. The street railway review . EXTERIOR OF CAR HOUSE AND SUOP. door posts between the tracks. The trolley wires are placed innotches cut in a plank across the doorway, as may be seen from thehalf-tone engraving, so that they do not interfere with openingand closing the doors. In the pit construction in both the car house and machine shopthe tracks are supported on steel posts, giving lightness and free- iejf/c Perti 5TaTion. dom of action in the underneath work. Heavy beam rails are usedso that the posts are 15 ft. apart in the machine shop and 7 ft. 6 in the car house. At the front en
. The street railway review . EXTERIOR OF CAR HOUSE AND SUOP. door posts between the tracks. The trolley wires are placed innotches cut in a plank across the doorway, as may be seen from thehalf-tone engraving, so that they do not interfere with openingand closing the doors. In the pit construction in both the car house and machine shopthe tracks are supported on steel posts, giving lightness and free- iejf/c Perti 5TaTion. dom of action in the underneath work. Heavy beam rails are usedso that the posts are 15 ft. apart in the machine shop and 7 ft. 6 in the car house. At the front end of the shop building is a commodious waiting Mav is, lyiK).J STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 20 )3 room for passfiiKois willi .-icconipaiiyiiiK toilet rooms, also Kiiicraloffices, employes rooms, including billiard room and readiiiR roomfor the employes, these latter Ijeiiig located over the waitiiiK roomand offices, thus iitili/in(j; the ujiper or attic portion of that part ofthe Iniildinij;- The rear portion ul this huihlinK ccmlairis the niacliiiu- ■-hop,boiler room, san<l room, etc. The offices, waiting rooms, are done in Soinbern |)iiie in
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