. Electric railway journal . storage bay. The bin,of 15-yd. capacity, is of a rectangular section with thefloor sloping to an opening in the rear wall of the car-storage bay. The lowest point of the receiving bin wasso located that sand will flow by gravity to an openingin the wall just above the car-storage bay floor this opening the sand is scooped into the sanddrier or deposited on the floor in the space provided forthat purpose. After the sand has been dried it isscreened and stored in a 4-yd. steel bin mounted on thepartition wall between the two bays. This bin suppliessand to
. Electric railway journal . storage bay. The bin,of 15-yd. capacity, is of a rectangular section with thefloor sloping to an opening in the rear wall of the car-storage bay. The lowest point of the receiving bin wasso located that sand will flow by gravity to an openingin the wall just above the car-storage bay floor this opening the sand is scooped into the sanddrier or deposited on the floor in the space provided forthat purpose. After the sand has been dried it isscreened and stored in a 4-yd. steel bin mounted on thepartition wall between the two bays. This bin suppliessand to valves on the opposite side of the wall, where itis convenient for the car crews and the inspection force. As shown in one of the accompanying illustrations,the sand-receiving bin forms one wing of a reinforced-concrete structure, of which a 30-ton coke bin is theother. The two are separated by an enclosure whichwill serve to house a line repair wagon. The coke bin,like the one for sand, is built with a sloping floor, which. EVANSTON CARHOUSE—VIEW OF SAND-DRYING OUTFIT EVANSTON CARHOUSE—VIEW IN TRAINMENS QUARTERS April 3, 1915] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL allows the coke to flow by gravity to an opening in therear wall of one of the car-storage bays. At this open-ing fuel for the forced hot-air heaters on the cars isreadily available. The basement space beneath the binsserves as storage space for scrap materials and providesan oil-storage room. The front portion of the repair-shop bay is dividedinto offices for the general manager, the superintendentand the station clerk, and an assembly room for the em-ployees. The employees quarters have been furnishedwith tables, chairs, a billiard table, shower baths andindividual metal lockers. The station clerks office ad-joins the assembly room, being separated from it by aglass partition, built with a counter on each side. Acrossthis the conductors receive supplies and make turn-ins.
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