. The Street railway journal . ame so as to take the place of atorch. In this way it is employed for allsoldering and connecting on controller work,field work, heating soldering irons, brazingband saws, burning varnish off cars and any-thing and everything where it is necessary to• -^tM ^^^ either a soldering iron or flame of any^^[^H kind for any class of work. Compressed air isalso used for all hoisting in the pits and over-head, and also for boring in the carpentershop. An Ingersoll-Sergeant compressor fur-nishes the necessary power for the operationof the air hoists in the machine shop and
. The Street railway journal . ame so as to take the place of atorch. In this way it is employed for allsoldering and connecting on controller work,field work, heating soldering irons, brazingband saws, burning varnish off cars and any-thing and everything where it is necessary to• -^tM ^^^ either a soldering iron or flame of any^^[^H kind for any class of work. Compressed air isalso used for all hoisting in the pits and over-head, and also for boring in the carpentershop. An Ingersoll-Sergeant compressor fur-nishes the necessary power for the operationof the air hoists in the machine shop andmotor repair department, as well as the otheruses to which compressed ais is put in theseshops. This compressor is driven by two 20-hp motors, and asthe greater part of the power is utilized in the south end ofthe building the plant has been set up in the motor repair shop,as shown in Fig. 9. CARPENTER SHOPThis department occupies a spacious, well-lighted room, com-prising 7497 sq. ft., conveniently situated, and having five. FIG. SHOP, SHOWING PIT tracks running its entire length. Under one of these, thecentral track, is a pit 4 ft. deep, which is provided for theexamination of the cars from below without making it neces-sary to take them to the pit room at the southern end of thebuilding. This department has an excellent equipment forgeneral carpenter and joiner work and wood-working ma-chinery, including all the tools needed for car building, and April ii, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 551 large enough to handle the heaviest timbers used in railroadwork. These machines are arranged in the space indicated inthe plan between the car tracks and the north wall of the build-ing, and include the following: Large cut-off machine, mor-tiser, rip-saw, band-saw, tenoner, jointer, shaper, sticker, turn-ing lathe and planer. The general arrangement of this depart-ment is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and in these views the absenceof belting and shafting above the machineryis a
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