. Electric railway journal . 611 Electric Ry- Journal Luzerne Carhouse—Part Plan, Showing Utilities Buildings at the Rear of the Carhouse tudinal and two transverse expansion joints were joints extend entirely through the building. Themembers are arranged on rollers so that a movement ofseveral inches may be taken care of without difficulty. Two steel stiff-leg derricks, each mounted on a steeltower as illustrated, were used for erection. Three bays per square inch; shearing stresses in steel, 10,000 lb. persquare inch. The concrete for the members named was awet mixture of one
. Electric railway journal . 611 Electric Ry- Journal Luzerne Carhouse—Part Plan, Showing Utilities Buildings at the Rear of the Carhouse tudinal and two transverse expansion joints were joints extend entirely through the building. Themembers are arranged on rollers so that a movement ofseveral inches may be taken care of without difficulty. Two steel stiff-leg derricks, each mounted on a steeltower as illustrated, were used for erection. Three bays per square inch; shearing stresses in steel, 10,000 lb. persquare inch. The concrete for the members named was awet mixture of one bag Portland cement, 2 cu. ft. of coarsesand or gravel and 4 ft. of broken stone. Mass or monolithic concrete was used only for footingsand floors. The concrete floors consist of cinder con- June 28, 1913.] ELECTRJC RAILWAY JOURNAL 39. Luzerne Carhouse—Stiff-leg Derrick in Use to Install Unit Reinforced Concrete Girders, Columns and Slabs After They Had Been Formed on the Ground 1140 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 26. crete and 1 in. of surfacing cement concrete. The remain-ing construction material consists of brick walls with gran-ite base courses and terra cotta trim, four-ply felt and slagroof covering and bay partitions of 6-in. hollow tile. In-side communication from bay to bay is afforded by meansof Underwriters type sliding doors. The tracks in the flush sections of the carhouse aremounted on chairs as shown, but the pit rails in the pit sec-tion are bolted through plates to 17-in. x 13-in. concretestringers which were designed for loads of 4700 lb. perwheel. These stringers in turn are carried on concrete
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