. Electric railway journal . lb. per yard were used to furnish girdersupport for the cars between piers. The inner rails ofparallel tracks are held to gage by tie rods on 4-ft. cen-ters, and the floor slabs are molded down to their basesas shown in an illustration. The floor slabs, which are well crowned, are 5 in the center. Concrete corbels cast solid withthe floor slabs, engaging with the bearing projectionson the piers, serve to keep the slabs in place. The con-crete floor throughout the carhouse is surfaced withthe Master Builders hardener surface. The roof of the carhouse is of
. Electric railway journal . lb. per yard were used to furnish girdersupport for the cars between piers. The inner rails ofparallel tracks are held to gage by tie rods on 4-ft. cen-ters, and the floor slabs are molded down to their basesas shown in an illustration. The floor slabs, which are well crowned, are 5 in the center. Concrete corbels cast solid withthe floor slabs, engaging with the bearing projectionson the piers, serve to keep the slabs in place. The con-crete floor throughout the carhouse is surfaced withthe Master Builders hardener surface. The roof of the carhouse is of 3-in. concrete slabscovered with a roofing cement known as Armorcote,applied directly to the concrete. This material has notbeen used on such large buildings before. It is aplastic, bituminous material. The frame of the build-ing is of steel with 9-in. brick walls. Excepting in theoutside walls, the steel work is exposed. The north end of the carhouse is closed with wooden,swinging doors. While this plan appears somewhat re-. SPRINGFIELD SHOPS—VIEW OF CARHOUSE, WITH SHOPS IN BACKGROUND March 20, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 557 actionary it has been used here because the construc-tion, with exposed steel work, is not strictly fireproofand it was considered essential to have doors that couldbe broken out easily if necessary. The Shops The shops are placed at the rear of the lot and arehoused in a U-shaped building, of which the storeroomoccupies the central portion, the paint shop one wingand the carpenter and repair shops the other. Thestoreroom is large enough to house supplies in suffi-cient quantities for the several departments of thecompany. A passageway along one side not only gives ac-cess to the storeroom but provides an inclosed passage-way between the two wings of the shop building. Bythis arrangement the storeroom is readily accessiblefrom all shops and at the same time is conveniently lo-cated for receipt and delivery of supplies to team trucks or supply cars. A
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