. Electric railway journal . -rial off the floor and facili-tate transfer from one shopto another, standard fac-tory trucks are used. Thesetrucks are also painted toindicate the shop in whichthey belong. This doesaway with a great deal ofunnecessary labor, as thetrucks are kept in theirproper places, and when notin use are always withineasy reach of the will be noted that thestoreroom is centrally lo-cated so that it can be con-veniently reached from allthe shops. CONNELLSVILLE SHOPS- Paint Shop The paint shop was de-signed and built during thesummer of 1912. It is amodern building
. Electric railway journal . -rial off the floor and facili-tate transfer from one shopto another, standard fac-tory trucks are used. Thesetrucks are also painted toindicate the shop in whichthey belong. This doesaway with a great deal ofunnecessary labor, as thetrucks are kept in theirproper places, and when notin use are always withineasy reach of the will be noted that thestoreroom is centrally lo-cated so that it can be con-veniently reached from allthe shops. CONNELLSVILLE SHOPS- Paint Shop The paint shop was de-signed and built during thesummer of 1912. It is amodern building 54 ft. x153 ft., of brick and rein-forced concrete construc-tion and arranged to ac-commodate six 55-ft. cars. It is divided into threesections, one for cleaning, painting and varnishingcars, one for varnishing doors, sashes and otherparts, and the third for an office which is also used asa mixing room. The interior of the entire shop, in- —FIG. 1—LAYOUT OF TRACKS ANDBUILDINGS APRIL 21, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 727.
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