COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY ^^1 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924015344546 TORCflSrgQ HYDBO-ELBOTRIC SYSTEM. B B P R T . m PROPOSED BUIIDING OPERATIOHS 0» CAER-HOWELL AHD MURRAY ST. SITE. ROSS & MACDOITALD.ASCHHrECTS, 908 ROYAL BAHK BUILDIITG. TORONTO, MAY 23BD-1916. ROSS A MACOONALQ. ARCHITECTS NA May 23rd-1916. SUMMARY . H. H. Couzons, Esq. » General Manager, Toronto Hydro -Bleotrlo System, Toronto. Dear Sir:- In accordance with your instruotion of April £8th, we have examined the site of your proposed building. We have also made an exaoaination of the conditions prevailing , in your present premises and beg to report as follows:- We recommend erecting at the present time two buildings, one on the West side of the property, one storey hi^, housing the stables, garage, repair shop, machine shop and carpenter shop, and another en the Kast side, three storeys a-nd basement, housing the stores, the entire EnginaBQtlng Department and the Furchasing Agent. To the north of this building will be placed a temporary galvanized iron shed open at one end, for the handling and storing of transformers. This will adjoin the open yard. These buildings will be fireproof throughout and of a substantial, facto ry type, common brick exterior and reinforced concrete shell. The cost of these buildings to give ample accommo- dation to all Departments for the next five years, we esti-^ mate at #£10,000.00. This figure is directly proportion- ROSS « M'ACDONALD. ARCHITECTS £. ate to th« areas provided, and can be ourtallod hy the saorlfioe of spaoe* ^ The total aTallahle floor space pro- vided for this flpure la 76,000 square feet, replacing a present area of 46,000 square feet. The above disposition allows the Administration Building and the Sub -station to b© added at a leter date, and allows an expansion of the stores without interfering with the present scheme. ITho oonoluslon of our report is shown on the sketch plans submitted herewith. ROSS a MACDONALD. ARCHITECTS 3. I H P B X DISCUSSIOH py AREAS; Soope •......•• 4 Gen«ral Manager •••••*• 4 Asst.Gen. Managor 4 Managing Engineer 4 Purohaslng ])ept 4 Comptroller ....«• 5 Sales Dept 5 Board Boom • 5 Inapeotlon Dept'. ••..«. 6 Sub -Stat ion Operation • 6 Gen, Drafting Room .... 6 Meter Department 6 Distribution Dept 7 Garage ................ 7 Machine Shop 7 Stables • • .• 7 Aooounting ««.......... 6 Auditing Dept* 8 Statistloal Dept. ..... 8 Stores .••«••• 8 (Cable Yard and ) Construction ......... 9 ( Materiel Yard Carpenter Shop .••..... 9 Total Areas «... 9 Discussion Qg PLAH; Basement * • 9 First Floor 10 Second floor «.• 10 Third Floor 10 Garage, Stables, etc. .. 10 Storage Yards and Transformer Storage.. 10 Administration Bldg. .. 11 PAGB» SPBOIPICATIOH: Exterior 11 Shell IB Floor Finish ••...•• IS Hoofing ............ 12 Wall Finish ., 1£ Trim IS Partitions ......... IS Vaiats IS Stairs IS HeaUng 12 Ventilation .« 13 Plumbing 13 Lighting ..*... 13 Blevators *.... 13 Sprinklers 13 Yard 13 COST 14 TIME 15 ROBS a, MACDONAL.D. ARCHrTCCTS 4. REPORT . DISCUSSION OH AKSAS. SCOPE: In the following report we have endeavored to arrive at the areas at present occupied hjr ^onr different departments and to establish the areas whloh will he re- quired In the new hnlldlngs about to be erected at the present tlme» and also the final area whloh will be allotted to eaoh department in the oompleted eoheme, using the whole available site, i We have designated the areas occupied In the ! present premises In sq« ft»» "?