Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-03
T. IMPRESSED AIR.
Valuable AMI Useful Machinery In Use
at the Atlantis L raIin, Shops

valuable AMI Useful Machinery In Use
AT the Atlantis L rallfl, Shops
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There are ,rtN few J"utuHl- printed
now Ul mechanics thai de- not contain
one ~ more altIclr- Oh ruiupt,-'-,i Hlt.
IT. u-r-, etc. AMI nearly ever, Ncrk my
attention l. drawn Ia cut ~ -omp de-.
vice gotten up fur facilitating IL" WORK
III machnr aud other shops The IAil
Nav Age III March ~ contains nn article
and cut II an air hoist tur hitting rt
Hhrrl- III aud out ~ the car wheel tar.
ing machine, gotten up l., th" master
mechanic " the Minneapolis y II luu,-
-hnp- ut Minneapolis. these urw HppIi.
anrr- are often up t. lriurr tlr ru-i VI
handling ~ aud out II III" mar'u,- ami
fur -nnhfS other PURPOSES. |. fui on. ~
ptrciatr very much the" AIT rl". hud
rutr. hrcalI.r know tlrN NJ" lu,trur
tive. al the saline time ! cannot hrlp iri
my n little J"alou. white rAiing what
rth"r shops ARE doing aud how other
master mechanic, uni fofrmru are
praised H. the skies tnr their ingenuity.
while our own little plant at Alhuln't
lIr IL o,rrlWpked ~ course eau ac
count fur this IN great measure hl be-.
lng located 81 far from large railroad
rsntet-, therefore, writer's ut thr-. Atll.
Giles hardly know w. are ~ existence,
n-0Jurnily "" must "hiuW oar own
horn" to br heard
W. have n ptugt, -.nr managrInru',
al very f." IMPROVEMENTS which can lie
made witha little outlay ui money ar
left undOnr. oar master mechanic l. al.
ways studying some nrw device fot ~.
ducing the c,~t ~ prOiuctiun, AT the
same time saving his men manual labor
md allowing him to cOinpt- with other
fallrnad plant
Citizens who have lived ~ \IhuIurf
Iur any length III time cannot help no
tlclng the additional improvements that
have been aii~i from time a. time, ~
tact. nearly every Ia, -,nr experiment
~ ''Nl w la'lIlNh" INV hhllllllk w
work II ANY u you vii take the
trouble ~ go through the plant ,uu viii
-"- that every department l. equipped ~
that rouipt,e,+4i All l. uIri a. handle our
work.
Commencing ~ the machine shop, Nuu
Will -,- hoi-t- over all machines, large
MT l., IttII "A Nh
taken out of machines without the AID ~
helpers, and practically the zaln" nm.
chine described III the railway w" ~
March - for handling wheels Dani which
inspired this article ha1 h"@n ~ u|
here Tor the past twn years \"u Will
al+p A.'' air pr"IS,S fut pressing hfAs
hu-hlngS In rmi-, etc and the b"llrr+ ~
locomotives, ~ fast ~ they ARE repaired,
can hr lilI'd with compre-,4,s, air aud the
engine run out ~ the shop and On IL the
trairtrr table, IN fact, II Is used IN ~
many different ways IN this department.
that to Hpprecia," II IL II necessary "a
pay I- "a visit.
Passing un Ia III" boiler shop, tools a.
tr operated hV air. II all descriptions, can
l." =~n,- such ~ riNrter-, drilling ma
chine. chipping ani cauIking hammers,
holt breakers etc.
The copper shop II also we'll supplied
for pressing. raising ard punching.
On arriving at the paint shop II will lT'
+"rn for freight car work, " anything
not requiring tine finish, brush * --l'
ground glass which VIA formerly pur.
chased. IN prepared now hy hlo~ing sand
on IN the same manner ~ the paint II
blown on freight cars. Recently the
roundhous. was whitrwa4hrh 10y this
means. and am snf- Ia saying the work
VS. done ~ we'll ani In one tenth ~ the
time that Il could hs done with n brush
Al the r0undh0u-.'. ALA. sand l. elr
vat.i by air Into u tank Oi sufficient
height IA enable the men "a I'LL the sAIld
h0xrs u n locomotive through n spou'
exactly similar to thai ~ an OTiinAf,
tank spnul On the repair tfark- II l.
n%si Tor lacking up ears, cleaning
coSchea, carpets etc, III" st"rrkr"I'"I
,l-s'S II Tor pumping oil, and the office foI
letter presses
Va have n compressor ~ 2io cubic ie,I
, per minute home made. which IL nj
nearly large enough. and Ia rUnN rtSAiioI
with Mr.. English. few days Agu, h. tult
me the management had decii,si Ia pun
chase one with n capacity II Ir rum'
feet, which size Il quite necessary I" -up
ply tho TOOLS used, You can Imagine III
immen.ity"f this power when ! -ay thrr,
Ii between two and three miles ~ nj
piping around the shops aud yards.
There In als0 one other improvement
which. In my humble opinion, far Suf
, pa,se- anything which has b-en made l.'
j fore, viz. n new mrthi Tor ra-tlnI
!, bfaS-, hut cannot ~ into this Ia detail
/. Tor. In the first place, | know very it'll
about brASA moulding, aud again, | don
know II Mr. English In really yet u ha'
: the process explained through N" press
M. Mr.. h4iitnr, you will -~- that ou
management IN not hrhiBd the times, 6u
up and progressive. Having satisfied ~
} Jealous spirit, and hoping you Will put
e li-h this letter, | remain,
A NOhkMAh Al Tnk PLNNT.
Tho iiAnd impToNIuE,
The Fiat Regiment hand ~ whic
lion. Jesus Romero " the Hcknowl~igr
manager, aud James D-NiDe the leairl
u has now \ membership Of About thirt,
u and they are all crack musicians. lAaie
= D-,ine stAts~i this morning that new cOi
/. cert music hal bern r-c.i'-i. and that !
Rupps, l.. u. Stern aud Rog-rs Mc'iuin
n~s., who have just pufchAS-Si q AaH,
}. phone each the new musical in-tIl
9 nient-will Non join N. hand EnoFI
should he made 10 have the hand play 4