. The Street railway journal . st of the shop. These walls arecarried up above the roof, which is entirely cut off in thatmanner from the rest of the building. This action on thepart of the company seems to be pretty good proof thatthey considered the origin of the recent fire to have beenin the armature room. About all the work in the armatureroom is done on the piece-work system. A motor fordriving power coil-winders has recently been put in and acouple of these machines are already connected thereto. I noticed a novel manner of disposing of the old motor which formerly drove the sh
. The Street railway journal . st of the shop. These walls arecarried up above the roof, which is entirely cut off in thatmanner from the rest of the building. This action on thepart of the company seems to be pretty good proof thatthey considered the origin of the recent fire to have beenin the armature room. About all the work in the armatureroom is done on the piece-work system. A motor fordriving power coil-winders has recently been put in and acouple of these machines are already connected thereto. I noticed a novel manner of disposing of the old motor which formerly drove the shop. It was pretty badly used up by the fire—in fact, only three of the largermachine tools were thought worth being kept—and theheavy pieces of the motor were utilized as jumping blocksin the blacksmith shop. The pole-pieces were let intotuc ground, one close to each anvil, and so placed that thetop of the concrete floor came just flush with them. Theheavy yoke served another forge, and the base was placedat still FIG. 5.—THE WOOD-WORKING SHOP There are six forges in the smithy, all the forges beingmade of single sections of old steam boiler shells, holesbeing chipped for the air pipes, the tuyere trap, etc. Thesmithy is also fitted with a motor which drives the blower,also a iiaudry hammer, i-in. x 5-in. shear, and a drill press,thus making it unnecessary for the smiths to run to themachine shop occasionally. There are two pits near thetools above described, where new cars are set up and oldones overhauled, and the tools come in very handy therefor small jobs that are constantly coming up. Two car sheds were formerly maintained at the shops,but one of the sheds has been converted into a wood-shop,and the space under the floor excavated deep enough toallow all the shafting to be placed under the floor, thusleaving everything clear overhead. A car track runsthrough this shop, and a small push car is to be madewith the bearings inside the wheels, so that there wil
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