. Armour engineer. m the east platform find an exitthrough the the foot of the east stairs. The Dempster Street station has a layout very similarto that at Davis Street, but the building is set further forwardin this case and there are no side exit doors. All stairwaysare reached through the rear dood. Exit from all stairwaysmay be made through either the interior exit passages orthrough the outside exit turnstiles. At Main Street the station building is set even fartherforward than at Dempster Street, but the scheme of circula-tion is no different. Fig. 26 is a section of the
. Armour engineer. m the east platform find an exitthrough the the foot of the east stairs. The Dempster Street station has a layout very similarto that at Davis Street, but the building is set further forwardin this case and there are no side exit doors. All stairwaysare reached through the rear dood. Exit from all stairwaysmay be made through either the interior exit passages orthrough the outside exit turnstiles. At Main Street the station building is set even fartherforward than at Dempster Street, but the scheme of circula-tion is no different. Fig. 26 is a section of the Main Streetstation taken along the center line of the building. The Calvary station is a little different from the otherstations because of the small ground area and head-room avail-able, and because of modifications made on account of thefuneral traffic to Calvary Cemetery, which has its entrancedirectly opposite the station door. The routes used in reach-ing and leaving the platforms are the same as described for. Jan. 1910] UUEIFENHAGEX: EVANSTON TRACK ELEVATION 49 Davis Street with a few exceptions—namely: (1) exit throughthe station is not possible; (2) 6-foot wide gates next to theturnstiles are provided for caskets; and (3) 8-foot instead of6-foot passages^ are allowed around the building. The detailed design of the stations will be discussed un-der three heads—(1) reinforced concrete work; (2) the sta-tion buildings proper; and (3) the platforms, including thehand-railings and Concrete Work at Stations: A considerable amount of rather interesting and compli-cated reinforced concrete work was required in the construc-tion of the four stations. The necessity for this work wasbrought about by a number of conditions. First, the positionof the buildings within the limits of the embankment requiredabutments, retaining walls and wing walls, and in some casesoverhead bridges to carry the tracks clear of the roofs. Sec-ond, subways and stairways were need
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