. Electric railway journal . now required to wye at Dix and LivernoisAvenues. In these new plans it should be noted that the funda-mental idea of looping around the carhouse propertywith head-on storage has been carried out. A Typical Office Building The office building at the West Jefferson yard is 60ft. x 74 ft. in outside dimensions and contains twofloors. The building is of steel, concrete and brick con-struction, the facing being vitrified brick with stonetrimmings. It is roofed with red tile and presents amost attractive appearance. It is shown at the left inthe photograph on page 535. I
. Electric railway journal . now required to wye at Dix and LivernoisAvenues. In these new plans it should be noted that the funda-mental idea of looping around the carhouse propertywith head-on storage has been carried out. A Typical Office Building The office building at the West Jefferson yard is 60ft. x 74 ft. in outside dimensions and contains twofloors. The building is of steel, concrete and brick con-struction, the facing being vitrified brick with stonetrimmings. It is roofed with red tile and presents amost attractive appearance. It is shown at the left inthe photograph on page 535. In the center on the first floor is a hall or assemblyroom about 29 ft. in width extending nearly the fulldepth of the building. On the side toward the left ofthe entrance are, from front to rear, a restaurant, 18ft. x 28 ft. in size; a kitchen of the same width and14 1/3 ft. deep; a storeroom of the same width and aboutIOV2 ft. deep, and two toilet rooms, one entered fromthe storeroom and the other from the hall. The restau-. DETROIT CAR YARDS—PIT AND WASH HOUSE AT WEST JEFFERSON YARD March 24, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 537
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