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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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J. A. Emery is the chief engineer ofthe local office, has prepared plans and is superintending the con- ports. The two tracks running half through the building and situ-ated on the side next the alley are designed especially for wash-ing cars, and the necessary appurtenances for same will be ar-ranged on this side, so that cars may be thoroughly and rapidlycleaned. The whole building will be well lighted by numerous win-dows on both the 4th Ave. and the alley side. A very desirable and altraclivc feature of the car house will be aset of fire doors situated in the center of the building, so that in theevent of the cars in one end of the house getting on fire, by loweringthese doors the cars in the other half would be as safe as if theywere in some other place. In the corner of the barn on iilh St.and the alley will be located the office of the barn foreman. Justback of his office will be a very comfortable reporting room forthe motormen and conductors. This room will be well heated and
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-———-- - - »--ii»l CROSS SECTION OF KKIAIK SIIOI. struction of the new car house and shops. To Mr. D. O. Whildin,of this firm, wc arc indebted for the very complete drawings whicharc shown herewith. The car house is situated on 4lh Ave. between loth and nth Sts,,and occupies the whole space back to the alley, half-way of theblock. The dimensions are 140 ft. wide by .392 ft. 10 in. long, andil is to have entrance on both lOth and iilh Sis. Height to be 18ft. from head of rail to under side of roof trusses. The length of the block is 400 ft., to insure a straight track en-tering the liouse and to acommodale the special work leading fromthe main line, it was necessary to set the front back seven feet from lighted and thoroughly up-to-date toilet arrangenients will be pro-vided with complete and approved sanitary fixtures. Hie newestand most convenient transfer racks, boards showing runs, build inorder boards and such other arrangements pertaining lo lliis ili-IKirlment as may be

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