. Electric railway journal . as about to be commenced on their erectionwhen the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, brought every-thing to a standstill. During the period of haste and confusionfollowing the catastrophe temporary wooden shops with corru-gated iron roof and sides were hurriedlv erected to accommo- used at present for a mill, blacksmith and wheel shop. Abasement 96 ft. x 34 ft., with a clear height of 8 ft. 6 in., willbe built under the north end of the shop for the special pur-pose of accommodating the motor and all shafting necessaryfor driving the mill machinery. In this wa
. Electric railway journal . as about to be commenced on their erectionwhen the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, brought every-thing to a standstill. During the period of haste and confusionfollowing the catastrophe temporary wooden shops with corru-gated iron roof and sides were hurriedlv erected to accommo- used at present for a mill, blacksmith and wheel shop. Abasement 96 ft. x 34 ft., with a clear height of 8 ft. 6 in., willbe built under the north end of the shop for the special pur-pose of accommodating the motor and all shafting necessaryfor driving the mill machinery. In this way an absolutelyclear space will be left for the operation of the monorailcranes. This idea will be carried out in all future extensionsof the plant, as an elaborate system of monorail cranes will beused for intercommunication from one part of the shop toanother. All cuttings from the mill machinery will be re-moved by suction machinery operated from a central entire building will be absolutely fireproof, all walls,. Plan of New and Proposed Shops of date the absolutely necessary repair work. These temporaryshops followed the lines of the original plans. Later it wasfound that these buildings were not large enough to satisfythe demands upon them, so a temporary wooden paint shopwas erected in one corner of the grounds entirely separate fromthe area allotted to the permanent buildings. The enormous amount of repair and construction necessaryon the entire system, due to the ravages of the earthquake andfire, delayed any further work on the shops until the presentyear. By that time the rapid growth of the system, as well asthe expectation of the heavy traffic that the Panama PacificExposition of 1915 will bring to San Francisco, impressed themanagement with the necessity of providing adequate shopfacilities. With this end in view there was designed the presentsteel frame building, which will be so placed that it can be usedin conjunction with the wooden shops already in p
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