The San Francisco call., 1908-07-12

tail which American manufacturers on
a large scale might well take heed OF:
While at least half of the workers
live close by the plant. there are others
who live farther away. and for their
comfort a building has been erected
where the employees bring their food
and have II cooked for them free OF
charge. A man can bring anything
that h!s wife thinks good fps him o.
thinks that he can afford. and when he
arrives IN the morning a tin tag is put
on this. II isscarefully and well COOKED
and served TO him at the midday meal
for which he is allowed one hour-run-
ning from I o'clock TO 2. He has his
food laid AZ a table whiCA bears his
number and can bring what he pleases
there. in addition to what the company
cooks. ] W, ut through the kitchen Just
beforr ~ Z. time with Mr. rark and
the dishts gaat the wOrkmea had dis
proves any idea that English laborcrs
are Il well fed.
II l. a popular tailacy in the United
States tiat the laboring classes in Eng
land ,as nsat only occass sondlly. That
IS ctrta My not true 50 far as these
s.590 leen ere concerned. / saw one
dish that pa ticuiarly appealed to ne.
being y EnslaaGsr. il was fried
salt Eo.I = bak. potatoes. I have
sragched the fashionable restaurants ia
LOnd b. hiEh ard low. for such dish.
but nuter cp.iid nrd #. This man's
number was 537. I was tempted to
bribe Jhc cf'e, rook to let me have his
dim. , stl him 10 the hnt.l for
mine oo.d ather have had his.
fo~'~'rr. tliS is rather strayius from
U-ifat wish 10 tel! you about the new
American train and the royal" train.
Mr. Halk ied me through building after
building % the works. In one place
they were making buffer heads This
was forge. and sparks and flames
and crashes Of sudden destruction
seemed To I'll the air The hand work
in the forge has largely disappeared.
owing 10 the perfection of the stamping
machines which twentieth century gen
ius has brought into play. What was
formerly done on the anvil is now done
with Gne precision by monster iron ma
chimes. White hot steel is smashed
into any form that is desired
Then We went through shops where
they werel putting the under bodies of
carriages together: huge steel frames
that looked like the ground plan of a
skyscraper. Then to other shops
where the woodwork OF the carriages
was polished and shaped. carpentry
shops. cabinet shops. upholstery shops
there is no use giving the list. be-
white painted roof of a carriage is
done here and done thoroughly we'll
How long does a carriage last2" !
asked Mr.. Park.
Prom 25 to 80 years." he replied.
The last 10 years Of its life we send it
away on the small branch roads to die
a peaceful death. Every year or year
and a half each carriage is brought in
TO be unmouated, overhauled and re-
vived. The body of the carriage does
not need il so much except perhaps
for repainting. as do the wheels. AS
YOU see. we do not use the American
style Of solid metal wheels here, but
those with steel rims and wood cen
ttIs. The wood is the teak. We use q
great deal of il. 1t is the most useful
Of any wood that We have for carriage
purposes. OF course our cabinet work
IS all mahogany And American walnut.
Sometimes we use white mahogany for
a change. Teak, however, we find has
more lasting power ard more resistancy
than any other wood that we can use
You will notice that the floors of nearly
all these shops are laid with old wheel
certers. They are four inches thick