Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-29
PUBLIC SERVICE
ASKS BIDS FOR
MODEL CARH0UsE
Provides Clubhouse Facilities
for Employees in Springfield
Avenue Building.

A car house, shops and offices, with
club-rooms for employees. will all be
included in the most modern building
of its kind for which h Public Service
Railway Company today asks bids of
contractors. It Is estimated that $780,
900 will be added to IA ratables OF
South Orange township when the build
ing is completed on the company's re-
gently acquired property at the north
side of Springfield avenue, west of
Forty-third street, in the Hilton section
Of the township.
The new building will have a front
age of 1862 feet on Springfield avenue
and a depth of 200 feet. At the south
east corner of the structure will be
erected a building containing Offices and
club-rooms for the employees. 1t will
be fifty feet long, sixty feet wide n
two stories high. On the ground floor
will be the offices of the station master,
receiving clerk, cashier and supervisor.
In the rear of these offices will be a
recreation room containing pool tables,
magazines, books and other v
fences for the employees. A hall, fifty
feet long and twenty-five feet wide.
with a stage eighteen feet long and
twenty feet wide. dressing rooms adj
Joining, will be laid out on the second
foor of this building. A kitchen will
also be installed on this floor, which
will be reserved for entertainments,
smokers, dinners and such affairs the
railway men wish to hold.
Plan Repair shops.
The shops will be located in the rear
OF the office building on the SPRING
field avenue side. They will occupy
302 feet on the avenue and extend 80
feet to the rear. Instead Of all cars in
need of repairs being sent to the Plank
road carhouse, as is now the custom,
the bulk of this work will be done in
the Hilton section plant. The most
modern contrivance, a motor-driven pit
hoist and outfit for changing wheels,
is to be installed. The company is ex-
! tending itself in this branch of the
work as we'll as others, inc intend to
use every means AND device known in
he mechanical world to facilitate the
work at the new shops. Twelve cars
will be the capacity of this depart
ment.
The carhouse will be composed of
three bays, each so feet long and so
feet wide. Each bay will contain four
tracks and will accommodate &c cars.
The entire building will store 100 cars.
The bays will be divided by fre-proof
walls, and at the front by steel doors,
making 1t easy to isolate one bay from
the others If necessary. The entire
building will be made of brick. steel
and concrete, with roof beams of mill
construction. All cars will enter by
western entrance and leave by the
exit at the eastern end of the build
ing.
New Sfandar Building.
This plan of building has been adopt
ed by the Public Service railway a. the
standard form of construction OF car
houses. All buildings of this character
TO be erected In the future by the com
pany will be built on these lines.
Mrs. Emma Geiger, of the Geiger es-
tate, sold the l21k acres Of land on q
portion Of which will be built the new
carhouse for about $4,000. The prop
erty has . fr,ntage on Springfield ave-
me 81 i,242 feet. with loss feet on