. The railroad and engineering journal . proof, and connects with the foundry by a large door fromwhich the patterns can be handled by the foundry cranes. Besides the shops which have been described, this firmare also using the old Machine Tool Works at the cornerof Twenty-fourth and Wood streets, in which they buildhydraulic and steam machinery and other heavy 750 to 800 men are employed in both the shops, and and the tool-holder moves. Consequently the weight ofthe piece to be planed is a matter of no importance indoing the work, as it stands still while the head carryingthe tool d
. The railroad and engineering journal . proof, and connects with the foundry by a large door fromwhich the patterns can be handled by the foundry cranes. Besides the shops which have been described, this firmare also using the old Machine Tool Works at the cornerof Twenty-fourth and Wood streets, in which they buildhydraulic and steam machinery and other heavy 750 to 800 men are employed in both the shops, and and the tool-holder moves. Consequently the weight ofthe piece to be planed is a matter of no importance indoing the work, as it stands still while the head carryingthe tool does the work. They are building these of vari-ous sizes, the largest being 40 ft. long. They have fur-nished these planers to the Russian and German govern-ments, to Sir William Armstrongs Elswick works in New-castle, Englanil, and about 20 are in use in this country. They also make a specialty of a heavy universal millingmachine. Their new pattern takes work 30 x 12 in. have recently shipped the sixty-eighth of CALLOWHILL STREET Fig. OF SHOPS OF BEMENT, MILES & COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. when the extension is completed about 100 more men maybe employed. The new extension and plan will improvevery much the facilities ol the firm for handling all theirwork, but especially the heavy machinery which is nowrequired by the Government and other large establishments. WILLIAM SELLERS & COMPANY. This firm has also added materially to its facilities fordoing work. An extension 60 x 140 ft., with a 30-tontraveling crane, which lifts 32 ft. and is driven by an elec-tric motor, has been built about a year. A second exten-sion is now being built west of this and parallel to will be 60 x 200 ft. Some of the old portions of theshop are to be removed to make room for it. It will alsohave a traveling crane for handling heavy work. It willhave a span of 57 ft. and a capacity of 50 tons, and will lift40 ft. A new floor is also being put into the erecting shopco
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