Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-18

the whole of the iron work is wrought, with
cast steel axles, Of course. The hub consists
of two cylinders, the inner being the box
proper, and the outer the shell into which the
iron spokes are set and held by nuts on screw
threads These are frightened to the required
tension. 1t will be realized by an instant of
thought that whatever of weight is put upon
this wagon does not bear upon the lower rim
of the wheel alone, but is brought upon the
upper rim or arch of the wheel. Thus the
, weight is constantly suspended from the arch,
which the upper rim always forms, the felloe
being one solid piece of iron ON this wheel.
In the ordinary wooden wheel the contrary
prevails, and there the weight is directly and
wholly upon the spokes and felloes beneath
the hub. The arrangement of distIibu-
ton of the weight, however, Of
the Baker & Hamilton iron wagon
is obviously so much better, and so much
more nearly allied to true mechanical prin-
ciples, that the subject needs no further elu-
cidation. There is one other point, however,
to be mentioned, to wit that there is a truss
work above the axles so built that all the
weight is thrown upon the bearings of the
axle, and none upon the center, an advantage
every man who has ever used wagon will at
once appreciate. 1t would seem to be next
to impossible to break down one of these
vehicles. On one of them recently, of ordi-
nary size. ten tons of weight was piled and
drawn without difficulty, and with no strain
upon any part of the wagon. No kind of
weather in California affects these wagons
and their enduring qualities are measured by
the years of generation. They cost about
one-third more than the ordinary wooden
wagon, and of course are somewhat heavier.
They are made in all sizes and styles, from
| light spring to heavy truck. To reach the
next or
SECOND STREET DEPARTMENT.
| The visitor crosses neat narrow bridge,
spanning Commonwealth avenue, and is
! landed in the narrow or 20-foot section before
| referred to, upon the second floor, where are
| to be seen cases of the Gorham seeder and
cultivator and the Triumph seed drill. These
are stored here ready for shipment, and be-
| ing packed very closely, the space accommo.
dates heavy stock of these goods. Passing
| on to the front room, it is found to be stored
with Hills Eureka gang plows, made by the
| Sweepstake Plow Company, the Oliver
chilled-iron pillow. and the Collins cast cast
| steel plows, that is, steel recast. Here, too,
are wood and iron harrows, seed-sowers of
the well known Gem and Cahoon patterns,
cultivators, shovel-plows, etc. Ascending
| now to the
| THIRD FLOOR,
The visitor enters large room, 40 feet front
| by GO deep, devoted exclusively to the manu-
facture of diapers for heading and thrashing
machines, as it has been found much moro
economical to make them here than to bring
them from the East. In this room are shelves
for the cloth stock, racks for the wood work,
and a lengthy bench or table, graduated with
grooves, upon which the diapers are laid out
during the process of manufacture.
| Descending now to the basement floor,
there is visited spacious apartment of like
size to those on the upper floors, in which is
stored in cases harrows, plows and drills, and
the storage is so close, and the place so full,
in season, that it is with difficulty one can
move between the great piles of goods. Re
turning toward the rear upon this basement
floor, passage is made, though the 2O-foot
81" where sack coal, fence and bailing and
barbed wire are stored, and the visitor comes
out upon the grade of Commonwealth
avenue. Crossing this he enters the basement
story Of the Front.street section, S5x150 feet
in size. Here are stored wagons and agri-
cultural machines of all kinds in original
packages and here, too, are kept grind
stones, blacksmiths bellows, etc. The whole
of this vast space, in season, is filled in every
nook and corner with cases of goods,
barely room enough being left for
the necessary passageways through which to
reach the cases. A heavy derrick, with block
and tackle, on the upper floor over trap, is
, a useful attachment to this part of the build
! ing, and facilitates transfer of packages from
one floor to another, or from the alley grade
, to the upper floor. But it is to be noted that
this is infrequent, for every floor but one OF
all this vast establishment can be reached on
, | level by horse trucks. All the main floors
, are on the level with the grade of j, Front
and Second streets, while the basement
, floors are reached by gentle inclines
down Commonwealth avenue, that de-
, sends to the lower floor levels from j
street, and rises again to the high grade at its
. junction with I street. The advantage Of
, this arrangem ent is realized at a glance, by
even the least observant of visitors.
, THE LAST SECTIONS.
Turning now to the south, out of the great
, storage basement, one enters the basement
section beneath the J.street department first