The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

store mouse ana once 81 Dy 150 I6eL
Two toilet houses -. 80 by 80 feet
Paint shop -.....s..-.. 80 by Is feet
Smith shop and stor-
age house. ........ IS by $50 feet
Boiler shop, storage
house ...- IS by 100 feet
In the above list the power house is
not included, as the drawings have not
yet been prepared for this construc-
ton, it being the intention to complete
this after the boilers, engines and gen
orators are actually selected, so that
the building will have such dimensions
as will best be suited to the machinery
which 1t is to house The locomotive
shop is the only one that has been
drawings for the other shops have
been prepared and will be contracted
for in the near future.
The main locomotive shop. which is
to be used as an erecting, machine,
boiler and tank shop, will be 153 feet
1 9 inches wide by $50 feet 2 inches
1 long outside dimensions. This shop
will be Of the longitudinal type, hav-
ing three tracks running through its
/ length The erecting work and the
boiler work will be done mainly in the
central portion, but all the machinery,
4 both for the machine shop and also
for the boiler shop. will be located in
4 the side bays. There is to be a mez-
canine floor, extending about 800 feet
from the south end of the shop on the
west side, the floor being seventeen
feet above the ground floor The
1 building is steel frame throughout,
with brick curtain walls. The fiat
roof of the central portion is to be tar
and gravel on boards, and the saw
tooth roof will be covered with
Ludowfci tile laid on boards, covered
with felt. There will be four fan
! houses, one near each corner of the
building, to provide for the heating of
| the shop These fans will blow the
heated air into underground ducts,
and at each column there will be a
riser to deliver the heated air about ten
Set from the floor line. These fans
will be operated by steam engines, and
1 the coils will utilize exhaust steam
from the power house
The central part of the building will
be supported on columns, 78 feet be-
tween centers, as shown in the cross
section. and spanning this distance
will be two so ton cranes, running on
trucks carried by additional columns
rfFi1ly braced TO the building columns.
The rails of these cranes will be u
feet above the floor The columns
are spaced &c feet centers lengthwise
of the building, this dimension being
decided upon SO that at the tank de-
partment two tenders can be placed
or. parallel tracks side by side between
two adjacent columns.
On the east side of the shop two 10
ton cranes will operate for the benefit
of the two large machine tools, which
tors Most of the tools on the west
side of the shop will be driven in
groups from sections of shafting ope-
rated by electric motors. On the west
side of the shop. beyond the mez-
/ canine floor. there will be a 25 ton
electric crane covering the space &C
cupied by the tenders and such ma
chimes as will be needed for their re-
pair. A riveting tower Is provided at
the end of the mezzanfne floor. and an
| annealing house adjacent to the north
east fan house. which viii contain the
annealing furnace for Hanging. etc.
The shop will be operated through
| out by means of electric motors and
will be lighted with electric lamps Of
the arc and incandescent type. 1t is
intended that the power house shall
supply current for the old shops and
other lighting, as we'll as for the new
shops; and it Is therefore intended to
install both direct current and alter
mating current apparatus. the former
being used for motors and the latter
for fights exclusively The arrange
ment of shop. with the sawtooth roof
facing the north and large number
of windows on the Sides will form a
structure which should have an album
dance of light and yet should not ad-
NIT an excessive amount of sunlight in