The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-14

street Railway Company Overhaul
ing It's Winter Rolling stock.

street Railway Company Overhaul
ing It's winter Rolling stock.
General Manager Lotion, of the savan-
nah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Rail-
way, said yesterday that tie company has
no work Of any moment in view at present,
requiring the up urning of the streets, the
restriction against which expires Nov l.
at IS possible that at the approaching
meeting of the directors some such work
may be mapped out" said Mr. Lotion
"There is no work of any extent conlem-
plated at present"
As to the company having any work Of
Improvement Of 4 S property in contempla-
ton Mr. Lotion replied that the company
has done nothing but improve the proper
ty all summer. "All the Suburban lines
have been overhaued and put in first class
condition." said Mr. Loftcn. "Both the
Thunderbolt and the Isle of HOPE lines
have been thoroughly overhauled, new ties
put in, the tracks ballasted and in fact,
practically rebuilt"
Among other things which we have
done this summer said Mr.. Lotion, sis
the clearing away of the old sheds and
workshops on the City and Suburban prop
erty in The southern part Of The city. and
the consolidation OF the shops and car
Old Electric Railway on Gwinnett street
where we now have one of the most com
pete street railway shops to be found in
this section Of the country
At the invitation of the general mana
ger. a Morning News reporter visited the
shops and found them fuzzy UP to endorse
ment. The shops cover considerable
ground, including me large brick building
formerly used by the Electric Railway
Company as power house together with
a paint shop and other buildings recently
erected in the rear The large barns or
car sheds of the company adjoining the
shops.
Foreman A. NJ Moore is in charge OF
the shops and with the assistance OF a
number of skilled woTkmen the work of
overhauhng the closed cars for winter use
is going rapidly forward. This work would
have been competed before now, but for
the less Of time caused by he removal and
consolidation Of the shops. As IL is there
are now several closed ears. which have
been practically rebuilt and viii shortly
be put in service.
TIE shop is equipped TO- al classes of
street car work, including he overhauling
and repairing of motors as wen as the
ordinary brauct es of machine ard carpeu-
Ter work. An old street car motor. which
has teen overhauled and equipped as a
stationary motor furnishes the power for
the machine shop the current being sup
piled by topping the feed wire from the
power house over a quarter OF a mile
away. The mach ne shop is equipped with
heavy boring and rathe mach merry as wei
as a wheel press for pressing of and on
the heavy car wheels or changing the
gauge Of the trucks.
1--WE do everything here except build the
cars outrieht," said Foreman Moore. land
we could do that If the company wished
TO build its own cars. We can overhaul a
wrecked car and make 1t as good as new
Some OF these cid cars which are now he
ing overhauled VIII be mistaken for new
cars when they gel on the streets"
Judging from the number of old cars
stored away in the sheds the shons have
roush work ahe ad to keep them busy for
some time TO come. Heretofore the street
railway company has he'd no adequate IA
ci1ies for keeping It's rolling stock in good
repair and the condition of The latter was
not always &C the best Ire improved ap-
pearance of the cars which have been re-
Gently overhauled sD-aks volumes fer the
work done In the shops ana with the fur
Their continuance of the same class of work
the public will have reason 10 feel graft
ned at this addition to the eompany's fa-
cilitits.