. The street railway review . d barn and a new addition, the combined build-ings having dimensions of 240 x 260 ft., and being bounded on threesides by streets, the tracks extending through the building fromstreet to street. The walls of the building are of sand-lime roof, supported by wooden trusses resting on the brick parti-tions and walls, is fitted with numerous skylights for lighting theseparate sections of the building. The floors are concrete, except inthe machine shop, where they are made of heavy planking, and inthe storage portion, where cinders are used. The entire front
. The street railway review . d barn and a new addition, the combined build-ings having dimensions of 240 x 260 ft., and being bounded on threesides by streets, the tracks extending through the building fromstreet to street. The walls of the building are of sand-lime roof, supported by wooden trusses resting on the brick parti-tions and walls, is fitted with numerous skylights for lighting theseparate sections of the building. The floors are concrete, except inthe machine shop, where they are made of heavy planking, and inthe storage portion, where cinders are used. The entire front ofthe building is enclosed by Kinnear rolling steel doors with thevertical posts hinged at the top, so that when the doors are openthe intervening posts may be drawn up against the ceiling and addedclearance given for handling long interurban cars around the specialwork at the entrance to the barn. The old portion of the barn will be used for storage. Here thereare eight tracks and a transfer table, all in one bay, which will. VIEW OF FOUR-MILE LEVEL TANGENT. furnish accommodations for 32 city cars. The front part of the oldbuilding has two stories, which are used for the offices of the super-intendent of transportation and his assistants, and as locker andreading rooms for motormen and conductors. The fireproof wallthat extends throughout the length of the building between the oldand new portions is pierced by but one opening, and this is protectedby fireproof doors. Junk 15. lyS-! STRI RlCVfEW. ■SS7 Ilu- main Iimv f llic- luw |)oilio)i has i-i^lit Hacks uxttiKliiiRlliroUKli tin- liiiililiiiK. I W) iif llifsi: tracks at one end of the liiiild-iiig will lie ariaiiKi-il uilli llio proper drainage and appliances for carwashing, and under two tithi-r tracks for a leiiKlh of 150 fl. are m-spection pits. This l)ay will acconiniodale 40 cars. Adjaceiil lo llu- main hay and separated from it liy a fireproofwall is tlie machine shop. This shop has three tracks tlic length of
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