these chucks and the` chucks G, be cut uniformly to lengths suited, they will serve to space the timbers apart with 6o great accuracy and but little labor.

On the top of the stringere D and F, short planks I, are spiked, the grain running at right angles to the track. One end of these planks will be beveled to fit the flanges of the track rails and the other end maybe beveled as shown to give plenty of room for the grip Within the subway. On top of these transverse `planks will be spiked the longitudinal planks J J', beveled on the surface about as 7o shown in Fig. 2, to permit water drainage away from the slot. The planks next to the slot will be somewhat thicker than those next to the rails so that the slot irons resting upon them will be an inch or two higher than the rails. The planks J are grooved out to receive the slot irons B, which are fastened thereto by the bolts b; sufcieut space is left between the edges of the planks J and the Vrails to allow the wheel flanges of the car to 8o pass.

rlhe drainageway L, is made of planks Z, Z, Z,

nailed together, which forming a three sided box, is fastened to the hangers M, M, which are spiked to the ties.

The pulley pockets N, that is the chambers at the side of the subway which give access to the cable carrying pulleys are formed by boxing in a proper space between the slot an rail stringers and supplying acover N. 9o

It will be observed that the drainageway is so separated from the main structure as not to take any of the strains due to the traliic passing over the road and also since the wooden chucks H are made to extend a trifle down between the sides of the drain, there is no opportunity for the sides being forced in by any pressure upon the surrounding earth.

We do n'ot broadly claim asubway and roadbed for cable railways made wholly or partly of wood. We coni-ine our claims to the particularmethod of construction herein speeied.

' What We claim as our invention, and desire in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The improved track bed and subway for cable or electric street railways as herein described consisting essentially of the Wooden longitudinal rail and slot stringers D and F,

ties E chucks G and H, drainageway L paving planks I and J, J', slot irons B and railsV Athe Whole arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.Y

CHARLES VOGEL. COLIN MCINTOSH.

Witnesses:

JOHN IJ. MoHA'rToN, J. A. MANKER.

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