• A«", the new areas to be I oeoupled in the units about to be bui't as "If, A.", and the final areas to be oeoupled in the completed scheme as "ftA." GEBERAL MAHAGER ; g,A» 700 aq^ft* H, A* 400 sq* ft. g»A, 900 Bq»ft. The General Manager and his Beoretary oooupjr at the present moment two rooms with an area of about 700 sq. ft» In the new Building the General Manager will have one room with en area of 400 sq» ft. , and In the final scheme he will have a room of the same dimensions with two small rooms, one for his ^:eoretary and one for stenograph/, giving a total area of 900 sq. ft* ASST. GSITBRAl MANAGER; PU. 400 aq»ft# K*A. — - Bq«ft. f«A» 800 BQitft. The Aselstsmt General Manager will not have aooomraodatlon In the new Building, but in the oompleted scheme he will have a private room and a smaller room for I stenography, giving a total area of 600 sq. ft» MAHAGIHG S?S^™r p,A, 500 sq.ft. B,A> 500 sq.ft. f.A» 500 sq>ft. The Managing Bnglneer at present occupies about 500 sq. ft. In the new Building he will require a private room and a smaller office for stenography, with a total area of 500 sq. ft. In the completed scheme this will re- main the same. FUECHASING DBPABTMEHT; P.A. 700 Bq*ft. S^A* 900 sq.ft. I* .A, 900 sq.ft. The Purchasing Department is very much crowded ROSS A MACDONAI.O. ARCHrTECTS at present, oooupying about 700 sq. ft. In the Hermant Building, consisting of a small private room for the Pur- chasing Agent and a puhlio office aocotmodating seven persons. This Department is not likely to increase to any great extent in the future, and in the new Building they should have one private room and one public office with a total area of 900 sq. ft. In the completed scheme this allocation would remain the same* COMPTROLLBR; P ,A. 330 sq.ft. g.A, — sq.ft. g.A. 600 8(l^ |ft. The Comptroller at present occupies about 330 sq.ft. in the Yonge Street Building. In the new Building no provision will be made for him, but in the com- pleted scheme he will require a private room and a steno- grapher's room, with an area of 600 sq. ft. SALES DEPARTMEMT: P.A.gQQO sq.ft. H.A. — sq.ft. P . A. 4000 sq.ft. The Sales Department at present occupies about 2,000 sq. ft. in the Tonge Street Building, which area in- cludes the floor space for the Solicitors. In the new Building no provision will be made for the Sales Manager, but in the final scheme he should have on the third floor of the Administration portion a private office, a small office for his Assistant and a stenographer's office, as well as a vault for his records and a public assembling room for his Salesmen and Solicitors. A small general office for his clerical work should also be provided, and two small rooms for the use of the Salesmen Interviewing customers, giving a total area for the Sales Department of 4,000 sq. ft. BOTE: The Repair Shop for repairing electrical specialties In the basement of the Tonge Street Building at present occupying 15Q0 sq. ft. will remain in its present location. In the new Building no provision will be made for it, and in the final scheme any provision that lis necessary can be taken care of in the larger Machine Shop to be provided in connection with Sub-station operat- ion and construction. BOARD %0(M: P.A. 400 sq.ft. H.A. — sq.ft. P.A. 600 sq.ft^ Thfi Board Room in the Yonge Street Building has at present mi area of close on 400 sq. ft. In the new Building no provision will be made, but in the final scheme a room a little larger will be provided, with an area of 600 sq. ft. ROSS & MACDONALD. ARCHITECTS 6. IHSPECTIOM DEPABTMEHT; P,A* SOO m*f%f H>A, 1000 sq.ft. ij\A.1500 sg.ft. The Inspeotlon Department » at present orovded Into something like £00 aq. ft. shonld have in the new Building a separate offloe for their own use, consisting of one private room for the Chief Inspector and a Publio Spaoe with an area of 1,000 sq. ft. This Department will he growing oonsiderahljr and ve would allooate 1,500 sq. ft. in the final soheme. SUB -STAT ION OPBRATIQM: P.A. 800 sq.ft. I.A. 1200 sq.ft . f.A. 1£00 sq.ft. In the present Duncan Street Building the Sub- station Operation, Design and Conetruotlon oooupy together one floor, 800 ft. of whioh approxiniately is used for ; operation. In the new Building, it wotild seem to he advis*- ahle to 8ep8.rate the Operation from the Design and Con* struotion or Drafting Room end, and we would provide one private room for the Chief Operating