. Electric railway journal . e. Each pit is 103 ft. long, 4 in. wide and 4 ft. 8 in. deep from the top of the rail to thelowest part of the floor. A pitch of 4 in. in the length ofthe pit is allowed to drain water to a sump located 12 one end. The walls are of concrete 12 in. thick andrest on a footing 12 in. x 24 in. The floor is 5 in. one end is a flight of 9-in. x 9-in. concrete steps. Thesumps of adjacent pits are connected with 4-in. glazedsewer tile laid with J^-in. slope to the foot. To support and hold the rails, 8-in. x 12-in. steel platesy2 in. thick are embedde
. Electric railway journal . e. Each pit is 103 ft. long, 4 in. wide and 4 ft. 8 in. deep from the top of the rail to thelowest part of the floor. A pitch of 4 in. in the length ofthe pit is allowed to drain water to a sump located 12 one end. The walls are of concrete 12 in. thick andrest on a footing 12 in. x 24 in. The floor is 5 in. one end is a flight of 9-in. x 9-in. concrete steps. Thesumps of adjacent pits are connected with 4-in. glazedsewer tile laid with J^-in. slope to the foot. To support and hold the rails, 8-in. x 12-in. steel platesy2 in. thick are embedded in the concrete and the rails areclamped on these by means of ^-in. anchor bolts 2^2 and standard rail clips, two bolts to a plate. Thesump is covered with a grating resting in a rectangularframe made of 2-in. x 2-in. x l/+-. angle iron, 12 in. x12 in. outside. The grating consists of nine bars, 11% il/2 in. x 14 hi., set on edge, mounted on 2l/2-m. x bolts and spaced uniformly apart with ^ 4 Glazed Sewer Tile Electric Cross-Section of Pit in Portland Avenue Carhouse,Rochester, N. Y. separators of J/2-. pipe. There are three incandescentlamps on each side of the pit mounted in pockets 6 in. x10 in. x 6 in. in size and placed 8 in. below the top ofthe wall. The sockets for the lamps are located in steeloutlet boxes and the wiring is carried in iron conduitmolded into the walls. August 9, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 233 News of Electric Railways Developments in the Detroit Situation On Aug. 5 the Detroit United Railway proposed a set-tlement of the differences between itself and the city ofDetroit by offering to operate at a fare of seven tickets for25 cents, with universal transfers. This offer was in answerto Mayor Marxs recommendation to the Council thatthe fare be reduced to 3 cents on all lines on which fran-chises have expired ami that some of the companys prop-erty be seized in security for taxes claimed to be due forseve
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