. The street railway review . VIEW OF FRONT OF THE MADISON CAR HOUSE SHOWING STANDARD CLOSED CARS. 52 or 54 motors. The auxiliary equipment consists of a double-ended snow plow and scraper with closed body, manufactured in thecompanys shop, a combination sand car and snow plow, a sub-stantially built tower wagon, a light repair wagon and the neces-sary construction wagons. room set apart for stores for all departments. Adjacent to thestoreroom is the carpenter shop, equipped with a planer, woodlathe, saws and a boring machine. It is interesting to note thatthis boring machine was made from an
. The street railway review . VIEW OF FRONT OF THE MADISON CAR HOUSE SHOWING STANDARD CLOSED CARS. 52 or 54 motors. The auxiliary equipment consists of a double-ended snow plow and scraper with closed body, manufactured in thecompanys shop, a combination sand car and snow plow, a sub-stantially built tower wagon, a light repair wagon and the neces-sary construction wagons. room set apart for stores for all departments. Adjacent to thestoreroom is the carpenter shop, equipped with a planer, woodlathe, saws and a boring machine. It is interesting to note thatthis boring machine was made from an old drill-press frame thathad been thrown aside. The frame was mounted on the carpenter ^ I 1, r~»n -1—M I 1 i r v ■ 1 r<—t !■:■.! r I I I I ■- I i I —r- I r ■ i i r—i 3_ ^H. f n MT =£, ■■■■■■ .......J^—k &9//V7- Srt0£> Z^£ ^E= ;ji i L /7^C///a£ Shop ,9=^^JJBeV V vJS i_j^^t C##P£HTr/? Shop —zoo-o— PLAN OF FAIR OAKS CAR HOUSE AND SHOPS. New Car House and new building for the storage and repair of the equipment islocated in the eastern part of the city, convenient to the Chicago &Northwestern Ry. tracks. The building, as illustrated, is of brickand steel construction. 200 ft. long by no ft. wide. One portion ofthe building, 30 ft. wide, is entirely set apart by brick fire walls and shop wall and a new shaft inserted with bevel gears connecting withthe old crank shaft, on which were mounted home-made woodenpulleys, so that the boring may now be done by engine power. At the end of the carpenter shop is a room for armature of this room is served by an overhead crane the carriageof which is made of old T rails with cast-iron wheels traveling over Jan. is, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW a track of si
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