Engineer and one public offloe, with a total area of 1,200 sq. ft. It would not seem to us that the spaoe requirements of this Department would increase materially in the future, and we would leave this same area of 1,200 sq. ft. for the oompleted scheme. GBBERAL DRAFTDSIQ BOOM; JEUA. 1170 sq.ft. fl.A* 2600 sq.ft. f.A. 3600 sq.ft. The remainder of the floor area mentlonid above is about 1,170 sq. ft. In the new Building provision should be made for one large Drafting Hoom which would aooommodate all draftsmen In the Syet«ra, including the surveyors at present under the Distribution Department. A private office would be partitioned off for the Chief Draftsman, and a vault and filing room provided, giving a total area of 2,600 sq.ft. In the oompleted soheme provision should be made to Inorease this to 3,500 sq* ft. METKR DEPARTMSHT ; P.A. 1970 sq.ft. H.A. — sq.ft. Jf.A. 3500 sq.ft . The Meter Department at present oooupies an entire floor in the Duncan Street Building, with en area of 1970 sq. ft. The present extensions to Dune cm Street will take care of the immediate requirements of the Meter Department and no provision will be made in the new Build- ing. In the final soheme, provision should be made for a steady growth, and we are providing 3,500 sq. ft. to be sub-divided between Testing, Installation and Maintenance as would seem fit. ROSS A MACDONALD. ARCHITECTS DI8TBIBUTI0H pgPARgMEHg; P. A. 400 sg.ft. lf»A. 6000 aq.fl;. g>A. 7500 aa«ft. The PiBtrlbution Xi«partK«nt at pretont ooouplos aljont 800 sq.ft. in the Hermsnt Building and is very crowded. A priTBte offlo© should be provided for the head of this Department and one large public office should be provided, in which would be located the Overhead Construction Offbe, the Underground Construction Office, Street Lighting i)e- partment, Street Lighting Patrol, Service Department and the Trouble Department. The offices for these different Departments at present occupy 3,200 sq. ft. in addition to the 800 SQ, ft, above mentioned, but in bringlzig these to- gether a considerable economy of space will be made, and we are providing 6,000 sq* ft, in the new Building. In the final scheme we will need to provide for steady growth of the Street Lighting, Service and Trouble Departments, and a minor growth of the Overhead and Underground Construction, We are therefore providing 7,500 sq, ft. We have suggested a sub-division of this large office, SARAGE: P .A, 8380 8q»ft . N,A, 9600 8q,ft, g,A, S5Q0 6<^.ft. The Garage at present situated in William Street has an area of 6.380 sq,ft* with accommodation for about thirty ears and trucks and sixteen motor cyules. This accommodation need not be increased to any great extent. We are providing about 9,&00 sq. ft, which if laid out properly will increase the accommodation by about &&p* In the completed sohene this area will remain the same, but the construction should admit of a second storey if ever required. In the above area a small Hepair Shop and Stores and an office for the Garage foreman will be provided. MACHU^E SHOP? P,A. 690 aq.ft, H,A. 1200 sg.ft, g.A. lEOO sq.ft. In the Machine Shop at Pullan Place there is an area of 690 sq. ft. This will be located In the new Building alongside the Garage and will have an area of 1,200 sq. ft. This area should also be suffioient for the final soheme. 8TABLBS; P.A, 6910 sq.ft, H,A*3£00 8q,ft, P.A. 3200 sq,ft. finol* Yard) The Stables at present on William Street have accommodation for six horses. At the present moment you are using five horses and hiring three other teams, making eleven horses In use. In the new Building we are providing sixteen stalls and two box stalls, with an area of 3,200 sq, ft, exclusive of yard area. These requirements are not likely to be Increased and the same area can remain for tho final scheme. ROSS A MACDONALD. ARCHITECTS 8. Th© following Department 8 aro under the Comptroller :- ACCOOHTIHG; P.At 4600 8Ci.ft> lUk, — aq>ft« I* .A. 7000 8g>ft. In the noT.