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Sarnia & Port Huron roundhouses.—The Co. has recently let contracts for the construction of roundhouses at Sarnia & Port Huron,—the buildings being very much alike. Each structure will be segmental in form, built of brick, on stone foundations, with cast iron column supports. There will be 30 pit stalls, & 2 entrance tracks. The front, or inside of the building, will be formed with cast iron columns, set on stone foundations There will be a building for a boiler-room & office, also built of brick with stone foundations, close to the roundhouse. A new G.T. standard 70 ft. turn-table will be provided, & the radius of the building from the centre of the table to the outside face of the outside pilasters, will be 160 ft. 3 ins., the depth of the covered portion being 76 ft. 3 ins. Provision is made to light & ventilate the building in the moat modern & improved manner, & all the buildings will be furnished with the latest improvements in the way of water supply, drainage, lighting, steam heating, etc. Adjoining each roundhouse there will be a repair shop & boiler house, which are also to be of brick. The total expenditure, including roundhouse, turntable, etc., will amount in the neighborbood of from $60,000 to $65,000 for each place. The contractor for the Sarnia buildings is G. A. Proctor of Sarnia, & for the Port Huron buildings, G. S. Germain, of Port Huron. The work at both places is expected to be completed by the end of February.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

Stations: Sarnia

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