. The street railway review . div\^Jihiffy The barn tracks are all level so that the cars are easilymoved about and transferred to different tracks. The trans-fer tables are of wood and mounted on 30-inch wheels. In bays 1 and z, the earth has lieen excavated to a depthof about 4 feet below the tops of the rails, and a cementfloor laid. Throughout bay 1, and in that portion of bay -back of the transfer track, only the spaces between thetracks are floored over, the space between the two rails ofeach track being open, except for a few feet on either side of the transfer track. Over the pits thus
. The street railway review . div\^Jihiffy The barn tracks are all level so that the cars are easilymoved about and transferred to different tracks. The trans-fer tables are of wood and mounted on 30-inch wheels. In bays 1 and z, the earth has lieen excavated to a depthof about 4 feet below the tops of the rails, and a cementfloor laid. Throughout bay 1, and in that portion of bay -back of the transfer track, only the spaces between thetracks are floored over, the space between the two rails ofeach track being open, except for a few feet on either side of the transfer track. Over the pits thus formed the trucksmay be easily examined and cleaned. Water connectionsare provided every 50 feet along each of these pits, withdrains in the cement floor at the same intervals, furnishingthe best facilities for washing cars. It is intended at somefuture time to exca\ ate and put in a cement floor in bay 3,also. The roof is supported on timber posts 10 inches square,spaced 15 feet apart lengthwise and 20 feet crosswise of the. 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 cars.
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