. Book of the Royal blue . THE BALTIMORE & OHIO SYSTEM AND ITS INTERESTSIN COLUMBUS, OHIO. mHE Baltimore & Ohio System liastwo freight stations in the City ofColumbus, one known as Columbusand the other as West Broad Columbus freight station, situate atThird and Naghten Streets, occupies practi-cally the best location in the city for thereceipt and delivery of merchandise freight,the principal wholesale district being im-mediately tributary thereto. The station in length. The freight houses are fittedwith rolling steel doors, platform scales,and the appointments generally are modern
. Book of the Royal blue . THE BALTIMORE & OHIO SYSTEM AND ITS INTERESTSIN COLUMBUS, OHIO. mHE Baltimore & Ohio System liastwo freight stations in the City ofColumbus, one known as Columbusand the other as West Broad Columbus freight station, situate atThird and Naghten Streets, occupies practi-cally the best location in the city for thereceipt and delivery of merchandise freight,the principal wholesale district being im-mediately tributary thereto. The station in length. The freight houses are fittedwith rolling steel doors, platform scales,and the appointments generally are modernin every respect. The team tracks at this terminal providefor the placing of eighty-five cars. Thedriveways are wide, well paved and veryconvenient for the receipt and delivery offreight. Wagon scales have been installedin the yard facing on Naghten Street for the. building is comparatively new, having beencompleted in the latter part of the year1905. It is 580 feet in length, exclusiveof the office, and feet in width, beingcomprised of both in and out bound freighthouses. The station contains four tracks,two on each side of the transfer platformbetween the in and out bound tracks have a total capacity ofsixty-six cars. At the north end of bothhouses there are open platforms 100 feet convenience of shippers or consignees whomay desire to weigh carload or less than car-load freight in this manner. A travelingelectric crane with a capacity of twenty-fivetons, equipped with high and low speed, hasbeen established at the north end of ourteam tracks, providing desirable facilitiesfor the loading, unloading or transfer ofheavy articles. The freight station, teamtracks, electric crane and wagon scalesfurnish ample facilities for the receipt and 18 THE B. & 0. SYSTEM AND ITS INTERESTS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. delivery of freight traffic.
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