. The Street railway journal . le it is alarge structure and is provided with ceilinginstead of inter-track sprinklers, it embodiesmany other late ideas recommended by the fireUnderwriters for buildings of this nature. The house is designed for combined storage,minor repair and operating purposes. It hasa frontage of about 250 ft. and a depth of 114ft. The roof is supported by steel girders rest-ing upon steel columns. The heavy brickwalls rest upon concrete foundations, the gen-eral structural details of the building conforming closely to theadopted standards of modern fireproof construction.
. The Street railway journal . le it is alarge structure and is provided with ceilinginstead of inter-track sprinklers, it embodiesmany other late ideas recommended by the fireUnderwriters for buildings of this nature. The house is designed for combined storage,minor repair and operating purposes. It hasa frontage of about 250 ft. and a depth of 114ft. The roof is supported by steel girders rest-ing upon steel columns. The heavy brickwalls rest upon concrete foundations, the gen-eral structural details of the building conforming closely to theadopted standards of modern fireproof construction. Owing to the location of this house in the outskirts of thecity, it was thought desirable to supplement the city water sup-ply with ample water storage facilities for fighting any fire thatmight occur in or near the property. In view of the expenseof building an elevated tank for water storage purposes, it wasfinally decided to provide a large underground storage reservoir PLAN OF-WETHERSFIELD AVENUE CAR HOUSE. ENTRANCE DOOR, WETHERSFIELD CAR HOUSE, SHOWINGLADDER TRACKS INSIDE THE HOUSE approval and indorsement of the New England Insurance Ex-change, and it is not without interest to add that the inaugura-tion of the scheme is saving the Hartford Street Railway Com-pany $2 a day in fire insurance premiums. The general ideahas been worked out by J. T. Tregoning, engineer for theHartford Company, in conjunction with Norman McD. Craw-ford, general manager, to whom acknowledgement is made forthe information and diagrams reproduced in this article. having a capacity for holding 100,000 gals, of water, and toconnect the sprinkler system and the fire-hydrant system ofthe car house property to this reservoir. The underground cistern or tank is 60 ft. long and ex-tends underneath eight tracks. In building it, the space wasexcavated to a depth of 9 ft. 3 ins. below the floor level. Inthe bottom of the space 4 ins. of cinders well tamped were firstlaid; on this, 6 ins. of
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