. Railway master mechanic [microform] . power of theGrand Trunk Railway; on July 15, iqoi, he was ap-pointed third vice-president with direct jurisdiction overthe transportation, motive power and car departments,which position he now holds. June, 1904. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 185 Danville Shops of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway HE Chicago & Eastern Illinois is one of the T roads constituting the Frisco system andoperates 7373^2 miles of track, owning 198locomotives, 147 passenger cars and 14,612freight and miscellaneous cars. The oldshops of this road were located at DanvilleJunction,
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . power of theGrand Trunk Railway; on July 15, iqoi, he was ap-pointed third vice-president with direct jurisdiction overthe transportation, motive power and car departments,which position he now holds. June, 1904. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 185 Danville Shops of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway HE Chicago & Eastern Illinois is one of the T roads constituting the Frisco system andoperates 7373^2 miles of track, owning 198locomotives, 147 passenger cars and 14,612freight and miscellaneous cars. The oldshops of this road were located at DanvilleJunction, west of the town of Danville, andas this plant has been outgrown by the de-mands of the motive power department, anew shop has been constructed east of Danville on atract known as Oaklawn, near the old soldiers present new shop includes the locomotive repair de-partment only. However, provision has been made toaccommodate the car repair department, and in layingout the plant the buildings erected were located with this. the machinery installed is new, while a portion of themachinery from the old plant has been moved over to thenew shop. It will be observed that the buildings arelocated as near as practical to provide against fire risksand at the same time they are so located as to be readilyextended, as future demands require. The power houseis so located as to be between the locomotive and car de-partment when the latter has been erected and it is plan-ned to extend the machine shop towards the power house,doubling its capacity. When this is done the presentlocation of the power house will render it adjacent to theend of the machine shop. The boiler shop is located im-mediately east of the machine shop and any additions toit will be in the direction exactly opposite to the pro-posed extension of the machine shop. As in the case of
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