Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-19

! vile by the q. q L. u. X, 20. are among the
most perfectly arranged and most convent
emily constructed Of any that we have ever
before seen. We visited them on Saturday
last, and, escorted by NJ. ]. R. Warswick,
Foreman of the Machine and Locomotive
Departments, made the tour of the build
ings.
Our starting point was the Office, which
serves the double purpose OF oounting-rOOm
and telegraph operating room, being in COM
munication with every point on the track.
The Office is handsomely fitted up, one side
containing a large window, looking directly
out upon the engine, made by the Globe
Work in this city, which furnishes the mo-
tive power for the machinery Of the estab-
lshment This engine is kept highly pol
ished, the cylinders being brass covered, and
shining like a mirror. The water is supplied
to the boilers by the new injector of Gif-
ford's patent. It flows into the injector,
and is met by steam from the boiler, by
which its temperature is considerably raised,
and it is then forced into ihe boiler in sort
of spray. This plan is considered to bemueh
superior to that Of pumps, both in point of
safety and of economy. From the engine,
exhaust pipes pass around all the shops, and
the building is kept evenly and pleasantly
warmed.
Of course, through the shops, where so
great a variety of operations is carried on,
there must necessarily be great variety Of
machines; and it is the arrangement Of
these, and of the many appliances which
4 are used in connection with them, which
/ constitutes one Of the most note worthy fea-
lures Of the establishment One side Of the
great room, which measures 2sO by 80 feet,
is occupied with the implements for bor-
ing, turning, planning, slotting, punching,
&c, arranged in a single row with a
considerable space intervening between
them. The woodwork and the heavy iron
work are painted of bright green color, as
are also the beams overhead which contain
the shafts and wheels. On the opposite side
of the room, tracks are placed upon which
the locomotives needing repairs are brought
directly into the shop. On that side, also,
are placed the men who work at the vice,
and thus the tool men and the vice men,
although conveniently near together, do not
in any manner interfere with each other.
In the boiler room punching and cutting
machine, built by the Cuyahoga works, has
been erected. It is of unusual strength; the
punch will go through plate of iron FIVE
eighths of an inch in thickness, while the
shears cut up half-inch iron with as much
ease as lsdy's scissors can clip cambric.
The best illustration which we saw of the
resistless power brought to bear by machine
~, was the Hydraulic Press, also made by
the Cuyahoga works. It is used for putting
on or removing " drivers" from the axels.-
In one Instance, the press which we saw, has
exerted force Of 900 tons, which would be
sufficient to raise into the air, three or four
large brick houses with all their contents.
It has been found that a pressure sufficient
to put on a wheel, is to the power required
to draw it off, as is 211.- This is accounted
for by the forcing of the grains of the iron
in one direction by the first operation, SO
that in the second it is necessary to reverse
them, which is Of course much more diff,
cult task.
The company are about constructing a
derrick for the purpose of elevating locOmo-
tives requiring repairs, from of the tracks,
thus doing away with the necessity of jack
screws.
The blacksmith shop, under control of Mr..
W. c. johnson, is in size 70 feet by 40. The
number of fires is nine, all of which are
blown by one blower, the wind being con-
veyed in a main under ground, and then
distributed by supply pipes to each forge
A very ingenious eontrivanee, invented by
AIr. Hozey, master mechanic, enables the
workman to increase or to diminish the
strength of his blast according to circum-
stances, which aids much IN the economy of
fuel. The forges are cast iron, and contain
two iron boxes, one for fuel and the other
for water A trip-hammer weighing 800
pounds, occupies one end of this apartment.
Here, too, the same order and the same
convenient arrangement may be observed.
The iron is stoodup in racks about the walls;
water for drinking and washing purposes is
brought directly to the shop, so that it is un-
necessary for the men to spend time in run
ming from one room to another to obtain
what may be needed.
The Repair and Building shop exhibits
the same general anc excellent features as
the machine shop. The room is $50 feet by
70. There, too, the men are separate; those
who tend the machines on the one side, and
those who use benches on the other.
This department is under the charge Of
Mr.. George Miller. The planning machine
occupied our attention most. We were told
that the knives revolve at the rate of 2OOC
times in a minute, and we had the curiosity
to measure the distance of the knives apart
and found it upwards of twenty-four
inches, or two feet. Of course, then, the
circle described, would be about six feet and
four inches, which being multiplied by
1000, gives US the distance travelled in one
minuce by each knife, as nearly two and 9
half miles.
The Round House has sixteen stalls fol
locomotives, each of which has a tank capa-
BILE of holding 800 gallons of water.
There is likewise brass foundry on the
premises, where all the brass work necessary
on locomotives is cast. Here are used all the
old copper hues, and other parts of engines
which have become worn out. Castings
have been made for the Rolling Mill
which weighed 100 pounds.
The other departments were less interest
ing to a spectator. There was the shop fol
mending rails the pattern shop, where are
slowed many thousand dollars worth O
patterns the paint shop, 200 feet by 60
where the ornamenting of the cars is done
the sand-drying room, which is by no meani
the least important, being the source from
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