. Electric railway journal . ther than location of terminal. Three Freight Buildings to Be Erected Three large buildings will be included in the newproject. There will be two outbound freight houses, 30ft. wide and 660 ft. and 570 ft. long respectively, with a50-ft. driveway between them and tracks on the oppo-site side of both. The inbound freight house will be50 ft. wide and 450 ft. long with a 40-ft. drivewayalong the south side. At the present time, 432 ft. ofthe 660-ft. outbound freight house only will be builtand this will be used in conjunction with the presentfreight facilities at the
. Electric railway journal . ther than location of terminal. Three Freight Buildings to Be Erected Three large buildings will be included in the newproject. There will be two outbound freight houses, 30ft. wide and 660 ft. and 570 ft. long respectively, with a50-ft. driveway between them and tracks on the oppo-site side of both. The inbound freight house will be50 ft. wide and 450 ft. long with a 40-ft. drivewayalong the south side. At the present time, 432 ft. ofthe 660-ft. outbound freight house only will be builtand this will be used in conjunction with the presentfreight facilities at the traction terminal building. Thisone house, however, will be of sufficient capacity so thatit will be possible to handle completely the shipmentsof the largest company now using the old terminal, andthus greatly relieve the pressing congestion which nowprevails. The remaining buildings will be erected in thenear future, it is anticipated, and the entire6-acre piece of land is being leveled andgraded as it will finally INDIANAPOLIS FREIGHT—GENERAL LAYOUTOF NEW TERMINAL August 11, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 225 The buildings will be constructed of Saraband Chin-chilla brick varying in color from rough-faced red toslate. Plans call for concrete foundations and steelroof, if the steel can be had, otherwise wooden-trussroofs will be used. The roof will be covered with Fed-eral tile, which are pressed, ribbed, reinforced concreteslabs, 4 ft. long and 18 in. wide, and colored red. Theside walls are divided into 16-ft. panels with 6-ft. pilas-ters and 10-ft. doors, placed opposite on the team andtrack sides of the buildings. Kinnear rolling steeldoors will be installed throughout and there will bewindows above the doors on the north walls. The east64 ft. of the first outbound building to be constructedwill be two stories in height with offices on the secondfloor and with the heating plant and toilet and lockerfacilities in the basement. This office space will providerecor
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