Pacific service magazine . for the storage andsoil-proofing of gas and water pipe used bythe different branches of the company. Allwrought steel pipe before being used issoil-proofed with a coating of asphaltumand roofing felt especially made for thepurpose. Special machines are used to dothis work, which heretofore has been doneat the different points where pipe was beingused. This required the transporting ofthe equipment from one part of the systemto another. It has been found, however,that wrapping the pipe at a central pointand its subsequent distribution to the pointof use materially cut
Pacific service magazine . for the storage andsoil-proofing of gas and water pipe used bythe different branches of the company. Allwrought steel pipe before being used issoil-proofed with a coating of asphaltumand roofing felt especially made for thepurpose. Special machines are used to dothis work, which heretofore has been doneat the different points where pipe was beingused. This required the transporting ofthe equipment from one part of the systemto another. It has been found, however,that wrapping the pipe at a central pointand its subsequent distribution to the pointof use materially cuts down the cost; alsothe process is continuous and experiencedmen can be maintained to do the another advantage is that there is al-ways a stock of pipe available, and ship-ments can be readily made on short amount of pipe wrapped each monthis in the neighborhood of 440,000 feet andapproximately 5,000,000 feet has beenwrapped during the past year. In conjunc-tion with the pipe yard, three pipe fitting. The Central Warehouse Group at Emeryville. Machine and electrical shops on the left,warehouse building on the right. 262 Pacific Service Magazine testing machines are usedto test all pipe fittings be-fore shipping them to thepoint of use. The warehousing,manufacturing and re-pair shops are situated inthe buildings on the cen-tral area and make up theSupply Department consists of five build-ings, each designed for thespecial work for which itis intended. It covers anarea of 301,676 squarefeet, with a ground floor area in the build-ings of 129,352 square feet. The yard ad-jacent to the buildings is paved with con-crete and water bound macadam. Suitableconcrete loading and unloading platformstwelve feet wide extend along either sideof the spur track. These platforms arealso used as a runway for transporting ma-terial from one building to another. Theyare of reinforced concrete six inches thick. The warehousing is carried on in a build-ing 130 feet wid
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