. Railway age . cket office out to the edge of the overhang roof of to be prepared, and this has been done in the case of the roadsthe platform. Ihls roof is carried at its outer edge by eight round large places. Norfolk and Roanoke. Here there will be a vard and March 13, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 349 a freight house of dimensions suited to the requirements of thecities. The passenger stations have not yet been designed. The layout of the tracks and building is given on the are located at the south side of the city at the crossing ofthe Hoanolie & Southern or the Winston-Salem di
. Railway age . cket office out to the edge of the overhang roof of to be prepared, and this has been done in the case of the roadsthe platform. Ihls roof is carried at its outer edge by eight round large places. Norfolk and Roanoke. Here there will be a vard and March 13, 1908. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 349 a freight house of dimensions suited to the requirements of thecities. The passenger stations have not yet been designed. The layout of the tracks and building is given on the are located at the south side of the city at the crossing ofthe Hoanolie & Southern or the Winston-Salem division oi theNorfolk & The passenger station will be 40 ft. wide ft. long and will be approached by a screening driveway fromJefferson avenue along which there is a line of street cars. Thisstreet will be raised about 5 ft. to meet the grade of the road. Theroad is single track and will have a connection with the Norfolk& Western over a 13-deg. curve, and there will be a long passing. Plan of Standard Combination Passenger and Freight Station siding in front of the depot, with a track leading off to a double-track siding in front of the freight depot with space left for addi-tional tracks when the traffic offered may require it. Beyond thefreight house there will be a number of team tracks as shown. Inall of this layout the plans have been prepared for present construc-tion and future extension. The freight depot, as designed, will have a width of 40 ft. anda length of 231 ft, of which but 134 ft. 11 in. will be built at present,and the remainder added when the requirements of the traffic shalldemand it. The part to be built first will be the east end and willInclude the offices. The building is to be of brick set on concretefoundations of 1-4-71;. mixture except around the basement beneaththe offices, where a 1-3-6 mixture is to be used. Provision Is madeIn these foundations for expansion and contraction due to variationsof temperature by the use of vertical t
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