. The street railway review . NEW CAR HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, JUNK 1(1, [902 -hop hai swinging cranes, and besides the usual forges and fires hasa double frame 3,000-lb building foi and carpenter shop is 380x100 ft. and ia. 1iK I I- \ INI al*o 22 ft. high in the clear, if tMi length 100 in, through whit b thengage traik for ih< receipt or ihipmenl of 1 complete for the manufacture or tepair of cars. These twobuildings Stand in a line with one another, and from end lo end the distance is 711 ft. Parallel to tin-, line, and 100 ft. distant therefrom, are the threeot
. The street railway review . NEW CAR HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, JUNK 1(1, [902 -hop hai swinging cranes, and besides the usual forges and fires hasa double frame 3,000-lb building foi and carpenter shop is 380x100 ft. and ia. 1iK I I- \ INI al*o 22 ft. high in the clear, if tMi length 100 in, through whit b thengage traik for ih< receipt or ihipmenl of 1 complete for the manufacture or tepair of cars. These twobuildings Stand in a line with one another, and from end lo end the distance is 711 ft. Parallel to tin-, line, and 100 ft. distant therefrom, are the threeother principal buildings. hirst, the paint shop, which is 300 KH) ft. wide and 22 It. high, and contains -O double gagetracks. Next to this is the car repair shop and winding roombuilding, which 1- 360 ft. Iiig, [00 ft. wide and -2 ft. high. Eighty feel is partitioned ofl al one end for the armature winding room,and through this room a track is provided, la the ear repair departmenl there are 18 track-, under all of which are cemenl lined plls. All the pils are connected with sewers for the disposal of wa 11 hi two row i bops there is a transfer table o ft, long capable of trail porting a load of [60,000 lb., thai
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