. Electric railway journal . ilding is entirely inadequate for thepresent requirements, but under the old track arrange-ment it was not possible to make any extension. Itis, however, so constructed that a second story canbe added, and, with the rearrangement of the tracks,this second floor can be extended east along the Forty-eighth Street front over the loop. The way is nowclear for extensions to the present building which willmake it modern and adequate for the future as wellas present demands. Fire Protection Increased by Installationof Towers Not the least important matter in a car yard of
. Electric railway journal . ilding is entirely inadequate for thepresent requirements, but under the old track arrange-ment it was not possible to make any extension. Itis, however, so constructed that a second story canbe added, and, with the rearrangement of the tracks,this second floor can be extended east along the Forty-eighth Street front over the loop. The way is nowclear for extensions to the present building which willmake it modern and adequate for the future as wellas present demands. Fire Protection Increased by Installationof Towers Not the least important matter in a car yard of thiscapacity is that of fire protection. In the original plansuch protection was provided by a line of hydrants inalternate spaces between the tracks across the middleof the yard, each hydrant being equipped with a hosehouse and a reel of hose. Protection of this kind is toa great extent uncertain. There is always the dangerthat hose long unused will have deteriorated and willbreak in an emergency. Then there is the further. difficulty and danger ofattempting to string hosethrough a yard fromwhich the cars are beingmoved away from a fire,thus making it practicableto string the hose onlybetween tracks or else as-sume the liability of itsbeing cut by the move-ment of cars. Such pro-tection is not to be com-pared with that affordedby towers. In the newplan six towers toppedwith monitor nozzles havebeen erected in the rearof the yard and a nozzlehas been mounted on eachcorner of the pithouse. Every part of the yard canbe reached by at least one, and generally more than one,of these streams. The towers are at such height thata car window can be broken and inside fires thus easilyreached. Hose reels are also provided at the bases ofsome of the towers, and there are other hydrants andhose reels for use in fighting inside fires. The same structure which furnished the frame forthe carhouse addition furnished the steel towers uponwhich the nozzles are located. These were posts sup-porti
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