. The Street railway journal . falo down-draftforges, complete with down-draft exhaust hoods. These forgeswill be operated by a 15-hp d. c. motor, driving a 5-in. Buffaloblower and a 48-in. Buffalo exhaust through a system of un-derground ducts. Besides the Buffalo forges, there will be fourFerguson oil furnaces, furnished by the Railway MaterialsCompany, of Chicago. The latter will be operated for thepower hammers, bulldozer and bolt machines. The oil furnacesare very desirable for heavy forging work on account of con-venience, ease in regulation, cleanliness and capacity. TheFerguson furnace
. The Street railway journal . falo down-draftforges, complete with down-draft exhaust hoods. These forgeswill be operated by a 15-hp d. c. motor, driving a 5-in. Buffaloblower and a 48-in. Buffalo exhaust through a system of un-derground ducts. Besides the Buffalo forges, there will be fourFerguson oil furnaces, furnished by the Railway MaterialsCompany, of Chicago. The latter will be operated for thepower hammers, bulldozer and bolt machines. The oil furnacesare very desirable for heavy forging work on account of con-venience, ease in regulation, cleanliness and capacity. TheFerguson furnaces are cold blast and require about 8 ozs. atthe fire. Besides the Bradley hammers and shears obtainedfrom the old equipments, a new No. 7 Williams & White bull-dozer and an Ajax 2-in. heading and forging machine will beinstalled. WHEEL DEPARTMENTA space in the south end of the building, as shown in theillustration, is reserved for wheels and axles, and the inter- Street 346 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. Street Ry. PLAN OF STAND FOR WINDING FIELDS veiling space between the south wall and track is to be equippedwith straddle tracks for a wheel platform. Generally this de-partment is fitted up with two boring mills, an engine lathe,axle rack, wheel grinder and two Schafer 36-in. 200-ton wheel presses. COMPRESSED AIRCompressed air is to be very extensively used throughout therepair work, and it is the intention to run a series of air-pipe lines all around thebuilding from thetwo air compressorslocated, as seen ingeneral plan, nearthe forge the pipe linesflexible hose con-nections may be hadto supply the airchisels, drills, rivet-ers, hoists, etc. Theair tools are to be ofthe Chicago Pneu-matic type. The twonew air compressors, complete with two 18-in. x 36-in. air tanks, are ordered fromthe National Electric Company, of Milwaukee, and are to beof the motor-driven two-stage type, with a capacity of 100 of free air per minute, cylinders 8^2 ins.
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