1 8 STABLE BUILDING AND STABLE FITTING. 



fire), through which the motive power can be transmitted for 

 working the several appHances, as shown on Plates 47 and 48. 

 Even where horse-power is used, as in the case of the South- 

 ampton Tramways (Plate 53, Fig. 2), it is better, for obvious 

 reasons, to have a party wall. 



Like the coach-house, the corn-store may be a separate 



building, or. 



together 



with the 



grooms 



Preparation 

 of fodder. 



apartments, form a 

 portion of a central block. In Plates i, 2, and 3 it will be 

 seen that the author has placed the corn-store and mixing-room 

 over the coach-house, accessible for storage from the public 

 road, but reached by a staircase only from the yard. 



It is advisable to have the water tank in the immediate 

 locality of the stores, with a stand-pipe and hose in connection 

 with the supply, as fully described in Chapter VII. 



The hay may be stored and cut on the first floor, the corn 

 being stored, bruised, and mixed with the cut hay, delivered by 

 means of a shoot, on the floor below, as designed at the stables 

 at Portswood; or the whole operation may be performed on 

 the first floor, as shown on Plate 53, and the food lowered in 

 sacks. 



These operations are performed by the London General 

 Omnibus Company, principally at their central depots, and the 

 mixed food is thence despatched in sacks by three-horse vans 

 to the numerous stables situated in all parts of London ; and at 

 Southampton the stables at Shirley are supplied from the 

 depot attached to those at Portswood. In the former case the 

 cost is minimised by the concentration, owing to the large 

 number of stables supplied. 



To obtain the area and capacity of a space to be devoted to 

 hay and corn j-j-^g storage of hay and straw, it is necessary to arrive at the 

 cubic contents they will require. A truss of new hay or straw 

 occupies about ii cubic feet, a space therefore measuring 

 8 feet 3 inches by 8 feet by 6 feet high will give a superficial 

 area of 66 feet, and have a cubic capacity of 396 feet ; it will 

 hold exactly thirty-six trusses (equal to one load), which, sup- 



Distribution 

 of fodder. 



Capacity of 



