The Street railway journal (1902) (14575054798)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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there a separate bulding in close proximity to the terminals and shops of the surface and elevated lines for theexclusive use of the association, and it is expected that the build-ing will be completed early in the coming spring. It will be of weights, muscle developers, horizontal bars, parallel bars, vaultinghorses, spring boards, tumbling mats, jumping bars, trapeze,flying rings, traveling rings, ladders, basketball and handballcourts, etc. A competent physical director will conduct classesin physical culture on certain days of each week. It will be noticedthat the gymnasium is immediately over the locker room andbaths, and communicates with them by means of a stairway, thusgiving convenient access for the devotees of physical culture to the shower and tub baths. The instruction or class room is to beone of the most completely equipped of its kind in the countryIt is to have two skeleton car equipments, one representing thesurface and another the elevated railway equipment. They will
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Street Ry.Jo BASEMENT PLAN frame construction, except the front walls surrounding the asso-ciation offices, which will be of brick. It will be three stories infront and two in the rear, with dimensions 60 ft. x 170 ft. It willbe seen from the floor plans shown herewith that the first andsecond floors are devoted to the association work. The employ-ment bureau for the system occupies the front of the basementfloor, but is separated entirely from the association rooms. Theremainder of the basement floor is devoted to the bowling alleys,the lavatories and the locker room. There are two pairs of (four)alleys, built and equipped in the most modern fashion. The bathsand locker room are immediately adjoining the alleys. The baths,as is usual in association work, are mostly showers. The menprefer running water, with the opportunity to vary the tempera-ture as often as desired. The second floor, as indicated by the plan, contains the secre-tarys office and lobby, the reception and reading room