- Building no provision at all vifill be made for th& Aooounting Department, whloh -e so oonstmoted that it can "be both Iwagthened and inoreasod in h«ight to proTl^e future floor apaoe ae required. In the final aoheme this Storage area will he capable of expansion up to about 160,000 «q# ft. if it is eftrer required. The Baeement will be used for theetoraige of transformers and other hearj^ material and the floors abore will be typioali so tbat there will be no restriction on the expansion or contraction of any particular branch of the Stores. CABLE YABD AHD COKSTEUCflOH MATBBIAl^ XABD;g*A. 14.000 sq.ft. H.A* ? sq.ft. g.A. IS.OpO sq.ft* Theee Yards at present have an area of 14,000 sq. ft. In the new scheme there will naturallj^ be unlimited room, and in the final scheme we have given over 15,000 sq. ft. : CARPEHTEK SHOP; P>A. £00 sq.ft. B.A. 1000 sq.ft . g .A .1000 sqtft. To replace the present Carpenter Shop in con- nection with the Underground Yard, a i»nall shop will be built adjacent to the Machine Shop, with an area of 1,000 sq* ft. In the new scheme this area nbed not be increased. T0TA£. AEMS; The above requirements give a total net avail- able floor area of 72,-^^00 sq. ft. for the Building required at the present moment. Adding Toilet Rooms, Boiler Boom, Corridors, Publkio Spaces and the thickness of walls and partitions, this will be increased to a gross area of 90,000 sq* ft. This replaces a gross area of about 50,000 sq. ft. being occupied at present. DISCUSSION OB PLAB. The building proposed on the Murray Street side will be three storeyji and basement, constructed to adsnit of three more etor^^ys being added at a later date. The cost of inoreaeing reinforced concrete columns to admit of this is trifling. BASEMENT ; '• In the basement at the south end there will be placed the boiler plant, capable of expanding to the south (it a later date. The rest of the basement will be used for storing heavy material and hand-operated conveyors should le Installed both on this floor and above. The basement ^floor will be down about 6 ft. below grade. ROSS a. MACDONAUD. ARCHITECTS 10, iSf gLOOR; The first floor will be at shipping height ebov® grad«, and the Shipping and Keoelvlng Departments will Ve located as shown on the plans, with offlooe for the Head of the Stores Bepartiaent and his offloe staff at the south end. At the fsouth end will also he thenain entrance to the stores, and to the 3rd or office floor. fhe second floor will be enefclrely deroted to gKD gLOOB ; Stores. aRD FLOOR; On the third floor we have placed the entire Engineering PeprrtiJ^nt and the Purohaelng Agent. In the arrangement of publlo space and ele-vators at the south end, we have endeavored to separate the traffic going to said from the Administration end of the Engineering Dtpartraent ffom the workmen, who will make dally use of the space allotted to the distribution Department « The elevators used for the Administration portion will be retained In the final seheme, the oars simply being turned around to face the other way* The Drafting Boom at the north end v;'ll have light on all three oldea. CAKAGE, SgABLBS.gTC. On the west side of the court yard will be placed the Garage, in one separate building with ample accommodation for present needs. fhls will be a cne*storey reinforced concrete building, the columns being designed to carry another floor if ever required. Adjoining the Garage, to the north, will be the Stables, a two-storey fireproof structure with a fodter loft on the End floor, and to the south of the Garage will be placed the Hepalr Shop for the Garage itself and the Garage Foremen's office. To the north of the Oarage, between it and the stables, will be the Carpenter and Machine Shops. This arrangement will keep these working spaces well out of sight and out of the way of the Administration Building to be erected on the south boundary, and will leave the Stables adjacent to the yard on the north boun- dary, which will be a conTenienoe, STOBAGfi YAHDS A»D TRANSi'ORMER ' the north botmdary Is the only one on which there is no right of light and which might in future be shut off by sd joining buildings. We have therefore located In the north»west corner a storage yard which In the final soheme will have an area of about 15,000 sq.ft., in which ROSS a MACDONAI.D. ARCHITECTS !!