. The Street railway journal . Street FIG. 40 (CONTINUED).—PLAN OF SECOND PART OF MACHINE ANDTRUCK OVERHAULING SHOPS, SHOWING GROUP-DRIVENTOOLS, TRUCK-OVERHAULING TRACKS, ELEVATOR,TOOL ROOM, FIG. OF THE BLACKSMITH SHOP, SHOWING FORGES, TOOL\ TURRETS, ETC. pany is located in the center of the lower shop floor betweenthe overhauling and machine shops. It is 2] ft. 6^ and 8 ft. 93^ ins. wide. As noted in Fig. 41, the di-vision walls are 4 ft. lyi ins. high, but have in addition anexpanded metal screen which makes the total height 8 , in. The room is furnished wit
. The Street railway journal . Street FIG. 40 (CONTINUED).—PLAN OF SECOND PART OF MACHINE ANDTRUCK OVERHAULING SHOPS, SHOWING GROUP-DRIVENTOOLS, TRUCK-OVERHAULING TRACKS, ELEVATOR,TOOL ROOM, FIG. OF THE BLACKSMITH SHOP, SHOWING FORGES, TOOL\ TURRETS, ETC. pany is located in the center of the lower shop floor betweenthe overhauling and machine shops. It is 2] ft. 6^ and 8 ft. 93^ ins. wide. As noted in Fig. 41, the di-vision walls are 4 ft. lyi ins. high, but have in addition anexpanded metal screen which makes the total height 8 , in. The room is furnished with the appropriate drawers,bins and pigeon holes; a center table 14 ft. 5^/^ ins. long, onwhich are receptacles for holding drills and the like in a grinder and vise to grind drills and keep other tools inrepair. If there is not enough work of this kind to keep himbusy, outside employment is given him. Hence the too!room is always in the charge of a reliable man without in-curring the expense of employing some one with a lot of idletime on his hands. In addition to keeping the tools, thisroom is also used for storing jigs, templets and otherstandards of the company. BLACKSMITH SHOP The nature of
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