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CHAPTER IV.

DWELLING-HOUSES FOR EMPLOYES.

SPECIAL dwelling-houses have frequently to be built by railroad companies for the use oftheir employes, wherever their roads pass through sparsely settled districts, or where, for otherreasons, it is desirable to have the men live at certain localities selected by the railroad com-pany. Apartments for the accommodation of agents are frequently furnished in the depotbuildings, and trackmen are given “ section houses ” to live in ; but there are numerousother employes to be provided for, especially at points where shops or junction stations arelocated at some distance from settlements.

While the principles governing the design of a dwelling for railroad men do not differfrom those for other persons under similar conditions, it will prove interesting to present afew standard designs for dwelling-houses as actually adopted and in use on several railroadsat the present time. There is considerable material to select from, but, as the subject is notdistinctly a railroad specialty, it does not warrant devoting too much space to it.

A cottage in use on the Northern Pacific system (designed by Mr. C. B. Talbotj illustratesthe practice on Northwestern roads. Designs for cottages of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad(designed by Mr. H. Jacob, Engineer and Architect, Richmond , Va. ), and plans of a dwellingor section house on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, will serve to present thepractice on southern systems.

The following descriptions of a number of buildings are presented as illustrative of thesubject under discussion.

Agent's Dwelling, Northern Pacific Railroad System. —The standard plan for an agent’s dwellingof the Spokane & Palouse Railway, connected with the Northern Pacific Railroad system, shown in

Fig. 72.—End Ei.evatton.

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Fig. 71

Figs. 71 to 73, designed by Mr. C. B. Talbot, is intended to meet the conditions to be encoun-tered in a northern climate. It is a one-story frame building, 24 ft. X 24 ft., with a small frontporch and a woodshed annex. There are four rooms in the house, as follows, a sitting-room, 11ft. 6 in. X 13 ft. 6 in.; a kitchen, 11 ft. 6 in. X 13 ft. 6 in.; and two bedrooms, each 9 ft. X 11 ft.6 in. The woodshed adjoins the kitchen, so that in winter fuel and other supplies are close at hand.