. The street railway review . ARRANGEMENT (IF IlTS. a pitch of /i in. in one foot from the outside walls to the centerbrick partition. In the operating section, the roof planking rests on8 .\ i2-in. timbers, supported down the center of the section on 8x8-in. square wooden posts. In the other section, the roof timbers 12 in. and are carried by a center line of lo.\io-in. posts. In. SECTION tiiroi(;h office iirrriuNi each case, the center line of posts rests on cast iron base plates,carried on stone piers. The ends of the roof timbers along the cen-tral line of posts rest on cast iron c
. The street railway review . ARRANGEMENT (IF IlTS. a pitch of /i in. in one foot from the outside walls to the centerbrick partition. In the operating section, the roof planking rests on8 .\ i2-in. timbers, supported down the center of the section on 8x8-in. square wooden posts. In the other section, the roof timbers 12 in. and are carried by a center line of lo.\io-in. posts. In. SECTION tiiroi(;h office iirrriuNi each case, the center line of posts rests on cast iron base plates,carried on stone piers. The ends of the roof timbers along the cen-tral line of posts rest on cast iron cap plates, and the ends of thetimbers are held together over the tops of the posts by iron straps. There arc no holding-down or retaining bolts, the structurelivinK held in place chiefly by its own weight. The outer ends ofeach set nf roof timU-rs are carried by the brick walls, the endsresting in sm-kels cut into the walls. These ends of the roof timbersarc held in place by iron anchors and eyes in the manner indicated
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