Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-19
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD WORK
SHOPS.
Work in the Car Department-Dura-
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busy place now is the Central Rail
road shops. New work is being constantly
turned out Last week it was that two
handsome cars were sent over to the Port
Royal Railroad. One magnificent coach
is now under way. receiving its finishing
touches. aud upon it work is now being
done that has never previously been at
tempted in these shops. The construction
of two new express cars will begin
very shortly, and then there is no end TO
the repairing continually carried on
This is in the carpentering department.
under the excellent aud painstaklng
SUPERVISION Of Mr.. Frank DeNlhe'
MIR. Devine is promised an eN-
tension Of the facilities of his department,
and that the promise may be carried out
is the sincere wish of all who are any
way Jealous of the progress OF savannah
in the mechanical arts. In the various
other departments everything IS IN the
same state of busy stir and tireless labor.
Aside from the benefit which the Cen
trial Railroad confers upon savannah by
its ceaseless efforts to secure tra1hc, 1t
ewes the city more tangible benefit in the
Q
shops here. The work which the ma
chinists of the Central Railroad shops
execute challenges comparison with the
work of the very best Northern shops. 1t
is a fact that these shops turn out better
work than the best of the North
ern establishments, and the successive
annual reports of the Central Railroad
Company warrant the assertion. There
are now running on the Savannah diyI-
sion of the road Is engines built in the
| Savannah shops, and comparison IS IN
vited with the records of any engines
/ built at the North. In fact, there is no
reason for comparing, so superior are the
/ hOme-built engines to those OF Northern
make. This is very largely due to the
careful personal supervision OF MI. u. ID.
! Arden. the Master Machinist, as he says
/ il is to the advantage of the men as well
| as of the company TO use the best mate
rial and do their best work upon these
engines.
The shops are expected, of course, to
! keep the engines on the road in thorough
/ repair, and it is to the advantage OF the
/ company to build them in such fashion
/ that repairing will be seldom needed.
Hence the best material is used In their
/ construction and the best machinists put
| ON the work Mr.. William QuantOck, the
| Foreman, rs we'll as the Master Machinist,
gives special supervision to TINS work,
/ as they feel great pride IN
| turning out frst-class locomotives.
! Il is not probable that the Central
Railroad will send of for engines
so long as it can build them in its own
works. Sometimes the necessities of its
| growing traffic cOmpels their purchase
| elsewhere. but when its facilities are in
! creased il will be able to do all its work
here. 1t is hoped the Board OF Direc-
tors favOrs this view.
Mr.. Arden's courtesy placed at the re-
pOrter's disposal the record of engines for
the past twelve months, and this record
makes very plain the superiority of the
honolulu engines over the Northern
built The record shown the NEWS
representative by Mr.. T. b. Gather
wood, the courteous bOOkkeeper of
the motive department. gives the size of
each engine, the number of miles each
has run, the number of cars hauled empty
or loaded. the wood burned, and similar
information. The engines on the SaVan-
nah division, during the year ending
! August 81, ran |. 434,0 6I miles, and halled
/ 1921 cars, of which nearly 1000 were
passenger cars. The number of ears
/ hauled one mile foOts up in the millions
| being 20,057 ,9j4.
While the reporter was bowling himself
| out with promises of the infection of an
/ other visit, Mr.. Arden cordially extended
/ an invitation to visit the works at any
/ time, and promised him a ride on the
! Pennsylvania" or the "COnnecticut' on
| either of their maiden trips.