[Sidenote: _Blacksmith
Shop_]
The final division of the west shops is that in the northeastern
corner, which is devoted to a blacksmith shop. This shop contains six
down-draught forges and one drop-hammer, and is also served by the
telpherage system.
[Sidenote: _Transfer
Table_]
Connecting the main shops with the storeroom and blacksmith or west
shops is a rotary transfer table 46 feet 16-13/16 inches long and with
a run of 219 feet. The transfer table is driven by a large electric
motor the current being supplied through a conductor rail and sliding
contact shoe. The transfer table runs on two tracks and is mounted on
33-inch standard car wheels.
[Sidenote: _Employees_]
The south side of the shop is fitted with offices for the Master
Mechanic and his department.
The working force will comprise about 250 in the shops, and their
lockers, lavatories, etc., are located in the south bay.
CHAPTER XII
SUB-CONTRACTORS
The scope of this book does not permit an enumeration of all the
sub-contractors who have done work on the Rapid Transit Railroad. The
following list, however, includes the sub-contractors for all the more
important parts of the construction and equipment of the road.
* * * * *
_General Construction, Sub-section Contracts, Track and Track
Material, Station Finish, and Miscellaneous Contracts_
S. L. F. Deyo, Chief Engineer.
_Sub-sections_
For construction purposes the road was divided into sub-sections, and
sub-contracts were let which included excavation, construction and
re-construction of sub-surface structures, support of surface railway
tracks and abutting buildings, erection of steel (underground and
viaduct), masonry work and tunnel work under the rivers; also the
plastering and painting of the inside of tunnel walls and restoration
of street surface.
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