The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-22
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Over che Elevated Reads.

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Over che Elevated Reads.
In tho Fifty-ninth street elevated railway
station. on the west side. . man finished wind
Ing the station clock Just Ia time to catch .
down train. He twirled the koy In his fingers
while the train was running TO the Fifty-third
street station. and before the train had started
again he was winding another clock.
Ono OF tho few mon In the world who winds
clocks for 4 living" said tho conductor OF the
train. who II ho2 He used to DO ticket
seller. but you san never catch him In any
place longer than II takes to wind and set
clock. Go and SEQ Morrison. He did the work
up TO o little while ago. and can tell you all
about II. Morrison 10 an English clock and
watch maker. was foreman for Tiffany at one
time. and knows oil there is to DO known about
timepieces. Whom the contract for furnishing
the clocks was given to clock company. they
got Morrison to put up the clocks and take care
OF them. He continued along. working for the
company till the terms Of the contract we're full
filed. and then the railway company put on
one OF Its own men,"
THE clock problom." said Mr.. F. Morrison.
was one Of the difficult things which tho pro-
jectors OF the elevated roads had to oncounter.
The general impression may be that the ole.
yated trains are not run according to schedule.
6, they are 50 aa inc from dey eG
station clocks should mark tho time on which
them to agree in order that the change to and
from commission hours may be made stimuli
taneously over the entire elevated railway
It was at first thought that the peculiarly
quick and strong vibrations OF the iron struc.
ture on which the stations are built would make
Stations without the use OF u synchronizer on
for catching the minute hand fifteen seconds
before tho expiration OF each hour ard re-
n.s tout S.rn 'eiSss ssS a' tn co ssf
expensive electrical arrangement, cost:
Try :; tho clocks Without making tho electric con-
neetions The elevated roads use more ,, than
WE hsy ars is %S
is known as the half dend-beat escapement;
T asy a a me
stan,inl socks and will lat l5o years The
made up Of zine and brass balls and wooden
sae Tsess
with the synchronizcr. would cost $2S at retail.
The elevated roads q sourse got them S1heaper;
the superintendent's office. This is rather
costly timepiece, worth. in fact. about $500.
At precisely IL o'clock every day q telegraphic
time signal is sent over the wires to all stations.
ana ticket 6cllerS note Wnetner their cloc.S arc
clock word ia sent by wire to the superintend-
ent's office and the clock man goes and atten,ts
to 1t. Station men are forbidden to touch the
change tho time Of his clock would 30 ais
when he is sent for to set q clock. goes
by tho watch he. carries. This rather
i carry doesn't vary more than three or four
seconds y month. You could buy works like
those in this cass for sl10. I remember read
ing that when circulars were sent out to all the
were using-when the new Arrangement now
| In use was talked Ozone OF the roads replied
that its standard was tho superintendents
watch; The clock mans watchiplays rather I,
clocks running together. but II 1t happens to be
| a couple OF seconds out Of the way the differ
| once can be discovered the next noon when
time is sent over the wires Some Of the station
down In the superintendent's office.
| When man has to keep 200 clocks wound
up and running accurately. he finds that he
key. and held the handle between the first and
| second finger. with tho palm OF tho hand fiat
toward the face OF tho clock. This looks like
an awkward way; but. ho!d,ng the key thus
breaking weight cord. The grip was not
strong enough to SNAP the cord when the clock
a as.asy wee Ssd e TSuss
days, aud Fridays I devoted to winding. On
Mondays and Saturdays / took care OF any
clocks that happened to get out OF position or
| on Wednesdays l took Third nvenue: ON
Thursdays Sixth avenue. and on Fridays fin
| ished tho weeks winding on the Ninth avenue
pretty quick time when heard u train coming
and was in q hurry"