. The Street railway journal . everal types of dies, whichenables the operator to make any kind offorging up to 2 ins. diameter. Bolts can be made on thismachine much cheaper than they could be bought. Forheating the iron and steel in this machine the two oil fur-naces mentioned later are used. The exhaust fan in this shop is driven by a 12-hp Spraguedirect-connected motor, and the blast fan is belt-driven bya 7><-hp Sprague motor. Both motors are operated fromone switchboard having two starting boxes and one circuit 356 breaker. The pipes for this blower system are led throughclay condu
. The Street railway journal . everal types of dies, whichenables the operator to make any kind offorging up to 2 ins. diameter. Bolts can be made on thismachine much cheaper than they could be bought. Forheating the iron and steel in this machine the two oil fur-naces mentioned later are used. The exhaust fan in this shop is driven by a 12-hp Spraguedirect-connected motor, and the blast fan is belt-driven bya 7><-hp Sprague motor. Both motors are operated fromone switchboard having two starting boxes and one circuit 356 breaker. The pipes for this blower system are led throughclay conduits under the floor. The fans and forges wereinstalled by the New York Blower Company, of BucyrusOhio. Two interesting features in connection with the forges arethe separate coke boxes and revolving tool-rack turretswhich were built in the companys shops. There are alsotwo oil furnaces in the blacksmith shop; one of these is ofthe double-burner Buckeye type, 24-in. x 48-in.; the other STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. Strei-l : FIG. 43.—PLAN OF BLACKSMITH SHOP AND ADJACENT STORAGE YARD AT EAST NEW YORK is a bolt furnace, also with double burners, constructed offire brick and angle iron in the companys MILL ROOM The mill room is located in the northeast part of the shopdirectly over the blacksmith room, and, like the latter, isseparated from the rest of the shops on the same level by abrick wall. The principal work of the mill room is to man-ufacture car framing, carlines, window frames, doors andother classes of car woodwork. Considerable cabinet work,such as office furniture, etc., is also manufactured in thisshop. The mill machinery consists of several belt-driven ma-chines divided into two groups, C and D. Group C is madeup of the following tools: Xo. 49, Rogers 42-in. band saw;No. 54, Levi Houston 8-in. molding machine; No. 55, Fay& Egan post-boring machine; No. 57, a Greenley hollowchisel mortiser. There is also one emery wheel (No. 63)in th
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