. The street railway review . COTTAGE GROVE AVE. (j»tic€tlF^il*v!ay-j\eyW ;35 Hay No. i has an area of 42,200 square feet with 15tracks, No. 2, 54,900 square feet with 12 tracks. No. 3,51,500 siiuare feet with 12 tracks; a total floor space of148,600 square feet, with tracks to accommodate 417 Cottage Grove Ave Car House Pari of LonQitudinal Section barn. The roof is divided for drainage into sections, 40 by60 feet, sloping to the center, and each section provided witha drain pipe running down beside one of the supportingposts to a sewer connection. Each 40 by 60 foot section ofthe roof
. The street railway review . COTTAGE GROVE AVE. (j»tic€tlF^il*v!ay-j\eyW ;35 Hay No. i has an area of 42,200 square feet with 15tracks, No. 2, 54,900 square feet with 12 tracks. No. 3,51,500 siiuare feet with 12 tracks; a total floor space of148,600 square feet, with tracks to accommodate 417 Cottage Grove Ave Car House Pari of LonQitudinal Section barn. The roof is divided for drainage into sections, 40 by60 feet, sloping to the center, and each section provided witha drain pipe running down beside one of the supportingposts to a sewer connection. Each 40 by 60 foot section ofthe roof has a skylight 14 by 20 feet. In the rear of bayNo. I are blacksmith and carpenter shops for making lightrepairs; also a crane for handling the grips when they areto be taken out or put into the cars. The stack shown in the floor plan and in the photographof the roof is that of the old barn, and is not now used forany purpose. As it was not injured in the fire it has beenallowed to stand. No steam plant is now required as thereare no elevators as in the old two-story barn, and the buildingwith the exception of the offices, where stoves are used, isnot heated. The cars are heated by their stoves, in whichfire is kept up all night in cold weather, thus insuring com-fortably heated cars even on
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