. Le journal de chemin de fer de rue . il sys-tem. La pente moyenne entre le Kloof Nek et le terminus de BurnsideRoad, à une distance d'un peu plus de 1]-miles, est légèrement plus raide que 1 sur 12.cela est dépassé par endroits, il y a des niveaux de 1 sur 9 pour les courtes distances.Kloof Road, Le terminus nord du chemin Burnside dans la municipalité du Cap est atteint. Intersection avec les tramways du Cap. La distancedu Round. L'église de Sea point est à environ 7 miles. En plus de la ligne principale, il y a deux autres sections courtes, l'une descendant le chemin Queens, Sea point, jusqu'à Sea point railwa

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. The Street railway journal . he sys-tem. The average grade from theKloof Nek to the terminus at BurnsideRoad, a distance of a little over 1]-miles, is slightly steeper than 1 in 12.This is exceeded in places, there beinggrades of 1 in 9 for short distances.Kloof Road, the northern terminus at Burnside Road inthe municipality of Cape Town is reached. Junction ishere made with the Cape Town tramways. The distancefrom the Round. Church at Sea Point is roughly 7 miles. In addition to the main line, there are two other shortsections, one running down Queens Road, Sea Point, tothe Sea Point Railway station, with a branch to the SeaPoint terminus of the Cape Town Tramways, and the other POWER STATION like the Brighton estate at Camps Bay, is the property ofa company whose object is to develop the estate. EARTHWORK The earthwork, which it was necessary to undertakebefore the actual work of construction could be com-menced, was of a very heavy nature. In addition to thenew roadway which had to be constructed, more than 75. Passing down the INTERIOR OF POWER STATION per cent of the existing roads had to be widened andgraded. The nature of the ground throughout renderedexcavation difficult and expensive. In places a clayeysoil was encountered containing innumerable boulders ofvarious sizes; the larger ones it was necessary to blast andsplit up into smaller pieces before they could be removed.In other places a decomposed granite in all stages of de-composition was met with, that which was most decom-posed being negotiated with much labor by means of 284 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 9. picks and shovels; that in the first stages of decompositionit was necessary to blast, but the most difficult of all wasthat which was only half decomposed, it being too hardfor getting with a pick and too soft and elastic for satis-factory blasting, many of the charges blowing out withoutloosening the mass. In comparison to the amount ofearthwork to be done, the proportion of blasting

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