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i Facilities at Balboa and Cristobal for Ship Wank Are .Described. Washington.'—The elaborate facil ities for the repairing of ships at the Panama canal are given in a bulletin of the Panama-canal authorities, The principal manufacturing and repair plant is located at Balboa, the PaciHc terminal of the canal. It is adjacent to an inner harbor, which has an area sufficient to permit access to docks, . which aggregate 7,600 feet in length, including commercial docks, repair wharves and coaling docks. A much smaller plant is located at Cristobal, the Atlantic terminal about one and one-half miles from the main commercial docks. A description of the plant at Balboa follows: The dock has a depth of 35 feet over the blocks at mean tide. High tide varies from !f to 11 feet above mean tide. It Is served by a 50-ton travel ing cran<*.Slth an outside reach of five fe<1 beyond the center of the dock. This drane is also capable of traveling along the face of some of the repair wharves, thus facilitating the work of repairing vessels. For ships which do not require dry docking there are adjacent to the shops about 3,500 feet of repair wharves. At regular intervals along the coping of the dry dock and the repair wharves are outlets for air, water and alternating electric current. A limited quantity of direct current can be supplied by two portable motor generating sets. Either compressed air or electricity be supplied for •operating auxiliaries on ships on which steam Is off. Where refrigerat ing machinery is shut down, cold storage can be removed from the ship's boxes and stored in the canal cold storage \«a ‘ehouse nearby. The r^pain shops are centrally lo cated with respect to the dry dock and repair wharves. Ample track and crane services provide for handling work between shops and ships. Huge Traveling Cranes. The main metaf-working shops (ma * chine, smithery, and boiler shop) are provided with 00-ton overhead travel eling cranes, while the foundry has a 25-ton overhead crane. As all the shops are equipped with as complete Hues of power tools as are generally found in an up-to-date repnir^hopv only the larger tnals-wffl'"be gives specM) mention So to give an idea of ^■fmaximum capacity of each de •hop Is provided with haring mill capable of work in-diameter, with an open >n planer 16 feet by 32, and with a lathe 120-lnch swing feet between centers. No ship chlnery la too large for the capac; _ ^fty of this shop. This shop has a floor jg^jgjgea °PProxl,nate,y $8,189 square - The smlthery is provided with a E SOO-ton forging press with the neces H ,*,lary furnaces to handle any work iwthat the press is capable of. Billets Inches square by 19 feet long are ' kept in stock and can be worked un der this press; there are other ma in-1 -j chlnery and tools usually found in a .first-class smlthery. There Is also a department for spring making and a tool-dressing department that Includes oil burning and electric tempering fpmaces of the latest type. This > shop has a floor area of approximate ly 54,386 square feet. The boiler and ship-fitting shops & have a set of rolls capable of bending plates % inch by 30 feet, 1 ' - Inch by 24 feet, or 2 inches by 6 feet. Any size of ship or boiler plates or structural shapes can be worked by tbe other machinery, which includes angle shears, punches, straightening rolls, plate planer, and bending ma chine. This shop has a floor area of approximately 40,800 square feet The pipe shop Is outfitted for plumb ing work and for pipe, copper and sheet-metal work of the highest classes. The floor area of this shop ls.approxomately 17,144 square feet The foundry is equipped with a two ton tropenas converter and one two ton and one one-ton cupola, and the usual brass furnaces. There is an efficient sand-blast system for clean ing castings, also gate saws, sprue cutters, and other modern equipment, Including annealing furnaces, core oven and mold-drying oven. The foundry can turn out castings as fol lows: Bronze, brass or composition, % pound to 1,000 pounds: Iron % pound to 26,000 pounds: steel, % pound to 10,000 pounds. In connec tion with the foundry Is a pattern shop equipped to handle any aDd all classes of pattern work. This foundry and pattern shop together have a floor area of approximately 87,758 square feet. Woodworking Machinery. The planing mill and joiner shop Is outfitted with the usual woodworking machines, including a 72-inch sawmill capable of handling timbers likely to be used in connection with stiip work. This shop has a floor area of approxi mately 49,044 square feet The oxy-acetylene plant has port able electric welding and oxy-acety lene cutting' outfits capable of han dling emergency repairs. The plant develops approximately 400 cubic feet of acetylene per hour, 5,000 cubic feet of hydrogen per day. All classes of boiler welding are done. Large thermite welds can be performed. Main engine cylinders have been welded in place, both high pressure and low pressure, the welds being as extensive and as successful as the welds made in the United States on engine cylinders during tie World war. This plant has a floor area of approximately 910 square feet An instrument repair shop is main tained lpcwhich repairs are' mafe to navigating instruments, clocks, gauges, typewriters ’ and computing_jna cfrincr ' and other wjtM< * uUUffllj character. In cmebectiim with this shop there is a plating plant for sine, copper, nickel, g|lv«r and gold. This shop has a floor are* of approximately 2,500 square feet Located In the same building with the Instrument repair shop is an elec-, trie shop under the control of the electrical division, the facilities of which are available for the entire Panama canal. This shop is equipped for motor winding, switchboard work and making repairs to practically any kind of electrical" apparatus. The floor area of this shop is approximate ly 3,400 square feet There is a car shop equipped with ail necessary machinery for the build ing of railroad cars of all kinds and also the repairing of all the rolling stock of the Panama railroad. in connection witb this shop there is a rerolling mill for rerolling bars and miscellaneous scrap material Into rounds and flats. This shop has a floor area of