. The street railway review . OF CAR HOUSE. SHOWING CEMENT TANKS FORCOLLECTING RAIN WATER FROM ROOF. and taken under the cars to any part of the work-shops on the bogie trucks. The workmen stand onthe bogies when doing the truck and motor repair work. ■ . 1 I Owing to the scarcity of fresh water in this local-ity, there have been constructed at the car barn twoconcrete cement tanks running the full width of ihrbuilding and into which is drained all the ram waterfalling upon the roof. These tanks are 60 ft. long,8 ft. deep and 5 ft. wide, and each year they catchand render available
. The street railway review . OF CAR HOUSE. SHOWING CEMENT TANKS FORCOLLECTING RAIN WATER FROM ROOF. and taken under the cars to any part of the work-shops on the bogie trucks. The workmen stand onthe bogies when doing the truck and motor repair work. ■ . 1 I Owing to the scarcity of fresh water in this local-ity, there have been constructed at the car barn twoconcrete cement tanks running the full width of ihrbuilding and into which is drained all the ram waterfalling upon the roof. These tanks are 60 ft. long,8 ft. deep and 5 ft. wide, and each year they catchand render available about $5.«» wo *»■which is used for washing the cars and for fireprotection. The car house is cciuipped with a com-plete system of automatic .sprinklers in the roof, thewater for the sprinkling system being drawn fromthe cement storage tanks by a pump and forced to anelevated lank near the car house by which meansadequate pressure is 011 the sprinklnmRystem. The cotnpany own* 10 (Imtble truck cars and
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