New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
HOW CAR IS REPAIRED
rynert Describes a Modern Plant
for Renlaking Autos.
ALL CAREFULLY TESTED
Accounting Department in Close
Touch with Work at
AL Stages.

49, re-sous know what happens when
- car goes into the repair shop, or how
a. that II comes back TO them as good
nav George F. Mortensen. Of the
~----a-osy Church & Partridge Company.
-,aai-s this mystery lie says:
-ou- new repair shop, recently opened
No. 81 West ed street. is perhaps the
- up-to-date establishment OF its kind
= America II is situated on the four upper
.,o-s Of & thoroughly fireproof building
~x,a-islly constructed for the handling and
-s,ss- Of Stearns automobiles.
-.Tte building is especially well lighted
-. front being entirely of glass and the
-aar having eight windows on each floor.
-ba blacksmith shop is located in a fire
rroof penthouse on the roof, with elevator
.,.arsion. permitting AUTOMOBILES TO be
,sken directly into the shop and enabling
vork 70 PC done without the less Of time
NJ going frorn the blacksmith shop TO what
ARR floor the car might be on
stock rooms are located Oh every floor
~ facilitate the handling and delivery OF
-arts for the Jobs on each floor. This is
real saving in time over having one stock
rom. where mechanics working on differ
eut floors would have 20 so.
Every car SPACE has Immediately sdjoin-
ing Il wall receptacle for drop lights Lo-
catea ou benches IN front Of every car is
IN adjustable bench fixture for bench work
THIS is a great Improvement over the old
.vpe drop light hanging over a bench, as
the light IS adjustable to any angle or DO
sitio1. anu VIII stay so adjusted. We have
Cleaning rooms on each floor for the pur-
pose OF cleaning the parts Of all grease
and dirt.
The shop IS equipped with body racks.
enabling Us 10 hoist a body right of ma
cine and leave il hanging close 10 The cell
tuE over the chassis. There is an over
head carrier and traveller for raising
motors. transmissions, etc. of the chassis
and carving them TO different parts OF the
shop. We also have a complete compressed
sir system. with outlets located at Conven-
lent places on every floor, permitting the
Use Of compressed air on every car where
il is being oveThauled-
THE first step in our system on repair
,obs Is 10 have an order made out on our
reyular order form and signed by the per
san authorized TO give the order. This or
Ger Is then forwarded at once to our &C
cou,-inE department, where the credit is
passed upon
"A working sheet IS then made out by the
praer clerk and delivered 10 the shop, and
ia ORIGINAL order Is then filed il the Office
records. Il work other than that called for
by The order is found necessary q supple
rerta-y order IS made out, which must
also be signed by a person properly author
lied
Tine cards are made out covering the
work done by the mechanics n the shop on
each Job each Gay, and these are forwarded
70 the accounting department at the end Of
each day
ANY material used On these Jobs is Sc
cured by means OF acquisitions on the
stock room. and each requisition bears the
number Of the Job or which the material is
10 be used. These acquisitions at the end Of
each day are forwarded 70 the accounting
department These time cards and requisi-
tons are sorted according 10 numbers and
are filed in Job envelopes, so that when
JOB is completed all the time cards and ma
ter1al slips for each job are together.
"Whsn The job is finished the car is tried
on by a tester, and when finally passed by
IN Il IS delivered 20 the customer and We
Get an acceptance card. hearing the Job
number signed by him before he takes the
car away