Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-18


der to the top. On the top Of the stack is
an iron lid, or damper, moved with lever
regulated by a rod extending on the out
side to the ground. The main building is
one story high. At the back of Il is to be
boiler-shOp sixty-feet SQUARE and. At tbe
end, building two hundred an6 an fost
square and two stories high. for s cs~-
shop. 'Oi 7" car
Parallel with the shop and west of II ara
two buildings designed for car and machine
shops, one Of which is three hundred twen.
ty-fve feet long, and each fifty-six feet wide
and one story high. At the south end.
running across and connecting them. is 3
head-house, seventy-fiYe by one hundred
anc tity-six feet, two stories high. In the
south end OF this last building are six arches,
through each Of which runs a track-two
of the tracks into each Of the machine shops.
ald two into the open space between them.
One Of the machine shops is now rooted.
and the roof covered with slate. In the
roof are windows, ventilators, &c From
the roof the water is conducted BY spOuts
to drains underground, leading into the
river These shops are all f0ored with
white pine, planed and matched. The
stack for the boiler to this range of build
ings Is similar to the one already de-
scribed, and eighty feet high. The boiler
is tubular, and with its connections WEIGHS
seven and one-half tons and works an en-
gine of sixty horse power. It is in = room
separated from the engine room by a stone
wall, with an oridce for the steam pipes.
Between the boiler room and the chimney
IS room with sides and arch Of stone, with
an opening into the work ahop. This isto
hold shavings, with which it Is designed to
heat the boiler.
The corners Of the buildings are of rus
ticated msson-work. The windows and
doors arc Of one pattern They are arched
with spandrels, standing on corbels, with
keys. The large arches in the various
buildings are Closed by double-doors-
wood below and glass in the upper part.
are all to be rooted with slate, brought
from Vermont. Every stone in all the
buildings is cut to certain size and pat
tern, and the size Of each is marked on tha
plan The stone used is q white sandstone,
easily worked, and grows harder by e1 pos
ure to air snd heat. It Is quarried in close
vicinity to the works The whole village
is underlsid with it, In some places It
comes to the surface, and it is only neces-
cary to uncover few feet to reach it al
most any place. 1t is quarried by blast
and wedges, and may be got out in pieces
of any size needed in the works.
Besides the buildings we have named,
is fire proof brick building for drying
lumber, which is done by means of steam
pipes in the eeller of the building. Two
ether buildings OF wood are 20 be erected,
though work on them has not commenced
yet. One Is paint shop, four hundred by
forty-hve feet. The other is q lumber
house, six hundred by thirty-two feet; both
one story of eighteen feet high. They are
to be finished of in imitation of stone, with
doors and windows of the same pattern as
the other buildings. The wood used In
the construction and finishing of all the
buildings is white pine, except some hem
lock for framing. A large qusntity ofthe
machinery to be used is on the ground.
temporarily stored, and will be nut into
the buildings as soon as they are ready.
There are about two hudnred and fftv. man
on an average employed in the construc-
tion of the buildings. This includes
teamsters and quarrymen. Masons and
carpenters are pa d from two and hsIf "a
three dollars per day, and other hands are
pail according to their ability and indus
try. Good hands in any department will
Hnd employment Immediately.
The works are designed for the manu-
facture Of engines and cars, and of every
article used in their construction. When
erected, and in full operation, I'VE believe
they will be the most extensive and COM
plete in. the United States, and perhaps
not excelled in sEurope's
VUffIsr7 fa-.r ,,,,rkL- &1,s-
mense buildings will be completed, and the
machinery moving. 1t win require hun
dreds Of Workmen, who must have homes
for their families The want of dwelling
houses viii no doubt be severely felt, but
that want viii de obviated speedily as pos
sibls.
Zenas Kent, ESQ., several years ago erec-
ted magnificent building, designed aa
cotton factory, but which has never been
occupied. Its great size would afford
room for a whole village of manufactures
The water power Is inexhaustible and rea-
dy to apply, with little expense, and We
look to see it improved in a short time. All
that is required is to have its advantages
known.
The glass factory, which has been out Of
blast for several years, was recently sold'
has been put in complete repair, and Just
commenced running. The new proprietorE
are E. L. Day, @. 7. and E. P. Williams
the former q son-in-law and the latter sons
of William Williams, Esq, of this city.
The capacity of the works IS eight pots,
manufacturing $4,000 boxes of so feet
each, of window glass per year, and en-
plOying forty hands. The Atlantic
and Great Western Railway
runs through the grounds, giving great ad-
vantages in receiving and slipping. They
have butt fifteen new tenement houses,
which are not like most tenement buildings
of this character, but are real subtantial,
attractive, and comfortable edidces. The
base of the material from which this glass
is made, is the sand rock which every
where underiies the soil, which is pulver-
lied and washed. The quality of the glass
is no where equaied in this country, and
the Franklin Rock Glass has long en-
joyed an enviable reputation. We wish
our enterprising young friends, Day, VIII
iams & Co. success commensurate with
their liberal outlay.
We have extended this article much bel
yond the limits We designed, and yet We
have only glanced at the Improvements in
Kent City. That it is at present the great.
point of attraction on the broad-guags
road there Is no doubt, and there is as lit
tie doubt that it is soon to become one Of
the first class interior towns in the Ststel