Identifier: electricrailway351910newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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W. D. Hall, superintendent of powerplant and electrical equipment and superintendent of tunnel,who reports to W. D. Robb, superintendent of motive power.Grand Trunk Railway System. Reporting to Mr. Hall arefour subdivisions of the force: A first engineer in charge ofthe power house, four pumping plant attendants, roundhouseforeman and the line crew of two men who take care of theelectric lighting and trolley maintenance. April 2, 1910.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 601 FIREPROOF CAR STRUCTURES FOR RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Virginia Railway & Power Company, Richmond, Va.,was in the hands of a receiver up to July 1, 1909. During thereceivership period, which lasted 5 years, no large amounts weredisbursed for new work and practically all money spent waspurely for the maintenance of the property. It has now beendecided, however, to replace the old-time wooden car houseswith structures of brick, concrete and steel. These are beingplanned and built to conform as closely as practicable to the
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KEY TO BUILDINGS. No. 1, Sand house. No. 2, New oil room. No. 3, Storeroom. No. 4a and 4b, Car houses. Nos. 5 and 6, Mens toilets and lockers. No. 7, Blacksmith shop. No. 8, New paint shop. No. 9, Boiler room. No. 10, Paint shop to be proposed new machine shop.No. 11, Machine shop to be proposed new carpsnter shop.Nos. 12 and 13, Proposed car houses.No. 14, Transfer table. Richmond Car Structures—Plan of New Main Shops andCar Houses fireproof standards of the local underwriters. In each case,the insurance association has figured out a base rate for what itconsiders a good risk and has afterward increased the pre-mium in accordance with the number and character of thefire hazards. The combined capacity of the new buildings will and freight terminal and car house at Twenty-ninth and PStreets in Richmond and also one at Manchester, Va. Otherplans are in mind for extensive renewals and rehabilitation oftrack, but these are dependent on the Richmond Council grant-ing the company a new bl

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