. The street railway review . GROUND FLOOR OF THE MACHINE SHOP. found in the different fields for which they .ire intended—the eonvertible, semi-convertible and Xarragansett types. These cars art-too well known to need description; they are used abroad as wellas in all parts of this country and it is significant cif their immenseimportance to the business that of one of them—the semi-converti-ble—200 are being built at date of writing for Baltimore, 40 forBoston, 107 for Philadelphia, 35 for Memphis, 23 for Nashville, 20for Lisbon, 14 for City of Mexico, and 10 each for New York City,Brooklyn.
. The street railway review . GROUND FLOOR OF THE MACHINE SHOP. found in the different fields for which they .ire intended—the eonvertible, semi-convertible and Xarragansett types. These cars art-too well known to need description; they are used abroad as wellas in all parts of this country and it is significant cif their immenseimportance to the business that of one of them—the semi-converti-ble—200 are being built at date of writing for Baltimore, 40 forBoston, 107 for Philadelphia, 35 for Memphis, 23 for Nashville, 20for Lisbon, 14 for City of Mexico, and 10 each for New York City,Brooklyn. Syracuse, Toledo, Gulfport and Wheeling, not to mentiona large number of small orders for both foreign and describing the plant of the J. (,. Brill Co, it should be. 2,000-T0N HYDRAULIC PRESSES IN FORGING SHOP. stated that the design of the buildings, and their location and equipment, were planned in detail chiefly by the president, Mr. G. MartinBrill, and Mr. James Rawle, the .secretary and treasurer. Thelatters practical knowledge of engineering has proved invaluableon all occasions. The organization of the various departments waseflected under the direction of the president, whose wise foresightis everywhere evident, and the co-relation of every part has been wurked out to a completeness which shows plainly the well-orderedscheme and able guidance of an executive whose broad knt)wledge:ind liberal policy has co-ordinated the whole. Entering the gate of the Brill works, the visitor sees at the righta large two-story finishing shop with a frontage 01 200 ft., andnearly as deep, which contains three-quarters of a mile of trackageand has a specially designed combination transfer table and elevator,electrically operated along the front of the buildi
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