The record-union., 1896-07-19

4 side corners are squared up as we'll as
the outer portions, and when the frame
! leaves the machine it is ready for its
| intended load
| Next there are in both departments
| number of shapers, or planers, in which
| the tool instead of the work receives
| reciprocating motion, thus enabling 1T
| to shape or smooth and finish any piece
OF work desired. They are especially
adapted to shaping dies for the spike
and bolt-cutting machines in the black
! smith shop and three of them are kept
constantly busy at that work alone, the
wear on those dies being very heavy,
| owing to their being worked day and
night.
| Then there are burning machines
which knock off the rough, bury sides
| and edges of iron nuts after they arrive
| from the punching dies of the black
| smith shop, and when smooth they are
| carried to milling or thread-cutting
machine where the threads are cut to
| receive the bolt There are three of
| these machines in the shop-each hav-
ing six spindles, and from them are
turned out 5000 finished track nuts each
| day
| In conjunction with the nut spindles
are six bolt-cutting machines kept con-
| stantly in motion slicing out the threads
! upon the bolts which are destined to
receive the taps. The capacity of these
machines is equal to the three tap-mill-
| ing machines, and when bolts and taps
| are made they are passed to two work
men who start the tap upon the bolt.
| Then another workman carefully counts
| the pieces, putting them into boxes Of
| 105 each, when they are ready for use.
| Fifty-seven boxes of finished bolts and
| taps are put up daily, fourteen of which
| are required to build a mile of track.
| In busy seasons the machines are kept
running night and day, at which times
| the output is sufficient to build ten miles
! of track daily.
| Here the rolls used in the rolling mill
are made and kept in condition, and
! here the many sized locomotive cylin-
| ders are bored out and made ready for
! the important part they are called upon
| to play. The boring machine used to
drill the cylinder is one of the most
| powerful machines used in the shop,
| and when properly manipulated will
| bore out arnineteen-inch cylinder, which
| IS the size most in use, in about twenty
| hours. Then it takes the monster planer
nineteen hours to smooth it up, so that
| if both machines are kept steadily going
| a set of cylinders may be turned out
| in forty hours-very quick work when
compared with the manner in which it
! was performed in the long ago, when
| Stephenson, the inventive Scotchman,
! first demonstrated the power and value
| Of steam by condensing it in cylinders
| not unlike those now in use.
Then there are numbers of lathes of
| different sizes for turning everything,
| from a hree-eighths-inch rod to a
steamboat shaft Two Of the large
| lathes are called double headers from
| the fact that the ends may be taken off
and shafts turned out thirty-three feet
| long and twenty-four inches in diam
eter. There are lathes to finish punch,
drop, hammer and every other kind of
| dies usei in the blacksmith shop and
many Of these dies are made or repaired
each day In short, the wOrkmen in de-
| partment No. l of the shop do general
repair work for the entire system west
Of Ogden and Ell Paso, as we'll as turn
| cut much of the track material, includ-
| ing switches. frogs, nuts, bolts, ETC.
| In department No. = machines SINH
/ lar to those in No. ] are used by the
vorllnen, but the work is confined ex-
| clusively to the repair of locomotives.
| The locomotive, besides generating the
power which moves the train, IS itself
| the motor, and as such is subject TO
| greater strain than any of the cars
| which may compose its train. It's
| strength and vitality are tested with
| every stroke of its piston, and notwith-
standing that the greatest care has
been taken to make it perfect in all its
parts. the wear and tear is necessarily
| great, and in time 1t becomes sick"
An engine is seldom given a chance to
| break down and cause loss Of life and
| propcrty-tne engineer understands his
| business too well to allow it, He can
! detect symptoms Of illness in his en-
| ne at a glance and before it gets good
! and sick 1t takes trip to the physician
! which in its case means the locomotive
ma chsne shop. Here it is dismenbered
| 2 I'D each piece subjected to the closest
scrutiny. II any prove worn or broken
! they are either replaced or repaired,
ana il is this work whlcn occupies the
time OF the mechanics of department
No >
Here also are to be seen ten brass fin
| iehers working the shining alloy day
motive but goes through their hands be-
fore being sent TO the burnishers for its
beauty touch. The tools used by the
workmen are similar 10 those used by
! ihe iron workers, yet for all that ii Is
| Interesting 10 watch them at their tasks
assfhey render the brass useful as well
as ornamental.
One thing which will catch the eye
of the visitor Is the mammoth hydraulic
Iress for setting on or removing loco
motive drive wheels from their axIes.
II IS a simple enough looking arrange
ment, but when told that it is capable
| Of 100000 pounds pressure. one viii
| take a second look at it, and inyolunta-
rily recall Ja.bez Breeze and his squeez-
| ing machine.
At each of the many strange ma
| chimes in these two departments stands
a mechanic who understands his work
IN its entirety. and throughout the en-
tire shop none are idle. Upon their care
largely depends the life of the locomo-
tive which often means safety to hun
dreds Of citizens. They deserve a high
place In the minds Of the travelling pub
lic, and their names are:
MACHINE SHOP NO. l.
J. Fl. Andrews, Foreman
Joseph Ross. Timekeeper
J. Appleton. C. Konig. ~.
f. +. Anderson. c. L. Lais
J. Bechtold. J. Liddy
4. c. Boothby. J. r. Lenofr
w. Blackburn. f. Mellus.
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