. The Street railway journal . is between the over-hauling tracks and the wheel and axle-handling machinetools. It will be seen from the foregoing that the increase inthe maintenance shop facilities has been secured by elim-inating a five-track car storage section, 348 ft. long, andalso removing the lumber and oil storage rooms. The latterare now located in an isolated brick building in the rear ofthe car house. The oil room is also used for trimmingheadlights which are stored in an old passenger car pro-vided with shelves. Indirect heating is used in the paint and central machineshops. The ne
. The Street railway journal . is between the over-hauling tracks and the wheel and axle-handling machinetools. It will be seen from the foregoing that the increase inthe maintenance shop facilities has been secured by elim-inating a five-track car storage section, 348 ft. long, andalso removing the lumber and oil storage rooms. The latterare now located in an isolated brick building in the rear ofthe car house. The oil room is also used for trimmingheadlights which are stored in an old passenger car pro-vided with shelves. Indirect heating is used in the paint and central machineshops. The new carpenter and wheel shops, however, aresteam heated, as the latter system is not only cheaper, butmore satisfactory in this case because of the difficulty, ofgetting clean air. SHOP CHANGES AND EQUIPMENT Aside from the rearrangement of the shops, the companyhas also made important improvements in the method of can be maintained by repairing or manufacturing the neces-sary parts at home. The blacksmith shop also contains the. PNEUM.\TK- JIB CRANE LIFTINX. MOTOR FROM TRUCK
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