. The Street railway journal . ERECTING SECTION. TOOL SHOP American practice has been adopted in dividing into separatedepartments the construction of the several parts of one erector and a gang of men fitted a complete enginetogether, but the new arrangement has been found much moresatisfactory. In the heavy machine shop the largest machine tools in theworks are arranged, including a planing machine of Armstrong,Whitworth & Companys make, 8 ft. 3 ins. square, with a , and another planing machine made by the Pond MachineTool Works at Plainfield, N. J., which is a r

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. The Street railway journal . ERECTING SECTION. TOOL SHOP American practice has been adopted in dividing into separatedepartments the construction of the several parts of one erector and a gang of men fitted a complete enginetogether, but the new arrangement has been found much moresatisfactory. In the heavy machine shop the largest machine tools in theworks are arranged, including a planing machine of Armstrong,Whitworth & Companys make, 8 ft. 3 ins. square, with a , and another planing machine made by the Pond MachineTool Works at Plainfield, N. J., which is a rapid-moving ma-chine, cutting cast-iron at a speed of 2() fi. per minute. Boththese machines are driven by separate iiKitnrs. Niles and Bullardboring machines, the former of go-in. and llu- latter of , and a crank lathe made at the {ond Machine ToolWorks for turning three-throw engine crankshafts, are conspicu-ous features of the equipment. The department for medium sized machine louls contains a fineequipment, including sever

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