nd onto the rear transversely below the car and extends the full length seldom necessary. The oiling train usually proceeds half, the wheels being superimposed. If desired, the of the cross-ties. Swinging from either side of the at a speed of about four miles an hour, and an aver- bicycle may be… … outset, far from sanguine of suc- for oiled roadbeds are found in cess; but the system the reduced expense has proved ‘so satis- of track mainten- factory that it is be- ance and the preser- ing rapidly extend- vation of .- ballast. ed, and at the pres- The oil destroys all ent time there is an…
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