and engineering journal . ineering firmswill not only be looked upon to supply the needs of thealready existing mines, but also be called upon to supply thewhole plant, or as much of it as they are capable of producing,of any new industrial undertakings of the future. It has been cited by local engineers that orders for verjbig work come in so seldom that the, installation of specialmachine tools to handle such big work is not worth thewhile. Occasionally such big work has been undertakenand executed to thecredit of the engineering industry, andif such is possible in isolated cases,
and engineering journal . ineering firmswill not only be looked upon to supply the needs of thealready existing mines, but also be called upon to supply thewhole plant, or as much of it as they are capable of producing,of any new industrial undertakings of the future. It has been cited by local engineers that orders for verjbig work come in so seldom that the, installation of specialmachine tools to handle such big work is not worth thewhile. Occasionally such big work has been undertakenand executed to thecredit of the engineering industry, andif such is possible in isolated cases, then more orders of thatnature should be placed with the local engineering firms inorder to enable them to stabilise that branch of their workand make the installation of the necSSsarj big machinerya commercial success. The engineering works of E. W. Tarry & Company, situated on a large block of ground, and housedin substantial brick, wood and iron buildings. Ah1 theessential departments of an engineering works of this. Portion of Machine Shop (Western end). description are included, and arc made up of the following:Offices, Pattern Shop and holt. Foundry. Smith Shop,Machine Shop and Boiler Shop Offices. A noteworthy feature in connection with the offices islb. complete record which has been kept of all patterns andu,.ik executed in tlw works. Such records date as faras twenty years back, and supply all details concerned with itsmaking. In connection with these records a very usefulcompilation- known as hist of Patterns of Spur, Mitre,Bevel and Helical Gearing Wheels -has been made up bythe management. The book has been circulated amongstthe mines, and contains all the detail necessary in specifyingany required gearing wheels. for instance, if a mine re-quires a gear wheel of some description, the one suiting theirrequirements is locked up in the book, where details suchas diameter of pitch circle, pitch, etc., are given, as well as anindex number. All that is necessar
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