. The Street railway journal . LA JONCTION, HEADQUARTERS OF THE CIE. GENEVOISEDE TRAMWAYS ELECTRIQUES. CHEVRES POWER STATION, GENEVA stock, etc., the Compagnie Genevoise determined to estab-lish its own headquarters, and this it has done at a mostpicturesque part of the city, in the southwest, at a pointcalled La Jonction, just where the blue Rhone from LakeGeneva and the arrowy, turbid Arve, from the MountBlanc ranges, mingle their waters and flow southward to stantial edifice. It is three stories in height, with clocktower, and is built of a rich French white stone, uponwhich ornamental carv
. The Street railway journal . LA JONCTION, HEADQUARTERS OF THE CIE. GENEVOISEDE TRAMWAYS ELECTRIQUES. CHEVRES POWER STATION, GENEVA stock, etc., the Compagnie Genevoise determined to estab-lish its own headquarters, and this it has done at a mostpicturesque part of the city, in the southwest, at a pointcalled La Jonction, just where the blue Rhone from LakeGeneva and the arrowy, turbid Arve, from the MountBlanc ranges, mingle their waters and flow southward to stantial edifice. It is three stories in height, with clocktower, and is built of a rich French white stone, uponwhich ornamental carving has been freely bestowed. Ithas a frontage of over 115 ft. and a depth of nearly 120 an L shape. The ground floor is devoted to the officesfor cashier and bookkeeper and general accounts, and to an August 4, STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 697 assembly room for the motormen, while the long wing ofthe building carries a large stock of supplies, for whichthere is also a commodious basement. The first floor isoccupied by the management, with rooms for the superin-tendents and various officia
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