approximately 61,819 square feet '*■" There is located at both the Balboa and the Cristobal shops and connect ed therewith a roundhouse where gen eral overhauling as well as minor re pairs are made to the locomotives of the Panama railroad. The air-compressor plant and dry There It • laboratory « 100,000-pouiuI Blehle Chine and a Brtnnell ti tad other physical tests of ^ ire also available Ip of the Panama canal, vhere chemical tests" cab he t fuel oils, metals, etc. top tools are operated by elec tricity. The larger tools are provided with independent motors and the smaller tools are arranged in group# and driven from countershafts. The current is obtained from a hydro electric plant at the Gatun spillway, supplemented by a Diesel-driven plant at Mlraflores. The 25-cycle, alternat ing current Is transmitted to the Bal boa snbstatlon at 44,000 voltsL At the substation It is transformed to 2,200 volts and so distributed through un derground duet lines to the various shops, trhere it is further transformed, where tiecessary, to suitable voltagea for use. The various speed tools'.in the machine ship are driven by direct current from rotary transformers within the shop. All other tools are driven hy alternating current, gener ally at 220 volts. Current at 220 volts Is available at all points along the water feint for power purposes, and 'at 110 volts for lighting In the event of ships’ generators being ont of use. The storehouses (under the control of the supply department) carry on band a large stock of steel shapes, pipe, ship fittings, and supplies of every description. Steel plate Is car ried in stodk In all thicknesses up to and Including 2 Inches. Plates smaller than %-lnch vary by sixteenths and plates larger thnn %-Inch vary by eighths. The largest plates In stock are 72 Inches by 10 feet by 2 Inches thick. A large amount of steel billets is kept on band in a,ll sizes np to and including 24 inches by* 24 Inches by 19 feet Structural shapes are ried as follows: I-beams, to 27 inches; channels, up to 15 Inches; ship channel! sizes np to 12 inches; and angles, sizes up to 8 inches by 8 inches by %-inch. There are also carried In the storehouses lumber of all sizes and miscellaneous equipjnent and supplies or practiraily. ev*wd**criptton that are used in the oierattoh and main tenance of the eutlravPanama canal. Birds Kill, Cal >anette, Pa.—Authorities are power to apprehend the slayers of Mltzlr illed -by a murder gang, 100 strong. Mitzl was a cat, which was literally torn to pieces when attacked by a flock of blackbirds which swooped down upon the pet while she was sun ning herself in a yard. John Sargent’s Ghost Walks, Says Friend London.—The ghost of John Singer Sargent, famous Ameri can artist, In his grave these last two years, has returned to hannt the Chelsea studio where - he died, in the Belief of the present occupants of die house. Frequently his footsteps are heard by Alfred Orr, his Ameri can artist friend,, who took over the studio 1G months ago, de scending from the second-floor workroom to the ground floor, in which he died, and which now is used as a bedroom by Mr. and Mrs. Orr. The latter also has heard foot steps, which she recognised as Sargent's heavy tread, Indians Inspect New Buffalo Bill Memorial U<>r. Frank G. Emerson of Wyoming greeting Crow Indian chiefs on their inspection of the soria) mnseum at Cody. The museum wait dedicated July 4. was forced to yield to her pet aver sion and have her hair bobbed, the strands bad-become so entangled ht the treetop that her husband had to break most of them to free her. Water to Protect-Bank Water will be used as a protector for the money vaults of the Bank of England, which is being rebuilt. When completed the vaults >111 be capable of being flooded from three sources; from the bank^Itself, from another; point In London and from a third' point ten miles, outside the city. Poisonous in Part A *ord of warning: Many flowers are poisonous or semi-poisonous. Those of the daffodil, for Instance, are powerfully emetic. It is not general ly understood that many plants may be poisonous'in one part A striking example Is the rhubarb, where jmly an inch or two at the top of the stem lies between the poisonous leaf and d<*“ lidons stalk. Says Kipling Doesn’t Work Rudyard Kipling’s achievements are hot appreciated by a maid employed at his home, It is Indicated by an inci dent related by Sir St Clair Thomp son, London physician. ■' A friend called to see Kipling, but told the maid he would not disturb the author If he was at work. “Work!” exclaimed the maid; “He don’t do no work. He only sits up stairs and scribbles and scribbles!” 1-—f I CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP IS ! ! CHILD’S BEST LAXATIVE j fmifli t—s—w*emeeme ems ease ••• •••4 MOTHER! When baby Is consti pated, has wind-colic, feverish breath, coated-tongue, or diarrhea, a half-tea spoonful of genuine “California Fig Syrup” promptly moves the poisons, gases, bile, souring food and waste right out Never cramps or overacts. Babies love its delicious taste. Ask your druggist for genuine “Cal ifornia Fig Syrup” which has full di rections for infants in arms, and chil dren of all ages, plainly printed on bottle. Always say “California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup. The Clique Stella Mayhew was talking about other days on Broadway. “I’ll never forget. the first time I ever saw ray name in lights,” said the veteran. “I was coming down Broadway in a horse-drawn cab, and suddenly saw my name in huge letters 'on top of the building where the An heuser-Busch, moving sign was for so long. I got right up in that hack and applauded myself."—Variety. After a strenuous struggle to ac quire fame, many a man finds- him self infamous. * .■ derful m« I ever tried the staten t Bade . by 4 Goldie Show : Joseph, no, She dares that ■ taMnjt the ^gmna die .better t than before. ®f » Lane Street, writes: 1 cannot apeak -u.B J* yeur medicine and I recommend It to all my friends.” These statements were taken from two enthusiastic letters which tell of the help that has been received S*g: the Vegetable Compoand. ,T'Irs- Shonp and Mrs. Storms wwe la a rgn-down condition which' nnaed them nmch unhappiness. 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