. The street railway review . l-IO. .s Til HAVANA liuildiMg and pits are heated with exl|aust steam from ihc powerhouse, which is pipeil underground from the latter. The buildingand special work leading from it are lighte<l with enclosed arclights; the pits and rooms arc lighted with incandescent sides of the pits are of brick and arc built 2 ft. outside of and. i-iG b 11 KG ; ;s in iowek hoisk. to the building and soiue 45 ft. above the pockets. Coal is thusunloaded into the storage pockets without cost for handling. Thestack is 125 ft. hi
. The street railway review . l-IO. .s Til HAVANA liuildiMg and pits are heated with exl|aust steam from ihc powerhouse, which is pipeil underground from the latter. The buildingand special work leading from it are lighte<l with enclosed arclights; the pits and rooms arc lighted with incandescent sides of the pits are of brick and arc built 2 ft. outside of and. i-iG b 11 KG ; ;s in iowek hoisk. to the building and soiue 45 ft. above the pockets. Coal is thusunloaded into the storage pockets without cost for handling. Thestack is 125 ft. high: it is of steel, brick lined, and titled withlightning rods. Water for the plant was secured by <lamming a branch of Catha-rine River and laying a pipe with natural gravity liow to a well inthe boiler room. Analysis ofthe water showed it to be lirst-classfor steaming purposes. The water dammed back being on the parallel to tlie tracks. The tracks arc carried over the pits ontrestles to allow space at the sides for light and ventilation. The car equipment consists of 12 cars; four are similar to thatshown in Fig. S. Two of these four have smoking compartments,the other two having both baggage and smoking arc ccpiippcd with four G. E. motors. K-ii automatic air brakes, and Wagenhals arc interior is finished in cherry
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