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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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he running of a barber shop within the car house is consid-ered a new feature, and one that the men will appreciate. Aswill be noticed from the plans, somewhat elaborate provisionhas been made for bed rooms. The rooms are neatly furnishedwith cots and toilet and other requisites. The rooms are al-ready popular, and it is probable that during the winter monthsthe sleeping accommodations will be taxed to the full capacity,especially during storms. A charge is made to the men of 10cents and 15 cents per night for a cot. A register is kept muchthe same as a hotel register, and the men enter their names forthe time they want a room. The rooms are assigned in theorder of application. The beds are made and the rooms keptneat and clean by a janitor. The tub and shower baths arethe most popular feature of the house. Entrance to the second story is had through a one-story en-trance hall on the north side of the building, and so arrangedas to avoid using any of the storage space of the car house
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, 8x10 -h Anchors 2 0 -I- ~^erOonp, COO.CJt1 Pipe chase \ B i i P^l m jl J £ Street Ry. Journal CROSS-SECTION OF FEDERAL STREET CAR HOUSE, SHOWING THE ROOF GIRDERS, PIT LAY-OUT, ETC. contracts let for the building during the winter of 1904-5. Thework was commenced early in the spring, and was practicallycompleted and buildings occupied in September, 1905. The car house is 144 ft. x 326 ft., and contains twelve tracks.It is divided by two fire walls into three four-track sections.This was done to keep the floor area within the limits pre-scribed by the Board of Underwriters, and also to reduce thespan and cost of the roof trusses. The foundation walls arebuilt of gravel concrete composed of 1 volume of Portlandcement, 2.y2 volumes of sand and 5 volumes of gravel. Theyaverage 2 ft. in width and 5 ft. in depth, going deeper wherenecessary to secure a firm foundation. The outside walls con-sist of brick piers 16 ins. x 20 ins., 18 ft. center to center, con-nec

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