. The Street railway journal . THE PUBLiL bliR\lLE BUILDING Uh IriL LAS VEGAS RAILWAY & PuWER COMPANY, LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO scribed later. They comprise a total width of 55 ft. 11J^ ins. and have four tracks in all spaced 13 ft. 6j4 ins. and 13 ft. yyz ins. centers. As the walls are solid no openings were left except in the front and the rear of the car sheds, so the only additional cost for con-structing car sheds wasthat for the roof. A repairpit in the rear of the carsheds extends the entirewidth of the buildingunder all the tracks. PUBLIC SERVICEBUILDING The handsome stonestructure shown
. The Street railway journal . THE PUBLiL bliR\lLE BUILDING Uh IriL LAS VEGAS RAILWAY & PuWER COMPANY, LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO scribed later. They comprise a total width of 55 ft. 11J^ ins. and have four tracks in all spaced 13 ft. 6j4 ins. and 13 ft. yyz ins. centers. As the walls are solid no openings were left except in the front and the rear of the car sheds, so the only additional cost for con-structing car sheds wasthat for the roof. A repairpit in the rear of the carsheds extends the entirewidth of the buildingunder all the tracks. PUBLIC SERVICEBUILDING The handsome stonestructure shown in one ofthe accompanying illus-trations was built by Wal-lace & Davis, of Las Ve-gas, as a combination ser-vice building for the LasVegas Railway & PowerCompany. It is locatedat the intersection ofTwelfth Street and SanFrancisco Avenue. Thesection set aside for thepower station runs paral-lel with Twelfth Street. GENERAL PLAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING OF THE LAS VEGAS RAILWAY & POWER COMPANY. THE TRACKARRANGEMENT LEADING TO THE CAR STORAGE THEREIN, LAYOUT OF THE POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT, FUTURE GAS POWER PLANT, OFFICES, ETC. January 26, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 133 and is alongside the car sheds. That part ofthe building parallel with San Francisco Avenueused for offices and a show room for electricalfixtures is two stories high, while the one-storydivision is used for the shops. THE POWER PLANT Practically none of the equipment of either theold railway plant or of the new plant of the LasVegas Railway & Power Company was retained,all of the machinery and equipment being new andinstalled to conform with present Las Vegas company has approximatelytwenty-five railway motors, aggregating some 200hp., on the day service, and a peak load for light-ing of about 230 kw. Arrangements have beenmade for the extension of the property both foradditional boilers and ma
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