. Electric railway journal . d by the roofs of adjoin-ing bays. The new carhouses are also constructed of brick, but theonly partition wall is that which separates the storage sec-tion from the shop and utilities bay. The roof is of woodcarried on light steel trusses, which in turn are supportedby the walls and one or more rows of A-form latticed October 4, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 645 columns spaced 26 ft. 3 in. It is evident from the view ofthe Weissensee carhouse that the inclination of the roofis much less than in the old carhouses, so that in this waythe company secures considerabl
. Electric railway journal . d by the roofs of adjoin-ing bays. The new carhouses are also constructed of brick, but theonly partition wall is that which separates the storage sec-tion from the shop and utilities bay. The roof is of woodcarried on light steel trusses, which in turn are supportedby the walls and one or more rows of A-form latticed October 4, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 645 columns spaced 26 ft. 3 in. It is evident from the view ofthe Weissensee carhouse that the inclination of the roofis much less than in the old carhouses, so that in this waythe company secures considerable economy in clearance between the floor and bottom member ofthe roof trusses is 16 ft. s in. The roof, as at Britz, is installing the standpipe connections in glazed dust-tightboxes. It is clear from the foregoing description of the con-structional features of the new carhouses that economy infirst cost was a prime consideration in their design. ArthurBusse, chief engineer of way and structure < ireat Berlin. Berlin Carhouses—Charlottenburg Installation, Which Is Typical of the Older Designs fitted with transverse wired-glass skylights, the whole com-prising 25 per cent of the roof area. Additional naturallight is also obtained by the use of glass above the track doors are of the swinging type and are builtof corrugated iron. One or more of these doors havesmaller doors built in so that a man can enter the car-house without opening the track doors. The devil-strips Street Railway, estimates that their average cost per carstored is but two-thirds that of the older structures. Theconstruction cost of the Britz installation for 200 to 240cars was $150,000. DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL INSTALLATIONS The Britz carhouse is 656 ft. long and 139 ft. wide. Theutilities section, which includes a substation, is 26 ft. wide
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