The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
WILL SOON BE COMPLETED.
,.,,DINGs OF THE GEORGIA CAR
AND MANUFACTURING co.

ood Cars W1tnln Apout AhlrtN
,.,,s--Its Two Large buildings Al
.dv Half Notwithstanding IN
s,,,tch and Building Tracks TO
cost S15.00O--The Company AL
-oodx Has Several Promises of
contracts.
rba TWO large buildings, which are TO
81 t,rr7 the works of the Georgia Car and
manufacturing Company, at the junction
N 81 the Charleston and Savannah and the
N r.Iorida Central and Peninsular railroads,
are rapidly nearing completion, and with
y N thirty to sixty days will be complete
n NTH machinery set and ready for opera
4 tons.
Those who have not seen what is being
q done upon the plant have no idea of the
4 vast extent of the buildings, and of the
extensive work the company will be able
70 do There are two of the buildings,
u standing 200 feet apart, running in an al
81 most east and west direction, each of
N which is ZOO feet long and 1O6 feet in
N width, besides the smaller buildings to be
n used for various purposes.
n The framework Of the two buildings is
I'D. securely braced and anchored solidly
in the ground. Both buildings are about
s. half under roof, and so far has the work
progressed that the machinery, all of
which has arrived from the plant pur-
chased at Huntington, Pa, is being put in
place as rapidly as it is possible to get it
unloaded. In addition to the excellent
4 machinery which was secured by the pur-
chase of this plant, very little other appar-
4 atus, except few improved tools in the
car building line, will have to be pur-
Y chased.
Both the Charleston and Savannah and
s. the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
roads have put in 1000 feet sidetracks.
and from these the company has run its
own tracks through its property and into
the buildings. 1t will have six tracks in
the eastern end of each building. where
the construction work is to be done, and
in the rear portion of the building there
n will be three tracks. while another track
runs the entire distance between the two
buildings and equidistant from them. The
& two buildings are also connected by a
\ track and at the end of four of the tracks
entering the construction departments
there will be turn tables, so that it will
+ rection and to any part of the works.
The north building will be used for
dressing the lumber and constructing
freight cars. In the rear of this building
is the lumber wharf, from which the ma
4 terial goes right into the planning mill,
and from there into the dressed lumber
room. Next to this is the freight con-
structingt department, which is 600 feet
. in length and 106 feet in width,
In the south building there is, in the
rear the machine blacksmith and truck
department. next to. which come the Of
2 fee wareroom, cabinet and pattern de-
. partment, room for dressed lumber and
/ then the passenger car constructing de-
i partment, which is 500 feet in length by
+ l06 in width. In the rear of this building.
a are the boiler and engine rooms which
are constructed of brick, and which are
being built after the latest and most inn
proved patterns.
So much for the uses to which the build
q ings will be put They will be put up at
\ comparatively low cost because it will not
be necessary to close any of them in ex-
4 cept the passenger constructing depart
ment. Within thirty days time both build
ings will be fully under roof, and most of
the machinery set ready for work. Six of
the thirteen tracks which are to be used,
have already been built, all of % and 30
pound steel rail purchased from the Carne-
which will be put on the propeyt will cost
about SIS 900. As soon as the machinery is
Il set and the plant is ready to begin work,
all of the amounts subscribed on the $780,
coo of bonds upon the property will be-
come due and payable.
There are now about 100 men employed
at the works. many of them skilled work.
men, who have taken ordinary jobs tenn
porarily until the works are started. When
In full blast they will employ from 800 to
. 900 men constantly.
The company expects to get a large
share of the car repairing, as we'll as car
A building work for the three large systems
of railroads which enter Savannah, and
on this line they have already secured
&much encouragement from the railroad
lIothcials here. Owing to the exceptional
advantages which they have it is said
they can do the work at a less cost even
than it can be done by the railroads them
Selves, and still make money on it. Sew
eral large contracts for building and re-
pairing cars have already peen promised
the company as soon as it is under way,
and now that the plant has progressed
as far as it has, arrangements are being
made to have these contracts drawn and
signed without delay.
The construction of the plant is under
the personal superintendence of Mr.. J. G.
NJ Blain, who did much of the work to-
ward starting the enterprise The origin
No. the enterprise, and it's successful out
come so far as it has gone, were due to
the efforts of Hon. j. j. McDonough
and Capt. John Flannery, who were
enabled to begin it because of the fact
that they secured at so low a figure the
car building plant at Huntingdon, Pa,
which they have in part had transported
here. One of their foremost ideas was
mat such a plant would give Savannah
one large manufacturing enterprise, which
& would afford employment to several hun
dred people, and which would necessarily
benefit the city also in other ways There
every reason to believe that their OBJ
Ject in this direction will be emnently
successful
Mr. McDonough is the president of the
company. and Capt. Flannery vice presi-
u'nt Mr.. NJ. \. O'Byrne, who has given
much of his time and attention to the or
sanitation of the company, and who has
done all the legal work connected with it,
Is Its secretary and treasurer.