Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-05-10


Convention and the calls should be out at
once, - Az the people msy have due notice.
Ws trust ,has the Republicans OF THE snd
. al the Cluuuez IN the State will fully
ascend ,.s caUcases, and telce, ;or delegates
men o.. character aud standing, who will
fully and fairly I,pr,s,nt them. and who
val attend the Convention. WIKI such &C
;ian On tie par; Of the masses, there will be
DO fear that tie sctIon q the Convention
will 10, b. satisfactory and for the honor
ard credit o.: Vermont.
FHE LE,DQUAKrzss Oh TuE Vt. Central
ROAD. THz Ssw 2 r SHOPS AND rHE SEW
DEPOT Al 81. ALH,Ns.-lS il quite possible
that most of our readers are not prepared 20
hear WITHOUT surprise, that the most extern
siye and complete railroad shops, and the
most handsomely fitted. conveniently AZ
ranged, and somptuously furnished depot and
railroad ,fHce- IN New England. are in Yer
mont. Such. however, Is tie fact. The new
shops OF the VI. Central and Vt & Canada
roads at 81. Adams, are much larger snd more
convenient than any in New England. TIE
new depot and r K. Offices are not surpass-
Ell anywhere. and have few il sny equals, in
comfort and elegance. We have hai the
pleasure within a few days past. OF looking
through them, under the courteous guidance
Of Mr.. E. r PERKINS, the able Master Me
chanic Of the road, and may interes: our
readers By brief description. The main
shops are Two immense buildings. Of brick
each 600 feet Ing, one Appropriated TO the
iron and locomotive works, the other to the
manufacture OF freight and passenger cars.
Each Of there buildings IL divided into thee
great Compartments. The central compart-
ment Of the ZION shop measures POO by 50
feet, and has in the projection on the East
front, the neat and convenient Offices of the
Master Mechanic and his clerks. Wen5uccd
IL Mr.. Perkins private Office. a framed silAon-
etc, cut a generation ago upon the occasion
of:he frs; railroad passenger tram that eyer
started IN this c5unry-prominen among
the passengers in the old fashioned coaches,
(Which IN size and shape were exactly on
the model Of & stage coach.) being the
marked and well known profile Of Thurlow
Weed. The Offices open by shor. hall into
the machine shop, filled with lathes and
ponder0us plNners and drills and busy work
men. The northern compartment measures
200 by 90 feet. In this are the trip ham
mers and forge furnaces, and here Is forged
all the iron work for the locomotives, cars,
bridges and repairs. The southern compart-
ment measures also 200 feet by GO, and Is
occupied with locomotives in various stages
Of construction and repair. An engine Of 50
horse power drives the machinery.
The w5od-shops are on an equally exten-
si5e scale, the central compartment being
200 by So iect, filed with the saws, planners
and machinery by which the rough logs
piled without are worked NJ into cars Of
marvellous excellence and beauty. The
other two compartments measure each 2lO
BY go feet, and are appropriated one to the
putting together Of the passenger cars, and
JLe o:ner TO freight cars. 10 separate ad-
i3ining huiitIng- are a paint shop measuring
D. = g. g. 3D. L.
50 ; a rail-vcld shop 100 ty 50. brass
foundry 80 ~ so boiler shop - 5y 40.
and Two round houses. IN which are stabbed
the iron hors,s Of the road. one having
stalls tor tsresfy-fotr ergines, the other for
tsrs're \ little computation vii shoT sny
our that the aggregste area enclosed within
the vail- OF tt,-e buildings Is about two ard
a quarter acre, They are adequate not
only TO the immeusr amount Of repairs re-
quirei by sixty eugines in active use. tut to
tie productions Of sir rev loe. motives each
year, or which one TO three sre constantly
On ;a- stocks. to the Construction @. '-s
uer passenger cars year, te=,ie- repairs;
aud 70 tso turning ont of freight cars at the
ordinary rate Of .ne ard halt day, or il
sl-a,l, TAO jsy. All ,hi' j. done, in the
main, iro-a tire raw matsri,l The iron
c.-'ioe- clone, are procured f.om the -. Al
bars Foundry Company. who-e work, are
al COTTON. lose % tie road. For tic rect,
Tie iron ard steel are forged from the tar
and tie bloom. ard the bci!,rs are cut IRON
the .-eet. The brass castings Of every des-
criF,i-n are made, ard tie metal faI item
comp uuiei, IN tie bras foundry; the rad
also csstsI'e own bells. and Gianufac,urc- all
tie TN md copper work required.
Tac Ian ~ !tr the cars, and for the beau
t.ul inside p-n,llings or back ash for the
passenger ears. u sawed iron tic tx, and I.
all ihe operations ct uVbylstering. &c are
carried %. each in ITS place. The road EN- .
rloy. one OF the test decorative painters IN .
tie coantry, and the lesu:y and c1nroni,ncc
II us passenger and ladi,s cas-, are pro
vtrbial. lie notice q al tie dark maroon
color heretofore used toy tie exterior Of the
pss-enger care. has hoen abandoned, AMI the
new car s.e OF neat drab color.
The road was compelled year ago. b7
the procure Of lis business, to purchase
eight new locomotives but. herceforth will
make i's oVz at great saving in expense,
mi 10 lnss IN elegance or excellence Of the
work. No handsoner or letter machines
han The ' Perkins and - Gov. Smith -
ave ,'cf iren TUNED out anywhere Mr..
Perkins has simIhhed greatly the work Of
eFaiTs by bringing a. far as possible all the
.comoiiyes to the same patterns, ore for
.as-cnger engines and one for freight. or
he .ixJy engines under HE charge, for;v-.ix
= OF the same general pattern ana Of the
ame size OF tire. The shops give employ
lent 20 tire, AuEdrsd workmen. The iuiq-
&c, Of the qgiet pr s,nce and vatchfnl eye
{ M. Perkins is everywhere felt, aud iudr-