. Electric railway journal . ego company has stored mostof its rolling stock on vacant property which adjoins its powerstation. For a long time the officials believed that the housingof cars from four to six hours out of twenty-four was unneces-sary. However, they finally came to the conclusion that the ad-ditional cost of maintenance from storing cars in the openwas more than the interest on the construction cost of abuilding. The building is equipped with an automatic sprinkler systemwhich is supplied by the city pressure and an emergency tankof 30,000 gal. capacity erected over the roof. It
. Electric railway journal . ego company has stored mostof its rolling stock on vacant property which adjoins its powerstation. For a long time the officials believed that the housingof cars from four to six hours out of twenty-four was unneces-sary. However, they finally came to the conclusion that the ad-ditional cost of maintenance from storing cars in the openwas more than the interest on the construction cost of abuilding. The building is equipped with an automatic sprinkler systemwhich is supplied by the city pressure and an emergency tankof 30,000 gal. capacity erected over the roof. It cost approxi-mately $ J 00,000. PLATFORM BARS IN CHATTANOOGA The Chattanooga ( Railway & Light Company hasrecently applied a pivoted platform bar to the center vestibulepost of its cars, as shown in the accompanying bars were installed in consequence of injuries which hadresulted to passengers who left a moving car at railroad cross-ings while the conductor went ahead to flag the crossing. With. Platform Bar in Service Position this device a passenger cannot leave the car without deliberatelypassing under or raising the bar, which has been lowered by theconductor before alighting. The lettering on the inside of thebar is Dont get off car while bar is down. The letteringon the outside is Dont board car while bar is down. During
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