The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-16
M COVE CITY
A ilA b / MI
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rst i'6ros Central ssirosd hops
GRDWrH or Fast AccoNB
Fatrcrs Alliance New Citizens

h nal- cufrU system 0t
e-s-, which .pr ad thelr giant
Wm- ff1a taC Greas iakes to Tie
@Mf al M,Nico. ana from Illnois-
aa 9aiues. 10 Territorial mouu-
lans
MCoub City j. second TO CHI
cagl la manufacturing all the
aud plant necessary
fer the conduct of ttis vast cor-
peeat 8n, ana HE shop. aHd yards,
g Jaat potat, have received many
apprecmtYe remarks, Of late,
irom notdern machinists and
experts
Tho works tuin ont daily,
three neW fieigh: cars and re-
pur dfiy passenger coaches, aud
freight couvever- at the same
umr lha rebuilding of passeu-
zee coaches rs beiug proceed, d
with, and two handsome new
u giues nave shown great strength
ana pced They have iu>t hecu
huilt and finished al the McComh
City shops, aud viii be numerical
ly known as Nos. ~ and l06.
b sides an the above, boilers and
tanks for the Chicago ear works
cause constant cIuter, AMI two
team hammers increase tie dn
tn The production of locomotive
frames aNIes and forglngs adj
ipiinitunt The ,IcComb City
shops and yards occupy about
fifteen acres The buildings are
all latLe, imposing ana conyrui.
tnt aud 36j men are now employ
ga in their multifarious dutlcs
lteug the main line is u two
story brtek structure, devoted to
offices ana ,tore-r0sm-, and in 4
wrl light q upstairs apartment
Is TIE Master Mechanic, w. b.
Mckenna when pen and ink arc
necessary to facilitate that active
gentleman smovcmeufs General
ly tie ls here, there 81 anywhere
on the grounds Or the shops.
II the -9mc otlici, Is ". r.
lInyey, the head clerk, who has
'aur assistants, an OF whom /
will speak more anoa
Therc is Il constant gong to
AMI fro On tie ~tulways andlalls,
hy active men, an going i0to thu
yards i like nm entry TO an exposi-
uon
The muchine shop with its
great windows, h.hts the bur>
ntshed planners, brightens the
iabrynthS Of betting and shows
the Scientific Americans at
work l.. Kell, the general fore
man, has a fine body of men and
they show the rmpnpts of the in
/ tellectual artisan and the gentle
man in dishabiIlc.
The blazing forges, about a
dazeu, attracted me to where
Thos. Veal presided over the
muscular rendcrr.s of the anvlI
chorus, where The steam ham.
mcrs are and thrty men tit iol
\ tug of war. Mr. Veal is native
\ Of Monmouthshme, Eng and, wh,
came to the United States IN lS6;
to Pennsylvania, but was engaged
at Nashville and Chattanooga, til
the war closed, his ability belng
rat once apparenC as needed there.
At scranton. and III heavy work
Tor The /, 4 w. shops his name
spleal |. and IN 1881 lie took hi,
pr sent position, and has met
who began with him then.
John Harper is a native Of tn,
Emerald Isle, and manages The
foundry, whore about forty me,
and youths attend to busines,
without any toohshness Mr.
Harper worked for Major Cool
IN New Orleans III 1860 81 anC
during the war WIS employed bi
the Confederate Govcrnmcntmak
ing utlas IN Georgia. lie wet
back to New Orleans in 1866 an,
kept with the railway interest,"
ever since--comirg to McCom'
I City, however, IN 1872. He own
Il nee home in East McComo nm
is highly regalded.
HolliS Damn Is au American
and served his apprenticeship
here. where he now has charge Of
tho ho,ler shops, and is buildin.
some leviathan work for a dis
tant road.
Mr.. Dunn was born in Amt,
county, MISS. studied at tn,
Peabody schools at Summit anC
entered the railway shops IN 1878
some time before he gained hi
majority lie became Il foreman
in 1886 and mas now seventeen
first class men, and 1t is n wonder
they are not as deafa as doorposts
Mr.. Dunn owns 4 1000 acre plan.
tatlon, thirty miles west of Mag.
Holla, and i one of the sterling