Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-05
ffGong Up"


club and their guests, meet in this in
stance, at the Arizona Eastern shops
the idea being, that this would enable
us to give a practical illustration, not
exactly OF what the common acceptance
of the term Service" means, but of
some of the more important items that
go to make up the foundation of Ser
vice. | believe | am safe in saying
that of the hundred or more represent
tative citizens assembled here toGay,
there are not more than half dozen
who have before honored US with a
visit to our plant: and it is therefore
especially gratifying to have all of you
with us today that we may be given an
opportunity tC show you that great
proportion of the money paid in Phoe-
nix to our company, and at other points
on the line, for freight and passenger
service has remained right here. Dur
ing normal conditions. or ] might say
before the war, our daily pay role in
Phoenix and money spent here for sup
plies, amounts to over $1,000 per day.
The plant when we will show you af-
ter leaving here, represents an invest
mcnt of over 100000, including
grounds, buildings, machinery, supplies,
etc.
Il thank you for your attention, gen.
tlemen, and if you will follow me, we
will continue our talk as we pass
through the different departments"
While going through the plant, Mr..
Scott stopped at every convenient place
and explained matters of interest.
The room in the office building
where the banquet was held, occupies
a floor space of 1Sx65, and is intended
for an instruction room for employees.
When the furnishings are completed,
this room will be equipped with drop
curtain for stereopticon views used in
connection with Safety First" show
ing the proper and improper way to
board or alght from cars making
couplings, etc: and where slides Will
be shown by the representative of the
bureau of explosives of the American
Railway association. instructing en-
ployes in the proper handling and
slowing of explosives that are handled
as freight shipments. This room viii
also be equipped with complete bat,
terry of air brakes such as are used on
passenger and freight trains, with all
of the apparatus used in the cab of the
engine and on the cars. so that train
and enginemen may be given full in
structions with illustrations and lee
l., Of oil hr4 a
pliances This room when completed,
will also be used for the monthly
safety First" meetings of the division
employees. where suggestions for the
safety of the public and employees are
made by the employees of all depart
ments, discussed and acted upon.
Immediately to the right Of the front
entrance of the office building. is To-
Gated an emergency hospital room with
an operating table, complete line of in
struments. anesthetics, bandages, etc,
where in case Of injury to employees
about the plant first aid to the injured
may be given before the patient is re-
moved to his home or the hospital.
The balance of the first floor and
the basement is occupied by the store
department, where a complete line of
stores of all kinds is carried from pins
and paper to the largest casting that
goes into the construction of locomo-
tives
The second floor is occupied by the
general offices, the arrangement being
of the most modern. The general en-
trance is into an eight cornered room
from which lead the offices of the
heads of each department so that in
going into the office of any of these
departments it is not necessary to pass
through and disturb any of the en-
ployes of another department. On this
floor are located the offices of the SUI
pnrintendent and his assistants in the
different department The offices of
the dispatcher, paymaster, time clerk,
civil engineer and drafting department,
master mechanic, engineer of mainten-
ance of way. and filing room. Each
floor being provided with a fire proof
vault. The entire structure being of
monolithic reinforced concrete, includ-
ing the roof The building is pre- cooled
in the summer. heated with hot air in
the winter, each room is equipped with
vacuum cleaner system.
The roundhouse and shops proper
are of reinforced concrete and fire
proof roof, the walls being of what is
known as the unit construction-that
is, each pillar or post and slab that
goes to make up the walls and siIls
have been nodded on the ground in
separate blocks and swung into place
by locomotive crane. In other words,
the building is built like childs block
house. only in place of blocks they use
concrete slabs. The shops and round
, house is divided into two large spaces
| divided by a fire proof. wall. so that in
case of fire in one part of the building