. Electric railway journal . emporary Inspection Shedsto Meet Emergency on Dual Rapid TransitSystem in New York City By Julius Glaser Designing Engineer Public Service Commission, First District,New York City AMONG the most important appurtenances in con-nection with the operation of a rapid transit rail-road are facilities for the inspection of rolling the dual rapid transit system in New York Citywas planned, it was intended that storage yards and in-spection facilities would be ready by the time the sub-way trunk lines and elevated extensions were com-pleted; but the war, withits
. Electric railway journal . emporary Inspection Shedsto Meet Emergency on Dual Rapid TransitSystem in New York City By Julius Glaser Designing Engineer Public Service Commission, First District,New York City AMONG the most important appurtenances in con-nection with the operation of a rapid transit rail-road are facilities for the inspection of rolling the dual rapid transit system in New York Citywas planned, it was intended that storage yards and in-spection facilities would be ready by the time the sub-way trunk lines and elevated extensions were com-pleted; but the war, withits demands on capital,labor and material, pre-vented the completion, notonly of some of the ele-vated extensions but alsoof the storage yards andinspection facilities. Whenoperation on the H sys-tem was inaugurated itwas seen that somethinghad to be done at once,and since the constructionof some of the new fa-cilities, then building,was hampered by the lacko f material and labor,and it would have beenimpossible to contract for. INTERIOR OF INSPECTION SHED AT WHITLOCK AVE. The details of the construction of these temporary fa-cilities are illustrated in the accompanying inspection sheds, each more than 500 ft. long withpits, trestle approach and track work, were built in threemonths and one inspection shed nearly 600 ft. long by45 ft. wide and 27 ft. high was built in less than threeweeks, while trains were being operated and inspectedwithin a few feet of the builders. This is extraordinaryunder present conditions, even though it would not at-tract attention in normal times. When the specifications and drawings were finished,the invitations to contractors called for bids not only inaccordance with them, but also for bids based on al-ternative schemes with materials which the bidder mighthave on hand or could procure more quickly than thematerials shown on the drawings. That this pro-vision was very valuablewas shown by the factthat the facilities couldnot have been
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