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. Electric railway journal . ven for the construction of a secondcarhouse, the latter to be placed directly along the rapidtransit right-of-way. The wisdom of this policy has al- is north-northeast. For purposes of fire protection, thecarhouse is divided into two eight-track sections by a lo-in, brick partition which extends the entire depth of thebuilding, except that a clear opening of 8 ft. 2 in. is leftwithin 4 ft. 1 in. from the front and rear pilasters respec-tively. The subdivision into four-track sections is ob- March 15, 1913. ] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 469 tained by rows of double-channel columns spaced about16 ft. 5 in. The distance between tracks between thesecolumns is 16 ft. 5 in. and elsewhere 13 ft. 1 in. The clearwidth between the hinged doors at the track openings is eluding the pit rails, are 8 ft. 6 in. wide. These devil-strips are crowned to drain between the pits on each side.A rather interesting feature of the pit construction equip-ment is that the running rails consist of channel beams to.