. Ferrovia traccia e lavoro di pista. ide, e una porta più piccola per gli uomini all'altro lato della stessa estremità. Come la porta scorrevole fouls la porta più piccola di swing quando aperto, sarebbe probabilmente meglio se la porta più piccola fosse collocata in theside della casa. L'edificio dispone di una sala per i foremani, 6x8 piedi, in un arredamento; e all'estremità posteriore della casa sono un camino e una panca da lavoro. Il design ordinato e conveniente è quello delle linee della Pennsylvania ad ovest di Pitts-burg, Fig. 137. È di 15 piedi 2 pollici e 13 piedi largo 3 pollici nel lato libero, e ha la pista di auto a mano al centro, con spazio per la mano-auto

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. Railway track and track work . ide, and a smaller door for the men at the other sideof the same end. As the sliding door fouls the smaller swing door whenopen, it would probably be better if the smaller door were placed in theside of the house. The building has a foremans room, 6x8 ft, in one cor-ner; and at the rear end of the house are a fireplace and workbench. Aneat and convenient design is that of the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pitts-burg, Fig. 137. It is 15 ft. 2 ins. long, and 13 ft. 3 ins. wide in the clear in-side, and has the hand-car track in the middle, with room for the hand-car 200 TRACK. and push-car, as shown by the dotted lines. Double swing doors are used, but there is said to be no trouble in handling them. The general construc-tion and arrangement are clearly shown. The building is painted in twoshades of light grey, and the average cost is about $175. Section Houses.—In order to have the trackmen live on their sections itis often necessary to provide houses for them, the foremen very generally. boarding the single men. Sometimes these buildings are very cheap andunnecessarily bare in appearance, but they may be made quite attractivewith very little expenditure. Fig. 138 shows a very plain house of the Can-adian Pacific Ry. In Engineering News, (New York), of May 26, 1892, were shown some simple but neat and inexpensive little houses built for TRACK ACCESSORIES. 201 the negro section hands on the Macon & Birmingham Ry. The cost ofthese was only about $200, and to avoid monotony three or four standarddesigns were used. Boarding houses should be well built, roomy and con-venient. They should be made comfortable and kept neat, and these re-quirements are specially important for buildings far from a town, as goodmen will not stay in unpleasant quarters. Sometimes the house is furnishedto the foreman, free of rent, the foreman undertaking to keep it in goodcondition and repair. On some roads a prize is awarded annually for thebest kept section house

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1900
• booksubjectrailroa
• bookyear1901