. The Street railway journal . for screws are painted yellow for brass, blue for blue-headedand white for plain iron screws, to facilitate finding the oneswanted. An elevator serves to carry the stores between thefirst and second floors. In the center of the building is locatedthe storekeepers office. Goods are only delivered on requisitionsigned by shop foremen. For heavy stores outside bins and racks are provided. Theseinclude a large covered rack open at the ends for bar iron andsteel, covered bins for scrap material and sheds for lumberstorage. Ties and rails at present are stored in the y
. The Street railway journal . for screws are painted yellow for brass, blue for blue-headedand white for plain iron screws, to facilitate finding the oneswanted. An elevator serves to carry the stores between thefirst and second floors. In the center of the building is locatedthe storekeepers office. Goods are only delivered on requisitionsigned by shop foremen. For heavy stores outside bins and racks are provided. Theseinclude a large covered rack open at the ends for bar iron andsteel, covered bins for scrap material and sheds for lumberstorage. Ties and rails at present are stored in the yard of the. CORNER OF MACHINE SHOP, SHOWING WHEEL LATHE,OAKLAND TRACTION SHOPS COVERED STORAGE BINS FOR HEAVY SUPPLIES, OAKLANDTRACTION SHOPS the east end of the building are the offices of the master me-chanic. The location places this official practically in the cen-ter of the entire system of shops, so that he can easily super-vise the work in all departments. This arrangement has beenfound to work out better than having the offices at the entranceto the grounds or at any point on the edge of the shops. The first floor of the stock room is raised to the level of aflat car, and along the north side is an 8-ft. platform to facili-tate unloading from the cars. Inside there are provided some3600 bins of different sizes and 480 drawers for various over-
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