. The Street railway journal . lad-ders, ruljber washers and onecrowbar. Hose conectinns are alsoplaced in each building. Oneof these, illustrated in Fig. b,shows a reel of 2-in. linen hosewith a hose pipe and stand se-cured to the wall. One 2-inhose connection is laid out forevery 6000 sq. ft. of floor the buildings are heated incold weather, water can be kepton these connections at alltimes. For every 2500 sq. ft. through-out the entire property thereare apportioned two fire pails,one filled with water and theother with sand. The pailsare painted red, with largeblack letters Fire ste
. The Street railway journal . lad-ders, ruljber washers and onecrowbar. Hose conectinns are alsoplaced in each building. Oneof these, illustrated in Fig. b,shows a reel of 2-in. linen hosewith a hose pipe and stand se-cured to the wall. One 2-inhose connection is laid out forevery 6000 sq. ft. of floor the buildings are heated incold weather, water can be kepton these connections at alltimes. For every 2500 sq. ft. through-out the entire property thereare apportioned two fire pails,one filled with water and theother with sand. The pailsare painted red, with largeblack letters Fire stenciledon the side. They have round botoms and are kept cov-ered. CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS As a safeguard against a fire in its early stages, nothingsurpasses the judicious and timely use of chemical fire ex- 940 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 22. tinguishers. A little fire is quickly trodden out, which,being suffered, rivers cannot quench. Although this par-ticular protection is not very effective once the fire has. tings are of the simplest character, and, where possible, thepipes are bent to avoid their use entirely. Hangers of aspecial graduated type are employed so that the pipes areeasily adjusted for drainage. The horizontal piping is laidto a pitch not less than ^ in. in 10 ft. The arrangementof heads as shown in Fig. 11 follows what is known as thecentral side feed principle. The general design of the buildings is very favorableto roof sprinkler protection, as all of the buildings are butone story high and the bottom chords of the roof trussesare only 16 ft. above the floor. Again, the spans are shortand there is little waste room among the truss roof proper is of 2-in. plank over 8-in. channel ironpurlins, which permits an excellent arrangement for run-ning the sprinkler pipes clear and free on the bottom ofthe planking between the purlin members. It may be ofinterest to add that the sprinkler heads over the oil fur-naces in the blacksmith shop
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