. Electric railway journal . on the cars. The rooftrusses are heavy enough to support a car body, andfour Yale & Towne 4-ton triplex chain blocks have beeninstalled for lifting bodies off the trucks, enabling thelatter to be run out to the truck pit. On the northerly side of the carhouse are located theoffices, machine shop, oil house and toilet wing. Allthese accommodations are on a small scale, as befits thesmall mileage. However, they are complete enough toinclude a trainmens hall, in which are located seats,table and bulletin board for the trainmen, and a safewith chute door for conductors
. Electric railway journal . on the cars. The rooftrusses are heavy enough to support a car body, andfour Yale & Towne 4-ton triplex chain blocks have beeninstalled for lifting bodies off the trucks, enabling thelatter to be run out to the truck pit. On the northerly side of the carhouse are located theoffices, machine shop, oil house and toilet wing. Allthese accommodations are on a small scale, as befits thesmall mileage. However, they are complete enough toinclude a trainmens hall, in which are located seats,table and bulletin board for the trainmen, and a safewith chute door for conductors turn-ins. There is also amain office with provisions for the operating man, sta-tion foreman or dispatcher, and a little office for themaster mechanic opens off the shop, the latter having afloor 28 in. lower than the office floor. The south side ofthe shop opens into the carhouse, so that men and mate-riads, car motors, etc., may readily pass from one to theother. The oil-house floor is 18 in. below grade, and the tops. SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CARHOUSE—INTERIOR VIEW SHOWINGSPRINKLERS AND PITS of the concrete walls around it are 6 in. above grade. Adrain connection with plug is provided in the concretefloor; thus the oil house is itself a concrete tank whichcan be drained if necessary, and a thorough scrubbingout is facilitated in case of accumulation of oil or greaseon the floor. The engine oil used for car lubrication isstored in a Bowser steel oil tank of 120-gal. capacity,with self-measuring pump. Grease is stored in a barrel,and the small quantities of gasoline and kerosene usedare at present stored in the cans in which they come. Awagon may be backed up to the oil-room side door anda barrel unloaded onto the track over the tank, rolledeither into position over the tank, or to the oppositeside of the oil room. Steps from outside give entranceto the end door of the oil room, which has no directcommunication with any other room. The automatic sprinkler system contains 280 sprin
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