. Electric railway journal . ed according to the needs of the department which willoccupy it. A vault has been built to the full height of thebuilding and is accessible from each floor. The new structureis made of brick and was built by day labor under the super-vision of the engineering department of the railway and lightcompany. Each floor is so subdivided that a row of offices will extendaround the outer walls and a large open space be provided inthe center of the floor for the clerical assistants. This centerspace will be lighted by a light shaft extending from the firstfloor to the roof.
. Electric railway journal . ed according to the needs of the department which willoccupy it. A vault has been built to the full height of thebuilding and is accessible from each floor. The new structureis made of brick and was built by day labor under the super-vision of the engineering department of the railway and lightcompany. Each floor is so subdivided that a row of offices will extendaround the outer walls and a large open space be provided inthe center of the floor for the clerical assistants. This centerspace will be lighted by a light shaft extending from the firstfloor to the roof. The shaft is 36 ft. 10 in. long x 10 ft. 8 and is glazed for the full height of each floor with wireglass set in steel frames. The bottom of the air and light shaftinclosure is at an elevation just above the substation ceiling,or approximately that of the first office floor. This floor isdirectly above the roof of the former substation building nowinclosed by the new addition to the offices. The roof remains Street 3. First Flocr Plan of Walnut Street Substation, Metropolitan Street Railway, Kansas City, Mo. necessary to quarter the claim department in another new section shown in the rear of the view has just beencompleted and was so designed in connection with the olderpart, which has been rearranged, that modern quarters wouldbe furnished to all departments. The new addition to the officebuilding was erected over a large railway and lighting substa-tion, the operation of which was not interrupted during con-struction work. This substation is described further on. The older portion of the office building is four stories inheight, and the new portion has four office floors and a substa-tion floor equal in height to two office floors. The first office as it formerly was, except for the opening cut through intothe bottom of the airshaft. This opening now is protected bysteel doors so arranged that in event of fire they may bedropped and any water coming down
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