. Electric railway review . rtaps for service use; these are on a main entirely separatefrom tlai ] rovided for fire purioses. To latilitate handling motors the inspection sections ofthe houoc hav? a number of pit jacks known as the Watson-Stillnian telescope hydraulic motor lifts; an overhead hoistfor convenience in lifting heavy i)arts out of the pits is in-stalled also. For the ca;- house men there are Merritt steel lockerswith expanded steel fronts. .Storage rooms, one Ioi- oil and one for other suijplies arelocated between the two sections of the inspection portionof the building. The fro
. Electric railway review . rtaps for service use; these are on a main entirely separatefrom tlai ] rovided for fire purioses. To latilitate handling motors the inspection sections ofthe houoc hav? a number of pit jacks known as the Watson-Stillnian telescope hydraulic motor lifts; an overhead hoistfor convenience in lifting heavy i)arts out of the pits is in-stalled also. For the ca;- house men there are Merritt steel lockerswith expanded steel fronts. .Storage rooms, one Ioi- oil and one for other suijplies arelocated between the two sections of the inspection portionof the building. The front two sections of the car house are intended forstorage of cars after inspection and before going into ser-vice. In each side of the building there are five tracks, laid10 feet between centers, making a total of 10 tracks in thefront portion of the car house. This portion is floored withcinder concrete Ihish with the tops of the rails, which areof 4-inch T section. In both inspection and storage sections the general light-. New Car House and Truck Shop at Buffalo—Piers for InspectionPits. ing is by 50-candlepower incandescent lamps hung with con-lets on the lower chords of the roof trusses. These lampsare placed on the trusses so as to have a light above thespace between each pair of tracks and between the sidetracks and the walls, making six lights per truss in each halfof the front section and five lights per truss in each half ofthe rear section of the builditig. For fire protection a 4-inch high-pressure line connectedto the city main is laid with four standpipes into each ofthe four sections of the car house; at each standpipe is arack with 50 feet of 2-inch hose. Hand fire extinguishers arealso provided. The rolling steel doors which close all the wall openingsof the building (there are no windows except at the front),are operated by electric motors. A 3-horsepower CQ-3 Gen-eral Electric motor is mounted on the wall convenient tothe doors, and this drives a sprocket wh
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