The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-18
WHEELS READY TO TURN.
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completed there will be five miles of rail-
road track on the grounds of the COM
! pany.
Opposite the passenger car erecting de-
partment of the south shed is the freight
car erecting department Of the north shed,
60 feet in length. Besides tracks and
turn tables. the shop will be equipped with
| air-lifts for raising cars. In the center
of the north shed is the dressed lumber
storage room, 80 feet In length, The re-
malnder Of the shed, $50 feet, is the plan
ing mill The equipment of this shed is
complete, labor-saVing machinery being a
prominent feature. The machinery of the
planning mill will be run by a large $50
horse power engine, built by McDonough
q Ballantyne, the engine being supplied
with steam from the boiler house. The
main belt for driving the machinery of
the planning mill is thirty inches in width
The room is equipped with all the latest
improved planning machinery, most of
which was built by the Atlantic works of
Philadelphia. The room will be kept free
from shavings and dust by the exhaust
pipe and fan, which will convey all waste
J to the shaving chamber to be consumed
in the furnace. The machines are so ar
ranged and equipped that a piece of tim
! Der fed in at one end of the shop will work
its way down the line unaided and come
out at the other end of the shop finished
for the work for which it was intended
The machines for preparing sheathing and
other light material work in the same
manner.
Superintendent Blain stated that the
plant would be complete in about two
! weeks, but he proposes TO get up steam
and start the machinery next week
The plant, when in full blast, will give
employment to between 800 and 400 men,"
said Mr.. Blain. I'VE expect to get practic-
ally all our labor right here in Savannah
Ar,fa
nave had applications already from a
number of young men in the city, many
OF them of fine families, who wish to learn
their trade here. We will have no difficulty
in securing all the labor we need"
I'VE shall be prepared to build anything
from street car to a palace sleeping
car" said President McDonough, land
propose TO turn out as good work as can
be done at any car works in the country
we shall guarantee our work. AS for bus
mess we think that with the only works
OF this character in this section of country
there is plenty of business to be had, and
we expect to secure our share of it. The
5000 to 1900 miles of railroad centering at
Savannah will furnish US with a large
patronage, no doubt, but we shall not con-
line our efforts to them. We also expect to
DO large amount of repair work, which
should prove considerable item in our
business. As to cost of work | am satisfied
I
than any of the northern car works. The
saving in freight alone on the lumber ship
ments which has to be paid by the north
ern factories is sufficient to give us a
| handsome profit, to say nothing of the
trackage of the cars coming south. We
can get our iron work
laid down here as cheap
| ly as the northern factories, and in fact,
| see no reason why we should not be able
to manufacture cheaper than can be done
in the north. Probably, within the early
future, we viii add foundry to our plant
and manufacture all our own iron work
With pig iron going by our doors to Phila-
delphia there is no reason why we should
not do So"
This is a good point for export trade"
remarked Mr.. Blain. 1--WE hope to do a
considerable business with Cuba when
they straighten out their little muss down
! there"
Undoubtedly the new car works are a
big thing for Savannah. The plant rep
| resents an investment of about S2OOOO0
1t has proven a good thing already for
! good many men in Savannah The, pay
| roll for labor at the works for the last
| several months has averaged $500 a week
| aggregation a total expenditure for labor
| OF 5000. 1t is worth while mentioning
| that President McDonough is actively
| connected with enterprises employing
| more labor than any other enterprise or
| set of enterprises in the city, outside of
the railroads The pay rolls of the sew
| eral enterprises with which he is connect
| ed in the city aggregates about 5000 per
week, while the mills of the Southern
| Pine Company in the state outside the
| city, which are under his direction, have
pay roll of about $1,000 per week.