. Electric railway journal . proof fixtures. This one-story building is located directly behind the repair bay ofthe carhouse, and it is furnished with a platform on whichsupplies are delivered from cars. The basement now con-tains an air compressor, the warm-water pump previouslymentioned and Darby individual ventilated lockers for theshop employees. These lockers have a sloped top so thatthey cannot be used as racks or for packages. The mainfloor has an oil storeroom, shop, stockroom, foremansoffice and toilet. The oil-room storage equipment is above ground leveland consists of three 125-gal
. Electric railway journal . proof fixtures. This one-story building is located directly behind the repair bay ofthe carhouse, and it is furnished with a platform on whichsupplies are delivered from cars. The basement now con-tains an air compressor, the warm-water pump previouslymentioned and Darby individual ventilated lockers for theshop employees. These lockers have a sloped top so thatthey cannot be used as racks or for packages. The mainfloor has an oil storeroom, shop, stockroom, foremansoffice and toilet. The oil-room storage equipment is above ground leveland consists of three 125-gal. and two 25-gal. tanksfor handling barrels. The small shop now contains onlythe switchboard for this installation, but its walls carrycrane rails and the floor has a trapdoor to permit the laterinstallation of substation machinery in the basement. Thestockroom is screened almost to the ceiling and its one dooris readily seen from the foremans office. The toilet fit-tings are of the best nickeled design with individual wash-. Luzerne Carhouse—View of Roof Showing Skylights andVentilating Monitors stands instead of long troughs. Sanitary drinking foun-tains are used both here and in the office or transporta-tion building. The office building is a two-story structure directly inline with the stock building. The first floor is divided intoan office for the clerks and receivers and a large room forthe use of motormen and conductors. As it would be in-convenient to post the runs and schedules of so many lineson the walls, racks with swinging panels are used for thatpurpose. A barber shop and toilet room are installed inthe one-story wing. The toilet is of the finest style withnickeled trimmings, marble barriers, etc., and with separateskylights and ventilators. The heating plant is located at a considerable distancefrom the other utility buildings in order to be alongside thePhiladelphia & Reading Railway. The steam-raising equip-ment consists of six water-tube boilers which were
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