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Show cretc. On the top of this will be placed plac-ed two Inches of sand, which will serve as a cushion for the ties and rails, thu.-i making riding in the cars more comfortable and yet giving the roadbed tho greatest iosslblo stability, i The rails that are being laid on the road are Supound weight, nearly a8 heavy as the largest used hv steam roads. The ties are what arc called cresote ties. They are tics of Oregon pine boiled in cresote that makes them proof against rot or corrosion. It Is said that this roadbed, once laid, will not have to be disturbed during tho natural life of a man. FINISH THE CEMENT WORK Concrete workers for the Salt Iake Ogden Railway company thU mornlug., finished I he cement roadbed , for the electric car Byste-m on Lincoln I avenue, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets and by the middle of next week, the foreman says, the road will -: ready for use. The roadbed in this particular section sec-tion consists of eight Inches of con- |