The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

feet, feet high, forming a reservoir with
cemented floor which will contain the en-
tire contents of the tank. One corner 3
is located a Goulds rotary pump opera ted
by a fve~horsepower motor and having a.
capacity OF 25O gallons per minute. THIS
is connected to the pipe lines so as to be
used either to empty tank cars into the
storage tank or pump oil into the sup
ply tank at the power-house 1t Will
empty car in twenty-five minutes or fill
the storage tank (Which will last about
ten hours in fifteen minutes. Four cars
can be connected to 1t at one time. The
supply tank is buried beneath one end of
the power-house- Above this are two du-
plex steam pumps arranged in duplicate
These pump the oil through heater 10
the boilers. They also pump oil to the
blacksmith and boiler shops, where 1t Is
used in the angle furnace, rivet-hea ting
furnaces and other fires.
Machine Shop.
This building Is a carefully designed
steel structure, 308 by 101 feet, is unusual
ly lofty for such buildings and is elabor-
ately lighted and ventilated.
The tools have been carefully chosen to
properly handle the heaviest marine and
mining machinery as well as the finest
and most accurate machine work They
were supplied by the Bement- Miles Com
pany of Philadelphia, and there is no
machine shop in the country that con-
equipment.
Above the ground floor are two galleries
on each side Of the building. The lower
galleries are each 125 by 25 feet, extending
are of the same width, extending the full
length Of the building. The lower ones
are filled with small tools. wise benches,
ETC., as is the east upper gallery, the west
being at present occupied by the electrical
storeroom and workshop, office and the
temporary draughting room of the works.
In the remaining 1S3 feet not occupied by
the lower galleries Chat is, the south or
erecting end RUN two ten and fifteen ton
electric overhead travelling cranes of
IN the f1td ddg pah t eef Which a
clear to the roof runs twenty-ton crane
the full length Of the building. 1t has a
lift Of thirty feet. Besides these a sixty
ton crane of the same. type is to be in
stalled in the south end, where the erect
ing shop is located. 1t will be above the
foot span, forty-hve-foot lift and 183-foot
run. The fifteen, twenty and sixty ton
cranes all have five-ton auxiliary hoists.
The ground floor is paved throughout with
and coated over with tar and gravel.
The machine shop toolroom is built into
one side of the main building about mid
way in length. 1t is 30x60 feet, two stories
high, encased on three sides. with the
fourth separated from the main shop by
wire netting only 1t contains complete
equipment of the finest machines for MAX
of all the tools necessary for modern
shop.
Boiler Shop.
The boiler shop and foundry adjoin end
to end, allowing space through the par
tition for the railroad track, which runs
through the boiler shop close to this par
tition and serves as an outlet for both.
The shop is a thoroughly substantial
high, well-lighted building, 137:6x185 feet
1t also is paved with wooden blocks Ad-
Joining is the foreman's office, 14xl4:6 feet
raised eight feet above the floor and So
situated as to command a view of the
entire shoD. A tOOlrOOm 61X14:6 feet is
situated under and 20 one side of the
office. It is separated from the shop by
wire netting, the other three sides being
cased in. There is also a room 45x30 feet
fitted with racks for bolts and rivets. The
main shop has three overhead electric
travelling cranes, one Cotton with 56-foot
span and .4-foot lift, one cotton. 5O-foot
span and 4l-foot lift so and nd one ne. 1o-ton. with
5-ton auxiliary hoists.
Among the principal machines are a
large punch with 60-inch jaw, capable OF
punching 6-inch hole in a 5s-inch plate
Here are also located 12-foot 6-inch rolls