eral
Store Room_]
The general storeroom, oil room, and blacksmith shop occupy a building
199 feet by 22 feet in the southwestern corner of the property. This
building is of the same general construction as that of the inspection
shops. The general storeroom, which is that fronting on 148th Street,
is below the street grade, so that supplies can be loaded directly
onto the telpherage hoist at the time of their receipt, and can be
carried to any part of the works, or transferred to the proper
compartments in the storeroom. Adjoining the general room is the oil
and paint storeroom, which is separated from the rest of the building
by fire walls. This room is fitted with a set of eight tanks, each
with a capacity of 200 gallons. As the barrels filled with oil and
other combustible material are brought into this room by the
telpherage system they are deposited on elevated platforms, from which
their contents can be tapped directly into the tank.
[Sidenote: _Blacksmith
Shop_]
The final division of the west shops is that in the northeastern
corner, which is devoted to a blacksmith shop. This shop contains six
down-draught forges and one drop-hammer, and is also served by the
telpherage system.
[Sidenote: _Transfer
Table_]
Connecting the main shops with the storeroom and blacksmith or west
shops is a rotary transfer table 46 feet 16-13/16 inches long and with
a run of 219 feet. The transfer table is driven by a large electric
motor the current being supplied through a conductor rail and sliding
contact shoe. The transfer table runs on two tracks and is mounted on
33-inch standard car wheels.
[Sidenote: _Employees_]
The south side of the shop is fitted with offices for the Master
Mechanic and his department.
The working force will comprise about 250 in the shops, and their
lockers, lavatories, etc., are located in the south bay.
CHAPTER XII
SUB-CONTRACTORS
The scope of this book does not permit an enumeration of all the
sub-contractors who have done work on the Rapid Transit Railroad. The
following list, however, includes the sub-contractors for all the more
important parts of the construction and equipment of the road.
* * * * *
_General Construction, Sub-section Contracts, Track and Track
Material, Station Finish, and Miscellaneous Contracts_
S. L. F. Deyo, Chief Engineer.
_Sub-sections_
For construction purposes the road was divided into sub-sect
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