In addition, heating pipes are carried through the
pits as already described. The shops are well lighted by large windows
and skylights, and at night by enclosed arc lights.
[Illustration: INTERIOR VIEW OF 148TH STREET REPAIR SHOPS]
[Sidenote: _Fire
Protection_]
The shops and yards are equipped throughout with fire hydrants and
fire plugs, hose and fire extinguishers. The water supply taps the
city main at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 148th Street, and pipes
are carried along the side of the north and south shops, with three
reel connections on each line. A fire line is also carried through the
yards, where there are four hydrants, also into the general storeroom.
[Sidenote: _General
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.
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