. Electric railway journal . s have been let for the office building to ad-join. Floor plans are presented showing the arrangement ofthe office and substation building. In the basement accom-modation will be provided for the car crews and for theheating plant. A fireproof vault 9 ft. square extends fromthe basement to the roof, and has entrances from eachfloor. The street floor is subdivided into a substation 42ft. x 20 ft. and a waiting room 28 ft. wide by 42 ft. second floor is subdivided into a large office for theauditor and four smaller rooms for executive offices. Thethird floor
. Electric railway journal . s have been let for the office building to ad-join. Floor plans are presented showing the arrangement ofthe office and substation building. In the basement accom-modation will be provided for the car crews and for theheating plant. A fireproof vault 9 ft. square extends fromthe basement to the roof, and has entrances from eachfloor. The street floor is subdivided into a substation 42ft. x 20 ft. and a waiting room 28 ft. wide by 42 ft. second floor is subdivided into a large office for theauditor and four smaller rooms for executive offices. Thethird floor is similarly divided, and will be occupied by theengineering department. Passenger cars will load andunload on the tracks in front of the station, and an orna-mental roof has been provided covering the sidewalk at thefront of the building, so that protection will be affordedpassengers during inclement weather. NEW CARS Five combination baggage, passenger and smoker carsare being built by the American Car Company for through. Joliet & Southern—Long Through Truss Bridge over Michigan Central Tracks on Chicago Heights Extension hold the rails in line and gage while the concrete was beingplaced. The steel ties are spaced 10-ft. centers, and the ex-cavation is so shaped that each tie is enclosed in a beam ofconcrete 18 in. wide by 12 in. deep and 8 ft. long. Undereach rail there is a concrete beam of similar dimensions,while the beams under the two rails are tied together, notonly by the steel ties, but by a floor of concrete 6 in. paving with specially molded filler and stretcherblocks is used throughout the city. TERMINAL BUILDING Mention has been made of the terminal building now service on the interurban lines. All five cars will be ofsimilar design. Each is 45 ft. long over all and 8 ft. 8 The floor plan given on page 405 shows the seatingarrangement of the car and exhibits the principal dimen-sions. In the main passenger compartment will be 14double sea
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