. The street railway review . , c;ir hmisu is a single story building with a (j6 X 45(1 ft. It has ij-in. brick walls between pilasters spaced10 fl. from center In eeiiler. « itii large windows between the pilas-ters and one large ilnor al Ihe iiorlh eiiil. uliile the soutll end isenlirely open. The roof is of gravel and eomposition on woodsheathing, about one-half supported by wooden trusses and theother half supported by wooden posts, .spaced 16 ft. center toeeiiler in Ihree rows. Ihe lloors are of earlli and cinders. In tin-north section wdiich has the wood trusses, the average -h
. The street railway review . , c;ir hmisu is a single story building with a (j6 X 45(1 ft. It has ij-in. brick walls between pilasters spaced10 fl. from center In eeiiler. « itii large windows between the pilas-ters and one large ilnor al Ihe iiorlh eiiil. uliile the soutll end isenlirely open. The roof is of gravel and eomposition on woodsheathing, about one-half supported by wooden trusses and theother half supported by wooden posts, .spaced 16 ft. center toeeiiler in Ihree rows. Ihe lloors are of earlli and cinders. In tin-north section wdiich has the wood trusses, the average -height be-tween Hoor and roof is 29 ft. 6 in. and in the rest of the barn theheight averages 22 ft. 6 in, Tn this barn the tracks have a slightgrade toward the south enil and two of the tracks pass directlythrough the building: two tracks have switch and in-side of the building, but all have tangent tracks at the south endfor a distance of 50 ft. from the building. The bain has a loialstorage capacity for 80 TEST FIRE IN IKOGRKSS. There are two water supplies, city mains and gravity tanks, IkuIiautomatic, and an auxiliary supply by means of steamer connec-tions. The city supply pipe, 6 in. in diameter, is connected to a!6in. street main which connection feeds to the S-in. feeder ofthe underground sprinkler piping. The measured city pressure atthe base of the sprinkler riser at the time of the test was 18 35,000-ganon tanks for the supply are mounted onsteel towers with the bottom of the tanks 78 ft. above the the use of the steamers, there is a Siamese connection nearthe northeast corner of the barn. An 8-in. cast iron pipe whichis parallel with and about 40 ft. from the cast side of the buildinghas 8-in. connections from each gravity tank and 8-in. branches tothe sprinkler system. Each two 6-in. sprinkler systems are pro-vided with one post indicator valve, located 40 ft. east of the build-ing. Ill addition to the regular ceiling
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