. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . C4 o oo o oo M > I—I ►:;w EH EhO O 302 BUILDIXG AND HEPAIItTNG RAILWAYS. plan to be adopted, as the conditions are so dif-ferent. Fig. 187 is a plan of a frame depot suitable fora new line in a sparsely settled country. Livingrooms are provided for the agent and his family;a passing track but no house track is Fig. 188. • SMALT. FRAME DEPOT. Fig. 188 is a plan of a frame depot suitable tobe used where business is light or
. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . C4 o oo o oo M > I—I ►:;w EH EhO O 302 BUILDIXG AND HEPAIItTNG RAILWAYS. plan to be adopted, as the conditions are so dif-ferent. Fig. 187 is a plan of a frame depot suitable fora new line in a sparsely settled country. Livingrooms are provided for the agent and his family;a passing track but no house track is Fig. 188. • SMALT. FRAME DEPOT. Fig. 188 is a plan of a frame depot suitable tobe used where business is light or moderate andwhere the agents family can secure a house awayfrom the depot to live in. Fig. 189 is a plan of a frame depot for astation doing a fair business. A house track isprovided for, which can also be used as a teamtrack for carload freight. All of these depots when built in a northernclimate should be set on a stone foundation orsome other provision made to keep the floorswarm. The floor of the warehouse should be oftwo-inch plank and the waiting rooms, offices andliving rooms double floored, the top one being of STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION. 303 K»A»-> *■
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