. Electric railway journal . d into three divisions by brick walsand consists of an office, a perishable freight room and ageneral freight room. The walls are of brick, extendingabove the roof and capped with tile coping. The roof is ofconcrete, reinforced with self-centering expanded metal,No. 24 gage. It is waterproofed with a five-ply tar andgravel roofing. The floors are of concrete il/> in. in thick-ness. The same general plan for loading and unloadingfreight has been followed in the freight room as in theKansas City freight house, large doors being placed in eachside of the wail. For
. Electric railway journal . d into three divisions by brick walsand consists of an office, a perishable freight room and ageneral freight room. The walls are of brick, extendingabove the roof and capped with tile coping. The roof is ofconcrete, reinforced with self-centering expanded metal,No. 24 gage. It is waterproofed with a five-ply tar andgravel roofing. The floors are of concrete il/> in. in thick-ness. The same general plan for loading and unloadingfreight has been followed in the freight room as in theKansas City freight house, large doors being placed in eachside of the wail. For the present the freight equipmentconsists of five 52-ft. steel express motor cars, equippedwith four 100-hp General Electric No. 225, 1200-voltmotors, and five wood trailer cars, 40 ft. in length. It is the intention for the present to do a package expressbusiness, no arrangements having been made for the inter-change of freight with steam roads, and no contracts havebeen made with old-line express companies for handling ex-.
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