ACME CARRIAGE WORKS.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8003, 7 September 1906, Page 3

ACME CARRIAGE WORKS.

The other day a representative of the Waikato Times paid a visit to the new Acme Carriage Works, started in Hamilton by ilr C. E. Storer, late of Cambridge. The works, which are on Dr. Brewis' property, were erected to suit Mr Storer's requirements, and are certainly the most up-to-date and convenient premises in the Waikato. A feature beneficial to workmen and employer alike, is the packing of the roof with felt, ensuring coolness in summer and warmth in winter. The lighting arrangements are ample; and, in ,fact, everything is based on the most modern requirements of the trade. Behind the showroom is the varnish room, which may be said to be hermetically sealed when closed, for it is so planned that a minimum of dust can find entrance, thereby enabling a high polish to be retained on paintwork. One pieoe of varnish we saw would serve admirably as a mirror. In the woodshop, again, is the machinery, driven by an 8 h.p. Crossley gas engine, including drill, band and circular Baw, emery wheel and grindstone, also a hand band-saw sharpening machine. But it is not only in the machinery installed that Mr Storer proves his progressive ideas, for he has en order in America, planing, spoke-tanging, hub-boring, fello-rounding, hub-boxing and pole-dressing machines, all the latest turned out. At the back of the main building is the forge, in which are tire shrinker, welder and tire bender, The tiring furnace and plate are on a par with the rest of the appliances, and with an improvel blower, ensures first-class workmanship. A noticeable feature of Mr Storer's methods is his particular care iu the seasoning of the timber used, in addition to the large stocks already carried, there have bean orders phced for regular shipments of Americau hard woods, so that ample time may be allowed for reasoning. Mr Storer has had 32 years' experience in the trade and intends to keep pace with the times, a resolution in which he will no doubt be ably seconded by his foreman, Mr H. Whitaker, who has had 26 years in the coachbuilding in Australia. The staff has been selected with the same care that characterises every branch of the business. Mr F. E. Smith was architect, and Messrs Miller and McKinnon the builders, who all deserve a word of praise for the manner in which the work has been carried out.