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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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with cast-iron feet. The door has three hingesand is equipped with substantial Yale locks, and is also fittedwith a hasp and staple to permit the use of separate padlocks. All locks are arranged for a master key kept by thesuperintendent in his office. These expanded metal lockers present a very neat appearance, are reliable, and from thepoints of cleanliness, safety and compactness answer thepurpose a great deal better than the old wooden lockersformerly used. They were furnished by Merritt & Com-pany, of Philadelphia, to the specifications of the PublicService Corporation. Adjoining the locker room is a neat and substantial toiletlaid out with slate stalls and baseboard. All of the exposedpiping is nickel plated and the other fittings are of heavyporcelain. The floor is of concrete, pitched toward a centerdrain which allows it to be thoroughly washed out with ahose at frequent intervals. The floor of the rest of thebuilding is comb-grained yellow pine, kept well rubbed andoiled.
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; 10 fci-t t.l 1 ilU-ll Street Si, Journal ELEVATIONCROSS-SECTION AND ELEVATION OF DUNELLEN OFFICE BUILDING HEATING SYSTEM Heat is furnished for the shop and office building fromthe boiler house indicated on the general plan. This is adepressed room whose roof and glass side extend 4 ft. abovethe ground. This arrangement bi^ngs the boilers low enoughto permit the water of condensation from the radiators inthe office and shop to return by gravity. The boiler equipment consists of two Bundy cast-iron boil-ers removed from Westfield. They are of such capacity thattaken together, they furnish ample heat in the coldestweather; in milder weather only one boiler is put on the line.Hence this arrangement easily secures the desirable flexi-bility in service. The radiators in the office building arenew, ajpd while steam pipes were originally intended for the March i6, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 455 car house, the company happened to have so many old radi-ators on hand that it was found desi

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