The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-28

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Fine Machinery.
The Tallahassee Shops Of the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railway Company are always
in busy whirl, and in each department! the work
of building and re pairing is carried on as stead
ily and Systematically as the motion Of clock
work, while the hum and buzz of the machinery
plays like well accorded music on our light and
vibrating Florida air.
few days since a FLoRIDIAN representative
strolled through these shops and found every
thing in a stir of activity. The genial and &C
commodating time and store-keeper, Mr. W. A
Papy, was too busy to show Us through, but he
left his work long enough 10 escort Us into the
machinery department, where We were placed
under the guidance of Mr.. c. A. G. Boomq1is:,
q thorough and frsi-cass machines'.
We will omit mention OF the numerous fine
and complete pieces OF machinery, which have
been working IN these shops for years, and de-
vote this space mainly to mention OF the new
and costly machinery which has been recently
received and added to their already finely
equipped shops.
We were first shown "a new 36nch engine
lathe, which has tweve-foot bed. l. was
ming at the time and turning out new work
at rapid rate.
A beautiful and complete piece of machinery
is shaping machine. Ii b s Al IS inch stroke
by feet 6 inches, and on this some very fine
work has been turned out
The Acme bolt cutter is wonderful little
machine, and cuts any size from 10 /. inches.
The most attractive and the finest of all tie
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wheel lathe, which cost, alone $40 900 Since
the 4th Of Aprilpast, wheels have been turned
on this lathe for fourteen engines, two of which
were ten wheelers. Any one al ali AGO lainiel
with the work Of car building will know that
this is an immense amount of work to be done in
such short while, for with the old style OF
| lathe il would have taken nearly two years 10
turn of the same number Of wheels, and the
work would not have been so well done. 4 large
crane lifts the wheels in and out Of this machine
and rolls them out on track which is built up
10 the lathe for this purpose This machine, Is
we'll as most of the other new machinery, was
built by the Niles Tool Company, of Hamilton,
| Ohio.
Among the other useful machinery we noticed
new ten ton diferential pulley, made by the
| Tale and Towne Manufacturing Company, of
Stamford Conn, which is used for lifting heavy
work.
| Next TO the drive wheel lathe is 42-inch
car wheel borer, splendid piece of machinery,
with a capacity of 20 car wheels per day.
| Near the door, in the northwest corner of
the machine shops, stands double headed axle
lathe, which turns both journals of the axle al
one and the same time. To This is attached
| xrh; oh f,-. ~
and out of the lathe thus enabling one man to
| do the work that otherwise it would require Two
or three to do. Ga this lathe Mr. William Claus.
er has turned as many as = axles in one day
| large, powerful hydraulic press which was
burned in the Fernandila fire. was brought here
and has been placed in thorough repair II is
used for pressing wheels onto or of OF the axes.
and will take in a 4s-inch wheel. This will do
as much work as a dozen men could do on
hand press.
The engine, which is use to run all the ms
| chinery in the shops, be regulated 10 run
anywhere between a 15-horse end 25-hoise
power. 1t is one of the most compact easy run
ming and powerful engines. for its SIZE, in the
South. 1, was built in Tallahassee in 1856 or
1857 al the foundry of Messrs John and Joseph
Cardy, and has been running steadily almost
every day since. Ii has been through two fires.
yet it lie now good as new, never costing the
company over an average o. 3 per year to keep
ii in thorough repair.
| Near the center OF the yard is new and i'm
proved Worthngton duplex fire pump. from
which three pipes run TO tue passenger and
freight depois. Hanging in convenient places
are several hundred feet OF hose, and in case OF
| fire. one-inch stream of water can be thrown
200 feet high and to any part of the yard or
shops, thus giving excellent fire protection
| The blacksmith shops, with their immense
steam hammers, ETC., are among the most COM
pete to be found anywhere.
Six engines five coaches and numerous fl 1t
and box cars are now in the shops, being re-
paired, reprinted, etc.
| The Office is in charge of Mr.. w. H. Ande.-
son, General Foreman, and Mr.. w A. Papy time
and storekeeper. 1t also has a telegraph office
in charge OF Mr.. Peck. The different depart
men,s are under the able foremauship OF the fol.
lowing gentlemen: Car shops Mr.. A Stephen
SON Blacksmith shops, Mr.. Robert McDougall
Boiler shops, Mr.. Thos- ]. .Bassett; Copper and
Tin shops, Mr. Claus Bloomqust Paint shops,
Mr.. G. A. Ball Pattern-msker, Mr. J. w. Hack
etL and Of the Upholstering department, Mr..
Charles Lankey.
These shops are so complete, turn out such
excellent work. and have such a large payroll
that any city might be proud of them.
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