. Electric railway review . Structural Design and Economy—Paint Shop With 48-Foot G Irders. power plants of the country, and the writers have no intentionof criticising or discussing these more important examples ofrailway work. In traveling over the country, however, onvarious kinds of engineering business, one naturally sees a Perhaps this neglect is found more frequently in connectionwith structures and their accessories than anywhere a power house consists of an engine or two with only afew boilers, it seems as though any one can design it. The. Substation With Reinforced Concret
. Electric railway review . Structural Design and Economy—Paint Shop With 48-Foot G Irders. power plants of the country, and the writers have no intentionof criticising or discussing these more important examples ofrailway work. In traveling over the country, however, onvarious kinds of engineering business, one naturally sees a Perhaps this neglect is found more frequently in connectionwith structures and their accessories than anywhere a power house consists of an engine or two with only afew boilers, it seems as though any one can design it. The. Substation With Reinforced Concrete Crane Girders—Sub-station Interior. large number of the smaller plants. In many cases it is inter-esting to note the groat ingenuity by which money is savedand extraordinary results accomplished. The struggle fornet earnings is so great and the Intelligence of the average * Presented before the American Street and Interurban RailwayAssociation, Atlantic City, N. J., October 16, 1907. car barn may apparently be placed here, there, anywhere, solong as it is along the line of the road. The cars may begotten out and into it in any fashion which occurs first to theperson who makes the design. Presumably, the car inspectorswill get the trucks from under the cars in some way, so nogreat effort need be made to do this quickly and concrete is somewhat new and desirable in many 572 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVin, No. 15d. cases, so that it Is often used to the exclusion of steel, brick,and tother materials whether it Is most suita
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