• Tdll iDe stored cable drtuae» oonetrtLctlon material, etc. Immediately to the north of the Stores Building and adjoining this ^rd will be built juat now a temporarj^ galvanized Iron shed, equipped with a small travelling crane capable of handling the largest trans- former. This arrangement leaves this space to thd north of the property capable of being developed Into one large closed-in storage /ard, with buildiuga above* This of oourae is looking pretty far into the future* AIMIIIS3!RATI05 BPILSIBG; """ f^ion the offices at present in the Yonge Street Building are moved up to this new property, they will be accommodated as shown on the sketch plans for the final scheme. There will be only one entrance to the whole blobk of buildings; this entrance will form part io ally a continuation of William Street and will be bridged over at the second floor level. Leading off to the Bast ^ill be the main entrance to the Administration Building and opposite this will be the entrance to the Sub-etation. 1!hl8 Sub*statlon, situated in the south-west corner of the pro- perty, will run through two lloors. The Administration Building on the fir^t floor will consist of the offices of the General Manager, Assistant General Manager, l?ecretary, Stenographers, etc., all as shown on plan. On the second floor will be the Comptroller's Department and on the third floor will be the Sales Department and the Engineering Department. Our Intention is that .7hen this Euild ng is to be erected the Stores in all probalillity will require more room and the naturlkl thing to do will be to swing the whole Engineering Depearti^ent over to the South Building, leaving the third floor of the Stores Building for expansion of the Stores. In the unit about to be built now the partition work on the third floor should be collapsible wood and glass {artitions erected with this end in view. This means that n the final 80h«EBe we would have a three storey building running entirely along the south boundary and up the east boundary, and this whole building sheuld hhve the columns designed to take at least three more floors. SPEGIi'IC/. TIOI. SITBBIOR: The buildings would be fireproof throughout. The sacterior of the buildings would be of a good, hard- burned, red common brick, with stone trim, giving as much light as possible with the use of steel factory sash. ROSS a MACOONAI.D. ARCHfTBCTS IE* SHELI>; In consideration of the nnoertsin ateel market mad the high cost of ateel, together with the present low cost of Portland cement, also li^onsl deration of the large epane and the heavy floor loads required in the Stores, we would recoaaaand a reinforced concrete floor oonstruotion, tialng some well recognized system* iLOOR The floor finish would he of cement, treated with a hard@ner, in the Stores Building, graded to take away water. On the third or office floor, maple or Other hardwood would "be u-;©d». The roof Bhould he a Barrett specif ication or other standard type of tar and gravel, built o^ a false wood roof, with gi^^anlzed iron flashing. Skylights should he provided to supply light to the third floor under the temporary arrangement* WAIL flHISHi ' In the Stores portion of the hulldinr the wall finish would he left in hriok, painted with a white oold water paint} the third floor would be plastered and tinted with Kalsomiae. fhe oeilings should be painted and tinted the saaie as the walls, with plaster on the third floor only* TRIM; All doors and trim in the Stores, Garage, ete., will be metal covered; in the Office portion red oak or other hardwood of a moderate cost would be used. PAB?I!:iOHS; 2!erra ootta partitions plastered