. The Street railway journal . IN AND ABOUT THE WORKS OF THE WELLS & FRENCH CO. sweepers, mining cars, etc. Bridge work, however, was practicallyabandoned two years ago by the company, at which time it wasdecided to go more extensively into the building of street plan was interrupted through the great fire of 1894 whichwiped its plant out of The companys property embraces about twenty-seven acres,located almost in the heart of the manufacturing district of Chicago,and extending from Blue Island Avenue on the north to the ChicagoRiver on the south, a distance of one-half m
. The Street railway journal . IN AND ABOUT THE WORKS OF THE WELLS & FRENCH CO. sweepers, mining cars, etc. Bridge work, however, was practicallyabandoned two years ago by the company, at which time it wasdecided to go more extensively into the building of street plan was interrupted through the great fire of 1894 whichwiped its plant out of The companys property embraces about twenty-seven acres,located almost in the heart of the manufacturing district of Chicago,and extending from Blue Island Avenue on the north to the ChicagoRiver on the south, a distance of one-half mile, and is reached by drill transoms and arch bars at one the bolt and shear shop are punches that willpunch as many as twenty different sizes at onetime. The next new building to the south is a powerhouse, erected for the purpose of heating themain shops. This building is consideredthoroughly fireproof, with vaulted roofs, so thatit can be occupied with safety should a seriousfire again occur. The Sturtevant
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