Identifier: streetrailwayrev14amer (find matches)
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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the fluctuations of coaster, one for the merry-go-round, one for the casino, one for thesouth park, and woods, and one for the north park and lake. Car Barn. For convenient access to all the lines the car barn could scarcelybe better situated than at the intercession of 6th and 7th Sts. Itis 43 ft. wide by 200 ft. long and of complete fire-proof construc-tion, i. e., brick walls, slate roof, steel trusses, beams and columns, Feb. 20, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 101 slag floor and Kinncar steel rolling doors. There are four trackse.xtending the length of the barn which, near the entrance, passover a pit 30 ft. long by 35 ft wide. About 24 cars can be accom-modated in the barn at a time and three cars in the repair shop.The surplus equipment is stored in the old barn, about 800 ft.away from the new one. Adjoining the barn there is a frame paint shop and a repair shedcontaining a brick and concrete construction pit arranged formaking necessary repairs. Both pits arc provided with screw
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ORGAXIZ.VTION DI.\GR.\M. motor and armature lifts and overhead chain hoists. There isalso a triangular frame extension containing an office, waiting roomfor the employes, bins for storing sand, etc., lockers, wagon roomand stable. The entire group of buildings is wired in strict accord-ance with the National code, and otherwise carefully protectedagainst fire with fire plugs, hose and chemical extinguishers. Operation. In the operating of the road there are several commendablefeatures which might be mentioned in passing. For instance theintcrurban road besides its passenger service carries freight, at therisk of the sender, delivering it at the nearest point on the roadto its destination. Shipments are received by agents in bothSteubenvillc and Toronto. If the consignee is not on the line of theroad, the freight is left with one of these agents for delivery.When a shipment is made a receipt is given which is good for afive cent fare on any car, an excess of that amount being chargedat

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