. The street railway review . th all the necessary tools requisite to carry onthe work of this shop. Underneath the floor is a place in whichwheels on axles will be kept. A jack for lifting car bodies clear ofthe trucks is also to be supplied. An areaway from the street tothis shop has also been provided. Next to this shop is the carpen-ter shop, where all wood working machinery that is desired will befound, and this shop is designed to be one of the most completein the United States, as no expense will be spared to put in themost modern machinery available. There will be plank floors inthese
. The street railway review . th all the necessary tools requisite to carry onthe work of this shop. Underneath the floor is a place in whichwheels on axles will be kept. A jack for lifting car bodies clear ofthe trucks is also to be supplied. An areaway from the street tothis shop has also been provided. Next to this shop is the carpen-ter shop, where all wood working machinery that is desired will befound, and this shop is designed to be one of the most completein the United States, as no expense will be spared to put in themost modern machinery available. There will be plank floors inthese shops, with rolled cinder floors in the cellars, and underneaththe mill and carpenter shop will be placed all shafting for the ma-chines both in this shop and the machine shop, thus saving the Dec. 20, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 41 space above the floor usually occupied by shafting for somethingelse. Extending from the llth St. end back to the carpenter shop isthe paint shop. This shop was located in this manner so that in. one shop to the other, finally emerge from the 10th St. end practi-cally a new car. A traveling crane is to be erected, running fromthe carpenter shop to the blacksmith shop and capable of carryingthe heaviest car. Half of the space over the tracks running by tlic mill and carpen-ter shop, the machine shop and the blacksmith shop will be plat-formed and half without. This is to permit work being done onany part of a car without the inconvenience of step ladders andtemporary scaffolds. .•\11 the machinery in the building is to be operated by electricmotors. Heavy wooden doors are to be provided for each end ofthe building. Heavy galvanized iron fire doors extending from the ceiling areto be put in, and should a fire break out in any one shop thesedoors may be lowered and the fire confined to the shop in which itoriginated. These doors will also be provided to shut off the officeand store-room from the other part of the shop. For heating the building a bo
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