The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-22
TO START ON THE CAR WORKS.
TWO IMMENSE BUILDINGS To BE
PUT Up BY THE COMPANY.

I Bids for Removing $4,000 Cubic
Feet of Earth Called FOr-The
Work VIII Begin Thursday-Side-
tracks 20 lie Put I'm and Then Two
Buildings, Each 100 by 200 Feet
VIII BE Put Up-Whnt the Com
pany Proposes To DO-It Is the Big
gest Enterprise Savannah Has Had
in Years.
The Georgia Car and Manufacturing
Company has advertised for bids for the
excavation Of about $500 cubic feet Of
earth on Its recently purchased property
al the junction OF the Charleston and
Savannah. and Florida Central and Pc
ninsular railroads
In this work II is contemplated to level
on the grounds and put them in shape
for building The excavating will begin
next Thursday. and the work viii be car
ried along as rapidly as possible. Within
few days the company expects to be-
gin active work on the construction of the
buildings the plans Of which are now in
shape and with nothing in the way but
the preparation of the grounds.
The two railroads which meet at that
point have already signifed their will
ingness to put in the desired side tracks,
and will do 80 within the next few days.
These are necessary for the purpose Of
getting in the material for the buildings,
ana VIII then be a permanent necessity
Tor use IN carrying on the operations Of
The first structures to be put up, and on
which work will shortly begin, are two
large buildings, 1O6 feet in width by 200
feet in length. In the north building will
be the freight car erecting shops, 106X
go feet, the dressed lumber building. l06x
l5U teet the planning mills, lO6X45O feet, and
outside the building will be the lumber
wharf next TO the planning mill, 1O6x25O
There viii be a space of 200 feet between
the north and south buildings. In the
southern building will be the passenger
car erecting shops, l06x5OO feet; a dressed
lumber room, 1O6xl5 feet; the office, cab
met department and wareroom, 106x150
feet; the machine, blacksmith and truck
uepartm lO6X325 feet the bolt room,
lOoxo0 feet, and the boiler room, 106x5O
feet.
Six tracks each Will be run into the pas
senger and freight erecting shops, and all
of these tracks Will be reached by a COM
pressed air locomotive so that all danger
OF hre will be removed. The buildings will
be or heavy frame work built on brick
piers and with tin roofs They will all be
one story of % feet hight with the excep-
ton of the office, wareroom and cabinet
department In the passenger building
which VIII consist OF two stories
The machinery to be used in handling
the material is all of the very latest pat-
tern, and the tracks throughout the build
arranged as to save much labor The
tracks are to be so placed that a car in
process OF construction can be carried from
one shOp right into the next in which Il is
10 be worked with the least difficulty This
Is TO be done by means of small turntables
conveniently arranged.
The machinery in the planning mill and
in the machine shops will be operated by
three 100 horse power engines. OF these
two Will be In the planning mill and one
in the machine shop. Steam will be
conveyed underground 20 these engines
from the boiler room and other expedi-
ents will be provided to obviate all dan
These two buildings, together with the
intervening space, will take up 3l1s acres
OF the tract, which will leave abundant
room for the buildings and further i'm
proponents the company contemplates
making in the near future. Among these
are paint shops, a wheel foundry, a forge
important, the plant for vulcanzing wood
There is decidedly fair prospect of 10
eating the vulcanizing plant here If the
proper announcement for the enterprise
is secured This Is a process by which
wood Is made entirely fire proof and about
as durable as iron. It is a material that
is now used largely by the railroads all
over the north, and especially by the ele-
waited roads and is found as. serviceable
IN every respect as iron, and its qualities
make it more desirable.
There Will be between three and four
miles of sidings and switch tracks in the
ground. All OF the railroads running into
savannah have given the company en-
couragement, and will do all in their pow
er to aid in building up the works. The
b,UUO miles or more of railroad tributary
10 savannah viii give the company prac-
ucally all of its business in the way of
car building, and perhaps the largest
amount of the car repairing. Some of the
railroads have found it cheaper to have
their building and repairing work done
by contract than to do it themselves. The
company is already figuring on a big or
der for cars which are wanted in Flori-
da. As 1t is some time before they are to
be delivered, the company expects to get
In shape in plenty of time to do the work
The works will employ regularly some
where between 300 and 400 hands. They
are going to put in about 1000 feet of sew
erage, and have. what drainage is neces-
sary to make 1t a healthy residence locali-
tX, done as soon as possible. Until that
WSrk is done, however, the hands will
i've in the city, and arrangements are
now being made to have one of the street
car lines extended out there for the ac-
commodation In going to and from work
The building of these works Is due prac-
tlcally entirely to the enterprise of Cant.
John Flannery and Hon. J. j. NIcDon-
ough, who bought the plant at Hunting
don, Pa, without which the plan could
never have been carried out. Their first
idea in going into this enterprise was to
benefit and build up Savannah, and it will
be the largest addition to the city's enter
prise which IL has known in years
Mr.. John A. Sullivan will superintend
the construction of the buildings The
construction and location of the buildings
and placing of the machinery will be SUI
pervised by Mr.. J. G. Blain, who to-
gether with his brother, Mr.. NJ. c. Blain
has been instrumental in securing the
subscriptions to the first mortgage bonds
Mr. McDonough will be the companys
president and Mr.. NJ. A. O'Byrne, its
treasurer. Mr.. J.. G: Blain will be its
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