Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-29 | Page 21 | 'Bathhouse John' Has New R. R. Depot Plan

BATHHOUSE JOHN JOM HAS I NEW R. R R. R DEPOT DEPUT PLAN CHI CHICAGO AGO May 28 Alderman Alderman John Coughlin known the country over sa Bathhouse John has turned inventor in He lIe has devised a new plan for railroad stations and has Just received a diploma diploma diplo diplo- ma from the patent office ottice In Washington Wash Wash- ington I I i I With the idea of ot saving ground space I his plan provides that the tracks inthe Inthe in inthe the train shed be built one over theother the theother theother other three or four deep some of them l being being elevated and some under the ground This he argues will bring all trains closer to the ticket office and main waiting room The main maln reason forthe for forthe I the invention however Is to get as many tracks as as' possible on the narrow narrow nar- nar narI nar-I I row strip of ground I IOne I One of the complicated parts of ot the I Invention is the switching arrange- arrange mentI ment I have been working since 1919 on that that he said I really believe It will solve the space problem in crowded metropolitan districts I am not an en er engineer eo- eo dont don't know anything about en engineering engineering engineering en- en and I never worked on a railroad in any capacity dont don't know anything about it it