. The street railway review . s interior iron work, stairs, railings, parti-tions and platforms; J. C. McFarland & Co., of Oiicago, galvanized itaving a i6-fl. line, circular in shape, with four lino openings, Afire-brick lining extends to a point above the upper Hue openi« general features of the chimney arc the octagonal commonbrick base and the circular tapered shaft of radial brick, having abulging head with segmental iron cap and copper lightning rods. There is also a 43-ft, extension of the liuilding foundation on theeast or Locust St, end of the building, designed in part for
. The street railway review . s interior iron work, stairs, railings, parti-tions and platforms; J. C. McFarland & Co., of Oiicago, galvanized itaving a i6-fl. line, circular in shape, with four lino openings, Afire-brick lining extends to a point above the upper Hue openi« general features of the chimney arc the octagonal commonbrick base and the circular tapered shaft of radial brick, having abulging head with segmental iron cap and copper lightning rods. There is also a 43-ft, extension of the liuilding foundation on theeast or Locust St, end of the building, designed in part for a futurecondensing water pnmping chamber, but allowing for the installa-tion of the coal handling plant over it. This consists of two branchsteam railroad coal tracks for cars of 50 tons capacity; two 100-tonplatform scales and coal tower where coal and ashes are to be inter-changed between cars, conveyors, bins and crushers, as shown byIigs. 2 and 7. The building iiropcr ^ a skeleton steel franii- winch carries the. I n .\ii mil .si: .\.\ii i!i\i;ii iron window frames, glazing ami openers, and .Mphons Cuslodi»Chimney Construction Co., of Chicago, chinniey and lightning problem of condensing water supply was a most difTicultone, A separate pumping plant im the river bank (sec Fig, 3) wasfinally decided upon, and plans were made to put in a cellularconcrete and steel structure with separate pumping and screenchaml)crs, taking water from four intake pipes whose outer endswould l»c s ft. IkIow the lowest water level, thus allowing for the floors, coal ])ocki-ls, boilers, engine room crane and roof, lakesthe wind strains and slilTens the walls, which, being so stifTened,are of medium thickness, although they are borne eiUirely by theconcrete foundation walls, Fig. 8. The design of the exterior is on classic lln(■^. but devoid of orna-mentatir>n. It is massive in its proporlioll^. .nid the elevation isuniform as to height and design llironghcjut, Tlie base lias
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