. The Street railway journal . February, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 97 that are fitted out at this shop do not return here, exceptfor rewiring or re-equipment or unusual work not in theline of maintenance. Such machine work as is requiredfor power station repairs, and in some cases construc-tion work, is also done here. MAINTENANCE SHOP. When a car or truck is in need of repair, repaintingQr overhauling, beyond that which can be done at the. FIG. 5.—SWINGING COVER FOR FUSE BOX. car house, it is sent to the shop at Washington and Bart-lett Streets. This shop was the repair shop of the Met-r
. The Street railway journal . February, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 97 that are fitted out at this shop do not return here, exceptfor rewiring or re-equipment or unusual work not in theline of maintenance. Such machine work as is requiredfor power station repairs, and in some cases construc-tion work, is also done here. MAINTENANCE SHOP. When a car or truck is in need of repair, repaintingQr overhauling, beyond that which can be done at the. FIG. 5.—SWINGING COVER FOR FUSE BOX. car house, it is sent to the shop at Washington and Bart-lett Streets. This shop was the repair shop of the Met-ropolitan Street Railway before the West End Companywas formed. The building is 360 X 90 ft., three storieshigh, and 257 workmen are employed here. On the first floor, beside the portion used for thestorage of lumber and supplies, there is a mill roomwhere the various parts of the wood structure of a carare gotten out, and machines suited for this purpose areused. In the adjoining blacksmith shop there are twelveforges, one steam and one power hammer. A small ma-chine shop on this floor renders this shop independent ofthe central repair shop for such machine work as ishere required. The second story of this building is where repairs aremade to the car bodies, also where new cars are railway mail cars of a new design have recentlybeen finished here. The cut (Fig. 3) shows the externalappearance of these cars. The interior f
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