would be built where peimanency la asaured, and other ..ise wood and glass partitions would be uaed, of an inexpensive hardwood* VAULgS : The vaults would be built of solid brick. lined with terra cotta and plastered, with cement floors* STAIRS: Iron stairs with slate treads would be used In the working portions, and marble treads in the Adminis- tration portion In the completed scheme. HEATIHG ; : The heating would he a low pressure steam system with two return tubular boilers Installed la the first unite, with provision for a third boiler In the com- pleted scheme, one boiler to be capable of taking the '^hole of the first units and two boilers to be oapable of handling the completed scheme. ROBS a MACDONALO. ARCHITECTS 13. VBHTILATIQg; MeoJianloal ventilation for the lollet Rooms only would be proTlded, PLUMB IHG ; A standard vented ayetem of plumbing would be installed, with cast iron piping .using oast iron enamelled fixtures in the main building and poroelain fixtures in the office portion. LIGHT IBG i A oonduit system of lifting, with oelllng fixtures, would be installed, using the Wheeler type of reflector for direot lighting in the Stores, General Offices, and Garage and Stables, eto. a better olass of fixtures to be used in the private offices* ELEVATORS! Two passenger elevators would be provided in the offloe portion, (One only being Installed at the present) and two freight elevators for the Stores, with a capacity of 10,000 lbs* each, one of these to be used by the! Construction men of the Distribution Department* SPRIHKLERS ! A standard type of sutomatio sprinkler would be used, with a tank on the roof* T4RD: The yard in the centre of the block should have an asphalt finish, with the same construction as is used in the streets of the city* ROSS A MACDONALD, CNCrNEERPNG DEPARTMENT. 14. s g > We eetlmate the oost of th« Stores Building proposed at the present moment as #164,000.00, the oost of the twaporary steel shed ahout #5, 000.00, and the GaragO and Stables $41,000.00, making a total ooet of fSlO, 000.00 to provide the 90,000 sq.ft. of space already mentioned. To this figure yon will require to add fees, legal oharges, oarrying oharges, eto.,to arrive at the total ooat of the proposition. ROSS & MACDONALO, BNOINEERtNC DEPARTMENT. 15. 3? I M B . We oan guarantee to turn out oomplete drawlngn and speolfioatlons for the present units, readjr for the reception of tenders. In four wedcA* time from the date of Inet motion, and we would further eetlmate that with a good rellaljle Contraotor we could provide a temporary storage epaoe in the Garage Building, which is mereljr one store jr high, without any hasement or hmexy exoavation work* in two more months* time* Tho Stores could oooupy their permanent quarters in a further two months' time, making five months from the date of instruction. We are basing these estimates of time on oux own past experience on work of a similar nature. We under- stand that the Lease on the present Stores runs out at an early date and we would further suggest that besides the early aoooramodatlon which could be provided In the Garage Building, accommodation could also be obtained in the buildings at present encumbering the site* Hespeotfully submitted. ROSS a MACOONALO, ENCINEERrNQ OEPARTMENT. -i 4 '*■ I j)«(S»V^ » 4 ■■> « ^Ofifl^ l"^ •|Jl4'M®«^''^^J^-^'f5n*-4-4-»-«-l^^ i'vA'.i'. Cox: ( e.;*v<*re/'. r-^ 1 Jp i IL i. oC»-El-.? }^ : i "^ 'o.?<.t, 1 Imb 4 :Mwmi3iV(fltnB>ittcsnn »- * i ?c- ,,.,-•; ■] . " ' J .\e%^,'bn io: fU- T 41? H^(DRo• Electric '-.>(Stw •"^*25"i)".J V3JJ » V.iCDC'JAi^. A.^C'-'TrC-.r i -/.OUTtlAi, mm^-- *^,- I HlMb ar«34^- ■ t* Vi'^ i^y-'X*^ '4ita^:*^^*^ »-4fte%*=i 1 1 1 ♦* iw >^i.^< I fv-rv i::-*:- Loc.»e*^-r. «*:*ta-iiiii- '1 ?fW. 1 r i 3 i^ 'X-rOt. 1 1 vm -''^H e 1^ roR-CsHTO ttJwtfWHttf r* .^ 1 Of* ttfeii-ET rs- Macponaic . AtCHT.'. .«^«.r«»»U ■,' T"*^**^* . t C ' .■ L. 'AAlff Stakd iMAiJJiME. WA'slf it^lJD. 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