Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-10
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SHOPS.
The Santa Re Paelh: Making Extensive
Additions az Its Works.
INTERVIEW Win G. ". SMITH

Any person who does not feel optimistic
over the future Of Albuquerque, or who
Is not convinced that a period OF business
revival has already set In, will DO we'll to
pay a visit 10 the Santa Fe Pacific rail.
road shops and witness the amount Of
work being done, the improvements being
made and the new machinery that Ia
being and has already been put In during
the past few months at that great center
OF activity,
la an interview TO day with g. W.Smith,
the efficient superintendent Of machinery,
a representative OF TIE CITIZEN gathered
a number Of facts, past, present and
prospective, which cannot fail TO be Of
vital interest to every resident Of Albu-
querque.
A $4,000 store. house il 10 be erected
Immediately. II is TO be built OF stone
and will be OF the latest and most i'm
proved design. The plans have already
been submitted, and ~ sOon az they are
accepted the work on the building will
be commenced.
The contract has been let for a station
AIRY boiler and compound duplex air com
pressor. This machine cost about $1,000
aud is now on the way here from the
factory.
A new building IL TO be erected at
once for Citing up car wheels and all this
work will be taken out OF the machine
shops. thus making room for other ma
chimes.
A new Gre proof pattern warehouse
will be built for the storing Of patterns.
A two story building 10 be used for Ere
department headquarters will be put up
In the very near future. The lower floor
will be used for storing the hose cart,
hook and ladder, fire buckets, etc. The
latest improved fire alarm and signals
will also be put 10. The second floor will
be fitted up as a sleeping apartment and
six men will sleep there and be always
on duty. They will work In the shops
during the day and sleep in the fire hall
at night.
The material Is already on hand for a
35-fOOt addition to the boiler shop. to be
used for cleaning and welding hues,
building stacks, ash pans and other sheet
iron work.
new Corliss stationary engine IL now
being put no at the car shops, and three
new machines are being put In In the
wood working department.
The track department has received or
ders to put in a narrow gauge track for
handling and distributing material
through the repair tracks.
The company has about completed a
pneumatic motor to be attached to the
transfer table TO propel the table back
and forth in handling engines, cars, etc,
There have been built three l72 horse
power return lue stationary boilers for
these shops, and two are being built Of
the same pattern for the shops at San
Bernardino. Cal.
There have been recently received from
eastern manufacturers the following
new machines, which are now In opera
ton: One large drill press, II 80 inch
planer. one fox lathe for turning brass
work. one turret lathe, one tool grinder,
which Is intended TO do all the grinding
Of tools for the entire shops, and two To-
inch engine lathes.
There is at present ordered the follow
ing new machinery, considerable OF
which Is now on the way here: One
72-inch upright boring machine for Dor,
ing and turning driving wheel tires, one
60xG0.i inch planer, costing $4,000 and
large enough for doing and planning all
the work on the engine cylinders, which
has heretofore been done In Topeka
one 6.inch spindle nut tap,
ping machine, one double spindle
stay bolt thread-cutting machine,
one centering machine, one 40.inch
radial drill, one large combined power
punch and shears for cutting of bar
iron, 2x6 inches, and with sufficient
capacity 10 punch a two-ineh hole
through an inch and a half iron; one
large bOlt-heading machine 10 make
bolts OF sizes varying from One-half inch
to two inches, inclusive; n large ex-
haust fan for conveying sawdust and
shayings from machines in the mills to
the stationary boilers.
The new machine tools which already
been put In and those which soon will be-
cost approximately $4,000, which, with
the other great improvements mentioned
above, make a highly creditable showing
for Superintendent Smiths administra-
ton Of affairs up 10 date.