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The small squares on each layout represent the space required for 

 1 pallet or 2 pallets tiered. Whenever package strength permits, all loaded 

 pallets would be stored 2 high to minimize the floor areas required. In the 

 cold-storage rooms, pallets would be stowed in 2 rows, 2 or 3 pallets deep in 

 each row. Aisles would be a minimum of 11 feet wide to permit easy movement 

 of pallets into and out of storage position. Wider aisles would be provided 

 whenever fairly regular two-way traffic would take place. 



Each banana room would have a carload capacity. Cutting and packing 

 space would be adequate for equipment needed to pack as much as a carload of 

 ripe bananas in 1 day. A general supply area was included to permit storage 

 of empty boxes and pallets, paper, packaging materials, office supplies, and 

 related equipment. 



Space was provided in the general storage section of the warehouse for 

 prepackaging and reconditioning fruits and vegetables. There would be suffi- 

 cient space for the installation of the equipment needed for a small pre- 

 packaging operation. If tomatoes were ripened in this warehouse, the sorting 

 and packing tables as well as the overwrap machinery would be located in this 

 area. 



A mechanical equipment room was included to house the refrigeration 

 equipment. Enough area was made available in the initial layouts to permit 

 the installation of the units required when the warehouse would be expanded. 

 The space indicated for equipment repair would provide room for facilities 

 for charging the batteries used in the handling equipment and for maintenance 

 and repair of that equipment. 



The remaining space represents the railroad and motortruck platforms. 

 A canopy would cover each platform and extend beyond the edge of each truck 

 platform. The platforms would be 20 feet wide, to provide room for building 

 loads on pallets and for easy, unhampered movement of the forklift trucks and 

 pallet transporters. Certain sections of the platform could be used for 

 storage of empty pallets. 



Door openings were provided in sufficient numbers for quick access to 

 any warehouse storage area. In at least one door opening, an automatic dock- 

 board would be installed. Commodities could be received here and small ship- 

 ments, occurring at irregular times, could be made. 



Agriculture-Washington February 19^8 



