. Electric railway journal . FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS OF TRAINMENS BUILDING, SUBSTATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJOINS AT THE LEFT IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS than over the open-pit construction is on the same levelas the top of the rail and the slab between tracks istapered up to meet this level where the two floors join. A skylight over practically the entire length of themain bay of the carhouse and five short lateral sky-lights over the length of the present building in theother bay make the building interior very bright, andexpedite the work of inspection and maintenance. Roll-ing steel doors at
. Electric railway journal . FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS OF TRAINMENS BUILDING, SUBSTATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJOINS AT THE LEFT IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS than over the open-pit construction is on the same levelas the top of the rail and the slab between tracks istapered up to meet this level where the two floors join. A skylight over practically the entire length of themain bay of the carhouse and five short lateral sky-lights over the length of the present building in theother bay make the building interior very bright, andexpedite the work of inspection and maintenance. Roll-ing steel doors at the car entrances, rolling steel fire-doors at all doorways and a dry-pipe sprinkler systemwith standard hose equipment and hose houses in theyard, all connected with a 60,000-gal. fire tank carried85 ft. in the air, give a very complete protection againstfire. One feature of the layout is the provision for futureextension of the present building either longitudinallyor laterally across the plot as needed with the growth of. building for the convenience of the trainmen and the-activities of this division of the Employees Mutual Ben-efit Association. Also, adjacent to this is a new sub-station, which is now under construction to serve thissection of the city. These two buildings are con-structed of red colonial brick with Bedford stone copingand trimming. The first floor of the trainmens buildingis given over to the division superintendents office,a general division office and trainmens room with elab-orate toilet and shower bath facilities adjacent, and toa well-equipped restaurant, in which all cooking will bedone electrically. On the second floor is located a large trainmens cJubroom which is equipped with pool tables and cardtables and will also be used for dancing and for meet-ings of the employees association. A bronze tabletbearing the emblem of the employees association is
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