. Electric railway journal . ace coat of 1:2 sharp sand and cement. Toncanmetal was used in roof saddles, cornice and rolling doors are located at the east and west endsof the shop. They are of the Kinnear type with chainoperators. The shop is liberally provided with sprinklerheads, of which there are 126 on the aisle lines and 234on the roof lines. The equipment is of the Grinnell typeand it was installed by the General Fire ExtinguisherCompany. Two 6-in. straight-away dry pipe valvescontrol the roof and aisle sprinklers. For heating purposes the vacuum system is used inthis car
. Electric railway journal . ace coat of 1:2 sharp sand and cement. Toncanmetal was used in roof saddles, cornice and rolling doors are located at the east and west endsof the shop. They are of the Kinnear type with chainoperators. The shop is liberally provided with sprinklerheads, of which there are 126 on the aisle lines and 234on the roof lines. The equipment is of the Grinnell typeand it was installed by the General Fire ExtinguisherCompany. Two 6-in. straight-away dry pipe valvescontrol the roof and aisle sprinklers. For heating purposes the vacuum system is used inthis carhouse. The steam is supplied from a nine-sec-tion No. 34 Mills boiler at 2 lb. per square inch steampressure, while an automatic electrically-driven pumpis used to maintain a vacuum of about 10 in. Anequipment of this kind permits adjustment of the tem-perature of the steam so that fuel can be economized inmoderate weather. The arrangement of small rooms along the side ofthe building presents few novel features, but the pro-. ROCHESTER CAR-YARD IMPROVEMENTS—PLAN AND VERTICAL ROCHESTER CAR-YARD IMPROVEMENTS—GENERAL LAYOUTSECTION OF WHEEL PIT PORTLAND AVENUE YARD Off June 16, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1085 vision of a lunchroom for the men is one which wethink will be greatly appreciated. Facilities for Making Repairs Over the pits the reinforced-concrete floor is sup-ported on 6-in. pipe standards set in iron sockets. Thesepipe columns are cross-braced to give the floor the neces-sary rigidity. The pits are lighted by means of lampslocated in pockets in the side walls. Opposite the machine shop is a wheel pit equippedwith swing rails for the removal of wheels. By meansof a transfer table and a wheel jack carriage very rapidwheel changes can be made. A gib crane is mountedclose to the wheel pit for use in handling parts to andfrom the machine shop, and chain hoists are also in-stalled for use in lifting cars off the trucks. The tool outfit in the machine shop comprises o
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