. Electric railway journal . e Can + i lever Dayton Carhouse and Shops—Section of Column and Double Cantilever Roof Beams the comfort of workmen, maple flooring has been laid overa concrete sub-floor. This sub-floor consists of a slab, over which a 4-in. layer of cinder concretewith wood grounds or bevel strips has been spread andtamped compactly in place. Before the wooden flooring tilators. The operating mechanisms in connection with thepivoted sashes in the monitors, as well as the dampers ineach ventilator, are arranged to be operated with cordsfrom the floor
. Electric railway journal . e Can + i lever Dayton Carhouse and Shops—Section of Column and Double Cantilever Roof Beams the comfort of workmen, maple flooring has been laid overa concrete sub-floor. This sub-floor consists of a slab, over which a 4-in. layer of cinder concretewith wood grounds or bevel strips has been spread andtamped compactly in place. Before the wooden flooring tilators. The operating mechanisms in connection with thepivoted sashes in the monitors, as well as the dampers ineach ventilator, are arranged to be operated with cordsfrom the floor included in the design of the repair shop 454 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 12. bays to facilitate the handling of material are a pair of18-in., 48^-lb. crane runway beams in each of the shopbays. Bridge cranes will be installed on these runwaysas soon as necessity warrants their purchase. An electricfreight elevator has also been placed in the corner of themill room adjacent to the partition between it and the. Dayton Carhouse and Shops—Assembly Room carpenter shop. This elevator is arranged to be operatedbetween the basement and the second floor and is used tofacilitate the handling of materials between the variousfloors from the stockroom and cabinet shop, respectivelyabove and below the mill room. Inspection and repair pits were installed under eachtrack in three of the car-storage bays, and there is onepit long enough for two cars in both the carpenter andmachine shop bays. Unusual features in the design ofthese pits include an 8-in. pit foundation wall under eachtrack rail, designed with 8-in. buttressed walls which pro-ject 2 ft. at the bottom and are spaced at 9 ft. Each pit is provided with two cross-pit con-nections, 9 ft. 10 in. in width, arranged with removablerail sections so that wheels or trucks may be droppedfrom under a car. The track rails over the pit are S. C. E. section, spiked to a 6-in. x 8-in. dressed yellowpine
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